Mar 13, 2023 Parks Commission

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> ACCORDING TO THE REAL TIME AND NOT THE FAKE TIME IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, IT IS 5:00 P.M.

AND IT IS TIME TO CALL THE MARCH MEETING OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE-- OR COMMISSION TO ORDER.

EVERYBODY HAS AN AGENDA PACKET, I THINK.

[B. Citizen Communication:]

I SEE THAT THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION, AND I'VE GOT TWO CARDS. I'LL JUST START WITH MR. ERIC RENDON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION HERE AT THE LEAK TURN?

>> HELLO. YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON, HOPEFULLY, GET GETTING A NEW KAYAK DOCKING STATION WHERE WE CAN EASILY GET ON THE KAYAKS AS WELL AS GET OFF. ALSO ADDRESSING THE PART WHERE YOU GET OFF BEHIND THE PUMP HOUSE, IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO GO-- YOU KNOW, IT IS A STEEP INCLINE.

EVEN WITH TWO PEOPLE. IT IS A TASK.

SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THE CITY TO INVEST IN SOME BETTER DOCKING STATIONS FOR KAYAKING.

>> OKAY. WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ALONG THOSE LINES PERHAPS LATER ON THIS EVENING.

IF YOU WOULD CARE TO STICK AROUND.

>> SURE, SURE. >> AND LISTEN.

WE WOULD BE-- IT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE

WORKING ON. >> YES.

>> DEBORAH HEAD? >> I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEWER DOCK SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE ARE OLDER, AND WE STILL LIKE TO GET ON THE WATER. WE HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. THIS RIVER, I THINK, IS AN AWESOME ASSET TO TOWN, AND WE LOVE GETTING ON IT, FLOATING IT, AND WE HAVE SWITCHED FROM KAYAKS TO A CANOE, SO MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TO HAUL A 70-POUND CANOE UP THOSE STEEP STEPS.

AND IT TAKES THE FUN OUT OF FLOATING.

(LAUGHTER) AND THE OTHER THING IS THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THE ORIGINAL-- THE CURRENT DOCK. IN THE SUMMERTIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS PLASTIC OR RUBBER.

IT IS BLISTERING WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE WATER.

BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE SOAKING UP THE SUN ALL DAY. AND IF ANY PART OF YOUR SKIN TOUCHES IT, YOU JUST INSTANTLY GET A BLISTER.

SO I'M ALL FOR A NEW DOCK. I HOPE WE GET ONEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> NEW TAKEOUT SPOT OR

SOMETHING. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND APPEAR AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE HERE.

OKAY. GOOD.

ON THAT SCORE, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON DOES ENVISION TRYING TO MAKE THE RIVER-- IT CERTAINLY RECOGNIZES THE RIVER IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARK SYSTEMS. OKAY.

MARK OWNERLEY. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

I'M FINE, THANK YOU. >> I'M HERE FOR THE-- TO PUSH THE DOCKS, TOO. THE OLD ONE IS-- IT WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST THING WE USED TO HAVE OVER THERE.

IT IS TOO STEEP. IT IS ROUGH.

IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO DRAG A KAYAK OUT OF THERE.

YOU CAN'T JUST ONE PERSON DRAG IT.

IT WILL RIP THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT UP.

I THINK WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIEN TO A RIVER TO PEOPLE-- IT IS TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM.

THEY WANT TO KAYAK. GETTING OUT OF THE WATER IS TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM. BASICALLY, JUST WANT TO STRESS

THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. >> OKAY.

WE REALLY DO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

MR. KORB YEN? >> WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME

REASON. >> THTHAT IS ABSOLUTELY FINE.

>> I GOT A BAD BACK. NORMALLY, I GET SOMEBODY TO HELP ME. IT IS TERRIBLE DOWN THIS: DOWN THERE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN TO.

WON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT UP THE HILL AND STUFF.

I'M IN FAVOR FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

I TORE UP ONE OF MY BOATS. >> I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SUPPORTING THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

[1. Adoption of Minutes]

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OR SORRY. LAST WEEK.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FROM

THE LAST MEETING? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, THEN.

[1. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Boating access grant]

BOATING ACCESS GRANT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT DOCK. >> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO GET THAT SUBMITTED TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR A GRANT. PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS IS EXACTLY WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE. SO JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE TO K KNOW, PART OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMMUNITY INPUT, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT.

ACTUALLY, WRITE IT DOWN ON OUR MINUTES.

THAT WAY WE CAN SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THE STATE AS WELL. REALLY GREAT INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING. I JUST WANT TO PULL SOMETHING UP REALLY QUICKLY. SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF RIVERSIDE PARK. I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN TWO LOCATIONS. PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE BOATING ACCESS GRANT IS ONE, WE ARE GOING TO FIX THE CURRENT BOAT RAMP, AND THEN TWO, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TAKEOUT OR THE NEW TAKEOUT THAT WOULD BE BEHIND OR BY THE PUMP HOUSE, IF YOU WILL. FIRST, I'M GOING TO ZOOM INTO THE EXISTING BOAT RAMP. OKAY.

SO THIS IS THE EXISTING BOAT RAMP THAT WE HAVE.

JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS THE ROSE GARDEN.

THIS IS AN AREA WE ARE LOOKING AT THROUGH THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO REFURBISH THIS AREA.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO IN THE PARKING LOT.

MORE FOR SECURITY. WE KNOW THERE IS MORE PARKING THAT IS NEEDED. FOR THE MOMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT REALLY A QUICK KIND OF REPUSH THE USH-- REFURBISH OF THE PARKING LOT. REALLY LOOKING AT THE BOAT RAMP ITSELF AND FIXING THAT. IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THROW IN SAFETY LIGHTS, WE WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE KNOW ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WAS SECURITY.

AND ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS OF SECURITY IS LIGHTING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO ADD LIGHTING INTO THAT PLAN.

JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON THE DEADLINE, THE DEADLINE IS MAY 1. FOR THE GRANTS TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE STARTED WORKING WITH OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.

PERHAPS FOR A MONTH OR SO. MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.

ON SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED.

THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. PHOTOS, LAYOUTS.

AGAIN, IS UP POT FROM THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. ENDANGERED SPECIES.

ALL THAT FUN STUFF. WE ARE GOING TO START PRODUCING SOME NARRATIVES FOR THE GRANT ITSELF.

I'M GOING TO ZOOM OUT. I WILL FOCUS ON THE AREA THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, INSTALLING THE NEW TAKEOUT.

WE WILL SHOW YOU THE CONCEPTUAL THAT WAS IN THE MASTER PLAN.

>> OKAY. WHERE IT SAYS VICTORIA WATER WORKS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THAT IS WHERE THE PUMP HOUSE IS CURRENTLY. LOCATED.

THAT INTERSECTION IS THE MEMORIAL DRIVE INTERSECTION.

AND WITH THE JOHN F LEE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT WILL BE WHERE THE DOG PARK IS AT. RIGHT WHERE MY ARROW IS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING THE TAKEOUT.

WHAT WE ARE DOING THERE IS REALLY TRYING TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU HIT THAT BEND AND START GOING DOWN INTO THE PUMP HOUSE. HAVING THAT TAKEOUT THERE.

THAT PARKING LOT IS REALLY CONDUCIVE TO OPERATIONS, BEING ABLE TO COME IN, LOAD UP WHATEVER EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOMERS THERE ARE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EASY EXIT.

IT KEEPS EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THE DOG PARK.

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AT THE CURRENT TAKEOUT, ONCE YOU GET TO THE TOP, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STEPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE CARS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE AS WELL. SOMETIMES THOSE ARE SOME NICE VEHICLES THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SCRATCHED UP.

NOT LIKE WE WANT TO SCRATCH ANY VEHICLE UP.

THOSE ARE THE ONES WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO SCRATCH.

THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT GRANT WOULD BE JUST TO CREATE THE TAKEOUT. IN THE CONCEPTUAL, THERE IS A PAVILION. THERE IS ANOTHER BOATING RAMP.

WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT DOING THAT IN THIS PART OF THE PROJECT.

LITERALLY, LOOKING AT THE TAKEOUT, AND THAT IS IT.

IN A SECOND PHASE, WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE THE PAVILION AND THE BOAT RAMP. JUST FOR THE MOMENT, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THE TAKEOUT, THE KAYAK AND CANOERS. WE HAVE A SOLID BOAT RAMP.

IF WE CAN GET THAT REFURBISHED, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING TWO OF THEM? IS THERE A NEED? THAT WILL BE A QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES LATER DOWN THE LINE. POTENTIALLY, GOING FOR ANOTHER GRANT OR CONCLUDING IT IN THE CIP.

SO -- >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> YES, SIR. >> THIS GRANT THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO SUBMIT ON THE FIRST IS ONLY ADDRESSING THIS.

CORRECT? >> IT IS ADDRESSING THE TWO PIECES. SO THE EXISTING BOAT RAMP.

WE WILL REFURBISH THAT. AND THEN IT WILL ADDRESS THIS SECOND PART WHICH IS THE TAK TAKEOUT.

THE NEW TAKEOUT. >> THE TAKEOUT AND THE

REFURBISHMENT OF THE BOAT RAMP. >> YES, SIR.

>> OKAY. >> YOU CAN SEE SOUTH OF THE PUMP HOUSE, SIR, THERE IS KIND OF A SMALL TRAIL THAT IS RIGHT HERE.

>> I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. >> YES, SIR.

THAT IS WHERE IT IS AT. WE ARE WANTING TO MOVE THAT NORTH OF THE PUMP HOUSE AND CREATE BETTER ACCESS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT? SO AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, HERE IS THE CONCEPT-- WOOPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THERE WAS THE CONCEPTUAL. DON'T YOU LOVE HOW IT DOES THIS? THERE WE GO. THAT IS THE CONCEPTUAL.

IT IS LITERALLY THE TAKEOUT. REALLY JUST LOOKING AT A TAKEOUT-- CREATING ACCESS FROM THE TAKEOUT TO THE PARKING LOT.

WHILE WE ALL KNOW THAT PICTURES ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY COOL, THAT IS NOT THE TOPOGRAPHY THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

WE HAVE A VERY STEEP SLOPE. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS AS WELL. WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM TO ACTUALLY GET A TRUE SITE PLAN, GET A REAL CONCEPTUAL OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE EXISTING GRADES THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE BOAT RAMP. PROJECT.

BOATING ACCESS PROJECT. SO WITH A MAY DEADLINE, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER THREE TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT IF WE GET APPROVED OR NOT.

PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE DUCK POND.

>> JASON, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF GRANT?

>> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

IT IS-- I THINK IT IS A 75-25 GRANT WITH THE MAXIMUM CEILING-- GRANT CEILING OF $500,000. I BELIEVE WE ARE REALLY LOOKING ARNOLD $1.2. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE WILL HAVE SOME BETTER NUMBERS FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.

>> MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE IN MY DEALINGS WITH THE STATE, MAN, THEY ARE SLOW. SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IMMEDIATE? CAN YOU RENT ANYTHING TO HELP?

IN THE SHORT-TERM? >> SOMETHING YOU CAN RENT?

>> I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT -- >> WOULD IT BE COST-PROHIBITIVE? IMENVISIONING A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TO GET SOMETHING LIKE

THIS? >> I MEAN, YEAH.

I WOULD SAY A YEAR. I WOULD SAY A YEAR.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. >> I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ASK.

>> I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

I KNOW WE HAVE KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THERE WAS ACTUALLY $30,000 IN THE BUDGET TO UPGRADE THAT EXISTING TAKEOUT.

ONCE WE STARTED RESEARCHING AND TALKING WITH FOLKS, THAT NUMBER WAS WAY TOO LOW. PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A HUGE FLUCTUATION IN THE RIVER HEIGHT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT PROBABLY SIX OR EIGHT FEET.

YOU KNOW, FLOWING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE IT IS 30 FEET. THAT DOCK HAS TO BE ABLE TO FLUCTUATE THAT 20-SOME-ODD FEET OR 15-PLUS FEET.

AND SO THE MONEY THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE WASN'T ENOUGH TO FIX THE PROBLEM

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BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE COULD DO TEMPORARILY AND SOMEWHAT-- YOU KNOW, COST-EFFICIENT.

WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> JASON, THERE IS SOME BANK MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROJECT.

ARE THERE? >> I WOULD ASSUME THERE ARE.

YES, SIR. I MEAN, IT IS SO STEEP.

I WOULDN'T SEE IT NOT HAVING-- THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION, TOO.

ARE WE GOING TO BRING IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS? THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT IS GOING TO TAKE FOREVER.

>> WELL, I MEAN -- >> NO.

I REALIZE THAT. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN RENT, MAYBE THAT IS AN OPTION IN THE SHORT-TERM.

>> I DID HEAR ABOUT THE SKIN-- YOU KNOW.

>> THE BLISTERING. >> IT IS HOT.

MAYBE THERE IS SOME KIND OF MATERIAL WE COULD PUT OUT THERE THAT COULD HELP REDUCE THAT. FOR THE TIME BEING.

I KNOW IT IS JUST DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW, GETTING OFF OF THE BOAT AND ACTUALLY GETTING ON TO THAT DOCK, TOO.

I KNOW IT IS A BAD SETUP. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS. HOPEFULLY, ALEVE DWHRAIT AND GET

SOMETHING THAT IS MORE SOLID. >> AND PART OF THAT, TOO, IS IT IS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE. RIGHTSOME ISN'T THAT THE GOAL? SINCE WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS MAKING EVERYTHING ACCESSIBLE IN THE PARK. IT WILL BE HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE.

THAT WILL BE NICE. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER, GETTING OUT. IT IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SETUP. ONCE WE HAVE THE NEW-- IT IS GOING TO BE TOP-NOTCH. BUT MAKING IT IN THE MEANTIME, I MEAN, IT IS ROUGH. IT IS HARD TO GET OUT THERE.

I GET IT. I MEAN, ALSO THE NEW TAKEOUT IS A LOT SHORTER THAN, YOU KNOW-- IT IS LIKE, OVER 200 FEET TO GET FROM THE WATER TO THE PUMP HOUSE.

WALKING OUT CURRENTLY. THE NEW IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE DIRECT. SO PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN PARKING LOT. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT FROM THE EXIT TO THEIR VEHICLE WITH THEIR BOATS.

IT IS GOING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU DON'T NEED TWO PEOPLE.

YOU CAN DO IT WITH ONE PERSON. WHICH IS GOING TO BE NICE.

SO IT WILL DEFINITELY BE WORTH IT ONCE WE GET IT.

YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY TAKE TIME.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT, TOO. BECAUSE THE QUOTE THEY HAD GOTTEN FOR THE BOAT, THE DOCK BEFORE-- IT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT THE COST WOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT WAS, LIKE, RIGHT BEFORE COVID WHEN THEY HAD PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

THEY HAD GOTTEN, THEY HAD GOTTEN APPROVED FOR AN AMOUNT.

AND THEN IT IS, LIKE, WELL, NOW EVERYTHING WAS COSTING SO MUCH MORE AFTER THAT. JUST BAD TIMING, TOO.

>> YEAH. WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS TO SEE WHAT DECAN DO TO REDUCE ANY KIND OF ISSUES OVER THERE.

AND WE WILL EITHER PROVIDE AN UPDATE THROUGH EMAIL OR AT THE

NEXT MEETING. >> SINCE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SHOULD WE GET A LIST OF EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP? THAT WAY WE KNOW THEY ALL

SUPPORT OUR NEW DOCK. >> DO YOU HAVE-- YEAH.

JESSICA WILL GRAB THOSE AND GRAB THE NAMES.

WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. ALL THESE PEOPLE HELP OUT WITH RIVER CLEANUPS. AND THEY ARE, LIKE, ON THE WATER

ALL THE TIME. >> THAT IS AWESOME.

>> THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN KAYAKING THE RIVER FOR 20-PLUS YEARS.

>> WELL, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT.

IT IS LONG OVERDUE. >> I THINK MANY OF THEM HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE KAYAK TRAIL BEING FORMED.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE GUYS THAT IS ON-- EVEN WORKED WITH GBRA.

YEAH. HAS A PART IN THAT.

AWESOME. AWESOME.

ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. >> RIGHT?

(INAUDIBLE). >> YES.

(INAUDIBLE). >> WELL, THAT WILL BE PART OF-- YEAH. THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT THE ENGINEERING SERVICES ARE GOING TO HELP OUT WITH.

AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS TO HANDLE ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE ENGAGED $WE HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED AN ENGINEERING FIRM. THEY ARE ONBOARD.

WE GOT THAT FINALIZED EITHER THIS WEEK OR LATE LAST WEEK.

YES, MA'AM. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THE ONE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WOULD HAVE THAT DOCK.

I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES, TOO, TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LANDINGS. AND MAYBE YEAH, THAT WOULD BE WORTH WHILE. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE.

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>> GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS OR ANYTHING? OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY.

[2. Discuss and approve tree ordinance]

ONE IS THE ORIGINLE THAT ONE, I THINK, THAT WAS KIND OF AN ORIGINAL MARKUP THAT WE LOOKED AT A MONTH OR TWO AGO.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE APPE APPEARED-- JASON, THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE WE REORGANIZED THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

>> YES, SIR. YOU WILL HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS.

I BELIEVE BOTH OF THEM WERE SENT OVER TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH EMAIL A WHILE BACK. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY TOUCHED ON THIS ITEM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE KIND OF SKIMMED THROUGH SOME THINGS LAST MONTH.

WE HAD A PRETTY BIG AGENDA. YES.

THERE IS ONE DOCUMENT. THE STAPLED DOCUMENT HAS ALL THE PREVIOUS TREE ORDINANCE INFORMATION.

THEN IT WAS RED-LINED. ANY SUPPORTING INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO TREES, AND THEN THAT OTHER DOCUMENT THAT IS JUST A ONE-PAGER, THAT IS JUST A CLEANED-UP VERSION OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST DOCUMENT. THERE IS ALSO SOME THINGS ON THAT SECOND DOCUMENT, THAT SINGLE PAGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INFORMATION IN HERE. LIKE THE FIRST DOCUMENT HAS.

ONE OF THOSE IS, FOR INSTANCE, THE TREE-PLANTING RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU CAN SEE, IT WOULD BE E ON THE FIRST PAGE. THAT-- WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INCLUDED WITHIN THAT ONE-PAGE DOCUMENT.

THERE ARE SOME SMALL THINGS THAT I ENDED UP REMOVING FROM THE DRAFT. IF YOU WILL.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME-- THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT LAST TIME.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET TO EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WEEDE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BRING UP THE COMMENTS OR DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. BECAUSE MY NEXT STEP IS PUSHING THIS TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN DRAFT THIS AND TAKE IT TO

COUNCIL. >> SO YOU SAID LEGAL IS GOING TO

REVIEW IT? >> YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. >> ON MY COMMENTS, I WROTE A LOT OF CLARIFICATION, CLARIFICATION, AND THEN HOW WOULD THAT BE ENFORCED? LIKE, IF SOMEBODY NAILS SOMETHING ON A TREE, THAT IS NOT ENFORCEABLE.

THE WAY I SEE IT. WE JUST FORGET ABOUT THAT?

DOES IT NEED TO BE IN THERE? >> NO.

>> OR IT IS JUST IN THERE -- >> IT IS IN THERE FOR --

>> JUST TO BE IN THERE. >> ANY TREES THAT ARE IN PUBLIC WAY. YEAH.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO AROUND AND LOOK AND SEE IF ANYBODY PUT A NAIL IN THE TREE. IF WE NOTICE A LARGE SIGN THAT IS HANGING IN A TREE AND IT'S GOT NAILS IN IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE AN OFFENSE, IF YOU WILL.

SAME THING IN THE PARK. >> SO CITY'S PUBLIC PROPERTY WILL BE DEFINED IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

BECAUSE I THINK-- I SAW IT. IT IS DEFINED-- IT IS TOO VAGUE, I GUESS. MAYBE IT IS DEFINED-- I SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER ON MY COMMENTS. I HANDWROTE A LOT OF STUFF.

>> NO WORRIES. >> ANYWAY, WE WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS AFTER LEGAL LOOKS AT IT?

>> I CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

>> I DON'T WANT TO HOLD ANYBODY UP.

>> I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH LEGAL AND WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY HOLDUP.

>> OKAY. WELL, THEN, I DON'T WANT TO BE

THE HOLDUP. >> IF YOU OVERGOT SOME COMMENTS,

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD -- >> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS JUST ME BEING THE WAY I REVIEW THINGS. THAT IS ALL.

>> WE CAN SURELY HAND THOSE OFF WHEN IT GOES TO LEGAL TO TAKE A

LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, TOO. >> OKAY.

>> I CAN SEND THEM OUT THROUGH EMAIL AFTER IT GETS CLEANED UP BY LEGAL. IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO.

GET ANOTHER GLANCE AT IT. YOU CAN GIVE ME A THUMBS-UP OR NOT. AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT. >> THEN I HAD A-- IT SAYS THE CITY WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF TRAINING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA. DO WE HAVE A PROGRAM ALREADY?

>> YES AND NO. I MEAN, IT IS NOT A CONSISTENT PROGRAM. BUT WE HAVE HAD PROGRAMS FOR JUST TREE-RELATED INFORMATION. WE DO HAVE ARTICLES THAT COME OUT IN THE PAPER OR IN THE-- WITH PIO.

I MEAN, WE HAVE DONE SOME SMALL TREE PROGRAMS WITH OUR STAFF BEFORE. WE COULD DEFINITELY OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. REALLY A LOT OF IT IS STUFF THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING ALREADY.

THE BIGGEST THING IS REALLY HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT SPEAKS TO THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE TREES.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CAN

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>> THERE IS NO WAY THAT COULD BE MISCONSTRUED IN THERE.

BECAUSE THAT WAS POINTING TO SOME OF MY CLARIFICATION ISSUES.

>> OKAY. I CAN TOUCH BASE WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEARLY DEFINED IN THERE. WHAT PUBLIC IS.

>> YES, SIRMENT. >> AND WHAT PUBLIC PROPERTY IS.

HOPEFULLY, THAT CLEARS UP ANY CONFUSION.

>> THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> OKAY.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE TREE ORDINANCE?

[3. Parks and Recreation Department Updates]

>> EVERYBODY LEFT WHEN YOU SAID "DEPARTMENT UPDATE." I LOOKED BACK, AND THERE IS, LIKE, NOBODY.

>> THEY LEFT BEFORE THAT. >> OKAY.

>> TREE ORDINANCE GOT THEM. (LAUGHTER).

>> I NEVER KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE THOSE MEETINGS.

SO, I WAS, LIKE, YOU CAN GO. >> YOU ARE EXCUSED.

>> YOU HAVE DONE YOUR PART. >> DID WE GET EVERYBODY'S NAME? JESSICA? OKAY.

GOOD. >> AWESOME.

>> THAT IS GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, JESSICA. ALL RIGHT.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I THINK THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST MONTH IS EVERY YEAR THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY HAS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.

IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY.

IN FRISCO. WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS THAT ATTENDED THAT CONFERENCE.

IT WAS A REALLY GREAT CONFERENCE.

A LOT OF REALLY COOL NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

I LEARNED A LOT OF GREAT STUFF. EVERYTHING FROM MARKETING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO LEADERSHIP, TO AQUATICS, TO GOLF.

TO PARKS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS. ALL THAT REALLY COOL FUN STUFF.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TWO OR THREE DAYS AND MEET WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE AROUND THE STATE DOING SOME OF THE SAME STUFF THAT WE ARE DOING.

WE DO HAVE A NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION THAT HAS A CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. AND-- IN DALLAS, I THINK IT IS.

IN DALLAS. SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT-- I I KNOW WE HAD BEEN TALKING OFF TO THE SIDE ABOUT TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE COMMISSION INTO SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF CONFERENCES. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMISSION IS UP FOR THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OFF TO THE SIDE. BUT IT IS REALLY NEAT TO SEE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT GO AND CITY AND PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONERS.

IT IS REALLY COOL TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE AND YEAH, JUST BE AROUND PARKS AND REC PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. EVERYBODY THINKS THEY HAVE AN ISSUE OR A REALLY COOL ISSUE THAT IS NEAT AND DIFFERENT TO THEIR CITY. BUT IT IS ALL THE SAME.

WE ARE NOT COOL AND UNIQUE. WE ARE JUST DIFFERENT, I GUESS, IN SOME WAYS. ANYWAY, WE WILL GO INTO PARKS AND REC MAINTENANCE. SOME OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES. WE HAD-- ACTUALLY, JESSICA WENT TO THE CONFERENCE. WE HAD ANOTHER PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM MEMBER WHO WENT. ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT I THINK HAD BEEN HAPPENING IS OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS. WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE GETTING THOSE PREPARED AND READY FOR JUST THE SEASON IN GENERAL. BUT ALSO WE HAD 56 SOFTBALL TEAM THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AT THE YOC.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS WE HAVE HAD IN VICTORIA. THAT COINCIDED WITH THE WINTER GAMES. THAT WAS A REALLY COOL EVENT.

KUDOS TO THE TEAM. THIS BEEN DOING SOME GREAT STUFF OUT THERE AT THE BALL FIELDS. ALSO WANT TO GAVE SHOUT-OUT TO SCENIC TEXAS. THANK YOU, SCENIC TEXAS.

THEY DONATED OVER 300 TREES TO THE CITY.

ABSOLUTELY FREE. THEY ACTUALLY TOLD US WE THE LIT YEAR. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PLETHORA OF TREES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ABSOLUTELY FREE TO ANY CITY IN TEXAS. WE CAN HAVE 300 TREES.

WE COULD HAVE #,000 TREES IF WE WANTED.

THEIR BIGGEST THING WAS MAKING SURE IT GETS OUT INTO THE

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I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE. THEN SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

WE WERE HOPING THAT WE WERE DWOIPG TO BE ABLE TO GET OVER A THOUSAND TREES. SO WE COULD HAND THEM OUT AND DO AN ARBOR DAY. BY TIME WE GOT THERE, THEY KIND OF GOT RID OF THE REST OF THEM. NONETHELESS, A SHOUT-OUT TO SCENIC TEXAS. WE GOT OVER 300 TREES FOR FREE.

REALLY COOL STUFF. PARK MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE NATURE TRAIL ALSO.

THERE HAS BEEN MAINTENANCE GOING ON OVER THERE.

TRYING TO GET THAT PREPARED AND READY.

THEN, OF COURSE, THE WINTER GRASS INTO THE SUMMER GRASS TRANSITION HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOWING.

YES, SIR. >> WHO IS SCENIC TEXAS?

WHAT IS THEIR THING? >> SO APOLOGIES, SCENIC TEXAS.

I GOOGLED THEM REALLY BRIEFLY. I TOOK A LOOK AT SOME STUFF THAT THEY HAVE. SCENIC TEXAS HAS AN APPLICATION PROCESS TO WHERE THEY GO AROUND AND THEY PROMOTE CITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS THAT HAVE CERTAIN STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, BEAUTIFICATION OR SIGNAGE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF-- THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE ACCOUNT KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL. BUT SCENIC TEXAS.

THEY REALLY PROMOTE JUST THE BEAUTIFICATION, THE AESTHETICS OF THE TEXAS CITIES. AND SO THEY PARTNER WITH-- I MEDON'T KNOW IF IF IT IS THIS Y OR A LARGER ORGANIZATION.

THEY PROBABLY HAD 5,000 OR 10,000 TREES.

THEN THEY CONTACT MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND THEY ARE, LIKE, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO PLANT SOME TREES? WE HAVE TREES AVAILABLE TO YOU. YOU CAN COME AND PICK THEM UP.

YOUR ONLY REQUIREMENT IS BASICALLY TO PLANT THEM OR GIVE THEM AWAY. IT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR TEXAS TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON TOP OF OUR TREES AND OUR BEAUTY.

>> THEY ARE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO LANDSCAPING AND, I GUESS, URBAN AREAS?

>> YES, SIR. >> TOWNS AND CITIES?

>> YEAH. IT IS A DESIGNATION THAT WE COULD GET. I THINK THEIR APPLICATION CLOSES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. IT WOULD BE A TURNAROUND.

IT IS A FAIRLY LENGTHY APPLICATION.

THEY ONLY HAVE THREE REQUIREMENTS, THOUGH, THAT ARE MANDATED. AGAIN, SOME OF THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ON.

>> HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT SCENIC TEXAS STAR AWARD NEXT YEAR. SO --

>> DID WE LOSE MANY TREES TO THE DUCK POND? SOMEONE SAID THAT IT WAS FULL OF TREES EARLIER.

I DROVE BY. I'M, LIKE, THERE IS A COUPLE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEAD.

>> YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT COUNT. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER A DOZEN. A DOZEN TO TWO DOZEN AT THE MOST. THE BIGGEST, I THINK, THE DRASTIC CHANGE, I GUESS, THAT YOU WOULD SEE WERE THE SIGN REZ TREES. THOSE WERE VERY LARGE.

THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT POND.

A LOT OF THOSE CYPRESS TREES, WE ENDED UP USING FOR THAT FISH HABITAT. THEY WERE REPURPOSED.

>> THOSE WILL LAST, TOO. RIGHT? THOSE WILL BE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, CONCRETE WILL BE THERE. .

>> SO THESE TREES COULD POSSIBLY GO BACK THERE AS WELL? LIKE, BETWEEN THE GOLF COURSE AND THE POND?

>> YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT MAP.

I CAN PULL IT UP. AT THE END OF.

THIS BUT WE HAVE WHERE THE NEW CAR PATH IS GOING AND WHERE THAT TRAIL IS GOING, THERE IS GOING TO BE A GAP IN THERE.

WE WILL PLANT 200-PLUS TREES. >> WOW.

THAT IS COOL. THAT WILL BE NEAT.

AWESOME. >> AND THEN, OK, THEY FINALIZE OR EVERYBODY IN THE DIVISION IS FINALIZING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

OR THIS PAST MONTH. ANY QUESTION ON PARK MAY NOT NABS? MAINTENANCE?

>> I WISH YOU COULD PRESERVE T THE-- THE SMELL HAS BEEN

INCREDIBLE. >> IT IS GREAT BUT THEN IT KILLS ME. I'M AN ALLERGY SUFFERER.

I GO OUT THERE. IT IS SMOKY OUT THERE.

IT IS ALL POLLEN. (LAUGHTER).

>> WELL, THOSE THINGS ARE HORRIBLE FOR THE STREET AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY-- I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THEM AT ALL EXCEPT THE SMELL.

IT IS PRETTY AMAZING. THEY DO LOOK REALLY COOL WHEN THEY ARE BLOOMING LIKE THAT. THEY LOOK PRETTY.

RECREATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. THAT IS KIMBERLY.

>> WELL, GOOD EVENING. OUR RECREATION TEAM IS GEARED UPST, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, AND THEY ARE

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THEN JUMPING INTO THIS MONTH, WE HELPED OUT WITH THE QUEEN CITY CLEANUP. WITH KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL.

WE HELPED OUT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALSO.

WITH A DR. SEUSS EVENT THEY HAD.

AND THEN WE LAUNCHED THE EGGS-ER CISE TRAIL, THINKING ABOUT EASTER. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WORKOUT ACTIVITIES TO DO ON THE TRAILS WHILE WALKING.

SO YOU CAN GET FIT THIS NEXT MONTH.

AND THEY ARE REALLY CUTE. THERE IS EGGS.

CHECK IT OUT. WE HAVE OUR STORY BOOK UP.

WE MET WITH TEENS GROUNDED. A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH MIDDLE-SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGE TEENS.

AND WE MET WITH THEM LAST MONTH. WE GOT A BUNCH OF IDEAS OF THINGS THAT TEENS WANT TO SEE. WE KNOW THEY ARE UNDERREPRESENTED HERE. WE HAVE SOME TEEN BAINTINGS STARTING THIS MONTH. WE WILL KEEP ROLLING OUT NEW THINGS, SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS AND A SPACE FOR TEENS EVERY MONTH, TOO. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS PLANT A FLOWER DAY. NATIONAL PLANT A FLOWER DAY.

WE HAD THE BOTANICAL BASH. THEN WE LAUNCHED OUR-- I WISH GABBY WAS HERE TO SAY THIS FOR ME.

OUT IN THE NATURE, IT IS A BILINGUAL PROGRAM FOR TODDLERS.

WE LAUNCHED THAT THIS SATURDAY AS WELL.

ON APRIL 1, WE HAD-- WE HAVE A TODDLER DANCE PARTY.

GO TO ETHEL LEE TRACY. BRING YOUR TODDLERS.

WE WILL HAVE FUN. WE WILL HAVE A PONY.

WE WILL HAVE MUSIC AND BUBBLES AND ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.

AND THEN JUST TO KEEP IT IN THE SPIRIT OF BIGGER THINGS, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TOWN SQUARE MEDIA AGAIN FOR A SECOND YEAR OF AN EASTER EVENT. AT CHILDREN'S PARK ON APRIL 2.

WE WILL HAVE OUR EASTER EGG HUNT OUT THERE AGAIN.

AND THEN WE ARE PARTNERING WITH CRANE ELEMENTARY AS WELL.

WE ARE DOING A FAMILY DAY AT WILL RODGERS PARK.

IN APRIL. STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

OH. THIS WEEK WE STARTED KICKBALL AND SOFTBALL. AND THERE IS A LOT MORE.

STAY TUNED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. >> AS KIMBERLY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE WERE FOCUSED ON SPORTS.

AND SPORTS LEAGUES. AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A TRANSITION INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. WE ARE-- WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE TEENS. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ACTIVE ADULTS. THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COMPONENTS FOR THE YOUTH THA%-ÚO BE ABLE TO FILL.

SO OVER NEXT-- THE GOAL IS OVER THIS YEAR, AS I TRIED TO MENTION EARLIER, TOO, 2023, WE ARE FOCUSED ON RECREATION.

WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH OUT AS MUCH PROGRAMMING AS WE CAN.

FOR RECREATION. THERE IS MORE TO COME.

THERE IS A LOT MORE GOING ON. WE WILL FOCUS MORE PROBABLY ON THE RECREATION PROGRAMS AND THE EVENTS THAN WE WILL OUR SPORTS LEAGUES. JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE SO ESTABLISHED ALREADY. I MEAN, IT IS LIKE CLOCKWORK FOR THAT. THESE ARE NEW PROGRAMS.

THIS IS DIFFERENT. >> WE ARE GETTING GOOD RESPONSE TO THESE TYPE OF EVENTS? THESE FAMILY EVENTS?

THINGS LIKE THAT? >> WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 50

PEOPLE OUT FOR THEM. >> THAT IS GREAT.

>> YEAH. IT IS REALLY EXCITING.

WE HAD RANKIN'S NURSERY DONATED ABOUT A HUNDRED FLOWERS TO US FOR THE BOTANICAL BASH. THEY GAVE AWAY JUST OVER 80 FLOWERS. WE HAD, LIKE, LITTLE PIE YOU DEGRADABLE BIO DEGRADABLE HOLDER THINGS.

AND SOIL. WE GOT A SOIL DONATION FROM WALMART. WITH THE TREES AND TO HELP WITH THE BOTANICAL BASH. IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEEING THE COMMUNITY RALLY AND DONATE SOME THINGS FOR SOME OF THESE-- YEAH.

WE ARE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.

WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. >> THAT IS GREAT TO HEARMENT.

>> WHAT'S INTERESTING, IF I COULD ADD TO THAT.

OUR TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL WHICH YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE MID, THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY ALL THESE IDEAS CAME FROM.

THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF IDEAS THAT OUR COORDINATORS HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE PARENTS DURING THE TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL THAT KIND OF CREATED SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. TODDLER DANCE PARTY WAS ONE OF THEM. THE SPANISH TODDLERS ON THE TRAIL WAS ANOTHER ONE. YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR RECREATION

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I MEAN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THESE THAT THE TEAM THOUGHT OF AND SAID LET'S TRY IT. SOME WERE MORE SUGGESTIONS-- MORE SUGGESTED IDEAS THAT CREATED THESE EVENTS.

SO -- >> AND FOCUSING ON REALLY GETTING OUTSIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY MENTION OF THE WILD FLOWERS IN THE PARK LATER ON?

>> NO. GO FOR IT.

>> IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN THROUGH RIVERSIDE LATELY, TAKE A DRIVE.

THERE ARE, LIKE, BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWERS EVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE, LIKE, LITTLE CLUSTERS OF BLUE BONN NETS.

THE PINK LADY SLIPPERS. THE YELLOW ONES.

AND THE WHITE ONES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CALLED. I'M GOING TO LEARN BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE. YEAH, IT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

WILDFLOWERS ALL OVER THE PARK. >> THE ROSE GARDEN IS REALLY PRETTY, TOO. YES.

SO PRETTY. ALL THE ROSES ARE BLOOMING.

EVERYONE KEEPS BRAGGING ABOUT, LIKE, HOW PRETTY THEY LOOK.

THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. >> PART-TIME REC PROGRAMMER.

SHE IS WORKING ON GETTING W WATR COLOR PAINTING IN THE ROSE

GARDEN. >> OH, COOL.

THAT IS NEAT. THAT IS A GREAT LOCATION TO THROW AN EVENT. THAT IS WHERE WE DID OUR WINTER

GAMES AWARDS. >> THE ROSE GARDEN?

>> AT THE ROSE GARDEN. IT WAS GREAT.

TO SEE IT ALL FILLED UP. EVERYBODY WAS WALKING AROUND AFTER WE GAVE OUR AWARDS. IT IS JUST NEAT.

A GREAT LOCATION. PEOPLE NEVER GO THERE.

>> OH, NO. THAT IS A GREAT BACKDROP.

>> YES. VERY PRETTY.

>> COOL. ANYTHING ELSE ON REC? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR REC PROGRAMMING? OKAY. GOLF COURSE.

GET INTO THAT. THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL. FEBRUARY, WE HAD OVERALL REVENUE OF $96,000. IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 3,200. SOME EVENTS WE HAD, WE HAD THE LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMING IN.

FOR SOME OF THEIR TOURNAMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE MONARCH GOLF ASSOCIATION. WE STILL HAVE OUR THURSDAY SCRAMBLES THAT ARE IN THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN THE WEEK AFTER THAT LAST WEEK THAT IS THERE, IT SAYS 4-3, AND 4-4, WE HAVE A DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.

THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION WAS PART OF THE SPORTS TOURISM COMPONENT. WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AT THE NEXT ONE WHICH WILL BE THE WEEK OF THE EVENT.

AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BRING IN 96 PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES. SOME OF THEM, POTENTIALLY INTERNATIONAL. THEY WILL BE THERE AT RIVERSIDE PARK FOR THREE DAYS. THAT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SECURED LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE FOR THREE YEARS.

GOLF COURSE IS REALLY DOING WELL OVERALL.

THE BIGGEST THINGS WITH THE GOLF COURSE ARE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE ON HOLD. SO WE HAVE THAT COMING IN.

THE BIGGEST THING AT THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE STATS-- IT HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE GOLF ROUNDS FROM YEAR TO DATE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WERE ABOUT 2,000 MORE ROUNDS THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS. AND THAT NEXT-- JUST TO THE LEFT OF. THAT THEN OUR GOLF REVENUES HAVE BEEN UP AS WELL. ROLANDO IS NOT HERE.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK HIM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO FEBRUARY BECAUSE FEBRUARY LAST YEAR-- OH. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

FEBRUARY LAST YEAR IS WHEN WE HAD-- OUR MEMBERSHIPS GOT BROUGHT. IN OUR MEMBERSHIPS TYPICALLY GET RENEWED IN JANUARY. YOU CAN SEE THE DIP THAT WAS 5 #,000 LAST YEAR VERSUS THE 116 OR 118 THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A SPIKE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR OF 186.

THAT WAS PARTLY DUE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL.

IT SHOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS YEAR'S MOVING FORWARD.

OVERALL, IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT. $565,000 IN FIVE MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT $100,000 A MONTH.

IF WE BREAK ANYTHING OVER THAT, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH MONEY IN THE BANK. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GOLF COURSE? OKAY. SPORTS TOURISM.

I DIDN'T HAVE COMMUNITY CENTER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT THAT

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I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

>> THEY READY MUCH HAD LIVESTOCK SHOWS.

THAT WAS THE BIG ONE. LIVE SOCK SHOW.

>> A LOT OF CLEANUP AND A LOT OF SETUP.

SO SPORTS TOURISM. THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS. WE HOSTED THREE WEEKENDS OF TAF.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

NONETHELESS, WE HAD THREE WEEKENDS OF TAF.

IT WAS A LOT. BUT WE DID HAVE OVER 1,800 ATHLETES WHO CAME TO VICTORIA. THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

THERE WAS A PICTURE THAT COMMISSIONER MAGEE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE ROSE GARDEN. THAT WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES.

BUT ONE OF THE COOL THINGS WAS SWIM REGISTRATION WAS UP 20% FROM LAST YEAR. SWIM IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE.

THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD. YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE ON THE TOP LEFT. MARK LORD, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TAF IS PRESENTING OUR MAYOR WITH A PLAQUE.

MICHELLE MEYERS, OUR PREVIOUS SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER WAS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM. WE SAW-- WE SEE MARK A LOT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.

WE SAW MARK TWO WEEKS AGO AT TRAPS.

THAT GUY IS SOMETHING ELSE. HE LOVES VICTORIA.

ALL THAT TO SAY HE DID SEND US AN ADDITIONAL TWO-YEAR REQUEST TO HOST THE WINTER GAMES OF TEXAS.

FOR TWO MORE YEARS. BEYOND OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

AND SO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY ENDED NEXT YEAR. SO NEXT YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST YEAR, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH TWO MORE YEARS OF HOSTING TAF WINTER GAMES. IN ESSENCE, WE WOULD BE TAKING IT THROUGH 2026, 2026 INSTEAD OF 2024.

SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND IF YOU GIVE ME A HEAD NOD.

OR -- >> HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR Y'ALL ON

YOUR END? >> YOU KNOW, IT IS TAF.

>> IT HAS BEEN FUN. >> IT HAS BEEN REALLY COOL.

IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST YEAR, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO. THE SECOND YEAR, WHICH WAS COOL, WE HAD MICHELLE AS THE TOURISM MANAGER.

SHE REALLY EXPANDED IT. I THINK OVERALL, IT HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK WE HAD LOW IMPACT ON STAFF THIS PAST YEAR. MORE SO THAN WE DID THE FIRST YEAR. WE DID HAVE CRAZY STUFF GOING ON THE FIRST YEAR. AGAIN, KIND OF THAT UNEXPECTED.

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO OVERALL, I THINK IT HAS BEEN GOOD. I DON'T-- WE HAVEN'T TALKED TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. I THINK WE WOULD BE OKAY WITH

EXTENDING IT. >> HOW HAS IT IMPACTED THE HOTEL-MOTEL TAX? HAS IT ACHIEVED WHAT WE WANTED IT TO ACHIEVE THERE? I MEAN, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD

BE A BIG WINNER IN THAT REGARD. >> THIS YEAR MORE THAN LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE SWIM STAY OVER TWO DAYS VERSUS LAST YEAR. THEY GOT EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY.

THERE WAS A HUGE INCREASE IN THE HOTEL STAYS THIS YEAR V VERSUS

LAST YEAR. >> THE GOLF BALL TOURNAMENT, WAS

THAT MULTIDAY ALSO? >> YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. >> THAT COINCIDED WITH THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, WHICH SEEMED LIKE-- WE WERE OUT THERE FOR PART OF THAT DAY. PART OF THAT SATURDAY, I GUESS.

>> YEAH. I MEAN, THE BIG THING WITH TAF IS THAT IT IS LIKE ANY OTHER SPORTING EVENT.

YOU KNOW, WE LEAVE IT TO THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS.

THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS PUSH THE ADVERTISING AND EVERYTHING.

IF IT DOESN'T MAKE, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD ONE OF OUR LARGE GAMES LAST YEAR WITH FLAG FOOTBALL, IT WAS HUGE. THIS YEAR, IT DIDN'T MAKE.

PART OF THE REASON WHY IT DIDN'T MAKE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, KIMBERLY, THERE WAS A LARGE TOURNAMENT THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THAT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS THEY PUSHED THAT TOURNAMENT TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE OUR TAF GAMES.

IT WAS IN SAN ANTONIO. EVERYBODY FLOCKED TO SAN ANTONIO TO GO TO THOSE-- TO THAT TOURNAMENT AND NOT TO VICTORIA

TO COME TO THE TAF TOURNAMENT. >> YEAH.

THERE WAS A TOURNAMENT IN SAN ANTONIO THAT FIVE FOOTBALLERS REGISTERED FOR. IT GOT POSTPONED THE SAME WEEKEND-- PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO GET REFUNDS FROM THERE TO GO REGISTER FOR A DIFFERENT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT.

SO EVERYONE STAYED WITH THAT ONE.

>> SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND.

I MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG BUMMER FOR US.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING, UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT THAT. BUT YES.

OVERALL, IT HAS BEEN-- I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR THE COMMISSION. I MEAN, I CAN GET THOSE.

>> EXPLORE VICTORIA HELPED TO BOOST MINE.

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>> THAT IS AWESOME. >> PEOPLE STARTED BOOKING.

JUST THEM POSTING IT. SEEMED TO HELP.

>> WOW. >> WELL, DO WE FEEL LIKE FROM THE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, IT CONTINUES TO BE WORTHWHILE?

>> I MEAN, I BELIEVE SO. I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS HAS DONE, TOO, IS CREATE BETTER PARTNERSHIPS FOR US THROUGHOUT. NEW AND EXISTING.

VIOC, WE HAVE A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP JUST BECAUSE OF TAF.

SAME THING WITH THE AVERAGERY CLINIC THAT IS OUT THERE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US.

AFTERWARDS, I THINK SHE GOT INVITED TO RUN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR US IN MULTIPLE WAYS. AND NOT JUST BRINGING IN HEADS

AND BEDS. >> IT IS ALSO GOOD ANY TIME, I THINK, THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN TOWN FROM OUT OF TOWN.

>> YES, SIR. >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS JUST GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. TO HAVE INTERACTION LIKE THAT.

>> YES, SIR. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ANYTHING. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

AND GET THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMISSION.

IF IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD SUPPORT.

WE ARE DEFINITELY BEHIND IT FOR AN EXTENSION FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

AGAIN, NOTHING FORMAL. >> YES.

>> COOL. >> YES, SIR?

>> YOU KNOW, YOU BRING IN SOME GOOD HEAVY-HITTERS TO START BUILDING UP A PARTNERSHIP. THE THING IS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAYING JOB WITH OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH TREMENDOUSLY.

THESE FOLKS WILL GO BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES OR ELSEWHERE.

THE WORD OF MOUTH GETS OUT THERE AND THEY START PROMOTING MORE.

THEN WE START BIDDING MORE, WHAT'S IN HERE.

THEY WILL GET MORE PHONE CALLS TO YOU.

ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, YOU WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM.

>> AWESOME. >> YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS STATE RECOGNITION AND WHO KNOWS, NATIONAL? THOSE KIND OF THINGS. HAVE YOU HEARD OF WARRIOR DASH?

>> YES, SIR. >> YEAH.

YOU THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD EVER BE FEASIBLE HERE IN

VICTORIA? >> I THINK SO.

>> THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

A LOT OF ATHLETES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> THOSE ARE THOSE OBSTACLE COURSE KIND OF-- I DID THAT ONCE WITH MY DAUGHTER. IT IS LIKE A THREE-MILE COURSE.

>> YOU GO THROUGH WATER, FIRE. >> FIRE AND THE ELECTRICITY-- I

DIDN'T LIKE THAT. >> YOU ARE LITERALLY PUTTING THE PARKS AND REC HERE ON THE MAP. I THINK JUST IN THE SHORT TIME YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, YOUR STAFFER HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

>> APPRECIATE IT. >> INSTEAD OF PUTTING A BAND-AID ON SOMETHING. YOU ARE REALLY MAKING IT WORK.

IT WILL LAST FOR A LONG TIME. >> AWESOME.

WE HAVE A HECK OF A TEAM. >> YEAH.

YOU DO. >> IT IS ALL THEM.

BUT THANK YOU. YEAH.

WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. I THINK MICHELLE HAD LOOKED INTO WARRIOR DASH AS WELL AS TOUGH-MUDDERS.

I WILL TRY TO DIG AROUND SOME E-MAILS.

AND MAYBE EVEN REACH OUT TO HER. AND SEE KIND OF WHERE SHE WAS AT WITH THAT. AWESOME.

ANYTHING ELSE WITH SPORTS TOURISM? OKAY. A QUICK RUN-THROUGH ON SOME PROJECTS. AND I SHIP WE WILL CALL IT DONE.

I THINK WE WILL CALL IT DONE. I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ON OUR END FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS JUST FINALLY COMING TO A HEAD NOW. BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF ETEL LEE TRACY PARK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE CONTRACTORS.

THE TWO PICTURES ON THE RIGHT ARE OF COMMUNITY PARK SPLASH-PAD. THEY HAVE STARTED WORK ON THOSE JUST TODAY. THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN TODAY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OR TRYING TO GET THEM OUT HERE SINCE LAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE SPLASH-PADS ARE-- THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO WORK ON SPLASH-PADS. YOU WOULD THINK IT IS CONCRETE AND IRRIGATION PIPE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

NONETHELESS, WE HAVE CONTRACTORS OUT FIXING ETHEL LEE TRACY AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PARK SPLASH-PADS.

THEIR GOAL IS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

I WOULD SAIL THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN THESE SPLASH-PADS UP TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SEASON. THE COMMUNITY CENTER SPLASH-PAD HAS BEEN DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AS WELL AS ETHEL LEE TRACY CREATED LAST SEASON.

THE ONLY SPLASH-PAD THAT IS UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW IS THE ONE

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THESE TWO ARE STILL DOWN. WE COULD HAVE OPENED UP ETHEL LEE TRACY. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO OPEN IT UP AND THEN CLOSE IT AGAIN. WE LEFT IT CLOSED.

THESE TWO WILL BE OPENED IN THREE WEEKS.

>> JUST IN TIME FOR NICER WEATHER.

BECAUSE IT IS COLD AND CHILLY AND IT IS GOING TO BE RAINY, AND

SO IT IS GOOD. >> RIGHT.

>> YES. >> IT IS HAPPENING.

PICTURES RIGHT THERE TO PROVE IT IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT. THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A WHILE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE GOOD TO GO THIS YEAR.

>> OKAY. THE NEXT ONE WAS THE LITTLE BIT OF WHAT KIMBERLY MENTIONED BEFORE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE QUEEN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD REVITA REVITALIZATION. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IT ALSO INCLUDES WILL RODGERS PARK. AS KIMBERLY MENTIONED, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH CRANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT.

A TWO-HOUR EVENT ON APRIL 12. WHERE WE PLAN ON HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITY VENDORS OUT THERE.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET THE CRANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OUT AND ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATING IN SOME SCH SCHOOL-EXTRACURRICULAR FUNCTION.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. THAT CRANE ELEMENTARY HAS A HUNDRED BOOKS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAND OUT.

THEY HAVE A TEACHER WHO IS THERE THAT TEACHES AT CRANE.

SHE IS AN AUTHOR. SHE AUTHORED A CHILDREN'S BOOK.

IT WAS A SPANISH BOOK. I REMEMBER THE TITLE.

IT IS LIKE THE CHAMELEON CHANGE OF HEART.

IT IS, I GUESS, LOOKING DEEP INSIDE.

AND SEEING EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME HEART.

RIGHT? WE ALL PUMP THE SAME BLOOD.

IF YOU WILL. IT IS A REALLY COOL CHILDREN'S BOOK. AGAIN, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED OF THEM. THEY WANTED TO PARTNER WITH US AND HAVE SOME KIND OF EVENT. WE WILL HAVE IT AT WILL RODGERS PARK. WE HAVE MORE ROOM THAN QUEEN CITY. THERE IS A PLAY SCAPE AND ALL THAT STUFF THERE. THTHAT IS ONE OF THE BIG ENDEAVS WE ARE TAKING ON. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON AN ACTIVE LIVING PLAN. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON. OVER THE PAST YEAR.

I THINK THEY ARE STARTING TO PICK IT BACK UP AND KIND OF UPDATE IT ALL THIS YEAR. AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT, WE DO STILL HAVE OUR FACILITIES ASSESSMENT WHICH IS FOCUSING ON ALL SPORTS FACILITIES. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM. WE DID A SITE VISIT.

AT ALL OF THE FACILITIES THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT.

AND REALLY SUPPLIED THEM SOME MORE DATA.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW YOU OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE TOOK THEM ON A TOUR AND TALKED TO SOME STAKEHOLDERS.

WE DO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM NEXT-- TOMORROW.

HOPEFULLY, BY NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF KIND OF WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH THE PLAN.

AND GIVE YOU A BETTER STATUS UPDATE.

ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, THEY CAME IN AND TOURED THE FACILITIES. HAD LUNCH.

AND TOOK OFF WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? >> YOU HAD A REALLY ENGAGED STAKEHOLDER GROUP, TOO. IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND GOOD FEEDBACK. THEY WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE OUR FACILITIES REGULARLY.

>> AWESOME. >> DUCK POND.

I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY HAS BEEN OUT THERE OR NOT.

I KNOW PROBABLY A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE.

BUT THE TH THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ENTRYWAY.

THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE TRAILWAY.

THAT WILL RUN PARALLEL WITH MCWRIGHT.

I HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT PORTAGE ON THAT.

RIGHT BEHIND THE PORTLET. WE HAVE THAT THERE.

THAT TRAIL WILL LEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT IS. THAT TOP PICTURE IS BASICALLY THE SAME SPOT. BUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE GOLF COURSE. THAT PICTURE BELOW THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. LOOKING TOWARDS THE INTERIOR OF THE DUCK POND ITSELF. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE IS-- IT IS MOVING FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY.

THOSE PICTURES WITH THE WOODEN POSTS ARE FOR THE BOARDWALK.

THAT BOARDWALK, THAT BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND PICTURE, YOU SEE F IS WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS GOING TO GO INTO THE BOARDWALK.

THAT IS COMING FROM THE GOLF COURSE, HEADING TOWARDS THE PAVILION OR HEADING BACK TOWARDS MCWRIGHT.

YOU WILL BE WALKING OVER THE WATER AT THAT POINT.

THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A LARGER PICTURE OF WHAT YOU SEE

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... A WIDER VIEW. >> WHAT IS THE PROJECTED END

DATE FOR THAT? >> OCTOBER.

>> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THE DUCK SAFARI OVER THERE THIS YEAR? THEIRS IS, I THINK, IN NOVEMBER.

>> I THINK WE HAD TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.

. >> I KNOW THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR

ETEL LEE, TRACY. >> I WANT TO SAY WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.

WE WILL CIRCLE THAT AROUND, TOO. >> OKAY.

COOL. THAT WOULD BE A NEAT PLACE FOR THEM TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING OR SOMETHING.

HAVE THE DUCK SAFARI AT THE SAME TIME.

I DON'T KNOW. >> WHERE BETTER ELSE TO HAVE A

DUCK SAFARI THAN THE DUCK POND? >> YES.

>> IT MAY BE DONE EARLIER. BUT OCTOBER.

>> AWESOME. >> THIS IS THE BOTTOM.

THE PICTURE GOT CAUGHT CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THAT PICTURE IS A PILE OF WOOD.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TREES THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, COMMISSIONER MAGEE. WE TOOK DOWN THOSE CYPRESS TREES. WE PUT THEM IN THERE FOR FISH HABITAT. THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO STAY IN THERE. THERE SHOULD BE THREE PILES, AS YOU WALK BY. THOSE ARE ALL STAYING IN THERE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE AT LEAST, THE ONE AREA THAT HAS WATER FILLED IN. THAT IS THE LOWEST-LYING AREA.

THAT IS PROBABLY A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER AT THE MOST.

THERE IS TWO AREAS KIND OF LIKE. THAT THROUGHOUT THE POND.

ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE PONDS, IF YOU WILL.

THEN YOU WILL SEE THOSE BLACK LINES THAT ARE RUNNING DOWN ON THE GROUND. SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE, IT IS ELECTRICITY AND PO POWER. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE WATER FOUNTAINS. BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO WATER FOUNTAINS DOWN THERE. THEN YOU MAY RECALL THAT THERE ARE DEFUSERS AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND AS WELL.

A SOAKER HOSE, BUT INSTEAD OF PUSHING OUT WATER, THEY ARE PUSHING OUT HERE. THE ONE THING TO NOTE, AND IT IS KIND OF TOUGH TO SEE ON THIS SO I APOLOGIZE.

IN THE TOP-RIGHT-HAND PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS THE SIDE OF THE WALL, IF YOU WILL. ON TOP OF THAT IS WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS. SO IF YOU... YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT. ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF FROM THE TOP OF THE SIDEWALK, THERE IS A SCORCH LINE.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THAT IS BASICALLY WHERE THE WATER LINE IS GOING TO BE AT. IF YOU GO ON SITE AND YOU GO OUT THERE, AND YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A SCORCHED LINE ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF BELOW THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND, THAT IS WHERE YOUR WATER LINE GOING TO BE AT. AT YOUR DEEPEST POINT, YOU ARE ABOUT 5 TO 5.5 FEET. AT YOUR SHALLOWEST POINT, YOU ARE SIX INCHES TO A FOOT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT REAL QUICK. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES THAT I HAVE OF THE DUCK POND.

AGAIN, SOME DIFFERENT VIEWS. WHAT THESE PICTURES ARE.

I'M ACTUALLY STANDING ON THIS GAZEBO PAD.

THIS IS THE PAD FOR THE GAZEBO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS PIECES OF ROCK IN THE CONCRETE.

WHEN THEY SWEEP THAT OFF, YOU WILL SEE KIND OF THAT ROCK WILL KIND OF EAT INTO THAT CONCRETE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU WILL HAVE, LIKE, THOSE DIVOTS, IF YOU WILL.

A DIVOTTED CONCRETE IN SOME AREAS.

IT WILL LOOK REALLY SHARP. YOU CAN TIPTOE AROUND ON SITE.

AND THEN THE DOG PARK. I'M SORRY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DUCK POND? >> IS THAT GOING TO STAY LIKE THAT? P THAT DIFFUSER? THAT IS GOING TO STAY ON THE GROUND LIKE THAT?

>> IT WILL STAY ON THE GROUND. YES, SIR.

>> I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. IT IS NOT GOOD PRACTICE.

>> OKAY. >> JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

I'M SURE YOUR CONTRACTOR SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF

MAINTENANCE PLAN ON THAT. >> OH, YES.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. >> WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. BUT THAT THING COULD PLUG UP-- I HAVE A LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.

ACTUALLY, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.

IN A DIFFERENT SETTING. >> OKAY.

>> THAT THING IS GOING TO PLUG UP.

>> IT NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED? >> IN SOME WAY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT?

>> OKAY. >> I'M SORRY.

>> YOU ARE GOOD. THREE QUARTERS OF THIS WAS

DESIGNED BEFORE I GOT HERE. >> NO, NO.

I MEAN, I PROBABLY-- I'M SURE YOUR CITY ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING

INTO IT. >> I'LL GET WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANT. SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IN LIEU OF THAT, WE WILL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, THOUGH. I APPRECIATE IT.

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THIS IS THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.

IT IS THE DOG PARK. THE DOG PARK, THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME SLOW PROGRESS OVER THERE.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND PICTURE IS A WIDE, KIND OF A WIDE ANGLE OF SOME AREA THAT THEY ARE WORKING AT.

SOME OF THE AREAS ARE ALREADY REFORMED.

THEY HAVE SOME REBAR SET IN THERE.

SOME OF THE AREA THAT IS NOT PICTURED HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN STAKED OUT. THEY ARE GETTING READY TO START CUTTING THOSE TRAILS AND ALLLE OF THOSE AREAS.

I WOULD ENVISION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CONCRETE EITHER AT THE LATE END OF THIS WEEK OR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

SOMETIME IN THERE. TO START ACTUALLY LAYING THE CONCRETE IN THOSE SIDEWALKS. THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DOG PARK. I STILL THINK THE DOG PARK SHOULD BE FUN FINISHED BY THE SUMMER TIERM.

LIKE WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. NONETHELESS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT KNOCKED OUT BEFORE SUMMER IS COMPLETED.

SO YEAH. AND ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT. AND WE HAVE HAD SOME SIDE CONVERSATION CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANT ABOUT WAYS TO MEMORIALIZE IZZY AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS.

I WAS TALKING TO KIMBERLY, I THINK, NEST MONTH WE WILL TRY TO GET THE WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE AS WELL AS BRENT OR AT LEAST SOME DRAWINGS THAT BRENT HAS. WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. JUST KIND OF KNOW THAT THAT STUFF IS STILL TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES.

WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET HER INPUT AS WELL.

SO-- THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

ANY MORE COMMENTS? >> NO.

YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

>> YES. VERY MUCH SO.

>> REALLY HAVE. ITEM E, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[E. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:]

>> MINE WAS ADDRESSED IN THIS AGENDA.

>> WELL, HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, I ACTUALLY HAVE THE

MAYOR'S -- >> YOU HAVE THE GAVEL.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO IT. >> I CAN DO THIS, EVERYBODY.

WE ARE ADJOURNED. >> MEETING ADJOURN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.