[A. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:05] >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. PARKS COMMISSION AND IT IS 5:00 STRAIGHT UP. WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER OR TWO COMING IN BUT WE WILL MAKE ROOM FOR THEM AS THAT HAPPENS. I WILL BEGIN BY ASKING IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION. AND IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. ANYBODY? EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO AVOID EYE CONTACT. [LAUGHTER] NOBODY IS COMING UP. >> NOT THAT INTIMIDATING. >> OKAY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FREE TO DO SO IF YOU WANT TO. ALL RIGHT NEXT ITEM ON THE [1. Adoption of Minutes] AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE PACKAGE. IF EVERYONE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MISSION TO ACCEPT OR MAKE CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY. >> I THINK SOME CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, I WAS NOT PRESENT AND IT SAYS I WAS. >> OKAY. WE WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT IS THE ONLY THING I SAW. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED. IS THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT'S DONE. ITEM D IS OTHER BUSINESS. [1. Discuss and take action on ideas for a memorial at the dog park.] WE DON'T HAVE A LONG AGENDA BUT SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. I GUESS NUMBER ONE, THE ONE, DISCUSS AND IT TAKES ACTION ON IDEAS FOR A MEMORIAL AT THE DOG JASON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US ON THIS DISCUSSION? >> SURE! GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. ONE OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED LAST GO AROUND, WAS, HOW DO WE MEMORIALIZE OR COMMEMORATE -- DURING OUR DOG PARK CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT. AND SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION, I WAS ASKED TO PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF IDEAS OR DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATION PRIOR TO PUTTING THE LIST TOGETHER WITH MR. AND MRS. STRAIN. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WILL NOTE THAT IS INCORRECT IN THE NAMING OF THE DOG PARK IS WHAT IZZY'S REQUEST FOR THE NAMING OF THE DOG PARK WAS RIVERSIDE PARK. I WOULD APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. IT WASN'T PARK IT WAS RIVERSIDE BARK. WE WANT TO STICK WITH THAT NAME AND THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO GO THAT ROUTE IT COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION. OR ANY OTHER NAME. SOME OF THESE WE CAN INCORPORATE, WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OR ALL, WE COULD INCORPORATE NONE. REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT DIRECTION THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. >> YOU SENT THIS OUT SOME TIME AGO, DID YOU GET ANY SPECIFIC REQUEST OR THOUGHTS BACK FROM -- >> I DID GET A FEW THOUGHTS FROM SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS. >> WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND IT JUST KIND OF TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME IF COMMISSION WANTS TO DO THAT. WE CAN GET EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS OR IF YOU HAVE SOME PREVIOUS FEEDBACK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. >> I ONLY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM TWO OR THREE COMMISSIONERS. THEY WERE VERY SHORT FOR THE MOST PART, SOME HAD TO DO WITH THE NAMING OF THE DOG PARK ITSELF. YOU KNOW, THEY ALL WERE VERY KIND OF GENERAL, IN TERMS OF THERE WAS ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE NAMING OF THE DOG PARK. AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO GO THAT ROUTE WITH BARK PARKIN AGAIN, RIVERSIDE BARK WAS THE ONE THAT IZZY WANTED TO GO WITH SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE WANT TO TAKE THESE ONE BULLET POINT AT A TIME WE CAN. IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT SO WE COULD GET FEEDBACK FROM THE TIRE COMMISSION. >> LET'S DO THAT, WHEN WE START BY TALKING ABOUT NAMES OF THE DOG PARK. I THINK WHAT OUR ROLE WOULD BE, WOULD BE TO SUGGEST A NAME, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY GIVE THE NAME. BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUGGEST THE NAME IF COMMISSION FEELS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING WE WOULD ALL BE IN AGREEMENT ON USING. AND YOU KNOW, ON THAT SCORE, [00:05:04] DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PARTICULAR THOUGHTS ABOUT? >> I LIKE RIVERSIDE BARK. AND RIVERSIDE, TEBOW TOLD ME BEFORE THAT IF THEY WERE NOT GETTING ON THE RIVER THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THERE IS A RIVER DOWN THERE. I THINK IF WE KEEP TELLING PEOPLE RIVERSIDE, AND THE NAME OF DIFFERENT THINGS DOWN HERE, IT WILL REMIND THEM THAT THERE IS A RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH. > I AGREE, I THINK IT IS A GREAT NAME FOR THE PARK AND BEING IZZY 'S IDEA I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MEMORIALIZE HER AND CONTINUE HER LEGACY IN THE PARK. I AM ALL FOR IT. >> I AM TOO BUT I THINK IT NEEDS NAME DOG IN IT. RIVERSIDE DOG BARK PARK I THINK IT NEEDS THE WORD DOG IN THERE. AND I WOULD HAVE AN SMALLER CASE, SOME OR MAYBE ON THE IN MEMORY OF AND RIGHT BENEATH IT, DIFFERENT FONT, SMALLER FONT BUT IN MEMORY OF IZZY. SO THAT -- BUT THE NAMING AGREES TO HAVE RIVERSIDE AND IT TO SOME CAPACITY. >> IT COULD BE LIKE RIVERSIDE BARK AND THEN DOG PARK UNDERNEATH N HONOR OF IZZY WERE IN MEMORIAL OF. A NICE LOOKING PLAQUE TYPE OF THING. MAYBE JUST MORE WORDS. >> YOUR THOUGHTS? >> MOLLY THOUGHT, DO WE HAVE A DEADLINE? I KNOW WE HAVE NOT STARTED BUILDING IT YET AND WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COMMISSION THERE WAS A FOUNDATION OFFERED TO MATCH US DOLLAR PER DOLLAR. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FOUNDATIONAL INDIVIDUAL THAT BROUGHT UP THE FIRST IDEA TO BUILD THE DOG PARK MAYBE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. >> ACTUALLY WAS 2016. IT WAS THE MARSHA -- FOUNDATION WILLING TO DONATE $150,000 FOR NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE PARK. AND ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE SAME TIME THAT THE PARKS COALITION WAS FOUNDED. THE CITY WAS WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT THEY DIDN'T, THEY WENT TO THE PARKS COMMISSIONERS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE DOG PARK AND WE SAID OKAY, GIVE US A BANK ACCOUNT AND THEY SAID, GET YOUR OWN. SO WE CUT US A NONPROFIT TO FUND THE DOG PARK. IN 2016. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT WAS KIND OF PUT ON HOLD UNTIL WE DID THE NEXT 10 YEAR PLAN. AND SO, AND AT THAT TIME TOO, THE COMMISSIONERS WITH VICTORIA PARKS COALITION WAS WILLING TO STILL RAISE MONEY FOR THAT BUT THE CITY SAID THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT AND THAT WAS IN 2018. SO WE STOPPED THERE AND SOUGHT OTHER PROJECTS. >> GOTCHA. >> JASON, WHAT DOES STAFF SAY? YOU GUYS ARE NAMING THINGS AND YOU'RE SO INTRICATELY INVOLVED IN EVERY BIT OF PARKS AND PROGRAMMING. WHAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS? >> WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TO THAT FAR CONVERSATION IN THE NAMING RIGHTS OF IT. IT HAS BEEN MORE OF, WHAT AMENITIES AND YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARK ITSELF. YOU KNOW, I RECOMMEND WHATEVER YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS. RIVERSIDE DOG PARK OR RIVERSIDE BARK. TO ME, I AGREE. I THINK JUST ME PERSONALLY, I THINK RIVERSIDE BEING THE NAME SOMEWHERE WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR MANY OF THE REASONS YOU ALREADY STATED. BUT QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAVEN'T GOT INTO THE DETAILS OF IT AGAIN, IT'S JUST PART OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE DOG PARK ITSELF AND THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF IT. >> WAS THERE CONTENTION AMONG US THAT RIVERSIDE BARK DOG PARK IN MEMORY OF OR SOME MEMORIAL RECOGNITION FOR IZZY WOULD BE A NAME THAT THE COMMISSION FEELS LIKE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE? >> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NAME IN THE IN MEMORY OF? I THINK THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SUBJECT.CCORDING TO THE LIST THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR OPTIONS. IF WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT DOING A NAME. JASON TALKED ABOUT DOING PAVERS AND THEN THE WALL OF PAVERS FOR THE MEMORY PORTION OF IT. AND I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW, HAS THE CITY REACHED OUT TO THE FOUNDATION ANYMORE TO SEE IF THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN THE DOG PARK? I KNOW THEY BEEN FUNDING SPLASH PADS RECENTLY BUT -- >> NOT SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS PROJECT. LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE STILL SOME PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WAITING TO ACCOMPLISH AND FINISH UP FROM THE FOUNDATION AND SO IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, IT IS AN AREA THEY WANT US TO FOCUS ON, GETTING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATING TOWARDS COMPLETED FIRST BUT WE HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE CONVERSATION. [00:10:01] >> THE FOUNDATION DOES? >> CORRECT. >> I KNOW I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOYS CLUB. WE HAVE A ROOM THAT WAS NAMED AFTER OUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE DONATE SO MUCH MONEY. IS IT POSSIBLE SINCE SHE WAS TRYING TO DO SOME APPARATUSES FOR THE DOGS, CAN WE HAVE THAT SECTION TO NAME AFTER HER LIKE A SECTION OR ROOM AND APPARATUSES?> YEAH, WE CAN GO ANY ROUTE. IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS PUTTING UP ANOTHER SMALLER MEMORIAL OR SCUM KIND OF A PLAQUE THAT WOULD SHOW THIS IS FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THE AGILITY, THE AGILITY COURSE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WE CAN TAILOR IT TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMISSION. >> HE TALKED TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT THE PAVERS GOING UP? THE PAPER IDEA? >> YES, I TRIED TO IMAGINE THAT IN HERE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME ACROSS THAT WAY. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN IT AND IT'S PROBABLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO EXPLAIN RHINO VISUALLY WITH JUST MY HANDS BUT WE BASICALLY A COLUMN THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW, A VERY TALL COLUMN AND THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT LEAVES THE BRICK PAVERS TO SURROUND THAT BRICK COLUMN, IF YOU WILL, AND GO VERTICAL. AND BASICALLY, STACKED UP EXCEPT THAT WAY VERSUS HORIZONTALLY OR JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND. WE DEFINITELY WOULD CUT BACK ON MAINTENANCE AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED. AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE POLE, THE GIRL SCOUTS WOULD LIKE TO PAINT OR HAVE SOME KIND OF MEMORIAL ON THE TOWER ITSELF. >> AND THAT COULD BE THE MEMORIAL ASPECT OF THE PARK? >> CORRECT, YES. >> FOR IZZY. >> YES. >> I LIKE THAT.> I THINK I THINK YOU DO TO GET AWAY FROM ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL PAVERS ON THE GROUND BECAUSE WE KNOW VICTORIA RIVERSIDE, THE WHOLE AREA SHIFTS A LOT. LOOK AT THE PAVERS AND THE CHILDREN'S PARK AND THEY DON'T LOOK AT ANYMORE. THEY ARE BROKEN AND YOU KNOW THERE IS STUFF GROWING UP THROUGH THEM. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A VERY GOOD LOOK LONG-TERM. IT LOOKS GREAT WHEN YOU PUT IN BUT THEN FIVE YEARS LATER IT IS ALL -- ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO GET THE PAVERS OFF THE GROUND AND LIKE -- I THINK GOING AROUND COLUMNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S A LOT LESS MAINTENANCE AND IT WILL HOLD UP A WHOLE LOT BETTER I THINK. >> IT WILL LOOK NICER, I AGREE. >> I THINK WE ALL MIGHT AGREE ON THAT ONE. >> LET'S GO BACK AND SEE IF WE COULD GET IT CONSENSUS JUST ON THE NAME, ALL RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT, ARE WE GOOD WITH RIVERSIDE BARK, DOG PARK? >> YES. >> YES. >> YES. >> DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EVERYBODY JUST TRYING TO GET -- >> IT'S A MOUTHFUL. >> I LIKE RIVERSIDE BARK. BUT I UNDERSTAND HAVING DOG IN IT, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I DON'T HAVE OBJECTION. >> I THINK RIVERSIDE BARK, DOG PARK UNDERNEATH IT. LIKE YOU SAID SEO RESEARCH REASONS BUT THE BIG SIGN CAN BE RIVERSIDE BARK. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. >> YEAH, TO KEEP THE SIGN AND GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WANT TO INCORPORATE THE MEMORIAL FOR IZZY DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SAY IN MEMORY OF. HE COULD SAY RIVERSIDE BARK, DOG PARK AND THEN OTHER PIECES OF THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE THOSE TOUCHES OF YOU KNOW, IZZY 'S MEMORIAL. >> I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THOUGH THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IZZY DID NOT GET LEFT OUT. SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW IT WILL BE IN MEMORY OF. WHETHER IT IS THE POLE OR THE BUTTER BLOCK OR SEPARATE PLAQUE INSPIRED BY IN MEMORY OF SOMEWHERE. >> OKAY, ABSOLUTELY. >> DO YOU HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, OTHER THAN THE SCHEDULE PROVIDED BEFORE? HUMAN YOUR PRESENT PLAYGROUNDS OR HAVE A 3D MODEL? >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS ROBUST AS THAT. BUT I CAN DEFINITELY ASK OUR CONSULTANT TO SEE IF I CAN HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER FOR YOU NEXT TIME. >> THE FLY THROUGH OR WALK-THROUGH OR SOMETHING. >> HE COULD COME UP WITH AT LEAST A BASIC RENDERING IF YOU WILL AND I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE WITH YOU. I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH HIM TOMORROW MORNING. >> WERE YOU ABLE TO WORK IN A WATER FEATURE FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS HEAT? >> HE WAS LOOKING AT THE WATER FEATURE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WILL CONDUCT A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.UT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. HE HAS FINISHED UP THE MAJORITY OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK BUT I DID TALK WITH [00:15:06] HIM ABOUT THE WATER FEATURE AND I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE INCORPORATE THAT WERE POSSIBLE. WHERE IT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO FUNDING. >> THOUGH SOMETHING ELSE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT. I HAVE TWO DOGS UNDER 50 POUNDS. THEY EAT TWICE A DAY IN A MEDIUM-SIZED YARD OR SMALL YARD. I DO A LOT OF CLEAN UP AFTER THEM AND I KNOW IRRIGATION WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE PLANNING FOR FUNDING OR JUST FOR COST TO SAVE MONEY. >> SURE. >> I WOULD HIGHLY CONSIDER OR ASK TO BE CONSIDERED, PUTTING THAT BACK IN BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND YOU HAVE LOTS OF MESS TO CLEAN UP, AND MIGHT TO GET TO BE AN UNSANITARY ISSUE. AND I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE SAID WE'VE ALL BEEN TO DOG PARK AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY IRRIGATION THERE. MOST OF THE DOG PARK I'VE BEEN TO HER LIKE NO TRAFFIC AT ALL. IT'S DESERTED AND NO ONE IS THERE. SO IRRIGATION WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM BUT IF WE HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC LIKE RIVERSIDE DOES, IT MIGHT GET TO BE AN ISSUE. >> OKAY. I CAN DEFINITELY, WE STILL SO EARLY INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE FOR ME TO THROW IN ANOTHER BONE OR TWO, NO PUN INTENDED. SEE WHAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH AND AT LEAST GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL COST, THAT WAY WHEN WE DO HAPPEN TO GO TO THE PROJECT WE COULD ALWAYS USE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE IF WE WANTED TO AS WELL. SO THE CONTRACTOR WOULD IN ESSENCE, PUT IN THE PRICE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK OR CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT INCLUDED. >> MIGHT BE A GOOD FEATURE. >> ABSOLUTELY. I WILL MENTION THAT TO HIM TOMORROW AS WELL. >> TO PUT A COLLAR ON IT, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE NAME OF THE DOG PARK. LET'S MAKE THE MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WE NAME THE PARK RIVERSIDE BARK. >> DOG PARK. >> DOG PARK. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE CAN AT LEAST DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POOR PRINCE? MIKE WAS TALKING SOMETHING ABOUT THE POOR PRINT IDEA TOO SO. >> SORRY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE CONVERSATION. YOU ALL ARE STARING AT ME, SORRY. THE POOR PRINCE WAS SOMETHING OUR CONSULTANT CAME UP WITH AND HE MENTIONED THROUGH I THINK EITHER JUST RESEARCH OR ANOTHER PROJECT THAT HE WAS WORKING ON. BUT IT'S REALLY JUST INCORPORATING DOG PARK PRINCE INTO THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE PARK ITSELF. AND WE CAN DO THAT, JUST EITHER CONNECTED WITH THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP AND SEEING IF THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SOME OF THEIR DOGS, WE CAN DO A SHOUT OUT YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY AND SEE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED TO COME OUT AND WHENEVER WE POUR THE SLABS TO BE ABLE TO PUT POOR PRINCE IN THERE, SO IT WAS JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT THAT THE CONSULTANT HAD TO OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THIS MEMORIAL. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT AS AN OPTION TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE TALKING A REAL DOG PRINCE! >> YEAH, REAL LEGIT POOR PRINCE. >> I THINK THAT'S AWESOME AN OPENING TO THE CITY YOU CAN CHARGE FOR THAT TOO JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE THE DOG POOR PRINT THERE. THAT WOULD BE COOL! I LIKE IT. >> IS A ONE POP PRINT PER DOG? >> WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS, I'M NOT SURE YET. >> THIS WOULD BE THE CONCRETE LEADING UP INTO THE WALKWAY TO THE DOG PARK. >> DOESN'T WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, NOT ALL THE CONCRETE JUST THE MAIN AREA OF THE ENTRYWAY. WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION YOU KNOW AFTER TALK WITH A CONSULTANT I CAN BRING HIM DOWN FOR MEETING IF WE NEED TO. TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT BUT THE IDEA, THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS JUST ENTRYWAY. YES, SIR. >> AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE, NOT EVERYBODY COMES TO WET CEMENT SITUATION PROBABLY AN INDIVIDUAL PAGER THAT YOU IMPRINT AND THEN PUT INTO THE CEMENT? >> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK YET. I THOUGHT THE CONCEPT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA. I'M NOT SURE, THOSE ARE THE LOGISTICS WE HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH THE CONSULTANT AS WELL. EVEN WITH THE CONTRACTOR JUST KNOWING WHEN THEY WILL POUR THE CONCRETE AND HOW IT WOULD WORK. >> MAYBE A PLASTER -- >> BY THE PUMP HOUSE ON THE SIDEWALK THERE POOR PRINCE. I LIKE IT.> WHERE IS THAT? >> YOU GO TO THE KAYAK -- THEIR APARTMENTS ON THE CONCRETE ON THE SIDEWALK. SOMETHING CRAWLED ON IT. >> LIKE A NATURAL OCCURRENCE? >> EXACTLY. IT'S COOL THOUGH. >> A NATURAL OCCURRENCE, LIKE [00:20:04] THAT. >> KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE POOR PRINCE WOULD BE, EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN FAVOR FOR THAT? >> HIS LUNGS LOGISTICALLY, IT WILL BE CRAZY EXPENSIVE AND IF THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND THEY THINK THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN, BUT IF IT'S DOABLE I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. >> IS JUST A PRINT WITHOUT A NAME. JUST A PRINT? >> OKAY, PERFECT. THE BRICK PAVERS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE WANT. >> I THINK I WOULD HIS AGREEMENT THEY NEED TO BE VERTICAL AS OPPOSED TO HORIZONTAL. I THINK ON THAT POINT, I THINK THERE IS A CONTENTIOUS FROM THE COMMISSION ON THAT. >> OKAY. >> THE LARGE BUTTER BLOCKS, THIS QUITE HONESTLY IS JUST SOMETHING I SEE BEFORE. I WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH BASE WITH A CONSULTANT TO GET AN IDEA, I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE THAT MUCH. BUT I'VE SEEN THE LARGE BUTTER BLOCKS. THE BUTTER BLOCKS AS A REMINDER, HUGE LIMESTONE CUTOUTS WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME.UT I'VE SEEN THOSE STAMPS BEFORE AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO HERE. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT JUST ANOTHER OPTION. >> I THINK LIKE YOU SAID, IT SEEMS THAT THE COMMISSION IS IN FAVOR OF MAKING SURE THAT IZZY IS NOT LOST IN ALL THIS. MAYBE YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE BUT MAYBE THE THING IS TO LET SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY GOT AESTHETIC AND WILL BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL DESIGN, TO COME BACK AND SAY THIS WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO MAKE -- YOU KNOW TO PUT THAT MAYBE IS ON THE BUTTER BLOCKS. MAYBE IT'S ON THE SIGN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES BUT MAYBE IF WE JUST LET THAT PERSON KNOW THAT THE CONTENTIOUS OF THE COMMISSION IS THAT WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST. AND THAT WE WANT IZZY TO BE REMEMBERED IN SOME SPECIAL PROMINENT FASHION. IS THAT -- >> WE TALK ABOUT THE BRICK PAVERS AND BUTTER BLOCKS IN CONJUNCTION? >> WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY WORKING WITH -- THAT'S WHAT MY THOUGHT WOULD BE. LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE THAT WOULD DO WITH THE AESTHETICS OF THE WHOLE OVERALL THING AND GIVE THEM THE GUIDANCE THAT WE DON'T WANT HER TO BE FORGOTTEN. >> IN THE BIG INCORPORATING THE FACT THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY AND THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE ALREADY SOLD. >> THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. >> I THINK A DECENT AMOUNT OF, I WANT TO SAY WAS BRICK PAVERS THAT THEY SOLD. >> CORRECT THERE SOME EXPERTS IN THE AUDIENCE BACK YOUR THAT CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> IS 150 OF THE CLAY BRICKS IS WHAT WE HAVE SOLD SO FAR. WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE BRICK ITEM, BUT WE KNOW FROM THE PERSON WILL DO THE ENGRAVING IT MUST BE A CLAY BRICK. SO WE COULD HAVE OPTIONAL COLOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> OKAY. >> WHAT IS BEEN SOLD TO THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THESE? >> THEY GOT TO PUT IN MEMORY OF AND THE PETS NAME ON THE BRICK AND WE ARE HAVING THEM ENGRAVED. WITH THAT INFORMATION ON THERE. >> WITH DATES? >> YES THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING THE DATES YOU KNOW FROM 2000 THROUGH 2010. ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO DUE A NAME. THEY CAN DO FIRST AND LAST NAME IF THEY WANT TO THAN THE WORDS IN MEMORY OF OR JUST THAT ON ITS OWN. >> LIKE TWO OR THREE LINES OF TEXT? HOW BIG ARE THE PAVERS? >> JUST LIKE YOUR STANDARD BRICK. >> LIKE A BRICK. >> SIX BY THREE-ISH. >> WAS HE ALSO THOUGHT, WAS THIS A FUNDRAISING THING FOR THE GIRL SCOUTS? OWES US MONEY SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO THE DOG PARK? >> THIS WAS IZZY 'S FUNDRAISER THAT SHE PROVED TO GO BACK TO THE DOG PARK SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS WE GOT OTHER DONATIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT WAS TO PURCHASE THE AGILITY EQUIPMENT AND I'VE GIVEN HIM COPIES. SO FAR WHERE WE ARE AT WITH WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE TO GO INSIDE THAT. >> ALL THE FUNDS OUTSIDE OF THE COST OF THE BRICKS IN THE ENGRAVING WAS GOING TO GO BACK INTO PURCHASING AGILITY EQUIPMENT. >> YES. >> OKAY. >> HOW MANY BRICKS CAN WE HAVE ON OUR MEMORIAL COLUMN GOING UP? HOW MUCH MORE SPACE DO WE HAVE JASON? >> I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET SOME, RUN SOME NUMBERS BUT I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY [00:25:05] THIS PROBABLY ANOTHER HUNDRED AND 50 THAT COULD EASILY GO. JUST DEPENDS BECAUSE THE COLUMN IS MAYBE 15 OR 20 FEET. IT'S REALLY TALL. 15 FEET OR SO. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACE SO THAT 150 I WOULD SAY WE COULD EASILY DOUBLE THAT. >> WHAT IS THE COLUMN MADE OUT OF? >> I BELIEVE IS CONCRETE. >> WOULD BE BE ABLE TO ENGRAVE DIRECTLY ONTO THE CONCRETE? >> POTENTIALLY. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. BUT POTENTIALLY. >> DESIGN WISE, YOU MIGHT WANT THAT TO GO UP TO YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN HEIGHT. I DO KNOW THAT YOU WANTED WAY OVER PEOPLES HEADS BUT WE HAVE MORE BRICKS OF ME ROOM TO JUST GO AROUND THE COLUMNS. THERE MAY BE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN THAT THOSE COULD BE INCORPORATED IN. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYBE SEATING OR YOU KNOW, -- >> I'M NOT THE GREATEST DESIGNER BUT IF WE DID THE BUTTER BLOCKS KIND OF IN A SEMI CIRCLE WERE AROUND THE BIG COLUMN CONNIE CAPOTE BRICKS GOING UP THE COLUMN OR ENGRAVED DIRECTLY ON THE COLUMN AND IF YOU IN A ROOM THERE, YOU CAN ENGRAVE ON THE BUTTER BLOCK. THEMSELVES. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. THE MUSEUM IS AN ATTORNEY DO THAT FOR THEIR FOUNDERS. BASICALLY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DONATION YOU CAN HAVE A SMALL ENGRAVING ON THE BUTTER BLOCK OR BIG ENGRAVING ON THERE. CUT OUT SOME COST TO BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR BRICK AND ENGRAVING YOU ARE JUST PAYING FOR THE ENGRAVING ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AN OPTION. >> WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE A CONSULTANT LOOK FOR IT. THERE WAS AN AREA RIGHT AS SOON AS YOU WALK INTO BOTH SIDES HAD A SEATING AREA AND WHERE THE LARGE POLL IS OUT, THERE'S THE SEATING AREA IS VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY YOU CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE OPTION. >> WILL BE ABLE TO PUT LIKE A PLAQUE OR ANYTHING LIKE A PICTURE OF IZZY LIKE HIM THINKING A BRONZE PLAQUE OR SOMETHING WITH A PICTURE OF HER. MAYBE THE STORY OF HOW IT STARTED ON THAT PILLAR AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN DO THAT. AGAIN, AT THE RISK OF TRYING TO DESIGN BY COMMITTEE, A TERRIBLE IDEA. THE IDEAS THAT SEEM TO COME OUT OF THAT THOUGH THE PAVERS THAT THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE SELLING. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE INCORPORATED SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM ENJOY THEM AND SO THEIR KIDS THAT IS, THAT WAS OUR DOG BEFORE -- OR WHATEVER. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THOSE, I THINK GOING BEYOND THAT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW AGAIN, BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT WHAT TO GO TO DO, I THINK WE GIVE A GOOD INDICATION THAT THE COMMISSION FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS BEING PRESENT, COULD IT BE USED IN THAT WAY, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> YEP. ABSOLUTELY. >> WE SHOULD QUIT TRYING TO DESIGN OURSELVES. [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT I CAN DO, I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH BRENT LOCKE, OUR CONSULTANT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF DRAWINGS HE CAN LOOK UP FIRST AND PRESENT THAT FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AND YOU KNOW WE CAN GO FROM EVERYTHING FROM BASIC CONCEPT TO WHAT IT WOULD LIKE TO SIGNAGE. >> WE COULD OFFER SOME INPUT ON SOME F THAT, THAT WILL BE GOOD. >> OKAY ABSOLUTELY I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH HIM TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> IS THE MAYBERRY POLL GOING TO GO AWAY? >> THE WHAT? >> THE MAYBERRY POLE? >> WE WILL BUILD AROUND THAT. >> WHAT WAS IT? >> A MAYBERRY POLE. >> A POLE? >> AS IT HAD SWINGS THAT YOU RUN INTO SWING. >> OKAY. >> THE FUND 70S AND 80S TOYS. [LAUGHTER] >> ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT BACK WHEN YOU CAN GET STITCHES -- >> KEEP ON TRUCKING. >> ALL RIGHT GOOD. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM D2. [2. Introduce Parks staff] JASON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE -- SOME NEW STAFF? >> YES. COME ON OUT! YOU KNOW AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE DID SOME REORGANIZATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND SO, WE CONVERTED BASICALLY TWO POSITIONS INTO TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. ONE THAT IS NOW PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT AND ANOTHER IS A SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A [00:30:04] GREAT SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER, MICHELLE MYERS, AND WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HER. MICHELLE? >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION, HOW ARE YOU GUYS? >> WE ARE GOOD, WELCOME, MICHELLE. >> THANK YOU. A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING AND THE EFFORTS IN ALL THIS, I'M TAKING VICTORIA AND PUTTING IN A POSITION TO AGGRESSIVELY ATTACK THE SPORTS TOURISM MARKET. FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE. AND DOING THAT BY BRANDING, MARKETING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE ALL OF THE PIECES THAT MAKE UP VICTORIA TO TELL A STORY WHERE YOU LOCATED WHAT DO YOU DO WHAT DO YOU HAVE? AND HAVE A SOLID ANSWER THAT REALLY TRULY GIVES REPRESENTATION OF THE AREA. IT'S BEEN A MONTH I'M ONE MONTH INTO IT. AND WERE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS, WENT TO THE CONFERENCE LAST WEEKEND THERE WAS A LOT OF EDUCATION OFFERED AND IDEAS FLOWING TODAY THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN TIME TO GET IT ALL OUT ON PAPER YET. BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT I'M DOING AT THIS POINT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> ONE MONTH INTO IT, HOW DO WE STACK UP COMPETITIVELY AND WHO ARE OUR BIGGEST COMPETITORS FOR THAT TYPE OF, THAT TYPE OF YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF USE OR WHATEVER? >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DATABASE THAT WE CAN PUT OUR FACILITIES INTO AND THEY WILL RANK OUR FACILITIES FOR US AND GIVE US A GENERAL RANKING AS TO WHERE WE STAND IN THE US OR IN THE SOUTHWEST, THAT TYPE OF THING. I GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION UPDATED, WE HAVE SOME PLATINUM FACILITIES, LIKE RIVERSIDE WAS PLATINUM. WE HAD TWO OR THREE GOLD, WE HAD A SILVER. OVERALL THE SOUTHWEST REGION WE OUT NUMBER 11 FOR THAT INDEX AND EVERYONE THAT USES THAT. HEN WE WENT TO THE CONFERENCE OF COURSE WE ARE SEEING YOUR BIG HUGE COMPLEXES AND HUGE FACILITIES AND THINGS YOU CAN DREAM ABOUT YES, ONE DAY WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THIS. BUT IN THE SMALLER MARKETS WE REALLY GET FACILITY THAT WE CAN COMPARE TO AND WE ACTUALLY MET THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET VICTORIA JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CONTACT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING SPORTS TO OUR AREA. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY IN THE SPORTS TOURISM IS THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THAT WE ARE NOT RIGHT NOW? >> DECIDING WHO WE ARE AND DECIDING WHERE WE FIT INTO IT. DO WE JUST WANT TO TACKLE ONE AREA? DO WE WANT TO TRY AND GRAB EVERY PIECE OF THE PIE? WHAT IS IT THAT JUST MAKES US, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO TO STAND OUT? AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT TO DO THAT? THIS KIND OF WORM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BALANCE. >> WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY SPORTS VENUE OR SPORTS -- >> RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE IS FANTASTIC! AND IT HAS DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION JUST RECENTLY. OUR YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX AND I MADE A BROCHURE THAT WENT WITH THIS AND WILL BE FLIPPED OPEN TO THE PAGE EVERYONE IS LIKE MAN, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY. THOSE WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHILE WE WERE THERE. YEAH, I AM A BIG PUSH FOR RIVERSIDE. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO COME TO RIVERSIDE. >> HOW ABOUT DISC GOLF? HAVE THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR AWESOME COURSES THAT WE HAVE HERE? >> YES AND I MET WITH TYLER AND WALLACE LAST WEEK, AND WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE AS WELL. >> GOOD. >> I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT. >> 25 18 HOLE COURSE IS TO HOST THE NATIONALS. WE'VE GOT THREE RIGHT NOW, POSSIBLY ANOTHER ONE COMING ON THE WAY UT WE STILL NEED ONE MORE. >> AND WE TRIED E TRIED TO GET IN FRONT OF THE DISC GOLF PEOPLE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS BUSY. I KNOW IT HAS TO BE A GROWING SPORT THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKESURE WE PUT OUR FOOT INTO. >> DEFINITELY. >> YES MA'AM . ANYTHING ELSE? >> OH, RODEO. HAS THAT BEEN ON YOUR RADAR? IT'S BEEN COMING TO ME A LOT. >> YES AND NO. THE ARENA WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, HEIGHT IS AN ISSUE AS FAR AS BRINGING IN SOMETHING BIG. BUT I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED AT THE FACILITY. >> AND THE FLOORING, SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS SOME ISSUE THAT THERE ISN'T, IT'S NOT UP TO PAR FOR COURSES. >> AND I CAN ADD THAT INTO MY FEASIBLE STUDY TO SEE WHAT ALL IS NEEDED. >> WE NEED RODEO DIRT. >> IT'S GOT TO BE RODEO DIRT! THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >> WATCHING MONSTER TRUCKS OR MONSTER JAM OR WHATEVER INSIDE OF THAT WAS LIKE -- THEY ARE THAT FAR FROM THE CEILING. >> I WAS WONDERING WHY THE SILLY WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE. I HAVEN'T HEARD MANY ISSUES ABOUT THE CEILING. >> JUST FROM RAM, I AM FROM -- WE HAVE A RODEO ARENA THAT IS BUILT THERE, SPECIFICALLY BUILT FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AND EVEN NOW, COMPANIES ARE COMING IN, I THINK IT'S A LIABILITY ISSUE THAT THEY SAY THE BEAM [00:35:05] HEIGHTS, WITH THE BEAM HEIGHTS ARE. I DON'T THINK A BULL WOULD OVERTHROW SOMEBODY THAT HIGH BUT APPARENTLY, IT'S LIKE IT'S HAPPENED ONCE, IT'S GOT TO BE TALKED ABOUT. >> ANOTHER COUNTY IS GREAT -- FOR A RODEO ARENA OR BARREL RIDING. COMMISSIONER BROWN'S WOULD BE A GREAT CONTACT HE'S GOT CONTACTS. > GREAT! IT WAS GREAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WORK AND GETTING US ON THE MAP! >> THAT'S MY JOB, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO! THANK YOU GUYS, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> AND THERE IS INTEREST IN THAT PARK. [3. Receive an update on the Parks and Recreation Department activities] >> ALL RIGHT JASON. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. APPRECIATE IT! OKAY, SO, I DID SWITCH THIS UP. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT WAS PROBABLY BLINDING YOU FROM THE YELLOW, I WAS GETTING BLENDED FROM THE YELLOW LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS SO I CHANGE THE BACKGROUND. JUST AHEAD'S UP. EVERYTHING IS TO LISTEN WE ARE TRYING TO MATCH A LITTLE OF THE TWO DIVISIONS TOGETHER SO PARKS AND RECREATION WILL CHAT ABOUT IT KIMBERLY WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. THEN WE SWITCHED UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE GOLF COURSE SO I WILL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AS WE GET INTO IT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SPORTS TOURISM EFFORTS THAT MICHELLE IS LEADING AND AS WELL AS THE UPDATES FROM APARTMENT PROJECTS. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, KIMBERLY! >> GOOD EVENING! APRIL WAS A JAMPACKED MONTH FOR US. SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON. WE CONTINUE GOING STRONG WITH ADULT SOFTBALL AND KICKBALL. OUR TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL. WE INTRODUCED A TAX DAY 5K AS WELL. AND THAT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RIVERSIDE CAMP OUT AND MOVIE NIGHT WHERE WE WATCHED ENCANTO. WE STARTED THE CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY MANAGERS OFFICE AND THIS MONTH, WE GET TO CELEBRATE RIVERSIDE STADIUM 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND WITH PARKS, WE COMPLETED PRESSURE WASHING THE PARK SO IT'S ALL CLEAN SPARKLY AND SHINY. AND AS OF TODAY, WE STARTED ON THE VICTORIA SKATE PARK. STARTING TO WASH AWAY THE GRAFFITI. AND BY WASH, I MEAN SCRUB WITH CHEMICALS TO REMOVE THAT GRAFFITI. SO, GO TEAM! IT IS NOT EASY. WE GOT TO DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN. WE GOT TO WORK WITH CDB AND KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL FOR SOME EARTH ACTIVITIES. BEHIND THE HILL OR HOUSE A SALTY BURNING DECK LAST YEAR. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT CHECK IT OUT! THERE ARE GREAT PICTURES IT'S GREAT TO INTRODUCE THE KIDS TO BIRDING. WE HAD AN UNVEILING OF THAT ON EARTH DAY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO DO SOME TRAINING IN RIVERSIDE PARK. WE CLOSED DOWN AN AREA FOR TWO DAYS IN THE GOT TO DO SOME GREAT SKILLS TRAINING. TO KEEP US ALL SAFE! JASON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GOT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO. AND I PARKS AND RECREATION IS AWESOME AND WHY ALL THE KIDS ARE SO SUPER EXCITED AND THRILLED TO NOW START THEIR NEW CAREERS WHEN THEY GROW UP IN PARKS AND RECREATION. THAT IS ONE OF THE PICTURES! >> IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PRIZES. >> NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PRIZES! WE PARTNERED WITH -- BEER AND BEVERAGE AGAIN, WE HAD A GREAT MATCHUP WITH THE BLOCK PARTY HAPPENING. SO YAY FOR MORE COLLABORATION! WE ARE GOING, JASON STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH UH, I WILL GO INTO THIS ONE ILLITERATE. HE STARTED CONVERSATIONS V ABOUT SOME KIND OF INTERNSHIP, GETTING KIDS ORE INVOLVED, AND LIKE A WORK-STUDY PROGRAM, POST EDUCATION, ACTUALLY LEFT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AND SO, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND INTERNALLY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO CREATE LIKE A YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM STARTING GEARED TOWARD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH PAIRS REALLY WELL WITH VISD WORK PROGRAM AND SIMILAR THINGS WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT THE NEXT COMMISSION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. WE ARE WORKING ON HAVING SOME TYPE OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE YOUTH. IT SHOULD BE A TON OF FUN! MORE BUDGET MEETINGS! AND THEN, WE MOVED TO A HUGE TREE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE ZOO. IT WAS A GIGANTIC TOWERING TREE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH SOME OF THEIR -- TO SAFELY REMOVE THE TREE FROM THE BACK OF THE [00:40:02] ZOO. AND THAT IS A GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE CONTINUE DOING BALLFIELD TRAINING WITH OUR BALLFIELD CREW, TEACHING THEM SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH LIKE, GROOMING THE INFIELD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TO GET KIND OF THE OPTIMAL GRADE AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT OUR BALLFIELD. I THINK WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE HURRICANE DISASTER TRAINING THAT WE WENT TO. JASON ATTENDED THE TEXAS FORCE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. AND THEN LAST WEEK, MICHELLE KNIGHT ATTENDED THE SPORTS ETA FACILITY SUMMIT AND SYMPOSIUM WHERE WE GOT TO TOUR LET'S SEE, DICKIES ARRHYTHMIA, ATT STADIUM AND WHERE THE RANGERS PLAY. WE GOT TO SEE HOW THE STORAGE IS BECAUSE NOTHING IS COOLER THAN SEEING HOW THE TURF GETS ROLLED UP AND STORED POSTSEASON. THEN YOU CAN TURN YOUR STADIUM INTO A CONCERT VENUE. THAT'S REALLY COOL. WE GOT TO DO THAT. WE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS AS MICHELLE WAS TALKING ABOUT. >> TRAFFIC CONTROL. >> AND THEN WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL, IT'S ALSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET SOME TREE TAKING DOWN SKILLS. YOU WOULD KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT BETTER JASON. >> THAT WORKS FOR ME. >> GREAT.>> AWESOME. ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU KIMBERLY HAD MENTIONED THE BUDGET A COUPLE OF TIMES. BUT THIS IS, SO CURRENT YEARS BUDGET SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT BUDGET SO JUST SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OR ALL THE DIVISIONS WERE ALL THE BUDGETS WHERE WE END UP PUTTING INTO THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM. WE HAVE CLOSE TO UTTER KNOW, 8 TO 10 ON A GUESS THAT WE DEAL WITH AS FAR AS PLACING INFORMATION INTO EACH OF THOSE ACCOUNTS. AGAIN, LOOKS HIS LAST YEARS IT IS NOT THE UPCOMING YEAR. WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS ALSO LIST OUT JUST, SOME HOT TOPICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET AROUND TO HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AT THE END OF OUR CALENDAR YEAR SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INPUT FROM YOU FOR NEXT YEAR'S. BUT NONETHELESS, EXCUSE ME, IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALK CONDUCTIVITY THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE MASTER PLAN. CONDUCTIVITY BEING FROM ALL OF THE PARKS. ALL OF THIS MARLA PARKS A GUESS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIVERSIDE PARK. BECAUSE THAT IS JUST A BEAST IN ITSELF. BUT SOME CONNECTIVITY SOME REALLY JUST PIECES AND FILLING IN THE GAPS IF YOU WILL. ALSO LOOKING AT REPLACING VEHICLES OLDER THAN 10 YEARS OLD IN THE FLEET. TRYING TO TAKE A SLOWER APPROACH TO IT INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING RID OF EVERYTHING AND REPLACING IT. LOOKING AT REPLACING TWO OF OUR PLACE GATES THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT OF SOME CHAIRS AND TABLES THAT WOULD BE RECURRING ON A ROTATION AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER SOME WASH RACKS TO HELP WITH ARENA EVENTS THAT WE MAY END UP HAVING. LIVESTOCK SHOW IS ONE THAT WE CAME ACROSS. THE ISSUE THIS PAST YEAR. THEN OVER THE GOLF COURSE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME DRIVING RANGE ENHANCEMENTS AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT AREA. AND THEN THE T BOX RELOCATION MAINLY DUE TO THE POND RENOVATIONS THAT WE HAVE OCCURRING. I WANT TO GIVE YOU FOR THE REMINDER THAT EVERYTHING IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ALL THINGS ARE PROPOSED. IT IS NOT FINAL BY ANY MEANS. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THE BUDGET THERE JUST SMALLER PIECES IF YOU WILL AND JUST YOU KNOW, INCREASING COST OF GOODS TYPE THING. THESE ARE THE MAIN PIECES THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU IF YOU WILL. >> HAS THE AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEEN, ISSUES BEEN RESOLVED? >> YES THE AUDIO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. YES. FULL BLOWN AUDIO. >> NOBODY HOPE TO FOLLOW? >> THE VIDEO KING. WE ARE ADDING TO THE ANNEX. SO ERYTHING SHOULD BE UP E UP AND RUNNING. AWESOME! GOLF COURSE AND COMMUNITY CENTER. STAYING WITH THE SAME APPROACH, APRIL STATISTICS. VERY GOOD MONTH THAT WE HAD OVER THE GOLF COURSE. YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 127,000 AND SOME CHANGE. IN APRIL WE HAD 203 ROUNDS, 527 PRACTICE ROUNDS. AND 3200 ROUNDS TOTAL AND THEN WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF. AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A GRAPH OF THE GOLF COURSE, JUST [00:45:05] ONE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA MAYBE EVEN JUST A BETTER LOOK AT THINGS. BUT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE THE GOLF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY COMPARE FROM LAST MONTH AND THIS CURRENT MONTH AND ALSO YEAR TO DATE, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. 2021 ROUNDS IN LIGHT GREEN AND THE CURRENT YEAR-ROUND IN THE ORANGE COLOR IF YOU WILL OR YELLOW. BUT MARCH STAYED THE SAME, APRIL INCREASE FROM LAST APRIL AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROUNDS YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE DOWN, PART OF THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OCTOBER WHERE WE WERE CLOSED DOWN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD. ALSO JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ROUNDS LOOK LIKE. COULD HAVE HAD MORE PRACTICE ROUNDS AND THAT GOES INTO THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NO IF THERE IS A SPECIAL SOMETHING IN THE PRACTICE ROUNDS WERE WE GOT MORE BUT NONETHELESS, ABOUT 2000 ROUNDS SHY OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND THEN FLIPPING OVER THE GOLF COURSE REVENUES. ACTUALLY LET ME BACKTRACK. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DOWN 2000 MILES FROM YEAR TO DATE, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 20 ADDITIONAL CARDS IN THE FLEET VERSUS LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE GOT THOSE CARTS IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR TOWARD THE FALL AND SO, WE ARE REALLY RAMPING UP SUMMERTIME IS ATTEMPT TO GO OUT AND GOLF. WE WILL REALLY SEE WHAT THE IMPACT LOOKS LIKE OF THOSE 20 CARTS THIS SUMMER. EXCUSE ME.AME THING WITH THE GOLF REVENUES. I WANTED TO COMPARE MARCH AND APRIL TOGETHER. YOU WILL SEE THOSE SIDE-BY-SIDE AND YEAR TO DATE AS WELL. >> HOW MANY CARTS DO Y'ALL HAVE AN ACTION? >> WE HAVE 70. YES MA'AM. WENT FROM 50 TO 70 AT THE END OF THE FALL LAST YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. >> THAT IS BASICALLY LIKE, WE WOULDN'T NEED ANY MORE CARTS THAN THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU DID 18 TIMES FO , IF YOU FIGURE FOR SOMEONE EVERY HOLE AT 72 CARTS. ZOELLICK PRETTY MUCH STANDARD FOR THE FLEET SHOULD BE AROUND 70? >> I THINK IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR PLAY THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEN YOU DO NOT WANT TO BOG DOWN THE COURSE SO YOU HAVE SIX HOUR ROUND TIME EITHER. YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WELL. I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM EXPERIENCE, AT A PREVIOUS COURSE WE HAD 80 CARTS, WHICH IS ONLY 10 MORE AND WE WERE, WERE 12,000 MORE ROUNDS A YEAR. IT DEFINITELY BOGS DOWN WITH TIME. PART OF THAT OVER RIVERSIDE IS WE HAVE PRIVATE CARTS AS WELL. AND SO THAT KIND OF FILLS IN THE GAPS BECAUSE WHAT WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL CARD SET DON'T PLAY WITH FOLKS HAVE A RENTED CART. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR NOT. >> WE NEED MORE CARTS LIKE MORE CARTS AT THIS POINT, DOES IT MEAN MORE GOLFERS? >> CORRECT. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY JUST SEE HOW EVERYTHING GOES OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. WE ARE GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO GPS, AND TO HAVE THAT LISTED ON THE PROJECT SIDE. GPS IS MOVING FORWARD SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, BEING SO NEW WITH THESE ADDITIONAL CARTS SEEING HOW IT PLAYS OFF IN THE SUMMER TOO. >> LIKE GPS ON THE CARTS? TRACKING ON THE COURSE? >> YES. GPS ON THE CARTS APPEAR TO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR CITY COUNCIL THIS UPCOMING MEETING FOR GPS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE GOLF CARTS. IT'S A REALLY COOL THING. YOU CAN GEO-FENCE THE GOLF CARTS AND SO YOU CAN GEO-FENCE ALL 70 CARTS FOR CART PATH ONLY OR WHATEVER YOU NEED. HELPS WITH A MULTITUDE OF THINGS. YOU CAN ADVERTISE A NEW CONSIDER INFORMATION, YOU KNOW IF THE PLAYER WANTS TO GET OUT AT YOU KNOW, AT THE FAIRWAY WHERE THE BALL LANDED THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF THE PIN LOCATION AND THE YARDAGE. AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE, IS VERY ROBUST SYSTEM BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING GPS TO THE CARTS. >> IS GOING TO SAY THE OTHER THING ABOUT HAVING A FLEET OF 70, GIVES YOU SOME SQUISH ROOM. BECAUSE YOU ROTATE THE CARTS SO YOU ALWAYS ROTATING CARTS SO THAT IF ANYTHING NEEDS MAINTENANCE, AND YOU ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF WANTING YOUR -- PRACTICE AROUND ROTATING THE CARTS WHICH WAS GO OUT AND COME BACK IN. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> MY THOUGHTS, IF THAT'S A GOOD AREA TO INCREASE SPORTS TOURISM, WILL THAT HELP US BRING IN MORE? DO YOU NEED MORE CARTS? SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO HOST GOLF TOURNAMENTS. >> IF A TOURNAMENT COMES IN A [00:50:02] VERY LARGE LIKE THAT, YOU COULD ALWAYS LOOK AT RENTING CARTS IF NEEDED FOR SHORT TIME. BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF CARTS FOR THE MAJORITY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY! COMMUNITY CENTER. BROKE THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM LAST TIME. THE CITY MEETINGS AND TRAININGS BROKE DOWN WITH VERSUS THE PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY, TRYING TO UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY CENTER LITTLE BIT MORE FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS. IN TOTAL WE HAD 22 RENTALS, 11 OF THOSE 22 WERE NON-CITY FUNCTIONS WHICH WOULD BE WEDDINGS, JUST GENERAL EVENTS. AND THEN THE OTHER 11 WERE FIVE WERE CITY MEETINGS AND TRAININGS AND SIX WERE PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS WHICH COULD BE CORN HOLE OR BINGO OR SOME OF THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS. AND THEN ON TO MICHELLE 'S SIDE. SPORTS TOURISM. THIS WAS PART OF A CALENDAR THAT I SHOWED YOU, IT WAS REALLY SMALL LAST TIME BUT THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. AND WHAT IS TO COME DURING MAY AND JUNE. THIS IS EVERYTHING WE ARE CURRENTLY AWARE OF. OF COURSE, MICHELLE AND HER EFFORTS, HER AND HER EFFORTS TO BRING ON MORE TOURNAMENTS AREN'T GOING TO BE IN HERE. A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE'S WORKING ON HAVING EITHER BEEN SECURED YET COMPLETELY, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT UNTIL 2020 OR MAYBE BEYOND. AGAIN, EVERYTHING SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON WILL BE SEEN IN THE FUTURE YEARS. BUT THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. >> WHAT IS HOT ROD TOUR OF TEXAS? AND HOW HIS BIKE STRIKES A POWER WHEELS, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? ARE THESE EVENT NAMES? >> YES, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE -- THIS IS A LIST THAT MICHELLE HAS GOING ON WITH THE CVB AS WELL. SO CVB AND PARKS AND RECREATION, A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AN EVENT SET THEY MARKET AND HELP WITH BRING IN TOURISM, WE HAVE A HUGE CALENDAR. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE OF YOU KNOW, I DON'T TO SAY MORE CVB BUT MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH CVB VERSUS SPORTS TOURISM. NONETHELESS, I BELIEVE THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE NAME OF THE EVENT, THE DATE, WHAT KIND OF EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT. I KNOW I DID NOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT BIKE STRIKES AND POWER WHEELS IS OTHER THAN AN AUTO EVENT. MICHELLE, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON THAT ONE? OKAY. CORVETTES WERE HERE THE HILTON PARKING LOT WAS FULL OF THEM. WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT! SO -- [LAUGHTER] EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. >> AND THAT'S PART OF IT TOO COMMISSIONER. BECAUSE THERE WAS CVB WAS WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS AND THAT WE HAVE MICHELLE AND HEAR A LOT OF THAT IS CROSS OVER THAT IS STILL HAPPENING SO THEY HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH JOEL YOU KNOW SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE EVENT. AND NOW WE HAVE MICHELLE SO THERE IS GOING TO BE THAT NATURAL KIND OF GRAVITATION TOWARD JOEL WITH THE COORDINATORS. UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAY MICHELLE IS THE PERSON YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO. YOU WILL START WORKING WITH MICHELLE. SO THERE IS AN OVERLAP STILL. >> AS KIMBERLY MENTIONED, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT. SPORTS ETA WAS A COOL CONFERENCE AND WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS PAST WEEK BUT SHALL MENTION SOME KIND OF PAMPHLET. THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HAND OUT TO FOLKS AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE'S A PAMPHLET THERE THAT IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT SHE'S ALSO BEEN WORK IN THE MARKETING PIECE. SHE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE POWERPOINT ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BASICALLY STEP UP A LITTLE BIT? SHE SAID IT'S OUR GAME, PLAY VICTORIA.UT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THE POWERPOINT FOR US. AS INTERNAL STAFF TO REVIEW. A LOT OF THE MARKETING IS HOW [00:55:06] DO WE TELL A STORY AND HOW TO GET THE SPOTLIGHT PUT ON VICTORIA REGARDS TO SPORTS TOURISM AND SOME OF THESE EVENT HOLDERS. THAT IS REALLY WHAT SHE WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON FOR US AND REALLY PUTTING THE NAME OUT THERE. WITH THAT, I WILL ROLL INTO A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT WILL BE IT. THE DUCK POND. WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP BIDS ON 20 APRIL. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF JUST REVIEWING THE BIDS AND DISCUSSING SOME OF THE INFORMATION WITH OUR CONSULTANT. WE WERE MEETING SET UP THIS WEEK TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ITEMS AND SOME OF THE BIDS WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND GRANT ADMINISTRATOR SO THE HOPES OF THAT WOULD BE THAT WE COMPLETE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK ORSO. TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION . AND SO, WE DID RECEIVE SOME BIDS AND ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THOSE. IT'S A GOOD SIGN! THE DOG PARK AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. HE HAS STARTED WORK ON SOME CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, THE GOAL FOR THAT IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUSH OUT AN RFP SOMETIME IN JUNE. WITH THE HOPES THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN START SHORTLY AFTER THAT. 46 MONTH COMPLETION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TIME. OUR GOAL IN THEIR HOPE IS TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED BY THE END OF DECEMBER AND FIRST PART OF JANUARY. THEN WE WILL HAVE A DOG PARK IN VICTORIA. RIVERSIDE BARK DOG PARK. MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX. CALL IT SOCCER COMPLEX, BUT QUITE HONESTLY, THEY ARE MULTIPURPOSE.E CAN MANIPULATE IT AS WE WANT. WE ONE AREA STILL YET TO BE COMPLETED. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM. WE ARE KIND OF THE POINT RIGHT NOW THAT WE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THEY WILL FINISH THE JOB AND IF NOT, WE ARE GOING TO PULL THE PLUG AND START WORKING WITH ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO FINISH THE JOB. WE ARE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE STILL LEFT OVER FROM PAYMENT FOR THAT, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID OUT YET. WE DO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT FIELDERS CHOICE.HAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THEM. >> IS THAT ANOTHER PARKING LOT IN THE WORKS WITH THAT? >> WE ARE WORKING WITH AN ENGINEER TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, YES MA'AM. >> BECAUSE IT WAS LINED UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SOCCER. >> YES MA'AM. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS TAKEN A COUNSEL, I THINK IT WAS TWO COUNCILS AGO AT THIS POINT. FROM KEN GILL OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. FOR AN ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS PARKING ALONG RIVER STREET AND THE DISH AREA. WE WILL BE WORKING TO PUT UP ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND -- >> -- WHERE ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO ARK THEN? ACROSS FROM THE SOCCER FIELDS WAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, FULL. BUT LOOK LIKE THE PARKING LOT WAS KIND OF FULL TOO SO I DUNNO WHAT ELSE THEY WERE TO GO. >> YES MA'AM. THE PARKING LOT THAT WE DO HAVE AT RIVERSIDE, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE FOR 100 CARS. THE NEW PARKING LOT THAT WE BUILT. THERE ARE 100 SPACES AVAILABLE AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS ANOTHER PARKING LOT RIGHT BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER SLAB IS MORE OF A TRIANGULAR PIECE AT THE INTERSECTION OF YOUNG AND RED RIVER. IT CAN BE UTILIZED AS WELL AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE ESTIMATE ON THAT BUT FOR WHAT WE ARE TOLD AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, WHATEVER ESTIMATES ARE WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH SPACE WITHIN THOSE TWO SMALLER, WITHIN THE TWO PARKING AREAS. PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING WITH THE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IS IDENTIFYING SIDEWALKS WITHIN RIVERSIDE PARK TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND MAKE A BETTER WALKING AREA. AND SO, THE IDEA IS THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF BOTH OF THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE FULL, YOU COULD ALWAYS USE THE RIVERSIDE STADIUM PARKING LOT AND WE KNOW THAT'S AN UNSAFE WAY TO WALK DOWN THE STREET SO THUS THE CONDUCTIVITY CONCERN. SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE HAVING WITH OUR ENGINEER IS IDENTIFYING TWO PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SOCCER FIELD AREA. SO, MORE ON BLUFF AND RED RIVER VERSUS INSIDE RIVERSIDE. >> YOU KNOW, WHEN ASSAULT WAS PACKED, THE PARKING LOT IN BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HAVING GAMES ON ALL FIELDS. ALL OF THE FIELDS WERE FULL. >> OKAY, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS AND THE PARKING LOTS? [01:00:07] GOLF COURSE RESTROOMS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IMPROVING THOSE, THE TWO ENCORES THAT WE HAVE IT RIVERSIDE PARK. RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE, I'M SORRY. WE ARE ABOUT 95 PERCENT COMPLETE WITH ONE OF THOSE. WE HAVE A MINOR CHANGE ORDER WITH ONE AFTER THERE IS SOME DETERIORATION AND ROT IN THE WOOD THAT WAS FOUND. JUST SOME MINOR INCREASE COST BUT NONETHELESS A HOUSEKEEPING BEING ITEM AND WE HAVE TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL.> AND ALTHOUGH THE RESTROOMS ON THE COURSE ITSELF? >> YES MA'AM. THE COMMUNITY CENTER HVAC IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL THIS PAST TUESDAY. WE WILL START WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THE SERVICES TO FINALIZE A TIMELINE. THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING THE CHILLERS ON ORDER BECAUSE AS A 15 OR 16 WEEKS OUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THE PART OF THE SELF WILL TAKE NO MORE THAN THREE WEEKS. RIVERSIDE STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONTINUING, WE HAD A LOT OF THE MAJOR RENOVATIONS IN THE LOCKER ALSO UPGRADED THE RESTROOMS ARE GRADED, ALSO SOME MINOR PROJECTS THE STAFF WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HANDLE, JUST SOME UPDATES TO ELECTRICAL, SOME UPDATES TO THE CEILING FANS. AND SO, I THINK THEY ARE FINALIZING THE AND PREPARATION FOR THE 75TH AND WILL HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT IS GOING TO BE DOING SOME MINOR WORK FOR US AND MINOR PAINTING. EVERYTHING IS STILL MOVING FORWARD, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. I BELIEVE MICHELLE MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED A FACILITY ASSESSMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON A FACILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. VILLAGES TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THE PARKS FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE THE SPORTS COMPLEX, RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE. COMMUNITY CENTER, AND SEEING YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WE MAY NEED THERE. THE CONSULTANT WOULD END UP GIVING US SOME COST ESTIMATES, SOME DESIGN INFORMATION AND SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS TO LOOK AT AS WELL AS WELL AS A FINAL WRITTEN DOCUMENT OR WRITTEN REPORT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT WITH MAINSTREET DIVISION OR MINISTRY DEPARTMENT FOR DAILY -- CLAUSE IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN. THEN THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT WITH TXDOT. HAVE Y'ALL SEEN ALL THE TREES AND EVERYTHING? IT LOOKS AWESOME, DOESN'T IT? >> BY THE LOOP? >> YES MA'AM. THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE GOT LOOPED INTO WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THERE WERE ABOUT 95 PERCENT COMPLETE WITH ALL THE TREES INSTALLED, SOME MINOR TREES AND I MEAN SOME MINOR THINGS WITH A FEW OF THE TREES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE FOR US BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT AND REALLY GOOD CONTRACTORS TO WORK WITH. HOPEFULLY THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THE MONTH OR FIRST PART OF NEXT MONTH. >> WAS AT DOCTOR VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL? WHAT ARE THE PARKS? IT WAS A TXDOT PROJECT. >> YES MA'AM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY A TXDOT PROJECT. IT'S CALLED THE GREEN RIVER PROJECT, IT HAS TO DO THE AIR QUALITY. A LOT OF IT THEY DEAL WITH THE HEAT SCENARIO BUT LONG STORY SHORT WE WERE ABLE TO GET WRAPPED UP INTO THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. THE CITY WAS ABLE TO PUT SOME FUNDING TOWARD THE PROJECT TO MAKE IT A BIGGER AND BETTER PROJECT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. >> I'M JUST CURIOUS DOES ECHO THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT OR VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL? >> A GHOSTLY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WHICH OVERSEES KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. YES MA'AM . THAT'S IT! >> ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. >> THANKS VERY MUCH, JASON. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> REGARDING THE PEBBLE BEACH PARKING THE INDUSTRIES YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THE STREETS REPLACE LIKE REDONE IN RIVERSIDE PARK. THE PEBBLE BEACH PARKING LOT AND -- AREA, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT? BECAUSE PEBBLE BEACH IS STILL YOU KNOW, PRETTY BAD AS IS. >> I KNOW AFTER THE FLOODING WE HAD CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MAIN THING WAS THE FLOODING BECAUSE AFTERWARDS THERE WAS SOME DETERIORATION LIKE WASHOUTS BUT I KNOW HAD CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AFTER FOLLOW-UP WITH THAT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PEBBLE BEACH THOUGH. I KNOW WE WERE WORKING ON IT AT ONE POINT. >> SORRY! PEBBLE BEACH, WE HAVE REOPENED IT. THE AMOUNT OF CRUSHED GRANITE THAT IT TOOK TO CREATE THAT AREA IS WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO [01:05:09] REPLACE RIGHT NOW. IT IS STILL DRIVABLE AND WE ARE STILL ABLE TO WORK ON IT. WE DO HAVE IT OPERATING IN THAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK WE EXPLORED IT INTO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT WAS STILL ABLE TO BE USED THE WAY IT IS. >> WHAT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE -- ROADWAY? IT IS VERY HOLY AND WASHED OUT IN SEVERAL PLACES. >> I WILL HAVE TO TOUCH BASE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE CURRENT YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE A PLAN FOR THAT. I DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR ROADWAYS SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE PARK ROADWAYS INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THAT. I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE WHERE THAT FALSE. IF IT'S NOT THE PLAN, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT ADDING SOME MONEY TO GET SOME OF THOSE AREAS FIXED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. >> YEAH, APPROVING THAT STREET WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET. WILL BE A BIG TERM IS AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE STATE TO PLAY, IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING TO HAVE A NEW COURSE AND THEN, VERY BAD SITUATION. >> OKAY, YES MA'AM. I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> ALL RIGHT. AND WHEN I FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? >> I HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ORGANIZATION OR VICTORIA. WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO A RIVER CLEANUP. THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN TUBING AND KAYAKING YOU KNOW, JUST WITH SOME OF THE DEBRIS WITH THE RIVER BEING LOWER, SOME STUMPS, SOME TRASH ON THE EDGE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE HAD EVER BEEN A RIVER CLEANUP DAY OR SOMETHING SANCTIONED. THERE WERE QUESTIONS NON WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE REMOVED AS IT UNDER THE RIVER 30 OF THE PARK COMMISSION? JUST HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT SO, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. >> PROBABLY HAVE LIKE THREE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REACH OUT WANTING TO DO THE SAME THING. WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME JOINT FORCES, A BIG RIVER CLEANUP DAY. >> ABSOLUTE. NO -- >> WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. >> WHERE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT HE RIVER THAT FACES RIVERSIDE PARK? >> I'M NOT SURE. >> BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF THE RIVER LIKE THE KAYAKING TRAIL IN RIVERSIDE PARK JUST GOES FROM OUR ROSE GARDEN BOAT DOCK TO THE POND PASS AND THEN ENDS BUT THE RIVER IS LONG. >> I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST THE CLEANING OF THE RIVER. I THINK THAT THERE IS WANT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR A BIGGER DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM HERE BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP THAT I'VE BEEN APPROACHED TRIGGERS WILLING TO OFFER FREE LABOR AND BOOTS AND TOOLS AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT THEY NEED A LITTLE DIRECTION ON HOW THEY CAN GO ABOUT IT BEFORE THEY GO IN AND START, PROBABLY HELP WITH HAULING A TREE BRANCHES AND WHERE TO PUT ALL WHEN THEY TAKE IT OUT. >> LAST WEEK WE DID CLEANUP WITH CRYSTAL BEEN -- WE MET UP IN THE PROVIDED TRASH BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT HAPPENS, I GUESS FREQUENTLY AS WELL, DIFFERENT LITTLE GROUPS. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD ALL GET TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION I COULD HELP COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE REACHING OUT AND WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A BIG RIVER CLEANUP DAY.HAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. >> ABSOLUTELY. KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL IS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE THEIR TEXAS WATERWAYS CLEANUP. I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER, I THINK IT IS TOWARD THE END OF THE SUMMER BUT NONETHELESS, JUST A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTIE, SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING PRIOR TO THAT ANYWAY. OR AT LEAST SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL BUT I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE. IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF THOSE INITIATIVES IN PLACE. AND KIND OF TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. >> IT WOULD BE GOOD TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MARATHON. BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT US TO TAMPER WITH THINGS THAT GET IN THE WAY. >> DO YOU THINK MAYBE AFTER, FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, BACK SOME INFORMATION WHAT KVB SAID IN THAT MAYBE WE CAN, THING WILL BE COOL WITH [01:10:11] THE PARKS COMMISSION MAYBE PLANNED A RIVER CLEANUP DAY THE SUMMER AND ADVERTISE IT OUT THERE, GOT PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT WANT TO HELP. >> ABSOLUTELY. AFTER WE HAVE THE MEETING, WE CAN SEND YOU INFORMATION VIA EMAIL AND YOU KNOW FOR SOME LENGTHY DISCUSSION WE COULD PLACE ON THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AWESOME. >> ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BRIDGE? >> I JUST WENT OUT THERE AND CHECKED OUT THE BOAT RAMP BECAUSE I'D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL WE HAD THE CONVERSATION. >> WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT? LOOK IT DOES ANY TIME? ANY RELIEF COMING TO THE AREA? IT JUST MAKES FOR AN EXTRA KAYAK RAMP. AN EXIT. >> I INITELY AGREE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HAT PARTICULAR LAR BOAT RAMP. WHETHER IT WAS CIP OR WHAT BUT UT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT. >> IS A PART OF THE PARKS? >> YES. >> SYSTEM, IT IS? >> YES SIR. >> VERY NICE AREA, ACTUALLY. >> I AGREE. >> OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE? >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL ADJOURN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.