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          WANT TO DO IT BEFORE WE DO? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS EVENING FOR ROLL. WE HAVE TO MY LEFT CARRIE CASTRO, KIM SHAMSIE, VALERIE LITTLE, MYSELF DANIEL KNOX, BOB, JOHN AND KYLE SKIP THE LAST NAMES. AND FOR STAFF WE HAVE DAN BAKER, KURT BALLOTS, MATT FUR ANGELA LEWIS. NO, ANGELA'S NOT IN HERE. OH, TREVOR. HILTON, CAITLIN STONE, TALIA. STEVENSON. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. I THINK 
          [2. Consider and act upon the minutes of the June 12, 2025 Parks and Recreation Board meeting.]
WE'RE GOING TO ACT UPON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 12TH, 2025, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THOSE? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I GOT A MOTION FROM BOB. DO I GET A SECOND? I GET A SECOND FROM KERRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE WITH A PHYSICAL AND I. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES. OUR NEXT 
          [3. Comments from the public.]
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR OF BRISTOL TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU GUYS GET, BUT I FIGURED I'D COME AND VISIT. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST ONE. OKAY, WELL, I'LL START WITH SAYING THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. WE'RE DOING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INTERVIEWS NEXT DOOR RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THESE THINGS AND THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IT ACTUALLY TAKES. SO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE TIME TO DO THAT. THE BOND PACKAGE WAS SENT OUT YESTERDAY. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR PARKS AND PUBLIC MONEY. $24,000,024 MILLION. SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE LOTS MORE WORK TO DO. BUT THE MAIN REASON I'M COMING HERE IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE JOHN, FORMER CHAIRMAN, AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE LEAVING US. I'M I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT I'M SURE THAT IT WILL BE GREAT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND MYSELF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT ALL I CAME TO SAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THERE WILL BE A PROPER PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I THINK THERE'S A FORMAL ONE THERE, BUT WE'LL ALSO INVITE YOU BACK IN A FORMAL TOWN COUNCIL. OH WELL THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. I THINK 
          [4. Consider and act upon a recommendation to install a restroom facility at Prairie Park.]
THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RECOMMENDATION TO INSTALL A RESTROOM FACILITY AT THE PRAIRIE PARK. GOOD EVENING, PARKS BOARD, AND THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS. SOMETIME IN THE PAST YEAR, WE GOT A COMPLAINT FROM A HOMEOWNER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH PRAIRIE PARK A LITTLE BIT. JUST ON THE WEST SIDE, RECTANGULAR PARK SURROUNDED BY HOMES. THERE'S A COMMUNITY POOL FAIRLY IN THE I'LL SHOW YOU. HERE WE GO. THAT MIDDLE, THAT MIDDLE PICTURE. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LAYOUT OF THE PARK, OUR PLAYGROUND AND BASKETBALL COURT ARE ON THE KIND OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PICTURE, THE EAST SIDE. AND IT'S JUST AN OPEN PLAY PARK. IT'S A VERY NICE PARK. IT GETS UTILIZED FAIRLY HEAVILY, BUT JUST ESPECIALLY YOUNG KIDS PRACTICES. I THINK IT'S JUST AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE PROBABLY MORE KIDS THAT WANT TO PLAY THAN WE HAVE ROOM. SO THESE TEAMS ARE PRETTY SAVVY ABOUT FINDING PLACES THEY CAN GO SET UP SOCCER CONES OR DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. SO GO BACK. SO WE HAD A COMPLAINT FROM A HOMEOWNER WHO WITNESSED A YOUNG BOY URINATING BEHIND ONE OF THEIR BUSHES. IT WAS CAUGHT ON THE RING CAMERA THAT THEY HAD. SO WE RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT, BASICALLY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO. SO ANYWAYS, SO THE IDEA WAS, DO WE PUT IN SOME TYPE OF RESTROOM FACILITY, WHETHER IT BE A JUST A SCREENED PORTA POTTY? BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST A YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE NEXT PICTURE. OR DO YOU GO ALL THE WAY AND DO A STANDALONE RESTROOM, OR DO WE DECIDE THAT PARK REALLY DOESN'T WARRANT HAVING A FULL TIME RESTROOM? SO GOING THROUGH HERE, OUR CURRENT PLAN, WHAT WE HAVE, OUR STANDARDS DON'T REALLY DICTATE AT WHAT LEVEL OF PARK SIZE USE THAT WE WOULD WHERE WE WOULD INSTALL RESTROOM. THE KURT AND I ARE GOING TO START WORKING ON THAT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE RESTROOMS ONLY AT TWO OPEN PARKS, AND THEN WITH RAYMOND COMING ON THE THIRD. SO FRONTIER OBVIOUSLY USED ALL DAY LONG WITH ATHLETICS AND OUR EVENTS AND ALL 
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THOSE THINGS THAT WARRANTS A RESTROOM. LAKEWOOD INITIALLY DIDN'T HAVE A RESTROOM IN IT, BUT PASO CAME FORWARD AND SAID, WE WANT TO PAY FOR THAT RESTROOM IN THAT PARK. IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US FOR OUR YOUTH LEAGUES, AND THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ATHLETIC, ATHLETIC FIELDS BEING USED AT THAT PARK. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK. IT'S ALMOST A COPY OF FRONTIER, SO SAME REASONS WHY WE DO THAT THERE. BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE PARKS THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR RESTROOMS. MOST MOST OF THE TIME. MOST OF THE TIME IN THE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, TYPICALLY THEY SERVE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY WALK OVER. YOU DON'T HAVE TYPICALLY BIG PARKING LOTS OR PARKING LOTS AT ALL. PEOPLE WALK OVER, THEY COME DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THE PARK. IF THEY NEED A FACILITY, THEY CAN RUN HOME OR OR THEY'RE THERE. JUST WHATEVER TIME FRAME WHERE THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T NEED THAT. SO WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, ONE THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STANDARD FOR, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU CAN BET WHEREVER WE PUT THAT RESTROOM, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY UPSET THE PERSON THAT LIVES RIGHT ACROSS LOOKING AT THEIR FRONT DOOR AT A WHETHER IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE, BRIGHT BLUE PORTA POTTY SURROUNDED BY A LITTLE WOODEN STRUCTURE OR OR IT'S A FULL FLEDGED RESTROOM BUILDING AGAIN, IS IT TRULY NEEDED FROM THE TOWN SIDE? IT'S EXPENSIVE, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT WRAPAROUND SHELTER WILL SHOW YOU HERE ON THE LEFT, $75,000. AND WE DON'T OWN THE PORTA POTTIES. SO THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT TO RENT THOSE PORTA POTTIES, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN THOSE, TOO. ON THE VERY RIGHT SIDE. THAT'S A SINGLE RESTROOM, BUT AN ACTUAL BUILDING THAT GETS PLUMBED WATER, RUN TO IT. SEWER, ELECTRICITY. THAT'S $250,000 TO BUY THAT AND INSTALL IT, GET EVERYTHING GOING THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT. SO IF WE DO IT HERE, ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO DO IT? AND THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER 8 OR 9 PARKS THAT HAVE SIMILAR OR SIMILAR SIZE SIMILAR USE. SO ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE SETTING A PRECEDENT. IS IT IS IT SOMETHING TRULY NEEDED. SO I WAS ASKED ACTUALLY YESTERDAY WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEY HAD BROUGHT THIS ONE UP INITIALLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND THEY SAID THEY JUST REALLY COULDN'T WRAP THEIR HANDS AROUND AND GO, IS THIS REALLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO? AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW. SO THEY WANTED ME TO BRING THIS TO YOU AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK. YOU WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A PURCHASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU'RE LIKE, HECK YEAH, WE NEED THAT RESTROOM AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING HALFWAY, WE WANT THE REAL DEAL ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THEN YOU NEED TO TELL ME THAT IF YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE STILL FEEL LIKE WE NEED A RESTROOM OR SOME KIND OF UNIT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO ROLL THE DICE ON WHAT PORTA POTTIES LOOK LIKE IN THE PARK. 
          THEN TELL ME THAT IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE NOT GETTING CALLS ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, BUT. 
          THIS IS REALLY 1 OR 2 CALLS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON IT. SO. SO WITH THAT, JUST KIND OF LEAVING THAT TO YOU ALL TO ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE COMMENTS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAINTENANCE GOING FORWARD ON. LIKE EITHER ONE OF THESE ARE AS FAR AS LIKE PORTA POTTIES, YOU WOULD NEED SOMEBODY TO COME AND CLEAN THEM. AND, AND THEN STAFF WOULD ALSO BE IN CHARGE OF HAVING TO PICK UP AFTER EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO TYPES OF FACILITIES, ALL THE MANPOWER. SO WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE GONE BOTH WAYS. WE'VE GONE IN-HOUSE. WE'VE GONE OUTSIDE CONTRACTS ON OUR OTHER RESTROOMS IN OUR SYSTEM. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER FOR YOU ON THE WHAT IT COST ROTATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME TAKE CARE OF IT FOR A YEAR, PLUS WHATEVER TIME STAFF NEEDS TO GET OVER. 
          AND THEN, YEAH, YOU MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT, BECAUSE THEN I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT HAS A PARK WOULD BE SAYING, HEY, THAT PARK GOT A BATHROOM, WHY DON'T WE HAVE ONE? RIGHT. SO YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, PERSONALLY. MAN, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN SAY THIS. YOU KNOW, LITTLE BOYS ARE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAYS WHETHER THERE'S A BATHROOM THERE OR NOT. THE, THE TEMPORARY SLASH OPTION A I COULD I COULD TELL YOU FROM WHAT WE DO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE POOL AREAS, THAT WOULD BE A COMPLETE MESS. THAT IS AN 
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OPPORTUNITY FOR VANDALISM AND A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT HAPPENED. SURE. I THINK NUMBER TWO, I MEAN, IN MY MIND, DAN, WE DO HAVE A PRECEDENCE. WE DON'T DO BATHROOMS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE PRECEDENCE. SO I YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT I WOULD REALLY SPEND A LOT OF MORE TIME EVEN INVESTIGATING ADDITIONAL COSTS OF CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I AGAIN, TO ME, WE DO HAVE A PRECEDENCE. IT'S VERY CLEAR. LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DONE. 
          AND I JUST I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTER OPTION REALLY WOULD PRESENT ITSELF WITH A LOT OF DOWNSIDE. AND I THINK THE OTHER OPTION IS JUST EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY. RIGHTLY SO, REQUESTING THE SAME THANK YOU COMMENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD ACTUALLY GIVE A RECOMMENDATION. MY HOUSE IS IF YOU DIDN'T CROP IT SO CLOSE. 
          IT'S. SO I WILL. BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR NOW, OVER FIVE YEARS, AND I THINK OUR HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 17, HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE YOU RECEIVED OF THAT HAPPENING? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ONLY A COUPLE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GETTING THEM DAILY OR THEY'RE POURING IN. BUT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE AND WE SAID WE WOULD AT LEAST. AND IF IT WAS MY BOYS, PLEASE SEND ME THE RING. SO AND WHETHER IT'S HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT MAY REQUEST A RESTROOM, I THINK YOU CAN POINT TO MAYBE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF INTENTIONAL FIELD USE VERSUS NEED FOR RESTROOM. AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE'S NOT AN INTENTIONAL FIELD DESIGNATION, SO TO SPEAK, ON THIS. SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME DEFINITELY GOT SOME GROUND TO STAND ON WITH THAT. WE ONLY HAD ONE IN FRISCO, DAN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND IT WAS VANDALIZED SO BAD WE HAD TO WALK IT. OKAY. IT'S JUST YOU CAN'T KEEP EYES ON IT ALL THE TIME. EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE ALL FRONT ENTRY AND, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY BECOME TARGETS. YES. AND THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE EVENINGS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRACTICE. WHEN I DROVE HERE JUST A MINUTE AGO, THERE'S TONS OF KIDS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DO THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT JUST WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRACTICE. BUT IT IS IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMENTS? I MEAN, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID. THE INTENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS TO SERVE THOSE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS, AND I WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING THAT PRECEDENT AS WELL. AND I AGREE, THERE IS A PRECEDENT. YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE RESTROOMS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, EVEN THOUGH THEY'D BE CONVENIENT. FROM A USER PERSPECTIVE, I UNDERSTAND THE MAINTENANCE SIDE AND THE VANDALISM SIDE. AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD SAY TO NOT YEAH, OKAY. AND THAT IS A RESTROOM. SO THE BOY THE KIDS JUMP THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND AT OUR POOL THAT'S A RESTAURANT. YES. SO THEY JUST GO THEY JUMP THAT. SO DURING THE SUMMER WHEN THE POOLS OPEN, THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM. BUT WHEN THE POOL CLOSES AND THEY LOCK THE GATE, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY GO DURING PRACTICE IS OPEN RIGHT NOW. I THINK IF YOU IF YOU ALL ASK THE HOA, THAT WOULD THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER WORKAROUND. 
          SURE IS. WHAT IF WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET HOA ACCESS OR IF WE NEED TO BUILD A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, JUST WELL, AND WE EVEN DISCUSSED THAT OPTION. WE WEREN'T PREPARED WITH THE COST. 
          BUT LET'S IF YOU ALL DECIDED, HEY, WE WANT TO RESCUE IN THERE, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND ON WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE ON THAT BUILDING WITH JUST DOORS OUTSIDE OF THE POOL AREA THAT WE COULD WE COULD MAINTAIN THAT WOULD STILL BE EXPENSIVE TO DO IT. BUT YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OPTION. BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT HEARING THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATION. PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP IT AS IS. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          YEAH. GREAT. DO YOU HAVE TO VOTE? OKAY, OKAY. WELL, ALL THOSE TO TAKE A VOTE FOR THOSE IN FAVOR OF NOT PUTTING A RESTROOM. IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO WORD THAT? NOT PUTTING A RESTROOM IN THE PRAIRIE VIEW PARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY? NO NAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. OH, NO. SORRY. OH. YOU'RE GOOD. OH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOT PUTTING A BATHROOM IN PRAIRIE VIEW PARK. HOW ABOUT THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND LET ME LET ME GET PRAIRIE PARK JUST SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. VALERIE HAS A MOTION. DO I GET A SECOND? BOB HAS A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WITH ONE AND I. CAN I TRAVEL? I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM. YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE. YOU'RE OKAY. IF YOU CAN'T, THEN IT'S SIX. OH, IF YOU CAN, IT'S. 
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YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NO, I THINK YOU'RE OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE RANCH 
          [5. Doe Branch Community Park Master Plan Update by Kimley-Horn]
COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN UPDATE BY KIMBERLY HORN. SO WE'VE GOT OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM KIMLEY HORN, AND I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN LAST, SO I GOT KENZIE AND LEE HERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU. ME GET TO IT HERE REALLY QUICKLY. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. OKAY. HERE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. NO, NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. SEE YOU. DON'T PUT ME IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE WE GO. OKAY. PERFECT. HOW CLOSE DO I NEED TO BE TO THIS THING? TO REALLY GOTCHA. DO I NEED TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO IT? OKAY. PERFECT. SORRY. CAN YOU TELL I'M NEW? ANYWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. AS DAN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE US. MY NAME IS KENZIE SEDAKA. THIS IS MY PARTNER, LEAH CAMPBELL. WE BOTH WORK AT KIMLEY-HORN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. I'M NOT CARRYING. I HEARD IT, OKAY? AND IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RANCH. 
          FUTURE COMMUNITY PARK. THERE WE GO. SO, FOR STARTERS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRACT OF LAND, THIS IS LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM PAYCHECK MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT IS A RELATIVELY LARGE PIECE OF LAND RIGHT NOW. IT'S MEASURING AT 162 ACRES. SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, WE HAVE THIS GRAPHIC HERE ON THE SCREEN JUST SHOWING YOU VIEWS FACING NORTH AND THEN FACING SOUTH, TWO OF THE MAIN ROADS THAT KIND OF TOUCH THIS PIECE OF AREA IS DENTON WAY AND THEN WEST FIRST STREET. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GREEN SPACE HERE, A LOT OF EXISTING TREES. AND PART OF THE NAME IS BASED ON THE DOE BRANCH CREEK AS ACTUALLY RUNNING THROUGH THE SITE. SO FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, WE DID A SITE VISIT BACK IN MID-MARCH. CURT WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HOST US, AND WE TREKKED THROUGH AND GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXISTING BIKE PATHS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS AREA HERE. SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU GUYS, AS WE WERE WALKING AROUND THE SITE THAT WE NOTICED WERE JUST THE DIFFERENT LAND TYPES THAT ARE PRESENT. SO BASICALLY THERE WAS FOUR DISTINCT KIND OF AREAS THAT WERE BEING FOUND ON THE SITE. SO ON THE NORTHERN SIDE YOU HAVE MORE OF THE PRAIRIE. THIS TYPICALLY WOULD BE USED FOR MORE AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. SO IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAT. AND THEN THIS ALSO IS WORTH NOTING. IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN WHICH MAKES IT PRIME REAL ESTATE IN TERMS OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE WHENEVER WE TAKE THE TIME TO START CHOOSING PROGRAMING, MOVING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH, THE LAND IS STILL RELATIVELY FLAT, BUT NOW WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE FLOODPLAIN. FROM THERE WE CROSS OVER WEST FIRST STREET, WHICH THEN TURNS INTO FISHTRAP ROAD. THAT'S WHERE ALL THOSE EXISTING BIKE TRAILS ARE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TERRAIN HERE, BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING TOO CRAZY. OBVIOUSLY IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE CREEK AREA. SOME OF THE OTHER KEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT AS WE WERE WALKING. THE SITE WAS JUST GETTING A CHANCE TO SEE THE EXISTING BIKE TRAIL NETWORKS SURROUNDING, SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING THE SITE, JUST DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF TRAIL NETWORK SET UP. SO THESE RED LINES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN ALL REPRESENT EXISTING TRAILS THAT WE WOULD HOPEFULLY TIE INTO WITH OUR PROPOSED DESIGN. HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF MORE SITE PHOTOS, GIVING SOME CONTEXT OF SOME OF THE EXISTING PONDS THAT ARE THERE ON SITE FOR WEST FIRST STREET. HERE, LET ME FLIP BACK REALLY QUICKLY. SO RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO DISTINCT NORTH AND SOUTH PARTS OF THE PARK. TECHNICALLY THEY ARE CONNECTED. WEST FIRST STREET GOES OVER THE TOP OF IT. SO THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THE SCREEN IS SHOWING HOW THAT CONNECTION WOULD WORK. WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SURE AND CLEAN IT UP, MAKE IT LOOK NICE, MAKE IT SAFE, MAKE IT WELCOMING. FOR USERS OF THE SITE. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO, AS I MENTIONED, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXISTING BIKE TRAILS. SO SEEING THE BRIDGES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND JUST CHECKING IN ON THE CONDITION OF THE TRAILS, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT FOR ME WAS COOL TO SEE AND GETTING A CHANCE TO LIKE NOTICE IT ON THE SITE WAS ALL THE DIFFERENT LITTLE WATERWAYS THAT ARE OUT HERE. SO IN THIS GRAPHIC, THIS 
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INFORMATION, THIS BLUE LINE THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH THE SCREEN IS RANCH CREEK. THIS WAS BASED ON GSI DATA THAT GIS DATA, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE CITY WEBSITE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHER DRAINAGE DITCHES AND OTHER ELEMENTS LIKE THAT THAT CONNECT INTO THE CREEK. SO GETTING TO WALK THE SITE DEFINITELY OPENED OUR EYES A LITTLE BIT TO THOSE EXISTING WATERWAYS AND HOW THEY WERE OPERATING ON SITE. SO OVERALL, JUST ONCE AGAIN TAKING INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS OUT THERE. SO IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, THERE ARE DEFINITELY A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WANTED TO HIT OFF ON. EARLIER, I MENTIONED THIS PRIME REAL ESTATE UP ON THE NORTH END. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WILL WANT TO CONSIDER FOR A PRIME PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EXISTING UTILITY LINE RUNNING THROUGH THERE. IT IS OVERHEAD POWER LINES, SO THERE WILL NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING AND COORDINATION INVOLVED FOR WHATEVER PROGRAMING THAT GETS INSTALLED THERE. JUST NOTING A COUPLE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IDEAL FOR MORE OF FLAT USES. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC, WE MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR LIKE SPORTS FIELDS, JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF SPORTS FIELDS NEEDING MORE OF A FLAT SURFACE. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT UTILITY YARDS. I WOULD SAY THEY'RE KIND OF SMALLER AREAS, BUT THEY ARE FENCED IN WHERE THESE RED SQUARES ARE, SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF COORDINATION THERE. BUT OVERALL THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS. ONE OF THE OTHER BITS THAT WE HAD TALKED TO CURT ABOUT WAS CIRCULATION OF THE SITE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEOPLE WERE GOING TO ENTER THIS PARK. 
          ONE OF THE PRIME AREAS THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM PATCHOGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE'S ACTUALLY A DRIVE, SO WE IMAGINE THAT REALISTICALLY, TO GET INTO THE PARK, THERE WILL BE A MATCHING DRIVEWAY JUST ACROSS THE STREET TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE CIRCULATION WOULD WORK. BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THERE IS AN EXISTING VEHICULAR LIKE AREA TO ENTER. SO FOR THOSE USERS THAT ARE USING THESE BIKE TRAILS, MOST OF THEM WILL PROBABLY PULL OFF OF WEST FIRST STREET. THE BIG THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT IT IS KIND OF A SHARP CORNER. SO VISIBILITY WISE IT'S NOT THE SAFEST. SO FOR PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR. 
          OKAY. SO BASED ON ALL THIS INFORMATION AFTER WALKING THE SITE GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK WITH CURT AND DAN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WANTS BY THE TOWN OF PROSPER, WE CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAMMATIC PLAN. SO THIS IS TAKING ALL THAT INFORMATION AND SYNTHESIZING IT, AND REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THE MOST SENSE IN THESE AREAS, AND ALSO IS GOING TO BE EASIER TO CONSTRUCT AND GET YOU THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. SO HERE IS JUST A QUICK BREAKOUT OF EVERYTHING. RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEGEND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAM TYPES. SO IN THE DARK BLUE WE HAVE MORE OF THE ATHLETIC RECREATIONAL AREAS. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GREEN AREAS FOR OPEN SPACE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE AREAS EARMARKED FOR PARKING. DEFINITELY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF USER RATIO TO THE ACTIVITY THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THAT AREA. FOR ME, ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE CIRCULATION. SO WE MENTIONED EARLIER HOW THERE ARE ALL THESE EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEMS AROUND THE SITE. ONE OF THE ADDED BENEFITS OF CREATING THIS CIRCULATION IS THAT IT WOULD. THIS PARK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UNITE ALL THESE COMMUNITIES AND REALLY INTEGRATE IT INTO ONE NICE, COHESIVE SPACE. SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANY ANY BIG PIECES. BUT OVERALL, DEFINITELY JUST TRYING TO BE SMART WITH HOW THE RESOURCES ARE BEING MANAGED FOR THIS AREA. SO THERE WAS THE OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU GUYS ADOPTED BACK IN FEBRUARY. BASED ON THAT INPUT. BASICALLY, BETWEEN THE SURVEYS AND THE MATRIX THAT WAS CREATED THAT BASICALLY TOOK ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PARKS WITHIN THE TOWN OF PROSPER, AND ALSO TAKING NOTE OF ALL OF THE ELEMENTS LISTED, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY GAPS WITHIN PROGRAMING. SO THIS LIST THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THAT INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK. SO WORKING WITH DAN AND KURT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THIS LIST OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE FEATURED WITHIN THIS NEW UPCOMING PARK. SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT SPORTS FIELDS IDEAS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FLEXIBLE OPEN SPACES, POTENTIALLY A COUPLE OF PAVILIONS JUST BECAUSE TEXAS 
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SUMMERS GET REALLY, REALLY HOT. SO MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE COMFORTABLE ASPECTS THAT THEY CAN ENJOY WHILE AT THE PARK, THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY RESTROOMS, ALSO TRAILS AND NATURE PLAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO OUR FIRST CONCEPT. SO THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, MORE OF A CONCEPT. SO IT'S DEFINITELY BASED ON THE INFORMATION. WE'VE PROOFED THIS OUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. SO A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN ARE RELATIVELY SCALED TO SIZE. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME RESEARCH DONE THERE. BUT WE HAVE THREE CONCEPTS TO PRESENT. SO ALL OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR. SO I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF CONCEPT ONE. AND THEN I CAN PAN THROUGH CONCEPT TWO AND THREE. 
          AND WE CAN GO THROUGH KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. SO GOING THROUGH THIS ONE WE HAVE IN THAT PRIME AREA OF REAL ESTATE, WE'VE PLACED THE DIAMOND BALL FIELDS. SO FOR THESE ONES VERY MUCH WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE RAISED OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WEREN'T BEING INUNDATED WITH WATER NECESSARILY. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ALSO HAVE AN AREA EARMARKED FOR TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL. THIS IS THE MAIN AREA THAT YOU WOULD ENTER INTO THE SITE WITH SOME PARKING. AND IT WRAPS DOWN GOING SOUTH. THESE ARE A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT YOUTH AND ADULT SIZED FIELDS. I WOULD SAY COMBINATION OF SOCCER, POTENTIALLY EVEN FOOTBALL. WE HAVE A MULTI-USE FIELD DOWN HERE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AMORPHIC IN SHAPE, BUT DEFINITELY IS MORE OF A FLEX SPACE. MOVING FURTHER SOUTH. THE BIG THING THAT CONCEPT ONE HAS TO OFFER IS A PUMP TRACK, AND THEN IT ALSO IS PROPOSING AN E-BIKE LOOP OR TRAIL LOOP. SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING. DEFINITELY TALKING ABOUT ENHANCING THE EXISTING TRAILHEAD A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT WAY IT IS A MORE ESTABLISHED GATEWAY AND IT CAN HANDLE A LOT MORE USERS. WE ALSO HAVE PROPOSED THE NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASS AREA AND POTENTIALLY EVEN A WILD WILDLIFE OUTLOOK OBSERVATION SORT OF AREA. DEFINITELY. THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS THOUGH, WE HAVE A GOOD NETWORK OF TRAILS THAT ARE CONNECTING AND GIVING USERS THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE SITE AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO. THE OTHER THINGS HERE ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND, MORE OF NATURE, PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE IMAGINATIVE PLAY, POTENTIALLY A SYNTHETIC TURF AREA. AND I DIDN'T MENTION IT EARLIER, BUT ONE OF THE BIG SINCE THIS IS THE BIG HUB FOR HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVITY, PROPOSING MORE OF A RESTROOM, BUILDING A PLAYGROUND, AND A FLEX SPACE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE UTILIZED FOR THINGS LIKE CONCESSIONS, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE THAT FOR THE BALL FIELDS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OVER TO CONCEPT TWO. THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. LIKE I SAID, THESE LOOK VERY SIMILAR. AND SO JUST TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A FEW THINGS ON THE NORTH END UP HERE WHERE MY CURSOR IS, THERE'S SLIGHTLY REDUCED PARKING, BUT ONE OF THE BALL FIELDS HAS GROWN IN SIZE A LITTLE BIT, WHICH GIVES SOME A LARGER RANGE OF USERS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SITE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE REMOVED THE PUMP TRACK IN THIS OTHER PORTION, AND INSTEAD OF THIS BEING AN E-BIKE LOOP TRAIL, THIS WOULD JUST BE A STANDARD TRAIL WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIC OF A SHAPE. AND THEN EARLIER, TO SERVE BOTH OF THOSE AMENITIES, WE HAD A PAVILION. KNOWING THAT THESE ARE BEING REDUCED IN THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT, THAT PAVILION WOULD GO AWAY. SO OVERALL, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE PRIME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1 AND 2. AND THEN WITH THAT, I WILL KICK IT OVER TO OPTION THREE. SO AN OPTION THREE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE VISUALLY DISTINCT. THE PARKING DOES HAPPEN TO GROW MORE. IN THIS ONE WE SWAP THE BALL FIELD OUT FOR ADDITIONAL TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ARE FEATURING SOME SAND VOLLEYBALL PITS. THESE FIELDS ALL STAY THE SAME, AND THEN INSTEAD OF HAVING THE MORE ORGANIC TRAIL SYSTEM RUNNING THROUGHOUT HERE, IT'S A MORE REFINED SHAPE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD PROPOSE ADDITIONAL LIKE FITNESS, OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT AREAS SO THAT THIS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT USED MORE FOR LIKE REGIMENTED EXERCISE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MOST OF OUR PRESENTATION. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WE'VE HAD AN ONGOING SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE TOWN OF PROSPER 
          [00:30:03]
RESIDENTS. BASED ON THE UPDATE THAT I'D GOTTEN FROM KURT RECENTLY, YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO HEAR. WE GOT A QUICK LITTLE SNEAK PEEK OF IT, AND JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE RESULTS. A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE ARE BASING THIS OFF ON IS HOLDING TRUE THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY IN TERMS OF STUFF THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE. SO MAKING SURE THAT I THINK ONE OF THE HIGHEST REQUESTED THINGS WAS SIDEWALKS OF JUST HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO OUTSIDE, WALK AROUND, GET SOME FRESH AIR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE ALSO KIND OF SURPRISED, BUT ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT NATURAL ELEMENTS BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH NATURE A LITTLE BIT MORE WAS ONE OF THE PREFERENCES. SO THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY ACTUALLY CLOSES TOMORROW. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE TOWN OF PROSPER TO GO AHEAD AND LIKE COMPILE ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND WITH THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START REVISING. BUT VERY MUCH WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR US AND IF WE CAN HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS, BOB. YEAH I JUST AND AGAIN IT IT MAY BE THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND IT SERVES A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I THINK WILL UTILIZE IT. MY CONCERN IS AND I THINK YOU VOICED IT. FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT THE ONE THAT HAS TO ANSWER IT OR OR, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHAT THE ANSWER IS. BUT THE INGRESS, EGRESS AND THE PARKING. YES, I, I'M THINKING THAT THE PROPERTY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF IT IS FLOOD PLAIN PROPERLY PROPERTY, OR IS IT PROPERTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT? IS THAT GREEN SPACE TO THE DEVELOPMENT. GOTCHA. SO HERE AND I CAN FLIP BACK TO THE MORE SIMPLIFIED VERSION. THIS PINK AREA RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAMARIA. YEAH. IS THAT. YES. ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THAT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT'S BORDERING THIS SITE. HOWEVER IT IS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO FOR MOST OF THEM THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT INTO SAY HOME. HOME LOTS. OKAY. 
          SO THE PARK WILL OBVIOUSLY LOOK EVEN LARGER THAN IT REALLY IS. YES. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT PARKING? AGAIN? I KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE STILL CAN USE OUR PARKS. YEAH. AND I'M NOT SO SURE I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH JUST LIKE THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE. SO MY COMMENT IS I DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF MINE. YEAH, YEAH. STEP IN. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THIS IS WE'RE STILL VERY CONCEPTUAL WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY STUDY HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WOULD BE NECESSARY IF WE HAD TO. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING SITE RIGHT. 162 ACRES. BUT AS IT LIES RIGHT NOW ONLY ABOUT 15 OF IT IS HIGH AND DRY. AND IT'S REALLY THAT NORTHERN RECTANGLE WITH THE HAMMERHEAD THERE. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SO IF THAT MEANS IF WE, IF WE CAN ONLY FIT THREE BASEBALL FIELDS IN BECAUSE WE NEED MORE PARKING, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND JUST MAKE SOME DECISIONS. YEAH. BUT REALLY THIS IS MORE JUST FOR NOW JUST TO SHOW YOU KIND OF A LAYOUT HOW THE PARK WOULD WE ARE PROPOSING IT WOULD FUNCTION AND TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. BUT THAT'S VERY VALID. SO YEAH, WE MAY HAVE TO TURN SOME OF THAT REAL ESTATE INTO PARKING LOT IF NEED BE. THERE MAY ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT'S A DISD TO THE WEST. WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITIES WHERE WE COULD PARTNER AND POSSIBLY USE THEIR PARKING IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE NOT, IF IT'S TYPICALLY A PARK, PROBABLY ISN'T BEING USED AS MUCH DURING WHEN THEY'RE PARKING. SCHOOL IS BEING USED, SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE WE COULD LOOK AT THAT. THAT PINKISH PROPERTY TO THE EAST. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STILL FLOODPLAIN. 
          THAT DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY HAD TALKS WITH THE TOWN ABOUT WANTING TO SELL THE PROPERTY OR TRADE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO FAR IT HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING WE'VE REALLY BEEN INTERESTED IN. IT'D BE A NICE ADD TO THE PARK, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST MORE ENTRY, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT HAS A TON OF VALUE OTHER THAN THE ESTHETIC VALUE. SO AS AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU LIVE HERE. YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS. SO BEFORE WE START DROPPING SEVEN FIGURES ON FLOODPLAIN, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS WE NEED TO GET CRANKING ON AND BUILDING. SO, BUT DULY NOTED. BOB, APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. YEAH, NO NO WORRY. I MEAN I THINK I LOVE IT. I LOVE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AS WELL. I JUST AS YOU WORK AND MORPH AND LOOK AT THE SPACE, I THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO THINGS THAT, THAT I WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS PARKING AND INGRESS EGRESS. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. GREAT PRESENTATION 
          [00:35:10]
AND MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE. I KNOW THAT'S NOT OUR JOB TONIGHT, BUT ALL THREE ARE FANTASTIC OPTIONS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM KURT AND MATT. THIS IS A REALLY CREATIVE USE OF SOME GREAT PROPERTY HERE. AND KURT, I THINK I ALREADY KNOW YOUR ANSWER, BUT AS YOU WALK THIS AREA AND THINK THROUGH THE DYNAMICS OF THE WATERWAYS THERE AND EVERYTHING, I JUST WANT TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN AND THINK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AS WE AS WE CHOOSE AT WHATEVER PLAN IS CHOSEN? CONSERVATION AND EROSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE AND YOU GUYS HAD TO DO SOME WORK ON THE RETAINING WALL NEAR THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CONSTRUCTION AND A LOT OF IT DOWN HERE IS. STRAIGHT DOWN THE BARREL. CUT DOWN ON THOSE. AND. 
          AND EVEN POSSIBLY REESTABLISH THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE HABITAT FOR WHATEVER CRITTERS WE WANT TO KEEP AROUND BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, A LOT OF BENEFICIAL STUFF. SO WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE DESIGNS. MATT, AS WE CONSIDER THESE A THING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT LOGISTICS WISE, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS. ME AND KURT HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY ON I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER GONE, WHETHER IT'S FLOODING. IT'S QUITE AMAZING TO WATCH. SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK THE THEY WILL COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN. I'VE SUGGESTED LOTS OF CONCRETE PILLARS AND PYLONS AND STUFF THAT CAN'T FLOAT AWAY, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE RESTROOMS. IF IT'S CONCRETE, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO FLOOD. IT'S EASY TO CLEAN. WE'LL FIGURE ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF OUT. LIKE THE VOLLEYBALL COURT. I DON'T SEE THAT. THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THIS AREA. IT'D BE JUST WASHED AWAY. I'VE PUT IN SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES TO TRY TO BLOCK PEOPLE FROM GOING DOWN THERE. ADDED ALL THE ROCK AND THE PARKING. IF YOU GO DOWN THERE NOW, IT'S ALREADY GONE. SO IT'S IN LAKE LEWISVILLE RIGHT NOW SOMEWHERE. SO IT'S VERY STRONG CURRENT GOING DOWN THROUGH THERE. LOTS OF DEER, LOTS OF HOGS, LOTS OF, YOU KNOW. BIRDS. IT'S REALLY COOL AREA. I LOVE IT AS NATURAL AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET IT. THOSE TRAILS I THINK THERE'S THREE ONE MILE LOOP TRAILS THROUGH THERE AND SOME OF THE COOLEST PLACES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE TOWN. I REALLY LOVE THIS AREA, SO WE TRY TO GO DOWN THERE ABOUT TWICE A YEAR IF WE CAN, AND TRY TO MOW A BUNCH OF THE OPEN AREAS AND MAKE OUR OWN TRAILS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, AND THEN WE'LL GO IN THERE AND KEEP THE WALKING TRAILS, IT'S CLEARED OFF AS WE CAN, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GO DOWN THERE, YOU WATCH THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THAT'S WHAT THEY LOVE IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. AND IT LOOKS AS DANGEROUS AS ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. BUT THEY LOVE IT DOWN THERE LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M LIKE THESE TWO. I LIKE IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE AND PUT AS MUCH ON THE NORTH END AS WE CAN. AND AS LONG AS WE CAN MAINTAIN WHATEVER BUILDING THEY PUT IN THE FLOOD, I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY. MATT REMINDED ME THE MORNING THAT I WAS OUT THERE WALKING IN WITH KENNEDY AND LEE. WE SAW TWO DEER AND TWO COYOTES. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA. YEAH, I LIKE IT. I MEAN, AGAIN, I'VE TRYING TO THINK ARBOR HILLS, I THINK IS THE PARK IN PLANO. THAT KIND OF IT GIVES ME THAT FEEL, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD GET OUT AND UTILIZE IT, KEEPING THAT SOUTHERN HALF AS NATURAL AS YOU CAN. BUT I KNOW ARBOR HILLS HISTORICALLY, YEARS AGO WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT IS WORTH NOTING I DID DO A QUICK TAKE OFF TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK SOME OF OUR NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. THE CONCEPTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT THREE MILES OF TRAIL NETWORK. THAT WOULD BE ADDING COOL. CAN I CAN I ASK ON THE FIELD SIZES? THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT ON THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS. YOU HAD TWO DIFFERENT FIELD SIZES. WHAT FIELD SIZES ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT? IS HAVE THERE BEEN LIKE DIMENSIONS LIKE PUT LIKE WE'RE DOING 200, 250 FOOT FENCES OR THAT'S JUST NOT 
          [00:40:05]
OUT THERE YET. AGAIN, WE'RE STILL VERY CONCEPTUAL. WHAT WE WOULD MOST LIKELY DO BEFORE WE EVER BROKE GROUND, WE WOULD MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT SPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND GO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED RIGHT NOW? OR, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH RAYMOND, WE DID ALL, EVERYTHING OR EVERYTHING BEING PUT IN RAYMOND OR 300 FOOT FENCES, RIGHT? THEY'RE VERY LARGE. THAT IS THAT IS WHY I'M WOULD BE LEANING MORE TOWARDS SOME SMALLER FIELDS. WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE MORE USE OF THOSE. THE REASON WE, THE 300, THE PBSA LIKE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE FLEXIBILITY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE THE SHORTER BASE POSTS IN THERE AS WELL. THEY'LL MOST LIKELY BRING IN SOME TEMP FENCING, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE WE COULD DO SOME ADULT SOFTBALL LATER, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOT A LITTLE MORE SOME ARTIFICIAL TURF. WE WOULD LOOK AT THE SAME THING. WE WOULD STUDY THIS BEFORE WE EVER BROKE GROUND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FROM A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT, I, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE HEARD AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN IS FANTASTIC. THE ONE ELEMENT THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS ONLY SHOWED UP IN, IN THE ONE CONCEPT. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM ON THE NORTH END. WHEN YOU RUN THROUGH THE PARKS ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT PUT UP THEIR OWN NETS, AND SO IT DOES SEEM TO BE A NEED IN THIS AREA. AND ARTESIA SPECIFICALLY, AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THEY DO. SO I THINK FIGURING OUT HOW WE COULD INCLUDE THE VOLLEYBALL ON THE NORTH SIDE WOULD BE FANTASTIC. TO BOB'S POINT, ON THE PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL IF YOU CAN'T FIT THE PARKING BECAUSE OF THE ATHLETIC DEMAND, MOVING IT MORE TOWARDS THE PASSIVE USE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE EXCITING UP THERE. IS IT? HEY, IF WE CAN'T FIT THE FIELDS BECAUSE WE CAN'T PARK IT, LET'S JUST MAKE IT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. SO MY POINT WITH THAT IS, I DON'T THINK MAKE THE SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE. WE DON'T HAVE TO. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE OTHER PARK IN WINDSONG THAT WILL HAVE SPORTS FIELDS AS WELL HERE. NOT TOO LONG. ONE QUESTION. THE NUMBER 24. THE PLAYGROUND DOWN THERE. IT'S A VERY HIDDEN AREA WITH NO EYES ON IT. IT FLOODS TERRIBLY. SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS. ALL THREE CONCEPTS, IT SITS THERE. IT'S ALSO QUITE A WALK FROM THAT PARKING LOT TO GET AROUND THERE. WOULD YOU ALL CONSIDER MAYBE LOOKING AT WHERE THAT MIGHT GO OVER ON THE WEST SIDE, WHERE NUMBER SEVEN, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE E-BIKES, BUT IT SEEMS PRETTY FLAT. IT'S ADJACENT TO PARKING. SO PARENTS AND EVERYONE WITH KIDS MAYBE ONE OPTION INVESTIGATING THAT. THE OTHER COMMENT I HAD IS WE'RE WE HAVE ON OUR LEGEND ON ONE OF THESE AN E-BIKE LOOP. BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE YOU CAN'T BRING E-BIKES TO PROSPER SCHOOLS ANYMORE WITH THE KIDS. SO MAYBE IT'S JUST A BIKE LOOP. SO WE'RE NOT PROMOTING E-BIKE USE. AND WINDSONG AS YOU KNOW, THEY PUT ALL THEIR FENCES UP TO PREVENT THAT. A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY OVER THE LAST FOUR, SIX MONTHS, A LOT OF YEAH, IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH E-BIKES, I THINK AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT WAS ALMOST CREATING A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO, TO GO LIKE LIKE A SKATEBOARD PARK. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. PUMP TRACK TO. YEAH, TORN UP PUBLIC PLAZA, ALL THAT. WHEN YOU GIVE THEM A PARK TO GO TO, THOSE PLAZAS DON'T GET RIPPED UP ANYMORE. YEAH, THAT WAS PART OF THE IDEA ON THAT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT COULD BE A PUMP TRACK. IT COULD BE ANYTHING. I LIKE IT. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE. THEY'RE JUST RIGHT IN THE STREET NOW. SO I MEAN, GETTING THEM OFF THE STREET AND INTO A PARK WOULD BE A GREAT MOVE. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING TO MATT'S POINT, I THINK AS MUCH CONCRETE TRAILS WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IT IS A MASSIVE LOOP. AND I THINK IN YOUR TRAIL SYSTEM, IF THERE WAS AN INTERMEDIATE LOOP, SO PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DO ALL, HOWEVER MANY MILES AROUND JUST SO YOU COULD DO THEY HAVE IT IN? I'M BLANKING ON THE PARK IN PLANO. THAT'S WHERE THE PLANO RUNNING CLUB RUNS. BUT THEY HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOOP WITHIN A LOOP SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE BIG LOOP. WOULD BE NICE TO SEE ALSO, BUT JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE CONCEPT. BUT WELL DONE. IT LOOKS NICE AND EXCITING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK. WE'LL WE'LL TAKE IT BACK AND WE'LL CLEAN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT AND BRING YOU THE NEXT ITERATION AT SOME POINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK TIME OUT. WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE YOU MAY HAVE MET BEFORE STANDING BEHIND ME. I BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS. BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS. COME ON. COME ON. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPEAKING. I GUESS I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO YOU, JOHN, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE TOWN. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE BOARD, AND YOU'LL BE MISSED. THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY. THANK. AND YOU'LL BE MISSED, MISSY. YEAH. HE SAID HE MAY COME BACK. I'M THE RIGHT PRICE. I ALREADY STARTED 
          [00:45:08]
RECRUITING HIM FOR THE CAVALRY. AN OLD CLASSMATE. MAN TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN. IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC TO SEE YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW ARE YOU? HEY. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SORRY. OH. YOU'RE GOOD. WE APPRECIATE IT. YES. 
          [6. Receive staff updates: Recreation, Park Development, Park Operations, and Director.]
ALRIGHT, SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS STAFF UPDATES. AND FIRST WE HAVE RECREATION. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? IT'S YOU. IT'S SPECIAL. IT'S SPECIAL. IT'S VERY SPECIAL. OKAY. HI, EVERYBODY. 
          TALI AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I'M HERE, I HAVE THIS, LIKE, ALLERGY THROAT, SO BEAR WITH ME. SO LAST TIME AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS. I DIDN'T WANT TO. WE HAD FINISHED THE SURVEY PRIOR TO THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING THEM TO YOU WITHOUT REALLY, LIKE, DIVING IN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE PACKETS IN FRONT OF YOU TOO? IF Y'ALL WANT TO OPEN THEM AND GO ALONG WITH ME. I BELIEVE THIS WAS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO OVER THIS AT THE JOINT MEETING. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT BRIEF, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO HEAR IT FIRST. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IT SAYS 210 ANSWERED QUESTIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, IT WAS ABOUT 100 MORE. WELL, ONCE WE DOVE IN AND REALLY LOOKED AT IT AS PATTY KINSEY GOT IN THERE AND WAS LIKE, HALF OF THESE ADDRESSES AREN'T IN PROSPER. SO A LOT OF BOTS, A LOT OF AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE NAME OF THE GAME. SO WE WENT THROUGH AND JUST TOOK OUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR PROSPER ADDRESS. SO WE HAVE PROSPER RESIDENT DATA, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO JUST NOTE THAT. SO SPEED ROUND ARE Y'ALL READY. SO HOW MANY TOWN OF PROSPER EVENTS DID YOU ATTEND IN 2024? THE AVERAGE ANSWER WAS 1 TO 3, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON EVERY QUESTION THERE IS A QUESTION. AND THEN THE SECOND PAGE IS PERCENTAGES. SO WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOUR BRAIN YOU'LL HAVE BOTH. QUESTION NUMBER. THE FIRST QUESTION ALSO WAS LIKE WHERE DO YOU LIVE? JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, I DIDN'T PRINT THAT ONE OUT, BUT PLEASE RANK THE LIST BELOW FOR YOUR FAVORITE TOWN OF PROSPER EVENTS, WITH NUMBER ONE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT PROSPER CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL BY FAR. LET ME SEE IF I CAN. HERE WE GO. AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN CONCERT. OR THE TOP TWO. SO. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED LOCATION FOR PROSPER EVENTS? PRETTY MUCH 5050 FOR FRONTIER PARK IN DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN. DO YOU PREFER LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR SMALLER NICHE EVENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, BUT THIS WAS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WHEN WE ALL MET TOGETHER, SO IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. WHICH WAS, I MEAN, KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME, BUT I MEAN, EITHER WAY, I THINK, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ONLY A LITTLE PERCENTAGE OFF THERE. SO DO YOU PREFER ADULT OR CHILD CENTER ACTIVITIES? THIS ONE REALLY SURPRISED ME. MOST OF OUR EVENTS ARE VERY FAMILY CENTRIC, AND AS YOU SEE ON HERE, ADULT CENTERED ACTIVITIES WERE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. SO. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE EVENTS HOSTED BY THE TOWN OF PROSPER? QUARTERLY WAS THE BIGGEST ONE. THIS ALSO WAS INTERESTING. THE FALL WAS, I GUESS, WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE THE MOST EVENTS IN. SO THAT WAS ALSO AN INTERESTING COMPONENT THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED NEXT. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED WAY TO RECEIVE TOWN OF PROSPER INFORMATION? THE NEW NEWSLETTER, THEN FACEBOOK, AND THEN DO YOU PREFER I'LL LET YOU GO OVER THESE LAST TWO ON YOUR OWN, BUT I DID WANT TO DEFER TO THIS OTHER PACKET THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE WITH YOU. SO QUESTIONS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX WERE QUESTIONS THAT HAD TO BE ANSWERED SPECIFICALLY PER RESIDENT. SO THEY HAD TO WRITE A RESPONSE. IT WASN'T A GENERATED RESPONSE FOR THEM. SO NUMBER FOUR, WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT THE TOWN OF PROSPER EVENTS? THE BIGGEST ANSWER WAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND STRONG TOWN FEEL. SO NO SURPRISE THERE. COMMUNITY DRIVEN EVENTS IS WHAT WE DO, BUT CLEARLY WE ARE DOING THAT WELL AT LEAST. 
          QUESTION NUMBER FIVE WHAT WOULD YOU IMPROVE OR DO DIFFERENTLY FOR FUTURE TOWN OF PROSPER EVENTS? PARKING AND ACCESSIBILITY. SO OBVIOUSLY WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT 
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SOMETIMES WE ARE AT CAPACITY WITH WHAT WE HAVE. SO. ANOTHER THING OH, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND I'LL LET Y'ALL, LIKE I SAID, I'LL LET Y'ALL READ THROUGH THIS ON YOUR OWN. BUT THE EVENT SUGGESTIONS AND THEMES, THIS WAS KIND OF I THINK WE KICKED OFF THIS SURVEY RIGHT BEFORE WE DID OUR BLOOMS AND BUBBLY PROSPER ON TAP. SO I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE WINE CRAWLS MARGARITA FESTIVALS WERE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE ALREADY IN THE WORKS OF IMPLEMENTING. AND THEN THE LAST BULLET POINT, THE DESIRED DESIRED EVENT TYPES. I DID WANT TO REITERATE. I WAS SURPRISED BY THE ADULT ONLY EVENTS IN THE SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE GATHERINGS ALONGSIDE THE LARGE FESTIVALS. SO BECAUSE THAT'S JUST DIFFERENT THAN KIND OF WHAT THE PATH THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING ON. SO OVERALL GREAT. I THINK IT WAS GREAT FOR US. I APPRECIATED THE FEEDBACK. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD GUIDELINE MOVING FORWARD. I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT AFTER SEEING THESE SURVEY RESULTS, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS WELL, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY? AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO ME AND ASK, THAT'S FINE TOO. LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT WAS A SPEED ROUND, BUT YOU WILL POTENTIALLY HEAR IT AGAIN, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. WE WILL PROBABLY GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON THE ARCC MEETING BEFORE WE WANT TO TALK, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW FIRST AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOWN, BUT YOU WILL PROBABLY GET A LITTLE MORE. SO. SO THAT'LL BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT OKAY OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? OKAY. NEXT UP SPECIAL EVENT OUR CRAFT BEER KICKOFF. SO THE PREVIOUS EVENT WAS THE BOURBON. BUBBLY. AND I'M GOING TO MESS IT UP. BEER BOURBON AND BUBBLY. AND WE SOLD ROUGHLY 400 TICKETS TO THAT. AND IT WAS HOT. AND YOU HAD TONS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN IN THEIR COWBOY BOOTS, SO IT WAS WONDERFUL. WE'LL TALK. WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AGAIN IN THIS JOINT MEETING. BUT ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT I THINK THEY DID THREE TIMES WHAT THEY WOULD DO ON A NORMAL SATURDAY IN JULY. SO OUR INITIATIVE, OUR DRIVE, WHAT WE WANTED FOR DOWNTOWN, IT'S WORKING. SO ESPECIALLY WITH THESE EVENTS. SO NEXT ONE IS SEPTEMBER 6TH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND LET ME KNOW. I KNOW THE PERSON IN CHARGE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PROPOSED 2026 EVENTS CALENDAR. THIS IS VERY, VERY IN THE EARLY WORKS. AND I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO PRINT THIS OFF FOR YOU ALL, BUT I DID NOT I WE CAN SEND IT VIA EMAIL IF THAT'S OKAY. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. 
          SO DATES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME TIME REALM. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF SALINA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATES DO NOT CONFLICT. SO THAT'S ALWAYS A WIN. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. IT'S THE SAME EVENTS JUST NEXT YEAR ON DIFFERENT DATES. ONE OF THE BIG RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE PRIDE IN THE SKY EVENT ON JULY 3RD. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A THURSDAY. IS THAT WHAT WE SAW FRIDAY? OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO HAVE ON ON JULY 3RD. THAT'S THE ONLY I WOULD SAY BIG CHANGE. I AM LOOKING INTO PUSHING CELEBRATE PROSPER A LITTLE BIT LATER IN OCTOBER, JUST IN HOPES THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE AS HOT. SAME THING THE PISD DOES BATTLE OF BANDS ON COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, SO WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLICT WITH THAT. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH EITHER THE WEEKEND BEFORE THAT OR THE WEEKEND AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THE NEXT WEEKEND IS SALINA'S HALLOWEEN EVENT, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ON THE SAME WEEKEND. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, A LOOK AT THIS, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL EMAIL IT TO YOU. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T PRINT IT, BUT IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ON HERE RIGHT NOW, JUST IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CAN SEE IT, IF ANYTHING RED FLAGS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT YEAH, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED FOR NEXT YEAR. I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION, OKAY? THE SENSORY PHOTOS WITH SANTA. 
          SANTA. SANTA? YEAH. SANTA. YEAH, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE THOUGHT BECAUSE OF WHERE IT FELL WITH THANKSGIVING BREAK WITH PROSPER ISD, IT WAS PROBABLY JUST LOWER BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS GETTING BACK IN TOWN. DID YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT ONE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER? YEAH. SO WE ACTUALLY MET WITH PISD, THE RESOURCE CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE, THEY'RE FANTASTIC HUMAN BEINGS. YOU NEED TO GO MEET THEM. BUT WE BASICALLY THE REASON IT'S ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT ON A MONDAY. AND LIKE YOU SAID LAST YEAR, THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS TOO MUCH. WE JUST CAME OFF THANKSGIVING BREAK. THE RESOURCE CENTER ON TUESDAY NIGHTS DOES PROGRAMING. SO THEY RECOMMENDED WE MOVE IT TO A TUESDAY NIGHT. AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BRING THAT PROGRAMING TO THIS EVENT. SO AND WE'LL HAVE THEIR SUPPORT ON THAT AS WELL. 
          SO YES STILL A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING BREAK BUT WORK IN WORKING WITH THEM. WE FEEL 
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LIKE THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD FIT. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. SO THAT'S WHY. YEAH YEAH. SO IT'S A GREAT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TREVOR WITH RECREATION. 
          GOOD EVENING. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. WE ARE WRAPPED UP WITH OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING FOR THE SEASON. OUR LAST OFFICIAL WEEK WAS LAST WEEK. AND SO SOME PICTURES HERE FROM SOME NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD OFFERED. BOTTOM LEFT HAND IS THAT'S OUR CASH BINGO GROUP THAT WE IMPLEMENTED MONTHS AGO. THAT ONE'S BEEN AVERAGING ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 14 EVERY TIME THAT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY OR THE COMMUNITY ROOM HERE AT TOWN HALL. AND SO OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST, BRANDON KETTLER, HE'S BEEN KIND OF RUNNING THIS PROGRAM. SO THEY MEET EVERY MONDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON. AND SO NOW WITH THE SUMMER WRAPPING UP OR WRAPPED UP, WE'RE MOVING IT BACK TO THE 407 REC CENTER IN THE MIDDLE HERE IS OUR VEDIC MATH CLASS. THIS IS ACTUALLY PUT ON THROUGH OUR CHESS INSTRUCTOR. SO THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO THE TOWN THAT FITS IN WITH THE STEAM OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS OUR A YOUTH PICKLEBALL CAMP. THAT'S LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROGRAM PICKLEBALL OUTSIDE OF THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT. AND SO ENDED UP TOTAL BETWEEN ALL YOUTH, ADULT AND ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS, 1784 PARTICIPANTS. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO RAISE MILL CHURCH AND SAINT PAUL'S EPISCOPAL FOR PROVIDING FACILITY SPACE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS, AND IT JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE PROGRAMS AND KIND OF CHIP AWAY, MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAITLIST CAN GET TAKEN CARE OF AS MUCH AS WE CAN. TOTAL OF 35 PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER THIS SUMMER. AND JUST KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IN 2024, WE HAD 1631 PARTICIPANTS AND 30 TOTAL PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE JUST WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE, OBVIOUSLY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROGRAM AND COORDINATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          I MENTIONED WAITING LISTS IN 2024, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 59 PARTICIPANTS ON A WAIT LIST. AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD. WELL, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. AS FAR AS THE WAITLIST GOES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN OFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT WITH SOME OF THOSE, EVEN WHEN THESE PROGRAMS ARE MAXED OUT AT 18 TOTAL, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE ANOTHER 12 ON THE WAITLIST WHERE IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A NEW PROGRAM MAINLY DUE TO FACILITY SPACE OR WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR CAN OFFER. AND IT WAS AROUND I WHEN I SAY MAX CAPACITY. SO IT WAS AROUND 78%. AND WHEN I BRING THAT UP BASICALLY SAYING WHAT WERE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MAXIMUM SPOTS THAT WE HAVE PER PROGRAM AND HOW CLOSE DO WE GET TO THAT? AND SO THAT WAS AT 78% IN 2024. IN 2025, 72 ON THE WAITLIST. AND THE CAPACITY THERE WAS 70%. SO MORE WAITLIST AND PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME MAX CAPACITY THERE. SO STAFF STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. 
          RECREATION COORDINATOR CECILY FANNIN, WHO WAS THE MAIN COORDINATOR FOR ALL THESE SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST, BRANDON KESSLER. WE ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD STAFF PRESENT AT ALL THE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS, SPECIFICALLY RAY'S MILL AND SAINT PAUL'S EPISCOPAL. SO IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK THERE. SO THIS IS MY SEVENTH SUMMER WITH THE TOWN. SO AGAIN, WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND THEN OUR FALL PROGRAMING WILL GET GOING IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE'RE WORKING ON WINTER PROGRAMING RIGHT NOW. AND SO ALL FALL PROGRAMS REGISTRATIONS OPEN THROUGH THE PROSPER GOV WEBSITE THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION PAGE. AND SO YEAH IT WAS A IT 
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WAS SUCCESSFUL SUMMER AND NOTHING REALLY TO NOTHING TO REALLY BE WORRIED ABOUT. SO WE ALWAYS OFFERED LIKE A PICKLEBALL CLASS FOR KIDS. THIS IS THE FIRST SUMMER. SO WE IT'S THROUGH. WE HAVE A OUR TENNIS TENNIS INSTRUCTORS CAN DO RACKET SPORTS. SO THEY MAINLY DID TENNIS AND THEY CAME TO. CECILY AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO CAN PROGRAM FOR PICKLEBALL AS WELL. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TRY? AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOR YOUTH BUT ALSO FOR ADULT. AND SO THERE WAS EITHER CAMPS OR SPECIFIC, WHETHER IT WAS BEGINNER OR MODERATE, THAT THEY WOULD MEET. AND SO YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WITH LAKEWOOD OPENING BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN LAKEWOOD OPENED. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO AND IT ALSO GAVE US A GOOD IDEA. AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. BUT IT ALSO GAVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR PICKLEBALL WITH, YOU KNOW, RAYMOND COMMUNITY OPENING IN THE FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS SERVED FIRST FOR THAT AS FAR AS OPEN PLAY GOES. BUT IF YOU HAVE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF CHANCE THAT YOU COULD PROGRAM USING THAT FACILITY. BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR AHEAD YET. WE'RE GOING TO LET IT OPEN FIRST AND THEN SEE HOW IT GOES. SO, TREVOR, ON YOUR NUMBERS, JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND. EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE TEN CLASSES, YOU HAVE TEN PEOPLE IN A CLASS, YOU HAVE 100 OPENINGS. SO YOU'RE 70% WOULD MEAN THAT YOU HAD 70 PEOPLE OR. NO. NO, THE 70% IS, IS IF LIKE IF WE HAD TEN CLASSES WITH TEN SPOTS IN ALL, 100 SPOTS WERE FILLED, THAT WOULD BE 100% TRUE. SO YEAH. SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL LOOK AT SOME AND THERE'S SOME LIKE WITH SOME OF THE OUTDOOR CAMPS WHERE WE'LL OFFER 30 SPOTS BUT ONLY 18 OR 20. AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF CAMPS THAT ARE AT 100% CAPACITY, BUT THEN YOU'LL HAVE SOME THAT WERE MAYBE AT 50% OR 60% FOR ANY REASON. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING. OKAY. YEAH. NO 70% WOULD BE. BUT BUT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THE PROGRAMS THAT EITHER A ARE OVERFILLED. SO YOU COULD OFFER AN ADDITIONAL CLASS THERE. AND THE CLASSES OR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UNDERFILLED. YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE YOU DON'T DO THOSE MAYBE. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND A VERY GOOD POINT. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS WHERE WE EITHER PROGRAM DIDN'T MAKE OR, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE 30 SLOTS AND ONLY EIGHT FILLED WITH THAT INSTRUCTOR AND SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE WANT TO EITHER LOOK AT. OPPORTUNITY TO DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. DO WE MAYBE NEED TO OFFER SOMETHING ELSE? IS THIS A PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE JUST SEEN A DECLINE YEAR BY YEAR BY YEAR? WELL, IF YOU'RE SEEING A DECLINE AND YOU'RE STILL OFFERING THE SAME THING, WELL, THEN IT'S WORTH MAYBE LOOKING AT AND NOT GETTING RID OF IT COMPLETELY, BUT MAYBE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT WAY TO PROGRAM IT. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY CLASSES THAT DON'T MAKE WE HAD YES. THERE WERE SOME ATHLETIC CLASSES THAT DID NOT MAKE JUST THE LOW NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY DO NEED A MINIMUM FOR BE ABLE TO PAY YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S WITH IT WAS MAINE AND IT WAS MAINLY DUE ALSO TO WHEN IT GETS IN JULY AND IT'S HOT AND WE'RE PROGRAMING OUT AT THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN TOO. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME WHERE THEY'LL OFFER THREE SESSIONS OF THE SAME THING, LIKE A YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL AND THEY'LL OFFER THREE SESSIONS. THE FIRST SESSION IS USUALLY THE STRONGEST ONE. AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THAT THIRD SESSION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S VACATIONING, GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO IT'S PROBABLY MORE WORTH LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE ACTUAL WHAT'S THE BETTER TIME OF THE SUMMER TO OFFER THAT INSTEAD OF JUST GOING, OKAY, WE'LL DO ONE IN JUNE, WE'LL DO ONE IN JULY, AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE IN AUGUST. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A DODGEBALL CAMP AT RAY'S MILL CHURCH THE LAST WEEK, AND THAT HAD 30 TOTAL IN IT. BUT NO, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TOO. AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ONCE WE LOOK AT ALL THE SURVEYS AND EVERYTHING, WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE NUMBERS. THAT'S WHEN WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WORKED REALLY WELL, WHAT WORKED OKAY, AND WHAT REALLY NEEDS SOME WORK ON IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TREVOR? ALMOST DONE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. 
          THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ANNUAL ACTIVE ADULTS 55 PLUS EXPO. LAST YEAR WE HOSTED IT AT PROSPER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THIS YEAR WE ARE PARTNERING WITH GATEWAY CHURCH TO HOST PRETTY 
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MUCH SAME EVENT, SIMILAR EVENT. BASICALLY, THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS A FREE EVENT. THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR ACTIVE ADULTS, 55 PLUS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF OFFERINGS ARE OUT THERE. AND IT'S MAINLY CATERED TO PROFIT AND NONPROFIT GROUPS. BUT LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP WE HAD 24 TOTAL VENDORS. THIS YEAR WE SO FAR WE ARE AT NINE TOTAL OF ACTUAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, 15 TOTAL. OR OUT OF THOSE NINE, IT WAS A 15 TOTAL OF. YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR APPLICATION IN. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE. AND YOU KNOW IT'S LAST YEAR WAS A FIRST YEAR. SO IT WAS KIND OF THE TEST THERE TO SEE WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK. AND SO NOW I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH HAVING A GATEWAY BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THAT FACILITY IS SET UP IS THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTRANCE AND ENTRANCES ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND SO THAT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR VENDORS SET UP AND EVERYTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND SO ALL THE PATRONS PARTICIPANTS CAN GO THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE TOO, BECAUSE THAT UNITED METHODIST, THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN AND ONE OUT. AND SO IT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT TOUGH. AND THEN THIS IS IN THEIR MAIN I SAY FOYER, BUT I'M PROBABLY SAYING THE WRONG THING. BUT IT'S PERFECT FOR JUST BEING ABLE TO GO IN AND KIND OF DO YOUR LOOP AND HAVE ALL THE TABLES SET UP. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE TABLES AND CHAIRS, AND ONE THING THAT WE ASKED STRONGLY ASKED THESE FOR PROFIT APPLICATIONS OR FOR PROFIT GROUPS PROVIDE SOMETHING TO RAFFLE OFF THAT JUST HELPS BRING MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR. SO THIS LIKE I SAID LAST YEAR, ALYSSA BOYD WAS OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST AND SHE'S MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. AND SO THIS WILL BE BRANDON KETTLER'S FIRST KIND OF BIG EVENT THAT HE'S HOSTED OUTSIDE OF. HE DID THE MAYOR'S COFFEE BACK IN APRIL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST WORKING WITH ALL THE GROUPS TO GET IN AS MANY AS WE CAN AND TRY AND MATCH THAT NUMBER. BUT YEAH, IF YOU KNOW ANY GROUPS, ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS AND YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE PROSPER, PROSPER BUSINESS ONLY. BUT IN THE END, WE WANT TO GET AS MANY RESOURCES OUT THERE AS WE CAN. 
          SO IF IT HAS TO COME FROM MCKINNEY OR FRISCO OR SALINA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME THEM AS WELL. THERE'S NO LIMITATION TO RESIDENCY FOR THE FOR THE VENDORS. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TREVOR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT KURT WITH PARK DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD SUMMER. I'VE GOT THREE SLIDES FOR YOU AND I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON RAYMOND PARK. WORK HAS BEEN GOING WELL OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY NOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DRY WEATHER. SO THESE ARE A FEW PHOTOS HERE FOR YOU. THE TOP PHOTO THERE. THAT'S THE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEIR WORK ON THE RESTROOM CONCESSION BUILDING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE IS COMING ALONG. WELL. THEY'VE GOT THE ROOF ON AND THEY THEY'RE STARTING TO DO SOME OF THE WORK ON THE INSIDE OF IT. ANYWAY, IT'S GOING WELL. WE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE POURING CONCRETE FOR THE, THE SLABS FOR THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. AND THE BRIDGE WAS INSTALLED A WHILE BACK. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE UPDATED YOU SINCE THE BRIDGE WAS PUT IN. SO YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. 
          IT'S NOT COMPLETED. THEY'RE GOING TO POUR THE CONCRETE DECK ON THAT TOMORROW. AND THEN THEY THEY'RE STILL THERE WORKING ON THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE THERE AROUND THE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN RESTROOM CONCESSION BUILDING, ALL THAT DIRT AREA. 
          THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONCRETE PLAZA. SO THEY'RE THEY STARTED WORKING ON A LITTLE OF IT, BUT IT'LL BE FINISHED UP OVER THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND PROBABLY THROUGH SEPTEMBER. BASICALLY, THINGS ARE GOING WELL. LET ME SEE. WRONG WAY. OKAY. SO OH, I SKIPPED THERE IT IS. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT. I BELIEVE WE INFORMED YOU ABOUT THIS PROBABLY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. THE BRANCH TRAIL CONNECTIONS PROJECT. SO WE FINISHED THE DESIGN AND WE BID THIS OUT AND WE OPENED BIDS ON JULY 15TH. WE RECEIVED EIGHT BIDS FROM REALLY GOOD CONTRACTORS, BUT WE USE WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE TOWN TO USE WHAT'S CALLED A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL PROCESS. IN THIS PROCESS, WE SCORE THE BIDDERS BASED ON THREE CRITERIA AND THEIR WEIGHTED CRITERIA. THE FIRST ONE, 65% IS THE COST, 25% IS THE TIME THAT THEY PROPOSE TO FINISH THE PROJECT, AND THEN 10% IS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. SO WE HAD AN INTERESTING SITUATION THAT OCCURRED. ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS PROPOSED FINISHING THE PROJECT 70 DAYS SOONER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CONTRACTORS, BUT THEY WERE NOT THE LOW BID. HOWEVER, THEY WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING CONTRACTOR. SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, AND WE TOOK THIS TO THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE YESTERDAY, AND BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE NOW PLANNING TO TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL THIS MONTH, ON AUGUST 26TH, AND ASK THEM OR ASK THAT THEY 
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CONSIDER REJECTING ALL THE BIDS, AND THEN TOWN STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. BUT HE REDUCED SCOPE. WHAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR US IS THAT WE DO NOT, AT THIS TIME CONSTRUCT A TRAIL ON THE SOUTH END DOWN THERE, THE ONE THAT CROSSES THE FLOODPLAIN, BUT THAT WE GO AHEAD AND CONSTRUCT THE TRAILS THAT ARE UP THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF G ROAD. AND WE WOULD DO THAT PROBABLY UTILIZING A CONCRETE CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY CALLED MOPAC, THE SAME WAY THAT WE PUT IN A PIECE OF TRAIL ALONG THE BOULEVARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. SO THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR NOW. BEFORE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, BEFORE I MOVE ON, THIS IS ALL PERMANENT, RIGHT? THIS IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARK. YES, SIR. SO THE PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD I MEAN, WE'LL CONSTRUCT THIS TRAIL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. IT'S JUST UNDETERMINED NOW WHAT TIME WE'LL DO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S BEEN OUR RECORD. AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THE THINKING ON THIS IS THAT IT'S NOT SUPER TIME SENSITIVE. NOBODY HAS BEEN WE DON'T GET ANY COMPLAINTS FROM ANYBODY ABOUT, HEY, THERE'S NOT A TRAIL OUT THERE IN THE FLOODPLAIN SO THAT IT'S JUST. BUT I MEAN, FOR SAFETY'S SAKE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT TRAIL UP THERE ALONG G ROAD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL BETWEEN THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE NORTH END SAFELY. BUT THAT'S THE PLAN FOR NOW. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS. OKAY, GREAT. SO AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME THAT MAYBE FROM TIME TO TIME, I GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE MORE IN-DEPTH REPORT ON THE THINGS THAT PARK PLANNING IS WORKING ON. A LOT OF BULLET POINTS HERE, BUT I WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT AT OUR FACILITY JUST UP THE STREET THERE. WE'VE HAD A GRAVEL PARKING LOT FOREVER, WHICH WAS NOT VERY NICE WHEN IT RAINED BECAUSE WE WALKED THROUGH PUDDLES. SO RANDY AND I TOGETHER, WE DROVE A LITTLE SET OF PLANS FOR THIS THING, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED PAVE CON, AND WE NOW HAVE A NICE NEW ASPHALT PARKING LOT, WHICH STAFF IS REALLY HAPPY WITH. WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOME OTHER LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT. BLUE SPA DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING ON A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED COOL RIVER PARK OR THE PARK AT COOL RIVER, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ROADS THAT IT FACES IS COOL RIVER. THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. I WILL GIVE YOU A MORE IN-DEPTH REPORT ON THAT NEXT MONTH. I'LL GO OUT AND GET SOME PHOTOS AND HAVE SOME GRAPHICS FOR YOU, BUT WE COORDINATE WITH THEM ON THIS. THEY'RE BUILDING IT, BUT IT WILL BE A PUBLIC PARK. SO WE REVIEW THE PLANS AND WE GO THROUGH IT WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT ULTIMATELY, WHEN THEY DO TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN FOR OUR MAINTENANCE YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S BUILT TO OUR SPEC. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. DOWNTOWN PARK, ALSO KNOWN AS PARVIN PARK, WHICH WE RENAMED, I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE THE PLANS WERE DONE AND WE WERE READY TO BID IT OUT. BUT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. THAT'S THIS TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP. AND WHEN WE HAVE THE PROJECT OUT TO BID SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THAT LATE FALL AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WRAP THAT UP BEFORE NEXT SUMMER. THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT, BUT THE TOWN OWNS A SMALL PIECE OF A COUPLE OF PARCELS THAT ARE IN THE PROPERTY THAT'S NORTH OF THE PARKING LOT, TOWN HALL, BEFORE YOU GET TO BROADWAY. SO DAN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, WHAT, TWO YEARS NOW? I GUESS I DEVELOPED SOME CONCEPTS, AND THEN WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DOWNTOWN, THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE. WHAT IS IT, DAN, I ALWAYS FORGET. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          ANYHOW, SO WE'RE BASICALLY DOING THIS IN-HOUSE. RANDY AND I ARE SORT OF ACTING LIKE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR. WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN SOME ARTIFICIAL TURF, SOME FESTIVE OVERHEAD LIGHTING, SOME SOME NEW BENCHES AND SEATING AND THAT SORT OF THING. WE GOT STARTED ON IT, BUT THEN THE TOWN HAS ALLOWED THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE RESTAURANT THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE THERE ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN A GREASE PIT, AND SO WE CAN'T REALLY CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK UNTIL THE GREASE PIT HAS BEEN INSTALLED. SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE GREASE PIT, BUT ONCE THAT'S IN, WE CAN FINISH UP OUR PROJECT. WE HOPE TO HAVE IT WRAPPED UP LATER THIS FALL. 
          ETHERIDGE PARK, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE, IS ALMOST COMPLETELY FINISHED. YOU KNOW, THEY PUT THE TRAIL IN, I THINK I REPORTED TO LAST YEAR TO Y'ALL ABOUT THAT. BUT THEN THEY GOT THEY GOT A BIG LONG DELAY GETTING A PERMIT FOR THE PAVILION, BUT THE PAVILION'S DONE NOW THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS DONE. SO THEY ALMOST HAD THAT ONE WRAPPED UP. AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO A LOT WITH THE MEDIAN DESIGN. WE'RE INVOLVED IN ALMOST ALL THE MEETING, THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN ON THE MEDIANS ALL AROUND TOWN, AND WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ENGINEERS ON THAT, BUT THEY'VE ASKED US TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. WE WILL BE HIRING A CONSULTANT FIRM AND WORKING ON THE MEDIAN DESIGN ON THE I'M SORRY, THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND THE MEDIANS IN MAYNARD AND PRAIRIE DRIVE, AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON THAT THROUGH NEXT YEAR. WE HOPE TO START BECAUSE WE GET OUR BUDGET, WE GET OUR MONEY FOR THIS. AND WHEN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR STARTS IN OCTOBER, WE ALSO DEVELOPMENT WITH WE PARTNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE REVIEW THE PLANS WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS THE PROPER PARK FEE AND PARK PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES TO HELP BUILD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. THAT TAKES A LOT OF OUR TIME JUST LOOKING THROUGH THOSE PLANS WITH THE. IT'S ACTUALLY ONE PARTICULAR PERSON OVER IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. HIS NAME IS CODY NUTTER. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO BEEN WORKING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW ON THE PROSPER TRAIL SCREENING PROJECT. WE WERE ASKED BY ENGINEERING TO HIRE A 
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CONSULTANT, AND IT'S A COMPANY CALLED PARK HILL. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON PUTTING IN SOME LANDSCAPE SCREENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PROSPER TRAIL FROM PRESTON ROAD, HALF A MILE DOWN TO A STREET CALLED DEER RUN, DEER RUN LANE. I THINK THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ABOUT 75% OF THE WAY THROUGH. IT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. ANOTHER STREET MEDIAN PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE DAY I STARTED HERE. SO TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW ON THE IT'S GREEN RIBBON FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING, AND IT'S USED TO BEAUTIFY ROADWAYS. AND SO WE'RE DOING LANDSCAPE MEDIANS IN 380 FROM LOVERS LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAYNARD. THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT 95%. IT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY FINISHED. THEY'RE JUST WORKING ON GETTING PERMITTING FOR THEIR METERS SO THEY CAN DO THE WATER TAPS, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL. SO THAT'S IT. SO ANYWAY, WELL, SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME TO KIND OF BECAUSE NORMALLY WE JUST GIVE YOU 1 OR 2 SLIDES. AND SO AND THIS GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF WHICH WE ARE BUSY. WE'RE NOT JUST DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO ANYHOW QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP PARK OPERATIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON MATT. HOW ARE Y'ALL. 
          GOOD SO I APOLOGIZE. I'VE BEEN ON VACATION AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING UNTIL TODAY. SO I'M GETTING TO SEE THE SLIDESHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME AS Y'ALL DO. SO ERICA DID A GREAT JOB PROVIDING SOME PHOTOS FOR US. LOOKS LIKE WE'VE DONE SOME SOME REPAIRS. WE WERE REAL BUSY THIS MONTH ON FIXING IRRIGATION, LOOKING AT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, GETTING THAT ALL SET BACK UP, TALKING WITH THE SCHOOLS. WE WHAT WE DO, WE HAVE ONE GUY THAT'S OUR PLAYGROUND TECHNICIAN. NOW WE HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL ON CERTAIN PLAYGROUNDS. 
          WE TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER ONES, BUT WE TYPICALLY GO OUT THERE AND INSPECT EVERYTHING, DO A COMPLETE SAFETY INSPECTION FOR THE WHOLE THING. THEN WE'LL GIVE OUR REPORTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY'LL FIX PART OF OUR AGREEMENT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE WERE PART OF FOLSOM AND FRONTIER. IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME WAY WE'RE WORKING CLOSE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON STUFF LIKE THAT. TANNER'S MILL, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK OUT THERE OR MAINTENANCE. IS WHAT IT'S CALLED THE. MAINTENANCE BOND WARRANTY. IT'S ABOUT TO BE UP. SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UP AND GOING AT NO COST TO US RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE'S. SO THE WINDMILL PLAYGROUND. AFTER ONE OF THE BIG STORMS CAME THROUGH, WE HAD THAT REPAIRED A COUPLE OF THE PATCHES THAT YOU SEE ON OUR PORTLAND PLACE CONCRETE PATCHES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. PRAIRIE PARK HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE OF THE ADA SWING THAT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY LARGE HUMAN BEING GETTING STUCK INTO A SWING THAT DIDN'T BELONG THERE. SO FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND CUT IT UP FOR US. SO WASN'T REALLY ANYBODY'S FAULT EXCEPT FOR ONE PERSON. WORKING ON IRRIGATION. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOME OF THE OUR STORMS HIT ONE OF OUR PEDESTALS AT PRESTON LAKES THIS YEAR. SO WE JUST GOT THAT UP AND GOING. CAR WRECK CAME THROUGH PECAN GROVE. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. THEY HIT ONE OF THE POWER POLES. THEY LOST POWER, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT LEG FED THE IRRIGATION PUMP. SO WE HAD TO WORK REAL HARD AND FAST TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND GOING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS LAST MONTH SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET HEAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. NO RAIN. AND GUYS WERE WORKING REWIRED. WE HAD TO PULL EVERYTHING. ONCOR HAD TO HELP US GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE SAFELY, CUT THE LEG POWER, AND THEN ONE OF OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS HERE IN TOWN PULLED ALL THE WIRES WHILE WE WERE ASSISTING WITH THE ACTUAL IRRIGATION WIRES SO THAT THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND OUR MAINLINE LEAKS, LIKE I SAID, LOTS OF IRRIGATION ISSUES THIS MONTH AND THAT WAS SO THIS SATURDAY IS WHEN OUR SEASON ACTUALLY GETS STARTED. FOOTBALL WILL START AT FOLSOM FOR THEIR FLAG FOOTBALL. THE NEXT WEEKEND IS WHEN EVERYTHING STARTS. FULL BLOWN FRONTIER CHAOS STARTS. SO IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE KIDS, I 
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DON'T GO OUT THERE AND SAY, SO. FUN TIMES START THIS WEEKEND. ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. UNRELATED TO THIS, HOW MUCH OR ARE YOU GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK OR YOUR COMMENTS ON ENGINEERING CIP PROJECTS RELATED TO THE MEDIANS AND YOUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAND YOU? YES. OKAY. WE HONESTLY, WE CONSTANTLY TWEAK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST. WE KNOW GRASSES DON'T WORK ANYMORE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM GRASSES, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO SOME OF THAT STUFF. ANYWAY. WE KNOW, I KNOW MY LIMITATIONS. I KNOW WHAT THE MEDIANS LIMITATIONS ARE. TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET. THAT IS A LITTLE HARDER. BUT YES, I DO GET TO LOOK AT AND TRY TO GIVE OUR END BY OR ADVISE AND. YEAH, I FIGURED, I DID GOOD. NICE JOB. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU BET. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MICHAEL. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, DAN BECKER WITH DIRECTOR. OKAY. I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT 30 MINUTES. JUST KIDDING. FIRST OF ALL, IN, KIM, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU TAKEN CARE OF NEXT MONTH. THIS IS KIM AND JOHN OR OR OR ROLLING OFF THE PARKS BOARD. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZED YOU AND THANK YOU BOTH. AS THE MAYOR HAD SAID EARLIER, I DON'T A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TIME COMMITMENT AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING AND DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO ME AND THE STAFF WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. JOHN, I KNOW WAS NOT ABLE TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU. DON'T CHOKE HIM. AND THAT'S ALL FINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, JOHN. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CARVE A LITTLE TIME OUT FOR KIM NEXT NEXT MONTH. SOMETHING I IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO RSVP YET, BACK TO YOU, PLEASE DO. SO WE'RE PROPOSING THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE CDC TO DISCUSS OUR COMMUNITY EVENT PLANNING ON AUGUST 27TH. THEY MET LAST WEEK. THEY ASKED, CAN WE MAKE THIS DATE? I WAS JUST WAITING TO SEE IF IT WAS GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN. OKAY, WELL, IT STILL COULD. 
          YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM FOR THE MEETING TO HAPPEN. THEY DIDN'T ON THE FIRST ONE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ONE ON OURS. BUT PLEASE LET TALIA KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF THAT DATE WORKS FOR YOU, IT'LL BE 6:00 AUGUST 27TH IN THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE. OKAY, SO IN THE ROOM BEHIND US, BEHIND YOU ALL. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IT THEN. OTHER THAN THAT MEETING NEXT PARKS BOARD SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 RIGHT HERE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. SO I KNOW THE MEETING WENT A LITTLE LONG TONIGHT. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF AND WE REALLY FEEL IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND IT JUST KIND OF ALL CULMINATED TONIGHT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING YOU ABREAST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, AND WE'VE GOT SOME REAL SUCCESSES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE THOSE WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE A PART OF THAT AS WELL. SO. SO WE ALL BRING BACK THE, THE SURVEY TO FOR THE DOE BRANCH ON A FUTURE MEETING TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT. YES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW AGAIN CAITLYN DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT SURVEY. SHE HAD HER HAD HER GROUP HELP HER TO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE RESULTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE EITHER BEEN DOING OR HAVE STARTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. SO I FEEL LIKE STAFF ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AND WE'RE ALWAYS AND THAT THAT'LL CHANGE AS TIME GOES. GARY KNOWS SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. AND WE'LL DO MORE SURVEYS IN THE FUTURE. BUT I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING FAIRLY CONCRETE SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO THIS AND WE DIDN'T DO IT JUST FOR THIS MEETING, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE OUR OPINIONS VERSUS THEIR OPINIONS. I WANT TO GO BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, AND CAITLYN SAYS IT ALL THE TIME, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MONKEY FESTIVAL, WE'LL DO A MONKEY FESTIVAL. IT'S WHATEVER. SO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT WHAT FOLKS WANT, BUT THIS WAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR CUSTOMERS, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S WHO WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF. SO IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WHATEVER WE'RE DOING ISN'T SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND DO IT. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S ROLL SOMETHING OUT 
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AND KNEW THAT THEY WANT. SO BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. AND YOU GUYS HOPEFULLY GET TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH THEM. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THEM PRIOR TO GOING TO THAT MEETING. SO. YEAH, THAT'S THE LAST TIME I CHECKED. WE HAVE RECEIVED ALMOST 600 RESPONSES ON THE DOE BRANCH TRAIL SURVEY. SO IT WRAPS UP TOMORROW. SO YEAH, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH RESULTS, AND WE'LL DO THE MATCH UP TO MAKE SURE ADDRESSES AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS. YES, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE CAN TAKE OVER. RIGHT, RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME OR STAFF. 
          SO THE JOINT MEETING. WHAT WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THAT MEETING. IT LOOKS LIKE CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING YOUR CALENDAR DONE EARLY. THAT'S AWESOME. LOOKS LIKE THE CALENDARS ALREADY PROPOSED. YOU HAVE SURVEY RESULTS. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY, LIKE, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FROM US OR IS IT A DISCUSSION? I THINK IT'S THIS WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION. SO WITH THE IDEA BEING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MEETING TWICE A YEAR, AND THE THOUGHT IS THE EARLY ONE, WHICH IS USUALLY FEBRUARY OR MARCH, THAT'S THE TIME. ARE WE GOING TO ARE WE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BUDGET RIGHT THEN AS WELL. SO THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO COME UP AND GO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EVENT. WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST MEETING. WE APPLIED IT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. IT'S REALLY JUST MORE OF A LET'S SIT DOWN AND GET CAUGHT UP AGAIN TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, DISCUSS THE SURVEY RESULTS, PROPOSE THE CALENDAR, WHAT WE WERE WE'VE BEEN REALLY PUSHING TO DO. I WANT ALL OF OUR EVENTS PROMOTED OCTOBER 1ST. THERE'S NO REASON TO SIT ON THOSE THINGS AND DO THAT. AND IF WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT YET, THEN WE DON'T PROMOTE IT. BUT UNTIL WE KNOW. BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, I DON'T THINK WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PROMOTE ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 1ST. AND AS YOU KNOW, I SEE IT, I'M GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS. YOU LOOK AT ADDISON, ADDISON, OCTOBER 1ST, I GET ALL THEIR FACEBOOK STUFF. 
          RICHARDSON. PLANO, FRISCO. IT GOES OUT OCTOBER 1ST BECAUSE IT'S A NEW CALENDAR, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR. PEOPLE ARE ARE MAKING PLANS. SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE THE FIRST TIME THEY HEAR ABOUT CELEBRATE PROSPER TO BE JULY OR AUGUST. I WANT THEM TO HEAR IT ALMOST A YEAR OUT. SO THAT'S THE IDEA. I'M WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THAT UP ON THE CALENDAR. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A LATER THING HERE BECAUSE IT THERE'S BECAUSE BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO ONCE WE GET THIS MEETING DONE. I NOW HAVE TO GO FROM PRESENT TO COUNCIL TO GET THEM TO THUMB UP. SO AND I ONLY GET TWO SHOTS A MONTH TO DO THAT. IF THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ME, THEN I MIGHT GET PUSHED. SO GETTING THIS THING WRAPPED UP IN AUGUST IF POSSIBLE, BUYS US ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THAT PUSHED OUT. OR IF COUNCIL COMES BACK AND SAYS, WE DON'T WANT THAT EVENT AT THAT TIME. SO WE'VE GOT TO SCRAMBLE AND FIGURE OUT, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT, YOU KNOW, EVENTS. WE BASICALLY THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR, EVERYTHING'S BEEN APPROVED IN THE LAST YEAR'S GO ROUND. BUT MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, WE'VE GOT THE KIDS FISHING EVENT AND THEN WE GET INTO MARCH, WE GOT PICKLEBALL AND IT JUST STARTS TO SNOWBALL. SO WE GOTTA KNOW SOON. SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT AND COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR, FOR US TO PROPOSE THIS BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING TO GET THAT DONE AND HOPEFULLY GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. SO. THAT WAS NOT THE GAVEL IS RAYMOND IS RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK STILL ON TRACK FOR OCTOBER? PROBABLY. SO NO. PORTION. SO GOOD AND BAD. CIP SUBCOMMITTEE DID APPROVE FOR US TO AND WE HAD TALKED TO YOU ALL, I THINK, A MONTH OR TWO AGO ABOUT JUST THE TIMING NOW TO PUT SEED IS NOT GOOD, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW SEED IN OCTOBER. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S TOO LATE IN THE YEAR. SO WE GOT APPROVAL TO DO SOD ON THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS. 
          WELL THEN THE THOUGHT WAS WELL YOU'D HAVE TO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. RYE SEED FOR THE AREAS IN BETWEEN THE FIELDS. WELL YOU GOT TO KILL ALL THAT OUT. COME BACK WITH BERMUDA AGAIN IN THE SPRING. SO IF WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN THOSE FIELDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE SEED WET, IT'S GOING TO BE A MUDDY MESS AND WE'LL NEVER GET IT TO ESTABLISH. SO THEY APPROVED US TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT THAT ADDS A LITTLE TIME. WE ALSO GOT THEM TO APPROVE ALLOWING US TO GO TO BID FOR THE WELL, WHICH IS HUGE. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL. SO IT'S A GREAT THING. BUT THAT'S GOING TO ALSO DELAY PART OF THE PARK BEING ABLE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT SIDE DOWN ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND TEAR UP THE SIDE, PUT THE WELL IN AND THEN HAVE TO RECITE IT. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THIS, THIS PATTERN. SO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASKED TO KIND OF CREATE THIS MENU BECAUSE THE 
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PROJECT WAS NEVER FUNDED APPROPRIATELY, PROBABLY TOO LITTLE TO BEGIN WITH. AND THEN WITH ALL THE CRAZY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PRICES AND EVERYTHING. SO WE'VE KIND OF HAD TO BUILD IT BACK. WE HAD TO CUT IT BACK, AND WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD FORWARD AS WE HIT THESE MILESTONES AND WE KNOW MONEY'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. THEN WE COME IN AND WE GO, OKAY, ADD THAT. AND IT'S A TOUGH WAY TO DO A PROJECT BECAUSE YOU JUST KEEP PIECING THINGS ON. SO RIGHT NOW THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, ALL PIPES IN THE GROUND. BUT THE CONTROLLERS ARE MANUFACTURED IN ISRAEL AND LONG LEAD TIMES. SO WE'RE BATTLING THAT RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET THOSE. WE CAN'T PUT THE SOD DOWN UNTIL WE HAVE THE CONTROLLERS, SO WE CAN TURN ON THE WATER AND DO WHAT YOU DO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. WE THINK LATE OCTOBER, POSSIBLY NOVEMBER WHERE WE WOULD OPEN PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, PLAYGROUND THOSE ITEMS AND POSSIBLY DO A RIBBON CUTTING THEN AND THEN COME BACK IN THE SPRING, OPEN THE BALL FIELDS. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO? BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO PUT UP FENCING AROUND ALL THE SOD. SO WE KEEP THE E-BIKES OFF AND ROAD PLAY GOING OUT THERE AND TURN THAT UP. SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. SO IT'S KIND OF DO WE WANT TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING WHEN WE STILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND FENCES UP? THE ANSWER MAY BE YES. IT'S ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT MY CALL. 
          I'LL GIVE MY OPINION ON IT. BUT SO WE'LL SEE. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS SOMEWHAT OF AN OPENING IN THE FALL OR FALL LATE FALL EARLY WINTER. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO PHASED OPENING. ANYONE ELSE. ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH I WANT TO YEAH I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIS LAST STAND. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. CAN SOMEONE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? DO I GET A MOTION? I GET A MOTION FROM CARRIE. SECOND. SECOND FROM KYLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT,
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