Jan 11, 2024 Parks and Recreation

[1. Call to Order / Roll Call]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND WELCOME. IT IS SIX O'CLOCK. AND CALLING TO ORDER.

THE BOARD MEETING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. WELCOME WELCOME EVERYONE AND HAPPY 2024. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. IS TO CALL ROLL. CAN YOU HEAR US, OKAY. GREAT THANK YOU. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CALL ROLE I SEE PRESENT HERE. FROM MY LEFT TO RIGHT. KIM SHAMSI MAKE BRANDON YOURS TRULY JOHN METCALF, BOB BENSON AND CARRY CASTRO. STAFF IN ATTENDANCE. DAN BAKER KIRK BILE HEARTS THAT FOR SORRY TRAVEL. HELTON THEN MET FOR AND THEN ANGELA LEWIS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING TODAY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE MINUTES

[2. Consider and act upon the minutes from the November 9, 2023, Parks & Recreation Board meeting. ]

[3. Comments from the public. ]

AH TOWER OF SORTS OF 100 SQUARE FEET, SO MY FIRST CONCERN WAS HOW MUCH OF SPACE IS ACTUALLY BEING EATEN INTO A PARK, WHICH IS ALREADY SMALL TO BEGIN WITH. I MEAN IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF PARKS IN PROSPER AS CONCERNED ABOUT ONE AND HOW AND SECOND OF COURSE, UM, WHAT'S THE PROGRESS ON HOW WE GET A CRICKET PITCH THERE AND WAS THE DIMENSIONS AND MR BAKER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SAY HE WILL INVITE US IN FUTURE, TOO. GAUGE OUR REQUIREMENTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THE GROUND AND HOW WE WOULD INTERPLAY. THE WHATEVER LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD IS AS RESIDENTS OF THE PARK AROUND US AND UM I'M SURE REASONABLY SURE CRICKET. YOU'VE HEARD THAT IT'S BECOMING BIG IN THE USA. THERE'S A BIG STADIUM, WHICH IS HOSTING INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. WE WANTED THE PARK IN THE PITCH TO BE ACCESSIBLE PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTS AND NOT FOR COMMERCIAL INTERESTS THAT LOOK FOR GROUNDS ALL OVER TOWN. AND YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE IT'S MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, NOT COME. IT'S NONPROFIT. QUOTE, BUT IT'S A VERY RIGID FORMALIZED SYSTEM, SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT SO ONE THANK YOU FOR EVEN THINKING OF THE GROUND THERE, SO WE'LL BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND. I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S FROM RICHARDSON . SO HE HAS SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THAT, AND A LOT OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY LOOK FOR THAT. SO THE ONE GROUND THAT'S COMING PROSPER. WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT. SO I'M JUST HERE TO YOU KNOW, BE HELPFUL IN THAT AND IN ANYWHERE POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE SAID, I REPRESENT A LARGE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE. THERE'S JUST A SMALL SEGMENT SAID DON'T CROWD THIS ROOM. JUST A COUPLE OF US. COME HERE, SO WE WANNA JUST FOLLOW ON AND THEN GET UPDATES ON THAT. THANK YOU SO

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AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS SPACE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GREAT TALENT OUT THERE, SO I MENTIONED IT. I DID LOOK AROUND, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME BEFORE. BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY. I SAID, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM ANYWHERE ANYWHERE ELSE. CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS WE CAN HELP IN. I'LL BE WILLING TO ASSIST WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE COMMENTS NAILED DOWN. WE GOT IT SQUARED AWAY. UM DAN ANY ANYTHING? ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IN REGARD TO THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? FORGETTING THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS TO US BEFORE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE CAN COMMENT, BUT JUST REALLY QUICKLY. THE CELL TOWER WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE PARK. IT'S AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END. IT'S A SMALL FOOTPRINT. IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ANY SPACE OF WHAT WORK PROGRAMMING. WE'RE GOOD. UM AND YES, WE'VE MET BEFORE AND I'VE STILL GOT YOUR INFORMATION AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PITCH. UM WE'LL MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT WERE NEEDS TO BE SO YES, IT'S YEAH, WELL. WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE GET TAKEN CARE OF AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN TOWN TO FOR CRICKET, SO ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. ADAM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR AGENDA THIS

[4. Receive staff updates: Recreation, Park Development, Parks Operations, and Director]

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THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS AND SO FOR ANYONE UNAWARE OF THE KIDS CHRISTMAS SHOP. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR YOUNGER. UM UM ARE YOUNGER KIDS TO BUY ANY KIND OF PRESENTS FOR MOM. DAD SIBLINGS, FAMILY FRIENDS. AND IT TAKES PLACE OVER HERE IN THE PROGRAMMING ROOM. UM, INSIDE THE LIBRARY. AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE KIDS CHRISTMAS SHOP. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, BESIDES PURCHASING GIFTS IS THE REVENUE FOR THE KIDS CHRISTMAS SHOP GOES DIRECTLY TO THE RECREATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND WE STARTED DOING THIS YEARS AGO. AND JUST, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. WE'RE NOW SITTING AROUND $12,400 IN THAT SCHOLARSHIP FUND, SO THIS IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO IT. UM END UP THE 173 TOTAL SHOPPERS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR FEW FAMILIAR FACES THERE OF SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPING OUT. IT'S A BIG THANK YOU. IT'S ALL ABOUT. UM OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS THERE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT VOLUNTEERING TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT OPERATION OFF AND THEN BIG.

THANK YOU TO CECILY FANNIN. ALYSSA BOYD. THEY TOOK THIS THING AND RAN WITH IT DID A FANTASTIC JOB BETTER JOB THAN I WOULD HAVE DONE. AND SO I'M JUST A BIG THANK YOU, THEM. THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY AT THIS MEETING, BUT VERY PROUD OF THEM. AND SO WE FINISHED THE NIGHT OFF AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING. HAD A 17 MINUTE DRONE SHOW AS WENT OFF ABOUT AS SMOOTH AS WE COULD IMAGINE. SO AGAIN. VERY PROUD OF IT. UM STAFF, RECREATION STAFF, PARKS, OPERATIONS, STAFF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. EVERYTHING AND THEN, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ONE. TREVOR QUESTION. SO 7000 ATTENDEES. THEY'RE ABOUT. 90 BIRTH SPACES. UM. HOW HAS THAT GROWN FROM THE PAST? AND WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? SO IN THE PAST, WE ALWAYS TRY AND KEEP THE WHENEVER WE'RE PLANNING OUT THE SITE. UM 90. 86 WERE GETTING TECHNICAL. BUT WE SAY WE 90 BOOST SPACES IS ABOUT MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE CAN HAVE. UM IT'S GROWN. I MEAN, 90 IS NINETIES IN THE MAXIMUM LAST YEAR, WE GOT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE MAXIMUM AS WELL. THERE ARE SOME SPACES ON THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT THAT WE CAN UTILIZE. IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME SHIFTING OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS THAT WE HAVE. BUT THERE IS THERE IS SOME GROWTH. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH THERE, SO WE'LL YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE AS MANY AS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE AND THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PUT OUT THERE FOR SAFETY REASONS, OF COURSE, AND THEN ALSO, UM I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, UM KALEN STONE, DAN BAKER. THEY BOTH WORK TOGETHER ON UM, CONTRACTING WITH THE COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY WOULD COME OUT SET UP ALL THE, UM, TENTS OUT THERE. LOOKS COMPLETELY UNIFORM, ALL WHITE TENTS, ALL THE SAME TENTS. IT SAVES STAFF TIME FROM BREAKING THEIR BACKS ON PUTTING THEM UP AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING AND SHUTTING HIM DOWN AT EIGHT PM, UM, SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A HUGE HELP BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A LONG LONG EVENT, AND IT HELPS THAT MORNING OF BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING TENTS OUT OR HAVING TO OPERATIONS. GUYS, STAY. STAY THE NIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT. SO UM, AGAIN, UM, WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT THAT WE'RE GETTING SO BIG THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS, UM, NEED ATTENTION, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM. SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER EVENTS, MONEY WELL SPENT. YEAH THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF OUR YEAR. ANY ANY LEARNINGS COMING OUT OF THIS? UM. TRAFFIC YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH. YOU KNOW, AT ONE

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THERE'S SOME. THERE'S SOME TRAFFIC. UM THERE'S SOME TRAFFIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

UM PARKING IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE P I S D DOES A GREAT JOB OF BEING ABLE TO TRANSPORT EVENT GOERS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS. UM LIKE WE CHANGE THE LAYOUT TO THIS YEAR, AND I FELT LIKE THE LOCATION OF THE STAGE WAS UM, PRIME LOCATION WHERE WE WOULD WANT IT IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT. UM OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS. HOW IT CAN BE UP. UM YOU KNOW HOW IT CAN BE FOR SANTA'S WORKSHOP? A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MORE SMOOTHER RAN, UM, EVENTS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN. BUT WE MET WITH STAFF SHORTLY AFTER, UM NOT A LOT OF NEGATIVES. MORE POSITIVE NEGATIVES, FOR SURE. UM, BUT YEAH, WE ARE. TAKE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND THEN TRY AND BUILD OFF OF THAT. IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN. AS OUR POPULATION GROWS . WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE THIS EVENT, SO IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. BUT WE WERE GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING EVERY YEAR AND WORKING. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADAPT EVERY YEAR AND GET A LITTLE BETTER. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CHANGES WE MAKE MIGHT CAUSE SOMETHING ELSE TOGETHER WRONG WAY, BUT WE TRY TO BE VERY THOROUGH WHEN WE YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT IT. WE PLAN.

UM, IT'S EVERY EVENT. WE DO A DOWNLOAD MEETING AFTER JUST TO GO. HEY, LET'S CELEBRATE WITH ONE RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATING? FUTURE CHANGES? SO, UM NO STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON THE EVENT, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THINGS WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH.

EVENTUALLY THIS WE CALL THE VC LOT. THE GRASS LOTS OF THE WEST. WE APPARENTLY THERE'S WE THINK THERE'S A BUYER COMING IN FOR THAT SOMETIME IN YOUR FUTURE. SO MIGHT NOT BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW GIVING 10 YEARS NOW, BUT WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK CARS OVER THERE, SO WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP ADAPTING AND AS PROSPER GROWS, WE'LL GROW WITH IT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. SO . I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM THAT THIS WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT , WORKING IN THE SANTA'S WORKSHOP AND JUST SEEING THE CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, HAVING YOU KNOW, FINANCE FOLKS TAKE CARE OF THE PAYMENT. THAT WAS DEFINITELY FEEDBACK THAT WE SHARED LAST YEAR AS VOLUNTEERS. AND YOU ALL WERE WERE RECEPTIVE AND LISTEN TO THAT. AND PUT THAT CHANGE IN PLACE. AND SO IT WAS. IT WAS WONDERFUL, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHOUT OUT BARBARA FOR ALL OF HER VOLUNTEER COORDINATION. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB SO GREAT JOB WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT TO BARBARA. AND TO ALL OF YOU ALL, THIS IS MY FIRST CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL WITH PROSPER. AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. AND MY HUSBAND AND I DID THE SIGNING FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHOP AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

EXCELLENT AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. MEGAN UM, BIG THANK YOU TO FINANCE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR ENTIRE DAYS TO COME HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RUN THAT SMOOTHLY BUT ALSO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO SECURITY ISSUES OR ANYTHING WITH THAT. SO UM, LET THEM OUT WITH BIG. THANK YOU TO FINANCE AS WELL. SO ONCE THE EVENT WAS OVER. THAT'S SETTLED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN WE HAD THE LIGHT. THE NIGHT CAME LIKE THE NIGHT CONTEST. THIS WAS STARTED, UH, THREE YEARS AGO AND DURING BASICALLY DURING COVID. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT. OKAY? WE CAN'T HAVE THE EVENT LIKE WE WANT TO.

WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. AND SO THIS EVENT HAS GROWN BIG. THANK YOU TO CO SERVE COAST SERVICE IS THE SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT. UM AND SO PROVIDED SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DIFFERENT WINNERS. WE HAVE NO ORDER WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE ANIMATION. OUR. CLARK GRISWOLD, OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS BOTTOM, RIGHT HAND CORNER AND APPROPRIATE TRUCKER HAT. UM, WHERE IS THE WINNER OF THAT ONE? AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR DECK THE HALLS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A FAMILY IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME NOT ONLY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME COORDINATED THEIR OUTFITS AS YOU CAN SEE SO BIG. THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE ABLE

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COORDINATED DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE SHE'S UP. YOU KNOW, AT THE OFFICE TILL NINE PM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM ALL THIS MIDDLES ARE IN AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY DELIVER THE YARD SIGNS AND THE PRIZES. SO UM, DEFINITELY BIG. THANK YOU TO BARBARA. IT'S JUST IT'S A GREAT EVENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SO MOVING ON TO CREATE MORE OF A RECREATION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR SPRING REGISTRATION THAT WILL BE OPENING UP ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 15TH UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, AS REGISTRATION OPENS FOR ONE SCHEDULING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE OTHERS. SO WE'RE ALREADY UM, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHEDULING, UM, COORDINATING, RESERVING ANY FACILITY SPACE IF NEEDED FOR ALL OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS. UM SO THERE'S A FEW NEW OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE AT THE 407 FOR ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY. UM AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, ALSO, UM, ON TUESDAY, WE AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE TO MIKE GREGORY. AND THIS WAS FOR THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE. SO PART OF THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IF YOU'RE WONDERING IS SOMEBODY WE HAD A SPRING OF SUMMER AND FALL CAMPAIGN AND, UM IF YOU WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY REGISTER, BUT, UM, COMPLETE EACH SEASON, YOU WERE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING IN WHICH YOU WOULD WIN A, UM PHOTO OF THE MAYOR, OF COURSE, AND THEN HE HAD A HE HAD A HE HAD A CHALLENGE COIN AS WELL THAT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE TO MIKE OVER HERE. SO FOR THE SPRING. WE HAD 77 COMPLETED OR SUBMIT. SUBMIT ALS IN THE SUMMER . WE HAD 65 NOW IN THE SUMMER. THAT WAS MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL BASED, UM EDUCATIONAL BASED ACTIVITIES SO NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT'S 100 DEGREES 40 DAYS IN A ROW, SO TRY NOT TO SEND PEOPLE OUT. AND THEN FOR THE FALL, WE ENDED UP WITH 25. SO THESE AGAIN THESE ARE ACTUAL SUBMITTAL. SO FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN 167 TOTAL, AND IF YOU WERE WONDERING 15 OF THOSE, THERE WERE 15 PARTICIPANTS THAT DID ALL THREE SESSIONS. WE LOVE NUMBERS, SO. FROM ALL THE SUBMITTED ALS. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 266,000.

MINUTES WHICH AGAIN EQUALS TO 4438 HOURS TRACKED. SO UM, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAYOR BRISTOL. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY DID A SEMI YEAR ROUND. I MEAN, WHEN IT RAN FROM MARCH TO BASICALLY NOVEMBER AND SO, UM, IT WAS EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL AND WE'RE PLANNING ON THE NEXT CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE 2024 AND THAT WILL BE STARTING UP IN MARCH OF 2024, HOPEFULLY, BY THE NEXT, UH, MEETING WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT. SO IF THERE'S ANY PARTICIPANTS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF NOT, THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEN OUR FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR . THE PROSPER FISHING DERBY. IF YOU'RE AWARE THIS IS A EVENT FREE OF CHARGE FREE OF ADMISSION. UM, AT THE FRONTIER PARK POND. BE STOCKING OVER 2000 FISH. THE FEBRUARY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17TH 9 AM TO 11 AM THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE CONSTANT COMPLIMENTARY COPY HOT CHOCOLATE TEA AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO HAVE A FOOD VENDOR OUT WHO WILL BE SELLING SOME LIKE BREAKFAST STYLE FOODS FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTAKE. AND WE'LL HAVE OUR PROSPER OUR BUT WE'LL HAVE THE PROSPER BEST FISHING TEAM ON SITE. UM VERY HELPFUL AND THEY LIKE TO GO OUT AND KIND OF ASSIST ANY FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET SOME FAMILIES ARE COMING OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, CUTTING THE PLASTIC WRAP OFF THE POLES AND TACKLE BOXES THAT THEY JUST BOUGHT SO THEY'LL HELP THEM KIND OF GET THINGS IN LINE. WE USUALLY EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM 400 TO 500 PEOPLE AT THIS EVENT. SO UM, GETS A LITTLE COLD SOMETIMES, BUT WITH TROUT YOU IN DO THIS DURING THE COLD TIMES. UM THERE ARE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST THERE, YOU CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO MYSELF. KAYLIN STONE, UM ANGELA LEWIS, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF INTEREST THERE AND THEN A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TELL A SPONSOR

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, TREVOR. GREAT WORK, LIKE ALWAYS. PARK DEVELOPMENT. I CAN MAKE THIS WORK. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE MET AND PRESENTED TO YOU WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PARKS? SINCE I GUESS NOVEMBER WHEN THAT WE MISSED THE SIMILAR, SO I GOT A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER HERE. THE CONGREVE PARK IS COMPLETELY DONE. 100% IT'S CLOSED OUT NOW, AND WE'RE MOVING INTO WHAT WE CALL THE MAINTENANCE FACE, SO THINGS WENT WELL. WE HAD A FEW CHANGE ORDERS, BUT SOME OF IT WAS STUFF THAT IT WAS. UNANTICIPATED BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE, AND I JUST WANTED YOU ALL KNOW THAT CARVEY'S WHO IS OUR SENIOR PARTY PLANNER AT A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB MANAGING THIS PROJECT, AND IT WENT WELL SO THIS ONE WILL BE COMING OFF THE LIST FOR THIS IS THE LAST TIME HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT. HOPEFULLY NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. LIQUID PARK DEVELOPMENT IS WELL UNDERWAY. UM OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR. BREATH OF HARDSCAPE HAS BEEN VERY BUSY OVER THE LAST MONTH AND HALF IMPORTING AND GRADING 50,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL UNDER THE SITE, THESE TWO AERIAL PHOTOS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING OUT THERE. THEY BROUGHT THE SIDE UP LIKE 5 FT. I THINK FROM WHERE IT WAS. WE'VE GOT THE GRADES. NOW WE NEED TO PUT IN THE SPORTS FIELDS AND THE DETENTION POND IS IN PLACE, AND IT FILLED UP OVERNIGHT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM ONE OF THE HEAVY RAINS WE HAD SO I MEAN, I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN SO WELL, I WANTED TO TRY TO SHOW YOU DO I HAVE A CAN I GET A CURSOR ON HERE? CAN YOU ALL SEE MY CURSOR? OKAY, SO THE CELL TOWER THAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT APPARENTLY WAS A DEAL THAT WAS STRUCK SEVERAL YEARS AGO. EVEN BEFORE DAN BAKER STARTED WORKING HERE. I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND I SAID, HUH? SO ANYWAY, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO IT'S GOING TO BE PUT TUCKED INTO THE TREES. WAY BACK HERE IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR THERE. SO IT'S GOING TO GO KIND OF BACK IN THERE. IT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON ANYTHING. I MEAN, THE TOWER WILL BE UP IN THE AIR HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO, AND SO IT REALLY WILL HAVE A VERY MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE PARK. AND WE'VE KIND OF WORKED WITH THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO I MEAN THE BUILDING. THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT DIDN'T MATCH IS THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LITTLE RESTROOM. SO IT ALL KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PLANNED AND NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO SURROUND IT WITH SOME LANDSCAPING AND SOME TREES, SO AND IT'LL HAVE A GRAVEL ROAD THAT APPROACHES IT, AND IT'LL KIND OF RUN ACROSS THIS FAR SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE PARK, BUT THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED.

WELL I TAKE IT BACK. THERE WERE SOME DEMONSTRATION GARDENS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE ON THE I GUESS THE MASTER PLAN. WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY OF THIS GO ROUND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, SO I, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE PUT THOSE GARDENS IN THE A LITTLE GRAVEL PATH THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THEIR TRUCKS TO GET INTO HIS KIND OF BACK HERE. KIND OF PARALLELS THE TRAIL OVER HERE, SO I THINK THE IMPACT OF THE PARK WILL BE VERY MINIMAL. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL. IS THAT EXISTING TREELINE GOING TO STAY? YES, MA'AM. YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO, NOW, ALL THE TREES THAT ARE IN THERE NOW ARE STAYING.

THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT ALL THE TREES THAT IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING SITE. WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED WELL OUT THERE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SO THAT WE WORKED WITH A GUY WHO WORKS WITH THE STATE AND WE GOT IT. IT'S BEEN BURIED AND WE DID ALL THAT LEGALLY AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. IT WASN'T A DEEP ONE, BUT IT WAS JUST IT WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE UNTIL THEY GOT IN THEIR CLEARING. BUT, YEAH, NO MORE TREES ARE COMING OUT OTHER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN. IT'S GOOD QUESTION, AND WE THEY YESTERDAY THEY FINISHED THE BOARD UNDER QUITE ROAD FOR THE WATER TAP, AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE APPARENTLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THIS THING IS 24 INCHES WIDE, SO IT'S A MASSIVE WATER MAIN. THEY WERE DOING SOME OF THE KIND OF PROJECT OUT THERE IN A CONTRACTOR BROKEN AND THERE WAS A DISASTER, AND ALL THE HOMES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAD WERE WITHOUT WATER FOR A WHILE. SO WE'RE OVER THAT HURDLE AND WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. AND BASICALLY, I MEAN, WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THEIR TRUCKERS WHO ARE BRINGING ALL THE SOIL. THINGS WERE MESSY FOR A WHILE, SO, BASICALLY NOW ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SITE, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. UM AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED STAKING FOR THE PARKING LOT. AND I GUESS THE PARKING LOT RUNS ALL THAT THE LONG DOWN IN HERE WITH MY CURSOR IS SO OVER THE NEXT MONTH WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT GOING IN THERE DOING THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE SANITARY SEWER LINE BACK IN HERE THAT WILL SERVICE THE RESTROOM. THE RESTROOM WILL PROBABLY BE LOCATED RIGHT ABOUT HERE. JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE

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THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE TOWN, AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S GONNA BE WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SO IT'S GOING WELL. IT'S MOVING FORWARD NICELY. I'VE GOT. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING ON BOARD THIS YEAR. ONE OF THEM IS A TRAIL CONNECTION PROJECT, AND ANOTHER ONE IS A LARGE EROSION CONTROL PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT FRONTIER PARKING ALSO OUT INTO BRANSHAW. ADD THOSE TO THE LIST. THAT'S NEXT MONTH AND START INFORMING YOU ABOUT THOSE THE NEXT THING IS THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS AND THEN WANTED TO STAY A COUPLE OF WORDS TO YOU AS WELL. NOT THIS. THANK YOU. PARDON BEFORE KURT GIVES YOU THE DETAILS ON THIS. I KNOW ALL OF YOUR APOLOGIES. SO WE, UM SINCE THE TIME WE LAST WE LAST MET. WE DID, UM, RECEIVE A PROPOSAL FROM DUNAWAY, WHO DID OUR LAST OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN IS THE COMPANY THAT'S HELPING US WITH RAYMOND, COMMUNITY PARK CONSULTANT. UM I WANT TO COUNSEL TUESDAY NIGHT AND THANK YOU. FOR THOSE THAT WERE THERE WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES. THE FINAL PRESENTATION. I HAD FIVE THAT NIGHT. UM I WENT TO ASK COUNSEL TO BLESS THE SIGNING AND THE HIRING OF DUNAWAY. I SHOULD HAVE COME TO YOU ALL FIRST AND ASK FOR YOUR, UH APPROVAL TO TAKE THAT FORWARD TO COUNSEL. SO MY BAD I WAS NO DISRESPECT IT I'LL JUST DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, UM THAT WE CERTAINLY RESPECT YOUR OPINIONS AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE STILL OKAY WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. THE MAYOR ASKED ME IF I HAD TALKED TO THE BOARD, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT WE DID NOT. I DID NOT COME TO YOU ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO TAKE IT FORWARD TO AWARD THE BID TO RUN AWAY FOR THAT. I APOLOGIZE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNEW THAT AND WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB IN THE FUTURE. ANYTHING MAJOR LIKE THAT BRINGING THAT TO YOU IN ADVANCE. SO IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART, BUT THAT BEING SAID, KURT TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. SO JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS. IT'S A IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS WILL BE DOING AN EXTENSIVE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WILL BE DOING A BENCHMARKING STUDY. I THINK WE HAVE SIX CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO HERE. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW WE COMPARED TO CITIES WITH SIMILAR SIZE AND POPULATION, THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PROCESS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO GET FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS SO WE WILL BE DOING IT. ESPECIALLY I GUESS THOROUGH PROCESS OF GETTING A SURVEY OUT AND TRYING TO GET IT OUT IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN HEAR BACK FROM CITIZENS RESIDENTS SO AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE US A YEAR.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE WRAPPING IT UP NEXT DECEMBER, AND I WILL BE REPORTING MONTHLY TO Y'ALL AND KEEPING YOU UPDATED ON IT DONE AWAY IS A GOOD FIRM TO WORK WITH. THEY'VE DONE WELL. THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH FULL SCALE. MASTER PLAN LIKE THIS, BUT PHILIP NEELY WITH DUNAWAY THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH. HE'S DONE. 45 OF THESE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, SO HE'S EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED. I HAD JUST WRAPPED UP THIS PROCESS WITH RICHARDSON BEFORE COMING OVER HERE, SO I THINK IT'S EXCITING AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS HELP DAN AND STAFF ON THIS SO THAT'S IT FOR ME ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER. YEAH I DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO MORE OF A CONVERSATION THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. BUT THESE MASTER PLANS ARE CRITICAL AND UH, DO DO WE NEED TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATION OR OR A VOTE ON THIS AT ALL. SO I'M OKAY WITH YOU GUYS DOING THAT. I KNOW IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WAS TOLD I COULD BRING IT UP DURING COMMENTS. SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM IN DOING

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IT'S ALSO PART OF THE REASON WHY THE COST WAS PROBABLY BETTER THAN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THE WORK HERE. UM BUT BUT YOU ARE CORRECT . THESE ARE VITAL. WE WERE LIMITED ON WITHOUT ONE OF THESE IN PLACE. THERE ARE CERTAIN GRANTS. WE CAN'T GO AFTER. UM THIS IS THIS IS REALLY THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US ORDER PRIORITIZE OUR DOLLARS. SO WE GO WHEN WE HAVE A BOND PROGRAM. WHATEVER WE HAVE THIS IS GOING TO PLAY A MAJOR PART IN THAT. SO YES, PLEASE. IF YOU ALL WOULD YEAH. SO UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO JUST A FEW MINUTES OF DISCUSSION ON THIS BECAUSE TO DANCE POINT, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND GETTING PUBLIC INPUT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL BECAUSE WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW THE KIND OF TOWN WE WERE IN SEPTEMBER. 2015. WE HAD 11,000 RESIDENTS HERE. SOMEWHERE THEREABOUTS. IT WAS IT WAS IN THE TEENS FOR SURE, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE. UM AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST WAS ON THE BOARD, WE LOOK AT THIS IN 2016 JANUARY OF 2016, AND I JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT A DIFFERENT TOWN WE ARE TODAY THAN WE WERE BACK THEN, AND THIS IS IT IS SUCH A SUCH DYNAMIC GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THIS UPDATED. UM COUNCIL AT THE MEETING. UM I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO BROUGHT IT UP BUT ASKED THAT YOU ALL DO SOME PRE REPORTING. AS WE GET CLOSE TO BUDGET SEASON, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, YES, IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS. WE BELIEVE IT DO. IT'S REALLY A YEAR PROCESS TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT THAT IS TO TURN OVER THE FULL REPORT, YOU KNOW? WITH THE BOW TIED ON IT AND EVERYTHING. UM WE NEED TO START MOVING ON IT FOR SURE TO HIT THOSE. THOSE NUMBERS HIT THOSE DEADLINES, BUT WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT. THERE IS WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. UM WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE, OR WE'D LIKE TO UTILIZE IF YOU'LL APPROVE. UM HE BASICALLY A MASS SURVEY. ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO ONLINE. I THINK IT'S 1520 QUESTIONS, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LUCK DOING THAT. KURT AND I HAD LOOKING IN RICHARDSON WITH THE OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS. IF YOU REMEMBER WE DID THE LITTLE PARK UP THE HILL RIGHT THERE AT CHURCH STREET AND COLEMAN THAT LITTLE PARK WITH A YOU KNOW, NOT A NOT IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. WE COULD HAVE DONE A COMMUNITY MEETING. WE COULD HAVE EVERYBODY COME HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD 8 1015 PEOPLE SHOW UP. WE HAD OVER 400 RESPONSES ON WHAT WE COULD DO THAT PARK. SO CERTAINLY IT WAS A LITTLE FURTHER REACHING, UM, YOU ALSO THERE'S FLEXIBILITY RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WORK YOU KNOW, TIMES HAVE KIDS THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HIT A PUBLIC MEETING. UM IT. ALSO SOMETIMES THOSE MEETINGS CAN GET SKEWED. THE GROUPS THAT ARE SMART WILL BRING EVERYBODY OUT, SO WE DID ONE IN RICHARDSON. MUST HAVE BEEN 3040 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND I'LL BET YOU 2530 OF THEM WERE FROM THE SWIM TEAM. AND SO OUR RECORDS SHOW OR A HECK OF A LOT OF VOTES FOR AN AUDITORIUM RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST CROSS REPRESENTATION, SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STILL GOING TO DO. SOME FOCUS GROUPS WILL DO SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL. BUT WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE HOPEFULLY HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE AND A BETTER CROSS REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO AND THEIR WAYS TO CONTROL THE SAMPLING SO THAT YOU HAVE THE 400 SURVEYS. THEY DON'T ALL SHOW UP FROM WINDSONG DOING SO THERE'S TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS. ONE IS I MEAN, THE FIRM. DUNAWAY HAS A SUB CONSULTANT AND THEY ARE RESEARCH FIRM AND SO THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING A RANDOM SURVEY TO GET AND THAT'S THAT'S DONE SCIENTIFICALLY. BUT ON THE IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WANT TO SEND OUT THE MASS SURVEY DANCE TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL 40,000 RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE LOVE THAT. SO IN ADDITION TO A RANDOM, A RANDOM SURVEY THAT SON SCIENTIFICALLY THAT TELLS US CERTAIN THINGS. WE ALSO HAVE THE MASS AND WE LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE TODAY. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO I THINK THEY SEND OUT I THINK THE PLAN IS THEY WILL SEND OUT 7000. 7000 OF THESE CARDS TO I GUESS IT'S A RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE TOWN RESIDENTS. I THINK THAT'S THE PLAN FOR NOW. I THINK IT'S 7000 THINK THAT'S OR SEVEN MAYBE 712. WE DIDN'T I'M SORRY. I'M GETTING MY NUMBERS MIXED UP SEVERAL PLACES. THERE'S SEVERAL 1000. THEY SEND IT OUT TO RANDOM SAMPLE, AND USUALLY YOU GET MAYBE 10% YOU KNOW YOU DON'T GET A GREAT RESPONSE, BUT IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. SO IN THE

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ABSOLUTELY YEAH, THE SCHEDULE INCLUDES THE MILESTONES IT DISCOVERS SERVICES. SIX CITIES DO YOU WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THEIR ALL AROUND HERE, AND I AM SORRY I HAVE IT. IN MY OFFICE ON MEMORIZED FRISCO IS I MEAN, IT'S DIDN'T THE UNIVERSITY PARK OF ALL PLACES, WHICH WAS WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. SO ANYWAY, TREVOR KNOWS HE DOESN'T SOLID TIGHT. SO THE BENCHMARK CITIES IT DOES CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT SOME OF THE MAIN ONES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE ELM.

UM, ISN'T ANYONE DIDN'T USED TO BE ONE. I KNOW THEY'VE CHANGED THAT, UM ANNA IS ONE UM, FRISCO, THE COLONY. UM SELENA, AND IT USED TO BE SENATOR. IT USED TO BE ALAN. BUT I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE THEY DO LIKE TO CHANGE THAT BASED ON YOU WANT TO BE FAIR WITH YOUR COMPARISONS, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN ONES. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. OTHER QUESTIONS. NOT A QUESTION, BUT I JUST KIND OF PROCEDURAL SAY I MEAN, JUST I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A VOTE FOR RECORD.

JUST FOR RECORD RIGHT AGREEMENT WITH YOU, OKAY? BUT OTHER QUESTIONS WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WE HAVE. SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR THE PAST FEW MINUTES. HAVE WE SEEN THE CONTRACT? I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU. SO WHAT WE HAVE I MISSED THE CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT IS A STANDARD FORM THAT THE TOWN USES. BUT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES IS WHAT I WAS RECOMMENDING. YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THAT BASICALLY SPELLS OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR US. PERFECT YEAH, AND USUALLY THEY'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE REINVESTMENT OR HOW TO UTILIZE OPEN SPACE FUTURE FACILITIES LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S JUST TO MENTION TO YOU. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE VERY CLOSE, HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH HIM AND TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IN THE PROBABLY, WE BELIEVE THAT FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM PROSPEROUS CAN BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY FUNDING SOME SORT OF A SENIOR OR REC CENTER OR COMBINATION THEREOF. AND SO WE'VE TOLD THIS CONSULTANT THAT WE ARE WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN IN OUR SURVEY TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW DO WE NEED MORE EMPHASIS ON A SENIOR CENTER OR RECREATION CENTER OR WHAT? WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.

AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT INFORMS US IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN FOR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW TO ALLOCATE OUR DOLLARS. I MEAN, I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE TOWN'S PURCHASING PROCESS THAT THE CONTRACT IS PROBABLY SOLID. THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING AND HELPFUL. SURE I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT TOMORROW AND ANGELA, YOU HAVE EVERYONE'S EMAIL ADDRESS. DON'T YOU MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THAT? I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE INFORMATION I CAN I CAN THINK OF. I MEAN THE AREA CITIES THAT WE BENCHMARKED TO AND THEN SCOTLAND SERVICES, AND THAT HAS THE SCHEDULE AS WELL. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. AND ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT TOWN COUNCIL GIVES IT A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. ANYWAY IT'S UP TO THEM. OUR ROLE IN THIS IS TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR WHAT IT IS THAT THE STAFF HAS PROPOSING.

AND SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, UM, WOULD BE A RESOLUTION FROM THE PARKS BOARD, TOO. BE SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF GOING FORWARD AND TAKING THIS TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL. IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE'VE DONE AWAY WILL BE THE TOP OF MY HEAD WROTE THAT WE'LL BE MAKING AT LEAST ONE PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS, PROBABLY LIKE WHEN WE'RE FINALLY GETTING READY TO SORT DRAFTING THE MASTER PLAN. THEY WILL COME AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU. AND THEN WE HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE LIKE THIS. WE DON'T LIKE THIS. DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? THAT SORT OF THING SO YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT

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THAT WAS THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE OR WAS THERE WILL THIS BE KIND OF JUST THE NEWEST VERSION AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE SORT OF SUNSET. WAS IT AND ALL OF THEM, BUT TYPICALLY, MOST CITIES, TOWNS AND CITIES UPDATE THEIR MASTER PLANS EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH USUALLY DONE IS THEY SAY THEY START WITH A FULL SCALE MASTER PLAN IN FIVE YEARS. THEY JUST DO LIKE A QUICK UPDATE. BUT THEN, FIVE YEARS LATER, AFTER 10 YEARS, THEY DO SORT OF A MUCH MORE DETAILED UPDATE. I BELIEVE YOU'RE CORRECT. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THEY'VE EVER HAD. AND WE'VE GONE EIGHT YEARS NOW.

AND AS JOHN POINTED OUT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE HERE. AND SO IT'S WE BOTH FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY TIME TO UPDATE THIS PLAN. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. AND THE BETRAYAL MASTER PLAN IS SOMEWHAT SEPARATE FROM THIS COMPLETELY SEPARATE PLAN, ALTHOUGH IT IS IT'S THEY LOOK AT IT REALLY CAREFULLY WHEN THEY'RE COMPILING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THIS ONE. BUT IT'S A SEPARATE PLAN THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT SO IS THERE A MOTION FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TT SUPPORT OUR JIB. PARDON ME, SO RESOLVED THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING STAFF GOING FORWARD AND TAKING THIS TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU, CARRIE. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND FROM BOB. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, ALRIGHT, OPPOSED LOOKS LIKE IT'S 50. THANK YOU. THANKS, KURT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING IN THE ON DECK CIRCLE THERE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT. ALL RIGHT, WILL. NO SLOTS SHOW THIS MONTH. DECEMBER BASICALLY, EVERYBODY VACATION HOLIDAYS SICK . WHATEVER HAPPENED, WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ALONG ALL THE MEDIANS.

I SAID THAT IN THE LAST LOT WE'RE. WE FINISHED EVERYTHING ON GREEN OR THE WHAT IS THAT? GATES ONE AND 200% FINISHED OVER THEIR IRRIGATION READ. RECONFIGURATION ALL OF HIS STUFF. WE FINISHED THE SEMA AND FIRST THREE AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON PROSPER TRAIL. IT'S JUST SO SLOW. ALL THE TRAFFIC SO WE CAN ONLY REALLY DO IT FROM NINE TO ABOUT NOON. AND THEN EVEN THAT MARINADE JUST STARTS GETTING CRAZY, SO WE GOTTA LET THE TRAFFIC FALL DOWN FROM THE SCHOOL AND ALL THAT CASTRES. IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, STEADILY TRUCKING THROUGH IT. NEXT MONTH THIS MONTH. IS WHEN IT REALLY STARTS. HEATING UP FOR US. SOCCER STARTS EARLY FEBRUARY. BASEBALL B RUTTE, MID FEBRUARY, OF COURSE, FOOTBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOLLOWS. SO EVERYTHING STARTING MORE AND MORE EARLY AND MORE AND MORE LIGHTER, SO LOTS OF KIDS MET WITH BASEBALL TODAY, YOU KNOW, JUST APPARENTLY THEY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH DAN, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS FOR THEM. PRACTICE WISE. WOW RAYMOND IS COMING ON WHILE LIKE WHAT IS COMING ON? ALL BEFORE THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OPTIONS THAT FRONTIER. THEY WANT TO FIND IT. JUST DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SPACE THAT WE CAN FIND FOR THEM. UM I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT TO LOSE REYNOLDS, WHICH IS A BASEBALL, BIG BASEBALL FIELD AND THE BATTING CAGES, SO THERE'S SEVERAL PRACTICE AND GAMES THEY'RE FIXING LIVES. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS FOR IT. WE'VE GOT OUR P Y. C MEETING NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY. AT SIX. 536. AT 407409 IF HE WANTS TO. SHOW UP. LISTEN TO WENT TO GUYS TALKED NONSENSE. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'LL HAVE SOME COOL PHOTOS OF HAD A T T A CONFERENCE THIS MONTH AND A DEMO AND THEN THE DEMO GUYS COME OUT TODAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ROBOTIC ROBOTIC MOWERS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER BEEN SUPPORTIVE UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY START WATCHING IT AND LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO. UM. IT'S GOING GOOD. SAVE LOTS OF LOTS OF MONEY. SO IT WAS THAT'S KIND OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE. BUDGETS ABOUT START SO START

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GAPS ELATION AROUND THE PLANT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO SO ANYWAY. BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MATT. AND THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, UM SO WE TUESDAY AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WE PRESENTED THE CALENDAR THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO GET COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. UM EVERYTHING ON THERE IS CORRECT ACCEPTS. NO IT DID CHANGE IT, SO NEVER MIND. EVERYTHING ON THERE IS CORRECT, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE WE NEED TO START GETTING OUT THERE AND PROMOTING THESE EVENTS. UM AND SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH. ALL OF THEM WAS GOING TO TAG ON TO. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL EARLIER. WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE KAYLIN STONE HER DO. SHE DID AN AWESOME JOB AND SHE'S REALLY PICKED UP. ALL THESE EVENTS. TREVOR AND I, MY FIRST YEAR WE KIND OF SLUGGING THROUGH IT TRYING TO DO AND THEN FINALLY, WE GOT SMART UNTIL KAYLIN COME ON OUT, AND SHE JUST CHANGED A BUNCH OF STUFF AND MAKE IT WORK BETTER SO UM, SO SHE GETS A LOT OF CREDIT AND SHE'S GONNA BIG JOB AHEAD OF HER FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO, UM DIDN'T HAVE REALLY ANYTHING. MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THAT GOING. WE'LL START PROMOTING. YOU'LL START SEEING THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE. BECAUSE WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW NOW WHEN THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AND WE CAN START OUR JOBS, SPONSORS AND VENDORS AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS SO UM, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY SOME NEW THINGS THIS YEAR TO STREAMLINE TO GET OUR VENDORS AND FOLKS WHO CAN NOW COME GO ONLINE AND REGISTER FOR THESE EVENTS SO WE CAN GO ON. SO IT'S NOT ALL PAPER AND PHONE CALLS AND ALL THAT. EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES SOME OF THAT. BUT IT'S GOING TO HELP US TO MOVE THIS THING ALONG A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENTLY, SO WE'RE EXCITED.

THAT'S A BUNCH OF THAT'S A BUNCH OF EVENTS. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I CAME FROM RICHARDSON WERE PRETTY HEAVY IN EVENTS. I DON'T THINK RICHARDSON HAS MANY DAYS OF EVENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THERE'S MOST OF THOSE ARE MULTI DAY BUT ANYHOW, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AND REALLY HOPING TO BUILD ON LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS IS, UM ANY QUESTIONS ON EVENTS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

COULD YOU SEND THIS? THIS SLIDE? ABSOLUTELY WE'LL GET ALL THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU TO ANGELA FOR SENDING ALL THE CALENDAR UPDATE VERY HELPFUL. PRETTY GOOD. YOU'LL SEE STAFF WE WERE SUPPORTING VALERIE AND HER FAMILY. UH, JUST GO AROUND. WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY WEAR T SHIRTS TO A MEETING HERE. BUT WE MAY WE MAY DO THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE TEXTED ME RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING JUST TO APOLOGIZE FROM WILL BE OVER HERE AND THEN I TOLD HER WE KNOW SHE'S GOT BIGGER THINGS GOING RIGHT NOW, SO UM BUT ANYHOW OUTSIDE OF THAT REALLY? JUST FOR YOUR CALENDARS. NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 8TH SIX O'CLOCK, SAME PLACE IN CHANNEL TIME, SO ANYTHING FOR ME? GREAT. THANK YOU, DAN. ALRIGHT THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ANY

[5. Request for future agenda items. ]

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ALRIGHT SO ADJOURNMENT. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. GOT THEM. MOVE IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. BY ANY OPPOSED ANOTHER 50 VOTE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

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