Feb 17, 2026 Angleton Better Living Corporation

RIGHT. 530. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TO ORDER.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER ]

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[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Angleton Better Living Corporation meeting of October 20, 2025 and December 15, 2025. ]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO. DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, RECREATION DIVISION AND ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER DIVISION. YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL

[2. Discussion and update on the Angleton Better Living Corporation, Recreation Division, and Angleton Recreation Center Division YTD financial statements as of January 31, 2026. ]

PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. FIRST OR SECOND AGENDA ITEM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKETS THERE. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND REVIEW AND HIGHLIGHT SOME ITEMS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THESE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE SOME MAJOR PROJECTS COMING UNDERWAY.

TO SEE WHERE THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IS FOR ABLC.

SO I'M GOING TO GO TO PAGE 13 FIRST MAIN ITEM TO POINT OUT THERE IS OUR SALES TAX.

SO UPDATE I CAN PROVIDE ON THAT ONE IS THAT CURRENTLY REPRESENTS THREE MONTHS OF SALES TAX.

WE ARE TRENDING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION RIGHT NOW AT AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER 3%.

SO GOOD NEWS THERE. FIRST MONTH, IF I RECALL, WAS PRETTY STEADY.

SECOND MONTH WAS A PRETTY BIG INCREASE. AND THEN WE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE THIRD MONTH, BUT ALL THREE OF THEM WERE IN THE POSITIVE. SO ENCOURAGING NEWS THERE THAT HOPEFULLY THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP US ON TRACK FOR OUR FUNDING GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I WANT TO DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHT THAT. WHAT WAS OUR BUDGET AGAIN? 2.4, 2.4. YEP. OKAY. YEP. GOOD. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE 14.

WELL, I'M GOING TO MENTION THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'LL BE PERTINENT FOR OUR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT ITEM.

BUT WE DO HAVE OUR CONTINGENCY LINE. AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NOTHING SLATED TO BE SPENT IN THAT LINE.

SO THAT IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND SO WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER ONES.

REITERATE HERE AS WELL, WE HAD DISCUSSED POTENTIALLY USING THIS FOR THE FREEDOM PARK PLAYGROUND COSTS, BUT BECAUSE WE FINANCED IT, WE DON'T HAVE A PAYMENT DUE UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THAT WILL NOT HIT THIS LINE. SO RIGHT NOW THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

PAGE 15. THIS WILL TALK ABOUT THE REVENUES FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT ABOUT 15% OVERALL. DO KEEP IN MIND A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT WITH THAT.

ONE. IS OUR BUSY SEASON THIS SUMMER SEASON. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE WILL COME WHEN WE HIT PROGRAMING TIME IN THE SUMMER FROM OUR TRACK CAMP.

OUR VOLLEYBALL AND OUR SUMMER CAMP ARE THREE OF THE LARGEST ONES.

THIS ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE JANUARY NUMBERS. SO WHEN THIS REPORT WAS RUN FOR THE END OF THE MONTH WE DON'T ADD THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL WE GET INTO FEBRUARY. SO WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS FOR THAT, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

JANUARY IS A REGISTRATION TIME FOR US. SO EXAMPLE WOULD BE SENIOR PROGRAMING.

SENIOR PROGRAMING DOES HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE THAT'S ON THAT. SO POSITIVE REPORT ON THAT ONE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS AS REFLECT THOSE IN FUTURE BUDGETS.

SO. PAGE 16 AND 17 ARE GOING TO ENCOMPASS YOUR RECREATION DIVISION.

AS FAR AS THE EXPENSES GO, I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT 17 RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ON THIS ONE.

WE ARE AT ABOUT 22% OF EXPENSES, SO THEY'VE JUST HAD OVER 100,000 IN EXPENSES THUS FAR.

PRETTY MUCH ON TREND. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THAT'S THREE MONTHS WORTH OF TIME.

SO A LOT OF THE STUFF IS ON THE BACK END. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE FOR STAFFING OR UPCOMING PROGRAMS AS THEY PLAN FOR THAT.

SO ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL STAY ON TRACK FOR THE YEAR.

SO. ON PAGE 18 IS GOING TO TRANSFER TO THE RECREATION CENTER.

MAIN THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE TOP PORTION IS FROM MEMBERSHIPS, RENTALS, DAY PASSES.

THIS IS A THREE MONTH SNAPSHOTS. THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WE DID SEE POSITIVE NUMBERS.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS ALTER JUST A WILL ALTER A LITTLE BIT AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

THE POOL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED AND SO THAT IS IMPACTING SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR RENTALS COME FROM THE POOL DAY PASSES, THINGS OF THAT WE STILL ARE GETTING DAY PASSES IN AND WE ARE STILL SEEING PEOPLE COME IN

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WE'VE HEARD GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS COMING AND WHAT THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE.

SO POSITIVE RESULTS THERE. BUT DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS WE INTEND TO TRY TO STILL HIT OUR GOALS, WE'RE MONITORING THOSE CLOSELY AS WELL AS THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPRESENT FROM PART TIME STAFF NOT BEING THE LIFEGUARDS, NOT BEING ON STAND. AND THEN SOME OF THE REPAIR COSTS THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO IT SHOULD BALANCE IT OUT THAT WE SHOULD STILL END IN A POSITIVE AS WE FORESEE IT.

SO. AND WHEN YOU TRANSITION TO 19 AND 20 AND 21.

THIS IS THE EXPENSE SIDE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.

A SIMILAR THING. WE ANTICIPATE THIS TO TREND IN THAT SAME DIRECTION.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ONLY AT 19% OF THEIR BUDGET SPENT SO POSITIVE.

THEIR BIGGEST SAVINGS, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BEING FROM LIKE OUR PART TIME STAFF.

WE'VE ONLY SPENT 57,000 FOR THE YEAR IN PART TIME STAFF AND STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT LEFT.

WE ANTICIPATE A GOOD PORTION OF THAT SAVINGS COMING FROM THE POOL BEING CLOSED, SO THAT WILL HELP OFFSET IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HIT SOME OF THE REVENUE NUMBERS, BUT SOMETHING WE'RE CONTINUING TO CLOSELY MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE COST AND EXPENSES THAT GO WITH IT, BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL OFFER THE APPROPRIATE AMENITIES FOR THE FACILITY. AND I'LL OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

HOW MANY PART TIME DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY? HOW MANY? SO WE TECHNICALLY THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE SKEWED, IF YOU WILL.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE LIFEGUARDS ARE STILL ON STAFF.

AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT. I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED STAFF TO GO THROUGH AND PUT TOGETHER A STIPEND PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED COMMITTED TO US THROUGH THIS CLOSURE. TIME TO COME BACK. BE OF MINIMAL COST COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

BUT WE'RE AT ABOUT 18 TO 20 LIFEGUARDS WHICH IS TYPICALLY NORMAL FOR OUR NON-PEAK SEASON.

THREE FACILITY ASSISTANTS, FULL STAFF THERE. AND WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY FOR OUR FRONT DESK.

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE AT SIX. SO IT SHOULD PUT US RIGHT AROUND 30 WHICH IS TRADITIONAL FOR NOW.

BUT LIFEGUARDS THERE WERE TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THEIR TIME.

THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ON DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT EVENTS TO GET THEM SOME HOURS, BUT IT'S A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY WERE GETTING.

SOME OF THEM WERE AVERAGING IF 5 TO 6 HOURS A PAY PERIOD.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM. SO SO YOUR YOUR LIFEGUARDS ARE YOUR LARGER NUMBER FOR THE PART TIME MAKE UP THE LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE PART TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY HOLDING IN ON THE AT THE FRONT DESK OR IS IT JUST ONE PART TIMER THERE AT THE FRONT DESK? DAYTIME AND THEN EVENING? YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE ONE DAYTIME EVENING, AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS WE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE TWO FRACTURE COVERAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT FULL TIME STAFF IN THE BUILDING. SO JUST AS A SAFETY COMPONENT, BECAUSE THE BASKETBALL GYM WILL STILL GET PRETTY BUSY OR YOU KNOW, VOLLEYBALL IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE STAFF FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.

SO THERE'LL BE TWO ON THE WEEKENDS, FRONT DESK AND THE FACILITY ASSISTANT. BUT DURING THE WEEK, IT'S STILL JUST THAT ONE. OKAY.

I SOLD 100,000 IN CONTINGENCY FOR THE REC CENTER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THAT AT THE MOMENT, OR IS IT JUST SITTING THERE? IT IS JUST SITTING THERE AT THE MOMENT. AND SO KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR IS IF WE RUN INTO ANY REPAIRS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE NORM WE WOULD RESERVE IT FOR THAT, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS WE GET FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD INTO THE BUDGET TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S THAT NEED THERE.

BUT A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT SAVINGS WE MIGHT GET FROM THE CLOSURE TO REALLY EVALUATE THAT.

BUT AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE IT SLATED FOR ANYTHING. GOOD.

YEP. KIND OF CONSIDERING BALANCES. WHAT'S THAT? DO WE HAVE FUND BALANCES? WE I CAN GET THEM FOR YOU AND SEND THOSE OUT.

I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT ONE. OKAY. I THINK IT I MEAN, YEAH, I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THEM FOR YOU.

BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY CHANGED SINCE WE ENDED LAST YEAR.

SO WHEN WE DID OUR UPDATES IN. NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR FINAL NUMBERS. AND SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE DON'T NECESSARILY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FLUCTUATE BASED ON THE REVENUE EXPENSE SIDE. IF I RECALL, WE FINISHED WITH ENTRIES AND EVERYTHING, AND WE MOVED ALL THE MONEY THAT WE DID

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YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFTER. OKAY. YES. YEAH.

SO ALL THAT'S BASED ON. SO THAT CONTINGENCY LINE, THERE'S YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE SIDE ON IT AS WELL.

AND THAT'S THE REVENUE IS WHAT'S IN THE FUND BALANCE.

THAT IF WE WERE TO USE IT, WE WOULD TRANSFER IT FROM FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT.

YEAH. SO ALL THAT WAS ZEROED OUT TO PUT EVERYTHING WHERE IT APPROPRIATELY NEEDED TO BE.

YOU TECHNICALLY HAVE 200,000 CONTINGENCY. FROM FROM 100,000 ON THE FUND BALANCE AND THEN 100,000 ON THE CONTINGENCY LINE, YOU HAVE 200,000. IF YOU HAD A MAJOR REPAIR AND AC GOES OUT OR SOMETHING.

OH THREE AC WENT OUT. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. YOUR BIGGEST SAVINGS IS IN YOUR PAYROLL, RIGHT? YES.

YEAH. I MEAN, OVERALL THE THE TOTAL AMOUNT. YEAH.

THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST SAVINGS. YOU KNOW, REPAIRS LINE FOR THE POOL OR CHEMICALS IS ANOTHER ONE.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S MINOR. I THINK WE BUDGETED FOR ABOUT 25 TO 30,000 FOR CHEMICALS.

POOL'S NOT OPEN. SO WE'RE NOT HAVING A COST THERE, BUT THAT'S MINOR COMPARED TO WHAT THE PART TIME STAFF IS.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON NUMBER TWO? THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED. SO IT'S JUST. GOOD.

IF WE MOVE ON TO THREE. ITEM NUMBER THREE. UPDATE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 26 PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.

[3. Update, discussion and possible action on FY25-26 Parks & Recreation projects.]

SO THIS ONE WAS SLATED FOR GRADING. WE DID THE LIGHTING COMPONENT ALREADY AND HAD A SAVINGS FROM THAT.

$250,000 WAS SLATED FROM THAT PROJECT. WE DECIDED TO GO INTO DESIGN SERVICES WITH HDR FOR THE GRADING COMPONENT.

HOWEVER, AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROJECT AND STARTED TO GET OPINION OF PROBABLE COST.

THAT COST WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, SO WE DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT UNTIL WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT. ONE TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT ONE.

WORKING WITH HDR, JUST WAITING ON THE FINAL NUMBER TO COME BACK FROM THEM.

WE ANTICIPATE ENDING THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TIME WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO HOLD ON TO IT IF IT'S AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

SO WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE A SAVINGS OF CLOSE TO $40,000 THAT WE WOULD HAVE EXTRA FROM THAT PROJECT FROM WHAT WAS ALREADY BEEN PAID.

AND THAT BALANCE OF THE 74,000 THAT WAS TOTALED THERE.

SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE? SO WE STOP WORK WITH HDR ON THIS PROJECT? THE MONEY WE'VE ALREADY SPENT WITH THEM, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE CAN GET STARTED WITH. SO WE HAVE THE DESIGN PLAN.

SO THE REALLY THE NEXT COMPONENT WAS WE WERE REALLY AT, THE PLANS PRETTY MUCH WERE FINALIZED THAT WE WOULD HAVE MOVED INTO BIDDING.

SO WE WERE READY TO GO OUT TO BID. SO THE PROJECT PLAN SETS ARE THERE.

IT WOULD BE IF WE DECIDED TO MOVE OUT INTO THE BIDDING COMPONENT OF IT.

IT'S DOLLARS. WHAT'S THAT? IT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, CORRECT? 1.2 IF IT WAS THE FULL PROJECT.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING A PHASED APPROACH, WHICH MADE IT ABOUT $300,000 FOR EACH ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE LESS, DEPENDING ON WHICH PHASE IT WAS.

AND SO YOU COULD BREAK IT APART IN THAT WAY. BUT YES, WE HAD THE PLAN SETS. WE JUST DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH BIDDING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REASON TO GO OUT TO BID WHEN WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THERE WASN'T FUNDING BACK UP TO SUPPORT THAT IF WE DON'T SPEND OUR CONTINGENCY, IS THAT BUILT IN TO ROLL INTO THE FUND BALANCE? OKAY. SO I'M NOT SAYING WE OBVIOUSLY THINGS MORE LIKELY WILL TRANSPIRE THIS YEAR THAT SOME OF THAT CONTINGENCY WILL BE NEED TO BE TAPPED INTO. AND THEN I GUESS IT DOES FREE UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES POTENTIALLY TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY.

BUT WHAT I'M GOING WITH THIS IS, IS IF WE CAN ROLL OVER SOME OF THAT CONTINGENCY INTO THE FUND BALANCE NEXT YEAR, WE COULD LOOK INTO SEEKING ANOTHER CEO AND FUNDING A $1.2 MILLION PROJECT, AS OPPOSED TO I KNOW THE ACTUAL POSSIBILITY WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.

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I MEAN, IT WOULD YOU'D PROBABLY NEED AT LEAST 2 OR 3 SEASONS TO, TO WORK YOUR PROJECT SO THAT YOU DON'T.

REMOVE THE SOCKET FROM BEING ABLE TO BE PLAYED THERE IF YOU JUST WIPED IT OUT, WENT IN AND SCRAPED EVERYTHING OUT AND THEN.

YEAH. AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN FROM SOCCER, WAS THAT IF WE DID A FULL PROJECT, THEY WOULD BE DOWN A SEASON OF PLAY AT LEAST A SEASON.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO LOOK AT THE PHASED APPROACHES WHERE YOU COULD OFFSET IT AND HAVE AS LITTLE IMPACT AS POSSIBLE.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE WE'LL START WORKING ON IT. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON THAT SITE.

WORK COMING YEARS MAY NOT BE NEXT YEAR. YES.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON BG? OKAY. TAXI AND TRAIL WAS THE NEXT ONE.

SO THAT WAS A DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED BY PUBLIC WORKS.

HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ONE ALSO CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAVINGS OF JUST OVER $30,000.

SO THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL THEIR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND SO WITH THAT ONE BEING COMPLETE, THAT DOES FREE UP A LITTLE EXTRA FUNDING AS WELL FOR CONSIDERATION.

THAT IS PART OF THE BOND. SO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE IT'S WITH THE BOND.

SAME THING FOR THE BG SPEC IS WE SLATED TO VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR LOCATIONS OR ITEMS, IF YOU WILL.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF SOME OF THE WHERE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE REALLOCATED.

BATES PARK FIELD SIX. SO THIS ONE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO START EXPLORING BEING ABLE TO ADD THE SIX FIELD FOR BATES PARK.

SO COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH PARAGON SPORTS.

AND THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKETS WITH THE FULL COST OF THEIR CONTRACT FENCING AND THEN CONCRETE WORK TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

THE CITY HAD CONTRIBUTED $350,000 TO THIS PROJECT.

ONCE FINAL PROJECT NUMBERS CAME IN, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT.

SO IT DOES EXCEED AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT AVENUES TO COVER THAT ADDITIONAL COST OF ROUGHLY $12,000.

SO SOMETHING FOR ABLC TO CONSIDER. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

YES. CONTINGENCY IS THERE. IT CAN BE USED AS THAT OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

ACTUALLY, NOT FOR THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW. LANGUAGE.

I DON'T THINK LANGUAGE FOR THE BOND WOULD ALLOW US TO. SO THIS MIGHT HAVE TO BE CONTINGENCY, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT ONE. DO YOU REMEMBER IF IT INCLUDED SPECIFICS OF PARKS? SO IT MAY. I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GENERAL. SO YOU COULD CONSIDER THE SAVINGS THAT YOU GET FROM ONE OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS.

YOU CAN MOVE OVER TO THIS ONE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEXIAN DRAIN.

THE TEXIAN TRAIL OR THE DRAINAGE. YEAH. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S 31,700 TO MOVE OVER.

SO HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH AND THEN HAVE SOME LEFT, LIKE, SAY YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE.

I GUESS YOU CAN DO THAT. SO I THINK IT WAS JOHN, I THINK IT WAS VAGUE ENOUGH THAT IT WAS MORE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

I REMEMBER US HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN CASE WE WANTED TO USE IT FOR A DIFFERENT PARK PROJECT OR DIFFERENT PROJECT ALTOGETHER, SO IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION ON WELL, I GUESS GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE LAST ONE.

WE'LL TALK THAT THAT ONE FIRST BEFORE WE GO THERE.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS IS IT SAYS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN WORK STARTING TOMORROW.

SO YES, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT AT THE FIELDS DOING THE LINES TOMORROW.

SO PARAGON'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT AND LINE OUT THE FIELDS? AND THEN AGSA IS SUPPOSED TO START THEREAFTER TO START DOING THE INFIELD WORK.

WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO TO LINE THAT OUT.

WAS PRETTY CLEAR WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AGSA HAS AGREED TO CUT THE INFIELD.

THE PROJECT IS CONTINGENT ON HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN DO THAT.

SO THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MEET PARAGON OUT THERE ONCE THEY ARE ON SITE, SO THEY CAN HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROJECT. ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO GET A REPORT TOMORROW.

YES. JUST A LITTLE EMAIL TO SAY, HEY, THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND STARTED MOVING SOD OR WHATEVER THEY DID.

OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. WHERE ARE THEY PUTTING THE FIELD AT EXACTLY.

IS IT OVER IN THE CORNER? IT'S BEYOND FIELD FOUR.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING RIGHT NEXT TO BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND FIELD THREE,

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YEAH, IT'S GOING OVER THERE. OH, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IN FROM FROM THE ROAD, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO WHEN YOU COME INTO BATES PARK. BATES PARK.

TRUE ENTRANCE. WE BASICALLY ACQUIRED AN L. SO WE ACQUIRED THE PARKING LOT THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE ENTRANCE OF BATES PARK.

YOU TAKE THAT. WAS THAT WEST? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PARCEL OF LAND THAT WE ACQUIRED IS A SMALL, A NARROW SLIVER, SO IT CAN'T FIT A FIELD INTO IT.

IF YOU KEEP GOING AND THEN YOU GO BEHIND KATZ ACADEMY, THERE IS A PARCEL OF LAND WE'VE ACQUIRED BACK THERE, AND THAT IS WHERE THE NEW FIELD IS GOING. WHY DO THEY NOT PUT THE FIELD BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND FIELD THREE? AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE UTILIZED THE PARKING LOT.

THE BECAUSE THE THE LAND FOOTPRINT THAT WE GOT WASN'T LARGE ENOUGH.

IT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FIELD, RIGHT. MAYBE I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.

OKAY. I CAN TELL YOU AGSA IS HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN EXPAND THAT PARKING LOTS IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH. SO IS AGSA GOING TO HELP FUND SOME OF THE EXPANSION IN THAT PARKING LOT IN THE FUTURE? THAT'LL BE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR IT.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO FULLY CONSIDER WE WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

YES. BUT FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS ONE WAS TO HELP REDUCE COSTS, TO CUT THE INFIELD, TO CUT THE INFIELD, TO SAVE ON TIME AND LABOR FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

SO BY ADDING THE OTHER FIELD FILL NUMBER SIX, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF IMPLICATION WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PARKING? DOES PARKING HAVE TO INCREASE PAID PARKING, OR DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S OPEN PARKING? IT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION TO THAT.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE FIELD ACQUISITION OR THE LAND ACQUISITION, BECAUSE WE DO OWN THAT GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE PARKING LOTS AND THAT FIELD THREE RIGHT THERE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS AND PARK ON THAT SPACE.

SO WHETHER CONTINGENTS THEY WOULD THEY WOULD UTILIZE THAT FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.

AND SO IT DOES TECHNICALLY EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO, BUT IT'S ALL WEATHER CONTINGENT.

BUT THAT'S ALSO A LOT OF BATES PARK. LIKE IF THE WEATHER'S NOT GREAT AND PEOPLE ARE PARKING ALONG THE DITCH LINE, IT'S NOT THE CLEANEST SPOT TO PARK. SO WHAT'S WHAT SORT OF IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON LIKE, HANDICAP PARKING? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY FOR AND HAVE PAID PARKING FOR HANDICAP PARKING WHEN THE FIELD COMES OR NOT? NOT WHEN THE FIELD COMES, BECAUSE IT'S ALL CONTINGENT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO THEY ONLY GO BASED ON WHAT PARKING YOU HAVE AVAILABLE AND YOUR CALCULATION BASED ON THE ACTUAL PARKING SPOTS AVAILABLE.

SO IF YOU HAD A SMALL PARKING LOT, YOUR NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS AVAILABLE WOULD BE MINIMAL.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MATTER HOW MANY AMENITIES YOU HAVE WITHIN THE SPACE, SO THE IMPACT FOR THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT.

OKAY, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE COUNTED THE NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED SPACES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE FOR BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

I THINK THEY HAVE A COUPLE HANDICAP, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT ONE FOR THAT NEW LAND THAT WE ACQUIRED, BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR CALCULATION BASED ON ALL CATS ACADEMY PARKING, BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE SCHOOL.

AND SO WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THAT ONE. IF WE DO, IT'S PRETTY MINIMAL.

OKAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS THAT WOULD DICTATE THE NEED FOR THAT IF THEY WERE PERMANENT SPACES.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY. SO NEXT ONE IS FREEDOM PARK BASEBALL FIELD EXPANSION.

SO THIS IS A BOND PROJECT AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY.

SO ORIGINAL BOND WAS $900,000. CITY CONTRIBUTION WAS ANOTHER $350,000.

WE DID RECEIVE TWO BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL ON THE 10TH, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH FROST CONSTRUCTION AS THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER AND PROVIDED A QUALITY BID AS WELL.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO FINALIZE THAT AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO BRING BACK FOR OFFICIAL OFFICIAL ADOPTION BY COUNCIL. BUT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL.

I ALSO PROVIDED YOU ALL A HANDOUT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.

SO YOU COULD KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE COST ESTIMATES LOOKED LIKE.

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WAS ASKED TO BE REMOVED. ADA BLEACHERS AND HANDRAILS.

WE DID REMOVE ONE SIDE. SO WE DO PLAN TO HAVE ONE SIDE WILL HAVE THE ADA ACCESSIBLE BLEACHERS, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

WE ALSO REMOVED A ONE OF THE GATES ON THE FIELD, SO THAT'LL FIELD GATES.

WE'RE JUST GOING WITH ONE RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF TWO.

TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT COST SAVINGS. SO THAT WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF THE OVERALL BASE BID.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT NEW REVISED BASE BID. I WILL ACTUALLY POINT OUT ANOTHER ONE AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATE ERROR FOR FOR US IN THEIR BASE BID, THERE WAS A MATH CALCULATION ERROR.

IT'S NUMBER ONE ON THE SECTION ONE. THEIR BASE BID WAS FOR THAT ONE WAS 223.

AND ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 231. SO SOMETHING WE HAD TO FACTOR IN THERE.

SO THAT'S YOUR COST FOR THE BASE BID AND THEN ADD ALTERNATES.

RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE ITEM ONE, ITEM TWO.

KEEP THREE. KEEP FOUR. REMOVE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 5.1 AND THEN KEEP SIX.

WHEN THAT TOTAL CALCULATION COMING OUT TO 1,234,000.

THE PROJECT AFTER CURRENT EXPENSES IN PLACE WITH OUR DESIGN SERVICES, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SOME OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE HAD TO GET DONE FOR THIS PROJECT PUTS US AT ABOUT $111,000 OVER AT THE MOMENT.

SO THAT BRINGS BACK TO THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT OF THE SAVINGS.

WE ALSO ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FULLY OR TRYING TO FIND THE FULL BUDGET FOR THIS.

SO OUR REQUEST IS FOR ABLC TO CONSIDER USING, WHETHER IT BE BOND MONEY OR THE CONTINGENCY LINE TO HELP SUPPORT THIS.

IN THE EVENT THAT A ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE CAN CONTRIBUTE AND HELP OFFSET THAT TO ENSURE WE HAVE A FULLY FUNDED PROJECT.

OPEN THAT ONE UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. YEAH.

IF THE THE LILY GOING TO GET THIS KIND OF BENEFIT FROM THAT.

I MEAN WE STAND TO REASON. THEY WOULD WANT TO PUT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DONE AND DONE TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS.

SO YEAH. SO ANY, ANY AMOUNT THAT WE CAN GET FROM ANY, ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO USE THE FEEL, I THINK IT'S WISE. AND I CAN TELL YOU INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WERE ENCOURAGING.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY INVESTED IN DOING SO.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO NAIL DOWN AN OFFICIAL COST WITH IT.

SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TO PROVIDE A COST BREAKDOWN SIMILAR TO YOU SEE HERE.

SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THAT REAL NEED IS AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO.

I MEAN, SOME OF THIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A NONPROFIT, IF YOU WILL, AND THEIR FUNDING SOURCE MAY NOT BE THE MOST ROBUST.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WOULD THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

AND THE THE COMMENTS I MADE WAS JUST GETTING A GUARANTEE FROM THEM THAT THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO, SO THAT WAY IT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT FUNDING AND HOW CAN THEY ADDRESS SOME OF THAT FUNDING OR RAISE THAT FUNDING OR HOWEVER THEY WOULD SEE FIT? TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT WAY, BY THE END OF THE PROJECT, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR PORTION BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING PHASE, WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE UNLESS IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A LARGE AMOUNT.

BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE VERY ENCOURAGING BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT $100,000 OVER BASICALLY, IT'S $100,000 OVER RIGHT NOW. YEAH. BECAUSE EVEN FROM THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE HAVE THE SAVINGS LIKE THE ONE EVEN AFTER WE USE, I GUESS, SOME OF THE TEXAN TRAIL, THE DRAINAGE, THAT'S LIKE EVEN IF YOU USE LIKE 11,000 THAT FOR THE OVERAGE, FOR THE OTHER PART, IT STILL LEAVES 20,000 PLUS SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DIG MUCH INTO THE OTHER FUNDS, I GUESS, FOR THE BONDS.

YEP. IF IT ALL FALLS WITHIN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE RAMIFICATION.

YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THEM THAT WE HAVE THE FULL FUNDING SECURED FOR IT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE 60 DAY LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 1.3? IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO INSIDE? COULD WE STRIKE THAT? I MEAN, IN REALITY, YES WE CAN. I THINK PART OF THAT ISSUE THAT COMES INTO IT IS, I DON'T KNOW, I'D HAVE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY GUARANTEE ON IT IF WE WERE TO TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE ON IT.

SO I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION. SO IF WE WERE TAKING IT FROM THE TIME THAT THE PROJECT ENDED, I DON'T KNOW IF IT STILL WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THEIR WARRANTY IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED. YEAH. AND SO I WOULD JUST HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.

BUT EXAMPLE, I MEAN, LAKESIDE THEY HAD A CONTINGENCY IN THEIRS THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO COVER THE LANDSCAPING AND THE IRRIGATION FOR A CERTAIN SET TIME.

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THEY HAD TO COME BACK. AND FOR US, IT WAS ON FINISHING THIS PROJECT IN THE SUMMERTIME.

YEAH. YES. BUT. YES. SO. SO I GUESS WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BUSHES THAT WE GET DURING CEB? WE'LL GET THOSE. BUT THIS ONE'S MORE SO LIKE THE SOD THAT THEY LAY AND THEY'RE GUARANTEEING THAT THEIR PRODUCT IS GOING TO STICK.

SO BUT I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER.

I WOULD CONSIDER IT. IT'S AN $8,000 SAVINGS. EVERYTHING ADDS UP.

OKAY. SO I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN GO THROUGH LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN OUTSOURCE, WHICH IS REALLY SORT OF INSOURCING, BUT USING THE CITY, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND RESOURCES TO DO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

SO I GUESS THAT'S ONE THING YOU'RE MENTIONING, BUT I GUESS LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, WHAT CAN WE OUTSOURCE IN SOME OF THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. THERE AND WE'VE KIND OF DONE SIMILAR TO THAT.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE NUMBER OF THEM WE'VE ALREADY ELIMINATED LOOKING AT THAT. SO LIKE SOME OF THE ADD ALTERNATES FOR SECURING ADDITIONAL BLEACHERS, WE PLAN TO USE SOME IN-HOUSE. BUT YEAH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK THROUGH THOSE.

I WILL SAY THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, THOUGH. ARE MOST OF THE ITEMS REMAINING? THERE'S FAR AND FEW BETWEEN OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO FROM THE PROJECT STANDPOINT.

ONE, ONE CONSIDERATION, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THE CITY OR WHOEVER IS GOING TO DO THIS GRADING, IS IT GOING TO HOLD UP THE WHOLE PROJECT OR IS IT GOING TO HOLD IT UP, BEING OPEN? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ARE THEY WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR WHAT'S FOR THIS ONE OR FOR THE OTHER FOR SOFTBALL FIELDS? THIS ONE'S A FULL LIKE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS ONE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT'S COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO FROM START TO FINISH.

SO ONCE THEY BREAK GROUND, THEY SHOULD JUST KEEP MOVING.

WHEREAS PARAGON IS OUR BATES PARK IS THE ONE THAT HAS ADDITIONAL PARTIES INVOLVED.

THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT. DIFFERENT. YEAH. YEAH.

THE ONE THING THAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT AND KIND OF GOING OFF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE FENCING.

COULD YOU GET CHEAPER FENCING LOCALLY? BECAUSE THAT'S 30,000 ADDITIONAL FOR THAT, FOR THAT EIGHT FOOT OR ACTUALLY A SIX FOOT FENCE, NOT EVEN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.

I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF THAT YOU MIGHT GET SOME SAVINGS IF WE DID IT OURSELVES.

BUT THEIR COST, THOUGH. I MEAN, I CAN TRY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT NUMBERS ON LINEAR FOOT ON THAT BATES PARK.

THEIRS WAS. FOR THAT PROJECT, YOU WERE LOOKING AT 40 JUST ABOUT $42,000 FOR THAT PROJECT. AND SO IT'S POSSIBLE I MEAN, 42 WAS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FIELD, RIGHT? INCLUDING THE DUGOUT ALL THE WAY? YEAH, THAT'S THE ENTIRE THING. SO SMALLER FIELD FOOTPRINT.

SMALLER SIZE FIELD. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE THEY'RE DOING THE PLANKED OUTFIELDS MRS 42, 4.4. 11 AND 4.12 TOGETHER IS 42,000. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE THE DUGOUTS, BUT WE'VE GOT THAT CHANGED OVER.

IS THAT HALF CHAIN LINK, HALF WOOD OR THE DUGOUT? WELL, I KNOW THE DUGOUT IS USUALLY A CHAIN LINK.

SEEING YOU BREAK THE BACK, THE BACK, THE BACK.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO DO? ALL THE CMU AS WELL.

BECAUSE THAT'S YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NETTING. ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE OR AND THE NETTING PORTION TOO.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS FIELD HAS THE WE WANT TO KEEP THE NETTING.

SO KEEP THE NETTING AND KEEP THAT CMU. BUT SEE WHAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED FOR THEM TO DO THE DUGOUTS AND STOP AT THE DUGOUT.

DUGOUT SPECIAL WORK ISN'T IT? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT JUST REGULAR FENCE ON THIS DESIGN.

I DIDN'T ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT THESE DUGOUTS HAVE FENCING IN FRONT OF THE DUGOUT.

YES. OKAY. BECAUSE THE MODEL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS AN OPEN DUGOUT.

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OF OPEN DUGOUTS? I CALL IT OPEN, BUT THERE IS A LIMITED PROTECTION OR IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT, I DON'T THINK. I THINK QUITE HONESTLY, OPEN DUGOUTS ARE COMPLETELY PROHIBITED ANYMORE, BUT A 2 TO 3 FOOT FENCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COST SAVING, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER. THE HICCUP THAT WOULD RUN THERE IS WE WOULD HAVE TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS.

IF WE REMOVE THE DUGOUTS SCOPE COMPLETELY AND WE OUTSOURCE IT, WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE THEN WE CAN KIND OF DETERMINE OFF OF THAT ONE.

BUT IF WE DIDN'T, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AS A CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY SCOPED AS THE PROJECT, SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF.

I DON'T THINK YOU NECESSARILY CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE DUGOUT. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS JUST NOT PUTTING. DOES IT AFFECT YOUR INSURANCE AT ALL IF YOU CHANGE IT LIKE THAT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE MORE PROTECTION WITH THE FENCE.

IT SHOULDN'T IN THEORY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT INSURANCE DOESN'T CHANGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET HONESTLY, IF THE INSURANCE GETS THAT DETAILED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, I THINK THEY'RE JUST KNOW YOU HAVE A BASEBALL FIELDS.

AND THE EVENT THAT YOU HAD REPEAT ISSUES, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR ANOTHER CLAIM UNLESS YOU ADDRESS THE SAFETY DEFICIENCY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD NECESSARILY ADDRESS IT THAT WAY.

I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT PUTTING THE ON THE CHANGE ORDER THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THE BRICK FOR THE CMU, NOT FENCING AROUND BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GOING UP SIX FEET, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN TO THE REST OF THE ROOF, I THINK IS ALL CLOSED IN WITH CHAIN LINK.

RIGHT? SIX AND A HALF. YEAH. YEP. I MEAN, I DON'T I WOULDN'T NEED IT ALL CLOSED IN AND LEAVE THAT OPEN IF YOU WANT FOR THAT SAVINGS.

AND THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE THE ADD ON BID ALTERNATE.

I MEAN, THE REAL QUESTION IS WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE ON. RIGHT.

YES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON THE TURF FIELD? WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? REASONS OVER THE GRASS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S LOOKING LIKE.

SO, I MEAN, THAT WILL HELP THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE.

AND SO YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE LESS TO WORRY ABOUT AS FAR AS HAVING THE TURF FIELD THAN YOU WOULD HAVING THE DIRT IN FIELDS OR HAVING GRASS IN THAT SPACE.

THE USABILITY OF THAT SPACE, AS FAR AS IF YOU HAVE RAIN THAT COMES IN, THAT'S TYPICALLY THE SPACE THAT CAUSES YOU TO NOT BE ABLE TO, TO PLAY. SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO INCREASE YOUR USAGE ON THAT BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AS MANY RAIN OUTS IN THAT LOCATION.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THAT. YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE A GREATER USER EXPERIENCE ON THIS FIELD AS WELL, ESPECIALLY BEING THIS UPGRADED FIELD AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, OF MAKING SURE IT'S LINED FOR MULTIPLE AGES SO THAT MULTIPLE GROUPS COULD UTILIZE IT EVEN IF IT WAS TURF. SO THAT WAY THEY COULD GO IN AND STILL PLAY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT.

SO SOME OF THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT COST SAVING BENEFITS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT IT'S GOING TO REALLY ENHANCE YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ON THAT MORE FREQUENTLY.

SO BUT NONE OF THE OTHER FIELDS ARE TURFED. YES THEY ARE.

ONE OF THEM IS. OH IT IS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE DOES HAVE INTEREST IN LIKE THEY'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS OF POTENTIALLY ADDING ANOTHER TURF FIELD.

SO WHETHER THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT OR THEY WOULD CONSIDER THIS ONE OF THE TURF ONES AS IF THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AS WELL. SO THEY DO CURRENTLY HAVE ONE. YES. IS THERE A, A GOVERNING BODY OR WHAT ENTITY ACTUALLY INSPECT THE END PRODUCT? BECAUSE BY US MAKING CHANGES AND SUPPOSING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FENCING AND CERTAIN STRUCTURE, IT'S LIKE SOME TYPE OF ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY INSPECTS THE SAFETY OF EVERYTHING AND THE FINAL PRODUCT PERIOD.

BECAUSE THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF LEEWAY OR WHAT TYPE OF LEVERAGE YOU HAVE WITH GRAVITY,

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SO EXAMPLE WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IT WITH TDLR.

AND THEY HAVE TO DO LIKE AN ACCESSIBILITY REPORT.

AND SO THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT COMES OUT AND ASSESSES IT ON THE ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENT OF IT.

AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S MORE AS WELL TO THAT IS STAFF SAYING CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT TO ENSURE WHAT PRODUCT IS GOING IN.

WHEN WE RECEIVE INVOICES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES WHAT THEY HAVE QUOTED FOR THE PROJECT THAT IT MEETS THE SCOPE OF.

THAT'S ALSO WHY, LIKE BURDETT IS PART OF THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.

AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE RECEIVE THINGS THEY'RE MAKING SURE IT'S TO SPEC AND THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE PLAYING, THE PLAYING SURFACE OR FOR THAT FIELD COMPONENT.

AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ONES THERE. IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE VENDORS INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ALWAYS THAT COHESIVE RELATIONSHIP. AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT AND GOING THROUGH THAT.

SO IF YOU BRING IN ANOTHER THIRD PARTY AND YOU'RE CONJOINING THAT TOGETHER, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING NICE TOGETHER BECAUSE YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST TAKING ON THE ROLE OF BEING CONTRACTORS BY GETTING THIS ONE PARTY AND THAT ONE PARTY.

BUT THE ONLY THING IS LIKE PARAGON'S NOT LOCAL.

SO IT'D BE NEAT TO LIKE KEEP SOME OF THE LOCAL DOLLARS, THE DOLLARS HERE LOCALLY AND USE SOME OF THE LOCAL VENDORS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PARAGON MAY OR MAY NOT WILL ALLOW US TO DO.

I GUESS IF YOU CAN SAY THAT THIS IS FROST. FROST? YEAH. FROST. FROST. THEY'RE NOT LOCAL, PER SE.

THEY'RE HOUSTON BASED, BUT. YEAH. WELL, THANKS FOR AND REALLY, I MEAN, IF YOU CONSIDER LIKE FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR PARK SYSTEM AND TO FREEDOM PARK.

AND SO THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR THAT ONE IS THIS IS A BRAND NEW FIELD DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS YOUR ONE TIME TO REALLY GET IN AND GET IT RIGHT.

YEAH. AND SO ONE OF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA IS, HAVE THEY DONE PROJECTS OF SIMILAR MAKEUP IN THE PAST? RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS BENEFICIAL. SO EXAMPLE IS THE CONTRACTOR WE'RE GOING FOR THE FENCE HAS DONE WORK AT BATES PARK PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. AND SO THEY HAPPEN TO ACTUALLY COME IN AT THE LOWEST.

SO THAT'S POSITIVE NEWS FOR US. BUT FREEDOM PARK IS A LARGER FIELD, LARGER FOOTPRINT LARGER THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE ARE DONE.

SO HAVING IT UNDER ONE IS HELPFUL. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.

YOU KNOW, JUST GO AHEAD. I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT BECAUSE YOU GOT THE ANSWERS FOR ALL OF IT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONE. I DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LIGHT ASSESSMENT.

LIKE HOW MUCH LIGHTING WOULD COST AT THAT FIELD? IT'S A RANGE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING. I THINK THE LOWEST LOW RANGE WAS ABOUT 300,000.

THE LOW RANGE. YOU KNOW, THE GUY TOLD ME, THE COMPANY THAT I TALKED TO, THEY SAID YOU NEED ABOUT EIGHT POLES AND TO BE ABOUT 400,000.

IS THAT TECH LINE? I THINK IT WAS TECH LINE. AND SO YEAH, TECH LINE WAS THE ONE I WAS GONNA SAY SO 400.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MORE, MORE EXPENSIVE ONE IS 7 TO 8 FOR THAT FIELD.

THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THAT'S THAT'S HONESTLY ONE OF THE BIGGER DEAL BREAKERS IN GENERAL LIGHTS.

IF YOU TELL ME, HEY. WE HAVE A TURF FIELD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS.

OKAY. BUT IF YOU SAY, HEY, WE HAVE LIGHTS ON GRASS, YOU CAN HAVE GAMES SUNUP TO SUNDOWN.

THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE LIGHTS. JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH THE LIGHTS, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BE IF YOU COULD DO THAT INSTEAD OF THE OTHER. YEAH. AND ALL THE OTHER. ALL THE COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE.

YEAH. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW CAN YOU FIT THAT MONEY AROUND TO TO MANEUVER.

YEAH. YEAH. I CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MASSAGE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND HOPE THAT THEY REALLY NEED AN ADDITIONAL FIELD.

I DO KNOW THAT THE I'VE HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO REVITALIZE AN OLD TRACK IN FOOTBALL FIELDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NEED FOR IT.

AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR A NEW BASEBALL FIELD, I'M SURE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO STAY RIGHT THERE WITH THEM.

HISTORICALLY, THOUGH. YEAH. BUT WILL THEY LET LET ANYBODY ELSE USE IT.

YEAH. PLUS HISTORICALLY I THINK WE WERE GOING TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE THE SWIMMING POOL, THE OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL AT ONE POINT IN TIME. AND WE ALSO HAD THE RELATIONSHIP WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TENNIS COURTS AS WELL ON DOWNING.

WE ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT. YEAH. THE TENNIS COURTS IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP, SO IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

TECHNICALLY STILL CITY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS IT, BUT IT IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM THAT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR RECREATION AND FOR PROGRAMING. SO MAYBE WE CAN EMULATE THAT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

YEAH. WE'VE SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT THIS FIELD. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SO ADAMANT ABOUT BUILDING IT TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL FIELD.

THAT WAY IT'S USABLE. THE OTHER THING TO REMIND THE BOARD IS FREEDOM PARK WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PROJECTS THAT ABLC TOOK ON WHEN IT FIRST

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ALL THAT WAS CUT. SO REALLY BY WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE ACTUALLY FINISHING SOMETHING WE STARTED 20 YEARS AGO GETTING GETTING A PLAN, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, COMPLETING IT. THAT'S RIGHT.

THE 20 YEAR PLAN. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT ALL THIS IS MAKING A COMMITMENT TO FINISH THE PROJECTS WE STARTED.

I THINK THE REC CENTER GETTING ITS RENOVATIONS AND WHAT IT'S BEEN DOING, WHAT'S BEING DONE.

THERE WAS A LOT CUT OUT OF THE REC CENTER. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS GROUP CAN REALLY HANG THEIR HAT ON AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE FINISHING THE PROJECTS THAT WE STARTED YEARS AGO.

YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT, YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY HERE AND SAVE MONEY THERE SO WE CAN CUT THINGS OUT AND CUT THIS OUT. THEN ONCE THE PROJECT'S DONE, LIKE A HOME OR ANYTHING, YOU LOOK BACK ON THINKING IT WOULDN'T HAVE COST THAT MUCH TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT THIS WAY. YEAH. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIS.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, I CAN SEE WE WANT TO CUT CORNERS AND NOT CUT CORNERS.

EXCUSE ME. WE WANT TO CUT COST. WE WANT TO CUT COST.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK BACK AND HAVE REGRETS LIKE, OH, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH MORE LAVISH FEEL. AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO COST US X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. AND THEY HAVE IT DONE LATER ON.

WITH COST INCREASING, IT'S GOING TO COST US EVEN MORE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THE LIGHTS ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE PLANNING THAT ONCE WE GET SOME PEOPLE ON THE BOARD WITH THIS, IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT NOT REALLY BUILDING IT JUST FOR ANGLETON, BUILDING IT FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY AND POSSIBLY FARTHER OUT TO HOPEFULLY. OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BRING THE CAMERA IN TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF. I MEAN, I KNOW I DO THINK YOU WILL GET TOURNAMENTS IF YOU HAVE A JUNIOR SENIOR LEAGUE FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO A HIGH SCHOOL FIELD. ALL THAT PARKING IN THAT AREA.

YEAH, YOU'RE. BUT IT GOES TO WHAT TRAVIS SAID A WHILE AGO WAS, YOU KNOW, THE SAVINGS ON THE CONTINGENCY LINE.

THIS FIELD WON'T BE DONE UNTIL JULY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU GET A COUPLE MONTHS OF PLAYING IN ON IT, AND WE'RE IN THE NEXT BUDGET ALREADY.

AND TRAVIS MENTIONED, HEY, WE ROLL THE SAVINGS IN AND WE GO OUT FOR ANOTHER DEBT SERVICE.

AND IN THAT TIME, MAYBE WE COULD THROW THE LIGHTS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE WE CAN GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SAY, HEY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING THIS FIELD. WE WILL PUT, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTION TO THE TO THE LIGHTS.

I THINK THIS IS JUST WHERE WE START AND GET TO.

WE HAVE A PLAYING SURFACE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUMMERTIME LONG HOURS.

WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE FIELDS.

AT LEAST USE IT SOME. YOU KNOW, WE CAN SCHEDULE IT.

YEAH. FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN, WE BUILD IT. THEY WILL.

YEAH. TO GET IT BUILT AND THEN. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS BETTER WHEN YOU SAY THAT'S 3 OR 4 GAMES AND POSSIBLY YOU COULD PLAY 2 OR 3 MAYBE. AND WE ARE BUILDING THIS FOR 14 HOUR DAYS, DRIVING IT FOR TO WHERE IT CAN BE USED FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS AS WELL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST ON ONE. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE JUNIOR SENIORS PLAYING ON AT THAT TIME AND YOU HAVE A RAINOUT AND YOU NEED A FIELD.

YEAH. YOU GOT A FIELD. YEP, YEP. DO WE JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOL? YOU HATE TO ASK THEM, BUT JUST TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THE FENCING SITUATION, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST ON THE FENCING SITUATION. LIKE I WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO BE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE FENCE, BUT THAT FENCE IS TOO SHORT FOR ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS TO EVEN WANT TO HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT. IT'S 325 DOWN THE LINE.

NO OFFENSE FOR SAFETY. SO CONCERN ON THE SIX FOOT ONE OR ON THE FOREFOOT ONE.

WELL, YES, WE GOT THE SIX IN HERE. YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY THE PRIORITY IS TO.

OR MAYBE EVEN THE HATEFUL BECAUSE I KNOW. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD GO SIX AND A HALF, BUT THEY'RE OVER THERE CLOSE TO SIX FOOT, IF NOT MORE, AT SUGGS IN LAKE JACKSON. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RESEARCH IS THERE, THAT WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT TO WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, THIS IS GOOD. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT NICE FEEL TO NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE.

I'M TRYING TO THINK BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD, I, WE CAN'T REALLY ACCESS THOSE AREAS.

THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, THE EXTERIOR FENCE MAYBE 6 TO 8FT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE INTERIOR FIELD, THAT FENCE THAT LINES THE FIELD IS THAT TALL.

YEAH. THE FIELD BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S BLOCKED OFF TO THE PUBLIC.

YEAH. BUT IF YOU GO EVEN DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE, THERE'S NOT EVEN A FENCE.

THEY HAVE IT COMPLETELY OPEN RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT A FENCE DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE.

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BUT OF A FENCE THAT DIVIDES THE FIELD FROM THE NON PLAYING FIELD ON SUGGS.

NO I'M TALKING ABOUT ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL. OH, ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE'S A BATTING CAGE, BUT THERE IS NO FENCE.

THEY TOOK IT DOWN, I GUESS, FOR EASE OF ACCESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY. YOU CAN ASK THEM WHY, BUT THERE IS NO FENCE.

THERE'S LITERALLY NOT A FENCE. SO I DON'T THINK FOUR FOOT IS GOING TO BE A DEAL BREAKER.

THERE A POLE FOR. IS THERE A FOUL POLE OUT THERE? OH YEAH. THERE'S NO FENCE GOING TO. WELL I MEAN I'M WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT'S DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE NOT OVER THE, THE THE EXTERIOR WALL EXISTS.

RIGHT. OH, YEAH. BUT THE LEFT FIELD LINE, WHICH COMES PAST THE DUGOUT, LIKE YOU WOULD THINK, IT GOES ABOUT 30, 40FT AND IT JUST STOPS BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY USED THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF BATTING CAGES BEHIND IT AND THEY'RE JUST OPEN. YOU CAN RUN IN AND OUT.

BULLPEN. JUST SAYING, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A FOUR FOOT FENCE AND THERE'S NOT EVEN A FENCE DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. I THINK. I DON'T KNOW.

YOU JUST WORRY ABOUT THE FANS CAN'T EVEN GET ON THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD TO WATCH THE GAME.

THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO. I'M THINKING AT THIS FIELD.

CORRECT. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE TRAVIS SAID THERE'S A BULLPEN AND BATTING CAGES AND STUFF BLOCKING THE FROM THEM, FROM THEM ACCESSING THAT RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEY ALSO I THINK THEY HAVE A BULLPEN AND ALL THAT STUFF ON THAT SIDE. OURS ISN'T GOING TO BE SET UP THAT WAY. OURS IS JUST GOING TO BE SET UP.

FOUL. POLE. FOUL. ANYBODY CAN BE ALONG THE FENCE LINE. ANYBODY CAN BE DOWN THE FENCE LINE. AND THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN IS 17 1516 YEAR OLD KID GETS A FOUL BALL. YEAH IT'S GOING TO BE A HEADS UP YOU KNOW.

I MEAN NOT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHANGE ORDER OR IF WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS MIX MATCH.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS OR, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST 30FT PAST THE DUGOUT IS EIGHT FEET, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE WELL PAST THE DUGOUT, IT DROPS TO WHERE, IN THE OUTFIELD? DOWN TO FOUR. YEAH. TAPER DOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN TAPER DOWN.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND THAT WAY YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF ADDED PROTECTION PAST THE THE DUGOUTS.

BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET PAST THAT, YOU'RE ABOUT 180FT FROM HOME PLATE.

THAT'S A LONG. THAT'S 60 YARDS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD DISTANCE. THE FIREBALLS GOT TO TRAVEL A GOOD WAYS BEFORE YOU GOT TO REALLY NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION.

THE BALL TO BE HIT THAT FAR. YOU SHOULDN'T BE THAT CLOSE TO THE BALL FIELD IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

I GUESS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO REACT, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THAT'S MY POINT. YEAH.

FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I GUESS LUIS IS GETTING AT, BUT IF YOU GO LIKE 20, 30FT PAST THE THE. PART OF THE DUGOUT THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE HOME PLATE BUT CLOSEST TO THE OUTFIELD WALL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE DOCTOR JACKSON HAD TAPERED DOWN OR JUST DROP IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 4 AND JUST RUN IT THE REST OF THE WAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THE LAYOUT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S ALL. JUST. JUST MAYBE A WAY TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY KIND OF MIX MATCH THERE, WHERE I'LL HAVE TO FULLY EVALUATE HOW THAT THAT BID PIECE CAME IN.

THE FENCING, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADJUST IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ADJUSTING THE QUANTITY AMOUNT AND KIND OF BREAKING THAT PIECE DOWN.

AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

THAT WOULDN'T BE A CHANGE ORDER. RIGHT. I FIGURE YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE YOUR SAME POLES.

WELL, YOU JUST WON'T HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SEVEN FOOT POLE INSTEAD OF A TEN FOOT POLE OR WHATEVER MONEY SAVED THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AS HIGH TO GO TO FOUR FOOT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M GUESSING A FOOT POLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL GOT IT ABOUT HALF OF IT UNDERGROUND.

SO MAYBE A 12 FOOT POLE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME COST SAVINGS.

AND THEN JUST WHAT? IT COSTS LESS, I GUESS FOR FOUR FOOT WIDTH VERSUS EIGHT FOOT WIDTH OR HEIGHT OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON FREEDOM PARK? YES. THE THE BRICK PAVER.

I REALLY WANT TO GET STARTED ON THAT. I THINK WE COULD WE COULD RAISE SOME MONEY THAT WILL HELP US OFFSET THIS COST.

WORKING ON THAT UPDATED ORDINANCE, BUT THAT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK ONE.

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I MEAN, WE CAN DO IT FOR FREEDOM. OH, FREEDOM SELLING BRICK PAVERS.

AND WE PUT THEM OUT AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DID AT THE POLICE STATION WHEN WE BUILT THE POLICE STATION.

AND WE LINED THE SIDEWALK AND IT RAISED MONEY FOR THEM.

AND THEN RIGHT HERE. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. YES. GO AHEAD.

MAY I WAIT FOR THE BUS, PLEASE? THANK YOU. WILDCAT STADIUM ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PAVERS.

AND I THINK SELLING BRICK PAVERS FOR 100 BUCKS TO PEOPLE, AND THEN MAYBE DOING SOME BIGGER ONES FOR CORPORATIONS, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO DO IT.

WE COULD. I MEAN, MY THOUGHT IS TO RAISE ABOUT 50,000 DOING IT, AND THAT HELPS TO OFFSET THIS COST AS WELL.

YEAH. PLUS IT GIVES THE THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IN.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEP. THEY CAN PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE TO PULL 100,000 FROM SOMEWHERE.

WE CAN ALSO PUT SOME BACK BY DOING THIS.

READY TO MOVE ON TO ABIGAIL. DO YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER FOR THIS ONE.

NOT AT THE MOMENT. I WAS GOING TO WAIT TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE.

OKAY. YEAH, LET'S GO ON. BECAUSE WE'LL NEED AN OFFICIAL MOTION TO DETERMINE HOW WE WANT TO WORK OUT FUNDING.

SO, ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK UPDATE FOR THE BOARD. IT DID GO OUT TO BID ONCE.

UNFORTUNATELY. THAT BID THOSE BIDS DID GET REJECTED.

SO WE HAVE GONE OUT TO REBID. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS REBID IS GOING TO HAVE A BETTER RETURN ON IT.

THEY ARE DUE BACK TOMORROW. 3 P.M. 3 P.M. TOMORROW.

WE GOT TWO BID OPENINGS TOMORROW. SO TOMORROW AT 3 P.M., THEY'RE DUE IN IN HOUSE.

AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET THE FULL UPDATED COST ON THOSE ONES.

PER CITY COUNCIL GUIDANCE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DECIDED TO DO WAS TO OUTSOURCE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPLASH PAD SEPARATELY TO MAXIMIZE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ONE. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH LONE STAR RECREATION AND VORTEX TO ADDRESS THOSE TWO COMPONENTS.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALREADY SLATED TO BE IN IT. AND THEN THE REMAINING OF THE PARK PROJECTS WILL BE IN THE CONTRACT.

IT DOES HAVE SOME SMALL BIT ALTERNATES TO IT.

THIS ONE DOES, AS YOU'LL RECALL, HAVE EXTRA CONTINGENCY ITEMS, IF YOU WILL.

THOSE ARE TIED TO THE DPW GRANT. SO THIS IS PART OF A 50% MATCH THERE.

THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO WE HAVE TO HIT A THRESHOLD OF 1.5 MILLION FOR DESIGN, PLANTINGS, SPLASH PAD PLAYGROUND AND TRAIL.

SO TO ENSURE THAT WE GET FULL MAXIMIZED FUNDING FOR THAT, WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE COST FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPLASH PAD THAT'S GOING TO EAT UP ABOUT 1.2 TOTAL OF THAT ONE.

SO BASED ON THE INITIAL COST ESTIMATES THAT CAME IN OR THE PREVIOUS BIDS THAT CAME IN YOU ADD IN DESIGN SERVICES AND THE PLANTINGS AND THE THE TRAIL, WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO HIT THAT THRESHOLD.

THE ONLY SIDE THAT COMES TO THAT IS WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THE PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO RECEIVE GOOD BIDS ON THAT.

ONE OF THE BIDS THAT WE DID RECEIVE WAS PROMISING, AND IT DID HAVE SOME OF THOSE BID ALTERNATES IN IT.

SO IF THEY COME BACK AND HAVE A BID, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PROJECT.

BUT DO KEEP IN MIND, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONES IT'S A CONSIDERATION THAT THIS MIGHT BE ONE THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THE CITY DID CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO IT.

THERE IS A ABOUT $1.7 MILLION LEFT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE DESIGN SERVICES.

SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPLASH PAD.

SO WE'RE BEING REALLY MINDFUL OF THAT ONE. SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT WHETHER TONIGHT OR FUTURE MAY COME BACK TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FULL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. THE DIFFICULT PIECE FOR ABIGAIL IS WE HAVE ALREADY SHRUNK THE SCOPE OF IT.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN REMOVE FROM IT, KNOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS TIED UP IN PLAYGROUND SPLASH PAD TRAILS THE PLANTINGS FOR THE GRANTS. SO THE OTHER PARTS ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM PARKING LOT LIGHTING AND THE PAVILION.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT EXTRA THAT GOES WITH THAT ONE.

SO I CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

IF THE BOARD WAS WANTING TO RESERVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT ONE.

SO QUESTIONS ON ABIGAIL. I JUST GOT A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING, IS THAT DOES IT HAVE A SHELF

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BUT I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE HAVE THE PLAN AND EVERYTHING.

IS THAT SATISFIED PART OF IT. YES. YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT PART.

WE'RE ALREADY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT GO THERE.

I JUST CONTINUED TO UPDATE THEM BECAUSE THE PROJECT PLAN AND THE PLAYGROUND SPLASH PLAN CHANGED.

I HAD TO SEND THEM ADDITIONAL PLAN SETS FOR THOSE, BUT THAT WE'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR IT.

IT JUST ADDS THAT EXTRA ELEMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FUNDING THRESHOLD TO HIT.

SO IF YOU DON'T HIT THAT FUNDING THRESHOLD, THEY DON'T REIMBURSE YOU FOR IT. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YES, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US 750,000. WELL IF I ONLY SPEND 1.4 THEY'RE ONLY GIVING US 700,000.

AND SO YOU'VE JUST LOST $100,000 PER SE FOR YOUR PROJECT.

THEY'RE DOING IT LIKE, ARE THEY DOING IT VIA A REIMBURSEMENT TYPE BASIS? YEAH. YEP. THAT'S THE THING. SO YOU GOT TO SPEND THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

YEP. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ABIGAIL? AT LEAST WE GOT A PLAN. BEEN SAYING PRAYERS ALL WEEKEND.

THE BIDS THAT WE HAD TO REJECT WERE WHAT WAS THE LOWEST BID WAS LIKE 6 OR 700,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.

YES. BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE PLAY THEIR PLAYGROUND AND SPLASH PAD WAS PRETTY INFLATED.

SO IT WAS REALLY ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

WHEN YOU FACTOR IT TOOK OUT SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS, I THINK THEY GOT DOWN.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE 1.8 WHEN WE PULLED OUT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. THE OTHER BID, THOUGH, WAS THEIR FULL BID PRICE WAS 4.2.

SO THESE BIDS WERE CLOSED, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH.

THEY'RE SEALED BIDS. OKAY. SO SO YOU ALREADY MENTIONED EARLIER THERE'S THERE'S IT'S SO LEAN ALREADY.

YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ANYTHING WITH THIS PARK. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES.

YES YOU WOULD. YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO HAVE SOME OF TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

I MEAN, YEAH, YEAH, YOU COULD LOOK AT LIGHTING, I GUESS A NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

BUT THEN YOU'RE IMPACTING THE PARK FURTHER. IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY HARD IN SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE PAVILION ITSELF IS FAIRLY SMALL AS IT IS.

IT HAS RESTROOMS WITH, I BELIEVE, THREE STALLS IN EACH.

AND SO WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE USAGE BEING THERE, IT COULD BE I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING PARK, BUT TO REDUCE THINGS FURTHER, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY IMPACT THE EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON GOOD BIDS AROUND ON THE PARKING, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE THE AREA IS SUCH A I MEAN, IT'S NOT AS LARGE AS SOME OF YOUR OTHER THE OTHER PARKS WE HAVE AS FAR AS PARKING GOES.

YEAH, AS FAR AS THE PARKING WENT, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO TRY AND FIGURE IS HOW TO GET PARKING.

THAT WAS BENEFICIAL TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHO MIGHT UTILIZE THAT MORE, BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAN, I MEAN, BATES PARK IS CLOSE TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRAVELING ACROSS TOWN. PEOPLE TO USE THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION THAT'S THERE.

SO IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO IT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE.

WE ALSO HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON DOING A CURB CUT FOR A FUTURE EXPANSION.

AND IDENTIFYING SPACE WITHIN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF THE PARK.

SO WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE PARCEL ADJACENT TO THE PARK, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER TWO ACRES THAT WE CAN TAP INTO FOR RESERVE.

THAT IS FUTURE PHASE TWO PLANNING. SO WE MAY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT, TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ON SITES.

OBVIOUSLY SAME THING. WEATHER CONTINGENT THOUGH. BUT IF WEATHER IS POOR, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALLY BE AT THE SPLASH PAD AND PLAYGROUND? BUT IF YOU GET A GOOD HARD RAIN AND IF IT DOESN'T DRAIN WELL AND SO WE HAVE SOME PLANS TO PUT IN PLACE FOR THAT.

IT'S BEEN COUNCIL'S DIRECTION THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT PHASE TWO NOW.

SO WE CAN HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED FROM THAT.

SO. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS YOU CAN ADD PARKING.

THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT THAT'LL BE DECIDED MUCH LATER.

YEAH. THE FIRST HURDLE IS TO GET THE PROJECT BID, GET A GOOD BID IN AND SIGN OFF ON THAT ONE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. WE'D RATHER GET THAT PARK IN THERE AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AS THEY COME.

IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THAT QUESTION WAS WE SAW WE SAW THE DESIGN.

AND THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS LIKE THIS YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY ATTRACTIVE.

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IT'LL BE BIGGER THAN MASTERSON. I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, IF YOU WANT BETTER VETERANS BIGGER THAN THE BRUSHY IT WON'T BE BIGGER THAN THE FOUR FREEDOMS. BIGGER BAITS, BIGGER LAKESIDE'S BIGGER TECHNICALLY WELCH IS BIGGER BUT YEAH HE'S BIGGER.

IT IS GOING TO BE USED A LOT. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES TO IT.

YEAH. WELL YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS WE'LL TALK ABOUT OFFLINE.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE PARKING. WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE PARKING IS WHEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING SPACES IN THE CONSTITUENT, THEY'RE GOING TO PARK WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PARK. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT LATER ON AND REALIZE THIS IS WHERE THE PARKING NEEDS TO BE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY SHOULD PARK. IT'S LIKE NECESSITY, YOU KNOW, INVENTION. SO YES, I THINK PARKING WILL BE DETERMINED BY WHERE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PARK THEIR CARS.

YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO TURN ON HOW MUCH PARKING WE'RE GOING TO NEED LATER ON. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STREET PARKING.

THAT'S UP TO THE CHIEF BECAUSE HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE STATE CITIES.

MAYBE WE CAN DO IT LIKE ARCOLA AND JUST LET THEM PARK IN THE ROAD AND JUST PUT THE STRIPE OUT AROUND IT? NO. LOTS OF OPTIONS. OKAY, COOL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ABIGAIL? I'M GOOD. OKAY. LAST ONE. LAST ONE IS JUST TO UPDATE ON THE REC CENTER.

SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR THIS.

SO YOU'LL KIND OF SEE IN YOUR PACKET HERE WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE NATATORIUM.

SO WE HAVE POOL, PLASTER SPA PLASTER SLIDE BEING REFINISHED, PAINTING PLAY NOOK INSTALLATION, DECK AND STAIRS RESURFACING AND THE GUTTER AND DECORATING.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AT THE REC CENTER RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN THE POOL AREA. AND SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED ABOUT THAT PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING THERE THAT'S GOING TO REALLY REMAKE THAT SPACE.

THERE ARE A FEW SMALLER ITEMS WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADDRESS WITHIN THAT THAT MAY COME AT A LATER DATE, BUT THIS IS THE BULK OF THE MAJORITY OF EVERYTHING.

AND ADDITIONAL UPDATE I CAN PROVIDE IS THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE OPENING IN MARCH FOR SPRING BREAK.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THAT TIME FRAME IS GOING TO BE HIT.

WE RAN INTO SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE TO ENSURE THOSE ARE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TBD AT THIS TIME, BUT HOPEFULLY IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH LONGER AFTER THAT.

THE GOAL WAS TO HIT SPRING BREAK, BUT WE WANT TO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE AND HOPEFUL THAT THEY DON'T COME AT AN ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE.

SO HAS ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST BEEN CHECKED OFF? ANY OF THEM FINISHED? ARE THEY WORKING ON EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE ALTOGETHER? LET'S SEE. 100%. NO IT IS A SO EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS THE PLASTER HAD TO BE REMOVED PRIOR THAN THE PLAY FEATURE GOING IN.

SO WHEN THEY GO IN TO REPLASTER, THE NEW PLAY FEATURE IS IN THEY WON'T FINISH STUFF ON THE PLAY FEATURE OF SOME OF THE COMPONENTS.

THAT ONE'S REALLY 99% DONE. IT'S JUST SOME OF THE PANELS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN WON'T GET PUT IN UNTIL AFTER THE PLASTER GOES IN.

AND SO THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE. THE SLIDE MAT AT THE END OF THE SLIDE WON'T GO IN UNTIL THE PLASTER IS DONE.

SO THAT ONE'S REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE THAT'S DONE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE THE LARGE SLIDE AND DOING SOME REHAB ON THAT AND THE STAIRS.

AND SO THAT ONE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 60% DONE. THEY'RE KIND OF ALL WORKING HAND IN HAND.

IT'S IT'S LIKE PLAYING TETRIS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S IN THERE NEXT AND WHICH ONES HERE TODAY.

THINGS EVERYWHERE. AND THE, THE STRIPPING OF THE DECK WAS LIKE CREATING A NEW DUST BOWL.

AND SO, LIKE, THERE WAS, LIKE, SMOKE WAS FLYING OUT THE SIDE OF THE FACILITY FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.

SO NOT 100%. NO BUT THEY'RE ON TRACK WITH WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

SO THE DECKING WAS THE THE ONE WE RAN INTO THE HICCUP WITH, SO.

YOU HAVE 1.8 MILLION SITTING THERE FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO THAT ONE IS THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN I REMEMBER US PUTTING IN HERE.

SO REMEMBER $500,000 WAS FROM THE BOND. WE HAD THE REC CENTERS FUND BALANCE HAD NOT BEEN APPROPRIATELY TRANSFERRED OVER FOR YEARS.

AND SO THERE WAS 274,000 FROM THAT ONE. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 150 THAT WAS DEDICATED FROM ABLC FOR THE PROJECT TO MAXIMIZE THAT 50% MATCH. AND THEN SO IT CAME OUT TO, I THINK, 881,000, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY,

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COSMETIC STUFF. ALSO MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. WE'LL SEE A FACE LIFT TO ADDRESS THE FLOOR, THE SHADING IN THERE, LIGHTING AND THAT SPACE AS WELL ADDRESSING LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND GOING TO LED LIGHTING, ENTIRE FACILITY WEIGHT ROOM FLOORING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND ADDRESSING THE WALLS IN THERE TO REMOVE THAT OLD CARPET OFF THE WALLS.

THE HOT WATER HEATER IS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT. OR I SHOULD SAY THE BOILER'S DUE FOR REPLACEMENT.

AND THEN THAT SHOULD GIVE US A GOOD INDICATOR FOR WHAT? WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE BATHROOMS IN THE LOCKER ROOMS. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, THE THE POOL THE HICCUP WE HAD WITH THE POOL ADDRESS, THE MADE, LIKE, A LARGE COMPONENT AND THEN USE OUR FUNDING AS WE MOVE THROUGH.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT RUNNING INTO MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT WE RUN INTO HURDLES WITH AND DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.

SO THE PLAN IS TO GET THE POOL DONE FIRST AND THEN MOVE TO SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGER PROJECTS.

SO THAT WAY WE HAVE KNOW WHAT OUR FUNDING CAPACITY IS.

FUNDING IS A TP. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM RECENTLY AND THEY REMINDED ME THAT THE THERE IS A GRANT OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE INDOOR GRANTS WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE EVERY YEAR AND THEN THE PARKS WON.

SO THEY'RE LIKE, IF YOU DON'T FINISH IT ALL, YOU CAN JUST APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

SO WHILE ENCOURAGING TO DO SO, ALSO SCARY BECAUSE THAT MEANS I RAN OUT OF MONEY AND COULDN'T ADDRESS THE PROJECTS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS SO WELL.

I GOT TO ASK THE QUESTION, YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT STILL SITTING THERE, VERY LITTLE SPENT, YOU KNOW. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD TAKE 100,000 FROM THIS PROJECT, MOVE IT TO THE FREEDOM PARK FIELD, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE CONTINGENCY LINE THAT YOU HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON THE REC CENTER SIDE, AND YOU HAVE FUND BALANCE THERE.

AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS YOU JUST MENTIONED ARE REALLY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL, LIKE A BOILER REPLACEMENT.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD FUND THROUGH BUDGET.

IDEALLY, YES. TYPICALLY, IF YOU WILL. BUT QUOTES WERE GETTING FOR BOILER AND HOT WATER RANGE FROM 50 TO 70,000.

YOU GOT 100,000 ON CONTINGENCY AND CONTINGENCY.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO YES, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO SOME OF THOSE BUT A LOT OF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD PULL IT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BOND.

I THINK YOU CAN. I'D HAVE TO. THE ONLY THE ONLY CONCERN IS THE MATCHING SIDE.

THE MATCHING GRANT SIDE. AND SO THAT'S THE PIECE BECAUSE ABLC DEDICATED THE FUNDS TO THAT, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW YOU COULD REALLOCATE IT, BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE BOND IS 500,000, THE BONDS 500,000. BUT ABLC AND THE CITY SIGNED OFF.

I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT VERBIAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST GUARANTEEING THAT THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT IT.

SO IT CAME FROM ABLC, NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY.

SO, YEAH, WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT MECHANISM AND HOW WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT IF WE DID THE RIGHT THING AND WE COULD RAISE THE 50,000, THEN WE CAN PUT THAT MONEY BACK OVER, AND IT GOES TO THE REC CENTER TO REPLACE WHAT IT BORROWED.

WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT, REAPPLY FOR THE GRANT, BUT THEN YOU NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MATCH.

RIGHT. YEAH. SO THE GRANT IS DEFINITELY ADVANTAGEOUS.

AN EXAMPLE FOR OURS. RIGHT. LIKE THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO THE BOARD TO UTILIZE AS MUCH AS WE COULD BECAUSE YOU TO GET A 50 OVER 50 MATCH.

THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS. OF THE ADDITIONAL OR THE ORIGINAL 500,000, WE MAY NOT EVEN HIT EVERYTHING IN THE POOL FOR THE 500,000. RIGHT. BUT WE KNEW THAT GOING IN. YES.

YEAH. AND SO. ABSOLUTELY. WE JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE OUR FUNDING SOURCE IS FOR A MATCH TO.

IT HAD TO BE THAT MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS A BETTER DEAL.

THE MORE YOU GOT RIGHT, THE MORE MORE YOU GOT, THE BETTER THE DEAL.

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AND SO I MEAN THERE'S IF YOU HAVE 1.5. I MEAN, YOU JUST DOUBLED YOUR CAPACITY.

YOU GOT A $3 MILLION PROJECT, RIGHT? WE JUST TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE COULD.

YEAH. AND STILL, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, ABOUT GOING FOR THE GRANT.

ANOTHER GRANT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, PUT THAT MUCH MONEY TO, LIKE, USE ALL OF WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF GETTING.

SO, LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO MATCH THAT AND HAVE MONEY TO COME UP WITH IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE ONE GRANT TAKEN CARE OF, WE GO FOR ANOTHER GRANT, WE JUST USE A PORTION OF THAT.

STILL, THERE'S RESOURCES THERE THAT WE CAN GET.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE AS WELL. BUT THE MONEY THAT YOU PUT UP FOR THAT GRANT, YOU CAN'T REALLY USE IT, RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO GUARANTEE THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED.

IT HAS TO BE THERE. YES. SO LIKE AND NOT TO SAY THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT IF YOU GO THROUGH AND LET'S SAY WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE TO USE OUR FUNDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU MIGHT JUST TAP FURTHER INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE.

RIGHT. SO IF IT COMES DOWN TO THE ABLC SAID, YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU $500,000.

WELL, IF THEY HAD TO DEDICATE FUNDS TO SOMETHING ELSE, THEY'RE JUST TAPPING INTO THEIR FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? AND SO WE WOULD HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

YOU JUST HAVE YOU'RE DEDICATING TO SAY THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE X AMOUNT AND THEY WILL PROVIDE X AMOUNT.

YOU'RE JUST GUARANTEEING THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THAT.

THEY WANT TO SEE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF SAYING DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? IF I WENT FOR A $1 MILLION GRANT AND WE HAD A FUND BALANCE AND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE, IT WAS $500,000, THEY'D BE LIKE, WELL, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE EQUITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR THOSE SPECIFICS OF SAYING, YES, YOU HAVE THE EQUITY TO SAY YOU CAN DO THAT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING'S ON SALE DON'T MEAN WE HAVE TO BUY IT, RIGHT? YES.

TELL ME THAT ALL THE TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REC CENTER WRAP UP. NO. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP.

WE DO HAVE SAVINGS FROM SOCCER COMPLEX TEXIAN TRAIL.

AND THOSE ARE BOND RELATED ITEMS. WE DO HAVE AN OVERAGE RIGHT NOW FOR BATES PARK.

WE DO HAVE OVERAGE FOR FREEDOM PARK. FINGERS CROSSED FOR ABIGAIL.

AND THEN REC CENTER IS IN A GOOD PLACE, SO MAIN ITEMS TO FOR CONSIDERATION ARE BATES PARK AND FREEDOM PARK.

IF THE BOARD WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COVERING COSTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT FUNDING IS THERE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T WORK TO FIND AN ALTERNATE FUNDING. SO EXAMPLE BEING IF WE GET WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE, WHETHER THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS 10,000, THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS 100,000. RIGHT. THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO FUND THE PROJECT AND THE EVENT THAT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEIRS IS.

IF THEY COME BACK, I WOULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND SAY ANGLETON LITERALLY CAN PROVIDE 40,000.

AND SO THE CONTRIBUTION FROM ABLC THEN CONTINUES TO DROP.

ADDING THE PAVERS IN THERE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT.

BUT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TODAY, WE WOULD JUST BE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THOSE TO TAKE ON THOSE PROJECTS IN THE EVENT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NOT DETERMINED.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ADDITIONAL COST OF $11,589.58 FOR THE PART.

YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. PREFERABLY.

YES. SO WE JUST CAN HAVE IT LINED OUT WHERE Y'ALL WANT TO PULL IT FOR TRACKING.

WE HAVE. IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 295, TWO, 95, 70,000 IF YOU PUT THE. PACK AND TEXTING TRAIL TOGETHER. YEAH.

YOU JUST MOVE IT FROM THE BOND. YEAH, FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE OTHER.

THAT WOULD KNOCK OUT THE DATES PART. CANCEL THAT OUT.

BUT THEN WE STILL WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER THAT WHOLE 100.

OH, THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT MOVE IT TO FROM THE FROM THE BONDED AMOUNT TO COVER.

BATES. COMPLETELY. THAT SHOULD WIPE THAT OUT.

AND THEN WHATEVER BALANCE IS LEFT GOES TO COVER FREE.

I MEAN, SORRY, NOT FREEDOM, BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

FREEDOM. FREEDOM. BASEBALL FIELD. FREEDOM. BASEBALL FIELD. 60, ABOUT 60,000.

AND THEN PULL THE FINAL 60,000 OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

IT STILL GETS YOU ABOUT 230 LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

YEP. SOUNDS GOOD.

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THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. I'LL JUST SAY I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DON'T TAKE IT FROM CONTINGENCY, THAT WE TAKE IT FROM THE REC CENTER IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL THAT'S LINED OUT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH PROBABLY 2 OR 3 YEARS OF, OF PROJECTS ON THE REC CENTER. AND I JUST THINK IF IT IF IT DOESN'T IMPACT YOU, I WOULD TAKE THAT EXTRA 60 FROM THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN IF YOU DO THE BRICK PAVERS THAT PAYS BACK THOSE BACK, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE JUST MOVING MONEY AROUND QUITE HONESTLY.

YEAH. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO LEAVE THAT CONTINGENCY LINE OPEN BECAUSE THE BONDED MONEY IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT CONTINGENCY MONEY.

WELL, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING BACK TO. SO THE OTHER THING TO NOTE ALONG THAT, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT WE ARE MOVING MONEY AROUND, BUT LET'S SAY WE DON'T TOUCH THAT THE MONEY FROM CONTINGENCY FROM THE REC CENTER, RIGHT.

SO THAT SITS THERE. AND IF WE HAVE A GOOD YEAR, ALL THAT MONEY DOES EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO THE ABLC INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE.

AND SO WE CAN BE FLUID WITH THAT TO IDENTIFY AND WE CAN ADJUST IT DOWN THE ROAD OF SAYING, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AT? AND AS THE REC CENTER PROJECTS EVOLVE, IF THERE IS NOT A NEED THERE, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN. I THINK THAT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE SOME OF THOSE, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET LATER IN THE YEAR AND WE SEE HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE MOVING ALONG, WE CAN FLUCTUATE THOSE AS WE KNOW MORE.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST SO EARLY IN THE YEAR, IF YOU WILL, AND THE PROJECTS HAVEN'T TAKEN SHAPE YET.

THE REC CENTER HASN'T HAD ITS PEAK SEASON YET.

I'M STILL THINKING THAT REC CENTER IS GOING TO GET TAPPED INTO PRETTY HEAVILY, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE A LOT REMAINING IN THAT PROJECT SLATE.

SO STILL WAITING FOR THAT SOUND, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I'M STILL FIGHTING FOR THAT, SON.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. YOU GOT $1 MILLION SITTING THERE, JACKSON.

SO WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THIS, SON? I KNOW, I KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE, BUT WE GOT THE FUNDS NOW, OKAY? SO? SO SO. YEAH. SO, WHAT'S THE HOLDUP? THERE YOU GO, JASON. SO WHAT? JASON. THERE GOES MY $100,000.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW. WELL, I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF TASK.

I NEED A PERSONAL GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL MONITOR AND BE THE ATTENDANT IN THE SAUNA.

POUR IN THE WATER ON THE STOVE. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE? I GOT THIS.

I WILL GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE AT LEAST TWO PATRONS, PROBABLY EVERY DAY FOR THAT SAUNA.

BECAUSE I WAS CONTACTED BY THESE GUYS JUST LAST WEEK.

WHAT ABOUT ME AND YOU? WE'LL MAKE IT FOUR. I THINK WE MADE A MOTION.

WE DID? YEAH, BUT I MEAN, FROM WHAT? FROM LIKE MARCH THE 1ST TILL NOVEMBER THE 1ST.

IT'S SUNNY EVERY DAY OUTSIDE. THAT'S NOT HELPING MY CASE.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY DOCTOR JACKSON HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS BOARD ASKING FOR THIS SAUNA FOR.

IT'S BEEN YEARS. I'VE BEEN. IT'S BEEN YEARS. AND I'LL SAY THIS I'M OPEN TO IDEAS.

JUST NOT LET THIS VOTE. IT'S NOT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT ONE WHEN WE NEXT AGENDA.

SO SO AGENDA OR WHEN WE TALK EXPANSION. I TAKE IT EXPANSION.

OH, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME. SO I TAKE IT THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE TABLED FOR UNTIL FURTHER MEETINGS.

I AGREE WITH THAT. UNTIL BROUGHT UP AGAIN. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS? HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

SO WE ARE AT COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS ]

WELL THAT'S FINE. I COULD HAVE SWORE. I THOUGHT WE WERE MEETING IN JANUARY AND NOT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEP. YOU SAY, SKIPPING AHEAD. OH, I WAS SAYING, LIKE COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT TIME TO SAY I WANT A SAUNA, RIGHT? YEAH. SO SO SO SO IT HAS BEEN SAID AND DOCUMENTED AND DOCUMENTED.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER? WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER DIANA, WELCOME TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. HONORED TO BE HERE. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A FULL QUORUM PRESENT TONIGHT AND LOTS OF GOOD DISCUSSION.

YEP. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL ADJOURN AT 655.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, I'LL TELL THE NIECE THAT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.