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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE PARKS COMMISSION. IT IS 5:00 ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ISSUES? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE THAT IS PURELY PUBLIC AND PURELY -- NO FULL CIVILIANS OUT THERE. WE WILL MOVE ON AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
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MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 14TH. >> I WITH I WILL MAKE A -- I
WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I WILL SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 14TH 2022 MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
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WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AND MOVE TO OTHER BUSINESS. TO START WITH TONIGHT THERE IS A TK-FPL MEANT -- DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE ALL SOMEWHAT INVOLVED WITH BECAUSE WE KIND OF STARTED IT. OUR ACTIVE -- OUR MASTER PLAN ENVISIONED OR RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CONSIDER HAVING DONE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN KIND OF IN CONNECTION WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU RECALL THAT, PASEO, THE VICTORIA TRAIL PLAN. I THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE BASIS OF AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OR AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT WILL BE USED TO PUT TOBGT AN ACTIVE -- TO PUT TOGETHER AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE CITY LAST WEEK HIRED A CONSULTANT TO DO THE PLAN. AND SO I THINK TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD
AND PROCEED. >> MY NAME IS MAGGIE BERGERON. I AM THE METRA PLANNING -- METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION OR MPO. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING, BUT THE MPO IS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKING BODY.
AND SO IT IS MADE UP OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TXDOT AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS. AND WE HELP PROGRAM URBANIZED AREA FUNDS AS WELL AS CONDUCT LONG AND SHORT-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, ET CETERA.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, SO A FEW MONTHS AGO THE MPO RELEASED AN RFQ TO SOLICIT RESPONSES FOR THE ACTIVE -- SORRY, THE ACTIVE -- THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
AS LEE REMINDED YOU PASEO DE VICTORIA IS THE MOST ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN DEVELOPED IN 2012. HOWEVER, WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT IT DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE US A FULL-FLEDGED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER NETWORK. IT DOES PRESIDENT PROVIDE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN -- WELL, AGO T*EUF -- ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND VULNERABLE ROAD USE SAFETY. THERE IS SO MANY TERMS. WE RELEASED THE RFQ LOOKING FOR QUALIFY CONSULTANTS AND FOUR PEOPLE RESPONDED. AS OF LAST TUESDAY THE COUNCIL -- THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO ALLIANCE TRANSPORTATION GROUP, ARE LLC ALSO TPHOEPBG AS ATG. -- ALSO KNOWN AS ATG. THEY ARE A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD. THE CITY WORKED WITH THEM BOARD AND THEY HELPED WITH THE LONG-TERM PLAN BETWEEN 45MTP OR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WILL START AS A BACKBOARD FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
I'LL JUMP INTO THE SCOPE OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACTIVE MASTER PLAN AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND THEN I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO JUST VERY BRIEFLY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WILL CONDUCT A NEEDS AND CONDITIONS ANALYSIS ON THE CURRENT NETWORK AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF COMFORT USERS. IT IS GOING TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR ALL MODES OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN VICTORIA AND DEVELOP RELATED POLICIES PROGRAMS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
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AND DEVELOP A MAP OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR ALL OF VICTORIA AND DEVELOP FUNDING AND PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND DEVELOP A PRIORITIZED LIST OF -- EXCUSE ME, IMPLEMENT -- IMPLEMENTABLE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS BY TIME FRAME.ALL IN ALL, TO SAY THAT IT IS GOING TO CREATE A ROBUST ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK PLAN.
WE ARE GOING TO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S BASICALLY A BUNCH OF ROADS. INSTEAD OF ROADS IT IS GOING TO BE SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS AND BIKE NETWORKS. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONNECT THE CITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES.
BUT A PLAN IS NOT USEFUL UNLESS IT HAS I'M PHRAU -- IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
WE BUILT THAT INTO THE RFQ SO THAT IT WILL PRODUCE A PROJECT LIST ALONG WITH THAT SHORT-TIME I'M PHRAU -- IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT LIST. SO THAT IS ONE TO TWO YEARS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THREE AND FIVE YEARS BEYOND INTO THAT. AND FINALLY OUR TIMELINE, SO WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT LAST TUESDAY. PROJECT KICK KWHROF -- KICKOFF WILL START AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. AND WE ANTICIPATE CONDUCTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS IN THE SPRING OF 2023. AND DEFINITELY CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER GROUP INTERVIEWS WITH THIS COMMITTEE. WE WANT TO WORK IN COORDINATION WITH YOU BECAUSE PARKS ARE INTEGRAL FOR AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WE ARE FORMING THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL LIKELY BE IN CONTACT WITH A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS TO JOIN THAT PERSPECTIVE. THE CITY IS PLAYING -- PAYING FOR HALF OF THE PLAN AND THERE WILL BE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY ACTION PLAN COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN THERE.
THAT'S GREAT. YOU CAN ENCOMPASS SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION MODES.
WHEN YOU SEE THOSE WORDS IT IS JUST SO WE CAN BUILD IT INTO MTP AND SO THAT THE CITY CAN APPLY
FOR GRANTS TO BUILD OUT OUR NETWORK. >> ALL RIGHT.
THE OLD PLAN, THE PASEO DE VICTORIA, WAS IT MORE THAN JUST MAP THAT WE ALL SAW?
>> THERE WERE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE MAP WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
IT PROVIDES JUST AN OUTLINE, A GENERAL SKETCH OF WHERE THOSE TRAIL NETWORKS COULD GO BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY AND OUR CURRENT NETWORK SET UP. I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE STARTING OVER FROM SCRATCH, BUT THAT MAP IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAVE REVIEWED WITH THE CONSULTANT AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT SINCE THAT PLANT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WAYS TO CREATED -- TO
CREATE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHOUT CAUSING CHAOS. >> THESE CONSULTANTS ALLIANCE, THEY DID OUR MASSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ANYWAY. THEY WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION
TO DRAW FROM, RIGHT? THE MASTER -- >> YES.
THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ALL OF VICTORIA COUNTY. THEY HAVE DONE A SAFETY ANALYSIS AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS. AND WE WILL HAVE TO HIT THE
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HARD. >> WHAT IS THE AGE OF THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN?
WHERE IS IT IN ITS LIFE PSYCH -- LIFE CYCLE? >> IT WAS DEVELOPED IN APRIL OF 2020 AND WE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO UPDATE IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE ARE UPDATING THE MTP THE START OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR. >> THAT IS PRETTY RECENT THEN.
THAT'S GOOD. >> WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE TRANSPORTATION PROCESS. THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS IS NOT A
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JOKE. WE ARE UPDATING THE MTP EVERY FOUR YEARS, AND THEN EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE A SHORT-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THAT PULLS PROJECTS FROM THE MTP ANDDEDICATES FUNDING FOR IT. >> SINCE 2012 WHEN THE SAW -- WHEN THE PASEO PLAN HAS BEEN DONE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO THE OTHER TRANSPORTATIONS?
>> THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PLAN FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, AND I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD. IT WASN'T A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION FOR AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. SO REALLY WHAT WE DID WAS A SAFETY ANALYSIS.
THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT AGAIN, 60% OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHER RISK FOR FATALITIES COMPARED TO MOTORISTS AND THAT KAOEUPBTD -- THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT WILL BE EASY FOR THEM TO JUST REFRESH AND UPDATE BECAUSE I THINK THEY WILL ONLY NEED TO ADD THREE YEARS OF DATA TO THAT. SORRY.
YEAH. >> WELL, MAGGIE, WE -- I THINK OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WOULD PROBABLY ECHO THIS. WE ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF EXCITEMENT I THOUGHT IN OUR PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO REALLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN THIS AREA.
I THINK THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION SEEMS EXCITED TO DO IT.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS COMMITMENT TO A NEW PLAN IS CERTAINLY ITCHED -- CERTAINLY EVIDENCE OF THAT COMMITMENT. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND
THOUGHTS? >> WHERE WOULD WE FIND THE SCOPE OF WORK?
IS IT POSTED? >> IT IS NOT POSTED, BUT IF JASON WILL SHARE OR ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES CAN SHARE ALL OF Y'ALL'S EMAIL ADDRESS WITH ME I CAN SEND IT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, I HAVE A COPY OF IT RIGHT HERE, BUT ONLY ONE. I CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS
AND IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONTRACT WITH IT AS WELL. >> WHAT ABOUT TIMELINES?
>> TIMELINE, YES. I REALIZED RIGHT AS I ENDED THE PRESENTATION I NEVER TOLD YOU GUYS. WEE -- WE WILL DO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND BEGINNING IN FALL OF 2023 IS WHEN WE WILL HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS OVER THE DRAFT PLAN. BECAUSE WE DRAFT A PLAN WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE IT IS OKAY AND ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS. WE ARE LOOKING AT FINAL ADOPTION
IN OCTOBER OF 2023. >> OKAY. SO REALLY LESS THAN -- LESS THAN
A YEAR. >> THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME SHOULD REALLY BE DONE WITH US CONDUCTING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE DATA.
WE JUST NEED TO REVIEW AND REFRESH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT AND IMPLEMENTABLE -- THAT WORD IS DIFFICULT.
PROJECTS WE CAN EASILY IMPLEMENT AND I LOVE PIE IN THE SKY IDEAS, BUT IT IS HARD TO ADOPT A PLAN THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A THOUSAND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES WITH NO MONEY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE. >> ANY IDEA WHEN THE FIRST VISITS WILL HAPPEN WITH THE CONSULTANTS? HAVE THEY BEEN DOWN ALREADY?
I GUESS THEY HAVE TO SOME DEGREE. >> OUR PROJECT KICKOFF WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY. THEY ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
I FORESEE US BEGINNING OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS MAYBE LATE FEBRUARY, SO THEY WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE FEBRUARY/MARCH TIME FRAME. AND WE WILL BEACON DUCTING OUR -- BE CONDUCTING OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.
WHEN IT COMES TO ENGAGING THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, PROVIDING THEN THE VIRTUAL OPTION GETS US MORE
COMMENTS AND PEOPLE ENGAGED. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS FROM
MAGGIE? >> SOUNDS VERY EXCITING, ESPECIALLY THE TRAILS AND THE HIKE AND BIKE. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WANTING.
>> I THINK SO TOO. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AROUND TOWN, LIKE A GIANT ISSUE IS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. GETTING ACROSS THE NASTY SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC, I MEAN, THOSE
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ARE -- WE HAVE SEVERAL SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE PART OFTHE -- >> YES. THEY WILL BEACON DUCTING -- BE CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NETWORK. THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT HIGH CRASH COLLISION AREAS, AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF STRESS ON PEDESTRIANS OR CYCLISTS AND PROVIDING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST CROSSWALKS TO NAVIGATE OR PROVIDE CROSSINGS TO IN THAT SITUATION. AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT ON TXDOT ROADWAYS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE MORE SAY OVER THE DESIGN AND THE SPEED CONTROL OVER THAT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
>> OR CONSIDER LIGHTING ON 59. THAT'S WHERE I CAN SEE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS
CROSSING RANDOMLY. >> AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WANT TO HEAR THROUGH KWHROUT THE COMMUNITYIEN -- THROUGH -- THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORKSHOPS. I WILL GIST GO AHEAD -- JUST GO AHEAD AND WRITE IT DOWN.
>> IT REALLY IS PART OF THE -- IT IS THE CROSSING FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
I DON'T THINK IT IS IDEAL. I THINK IT IS FRIGHTENING. AT LEAST THERE IS A REFUGE IN
THE MIDDLE. >> EAST HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE WALKING ACROSS THAT A COUPLE TIMES A DAY. IT IS LIKE A FLOOD OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE AND THERE IS NOT A STOP SIGN. THERE IS NOT A YIELD SIGN. THERE IS NO BLINKING LIGHTS,
NONE OF THAT. >> THERE WAS FOR AWHILE AND ALL OF THAT IS GONE.
>> WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT. SORRY. >> NO.
THAT'S FINE. I'M TAKING NOTES. >> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING?
>> YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THE PARK OVER THERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL GOING THROUGH, COULD THERE BE A DESIGN LIKE THEY HAVE WITH RED PWHR*EUPGING -- BLINKING LIGHTS?
>> THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A POLICY RECOMMENDATION THEY WOULD PROVIDE IF WE DO FIND THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MED BLOCK CROSSINGS AND THERE IS NO SENSIBLE AND RELIABLE PLACE TO CROSS AT AN INTERSECTION. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON STP -- AND IT WILL BE WORKING AND WE WILL ALL BE SITTING DOWN TO TALK AND REVIEW
THOSE POLICIES AND PROBLEMATIC DESIGNS. >> JUST FROM OUR QUICK VISIT
ABOUT IT, THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK TO DO FOR THIS. >> I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED IF I CAN JUST BE A LITTLE PERSONAL ABOUT THIS. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, SPECIFICALLY SAFETY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WAS MY THESIS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO DEVELOP AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR VICTORIA THE MOMENT I GOT HERE.
I AM VERY EXCITED TOO. >> I AM DOUBLY EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED -- TO HAVE THE CITY BE INVOLVED AND TO GET THIS THING MOVING. THAT'S GREAT.
>> I'M EXCITED BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BRING RIVERSIDE PARK TO DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO TURN INTO -- SORRY, WHERE IT GOES INTO UHB. I HAVE SEEN THE IDEA BEHIND ALL THIS, AND WE REALLY WILL HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO GET US ALL-AROUND THIS TOWN AND KEY CAN GO ON A BIKE. THAT'S EXCITING AND WE HAVE THAT.
CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE TALKS THAT GET US ALL OVER TOWN, BUT NOW WE WILL HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM SO YOU CAN BIKE, SCOOT OR WALK AND THAT IS EXCITING FOR US. SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT
AND PUTTING YOUR EFFORTS INTO IT. >> THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU GUYS. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU. >> REALLY QUICKLY I WILL SAY IT'S ALSO OBJECT -- OBVIOUSLY A PLANNING DOCUMENT, BUT THOSE THINGS WILL HELP US OUT, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO PLAN FOR IT AND PUT IT IN THE CIP AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
Y'ALL MENTIONED CONNECTIVITY. THAT WAS LINED OUT IN THE MASTER PLAN.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND GLAD TO HAVE MAGGIE ON BOARD. >> AND MAYBE IF WE CAN TOUCH ON
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SOME EDUCATION TOO. THE BLINKING LIGHTS, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW BLINKING MEANS STOP AND GO. THEY STOP AND WAIT FOR THEM TO TOTALLY STOP WHEN NO ONE IS THERE. IT IS KIND OF AGGRAVATED, ACTUALLY.>> SORRY. ONE LAST THING. THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE RFQ THAT WE WANT TO REQUEST SPECIFIC EDUCATION AND PROBLEMATIC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WITH BECAUSE, YOU'RE CORRECT. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE LIGHTS MEAN UNLESS YOU ARE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USER THAT USES THEM ALL THE TIME. PART OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IS ON THE VULNERABLE ROAD USER
SIDE. I'LL STOP TALKING. >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
ALL RIGHT. JASON, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUD US ABOUT THE FIRST WEEKEND OF
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BAD WEATHER IN JANUARY WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP, RIGHT? >> THE SNOW FORECAST PRESIDENT
-- THE SNOW FORECAST. >> I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT NEXT MONTH'S WEATHER.
>> RIGHT. SO WE WILL BE INSIDE, RIGHT? REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE UH FURTHER REMINDER OF THE WORKSHOP FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 7TH. IT IS AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 532 MCWRIGHT DRIVE. AS YOU COME INTO RIVERSIDE PARK, THE MAIN ENTRANCE, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, BUT BASICALLY IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHILDREN'S PARK, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX.
WE WILL START AT 8:00 SHARP AND WE WILL BE THERE FROM 8 TO 12. WE WILL HAVE BREAKFAST FOR YOU.
I THINK JESSICA IS SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION IN REGARDS TO BREAKFAST AND OPTIONS AND CHOICES. AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S.
REALLY JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND GO THROUGH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES YOU HAD. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN CHECK OFF THE BOX.
ONE WE SPOKE ABOUT A FEW MONTHS A*RG -- AGO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND WE DISCUSSED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT AND THEN OF COURSE TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A FRIENDLY REMINDER TPW THE -- ABOUT THE WORKSHOP IN JANUARY.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, JASON. >> YES, SIR.
>> DEPARTMENT UPDATE? >> ARE WE PUTTING OUT AN AGENDA FOR THAT WORKSHOP?
>> WE CAN PUT ONE OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY WE CAN DO THAT. YES.
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PARKS AND REC UPDATE. BEFORE I GET INTO THE UPDATE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PARKLAND DEDICATION. THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A WORKSHOP THIS PAST FRIDAY WHERE THERE WAS MULTIPLE UPDATES FROM DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.ONE OF THOSE WAS IN REGARDS TO THE UDO, OR BASICALLY ORDINANCES.
PARKLAND DEDICATION WAS A BIG PRIORITY. I KNOW IT WAS AN OUTLINE AND WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT PARKLAND DEDICATION.
I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT IT WAS PRESENTED THROUGH THE UDO UPDATE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE THEM THE HEAD COUNT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFT LANGUAGE. SO THAT THAT WAS ANOTHER CHECK IN THE BOX AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT THE TIMELINE ON THE UDO WAS GOING TO BE A LOT LONGER THAN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE ARE TALKING ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. NONETHELESS WE HAVE A PARKLAND DEDICATION DRAFT SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL. ONCE WE START GETTING THAT LANGUAGE, THE DRAFT LANGUAGE WE ARE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU AND LET YOU LOOK AT IT AND WE
CAN GO FROM THERE. >> THE UDO IS AOUPB FORMED DEVELOPMENT -- THE UNIFORMED
DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE? >> YES, SIR. >> THE COUNCIL WAS GENERALLY
FAVORABLE ABOUT THE DISCUSSION OF TO WHAT DEGREE? >> NO.
I THINK COUNCIL HAD A FEW GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND HOW WOULD THAT PROTECT SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND THEY PROVIDED A FEW OPTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THEM ARE WITHIN A LOT OF CITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS AS SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, PORK -- PARK LAND DEDICATION THE CITY CAME IN AND WOULD SAY YOU NEED
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TO PROVIDE X AMOUNT OF AMENITIES OR PROVIDE X AMOUNT OF PARKLAND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR DEVELOPMENT. THERE COULD ALSO BE A FEE IN LIEU OF.SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARKLAND, THEY COULD PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF THE PARK LAND DEDICATION. THAT FEE WOULD GO TO PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN SOMEWAY, SHAPE OR FORM OR PARK LAND ACQUISITION. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY
TALKED ABOUT. THEY LOOKED FOR SUPPORT. >> LET ME UNDERSTAND.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> NO, SIR.
>> SO A DEVELOPER, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN AND PROVIDING THOSE AMENITIES.
ESPECIALLY IN HOUSTON YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE, BUT THERE ARE AMENITIES AND TRAILS AND SWIMMING POOLS AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT AND REQUIRING ON THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION. IT IS AMENITIES AND TRAILS.
NO, SIR. CURRENTLY WE DO NOT. >> IS THE COUNCIL AMENABLE TO
THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR.
THAT'S WHERE THE CONSULTING WILL BE GOING BACK AND STARTING SOME DRAFT LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO
PRESENT TO CITY STAFF AND SEE ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. >> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. GOOD JOB. >> YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WANTED TO MENTION THAT BEFORE I FORGOT. THAT'S A BIG THING. COOL.
KIMBERLY AND I ARE GOING TO, AS NORMAL, JUST TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION.
AS ALWAYS WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION AND TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY CENTER AND JUST GIVE UH QUICK UPDATE ON SPORTS TOURISM AND BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
WOO-HOO! WE MADE IT. RIGHT? THERE WAS ONE CLAP.
MAYBE IT WAS A PIN THAT DROPPED. I'LL TAKE IT AS AN APPLAUSE. I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A COUPLE OF THE PICTURES THAT I JUST SKIMMED THROUGH. WE HAD A LOT GOING ON THIS YEAR.
KUDOS TO THE TEAM. THEY REALLY ROCKED AND ROLLED. THEY TURNED 75 AND WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUT REACH. WE WERE INTENTIONAL IN TRYING TO FIND THE COMMUNITY OUT REACH AND THERE WAS A PICTURE ON THE TOP RIGHT. PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING INTERNATIONALLY, WE CALL IT REBUILDING AND IT IS TRYING TO GET MORE OF OUR DIVISIONS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THOSE IN EVERY QUARTERLY DEPARTMENT MEETING THAT WE HAVE. OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS DESTRUCTION THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH KIMBERLY ON A BACKHOE. SHE WAS DOING SOME TRAINING AND THEN THERE WAS MORE COMMUNITY OUT REACH. THERE IS A PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE STORY BEHIND IT, THAT IS ACTUALLY HIS HOME.
THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS GO OUT THERE FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS THE VISION AND THE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF THE HOME.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT AND JUST BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAM.
ANYWAY, WE WILL GET INTO THE OTHER GOOD STUFF. PARK MAINTENANCE, IT IS INTERESTING -- WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF VERBIAGE UP HERE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT.
WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING, THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT -- AND THERE IS A LOT OF THE PARK'S MAINTENANCE STAFF AND THEY PULLED OUT ALL OF THE OLD EQUIPMENT AND THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND ASSISTANCE WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE -- >>
>> JASON, REAL QUICK. BY DOING THAT YOU SAVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON THE CONTRACT,
RIGHT? >> YES, MA'AM. WE SAVED 15,000, 20,000 DOLLARS WITH THE TKEPL -- DEMOLITION. ANY TIME WE CAN DO THAT WE WILL. IF WE CAN DO IT WE ARE GOING TO.
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IT IS GOING TO OUT -- OUTWEIGH, WHEN DO WE GET A CONTRACT OUT THERE? WE CAN KEEP DOING A LITTLE AT A TIME. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE LOOKS LIKE RATES GOING THROUGH THE DIRT. A LOT OF THE TRAILS HAVE BEEN COMPACTED SEVERELY. THEY COULD BASICALLY RAKE IT AND TH*E DID THAT -- AND THEY DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO FRESHEN IT UP AND MAKE IT LOOK GOOD.KUDOS TO THEM ON THAT. I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IN THERE.
ONE OTHER THING WE WERE WORKING ON A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND WE ARE WORK -- WORKING WITH THE CONSERVANCY ON THAT. I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIALLY RESTORING PRAIRIE LAND BACK TO RIVERSIDE PARK.
WE HAD THEM ON SITE A FEW MONTHS AGO, MAYBE A WEEK AGO. AND NOW THEY WILL HAVE THEIR HOUSTON DIRECTOR COME DOWN LATER THIS WEEK AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WAY THAT'S WE CAN CONTINUE TO REJUVENATE THE PRAIRIE LANDS IN THE CONSERVATION LANDS WE SHOWED YOU IN OCTOBER. AND THEN THE TEAM IN THE MIDDLE. WE HAVE SANTA AND MIKEY WITH HIS AWESOME SOCKS. THOSE FOLKS WERE HUGE IN HELPING US OUT WITH THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. AND OF COURSE WE HAD THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT TOOK PLACE WAS IT TWO WEEKS AGO DOWNTOWN? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, KIMBERLY?
>> THE BIGGEST PART WAGS SHOUTING OUT PARKS -- WAS SHOUTING OUT PARKS FOR THEIR AWESOME RECREATION ABILITIES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP THE TEAMS. THAT BROUGHT THAT INTO FOCUS AS WELL. ESPECIALLY THE CHRISTMAS EVENTS BECAUSE IT IS ALL HANDS ON DECK.
EVEN THE GOLFERS CAME OUT. IT IS HUGE AND IT TAKES THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN. >> Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS AMAZING.
CHRISTMAS DOWN HERE IS AMAZING. AND RECENTLY I HAD HEARD SO MUCH THAT NO ONE -- LIKE EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO. NO ONE EVER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING TO DO IN VICTORIA. I HAVE SEEN THAT MULTIPLE TIMES ON FACEBOOK ABOUT HOW THERE IS PLENTY GOING ON DOWN HERE. THAT'S GOOD. YOU ARE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY
AGAIN. >> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THERE IS REALLY A LOT GOING ON WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT LET ALONE EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN VICTORIA.
AWESOME. >> SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO MENTION REGARDING THE TEMPE REID PLAYGROUND. IN THE CEREMONY YOU DIDN'T MENTION ONE IMPORTANT THING AND IT IS THE FIRST PLAYGROUND OF ITS KIND TO HAVE THEN -- THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER TO BE THE PLAY IS SURFACE. I KPWHEPBTED -- COMMENTED HOW DENSE IT WAS, BUT ONCE IT IS
SPREAD IT IS SOFT AND SPONGY AND EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU'RE CORRECT. I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER AND I MENTIONED IT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, BUT WRAOE -- WE WERE OUT THERE WITH THE SALES MEN AND HE MENTIONED THE PIECE THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND PICTURE WHERE THE KIDS ARE CLIMBING, THAT'S A NEW PIECE HE CAME OUT WITH AND HE BELIEVES IT IS THE FIRST PIECE INSTALLED WITH THIS LINE. WE WON'T ALWAYS BE THE FIRST ONE , BUT THIS TIME WE WERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. >> I THINK IT SHOULD SET THE STANDARD BECAUSE IT HAS PICNIC TABLES AND SHADE AREAS AND THE TRAILS. IT IS REALLY GREAT.
>> AND WE ARE -- STAFF IS OUT THERE TYPICALLY PAINTING THE PAVILIONS AND THEY ARE DOING NEW REFURBISHING OUT THERE. THEY ARE TRYING TO TIE IN THE BLUE AND THE GREEN.
YES, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE ON PARKS MAINTENANCE BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I WILL TOSS THIS OVER TO KIMBERLY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN RECREATION AND SHE KNOWS WAY MORE THAN I DO ABOUT IT.
>> SO, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER -- FROM OUR LAST MEETING TO THIS MEETING WE HAD OUR HUNT -- WELL,
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WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR HUNT. WE HAD OUR 6TH YOUTHOUT. THEY TOOK 11 DEER AND THREE BUCKS. IT WAS A ONE-DAY HUNT AND IT WAS GREAT AND EVERYONE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME. AND THEN WE HAD THE TWO BIG CHRISTMAS EVENTS, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE AND MOTHER CLUCKERS WHICH WAS GREAT. THE FLOATS CAME OUT AND I THINK THEY WERE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. IT WAS GREAT.COMING UP WE HAVE TWO MOVIES. SO NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL BE SHARING "THE GRINCH" WHICH I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT PEOPLE ARE CLASSIFYING" THE GRINCH" WITH JIM CARREY AS THE CLASSIC
GRINCH. THAT IS NOT THE CLASSIC GRINCH. >> I'M WITH YOU.
I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. >> REALLY? >> THAT'S THE JIM CAREY GRINCH.
>> THEY SAID IT IS THE CLASSIC GRINCH AND I SAID IT IS NOT THE CLASSIC GRINCH.
OTHER STAFF SAID THAT IS A CLASSIC GRINCH. >> IS THERE A MORE RECENT
GRINCH? >> OUR STAFF IS 40 COMBINED? >> IT CAME OUT THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE DOING THE JIM CAREY GRINCH NEXT TUESDAY AND THEN A MOVIE -- WE ARE PARTNERING WITH CHRIST KITCHEN TO OFF -- TO OFFER A MOVIE AND SPECIFICALLY TARGETING QUEEN CITY.
>> WHAT MOVIE IS THAT? >> "ELF." >> GOTCHA.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE OF POWER. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE POWER CAPABILITIES.
>> CLASSIC ELF. >> GOOD ONE. >> AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
TALLERS ON THE TRAIL. >> IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE TALLERS TO TAKE. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SWING BY.
GABBY IS A RECREATION COORDINATOR AND SHE HAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG FOLLOWING.
I THINK THE SAME FOLKS TELL THEIR FRIENDS. I WOULD SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PROGRAMS AND SO REALLY, REALLY COOL TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE OUTDOOR
ENVIRONMENT. >> ARE Y'ALL STILL DOING THE BOOK THROUGH THE TRAIL?
ARE THEY GOING TO DO THAT AS WELL? >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE
DEFINITELY NEED TO BRING BACK. >> I LOVE IT. >> I LOVE IT TOO.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP. IT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY. THEY PICK THE BOOK AND WE GET IT DONE AND THEN WE GET TO LEARN.
>> YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE THROUGH THE TRAIL AND YOU READ THE BOOK AND THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN FEED AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT -- IT WAS A NEAT THING TO DO. THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. GOLF COURSE AND COMMUNITY CENTER. THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN COULD . THERE WAS A LOT OF RAIN THAT TOOK PLACE AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF DAYS GOLFERS WERE NOT READY TO GO OUT AND HIT THE BALL.
WE DID HAVE 153 TOURNAMENT ROUNDS FOR A TOTAL OF 217 ROUNDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM. THE BIGGEST AREA I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS WE WILL BE CLOSED OBVIOUSLY ON CHRISTMAS. IF YOU NEED GOLF COME OUT THE DAY BEFORE OR AFTER. ANYWAY, THE STATS AS YOU CAN SEE, NOVEMBER WAS DOWN CONSIDERABLY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND EVEN LAST MONTH. OVERALL ROUNDS ARE UP COMPARED TO THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SAME THING WITH THE REVENUES. THE REVENUES ARE UP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT DOWN FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ROUNDS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT IT WAS THE RAIN AND OF COURSE WE CLOSED DOWN FOR THE YOUTH HUNTING
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PROGRAM. IT WORKED OUTUT BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE.IT WASN'T GOOD GOLFING WEATHER. SO IT WORKED OUT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GOLF
COURSE? >> HAVE WE ANNOUNCED YET THAT THEY HAVE THE RENTAL CLUBS?
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. GO AHEAD. >> THE GOLF COURSE NOW HAS A LADY'S SET AND A GENTLEMAN'S SET THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT-HANDED. SORRY, LEFTIES.
>> WE ARE WORKING ON IF. DAB DASH WE -- WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
>> IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO GIVE IT A GO. >> HOW ARE THE NEW GPS CARTS
WORKING OUT? >> THEY ARE INSTALLED IN ALL 70 OF THE CARTS.
>> IS IT HELPING WITH THE TRAFFIC ON THE COURSE? >> YES.
AND SPEAKING WITH A GOLF PRO I THINK HIS BIGGEST -- YEAH, THE BIGGEST THING IS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GOING ON THE GOLF COURSE WHEN IT IS A CART PATH ONLY DAY. I WILL TELL YOU OFFLINE HOW TO GET AROUND THAT. APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND THAT BUT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT. EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SOME TEMPORARY CART PATHS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE DUCK POND THEY CAN PUT THE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT AS THEY ARE APPROACHING THE TEE BOX THEY KNOW WHERE
THERE IS A -- IS AN ISSUE AND WHERE TO GO. >> AND THEY HAVE A BEDTIME.
YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE CARTS AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OR BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME.
THE CARTS WON'T BE MOVING. THEY HAVE TO BE WOKEN UP. YOU HAVE TO ACTIVATE THEM.
>> YOU HAVE TO WAKE THEM UP. >> IT IS THE THINGS YOU FIND OU. ON THE JOB TRAINING.
>> YOU TRIED TO USE THEM AND THEY WOULDN'T GO. >> IT WAS WAY EARLIER THAN
NORMAL. >> NOTES FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THAT'S TOO FUNNY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GOLF COURSE? >> I WILL JUST RUN OVER COMMUNITY CENTER QUICKLY. IT ACTUALLY -- WE KNOW JUST A FEW RENTALS FROM 18 TO 20 -- 18 WAS LAST YEAR -- I'M SORRY. 18 WAS LAST MONTH AND 20 IS THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE FIVE CITY MEETINGS AND TRAINING. WE HAVE 14 NON-CITY FUNCTION WITH A TOTAL OF 20. WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THE NON-CITY FUNCTIONS COMING BACK.
THEY ARE STARTING TO PICK UP AND IT INCLUDES WEDDINGS OR ANYTHING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR EVEN THAT'S PRIVATE. THOSE ARE SEEING A LARGER UP TICK IN RENTALS.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING TO MOVE THE PARK'S ADMIN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER GROUNDS?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS RIGHT DURING THANKSGIVING. IT SEEMS TO BE SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH, BUT WE MET A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES AND WE ARE GETTING INTO A SYSTEM. IT IS REALLY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC TO GO TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE OR TO SET UP A TOUR OF THE FACILITY. WE DID MOVE HER OVER.
>> ALL OF THE OFFICES ARE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER NOW? >> THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.
>> SAY WHAT? >> AT THE ADMIN OFFICE AT PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> SO BAR BE -- BARB, I WONDER IF YOU WERE ASKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
DID YOU ASK IF WE ARE MOVING OUR WHOLE ADMIN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> NO. FLIP-FLOP. >> SO OUR ADMIN TEAM, THEY ARE
ALL AT OUR ADMIN OFFICE NOW. >> IN THE PARK. >> AGREE -- YES.
>> THEY WEREN'T THERE BEFORE? >> BARBARA WAS NOT. BARBARA WAS AT THE COMMUNITY SEN
TEFR AND NOW JOINED US AT THE ADMIN OFFICE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION. >> IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING. I WOULD CALL THE NUMBER AND THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO CALL THIS NUMBER. YOU CHANGE IT FROM ONE LOCATION.
SO WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF JODY IF SHE IS THERE BY HERSELF? HOW DOES SHE SUPERVISE THE
OTHERS LIKE CONTRACTS AND MEETINGS? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
PART OF THE REASON WE MOVED BARBARA OVER THERE IS TO FOCUS MORE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER ITSELF. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATION ON ONE HAND OFF
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SITE AND THE REST OF THEM ON SITE. WE MOVED EVERYBODY OVER TO THE PARK AND REC ADD MINUTE OFFICE. WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE IN -- CONSULTATIONS SO WE WILL HAVE A STRING LINE, A POINT OF CONTACT FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO ANY EVENT IN THE CITY.SO TORY IS OUR POINT PERSON FOR THAT. SHY -- SHE WILL SEE THAT.
JODY IS LOOKING AT THE ADMINISTRATION PAPERWORK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION. >> WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE MEET WE HAVE TO WALK THROUGH AND WE HAVE A CONSULTATION AND IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE PARKS OFFICE OR
THE COMMUNITY CENTER. >> SO THE THOUGHT IS YOU WILL COME INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSULTATION PART THEY WILL REACH OUT AND SET UP A TIME. AND THAT WAY YOU, TORY AND JODY
CAN WALK THE COMMUNITY CENTER. >> I KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO VISUALIZE AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU START. I'M A VISUAL PERSON. IF IT IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE, YOU SAY WAIT. IS IT PROPORTION TO WHAT I WANTED.
WHEN I CONSULT I SAY THIS IS WHERE ONE STARTS AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE AND THIS IS WHAT I
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT ASPECT. WE WERE HAVING PEOPLE STOP IN AND WANT TO GET SHOWN AROUND. THAT WAS TAKING A LONGTIME FROM WHAT JODY WAS SPECIFICALLY DOING TO SHOW FOLKS. SO PULLING THAT PART OF IT OUT OF THEY -- OF THE EQUATION AND MOVING HER TO PARKS AND REC MADE IT TO KWHER -- TO WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE JODY SAYS YOU CAN GO HERE, HERE AND NOT HERE.
>> FORMALLY THIS IS FOR THIS AND YOU CAN DO THIS AND THAT AND I GOT IT.
BUT ON SATURDAY I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH LIGHT WAS WHAT. I HAD TO BE RETRAINED.
>> THAT'S THE DAY OF ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO CHAT ABOUT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOMEBODY THERE TO ASSIST REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION IS AT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER? SO WE WILL ROLL INTO SPORTS TOURISM QUICKLY. SPORTS TOURISM IS REALLY KIND OF GETTING EVERYTHING GOING FOR TAFF. WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AN EXTRA GAME.
IT IS THE ARCHERY AND OUTDOORS. I BELIEVE WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER KIND OF A WATER EVENT SPORT. I WON'T SAY ANYTHING YET, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A WATER SPORT
WITH FOLKS IN THE ROOM. >> YOU CAN SAY IT. WE ARE ADDING KAYAKING AS AN
EVENT. >> WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ADD KAYAKING FOR THE WINTER GAMES IT TEXAS AND WE WERE WORKING WITH ASHLEY ON THAT FOR MARCH. DEFINITELY WON'T HAVE IT IN JANUARY. WHOA -- WE WON'T HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT.
WANT YOU TO KNOW SHE IS WORKING ON THE WINTER GAMES. THAT'S WHERE SHE IS AT RIGHT NOW WITH THAT. STILL CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR SOME OF THE OTHER JUST EVENTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR RFP'S AND ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH THE FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE.
I KNOW THERE IS THAT EVENT THAT SHE IS LOOKING AT. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RANDOM THINGS WE HAD THROWN TO HER. LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE.
>> WHERE IS THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT? WHERE IS THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT? ARE YOU ADDING PICKLEBALL TO YOUR GAMES?
>> YES. LAST YEAR THEY WERE AT WEST AND THIS YEAR THEY WILL BE AT THE
DE, KR. >> WHAT IS THE DEC? >> DISTRICT EVENT CENTER BY THE
AQUA PARTICULAR CENTER. >> OKAY. SO THEY WILL BE MODIFYING THE
TENNIS COURSE THERE'S TO ACCOMMODATE PICKLEBALL? >> IT WILL BE INDOORS.
IT IS REQUIRED IT IS AN INDOOR PICKLEBALL FOR THE WINTER GAMES. IT IS SAME TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS
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FROM LAST YEAR. >> A AND THEY WILL HAVE CUTE PIGGIES.
>> AND WE HAVE DISK GOLF AND YOUR TYPICAL SPORTS LIKE LAST YEAR.
OF COURSE WE HAD GYMNASTICS. IT IS NOT ACTUALLY HOSTED HERE. IT IS HOSTED IN DALLAS.
WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL AND A KWOUPL ARE HAPPENING IN JANUARY. THE BULK IS IN JANUARY.
WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR SCHEDULED FOR MARCH. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH TAFF ON THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY CHANGING THE RULES, BUT EXPANDING THE RULES.
>> DO YOU PROVIDE AWARDS OR TROPHIES. >> WE PROVIDE AWESOME MEDALS AND THEY ARE REALLY COOL AND IT IS WHATEVER THE DIRECTOR OFFERS AS A PRIZE.
THEY TAKE THE REGISTRATION FUNDING AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD. SO WE HAVE MEDALS AND IT IS
WHATEVER THEY WANT ON TOP OF THAT. >> FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD?
>> GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. >> ARE THERE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORING SOME OF
THE DIFFERENT SPORTS OR JUST TWAF TO RUN THEM? >> IT LOOKS LIKE DIFFERENT
VENDORS. >> WE HIRE DIFFERENT TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS FOR EACH SPORT.
TAFF HOSTS THE SWIM PORTION DURING THE WINTER GAMES. IT IS WHATEVER TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS WERE ABLE TO FIND TO HOST THOSE SPORTS. SOME ARE SANCTIONED BY TAFF AND SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE A GREATER RULE FOR KAYAKING OR WHAT THAT KIND OF WATER SPORT,
BUT WE CAN STILL OFFER IT. >> SO LIKE A SANCTIONING BODY FOR AN AMATEUR SPORT IN THE WILD. WE CAN CONTRACT WITH THEM TO BRING THAT IN AND MAKE IT PART
OF THE GAMES? >> LIKE DISK GOLF IS NOT SANCTIONED BY TAFF, BUT PICKLEBALL IS SANCTIONED AND THAT IS WHY IT HAS TO BE INDOORS.
FLAG FOOTBALL IS SANCTIONED UNDER TAFF SO IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
>> WHAT TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS DO YOU HIRE TO RUN GAMES. YOU SAID DISK GOLF WASN'T SANCTIONED. DOES THAT MEAN YOU DON'T HIRE THE DIRECTOR ON YOUR OWN?
>> THEY JUST FOLLOW THEIR BIDING ORGANIZATION. >> THEIR SANCTIONING BODY?
>> IT IS NOT TAFF. >> WE DON'T HIRE ANYBODY. WE ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO BE A
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NODE -- NEEDED. >> WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
TO RUN A TOURNAMENT IN THEIR SPORT AND UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA. >> WE DON'T NEED THEM FOR
ANYTHING. >> WHEN YOU SAID HIRE I WRAS LIKE, WHAT?
>> MY BAD. NOT HIRE. WE PARTNER TO RUN A WHEELCHAIR
BASKETBALL THOUGH. THAT'S ONE WE DO HELP OVERSEE. >> DO YOU HAVE SPECIAL ROOMMATEM BLOCKS WITH THIS? YES? DO YOU HAVE CERTAIN ONES YOU
WILL GO THROUGH? WE -- >> WE HAVE A CVB.
>> WE PRETTY MUCH NEED ALL OF THE HOTELS. >> THEY CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFO.
>> AWESOME. SO QUICKLY GOING INTO THE PROJECTS, THE BIGGEST IS THE DUCK POND AND THAT'S ALL WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DUCK POND IT IS 80% THROUGH WITH REMOVING THE SLUDGE MATERIAL WE HAVE WE NEED TO EXCAVATE.
MOPEFUL -- HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK WE WILL GET THE GOOD DIRT. IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU CAN SEE -- IN ALL OF THE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE A CONCRETE RIBBON AND REBAR.
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THEY ARE POURING THAT TO HELP WITH THE EMOTION. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLEE SHIRT OR JACKET OR VEST AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE AT. THAT'S THE GENERAL AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE ENDING THAT WALL. THEY SHOULD BE COMING IN AND LOOKING AT POUR SOMETHING OF THE CONCRETE FOR THE WALL ITSELF. OVERALL IS A 25% COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WE ARE GOING TO COUNCIL FOR WHICH IS REALLY JUST HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. IT IS BY BOARD ITEMS. THAT'S FOR THE PEER AND THE TKPWAU SWRAOE GO.
GAZEBO. THAT WILL BE BY BOARD FOR THOSE PIECES AND IT IS A SAVINGS OF $140,000 OR $130,000. WE ARE ALSO DOING THAT FOR THE DOC PARK.
DOG PARK. WE DON'T NEED THE MIDDLE MAN PRICING FOR THE 5, 10, 15% SURCHARGE. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS SINCE I AM ON THIS.
I DON'T HAVE PICTURES, BUT WE ARE TAKING A TEE BOX RENOVATION AND CART PATH RENOVATION TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THAT ALL GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE PROPBLG STKWREBGT -- PROJECT. ON THE OP -- OPPOSITE SIDE YOU CAN SEE IT BUMPS UP TO THE EXISTING CART PATH FOR THE GOLF COURSE. IT HAS TO BE SHIFTED BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLETE CIRCLE. WE WANT TO KEEP THEM FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PATH SO THERE IS LESS POSSIBILITY OF SOMEBODY SHANKING A BALL. WE WILL PUT GREEN SPACE IN TOO AS WELL AS SIGNAGE. AND THE GPS WILL HAVE AN ALERT AT THE HOLE TO ALERT PEOPLE.
ALL OF THE THINGS WE CHATTED ABOUT TODAY WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS ALL IN PLACE WHEN IT GOES LIVE. ANOTHER THING Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY GONNA WANT TO KNOW IS I REACHED OUT TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH AND I SEPTEMBER THEM OVER -- AND I SENT THEM OVER THERE A MONTH OR TWO AGO REGARDING THE TREE ORDINANCES AND MARKS AND -- AND THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. I DO HOPE TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED TO YOU.
I WAS TRYING TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED IN JANUARY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING IN ORDER. I JUST NEED TO CIRCLE BACK
AROUND AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT. >> THAT IS LIKE THE CREATION OF
A NEW COMMISSION? >> IT IT WOULDN'T BE A NEW COMMISSION?
>> YES AND NO. IT IS THE PARKS COMMISSION SERVING AS A DUAL ROLE.
IT IS THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION/TREE BOARD OR TREE COMMISSION.
IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE YOU WILL SEE IS EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO MIG -- MEETINGS. WE WILL RECONVENE INTO A TREE BOARD MEETING. BY THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE TO HAVE FOUR PARKS AND BOARD MEETINGS. IT IS KIND OF A DUAL ROAM -- ROLE.
>> THE ONLY OTHER UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU THERE IS AN UPDATE TO THAT AND WE ARE INVOLVED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A PLAZA AND SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE DOWN THERE. I'M SURE IT WILL DEFER BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS. EAT THING -- ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO GIVE UH QUICK UPDATE ON WAS THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE. THERE WAS -- IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION RECOMMENDATIONS THERE ARE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND IN THE MASTER PLAN THERE ARE TALKS OF A SET STANDARD FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. PART OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
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IS CREATING A PARK ENTRANCE STANDARD SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE A SET STANDARD. HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL AND PUSH IT TO COUNCIL AND GET IT ROCKING AND ROLLING. AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST THERE IS ANOTHER PLAN WE ARE LOOKING AT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM. PART OF THE REASON WE ENGAGE THEM IS BECAUSE THERE ARE PROJECTS TAKING PLACE. WHERE THE CURRENT WORKLOAD IS THAT IS NOT ABLE TO HAPPEN AND IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL PERSONNEL INCREASE OR ASSISTANCE WE ARE WORKING TO GET PROPOSALS. IT IS THE VERY, VERY INFANTRY OF IT.JUST WANTEDDED -- JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT IF AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. >> AREN'T THE PICNIC TABLES THROUGHOUT THE PARKS ALSO PART OF THE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR PRESSURE WASHING?
I KNOW THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON A SCHEDULE. >> YES.
EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE -- THERE SHOULD BE A SCHEDULE FOR ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT IS NOT A SET STANDARD. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON AND IT IS, YES, IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN. THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS EVERY TWO MONTHS YOU HAVE A PRESSURE
WASHER. IT IS VERY -- >> WE CALL IT A PM SCHEDULE AT
THE PLANT. IT KICKS OUT A WORK ORDER. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND A LOT OF IT IS THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM AND A LOT IS THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR OUR SOFTWARE AND RECREATION. HOPEFULLY IT CAN KICK OUT A WORK ORDER LIKE THAT AND/OR WORKING
WITH THE SUPERVISOR TO FOCUS IN ON THOSE PROACTIVE ITEMS. >> SO THERE IS NO CURRENT
SCHEDULE FOR PLAYGROUND PRESSURE WASHING? >> NONE.
DON'T GET ME WRONG. WE SAY, HEY, PUT THESE ON A SCHEDULE.
THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS ONE AND THEN THIS ONE. IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENGAGED IT -- I AM NOT SAYING IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, BUT MAYBE NOT AS FAST.
A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE WAS LEFT TO THE SUPERVISOR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
THAT'S FINE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE THE NEXT LEVEL OF HERE IS THE BIGGER PICTURE.
THE FOREMAN SHOULD HAVE THAT LEVEL. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE 500-FOOT VIEW. AS WE, THE DIRECTORS AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE THE THOUSAND TO 2,000-FOOT VIEW. AND SO EVERYBODY HAS WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARD IT, BUT NOT THERE. >> IS STEVEN AT Y'ALL'S OFFICE.
>> YES. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. >> ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS YOU NEVER HAD ALL OF YOUR SIGHTS -- SITES AND PIECES IN ONE SPOT. SO PART OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PLAN WILL BE A NEEDS ANALYSIS AND GET EVERYTHING INTO A SOFTWARE, BASICALLY?
>> I AM NOT SURE IF THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT INTO A SOFTWARE FOR US OR IF THEY FINISH THE PLAN AND WE TAKE THE INFORMATION AND PLUG IT IN. IT'S A GOOD POINT AND
CONVERSATION PIECE WE NEED TO HAVE. >> UP UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE --
>> CORRECT. >> AND WITH ALL OF THESE NEW PROJECTS IT IS LIKE -- WE HAVE
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TO PAUSE AND SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AND LEARN HOW TO GO FORWARD. >> YOU NEED A DATABASE.
>> LOOK AT THE PLAYGROUNDS, FOR INSTANCE. THERE IS NOTHING THERE OTHER THAN WE WENT OUT TO THE SITE AND I WAS LIKE, I'M SHUTTING THIS THING DOWN IF WE DON'T GET FUNDING FOR IT. IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU DEFER THE MAINTENANCE SO IT IS A HAZARD OR AN ISSUE. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AND BE REACTIVE AND NOT PROACTIVE.
I WROTE -- I WOULD SAY WE DON'T HAVE A STEADY MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENT PLAN AND THAT IS SOMETHING -- WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL IN SOME OF THOSE THINGS. HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS INSTALLED? WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN ON IT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW MUCH DOES IT GET USED? DOES IT HAVE SHADE? THOSE COMPONENTS NEED TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF PLANS AND REPLACEMENT PLANS. WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU SAID IT. I THINK YOU NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT INSTEAD OF BEHIND IT.
>> YES, SIR. >> AND IT WILL HELP WITH STAFRING -- STAFFING AND SEASONALITY. THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE GETTING THE
RFP OUT. >> I WAS OUT ON THE RIVER A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
WE HAVE A TREE DOWN AND I JUST SENT THIS PICTURE. WE HAVE A TREE THAT IS COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE ENTIRE RIVER. YOU HAVE TO DO A LIMBO TO GO UNDER IT. IT IS A HAZARD. WHEN I WAS THERE I SAW THERE IS A TON OF TRASH ON THE RIVER. IT HAPPENS, RIGHT? AND THEN IT COLLECTS.
IT SEEMS TO COLLECT IN THOSE AREAS DOWN THERE. WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THAT A YEARLIY -- YEARLY EVENT, IS IT OKAY TO REACH OUT AND THAT WE INCORPORATE RIVER SITES? I CAN DO A RIVER CLEAN UP AT EVERY ONE. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU IF IT IS
OKAY WITH THEM? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I WILL PLAN TO DO THAT SO WE CAN KEEP CLEANING THE RIVER. I FILLED UP MY KAYAK WITH TRASH. IT IS LIKE COOLER LIDS AND FISHING STUFF LEFT BEHIND. THAT WAY WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF IT.
Y'ALL CAN ACCESS THE WATER, BUT WE CAN. >> ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT. IF YOU RUN INTO ANYTHING LIKE A HAZARD DOWN THERE, JUST LET US
KNOW AND SEND IT TO KIMBERLY OR MYSELF. >> DOESN'T THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY END AT THE RIVER'S EDGE THOUGH? YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WATER AND THE WATER FLOW STP. >> WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL.
APPARENTLY WE OWN THE RIVERBED AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANYTHING ON TOP OF IT.
THE WATER THAT GOES THROUGH AT THAT POINT, BUT IS WHEN IT IS GONE, IT IS GONE.
>> UNTIL THE RIVER'S EDGE. >> THE RIVER BOTTOM AND ANYTHING ON TOP.
>> THE WATER'S EDGE. >> SHE SAYS REFER BED. IT IS NOT RIVER'S EDGE, IT IS
THE RIVERBED. >> THE BOTTOM AND ANYTHING ON TOP OF IT.
>> THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME A LINE. I WOULD THINK IT IS THE RIVER'S EDGE, THE WATER'S EDGE.
>> WHERE THAT. SO YOU HAVE THE LAND AND THE RIVER AND WE OWN WHATEVER IS ON
TOP OF IT. >> BASICALLY TO THE OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY ACROSS THE
RIVER. >> THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE WATER FLOW THEN.
>> ANY OF THE WATER THAT IS DIRECTLY PASSING THROUGH. UH-HUH IF IT POOLS, THEN THAT IS
OURS. >> DO YOU HAVE WATER RIDES TO THE RIVER?
THE CITY OWNS WATER RIDES? >> IT FLOWS THROUGH SO NO. BUT WE OWN IT AS IT IS TRAVELING
THROUGH. >> THE STATE SETS WATER RIGHTS. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THE WATER. YOU SAY THEY CONCLUDED YOU OWN THE BED OF THE STREAM TO THE CENTER OF THE BED OF THE STREAM. THAT'S WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP LINE IS?
>> THEY SAID IT WAS THE WHOLE BED, THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER. >> I AGREE WITH YOU.
EVERY OTHER CITY I WORKED IN, IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER. BUT I WAS PRESIDENT INVOLVED IN
THE -- BUT I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION. >> IT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY LINES ARE. SOME IS PERSONAL PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE ARE COWS OVER
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THERE. >> SOME HAVE TO DO WITH WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED.
WE WON'T GO THERE. >> DON'T SPECULATE. >> WE WILL GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE YOU A QUICK EMAIL UPDATE.
>> AND THE TREE IS STILL ATTACHED BOO -- BY A ROOT. IT IS BLOCKING THE RIVER AND ATTACHED WITH ROOTS TO THE CITY PROPERTY. IT REALLY WOULD FALL.
I MEAN, IT IS A HAZARD AT THIS POINT. YOU NEED THOSE RIVER MARKERS.
>> WE JUST ATTENDED A MEETING WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO RE-DO ALL OF THE WAY FINDING SIGNS IN VICTORIA AND THE GOAL DATE IS 2024 BECAUSE OF THE BY SEN -- BECAUSE OF THE BICENTENIAL.
WE WILL FIND THE WAY FINDING SIGNS THAT THEY ARE COLOR CODED BY DISTRICTS.
YOU ARE GOING TO FIND WAY FINDING SIGNS AND IT WILL ALL BE UPDATED IN THE NEXT YEAR.
>> I WANTED TO JUST TELL YOU, JASON, I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE DOG PARK GROUND BREAKING. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE EARTH MOVING AND TO SEE WHAT THE EARTH WOULD LOOK LIKE. I MEAN, I THINK IT IS A GREAT SPOT.
I REALLY DO. >> YES, SIR. SO FOUR TO SIX MONTHS PROJECT AND SO PROJECTING MAY OF 2023 TO BE OPEN. HOPEFULLY SOONER.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I THINK THE RIVER FALLS INTO THE AUTHORITY WITH SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THEY HAVE AS WELL. SOME OF THAT SAME THING WORKS LIKE THE RIO GRANDE.
THEY DIVIDE IT IN THE MIDDLE AND ANYTHING TO ONE SIDE IS THE OWNERSHIP OF THE OTHER.
SECOND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. IT IS WHAT YOUR GROUP HAS DONE AND YOUR DIVISION. THEY HAVE PUT THIS INTO A METROPOLITAN FEEL LIKE.
AND VICTORIA HAS BEEN DORMANT WITH SMALL POPULATION. AND NOW WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THE OTHER PARTS. YOU HAVE BROUGHT US PRETTY MUCH -- YOUR DIVISION BROUGHT US TO THE 21ST CENTURY. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS NOW?
>> TWO AND A HALF YEARS. >> WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS MASTER PLAN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF PLUS.
I BELIEVE IF -- IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT HAS REALLY TAKEN INTO EFFECT WHAT IS GOING ON. I THINK IT HAS BROUGHT IT OUT GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM YOU ARE DIVIDING AND EVERYTHING IS QUESTIONED ABOUT FUNDING.
YOU BROUGHT UP NOT ONLY USING JUST A BANDAID, BUT SOLUTIONS. THAT'S WHAT IS FASCINATING.
IT TAKES TIME TO GROW. I THINK IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS THESE PARKS WILL LOOK AWESOME IN COMPARISON TO WHAT IT WAS. I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS BACK TO YOUR DIVISION AND TELL THEM THAT
THEY ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH THE PARKS OUT HERE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT,
COMMISSIONER. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE DUCKS COMING
IN? >> IS THE VICTORIA SYMPHONY GOING TO HELP US OUT? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DUCK THAT'S HAVE MOVED TO THE GOLF COURSE. WE WILL VENTURE BACK.
>> WE WILL RESTOCK. WE PLAN ON STOCKING THE POND. YOUR GRIP HAS PUT A NEW FACE TO
WHAT IT MEANS TO COME THROUGH RIVERSIDE. >> AWESOME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
A WONDERFUL TEAM. YOU REALLY DO. WHEN DO Y'ALL PLAN TO HAVE THE
DUCK POND FINISHED? >> THAT IS PROJECTED TO BE WRAPPED UP IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
>> COULD WE DO SOMETHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DUCK SAFARI SINCE IT IS NOVEMBER?
>> THAT WOULD BE COOL TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM AND ALL OF THEIR DUCKS.
>> AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT IF Y'ALL EVER FEEL THE NEED OR WANT TO CHAT WITH US ABOUT THE DETAILS AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE FEEL FREE
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TO REACH OUT TO US. WE CAN BRING IN AS MANY FOLKS AS WE NEED TO AND Y'ALL CAN TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY ABOUT SOME OF THE PROS WE HAVE AND THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE SAY -- SEEING.I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND LET US KNOW IF THERE IS A TIME Y'ALL WANT TO OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT DID MORE AND SCHEDULE A TOUR.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE THAT INVITATION IS WIDE OPEN.
>> ANYTHING IN THE PLANS IF -- IN THE FUTURE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS?
>> OUR ACTIVE ADULTS? YES. >> HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH JODY TODADAY AND SHE HAS A LOT OF IDS ON THE THINGS SHE WANTS TO SEE. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
WE CAN ROLL OUT COOL STUFF. >> AS SOON AS WE FINISH OUR DOC, THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO
SOMETHING WITH THEM AS WELL. I'M EXCITED. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO ALL OF YOU. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR. I THINK WE HAVE HAD -- WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE.
I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT TO EVERYBODY. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON THE FIRST WEEKEND WITH BAD WEATHER IN JANUARY. JANUARY 7TH.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL BE ADJOURNED. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> THA
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.