[1. Call to Order / Roll Call.]
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REMEMBERS PRESENT WE HAVE DANIEL KNOCKS VALERIE LITTLE. YOURS TRULY JOHN METCALF AND BOB BENSON. ALL IN ATTENDANCE. SEE FROM THE STAFF. DAN BAKER. COULD BILE HARZ. HOW'D I DO? THANK YOU, CAITLIN. TREVOR HILTON, MATT FOR AND KAYLIN STONE. ANY OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE. BUT WE DO
[2. Introduce new board member and recognize outgoing member.]
HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER WHO'S REPLACING CAMERON REEVES. CAMERON IS MATRICULATING TO THE ZONING BOARD AND WILL BE LEAVING US AFTER. I THINK CAMERON 5.5 YEARS ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, MOST RECENTLY AS THE VICE CHAIR, AND KIM IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE IS GOING TO BE REPLACING HIM IN. PLACE NUMBER. PLACE NUMBER FIVE AND WITH TERM EXPIRATION OF SEPTEMBER 2023. ALRIGHT. UM NEXT ON THE LIST OF ITEMS TO COVER TONIGHT WE WILL CONSIDER AND ACT[3. Consider and act upon the minutes of the February 9, 2023 Parks and Recreation Board meeting.]
UPON THE MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. LAST MONTH'S MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. AH, AND WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE LAST MEETINGS. MINUTES UH, PROVIDED BY CALIN AND SHE ACTUALLY EMAILED THAT TO US AS WELL. REVIEWING THE MINUTES.EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO ME. BUT ALL THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FEBRUARY MINUTES MOTION FROM BABA 2ND 2ND 2ND FROM DANIEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AND A VISUAL. I OPPOSED. IT PASSES. I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC HERE WITH US TONIGHT. ANYBODY ONLINE TUNING IN WANTING TO MAKE COMMENTS TAKES CARE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE LIST,
[5. Consider and act upon the approval of the Recreation Programming Plan.]
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TREVOR'S GOING TO PRESENT TO US TONIGHT. COOL AND THAT'S ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT KAYLIN SENT TO US FROM THE LAST MEETING. SO IF YOU NEED TO SEARCH YOUR EMAIL REAL QUICK, UM IT MAY BE A MARCH EMAIL THAT HAS THAT DOCUMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG MR HILTON.GOOD EVENING PARKS BOARD. THANK YOU, UM SO TO JUST KIND OF GIVE EVERYONE AN IDEA OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLANS. SO ONE THING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS ARE AWARE OF WAS CAPRA ACCREDITATION AND, UM, ONE OF THE BIG PIECES TO THE RECREATION PORTION OF CABRA EDUCATED, UH, ACCREDITATION IS THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN, UM AND NOT TO GO TOO IN DEPTH INTO CAPRA ACCREDITATION, BUT BASICALLY YOU HAVE ALL YOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS . UM DIFFERENT SECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE COVERING DIFFERENT AREAS WHEN IN REGARDS TO RECREATION AND THEN BASICALLY ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS ARE PUT INTO ONE, AND THAT'S YOUR RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLANTS. A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION, UM, WAS IN THOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. UM RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN I CAME INTO THIS ROLE WITH THE TOWN WE KNEW THAT WE WERE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AS A DIVISION AS A DEPARTMENT AND BASICALLY, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE IT IN YOUR HEAD OF OKAY.
YES YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE THINGS. THEY SEE THESE THINGS BUT ALSO IT'S NOT ON PAPER. IT'S THERE'S NO FORMALITY TO IT. IT'S KIND OF YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU START LOOKING IN DEPTH, AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, YEAH. WE NEED A STRATEGIC PLAN WE NEED, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, OBJECTIVES, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS AND PUT TOGETHER AS ONE. UM AND SO. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D EVER IMPLEMENTED A RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN. UM SO WE JUST KIND OF HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING IN THE PAST BEFORE I WAS HERE. UM WHILE I'M HERE AND THEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED OF GOING INTO THE FUTURE, UM ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF DONE IS BROUGHT THE HABITS PROGRAM TRACKING AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS. WE TAKE A LOOK AT VARIABLES OF NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. AND THE POPULATION GROWTH AND SO AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW YOU KNOW YOU'RE SAYING ARE WE INCREASING PROGRAMS? WE INCREASING PARTICIPANTS IF WE'RE DECREASING WHAT HAS CHANGED? UM AND I THINK ON PAGE, YOU KNOW, I USED AS AN EXAMPLE ON PAGE NOT USED TO DOUBLE SIDED, PRETTY WONDERFUL. ON PAGE 12, FOR INSTANCE, UM AND PAGE 13. WE HAVE OUR PAVILION RESERVATIONS. AND OUR FALL RECREATION PROGRAM TRACKING AND THESE ARE REALLY JUST EXAMPLES. AND SO THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE PART OF THE SECTION OF PROGRAM AND SERVICE STATISTICS. UM AND I ALSO BRING THESE DOCUMENTS EVERY YEAR TO THE PARKS BOARD TO JUST KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF YOU KNOW YOUR YOUR MAIN THREE SEASONS FOR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING YOUR FALL YOUR SPRING AND YOUR SUMMER AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES THAT YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO START TRACKING THE NUMBERS, BUT THEN WE WANT TO START GETTING INTO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, LEISURE AND TREND ANALYSIS. UM, AND THAT'S BASED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL. AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THIS REALLY OPENED THE EYES OF THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND THEN POSSIBLY SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF OR GET MORE IN DEPTH WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN STATISTICS. UM ONE THING, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD BE YOU KNOW, AS WE UM GET MORE FACILITIES IN THE TOWN. YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER SENIOR CENTER ANYTHING YOU KNOW ONE THING YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IS YOU WANT TO START LOOKING AT THE AGE OF SOME OF THESE FACILITIES LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE 407 REC CENTER. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. AND GIVE THAT A GRADE. UM AND THAT GOES INTO THE SAME THING. MATT AND HIS CREW WILL DO THE SAME WITH THE PARKS AND THE UM, PLAYGROUND , SO YOU GET A B OR C OR A D. AND THEN THAT CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU CAN IMPROVE. UM YOU KNOW IF IT'S GETTING A THINGS ARE GOOD. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, THAT'S A D. OKAY, THEN YOU START GETTING THE BUDGET AND WHAT KIND OF MONEY CAN BE USED TO UPGRADE THESE SO YOU CAN HAVE AN OVERALL GREATEST APARTMENT, AND THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT. UM BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO IT RIGHT NOW. IF WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PROGRAMS IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, JOHN, YOU BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE COMPARING TO YOUR BENCHMARK CITIES AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OFFERED BASED ON POPULATION BASED ON HOW LONG THAT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY BEEN ESTABLISHED. UM AND SO THIS WILL GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THEN PART OF CAPRA ACCREDITATION IS THAT WE ARE UPDATING THIS PLAN. UM FOR THIS ONE. I BELIEVE I SAID THAT WE'RE UPDATING EVERY THREE YEARS. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. BUT THAT GIVES US A CHANCE. OKAY IN 2022 23. THEN TO 2026. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN HERE. AND OBVIOUSLY MAKE THE CORRECT CHANGES. IF SOME THINGS DON'T CHANGE, WE'LL KEEP IT THE SAME.UM. BUT THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND LETTING US KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW. WHAT DIFFERENT AREAS WE CAN IMPROVE ON. YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S YOUR ACTIVE ADULTS ARE 50 PLUS YOUR YOUTH RECREATION, YOUR ADULT RECREATION AND YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS. JUST A FEW KIND OF EXAMPLES OF AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WHEN WE UPDATE THOSE HOW MUCH HAVE WE INCREASED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS? AND SO SORRY, TREVOR. NO, YOU'RE FINE. UH SORRY IF I'M JUMPING THE GUN, BUT ANY BIG HAASE AS YOU MENTIONED SOME SOME GAPS AND SOME THINGS THAT YOU YOU FOUND THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO DIFFERENTLY. ANY BIG HAS THROUGH THE PROCESS. ANYTHING THAT'S JUMPING TO THE TOP OF THE LIST. YES SO, UM, ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE ON IS, UM, OUR EVALUATION METHODS. SORRY VALUATION METHODS ARE BASICALLY GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR YOUR MISSION. YOUR PLAN, YOUR GOALS AND YOUR OBJECTIVES. AND WHEN I'M GETTING INTO EVALUATION THAT THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY. YOU KNOW, AS A DIVISION WE WANT 75% OF HIGHLY SATISFIED SCORES ON PARTICIPANT SURVEYS. UM YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET AN AVERAGE OF 85% COST RECOVERY RATE. AND JUST IN IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW SO YOU'RE 100% COST RECOVERY RATE MEANS YOU'RE NOT LOSING ANY MONEY. YOU'RE NOT GAINING ANY MONEY. YOU'RE EVEN ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THEN WE GET INTO IN THE, UH UM, THE PRICING POLICY OF OKAY. THIS SECTION OF
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PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT 100 COST RECOVERY. THIS SECTION 75 TO 50. THIS SECTION IS A SERVICE PROVIDED THE TOWN. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF THIS. UM AND SO SOME OF THOSE FACTORS YOU CAN REALLY TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN ALSO TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE OFFERING. IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY NOT RECEIVING 75% OF A HIGHLY SATISFIED SCORE ON THE PROGRAM SATISFACTION SURVEY, THEN YOU DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO SEE. OKAY. IS THIS AN INSTRUCTOR? ISSUE IS THIS A FACILITY ISSUE IS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. UM SO THAT'S ONE PART THAT I'VE GOTTEN WITH MY TEAM ABOUT IS THAT WE REALLY WE'VE DONE SURVEYS IN THE PAST. BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AND WE SAID OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOME IDEAS FOR NEW PROGRAMS, NEW EVENTS, BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO STRUCTURE TO IT OR NO. UM GOLD TO MEET, AND SO THAT WAS ONE AREA THAT, UM I KNOW THAT WE LACK ON AND THAT'S ONE AREA NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN PLACE. IT WILL GIVE US A BETTER IDEA ON HOW WE CAN START. UM, GRADING ALL OF THE PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TIE IT INTO UM, FINANCIAL ASPECT OF OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING AMOUNT OF MONEY WHERE NET REVENUE OF WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. WHAT PER PROGRAMS? ARE WE LOSING MONEY ON? UM IS IT WORTH LOSING MONEY ON THOSE PROGRAMS? BECAUSE IT'S A BETTER SERVICE THAT YOU'RE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY. IT REALLY DEPENDS. SO THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE ON. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HAPPY THAT WE KIND OF HAVE THIS EVALUATION THAT THE SETUP. UM AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW TO UPDATE IT. WAS THAT WORKING? WAS THAT GIVING US THE INFORMATION WE WANTED IF IT WASN'T HOW MUCH MORE DEEP WOULD YOU WANT TO GO INTO THAT EVALUATION PROCESS TO SEE? OKAY WE'RE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. BUT THIS QUESTION IS STILL NOT BE AN ANSWER. SO THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY, UM, LOOKING INTO, OF HOW WE MEAN THAT AND THEN ALSO, UM CORE RECREATION VALUES. AND THAT GOES BACK TO OKAY. I KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT, BUT WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL VALUES THAT WE'RE MEETING ? IS IT FACILITY MANAGEMENT? UM LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY, PARTNERSHIPS. UM ACCOUNTABILITY AND THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE PUT AS THE CORE RECREATIONAL VALUES FOR THE TOWN. UM. AND THEN BASICALLY, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OKAY? ARE YOU MEETING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY OR NOT. SURVEY YOU HAVE YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT SHOWS WE HAVE THE TOWN OF PROSPER AND WE HAVE 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT OFFER SOME KIND OF RECREATIONAL VALUE. AND THEN YOU JUST GO ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AS WELL, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT ALL DOES THE TOWN. OWN IS AS FAR AS A SERVICE BEING OFFERED. IS IT A PLAYGROUND? IS IT UPON? IS IT A WORKOUT AREA? AND THEN IT'S A MATRIX AND YOU JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH AND YOU'LL HAVE AN X ON YES, WE OFFER THESE THINGS. NO WE DON'T. AND SO YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE LAST PAGE OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN, BUT WE WENT FROM ANYWHERE FROM TOWN TO PROSPER. P I S D P Y S C ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A DREAM DANCE CENTER. YOU KNOW, SO THE REASON I BRING UP BETWEEN DANCE CENTERS. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A DANCE PROGRAM. WE DO NOT HAVE A FACILITY THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND I WOULD REALLY WOULDN'T LIKE THIS. LABEL IT AS A COMPETITOR, BUT I MEAN IT IS A COMPETITOR TO THE PROGRAM. INTO THE DIVISION. AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY INVENTORY AND YOU'RE SAYING OKAY? YOU KNOW, THE TOWN OF PROSPER OF THE 20 DIFFERENT. THINGS THAT CAN BE OFFERED FOR RECREATION. WE OFFER 15 OR WE OFFER 18 OR WE OFFER SIX AND THEN YOU THAT'S HOW YOU CAN ALSO DECIDE. OKAY WE'RE REALLY STRONG AND, FOR INSTANCE. WE ARE REALLY STRONG IN YOUTH ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. UM AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE RUN ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS OUT OF THE FIELDS OUT AT THE PARKS OPERATIONS FACILITY, SO WE KNOW WE'RE STRONG IN THAT AREA. WE CURRENTLY OFFER ONE ART PROGRAM . UM WE DON'T HAVE A DANCE PROGRAM. UM WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD OUR IT'S NOW STEAM BUT, UM, STEAM ACTIVITIES. WE OFFER A[00:15:02]
LOT OF THOSE SUMMER CAMPS. AND SO THIS KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA OF OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO OVERLOAD ON ATHLETIC PROGRAMS OR DO WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY A LITTLE BIT AND TRY AND ADD A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING MORE ON THE EDUCATIONAL? UM AREA THAN YOU KNOW SOME OF THE ATHLETICS, BUT, UM, THAT GAVE US A REALLY GOOD IDEA, TOO, BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST BEFORE, UM, PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. A LOT OF THAT I DID NOT KNOW. AND THEN WE'RE TALKING O S, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TRIBUTE SENIOR LIVING AND THOSE ARE ALL GOOD RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, SEEN TRIBUTES IN YOUR LIVING. THAT'S A VERY GOOD RESOURCE FOR THE ACTIVE ADULT. GROUP. SO I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN ALSO, UM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE. GETS INTO NATIONAL TRENDS. AND, LIKE GENERAL FITNESS, UM FITNESS AND WELLNESS IS ONE OF THE IS IT THE PILLAR WITH THE MAYOR? SO THE MYTH THAT THE MAYOR HAS AND I'LL MENTION IT HERE IN A SECOND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE, BUT WELLNESS AND FITNESS IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF MAYOR BRISTOL'S PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE. AND SO YOU KIND OF WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND SAY, OKAY, THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR IS REALLY FOCUSED ON FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF WHAT'S THE TREND ACROSS THE NATION? UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT WHAT WAS NUMBER ONE. IN HEALTH TREND IS NOT NUMBER ONE NOW BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED . ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CHANGED WAS 2020 WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AND HOW PEOPLE STARTED GETTING THEIR RECREATIONAL NEEDS VIRTUALLY WHICH WAS REALLY UNHEARD OF BEFORE IS YOU KNOW PEOPLE PROBABLY CALL YOU LAZY IF YOU WERE DOING IT AT THAT POINT, BUT THEN I YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY MORE SMARTER THAN THEY FIGURED OUT. THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. UM VIRTUALLY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED THROUGH WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT . NOT ONLY IS THIS A NEED FOR CAPRA, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A NEED FOR OUR DIVISION. UM AND THEN, DANIEL, I FOLLOWED UP WITH YOU ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY THERE BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE TOWN. AND SO WE WERE GOING WITH. THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT WE WERE USING THEIR, UM SO WE GOT THAT CORRECTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL. UM IN LINE WITH NOT HAVING TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. UM BUT YEAH, NO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS INPUT NOW. BECAUSE FOR YEARS WE'VE JUST BEEN KINDA THINKING, WE KNOW. WHAT A PROGRAMMING PLANS TO LOOK LIKE.BUT NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING ON PAPER. THAT WE CAN REFER TO UH UM. BUT YEAH, I'M EXCITED. AND LIKE I SAID, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, BASED ON HOW MUCH THE TOWNSMAN GROWING. I IMAGINE. I MEAN, IT'S PROGRAMMING PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE CHANGES TO IT. I HOPE THAT'D BE THE BEST AND HAVING THE SAME THING. UM I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET LAST MONTH, SO IT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM SINCE WE'VE KIND OF TALKED WITH THIS, BUT AFTER REVIEWING WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT STUCK OUT OR POSSIBLY, WE COULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE DEEPER ON. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENTS, OR, UM SUGGESTED. EDITS. NOTHING IS LEAD. I WANT WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS FAR AS SUGGESTED. EDITS IN HERE. UM, BUT UH, ASK YOU A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING RISING TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AS FAR AS OUTCOMES, THAT'S BECAUSE MY GENERAL CURIOSITY WE'VE GOT WHAT I WOULD CALL REALLY MORE OF A STRATEGY AND A FRAMEWORK AND THE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A PLAN WOULD BE THE ACTION STEP IS COMING OUT OF THIS IS THAT WHAT HAS DEVELOPED NEXT OR WHERE THEY'RE CLEAR ACTION STEPS IN HERE THAT I WASN'T PICKING UP ON NOW. SO THE PLAN IS BASICALLY. LAYING OUT HOW IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE RECREATION DIVISION. AND SO YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A SECTION THAT REALLY GOT INTO THE FUTURE. WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE? AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE THREE YEARS RENEWING IT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT WAS NOT REALLY DISCUSSED IN HERE, BUT I KNOW 3 TO 5 YEARS FROM NOW. HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IS, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY CENTER SENIOR CENTER SOME KIND OF FACILITY. I THINK THAT'S AT ONE OF THE, UM FROM A RECREATION STANDPOINT, THAT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF THINGS THAT PLACES WE WANT TO BE. THERE ARE EXTERNAL FACTORS THERE. UM WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING FACILITY, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE TOP OUTCOMES. UM FOR ME, IT LEAST BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. UM BUT I HAVE SOMETHING TALKING ABOUT THREE YEAR REVIEW. FREQUENTLY WORK. OKAY, SO WE
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HAVE HERE'S NIGHT. I WAS SOMETHING. WELCOME BACK. THESE BIG CHANGES. IF YOU GO BACK. WE SEE SOMETHING GOOD. IN THIS DIRECTION. OKAY NOW, SO IT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. HEY, MUST BE STOPPED. WE'RE SAYING IT. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. HONEST BEST YEARS AGO. BUT IT'S NOT A NICE TO CHANGE SOME PEOPLE. THAT. TREVOR AND DAN TO KIND OF TIED DANIEL STATEMENT AND THEN JOHN'S QUESTION. UM. WELL MY QUESTION OF THAT CONVERSATION IS SO IT'S A LIVING BREATHING PLAN. IT CAN BE CHANGED, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LIKE A MASTER PLAN FOR A COMMUNITY. IF YOU WILL, WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU SET YOUR GENERIC COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL MULTI FAMILY WHATEVER. SO IS THIS UM. OUT OF IGNORANCE, AND IS THIS DOCUMENT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL USE TO ACT ON THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE JOHN'S QUESTION, AND THEN BE DO YOU USE THIS. TWO. AND WHEN PRESENTING BUDGETS TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR YOUR REQUESTS ON ITEMS BIRA COMMUNITY CENTER. WHATEVER I MEAN, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK IT'S NOT LIKE NOT NOT A BIG SURPRISE, BUT YEAH, WE COULD REALLY USE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY CENTER AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE COMING INTO THE PLAN. SOONER THAN LATER. AND UNTIL WE GET THERE, BRIDGING GAPS WITH YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT MAYOR BRISTOL'S PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE, AND IT'S LONG BEEN WELLNESS ISSUE BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE UH, REC CENTER. HMM. AND I MEAN. DO Y'ALL EVER LOOKED TO UH, REACH OUT TO MAYBE, LIKE SOME OF THE COMPETITORS THAT YOU MET LIKE A DANCE PLACE. BUT, LIKE TEXAS HEALTH CENTER HAS LIKE A FABULOUS WORKOUT FACILITY AND THEY TEACH CLASSES AND STUFF THERE. HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS, TOO? PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT , UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY LAUNCH DIRECT CENTER SEEKING KIND OF GET PEOPLE. IN THE HABIT. YES. SO UM, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. UM, ONE THING THAT ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WITH THE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO MAIN WELL, WE HAVE THE ATHLETIC FIELDS, BUT WE WERE TALKING JUST AND WE'LL TALK INDOOR FOR A SECOND, SO THE TOWN TRULY OWNS TWO INDOOR FACILITIES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR RECREATION PROGRAMMING. ONE BEING THE 407 REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, ONE BEING THE COMMUNITY ROOM OVER HERE. AND SO ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROVIDE IS A NEED FOR COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND SAY WE NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN WORK OUT THERE. YOU CAN RUN THE TRACK. YOU CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS. BUT IF WE'RE NOT UTILIZING TOWN OWNED FACILITIES.YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY NOTHING IS 100% BUT YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS TO USE THESE FACILITIES AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE PARTNER WITH RAISED MILL CHURCH. UM, WE'VE IN THE PAST WORKED WITH ST PAUL'S, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE OUT OF SPACE FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS, AND SO NOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES IN THE TOWN TO UTILIZE THAT UM. IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH TEXAS HEALTH. THEY DO HAVE VERY GOOD FITNESS FACILITY. AND ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS PHILOSOPHY. I'VE ALWAYS YOU KNOW, KIND OF GONE BY IS WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO RUN PROGRAMS THAT ARE I SAY OWN, BUT WE WANT TO OWN THOSE PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SEND SOMEBODY TO THE DREAM DANCE CENTER. SEND SOMEONE TO TEXAS HEALTH TO RUN A CLASS WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THAT'S THEIR PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST FACILITATING OR BEING THE MIDDLE PERSON. UM BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW YOUR WORKOUT EQUIPMENT, YOUR CARDIO, BUT YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN. YES, I UNDERSTAND. UM WE CAN'T RUN PROGRAMS WITH SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T OWN. HMM LET ME ADD THAT ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO
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WE LIVE IN A VERY BLESSED COMMUNITY. UM SO. WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. SO YOU KNOW, WE SIT HERE AND TALK RIGHT NOW WITH THIS GROUP WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY RECREATION SENIOR CENTER. WE WOULD LOVE THAT. BUT WE NEED TO PROVE THAT WE NEED THAT AND DOES THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN ASK 100, DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND PROBABLY 100, DIFFERENT ANSWERS . SO THERE ARE SOME TOOLS WE WILL USE TO ASSESS THAT. JUST BEING IN PLACE HELPS US YES. SO WHEN WE DO WE ASK FOR A BUDGET REQUEST A LISTEN. HERE'S OUR PROGRAMMING PLAN. THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDATIONS. WE WILL. HOPEFULLY THE UPCOMING BUDGET WILL GET FUNDED FOR PARTS OPERATION OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN. THAT WILL HELP IDENTIFY LEADS TO SO AND THEN THERE'S FUNDING RIGHT SO SOMETHING LIKE A REC CENTER. WHATEVER COMMUNITY CENTER MOST LIKELY HAVE TO BE HANDLED THROUGH A BOND PROGRAM. WE'RE TALKING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO WEARING THAT NEED VERSUS TELL ME INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT STREETS LEFT. SO YEAH, THERE'S THERE ARE TONS OF NEEDS OTHER AND THEN YOU LOOK AT OUR THEY NEED NEEDS. ARE THEY NICE TO HAVE OR YES. SO, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I THINK ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST PARKS AND REC, BUT ALSO THE TOWN. ARE WE MEETING? OR RESIDENTS NEEDS AND IF WE REFER EVERYTHING YES OR ALMOST 100% THAT MIGHT FALL A LITTLE LOWER ON THE LIST VERSUS SALTINESS, SOMEBODY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE . OKAY. NOW PRAY THANK YOU BOTH.BECAUSE THAT THAT KIND OF HELPS ME PUT IT INTO HOW THE PROCESS MOVES ALONG. AND UH, I APOLOGIZE . I LEFT SOMETHING OUT. UM ONE PLAN THAT I WOULD HAVE IS START DOING AN ANNUAL RECREATION REPORT. IT'S ONE THING FOR ME TO SHOW THREE DIFFERENT LINE GRAPHS AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION GROWS, THE PARTICIPANTS GROWS. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING THAT WAY. BUT, UM YOU KNOW , I THINK HAVING AN ANNUAL RECREATION REPORT WILL ALSO I MEAN BE ABLE TO COVER NOT JUST PROGRAMS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. UM YOU KNOW, 35 YEAR, WINDOWS OF WHAT? WHERE WE THINK THE TOWN IS GOING TO BE, UM BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO START. I WOULD WANT TO FIGURE OUT PROBABLY THE BEST TIME TO DO IT.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ME TO TELL MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY JANUARY FEBRUARY BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY, WE HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS IN FROM OUR FALSE SUMMER SPRING. UM NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON BETWEEN THE MID DECEMBER TO ABOUT MID TO LATE FEBRUARY, UM, AS FAR AS STAFF TIME IS CONCERNED, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, START DOING ANNUALLY TO WHERE IT'S AND, YOU KNOW, UM GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF GRAPHICS AND NOT JUST A PIECE OF PAPER WITH MUCH OF WORDS AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE NUMBERS. THEN, LIKE I SAID, THOSE 34 GRAPHS THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING IN WHEN DAN MENTIONED THAT THEY WILL BE HELPFUL. TO PRESENT TO WHEN THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES PRESENT TO COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, AND PARK BOARD OF HERE'S THE RECREATIONAL REPORTS AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A CLEAR INCREASE IN THESE AREAS, UM, ALMOST LEADING TO A NEED HAVE TO HAVE, LIKE DANCE UP, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO IMPLEMENT AS WELL. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN? I'M NOT TRYING TO JUMP TO THE BOAT, BUT I DO WANT TO GET E CONSIDER THIS. GUESS WHAT? WE'RE SAYING YES OR NO TO HERE IS WE AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS? WE AGREE WITH THE PHILOSOPHY. WE AGREE WITH THE FRAMEWORK YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS AS FAR AS ACTION STEPS IS THAT IS THAT A GOOD SUMMARY? YEAH I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO. WE WOULD WANT TO ADD SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. AS FAR AS STATISTICS GO, UM, TO KIND OF SHOW. YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT, YES, I MEAN THE CORE VALUES THE MISSION. THE STRATEGY. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING. AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL SAW IN THE PLAN, YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ON THIS, THEN. YES THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS NOW BEFORE ACCEPTING IT. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S LACKING, YOU COULD ACCEPT IT. WITH THE CAVEAT THAT UM WE WANT TO SHOW MORE DETAIL ON X Y Z, SO WE CAN DO EITHER WAY, BUT AGAIN. YEAH WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE BASIC FRAMEWORK SO THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IN THE FUTURE. YEAH.
THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO SEE A CHANGE IN HERE IS THE FUTURE POPULATION FROM 72,000 KEEP THAT AT 35,000. IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT'S GETTING KIND OF CROWDED HERE. AMEN. PLEASE PUT THAT IN A
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MINUTE. UM OKAY. IF YOU SEE ME RUNNING FOR TOWN COUNCIL, NO MORE GROWTH WILL BE REALLY POPULAR. OKAY UM, WE'LL END THE COMEDY SHOW AND ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR TREVOR. FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE EDITED. ALL RIGHT. UH I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON. UM I GUESS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER AN ACT. SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS. SO WHAT KIND OF MOTION DO WE PUT ON THE TABLE? I GUESS TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING PLAN AS PREPARED BY AND PRESENTED BY MR TREVOR HILTON. MOTION TO APPROVE DANIEL HAS EMOTION IS THEIR SECOND A SECOND EMOTION. BOB HAS A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WITH AN EYE AND A VISUAL, ANY OPPOSED TREVOR. IT HAS PASSED. THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE USE[6. Consider and act upon the approval of use of PBSA game fields for practice.]
OF THE PBS A GAME FIELDS FOR PRACTICE. YES UH, PARKS BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING THIS TO YOU. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS. WE ACTUALLY TOOK THIS TO A, UH, COUNCIL WORK SESSION IN PRESENTED THIS TO THEM, AND THEY ASKED US TO TAKE THIS TO THE BOARD. AND THEY WILL SUPPORT YOUR DECISION AND I WILL GET INTO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND. UM THIS PAST YEAR, PBS A CAME TO CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, LISTEN , WE ARE AT CAPACITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT HERE IN THE FUTURE. UM WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME FIELDS THAT WE TYPICALLY ONLY USED FOR GAMES. UM, ON A LIMITED BASIS AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM THEY BELIEVED TO MEET THE DEMAND OTHER THAN THEY'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE THEY ARE TURNING KIDS AWAY OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. SO, UM WE SPOKE THEM. THEY GAVE US SOME INFORMATION IN WHAT I AGREED TO DO WAS TO OFFER THIS AS A POTENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN OFFER IT. BUT THEN GET TO THE PACES. LET'S REVIEW IT AFTER A YEAR. AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS. SO LET ME GET INTO TO HEAR. SO, ESSENTIALLY, THEY'VE ASKED US TO OPEN UP FRONTIER FIELDS, 34 AND FIVE UM FOR PRACTICES AGAIN. THESE WERE PRIMARILY GAINED FIELDS ONLY IN THE PAST. UH UM. THIS WILL GIVE THEM 28 NEW PRACTICE TIMES, ALLOWING THEM TO MEET THEIR CURRENT DEMAND WITHOUT TURNING KIDS AWAY. THEY SERVE ABOUT 4000 LITTLE REPORT 1000 KIDS A YEAR.UM BUT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. CAPTAIN. REGISTRATION THEY TOLD ME FOLLOW 22. THEY HAD TO TURN AROUND. TURN AWAY 50 KIDS. UM THEY ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE TO TURN AWAY 80 KIDS THE SPRING. UM THEY ARE SEEING ANNUAL GROWTH OF 26% SINCE 2015 SO THEIR NUMBERS IT'S 2015 TRIPLED. WHICH IS WHICH IS AWESOME. I KNOW VALERIE , YOU'RE SEEING IT IN THE SCHOOLS AND IT'S NO. NO NEWS.
ANYBODY WHO'S SITTING UP HERE? UM UH, THAT'S PERMANENTLY BASEBALL SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT SEEING AND THEN THEY HAVEN'T OUTGROWN THEIR CURRENT SITUATION. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING PRIMARILY BASEBALL. UM SO THEIR REQUEST AGAIN OPEN UP 334 AND FIVE UM WHAT THEY WILL DO SO AS THE TOWN WAS SITTING HERE AND WE GO AND MATT, IT'S GOTTA LOOK AT THIS. HE'S GOT TO MAINTAIN THEM.
KEEP THEM GOING. OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE MORE FEET, THE MORE MORE REPS ON THOSE FIELDS. THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BEATEN DOWN. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS OUR CONCERN, SO THEY'VE OFFERED TO USE ARTIFICIAL TURF MOUNTS TO MINIMIZE WHERE UH, THEY'LL PROVIDE BETTER BOX TURF MATS TO ALSO HELP PROTECT THE FIELDS. UM THEY ARE WILLING TO INCREASE THEIR FEES RIGHT NOW THEY CHARGE ABOUT ON AVERAGE IS BASED ON WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND OR NEITHER. SO THEY HAVE A TIERED PRICING STRUCTURE. UM SO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE IN THE SCHOOLS LIVE HERE, YOU'RE PAYING A CHEAPER RATE THAN IF YOU'RE A NON RESIDENT.
UM SO THEY SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO INCREASE THEIR FEES. UM TO OFFSET ADDITIONAL COSTS, SO THEY WILL THEY WILL. THEY WILL PONY UP RIGHT NOW. THEY PAID ALMOST $70,000 LAST YEAR AND FIELD USE FEES AND HELP US WITH OUR MAINTENANCE. UM THE $5 INCREASE OVER EXISTING FEES WOULD YIELD ANOTHER $20,000 IN FUNDS. SO AND AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT USING FALL AS A PILOT PROGRAM. PROBABLY GOING TO ROLL THAT IN THE SPRING AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE OUR CONCERNS AND WHERE ARE WE ON THIS? SO WE KNOW AS JUST DISCUSSED FIELDS GOING TO RECEIVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR MATT FOR AND THE PARK COP SCREWS TO KEEP THOSE
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FIELDS PRISTINE. UM SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN. PBS A SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE THE MATS AND ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS TO HELP MINIMIZE THAT. UM WE KNOW, THE ADDED ADDED. USE WILL INCREASE OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS TO FERTILIZE MORE. WE'RE GONNA ARRANGE OVERSEAS AND OUR LABOR.WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 17 5 A YEAR IN ADDITION TO JUST OPEN UP THESE FIELDS PBS A SAID THEY'LL COVER THAT. THEY SAID THEY'LL CHARGE FIVE BUCKS MORE. 20 GRAND WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BALANCE THAT SO THE MONEY COMING OUT OF THE TOWN'S POCKET. IT SHOULD NOT BE. IT WOULD BE A CONCERN. HOWEVER, THEY'LL COVER IT. UH, AND THEN, JUST REALLY. FOR US. IT'S A CHANGE IN STRATEGY AND PHILOSOPHY. UM, WHEN FRONTIER WAS BUILT A LOT OF THOSE FIELDS OR TARGETED THIS GAME. ONLY THAT'S HOW COME THEY STAY SO NICE. THEY'RE NOT GIVING THE WHERE AND TERROR PRACTICE FIELD OR PARK WOULD GET SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS AS WE GROW. AS A TOWN AND THIS IS THIS IS EVERYWHERE IN THE METROPLEX. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JUST KIND OF HIT THAT NUMBER OR NOW WE ARE AT CAPACITY. UM AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY, RIGHT? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OR 36,000 RIGHT NOW.
POTENTIALLY CAPPING IT 70 TO 80,001 POINT SOMEDAY. OUR FIELDS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING TURNING ON WILL NOT KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND. IT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A POINT WHERE MOST LIKELY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TURN KIDS AWAY AT SOME POINT, JUST LIKE MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE METROPLEX DO OR THEY'LL FIND OTHER RESOURCES BUT THE TOWN WE'RE GONNA BE MAXED OUT. SO THE IDEA IS, DO WE DO WE START MOVING FROM GAME ONLY FIELDS TURN THAT OVER TO ALLOWING THOSE FOR PRACTICE TO ALLOW FOR MORE. MORE OF THE KIDS HERE IN PROSPER TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. UM DISCOVER THAT, UM AND THEN JUST LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, DEVELOP ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC FIELDS. SO REALLY PBS. A. THEIR OPTIONS ARE IF WE IF WE DON'T OPEN THESE UP TO THEM, THEY CAN LIMIT THE REGISTRATIONS. THEY CAN LOOK FOR. NONTRADITIONAL. AREAS TO USE. MAYBE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WITH A BACKSTOP OR MAYBE IT'S NOT A BACKSTOP. MAYBE IT'S HEY, YOU GUYS BATTING PRACTICE ON YOUR OWN UPON A BATTING CAGE. GO DOWNTOWN, WHEREVER WE'RE GONNA WORK ON BUILDING AND THROWING IN THOSE THINGS, UM THEY MAY HAVE TO REDUCE PRACTICE OFFERINGS RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THE OFFER TO A WEEK. IN THE GAME. MAYBE THAT GOES TO ONE.
THAT'S UP TO THEM. AND THEN IN OR EVEN JUST REDUCING LIKE THE SEASON SO THEIR OFFERINGS WOULD HAVE TO DECREASE BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL DEMAND. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. UM WHAT IN THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MARIO AND THE MAYOR. THEY SAID, TAKE IT TO THE BOARD. LET US KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IN THEIR LOOKING. THEY CAN PUSH THAT THROUGH. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A WILL START THE REGISTRATION SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. SO THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO START PLANNING FOR, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH ON THIS, THEY REALLY NEED TO KNOW. PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH WHERE WE WANT TO GO, SO THAT'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. DAN ON THE USE OF DESIGNATED 34 AND FIVE WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THOSE SPECIFIC VIEW AND NOT AND NOT REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE? YEAH THE OTHER TWO FIELDS WEREN'T CHOSEN OR WHY WOULD IT MAYBE ROTATE THEM SURE OUT OF THIS PART HERE, FIELDS ONE AND TWO OR SOFTBALL, THEIR SKIN IN FIELDS SO THAT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT GROUP. ONE OF THE THAT'S THE TURF FIELD.
THESE ARE ALL NATURAL GRASS. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS JUST ADDED COSTS. BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT THEN BECAUSE I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THAT CAN GET FROM MATT AND HIS CREW AND JUST THE TIME IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. I DON'T SEE I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS JUST THE BIGGEST THING I WOULD WORRY ABOUT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IN MATT AND HIS GUYS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO TO KEEP THOSE FIELDS TOP NOTCH. AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A HOW LONG IS A STEP DOWN, BUT THEY'RE A PLUS RIGHT NOW. WE MIGHT BE AN A MINUS OR B PLUS JUST HAVE TO USE BUT WE WANT TO RUN THROUGH THIS FOR A YEAR AND SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL OUTCOME IS. AND WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THOSE UP AND RUNNING? YOU WERE DESCRIBING EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE WATCHING MATT. HE WASN'T SQUIRMING AND FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT IT. SO I'M I'M FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT. ONE QUICK THOUGHT. GAME WHERE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT THAN PRACTICE WHERE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A COACH STANDING ON MID INFIELD HIT AND POP FLIES. YOU GOT KIDS HITTING BALLS, YOU KNOW, DOING SOFT TOSS AND THE NETS THINGS LIKE THAT. AND AS I'M SEEING ON YOUR HEAD, DAN, I'M I'M COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY CONSIDERED THAT AS YOU WERE TALKING THROUGH THIS WE HAVE YES. COOL. OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. UM SO WE ARE ACTING UPON
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THE APPROVAL OF PBS A USING THE GAME FIELDS FOR PRACTICE. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? MOTION FROM VALERIA SECOND I'LL SECOND DANIEL SECONDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WITH A VISUAL AND AUDIBLE. ALRIGHT. HI OPPOSED. SO IT PASSES. OKAY THANK YOU. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A YEAR AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE. SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION LIKE THE RECORD FIELDS IN THOSE ROTATIONS FOR THAT? BECAUSE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT THOSE DON'T PLAY INTO THAT. SO IN MATT MABEL, SPEAK THIS LITTLE BETTER THAN YOU, BUT THEY USE A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FIELDS TO RUTGER IS A FIELD THAT WE SCHEDULE AND MAINTAIN SO. BUT YEAH, THEY ARE USING THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES AS WELL. YES AND A QUICK NOTE ITS PAST AND IT'S IN THE BOOKS, BUT IT REALLY QUICK NOTE. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. YOU WENT THROUGH ON AND TAKING CARE OF THESE FIELDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS PLANS AND RESOURCES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA BE USED FOR PRACTICE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELL MAINTAINED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE THOROUGHNESS ON THAT. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. MAN WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF TREVOR TONIGHT. OKAY I AM BACK. SO, UM JUST TO GIVE THEM. THE GROUP OF HEADS UP[7. Receive staff updates: Recreation, Park Development, Park Operations, and Director.]
EVERY YEAR, STARTING BACK IN YEARS AGO, WE DID WHAT'S CALLED IT'S TIMES. IT'S TIME TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE. UM AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD KIND OF INCORPORATED A COMMUNITY CHALLENGE FOR WELLNESS AND FITNESS. IF IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECTLY, IT WAS KIND OF A COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND I WANT TO SAY, LIKE SOTO OR DUNCANVILLE, OR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A CITY THAT YOU'RE KIND, OKAY, YOU KNOW, UM, AND IT WAS PROBABLY BASED ON POPULATION SIZE AND SOME OTHER DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. AFTER WE WON THREE YEARS IN A ROW. YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROBABLY GOT A LITTLE BORED OF THAT. WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUSIVE TO THE TOWN. UM AND SO WITH MAYOR SMITH WAS THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WE'LL START THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE. UM AND IT'S GROWN FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE TRYING TO SAY YOU WANNA GET X AMOUNT OF MILES, WHETHER IT'S RUNNING BIKING, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, BLOSSOMED INTO OKAY. WELL YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE MILES . LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ACTUAL MINUTES SPENT DOING ANY KIND OF FITNESS ACTIVITIES. THERE COULD BE SOME LIMITATIONS THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT AND RUN OR GET OUT AND BIKE. UM AND SO THEN , YOU KNOW, ONCE WE ADDED THE MINUTES THEN WITH MAYOR BRISTOL TAKING OVER, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER. THE PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE. UM, BEING WELLNESS. MAYOR BRISTOL WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING SOMETHING THAT WAS. YEAR LONG AND WELL BECAUSE TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, WE WOULD DO TOWARDS THE NEW YEAR WHEN YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BRIGHT EYED, BUSHY TAILED AND THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. AND THEN THREE WEEKS LATER, YOU KNOW THAT'S OUT THE WINDOW AND SO WE ALWAYS WOULD DO IT FROM JANUARY TO ABOUT MID APRIL. SO THEN, THIS YEAR WE STILL HELD ON TO THE MINUTES. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE FITNESS TO ONE PERSON IS COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE ADDED WHOLE YEAR CAMPAIGN NOW REALLY, TECHNICALLY NINE MONTHS BECAUSE WE STARTED UP IN MARCH BUT THIS IS GOING TO COVER BASICALLY, UM SPRINGTIME. IN THE FALL TIME. UM AND THIS IS GOING TO IT'S ALMOST LIKE SEPARATE, UM . COMPETITIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE THE MONTHS OF MARCH. APRIL MAY AND THEN WE'LL DO. UM, I THINK IT WAS I THINK IT WAS SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER NOVEMBER. I BELIEVE OF THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD OF YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS THEIR GOAL THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET OF AVERAGING X AMOUNT OF MINUTES AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO FINISHED THAT CHALLENGE FOR THAT SHORT PERIOD TIME. ARE PUT INTO A DRAWING. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIZES. BE LIKE A BLUETOOTH EARBUDS. UM WE'VE WORKED WITH[00:45:04]
SOME OF THE LOCAL RECREATION FACILITIES IN TOWN. THEY HAVE GIVEN US LIKE COUPONS. THINGS LIKE THAT FREE WEEK. COME IN HERE ON US. UM AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE. SMALL CHANGE THAT WE MADE AND DURING THE SUMMER, WE KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S HOT. UM AND SO WE WERE STILL ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. BUT TRYING TO KEEP OUT FROM, YOU KNOW, RUNNING IN THE HEAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS STARTING, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO ENCOURAGE WELLNESS, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT RESOURCE IS ONE OF THOSE BEING THE LIBRARY? YOU KNOW, I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY AND YOU KNOW, SHE WAS MORE THAN WELCOME. YOU KNOW, SHE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND WE CAN LOOK AT THESE. YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF BOOKS, LITERATURE ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR WELLNESS. HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THAT FIRST I'LL CALL IT A PHASE, BUT WE'RE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SPRING SEASON. UM AND THEN ANYONE WHO TURNS IN THERE THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRACKING SHEET BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO REGISTER. BUT WHEN YOU COMPLETE YOUR TRACKING SHEET, I'M ACTUALLY GET A T SHIRT AND YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO THAT, UM DRAWING. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT ANNOUNCING WINNERS AT COUNCIL LEAGUES. UM, ONE THING WE GOT MAYOR BRISTOL INVOLVED AND HE WAS WANTING TO DO HE HAS A, UM THERE'S ANY VETERANS IN HERE. IT'S WHAT'S KNOWN AS A CHALLENGE COIN. UM AND SO MAYOR BRISTLE WAS AIR FORCE AIR FORCE AIR FORCE VETERAN. AND SO HE HAS A CHALLENGE COIN THAT HE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY PRESTIGIOUS THING FOR HIM TO HAND OUT. UM AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE DIFFERENT PRIZES WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON RECEIVES A CHALLENGE COIN AND THEN COME TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN AT THE COUNCIL MEETING GET RECOGNITION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. UM AND SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY OKAY, WE WANT TO A FITNESS CHALLENGE FOR THREE MONTHS OUT OF 12. WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING NINE MONTHS OUT OF 12. SO WE'RE HOPING THEY CAN MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO STICK WITH THE PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, SO WE'RE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND LIKE I SAID THE FIRST TRACKING SHEET WILL BE DUE JUNE 9TH, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE DRAWING AND THE FIRST SEASONAL PRIZE WILL BE THE SOME BLUETOOTH EARBUDS. WE WERE DOING A FITBIT FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND THEN YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS TWO TIMES IN A ROW THAT SOMEONE CAME IN THERE LIKE OH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE MORE PHYSICALLY FIT THAN MYSELF FOR. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THANK YOU FOR THE FITBIT. I END UP GIVING TO MY NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE HE'S LIKE I ALREADY GOT ONE. SO WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE DONE THE FITBIT FOR A FEW YEARS. LET'S LOOK AT, UM AND SOMETHING THAT KIND OF AGED ME REALLY IS WHENEVER I WENT TO, YOU KNOW. I'M STARTING TO GET BACK INTO WORKING OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I STILL HAVE THE WIRES AND EVERYTHING. AND SO I LOOK AROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M THE OLD PERSON THAT THE GYM BECAUSE I HAVE THESE WERE SOMEONE TOOK MY SHIRT AND EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW, IT'S 2023 BLUETOOTH EARBUDS. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GO. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST PRIZE THAT WILL BE HANDING OUT SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AND JUST GETTING ALL THE TRACKING SHEETS IN AND THEY'LL START ROLLING IN RIGHT AROUND THE END OF MAY BEGINNING OF JUNE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND I ASSUME YOU ALL PRESSURE FOR IT RIGHT? OF COURSE . YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU REMEMBER SEEING YOUR NAMES COME THROUGH, SO IT'S WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.ANY EARLY NUMBERS? UM THE LAST TIME AS FAR AS SUBMISSIONS GOT, LIKE, NOT ACTUAL COMPLETE TRACKING SHEETS, BUT THE LAST TIME I SAW IT WAS CREEPING AROUND 100 IN THE PAST FOR THE WHOLE CHALLENGE, WE WOULD PROBABLY GET AROUND 180 A ISH 190, THEN ACTUAL COMPLETED CHALLENGES RIGHT AROUND THAT 80 TO 90 RANGE. UM SO BUT, YEAH, WELL, I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE NEXT MEETING OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUBMIT ALS BETTER WRITE THAT DOWN. UM WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS CHALLENGE? AND THEN THERE WAS I SHOULD PUT A VIDEO ON HERE. BUT THERE WAS A MAYOR DID A VIDEO OF , UM UM HIM GOING THROUGH HIS RUNNING, SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT. UM LEADING INTO. SUMMER CAMPS. SO WE HAVE SOME BANNERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. DIFFERENT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS ON WE ALSO DID A MELLING, UM, THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR WE SEND POSTCARDS OUT TO PROSPER RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT REGISTRATION IS OPEN. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING. SOME OF THESE,
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YOU KNOW, THE RECREATIONAL SPORTS A LOT OF THOSE WE HAVE OFFERED IN THE PAST. UM YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IS WE'VE NEVER DONE A MUSIC PROGRAM BEFORE. UM WE HAVE NOT DONE AND ART SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS, UH YOU KNOW, I HAD TO HAVE DOWN HERE SO YOUNG INNOVATORS, RENEWABLE ENERGY. THIS IS A GROUP THERE KNOWN AS S S A THEY HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING IDEAS THAT I'VE REALLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE. UM RENEWABLE ENERGY BEING ONE OF THEM. ANOTHER ONE IS LIKE A WEEKLONG MOCK NEWS. KIND OF, UM , CLASS WHERE YOU KNOW YOU WOULD BASICALLY GET THE KIDS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WOULD PUT ON A NEWS BROADCAST. UM AND SO SOME OF THESE THINGS CHESS, CHESS HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR. UM SO THESE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO? AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UM OUR STEM OR STEAM PROGRAMS WITH THE ENGINEERING FOR KIDS, BRICKS FOR KIDS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET GOING. UM ALL OF OUR CLASSES WILL BE EITHER AT THE 407 REC CENTER. COMMUNITY ROOM OR.RAISED MILL BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE CURRENTLY REACHING OUT TO ANOTHER FACILITY, UM, TO SEE ABOUT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS IS ALREADY FILLED. AND IT HAS A WAITING LIST ALREADY, SO ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH WAITING LIST FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. TALKED WITH THAT INSTRUCTOR AND SAY, OKAY, UM, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RUN THIS EXACT SAME PROGRAM NOW ON THE SAME DATE? OF COURSE. BUT YOU KNOW, AT A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE YEAR AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING IS, WE NOTICE? AND THERE'S REALLY NOT A GOOD WAY TO COMBAT IT. BESIDES HAVING MORE FACILITY SPACES RIGHT AROUND, UM RIGHT AROUND MID MAY LATE MAY IS WHEN THEY ARE AWFUL, AND I HAVE PARENTS THAT WILL REACH OUT AND THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE BOAT OR YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THESE CLASSES WILL FILL UP. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING IS ONCE WE START SEEING THE WAITING LIST. THEN WE GET WITH THE INSTRUCTORS AND SAY, OKAY? YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU COULD SAY. 30 PEOPLE. COULD YOU ADD INSTRUCTOR AND MAKE THAT 45? YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ONE THING IS WE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, I DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO NOT OFFER. UM NOT OFFER A PROGRAM BASED ON YOU KNOW A PARENT OR GUARDIAN GETTING A LATE START ON REGISTRATION? I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY FAIR. BUT IF WE CAN DO IT, WE WILL DO IT FOR SURE.
UM, AND THEN TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. UM 407 IS WEEK ONE TO WEEK 10. IT'S FULL. EVERY SINGLE ONE, UM WE DO HAVE ARE ACTIVE ADULT THAT DO YOU KNOW THE DOMINOES? THEY DO THE CANASTA. WE DO THE OPEN PLAY, SO WE HAVE BOOTH THOSE DAYS OVER THE COMMUNITY ROOM, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE LIKE, WELL, SUMMERTIME SEEING THE FALL , IT'S WE STILL OFFER AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY SPACE TO, UM , OFFER THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS FOR THE ACTIVE ADULTS AS WELL.
SO THEY'LL BE HERE AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM STARTING THE END OF MAY. AND SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THIS WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY FAN IN OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST. SHE CAME IN RIGHT WHEN SUMMER WAS STARTING UP. SO NOW SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE INSTRUCTOR CONTRACTS TOGETHER, IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS AND THEN KIND OF DOING WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS LOOKING AT EARLY, WEIGHTLESS AND SEEING, OKAY, WE HAVE A HEAD START. NOW, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET SOMETHING IN PLACE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, WHICH CAN BE UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WHERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO UPCOMING SUMMER. OKAY CAMPS PROGRAMS. NO I JUST I MEAN, JUST A THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MISSED IT. I LIKE TO TAKE A BET HERE FOR 13 YEARS , BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE MARKETING EFFORTS FOR THE PARKS AND REP THE GROUP AS A TEAM, THE OFFERING THE ACTIVITIES THE SPECIAL EVENTS HAS BEEN REALLY DIALED UP SO REALLY CHEERS TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO, WE, UM WE WERE READY AND WE GOT YOU KNOW MORE SPECIAL EVENTS GOING ON MORE DOWNTOWN DISCOVERED DOWNTOWN EVENTS GOING ON. SO YEAH, WE ARE. WE ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, TREVOR. PARK DEVELOPMENT. OKAY SOMETHING I WANT TO DO REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I TURN OVER TO KURT. CURB OURS IS UNDERSTAFFED PERSON SAYS. WE'VE ALL BEEN TOGETHER. CURTIS, NOW THE ACTING ASSISTANT
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DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, REPLACED PAUL NORTON. UM WE STILL CURVED FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO GO BACK TO MY ROOTS AND DIP IN THERE AND PULL HIM OUT. UH SO WITH THAT KURT IS A VERY TALENTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER PLANNER. UM WE GOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO UPDATE YOU ON PROGRAMS AND ASK OR I'M SORRY I'M PROJECTS OY. I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE ON REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE TOWN OF PROSPER AND THE RESIDENTS OF PROSPER. THIS WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. THIS SHOULD BE FAIRLY BRIEF. CONGREVE PARK, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY OUT THERE IS VERY NEARLY COMPLETE. DAN AND I WALKED THE SIDE ON MONDAY AND LOOK THINGS OVER. I THINK THEY'VE ACTUALLY MADE SOME PROGRESS SINCE I TYPED THIS UP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT THE PLAYGROUND IS FULLY COMPLETE . THEY'RE PROBABLY 95% NOW PAVILION THE THINK THEY'RE ALSO PROBABLY EITHER. AT 95 OR 100% ON TRAIL. THEY POURED ALMOST ALL OF IT. THE BRIDGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE THAT DONE IN ANOTHER WEEK OR 10 DAYS OR SO. SO OVERALL, PROBABLY 85 TO 90% ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT. THEY JUST HAVE SOME CLEANUP WORK SOME SONGS. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE FIXING. THERE'S A RETAINING WALL BY THE BRIDGE THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE POND. IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT WHILE WE HAVE THOSE GUYS OUT THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THAT FOR SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE MORE CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT IT'S VERY NEARLY DONE. DO THIS. HERE WE GO. TANNERSVILLE PARK. IT'S ALSO NEARLY COMPLETE AND DID A DONE. SOME ACTUALLY MADE A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS, EVEN SINCE I GUESS BUT 98% THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH POTENTIALLY COMPLETE. I CONDUCTED A PUNCH LIST WALK OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MATT AND SOME OF THE OTHER TOWN STAFF AND THINGS LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY FINISHED THE SURFACING ON THE PLAYGROUND SINCE I TOOK THAT PHOTO MONDAY OR TUESDAY. THEY HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THEY'VE GOT SOME GRASS WORK TO DO. WE WERE NOT HAPPY WITH A COUPLE OF ROUNDS THEY PUT IN THE BED, SO THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE THOSE FORCE. BUT OTHERWISE I'M ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO OPEN THIS UP TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS IF I CAN GET MET TO AGREE TO IT, SO HE DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE MESSING WE. WE HAVE A LOT OF BALD SPOTS OUT THERE, SO I THINK WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE GOOD TURF COVERAGE SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TROMPING AROUND IN THE MUD, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. STAR MENTAL PARK. THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT THAT'S VERY NEARLY COMPLETED. I WALKED IN ON MONDAY. EVERY I MEAN, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS DONE, EXCEPT THEY STILL NEED TO DO SOME SIDE WORK, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT IT WAS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD MONDAY. I'LL PROBABLY GO OUT AND CHECK IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK OR MAYBE FIVE TIMES. HOPEFULLY PARTIES IS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK AND HE'S KIND OF BEEN WATCHING IT FOR US. HE DOESN'T EXCELLENT JOB, SO IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD, AND THAT'S ALSO ALMOST COMPLETE. RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK. I AM I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS THE BIGGEST PART DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON IN MY CAREER. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE, TOO DAN AND I AND PARTIES MET WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER THIS WEEK AGO TODAY HERE IN THIS BUILDING, AND THEY PRESENTED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO US. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PROBABLY WHAT YOU GUYS SAW IN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN. THEY HAVE SHIFTED THE PARKING LOT OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE, AND THERE'S TWO REASONS FOR THIS ONE IS IT WILL SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. WHEN ON ALL THE GRADING WORK THEY HAVE TO DO. IT WILL ALSO HELP PRESERVE THE NATURAL ASPECTS OF THE PARK OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE POND AND THE CREEK AND ALL THE TREES ARE, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON IT. SO IT WAS. IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT THEY PRESENTED AS AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE. LOOKING NORTH. YOU CAN SEE A PARKING LOT IN THE PROPOSED TENNIS COURTS IN THE PICKLE BALL COURTS THERE IN THE FOREGROUND AND THEN THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE. I DON'T NOTICE THAT FORM. CONQUEST. EXAMPLE EAST FIELD RELATIONS. MESSED THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST DROPPED OUT. MORE QUESTIONS. REALLY? A SCHOLARSHIP. YEAH. I WISH WE'D MAYBE I CAN LOOK FOR A SLIDE THAT WE CAN SEND OUT BECAUSE IT WAS DANCES IF THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF TERRORIST BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT SITE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NICE FALL TO IT. SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THAT THAT THE NORTHWEST FIELD THERE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE OTHER ONES. BUT IT WILL BE. IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING, REALLY COOL SITE. I THOUGHT THOSE SHADOWS WERE HEDGES, I GUESS NOT THOSE ELEVATION. BY THE WAY, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE PARKING LOT GOT MOVED BECAUSE I WAS PREDICTING TRAFFIC JAMS ON COIT IF WE WERE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE, QUICK QUESTION WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WHEN WE SAW THE ORIGINAL PLANS, THERE WAS TALK OF MAYBE SOME AMPHITHEATER SPACE. THINGS LIKE THAT IS THAT GOING TO THE WAYSIDE? NO, THERE'S A WILL. THERE'S A BIG OPEN SPACE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER UP THERE THAN I MEAN. RIGHT NOW. THAT'S COMPLETELY UNPROGRAMMED. WE COULD DO THE TOWN COULD DO WHATEVER YOU KNOW, FIRST DAYS WE CAN A LOT OF FUNNY. TO WORK ON SPACE. ONE[01:00:05]
COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE NOT EVEN REALLY SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE WILL WILL KNOW MORE IN ABOUT A MONTH. I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS GOING TO WORK ON GETTING US A COST ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY THEM TO DESIGN A BUNCH OF STUFF AND THEN FIND OUT THAT WE CAN'T EVEN GET THAT ONCE BEDTIME SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY DO GET INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE NOT IT'S BEEN IN THEIR WHEELS, SO TO SPEAK. BUT SPEAKING OF THAT ON THE SCHEDULE, THEY ARE WORKING.THEY'VE ALREADY LAUNCHED INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY'RE WELL ALONG ON THAT PROBABLY HOPEFULLY WRAPPED UP IN JUNE IN AUGUST STRAIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THE WORKING ON THAT FROM JULY AND EARLY EARLY FOLLOWING OCTOBER. WE HOPE TO BE IN THE MID PHASE IN NOVEMBER, AND WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE YET, BUT MY BEST ESTIMATE IS THAT WILL BE OUT TO BED, PROBABLY EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO PRETTY EXCITING STUFF. CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT. THANK YOU, KURT. PARK OPERATIONS. MR FOR. HELLO, EVERYONE. OKAY SO THERE'S A KIND OF TIRED IN THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE DIDN'T MAKE THE WORD. WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THE REPLACEMENTS OF PLANT MATERIAL AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR THE MEDIANS. SOME OF ARMENIANS. THE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY AND ALMOST COMPLETE FOR PROSPER TRAIL RIGHT THERE AT THE DNT THAT LITTLE 700 FT LITTLE AREA THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. UM COLEMAN IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE JUST ABOUT FINISHED WITH THAT ONE. AND, UH, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WHAT LIKE KURDS HAVE BEEN WALKED TANNER'S TODAY THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE LITTLE AREA MORE BACKSTOPS. WIDE OPEN OPEN SPACE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE GOT GOING ON. CLEANING DISC GOLF. THAT'S A I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER BEEN OUT THERE. SO RIGHT OFF OF THIS TRAP. AND LEGACY DEAD ENDS. SO WE HAVE ALL THAT STUFF TO THE SOUTH, DRYNESS , DITCH AND A CREEK AND PAWNS AND STUFF, SO A LOT OF TRASH ALWAYS GETS IN THERE AFTER ALL THE FLOODS. THAT WE'VE HAD WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN THE 1 63. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING ALL THOSE TRAILS. CLEANED UP AND SPRAYED DOING SOME MAINTENANCE OUT THERE ON THE SIGNS. A LITTLE STICKERS THAT WE HAVE FOR HIKING BOX STICKERS ON THE TREES KIND OF REPLACING THOSE RIGHT NOW. THE FLOOD REALLY HURT. HEARD SOME OF THE BRIDGES THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE SO WORLD TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO WORK ON YOU KNOW, STABILIZING ALL THE GROUND BECAUSE WE'RE CROSSING OVER PRETTY GOOD. UH, GREEK SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT THERE OR HAVE IT, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND LOOK AT HOCK. UM. IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES. THAT WE ARE TOOK. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SO BLURRY. I THINK IT WAS FOGGY THAT DAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE GUYS. WE STRING LINE EVERYTHING. THIS IS AND THANK THIS WITH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. TRYING TO GET READY FOR FOOTBALL LAST FALL. I BELIEVE UM. IT WAS JUST UNDER THE PICTURES THAT WE DECIDED TO ADD. STAY AWAY. WE'VE GOT LOTS GOING ON. SO WE'RE BUSY. OKAY, QUESTIONS. I THINK WE'RE SQUARED AWAY. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY I'M ALL CLOSED UP THE PRESENTATION HERE WITH MY REPORT. UM I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARK THAT'S ON PARK DOWNTOWN POND? JUST UP THE HILL ON BROADWAY, PROBABLY IN CHURCH , SO WE HAD FUNDING TO DO BASICALLY THE MASTER PLAN. IT UH , PART OF WHEN WE DO A MASTER PLAN. WANT TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY? YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND OFTENTIMES IN PARKS AND REC, THAT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. AND USUALLY IN PERSON. UM. USUALLY YOU'LL DO ONE OR TWO TO PICK DIFFERENT NIGHTS. SO SOMEONE'S GOT ACTIVITIES. WHATEVER I'LL TELL YOU, HISTORICALLY, UM, THAT WHEN I'VE DONE HIM AND RICHARDSON OR WHATEVER HE MIGHT GET 15 2025 A GOOD NIGHT. UH DURING WHEN, WHEN? FROM THE
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PANDEMIC? UM KURT AND I ACTUALLY WORKING ON A PROJECT IN IN RICHARDSON AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO BASICALLY WE PRODUCED THE VIDEO AND THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE DID A SURVEY SURVEYMONKEY TYPE PROGRAM TO GET INPUT BACK, SO I'D ASKED ROBIN BATTLE AS IT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LET US TRY THAT HERE BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL PARK? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GIVE INPUT SO AS OPPOSED TO 25 OR 30. WE GOT ALMOST 370 RESPONSES THROUGH THAT, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM TECHNOLOGY MALE PERKINS HAD PUT TOGETHER THE VIDEO FOR US PICTURES BASICALLY WHOLE PRESENTATION. WE OPENED UP THE SURVEY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE GOT A PHENOMENAL RESPONSE. SO REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK WE DID THERE. UM SO WE'VE TABULATED UP ALL THE DATA. IT'S A SMALL PARK MOST OF ITS POND. UM SO WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THAT. KIND OF SEE HOW THE INPUT HOW WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND THEN WE'LL START ASKING FOR FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, BUT WANT TO LET YOU KNOW? WE GOTTA REALLY WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT EFFORT. UM CAPRA AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TONIGHT ON THE PROGRAMMING PLAN RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN. ARE WE HAVE OUR VISITS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE WEEK OF MAY 22ND. WILL BE 23 DAYS WILL COME OUT. THEY'LL LOOK THROUGH OUR PAPERWORK. INTERVIEW TALKED ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S COMING UP WORK SATURDAY TO GET THAT OVER AND DONE. I KNOW THEY ARE STARTING TO LOOK THROUGH. WE SUBMITTED ALL OF OUR STUFF BACK IN MARCH, AND THEY ARE HAVE RECENTLY STARTED TO WORK THROUGH THAT GO THROUGH IT. WE INTEND TO GET PUT BACK BEFORE THEY COME OUT. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE MISSED THE MR BOAT ON OR, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE. THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US THAT INPUT BEFORE THEY COME OUT. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST GONNA HOPE IS PERFECT, AND THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING BUT PROBABLY THE CASE. UM THEN THE MOONLIGHT MOVIE WAS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR OPENING OF THE DATA DISCOVERED DOWNTOWN EVENTS. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD PRETTY HIGH WINDS THAT ALSO KIND OF A ROUGH WEEKEND FOR WEATHER. UM SO WE HAVE POSTPONED THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST 11TH.THAT'S NOT 100% YET, UM WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT WE THIS. THIS COMPANY IS GREAT. THEY GIVE US THEY CAN SAY LISTEN, YOU YOU BOOKED FOR THAT NIGHT? WE DIDN'T YOU KNOW, HE TOLD SOMETHING COME OUT OR DONE. THEY'LL GIVE US SIX MONTHS TO RE BOOK IT. SO UM TREVOR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND AN OPEN WEEKEND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE WHAT WE DO. UM THE NEXT EVENT COMING UP DISCOVERED DOWNTOWN IS SATURDAY . MAY 6TH WE KNOW THAT'S MAY SINGLE. EXCUSE ME. SAY STAY, MILO, BUT WE'RE GONNA CALL IT CINCO DE MAYO DO OUR CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN. UM HAVE A MARIACHI BAND PROSPER WINEHOUSE IS GOING TO DO SOME MARGARITAS WILL HAVE SOME FOOD VENDORS, STUFF FOR KIDS MUSIC CONTESTS, SO ONE OF OUR TYPICAL DISCOVERED DOWNTOWN EVENTS, UM THE JANE IS ALSO DOING THEIR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT THAT SAME DAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM PART OF THE DAY, SO IT SHOULD BE DOWNTOWN OUGHT TO BE HOPPING. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UM SO. WITH THAT NEXT MEETING. WE'LL HAVE WILL BE MAY 11TH THE SAME ROOM HERE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A HEADS UP OCTOBER IS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BUSY FOR THE TOWN WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT SOME EVENTS COMING UP. THEN IT WILL ALSO BE THE NEW RESIDENT MIXER FOR THE BEFORE THE FALL. UM SO WE MAY LOOK AT EITHER MOVING THAT DATE OR CANCELING THAT MONTH, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET YOU BY SURPRISE. WE WILL NOT BE DOING THE SECOND THURSDAY IN OCTOBER. THAT'S THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU SO EITHER RESCHEDULE OR WE'LL JUST CANCELED, UM ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME REGARDING THE DIRECTOR REPORT. I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF PULL UP THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
THE MOONLIGHT MOVIES FOR SET FOR AUGUST 11TH. WHAT? WHEN THE SCHOOL WHEN DOES SCHOOL STARTS.
I THINK IT'S 14. AUGUST 16TH WEDNESDAY. OKAY, COOL BEFORE. WE DID A LITTLE STRAP STRATEGY ON THE MOVIE. UM YOU KNOW, WE DID IT LAST YEAR, AND EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME. BUT SATURDAY'S ARE TOUGH FOR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY RIGHT. THEY'VE GOT ATHLETICS AGAINST ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF , SO THE THOUGHT WAS WOULDN'T BE KIND OF COOL TO DO A FRIDAY EVEN AT NIGHT. YOU GET HOME FROM WORK . KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL FOR THE WEEK. GRAB YOUR LAWN CHAIRS. COME ON OUT. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY IF WE DON'T HAVE GREAT RISK RESPONSE OR FOR WHATEVER REASON , IT DOESN'T WORK OUT. WE CAN MOVE IT BACK TO SATURDAY, BUT WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE KINDA FUN. FRIDAY DATE NIGHT FAMILY NIGHT
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KIND OF THING. I THINK I LIED TO YOU THINK AUGUST 9TH IS OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AUGUST 9TH 11TH IS THE FRIDAY IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER BECAUSE EVERYONE'S YOU GET 25,000 KIDS 28,000 WORDS BACK TO SCHOOL. AND WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. GOOD TO BRING THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR FIRST WEEK. REWARD EVERYBODY FOR THEIR FIRST SUCCESSFUL WEEK OF SCHOOL.THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING. I WAS JUST THINKING OF HOW THE EXTRA WEEK OFF. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAN. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANYTHING WE WANT TO DISCUSS OR CONSIDER. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ADJOURN. WE HAVE EMOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SECOND FROM DANIEL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VISUAL AND INAUDIBLE. ALRIGHT, OPPOSED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.