Feb 13, 2023 Parks Commission

HE DOES THAT FOR ME SO I FEEL LIKE A MOVIE STAR.

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[A. CALL TO ORDER]

WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.

IT IS 5:00, FEBRUARY 13, 2023. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA FOR

[B. Citizen Communication:]

AND WE SEE -- WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS HERE.

HAPPY TO SEE YOU. I HAVE GOT A CARD UP HERE FROM CHIP DENCE. CHIP, WILL YOU LIKE TO COME AND

ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? >> I.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS CHIPDENCE. THE RIVERSIDE PARKS, TWO OF WHICH SPECIFICALLY APPLIES TO THE GOLF COURSE.

ONE OF WHICH APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE PARK.

FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY ON THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE MAINTAINING -- MAINTAINING THE GOLF COURSE. IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO PLAY THERE. AND I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A REALLY REMARKABLE JOB OF -- OF MAINTAINING THE COURSE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

AID CHAT WITH THE MAYOR LAST WEEK, AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH SELF-SUSTAINING. THERE WAS ENOUGH PLAY TO SUSTAIN THE DEAL; HOWEVER, PART OF WHAT■ -- WHAT I WOULD -- I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU -- YOU HAVE A LOOK AT IS REOPENING THE BLUE NINE. FOR YEARS WE HAD 27 HOLES AND IT WAS MUCH -- THE PACE OF PLAY WAS MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER WHEN WE HAD -- WE HAD THE 27 HOLES, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE DAYS WHEN THERE ARE -- WHEN THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS.

THE -- THE MEMBERS, OR IF YOU WOULD, THE ANNUAL PASSHOLDERS OFTEN COULDN'T GET A TEE TEAM BECAUSE OF THE TOURNAMENT GOING ON. WHEREAS, WHEN WE HAD 27 HOLES, THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US. I THINK IF YOU WERE TO -- TO POLL THE ANNUAL PASSHOLDERS, I THINK YOU WILL FIND AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF REOPENING THE BLUE NINE. AS REPLATED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IT WAS CLOSED PARTIALLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO OR HOW THAT DECISION WAS MADE, BUT WHEN THE CITY TOOK OVER THE COURSE, THEY OPENED A DRIVING RANGE, WHICH ACCORDING TO MY OBSERVATION IT MEET BE SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE VERY REVENUE PRODUCING. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE DRIVING RANGE AS COMPARED TO WHAT KIND OF REVENUE COULD YOU GENERATE WITH HAVING A FUNCTIONAL ANOTHER NINE. IN ADDITION -- IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK WE -- I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO EMPLOY A MARSHAL ON THE GOLF COURSE. THEY HAVE RULES.

AND MOST OF US PLAY BY THE RULES.

AND GOLF IS -- IS GENERALLY A PRETTY GOOD GENTLEMEN'S SPORT.

AND MOST OF US PLAY NICELY BY THE RULES, BUT ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE OFTENTIMES THAT THE RULES PROHIBIT MORE THAN FOUR PLAYERS IN A GROUP. AND JUST TODAY, I PERSONALLY WITNESSED FOUR GROUPS OF FIVE OR MORE.

AND WITHOUT SOMEBODY ON THE -- ON THE COURSE TO -- TO HELP MONITOR THE RULES -- ANYWAY, EMPLOYING A MARSHAL WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A LOOK AT.

AND THE THIRD ITEM WILL APPLY TO THE ENTIRE PARK.

IT WOULD BE TO CONTROL THE WILD HOGS.

THE DAMAGE IS JUST DEVASTATING. I MEAN EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY I PLAYED WELL OVER 200 ROUNDS LAST YEAR ON THAT COURSE.

AND EVERY DAY, THERE IS MORE DAMAGE.

AND I WOULD -- I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IF -- IF YOU WERE TO ALLOW -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POLITICS BEHIND IT ARE, BUT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE HIGHLY TRAINED AND THEY HAVE NIGHT GOGGLES AND NIGHT INSTRUMENTS TO SHOOT THEM. I MEAN THE TRAPPING ISN'T WORKING. AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT I SEE THE EMPLOYEES TRYING TO REPAIR AND DOING A

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AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS GOT VERY, VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE. AND I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. WITH THAT SAID, VERY THANK YOU

VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION FOR MR. DENCE. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WE MOVE ON INTO THE REST OF THE MEETING AGENDA?

[1. Adoption of Minutes]

THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING WHICH WAS THE WORKSHOP HELD ON JANUARY 7.

THOSE MINUTES ARE ATTACHED. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM OR MODIFY THEM IN ANY WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY

MEETING. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.

THE FIRST ON THE LIST IS D, NUMBER 1.

IF IT IS OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE AGENDA JUST A TOUCH AND ASK -- I KNOW THAT ROLANDO IS HERE. I WOND IF -- JASON -- IS JASON STILL HERE? OR DID HE STEP OUTSIDE?

>> HE STEPPED OUT. >> LET JASON AND ROLANDO TALK TO US OF THE CONCERNS VOICED. GIVE US A BRIEF REPORT KIND OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS, AND WHAT THE -- OKAY.

ROLANDO, ARE YOU FREE TO -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEWHERE.

>> I HAVE A STAFF MEETING TO GET READY FOR SPRING.

GOING OVER MR. DENCE'S COMMENTS. I WILL GO DOWN THE LIST.

YES, THE GOLF COURSE HAS PICKED UP IN TRAFFIC, WE HAVE SOME DAYS THAT IT IS NOT LIKE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

OUR GOLF POLICY THE ROUND OF GOLF PLAYED IN FOUR HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. USING OUR GPS TRACKING AT THREE HOURS AND 40 MEN AND THIS GETS SKEWED BECAUSE SOME PLAYING SINGLE OR A TWOSOME. SOME DAYS CAR PATH ONLY THAT TAKE ROUNDS 30 TO 45 MINUTES LATER.

ALL IN ALL A GOOD AVERAGE AND A FAIR PLACE TO PLAY.

CAN CAN BE ISSUED -- TODAY WE DID 125 ROUNDS OF GOLF.

A SHORTER DAY BECAUSE OF DAYLIGHT AND TOUGH TO FIND A TEE TIMES SOME DAYS. AS A TESTAMENT TO THE GOLF COURSE, IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND PICKED UP TRAFFIC.

THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. MORE ROUNDS, MORE REVENUE TO HOPEFULLY PUSH THAT TO DO ANOTHER PROJECT TO THE GOLF COURSE. TOURNAMENT DAYS.

HE HAS A GOOD POINT HAVING AN ADDITIONAL NINE HOLES AVAILABLE FOR THE TOURNAMENT DAYS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT. IT CAN BE SHUT DOWN FOR A CERTAIN PART OF THE DAY. HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS IN THE SPRING. THOSE CAN TAKE 8:30 UNTIL 3:00.

IF WE ARE NOT IN THE TIME CHANGE YET, THOSE DAYS CAN GET LOST.

A COUPLE OF HOURS TO PLAY A FEW HOLES, NINE HOLES AT THAT.

AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THOSE TOURNAMENT DAYS WE ARE HOSTING ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30 EVENTS. LAST YEAR BROUGHT IN $58,000 IN REVENUE. THE AMOUNT THAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE BLUE GOLF COURSE GOING IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT. I WILL ALMOST SAY IF THAT IS A CHOICE, I WOULD RATHER SEE NO TOURNAMENTS AND TAKE A HIT IN REVENUE RATHER THAN REPAIR THE BLUE GOLF COURSE.

THE HOG DAMAGE IS SIGNIFICANT AND GREENS THAT NEED TO BE REBUILT. WE ARE DOING THINGS TO THE DRIVING RANGE THAT WILL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE WE FINISH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. THE RANGE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I BROUGHT OUR NUMBERS.

RANGE OPENED IN MAY 2019. WE DID OVER $11,000.

RANGE AND PRACTICE COURSE PUT TOGETHER.

PRACTICE COURSE, WE CHARGE $14 TO PLAY OUT THERE.

AND DRIVING RANGE, DEPENDS ON WHAT SIZE BUCKET YOU WANT, IT IS $4, $6, OR $9. THAT FISCAL YEAR '18-'19 A LITTLE OVER $11,000. '19-'20, $28,000.

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AND THIS YEAR ON PACE FOR LOW TO MID-40S.

REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED FROM THAT PART OF THE GOLF COURSE.

I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS THINK IT IS A ZERO BY ANY MEANS.

AND SOME PIECES THAT WE WILL SEE.

A COMMUNITY ASPECT. HAVING A PRACTICE COURSE AND A DRIVING RANGE GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTRODUCED TO GOLF, TO NOT HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE.

AND HIT BALLS ON THE DRIVING RANGE.

USE THE SHORT RANGE AREA UNTIL THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THE GOLF COURSE. HAVING A FIVE-HOLE PRACTICE COURSE DOES THE SAME THING. YOUNG KIDS OR PEOPLE TAKING UP THE GAME, A FEW AREAS TO GET HOLES AND GET COMFORTABLE BEFORE THEY GO TO THE NINE HOLES, MAYBE NOT MORE ACCOMPLISHED GOLFERS BUT GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN A WHILE CAN FEEL RUSHED AND NOT COMFORTABLING ON A REGULAR GOLF COURSE.

FOR THE WHOLE OF THE COMMUNITY, OTHER BENEFITS FOR THAT.

SAME THING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. WE USE THE AREAS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WHEN WE HAVE THEM IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE SPRING. GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY PRACTICE AND HOLES TO PLAY AND IN THE AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE, SLOWING DOWN PLACE TO PLAY AND REF MOVING TEE TIMES. THERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIT WITH THAT PRACTICE COURSE AREA.

LET'S SEE. GOING BACK TO -- GOING TO MR. DENCE'S COMMENTS WITH A MARSHAL.

THE GPS HAS HELPED WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS. PACE OF PLAY. IF WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER AVAILABLE, WE WILL TRY TO BREAK UP GROUPS TO HELP A PACE OF PLAY. MORE OF A WEEKEND THING THAN DURING THE WEEK. GROUPS OF FOUR ARE PREFERRED ON THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WE DO HAVE TIMES WHERE GROUPS OF SINGLES OR TWOSOMES ARE GOING OUT. FIVESOMES ARE ALLOWED IF THEY ARE ALLOWED BY THE GOLF SHOP. AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON FOR THE DAY, WE WILL ALLOW TO THAT HAPPEN.

OTHER GROUP LIKE MR. DENCE, IF THEY STAY IN PACE AND THEY HAVE AN ODD NUMBER, WE LET THEM GO FOR A FIVESOME.

WE ARE GIVING A HEADS-UP IF THEY DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROUP IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE PACE OF PLAY WE SET FOR THE GOLF COURSE. THOSE FIVESOME AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROUPS ARE IN THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF UNDER FOUR HOURS. EVEN WITH THOSE PACE OF PLAY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE HAD ISSUES AS OF LATE WITH NEW GOLFERS AND PEOPLE MAYBE WHO HAVEN'T PLAYED AS MANY ROUNDS AS OTHERS PLAYING IN LARGER GROUPS, PLAYING IN GROUPS OF SIX OR SEVEN. THINKING THAT THEY ARE PLAYING FAST BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING A SCRAMBLE OR A TEAM FORMAT.

THAT IS NOT REALLY THE CASE. SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE, YOU ARE WAITING FOR FIVE OR SIX EXTRA PEOPLE TO HIT A GOLF BALL.

THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE. NOT ALL THE TIME AND STAFF IS GOOD AT GETTING TO THOSE GROUPS. YOU KNOW, THAT INTERACTION, HAVING MARSHAL AND BEING ABLE TO PATROL THOSE KIND OF THINGS ON A GOLF CAN BE A TOUCHY MATTER. YOU DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT SOMEBODY TIME AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, FAMILY AND KIDS WHILE THEY ARE OUT PLAYING GOLF, BUT YOU WANT TO ADHERE TO THE RULES.

BEING ABLE TO EMPLOY SOMEBODY. AND THE STAFF DOES A GOOD JOB INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMERS. AND CAN BE MISCONSTRUED.

LIKE HAVING A POLICE OFFICER ON THE GOLF COURSE.

IF THEY ARE COMING TO YOU ONLY COMING WITH BAD NEWS.

THAT IS WHAT TYPICALLY PEOPLE WILL SEE.

OH, MY GOODNESS, HERE COMES THIS GUY AND GOING TO TELL ME THIS AND THAT. WE USE OUR BEST TO USE A GPS SYSTEM. IT HAS TWO-WAY SYSTEM.

IF WE SEE TOO MANY CARTS, WE USE THE GPS TO SEND A MESSAGE.

IF THAT DOESN'T HELP, WE SEND A STAFF MEMBER.

HOG CONTROL HAS BEEN TOUGH. PART OF THE HOLES ON THE BLUE GOLF COURSE HAVE BEEN FOR UP BY THE WILD HOG POPULATION.

GREENS WILL NEED TO BE BUILT WITH THE REOPENING OF THAT BLUE GOLF COURSE AND SOME OF THE FAIRWAYS.

THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME IN THE GOLF COURSE AND TYPICALLY IRRIGATED AND SOFT GROUND AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY DO ENJOY THEMSELVES OUT THERE MORE TIMES THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

WE HAVE DONE A FEW THINGS. WE MET ACTUALLY WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND JASON CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN AT THIS POINT TO TRY TO GET PD TO COME OUT AND HUNT FOR US.

AN OVERALL SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE PARK EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE POSTED HOURS OF IT BEING CLOSED BUT PEOPLE IN THE PARK EVEN AT NIGHT WHEN WE WOULD HUNT HOGS. THEY SHOULD BE HUNTED IN

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WE TRAPPED A FEW. THE GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED TRAPPER HAVE CAUGHT A FEW OF THEM. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WILD HOGS AND HOW THEY POPULATE, THEY MOVE FAST.

FAST EVERY THAN THE RATE WE ARE CATCHING THEM.

THAT HAS BEEN A TOUGH PART. AND FOR THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE.

NOT JUST THE BLUE GOLF COURSE. DAMAGE ON ALL PARTS.

WE FEED OFF-SITE TO GIVE THEM AN AREA -- IF THEY WANT TO MESS SOMETHING OUT. TO KEEP THEM FROM THE OTHER AREAS, THE MANY 18 THAT WE PLAY. THAT'S IT FOR YOU.

>> JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ROLANDO.

OUT OF THE -- I KNOW THESE NUMBERS -- JASON REPORTS THEM TO US EVERY MONTH AND I CAN'T RECALL THEM RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT HOW MANY -- YOU KNOW THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MEMBERS THAT PLAY OUT THERE, I MEAN, HOW MANY -- HOW MUCH OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PLAY OUT THERE IS REPRESENTED BY THE --

BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS? >> ABOUT 40% AT THIS POINT.

I DEFINITELY HAVE NUMBERS FOR ALL THAT STUFF.

IT HAS GUITON TO A BETTER TREND BECAUSE I SEE THE MEMBER REVENUE AS, OBVIOUSLY, A PORTION OF OUR OVERALL REVENUE.

WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT PERCENTAGE EQUAL THE PERCENTAGE OF ROUNDS THAT THEY ARE PLAYING MEANING THAT BIGGER CHUNK OF REVENUE IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AT THE MOMENT 60-40 AND 60 OF OUR MEMBERS TO PLAY.

>> YOU HAVE A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL WITH THE MEMBERS OF SOME SORT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.

>> I SEND OUT A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.

NOTHING THAT INCLUDES REVENUE OR FINANCIALS.

INCLUDES KIND OF A GENERAL COURSE UPDATE FOR THE MOST PART.

EVENTS OR EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THE MONTH OR PAST THE MONTH TO GET INTO SPRING. IT WILL ENCOMPASS FEBRUARYS HAVE PART OF MARCH. MARCH WILL HAVE ALL OF MARCH AND APRIL AND INTO DAP MAY TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THESE THINGS.

I AM HOPING THEY CAN READING THEM.

AND WE WILL PRINT THEM OUT AND PUT THEM AROUND THE GOLF SHOP AS WELL, HANGING THEM UP HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE A PEEK AT

THEM. >> I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS OF HOW TO REACH OUT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE -- YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COUNTER VEILING ISSUES WHICH IS -- WHICH YOU HAVE KIND OF MENTIONED.

WE USE TODAY HAVE -- WAS THERE FORMALLY -- WAS THERE FORMALLY A

MARSHAL ON THE COURSE? >> POTENTIALLY.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY USED WHEN THE CITY WAS TAKEN OVER. SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MARSHAL. NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK INTO OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS STAFF HOURS.

WE ARE PLENTY THIN ALREADY. WE ARE TRYING GET BY WITH WHAT WE HAVE. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO PUT IN THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT.

GPS, AGAIN, WAS OUR MOW TENSION ANSWER OF HAVING A MARSHAL THAT WILL WORK ALL DAYS AND BE THERE ALL HOURS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS ON WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE. AND, AGAIN, GIVES US SOME DATA TO TRACK FOR PACE OF PLAY. WHEN YOU TALK OF A MARSHAL, THAT IS THE ISSUE, PACE OF PLAY, WANTING TO BE ABLE TO STEER THAT. THAT HAS GIVEN US ACTUAL NUMBERS TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE NOT AS BAD AS EVERYBODY THINKS IT IS.

BUT UNTIL THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW HONESTLY WHAT THEY DID PRIOR TO THAT. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MARSHALS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU.

MY PREVIOUS POSITION IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DID ANYWHERE FROM $42,000 TO 44,000 ROUNDS AND WE HAD A TEAM OF MARSHALS, PART-TIME GUYS BUT THEY SPLIT ALL SEVEN DAYS.

WE HAD A STARTER AND AN ON-COURSE MARSHAL.

YOU ARE TALKING 10,000 TO 12,000 MORE ROUNDS THAN WE ARE

CURRENTLY DOING. >> A COURSE THAT BUSY -- IN A BUSY CITY AND ALL. THAT FOUR HOUR AND 15 MINUTES, IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL WERE -- I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT IS A -- IS THAT A REALISTIC FIGURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IF YOU WILL? OR IS THAT -- IS THAT -- I MEAN, I AM JUST TOSSING IT OUT THERE. FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, WE VISITED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY. THAT THERE ARE -- THINGS HAVE KIND OF BEEN DONE IN CERTAIN WAYS AND NOT NECESSARILY IN A WAY -- NOT NECESSARILY IN A STRUCTURED WAY.

WOULD FOUR HOURS AND 15 MINUTES AS AN AVERAGE TIME BE CONSIDERED BY MOST OF THE GOLFERS PLAYED HERE TO BE REALLY LONG OR -- WE

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>> THREE HOURS AND 48 MINUTES, YES, SIR, IS WHAT WE AVERAGE.

AND WILL BE A LOT OF BIAS OF THAT QUESTION DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK. PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY PLAY AND NOT HAVING PREVIOUS DATA TO GO OFF OF, I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF WE ARE ON POINT OR NOT. WE DON'T GET THAT MANY COMPLAINTS. WE GET MORE COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THE SAME GUYS MORE OFTEN. AND AGAIN GOES BACK TO GROUP SIZE. IF GUYS ARE PLAYING IN A TWOSOME AND THREESOME, THEY PLAY FASTER THAN FOURSOMES.

IF THEY GET STUCK BEHIND A GROUP, COULD BE PERCEPTION OF THE DAY AND WITHOUT HAVING ACTUAL NUMBERS.

THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE GPS.

ANY ONE DAY I CAN SAY WE PLAYED THREE HOURS AND 30 MINUTES.

SOME DAYS THAT MOVE FASTER. AS THE GOLF COURSE GETS BIGGER, FOUR HOURS AND 50 MINUTES WAS COMFORTABLE.

SPOT LIGHTLY HIGHER AT MY JOB IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE DID 10,000 TO 12,000 MORE ROUNDS AND IMPORTANT TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.

IT CAN RUIN YOUR DAY IF IT GETS LONGER THAN THAT.

MAKES THE GOLF ROUND LESS ENJOYABLE.

I THINK IT WILL GO BACK TO PERSONAL PERCEPTION WHETHER HOW YOU PLAY WITH YOUR GROUP OR WHAT THOSE GUYS THINK THEY ARE PLA PLAYING.

>> THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT AS PER RATIONAL GOAL WOULD BE.

DO WE WANT TO GET THE COURSE -- DO WE WANT TO UTILIZE THE COURSE TO THE EXTENT THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES TO PLAY GOLF OVER FOUR HOURS ON A REGULAR BASIS. OR WILL WE MAYBE SEEK SOME SORT OF AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN IF WE ARE GOING TOWARD THAT AS OUR NORMAL

SITUATION. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW THE PLAN TO MAKE PEOPLE TO PLAY FASTER WOULD TO PLAY THE APPROACH CR CREATE TEES. SOME GUYS THAT ARE NOT SKILLED TO PLAY THE TEES THEY WANT TO PLAY.

PLAY FEWER, FASTER AND FEWER STROKES AND CURB THE PLAY.

BUT IT WOULD TAKE DOING. >> COMPLICATED.

>> I UNDERSTAND. YES, WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO SET A DIFFERENT GOAL FOR MOVING FROM 3, 48.

12, 14 MINUTES IS HOW LONG YOU SHOULD PLAY A HOLE WITH FOUR PLAYERS. THAT CAN BE SKEWED.

IF YOU PLAY WITH ONE OTHER BUDDY OR TWO OTHER BUDDIES.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT GROUP TO PLAY FASTER.

VARIABLES IN THERE THAT COULD CHANGE ALL OF THAT.

>> LOOKING AT THE DYNAMIC OF THE MEMBERSHIP BASE, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OR WOULD IT EVEN BE FEASIBLE TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER

POSITION FOR A MARSHAL? >> WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THE GOLF COURSE, WE ASKED FOR THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALLOWED THROUGH EARLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE EXACT TERMS WERE.

ALL OF THE POSITIONS IN M MY PREVIOUS JOB WERE PAID.

MY UNDERSTANDING A PAID POSITION OR POTENTIALLY SOME TYPE OF A TRADE BASED ON MINIMUM WAGE AND BASICALLY THEM USING THAT WAGE TO BUILD A BANK TO PAY FOR A ROUND OF GOLF.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. NOT SOMETHING WE WERE ABLE TO DO INITIALLY AND VOLUNTEERS, THEY ARE THAT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE A VERY BUSY SATURDAY.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE. I GOT A TEE TIME AT 10:00.

THOSE CAN BE TOUGH. >> GOTCHA.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAY YOU HAVE 25 TO 30 TOURNAMENT EVENTS. ON TOURNAMENT DAYS, DO YOU ALSO HAVE SOME TEE TIMES? TOURNAMENTS GOING OFF MORNING OR AFTERNOON. TEE TIMES AVAILABLE?

>> CORRECT, DEPENDS ON THE TOURNAMENT SIZE.

THE HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS, THEY ARE TAKING OUT A CHUNK OF THE DAY.

LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS THAT MAY ONLY HAVE 40 OR 48 PLAYERS.

ACCORDING TO WHAT TIME, TEE TIME AND A LITTLE BUFFER BEHIND THEM AND TEE TIMES. ONE ASSOCIATION THAT PLAYS PRETTY REGULARLY WITH US AND THEY HAVE 36 TO 40 GUYS ON THEIR EVENT DAY. THEY MAY HAVE A GROUP OF TEE TIME FROM 9 TO 11:00 BLOCKED OFF.

TEE TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER. >> THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR TEE

TIMES AVAILABLE. >> NOT FOR #00% OF THE EVENTS.

MAYBE HALF TO 75% MAYBE AT THE MOST THAT WE WILL BE TAKE AN ENTIRE DAY OR ENTIRE MORNING -- IF IT IS A MORNING SHOTGUN.

I NEVER DONE ANY AFTERNOON EVENTS OTHER THAN SMALL 16 OR 20-PLAYER GROUP. THOSE WE SET UP AS TEE TIMES.

THOSE ARE NOT ISSUE. SPEAKING OF SHOTGUN STARTS AND EVERYBODY TALKING ONE TIME AND TAKING UP THE CHUNK OF THE

MORNING BASICALLY. >> DO THE ANNUAL PASSHOLDERS? DO THEY HAVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

DO THEY MAKE TEE TIMES IN ADVANCE RATHER THAN THE STANDING

PUBLIC. >> EVERYBODY HAS TWO WEEKS TO MAKE TEE TIMES. THEY CAN MAKE IT AT WILL.

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EITHER USE A SEPARATE NAME OR SEPARATE CREDIT CARD AND HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE MAKE THAT TEE TEAM.

THEY ARE AVAIL TO MAKE A TEE TIME JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME AND SPOKE BEFORE US, HE HAD A CONCERN OF MULTIPLE -- HE SAID TODAY, HE SAW FOUR GROUPS OF FIVE OR MORE PLAYING TODAY. DOES HE NORMALLY PLAY IN A

TWOSOME OR SINGLE. >> MOST OF THE TIME HE IS BY HIMSELF. SOMETIMES WITH ANOTHER PERSON.

HE PLAYS EARLY, EARLY MORNINGS. HE IS THERE TYPICALLY FROM 7ISH TO ABOUT 9:00. THAT IS PROBABLY WHY HE DOESN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE DRIVING RANGE.

SOME WARMING UP, BUT MIDMORNING AND LATER WHERE A GUY IS HITTING A BUCKET OF BALLS. IF THEY WILL BUY A LARGE BUCKET OR DO PRACTICING, TYPICALLY NOT 7:00 IN THE MORNING.

SAME THING FOR THE WEEKENDS. A COUPLE MUCH GUYS THAT HE PLAYS WITH BUT TYPICALLY IN A SMALLER GR GROUP. JUST DEPENDS.

THE FIVESOME. IF REGULARS THAT WE KNOW OR A GROUP FROM OUT OF TOWN AND COME IN AND BE NICE ABOUT IT AND COME TO THE GOLF COURSE. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE FOUR, WE HAVE GOT FIVE. CAN WE PLAY IN THE FRONT FIVE.

IF THEY CAN'T KEEP UP PACE OF PLAY, WE ASK THEM TO SPLIT UP IN THE TWO OR TWO AND MOVE FASTER IN THE BACK NINE.

TYPICALLY NOT AN ISSUE. WE HAVE MORE ISSUES ON THE DAYS WHERE WE ARE VERY BUSY THAN IF WE ARE KIND OF BUSY AND HAVE

FIVESOME. >> THAT IS COMMON.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS KIND OF COMMON.

YOU WILL ALLOW SOME PEOPLE AND KNOW BEFORE -- AND WHAT COMES AFTER THEM AND THEY WILL NEED TO PLAY THROUGH.

>> YES. IF IT IS A FIVESOME WITH ANY OF OUR REGULAR GROUPS OR A GROUP OF GUY THAT HAVE 13 FOR THE DAY AND HAVE TWO FOURSOME AND THE FIVESOME, WE ASK TO SEND THE FOURSOME OUT FIRST. WE KNOW THE GUYS WILL PUSH THEM AND YELL AT THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.

KEEP UP PACE OF PLAY AND KEEP MOVING.

WE TRY TO ARRANGE THOSE GROUPS TO HELP WITH ISSUES THAT COULD COME UP. DOES IT WORK ALL THE TIME? PROBABLY NOT. BUT THEY TYPICALLY MOVE AROUND VERY WELL. I DON'T SEE IT THAT MUCH OF AN ISSUE AND PERCEPTION.

>>. I WOULD LATE TO SO HE THAT GO AWAY. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THEY CAME

TO BE WASN'T AWAY SO. >> THE BLUE NINE WAS BUILT IN THE MID-90S. I DON'T KNOW THE REASON OF BUILDING IT. PACE OF PLAY.

MAYBE THEY HAD ISSUES AT THAT POINT.

FOR US PUTTING IN A PRACTICE COURSE WAS MORE OF A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND BUILDING THE NEXT LEVEL OF GOLF OFFERS.

THE GUYS WHO WERE NOT PLAYING. I WENT TO THE ANNUAL PGA CONFERENCE AND THEY TALKED ABOUT 9% OF THE POPULATIONS ARE GOLFERS. HOW DO WE HIT THE OTHER 91%.

THE PRACTICE COURSE HELPS US HIT THE 91% AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL ROUNDS AND CREATING NEW GOLFERS THROUGH A PRACTICE AREA AND PRACTICE COURSE. CURRENT ITEMS WE ARE WORKING ON FOR THE PRACTICE COURSE. WE ARE HAVING A -- AN ARTIFICIAL TURF LINE PUT IN HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT STARTED.

THAT WILL HELP US WITH OVERALL TURF CONDITIONS ON THE HITTING DECK AND THAT WILL HELP US USE OUR TURF AREA.

AS SOON AS WE HAD A TRACTOR OF OUR OWN ON A GOLF COURSE, WET PULL IN A BUNKER IN THE AREA SOMETHING WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE BUNKERS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE BUT DON'T ON OUR PRACTICE COURSE OR SHORT GAME AREA.

ALL OF THAT CAN BE DONE IN HOUSE.

REALLY JUST MOVING DIRT AND USING THE SAND WE ARE GOING TOO BUY FOR THE GOLF COURSE. OUTSIDE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVE THAT PRACTICE AREA.

BUT REALLY WE SEE IT AS STILL A PRACTICE AREA AND NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE FULL NINE HOLES. %-P DEFINITELY TAKE INVESTMENT TO GET TO THAT.THOUGH.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ANYBODY

ELSE? >> I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.

SO WITH REGARDS TO THE -- THE FERAL HOGS.

THEY ARE A PROBLEM ALL OVER GOLF COURSES AND PARKS.

I SEE IT AS I WALK BY HILLER HOUSE.

I SEE IT. SO ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO CALL TEXAS WILDLIFE SERVICES TO COME TRAP OR KILL.

I HEAR YOU SAY YOU HAVE HESITANCY OF KILLING OR ACTUALLY EXTERMINATING ON THE GOLF COURSE.

I WILL SAY IT NICELY. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> WE HAVE AN APPOINTED GOVERNMENT HUNTER AND TRAPPER.

SO IF WE -- WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAPS FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

WE CAUGHT ONE LAST NIGHT. AND HE CALLS IN THE DISPATCH AND

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HE WILL COME AND TAKE CARE OF THE HOG AND MOVE IT FOR US AS WELL. BUT I DON'T -- IT HAS BEEN VERY RARE THAT HE ACTUALLY HUNTS AT NIGHT.

I THINK THE CONCERN FOR THE MOST PART, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS JUST ANY GENERAL PUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE PARK, STILL BEING IN THE PARK WHILE THE FIREARM IS GOING OFF.

HOGS ARE QUICK. NOT A ONE-SHOTGUN WHEN YOU ARE YOU ARE HUNTING THEM. YOU WANT ONE THAT WILL GIVE A

FEW SHOTS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW BUT THOSE FERAL HOGS ARE QUICK AND SMART.

THEY FIGURED OUT WAYS TO GET OUT OF TRAPS AND HOW TO AVOID PEOPLE. WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WATER AND FOOD, THEY ARE JUST GOING TO TEAR IT UP.

SO IT IS A TOUGH SITUATION TO CONTROL.

AND THEY BREED SO QUICKLY. IT'S TOUGH.

>> IT'S TOUGH. NOT AN US PROBLEM BUT TEXAS

PROBLEM. >> THE RIVER IS RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN COME ACROSS THE RIVER -- YOU CAN CONTROL THEM IN THE PARK BUT THEY CAN COME ACROSS THE RIVER.

>> IT'S TOUGH. A TOUGH ONE.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST TO EXPAND ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE OF THEM IS THE TEE TIMES. I DON'T KNOW -- I WAS OUTSIDE TALKING WITH THOSE FOLKS. I AM NOT SURE IF ROLANDO IS TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE OUR TEE TIME INTERVALS FROM TEN MINUTES TO EIGHT.

LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY GET A TEE TIME. ANOTHER TEE TIME PER HOUR MOVING IT THAT WAY. WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TEE TIMES AVAILABLE AFTER WE MAKE THAT CHANGE.

ADDITIONALLY, MR.KEELING YOU MENTIONED WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO PROACTIVELY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THIS.

ROLANDO AND I WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT THIS AFTERNOON AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS IS REALLY HAVING A MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY COFFEE WITH THE PRO AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ROLANDO MAKING IT OPEN TO ALL OF THE GOLFERS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ATTEND.

WE ARE KIND OF THINKING OF THOSE THINGS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. AND THEN ALSO, ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WORKING ON TOO IS THE ADDITION OF A PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE BY THE DRIVING RANGE.

THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE ACTIVITY, IF YOU WILL, AT THE DRIVING RANGE AREA. AND THAT WILL BE -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KIMBERLY IS WORKING ON TO RECEIVE BIDS.

THAT WILL BE ROCKING AND ROLLING ANY TIME SOON.

I WANTED TO MAKE THOSE THREE COMMENTS VERY QUICKLY WITH

REGARDS TO THE GOLF COURSE. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ROLANDO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

[1. Riverside park boating access grant]

>> I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING?

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: GREAT. >> GREAT.

EXCELLENCE. THE TEXAS WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HAS MULTIPLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

ONE OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE CURRENTLY PURSUING IS THE BOATING ACCESS GRANT. BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS STARTING TO REFURBISH THE BOAT RAMP THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ROSE GARDEN.

ALSO IN THE MASTER PLAN, IDENTIFIED AN AREA NEAR THE PUMP HOUSE WITH A KAYAK TAKEOUT WITH A PAVILION.

WE ARE PURSUING THE TEXAS WILDLIFE GRANT FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. I PROVIDED INFORMATION TO YOU REGARDING THE GRANT IN THE HANDOUT.

THE GRANT CEILING FOR THAT IS $500,000.

I BELIEVE IT IS A 75%, A 25% MATCH.

JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING AT IS PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER THAT $500,000. I WOULD SAY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.

WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS. SO KIMBERLY IS THE ONE WHO IS SPEARHEADING THIS WITH OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR KATIE CONLEY.

SHE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE TO THE COMMISSION AND PROVIDED US UPDATES WHEN THE DUCK POND WAS STARTING TO TAKE PLACE WITH REGARDS TO THAT GRANT. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS -- OH, I AM SORRY. GRANT OPENED UP A WEEK AGO.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE DUE ON THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY.

WE ARE ALREADY ENGAGING CONSULTING FIRMS AND REACHING OUT TO ACTUALLY MISS MAGEE TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THE DATA WITH REGARD TO THE BOAT RAMP ACROSS FROM THE ROSE GARDEN.

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TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE. GET AS MUCH DATA AS WE CAN.

SIMILAR TO THE DUCK POND GRANT TO DIG OUR HOMES INTO IT.

PART OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENT IS TO ALLOW PUBLIC RESPONSES FOR A PUBLIC FORUM. WE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THAT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, PART OF THAT BEING THE MASTER PLAN.

AND WE WANTED THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. WE DO PLAN ON HAVING THIS -- THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH IF WE DON'T HAVE IT COMPLETELY SUBMITTED. BUT, YEAH, KIMBERLY, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT?

>> GOOD EVENING. SO AS JASON SAID, WE REALLY WANT -- WE HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY OF THE MASTER PLAN. WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE INPUT, PUBLIC INPUT IS A REALLY BIG PART OF THE GRANT.

SO AS MUCH FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GET, WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND WE JUST WANT TO REALLY ENCOURAGE PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND

SUPPORT FOR THIS. >> THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> I APPRECIATE AS A TAXPAYER YOU GOING OUT FOR GRANTS AND NOT MAKING US FUND IT ALL. THAT IS AWESOME.

I LOVE THAT. KUDOS.

>> THANK YOU. AT LEAST NOT WITH THOSE TAXES.

>> QUADRUPLES OUR DOLLARS. >> RIGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, JASON.

[2. Tree City USA]

>> THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: TREE CITY USA. STILL SOMETHING JASON -- YOUR

WHEELHOUSE. >> SO I JUST -- I HAD KNEES ACTUALLY -- THIS AND THE TREE ORDINANCE TOGETHER BUT I HAD THEM SEPARATE THAT WAY IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TREE CITY USA, WE COULD GET THAT OVER BUT I PROVIDED ANOTHER HANDOUT FOR TREE CITY USA. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A WHILE BACK OF BECOMING A TREE CITY USA.

FOUR REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE ON THE HANDOUT, WHICH, QUITE HONESTLY, WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO WORK ON A LOT OF THAT STUFF IN THE BACK END.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IS GOING TO ASSIST US WITH SOME OF THE $2 PER CAPITA THAT YOU SEE THERE. A REQUIREMENT WITH REGARD TO THEIR BRUSH PICK-UP. WE STARTED CAPTURING SOME OF THE DATA AS FAR AS TREE PLANTING AND TREE TRIMMING AND TREE MAINTENANCE ITEMS TAKING PLACE WITHIN PARKS AND REC.

OTHERWISE, THE TREE ORDINANCE WILL BE THE NEXT THING.

ON THE AGENDA GETTING YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THAT, BUT THE WHOLE GOAL WOULD BE TO REALLY PUSH THIS OVER TO LEGAL AND PRESENT Y'ALL A BET BETTER BYLAWS DRAFT.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE COMMISSION WILL BE A DUAL ROLE, A PARKS AND RECOGNITION COMMISSION OR A TREE BOARD.

AND SO MAKE SURE YOU OKAY WITH THE LANGUAGE IN THE TREE ORDINANCE AND PUSHING IT OVER TO LEGAL.

AND BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.

GENTRY TREE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU IN CASE YOU HAD ANY

[3. Discuss draft tree ordinance]

QUESTIONS. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: DID EVERYBODY GET THAT COPE OF THE TREE ORDINANCE OR DRAFT TREE ORDINANCE ANYWAY THAT CAME AROUND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

YEAH. SO WE WILL BE A TREE BOARD ON

CERTAIN OCCASIONS? >> YES, SIR.

I BELIEVE THE REQUIREMENT IS THE TREE BOARD HAVE TO MEET THREE TIMES PER YEAR. EACH QUARTER WE WILL TRANSITION

INTO ANOTHER BOARD. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD.

I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN -- YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK OUR TREE CITY USA DESIGNATION.

>> ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT ON

[4. Active Transportation Plan]

THAT. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: SURE.

NEXT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PL

PLAN. >> ALL RIGHT, SO MR. KEELING.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: I WAS GOING TO SAY WE CAN TAG TEAM ON THIS ONE, I GUESS, A LITTLE BIT. BUT JUST TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW, THAT -- I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WAS HELD WITH THE GROUP THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING CONSULTANT TO COME UP WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. IF YOU RECALL THAT WAS PART OF TO OUR MAST EVERY PLAN. ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS OF OUR CONSULTANTS WAS THAT WE -- WE WOULD EMPLOY ANOTHER CONSULTANT TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT A -- AT AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND THIS -- TO ME THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT KIND OF

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WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY LINEAR PARKS AND THING LIKE THAT. THIS WOULD KEY INTO THAT AND NOT WHAT THAT IS. THE FIRST MEETING WENT WELL.

I THINK THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT -- ABOUT GETTING MOVING ON THIS. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE HAD THAT PASEO DE VICTORIA PLAN THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT KIND OF LAID OUT A POSSIBLE STARTING POINT FOR A -- FOR A TRAILS TO GET AROUND VICTORIA AND CONNECT WITH PARKS AND SHOPPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THEY WILL START WITH THAT AND WORK WITH THAT AND MOVE TOWARD COMING UP WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN PRESIDENT MEETING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WILL DO -- KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH OUR PLANNING PROCESS.

THERE WILL BE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT -- BECAUSE I THINK PARKS USERS WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE PARKS -- IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THE PARKS PROGRAMS AS -- AS A WAY OF KIND OF ADVERTISING THAT THIS WAS GOING ON.

AND HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE NEEDED FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AND COMMENTS FROM THEM ABOUT -- ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS OF HOW THIS WILL WORK. BUT ANYWAY.

YOU HAVE -- YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED -- PROBABLY MORE SO

THAN ME. >> THAT WAS PERFECT.

MR. KEELING HAD MENTIONED SURVEYS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED BEING AS A GROUP IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE WORD OUT. AND WE DID PROVIDE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALL OF OUR CONTACTS AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THAT MEETING THEY FEEL WE HAVE A GOOD STAKEHOLDER GROUP AS FAR AS RECREATION IS CONCERNED.

THE KIWANIS THAT USE THE PARK FOR THE RIVERSIDE RIDE AND ALL THE OTHER USER GROUPS AND I THINK THE OTHER AREAS THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON WERE THE NONRECREATIONAL FOLKS.

PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THAT TRANSPORTATION TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH EITHER TO SCHOOL, WORK OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

THE IDEA IS AS MR. KEELING MENTIONED, LOOKING AT EVENTS THAT WE HOST AND A BOOTH OR SERVICE MATERIALS AT THOSE EVENTS. WE WILL ASSIST THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT ENDEAVOR. KEELING DHEELZ I--

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: YOU ARE RIGHT.

A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WILL BE FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO JUST -- YOU KNOW, THEY NEED SOME ALTERNATIVE WAY TO GET AROUND. AND MAYBE BETTER ACCESS THROUGH -- BLEW WHEELCHAIR RAMPS AND SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> HAS THERE BEEN ANY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY -- THAT IS ONE AREA THAT I KIND OF WANT TO BE SURE WE FOCUS ON, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE -- IT IS A CITY PRIORITY TOO. THE CITY IS FUNDING -- THE CITY IS DOING THE WORK ON THE -- ON THE NEW -- THE NEW BEN WILSON.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BOB GLEN HAD A REAL HEART FOR.

HE WANTED TO BE MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE CITY ABOUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. SO I AM WONDER GOING ANYBODY --

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: NO QUESTION THAT ONE OF THE TOPICS THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP AND DEAL WITH AT SOME POINT AND NO WAY IT IS NOT GOING TO BE IS HOW DO YOU GET WHY TEMPERATURE RESIDENCE HALL ACROSS HOUSTON HIGHWAY OVER TO THE CAMPUS.

>> OTHER THAN THE LITTLE JAGUAR BUSES.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THAT IS DIFFICULT --

>> ALWAYS A STRUGGLE. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO PUB WILL I SIZE AND PUT IT ON FACEBOOK.

SOMEBODY WILL SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN NEVER DO ENOUGH. I AM THINKING THAT THEY WOULD BE A BIG STAKEHOLDER. THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A HAND IN THE GROWTH IN VICTORIA.

JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD REACHED OUT TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT. IF NOT, I AM HAPPY TO MAKE AN

INTRODUCTION IF I CAN. >> I WILL CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO MAGGIE. MAGGIE FROM OUR PLANNING AND

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I HAVE A NOTE TO TOUCH BASE WITH HER AND RECONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS A CONVERSATION OF THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE A COMMENT OF RED RIVER.

BASICALLY THAT RED RIVER IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND DUMPS INTO RIVERSIDE PARK. COMPLETELY ON POINT WITH YOUR

COMMENTS. >> YOU HAVE THE HOSPITAL, BOTH COLLEGES, AND GOES RIGHT INTO THE PARK.

>> I THINK ST. JOE'S OFF OF RED RIVER AS WELL, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. A HUGE CONNECTION WE NEED TO MAKE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOT NECESSARILY FOCUS ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THE OFFICE, JULIE, MAGGIE AND THE OTHER FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE MEETING AND THAT WAS THE BASIS OF THE CONVERSATION WAS NOT ONLY SIDEWALKS BUT JUST WAY FINDING TO -- HOW DO WE GET AROUND.

SO THE CITY IS DEFINITELY TAKING A DIFFERENCE APPROACH IN THAT REGARD MAKING SHOO YOU ARE THAT WE HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.

MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT SIGNAGE AND IDENTIFICATION SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FOLKS THAT JUST MOVED HERE TOO. SO WE HAVE GOT -- WELL, MAYBE LAST YEAR WE HAD MORE FOLKS THAT MOVED HERE, BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAVE MORE FOLKS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT ARE MOVING HERE AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO.

SO -- >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT FROM

[5. Discuss Parks and Recreation Department Budget]

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. JASON OFFERED TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO I AM NOT GOING TO THROW OUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BUDGET. WE DO HAVE -- WE DID DURING OUR WORKSHOP LAST MONTH ABOUT SOME BUDGET IN GENERAL.

OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE DUE ON THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH.

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED -- I WANT TO SAY START A CONVERSATION. WE STARTED A CONVERSATION LAST YEAR, BUT REALLY FINE TUNING SOME OF OUR NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL ITEMS WE WERE LOOKING AT. THE GOLF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS IS THE INCREASE IN RELEASE AGREEMENT FOR OUR NEW CARTS. WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR CURRENT LEASE WITH 50 CARTS. WE WILL BE RENEWING OUR LEASE FOR THOSE 50 CARTS. SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CRAZY IS THE 20 CARTS THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR -- OR AT LEAST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO WERE $89 PER MONTH PER CART.

SAME EXACT CARTS JUST 2023 VERSION, I THINK THEY ARE ABOUT $115 A PPOP WE ARE MONTH. YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, YOU KNOW, EACH GOLF CART IS COSTING US AN ADDITIONAL $25 TO $30 APIECE A MONTH.

THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT COST THERE.

>> IS THAT A FIVE-YEAR LEASE ON THOSE?

>> YES, SIR, A FIVE-YEAR LEASE. EXCUSE ME, ALTHOUGH GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SIDE, WE ARE PUTTING IN FOR THE LARGEST EXPENSE WE HAVE IN THERE IS A BREAK ROOM FOR OUR GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE STAFF AND CURRENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE ONE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN AREA TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND THE COLD AND WE ADDED THAT INTO THE BUDGET.

IN THE TUNE OF ABOUT $45,000 IS THE LAST QUOTE THAT WE GOT.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE DRIVING RANGE THAT -- OF COURSE, A COUPLE OF OTHER PRODUCTS IN THERE, THE DRIVING RANGE AND ROLANDO MENTIONED, IT IS A GREAT AREA AND WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT AREA WITH TRAFFIC AS WELL AS AMENITIES THAT THEY HAVE. WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A PAVILION OR COVER OVER THE HIDDEN -- THE HIDDEN BOX OR THE TEE BOX ON THE DRIVING RANGE. JUST TO KIND OF HELP OUT WITH SOME COUNTY AFTERNOON SUN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME AND HOPEFULLY DRIVE MORE FOLKS OUT THAT WAY.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

A COUPLE OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

NOTHING TOO CRAZY. BUT BIG TICKET ITEMS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL COST WITH PERSONNEL.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN GENERAL.

SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL WE ARE ASKING ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE. AND THEN SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION -- OH, GOSH, DRAWING A BLANK NOW. THANK YOU.

OUR PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PLANS.

ONE OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS WOULD BE -- THE NEXT IS BROWNSON PARK.

WE WILL BE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE BROWNSON PARK PLAYGROUND.

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AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR AND EVERY 15 TO 20 YEARS, WE ARE COMING BACK TO THE START OF IT AND REPLACING A NEW PLAYGROUND.

THAT IS ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF THEM.

SO -- ANYWAY, BROWNSON WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE ON THE BOOKS, IF YOU WILL, TO BE REPLACED. WE HAVE SECURITY -- I KNOW THERE WERE SECURITY CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSION.

ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN.

SO EVERYTHING -- WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THOSE AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND WE WILL BE ADDING SOME OF THAT IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. OF COURSE TRAILS.

TRAIL CONNECT TESTIFY IS ALWAYS -- IT IS A BIG THING -- YES,

SIR? >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: YOU MENTIONED ON YOUR STAFFING STUFF.

BUDGETING FOR THE STAFF. THE PARK RANGER.

WAS THAT THIS TIME OR NEXT TIME OR WE DON'T FEEL WE WILL GET

THERE. >> I HONESTLY DON'T THINK THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR THAT QUITE YET UNFORTUNATELY.

AND I THINK WE WILL HAVE A BETTER -- BETTER END RESULT IF WE GO WITH SOMETHING WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DATA BEHIND WHICH ARE THE HOURS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MAINTENANCE.

THE FACT THAT WE ADDED THE GOLF COURSE -- NOT THE GOLF COURSE, THE SOCCER FIELDS. THE FACT THAT WE ADDED THE GAZEBO. THE FACT WE ARE GOING TO ADD THE DOG PARK. THOSE ARE LARGE PIECES OF AMENITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO UPKEEP.

THAT AND PROJECTS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME KIND OF A PROJECT MANAGER. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TYPE OF POSITION AND ANOTHER MAINTENANCE POSITION.

WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN COLLECT MORE DATA WITH PD AND MAYBE FIND ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN PRESENT THE PARK RANGER IDEA. YES, SIR.

>> I AM ALL FOR IT. I TRIED TWO YEARS IN A ROW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR IT, THOUGH.

YES, SIR. AND THEN WE HAVE THE -- THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND I WILL LET KIMBERLY SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT.

>> WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME KIND OF OPERATIONS AS BUDGETING BEFORE WITH SINK REPLACEMENT.

TABLE AND CHAIR REPLACEMENT. THINGS LIKE THAT.

TYPICAL RECURRING EXPERIENCES. >> SOMETHING THOSE TABLES AND CHAIRS TOO. THOSE HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A REOCCURRING PURCHASE UNTIL LAST YEAR.

FOR SOME REASON -- I DON'T KNOW WHY.

BUT LAST YEAR WAS THE REASON WE PUT IN WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR REPLACEMENT. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS -- EVERY FIVE OR SIX YEARS WE WILL BE BACK AROUND TO THOSE REPLACEMENTS. I WILL HAVE TO DIG IN MY NOTES.

BUT THAT WAS A BIG THING. IT WAS ACTUALLY GETTING SOME KIND OF A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR THOSE CHAIRS AND TABLES THAT GET

USED ALL OF THE TIME. >> THEN SECURITY OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL WITH MAKING SURE PEOPLE AREN'T COMING INTO THE BUILDING AND ACCESSING OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT AREN'T LOCKABLE DUE TO FIRE HAZARDS.

SOME -- >> QUITE HONESTLY, WE FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERNS, I GUESS, FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF. APPARENTLY DURING THE LARGE EVENTS, THERE HAD BEEN AN INDIDIVIDUAL THAT HAD SNUCK IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WAS SPENDING THE NIGHT.

AND ONE OF THE -- BELOW THE BLEACHERS IN THE ARENA.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES GOING AROUND AND DOING THEIR CHECKS.

THEY ARE THERE BY THEMSELVES AT TIMES, AND IT IS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OR SUPER LATE AT NIGHT.

THAT IS THE LAST THING WE NEED. BECAUSE WE BOTH -- WE EMPLOY BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE. I KNOW THAT WAS A REALLY BIG CONCERN FROM OUR COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF WHEN WE TALKED WITH THEM RECENTLY BUT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE MASTER PLAN IS IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE AREAS YOU HAD MENTIONED DURING THE WORKSHOP. AND TRY TO GET THEM KNOCKED OUT

A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: OKAY.

>> I CAN GET A MORE DETAILED REPORT FOR YOU FOR NEXT MONTH, IF YOU LIKE AND SIMPLY SEND IT OUT LIKE I DID WITH THE TREE ORDINANCE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED TO ADD TO THE BUDGET.

THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WE WANTED TO BRING THIS UP.

THIS IS THE LAST -- LIKE THE 11TH HOUR.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: WHAT IS THE WISH LIST.

EVERYBODY JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE

[00:55:02]

ABOUT. >> YES, SIR.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS?

>> I HAD ONE. SO THE ONE WE DISCUSSED WHEREBY WE WOULD -- PEOPLE THAT WERE DEVELOPERS, ADDING SOMETHING IN THERE REGARDING PARK DEVELOPMENT.

YOU SAID JULIE IS HANDLING THAT? >> YES, SIR.

THAT WOULD BE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IS WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO. YES, SIR.

SO JULIE AND HER TEAM IS SPEARHEADING THE UDO, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OR THE CODE.

AND THIS DICTATES WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THOSE TYPE OF POLICIES.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS OF RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM STAKE STAKEHOLDERS.

THEY PRESENTED SOMETHING TO THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK BACK IN DEC DECEMBER.

ONE OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS WAS ASKING OF PARKLAND DEDICATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE GO AHEAD TO CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THAT PATH. I BELIEVE IT IS FREEZE AND NICHOLS ARE THE CONSULTING FIRM ASSISTING JULIE AND HER TEAM WITH THE UDO UPDATE. I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT IS A LOT BIGGER PROJECT FOR SURE.

>> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR.

[6. Parks and Recreation Department report]

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

>> YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING:

DEPARTMENTAL REPORT. >> WE ARE HERE ALREADY? THAT WAS QUICK. I LIKE THAT.

OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO QUITE HONESTLY, I KEPT THIS KIND OF BRIEF, BECAUSE I KNEW WE HAD A HEALTHY AGENDA.

AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO THANK YOU Y'ALL. I AM SORRY, CAN EVERYBODY SEE THIS? YOU ARE GOOD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE PARK MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF IT.

SO PARKS -- THE PARKS STAFF, THE PARKS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE STORMS -- THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND PICTURE, A TREE COME DOWN IN FISHERS, RIVERSIDE PARK AND THIS GOT REMOVED.

THE HILLER HOUSE. YOU SEE THE MIDDLE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM. WE DID TREE TRIMMING TRAINING.

AND THAT SET US UP FOR TREE TRIMMING ALONG MAIN STREET.

A WEEK OR SO AGO WENT DOWN MAIN STREET AND TRIMMED THE BULK OF THE TREES. WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND THE DEAD TREES ON MAIN STAP STREET OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IS THE YOUTH COMPLEX.

OUR BALL FIELDS. NOT THE BEST PICTURE, BUT THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF REMOVING SOME OF THE LIPS AROUND SOME OF THE BASES AND -- YEAH, BASICALLY AROUND ALL THE BASES.

THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING THAT DOWN TO GRADE SO THAT WAY AS THEY ARE ROUNDING THE BASES, DON'T HAVE A HILL TO GO UP TO ARE TO TRIP OVER. A NICE, EVEN SERVICE.

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AT THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX.

THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX AND LOWER FIELDS.

THAT HAS BEEN TAKING A LOT OF TIME AND DOING A GREAT JOB.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU GO TAKE A LOOK.

THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX. THE SPORTS COMPLEX ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE SMALLER OF THE TWO.

BUT WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CONCESSION PROPOSAL AND ABLE TO GET A NEW CONCESSIONAIRE OUT THERE AND THE PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF HAS BEENING TO A GREAT JOB REFURBISHING THE CONCESSION STAND. I DIDN'T GRAB A PICTURE WHEN I WENT OUT THERE ON FRIDAY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY.

A HUGE DIFFERENCE. PART OF THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP TO IT. A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH BACK UP. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU -- MIGHT HAVE MISSED THESE OR NOT. THE PARK BOLLARDS.

THE WOODEN POLES, IF YOU WILL, IN THE GROUND, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS. BASECALLY TO STOP PEOPLE DRIVING OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND GOING INTO THE GRASS.

IN RIVERSIDE, A LOT OF THEM DECAYED.

A LOT OF THEM FOLLOWING OVER. THOSE THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, FIVE OF THEM AND 40 GAP THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

THE PARKS TEAM IS GOING THROUGH THE PARKS AND REMOVING THE

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SOME OF THE ONES WE ARE REMOVING WE WILL COME BACK TO AND PLACE BETTER BARRICADES THERE, FULL. JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION.

MAIN A SIDEWALK THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO, YOU KNOW, A ROADWAY.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE PARKS. YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE BOLLARDS BEING REMOVED, BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND BE MINDFUL WHERE WE PLACE THEM SO THAT WAY NOT BOLLARDS

ALL OVER THE PARK. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THE METAL ONES WITH THE CABLE HAVE BEEN APPEAR MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE? OR HAVE THEY BEEN EFFECTIVE?

>> I WOULD SAY YES TO BOTH. THEY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE, I WOULD FEEL LIKE, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT A MATE NIGHTMARE.

I WOULD SAY ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND A POLE TWO THAT ARE RUN OVER.

PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THOSE POLES ARE REALLY CLOSE TO

THE ROADWAY. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THEY

ARE. >> NO GIVE OR TAKE.

YOU ARE OFF THE ROAD AND YOU ARE HITTING A POLE.

PART OF IT TOO IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THESE BOLLARDS.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE EVERYWHERE IN MY OPINION.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARK ROADWAY.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT CERTAIN AREAS.

MAYBE OUTLINED WHERE THE PARKING IS OR IF THEY ARE IN A CERTAIN

PROXIMITY TO A SIDEWALK. >> I THINK THEY IMPEDE THE USE OF THE ROAD BY -- PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WALKERS AND RUNNERS. AND THE ROADS ARE ALSO USED FOR

THAT SOME. >> I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE IDEA BEHIND THE CABLE AND A TRIPPING HAZARD WHEN WE HAVE THE OPEN AREAS AND PEOPLE WANT TO GO FROM ONE -- BASICALLY FROM ONE SEED OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU ARE HAVING TO HOP OVER A THREE-FOOT CABLE BASICALLY.

SO, YES, ANY TIME YOU SEE US OUT THERE, THAT IS -- WE HAVE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF WOODEN POLES IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, THAT IS

WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: THAT IS GOOD. I PERSONALLY LIKE THAT BETTER

ANYWAY. >> RECREATION PROGRAMMING.

I WILL DEFER THIS TO KIMBERLY. >> SO IN JANUARY, WE HAD A NEW RECREATION COORDINATOR JOIN US. ELIJAH RAMOS.

HE JONES US FROM CORPUS CHRISTI. HE IS GREAT TO BE ON OUR TEAM.

IN JANUARY, THE TEAM HELPED HARD FOR THE WINTER GAMES OF TEXAS AND IMPLEMENTED THE STORY TRAIL AND GETTING OUR FOOTING AND GETTING PROGRAMS PLANNED OUT FOR THIS MONTH AND THE REST OF THE YEAR. SOME THIS MONTH, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A MOVE VIS NIGHT WITH THE QUEEN CITY COMMUNITY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORK ING WITH TEENS GROUNDED. A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH TEENS. WE8 BE MEETING WITH THEM AND IMPLEMENTING TEEN PROGRAMS BASED ON THEIR INPUT WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE ALSO DID AN UMPIRES CLINIC.

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR KICKBALL AND SOFTBALL.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT SUN VALLEY RANCH AS WELL WITH OUR POP-UP PARK. AND TTYLER ON THE TRAIL.

THAT IS STILL GOING STRONG. >> ONE OF THE THING ABOUT TYLER ON THE T TRAIL THAT GABBY, ONE OUR RECREATION COORDINATORS THINK -- SAW THE NEED FOR A -- A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL. WHAT SHE IS EXPLORE SOMETHING A SPANISH ONLY ON THE TRAIL PROGRAM THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN SPANISH BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PARENTS THAT COME OUT WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS TO CURRENT TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL ARE VERY, I GUESS, HAVE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY JUST SPANISH-SPEAKING, BUT THEY ARE VERY FLUENT IN SPANISH. AND I THINK THERE IS A DEMOGRAPHIC THERE THAT WE ARE NOT HITTING.

AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THAT.

I KNOW GABBY MENTIONED THAT TO ME NOT TOO LONG AGO, BUT LOOKING INTO CREATING ALMOST LIKE A DUAL TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL.

EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS INVITED TO THE TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL

PROGRAM AND THIS IS CONDUCTED. >> SPANISH.

>> THE MOVIE NIGHT IS THURSDAY IN QUEEN CITY PARK.

>> QUEST KITCHEN. OR THE QUEEN CITY COMMUNITY ON QUEST KITCHEN. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> AWESOME. ANY QUESTIONS ON RECREATION

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WE CAN KEEP ROCKING AND ROLLING THEN.

GOLF COURSE. THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING VERY WELL. YOU KNOW, ROLANDO WAS UP THERE SPEAKING -- HE HAS ALL THOSE NUMBERS IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

HE CAN SPIT IT OUT LIKE IT IS NOTHING.

HERE ARE STATS FOR YOU. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 118,213 WORTH OF REVENUE. AGAIN OUR EXPENSES ARE $90,000 A MONTH. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A SURPLUS THERE. WE DID HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT ROUND -- A FAIRLY DECENT AMOUNT OF ROUNDS THIS YEAR -- OR THIS MONTH. WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 2200 ROUNDS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. WE HAD 99 FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN TOURNAMENT ROUNDS.

AND WE HAD 264 PRACTICE ROUNDS. SOME OF THE BIG EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE THIS MONTH, ROLANDO MENTIONED BOTH OF THESE, VISD WILL HAVE A TOURNAMENT AT RIVERSIDE.

AND INDUSTRIAL ISD WILL BE OUT THERE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

OF COURSE TAFT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MARCH.

UP WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU BECAUSE WON'T MEET BEFORE THAT TIME FRAME. GOLF COURSE IS DOING VERY WELL.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS.

>> ONE QUESTION I GUESS. AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS MAYBE A R OFFERINGSLANDO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVENUE INLANDO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVENUE INLANDO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVENUE INLANO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVELANO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVELANDO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVENUE INLANDO QUESTION. BUT TEAMS ME THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLES OPEN, WOULD IS REALLY IMPACT THE REVENUE IN. IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE HOW IT WILL INCREASE REVENUE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL HOLES

AVAILABLE >> I DON'T KNOW.

POTENTIALLY IN THE LONG RUN -- WE LOOK AT IT AND THE WAY THE GOLF COURSE IS SET UP AND IT IS AN OFFICER PRIZE FUND AND WE HAVE THEIR BUSINESS PLAN. WE TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM A BUSINESS DIDN'T. POTENTIALLY YES.

BUT THE UP-FRONT COST TO GET IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO OFFSET REVENUE WILL OFFSET THAT TREMENDOUSLY.

YEARS BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO GET A COST RECOVERY FROM THAT.

SO WITHOUT PUTTING NUMBERS TO IT THOUGH, I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU AND TELL YOU X NUMBER AND TAKE THIS LONG TO RECOUP OUR CO COSTS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE CONDITION THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TO TURN THEM AROUND TO SOMETHING THAT IS PLAYABLE, TO WHERE THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY THAT FEE.

>> JASON, THERE ROOM FOR THE PRACTICE ROUND -- FOR THE PRACTICE COURSE, THE DRIVING RANGE AND NINE HOLES? I THOUGHT THE PRACTICE RANGE AND THE DRIVING RANGE TOOK UP PART

OF THE OLD BLUE NINE. >> THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> FIVE OF THE NINE HOLES. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

FIVE OF THE NINE HOLES BECAUSE OF THE DRIVING RANGE.

IT TOOK -- YOU KNOW, THE OTHER FOUR AWAY.

>> WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.

TO GO BACK TO THE BLUE NINE, IT WOULD BE A NEW PLAN.

>> CORRECT. >> YOU WOULD NEED MORE ROOM.

>> WE WOULD NEED MORE ROOM, RIGHT.

>> WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD FOUR HOLES AND GET RID OF THE DRIVING

RANGE AND UPDATE THE IRRIGATION. >> AND THE GREENS.

>> AND THE CURRENT FIVE THAT AREN'T UP TO PAR THE WAY THE

OTHER 18. >> AND INCREASE MAINTENANCE.

>> YOU JUST USED A GOLFING PUN. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT

THAT. >> I NOTICE IT TOO.

>> BA-BA-BUM. >> THIS MAY SOUND SO OFF -- YOU KNOW THE RV PARK, MAYBE TURN INTO THAT A DRIVING RANGE.

MAY BRING MORE REVENUE. >> THE RV PARK IS HEAVILY USED.

>> COME ON, HOW MUCH -- YOU TOLD US, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANYTHING,

RIGHT? >> WELL WE -- WE CLOSED IT DOWN IN ACT SEPTEMBER? OCTOBER.

BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES WE WERE SEEING.

WE OPENED IT UP PACK IN NOVEMBER.

AND I ASKED JESSICA TO RUN SOME REPORTS FOR US.

AND OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, DECEMBER AND JANUARY -- IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? DECEMBER AND JANUARY WE INCREASED OUR REVENUES DOUBLE. WE DOUBLED OUR REVENUES.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ACTUALLY MAKING US POSITIVE REVENUE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. >> YES, SIR.

LAST YEAR REVENUES WERE $4500. CLOSE TO $5,000 FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS. THE SAME TWO MONTHS THIS YEAR

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>> ALSO, JOHN, THE DRIVING RANGE NEEDS TO IT BE SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THE GOLF SHOP. BECAUSE YOU HAVE STAFF RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO COLLECT BALLS AND JUST OVERSIGHT.

IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE NEAR PROXIMITY.

SO -- >> QUITE HONESTLY, NOT IN THE BEST LOCATION RIGHT NOW JUST VISIBILITY AS POLICE EDER SAID IS NOT EXISTENT. WE FIND OURSELVES WITH PEOPLE WALKING AWAY WITH THE BALLS, IF YOU WILL, OR JUST WALK-UPS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THE CLUBHOUSE DON'T HAVE THAT VISUAL, THAT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE DRIVING RANGE.

THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, TOO, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT. OKAY? WELL, HERE YOU GO. THE GOLF STATS.

AGAIN, INCREASING THIS YEAR. ROUNDS TO DATE ARE UP.

THE BIGGEST, I THINK, DISCREPANCY THAT YOU MAY SEE IS THE JANUARY REVENUE. YOU WILL SEE LAST YEAR, IT WAS 88,000. THIS YEAR AT $118,000.

A HUGE INCREASE. PART OF THAT -- I AM NOT SURE IF YOU MAY RECALL THE MEMBERSHIP. LAST YEAR WE HAD MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR JANUARY, WHICH IS -- DECEMBER, JANUARY IS WHEN WE SEE THAT LARGE INCREASE. SO YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT IN DECEMBER UNDER THE GOLF REVENUES FROM THE 77 TO 178.

BUT WE GET A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS USUALLY IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY TO RENEW. THAT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE LAST YEAR UNTIL FEBRUARY OR MARCH BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, JUST BUDGET AND SOME FINANCIALS. SO THAT GOT CAUGHT BACK UP TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE. BUT DOING A HECK OF A JOB AS OF THIS YEAR, $469,000 IN REVENUES VERSUS LAST YEAR SAME TIME FRAME ALMOST A $160,000 DIFFERENCE. ON THE PLUS SIDE.

>> IMPRESSIVE. >> THANK YOU.

>> EVEN THE ROUNDS. GO BACK -- I KNOW THE ROUNDS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON WEATHER, BUT A NICE INCREASE.

>> YES, MA'AM. I BRAG ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE ALL THE TIME. WE DO GREAT.

COMMUNITY CENTER STATS -- SORRY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY.

SO COMMUNITY CENTER. QUITE HONESTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH LIVESTOCK THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF OR TWO.

I KNOW THAT IS ALL THEY WILL BE DEALING WITH.

LIVESTOCK IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG DEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, HEAVY INTO THE LIVESTOCK SHOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO, YEAH, FOR -- FOUR CITY MEETINGS OR TRAINS. ONE EVENT PARKS AND RECREATION RELATED WHICH WAS TAFT. WE HAD 11 NONCITY FUNCTIONS WHICH WILL BE WEDD WEDDINGS, QUICENARAS WHICH IS 15 FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. SPORTS TOURISM.

I WILL START BY SAYING MICHELLE MYERS UNFORTUNATELY IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. SHE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED ON TO THE CITY OF BEAVILLE. I THINK SHE IS TAKING -- SHE WILL BE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BEAVILLE OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

SPORTS TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE STARTED DIVVYING OUT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ELSEWHERE.

SO TAFT IS PRIMARIRILY ON KIMBEY AND I.

THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT IS GOING -- I AM GOING TO BE SPEARHEADING THAT AND BE THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT.

AND THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION COMING IN APRIL TO RIVERSIDE AND ROLANDO WILL BE SPEARHEADING THAT.

THE GOAL IS TO GET THE POSITION OUT TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK.

AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, JANUARY WAS GREAT FOR TAFT. WE HAD OVER 1,000 AMATEUR ATHLETES THAT CAME TO VICTORIA. IT WAS A VERY GREAT EVENT.

A LOT OF FOLKS -- A LOT OF FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

REALLY GREAT EVENT. EXCITED ABOUT HAVING IT HERE -- HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN AGAIN NOT TOO SHORTLY AFTER THAT. I CAN TELL THAT YOU TAFT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT VICTORIA. WE WANT TO -- TALKED TO SOME OF THE TAFT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I THINK HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXTENDING HIS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR TWO MORE YEARS. SO IN ESSENCE, WE WILL BE

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IT IS VERY, VERY GREAT FOR THE -- FOR THE CITY, I GUESS, AND TOURISM AS A WHOLE. SO ALL WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO MOVE UP AND FROM HERE AND EXPAND OUR GAMES THAT WE HAVE.

2023 GAMES AS I MENTIONED, WILL BE TAKING PLACE THE 25TH TO 26TH OF FEBRUARY AND THEN MARCH 4, 5 AND 6.

THE BIGGEST ONE IN FEBRUARY WILL BE THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT THE YFC. THERE WILL BE A LARGE -- BACKTRACK, A HUGE TOURNAMENT. 60 TEAMS I BELIEVE REGISTERED

FOR SOFTBALL, RIGHT. >> THE LARGEST THE CITY OF

VICTORIA HAS EVER SEEN. >> THAT IS GREAT.

>> RECORD BREAKING. SORRY.

>> BUT IT IS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE LIVESTOCK SHOW.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN THAT WEEK -- THAT WEEKEND. SO JUST SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE AND EVERYBODY GOT THEIR GOODY BAGS AND EVERYTHING.

>> YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESSICA.

>> THE NEXT THINGS ARE THE KAYAK RACE.

WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH COMMISSIONER MAGEE ON THIS ONE IN MARCH. TAFT -- WE WILL EXPAND OUR TAFT GAMES TO KAYAK TO BE PART OF THAT.

OF COURSE OUR WINTER GAME SCRAMBLES THAT WE WILL HAVE OVER ON RIVERSIDE PARK. AND THOSE WILL ALL BE IN MARCH.

>> GOLF WILL BE GOING ON, TENNIS FOR WINTER GAMES IN MARCH.

>> WHAT WE WILL DO IS SEND OUT A -- WE WILL SEND OUT A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON FEBRUARY -- IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF THE WINTER GAMES AND GIVE LOCATION OF IT SO TO HAVE IT HANDY IF YOU DECIDE TO DROP IN, AT LEAST YOU HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OR THE TIMES WE ARE AVAILABLE THERE AND SEND IT OUT TO THE COMMISSION THIS WEEK. ALL RIGHT, SO -- I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE FOR YOU. BECAUSE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE A MOMENT, SWITCH GEARS TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION AND JUST SHOW YOU THE DUCK POND. I CAN GIVE YOU VERBALLY A QUICK UPDATE ON THE DOG PARK. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO ANY OTHER PROJECTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THE DOG PARK WILL BE MOVING FORWARD THIS WEEK. WE HAVE -- WE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANGE ORDERS, IF YOU WILL. AS FAR AS THE FENCE SOMETHING CONCERNED, AND WE NEEDED TO MANGE SURE WE HAD THE PROPER FENCING. THERE ARE A FEW MORE ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED BY OUR CONSULTANT AND HE HAD TO MAKE DESIGN CHANGES. VERY MINIMAL.

BUT NONETHELESS, THE WORK WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH UPGRADES ON THE DOG PARK. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ROCKING AND ROLLING PRETTY QUICKLY NOW THAT THEY ARE ON-SITE THIS WEEK.

LET ME TRANSITION INTO THIS OTHER POWERPOINT VERY QUICKLY.

>> WHILE HE IS GETTING THAT READY, HE WITH DID MEET WITH IZZY DRAIN'S FAMILY LAST WEEK AND SHARED SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MEMORIAL AND THE ENTRANCE OF THE DOG PARK. THEY WERE REALLY RECEPTIVE AND LOVED THE IDEA. SO WE ARE STILL WORK ON THAT.

THEY SOLD OVER 200 PAVERS. SO GO THEM.

>> WE WILL BE MEETING WITH -- WITH THE CONSULTANT, AGAIN, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO START FINALIZING WHAT THOSE THOUGHTS ARE AND BRING THEM TO THE COMMISSION FOR JUST APPROVAL.

SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY AT THE CITIZENS ACADEMY ACTUALLY LAST WEEK.

WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING HERE.

WE HAD 1200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT OUR PROGRAMS. AND OUR RECREATIONS SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS VERY SMALL.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. THIS IS THE BIG ONE.

THE DUCK POND. THIS IS THE DESIGN OF IT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

ONE OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WE HAD.

OF COURSE WE REMOVED ALL OF THE TREES AND THE GAZEBO.

AS MUCH AS IT HURTS TO LOOK AT THAT PICTURE WITH THE TREES DOWN, IT WENT TO A GOOD CAUSE AND FISH HABITAT AND YOU MAY SEE

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WE STARTED REMOVING ALL OF THE WATER.

SOME OF Y'ALL MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A WOODEN LITTLE PIER RIGHT THERE AND UNDERNEATH ALL THAT MUCK AND MUD AND GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WAS UNDER WATER.

AND JUST AMAZING. OH, YEAH, THESE GUYS.

GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO WERE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES AND NATURALISTS AND CONSERV CONSERVATIONISTS. AND THEY WENT OUT THERE THROUGH THE MUCK AND GOT 100 FISH IN A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET AND MOVED THEM TOO -- I WILL SAY NOT ALL 100 FISH IN A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET, BUT ONE AT A TIME, IF YOU WILL, AND MOVED THEM TO THE

OTHER POND. >> WHAT IS THE COOLEST THING YOU FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DUCK POND.

>> SOME HARD DRIVES DOWN THERE. >> REALLY?

>> COMPUTER HARD DRIVES. I TOOK PICTURES AND TEXTED A FEW

OF THEM. >> PICKED THEM UP LIKE THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THING. SELF-DESTRUCT.

>> NOED NO BODIES? >> ANOTHER PICTURE OF THEM TRYING TO GRADE OUT THE CORNERS AND STARTING TO ROUND IT OUT AND STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE A LITTLE BETTER.

THIS PICTURE HERE, YOU CAN START TO SEE THEM LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THAT RETAINING WALL.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE PATHWAY, IF YOU WILL, ALONG THAT EDGE AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT.

HERE THEY START TO OPEN UP THE SECOND POND AND REALLY START TO CONNECT IT. THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES AT THIS POINT WITH A LOT OF RAIN. THAT HAS BEEN THE THEME OF THIS PROJECT. THEN, OF COURSE, ANOTHER PICTURE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION WITH SOME OF THAT REBAR POKING OUT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES THAT -- OF COURSE THERE ARE WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND SUBSTANTIALLY A LOT MORE, BUT ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES WE HAVE OF THEM GRADING OUT THAT BIG AREA. SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO COME ALONG. THEY ARE STARTING TO MOVE.

AND IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. YOU CAN SEE HERE -- HERE IS A TOP OF THAT SIDEWALK. IF YOU GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

THERE ARE SOME -- SOME MINOR CONCERNS WE HAD GOING INTO LAST WEEK'S MEETING WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND THE CONTRACTOR.

THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMEDIED AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN OVER IT. ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK WITH OUR OCTOBER OPENING, AND THERE IS A LOT MORE TO COME TO. SO NEXT THINGS WILL BE THE PIER, THE GAZEBO, AND THE BOARDWALK AND FILLING THAT THREE-AND-A-HALF-ACRE POND BACK UP.

>> LOOKING GOOD. >> I WANTED TO PROVIDE -- APOLOGIZE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE DOG -- SORRY, THE DUCK POND. BECAUSE A VERY LARGE PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT COMPLETE. ARE THEY GOING TO FILL IT WITH

RIVER WATER OR NATURALLY FILL? >> SO WE HAVE -- IT WILL BE WELL WATER. BASICALLY THE WATER THAT WE GET FOR OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM WILL BE FILLING THAT UP.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION? >> YES, SIR.

>> I'M JUST CURIOUS. WHO -- WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS? WHO IS OVERSEEING IT, YOU? OR THE CITYY ENGINEER OFFICE OR --

>> YES, I DO. BUT OUR CONSULTANT IS PROJECT MANAGER AS WELL. PART OF HIS CONTRACT NOT ONLY --

>> WHO AUDITS THE CONSTRUCTION? >> WE DO.

IT WOULD BE INTERNAL. IT WOULD BE MYSELF, ALL OF THE STUFF THAT HAS TO GET TESTED GOES THROUGH ENGINEERING AND ALL OF THEIR RESULTS GETS PUSHED ON. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE A GRANT THROUGH TPWD.

SOME OVERSIGHT TO SOME OF THAT AND MAKES SURE THAT THOSE --

>> ALL MILESTONES ARE BEING MET. >> THAT PART OF IT IS KIND OF ON ME -- I WON'T SAY KIND OF, IT IS ON ME.

>> LIKE WHEN YOU HIRE THIS PROJECT MANAGER POSITION, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD OVERSEE?

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR.

I SAY THAT KIND OF JOKINGLY, BUT -- AND EVEN DURING OUR WORKSHOP,

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QUITE HONESTLY BETWEEN KIMBERLY AND I -- SHE IS HANDLING THE BULK OF THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, BUT SO MANY MORE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A HANDLE OF IT IF WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP.

BECAUSE OUR SUPERVISORS ARE FOCUSED ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. THEY ARE NOT DEALING WITH THIS

-- THE LARGER PROJECTS. >> THANKS.

>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PROJECTS UNLESS ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

>>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ANY COMMENTS ON THE TREE ORDINANCE?

HOW DO YOU WANT THOSE? >> I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE DID -- WE DID SEND OUT THE TREE ORDINANCE. WAS THERE.-- DID EVERYBODY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LOOK AT THAT? WAS THERE -- WAS THERE ANYTHING PRESSING IN THERE THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT? OR SO MANY COMMENTS I JUST NEED TO TAKE THIS OFF LINE AND REDO

-- >> I WILL SEND YOU A SEPARATE

E-MAIL. >> OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING --

>> NOTHING GLARING. JUST BEING ME I GUESS I WILL SAY T THAT.

>> I NEED THAT. SO, YES, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I GUESS YOU CAN SEND THEM MY WAY AND I WILL INCLUDE

THEM IN NEXT MONTH'S. >>COMMISSIONER KEELING: ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE ITEMS WE WANT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA GOING FORWARD? MIKE? NO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, HEARING NONE, THEN I THINK WE ARE

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