[1. Call to Order / Roll Call.]
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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. JUST GET THE THUMBS UP FROM THE TECH SUPPORT TEAM.
THANK YOU, AND IT IS SIX O'CLOCK. LET US CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. FOR MAY 11TH 2023 WITH SOME ROLL CALL. LEFT HER RIGHT UP HERE. OUR NEWEST MEMBER, KIM SHAMSI. DANIEL KNOCKS VALERIE LITTLE YOURS TRULY JOHN METCALF.
MEG BRANDON AND BOB BENSON. ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. AND STAFF MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. DAN BAKER, KURT, VILE HORRORS. TREVOR HILTON, MATT FOR AND CAITLIN STONE. WELCOME WELCOME EVERYONE AND SPEAKING OF WELCOMES, LET US WELCOME OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER.
KIM THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING TONIGHT. GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY HERE, OKAY? MY NAME IS KIM CHAN Z. I LIVED IN PROSPER FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW CAME FROM FRISCO THERE FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS. SO PARKS AND REC IS NEAR AND DEAR AS A AS A FAMILY. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED AND CITY EVENTS FROM ONE OUR KIDS WERE TODDLERS ALL THE WAY TO DATE, WE GO TO PROSPER EVENTS. WE GO TO OTHER CITY EVENTS, AND WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. WELCOME. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT A QUICK NOTE. ABOUT ATTENDANCE. I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED THE EMAIL THAT ROBIN FORWARDED FROM MAYOR BRISTOL, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PRESENT AT, UM BOARD MEETINGS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. CAITLIN PROVIDED IN ATTENDANCE SHEET FOR US QUICK RECORD IF YOU NEED GLANCE AND SEE, UH HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING SO FAR AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THERE YOU'LL NOTE. THE CITY STATUTE IN REGARD TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING AND UM THE, UM. I GUESS THE LEEWAY FOR ABSENCES IN A CALENDAR A NOT A CALENDAR YEAR, BUT A ROLLING 12 MONTHS. PERIOD SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UM I'M SURE DAN COULD ANSWER THEM. OR ROBIN OR ANYBODY ELSE ON THE CITY STAFF OR TOWN STAFF. EXCUSE ME. AND PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK TIME. PERSONAL, OKAY? GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. I HAVE ONE. TOO MANY DOCUMENTS THAT IN FRONT OF ME, I'M SORRY. OKAY. NEXT UP. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE MINUTES
[2. Consider and act upon the minutes of the April 13 ,2022, Parks and Recreation Board meeting.]
FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH TOOK PLACE APRIL 13TH. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES SO MOVED BY BOB BENSON. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THANK YOU, VALERIE LITTLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE, AND ALSO A VISUAL. I OPPOSED.THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES HAS BEEN PASSED. NEXT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING SUBMITTED? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ONLINE? ITEM NUMBER FOUR
[4. Receive staff updates: Recreation, Park Development, Park Operations, and Director.]
STAFF UPDATES. AND START OFF WITH RECREATION. EXCUSE ME.GOOD EVENING PARK BOARD. UM, WELCOME, KIM. UM SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE TALENT OF THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE. UM JUST TO KIND OF CATCH YOUR BODY UP ONE OF THE NEW YES. YES. YES MM HMM. HMM. THAT WILL HELP. THERE WE GO. UM . SO WE ARE IN THE TEL END OF THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE. TO KIND OF CATCH HER BY SPEED.
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YOU KNOW ONE WRINKLE THAT WE HAD ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR YEAR CAMPAIGN WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA DO SEASONAL. UM SO RIGHT NOW WERE IN THE SPRING SEASON. BOB YOU HEARD ME MENTION EARLIER.YOU'RE PARTICIPATING. SO IS THAT GOING? IS THAT GOING WELL, PERFECT. UM SO WE, UM, THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH OF MAY WELL, THANKS. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. SUMMER. WE TAKE IT.
OFF OFF SEASON WHERE, UM WE'RE A FEW IDEAS OF HOW TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION GOING OUT GOING OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT. AND SO, BASICALLY, UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR LAST MEETING WAS WE WERE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER. SO LAST COUNT I HAD I WAS SITTING AT 108 SUBMIT ALS. SO THAT IS VERY THAT'S VERY GOOD. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ONCE WE FINISH OUT THIS SPRING SEASON, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE TRACKING SHEETS THAT ARE SUBMITTED AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH WITH THE WITH THE PRIZE WITH THE RAFFLE AND THEN TAKE TO THE SUMMER WHERE WE'RE NOT REALLY TRACKING ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING LIKE I SAID, UM DIFFERENT TYPES OF WELLNESS ACTIVITIES. UM FROM CRITERIA. WE'RE TALKING WITH THE NUTRITION COACH THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY HOSTING A FREE SESSION AT EITHER COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR 407. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. UM SO I WILL HAVE MORE UPDATE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT MEETING. BUT THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND YOU WILL SEE SOME ADVERTISING GOING OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH THE TOWN SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE. UH UM. THE PAST THIS PAST SATURDAY, KIM SAID. YOU LIKE TO GO TO TOWN EVENTS WHERE YOU AT THE CINCO DE MAYO EVENT. OKAY? HMM. HMM YEAH . CLOSE YEAH, EXACTLY. UM THAT IN THE MINUTES. PLEASED THAT SHE'S UM SO WE HAD OUR CINCO DE MAYO EVENT AS OVER BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET. UH TOP FOUR, WHETHER IT WAS A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT WELL WHEN WENT OFF REALLY WELL OVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER 500 ATTENDEES. SO WE HAD WE HAD A MARIACHI BAND GOING. WE HAD OUR FOOD VENDORS OUT THERE. WE HAD A SMALL UM, PINATA CONTEST, I GUESS OR KIDS HIT THE PINATA LITTLE BIT. WE HAD OUR GUACAMOLE MAKING CONTESTS.
DANIEL LOOKING OVER IN YOUR DIRECTION. THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY FUN. I ENJOYED MYSELF. YES SO DANIEL WAS ONE OF OUR HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY I KNOW CAITLIN WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM SO DANIEL WAS ONE OF OUR CELEBRITY CHEFS MAKING THE GUACAMOLE SO THAT WENT REALLY WELL. UM SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. WE HAD NEVER DONE AN EVENT LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND WE KIND OF PAIRED UP A LITTLE BIT. UM THE JINN HAD AN EVENT GOING ON AS WELL FROM 12 TO 8.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PEOPLE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN EVENTS. UM NOTHING WENT WRONG. EVERYBODY LEFT HAPPY SO AS A WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND TO CATCH YOU UP A LITTLE BIT KIM, SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE DISCOVERY DOWNTOWN SERIES. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED FOR DOWNTOWN EVENTS TO KIND OF HELP BRING FOOT TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN BRING AWARENESS TO SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. SO OUR ORIGINAL ONE WAS OUR ORIGINAL. FIRST IT WAS THE MOONLIGHT MOVIE, BUT WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT DUE TO WEATHER. SO THIS WAS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF FIRST EVENT , SO WE WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH IT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT. THANK YOU TO PARKS OPERATIONS STAFF. THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB OF HELPING OUT. UM AND THEN THANK YOU TO JUST ALL THE PARK STAFF. WE ALL KIND OF PULL TOGETHER AND PUT THESE EVENTS TOGETHER SO IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. UM. WE HAVE OUR NEXT. NOW. THIS IS NOT A DISCOVERED DOWNTOWN SERIES, BUT WE HAVE OUR PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENT COMING UP. JUNE 3RD P TOWN THROW DOWN SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ANNUAL PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENT THAT WE HAVE WILL HOST IT UP REALMS MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM 16 SIGNED UP SO FAR, SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE PUSH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MAKE SURE YOU GET THE AWARENESS OUT THERE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THANK YOU TO PSD FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THAT FACILITY FOR THIS. UM, SO IT WAS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WORKING THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE. UM HOPEFULLY GET STARTED AS EARLY AS WE CAN THAT MORNING SO WE CAN TRY AND BEAT THE HEAT A LITTLE BIT. UM BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN THIS IS NOT RESIDENTS ONLY. I MEAN, WE DO
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ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO RESIDENTS. ONLY SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR COMPETITIVE JUICES FLOWING FOR THAT. HAVE THEM GET IN TOUCH WITH MYSELF OR ANYONE WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WE BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THEM OUT. GET THEM REGISTERED FOR THAT. SUMMER CAMPS WERE A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY. IT'S GOING TO START THE TUESDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, SO WE CURRENTLY WE'RE ABLE TO WORK OUT A WORK OUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL TO HOST SOME ADDITIONAL SITES. WE HAD ALREADY KIND OF HAD SOME CLASSES WITH 10 OR MORE ON THE WAIT LIST, SO RESEARCH TO THE INSTRUCTORS REACHED OUT TO ST PAUL'S TO SEE IF WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, UH , TO LET US RESERVE SOME FACILITY SPACE OVER THERE. SO WE'LL BE RUNNING SOME OF OUR STEM CLASSES OVER THERE AS WELL . SO THAT'S ALWAYS ALWAYS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE HAVING, UM PARTICIPANTS IN A WAIT LIST. SO WE'LL GET STARTED TUESDAY, TUESDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY AND WILL RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, PERSONALLY FOUR WEEK OF AUGUST. AND UM, I NOT SURE IF I BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE, BUT NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT AUGUST. THE MOONLIGHT MOVIE RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST 11TH. THAT'S A FRIDAY.WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE SAME MOVIE. IT'S GOING TO BE OVER HERE. SOUTH SIDE TOWN HALL LAWN. SO THAT WAS THE RESCHEDULED DATE. I WASN'T SURE IF I HAD BROUGHT THAT UP IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.
ALSO WE HAD OUR QUARTERLY PY SC MEETING LAST TUESDAY. UM THIS IS FOR PY SCS PROSPER YOUTH SPORTS COMMISSION, SO WE ALWAYS MEET QUARTERLY WITH THIS GROUP TO JUST KIND OF IRON OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF UPCOMING SEASONS THEY ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR SPRING SEASON. SO, UM TOWARDS THE END OF MAY, BUT FORMER WORLD DAY I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE ALL FINISHED UP WHETHER PENDING AND THEN, UM, JUST TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FALL DATES AND EXPECTATIONS ON REGISTRATION NUMBERS, AND THEY MEET WITH OUR PARKS SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL TO KIND OF DISCUSS SOME OF THE DATES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FALLS IN LINE WITH WHEN WE USUALLY WILL START AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE FIELDS AVAILABLE AND READY. SO THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT, JASON EARP. UM SO IT WAS. IT WAS A POSITIVE, MEANING . WE'RE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF LAY EVERYTHING OUT, AND THEN WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN JULY. TREVOR P. Y S C. IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A BOARD MEMBER ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS JUST TO LISTEN AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LAPSED ALONG THE WAY. I THINK REBECCA LAND MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO ATTEND THOSE IS THERE A DESIRE ON THEIR PART? UH UM, HAVE ONE OF US THERE TO GUESS. JUST GET INPUT. FEEDBACK UM, YOU'RE YOU'RE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT A BOARD MEMBER THERE AND SOME HEARING THAT YOU WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING, AND I WON'T HAVE TO. UNLESS I MISHEARD THAT, AND NOW IT IS. IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL REQUIREMENT BASED ON THEIR BYLAWS. UM, BUT. I WOULD WANT TO SAY IF WE BROUGHT UP TO THE GROUP, AND THEN THEY WE'RE OKAY WITH IT. YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THERE TRULY IS INTEREST FROM THE BOARD, UM WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM. UM AS TREVOR SAID, IT'S NOT REQUIRED. THE TOWN IS WELL REPRESENTED BETWEEN TREVOR MYSELF AND MATT WERE AT EACH ONE OF THE MEETINGS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT REQUEST THAT I'M AWARE OF, UM SO CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. IF THERE'S INTEREST FROM THIS GROUP. UM OKAY? YEAH. OKAY YEAH . IF YOU COULD, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THERE ARE BEST CUSTOMER. THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. BILL WILL CONTINUE USING OUR PRODUCT. UM BUT I JUST IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN THERE STRICTLY, REALLY, JUST TO LISTEN. SURE. TAKE IN INPUT. JUST HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON REALLY MORE THAN ANYTHING. IT'S UM IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE YOU CAN YOU KNOW WHEN WE PRESENT THESE NUMBERS AND WE PRESENT YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT FILLED CAPACITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD, EDUCATIONAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY THERE TO KIND OF TO SEE WHAT GOES ON AND KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND HOW WE KIND OF PLAN OUT. YOU KNOW OUR FUTURE SEASONS AND SO NOW I DON'T. YEAH, I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. I THINK THAT'D BE A PROBLEM AT ALL. OKAY.
TREVOR ADDICT QUESTION ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGES THAT CONTINUING IN THE FALL AND ARE
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THERE DATES SET FOR I GUESS THE FALL KIND OF QUARTER OR HOWEVER , THAT WOULD WORK. YES SO THE SPRING CAMPAIGN WILL RUN TO THE BEGINNING OF JUNE SUMMER WILL GO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SO STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL START OFF THE FALL THAT WILL RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER AND THEN, UM, TOWARDS THE END. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE WOULD PRESENT THE GRAND WINNER. UM I'LL GET WITH MARKETING COORDINATOR PATTY KINSEY AND KIND OF CONFIRM ALL INFORMATION UPDATES ON THE NEXT MEETING. BUT YES, THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FALL WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF HOPING TO THAT WITH THE VETERANS DAY FIVE K ON NOVEMBER 11TH THAT CAN BE KIND OF A CROSS PROMOTIONAL KIND OF DEAL THERE TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL. UM, AND JUST FOR THE GROUP. UM YOU KNOW THE TOWN. THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM FOR A WHILE. AND WHEN MAYOR BRISTOL CAME ON ON BOARD UH, TO COUNSEL . ONE OF HIS PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE WAS THICKNESS AND WELL BEING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO HE ASKED US TO BEFORE WE WERE DOING IT. WHAT? JANUARY THROUGH APRIL. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST A KIND OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. AND RIGHTFULLY SO, HE SAID. YOU KNOW, FITNESS AS A AS A YEARLONG THING. SO UM, ASKED US TO LOOK AT IT AND STAFF CAME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO HIM. HE GAVE US THE THUMBS UP. SO WE DO MORE OF THE NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE EXERCISE IN THE SUMMER, TOO, BUT WE REALIZED THE HEAT, SO WE DO THE FRONT PORTION OF THE YEAR. WHICH WE STARTED WAS THAT WHEN WE START MARCH OKAY, SO, UM. STARTING MARCH WILL END THAT HERE SOON. UM STARTING SUMMER, NOT NECESSARILY TRACKING THE FITNESS MINUTES, BUT SOME EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS TO IT. OBVIOUSLY STILL PROMOTING THE PROGRAM, WANTING PEOPLE TO STILL MAKE SURE THEY'RE THERE. OUT EXERCISING AND DOING THEIR THING. AND THEN WE'LL START IT BACK UP ON THE FALL, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THE SPRING AND THE FALL. THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL WILL CALL IT A WINNER WILL WILL DRAW WHOEVER COMPLETED WE DRAW THEIR CARD, AND THEN THEY GET AN AWARD, BUT ANYONE WHO'S COMPLETED ALL THREE SESSIONS. UM THERE'S KIND OF A BIG, BIG AWARD THAT WILL DRAW BETWEEN AND THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT.PIECE OF ITSELF. THANK YOU. YES, AND I MADE A NOTE HERE FOR THE NEXT MEETING WILL KIND OF COVER SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND WELLNESS OF THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOW, LIKE MORE SPECIFICS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED. UM SO I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT IN OUR NEXT MEETING. WHERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HATS OFF TO ALL YOUR, UM I'M INVOLVED WITH A GROUP OF A BOARD PRESIDENTS THAT MEET WITH MAYOR BRISTOL ONCE A QUARTER. AND, UM. KIND OF LIKE I WAS LIKE, REALLY PROUD. BECAUSE THIS MORNING UM. HE REALLY HIT ON. DISCOVER DOWNTOWN SERIES HE REALLY HIT ON HIS FITNESS CHALLENGE. HE REALLY HIT ON THE PETER. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING AND I'M LOOKING AT HIM. HE'S LOOKING AT ME, AND HE'S GOING YEAH, EVERYTHING THAT JUST CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH IS ABOUT A PARKS AND RECREATION GROUP. SO I PUSHED. A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE HAD AN AUDIENCE AND I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY MAYBE AND I'M NOT THE GUY JUST TO THINK OF EXTRA WORK FOR EVERYBODY. BUT MAYBE IF YOU GUYS COULD GET A NEWSLETTER IN THE HANDS OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT THE IT WOULD. IT WOULD BE JUST ONE MORE. PRETTY EASY LINE OF COMMUNICATION OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON. BECAUSE UM. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST STINKING, CLUELESS, YOU KNOW? AND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF, BOB AND THAT THAT'S EASY. WE DO HAVE A DIGITAL NEWSLETTER THAT PATTY SENDS OUT TO EVERYONE A LIST. WE JUST NEED TO ADD THE H O A PRESENCE AND THAT'S THAT'S EASY TO DO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL. THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO WITH YOU AS FAR AS GETTING WITH MAYBE ROBIN BATTLE AND GETTING THAT DIRECTLY OUT TO THOSE FOLKS, BECAUSE WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP, EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, WELL, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO BE PUTTING THIS STUFF IN OUR OWN. YEAH LITTLE NEWSLETTER. AND I JUST THINK IT'S JUST AGAIN ANOTHER THING TO KIND OF TIE
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DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES AND CITIZENS ALTOGETHER. OKAY AGAIN STARTED OUT WITH THE THANK YOU AND I KNOW IT ENDED UP WITH AN IDEA, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND IT'S EASY AND IT'S THAT'S IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY DOING. WE JUST HAVE TO GET THEM ON THE LIST. SO WHAT WE WILL WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT SOON. AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT DAN WAS SAYING. THE I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THE PUBLICATIONS CALLED THE LANDSCAPE AND THEN ALSO THE TOWN HAS A NEW WEBSITE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO OR SO. AND ONE, UM, FEATURE ON THAT IS THERE THERE'S AN ACTIVITY CALENDAR BECAUSE WE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE AN ACTIVITY ACCOUNT ACTIVITY CALENDAR ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION. WEBSITE BUT NOW IN THE TOWN WEBSITE, IT HAS AN ACTIVITY COUNTER AND IT'S SHOWING EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING ON, AND WE'RE WORKING BACK AND FORTH, SO THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY BIG STRIDE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING OF, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH. TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT CLIQUES SURE TO FIND A CALENDAR. THE CALENDAR IS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. SO UM, THEY THEY, THE COMMUNICATIONS SEEMED IN A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT FRONT CENTER. UM BUT YEAH, WE'LL GET WITH PATTY AND WE'LL GET THOSE CONTACTS, ALBUM OR CONTACTS TO HER AND BE ABLE TO ADD THEM. I JUST I MEAN, SOME, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO SPOON FEED SOME PEOPLE, AND I THINK MAYBE IF WE TAKE THAT DOCUMENT TAKE THAT CALENDAR THEN THEY CAN INCORPORATED IN THEIR WEEKLY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. WHATEVER PERFECT. SHE SHE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT, SO WE'LL GET THAT OVER TO HER. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, TREVOR. HELLO HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL THIS EVENING. I AM PLEASED TO BE BACK FROM MY SECOND PART BOARD MEETING. WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS. ON OUR CURRENT PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE FOR PECAN GROVE PARK, THE PLAYGROUND BATTALION, THE TRAIL AND THE BRIDGE. THEY'RE ALL FULLY COMPLETE. REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT IN THE PROJECT NOW IS THE LANDSCAPING. THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO DO SOME CLEANUP AND LAY A LOT OF SOD. THE REASON IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP THAT SERVICES THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM OUT THERE. AND THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE H O A. AND IT'S ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THAT REPAIRED, SO THEY'RE JUST SLOW IN RESPONDING, SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS SINCE WE HAVE EXPERTS THAT CAN DO THAT, OR WE HAVE VENDORS THAT DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THEY WILL AGREE TO PAY FOR IT IF WE GET IT FIXED BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR LAY IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SOLID IF WE CAN'T KEEP IT WATER SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT SITUATION FIXED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A FUNCTIONING IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WE WILL GET THE SIDE DOWN AND WE'LL WRAP THIS PROJECT UP. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOVING THE TRAIL AND THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL THE NEW AMENITIES BECAUSE I GO BY THERE FREQUENTLY. I WAS OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON TO CHECK ON THINGS AND IT LOOKS GOOD. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON THIS ONE. FOR TENDERS MILL. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO ESSENTIALLY 99 100% COMPLETE ALL THAT'S LEFT, REALLY, OR A FEW LANDSCAPE ITEMS. THE CONTRACTORS DOING SOME PUNCHLESS STUFF. IT'S REALLY JUST SOME OF THE SHRUBS THAT THEIR LANDSCAPES, SUBCONTRACTOR PLANET DON'T LOOK VERY GOOD, AND THE TURF IS NOT VERY FULL, SO WE'RE PUSHING THEM TO WATER IT AND GET IT FILLED UP BECAUSE THE REASON WE HAVE AN OPEN YET EVERYTHING'S READY.IT'S JUST THAT WE DIDN'T WANT CITIZENS OUT THERE KIND OF HAVING A RESIDENTS HAVING TO WALK IN THEM. LET SO WE ARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THIS NEXT WEEK. SO THEY'RE FINISHING UP IN BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO USE IT AND WE WERE GETTING CALLS AND WE WANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE IT, TOO. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH 100. AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD I WANT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE ONES I CHECK ON EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS JUST TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. STORM MEADOWS IS ALSO COMPLETE. THIS IS AN OLDER PHOTO. I HADN'T HAD TIME THIS WEEK TO GO AND GET YOU ALL FRESH PHOTO OF A NEW AND THAT THAT AREA IN THE FOREGROUND THERE, THAT'S ALL BEEN PLANTED ASSAD. WE DID A WALK ON THIS. I THINK IT WAS A WEEK OR TWO AGO. MAYBE IT WAS EARLY LAST WEEK.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT OR JUST A FEW VERY MINOR PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE LANDSCAPE. THERE'S A FEW LITTLE GLITCHES WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THERE'S SOME HOLES THAT COULD BE TRIPPING HAZARDS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S DONE THE PLAYGROUND PAVILION, THE TRAIL EVERYTHING. IT LOOKS REAL GOOD, SO AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE ENJOYING IT. RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK REPORTED ON THIS TO YOU LAST MONTH. OUR ENGINEERS HAVE ASKED THEM TO MAKE A FEW REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSED ENTRY POINTS. IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT TO THE FOREGROUND THERE THE ENTRY AND THEN WAY OVER THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THEY WANTED THEM TO SHIFT THESE TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON GAME DAYS WHEN YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL 100 PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT FACILITY AT THE SAME
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TIME, SO THE DESIGN CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THAT. FOR EXAMPLE , IN THE BOTTOM THERE, IF YOU LOOK, THEY WANTED TO SHIFT THE ENTRY THERE OVER TO LINE UP WITH THAT MIDDLE PARKING. I'LL THERE BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BE BETTER FOR THE ENTRY TO THE OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE STREET.ONCE THE DESIGN CONSULTANT, HIS FINISHED MAKING THOSE REVISIONS , THEY WILL GET IT OVER TO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND THEY WILL START THE COSTING ON THIS, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT HAVE THAT COST ESTIMATE READY SO THAT WE CAN GET TO ARE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. THE SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE I PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH. IT'S THERE. I PUT IT IN SMALL PRINT AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP IN JUNE, AND THEN THEY WILL BEGIN WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE SUMMER INTO THE FALL. WELL WE HOPE TO BUILD IT IN NOVEMBER.
AND WHEN I SAY BIT IT AND WE ALREADY HAVE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, BUT THEY BASICALLY DID ALL THE VARIOUS ASPECTS ALL THE YOU KNOW , LIKE THE PAVILION ALL THE VARIOUS TRADES AND THAT'S HOW THEY WORK TO TRY TO GET THE BEST PRICE. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE DETERMINED THAT I'M REALLY THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR ON THIS THE DOWNTOWN PARK. WE CONDUCTED A PUBLIC SURVEY ON THIS AND WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE RESPONSE. I THINK THE GUYS IN COMMUNICATION TOLD US IT WAS THE BEST RESPONSE THE TOWN'S EVER HAD AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE GOT ALL THAT INPUT TO THE DESIGN CONSULTANT, AND THEY DEVELOPED THIS PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN FOR US TO LISTEN. WE MET WITH THEM. I GUESS IT WAS EARLY LAST WEEK. WE'VE ASKED FOR JUST A FEW VERY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. ALMOST JUST EDITS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ALL KIND OF RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK. IN THE BOTTOM LEFT. I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE SELFLESS CORNER.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A SMALL PLAYGROUND AND IT WOULD YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM THIS PLAN VIEW. BUT WE'RE PROPOSING FENCING AROUND MOST OF IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE CLOSE TO A COUPLE OF STREETS THERE AND SO WE WANT TO BE SAFE AS POSSIBLE, SO WE'LL HAVE FENCING, ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE. THAT'S CLOSE TO THE TWO SIDES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE STREETS. THE LITTLE BROWN AREA THAT'S NUMBER THREE. PROPOSED SORT OF A SMALL DECK THAT WILL HAVE SOME PICNIC TABLES WILL PLANT TREES AROUND IT, SO IT'S SHADED JUST A COUPLE OF PICKING TABLES SO THAT IF PARENTS WANT TO HAVE A PICNIC THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND, AND THE LITTLE KIDS CAN BE ENJOYING THE PLAYGROUND. THEY CAN BE SITTING, MAYBE GETTING SOME FOOD READY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY CAN STILL BE VERY CLOSE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR KIDS. 20 A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST OR THE RIGHT IS A PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COURT. WHICH WE ALL KNOW WE NEED MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN GET THEM. SURE, IT'LL BE CROWDED, BUT PROBABLY. WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A COUPLE EXTRA BENCHES BENCHES NEXT TO IT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST WHERE THE NUMBER 11 IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'LL PROBABLY BE PEOPLE WAITING TO GET ON THE COURT FROM TIME TO TIME. SO UM, UP IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER NUMBER. 21 IS A PROPOSED FISHING PIER. WE MAY ACTUALLY IF IT'S IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND IT'S SUPER SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED ANOTHER ONE IN THAT'S NUMBER 22 OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE POND. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. WE'RE PROPOSING A LOOP TRAIL AROUND THE PARK. THAT WOULD BE EIGHT FT WIDE AND THEN THE NUMBER THREE THAT YOU SEE THERE DOWN IN THE WATER WOULD JUST BE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATTER OF FACT, PUSH OVER HERE. SO THESE FROM PHOTOS TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THE PLAYGROUND WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FISHING DOCK. WHERE PROPOSING PUTTING A GAZEBO IN THAT KIND OF THE ARCHITECTURE WOULD SORT OF MIRROR THE GRAIN BINS THAT ARE OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF PECAN GROVE? Y'ALL KNOW SOMETHING TO STATES? ANYWAY THERE'S WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE TOWN SO THAT WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D KIND OF CONTINUE WITH THAT THEME. THAT'S WHICH SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE GREEN BEEN GAZEBO THERE PICKLEBALL COURT. IF WE DID A DECK, WE WOULD USE SYNTHETIC WOOD BECAUSE IT LASTS MUCH LONGER THAN REGULAR WORDS AND RAISED OUT LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME OVER TIME. PLANTS IN THE POND AND THEN WE'RE THINKING MAYBE A FARM THEMED PLAYGROUND BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF PROSPEROUS. SO THESE ARE JUST AN EXAMPLE PHOTOS.
WHATEVER WE END UP WITH A LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
SO ONCE WE GET THESE REVISIONS BACK FROM THE DESIGN CONSULTANT, THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS IS DONE , AND THEY REALLY WON'T BE ANY MORE ACTIVITY ON THIS UNTIL WE GET FUNDING, SO I'M GUESSING HOPEFULLY, WE'LL GET FUNDING FOR THIS AND FUTURE BOND PROGRAM AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? KURT WHAT IS THE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PHOTO, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OF THE THIS ONE? YES DOWNTOWN PART. WHAT IS THE SIZE ACREAGE SIZE OF THE TOTAL? SIX.E IT'S NOT BIG. I CAN FIND OUT FOR AN EMAIL YOU TOMORROW. I JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF CONCEPTUALIZE HOW THEY? IT'S SMALL. IT'S A SMALL POND, BIG POND, PROBABLY AN ACRE OR TWO MILLION ACRE AND A HALF. IT'S NOT BIG. IT'S SHALLOW AND ALSO I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY IF WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE WITH KIDS, BUT IT HAS WITH THE COLORED BENCH OR SHELF. SO WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE WATER, IT'S VERY SHALLOW 10 OR 12, FT. AND THEN IT DROPS OFF
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A LITTLE BIT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A SAFE SITUATION. THAT'S WHY I ALSO FOR THE PLAYGROUND. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE FENCING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET SIDE AND THE POND SIDE TO KEEP KIDS FROM RUNNING DOWN TO THE WATER QUICKLY. I LOVE IT. I JUST TRYING TO TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING INTO SCALE, OF COURSE. WELL AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVEN'T THE ONE THING THAT THEY ASK US THAT WE ASKED THEM TO MAKE REVISIONS TO WHERE THEY HAD, LIKE A POWERPOINT SLIDE.PRESENTATION HAS A LOT MORE PHOTOS THAT CAN EXPLAIN THIS. ONCE WE GET THE FINAL VERSION, I'M SURE AGAIN. MIND YOU SHARE THAT WITH YOU, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND THAT OUT WORLD AND ON THE TIME I CAN ALWAYS PRESENT IT TO YOU NEXT MONTH. THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION. IS THIS A WAS THIS THE DETENTION POND? I MEAN, IS THIS JUST KIND OF AN OVERFLOW FOR ACTUALLY WITH THE COLOR RETENTION POND BECAUSE DETENTION PONDS HOLD THE WATER, AND THEN THIS ONE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YEAR ROUND? IT'S GOT WATER IN. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING. MAYBE KIDS WANT TO FISH THERE, SO, YEAH, IT WAS DESIGNED TO CATCH STORMWATER AND KEEP IT THERE. IT'S GOT A LITTLE OVERFLOWED DEVICE. THAT'S RIGHT THERE IF YOU LOOK ON EXISTING DAM THE LEVEL STAYS THE SAME PRETTY MUCH AROUND. WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF RAIN. IT JUST KIND OF WORKS ITS WAY DOWN AND GOES INTO THE STORM WATER SYSTEM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THEY STOPPED THAT POINT. I DON'T KNOW. I'M CURIOUS MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE SEEN PEOPLE OUT THERE FISHING AND I HOPE THEY'RE NOT WASTING THEIR TIME. I IF IT'S NOT SUCKED, WE WILL WORK WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT TO GET IT STUCK. PROGRAM AND SPECIFIC TOWN HAS NOT STOPPED THAT PILOT. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S ACTUALLY FISHING. IF THERE'S ACTUALLY FISH IN THE POND. I HAVE BEEN UP THERE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE I TAKE MY WHAT I TAKE BREAKS FROM THE OFFICE AND WALK OVER THERE. IT'S LIKE A THREE MINUTE WALK. AND I'VE WALKED AROUND A NUMBER OF TIMES OTHER THAN LIKE LITTLE POLLYWOG AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FISH, BUT WE WILL WORK ON GETTING IT STOPPED. OUR CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON RAYMOND? SINCE I DO WE HAVE ANY TIMELINES ON? IS THAT STILL A 2024 COMPLETION DATE? OR IS THAT A 2025 PUSH ON SORRY, AND I'LL LET KURT UM WE SHOULD BE STARTING THE VERY BEGINNING OF 24. IT'S PROBABLY AN 18 TO 20 MONTH PROJECT, SO WE'RE STILL A LITTLE WAYS OUT, AND THAT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IT COULD GO FASTER. IT COULD GO SLOWER, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, OF COURSE. OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS FRUIT THIS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR. HELLO MATT. HELLO, EVERYONE . HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EARLY TO YOUR MOTHER'S THANK YOU. SO WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXTREMELY BUSY WORKING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
TRIMMING TREES. TRIMMING GRASS IS GRASS. EVERYTHING'S GROWING. DOING OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE ON BALL FIELDS, VERIFICATION ENCORES! CHECKING IRRIGATION. OUR SECOND HALF OF FERTILIZER RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SONG WOULD FAR BAR REMOVAL. WE HELP THE SCHOOL EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS REALLY THE SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY SIR. PTO KIND OF COMMUNITY. GROUP. THEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE POOR IN PLAY. FOR THIS SONG. GO PLAYGROUND. SO STAFF WAS OUT THERE. WE HELPED REMOVE ALL THAT FEW DAYS AND THEN KURT. I HAD A COMPANY COME OUT AND WORKED WITH AND HE LOOKED REALLY, REALLY NICE. SO THIS IS ONLY OUR SECOND. TANNER'S WAS OUR FIRST BORN PLAY THAT I GOT TO SEE. AND THEN NOW THIS ONE REALLY NICE REALLY COMFORTABLE. IT'S PRETTY NEAT. AH ONGOING PLANT REPLACEMENTS RIGHT NOW, UH, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS EVERY YEAR NOW, AFTER OUR WINNERS THAT WE KEEP HAVING SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY CHANGING THINGS UP. I THINK WE'VE LEARNED ENOUGH IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NOT TO GO BACK WITH THE CERTAIN PLANTS, SO WE'RE NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND ARE PLANNING COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, TOO. CHANGE EVERYTHING OVER TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL BE STAYING SOME NEW PLANTS HERE IN THE COMPANY FEW WEEKS. SPORTS SEASONS WERE AT THAT TIME WERE WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP, HOPEFULLY INTO THIS MONTH WILL CALL IT QUIT PRACTICE WAS YOU KNOW IT'S YEAR ROUND NOW, SO WE'LL BE STARTING PRACTICES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. BUT FIRST OF JUNE UH, SUMMER CAMPS. ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WILL BE JUST ROLLING RIGHT INTO IT. TREVOR AND OUR SPORTS LEAGUES. THE OTHER MAINTENANCE. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL JUST REALLY HAMMER DOWN ON ALL THE WATER AND REALLY DEEP TIME THEY'RE FIND TRYING TO PUSH THAT GRASS REALLY GOOD, GOOD AND STRONG AND READY FOR THE NEXT ROUND, WHICH WILL START MOST OF IT IN JULY, SOME OF IN AUGUST.
SO. WE GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE GUYS. SO THAT WOULD FIBER. I
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DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? 12 12 INCHES OR SO TYPICALLY? YEAH. SO IF YOU KIND OF LOOK IN THERE, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT LAYERS TO PLAYGROUND. AND SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DRAINAGE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF YOUR CATCH KANSAS AND, UH, THINGS THAT WE CAN SUCK THE WATER OUT IF WE HAD TO, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST A BOWL OF WATER IF WE NEEDED TO SO ALL THE ROCKS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT. WAS THAT LITTLE FIBER STUFF? I CALL IT WEED BARRIER. SAME SAME TYPE OF STUFF. WATER CAN PENETRATE THROUGH THERE AND GET GET PAST IT TO THE BOTTOM. SO THEN WE HAD ANOTHER LAYER ROCK AND ANOTHER LAYER OF DIRT AND THEN JUST ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LAYERS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE IT. KIDS REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING ALL THE TRACTORS AND STUFF MOVING AROUND . THEY WERE OUT THERE EVERY DAY WATCHING AND ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS. THEY REALLY DID SO AND IT WAS VERY HARD WORK, AND THEY DID IT ON SHORT NOTICE, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO I APPRECIATE THAT KIM UP. BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS. AH! NO BETTER THE OF THE FAMILY OVER HERE. SO WE'VE GOT 24 IN MY GROUP TOTAL I'VE GOT IT BROKE DOWN HERE. GATIEN CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, WHICH IS OUR MOUTH CREW. AND OUR BALL FIELDS CREW. HORTICULTURE LANDSCAPE GROUP. THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THOSE HOPEFULLY, WITH THIS BUDGET SEASON WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I'VE GOT A REALLY WELL ROUNDED GROUP OF GUYS AND, UH, IT'S REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, THESE GUYS YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S MY CHEMICAL CREW RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT PITCHERS. I JUST STEP UP AND START SHOVELING AND DIGGING AND USING WILL BURROWS. SO. IT WAS A FUN TIME KIND OF BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER BECAUSE I DON'T EVER GET TO SEE EVERYBODY. BUT I WAS OUT THERE HELPING HIM ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO BE THE PERFECTIONIST. I WANTED ALL THE WHITE WALL ROCK SHOWING WAS KICKING IN AND KIRK SAW AND HE GOES. WHOA! YOU GOT A DIAL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT SO LUCKILY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET EVERYTHING OUT. BUT IT WORKED OUT NICE. I WATCHED THE KIDS TOOK HER OVER THERE. THEY WERE ALREADY PLAYING ON IT AND JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME. SO THAT'S WHAT I GOT GOING ON THE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.THANKS, MAN. SO LET ME TAG ONTO THAT. WOULD YOU SAW THE PLAYGROUND? UM IT WAS THE LOCAL H O. A. THAT FEEDS IN THAT SCHOOL THAT STARTED RAISING DOLLARS BEFORE I GOT HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE JUST ABOUT 15 16 MONTHS THEY RAISED ABOUT $90,000 . WELL. ALL THE TIME. THE PRICE THAT MATERIAL KEPT GOING UP, SO THEY FINALLY SAID HEY, CAN WE GET A LITTLE HELP? AND SO, UM, THEY WROTE US THE CHECK. FOR WHAT THEY HAD RAISED. WE CALLED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SAID WORSE. STILL SHY ABOUT 20 $25,000. WOULD YOU SPLIT IT WITH US? AND THEY SAID ABSOLUTELY. SO UM, MATT SCREWS. KIRK MANAGE THE PROJECT. MATT SCREWS REALLY DID THE LABOR ON THE REMOVAL, SO IT WAS REALLY COOL PARTNERSHIP TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN THE TOWN. SO, UM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT UNDERSTANDS AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT LEAST NOT ANYTIME SOON. SO VERY PROUD OF MY STAFF IN JUST THE TOWN IN GENERAL, SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FROM MY SIDE OF THINGS. UM, GIVE YOU A QUICK BUDGET UPDATE OUR BUDGET. WELL, WE JUST GOT AN EMAIL SAID THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE END OF DAY ON MONDAY. BUT OUR BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TODAY? TOMORROW WERE THERE SO WE'RE GONNA GOT SOME EYES ACROSS SOME TEAS TOMORROW AND GET IT WRAPPED UP. UM THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO COUPLED THIS WITH AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIM CAPRA IS OUR ACCREDITATION GROUP. IT'S A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS . UM, I KIND OF CAUGHT THE BACK HALF OF IT, BUT IN ITS IT IS A IT'S A BEATING. I WILL TELL YOU WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF. WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED INTO BY THE WAY WE'RE STILL DOING OUR OTHER JOBS TO WHICH IS A FULL TIME GIG. SO THESE GUYS HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET THAT DONE SO WE'VE GOT OUR. OUR VISITORS COMING TO DO THEIR INSPECTION AND ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. WE CAN HAVE SO THESE POOR GUYS HAD TO THROW TOGETHER. I SHOULD SAY THROW TOGETHER, THEY WORKED HARD. ONE OF OUR BIG EVENTS FOR
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DOWNTOWN. BEEN TRUDGING THROUGH BUDGET IN TRYING TO GET CAPITAL WRAPPED UP AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET CREDIT FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AND STILL PUTTING A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT OUT ON THE STREET, ALMOST ALMOST DOUBLE THE WORK THAT WE NORMALLY BE DOING SO UM , WE TRAVEL WE GAVE YOU THE HEADS UP ABOUT P TOWN THROW DOWN JUNE 3RD. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE BEEN, UM THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTED , AND RIGHTLY SO. THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN.THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DISCOVER DOWNTOWN EVENTS. UM THEY REALLY WANTED US TO PLAY THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME DOWNTOWN. WE LOOKED. WE TRIED REALLY WASN'T GONNA WORK OUT THERE REALLY IS NOT A GOOD LEVEL SURFACE OR THE PROPER. SURFACE TO HOLD A MATCH . SO YOU KNOW TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ATHLETIC COMPETITION, THE FURTHER YOU GET , USUALLY AT LEAST YOU'RE STAYING ON AT LEAST THE SAME KIND OF COURTS. IF NOT BETTER. WELL, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CARVING STEP BACK, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND YOU GUYS ALL BE INVITED. WE'RE GOING TO DO A SOCIAL THE WEEK OF INVITE THE PEOPLE THAT REGISTER YOU ALL BE INVITED. IT WILL BE RIGHT NOW. WE THINK AT THE GYM AND I BELIEVE JUNE 1ST. IT'S THE THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT , UM SO WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT . STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN REALLY PUT IN STONE ON THAT OTHER THAN THE DATE. SO I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UM IF YOU TUNED INTO TUESDAY NIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. NOW FREEDOM FEST. ANYBODY KNOW THE NAME CAFE ANDERSON. IF I'M SAYING IT RIGHT, MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS COPY. ANDERSON. I WAS WRONG. UM HE OWNS FREEDOM BEST AND THAT'S HIS CONCERT. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. HE, UM PROMOTES. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MILITARY FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW WELL HERE PROPOSED THE TOWN TO DO AN EVENT. RIGHT OUT HERE ON THIS LAWN, SO COUNCIL APPROVED THE TUESDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 2ND. SO IF YOU'RE IN TOWN FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND UM, STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS ON THAT, UM , GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SOME SPONSORSHIP TO GO WITH IT. BUT COUNCIL WANTED TO EITHER BE A FREE EVENT OR A VERY CHEAP EVENT. FOR OUR RESIDENTS, SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT IT WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 5 30 TO 10. UH I BELIEVE THREE OR FOUR BANDS WILL PLAY. FAMILY FRIENDLY. UM. SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU HEAR ABOUT FREEDOM FEST I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT IT. UM AND THEN WE HAVE RIBS AND BLUES. UH CELEBRATE, PROSPER, CELEBRATE PROBLEM WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THAT WILL BE OCTOBER. THAT'S THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WE'VE KIND OF PULLED OFF. IT USED TO BE, UM, HELP ME, TREVOR. BARBECUE AND BLUES. THERE YOU GO. SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY BBQ AND BLUES AND THAT KIND OF TIED IN WITH THE TITLE SPONSOR, CO SERVED THEY WERE GOING TO SERVE BARBECUE SANDWICHES AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME BLUES MUSICIANS UP THERE.
UM BUT IT REALLY LIMITED US ON ONE THE TYPE OF FOOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER INTO TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SO WE DID TRANSITION IT TO CELEBRATE PROSPERS, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIVERSAL AND THAT DID TAKE PLACE OF COMMUNITY PICNIC GRADUALLY USED TO DO AND SO THAT WILL BE A MONTH AFTER THIS EVENT OR OCTOBER, 7TH, OKAY? UM. SO MASTERY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT PLANT REPLACEMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT AROUND TOWN WE PARKS GUYS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH. OBVIOUSLY THE TERRIBLE FREEZE WE HAD BACK IN 21 20. 20 UM COUNCIL HAD GIVEN US FUNDING BACK THEN TO START REPLACING THE GUYS DID THEY REPLACED EVERYTHING? FOLLOW THAT UP LAST YEAR WITH A PRETTY GOOD FREEZE AGAIN AND THEN A REALLY ROUGH SUMMER AND IT JUST DOESN'T TAKES A TOLL ON PLANT MATERIAL. UM GOING BACK TO 2020 EVEN SOURCING PLANT MATERIAL HAS BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE MOST OF THE PLANT GROWERS, AT LEAST IN THE TEXAS AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY THAT HIT PRETTY HARD SO CONSEQUENTLY WE'RE NOT GETTING AS GOOD MATERIAL OR AS LARGE MATERIALS WE'D LIKE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT AND DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT MATT'S REALLY STEPPED UP. THE PLANTING PROCESS OR TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE IN MAY AND WILL GO AS LONG AS WE CAN UNTIL IT GETS REALLY TOO HOT. YOU'RE REALLY THEY DON'T WANT TO PLANT WITH US. SO HOW DID YOU CAN YOU JUST HAVE TO THROW A TON OF WATER AT IT? BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO GIVE THOSE PLANTS TIME TO KIND OF ACCLIMATE. GET SOME ROOTS SET AND THEN SO, SO TYPICALLY, WE WOULD NOT PROBABLY GO PAST MAY AND THEN WE MAYBE START AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER ARE
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BEGINNING OCTOBER, BUT WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA MANAGE THAT. BUT THERE IS A PUSH COUNCILS WANTED TO SEE THE TOWN LOOKING BETTER. WE DON'T DISAGREE. SO YOU'LL SEE HIS YOU'LL SEE. A LOT OF STAFF WILL PROBABLY BRING IN SOME CONTRACT HEALTH. JUST TO GET IT ROLLING SO THAT THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW. UM AND THE LAST WILL HIS SECOND LAST FOUR POINT ON MY LIST. NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS JUNE 8TH. UH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO COME IN AND DO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING FOR THE BOARD. SO THERE WILL BE AN EDUCATIONAL OPPONENT OF IT. WE WILL NOT LOAD YOU UP WITH OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER THINGS. WE WANT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE ON TIME. SO JUST BE PREPARED. NOTHING YOU HAVE TO DO , BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND UM, IT'S YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN AL IN, UM THIS WAS BEING PLANNED WELL BEFORE THAT. SO IT'S NOT A KNEE JERK REACTION TO THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE SAW PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME. UM YOU KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO.ESPECIALLY YOU'RE NOT IN THIS ROOM. TYPICALLY FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR A MONTH. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHERE TO GO. WHAT TO DO. WE GOT A LOT OF NEW STAFF, SO THEY'RE GONNA WALK US THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND KIND OF WHAT? WHAT'S THE MATTER AND WHAT TO DO SO WITH THAT ANY QUESTIONS? FOR ME. OKAY? WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAN. AND WE
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APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. AND THE WHOLE TEAM. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS . ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED THAT ACTUALLY SLIPPED MY MIND. WE NEED A VICE CHAIR. YEAH. WITH CAMERA AND OFF THE BOARD. UM, WE NEED TO REPLACE HIM. I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. THE NEXT MEETING. I'LL LET ME FIND OUT WHAT THE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT THE CORRECT WAY. SO UM, BUT IF WE CAN WE'LL GET THAT KNOCKED OUT NEXT MONTH, OKAY? OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FROM ANYONE. OKAY? WITH THAT WE COME TO THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, AND THAT'S ADJOURNMENT . DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM DANIEL KNOX. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND 2ND FOR MEG BRANDON ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE WITH A VISUAL AS WELL. ALRIGHT,* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.