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MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE TO THE MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022 MEETING OF THE PARKS COMMISISON. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO O R ORDER. IT IS 5:02.
AND WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA BEFORE
[B. Citizen Communication:]
WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, WE HAVE GOT SEVERAL MINUTES -- SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE. IT IS CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.I HAVE ONE -- I HAVE ONE CARD FROM ONE PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE CAN CERTAINLY -- WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO. MISS VADER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION?
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? >> I AM JUST FINE, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS SHIRLEY VADER WITH A VFW POST AUXILIARY, THE PRESIDENT. WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE DOG PARK, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME HER GRANDFATHER RUSSELL DRAIN WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VFW POST.
WE GOT BEHIND IZZY AND HER PROJECT.
AND BETWEEN THE POST AND THE AUXILIARY, WE DONATED 1,000 TOWARD THIS PROJECT. WE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS DOING. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO THROUGH AND BE FINISHED AND WE WOULD REQUEST THAT IT BE NAMED IN HER MEMORY. SHE WORKED TO HARD ON IT.
IT WAS SUCH A PASSION FOR HER. I HAD THE PRIP PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HER IN OCTOBER. AND WATCHING HER AS SHE WENT AROUND THE POST HALL AT THE AUXILIARY BAZAAR.
INTRODUCING HERSELF TALKING TO PEOPLE WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE FINISHED AND NAMED HAD HER
MEMORY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LEE KEELING: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE IN, FIRST OF ALL, ACKNOWLEDGING AND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT OUR CONDOLENCES FOR IZZY'S UNTIMELY LOSS.
THAT WAS A SHOCK TO ALL OF US. I KNOW IT WAS TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. AND ALSO TO JUST SAY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IT EXACTLY RIGHT. UNCOMMON -- AN UNCOMMON PERSON WHO DID ALL THAT WORK. SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DOG PARK TONIGHT. SO GOOD NIGHT FOR YOU TO BE HERE AND HAVE -- WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION ON THAT ON THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT LATER.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR ANY REASON? WE HAVE GOT TIME AND A MICROPHONE.
YES, SIR. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING RECORDED AND ALL. TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> ALEXANDER DRAIN. I AM THE FATHER OF IZZY DRAIN.
>>LEE KEELING: SO NICE TO HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND WHAT ELSE DID YOU NEED FROM
THAT IS ALL WE NEED. >> VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PART.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE BRICK FUNDRAISER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? >>LEE KEELING: YES.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE BRICK FUNDRAISER AN AT THIS POINT RAISED A LITTLE OVER 12,000 FROM THAT FUNDRAISER. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING PREPARED FOR, I GUESS, HER PORTION THAT SHE WAS WANTING TO DO WITH THE -- WITH THE AGILITY COURSE, THE BENCHES, THE CLEANUP STATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. WE ALSO WITH THOSE BRICKS -- I KNOW WE HAD TALKED WITH HER ADVISOR THAT SHE WAS UTILIZING WHILE SHE WAS WORKING ON HER GOLD PROJECT.
AND WE WERE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTEAD OF DOING A WALKWAY USING THOSE BRICKS ALMOST LIKE A MEMORY WALL INSTEAD, THAT WAY PARKS AND RECREATION WILL HAVE LESS UPKEEP TO DO WITH THE BRICKS. SO AS -- AS AN OPTION TO
CONSIDER. >>LEE KEELING: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, WE ARE SO, SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, OUR LOSS. DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING?
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>> YES, AS THE COMMISSIONERS HERE, WHEN SHE MADE HER PRESENTATION, ALL OF US WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE YOUNG LADY MADE SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION AS TO HER PROJECT AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR THE DOG PARK.
IT LEFT US -- IT LEFT ME, LIKE, WOW, FOR A YOUNG GIRL TO SPEAK THAT WAY AND PRESENT HERSELF. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. >>LEE KEELING: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
[1. Adoption of Minutes]
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON DOWN THE AGENDA AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MINUTES. STEPHEN IS HERE.I MARKED YOU DOWN. GOOD TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN.
WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH.
AND WE ALSO GOT MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 13, 2021 MEETING WHICH -- SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET IN JANUARY, WE DIDN'T APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET OR SENT OUT EARLIER. IF ANYONE HAS A MOTION ON THE -- TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE WORKSHOP, I WILL -- I WILL HEAR
THAT. >> MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRE D
>>LEE KEELING: MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING ON MARCH 19 AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 13, 2021 MEETING.
>> MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 13 MEETING.
THOSE ARE TAKEN CARE OF. GOES TO OTHER BUSINESS ON THE
[1. Discuss Dog Park]
AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS THE DOG PARK.SO JASON. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
>>LEE KEELING: GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THE DOG PARK IS STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN.
I KNOW PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO OR SO DURING OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP, THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A DESIGN. SOME OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE GIRL SCOUT TROOPS THEMSELVES AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY STAFF AND, OF COURSE, THE COMMENTS YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE AS WELL DURING THE WORKSHOP.
WE ENDED UP GATHERING ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS AND WE HAVE A SECOND DRAFT. WE JUST GOT THIS DRAFT EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM THE CONSULTING GROUP, LUCK DESIGN.
SO WE HAVE A DRAFT TWO, IF YOU WILL, THAT IS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU. OR IT IS ON THE SCREEN.
I CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT IF WOULD YOU LIKE, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ABLE TO INCLUDE FROM THE COMMENTS WERE SOME ADDITIONAL -- ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
SO WE HAVE LIGHTING IS THANK IS PROPOSED EVERY 200 OR SO FEET AROUND THE ENTIRE TRAIL ITSELF. ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> THAT IS MUCH EASIER TO SEE. >> MUCH BETTER.
>> GIVE YOU AN IDEA. NOT A WHOLE LOT CHANGED ON THE DESIGN ITSELF. FOR THE MOST PART, THE DESIGN STAYED THE SAME. WE DID HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS INCORPORATED WITHIN BOTH SIDES OF THE PARK.
BOTH SMALL AND LARGE DOG AREAS HAVE THAT.
AGAIN, VERY HARD TO SEE AND I WILL SEND IT OUT TO SEE IF YOU GOT IT IN A PDF FORMAT AND TUESDAY IN YOUR LEISURE.
TRASH RESEPTEMBER TABLE AND BENCHES.
SOME OF THE BIGGER CHANGES WERE TO THE MAINTENANCE AREA AND EXTENDED THE MAINTENANCE AREA TO BE ON BOTH ENDS AS FAR AS THE ACCESS SO NOT ANY ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKING AND ANY CUSTOMERS THAT MAY BE THERE OR CITIZENS AT THE DOG PARK ITSELF.
SO THE MAINTENANCE AREAS ARE ON THE ENDS.
WE INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR ABOUT 30 CARS TO BE SITUATED THERE AT THE DOG PARK, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT IS OFFSITE OF THE DOG PARK ITSELF. AGAIN THE LARGE DOG AREA, DIDN'T REDUCE AT ALL A LITTLE OVER TWO ACRES WITH THE SMALL DOG AREA 1.6 ACRES. PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD -- AGAIN, REALLY JUST IDENTIFYING LIGHTING TO IT.
ADDING A FEW MORE RECEPTACLES. THE PATHWAY DOES SAY "CONCRETE PATHWAY." I WAS TALKING TO THE.
HIM AND SAID THAT A TYPO. HE SAID NOT AT THE MOMENT.
THAT IS WHAT HE HAS IN THERE CONCRETE BUT WE LOOKED INTO CRUSHED GRANITE AND A RUBBERIZED TRIAL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
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GIVING, IF YOU WILL, DURING THE FLOODS.ONE OF HIS CONCERNS WITH THAT RUBBERIZED TRAIL IS IF IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD UP TO THE DOG'S PAWS AND CLAWS AND HE WILL BE LOOKING INTO AS WELL. AGAIN WITH ALL THE PROJECTS WE HAVE MO MOVING FORWARD IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE MAKING SURE WE INCORPORATE LIGHTING AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING.
KIND OF HITTING ON THAT IS HE DIRT ISSUE WITH THE PARKS AND
REC MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED. >> JASON, I KNOW WE TALKED IN THE WORKSHOP OF SOME TYPE OF POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE OR
>> WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CONSULTANT ADDRESSED? I SEE THERE IS ENCLOSED HOSE BIB, BUT ON THE TOP OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIL. BUT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT?
>> YES, HE -- WHAT HE IS LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE WATER LINE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE E T EXACTLY WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT FOR IT AS FAR AS DRAINAGE AS WELL. AND THAT IS THE ONE PIECE THAT WE ARE LACKING FROM THOSE COMMENTS.
>> I THINK THERE WAS -- THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE WORKSHOP ABOUT THE -- THE ENTRANCE AND THE VESTIBULE AND I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT ALL THE ISSUES WERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS SOME SORT OF A CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THAT. MAYBE NOT.
>> WE DID. IN -- IN THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, WE MOVED THE WASH STATION ON THE INSIDE AND CONVERSATION OF BRINGING IT BACK TO THE OUTSIDE WHICH YOU CAN SEE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE FENCE.
THIS ONE -- THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TRASH RECEPTACLES ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS THE INSIDE AND THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE ON THIS ONE COMMENTS ABOUT INTERNAL STAFF OF COOLDOWN AREA AND AFTER TALKING TO THE CONSULTANT, WE DECIDED NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE. CHAIN LINK FENCING AND ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT WILL OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT. >> THAT SURFACE AREA BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE -- AND THE -- AND THE FENCE, I GUESS, WOULD
JUST BE -- JUST BE TURF GRASS? >> ALL OF THE GRAY AREA WOULD BE
CONCRETE. >> BETWEEN THE CONCRETE AND --
WE WOULD JUST BE -- >> YES, SIR.
IF -- YES, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND THE CONCRETE WOULD BE TURF OR NATURAL VEGETATION.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW TEXAN DOG PARK? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT ONE OFF OF 183.
>> I HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT THERE. >> I WENT OUT THERE AND PRETTY NEAT. IT IS SMALL.
BUT I MEAN IT IS NICE. >> EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY, PEOPLE
OUT THERE. >> I WENT AND TOOK PICTURES EVERY DAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT, THIS IS NEAT.
>> ON 185? >> BLOOMINGTON HIGHWAY.
>> I PASS THE BILLBOARD AND I HAVE SEEN THE -- WHAT IS IT, ETHANOL-FREE GAS AND A DOG PARK ON THE BILLBOARD.
>> HOW LARGE IS IT? >> HALF AN ACHER.
>> YEAH. A GOOD SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO PULL OVER AND STRETCH THEIR LEGS AND LET THEIR ANIMALS DO IT TOO.
IT'S NICE. >> ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO NOTE, AND I AM GLAD WE DO HAVE AN AUDIENCE THERE.
LET ME SCROLL DOWN REAL QUICK. SO AFTER I MET WITH EVERYBODY, AND WE GATHERED ALL THE COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY TOUCHED BASE WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT -- THAT THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP HAD.
ONE THAT MR. DRAIN MENTIONED MOVING FROM AN ACTUAL WALKWAY TO A WALL ITSELF. AND JUST THE EASE OF THE MAINTENANCE, ETC. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT SAID, I LIKE THAT IDEA LET ME CHECK AROUND AND GET SOME OTHER IDEAS TOO AND SEE WHAT -- SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN COME UP WITH AS FAR AS OPTIONS. ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT HE ADDED WAS A -- WAS A DOGGY TILE ART. WHAT HIS THOUGHT BEHIND THIS WAS IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE DOG OWNERS AND COME AND P HELP, IF YOU WILL, PAINT THE TILE, THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF IT THAT WOULD -- YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WILL FEEL A PART OF, RIGHT A PART OF THE DOG PARK. WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THOSE DOG PAVERS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A DOG PAVER. WOULD YOU STILL HAVE A WALL OR NOT. WE COULD DO EITHER-OR.
WE COULD STILL HAVE THE WALL, BUT ANOTHER IF WE WENT WITH THE TILES, THE PAVERS WOULD BE ENGRAVED.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IZZY HAD -- HER ORIGINAL THOUGHT.
AND GIVE THOSE PAVERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD PURCHASED THEM, RIGHT, AS MORE OF A MEMORABILIA, IF YOU WILL,
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KNOWING THAT THEIR NAME WILL BE TIED IN WITH THE TILE SOMEWHERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS A DONOR AS WELL.JUST OPTIONS OUT THERE. I WANTED TO THROW THAT TO YOU.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH ONE SPECIFIC THING AND MAKE SURE WE HAD OPTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON. SO, AGAIN, JUST PURE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE THAT HE WANTED TO SHOW AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
>> JASON, IS THERE A WAY TO GET KIND OF AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE ENTRYWAY ARCHWAY, LIKE A RE RENDERING OF THAT FROM THE CONSULTANT SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE.
I KNOW WE CAN SEE A T TWO-DIMENSIONAL AERIAL PICTURE OF IT THERE, BUT I SEE THAT ENTRY ARCH EXAMPLE.
THAT GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?
>> IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SI R SIMILAR.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE TO THAT SCALE, THAT LARGE, BUT THE IDEA IS TO, YES, HAVE A LARGE ARCHWAY THAT WOULD BASICALLY DRAW YOUR EYE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE DOG PARK AND UTILIZING THAT SPACE IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HIRE. AND THEN UTILIZING THE ARCHWAY AND PUSHING BACK TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE DOG PARK TO ACT AS THAT THANK SHADE CANOPY THAT WILL ALSO BE A RINSABLE AREA, IF YOU WILL, AS A PAVILION. BUT I CAN TALK TO THE CONSULTANT AND GIVE US A BASIC RENDERING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON
GROUND LEVEL. >> I AM THINKING THAT WOULD BE EASIER TO DECIDE HOW TO PROPERLY PUT THOSE TILES OR PAVERS,
WHATEVER IT ENDS UP TO BE. >> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY. >>LEE KEELING: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DOG PARK UPDATE, VERSION 2, FULL.
>> LOOKS GOOD TO ME. I THINK IT IS COMING ALONG.
>>LEE KEELING: JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT, WE DO -- AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE $500,000 IS ALLOCATED FROM THE VICTORIA SALES TAX CORPORATION SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT.
AFTER WE FINALIZE DOWNTOWN HE SIGN, WE WILL SEND THIS BACK OVER TO THE CONSULTANT, HE WILL UPDATE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND GIVE US A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE FOR THIS, THE WAY WE HAVE APPROVED IT. THAT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AND WE WILL HAVE AN IDEA WHAT THE COST WILL TRULY BE FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU OPEN
THE BIDS, RIGHT. >> JASON, REMIND US WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE AGAIN FOR CONSTRUCTION IN?
>> CONSTRUCTION ON THIS IS SIX MONTHS.
WE ARE PROBABLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS ON A DELAY WITH THIS PART OF IT, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE THE DESIGN WRAPPED UP HERE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND THEN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO FOLLOW. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS CONSTRUCTION START IN JUNE OR JULY.
SO HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP BY THE END
OF THIS YEAR, CALENDAR YEAR. >>LEE KEELING: THAT IS FANTASTIC NEWS AND WILL BE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR THE
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT WORKING WITH THE DRAIN FAMILY AND THE GIRL SCOUT TROOPS AS WELL. A VITAL PIECE AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD INPUT. WE WANT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THEM AND MEMORIALIZE IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, AND, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE IZZY IN REGARDS TO
THE DOG PARK. >>LEE KEELING: SHOULD WE PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR MAKING A RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN -- I AM ASSUMING WHAT WE COULD DO AS A COMMISSION IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. I DON'T THINK WE GET TO DO IT OURSELVES, BUT WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN KICKED -- WE DISCUSSED THAT TO SOME DEGREE. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH AND TAKE THAT UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY. FOR CLARIFICATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO -- OR HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE IZZY AND THAT FOLLOWING MEETING WE COULD HAVE ACTUAL RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO WHATEVER YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS DURING NEXT MONTH.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. WHAT --
>> SORRY. SINCE WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE WORKSHOP, I MEAN IS THAT -- DO WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN A FUTURE AGENDA. CAN WE VOTE ON THAT TODAY TO
HAVE THAT HONORED -- >>LEE KEELING: I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM POSTED TO DO THAT, TO TAKE THAT ACTION.
SO IN A MINIMUM, WE HAVE TO POST THAT FOR --
>> CAN WE ASK THEM HOW -- DO THEY WANT IT TO BE IZZY'S DOG PARK OR WHAT EXACTLY THEY WANT TO CALL.
>> WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARK.
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>>LEE KEELING: YES. >> THAT IS WHERE WE BRING A RESOLUTION TO THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION WOULD EITHER APPROVE OR VOTE ON THAT RESOLUTION AND WE WILL THEN TAKE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL BILL SAYING WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. >> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FAMILY AND OTHERS -- WHEN IZZY WAS HERE, SHE WANTED IT NAMED AFTER HER DOG, I BELIEVE.
>> I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS. BUT -- I AM SORRY.
>> MISS VADER COMMENT SAID RIVERSIDE BARK.
>> INSTEAD OF PARK. >> I JUST HAVE A SIMPLE COMMENT.
IZZY'S DOG PARK. >> IZZY'S DOG PARK.
>> SOUNDS LIKE -- WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING ON THAT TO DISCUSS IT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST IMPROMPTU IT WOULD BE IZZY'S DOG PARK. BUT, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING -- IF YOU WANT IT TO BE MORE FORMALIZED.
CERTAIN ITEMS IN ADDITION TO JUST THE NAMING.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO IT OR IS THERE -- I AM JUST SAYING SO MANY DIFFERENT AMENITIES THERE.
A SLEW OF THINGS WE CAN MEMORIALIZE HER WITH THE DOG
PARK. >>LEE KEELING: NEXT MONTH, WHY DON'T YOU BRING US KIND OF A MENU OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS INCLUDING THE NAME. WE WILL PUT -- WE CAN DO THE AGENDA IN SUCH A WAY IF WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS NEXT WEEK, WE CAN.
BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM AND TAKE ACTION OR DISCUSS THEM AND DEFER -- IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS WE STILL NEED TO GET ANSWERED. THAT WAY WE WILL BE FLEXIBLE AND DO IT EITHER WAY. WE COULD GO AS EARLY AS NEXT
MONTH. >> WE DON'T WANT TO PUTS YOU ALL ON THE SPOT TO TRY TO THINK UP THE NAME.
>> SO, JASON, IF YOU BRING US BACK SOME NAMES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE NAMING AND ANY AMENITIES.
, AND THEN -- >> I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE IT.
WE BELIEVE GOING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE DRAIN FAMILY TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SOIL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THOSE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR YOU AS COMMISSION. ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT SET FOR THE MAY MEETING AND THEN THE RESOLUTION IN JUNE. SNAP CORRECT?
>> WELL, IF -- WHY DON'T YOU SET IT UP FOR -- TO DISCUSS AND -- AND ALLOW US TO TAKE ACTION NEXT MONTH IF WE DECIDE TO.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO DEFER FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH TO TAKE ACTION.
>> ALSO I AM GOING TO ASK THAT -- THE AGILITY PART OF IT WAS NEAR AND NEAR TO IZZY'S HEART, BUT BRING US RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT. I KNOW THEY RAISED MONEY TOWARD THAT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS THE FUNDING WITH THAT WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND THE DESIGN OF ALL THAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THAT AS ONE OF THE AMENITIES RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE KNOW WHAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IS IT ON PARKS AND REC WHERE THEY BUY A BRICK.
CAN WE AFFILIATE THAT WHERE -- THEY CAN BUY A BRICK FROM THEM AND GET IT FROM PARKS AND REC AND AN ORDER FORM.
>> WE CAN LOOK AT SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I THINK IZZY SET EVERYTHING UP HOW THAT A PARTICULAR COUNT.
I THINK IT WAS -- OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY CROSS PROMOTE THAT. JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE WE GET THE RIGHT LINK AND PROMOTE IS IT AS WELL.
BUT ABSOLUTELY. >> I WOULD DO THAT TOO.
>>LEE KEELING: PERFECT. THERE IS.
>> SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND SEEMS THE RIGHT TIME, THERE IS ALWAYS A -- A LARGE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT.
A BIG HUGE 4 X 4 CONCRETE POST. >> OBELISK.
>> YEAH, WHAT HE SAID. OBELISK.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE ZIP LINE AT FIRST.
I GOT ALL EXCITED, BUT ANYWAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTINUING -- OR KEEPING THAT IN PLACE. ONE OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE GIRL CAUGHT TROOP, THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PIECE OF CONCRETE TO MEMORIALIZE IZZY AS WELL.
AND JUST THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT WILL STAY AND IT IS SHOWN IN THIS DESIGN AS WELL. PERFECT.
WELL, I WILL DEFINITELY BRING SOMETHING BACK NOW MAY.
AND I WILL HAVE OPTIONS FOR YOU AND DEFINITELY PUT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION NEXT MONTH.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION?
>> GLAD TO SEE IT IS MOVING ALONG SO QUICKLY.
GETTING SOME TRACTION. >> YES, SIR, ME TOO.
>> WE WILL BE DOG PARKING IT PRETTY SOON.
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THANKS, JASON. I APPRECIATE THAT.>> THANK YOU. >>LEE KEELING: THANK YOU TO ALL FOR COMING AND PARTICIPATING TONIGHT AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THIS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE AND GETTING IT -- GETSING IT DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOU ALL AND FOR -- AND FOR IZZY.
[2. Discuss and recap the March Parks and Recreation Commission Workshop]
SO -- OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO RECAP THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP. AND I GUESS AS A PRELUDE TO THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR AGREEING TO TAKE A SATURDAY OFF AND MEET TO KIND OF GO OVER ALL OF THIS STUFF AND A WILEY AND WOOLY MEETING AND WITH HE COULD HAVE GONE ALL DAY, I AM AFRAID. BUT I THINK IT WAS PRODUCTIVE AND JASON WILL TELL US IF IT WAS OR NOT.>> AND TELL EVERYBODY IN TOWN HOW PRODUCTIVE IT WAS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION.
AND I THINK -- I THINK WE -- I THINK WE GOT DONE WHAT WE WERE -- WHAT WE INTENDED TO GET DONE. SO ANYWAY, TAKE IT AWAY, JASON.
>> YES, NO, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
MY COMMENTS ARE THE SAME. I ECHO THOSE.
THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I KNOW OUR STAFF HAD A GOOD TIME. I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
WE WERE MISSING GEORGE, UNFORTUNATELY.
HE WASN'T WITH US. BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH ME WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIVE CHAPTERS IN 15 TO 20 MINUTES OR WHATEVER IT SEEMED LIKE. WE WERE SPEED READING THOSE -- THE MASTER PLAN. SOME THANK YOU, ALL.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS RECAPTURE SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE AT THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE TOP FIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DON'T JUST SIT ON A BOOK SHELF, IF YOU WILL, AND COLLECT DUST. WE WANT TO MRENLT, YOU KNOW, UPDATED -- PRESENT, YOU KNOW, UPDATED INFORMATION EACH QUARTER AND WE BRIEFLY TALKED OF THIS AT THE COMMISSION MEETING AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE THINGS AND I WANTED TO RUN THEM TO YOU BEFORE WE START DIVING INTO THE TOP PRIORITIES YOU KIMBERLY'S GROUP LOOKED LIKE THIS AND MY GROUP DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS. BUT STICK NOTES EVERYWHERE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WAG REALLY INTERESTING WE AS A COMMISSION WENT THROUGHOUT PARKING AND RECREATION PROCESS.
WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND GAP WE HAD AND TO TAKE A GROUP OF NINE FOLKS -- NINE INDIVIDUALS TO COME UP WITH THAT THIS PLAN AND COME UP WITH ALL THESE THINGS TOO.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. BECAUSE IT IS A LOT.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT INTERESTED A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BRINGING UP A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
SOME OF THEM RANGE FROM STREAM BANK STABILIZATION TO THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE TO JUST ATHLETIC FIELDS.
YOU KNOW UPDATING SOME OF OUR REST ROOMS IN OUR PARKS.
HAVING A MAINTENANCE PLAN. IN ADDITION TO STREET DANCES.
LOOKING AT COMMUNITY CENTER AND SOCCER FIELDS.
EVERY TOPIC WENT FROM POLICIES TO ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS OR MIDTERM IMPROVEMENTS.
A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATION AND COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, WE E ENDED UP WITH -- WHOOPS, THE TOP FIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS FREAKING OUT ON ME, SORRY.
THE TOP FIVE FOR THE COMMISSION. WHAT WE WERE TABLE TO CAPTURE IS PARK SECURITY. A BROAD STATEMENT AND SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, LIGHTING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING.
PARK LAND ORDINANCE AND UPDATES. SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW SOMETHING RELATED TO FEE SCHEDULE.
ONCE WE GET THAT WRAPPED UP WE WILL BE PRESENTING THEM TO YOU AS WELL. NEAR TERM PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE WE INVESTED IN -- BASICALLY THE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARKS AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT KNOCKED OUT.
OUR CONDITIONS AISMENT. YOU ALL HAD MENTIONED WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX AND HAVE ANA CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND WANTED ME TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET AND WHAT PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND I WILL BE DEFINITELY GETTING THIS
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OUT TO YOU ALL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.GAPS CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS. ANOTHER COMMENT MADE JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT TRAIL CONN Y CONNECTIVITY.
HIKE AND PIKE TRAILS AND CONNECTING PARKS AND JUST THE LINEAR PARKWAYS THAT WE HAVE. IF I CAPTURE THOSE CORRECTLY, THOSE ARE THE TOP FIVE FROM THE COMMISSION.
>> AWESOME. >> I LIKE THE GAP'S CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS. ONE WE STRUGGLED ON.
>> I LIKE IT TOO. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING. I THINK THAT PICKS UP -- PICKS UP A LOT OF VERY, VERY NARROW POINT THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN BULLET POINTS IN OUR PLAN DOCUMENT BUT I THINK YOU ARRANGED IT IN A WAY THAT IS USEFUL AND I THINK IT KIND OF CAPTURES IT, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
>> YEAH, I THINK -- I THINK EVERYBODY HAD SO MANY GREAT IDEAS OUT OF THE THING AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ENERGY AND ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT VICTORIA PARKS HAVE TO OFFER AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER BANDWIDTH. AND I THINK THOSE FIVE THINGS PRETTY MUCH WRAP UP WHAT WE CAN DO AND GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK OUT OF THEM. I AM EXCITED OF THE PARK ORDINANCE AND FINDING OUT ABOUT THAT.
THAT WILL BE GREAT FOR THE FUTURE OF VICTORIA.
A LOT OF THIS STUFF WE WILL BE WORKING ON AND SOME OF THEM WE ALREADY HAVE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH A GOOD CHUNK OF THESE.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES.
SO WITH THAT, THE LAST SLIDE JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHAT OUR HOPE IS. SO WE HAVE BUDGET MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ACTUALLY LAST WEEK TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH YOU DURING THE WORKSHOP.
IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THERE WAS A COUPLE OF LARGE ONES IN THERE.
PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT FOR CHILDREN'S PARK AND BROWNSEN PARK AND SOME UPDATES FROM OUR PARKS AND RECOGNIZE RACE.
CONVERSATIONS WITH CMO AND LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES AT THE MONTHLY MEETING. EVERY CORNER PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON TOP PRIORITIES AND WHERE YOU WANT US TO FOCUS AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU AN UPDATE IN JUNE AND DECEMBER OF THESE ITEMS. IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS OR DIRECTION THAT NEED TO CH CHANGE,WELL WE WILL PEN FROM THE AT THE TIME. I THOUGHT TO HAVE A YEARLY WORKSHOP WITH THE COMMISSION. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL BUT DECEMBER GETS CRAZY. DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY IS BEST FOR US. FEBRUARY IS THE TIME WE TURN IN THE BUDGET. AND I WANT THIS CONVERSATION PRIOR TO OUR BUDGET, NOT LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR.
BUT DECEMBER OR JANUARY JUST -- I DON'T NEED ANY CONFIRMATION.
JUST A HEAD NOD OKAY. IS DECEMBER AND JANUARYISH SOUND DECENT FOR EVERYBODY FOR SOME TYPE OF A WORKSHOP?
YEAH? >> DOES IT INTERFERE WITH YOUR -- WITH THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC THING?
>> I AM SURE IT DOES, BUT WE WILL WORK AROUND IT.
NOT A PROBLEM. >> AND CHRISTMAS AND ALL THIS OTHER FUN STUFF. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AND THOUGHT IT HAD A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVERY YEAR, IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE COM N COMMISSION.
>> I THINK SO. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT GAME
>> CAHOOT. I AM READY TO DO THAT AGAIN.
[3. Riverside Stadium 75th Anniversary]
THANK YOU, YES, SIR. >>LEE KEELING: OKAY.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, THE RIVERSIDE STADIUM 57TH
ANNIVERSARY. >> THE 75TH IS HAPPENING NEXT
MONTH. >> RIVERSIDE STADIUM 75TH ANNIVERSARY IS NEXT MONTH. SO MAY 9, 1947 HOSTED FIRST CAME AT THE ROSE BUD STADIUM. ONE-AND-A-HALF-DAY EVENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND A OPENING NIGHT AND DEDICATION TO THE PARK, TO THE STADIUM, A HOME RUN DERBY AND LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE VICTORIA GIRL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.
HOPEFULLY WILL BE DONATED SO WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIVERSIDE
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SEATING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE A -- ALL KIND OF FUN CONTEST AT LOWE FIELD.WHICH HAVELE BALL, HOME RUN DERBY, DIZZY BAT FIRST BASE SPRINT ALONG WITH BOUNCE HOUSES AND MAYBE A DUNKING BOOTH AND HAVE A CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME WITH DIFFERENT CELEBRITIES AROUND VICTORIA. AND WE WILL FINISH IT OFF WITH A
>> THAT IS THE GOAL. >> I LIKE THE SHIRT.
>> THAT IS OUR LATEST AND GREATEST DRAFT FOR OUR LOGO.
IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET. WE JUST RECEIVED THAT TODAY.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT. WHAT ARE Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> I WOULD BUY IT. >> I'LL WEAR IT.
>> WE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF GIVEAWAYS.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE SHIRTS. WE WILL BE GIVING IT TO OUR SUPPORTERS AND OUR STAFF. ANY VOLUNTEERS AND THEY WILL ALSO BE FOR SALE. WE DEFINITELY COULD USE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT AND SATURDAY AS WELL TO HELP WITH HOME RUN DERBY, CATCHING FLYBALLS AND THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE PARK.
>>LEE KEELING: WHAT IS THE DATE AGAIN?
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT MAY 20 AND MAY 21.
>> WHAT KIND OF HOME RUN DERBY. LITTLE LEAGUE OR SOFTBALL.
>> ADULT SOFTBALL. BRING YOUR OWN PITCHER, A MEN'S
AND WOMEN'S LEAGUE. >> ONE COMMENT ON YOUR LOGO.
PUT THE CITY AND STATE. >> HAS THE VICTORIA, TEXAS LOGO.
>> IF YOU WERE FROM NEW YORK CITY, YOU WON'T KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE. >> I LIKE THAT TO ACTUALLY GO ON THE BACK OF IT AND HAVE RIVERSIDE STADIUM ESTABLISHED 1947 ON THE FRONT SO WE CAN DEFINITELY ADDING VICTORIA, TEXAS ON HERE AS WELL. FOR SURE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD -- WE WERE ORIGINALLY -- WELL, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO FIND A GOOD WEEKEND.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY INTEND IT TO BE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY.
AND THIS IS CINCO DEMAYO AND MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND.
THE SECOND WEEKEND COULD BE PLAYOFFS FOR STATE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND KIND OF LANDING ON THE THIRD ONE AT THIS POINT, BUT THE DATE HAS BEEN KICKED AROUND A FEW TIMES.
>> YES, EAST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE GOING TO PLAYOFFS AND VERY EXCITED FOR THEM AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HAVE
HOME FIELD OPTION. >> ADVANTAGE.
>> ADVANTAGE. DO THEY SAY ADVANTAGE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE RIGHT -- YEAH.
[4. Department Updates]
>>LEE KEELING: VERY GOOD, KIMBERLY, APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, YEAH, WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO THIS.
PARKS, REC, GOLF, COMMUNITY CENTER, SPORTS TOURISM AND THE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS THAT WE E HAVE.
FIRST OFF IS PARKS AND REC AND PASS THE MIC OVER AGAIN TO
KIMBERLY. >> MARCH AND THE FIRST PART OF APRIL HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME FOR OUR PARKS DIVISION.
THEY WERE ABLE TO FOCUS A LOT ON MLK PARK, DE LEON FOR UPDATED AND PRESSURE WASHED AND SPARKLING FOR THE COMMUNITY LIKE WE DID CHILDREN'S PARK. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY -- A HUGE SHIPMENT OF ROSES COME IN AND OUR TEAM PLANTED 170 ROSE BUSHES IN THE ROSE GARDEN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT WAS A -- A GREAT TEAM PROJECT FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS A LOT ON TRAINING.
SO WE HAD SOME BALL FIELD TRAINING OUT AT THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX. SO WHERE THE -- WHERE THE DIRT AND THE CLAY AND GRASS MEET, WE HAVE BEEN DOING -- WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THIS AREA, THE LOOKS OF IT.
AS WELL AS GETTING SOME OF OUR PARK MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT TYPICALLY FOCUS ON MOWING AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OVER THERE AND CROSS TRAINING SO WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFFING TO WORK WITH BALL FIELDS BECAUSE IT GETS TO BE A VERY BUSY TIME OF YEAR.
THEY WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUES.
SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. LAST WEEK, OUR CREW LEADERS, PARK SUPERVISORS, SUPERINTENDENT AND MYSELF ATTENDED THE HURRICANE AND DISASTER. EVERYBODY IN OUR REGION.
OUR DEPARTMENT, FIRE, PRICKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DIFFERENT STATE AND CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES COME TOGETHER AND WE GET TO KIND
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OF LEARN OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES AND TRAINING THAT WE NEED FOR HURRICANES, NATURAL DISASTERS.ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> WHERE DID THE ROSES COME M
>> I KNOW IT WAS A BIG THING. >> ER IN GORGEOUS.
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?
THEY ARE SO PRETTY. I NEVER SEEN THEM SO PRETTY.
SO GORGEOUS. I KEEP TAKING PICTURES.
KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. CAN I NOMINATE THE PARKS AND
RECREATION. >> IT IS A NURSERY IN CALIFORNIA
ACCORDING -- >> WE ACQUIRED THEM TO PUT THERE OR DID -- I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY DONATED THEM OR
ANYTHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> WE DO HAVE A T BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET TO BUY MORE ROSE BUSHES EACH YEAR TO PLANT THEM AND IT GETS LOST IN THE WINTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> OKAY, WELL, GOOD. >> ALL THE PROM PEOPLE WERE OVER THERE TAKING PICTURES THIS WEEKEND.
>> IS THAT RIGHT? >> BUSES TAKING IN PEOPLE FOR PROM PICTURES. NEVER SEEN THEM THAT FULL.
THEY ARE LOVED. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
>> RECREATION. WE DO A LOT IN RECREATION IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. WE GOT TO DO A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERSHIPS. HELPED OUT WITH THE SOUTH SIDE COALITION TAKE A BREAK EVENT AND THE MUSEUM AT COASTAL BEND OFFERING ACTIVITIES EACH DAY THE SPRING BREAK.
KIWANIS CLUB. TOWN SQUARE XWR FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT WE HAD YESTERDAY. IT WAS AWESOME AND NUTS.
A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE. THERE WAS FOAM.
THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE FOAM EVERYWHERE AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT. OVER EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
THE KIDS HAD A GOOD TIME. EARTH DAY HAPPENING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND PARTNERING WITH KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL.
THE BACK DECK OF THE HILLARD HOUSE HAS H A BIRD EXHIBIT AND THE GRAND OPENING AS WELL. AND COME OUT ON THE 23RD.
PROGRAMS, WE LAUNCHED SENIOR BUNCO IN MARCH.
WE WILL BE DOING TRIVIA NIGHT AND CAMP OUT AND MOVIE NIGHT AND EVENTS, WE ARE DOING A TAX DAY 5K.
A TEEN GLOW PARTY. OUR CINCO DE MAYO AND OUR SPRING LEAGUES CORN HOLE, KICKBALL AND SOFTBALL.
>> THANKS, KIMBERLY. >> WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO THE GOLF COURSE DIVISION. A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE MONTH.
SO THE END OF THE MONTH, TOTAL REVENUES WE WERE ABLE TO GET WAS $126,904. UPTICK AND TOURNAMENT BRAND ROUNDS COMPARED AT THAT LAST MONTH AND FEW IMPORTANT DATES WE HAVE IN HERE IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH AND THE FIRST PART OF MAY. MAY STARTS TO GET REALLY BUSY.
AS YOU CAN AS YOU WILL ASSUME. OUT BAND.
GOLF COURSE IS GOING VERY WELL. THE NEXT SLIDE IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF A DIVISION THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
A QUICK LOOK AT IT IN OCTOBER. YOU CAN SEE IT WAS PRETTY LOW.
THAT HAD TO PRIMARILY DUE WITH THE FACT THAT WE CLOSED DOWN THE GO GOLF COURSE A WEEK AND A HALF DUE TO THE FLOODING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. IN JANUARY IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEMBERSHIPS AND A DELAY IN THE MEMBERSHIP DUE TO GPS TRYING TO GET FIGURED OUT SO WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE REVENUE, IF YOU WILL, IN JANUARY LIKE WE TYPICALLY WOULD.
AND JANUARY -- WE MADE UP FOR IT IN JANUARY FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. IN MARCH, WE DID FAIRLY WELL.
TOTAL UNDER $620,000 IN REVENUE FOR THE TOTAL FOR THIS YEAR.
AGAIN THAT IS A SIX-MONTH MARK. THAT IS -- THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.
LAST YEAR HIT $175 MILLION IN REVENUES AND WE WILL BE ON TRACK -- OUR GOAL IS ON TRACK FOR THAT THIS YEAR.
IF WE JUST LOOK AT IT WHICH THINK 618 TIMES 2.
WE SHOULD BE TO GO. BUT WE HAVE WEATHER TO WORRY ABOUT. AND ONE THING WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS THE 20 ADDITIONAL GOLF CARTS.
WE RECEIVED THE 20 ADDITIONAL GOLF CARTS TO INCREASE FROM 50
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TO 70 AND HAVEN'T IT IN PLAY T YET.WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM THE 20 GOLF CARTS. ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A HILL WHILE IS GPS. GPS SHOULD BE INSTALLED AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH AND A HARD DATE ON WHEN THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED BUT WE KNOW THEY SHOULD BE HERE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS AND WE WILL HAVE GPN OUR GOLF CARTS.
WE DON'T HAVE IT AT PEBBLE BEACH AND THE GREENS.
A PLUS FOR THE GOLF COURSE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GOLF C E COURSE? OKAY, COMMUNITY CENTER THIS ONE IS FAIRLY QUICK. LIKE TO GIVE YOU STATS ON CITY RENTALS VERSUS NONCITY RENTALS. 12 CITY RENTALS FOR LAST MONTH AND SEVEN NONCITY RENTALS. NONCITY REG TALS WEDDINGS, EVENTS AND QUINZNETA AND OTHERS RELATED TO THE CITY.
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OVER THE LAST HANDLE OF MONTHS A UTILIZING THE COMMUNITY SENT FOR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND LEAGUES. OUT OF THE RENTALS, THE DEPARTMENT HELD FIVE PROGRAM OR LEAGUES FROM THOSE 12.
JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING INCREASE OVER FLORIDA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER JUST WITH PROGRAMS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY REALLY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY CENTER? OKAY. SPORTS TOURISM.
AND DEPARTMENT. SO SPORTS TOURISM STARTING TO SEE A BIG THING. WE HAVE -- WASN'T ABLE TO BRING MICHELLE WITH YOU TODAY, -- BUT WITH US TODAY BUT MICHELLE MYERS IS OUR SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER AND STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO AND FWRESH TO THE SPORTS TOURISM WORLD WITH VICTORIA.
BUT SHE IS NOT NEW TO MARKETING AND THAT'S WHERE -- REALLY WHERE HER BACK GROUND LIES. 20-PLUS YEARS OF EXEMPTION IN MARKETING. LOOKING AT -- OF EXPERIENCE IN MARKETING AND LOOKING TO MARKET VICTORIA VERY WELL WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS AND FROM RAY FUQUO AND SHE IS FAIRLY LOCAL.
SHE HAS SOME KIDS AND THEY ARE ALL INTO SPORTS AS WELL.
WE HAD AN EVENT WITH THE EVENT COORDINATORS A AND HE AND MICHELLE TALKED OF SPORTS. I WAS 86ED OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION AND I WALKED AWAY AND WENT TO MY OFFICE.
SHE IS SUPER EXCITED OF BRINGING ANY KIND OF SPORTS TO THE VICTORIA AREA. SPORTS TOURISM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CVB. CVB AND PARKS AND REC PUT A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MICHELLE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THESE E S EVENTS.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT 37 THIS THING IS SUPER, SUPER LONG.
A SNAPSHOT OF THE SPORTING EVENTS HAPPENING WITHIN VICTORIA. THE GOAL IS TO REACH OUT FOR THESE COORDINATORS AND BASICALLY ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM VNLD A MEMORABLE GREAT EXPERIENCE IN VICTORIA AND COME BACK TO HOST THIS AGAIN ANOTHER THING SHE IS WORKING ON IS GET THE TOURNAMENTS IN AND ROCKING AND ROLLING AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS TO COME. ONE OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT WE PURCHASED A MINISTRY WITH, THE SPORTS INDEX.
A SLEW OF SPORTING EVENT AND TURN ON THIS INDEX.
A QUICK SNAPSHOT FOR YOU AND THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HAVE OVER AT AIRPORT.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HAVE OVER AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND S SOFTBALL FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER. THERE IS REALLY -- NOTHING IS GOING TO HOLD US BACK. I MEAN OUR IMAGINATION IS WIDE OPEN. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DON'T JUST WANT TO START RANDOMLY PUTTING OUT BIDS ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO -- WE ARE CONNECTING MICHELLE WITH ALL OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND ATHLETIC SUPERINTENDENTS MAKING SURE SHE HAS THE CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO GATHER THE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO FIND WHAT SPORTING EVENTS WILL BE BEST FOR OUR A AREA. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHE WILL BE WORKING ON NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THESE ARE A YEAR, TWO YEARS AND MAYBE EVEN THREE YEARS
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OUT AND THE THINGS WE WILL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR WE WON'T SEE UNTIL NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTERWARDS.TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE SPORTS TOURISM EVENT.
>> I HAVE NOTICED SOME OF THOSE SPORT SEEING VENTS AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS, THE PARKING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
IT GETS -- THERE IS ACTUALLY NO PARK GOING SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE PARK OR GOING TO THE SKATE PARK.
IT GETS COMPLETELY FILLED UP WHENEVER THEY HAVE THOSE TOURNAMENTS. JUST ON THE DAYS THAT THEY HAVE LEAGUE, IF YOU GO OUT THERE, THE PARKING IS ALL THE WAY FILLED UP
WHERE THE SKATE PARK IS. >> OKAY.
>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
>> JUST IN THE LEAGUES THEMSELVES AND NOT NECESSARILY
IN THE TOURNAMENTS. >> THE LEAGUES THEMSELVES.
YOU CAN GO OUT WITH THE LEAGUES AND IT IS COMPLETELY FULL.
IF SOMEBODY JUST GOING TO ENJOY THE PARK OR THE SKATE PARK, THERE ISN'T NO PARKING AND PERHAPS NOT ADEQUATE PARKING FOR
[INAUDIBLE] >> RIGHT, OH, YEAH.
HAVE ANY OF Y'ALL SEEN IT? >> IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR
>> OKAY. >> THAT IS PART OF IT.
LIKE YOU SAID, DOES -- IS THE FACILITY -- IS IT -- DOES IT HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT. 5,000 PEOPLE AT A ONE-DAY EVENT AND THE ONLY LOCATION. WE KNOW IT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK FOR US AND WE WILL HAVE TO FIND SOME KIND OF ALTERNATIVE PARKING BUT I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT AND LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. COOL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT SPORTS TOURISM SIDE.
I WILL RUN THROUGH PARK PROJECTS AND GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
THE SOCCER FIELDS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR, FIELDER'S CHOICE FOR THE LAST FIELD.
THEY ARE HAVING A LITTLE -- HURDLES WITH HIM.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT ONE ACCOMPLISHED AND FINISHED BEFORE THE END OF SUMMER. THE DUCK POND IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WE PUSHED BACK THE BID OPENING BY TWO WEEKS FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE FROM THE CONTRACTORS AS FAR AS QUESTIONS WERE CONCERNED. OUR BID OPENING IS APRIL 20 FOR THAT PROJECT LET'S SEE -- I NEED TO CHANGE THAT YELLOW.
IT IS EVEN WORSE UP HERE. DOG PARK.
YEAH, DOG PARK. I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT E ONE. ANY QUESTIONS JUST LET ME KNOW.
AND THE GOLF COURSE REST ROOMS. PART OF THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO UPGRADE THE REST ROOMS AT THE GOLF COURSE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO OF THEM UP THERE THAT WILL HAVE RENOVATED HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL START ON IT.
I THINK THE PROJECT WILL START ABOUT FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE LAST HANDFUL THAT WE HAVE, COMMUNITY CENTER HVAC SYSTEM.
THAT IS -- THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING VERY WELL.
SO OUR CHILLERS WHICH WOULD BE THE AC, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL BE IN THE DOME. WE OPENED UP CONTRACTS FOR THAT OR BIDS FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE SELECTED A CONTRACTOR AND WILL BE PRESENTING CONTRACT TO CITY COUNCIL HERE IN MAY. SORRY, HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE THAT. AND THOSE CHILLERS -- THE LONGEST LEAD TIME ON THE CHILLERS IS THE CHILLERS THEMSELVES. A 15-WEEK ORDER TIME.
THE WHOLE PROJECT SHOULD ONLY THE TAKE TWO WEEKS.
15 WEEKS TO GET THE CHILLERS IN FROM ORDER.
THAT IS THE LONGEST PART OF. THE HEATER SYSTEM FOR THE ZONE.
AND WE HAVE MONEY IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET TO HAVE THE HEATERS REPLACED IN THE DOME. ALL THIS IS CONTINUING TO MOVE
FORWARD. >> THE CHILLERS, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE. WE HAVE ON AND OFF AND THAT'S T
>> NO, NO, SIR. THIS -- THIS -- THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO WORK AROUND ALL OF THOSE.
WE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM. THEY WILL PUSH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAYS. WE WERE LOOKING AT HAVING TEMPORARY AC FOR THE MIAMI, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE PROJECT, WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS, IT WASN'T WORTH THE COST. SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING, IT MAY BE ONE RENTAL WE MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS.
[INAUDIBLE] >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S -- THE PROJECT WILL PROBABLY BE DONE RIGHT AT THE END OF SUMMER AND WE WILL BE -- OR GETTING TOWARD THE END OF SUMMER AND READY TO GO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR OR EVEN NEXT YEAR.
RIVERSIDE STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
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OF COURSE, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE PARKING LOTS.BUT WE ALSO UPGRADED THE VISITOR LOCKER ROOM.
IT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND VERY GREAT AND ALL OF THE REST ROOMS HAVE BEEN REFU D REFURBISHED.
ALL THE FIXTURES IN THERE HAVE BEEN CLEANED.
ALL OF THAT. LOOKS REALLY WELL.
IT WILL BE VERY SHARP LOOKING FOR THE 75TH.
WE HAD SOME PRESSURE WASHING COMPLETED.
THE NETS AND COUPLE OF AREAS COMPLETED BY A CONTRACTOR AND PAINTING AND FENCE WORK HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AGAIN, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 75TH.
>> JASON, ON THAT RIVERSIDE STADIUM, HAVE YOU CHECKED THE SEATS ANY KNOW THAT WAS -- I WAS AT THE BALL GAME THE OTHER DAY AND YOU KNOW HOW THE YOUNG KIDS, ARE, THEY TRY TO CROSS OVER AND STEP ON ONE OF THE SEATS AND COLLAPSED ON HIM.
LUCKILY HE DIDN'T GET HURT, FALL DOWN AND HURT HIMSELF.
OUT THERE ON THE FRONT ROW, RIGHT BEHIND HOME PLATE.
THAT IS WHERE HE STEPPED ON IT. >> WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A
[INAUDIBLE] -- DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT?
>> THEY WERE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS JUST THE GENERALS AND KIMBERLY CAN
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. >> THE GENERALS PARTY DECK.
WHAT THEY ADDED ON TO THE STADIUM.
>> OKAY, PERFECT. WE WILL LOOK AT THE SEATING, COMMISSIONER. AND FACILITIES ASSESSMENT FOR ALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE MENTIONED IN THE COMMISSION MEETING.
FUNDING WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IN 2 2022-'23. FACILITIES ASSESSMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE ARE WORKING ON, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH VICTORIA MAIN STREET, MAIN STREET PROGRAM TO UPGRADE THE DELEON PLAZA. THEY ARE THE ONES SPEARHEADING THAT BUT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE PARK WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. OPINION THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT. THE PROJECT HAPPENING -- BEAUTY IF I OCCASION ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALONG THE LOOP.
WE ARE WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT SINCE DAY ONE.
AND THEY ARE -- THEY ARE GOING -- THEY ARE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL. THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOME TIME IN MAY. LAST TIME PLANTING 100 TREES A DAY AT THAT SITE. SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY ROCKING AND ROLLING ON THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.
BUT -- A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
>> SO THIS GREEN RIBBON. THIS IS ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM THE LOOM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
>> YES, SIR, YES, SIR. TAMPA IT IS -- SO THE GREEN RIVER PROJECT DEALS WITH ATTAINMENT.
AND BEAUTIFUL PROJECT WITH TXDOT WE ARE ABLE TO TAP INTO AND IT IS BASICALLY FROM NAVARRO TO -- WAS IT SAM HOUSTON? ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LOOP. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS PLANTING TREES IN CLUSTERS, FULL. SOME OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, THEY WILL HAVE ENTRY SIGNS AND THE GATEWAY SIGNS AND HAVE SOME STONE AND A NICE PLANNER BID SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CURRENT PLANTER BIBS LOOK LIKE. A LOT OF COLORS.
A LOT OF FLOWERS AND A LOT OF POP.
BEAUTIFYING BOTH. THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF 463.
>> GOING BACK TO DE LEON PLAZA. DID THE DE LEON FAMILY GET BACK IS NOW I KNOW ONE OF THE MEETING DE LEON HAD A PRESENTATION.
AND WANTED A CERTAIN AREA TO HAVE AN AREA SET ASIDE FOR A STATUE OF DE LEON. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME. A LONG TIME AGO.
>>LEE KEELING: I REMEMBER IT. >> SHE CAME TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND THE COUNCIL AGREED TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW HER FAMILY THE PROJECT TO BUILD A
STATUTE OF MARTIN DE LEON. >> TO BUILD A STATUE OR ERECT A
STATUE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO IT. YOU SAY REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DE LEON PLAZA. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE THE
PIECE OF HAND. >> I APOLOGIZE.
WHAT IS HER NAME? >> BLANCHE DE LEON.
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>> I HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND FOLLOW UP.
>> I THINK I GOT HER NUMBER STILL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PROJECTS, UNLESS ANYBODY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> JASON, ANY UPDATE ON THE SPLASH PADS? I THINK WE ARE DOWN TO ONE
WORKING SPLASH PAD NOW. >> YEAH.
SO WHEN WE WERE OPENING THE SPLASH PADS FOR THE SEASON.
THE MOTOR THAT GOES AROUND THE SEAL, THE AIRLINE, A VERY LARGE LEAK IN IT. THEY ARE WORKING WITH PREMIERE POOLS. ONE OF THE LOCAL POOL PLACES TO GET THAT SEAL REPAIRS. EVERY TIME THEY FIX SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE BREAKS. SO THEY ARE CONTINUING WITH T THAT. WITH COMMUNITY CENTER PARK SPLASH PAD, WE ARE GETTING UPDATED QUOTES.
WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET AND NEEDED A UPDATED QUOTE TO GET THAT CONTRACT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER FIXED -- I MEAN THAT
SPLASH PAD FIXED. >> ETHEL LEE PRAISEY OPEN NOW.
>> SOME ARE OPEN. AND SOME HAVE LEAKS IN THEM AND NOT FULLY TURNED ON YET, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THAT ONE AS WELL. WE ARE WORKING TO GET THAT ONE 1
100% RUNNING. >> THEY WILL REDO THAT ONE, RIGHT, EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY DO THE PARK.
OR IS THAT ONE GOING TO STAY? >> I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK.
I THINK THAT CAN STAY POTE POTENTIALLY BE EXPANDED FROM THE MASTER PLAN. COULD I COULD BE WRONG THOUGH.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER A PLACEMENT. PART OF ONE WORKING.
>> RIGHT. THAT IS PART OF WHAT KIMBERLY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS JUST GETTING ON A BETTER MAINTENANCE PLAN AND WE WITH THE COMMISSION BEFORE AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS THAT TIME FOR US TO PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR OCTOBER.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS MAINTENANCE -- IT IS EVEN REMOVING SOME OF THAT -- THAT PUTTY IN BETWEEN THE CRACKS AND RESEALING THAT.
A LOT OF ISSUES. THAT PROBABLY CAUSED OUR ISSUE OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER D AND, YES, TRYING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ON THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF ALL OF OUR PARKS, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE SPLASH PAD.
YOU DEAL WITH CHEMICALS IN THE SUN AND TAKES A BEATING.
ETHEL LEE TRACY. I THINK THERE WAS -- WHAT WAS IT LIKE $20,000 WORTH OF REPAIRS OVER THERE.
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> ANOTHER $30,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO WE FOUND THE $50,000 TO BE ABLE TO FIX THOSE, WE JUST -- IT IS JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THAT -- TO GET THE PO AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT. THE BIGGEST PIECE WAS FINDING THAT MONEY AND WE FOUND THE $50,000.
DON'T ASK US WHERE, BUT WE FOUND IT.
>> GOOD TO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
BECAUSE THEY LIKE -- CARS THAT YOU ARE SITTING THERE YOU HAVE TO RUN THEM EVEN WHEN YOU ARE NOT GOING TO USE THEM AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO EXPOSE WHATEVER MIGHT BE WRONG EVEN IN THE OFF
>> AGREED. >> IS THERE A SEASON FOR SPLASH PADS. TURN ON AND TURN OFF AT -- JUST
CURIOUS THE DATES? >> WE STARTED THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SPRING BREAK, DETERMINED BY STATE, COUNTY, THE ISD AND THEN RUN IT THROUGH THE END OF THE OCTOBER.
THE CHANGES LAST YEAR. WE USED TO ALLOW THE PRIVATE RENTALS BUT THE SPLASH PADS WILL CLOSE AT 9 AND WE NO LONGER OFFER THE PRIVATE RENTALS AND RUN SPLASH PADS SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK FROM 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. >> I REMEMBER, THANK YOU.
>>LEE KEELING: THANK YOU, GUYS. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND, MIKE, YOU MENTIONED SPWINGT 361 PROJECT.
>> THE 361 PROJECT, HOW IS THAT COMING ALONG?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH HONOR 361 WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE WE STARTED THE DELEON PROJECT. WE MET WITH THEM AND THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT A LOCATION BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THEY PROPOSED RIVERSIDE. I BELIEVE RIVERSIDE PARK RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE ROSE GARDEN WHERE THEY WANTED TO ORIGINALLY PUT THE STATUE OF THE MEMORIAL AND WHAT WE -- THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSSED MEMORIAL SQUARE UTILIZING THAT SPACE AS THE HONOR 361 AREA BECAUSE -- JUST THE NATURE OF THE AREA. YOU KNOW WE HAVE 98 UNMARKED GRAVES. THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN CALL
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FOR REFURBISHING OF THAT AREA AND REALLY LOOKING AT WANTING TO ENHANCE THAT AREA AND PUT ON OUR 361 MEMORIALS OVER THERE.THEY WERE IN AGREEANCE AT THAT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THERE HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME. WE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE AT. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST KNOWING OF A LOCATION TO FUNDS RAISE THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THEY NEEDED FOR THE STATUE ITSELF.
>> A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON. THEY ARE STILL AMATES HAVEN'T COME FORWARD SAYING WE ARE STARTING IT.
WE COME FORWARD AND GOT THE MONEY.
YOU MENTIONED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DE LEON PLAZA.
BEAUTIFUL AND PUT THIS THING UP HERE? NOT FAIR FOR YOU. YOU TAKE ALL THIS TIME TO MAKE
THE PROJECT BEAUTIFUL. >> YES, SIR.
WE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH HONOR 361 WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH FUND RAISING EFFORTS AND BRING THAT CONVERSATION BACK UP
TO THEM. >> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS FOR -- ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
FROM THE COMMISSION? >> JUST THE DOG PARK.
>> THE DOG PARK. >> I THINK WE GOT THAT COVERED.
>> SO, GOOD. ALL RIGHT, IF NOTHING MORE, THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE ITEM F, ADJOURNMENT WHICH I THINK THAT I
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