May 08, 2025 Parks and Recreation

[1. Call to Order / Roll Call.]

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YOU. KNOW. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 8TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE WILL START WITH ROLL CALL. PRESIDENT. ON MY LEFT IS KIM SHAMSIE, MYSELF, DANIEL KNOX, BOB BENSON, JOHN METCALF AND KYLE. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT ARE DAN BAKER. KURT BEILHARZ, MATT FUHRER, TREVOR HELTON, AND TALIA STEVENSON. AND DID I MISS ANYBODY? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. ROLLING ON SECOND ORDER

[2. Consider and act upon the minutes of the April 10, 2025 Parks and Recreation Board meeting.]

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IF ALL APPROVED AND ALL IN FAVOR, CAN I SAY I WITH THE VISUAL, I. ALL

[3. Comments from the public.]

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SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THEIR DISCUSSION POINTS WERE ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE SCHEDULED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I LEAVE THAT WITH MR. BAKER AND HIS TEAM TO WORK ON. SO BUT THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING. THEY EVEN BROUGHT IN TWO PEOPLE FROM LITTLE ELM TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH US. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALSO BUILDING CRICKET FIELDS ALONG THE WAY. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER OVERFLOW. I'LL SHARE. ONE QUICK THING IS LAKEWOOD PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR RAIN AND A WET FIELDS. AT ONE POINT THE DISPATCH WAS CALLED. THEY WENT OUT AND SIGHTED THE INDIVIDUALS. THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE FROM SALINA, SIX FROM PROSPER AND I BELIEVE THREE FROM FRISCO. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FIELDS ARE BEING USED, BUT THEY'RE BEING USED INAPPROPRIATELY AND NOT NECESSARILY BY OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE DOING IT. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR BRISTOL. ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS SATYA PRAKASH. EXCUSE ME. BOM BOM BOM SATYA OKAY SATYA I COULDN'T HAVE TIMED THIS MEETING BETTER LIKE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW ME AND DAVID BRISTOL MAYOR DIDN'T COORDINATE ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE. BUT GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SATYA RAJA.

I LIVE IN FOXFIELD COURT WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS HERE IN LAKEWOOD. IT'S ON COURT AND I GUESS I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE A SLIDE TO KEEP ME ORGANIZED SO THAT WE SPEND TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON WHO WE ARE. WE ARE RESIDENTS OF LAKEWOOD AND LASEMA, LASEMA AND LAKEWOOD. THIS IS A VERY SMALL SAMPLE SET OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

WE'RE RESIDENTS. WE'RE NOT FROM OUT OF TOWN. WE ARE CRICKET ENTHUSIASTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, CRICKET IS A BIG BUZZWORD. WE'RE HOBBY FOLKS, WE'RE WEEKEND WARRIORS. WE ARE. WE ARE LIKE, WE'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS OF ANY SORT. WE HAVE DAY JOB AND WIFE AND KIDS. AND ESSENTIALLY FOR US, WE DO A LOT OF LAUNDRY AND CLEANING AS A COMPENSATION FOR OUR ABILITY TO GET TO PLAY ON THE WEEKEND. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A, HEY, I DID SO MUCH LAUNDRY AND DISHES, SO GIVE ME TWO HOURS OF PLAY. SO THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE'RE NOT TIED TO ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY SORT OF FRANCHISE OR ANY PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE. A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND. SINCE 2021, MOST OF US LIVED AROUND LAKEWOOD. FROM 2021, WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN FOLSOM. AND LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE WE WERE PLAYING. WE DO NOT OCCUPY THE SOCCER FIELDS. WE DON'T OCCUPY THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE WERE OBVIOUSLY IGNORANT ABOUT THE SIGNAGE AND THEN PARK BOARD LET US KNOW WE STOPPED DOING IT AND WE PLAY ESSENTIALLY. I WISH I HAD THE SLIDE OPEN, YOU COULD SEE IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THERE'S A GRASSY AREA WHICH IS SORT OF BETWEEN THE BASEBALL BACKSTOPS AND AWAY FROM THE FIELDS. THAT'S WHERE OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE PITCH IS. AND THE GAME HE PLAYS WITH THIS BALL, IT'S A IT'S A TENNIS BALL. AND WE HAVE OUR STUMPS ARE NOT IN THE GROUND. SO I HAVE A LOT OF IMAGES, BUT WE DON'T ESSENTIALLY OUR CITIZENS I MEAN, WE'RE RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO KEEP THE GROUND CLEAN. SO WE STOP ALL GAMES FOR ALL WALKERS. WE ACTUALLY POLICE THE BIKERS.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM COME IN WHEN WE WERE PLAYING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, EARLY MORNING, WE KIND OF POLICE THEM. WE MAKE SURE THAT WALKERS ARE NOT DISTURBED, CYCLISTS, ANYBODY. SO

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WE DON'T LITTER, WE DON'T MAKE NOISE, WE DON'T DISTURB ANYTHING. SO WHAT HAPPENED THAT CAUSED US TO COME HERE TODAY RIGHT ON END OF APRIL, THE POLICE WERE CALLED ON US, CITING THAT WE ARE OCCUPYING FIELDS. ARGUABLY IT WAS A GRAY AREA. THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OCCUPYING THE FIELDS WE COULDN'T RESERVE. AND WE KNOW THE FIELDS DEFINITION IS A SOCCER AREA. AND THE THING WE'RE KIND OF IN THE GRASSY KNOLL AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID TO GET IT SORTED OUT AND CLARIFIED ESSENTIALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GET IT SORTED OUT WITH THE PARK AND REC AND THE BOARD, WHETHER WE CAN OCCUPY THE REASON WE SAID WE WOULD CHECK, BECAUSE I JUST CAME FROM FOLSOM TODAY, THE ENTIRE FIELDS ARE OCCUPIED BY MANY, MANY FAMILIES OF SOCCER PLAYERS. THE BASEBALL BACKSTOPS ARE CLOSED AND TECHNICALLY THE PARK IS CLOSED. SO ALL WE ARE SAYING IS LIKE, HEY, WE'RE NOT SURE. LIKE WE JUST WANT THE SAME PRIVILEGES AS RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY LIKE A WEEKEND GAME WITH A BUNCH OF GUYS WHO WANT TO SPEND THREE HOURS, GET ENERGY OUT, GO BACK TO SAID LAUNDRY AND DISHES BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ONLY ESCAPE AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR ANGST IS LIKE WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS IT BEING APPLIED EQUALLY? I MEAN, IF IT HAS TO BE APPLIED, THEN EVERYBODY IN LAKEWOOD CURRENTLY, I SEE I JUST CAME FROM LAKEWOOD. THERE IS A FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, HOBBY GAME GOING ON. SOME FAMILIES ARE USING IT. FOLSOM IS FULLY OCCUPIED. WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT, HEY, JUST GIVE US THE SAME LEEWAY LIKE SATURDAY MORNING. NOBODY'S AROUND. I MEAN, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 2021. WE HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES. THERE'S NOBODY THERE. AND WE JUST LIKE, OCCUPY US SPOT BETWEEN THE BASEBALL CAGES. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS AS IF YOU'RE OCCUPYING AN ENTIRE FIELD BECAUSE THERE IS A CIRCLE WE DEMARCATE SO THAT WE DON'T GO ON THE FIELDS. ESSENTIALLY. THAT'S OUR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT CONES SAYING, DON'T CROSS THIS LINE. AND WE LIKE WE SAID, I MEAN, ATHLETIC SHOES, WE DON'T WEAR ATHLETIC SHOES. MOST OF THE SHOES ARE LIKE SOFT CELL. WE DON'T WANT TO GO IN WITH SPIKES. I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO BE I MEAN, IT'S OUR GROUND. WE CONSIDER IT LIKE EVEN FOR LAKEWOOD, SOME OF THE CALLS MADE TO THE PARK ARE FROM US BECAUSE WE LIVE AROUND THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY TRYING TO PROTECT LAKEWOOD PARK ALSO BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR INTEREST. AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE ARE COMING IN.

ALL OF US ARE COMING TO YOU TODAY IS GIVE US A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. JUST SAYING, HEY, IT'S A RECREATIONAL GAME. IT'S NOT LIKE PROFESSIONALLY ORGANIZED. WE JUST COME THERE PLAYING THAT SMALL SPOT. WE ACCEPT THE RISK BECAUSE, YEAH, IT'S PART OF IT. I MEAN, TODAY FAMILIES THERE ARE STILL USING IT AT THEIR OWN RISK. SO WE JUST WANT THE SAME BENEFITS ESSENTIALLY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LONG AND SHORT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR I KNOW DAN HAS BEEN HAMMERED WITH CRICKET FROM VARIOUS GROUPS, BUT WE'RE NOT REPRESENTING ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. I THINK WE JUST LIKE RESIDENTS OF LAKEWOOD RIGHT AROUND FOLSOM. WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND SOME TIME. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR ASK WITH THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND EVERYBODY ELSE FOR COMING I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ARE THERE ANY ONLINE CALLS OR ANYBODY ELSE WITH ANY OKAY. ALL

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

HE'S OUR NEW PARK PLANNING MANAGER. AND I WAS GOING TO HAVE RANDY COME UP AND JUST SAY HE'S.

HE'S WHAT? HE'S OUR NEW PARK PLANNING MANAGER. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK RANDY, JUST COME UP AND JUST GIVE YOU A, GIVE YOU 30S ON ON HIM AND HIS BACKGROUND AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.

THANKS, DAN. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. LIKE DAN SAID, I'M THE NEW PARK PLANNING MANAGER. I CAME HERE FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. BEFORE THAT, I WAS WORKING AT THE CITY OF PLANO AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND BEFORE THAT I WAS AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT. AND BEFORE THAT, I WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE US ARMY. I THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE. THANKS FOR DAN, KURT FOR BRINGING ME ON BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL ON ANY ISSUES YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, I KNOW I DON'T LOOK LIKE CAITLYN, BUT I WAS GOING TO STEP IN FOR HER.

SHE'S BEEN RUNNING AROUND CRAZY. SHE'S BEEN TAG TEAMING NIGHT MEETINGS WITH ME THIS PAST WEEK.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND. SO I TOLD HER I'D DO HER COMMENTS FOR HER THIS PAST

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HE'S THE POLICE CHAPLAIN COMES OUT, HE GETS THE SPEAKERS AND KIND OF RUNS THE EVENT. SO WE TAG TEAM WITH HIM. BUT REALLY REALLY GOOD DAY LAST WEEK COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. PROSPER ON TAP. YOU'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW FOR US. THESE ARE THE SIP AND STROLLS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF. WE'VE GOT A THIRD PARTY COMPANY, EVENT COMPANY THAT'S DOING THIS FOR US. WE'RE, WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH TO BRING THEM OUT. AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN? THIS IS THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC COUNCIL STRATEGIC VISION VISIONING PRIORITIES TO MAKE DOWNTOWN A DESTINATION. SO FOLKS WHO HAVE TICKETS, WE'VE SOLD ABOUT A HUNDRED. THEY'LL COME OUT, THEY'LL GET A LITTLE MAP IN A LANYARD, AND IT'LL TAKE THEM TO 9 OR 10 DESTINATIONS IN DOWNTOWN. SO THE IDEA IS GET THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE BUSINESSES. THEY CAN LOOK AROUND, SHOP AROUND, THEY GET A SAMPLE OF WHATEVER BEVERAGE THEY CHOOSE, SOME OF THE LOCATIONS, THEY CAN TAKE THAT BEVERAGE OUTSIDE WITH THEM TO THE NEXT LOCATION. SOME OF THEM THEY CAN'T. SO OBVIOUSLY THE GIN, THE TAVERN AND BLACK HAWK BREWERY ARE ALL PARTICIPATING ARE ALL PARTICIPANTS. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TABC LICENSE, AND THAT PROHIBITS SOMEONE FROM BEING ABLE TO BRING IN ALCOHOL THAT WASN'T SOLD THERE, OR TO LEAVE WITH ALCOHOL THAT WAS SOLD THERE. SO THOSE BUSINESSES WILL MONITOR THEIR DOORS AND MAKE SURE NO ONE'S BRINGING IT IN OR TAKING IT OUT. BUT VERY EXCITED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CALLS ON. I'M HOPING THAT THAT TICKET SALE NUMBER GOES UP. I THINK PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE SLOW LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER, BUT SATURDAY IS ACTUALLY LOOKING GREAT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS, SO I'M HOPING WE SELL SOME MORE TICKETS ON IT, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT GOES.

WE'LL HAVE THREE MORE OF THOSE DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR. THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY IS A MOTHER'S DAY THEME TO IT. SO AND THEN ON MAY 26TH, WHICH, WHICH IS THAT MONDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY, WE DID THE FIRST ONE LAST YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT FRONTIER PARK IN THE PAVILION, 10 A.M. IT LASTS ABOUT 30 MINUTES. SO IT'S A GOOD EVENT. AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT AFTER THAT? WE'LL TAKE A SHORT WALK, AND THE ROTARY CLUB IS GOING TO DO THEIR GROUNDBREAKING ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE PUT OUT ON WAS LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE, THE FIRST A SPECIAL EVENT SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC AND GIVE A LOT OF THE CREDIT TO PATTY, PATTY, KINSEY AND THEN ALSO WILSON. WILSON'S LAST NAME, HAYES. THANK YOU. WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THOSE TWO SAT DOWN, DEVELOPED THE SURVEY. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NEEDED TO DO FOR A WHILE. IT'S JUST VERY IT'S A LOT OF OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS ASKING PEOPLE WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE THROUGH OUR EVENTS? DO THEY LIKE BIG EVENTS, LIKE THE SMALLER NICHE EVENTS? DO YOU WANT MORE KIDS RELATED EVENTS? DO YOU WANT MORE ADULT EVENTS? SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. WE'VE GOTTEN 81 TOTAL. WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESPONSES TO HELP US POTENTIALLY SHAPE WHERE OUR EVENTS ARE GOING TO GO. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CEC, THEY'VE HAD THEIR OPINIONS ON THINGS. WE HAVE OUR OPINIONS ON THINGS. SO THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE PUBLIC'S REALLY FORMALIZED PUBLIC RESPONSE. AS FAR AS HOW ARE WE GETTING THOSE SURVEYS OUT? IT'S REALLY IT'S A QR CODE. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. BUT WE'RE WE'RE MARKETING THAT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. THE TOWN'S WEB PAGE AND THE PARK'S WEB PAGE, UTILITY BILL, INSERT AND STORE. LOCAL MEDIA IS DOING THAT THROUGH A PRINT EDITION IN THEIR DIGITAL ADS. WAS IT IN THE NEWSLETTER ON FRIDAY? I BELIEVE IT WAS. YES. YEP. SO IF YOU SEE

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15 QUESTIONS SHOULD TAKE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO COMPLETE AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION. AND WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT DATA COMPILED AND MAKING SOME SENSE. OKAY, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO TREVOR. ALL RIGHT TREVOR WITH RECREATION. GOOD EVENING. PARKS BOARD. PARKS RECREATION BOARD. ONE THING THAT WE WERE WANTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT, I WAS NOT HERE IN THE APRIL MEETING. AND ONE THING WHICH ENDS UP, WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO IN THE MAY MEETING. SO IT'S JUST COINCIDENTAL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT POSSIBLY JUST KEEPING THAT TREND GOING WAS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NEW ONE COMMUNITY PARKS ONLINE RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER WITH RAYMOND COMMUNITY COMING AS WELL. AND THERE ARE ATHLETIC FIELDS THERE AT BOTH OF THOSE COMMUNITY PARKS. SO WE'VE BEEN KEEPING DATA SINCE 2015 ON FIELD USAGE AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE PROSPER YOUTH SPORTS COMMISSION. THIS REALLY HELPS GIVE US AN IDEA OF UTILIZATION.

ARE WE USING THE MOST DEDICATED SPACE THAT WE CAN? IT KIND OF HELPS TOO, BECAUSE PER THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE YOUTH SPORTS COMMISSION, IS THEY DO RECEIVE FIRST KIND OF FIRST CHOICE OF FIELD USAGE FOR THEIR PRACTICES AND THEIR GAMES. AND THEN WHENEVER WE HAVE ANYONE THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH PISD, OR IF THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE REGULAR SEASON PRACTICES, THEY'LL REACH OUT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, INQUIRE ABOUT AVAILABLE FIELD SPACE, AND THEN IF THERE IS AVAILABLE FIELD SPACE, WE WILL ACCOMMODATE. ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHEN WE DO RENT OUT FIELD SPACE, THAT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF RAIN RESCHEDULES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO FOR THE USE GROUPS WOULD RECEIVE FIRST PRIORITY. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD REFUND CREDIT AND GIVE THEM AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME SO THEY CAN POSSIBLY FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO WE CAN LOOK AT ANOTHER FIELD AND. ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT IS THAT WE DO GET THESE SCHEDULES SENT IN FROM THE GROUPS. THEY'RE NOT JUST TELLING US WE'RE ON HERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 5 TO 9. JUST MARK US DOWN. WE ACTUALLY USE THEIR SCHEDULES TO SEE, BECAUSE THAT HELPS ME WITH MY JOB OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S NOT. SO JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS, LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED TRACKING THIS INFORMATION IN 2015 AND 2018. WE HAD THE ADDITION OF THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. THAT'S GOING TO BE AT FRONTIER PARK.

THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS ONE AND TWO, AND THEN YOUR FRONTIER FIELDS NUMBER SIX THROUGH EIGHT. AND THIS INFORMATION IS PRACTICE USAGE ONLY. SO BASICALLY GOING THROUGH LOOKING THROUGH FALL 2022 ALL THE WAY TO SPRING OF 2025, WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR SPRING SEASONS RIGHT NOW. WHETHER IT'S KIND OF GOT IN THE WAY, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO COMPILE THIS DATA. AND ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD JUMP FROM SPRING 2025 AND FALL 2024. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE LOST SOME FIELDS, EAGLE'S LANDING, REYNOLDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THESE WERE THESE WERE UTILIZED BY THE YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, LACROSSE, FOOTBALL.

AND SO ONE THING THAT WE HAD TO DO WAS ONE WE ENDED UP ADDING IN THE SPRING, WE ADDED SOME FIELD USAGE AT FOLSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL. TYPICALLY THAT'S WHERE SOCCER IS GOING TO PRACTICE. BUT PASO PROSPER AREA SOCCER ORGANIZATION AND PSA PROSPER YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THEY WORK TOGETHER.

THEY COMPROMISE ON HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK? BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY WERE JUST OUT OF FIELD SPACE. SAME FOR PSA. THEY LOST REYNOLDS MIDDLE SCHOOL'S SOFTBALL FIELD, BASEBALL FIELD, EAGLE'S LANDING BASEBALL FIELD, EAGLE'S LANDING SOFTBALL. SO ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE JUST UTILIZED THE SYNTHETIC TURF AS MUCH AS WE COULD FOR THEM. RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WAITING FOR RAYMOND TO COME ONLINE. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIT IN AS MUCH PRACTICE TIME AS WE CAN WITHOUT HOPEFULLY KEEPING THEM FROM HAVING TO CAP AND, YOU KNOW, LOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF THE SOME OF THE YOUNG

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SO PASO DID START UTILIZING LAKEWOOD THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WHENEVER WE ADD MORE AVAILABLE SPOTS, THESE PERCENTAGES WILL CHANGE AND THEY'LL MOST LIKELY GO DOWN. NOW THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE FOR OTHER GROUPS THAT WANT TO RUN OUT AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, FIELD RENTALS IS A PRETTY BIG REVENUE GENERATING, REVENUE GENERATING FACILITY THAT WE USE OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT WE HAVE IS THE FRONTIER PARK PAVILION. SO ONCE THIS DATA WILL KIND OF IT'LL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT ONCE WE START GETTING SOME MORE FIELDS. BUT ALSO EVERY YEAR THERE'S BEEN INCREASES IN PARTICIPATION FROM THE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION AND THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION. SO WITHOUT ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT WE GET, I WOULD IMAGINE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE. BUT WE'LL JUST KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AND SEE. AND SOCCER ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET CREATIVE ON FRONTIER PARK AND CHANGING OUT SOME OF THEIR LAYOUTS SO THEY CAN GET MORE GAMES IN AND MORE PRACTICES IN BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROUPS THE SOCCER ORGANIZATION IS PROBABLY, I SEE THE BIGGEST JUMPS WITH THOSE FROM ALL THE REPORTING THAT WE GET FROM THEM EVERY SEASON. DANIEL. AND I'LL ALSO LET ME ADD TO THIS. AS TREVOR TOLD YOU, WE'VE WE LOST FIELDS AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL. WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PASSED THEIR BOND PROGRAM. SO EVEN WITH THE OPENING OF RAYMOND, WE'RE STILL AT A NET LOSS OF WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO. SO IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD CHANGE, MAYBE GO DOWN. I ALSO TELL YOU, IT MIGHT GO UP IF AS MUCH AS IT COULD. SO AND TREVOR'S RIGHT WHEN WE MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS, THE ONE CONSTANT IS EVERY TIME WE SIT DOWN RECORD NUMBERS. RECORD NUMBERS. NEVER HAD THIS MONEY BEFORE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE'RE STILL CLAWING AND SCRAPING TO GET ENOUGH SPACE. I'VE SAID IT. IT'S WE. MOST LIKELY IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY MORE ATHLETIC FACILITIES WE BUILD, WE'RE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO HAVE A ENOUGH FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS AND ADULTS THAT THAT WANT TO UTILIZE THEM. SO YEAH, SO WE WON' UNTIL OBVIOUSLY THEY OPEN AND WE GET GET SOME SOME DATA. BUT I'M ANTICIPATING THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY DANG FULL ONCE THEY OPEN AS WELL. SO OUT OF CURIOSITY, TREVOR, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST FROM THE FALL TO THE SPRING OF EACH, FOR EACH FIELD TYPE, THE PRACTICE HOURS AVAILABLE IS DIFFERENT. HOW ARE HOW IS THAT LIKE, WHY ARE THERE LESS HOURS IN THE SPRING THAN THERE WERE IN THE FALL? SO IN THE THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THERE ARE CERTAIN SPORTS THAT WILL UTILIZE CERTAIN AREAS. SO LIKE DURING THE FALL, SOUTHWEST CORNER IS JUST PURELY FOOTBALL. RIGHT. AND THEN SO BASEBALL DOES NOT USE THOSE. AND SO WHEN THE SPRING COMES UP THEN THE HOURS WILL INCREASE BECAUSE NOW BASEBALL IS USING SOUTHWEST CORNER WHEN THEY CAN AND THEN LACROSSE AS WELL, BECAUSE THE SPRING TIME IS A MUCH BIGGER, MORE POPULAR SEASON THAN THE FALL. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO START GETTING CREATIVE AND ADDING MORE HOURS, LIKE ADDING MORE AVAILABLE HOURS TO THEM.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN PARTS OF IT IS THE FOOTBALL.

BASEBALL IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AREA. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, DOCTOR, CAN I ASK A RELATED QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. THE PRACTICE HOURS AVAILABLE, YOU'VE ALREADY SUBTRACTED OUT REST DAYS AND MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CORRECT. OKAY. SUPER. SO WE DON'T THERE'S NOT LIKE A TARGET USAGE OF WE JUST WANT 80% AND THAT'S IT. WE CAN USE 100% OF THE HOURS. CORRECT. YEAH.

THESE ARE THESE ARE PURELY BASED ON WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE. SO WHEN THEY DO SEND IN THOSE PRACTICE SCHEDULES THEY DO BLOCK OUT, YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAYS OR SUNDAYS. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY BLOCK THOSE OUT. BUT LIKE FOR THE SYNTHETIC TURF THERE'S NO WATERING. SO THOSE GO MONDAY

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BECAUSE THEN IF YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, IF YOU'RE FACTORING IN THE DAYS THAT THEY'RE CLOSED, THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH LOWER. AND THAT WOULD, IN MY OPINION, MAYBE NOT SEND THE BEST MESSAGE THAT, OKAY, WE'RE ONLY USING 50%. AND THEN IF YOUR CHALLENGE OR QUESTION, YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, ACTUALLY THEY'RE CLOSED THIS DAY. SO WE JUST TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE AND NOT THAT ANYBODY ASKED. BUT WHEN IT SAYS PERCENTAGE USAGE, TOTAL SYNTHETIC AND TURF. WHEN WE SAY TURF, WE MEAN GRASS, SYNTHETIC, ARTIFICIAL. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST SOMETIMES THAT CAN KIND OF THROW PEOPLE OFF EVEN ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE IT'LL SAY TURF RENTALS AND THEY'LL BE THINKING THAT IT'S SYNTHETIC TURF, RIGHT? I LEARNED THAT WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE, WHEN I HEARD TURF, I THOUGHT SYNTHETIC TURF AS WELL. SO I HAVE ONE MORE THING. WE ALSO. SOME OF OUR ALL OUR FACILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE LIGHTS. THAT'S TRUE TOO. OKAY. ALL OF THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TREVOR? ALL RIGHT. AND SINCE I WORKED ON IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BASICALLY A GRAPH JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF FIELD USAGE. AND THEN APOLOGIES ONE OF THOSE IS WRONG. IT'S GOING TO BE POPULATION. SO THE ORANGE IS GOING TO BE THE POPULATION. AND THEN THE BLUE IS GOING TO BE THE PERCENTAGE OF FIELD USAGE. AND THEN I JUST MENTIONED THERE THAT'S AN ESTIMATED NUMBER FOR THE POPULATION OF 48,000. AND SO AS YOU'RE SEEING THE PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN GOING UP 2024. IT WENT DOWN BY 1%, 2025. IT JUMPED UP TO 80%. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KEEP TRACK OF EVERY YEAR TO JUST TO SEE WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THE INCREASE IN THE POPULATION. AND COVID DID NOT SLOW US DOWN. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I NOTICED. YES. YEAH. NO IT WE SPRING WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING FOR SPRING. BUT I THINK RIGHT IN EARLY I THINK RIGHT AFTER THE FOURTH HIT WE, WE STARTED OPENING UP AND GETTING AS MUCH OR GETTING PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING GOING IN THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, TREVOR. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT.

YEP. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE PARK DEVELOPMENT WITH CURT. HEY. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I DO NOT HAVE MUCH THIS EVENING. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES.

RAYMOND PARK I KNOW IT PROBABLY LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DID ON THE LAST MONTH'S PHOTO, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME IMPROVEMENT IN SOME. THIS WAS TAKEN RIGHT AFTER WE HAD ONE OF THOSE CRAZY RAINS RECENTLY. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH SOIL IT WASHED ACROSS THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING.

BUT THINGS ARE GOING WELL OUT THERE. THEY'RE THEY HAVE MADE SOME MORE PROGRESS ON THE RESTROOM BUILDING, WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER THERE. THEY'RE STILL WORKING ALONG ON THE MOISTURE. CONDITIONING IS DONE FOR THE COURTS, THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THE FENCING IS UNDERWAY. THEY'RE POURING THE BACKSTOP AREAS AND THE SEATING SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG. IT'S BEEN SLOW, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND I THINK DAN HAS A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PARK HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. DANIEL, YOU HAD A QUESTION. I WAS JUST WONDERING, DO THEY HAVE ARE THEY TIMELINES? ANY SENSE OF THAT? SO YEAH, WE'RE THINKING THAT COMPLETION IS GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. THAT'S ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TERRIBLE WEATHER. BUT YEAH, MOST LIKELY OCTOBER. AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS ON PARVIN PARK, ALSO KNOWN AS DOWNTOWN PARK. WE ARE 100% PLANS WERE DELIVERED TO US, SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE BID PROCESS THIS MONTH. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP IN A WE'LL HAVE EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR. WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT'S GOING TO BE YET, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD CONTRACTOR. SO CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STARTING SOMETIME IN JULY. I PUT ISH BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET DELAYED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'LL HAVE THIS ONE WRAPPED UP SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR. COULD BE OCTOBER, MAYBE NOVEMBER. ONCE AGAIN, JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER, SO IT'LL BE NICE. I THINK ONCE WE GET THAT LITTLE LOOP TRAIL IN THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR WITH THE NEIGHBORS. I KNOW I'LL BE GOING OVER THERE ON LUNCH BREAKS TO WALK IT AND THEN JOE BRANCH CREEK. WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ONE. I'VE SHOWN YOU ALL PICTURES. YOU CAN SEE THE REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE THERE. WHAT WE HAD BEFORE THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS NOT ANY BETTER, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE WILL CORRECT THAT SOMEDAY. BUT AT LEAST THE ABUTMENTS. THE BRIDGE ISN'T GOING TO WASH DOWN THE STREAM WITH A COUPLE OF BIG RAINS. SO. AND THE ABUTMENTS THERE IN PLACE. SO WHEN WE FINALLY DO GET A SAFER, BETTER BRIDGE SOMEDAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO

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THANK YOU. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. I NOTICED THIS WEEK AT PRAIRIE VIEW PARK, THEY INSTALLED A FABRIC SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND. DOES THAT FALL UNDER YOU OR IT DOES? I GUESS I COULD HAVE PUT THAT IN HERE. I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE DO. I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE UP Y'ALL'S TIME, BUT YES, WE, WE ARE HAVING THREE SHADE STRUCTURES INSTALLED. ONE PECAN GROVE. THEY ALL START WITH PECAN GROVE, PRESTON LAKES AND PRAIRIE CREEK PARK. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING BACK IN. THESE ARE THE OLDER PLAYGROUNDS THAT WENT IN. THEY WERE THEY WERE MOST OF THEM WERE DONE BY THE DEVELOPERS A WHILE BACK. AND THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS PUT IN THE BEST PLAYGROUND THEY POSSIBLY COULD. AND SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE SUN, WE'RE PUTTING IN BIG SUN MINI SUNSCREEN OR SUN SHADE STRUCTURES AS WE CAN OVER THE OLDER PLAYGROUNDS. WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE'RE I KNOW YOU SAID THREE. IS THAT THE COMPLETE. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING FOR THIS YEAR. AND WE AND WE MADE A BUDGET REQUEST TO DO TWO MORE NEXT YEAR. SO AND WE DID ONE LAST YEAR. WE DID COCKRELL, COCKRELL PARK NEXT TO COCKRELL ELEMENTARY LAST YEAR. THAT ONE COST $100,000. THESE THINGS ARE ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO $100,000 APIECE. BUT THE GOOD THING IS THEY LAST FOR YEARS AND THEY WILL OUTLAST THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO UNDERNEATH THERE, BUT THEIR SHADE STRUCTURE JUST STAYS IN PLACE. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? YOU BET. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE MATT WITH OPERATIONS. SO THIS ONE IS A PICTURE OF. SO LAST YEAR I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A TURF ARTIFICIAL TURF KIND OF PROJECT PILOT PROJECT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO IN THE MEDIANS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE AT OUR BOOKSTOP OR BOOK DROP AT A TOWN HALL. SO STAFF DID EVERYTHING IN HOUSE. I THINK IT TURNED OUT GREAT. WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT LASTS. BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE FOR A LONG TIME. WHEN DID THEY COMPLETE THAT? PROBABLY LAST EARLY LAST MONTH, RIGHT BEFORE ALL THE RAIN STARTED HAPPENING. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO LEARN HERE? JUST HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW IT LASTS? YES, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS DOWNTOWN. SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE FIRST. IT WAS A LITTLE LATE GETTING GOING JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS WE HAD GOING ON WINTERTIME AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT IF THIS WORKS AND THESE LITTLE AREAS, WELL, THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO A BIGGER PARK, LESS MOWING, LESS WATER, MORE RESTRICTIONS, WHATEVER. WE GOT WATER. THIS RIGHT HERE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SAVE US SOME MONEY SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF IT'S HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO WORK. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF START RIGHT HERE IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. I SEE PEOPLE STANDING ON IT ALL THE TIME. AND THEN WHEN WE START THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT, WE BELIEVE THIS WILL GO IN ALSO. SO BUT THAT'LL BE LATER STUFF. SO WHAT'S THE BASE OF THAT? SO YOU PACK IT IN REALLY, REALLY TIGHT.

WATER IT, PACK IT, WATER IT AGAIN. KEEP IT GOING. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO DO. SINCE WE DID EVERYTHING IN HOUSE. ALL WE DID IS TUCK EVERYTHING ON THE EDGES.

TYPICALLY IF YOU DO A PROFESSIONAL WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE BOARDS IN THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO DRILL INTO OUR CONCRETE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO TACK EVERYTHING ON THAT WAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT HERE BECAUSE IN THIS IN THIS AREA ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO OUT THERE YOU'LL SEE OUR CONCRETE'S ALREADY BUCKLING. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO RISK DRILLING INTO IT ANYMORE. NOW DOWNTOWN, WHEN MORE PEOPLE WERE USING AND DOING IT RIGHT, I BELIEVE THEY'LL PROBABLY USE FOR BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AGAIN, THIS IS A SMALL AREA. IF THEY START COMING UP AND PEELING, I CAN, YOU KNOW, STAFF CAN FIX IT PRETTY EASY. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THAT IN MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MORE COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS ALMOST AS WELL.

AND I'M SURE DEVELOPERS FIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S GRASS OR TREES OR SHRUBBERY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT'S LIKE YOU SAID, THE MAINTENANCE DOESN'T GO AWAY. RIGHT? BUT THE MAINTENANCE DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE IN COST. SO YEAH, GREAT IDEA. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DURABILITY OF OUR PLANTS. AND I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS OUR MEDIANS HOW HOT AND HOW TERRIBLE IT IS ON THE GRASS. SO YOU TAKE

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THE WE JUST HAD A CUB SCOUTS COME OUT AND WEED IT AND KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT NOTHING EVER DIES. BUT YOU GO AND YOU PUT THE SAME PLANTS INTO A HARSH ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING, IT'S WHAT WE CAN'T HELP THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S A REALLY HARD BALANCE THAT SOMETIMES WE FIND IT, SOMETIMES WE DON'T. BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSER. IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY CHEMICALS GET GET STRODE ON PRESTON ROAD. YOU GOT OIL, YOU GOT GAS, YOU GOT DIESEL, YOU GOT ANTIFREEZE, YOU GOT WHATEVER TEX-DOT PUTS DOWN EVERY WINTER AND ALL THAT'S JUST GOING RIGHT INTO OUR GRASS, RIGHT INTO THE TREES, RIGHT INTO EVERYTHING. THEN YOU THROW IN THE HOT, COLD, THE WIND ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S A HARSH, HARSH CONDITION. SO I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO TAKE THE PLACE ON, ON OUR LANDSCAPE BEDS, BUT IT COULD REALLY HELP US OUT. DIFFERENT PARKS ON SOME MEDIANS. MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL SEE. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF WENT TO SHOW HOW PEOPLE DON'T USE OUR FACILITIES CORRECTLY. SO THIS WAS A BABY STATION THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE.

THOSE SHOULD NEVER BREAK. BUT WHEN YOU GET SO MANY PEOPLE IN THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO FIND SOME KIND OF VANDALISM. WELL, THERE YOU GO. THAT'S SUMS UP OUR LAST FEW WEEKS IN THE NUTSHELL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED THE FIELDS. WE OPENED THEM AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING OPEN TODAY EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED. FOLSOM IS CLOSED ON THURSDAYS. EVERYTHING'S CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. BUT THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS BEEN PRETTY CHALLENGING. BASEBALL IS REALLY GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN IF THEY DON'T. DEPENDS ON SO FAR. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR SATURDAY. WE'VE GOT TWO MORE SATURDAYS COMING UP AND IF THEY DON'T GET ALL THEIR GAMES IN BY THEN, THEY'LL JUST KEEP MOVING ON. SO IT WASN'T LIKE 2015 WHEN WE WERE WE ONLY GOT LIKE FIVE GAMES IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS BAD, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. JUST GOT A DRY OUT WHEN WE CAN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME OR DURING THE AGENDA ITEMS AT THE. BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE NOT NECESSARILY THE PARK WARDEN THAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT HOW YOUR TEAM'S CURRENTLY TRYING TO SOLVE THAT AND WHAT WE AS A BOARD CAN DO TO HELP YOU, ACTUALLY. SO I GUESS TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO START DOING SOME MORE PATROL. SO I USED TO WELL, I'LL BACK UP EVEN FURTHER. SO I USED TO HAVE A STAFF. SOME OF Y'ALL REMEMBER CONNOR JONES. HE WAS MY NIGHT GUY. HE WAS HE WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY KNEW HIM. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. HE'S MOVED ON. SO IT'S HARD TO EVER FIND THAT POSITION. PLUS I NEED A POSITION STILL TO GET WORK DONE DURING THE DAY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS IS GIVE THE OVERTIME, EVERYBODY.

I MADE A SCHEDULE, EVERYBODY SIGNED UP, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. SO WE PUT THE SIGNS OUT EVERY DAY. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN EVERY SATURDAY. EVERY SUNDAY WE GOT PAVILION RENTALS, WE'VE GOT TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE TO COME IN TWICE FOR THOSE. SO WE'RE HERE ALL THE TIME. BUT YOU CAN'T POLICE EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. IT'S JUST ONE GUY MAKING MULTIPLE ROUNDS EVERYWHERE. SO AS SOON AS YOU GET DONE HERE, WELL THEY'RE ALREADY NOW YOU GOT TO GO HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY BACK TO HERE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REVOLVING I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REALLY GOOD SOLUTION TO IT. WE'RE TRYING. LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A PA SYSTEM. SO I GOT ON TO THE PA SYSTEM, GAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WAY, AND IT WORKED. FOR THE MOST PART. I JUST DID IT AGAIN NOW AND IT DIDN'T WORK. SO WE HAVE DISPATCH CALLED. IT WAS GOING TO BE HEADING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. WE'VE GOT THE ORDINANCES. EVERYTHING'S IN OUR FAVOR. WE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO START USING OTHER WAYS, I GUESS THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT. I'M SORRY. I MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. MATT AND I ARE GOING TO

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AND THE REAL LOSERS ON THAT ONE, THE TAXPAYERS HAD TO. IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT $1 MILLION FIX.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS NOW YOU HAVE THE YOUTH LEAGUES THAT COUNT ON THOSE FIELDS, AND THEY LOST THEM FOR A YEAR, AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO HELP THEM. BUT IT WE LOSE A FIELD HERE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TO SEND YOU TO. SO THAT'S THE HARD PART. WE'RE IN A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN I GET UP THERE. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO? CAN WE PUT FENCES UP EVERYWHERE? WELL, WE HAVE FENCES. YOU GO BY FRONTIER PARK. I CHALLENGE YOU ON A WEEKEND, TYPICALLY, OR AT NIGHT OR EVEN DURING THE WEEK.

THE EMPTY FIELDS, WHICH ARE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS, THEY'RE CLOSED. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE, I RUN KIDS OFF. THEY HAVE TO SCALE A SIX FOOT FENCE AND IT'S THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN. SO IT'S, IT'S HOW DO YOU ENFORCE IT. AND THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. SO YOU KNOW, YOU DO YOUR BEST TO PROVIDE AS MANY AMENITIES AS YOU CAN. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF FOLKS RIGHT HERE THAT LOVE CRICKET. AND WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AS THE MAYOR TOLD YOU, WE ARE NOT IN THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY PERSON, RIGHT? WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND PROSPER IS MORE OF A YOUTH CENTRIC ATHLETIC. THAT'S WHAT WAS DETERMINED LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES. BUT IT'S AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO CATCH UP. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU COULD WE COULD HAVE $1 BILLION. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LAND, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO. OUR POPULATION'S NOT QUITE GOING TO DOUBLE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE, RIGHT. IT'S ANOTHER 30,000 PEOPLE PROBABLY THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE HERE MAYBE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT DECADE. BUT WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW BY, YOU KNOW, 80, 90%, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS THAT NEEDS TO BE TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING SCHOOLS LIKE CRAZY AND PORTABLE BUILDINGS. ALL THOSE KIDS WANT TO PLAY BALL AND COME

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THERE'S A COUPLE PARKS POTENTIALLY MONEY FOR A PARK OR TWO TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT. I'VE I'VE GROWN UP IN TEXAS. I'VE BEEN IN TEXAS FOR ALMOST ALMOST 47 YEARS. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS SUCH THING AS A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM. FRISCO, TEXAS.

THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL IN FRISCO. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS. THEY DON'T HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS TO COME OUT. THEY BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING OTHER SPORTS. THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS. SO WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT TOO, BEFORE WE JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD 20 MORE BASEBALL FIELDS OR 50 MORE SOCCER FIELDS OR WHATEVER. WE'RE GOING TO STUDY AS WE GO. AND WHATEVER MAKES SENSE, HOPEFULLY, IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO HELP US GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS. SO I'M SORRY, I KIND OF WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE. BUT ANYWAY, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MATT. SORRY, MATT. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MATT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, DIRECTOR DAN. OKAY, I HAVE TWO ITEMS I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. IF THE TIMING WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I WOULD BE ASKING FOR YOU TO VOTE ON. BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ON THE AGENDA DUE TO THE TIMING OF SOME OTHER MEETING, SOME OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE HAD TO HAVE BEFORE THIS ONE. SO YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS AFTER I PRESENT THESE TWO SLIDES OR AFTER EACH SLIDE. IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT OR YOU LOVE IT, PLEASE SHARE THOSE COMMENTS. BUT WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE. AND THEN I WILL EVENTUALLY BE GOING TO COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THESE ITEMS. FIRST IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD LIGHTING. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY, HOW BADLY WE NEED ADDITIONAL FIELDS WHEN AT RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK.

RAYMOND. WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 24, $25 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE SPENT ON THAT PARK. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO LIGHT OUR MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS. AND SO WE HAD A VERY COOL OPPORTUNITY. ROBERT PATRICK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, ROBERT, ROBERT IS THE PRESIDENT OF PASO.

ROBERT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUTH SPORTS, NOT JUST SOCCER. HE IS A HE CARRIES THE TORCH FOR EVERY SPORT IN PISD HE'S GOT HE'S HE'S ONE OF THE LET'S SAY FEW. HE'S ALWAYS GOT IDEAS. HOW DO WE DO BETTER. HE'S ALWAYS PUSHING THE LIMITS TO SEE HOW CAN WE DO MORE, HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? THEY HAD, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS PROBABLY OVER A YEAR AGO. WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE BUILDING LAKEWOOD PARK. HE GOES, DAD, I NEED A RESTROOM OUT THERE. SO PASO, WITH ROBERT'S LEADERSHIP, CUT US. WELL, CUT US A CHECK FOR $500,000 TO PUT THAT RESTROOM OUT THERE. WE DIDN'T WIND UP NEEDING THE MONEY. THEY PUT IT INTO A CD. IT'S BEEN SITTING IN A CD FOR A YEAR. WHEN WE TOLD THEM THAT HE GOES, USE IT FOR RAYMOND. HE GOES, HOW MUCH ARE THE LIGHTS? SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT LIGHTS AGAIN AND LIGHTS WE THINK WILL FALL. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.8 AND $2 MILLION COULD BE A LITTLE LESS. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HIT TWO, BUT WE'RE CLOSE, HE SAID. PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS LIGHTS, OKAY? HE ALSO SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 200,000 SITTING IN A MONEY MARKET. I CAN WRITE YOU THAT CHECK RIGHT NOW. AND HE GOES, AND IF YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER AFTER WE DO REGISTRATION, I'VETI GOT ANOTHER 250,000. I'LL GIVE YOU SO $950,000. WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE TWO DAYS AGO AND THEY WERE THUMBS UP. NOW, ROBERT ALSO HAD PROPOSED. HE GOES, HE GOES, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE FULL COST OF THE LIGHTS. BUT IF THE TOWN WILL ESSENTIALLY FINANCE IT, COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY. WE'LL PAY IT BACK UNTIL WE DO THAT AT A CLIP OF ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR, THEY'VE OFFERED THAT. THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE CHOSE TO NOT PURSUE THAT OPTION. THEY FELT THE TOWN NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME TO. SO WE HAVE TALKED WITH ROBERT. WE'RE WAITING ON THE HE'S GOING TO CUT THE CHECK. OR IT MIGHT BE MULTIPLE PAYMENTS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE $950,000 DONATION AS LONG AS STAFF, AS LONG AS CITY COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, TOWN COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT IT, WHICH I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE. THEY WON'T. SO RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF THE FUNDING FOR THE

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BUT WE HAD THREE IN THE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY IN THE EXCUSE ME, IN THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE WEDNESDAY THAT SAID BY ALL MEANS. SO ANY COMMENTS, ANY CONCERNS. WHAT'S THERE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FREE MONEY. AND IT'S A VERY GENEROUS DONATION ON THEIR PART. ARE THEY EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN AS FAR AS LIKE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON THE USE OR ANYTHING. NO. IT WILL PROBABLY SO. AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, PASO IS THE LARGEST RECREATIONAL SOCCER ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 4000 KIDS. THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE COMPETITIVE AND THE CLUB AND ALL THAT. BUT AS FAR AS RECREATIONAL SOCCER GOES, THEY'RE THE LARGEST. SO. IT MOST LIKELY WILL BE THEM USING THE FIELDS. BUT NO, HE EXPECTS NOTHING IN RETURN. WE WILL WE WILL DRAW UP AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOCCER ORGANIZATION AND THE TOWN JUST STATING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT FROM YOU ALL AND THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS BASED ON THAT, THAT CONTRIBUTION. SO.

WELL, THAT IS JUST AMAZING. AND HE SAID, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE LIGHTS, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP GIVING TO THE PARK SYSTEM. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY. AND, ROBERT, IF YOU EVER GET TO MEET ROBERT, IF YOU KNOW ROBERT, YOU MUST PAT PAT ON THE BACK. HE'S A HE'S REALLY A GREAT GUY. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN TO ME. I MEAN THE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T THE LIGHTS WEREN'T IN AND NOW THERE'S A MECHANISM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL.

CORRECT. BUT BUT WE I FEEL LIKE WE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND WE'RE CLOSE. SO WHEN WOULD YOU TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL? I DON'T KNOW YET. I'M HOPING IF NOT BY THE END OF THE MONTH, MAYBE THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. HOPING SOON. LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED US TO BE THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. AS LONG AS THERE'S EVERYBODY. OKAY. SAME SITUATION ON THIS OR SIMILAR SITUATION AS FAR AS IT'S NOT FOR VOTE, BUT THE TIMING ON THIS PROJECT IS SUCH THAT. LET ME BACK UP THE WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS PROJECT ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS, THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THE CENTER COMPLEX, THOSE WERE ALL TO BE SODDED ALL THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS WERE GOING TO BE SEATED HYDROMULCH WE ARE RUNNING INTO THE CALENDAR WHERE WHEN THAT SEED GOES DOWN, IT'S GOING TO BE UNLIKELY. IT'LL DO VERY WELL. IF IT WAS JUNE, JULY, WE GOT IT DOWN. I THINK WE'D BE ALL RIGHT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LATER APPLICATION THAT THOSE BALL FIELDS WILL NOT BE READY FOR FALL PLAY. THE SOD WON'T, NEITHER WILL THE SEED. SO OUR TARGET IS TO GET EVERYBODY GET THOSE FIELDS OPEN UP. HOPEFULLY.

SPRING OF 26. THAT'LL GIVE EVERYBODY ALL THE FIELDS A CHANCE TO REALLY ESTABLISH AND GROW IN. WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR THE WRONG WAY AT LAKEWOOD AND WE HAD SEED DOWN LATE. WE GOT A BUNCH OF RAIN, SO THE SEED HAD TO BE APPLIED A COUPLE TIMES AND IT JUST REALLY NEVER TOOK THE SOD DID OKAY, BUT WE COULD HAVE USED A LITTLE MORE TIME BEFORE WE OPENED UP, BUT WE WERE UNDER THE UNDER SOME PRESSURE TO GET THE BALL FIELDS OPENED. WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT THE FIELDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER OR THE FALL. THE PARK WE STILL THINK IS SLATED TO OPEN OCTOBER TIME FRAME. WE CAN OPEN UP THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL AND THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL THOSE OTHER ITEMS, BUT JUST NOT THE FIELDS. SO WHAT? I'M KIND OF DANCING AROUND THIS. IS THERE GOING TO BE FENCING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF? THERE'S FENCING ON THE BASEBALL. THERE'S NOT RIGHT NOW ON THE MULTI-PURPOSE. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME CHALLENGE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE AS WE'RE HAVING ALL OVER TOWN. AND ANOTHER PARK WARDEN OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. THE COST FOR US TO UPGRADE TO GO WHERE THE HYDROMULCH IS GOING TO GO TO SOD, IT'S ABOUT IT'S A LITTLE UNDER $400,000. THE GOOD THING WE SO WE TOOK THIS TO CIP TWO DAYS AGO AS WELL. THEY WERE VERY ACCEPTING OF THIS IDEA. THEY BASICALLY FELT SOONER. WE

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ESPECIALLY ON THOSE LARGE AREAS. IT'S HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR SEED TO NORMALLY MATURE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT? HE'S HE'S ALREADY HE'S ALREADY GONE. YEAH. SO YOU CAN GET I MEAN SOD WILL AT LEAST ROOT IN IF THE, IF EVERYTHING'S RIGHT THE TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT. YOU GET ENOUGH WATER. YOU CAN PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH FOUR WEEKS. SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE PLANNING ON IT IN FOUR WEEKS. IT'LL ESTABLISH IT STILL HASN'T KNITTED IN. IT'S STILL VERY YOU KNOW, SO WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE SEVERAL MONTHS ON SOD SEED. YOU COULD PROBABLY ALMOST DOUBLE THAT JUST AGAIN JUST DEPENDS ON THE ON WINTER. YEAH. YEAH. IS THE RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK THE CONTRACT. IS IT CMAA. IT IS. AND SO THIS WILL DRAIN THE CONTINGENCY. DO YOU HAVE BUYOUT LEFT. HAVE YOU WORKED THROUGH BUYOUT WITH THEM YET. OKAY. YEAH. YOU PRETTY MUCH OKAY.

YEAH. YEAH. WE SO HOW THIS PROJECT HAS MOVED ALONG, HOW WE WERE ASKED TO DO IT WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED. IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK WE I KNOW WE DID. WE HAD $12.5 MILLION TO BUILD THE PARK. IT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THIS PARK IS COSTING. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DIP INTO SOME OTHER BOND FUNDS. WE KEPT LOOKING AND FINDING, BUT IT JUST WAS WHEN THIS THAT BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER. IT'S PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS A 2015, 2020, EXCUSE ME, 2020 BOND 2020 BOND PROGRAM. BUT THOSE BUDGETS WERE PUT TOGETHER PRIOR TO THAT. SO YOU'VE GOT COVID AND ALL THE CRAZINESS WITH MATERIALS, LABOR, ALL THOSE THINGS, EVERYTHING'S GOING UP. AND IT PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE UNDERPRICED TO BEGIN WITH IS MY GUESS. AND I WASN'T HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYBODY BEFORE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE UP AGAINST. SO YEAH. SO ANYHOW I'M SORRY. SO WE PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A WISH LIST AND AS THINGS GOT COMPLETED, WE IT WHEN THE PARKING LOT WAS COMPLETED, WE HAD A LITTLE MONEY LEFT OVER. WE ROLLED INTO CONTINGENCY. AND WE KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING UNTIL WE MET A MILESTONE AND GO, OKAY, WE'RE COMFORTABLE RELEASING THIS MONEY. WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST THAT WE CAN AFFORD? AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS HAS BEEN PIECED TOGETHER. IT PROBABLY DRIVES THE CITY MORE NUTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW. THEY WANT TO KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME MILESTONES HIT. SO WE KNOW. SO WE'RE NOT GOING OVER BUDGET AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS TO DO THINGS WE'VE ALREADY PROMISED. SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT. WE'RE AT A WE'RE AT A PRETTY GOOD SPOT NOW. YEAH, WE'RE THINKING IN THE FALL, YOU, WE'RE WE'RE ON THE HOME STRETCH. YEAH. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE IT STOOD AND. YEAH.

PERFECT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANY CONCERNS OKAY. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THIS ONE AS WELL OKAY. UPCOMING CALENDAR. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT BLOOMS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AND THE ROTARY GROUNDBREAKING. SO REALLY WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS OUR NEXT PARKS BOARD MEETING WILL BE JUNE 12TH. WE CAN TALK.

AND DANIEL, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A MONTH OFF IF POSSIBLE, AND MAYBE JULY WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR THE SUMMER. BE THE WEEK AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND HOLIDAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT. IF NOT, WE CAN PLUG AWAY. WE'LL BE HERE. SO BUT I THINK TYPICALLY WE'VE WE'VE USUALLY TAKEN A SUMMER MONTH OFF. SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT UP TO YOU IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN. I'M GOOD WITH IT. OKAY. AND YEAH. YEAH OKAY. GREAT. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

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THE PITCH IS LAID BETWEEN TWO SOCCER FIELDS AND IT TAKES UP THAT MUCH ROOM. SO WITHOUT CHANGING ORDINANCES, WE'VE SAID $70 AN HOUR INSTEAD OF YOU'RE RENTING TWO SOCCER FIELDS, SO SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. TWO OUR SO YOU CAN RENT FOR UP TO TWO HOURS. WE HAVE SIGNS GOING UP OUT THERE IN THE NEXT. WE JUST PICKED THEM UP TODAY RIGHT. SO WE'LL HAVE SIGNS POSTED. WE HAVE A QR CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR RULES, REGULATIONS, OUR RESERVATION FORM. AND THEN IT ALSO HAS A SCHEDULE OF WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, WHAT TIMES ARE AVAILABLE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FOR THE DEMAND AT THIS POINT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR POTENTIALLY FOR FUTURE LOCATIONS AND EVEN A POTENTIAL PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO BUT AS WE GET BETTER INFORMATION, I WILL WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU. PERFECT. YEAH. I, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT KYLE ON THAT. I FEEL LIKE I'M ON THE STINK OF VOICE. RIGHT. HE HIT HIS BUTTON BEFORE I DID. BUT I MEAN WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT AND COSTING OF THE CRICKET FIELDS IN MY WORLD, WE MAKE SOMETHING AND WE SELL IT FOR SOMETHING. AND THEN AND THEN AFTER WE DO THAT, WE DO LIKE A POST PRODUCTION AUDIT TO, TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WAS THAT WAS THAT REALLY WHAT IT WAS. AND I'M NOT WANTING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL WORK AND I'M, I KNOW I'M SAYING THE SAME STICK OF THING THAT KYLE DID, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND WHAT PRACTICES YOU'RE SEEING ON THE FIELDS AND THE COSTING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF THAT POST PRODUCTION AUDIT OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH. THIS IS WHERE WE SING. WE MAY WANT TO GO WITH IT AND HAVE DIALOG ON USAGE COSTING, FINANCE CONTROLS, SSC I THINK IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. I'D BE HAPPY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A HOT TOPIC. OUR COUNCIL, IT'S A HOT TOPIC WITH COUNCIL RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE. ROCKS. WE GOTTA WE GOTTA FLIP AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. AND YEAH, WE CAN ONLY PUSH IT DOWN THE ROAD SO LONG. I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE PURPOSELY DOING THAT, BUT WE NEED TO GET SOME LOCATIONS FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO PLAY AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT. SO THAT'S MY OPINION. LET ME POTENTIALLY MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER BY ADDING SOMETHING TO THE REQUEST. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WOULD IT BE GOOD FOR US TO JUST KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT UNMET DEMAND FOR JUST SOME SPORTS IN GENERAL, BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THE NEXT GROUP THAT'S GOING TO BE IN HERE NEXT TIME WE MEET WILL BE PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW. AND SO I WITH WITH THE, THE MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW WRAPPED UP YOU KNOW IT IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A, YOU KNOW, GENERAL PROJECTION OF WHERE THE POPULATION IS GOING AND WHERE WE SEE SOME ACUTE NEED FOR AREAS IN GENERAL. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT IN. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT CRICKET DIDN'T SCORE HIGHER ON OUR OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, SO THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT. I'M SURE, FROM THE COUNCIL SIDE, STAFF SIDE, BECAUSE WE PUT THIS SURVEY OUT. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU

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EXACTLY. RIGHT. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THE OTHER ITEM I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ON AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, HOWEVER, YOU JUST KIND OF WITH WHAT THE MAYOR PRESENTED WITH WITH PARK SIGNAGE, NOT JUST RULES, I GUESS I WOULDN'T BE AWARE. OR IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND JUST SHOW US WHICH PARKS NEED BETTER SIGNAGE FOR THE RULES AND WHAT YOU PLAN ON THAT. BUT I DID NOTICE, JUST IN GENERAL PARKS HAVING JUST MONUMENT SIGNAGE AND NOMENCLATURE. SO THE PARK BEHIND STUBER, WE HAVE THE DISC GOLF. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A PUBLIC PARK, AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL I SAW IT ON THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CONSIDER THAT ONE KIND OF BORDERLINE UNDEVELOPED, BUT SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE A PARK SIGN, YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR PARKS NEED JUST SIGNAGE? NOT REALLY WORRIED. I THINK YOU ALL.

WE ALSO OWN LAND ON FIRST STREET. THAT'S THE UNDEVELOPED PORTION THERE. ONCE THAT'S DEVELOPED, THAT'S GREAT. I'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN IF IT'S UNDEVELOPED, PUTTING A SIGN OUT THERE UNTIL PEOPLE CAN USE IT. BUT HOW MANY DEVELOPED PARKS? AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PARK RULES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT AS ALSO, THAT'S AN EASY REQUEST. WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. YES. I THINK DISC GOLF IS OFFICIAL, NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION.

SO YEAH. SO THAT THAT ONE PARK, YOU'RE RIGHT, HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A LITTLE BIT WITH THE EXPANSION OF LEGACY. TALK ABOUT COULD WE ALSO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT ORDINANCES BECAUSE HE MENTIONED ABOUT E-BIKES. SO THIS KIND OF BRINGS UP A TIME WHEN SKATEBOARDS USED TO BE EVERYBODY WAS UP IN ARMS WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD RUIN THE PARK. IT WOULD RUIN DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I'D JUST BE CURIOUS WHAT OUR ORDINANCES ARE AROUND SKATEBOARDS, E-BIKES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SURE. AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. I KNOW POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT. MORE FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, BUT THE CHIEF AND I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT WE NEED TO KEEP GOING AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON PARKS. SO AT LEAST I MAY WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE NOW. OKAY. WE MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR OR WHAT WHAT THE END GOAL WILL BE, BUT WE CAN KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THE TENDER MILL HAS SIGNAGE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SIGNAGE SAYS AS FAR AS ORDINANCE. WELL, I'M SORRY, WHICH WHICH TENDER MILL. I KNOW THAT IT HAS A SIGN OUT THERE FOR PARK USAGE AND WE RECENTLY DID A RE SIGNING OF MAJORITY OF OUR PARKS BECAUSE THE LOGO OR THE COLORS OF THE TOWN, ALL THE MARKETING STUFF. SO WE'RE WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A SIGN THAT'S GOT EVERY AND OR IT'S GOING TO BE THIS, THIS BIG, TYPICALLY WITH A LOT OF PARK SYSTEMS DO IS THEY KIND OF PICK THE HIGH THE MAYBE THE MOST APPLICABLE AND WHAT YOU REALLY NEED, YOU IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED TO ENFORCE IT. THAT'S JUST YOU CAN OPEN UP A PARK IF YOU HAVE NOTHING OUT THERE SAYING THESE ARE THE RULES THEY CAN'T ENFORCE, THE POLICE CAN'T ENFORCE IT. WE HAVE RULES IN OUR PARKS. WE'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT LIES. LAST, WE PROBABLY TALKED TO TERRY, ONE OF THE CITIES JUST TO THE EAST OF US A LITTLE WAYS HAS A QR CODE. THEY'VE KIND OF GOT THEIR BIG ITEMS. AND SO TERRY GAVE US THE OKAY, SO WE'VE CONSIDERED MAYBE TAKING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND PUT A QR CODE FOR ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES OR FOR SOMETHING ELSE, AS LONG AS THAT

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SO THAT'S AND THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE BECAUSE IF YOU PUT A FOUR BY EIGHT SIGN OUT THERE, IT'S EITHER GOING TO GET TAGGED, IT'S GOING TO GET KNOCKED OVER THE NEXT BIG WINDSTORM. BUT WE WILL DO WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN DO. YOU CAN ALSO I'VE DONE IT MY PRIOR WHERE I WAS BEFORE THIS.

WHEN THIS IS THIS IS DATING MYSELF A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS WHEN THIS STATE LAW. SMOKING.

THEY SAID YOU CAN'T SMOKE IN A PARK ANYMORE. SO WE DIDN'T CHANGE ALL OUR SIGNS, BUT WE GOT A NO SMOKING SIGN. AND WE, WE BASICALLY JUST STARTED CREATING A BILLBOARD AND JUST STARTED ADDING THOSE BIGGER TOPICS. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO DO, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH E-BIKES. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING FAIRLY PROMINENT AND NOT JUST ON A LIST, BUT IT MIGHT BE ITS OWN STANDALONE WITH A GRAPHIC AND ALL THOSE, THOSE THINGS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL TO GET YOUR HOPEFULLY YOUR SUPPORT ON IT. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT UP TO THE LADDER AND AT LEAST CAN GO IN AND SAY, PARKS BOARD LIKES THIS IDEA. SO. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THAT'S HOW YOU TAKING GOOD NOTES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I LAST ON OUR LIST IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING I MAKE. CAN I GET A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. KYLE HAS A FIRST AND LAST. KIM SHAMSI IS A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE WITH A VISUAL. ALL RIGHT. PASSES 5 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PASSPORT. SEE?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.