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MEETING IN JANUARY OF 2024 TO THE CITY OF VICTORIA PARKS COMMISSION MEETING. TALKING TO
[B. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION]
THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO HAVE ANY CITIZENS WHO NEED COMMUNICATION? SIR. COME UP. I AM MICHAEL WHO LIVES AT 2204 EAST NORTH STREET. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT KICKBALL THAT'S A POPULAR THING IN VICTORIA. I GOT TWO PICKLE BALL THINGS FOR 20 BUCKS SO IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE LIKE GOLF. SOME OF THE CLUBS ARE WORTH MORE THAN MY CAR. ANYWAY. THEY ARE PLAYING PICKLE BALL AT THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEY ARE IN POOR CONDITION BUT THEY DID REDO THEM. AND THEY WERE WONDERING IF THE CITY OF VICTORIA COULD PAY SOMEONE TO FIX THE OTHER ONES BECAUSE NO ONE IS USING THOSE TWO TENNIS COURTS AND YOU CAN MAKE ABOUT 12 PICKLE BALL COURTS OUT OF TWO TENNIS COURTS. NO INTEREST IN TENNIS AT THAT TIME AND I WAS THINKING THEY COULD PUT SOME PICKLE BALL COURTS AT QUEEN CITY PARK. NO ONE PLAYS BASKETBALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I WANTED TO READ THE LAST REVIEW SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON QUEEN CITY PARK. TOO MUCH OF VINES, DRUG DEALERS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND NOT A SAFE PLACE AT ALL. ESPECIALLY NOT THAT I WAS VICTORIA WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND IT IS A SAFE PLACE. CHRIST KITCHEN AT QUEEN CITY FROM 11 A.M. AND ONE P.M. WHITE POLICE ARE THERE DODOING SECURITY. ONCE THEY LEAE IS ANOTHER ISSUE. AND I DO WISH THEY COULD HAVE MORE SECURITY. IF THEY COULD HAVE SOMEONE IN A CAR LIKE A SECURITY GUARD AND DRIVE AROUND QUEEN CITY PARK FOR LIKE MAYBE TWO HOURS.THAT'S IT. I THOUGHT MY TIME WAS UP. THAT'S IT. AND THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. PATIENT PITS BACK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I KNOW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE
[C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WILL SPEAK TO THAT, I BELIEVE. WE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MONTH AFTER BRETT APPEARED AGENDA ITEM C. THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. DO I HEAR A MOTION OR ANY CHANGES?>> I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. >>, THE SECOND.
>> SO THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES HAS PASSED. BEFORE WE MOVED TO OTHER BUSINESS DO ANY OF THE PARKS COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WANT TO START OFF WITH?
>> I LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. ACTUALLY MCGEE IS NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION BOARD.
SHE HAS OFFICIALLY MOVED OUT OF STATE. SO THEREFORE THAT DISQUALIFIES HER TO BE A PARKS AND RECREATION MEMBER. WE WERE SENT TO SEE HER GO AND WISH HER WELL. SO THE CITY WILL ADVISE US ON HOW THAT POSITION WILL BE FILLED SO WE WILL HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON THAT IN A BIT. WE HAVE ONE VACANCY . THE CITY IS AWARE OF IT. THAT'S THE STATUS ON THE COMMISSION MEMBER. WITH
[D.1. Department Updates]
THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO MIKE. >> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND WELCOME BACK. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU WELL. HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A GREAT NEW YEAR'S AND WELCOME BACK. I DO HAVE A QUICK EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. ALEX ALLEGRO, HE IS THE SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER AND HE RECENTLY RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> DEFINITELY WORTH RECOGNIZING. RESPECTIVELY. ALEX IS DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US WITH SPORTS TOURISM. IN FACT HE WILL BRIEF US ON THE TAFT GAMES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK DATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE RECRUITMENT FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS. I THINK MOST OF YOU ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE YOU MET THE CANDIDATES. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT PROCESS DID NOT YIELD A CANDIDATE. SO I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT. SO WE ARE GOING BACK OUT, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO FIND A CANDIDATE
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FOR US. SO THE POSITION WILL BE ADVERTISED UNTIL FILLED HOPEFULLY STARTING NEXT MONTH.THAT IT WILL BE ADVERTISED THE PARKS DIRECTOR. IN THE INTERIM, I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS YOUR INTERIM DIRECTOR. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT. ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE I GO ON TO THE UPDATES? >> CAN YOU ADVISE US ON THE
VACANCY OF THE PARKS COMMISSION? >> YES, SO WE ARE IN THE NEXT UP FOR US IS TO WORK WITH OUR CITY SECRETARY. TO ESSENTIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT THE VACANCY IS THERE AND REQUEST APPLICATIONS. IT WILL BE AN OPEN PROCESS LIKE BEFORE WHEN THE CITY SECRETARY REQUEST APPLICATIONS TO SERVE ON THE PARKS COMMISSION. ONCE THE APPLICATIONS ARE TURNED IN, THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR SELECTION. SO, WITH HOPE TO WORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH TO FIND A CANDIDATE.
>> THANK YOU. >> AS TO QUEEN CITY PARK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE QUEEN CITY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CHRIST KITCHEN TO WRITE VITALIZE THE QUEEN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERALL. THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY IS TO REVITALIZE QUEEN CITY IN OUR OTHER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. AT OUR NEXT PARKS COMMISSION MEETING I'M HOPEFUL TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OR REPORT ON WHAT WE ARE DOING IN QUEEN CITY AS WELL AS QUEEN CITY PARK ITSELF. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR QUEEN CITY PARK. WHAT DO WE DO WITH QUEEN CITY
PARK. >> DID YOU GET THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU REQUESTED I BELIEVE IN
THE NOVEMBER MEETING. YOU WERE GETTING FEEDBACK. >> YES, MA'AM . WE RECEIVED ALL THE SURVEYS BACK. SO WE ARE COMPILING -- WE ARE AT THE FINAL STAGE OF COMPILING THE SURVEY RESULTS. SO WE SHOULD BE DONE THIS WEEK. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF SURVEYS FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING -- EXPRESSING WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE AT THE PARK. SO WE ARE COMPILING THE SURVEYS. AND I SHOULD HAVE A FULL REPORT FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.
IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES. SO, I WILL START HERE WITH THE AGENDA OR DISCUSSION ITEMS. I WILL, MYSELF GOT PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDERWAY OR WILL BE UNDERWAY SOON. THEN I WILL HAVE STEVE GALLAGHER, OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, GIVE US AN UPDATE ON RECREATION AND THEN ALEX, OUR TOURISM MANAGER, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING TAFT GAMES. FIRST THING TO UPDATE YOU ON ON REGARDS TO OUR MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IS THE RIVERSIDE DUCK POND. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FINAL PRODUCT. THE DUCK POND IS OPEN AND IS BEING USED BY A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PARK. TONS OF RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO THE DUCK POND. I WAS THERE SUNDAY AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THERE ENJOYING IT. IT IS OPEN FOR FISHING. SO YESTERDAY WE TOOK SOME PICTURES AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THAT WE HAD MANY RESIDENTS FISHING. ADULTS, AND KIDS. IN THE POND RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RAINBOW TROUT IN THE POND. TP WD IS THE STATE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. THEY PUT ABOUT 850 RAINBOW TROUT IN THE POND. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COME AND FISH AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE FISHED OUT BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT. SO, THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES SHOWING YOU OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ENJOYING THE DUCK POND. WE DO HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS. WE
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REQUIRE THAT ANGLERS HAVE A LICENSE IF YOU ARE 17 AND OLDER. 17 AND OLDER, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A LICENSE. IF FISHING LICENSE. IF YOU ARE UNDER 17, YOU NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. IN THE STATE, THE GAME WARDEN DOES PATROL THE AREA. TO ENFORCE THE LICENSE REQUIREMENT. SO PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE, IT'S EASY TO GET A LICENSE. AND WE ALSO ENCOURAGE ANGLERS TO ONLY BAG FIVE FISH. YOU CAN TAKE HOME FIVE FISH. MORE THAN THAT, JUST THROW IT BACK IN THE POND. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS NOT TO FEED THE DUCKS ESPECIALLY BREAD. WE PLAN TO HAVE A FEEDING DISPENSER FOR THE DUCKS. AT THE DUCK POND. SO TECHNICALLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT FEEDING BREAD TO THE DUCKS IS NOT VERY HEALTHY. IT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THE DUCKS. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS NOT TO FEED BREAD TO THE DUCKS. THE NEXT UPDATE IS ON THE RIVERSIDE BARK WHICH IS THE DOG PARK JUST LIKE THE DUCK POND, OUR RESIDENTS ARE ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH. I DO SEE, EVERY TIME AGO, I DRIVE BY THE PARK. I DO SEE RESIDENTS USING IT AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE. EVERYONE LOVES THE DOG PARK BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE THE DOGS COME AND MEET OTHER DOGS AND MAKE FRIENDS. SO IT'S A FANTASTIC PARK. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THIS DEATH WHO'VE WORKED ON IT AS WELL IS THE DUCK POND. WE ALSO MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GO TO THE DRIVING RANGE BUT IF YOU DO, YOU WILL SEE A NEW GOLF DRIVING RANGE MATT. IT'S AN ASTROTURF MAP. SO IN CASE IT'S TOO WET YOU CAN ALWAYS HIT THE GOLF BALL OFF THE MAT. WE INSTALLED THE DRIVING RANGE MATT ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AND IT'S BEING USED QUITE A BIT. THE OTHER IMPROVEMENT WAS THE GOLF CART PARKING LOT. IT'S BY THE DRIVING RANGE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PARKING BY THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE. WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING WAS NEEDED AT THE DRIVING RANGE. SO WE HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL AS THE GOLF CART PARKING. ALSO WE HAD AND OLD GOLF CART SHED AND WE DEMOLISH THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES. SO THE DEMOLITION ESSENTIALLY ADDED TO THE BEAUTY OF THE DUCK POND, WE FEEL. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO DID THE DEMOLITIONIN-HOUSE. IT SAVED US QUITE A BIT. >> I WOULD ECHO THAT REMOVING THAT GOLF CART BARN MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE VISUAL SURROUNDING THE DUCK POND. GOOD
JOB IN THAT. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO STEVE AND HIS STAFF FOR DOING THE DEMOLITION THEMSELVES. WHICH SAVES US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FROM HAVING TO HIRE A
CONTRACTOR. >> THE NEXT CAPITAL PROJECTS WE ARE WORKING ON IS THE ETHICAL LEE TRACY PARK IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE DOING PRIMARILY TWO THINGS AT THE ETHEL LEE TRACY. THE FIRST THING IS THE SPLASH PAD. REPAIRS. AS YOU KNOW THE SPLASH PAD HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE MAY.
SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS REPLACE THE TANK. THE SPLASH PAD TANK. THE CONTROLLER BOX AND THE UV TANK. WE RETAINED A CONTRACTOR OUT OF HOUSTON. TO DO THE REPAIRS. AND THEY WILL START CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIRS IN SPRING 2024. THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE IS TO START IT THIS MONTH AND I SHOULD SAY COMPLETE IT IN SPRING 2024. WE WANT TO GET IT COMPLETED BEFORE THE SPRING BREAK SO THE KIDS CAN ENJOY IT. SPRING 2024 IS WHEN IT WILL BE COMPLETE.
>> SO THEY SHOULD BE STARTING THIS MONTH? >> IT SHOULD BE STARTING THIS MONTH. WE HAD A PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR LAST WEEK. OUR ENGINEERING
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STAFF DID. INCLUDING MYSELF IN THE PARKS STAFF. AND THEY SHOULD BE STARTING THIS MONTH.AND THE WORK SHOULD TAKE 2-3 MONTHS TYPICALLY. THE OTHER IMPROVEMENT WILL BE A BATHROOM.
AS YOU KNOW ETHEL LEE TRACY PARK DOES NOT HAVE A BATHROOM. SO THE PLAN AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE YELLOW IS TO BUILD A BATHROOM. ABOUT 600 SQUARE FEET. IT WILL BE HIS AND HERS.
WE HAVE SECURED THE CONTRACTOR AND THE BUDGET IS 275,000 AND THE PLAN IS TO COMPLETE THE BATHROOM SUMMER 2024. THIS IS A QUICK VIEW OF WHAT THE BATHROOM WILL LOOK LIKE. IT WILL BE A BOYS AND MEN AND WOMEN'S BATHROOMS. SO IT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY CONVENIENT FOR THE PARK USERS. SO THE MEN'S BATHROOM WILL HAVE A URINAL AND A TOILET. AND THE FEMALE BATHROOM WILL HAVE A TOILET AS WELL AS A CHANGING SPACE FOR A TETHER. MAYBE SPIT
>> ONE TOILET IN THE WOMEN'S? >> 112 IN THE LIMITS. AND ALSO THE CHANGING -- AND A SINK AS WELL. AND A CHANGING SPACE IN CASE THEY HAVE CHILDREN WITH THEM.
>> IS IT ALSO ADA ACCESSIBLE? >> YES, IT WILL BE. >> MIKE, WHAT'S DRIVING THE
COST OF THAT? $275,000? >> YES. SO CONSTRUCTION COSTS OVERALL IS HIGH BECAUSE THE CURRENT ECONOMY WE ARE IN. BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT IT'S A SLAB. YOU HAVE TO BUILD A SLAB TO PUT THE BUILDING ON. THAT'S EXPENSIVE AS WELL AS RUNNING WATER AND SEWER TO THE SITE. SO IT GETS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE. IN FACT TWO AND $75,000 WAS A GOOD QUOTE COMPARED TO THE 435 THAT WE RECEIVED JUST TO BUILD THE SMALL BATHROOM TODAY. CONSTRUCTION TODAY IS VERY
EXPENSIVE. >> I COULD BUILD A HOUSE FOR THAT.
>> THOSE OF THE TWO IMPROVEMENTS AT FOB TRACY PARK. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THINK THE ETHEL LEE FOUNDATION FOR FUNDING THE PROJECT. ONCE AGAIN IT IS FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE ETHEL LEE FOUNDATION. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT SUPPORT -- THEY PROVIDED GREAT SUPPORT FOR ETHEL LEE TRACY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO THANK YOU TO THEM.
>> THE NEXT CAPITAL PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON IS THE RIVERSIDE SOCCER COMPLEX PHASE 2. I THINK WE WENT OVER THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AGAIN, THE PLAN IS TO ADD FOOD TRUCKS, TABLES, ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE SLAB. AS YOU CAN SEE THE SLAB ON THE SCREEN. THEN WE WILL ADD PARKING LOT AND SOME LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT AND SOME SAFETY MEASURES ALONG THE RED RIVER. CONSTRUCTION SHOULD ALSO START THIS MONTH. AND WE HOPE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BEFORE THE SOCCER SEASON STARTS. THIS SPRING. AND FINALLY WE PLAN TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SKATE PARK THAT IS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SKATE PARK. THE PARK RIGHT NOW HAS SOME BROKEN CONCRETE. SO IT ESSENTIALLY IS NOT COMPLETELY SAFE TO THE SKATERS BECAUSE THE CONCRETE IS BROKEN. THE PLAN IS TO RETAIN A CONTRACTOR TO REPAIR THE BROKEN SLABS OF CONCRETE THIS SPRING. WE HOPE TO START THIS SPRING AND IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO TO COMPLETE. THE OTHER PROJECT IS BROWNSON PARK. THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT. THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. CURRENTLY THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS OLD AND OUTDATED. SO WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET $250,000 TO REPLACE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND WORK SHOULD BEGIN THIS SPRING. THESE ARE THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE. FOR THIS SPRING. I GUESS, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE
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PROJECTS. AND ALSO -- AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS WEMAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION BACK TO THE DOG PARK. ON THE GATES WHERE YOU GO IN, IS THERE ANY PLAN TO PUT ANY KIND OF INSTRUCTIONS? A RESIDENT TOLD ME TODAY THAT THEY WERE VERY COMPLEMENTARY AND IT WAS LOVELY BUT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE. THEY DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET IN THERE AND WHY THEY SHOULD SHUT THE FRONT GATE BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THE SECOND GATE. ARE THERE ANY
PLANS HAVE ANYTHING AS FAR AS INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. >> YES MA'AM.
>> CAN I FOLLOW THAT UP ALSO. I'VE BEEN THERE AND THOUGHT THE SAME THING. THE FIRST GATE IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. AND WE HAVE A LITTLE DOG SO IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL BUT YOU HAVE TO LIFT UP THE LEVER. IT WAS LIKE, WHY DON'T THEY JUST HAVE A SIMPLE ARM THAT GOES UP AND DOWN LIKE
THE INNER GATE IS. OR INSTRUCTIONS. >> I THINK INSTRUCTIONS WOULD
BE MAYBE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN CHANGING LOT. >> IT'S GREAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NOTICED AS WELL. WE DO PLAN TO REPLACE THE GATE.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO REPLACE IT? >> YES. STEVE IS WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THE PLAN IS TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE IT SIMPLER AND ALSO HAVE INSTRUCTIONS. WE ARE LOOKING AT USING A SPRING GATE WHERE YOU JUST PUSH IT AND IT CLOSES BY ITSELF TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CUSTOMER.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE IT POSTED THERE TO PLEASE SHUT THIS GAIT -- OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WORD APPEARED BEFORE THE SECOND GATES OPEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT USED TO GOING TO DOG PARK'S UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS.
>> THAT'S VERY GOOD FEEDBACK. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTICED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE GATE. AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> OKAY. >> I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT -- AT ONE POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OR IS IT TOO LATE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE
CELEBRATED, THE DOG PARK AND THE DUCK POND. >> YES. WE DO PLAN TO HAVE A FORMAL RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE DUCK POND AND THE DOG PARK. AT THE DOG PARK, WE STILL HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT TO BE DONE WHICH IS TO BUILD THE ARCH WHICH IS THE ENTRYWAY SIGN. IN THE ENTRYWAY SIGN IS A COMMEMORATION TO EASY DRAIN. THE ENTRYWAY SIGN WILL HAVE BRICKS WITH NAMES OF DONORS WHO HAVE DONATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGN AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT. IT WILL ALSO HAVE THE AGILITY EQUIPMENT FOR THE ANIMALS. IT WILL ALSO HAVE A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING EASY DRAIN. SO CONSTRUCTION OF THAT ARCH IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS MONTH. AND ONCE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL RIBBON-CUTTING. BECAUSE THE FAMILY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE JUST A RIBBON-CUTTING WITHOUT HAVING A PLAQUE FOR EASY DRAIN AT THE ENTRANCE. SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT. SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE THE RIBBON-CUTTING IS PART OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN FEBRUARY. AND WILL HAVE A SIMILAR ENTRYWAY SIGN AT THE DUCK POND AS WELL. EXCEPT WE WILL NOT HAVE A PLAQUE FOR EASY DRAIN BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A CONNECTION THERE. SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RIBBON-CUTTING AT THE DOG PARK IN FEBRUARY, MARCH. AND FEBRUARY FISHER FOR THE DUCK POND. TO BE PART OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AGAIN, DUCK POND IN FEBRUARY. RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE DOG PARK MAYBE FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
DEPENDING ON WHEN THE SIGN IS DONE WITH A RIBBON-CUTTING. OKAY.
>> TO HAVE THE DATES FOR THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION? >> I DO NOT HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATES BUT WE DO HAVE THE CITY WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO AND IT HAS ALL THE DATE AND SO ON. I
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ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE CITY BICENTENNIAL WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THE LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT SOME KIND OF COVERING SHADE WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS RESEARCH THAT. BUT I HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU.
>> WONDERFUL. >> I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND IT WAS THE SAME KIND OF SET UP. THEY PUT CONCRETE SLAB PICNIC TABLE SO I PHOTOS OF THAT SO IF YOU ME TO, I CAN SEND YOU
PHOTOGRAPHS AND YOU CAN CONTACT -- IT'S DOWN IN SOUTH TEXAS. >> WONDERFUL.
>> SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME IDEAS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ROBERTS. THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU. AND PLEASE EMAIL IT OR SEND IT TO ME AND WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT AS A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR US TO USE. ASK STEVE GALLAGHER TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS.
>> GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. HOW ARE YOU ALL TONIGHT HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.
>> FOR THE RECREATION PROGRAMS I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOT EXAMPLE TO OUR PARKS TEAM AND HOW THEY HELP WITH SPORTS TOURISM. THIS WEEKEND WE HAD THE MAKEUP TOURNAMENT FROM THE VETERANS DAY SALUTE TO REMEMBER TOURNAMENT. AND WE HAD THREE INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEK. ONE INCH ON WEDNESDAY AND ANOTHER TWO INCHES ON THURSDAY. WHEN WE WOKE UP FRIDAY MORNING YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE PICTURES. AND THEY WERE LIKE, WELL WILL HE MAKE IT OR NOT? WE GOT 44 TEAMS COMING IN SOME OF THEM COMING IN AS FAR AWAY AS THE VALLEY. YOU CAN SEE BY 6:30 P.M. THAT NIGHT THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO PREPARE ALL NINE FEELS FOR THE ATONEMENT. SO IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER ATTENTIVENESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE TO HELP DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY THAT WHEN I WALK THE FIELDS YOU CAN WALK THEM AT 11:30 THAT MORNING AND THINK THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF OKAY CAN YOU GUYS WORK SOME OVERTIME AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. THEY WENT VERY FAST AND GREAT KUDOS BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME THINGS THAT THEY DO. WE DO THIS 40 TIMES PER YEAR WITH RAIN DURING THE WEEK AND DURING TOURNAMENTS. A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM AND THEIR EFFORTS AND HOW THEY CAN PUT INTO THE FIELDS AND WHAT THE TRANSITION LOOKS LIKE IN A HANDFUL OF HOURS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOMETIMES THEY ARE DOING IT AT 3:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING TO GET READY FOR TOURNAMENTS TO GO ON THE WEEKEND. SO JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH LABOR INTENSIVE IT IS FROM THE RAINS TO GET A FIELD READY FOR GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS.
>> THAT IS REMARKABLE. THANKS FOR THE BEFORE AND AFTER. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES. THE BEFORE AND AFTER REALLY HELP SO I APPRECIATE
THAT. >> IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE PHOTOS BUT IT'S GREAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO BE RESPECT RECEPTIVE AND JUMP IN AND GET THERE INTO IT AND
GET IN THERE AND GET AFTER IT. >> NO PHOTOS. OKAY SO THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO UPDATE YOU THEN WITH THIS FOR THIS MONTH IS SOME OF YOU KNEW THAT IN DECEMBER WE DID THE HUNTER SAFETY PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER WITH THE HUNTER SAFETY. WE GOT A SECOND CLASS COMING UP. AT THE END OF THE MONTH WILL OFFER ANOTHER HUNTER SAFETY EDUCATION CLASS. THAT WILL BE HELD OVER AT THE SUN VALLEY RANCH AND ON OUR WEBSITE THE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HUNTER SAFETY EDUCATION CAN SIGN UP THROUGH THE PARK WEBSITE. AND THEN A SELECT FEW OF THOSE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY TO DO THE SECOND HUNT. WILL TAKE ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX CHILDREN OUT FOR A SECOND OPPORTUNITY. AND THE PORT DECIDED TO PARTNERSHIP WITH US AGAIN. THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE SKILL FOR PEOPLE TO GET. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS ENOUGH FOR THE TWO HUNTS THIS YEAR. AND EXPAND ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN AND LIKED FOR US FOR THAT. ALSO THEN I HAD SOME PARADE ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE PICTURE WITH IT. YOU CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PICTURE AND SEE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PARADE. WE START WITH 130 FLOATS THAT REGISTERED. WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 127 BY THE TIME THEY SHOWED UP AND CAME.
BUT DEFINITELY A GOOD NUMBER. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AND HOUR AND 45 FOR THE PARADE AND WERE HAPPY WITH THAT TIMEFRAME AND BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT MANY FLOATS. A RECORD NUMBER OF FLOATS WITH LESS CARS AND VERY VERY WELL LIT. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THE PARADE. VERY GOOD EXCITEMENT THAT WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR ESPECIALLY WITH DALEY PLAZA BEING DONE SO WE ARE EXCITED TO ADD THAT BACK TO THE FEATURES
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OF THE PARADE FOR THAT. THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED AND YOU CAN SEE THEM ON A WEBPAGE IF YOU HAVEN'T FOR THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND SOME PICTURES OF THAT AS WELL. THEY DID LIFESTREAM IT AND YOU CAN WATCH IT AGAIN IF YOU MISSED IT AS IT WAS RECORDED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FULL TEAM NOW OF THREE RECREATION CORNERS. AT THE END OF NOVEMBER CHARISSE CRUZ CAME ON BOARD TO HELP ELIJAH RAMOS. HE HAS A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR ELIJAH. WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE PUBLICLY AND THEN AT THE END OF DECEMBER WE BROUGHT ON JOSHUA MUNOZ. HE CAME OVER FROM THE YMCA SO A LOT OF YOUTH EXPERIENCE. FOUR YEARS WORKING OVER THERE AND MANAGEMENT EXPENSE. WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON BOARD. AND GET SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS GOING FOR US HERE IN 2024. AND INTEGRATING IT WITH YOU GUYS.SO IF YOU SEE STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE MASTER PLAN AS WELL, WE CAN HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE COORDINATORS THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND GET OUT THE TOURNAMENTS WE THE NEED FOR ADULT OR YOUTH AND PROGRAMS FROM THE NATURE ACTIVITIES OR FITNESS ACTIVITIES AND WHATEVER THE SKILL SETS NEEDED IN THE COMMITTEE, THESE ARE THE THREE COORDINATORS THAT WILL BRING THAT TOGETHER FOR US AND SHOOT FOR THOSE TARGETS IN 2024. SO WE'LL TAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS WELL ON THAT FOR THAT. BUT THOSE WERE THE THREE HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAVE A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT COMING UP THIS MONTH ACTUALLY THIS WEEKEND THAT WE HAVE AND YOU WILL SEE YOU HV COLLEGE WILL START PLAYING BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AT THE Y SC AND RIVERSIDE STATED AND THE BS ID PROGRAMS WILL START. WE HAVE TWO HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT PLAY AT RIVERSIDE STADIUM ALSO. WE WILL KICKOFF IN FEBRUARY WITH OUR SPORT SEASON THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THE GENERAL SEASON IN AUGUST. VERY BUSY AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE RAIN DAYS ON THE FIELDS BUT JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT RECREATION UPDATE WITH YOU TODAY.
>> MIGHT, I HAVEN'T COME UP. >> NOT MIKE. STEVE. I TALKED TO MIKE ABOUT IT AS A SIDEBAR.
LAST YEAR THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE YMCA HOURS FOR OPEN SWIM HOURS FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA RESIDENTS. LAST YEAR WE MET WITH BUT ALBER AND HE CAME HERE VERY GENEROUS. A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. CAN SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF PLEASE MEET WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE THE CITY COULD GET MORE SWIM HOURS AND 2024 AT BETTER TIMES. I KNOW WHEN HE RESENTED IT LAST YEAR TO US WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD DO BETTER IN 2024. IT'S A CONVERSATION.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M WHERE THAT CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE. I WAS AT THAT
MEETING AS WELL. WE DEFINITELY WILL FOLLOW-UP. >> THINK.
>> AND JUST WANT TO ASK ALEX TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SPORTS TOURISM.
>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. THIS WEEKEND WE WILL HAVE OUR 2024 TAFT GAMES. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR WE WILL BE HOSTING THE TAFT GAMES. I WILL RUN DOWN THE LIST OF SPORTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AND TALK ABOUT THE SECOND WEEKEND HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY. THE FIRST WEEKEND WE HAVE ARCHERY, CORN HOLE CAUGHT DISC GOLF, SWIMMING AND WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL. ARCHERY WILL TAKE PLACE IN SOUTH TEXAS OUTDOORS IN YNEZ. THEY START FRIDAY NIGHT 6:00 P.M. UNTIL 10 P.M. SO I WILL BE OUT THERE HORSING AND HELPING WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR TO CONTROL THE CREDIT WENT UP. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THERE TIME START AT 9:00 AND A BREAK FROM NOON UNTIL 1:30 AND START THE SECOND ROUND AT 2:00 P.M. LAST YEAR THEY HAD ABOUT 60 COMPETITORS AND I SPOKE WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR THERE TODAY! SHE HAS 81 PARTICIPANTS.
SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. SHE'S REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. IT'S GREAT IT SHOWS THAT TYPE OF SPORT IN THIS AREA IS VERY POPULAR. THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FORCE TOWARDS TOURISM. NEXT WILL BE CORN HOLE. CORN HOLE WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON JANUARY 13TH AND 14TH. DOORS OPEN AT 10:00 A.M. IN THE TOURNAMENT ITSELF WILL START AT 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY IS A LONGER DAY GOING UNTIL 10:00 P.M. AND SUNDAY THEY SHOULD FINISH AT 6:00 OR 7:00 P.M. LAST YEAR 18 SINGLES AND 12 DOUBLES. I SPOKE WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AS OF THIS MORNING AND THEY SAID 15 SINGLES AND 10 DOUBLES BUT HE EXPECTS THAT NUMBER TO BUMP UP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BECAUSE HE'S TAKING REGISTRATION THURSDAY NIGHT SO HE EXPECTS MORE PARTICIPANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THAT EVENT. NEXT WE WILL HAVE DISC GOLF. THAT WILL BE A ONE-DAY TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY AT RIVERSIDE DISC GOLF COURSE. STARTING LIKE A CAM AND SHOULD END AT 6:00 P.M. THAT DAY. MR. THEY HAD ABOUT 50 COMPETITORS COUNTING AS MUCH COMPETITORS ON THEIR WEBSITE I CHECKED THIS MORNING. 72 COMPETITORS. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING AS
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WELL SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE SWIM MEET AT THE AQUATIC CENTER ON JANUARY 13TH AND 14. THAT'S TWO DAYS AS WELL. I'M WAITING FOR TAFT TO POST THEIR FINAL SCHEDULE ONLINE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL START AT 8:30 A.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BOTH.LAST YEAR 600 SWIMMERS AND SPEAK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM TAFT LAST WEEK, HE SAID THEY HAD OVER 600. WE SHOULD MEET OR EXCEED THOSE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR. WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY WE WILL CHEER BASKETBALL AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WILL ALSO BE JANUARY 13TH AND 14. START TIME FOR THOSE DAYS ARE 9:00 A.M. ON BOTH DAYS. LAST YEAR THEY HAD FOUR TEAMS AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE SIX TEAMS. LOOKS LIKE EVERY SPORT THAT WE HAD WILL GROW OR EXCEED THE NUMBERS FROM LESTER. A COUPLE TEAMS TRAVELED FOR THE WHEELCHAIR BEST MONTH AND TWO ARE FROM OUT OF STATE. THAT'S COOL. AND THE OTHER ONE TO SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON THE CORPUS. A GOOD MIXTURE OF OUT-OF-TOWN AND EVEN OUT-OF-STATE SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS POSTED ON WEDNESDAY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND THE PARKS WEBSITE. THEN I ALSO WILL PROVIDE A LINK SO IT TAKES YOU STRAIGHT TO THE TAFT WEBSITE ITSELF. ONE NOTICEABLE CHANGE ABOUT THE GAMES. PICKLE BALL DID NOT MEET ITS REGISTRATION. I SPOKE WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAD IT AND IT HAS BEEN GOOD. BUT AS WE HEARD EARLIER, PICKLE BALL IS GROWING IN TALKING WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR D÷RER, HE DID NOTICE THERE'S A LOT MORE TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEKEND AND THERE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THIS TOURNAMENT THAT HE WAS HOSTING IS NOT A SANCTION PICKLE BALL EVENT WHILE THE OTHER ONES HE WITNESSED AROUND THE STATE LIKE AN CORPUS IN HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO AND SOME IN CENTRAL TESTED OUR SANCTIONED EVENTS AND TAKEN PLACE ON ACTUAL PICKLE BALL COURTS BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PURPLE PICKLE BALL COMMITTEE, THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR SAID THEY ARE VERY PARTICULAR AND LIKE TO PLAY ON PICKLE BALL COURTS DID BECAUSE ONLY BASK WHILE COURT, THEY SAY ABOUT THIS FUNNY OR DOESN'T GET ENOUGH BOUNCE. SO THERE'S MORE OTHER SISSIES INVESTING IN PICKLE BALL COURTS. SO WE NEED TO SEE WHAT OTHER R CITIES ARE DOING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE VICTORIA A DESTINATION FOR PICKLE BALL. AND ALSO HE HAD ABOUT FOUR DIVISIONS SCATTERED. HE HAD A COUPLE REGISTRATIONS BUT THEY WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET ENOUGH TEAMS. SO WE WILL MEET UP AGAIN AND I WILL MEET UP WITH HIM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MEET NEXT YEAR. THAT'S ONE THING WE NEED TO LOOK INTO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PICKLE BALL IN VICTORIA. PICKLE BALL
COMMITTEE IS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT PICKLE BALL COURTS. >> THEY JUST WANT A COURT. I AGREE THAT THEY ARE PARTICULAR. I MAY PICKLE BALL PLAYER AND I PLAYED ON A COURT THAT'S NOT A REAL COURT. I PLAYED THE HEALTH PLEX AND IT'S NOT REALLY BIG ENOUGH. BUT IT'S LIKE IF YOUR BASKETBALL PLAYER, YOU WANT A COURT THAT'S THE RIGHT SIZE. AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IF
YOU'RE PLAYING BASEBALL, THEY WANT A FIELD THAT'S NOT WET. >> WE AGREE. AND I'VE TALKED TO MIKE ABOUT DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF PICKLE BALL COURTS. AND LOCATION AND DESIGN AND ALL THAT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TALKS WE HAD AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE FOR FUTURE PURPOSES. IN THE SECOND WEEKEND IN TAFT WILL BE FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH 25TH. THREE SPORTS. A FLAG FOOTBALL WHICH WILL BE THE 24TH AND 25TH. GOLF AT THE RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE. A ONE DAY JUST ON SATURDAY. AND A YOUTH FAST PITCH TO AT THE YC 24TH AND 25TH. I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND THE FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND HE SAID REGISTRATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ALREADY. HE SAID A GOOD AMOUNT TEAMS HAVE ARTIST SIGNED UP EXPECTS IT TO BE A GOOD TURNOUT. GOLF WILL BE OVERLOOKING THAT TOURNAMENT AND I WILL CATCH UP WITH ORLANDO ON THAT AND THEN THE YOUTH TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR IS ACTUALLY DIRECTOR AT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND. HERRITY HAS 30 TEAMS SIGNED UP. SO HE EXPECTS IT TO HIT AT LEAST 50 OR MORE SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT TURNOUT AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I
HAVE FOR THE TAFT GAMES FOR THIS YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? >> A GREAT JOB. THIRD YEAR IN A
ROW AND IT'S GOING. >> AND I DON'T IF YOU'RE AWARE WE GOT TAFT EXTENDED US TWO MORE YEARS TO HOST THE GAMES SO WE WILL HAVE IT IN 25 AND 26. WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WANT TO RETAIN SOME OF THE SPORTS WE GOT BUT ALSO LOOKING WHAT NEW SPORTS WE CAN ADD. NOW THAT HAVE A YEAR UNDER MY BELT AND GETTING MORE DATA SECURED SO I CAN HAVE MORE TIME THIS YEAR TO SEEK OUT DIFFERENT SPORTS A DIFFERENT TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS TO GET DIFFERENT SPORTS HERE AS
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WELL. IT'S BIDED ABOUT THIS YEAR BUT SAID THAT 25 AND 26 FOR SURE.>> THANK YOU. >> NO BAY PRESS CONFERENCE THIS FRIDAY TO ANNOUNCE THE KICKOFF OF THE TAFT GAMES. IT WILL BE 2:00 P.M. AT THE AQUATICS CENTER. IT WILL INCLUDE THE MAYOR AND THE TAFT STAFF. 2:00 P.M. THIS FRIDAY AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX. ANYTHING ELSE >> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TODAY
MADAME CHAIR. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF WHAT YOU'VE
HEARD TODAY? YOU GUYS ARE BUSY. VERY BUSY. >> AND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU FOR PULLING
THIS TOGETHER AND WORKING IT. >> I'M VERY LUCKY. I HAVE A GREAT STAFF. AN ADMIN STAFF
WITH JESSICA WELCH. >> SHE IS AMAZING. >> SHE KEEPS A STRAIGHT.
[E. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
>> SHE KEEPS A STRAIGHT YOUTUBE SO WE APPRECIATE YOU JESSICA, SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON FOR NEXT MONTH?
>> I HAVE SOMETHING. IT'S RIDICULOUS. SOMEBODY ASKED ME ABOUT IT. SO THERE'S A SECTION IN THE PARK THAT IS ONE WAY BY THE STADIUM. BY THE BASEBALL PARK.
>> YES. YES. >> CAN THAT BE CHANGED? I'M SURE IT IS A CITY RULE.
>> WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER LOOK AT IT. >> IF YOU EXIT THAT PARK IN A
CERTAIN WAY YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT LUKE COULD >> I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE WILL HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER LOOK AT IT. AND SEE IF
IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT A TWO-WAY. >> IF I COULD JUST GET SOME ANSWER. IF IT'S NOT, IT'S NO BUT JUST WANT TO GET THIS GOT MY BACK. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
HORRIBLE. >> I LIKE THE ONE WAY. I LIKE RIDING MY BIKE THAT WAY. IF YOU SAFER. OTHER THAN THE MAIN ROAD. BUT THAT'S ME. BUT THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO KNOW WHY IT
WAS DECIDED FOR THAT. >> WILL HAVE ENGINEERS LOOK AT THAT.
>> AND WHENEVER YOU GET IT, IT'S FINE WITH ME. >> WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND
REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT MEETING
IS FEBRUARY 12TH. ASSUMING THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY. >> YES.
>> THAT THE NEXT MEETING. AND WITH THAT, HE HERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? A
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