[A. CALL TO ORDER]
[B. Citizen Communication:]
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>> JUNE 12TH, 2023. WE'LL START WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. THE GALLERY LOOKS PRETTY
EMPTY, SO I WILL -- >> MAY I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I HAPPEN TO BE IN ONE OF HIS BUSINESSES THERE AND HE APPROACHED ME ABOUT THE DUCK POND AND HE SAID HOW BEAUTIFUL IT'S GOING TO LOOK WHEN YOU GET IT GOING. BUT HE BROUGHT UP A QUESTION, A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
HE SAID THE WALKWAY GOING AROUND THE DUCK POND AND ALL, HOW ABOUT IF YOU HAVE A GOLFER THAT DECIDES TO DO A FOUL BALL AND THE BALL GOES INTO A DUCK POND.
WHAT IS THE LIABILITY OR THE CONCERNS OF THAT IF A GOLF BALL HITS A CHILD OR AN ADULT OR SOMEONE AROUND THE POND.
>> SURE. >> SO THE LIABILITY WOULD BE THE SAME AS IT CURRENTLY IS. I MEAN, THE CITY WOULD, I'M SURE, GO THROUGH ALL THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES TO -- AS FAR AS MEDICAL ATTENTION AND ALL OF THAT. SOME OF THE WAYS WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT FROM OCCURRING IS THE PLANTING OF THOSE TREES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN BETWEEN THE DUCK POND AND THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE GPS INSTALLED IN THE GOLF COURSE -- GOLF CARTS, I'M SORRY.
WHENEVER THE CARTS COME UP TOWARDS THAT HOLE, THERE'S GONNA BE A NOTIFICATIOION ON TE GPS SYSTEM IN THAT SCREEN THAT JUST STATES, YOU KNOW, TO WATCH OUT FOR WALKERS, THAT THERE'S A HAZARD -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY HAZARD, BUT THERE'S PEDESTRIANS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FAIRWAY AND TO WATCH OUT THERE. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE SIGNS ALONG THE WALKWAY OF THE DUCK POND ITSELF. BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY APPROACH THE RED ZONE, IF YOU WILL, THAT DANGER ZONE, THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE THERE THAT STATES PLEASE STAY HERE, WATCH FOR GOLFERS AHEAD. TRY TO GIVE THEM AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ALERT AND BE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION.
>> WOULD YOU MIND IF I LEAVE YOU HIS CARD?
HE WROTE A LITTLE NOTE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ALL HAZARDS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT DOES REDUCE THAT FROM
HAPPENING. >> THANK YOU, JASON.
APPRECIATE THAT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE'S BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION? OKAY, VERY GOOD.
[1. Adoption of Minutes]
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES. THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ARE ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW, MAY 8TH.I HAVE A NOTE, I WAS NOT ACTUALLY HERE AT THAT MEETING.
THEY NEED TO BE AMENDED BY DROPPING COMMISSIONER BILLINGSLEY FROM THE LIST OF MEMBERS PRESENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS CHANGED?
>> WHAT'S GONNA BE THE CHANGE? >> FOR SOME RUN, THEY ALL SHARE THAT EVERYBODY WAS PRESENT BUT THAT'S NOT COR CORRECT.
>> THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING.
>> OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THOSE CHANGES MADE?
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>> I CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> THANK YOU, GALE. >> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? >> AYE.
[1. Change Commission meeting date in October.]
>> THAT MAY BE THE MOST DIFFICULT THING WE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT. ON THE AGENDA, ITEM D FROM COMMISSIONERS, CHANGE COMMISSION MEETING DATE IN
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. >> HI, JASON.
SO THE NEXT POTENTIAL ISSUE THAT WE SAW FOR THE AGENDA MEETINGS WOULD BE IN OCTOBER. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPOSING A NEW DATE, NEW MEETING DATE FOR THE OCTOBER DATE.
WE MEET THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
THAT MONDAY HAPPENS TO FALL ON A HOLIDAY.
AND SO THAT WILL BE THE 9TH OF OCTOBER.
WE DO REALIZE THAT A NEW COMMISSION WILL BE COMING IN AT THAT TIME. BUT WE JUST FELT THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE DATE NOW SO THAT WAY THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, WHEN THEY COME IN IN SEPTEMBER, WILL HAVE THAT DATE ALREADY CHANGED.
WE ARE PROPOSING OCTOBER THE 10TH, WHICH WILL BE THE TUESDAY INSTEAD OF THE 9TH. I BELIEVE JESSICA'S ALREADY DOUBLE CHECKED WITH EVERYBODY AND THIS ROOM IS AVAILABLE.
IF THAT DATE DOES NOT WORK -- >> DOESN'T MATTER TO US BECAUSE WE'LL BE OFF. IT DOESN'T REALLY EFFECT US
BECAUSE WE'LL BE OFF. >> WELL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH OCTOBER THE 10TH THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT AT THIS POINT? I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING FOR
ME AT THAT POINT. >> OCTOBER 10TH WORKS FOR ME.
>> NO CONFLICTS HERE. >> WELL THEN, LET'S JUST PUT
IT ON THE 10TH. >> OCTOBER THE 10TH IT IS.
[2. Monthly department updates]
>> ALL RIGHT. >> THAT WAS IT, RIGHT?
>> WHILE YOU'RE LOADING, MY KIDDO ATTENDED THE OUTDOOR SUMMER CAMP LAST WEEK AND ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
SO HAD A BLAST ALL DAY LONG EVERY DAY.
REALLY GREAT PROGRAM. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
VERY AFFORDABLE, TOO. THAT WAS VERY SWEET OF Y'ALL.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO RIGHT OFF THE TOP IS MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AND HOW WELL OR HOW WELL NOT WE
PUT PROGRAMS TOGETHER. >> IT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. >> OF COURSE.
>> COOL. >> ALL RIGHT, MS. KIMBERLY IS NOT HERE. SHE IS AT A&M RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S PURSUING HER MASTERS AND SHE IS, THIS WEEK SHE'S DEALING WITH HER RESIDENCY OVER THERE.
AND SO SHE'S GONNA BE GONE ALL WEEK.
BUT I WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU TODAY. I HAVE A PICTURE FOR YOU.
I FIGURED I'D JUST START WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
WE PUT THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE WHAT KIND OF -- WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IS?
>> ANTS. >> RIGHT? THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM, SWARMS OF THEM.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE'S A VIDEO OF IT AND IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE ALL YOU SEE ARE LITTLE ITTY BITTY THINGS MOVING AROUND. SPEAKING OF FLOODING, PARKS AND MAINTENANCE WAS REALLY BUSY IN MAY.
REALLY JUST DEALING WITH THE FLOODING.
CLOSING DOWN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PARK, JUST PREPARING AND TRYING TO BE AS READY -- THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A GRAPH. I'VE SHOWN THIS TO Y'ALL BEFORE. BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE EXPECTED TO CREST AT 29.2. I BELIEVE WE DID CREST AT 29.2. THERE WERE OTHER DAYS THAT LOOKED A WHOLE LOT ROUGHER THAN THAT.
BUT THERE WERE -- IT WAS A MAJOR EVENT.
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IT DIDN'T IMPACT THE PARK AS MUCH AS IT HAD IN THE PAST.BUT THERE WAS ALSO CLOSE THE ANOTHER FOOT OF WATER THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE ONE IN OCTOBER.
THE MAINTENANCE TEAM, THEY CLEANED FLOOD DAMAGE AND DEBRIS. THEY SPENT ABOUT 43 HOURS OR SO ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT. AND SO THAT WAS PRETTY ROUGH JUST CLEANING UP ALL THE DEBRIS, ALL THE SILT, ALL THE SEDIMENT THAT WAS BUILT UP. HERE'S A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE ZOO AREA. WE'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THEY CLEANED UP DRAINAGE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE WATERWAYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE PARK IS WE HAVE DRAINAGE CHANNELS THAT GO INTO SOME PIPING THAT GO RIGHT INTO THE RIVER. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU BASICALLY HAVE A PIECE OF PIPE STICKING OUT OF THE CLIFF.
WHENEVER THAT RIVER GETS UP HIGH ENOUGH, IT DOES WHAT IT NATURALLY DOES AND IT GOES AGAINST THE LEAST RESISTANCE.
IT STARTS BACKING UP INTO THE PARK.
THAT'S WHERE WE START GETTING A LOT OF OUR FLOODING FROM THE PARK IS FROM THE RIVER RISING AND BACKING INTO THOSE DRAINS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO A, LOCATE ALL OF THOSE DRAINS THAT ARE GOING FROM THE PARK INTO THE RIVER. AND THEN B, TRY TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION TO THAT. YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES OVER THAT WHEN THE RIVER RISES AND PUSHES UP AGAINST IT, IT WON'T ALLOW WATER BACK INTO THE PARK.
SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
ONE OF THE NOT FUNNY THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME IS THE KAYAK DOCK. THAT'S FLOATING ABOUT 15 FEET IN THE AIR RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND ALL THE WATER AND THAT WATER IS JUST RUSHING LIKE CRAZY.
I'M SORRY, . >> JASON, HOW DID IT EFFECT
THE CONSTRUCTION? >> THE RAIN WATER WAS GREAT.
ALL THE ISSUES WE HAD WERE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
IT ALL CAME FROM THAT DRAINAGE PIPE.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WATER. I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THIS PICTURE, BUT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WATER ON THE DOG PARK ON THE SIDEWALK. WE LOOKED AT THE SIDEWALKS AFTERWARDS, THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH ANYTHING. KIND OF JUST PLANNING FOR THAT, KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA FLOOD OVER THERE AND THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO IT ASAP AND GET IT CLEANED UP AND EVERYTHING.
>> MY PHONE WAS ACTING CRAZY AND I COULDN'T UPLOAD.
BUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S SPLASH PAD WERE BOTH OPEN BACK IN 2018 AND I BELIEVE 2016. BOTH OF THOSE SPLASH PADS THAT WE HAVE ARE WATER PLAY FEATURES.
THOSE WATER PLAY FEATURES, THEY'RE BASED OUT OF CANADA.
SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THEM AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE DOWN HERE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO.
A LOT OF THOSE MANUFACTURERS HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT THEY KNOW OF AND THAT THEY CAN CALL ON AND SAY YOU CONTACT SO AND SO AND THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF OUR WATER FEATURE.
THOSE FOLKS ARE IN DALLAS AND HOUSTON.
WE'RE TO A POINT WITH OUR COMMUNITY CENTER PARK.
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WATER PLAY, THEY HAVE A CONTRACTOR BASED OUT OF HOUSTON AND DALLAS. IT'S A CRAFTSMAN AQUATIC PLAY STRUCTURE, THEY'RE BASED OUT OF SPRING, TEXAS, SO OUT OF THE HOUSTON AREA. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM, THEY'RE ALWAYS UP AND RUNNING.WE HAVE THAT MAINTENANCE AND THAT AVAILABILITY, THAT SERVICE IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARK, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. WE SPENT ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE DID THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ARE CONCERNED.
THEY HAVE INTERNAL ISSUES AS WELL AS CONCRETE ISSUES.
WE ENDED UP CONTRACTING STUFF OUT.
LONG STORY SHORT, WE SPENT ROUGHLY $50,000 ON BOTH OF THESE SPLASH PADS TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARK ONE, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE FINALLY GOT IT TO A POINT WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE WATER CIRCULATED THROUGH THE PIPES, ALL THE DEBRIS HAS BEEN GETTING OUT OF THE PIPES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A GOOD WATER CHEMISTRY ON IT. LAST WEEK WAS OUR FIRST FULL WEEK OF US RUNNING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THIS WEEK, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A SOFT OPENING.
WE'RE OPENING UP THE GATE, BUT WE'RE NOT TELLING ANYBODY.
WE'RE NOT PUBLICIZING IT AT ALL.
THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT STOP IN JUST TO CHECK ANY WAY.
AND OUR GOAL IS THAT WE DO THE SOFT OPENING THIS WEEK, SEE WHAT KIND OF READINGS WE GET FOR THE WATER.
SEE WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL ISSUES WE MAY HAVE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OVER THE WEEKEND, WE'LL REALLY PUSH AND PUBLICIZE FOR REOPENING NEXT WEEK.
>> WHAT PARK IS THIS? >> THIS IS THE COMMUNITY PARK
SPLASH PAD. >> COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> YES, SIR. >> THE TRACY ONE IS ANOTHER ISSUE. THAT ONE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET TO A POINT TO WHERE WE GET SOMEBODY DOWN THAT KNOWS THE SYSTEM, THAT'S THE HOUSTON AND DALLAS FOLKS.
WE CONTACTED THEM A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND THEY WERE 2-3 WEEKS OUT. WE TOLD THEM I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS, THE GUY OUT OF HOUSTON, THE GUY OUT OF DALLAS, WHOEVER CAN GET HERE FIRST WINS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.
WE'RE A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS OUT BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY FROM DALLAS OR HOUSTON TO LOOK AT IT.
SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THREE SPLASH PADS, TWO OF THEM WERE DOWN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM ALL UP AND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE ONE BIGGEST THING THAT I JUST WANT TO KEEP PRESSING IS THE WATER CHEMISTRY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD WATER CHEMISTRY. THE CITY OF ARLINGTON HAD A 3-YEAR-OLD THAT DIED FROM A SPLASH PAD AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING SOME BRAIN EATING AMOEBA.
WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
COMMUNITY CENTER PARK, EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
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>> BUT THEN ALSO, I'VE BEEN TAKING PICTURES OF THE
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CROSSWALKS, I'LL SEND THEM TO YOU.[00:45:59]
I CAN SEND THEM TO ALL OF YOU. THEY HAVE RED FLASHING LIGHTS[00:46:03]
AT ALL OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS.[00:46:06]
AND IT SAYS THAT IT IS THE LAW TO STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS.[00:46:13]
THAT'S NOT YIELD, IT SAYS STOP.AND SO IF SOMEBODY WAS WALKING, THEY HAVE TO STOP THERE. THERE'S NO YELLOW BLINKING LIGHT, THERE'S NO CONFUSION. THIS IS THE LAW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND EVERYBODY CONFORMS TO IT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING CONSISTENTLY.
IF YOU BUILD IT, PEOPLE WILL COME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT IT. IF I COULD HAVE DRIVEN MY BIKE TO WORK EVERY DAY SAFELY, I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I LOVE RIDING MY BICYCLE AND IT'S A GREAT METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION BUT ALSO EXERCISE.
IT DOES KEEP YOU ACTIVE. I NOTICE WHEN I'M RIDING MY BIKE EVERY DAY, I FEEL BETTER. AND MY KIDS LOVE IT.
THAT'S AN 18-YEAR-OLD AND A 10-YEAR-OLD WHO LIKE RIDING EVERY DAY WHEN MOST KIDS WANT TO BE SITTING INSIDE.
YOU GIVE THEM ACCESS AND YOU GET THEM OUTSIDE AND THEY'LL
RIDE ON IT. >> THEY HAD THIS MEASURE WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT A FINGER ONN WHAT KIND OF DEMAND WAS LIKELY THERE FOR THOSE KINDS OF AMENITIES THAT'S NOT BEING SATISFIED. AND WE HAD A GREAT DEAL, THE PLANNERS CAME UP WITH -- VICTORIA'S HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT THEY CAME WITH WAS THAT THERE'S A SCALE ADDRESSING THE THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT, HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'RE OUT -- I THINK ONE'S AND TWO'S IS WHAT YOU WANT. FOUR'S ARE LIKE DAREDEVILS ONLY AND THREE'S ARE PEOPLE VERY EXPERIENCED.
1'S AND 2'S ARE WHERE YOU'D GO, FEEL SAFE GOING YOURSELF.
THEY SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE VARIABLES IN THE EQUATION.
IF YOU MOVED YOUR AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT DOWN 5 MILES AN HOUR IN CERTAIN PARTICULAR AREAS, YOU'D SWITCH THE WHOLE PROFILE ON THAT SCALE FROM 3.5 DOWN TO 2.5, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH.
>> I LOVE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
I LIKE ALL THE STUFF THE CITY IS DOING LATELY.
TO ME, THAT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION WE NEED TO BE HEADING. THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO BRING INTEREST TO VICTORIA. THEY'RE MAKING IT A MORE FUN PLACE TO LIVE. THAT'S PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
THE CITY, WE NEED THIS. >> I THINK PEOPLE ENJOY IT.
>> I DO, TOO. >> ON THAT NOTE, THE UDO IS STILL BEING, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT -- THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO A CLOSE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE COMPLETE STREETS, ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. OF COURSE, WE DID SUBMIT THE BOATING ACCESS GRANT. JUST IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATORS, SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN
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THAT PROJECT. LOOKING GOOD FOR THAT.THIS IS THE DUCK POND. NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED OVER THERE. NOTHING WORTH SENDING -- REALLY WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS FINISHING UP THE ELECTRICAL. SO YOU MAY START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE BIG STREET LIGHTS. YOU'LL SEE BIG POLES OUT THERE GETTING ERECTED. THOSE ARE THE LIGHTS THAT WILL GO AROUND THE TRAIL SYSTEM. JUST SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE THE FLOODING AND THE RAIN, IT DID DELAY THEM. SO WE'LL GET THE ELECTRICAL FINISHED UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT INCLUDES LIGHT POLES AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THEM DRESSING UP THE AREA, SO JUST GETTING IT ALL BUTTONED UP AND CLEANED UP AND LOOKING GOOD. WE WILL START FILLING THE POND PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
WE WON'T FILL IT ALL THE WAY, BUT WE'LL START TO FILL IT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE DO HAVE A FLOATING PIER THAT'S GONNA BE GOING IN. YOU SEE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU KIND OF SEE A TREE ON THE RIGHT.
THAT IS WHERE THE FLOATING PIER IS GOING TO BE.
IN ORDER FOR THAT FLOATING PIER TO BE INSTALLED, THE POND HAS TO BE PARTIALLY FILLED. WE'RE GONNA START TO PARTIALLY FILL THE POND THEN. THE ONLY THING WE'RE WAITING ON IS THE GAZEBO, QUITE HONESTLY.
WE'RE STILL ON A PRETTY DECENT DELAY FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE LAST THING.
STILL LOOKING AT AN OCTOBER TIME FRAME.
>> WHAT'S THE PROCESS GONNA BE FOR FILLING?
WHERE DO YOU FILL IT FROM? >> YOU SEE THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE BOARDWALK IS AT.
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT BOARDWALK, THERE'S A WHITE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE A POND OF WATER.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR WATER FOR THE IRRIGATION AS WELL AS THE DUCK POND. AND SO YOU ALMOST CAN KIND OF SEE IT, THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DUCK POND AND THAT POND ITSELF. THERE'S PIPE UNDERNEATH THAT.
WHENEVER WE TURN THE VALVE ON, THE PIPE WILL OPEN UP AND ALLOW WATER TO FLOW THROUGH. THAT'S THE SYSTEM.
>> DO WE TAKE THAT WATER OFF THE RIVER?
>> IT'S WELL WATER. >> OH, IT'S WELL WATER.
>> IT'S JUST THAT ONE, SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A GOOD THREE WEEKS TO GET SUBSTANTIALLY FULL.
>> WHAT'S THE STOCKING? >> AS FAR AS THE FISH ARE CONC CONCERNED.
THAT'S THE DUCK POND. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? COMMISSIONERS, ON BOTH PICTURES YOU CAN SEE, THE RIGHT HAND ONE MIGHT BE EASIER TO EXPLAIN.
THE RIGHT HAND PICTURE WHERE THE BOARDWALK MEETS THE SIDEWALK TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS GREEN AND IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A LOOP. THAT IS THE GOLF COURSE.
SO EVERYTHING WITHIN THIS SHADED AREA.
IT'S ALL PLANTED WITH TREES. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT ON THE LEFT HAND PICTURE. IT'S VERY FAR AWAY.
I PROMISE YOU, THERE'S MORE TREES.
>> COMMISSION ALVAREZ, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS WITH THE
VISUAL. >> YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE VERY CANDID WITH YOU, THAT PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT FAR WATER POND, THAT HOLE IF YOU WILL, ALL THOSE TREES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER, WE STILL FOUND BALLS ALL OVER THERE. I EVEN ASKED, HOW DOES A BALL GET ALL THE WAY OVER HERE. IT COULD BOUNCE AND HIT THE CONCRETE. THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS FOR IT
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TO GET THROUGH THERE. THERE ARE GONNA BE SIGNS THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE AREA THAT WARN PEOPLE TO LISTEN FORFORE AND TO WATCH OUT. >> WE HAVE BALLS IN OUR PARKING LOT ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE JUST FLYING OUT OF THE
SKY. >> WE CAN ALWAYS PUT HARD HATS
UP THERE, TOO. >> THE GOLFER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS LIABLE FOR WHERE THEIR BALL GOES.
THAT'S NOT UP TO THE CITY. >> HE PRETTY MUCH SUPPLIED THE GOLF TEAM WITH BALLS BECAUSE THEY KEEP FLYING OUT OF THE AIR AND I JUST KEEP THEM.
[LAUGHTER] >> WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> DOG PARK, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED IS WE HAD SOME CLEARING OF SOME BAMBOO AND SOME FENCE STARTED TO GET ERECTED. THEY STARTED PUTTING POSTING IN THE GROUND. COMMISSIONER BILLINGSLEY AND OTHERS THAT HAD QUESTION, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE RIGHT-HANDED TRAIL, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THAT, BASICALLY WHERE THAT TREE LINE IS AT DOWN FROM THAT POINT DOWN TO THAT CURVE IS KIND OF WHERE THE WATER WAS AT FROM THE DRAINAGE AREA. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DRAINAGE IS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT. THAT BLACK LINE YOU SEE IN THAT PICTURE, THERE'S THAT FENCE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. BUT THIS ISN'T THE BEST PICTURE THAT I HAVE, BUT IT IS A PICTURE NONETHELESS.
THERE IS SOME MINOR STUFF I NEED TO CHANGE HERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE FENCE POST BEING THAT BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCING GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THAT CHAIN LINK FENCE IS IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT SHOULD BE BLACK. THAT'S GONNA CHANGE, THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD HAVE THAT BLACK.
BASICALLY, EVERYTHING ON THAT BACK END ALL THE WAY AROUND IS CHAIN LINK FENCE. THAT RAW CHAIN LINK FENCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE EITHER BLACK COATED CHAIN LINK FENCE OR IT WILL BE THAT OMEGA FENCING.
>> THAT'S THE AREA RIGHT THERE WHERE THE WATER IS COMING OUT.
>> YES, SIR. BASICALLY FROM THAT TREE COMING BACK TO THIS CORNER THAT'S CLOSEST TO ME.
ONCE THE WATER RECEDED, THE FENCE WAS STILL THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DOG PARK? >> WHEN IS IT GONNA OPEN?
>> WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR END OF AUGUST.
WE WERE AT MID AUGUST BEFORE THE FLOODS, THEY PUSHED BACK ABOUT TWO WEEKS. SO I SAY THE END OF AUGUST.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. >> YES, MA'AM.
>> OKAY, NOT ASSOCIATED. WE TALKED A WHILE BACK ABOUT DEDICATING THE COMMUNITY CENTER SPLASH PAD OR SOME SOMETHING -- ARE WE STILL PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THAT BACK UP. >> DO YOU THINK MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH 4TH OF JULY IF ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SPLASH PADS TO OPEN
I DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT THOUGH.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE 2024 BICENTENNIAL, TOO.
>> WE COULD DO IT NEXT YEAR, TOO.
>> JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT SINCE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC, THE 2024. IF THERE'S SOME EVENT OR PROGRAM OR SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FOR 2024, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'RE PART OF THAT BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
>> I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMISSION OR THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER A LIVING PERSON.
WAS THAT THE CONSENSUS FROM CITY COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY COMING BACK? IS THAT WHAT YOU GOT
MR. RIVERA? >> REMEMBER I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THEY TORE DOWN THE GARY T. MOSES SWIMMING POOL.
AND I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO NAME THE SPLASH PAD AFTER GARY T. MOSES. AND THEY SAID WE DON'T LIKE TO NAME THINGS AFTER SOMEBODY THAT'S STILL ALIVE.
>> HAS THAT CHANGED? >> NO, MA'AM.
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>> I WOULD SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT, TOO.
I'D MUCH RATHER HONOR THE LIVING THAN THE DEAD.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT COULD JUST BE A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THAT WAS THE BASIC LOGIC
BEHIND IT. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND -- I WOULD STAND BEHIND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER HIM WHILE HE'S ALIVE.
>> ME TOO. >> I'D RECOMMEND IT.
>> HE'S AT EVERY CITY EVENT. >> THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. >> THAT WAS THE RESPONSE WE
GOT. >> WE CAN ALWAYS RECOMMEND IT AGAIN AND THEY CAN ALWAYS SHOOT IT DOWN AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER] >> WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE, KIND OF GET THEIR PULSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT.
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS AT THE COMMUNITY CE CENTER.
I WAS AT THE BANQUET LAST MONTH.
THE SIGNAL AND WI-FI IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE THEY LOWER THEIR RENT, THEY DON'T KNOW IT. THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS. THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN DOING AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE INTERNET IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT AND IT CAUSES IS
ISSUES. >> SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACCESS AT ALL WHATSOEVER OR IT'S JUST SLOW INTERNET?
>> THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PROCESS TRANSACTIONS ON THE SQUARE FOR AUCTION ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'VE NEVER RENTED IT OUT, I KNOW THERE IS WI-FI THERE FOR THE CITY, BUT THERE'S NO GUEST ACCESS.
THEY WEREN'T ENABLED, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PASSWORD, IT'S PASSWORD PROTECTED. THERE WAS NO OPEN GUEST NETWORK ACCESS. THERE'S BEEN TWO DIFFERENT EV EVENTS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PROCESS CREDIT CARDS AND THEY CAN'T
GET ACCESS TO WI-FI. >> I'LL CHECK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ANY TIME THEY RENT A FACILITY, THERE SHOULD BE WI-FI ACCESS. THERE'S A CODE GIVEN TO THE RENTER TO ALLOW THEM ACCESS TO THE WI-FI.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF A THEY DIDN'T GET ACCESS OR B, IF IT WAS JUST CRAPPY WI-FI. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THOSE EVENTS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM COMMISSIONERS?
IF NOT, WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED. >> I DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. NOW YOU KNOW HOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BRING UP THIS PARC LIST. OUR FUTURE COMMISSIONERS, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE OUR FUTURE COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE FIXING TO GO OFF IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY A MAINTENANCE LIST THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN BRINGING TO ME ITEMS SINCE 2014. IT'S A NINE YEAR BUILDING LIST. I SHARED IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON. WE CATEGORIZED IT.
THERE'S STILL LOTS OF ITEMS ON IT.
I NOT ONLY WANT TO WESTERN ARKANSAS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE YOU GUYS, THE COMMISSIONERS, AWARE THAT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. IT WILL BE Y'ALLS TASK TO CONTINUE THE REQUESTS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
IT'S NOTHING MAJOR, IT'S JUST THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE THESE
GUYS SHOULD KNOW. >> ABSOLUTELY.
DO YOU WANT THAT ON THE AGENDA TO GO OVER THE LIST THEN?
THE PARC LIST? >> TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A VERY
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>> SOMETIMES THINGS GET DONE AND SOMETIMES --
>> OKAY, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
DO YOU WANT TO E-MAIL IT? >> SURE, WE CAN E-MAIL IT OUT, BUT NOT THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
>> I'LL E-MAIL IT THIS WEEK. I'LL E-MAIL IT THIS WEEK.
>> WE CAN READ OVER IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN COMING TO MY ATTENTION THAT I JUST WANT TO MENTION, FOLKS ARE STILL ASKING FOR COMMUNITY POOL. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GO SWIMMING IN VICTORIA IS TO JOIN A PRIVATE POOL OR LIVE IN AN APARTMENT WITH A POOL. SO IT SEEMS THE YMCA DEAL WITH THE CITY KIND OF ISN'T MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS
ORIGINALLY INTENDED. >> WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH YMCA?
>> IT'S EXPIRED. >> NO, IT'S NOT EXPIRED.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY INFORMED ME LAST YEAR WHEN I MET WITH
THEM. >> I BUTTERED UP TO THE YMCA STAFF AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE YMCA, THE POOL WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER, YOU GO IN FREE.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, YOU PAY $5 AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE CHARGING IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO THE POOL HERE IN VICTORIA.
$5. >> I THINK THAT'S A STEEP FEE.
I GO TO PORT ARANSAS ALL THE TIME.
THEIR CITY POOL IS $1 FOR SENIORS, $2 --
>> THERE WAS A FEE TO GO TO THE PUBLIC POOL.
YMCA CHARGES $5. >> WHEN I MET WITH THE DIRECTOR LAST YEAR, SHE TOLD ME THAT THE TERM HAD EXPIRED BUT THE SPECIAL PRICING, THEY HAD KEPT IT BUT THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO ANYMORE. AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBLIGATIONS FOR FULFILLING CONTRACTS,
BASICALLY. >> THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT.
>> $5 PER PERSON. >> I'VE GOT A MEETING IDENTIFY GOT -- I'VE GOT TO SET UP WITH THE YMCA TO DISCUSS THIS.
THEIR CONTRACT STATES THAT THE CITY AND THE YMCA ARE IN THIS JOINT VENTURE AS COMMISSIONER RIVERA HAD MENTIONED UNTIL THE POOL HAS -- THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE POOL.
THERE'S NO EXPIRATION ON THAT THAT I'M AWARE OF UNTIL WE ACTUALLY CLOSE DOWN THE POOL. THERE'S OTHER STIPULATIONS IN THERE THAT STATE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN FROM X DATE TO X DATE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO STIPULATIONS IN THERE THAT STATE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN FOR A MINIMUM OF 28 HOURS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT I NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH. ONE IS THE LINK OF THE POOL HOURS AS WELL AS THE LINK FOR THE SEASON.
THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE POOL.
THERE IS ALSO VERBAGE IN THERE ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT RATE IS. AND SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 50%. THEY COULDN'T CHARGE 50% MORE THAN A MEMBERSHIP. COULD BE WRONG ON THAT VERBAGE, BUT THERE WAS SOME STIPULATION IN THERE ABOUT THE RATE. AND SO YES, THERE SHOULD BE A COMMUNITY POOL THROUGH THE YMCA THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE
CITY. >> THEIR WEBSITE CURRENTLY SAYS "OUR AQUATIC FACILITIES ARE OPEN FOR CASUAL USE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO LAPS, RELAX IN THE WATER OR SPLASH AROUND. SWIMMERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE A POOL AND GYM MEMBERSHIP, 10 VISIT PASS, 25 VISIT PASS OR INDIVIDUAL ENTRY PASS." THEN IT GOES ON TO SITE THEIR ENTRY FEES.
ADULT IS $5.80. CHILD IS $4.90.
A MEMBER IS $3.50. ANYONE UNDER 2 YEARS OLD IS FREE. THEY LIST PRICING FOR AN ADULT 10 VISIT PASS AND THEY OFFER THEIR GYM AND POOL MEMBERSHIPS. LOOKS LIKE $5.80.
IF I'M INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> THAT IS A GOOD COMMENT.
THANK YOU, GALE. SOMETHING DEFINITELY TO LOOK
>> AND SHE IS RIGHT ABOUT THE PRICING IN OTHER AREAS.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE HIGHER HERE.
>> IT'S WAY CHEAPER. >> I THINK IT'S EITHER $2 OR
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>> THEIR WHOLE PARK IS AMAZING.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR PICKLE BALL COURTS AND THEIR SKATEBOARD PARK? I HATE TO SAY IT.
IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN, PORT ARANSAS IS A SHOWCASE.
>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION THE SWIM FEES, PER THE CONTRACT, AFTER THE INITIAL THREE YEARS OF THE OPERATION, THE OPEN SWIM FEES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE THEN CURRENT NON-MEMBER DAY RATE FEE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
ARTICULATE. >> LIMITED TO $3 A DELAY TO BEGIN WITH FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
BUT THEN IT ADJUSTED. >> WOULD YOU LIKE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? I DON'T REMEMBER WHO EVEN
BROUGHT THAT UP. >> PERHAPS WHATEVER YOU FIND
OUT FROM THE YMCA. >> SURE, WE CAN ADD THAT AS
WELL. >> JASON SAID HE'S RAN A POOL BEFORE. HE TOLD ME THIS.
HE CAN RUN A POOL. >> I DON'T WANT TO.
[LAUGHTER] >> I'VE HAD TWO CITIES WHERE I'VE RAN POOLS AND THAT'S A FUN THING.
>> A FUN FIASCO. >> A FUN FIASCO, YES.
>> IF YOU VISIT PEBBLE BEACH ON A BUSY DAY, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PEOPLE TOO THAT WISH WE HAD A POOL.
>> I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE SHORT TERM CAME FROM, $3 FIXED
FEE. >> I CAN SEND THIS TO Y'ALL,
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.