[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> WELCOME, EVERYONE TO THE APRIL 14TH MEETING OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR, HOW ARE YOU?
[C. Approval of Minutes:]
>> I'M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? >> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST UP IS THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. I SEE THAT NO ONE IS PRESENT FOR THAT ITEM. WE WILL MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW? DO I HAVE A
MOTION TO ACCEPT? >> I SO MOVE. >> SECOND. NEARLY ALL THOSE IN
[1. YMCA of the Golden Crescent Inc.]
FAVOR? >> AYE. THE MOTION CARRIED. ITEM D, OTHER BUSINESS.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, TODAY WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA. WE ARE FIRST GOING TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE YMCA AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO RESTROOM BEST PRACTICES AS WELL AS A DEPARTMENT UPDATE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU. WITHOUT ANYMORE FOR ME, I GIVE YOU MR.
BUD ALBER WHO IS HERE FOR THE AQUATIC UPDATE. >> THANK YOU, LISA. MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. I'M GLAD I AM IN FRONT OF THE RESTROOM DISCUSSION. I PUT A LITTLE POWERPOINT TOGETHER FOR YOU. I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SPICE IT UP AND MAKE IT NOT SO BORING WHEN WE GET NEW NUMBERS AND I KNOW, FINANCIALLY, YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT BORING. FIRST IS A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE Y. THE FIRST INDOOR POOL IN THE U.S.
WAS AT THE BROOKLYN Y IN NEW YORK IN 1885. 14 FOOT BY 45 FEET BY FIVE FEET. IT WAS JUST A BODY OF WATER, IT WAS UNFILTERED, IT JUST SAT THERE. THEY DID NOT CLEAN IT MUCH. I THINK EVERY WEEK THEY WOULD DRAIN IT AND CLEAN IT AND IT GOT TO BE KIND OF A CESSPOOL WITH BACTERIA AND STUFF FLOATING IN THERE. THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY BACK AT THAT TIME WERE LIKE, NO, DO NOT GO TO THE POOL. BUT IT TOOK THEM 25 YEARS TO COME UP WITH THE FIRST INDOOR FILTERED POOL WHICH IS IN KANSAS CITY AT THE Y. A GENTLEMAN KIND OF DEVELOPED THE RIM FOR THE POOL AND WHICH WAS IN 1909. IN 1910 WE SAW THE FIRST FILTERED POOL. IN KANSAS CITY. SO, THE SECOND POOL THAT WAS BUILT WAS IN DETROIT IN 1886. AT THE END OF 1886 THERE WERE -- INDOOR POOLS IN THE COUNTRY. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, DO YOU NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THOSE PICTURES? MEN IS WINE. THEY ARE NAKED, THEY ARE NOT WEARING ANYTHING. AT THAT TIME, THEY THOUGHT THAT ANY CLOTHING THEY WORE INTO THE POOL WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE POOL WITH THE FILTER SYSTEM. THEY DID NOT ALLOW CLOTHING. WHEN THEY STARTED ALLOWING WOMEN IN, THEY ALLOW CLOTHING AND THAT WAS NOT FOR SOME TIME. AN INCIDENT IN LINCOLN NEBRASKA, I WAS A DIRECTOR AT THE Y IN LINCOLN AND I HAD A GENTLEMAN COME UP TO THE FRONT DESK, A VISITOR, OLDER GENTLEMAN, CHECKED IN . OUR POOL WAS ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL. HE WENT DOWN THE STAIRS. WALKED BY THE FRONT DESK, CHECKED IN, WENT DOWNSTAIRS. I HEARD THIS BIG SCREAM FROM THE POOL. OUR POOL WAS BELOW STREET LEVEL AND WE HAD WINDOWS ALL ON THE STREET. THIS GENTLEMAN HAD NOT BEEN TO THE Y IN YEARS AND WALKED OUT ONTO THE POOL DECK NAKED. FEMALE LIFEGUARDS, SHE SCREAMED. HE SCREAMED ALSO. THAT WAS IN THE LATE 80S. IN AUGUST OF 1891, I'M SURE YOU ALL HEARD THAT THE Y INVENTED BASKETBALL. INVENTED IN 1891 IN SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE. A PLACE WHERE YMCA DIRECTORS WENT TO LEARN TO BE Y DIRECTORS.
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CREATED BASKETBALL. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST WATER FOOTBALL GAME WAS PLAYED
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AT SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE. NINE PEOPLE PER SIDE. WHICH WAS THE SAME THING FOR BASKETBALL A FEW MONTHS LATER. I WAS IN AUGUST OF 1891. AT SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE. THAT WAS BEFORE WATER POLO. THE Y HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE INVENTED OR WERE PART OF WHAT WAS -- LESSONS. A GENTLEMAN FROM CANADA WHO WENT TO THE DETROIT Y IN 1909 AND CAME UP WITH GROUP SWIM LESSONS. A LOT OF DRYLAND TRAINING FOR THE KIDS. THE FIRST THAT DID GROUP SWIM LESSONS FOR THE Y. IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.THERE IT IS. WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING. WE CURRENTLY MANAGE FOR THE CITY OF -- FOR EDNA FOR POINT COMFORT, AND BAY CITY AND THERE ARE TWO IN BAY CITY. WE WILL BE MANAGING THIS THIS SUMMER. ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME, BAY CITY AND ATLANTIC COUNTY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING AN AQUATIC CENTER TO ATLANTIC CITY. WE HAVE SECURED THE FUNDING, IT WILL BE A $15 MILLION AQUATIC CENTER AND WILL HAVE A COMPETITION POOL PLUS A THERAPY POOL AND THEN AN OUTDOOR RECREATION SLIDES FUND TYPE THING. FOR THE KIDS. THAT IS LAID IN THERE, THEY ARE HOPING TO PUSH THROUGH THIS SUMMER AND IT WILL BE OPEN LATE 2026 OR EARLY 2027. IT WILL BE QUITE THE CENTER. WE CAME IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND AS WE WILL SEE TONIGHT AND AS YOU WORK WITH AQUATICS, YOU CANNOT MAKE A POOL BREAK EVEN OR MAKE MONEY. HOW DO YOU DO IT? YOU HAD OTHER PROGRAMS TOO. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, BASICALLY BRING ANOTHER Y PROGRAM. WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND SOME OTHER SMALL PROGRAMS IN BAY CITY. FOR US, IT IS ALL ABOUT SAFETY AROUND WATER. AS YOU SEE THIS STATISTIC, YOU KNOW. CAUSING DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGES ONE THROUGH FOUR. AN UNINTENTIONAL DEATH FROM AGES 5 TO 14, THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE CDC. WITH HOW MUCH WATER IS AROUND HERE, WE HAVE THE GOLF CLOSE HERE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT KIDS LEARN HOW TO SWIM. PLUS THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BE SAFE AROUND WATER. HOW DO I APPROACH OTHER BODIES OF WATER. THAT IS A LITTLE HISTORY.
A LITTLE FYI. THESE ARE THE FINANCIALS IN YOUR PACKET. I PRESENTED THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. AND THEN I HAVE ADDED 23 AND 24. 2023 WE RAN A DEFICIT OF OVER 119,000 AND THEN IN 2024 WE
ACTUALLY GOT IT DOWN TO 89,000. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? IT IS LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER.
>> IT IS KIND OF A GIVEN. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NOT PUTTING POOLS IN ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PROGRAM IT ENOUGH AND MAKE ENOUGH MONEY WITH MEMBERSHIP TO OFFSET THE COST TO RUN A POOL. SO, IT IS A LOSS LEADER TYPE THING. IT IS GOING TO LOSE MONEY, HOW CAN WE MAKE
YOU LOSE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE? >> THE VARIANCE NUMBER, I WAS
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JUST GOING THROUGH THAT. IT REFLECTS A POSITIVE NUMBER THAT IS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE NUMBER,IS THAT CORRECT? >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? IF YOU LOOK AT 2024, WE ACTUALLY LOST 89,000 146 AND WE ARE BUDGETED TO LOSE 52. A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ANTICIPATED. -36.
SOME WE DO NOT LOSE AS MUCH AS IS BUDGETED. MOST THE TIME, WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE. NEXT IS AN UPDATE ON THE UTILITIES AND KIND OF THE OVERHEAD . 2023 AND 2024, WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
2023 WAS UP A LITTLE BIT. 117,000 AND THEN 2024 WE BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN TO 103,000 FOR UTILITIES INSURANCE, ADMIN. INSURANCE WAS A BIGGIE. TWO OR THREE, THREE YEARS AGO.
INSURANCE WENT UP $150,000 FOR THE WHOLE ASSOCIATION. WE WENT WITH ANOTHER INSURANCE CARRIER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN THAT $150,000. THAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE YOU SEE BETWEEN 23 THREE -- 2023 AND 2024. WE HAVE RENEWED FOR THIS YEAR. WE OPERATE WHAT WE CALL SEND CRAFT PLAZA. IT IS A MIXED USE OF THE Y IS THERE AND WE ALSO HAVE TRACTOR SUPPLY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE LEASING. OUR INSURANCE CARRIER SAID THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER NONPROFIT AND SO NOW WE HAVE HAD TO SPLIT UP AND OUR INSURANCE HAS GONE UP AGAIN. NOT THAT MUCH. BUT STILL, IT HAS GONE UP THIS YEAR. THIS SLIDE I HAVE ADDED FOR YOU. IT IS, HOW DO WE MAKE MONEY? WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? IF YOU LOOK AT THE AQUATICS DEPARTMENT, GOING BACK TO 2017, SWIM LESSONS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT. OTHER THAN 2020 WHEN COVID, WE WERE NOT OPEN THAT MUCH. THAT WAS A DOWN YEAR. SWIM LESSONS KIND OF REBOUNDED AND CAME BACK UP WHEN WE WERE BACK TO 23,000 IN 2024. ENTRANCE FEES, THEY KIND OF STRUGGLED. AFTER COVID, THE NEXT YEAR WAS KIND OF LOW. 12,000. WE DID GET IT BACK UP TO 20 IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. THEN WE WERE BACK DOWN AGAIN TO -- LESS KIDS COMING TO THE POOL. WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? WAS IT COLDER THAN NORMAL? THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT TOO ARE RENTALS. RENTALS WERE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY ALSO. WE ARE STILL LOOKING, OKAY, WHAT DID WE DO DIFFERENTLY? WHAT IS GOING ON? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? THE OFFSIDE POOL IS THE REVENUE WE GET IN
THE POOL. BAY CITY AND -- FINANCIALS. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT. THIS
IS FOR THE VICTORIA AQUATIC CENTERS. >> JUST THE MIX RANCH IN EDNA.
>> IS THIS A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE AND REVENUE WILL DECREASE OVER TIME?
>> I HOPE NOT, I HOPE THAT WE WILL BOUNCE BACK ON ENTRANCE FEES. SWIM LESSONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. THE OTHER THING THAT DOES AFFECT US IS TURNOVER. ESPECIALLY IN A FEW CATEGORIES FOR US. CUSTODIAL, TRYING TO FIND JANITORS AND AQUATICS. YOU ARE HIRING LIFEGUARDS AND SWIMMING STRUCTURES AND WE ARE ONLY OPEN SO MANY MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THEM IS TOUGH. SO, WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
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FROM THE BOARD WAS THAT THEY LOOKED AT OUR SALARY AND WAGES AND OUR SALARY AND WAGES HAVE GONE UP EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE, AS AN ASSOCIATION THOUGHT, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY OUR PEOPLE WELL AND THAT WE TRY AND KEEP THEM. AGAIN, WE ARE COMPETING WITH CHICK-FIL-A AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE PAYING THOSE KIDS A LOT MORE THAN WE CAN PAY THEM. A LIFEGUARD IS A HECK OF A LOT MORE RESPONSIBLE JOB AND A TOUGH JOB THAN BEING AT A COUNTER. LIFE AND DEATH IN THAT POSITION. OUR WAGES HAVE GONE UP THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE DO HAVE A NEW AQUATICS -- SHE WAS HERE LAST YEAR BUT SHE IS HERE NOW FULL-TIME, WE HOPE WITH HER THAT SHE WILL IMPACT THAT. YOU SEE THAT, YOU SEE THAT IN CHILD CARE, AND PROGRAMS, YOU GET GOOD PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM AND ARE CONSISTENT. THE NUMBERS WILL GROW. THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC THEY GET COMFORTABLE WITH AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE OPERATE AND THEY CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. WE ARE CHALLENGING HEATHER TO BRING THESE NUMBERS BACK, GIVE MORE LESSONS AND GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE POOL. NEXT SLIDE IS THE SCHEDULE. THAT IS OUR PROJECTED SCHEDULE FOR THIS COMING SUMMER. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 25 HOURS OF OPEN SWIM. WE ARE HONORED TO BE THE PUBLIC POOL AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE THE PUBLIC POOL AND WORK WITH YOU TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATES AS POSSIBLE AND TRY AND TEACH AS MANY SWIM LESSONS AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM TO AFFECT THAT CHANGE. WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONE OTHER LONG-TERM GOAL THAT I HAD, HAVE, IS HOW CAN WE KEEP THAT POOL OPEN YEAR-ROUND? THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO PUTTING A STRUCTURE OVER AND. WE HAVE KIND OF BEEN GOING THROUGH THOSE. AND LOOKING, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? HOW CAN WE KEEP IT OPEN YEAR-ROUND? THIS YEAR, BRINGING THAT BACK SO IF WE BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN.THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THERE IS THE SCHOOL AQUATIC CENTER WE ARE COMPETING AGAINST AND SOME OTHER
SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS. AND THE CITIZENS TOO. YES SIR. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR INFANTS. I KNOW THERE IS A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OF TRAINING VERY SMALL CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY START AT TWO OR THREE MONTHS TO DROWN PROOF THEM. THERE IS A PROGRAM IN COLLEGEVILLE. THEY DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS. 7:30 TO 8:00 SLOT OPEN. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER OR SHOULD CONSIDER?
>> I WAS IN ORLANDO FLORIDA. THE PERSON THAT STARTED THAT PROGRAM WAS FROM THERE. WE RAN IT IN OUR BRANCHES. I HAVE FIELDED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE YES, IT TOOK THEM SIX MONTHS AND YOUNGER. THE WAY THAT PROGRAM DOES, IT PUTS THEM IN THE WATER AND THROWS THEM IN WATER AND KIDS START SCREAMING. EVERYONE THINKS THAT YOU ARE DOING SENDING BACK TO THOSE KIDS. WE LOOKED INTO THAT. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO GET A PERSON CERTIFIED TO TEACH THAT. AND WE DID LOOK AT THAT AND WE DID HAVE ONE THAT I THINK SHE WAS CERTIFIED AND SHE STILL MAY BE HERE IN VICTORIA, THAT WAS TEACHING THAT. I'M TRYING TO
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REMEMBER, ISR IS THE ACRONYM. >> SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. >> IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM. WE HAD 34 TESTIMONIALS ABOUT, FROM PARENTS, WHO WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND LATER BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN ORLANDO HAS A POOL IN THE BACKYARD, OF THE KID FALLING IN THE POOL AND SAVING THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT. THEY TEACH THE KID HOW TO ROLL AND GET TO THE SIDE.
AND THEN THEY ALSO TEACH THEM, THEY PUT THEM IN CLOSE AND PUT THEM IN THE POOL FULLY CLOTHED AND THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT ALSO. THEY DO THAT WITH CLOTHING BECAUSE NORMALLY THE KID, THE TODDLER WILL HAVE CLOSE ON WHEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY FALL INTO THE POOL. THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM. WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND DO THAT. IT WAS EXPENSIVE FOR THE PARENTS TOO.
IT WAS NOT CHEAP. >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT COSTS. A FRIEND OF MINE RUNS THE
PROGRAM. I WENT TO THE GRADUATION LAST YEAR. >> IF YOU HAVE THE NAME, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE Y AND TEACH PARENTS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID, I WAS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS FROM WHAT WE HAD.
>> DO YOU STILL OFFER LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATIONS EVERY SUMMER WHICH PROGRAM.
>> YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF LIFEGUARDS COMING BACK THIS YEAR. IT IS ALWAYS TOUGH TO RETAIN THOSE. PART OF THAT IS THAT WE ARE PAYING THEM A LOT BETTER.
>> IT IS A WHOLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY TO GO TO THE Y AND GET CERTIFIED FOR THE CARDS I WORK
ALL SUMMER. >> THEY CAN TAKE THE SYNDICATION WITH THEY GO, THEY CAN GET A JOB AT THE POLLS OUT THERE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SOME MONEY. AT SOME POINT, OPEN
YEAR-ROUND AND KEEP THEM EMPLOYED ALL YEAR-ROUND. >> A CONTACT FOR THE ISR PROGRAM
IS PAULA CUNNINGHAM. I CAN GIVE YOU THE PHONE NUMBER AFTER. >> CAN YOU SEND THAT TO ME? GIVE THAT TO LISA, THE INFO, SHE CAN SEND IT TO ME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. EVERY YEAR WE LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE Y IS DOING GIVEN THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A CITYWIDE POOL. IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE OPEN SWIM IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN GET OUT THERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> LIKE I SAID, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE THE COMMUNITY POOL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE COMMUNITY POOL. PR, TELL PEOPLE TO COME TO THE Y. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE, I CANNOT GO TO THE Y BECAUSE IT IS THE Y. IT IS A PUBLIC POOL. WE TELL PEOPLE THAT. HOPEFULLY WE
CAN GET THE NUMBERS BACK UP. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2. Restroom Best Practices]
>> ALL RIGHT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. SO, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SEGMENT WHICH IS OUR RESTROOM BEST PRACTICES. KING MARTIN WHO IS THE PARK SUPERVISOR WILL BE PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TODAY. WE TO HAVE YOU
HERE. >> HELLO. WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER PARK RESTROOM FACILITIES BEST PRACTICES. PROCEDURES THAT ARE ACCEPTED AS BEING CORRECT. THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR NEW BATHROOM. ON THIS SLIDE HERE, OUR PARK FACILITIES, HOW MANY RESTROOMS WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 RESTROOMS WITHIN THE PARKS FACILITIES. THE MEN'S HAD 23 URINALS AND A TOTAL OF 19 INAUDIBLE ] WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE OTHER PARKS. THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT THESE RESTROOMS LOOK LIKE. SO, THAT IS JUST A FEW PICTURES. THE NEXT SLIDE IS
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OUR SPORTS FACILITY RESTROOMS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE SPORTS FACILITIES WITH 17 RESTROOMS FOR THE MEN, TOILETS AND URINALS. 28 TOILETS FOR THE WOMEN'S. MORE TOILETS FOR THE SPORTS FACILITY THEN WE HAVE OUT IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. THE ONE PICTURE , TITLES. BEST PRACTICES ARE TYPES OF HOUSECLEANING. OR HOUSEKEEPING, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, PROGRAM SUPPORT, SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE GUIDELINES UNDERNEATH BEST PRACTICES THAT WE TRY TO FOLLOW. SO, FOR HOUSEKEEPING, I'M NOT USED TOHEARING MYSELF TALK. I'M SORRY. >> KIM HAS BEEN WITH US 25 YEARS AND WE JUST CELEBRATED HER 25 YEARS. SHE IS OUR EXPERT WITH THIS.
>> WITH HOUSEKEEPING, KIND OF WHAT WE USE FOR OUR CLEANING RESTROOMS A CLINICAL THAT IS CALLED HD Q C2. A HOSPITAL GREAT DISINFECTANT THAT KILLS BROAD-SPECTRUM MICROORGANISMS. WE DO NOT USE BLEACH, BLEACH IS VERY CORROSIVE. HE WILL EAT THE STAINLESS STEEL. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED, THEY DO NOT GET A BRUSHED DOWN ENOUGH AND IT EATS EVERYTHING UP PRETTY MUCH. THIS IS WHAT WE DO AT OUR SPORTS FACILITIES, THEY GET CLEANED ONCE PER DAY. WE TRY AND GET THERE IN A COUPLE HOURS WITH EACH EVENT. WE BRING EXTRA PEOPLE FOR THE TOURNAMENTS TO HELP MAINTAIN THOSE RESTROOMS AND TO KEEP CHECKING THEM. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, A SHORT SHORT LIST OF WHAT WE DO FOR A MONTH LIKE PRESSURE WASHING, FIXING FIXTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BIWEEKLY IN THE SAME FIELD FOR THE SPORTS FACILITY, THEY COULD USE A LOT MORE THAN THE OTHER ONES DUE TO TOURNAMENTS, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, YOU WANT TO GO ROUND AND WE CHECKED THINGS, WE MAKE LIST, FIX MAJOR THINGS THAT WE CAN FIX AND JUST REVIEW THE FACILITY ITSELF, DO SOME PAINTING, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP IT UP. WE WILL DO GRAFFITI REMOVAL ON A DAILY BASIS. WE RECENTLY JUST TODAY HAD GRAFFITI IN A RESTROOM, IT IS IMMEDIATELY PAINTED OVER AS SOON AS WE GET NOTIFIED THAT WE HAVE IT. I AM ON MY LAST SLIDE WITH THE BEST PRACTICES, PROGRAM SUPPORT . I DON'T KNOW, IF I WANT TO READ THIS SLIDE TO YOU GUYS. PROGRAM SUPPORT, THE SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS, THAT IS JUST KIND OF HOW WE WORK OUR THINGS.
WORKING WITH OUR BUDGETS, THAT IS HOW WE GOT -- WITH SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THAT HELPS US ALSO PLAN TO BUDGET FOR MAJOR REPAIRS AT SOME OF OUR RESTROOM FACILITIES. SO, THAT IS KIND OF
WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE. >> HOW DO WE BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED POPULATION WITH THE NEEDS OF KEEPING OUR RESTROOMS CLEAN?
>> I KNOW THEY USE OUR RESTROOMS. SOMETIMES THEY USE THEM TO SLEEP IN AT NIGHT AND WHEN THE GUYS GET THERE, WE WILL CALMLY ASK THEM TO LEAVE. A LOT OF RESTROOMS ARE NOT LOCKED. WE CANNOT REALLY CONTROL UNLESS A POLICE OFFICER COMES IN AFTER PARK HOURS TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
THEY STILL USE THEM. IT IS A PUBLIC RESTROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF I AM REALLY ANSWERING THE
QUESTION. >> THE RESTROOMS, WHAT ARE THE HOURS AVAILABLE FOR THE
RESTROOMS ON THE SQUARE? >> I WOULD HAVE TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER. I KNOW THAT MY GUYS GO
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THERE ON SATURDAYPROBABLY OPEN AROUND 7:00 A.M. I AM NOT SURE WHO GOES BACK AND LOCKS THEM.AUTO LOCKS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AT THIS TIME FROM WHAT I AM AWARE OF. I'M NOT SURE DURING THE WEEK WHAT TIME THEY ARE OPENING WERE ACTUALLY LOCKING THEM. YEAH, MAIN STREET ACTUALLY
CONTROLS THAT. BUT WE CAN FIND THAT OUT. >> DID EVERYBODY CATCH THAT? MAINTAINED BY THE MAIN STREET PROJECT DURING THE WEEK AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT
MAINTAINED THEM ON THE WEEKENDS. >> DO YOU THINK IT IS A PROBLEM
WITH THE HOMELESS? ARE YOU HAVING A PROBLEM? >> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THAT I AM AWARE OF, IT IS NOT CONSTANT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DOWNTOWN. I HAVE NOT HEARD THEM COMPLAIN OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOMELESS DOWNTOWN. WE GET A FEW AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND A FEW OTHER BATHROOMS IN THE PARK. OH, LIKE CLEANING SUPPLIES? SHE IS TALKING ABOUT INVENTORY. I WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE PROCEDURE AND HOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THE BATHROOMS. WHEN THEY GO TO THE RESTROOM THEY SHOULD PICK UP ALL THE TRASH, REMOVE ALL THE TOILET PAPER, TAKE THE CHEMICAL THAT WE USE TO CLEAN WITH AND TOTALLY SPRAY DOWN EVERYTHING, THE TOILETS, THE WALLS, THE FLOORS AND IT HAS TO REMAIN ON SERVICE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO TOTALLY DISINFECT. THEN THEY WOULD WASH IT DOWN, SCRUB OUT THERE TOILETS, THEIR SINKS, DRY THE TOILET SEATS AND PUT FRESH PAPER INTO THE RESTROOMS. THE RESTROOMS IN THE PUBLIC PARKS WE DO NOT HAVE PAPER TOWELS THAT. THE REASONS FOR THAT IS THAT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WILL TAKE ALL THE PAPER TOWELS AND SHOVE THEM IN THE TOILET AND CAUSE DAMAGE OR A GIGANTIC CLOG. THE SPORTS FACILITIES WE DO HAVE PAPER TOWELS OR A HAND DRYER. IT SEEMS TO BE MORE, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ISSUE. WE HAVE HAD HAND SOAP IN THE BATHROOMS, PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND THE PARK ONES, THEY WILL TEAR THEM RIGHT OFF THE WALLS. WE HAVE A DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN A FEW OF THE RESTROOMS, THEY ONLY LAST A YEAR BEFORE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY BEAT THEM UP. WE HAVE HAND DRYERS THAT SAY COMMUNITY CENTER PARK RESTROOM, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR NEWER RESTROOMS BY THE SPLASH PAD. THIS ONE HERE. WHEN IT CAME, IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE NEW ONE, TRACY BUILT-IN HAND DRYERS, THEY HAVE BEEN STOLEN AT LEAST TWO TIMES AT A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS A PIECE, THEY WILL TAKE THEM RIGHT OFF THE WALL. WE DID TRY LOGGING THE ONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER SPLASH PAD AND ONLY OPENED IT UP DURING THE SPLASH PAD HOURS BUT THEN THE PEOPLE FROM THE TENNIS COURTS AND THINGS NEED TO OPEN IT AND USE IT TOO. IT REMAINS UNLOCKED.
ALL OF THE RESTROOMS ARE UNLOCKED ALL NIGHT LONG. THAT IS KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE
RESTROOMS. >> COULD YOU GIVE US THE -- YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW
MANY RESTROOMS ARE USED TO PEOPLE. >> WHEN WE DO SPECIAL EVENT IT IS USUALLY 100 TO ONE FACILITY. WE TOOK THAT NUMBER AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND STUFF EVEN THOUGH THE DAILY BATHROOM IS THERE, IF WE START HAVING 2000 TO 5000 PEOPLE WE ADD PARLANCE TO THE AREA BECAUSE TO SERVICE THAT MANY PEOPLE, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD
NUMBER TO GO BY. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOT. THANK YOU, THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> THAT'S IT? >> I'M HAPPY. >> YOU ARE HAPPY? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GUYS. TO THE RESTROOMS AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX ARE A LOT CLEANER NOW. SO, THANK
YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, KIM. I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. THAT IS OUR FIRST ONE, HER FIRST PRESENTATION. I TOLD HER TO WARM UP. SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. KIM TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR FACILITIES AND HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM HER ABOUT OUR PARK MAINTENANCE DIVISIONS AND HOW
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THEY OPERATE EACH DAY. WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE YOU ALL PLUGGED IN AND UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH PRIDE WE TAKE IN OUR WORK. I AM AMAZED BY THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IS REQUIRED IN ONE GIVEN DAY.VEHICLE ASSIGNMENTS, UNIFORM ORDERING FOR OUR PARKS. IT IS AMAZING, KUDOS TO HIM AND HER
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TEAM, THREE CREW LEADERS THAT ARE LEADING THE CHARGE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT, WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT UPDATE. LUCKILY, MR. ROLANDO IS HERE TO GIVE USUPDATES ON HADA. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, THAT WAS NOW TWO WEEKS AGO, APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE SIXTH. THIS YEAR WAS THE THIRD YEAR OF OUR INITIAL AGREEMENT TO HOST FOR THREE
YEARS. TO TELL US WHAT THAT IS. >> I'M SORRY. AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION. PLAYERS SUCH AS TIGER WOODS AND OTHER GUYS YOU SEE ON THE PROFESSIONAL TOURS THAT ARE HOSTED ALL OVER THE U.S.. THEY DO HAVE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS. I DON'T HAVE THE STATS FROM THIS YEAR YET. THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE HAVE HAD ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THAT ARE PLAYING AS WELL AS ANYWHERE FROM 11 TO 15 DIFFERENT STATE THAT ARE REPRESENTED AS WELL. A GROUP OF KIDS THAT ARE TRAVELING TRYING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH PROFILE EVENTS PLAYING AGAINST BETTER PLAYERS. IT IS GREAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST BETTER COMPETITION, GOOD FOR THEM GETTING INTO COLLEGE AND LOOKING AT MOVING INTO THE NEXT STEP OR NEXT LEVEL OF GOLF. AJGA HAS ONE OF THE GREAT STATISTICS THAT THEY LIKE TO USE, THEY PUT 95% OF THEIR KIDS THAT ARE ACTIVE INTO SOME TYPE OF COLLEGE PROGRAM. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ALL PLAY AT UTA. ANY LEVEL OF COLLEGE, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE ACTIVE AND PLAYING SOME TYPE OF COLLEGE GOLF AT SOME LATER -- LEVEL. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT AJGA THEM AFTER THEY RUN THE EVENT THEY TRY AND DO EVERYTHING THROUGH AS MANY SPONSORS AS THEY CAN. AT THE END OF THEIR EVENT, ANY NET PROFIT THEY SEE FROM THEIR EVENTS GOES BACK TO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT KIDS THAT ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY IN THEIR EVENTS BUT CANNOT FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM, I DO NOT KNOW THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY FEED THROUGH THEIR EVENTS. BEING ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE YOUNGSTERS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAN THESE EVENTS BUT DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO THAT. WE HAVE HAD AJGA FOR THREE YEARS. WE RECENTLY JUST RE-SIGNED A NEW THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT. THAT WAS PASSED THROUGH THE MARCH 17TH COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOST THE TOUR THROUGH TEXAS REVIEW. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EVENT. WE SEE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, I DO NOT HAVE THE UPDATED NUMBERS YET FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT, WE HAVE SEEN CITY $5000 OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE ARE SEEING FROM HOTEL STAYS. AJGA IS GREAT ABOUT PROVIDING THESE NUMBERS TO US. THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF QUESTIONING OUR KIDS AS THEY SIGN IN AND REGISTER FOR THEIR EVENTS WHEN THEY ARE HERE IN TOWN. WE ARE SEEING ABOUT 450 -- FROM THAT EVENT. THE EVENT ITSELF IS A THREE DAY EVENT, THEY PLAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, 96 PLAYERS ACTUALLY GET INTO THE EVENT AND THAT IS CUT TO THE TOP 60%. THOSE KIDS ARE THERE FOR THE WEEK. THE THURSDAY OF THAT WEEK THEY HAVE AN OPEN QUALIFIER. ANY KIDS THAT ARE NOT INVITED TO THE EVENT BASED ON THEIR STAR RATING OR THE NUMBER THEY HAVE PLAYED THEY CAN OPENLY TRY TO QUALIFY FOR THE EVENT. THERE IS TYPICALLY 18 OR 24 SPOTS OR SO IF THEY CAN WIN A SPOT INTO THE EVENT. ON THAT THURSDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPEN QUALIFIER. THIS YEAR THEY HAD 70 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WE HAVE OFFICIAL PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR ANY OF THE KIDS THAT DO NOT WANT TO PLAY IN THE QUALIFIER OR WHAT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE EVENT.
THAT THURSDAY IS THE ONLY DAY WE ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED FOR THE EVENT. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, WE ARE OPEN FOR THE EVENT. SO, YEAH, WE HAVE RE-SIGNED. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EVENT FOR US TO HOST. IT IS AWESOME TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HAVING INTERNATIONAL KIDS, THESE GUYS ARE ALL REALLY GOOD. THEY ARE NOT OUT THERE MESSING AROUND. KIDS SHOW UP THE
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WEEKEND BEFORE THE EVENT, THEY ARE OUT THERE AND AN EXTRA FOUR DAYS, THEY ARE HITTING GOLF BALLS, PLAYING THE COURSE. IT IS A FUN EVENT YOU HAVE. IT IS GREAT TO BE ON THEIR RADAR, GREAT TO HOST AND HAVE THEM ASKING US. ASKING US SINCE THE END OF LAST YEAR TO SIGN A NEW AGREEMENT. AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE LITTLE PIECES TO THAT, MAKING SURE THE CALENDARS WORK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE FINALLY GOT THAT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM FOR THENEXT THREE YEARS OR SO. ANY QUESTIONS? >> CONGRATULATIONS. THAT WAS
GREAT. >> THANK YOU. >> WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OCCASIONS ON THE GOLF COURSE. I REALLY SHOWS OFF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE IN VICTORIA. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE STEVE COMES UP AND GIVES US THE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE RECENTLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION RIGHT QUICK. THOSE HOTEL STAYS, 300,000. THAT IN THE FUTURE WILL
HELP PAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY CENTER UPGRADE, CORRECT? >> I WAS THINKING THE SAME
THING. >> I DO BELIEVE SOME OF THAT FUNDING WILL COME FROM HOTEL STAYS. THAT 300,000 IS NOT AN IMPACT. SPENDING IT, STORES, FOOD, A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE
THINGS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HURRICANE AND DISASTER CONFERENCE THIS FELT LIKE A GOOD TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE CAPACITY LEVELS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER ARE RISING. 788 ATTENDEES, THAT WAS THE CHAIR COUNT. ALL OF THE FULL REGION CAME JUST FOR THAT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. WE COVERED EVERYTHING FROM BORDER SECURITY TO COMMUNITY TERRORISM, PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS, MANY TEAM MEMBERS WERE A PART OF THIS CONFERENCE. WE BROKE OUT INTO BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN THE ROOMS THAT YOU PROBABLY FREQUENT WHICH ARE THE ANNEX AND THE DOME. IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO SEE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING EVENTS OF THIS SIZE MOVING FORWARD. I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
PARKS FACILITIES AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE PURE >> WERE THOSE FAMILIES FROM ALL
OVER SOUTH TEXAS? >> ALL OVER. WE HAD SOME FROM DALLAS AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGER ONES THIS YEAR. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO IT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IT IS A BIG
EVENT. >> IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF STEVE -- HE DID. HE WON ANOTHER BACKPACK. JUST LUCKY. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME, I KNOW, EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT I GET MORE AND MORE EXCITED. ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO BRING ON SOME QUALITY CANDIDATES. OUR VACANCIES ARE JUST ABOUT FINISHED. WHEN I SPOKE A FEW MONTHS BACK WE WERE LOOKING AT A SPORT TOURISM AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR. MR. JERRY ORTIZ, HIS FIRST DAY WAS TODAY. I TOLD HIM TO TAKE A BREAK FOR THE DAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GOT HIS FEET WET. WE DID THE COMMUNITY CENTER MASTER PLAN MEET AND GREET TODAY AND HE WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO OTHERS. WE WILL BE SEEING HIM AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING AND HE WILL COME TO SHARE A FEW THINGS. ALSO WE HAVE A NEW RECREATION COORDINATOR WHO WILL TEAM UP WITH MR. ELIJAH RAMOS WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO YEARS. WE ARE EXCITED FOR HIS EXPERIENCE COMING TO THE TABLE. HE IS ALSO VERY INTO THE ADULT SPORT LEAGUE AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD SOME INSIGHT THERE. AND THIS HAS BEEN DAY THREE FOR HIM.
OH GOODNESS. EIGHT DAYS. THEY ARE SETTLING RIGHT IN. IF YOU EVER WANT TO STOP BY AND SEE THEIR OFFICE SPACE AND GIVE THEM A HIGH-FIVE, WE ARE ROOTING THEM ON. WE HAVE A NEW CREW LEADER.
WE DESIGNED A POSITION TO ADD A NEW CREW LAY, HIS NAME IS COLTON HEART. JOSHUA JR. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CALL HIM JJ , WE DO NOT KNOW THAT YET, WE THINK THAT IS A REALLY COOL NICKNAME. THESE
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SOME GREAT THINGS GOING FORWARD. >> THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. YES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT UPDATES. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME A SECOND. PARDON ME. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THE RIGHT ONE. MY APOLOGIES. LET'S SEE THIS ONE. THAT ONE SAYS IT'S YOU.
IT'S OKAY, I WILL GET IT PULLED UP. GO AHEAD. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO PULL THAT SLIDESHOW OFF HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. I WILL GO THROUGH THE SECOND PART OF THAT SLIDE.
BECAUSE THE FIRST PART IS ON THE MORE EXCITING PICTURES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW PURELY BEGET THAT HERE IN A SECOND. FOR SOME STUFF THAT IS COMING UP NEXT YEAR, AS WE MOVE INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER TIMEFRAME, WE DID TALK AND HAVE A MEETING WITH ENGINEERING. THE MULTI USE -- OVER OFF RED RIVER WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE AT, THEY DO PLAN TO START AFTER THE SEASON IN LATE MAY, EARLY JUNE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER SLAB WILL HAVE DEMOLITION TO REMOVE -- FOR FUTURE PARKING ENHANCEMENTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THAT IS ON THE RADAR FOR THE ENGINEERING TEAM. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ENHANCE PARKING OVER THERE OFF OF RED RIVER FOR EVERYONE'S USAGE, FOR EVENTS AND STUFF. ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR GRANT TEAM AS WELL AS WITH OUR PARKS SUPERVISOR, KIM, ALONG THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THERE ARE 118 DIFFERENT LIGHTS. A LOT OF THEM ARE THE OLDER HEAT COMPRESSION TYPE LIGHT. WHEN THEY COME ON DUSK TO DAWN OVER THERE. THE LIGHTBULB IS AN AGING LIGHTBULB AND IT IS NOT THAT L.E.D. MORE EFFICIENT LIGHT. WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A LIGHT AND INSTALL IT ON ONE OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE START REPLACING MORE OF THEM THAT THIS NEW L.E.D. LIGHT WILL WORK. WE FOUND ONE THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL FIT. NOW WHAT KIM WILL BE WORKING ON WITH THE GRANT TEAM, THROUGH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM THERE WAS A GRANT TO HELP FUND THOSE ACTUAL LIGHTS NOW. ABOUT HALF THE TRAIL. THAT WILL BE VERY HUGE FOR OUR TEAM TO START PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. IT IS ROUGHLY AROUND $27,000 TO GET LIGHTS FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE LIGHTS. AND
THE OTHER HALF OF THOSE LIGHTS. >> ARE THOSE SOLAR?
>> THEY ARE ALL ELECTRIC L.E.D.S. DEFINITELY IN ANY OF THE PARKS IN GENERAL, NINE LIGHTS THERE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE WITH PINE STREET PARK. ANYTHING THAT WE TRY TO DO WITH LIGHTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EXPLORING TO DO, FOR SURE. THANK YOU. HERE WE ARE INTO PAGE TWO OF THE SLIDE. HIKE AND BIKE, TRYING TO DO THAT WITH THE UPDATED ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITHOUT. THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LOCATION OF THE NEW LOCATION NORTH OF THE PUMPHOUSE. AND SO WE ISSUED TO MAG URBAN ENGINEERING SOME DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS ON THE FIRST OF APRIL. NOW WE WILL START HAVING MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH THESE DESIGN CONCEPTS. THIS IS WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE ON THE EXIT FOR ROAD ACCESS. NOTE THAT THESE ARE CONCEPTS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PRACTICALITY AND THAT AREA OF THE RIVER DOES FLOOD IN THAT AREA AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
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KAYAKERS AS WELL AS STAFF TO MAINTAIN AFTER A FLOOD. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT SPACE OVER THERE VERY CAREFULLY. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AND PINPOINTED AS ONE OF THE BEST POINTS AS THE RIVER WRAPS AROUND THE BEND THERE. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FLOOR OF THE WATER AND HOW IT GOES THROUGH THERE TO NOT AFFECT THE DOCK OR THE TEMPORARY DOCK THAT WOULD BE THERE OR A FLOATING DOCK AND THEN ANY TYPE OF WALLS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE U.S. CORE OF ENERGY -- ENGINEERS AS IT GOES OUT THROUGH THE PUMPHOUSE. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STUDY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IN THE RIGHT SPOT. JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD BE THERE. THAT PROJECT WILL START BEING IN PLACE NOW TO START US GOING ON THAT PROCESS. AND THEN AS WELL THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HOW WITH THE WALKING TRAIL WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR APPROVAL AND THAT SHOULD COME OUT IN A FEW -- HERE. IFTHERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE PROJECTS. >> OKAY, PERFECT, AWESOME. NOW WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR CIP IMPROVEMENTS. THE FIRST THING IS KUDOS TO THE GOLF COURSE TEAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF AND STUFF TO IDENTIFY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT THE GOLF COURSE. MANY OF YOU, IF YOU GO TO THE DUCK POND, THERE ARE TWO USES FOR THAT AMENITY, THE WALKING TRAIL, THE FISHING, BEING ABLE TO GO THERE AND HAVE EVENTS AND TAKE PICTURES FOR GRADUATION, SMALL WEDDINGS, SO ON AND ET CETERA. ALSO WORKS TO IRRIGATE THE GOLF COURSE. IN ORDER TO IRRIGATE THE GOLF COURSE AND KEEP US GOING, WE NEED TO SERVICE THE WELL PUMP AFTER ABOUT 35 YEARS. IF YOU GO TO THAT LITTLE GREEN BUILDING THERE OFF TO THE SIDE HOUSING THE MOTOR AND THE SYSTEMS ELECTRONICS AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE POND IS THE ACTUAL WELL AND THE WATER HOW IT COMES INTO THE SMALLER POND THERE. WHEN THEY SERVICE THAT STARTING IN JANUARY, THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAN OUT THE SLEEVE WHERE THE WATER WOULD COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND LOOK AT THE PUMP AND THE WIRES AND THE ELECTRICAL THAT GOES DOWN TO ACTUALLY USE THAT. FOR ME, I AM PRETTY GEEKED OUT ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WATERWORKS AND HOW WE JUST HAVE STORAGE CONTAINERS AND STUFF, ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY WENT DOWN AND DID THE SCOPE AND DID THE PUMP, THEY FOUND IN THE SLEEVE THERE WERE SOME CRACKS AND SEDIMENT COMING IN THAT CREATED SOME BLOCKAGE AROUND 75 FEET UNDERGROUND. ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THROUGH THAT AND GET THE CAMERA ALL THE WAY DOWN, 320 FEET DOWN. IT IS SUPER COOL JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS AND WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THE SPRING WATER TO NOT ONLY MAKE THE RECREATION OF THE DUCK POND AND SERVICE THE GOLF COURSE THAT WE HAVE. IT IS REALLY COOL TO DO THAT AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT RESOURCE. IT HELPS TO OFFSET COSTS, WE ARE NOT BUYING CITY WATER FOR THE GOLF COURSE. IT IS IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AND GREEN IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION IS THAT THIS IS A 15 HORSEPOWER MOTOR THAT BRINGS WATER INTO THE POND BUT IF WE NEEDED TO DO MUCH LARGER WATER RECIRCULATION TO JUST START FROM SCRATCH THE FAIRWAYS AND GREENS, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO REFILL THE POND FASTER TO BUILD A SERVICE FASTER AND WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ADDING ANOTHER WELL SOMEHOW INTO THAT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL -- THIS SYSTEM AS IT IS SHOULD LAST US QUITE A FEW YEARS. IF WE WANTED TO DO FUTURE PROJECTS TO REALLY ENHANCE THE PROJECT MORE WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL SYSTEM WHICH WILL WORK AS A BACKUP ANYWAYS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ROLANDO AND THE TEAM ON THE GOLF COURSE TO HELP US WITH THE GOLF
COURSE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. >> THE WELL PUMP HAS BEEN
APPROVED? >> THIS IS THE FIX. IT IS ALL DONE. IT WAS JUST FINISHED MAYBE
THREE WEEKS AGO. >> I'M CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THE COST OF THAT?
>> THE ORIGINAL INSPECTION WAS AROUND $12,000 AND THE ACTUAL REPAIR WAS AROUND $50,000, JUST
UNDER $50,000. >> LET ME ASK YOU, NEVERMIND. WAS IT MORE EFFICIENT TO BUILD A
NEW WELL? >> THE BRAND-NEW WELL WHAT HAVE BEEN AROUND $250,000.
>> REALLY EXPENSIVE. >> RIGHT. ORLANDO TOO, IF WE GET A SUPPLEMENTAL WELL IT WILL BE
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LESS. BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE DID NOW FOR THE $60,000, $70,000, THE $250,000 WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SPENT ON A SECONDARY WELL BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE THE CAPACITY DOWN TO 320 FEET. THAT LIFESPAN IS ABOUT, 15 YEARS. THIS WELL AT 15 HORSEPOWER WILL LAST 10-15 YEARS. IT JUST DEPENDS THE 10-15 YEARS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE GOLF COURSE FOR FUTURE REPAIRS AND EXPANSION AND REPLACING THE ENTIRETY OF THE SYSTEM AND THEN WE WOULD APPROACH THAT. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, AWESOME. PINE STREET IS AT 806 EAST PINE STREET. ONE OF THE THINGS, I BROUGHT A LITTLE NUGGET FOR YOU GUYS TODAY. PINE STREET, PROPERTY -WISE, ONE OF THE OLDEST PROPERTIES WE HAVE IN THE PARK SYSTEM. IF YOU GO BY BAILEY ON PLAZA, MEMORIAL SQUARE, THE ORIGINAL PROPERTIES IN THE 1820S AND STUFF, QUEEN CITY IN 1908 AND THEN RIVERSIDE PARK BETWEEN THE 1930S AND 1940S AS IT CAME IN. THIS ONE HERE WAS ACQUIRED IN 1935. ORIGINALLY AROUND SOME LAND AT THE VICTORIA NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY. TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME TYPE OF ASSEMBLY HALL THERE. THE CITY IN 1935 WAS TALKING ABOUT CONVERTING THE GROUNDS INTO A PARK SPACE. WITH WORLD WAR II, THOSE PLANS WERE PUT ON HOLD. NOTHING OCCURRED UNTIL 1968, THE PROPERTY, TWO ACRES THERE TURNED OVER TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, 1989, HE CAME BACK INTO THE CITY HANDS. DATE AND TIME, THE PARK FOR US GOING BACK TO 1989 DOES NOT SEEM THAT OLD. GOING BACK TO SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND THE HANDS IT MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED IN THE LAST 90 SOME YEARS, I WANT TO PASS ONTO SOME NUGGETS ABOUT THAT FOR THE PARK. IF YOU GO OUT TO THE CURRENT SITE AND GO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, THE WESTSIDE, EAST STREET, WEST SIDE OF THE PARK.BUT, THE PLAYGROUND THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE, IN 2010, WAS MUCH LARGER. YOU CAN KIND OF MAYBE SEE MORE OF THE OUTLINE OF WHERE THE POOL WAS AT THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAD.
SOMETIME IN 2013, THE FOUNDATION WAS KIND OF REMOVED. STILL THE POOL WAS THERE. ALMOST LIKE AN HOURGLASS FIGURE OR SHALLOW WATER ENTRY TO THE POOL INTO THE DEEP END AND ANOTHER PLAYGROUND WAS PUT IN. RIGHT NOW IN ITS CURRENT STATE EVEN THOUGH IT IS 11 YEARS OLD, 12 YEARS OLD, IT ONLY HAS A TIRE SWING, ONE SMALL SWINGS AND ONE SMALL CLIMBER. NO -- PLAY AND NOTHING FOR BABIES.
NOTHING THAT IS REALLY CONCRETE OF A PLAYGROUND. WE IDENTIFIED THIS WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN STUDY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IT THE PARK, LET'S TARGET THIS ONE NEXT. NOW HERE WE ARE ON PINE STREET PARK. THE IMAGE HERE IS THE DESIGN PROCESS, THIS IS A $362,000 PROJECT THAT WILL GO IN TOMORROW EVENING. SEVERAL STAGES OF THIS PROJECT. ONE, THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND IN ITS CURRENT STATE THAT PROVIDES PLAY FROM 2-12 YEARS OLD. A PRETEND PLAY SHOP, SWING SET FOR TODDLERS AS WELL AS KIDS AND THEN, THE MOVEMENT CHALLENGE GAME, THIS PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE REMOVED OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. AND WILL BE PUT IN THE PINE STREET SIDE OF THE STREET. TWO THINGS ABOUT THIS, ONE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED PLAY WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. WE WILL NOT BLOW UP THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND UNTIL WE KNOW WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE IN, THAT ENSURES THAT THERE IS FREE PLAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE HAVE TURNED THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND SPACE INTO GREEN SPACE AS WELL.
THAT HAS TAKEN THE PLAYGROUND OF THIS PROJECT AND MOVING IT AND MAKING IT BIGGER. THE CORE ABOUT THIS PARK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PINE STREET IT HAS SIDEWALK ON ALL THE WAY AROUND, PLENTY OF OFFSTREET PARKING AND IS CAPABLE FOR MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT. THE BASKETBALL COURT THERE WILL BE POWER WASHED, CLEAN, PUT SOME LINES ON IT. THERE IS ALREADY A SOCCER GOAL OUT THERE, THE SOCCER GOALS WILL BE REPLACED OUT THERE. THERE IS ONE BATTING CAGE. MANY YEARS AGO THERE USED TO BE TWO BATTING CAGES. USE SMALLER KIDS. THAT BATTING CAGE
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NEVER GOT REPLACED AFTER BEING DAMAGED FROM A CAR WRECK. WE DETERMINED TO PUT A BATTING CAGE, WE WILL END UP PUTTING TWO. ONE ON THE CORNER OF ASH AND GOLDMAN AND ONE ON THE CORNER OF ASH AND EIGHTH STREET. ALL THREE CORNERS WILL HAVE PLAYING SERVICES FOR KICKBALL, T BALL OR TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AGAINST AND BE IN THERE ALONG WITH THE SOCCER. AS THE YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS ARE OUT THERE USING IT, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE DID, WHERE CAN TEAMS GO TO PRACTICE? THIS WILL ANSWER THAT, THEY HAVE A PLAYGROUND TO PLAY WITH ALL OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, THIS IS A BIG WIN ALL AROUND. CURRENTLY, THREE SOLO LIGHTS THAT WERE PLACED OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. THOSE WILL BE REPOSITIONED TO EACH OF THEBATTING CAGE AREAS. JUST FOR MORE SECURITY AND SAFETY. >> YOU ARE SAYING BATTING CAGES,
BACKSTOPS? >> GOOD CORRECTION, THE BACKSTOPS. NOT LIKE A CAGE OR NOTHING. A BACKSTOP. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CORNER OF PINE AND GOLDMAN, YOU CAN SEE THE SAME BACKSTOP CAGE WILL BE THERE FOR THAT. EACH OF THE SOLAR LIGHTS WILL BE POSITIONED FOR SECURITY AND STUFF. NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED FOR EVENING PLAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY WILL BE THERE FOR BETTER LIGHTING VISIBILITY. WE ARE WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY GRANT TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL SOLAR LIGHTS AT THAT PARK TO COVER THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE PLAYGROUND. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, IF YOU GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, NONE OF THOSE PADS THAT ARE OUT THERE HAVE SHADE EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE ON GOLDMAN AND PINE BECAUSE OF THE TREES. THE ONE ON ASH AND EAST WILL GET SHADE COVERS SO THERE WILL BE A PURPOSEFUL SHADE STRUCTURE PUT UP FOR PARENTS TO SIT AT A PICNIC TABLE WELL THEY HAVE THE PLAY GOING ON. ABOUT NINE DIFFERENT ASPECTS GOING ON THERE AT THE PARK. THEY REALLY TRANSFORM WHAT THE PARK AND PLAYGROUND IS. WE ARE EXCITED TO ROLL THIS OUT HERE. WE EXPECT TO BE DONE BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET DONE BEFORE SEPTEMBER. REALLY COOL STUFF AND AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE THROUGH THE -- PROGRAM THROUGH BURKE. THE BRANSTON PARK, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT VENDOR AND STUFF. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT FROM THEM AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE AND ASSISTANCE.
REALLY HAPPY TO ROLL THIS OUT. WHEN YOU GUYS COME OUT AND WE OPEN THIS THING OUT AT THE RIBBON CUTTING WE WILL HAVE A MOVEMENT CHALLENGE. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THAT ONE. THE OTHER THREE THINGS ON THE LIST AS WELL, CONTINUING TO WORK DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY, WORKING THROUGH THE WALKING TRAIL AND SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY PROJECT AND THE SOLAR LIGHTS, TWO THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, IF NOT GRANT, TWO SOLAR LIGHTS PUT IN AT PINE STREET. AS WELL AS THE PARK AND SPLASH PAD, NOTHING TO REPORT ON THAT. WE ARE STILL WRAPPING THAT DESIGN CONTRACT UP. WE WILL BE STARTING SOME MEETINGS AT THE GOLF COURSE. ORLANDO AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THAT TEAM WILL BE WORKING TO DO SOME EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LOOK AND HOW TO SPRUCE UP THAT AREA. AND SOME SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY AND OTHER THINGS. HE WILL START TO HEAR FROM US COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THAT WILL GIVE MORE STUFF FOR ORLANDO TO TALK ABOUT. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TAKE THOSE NOW
FOR THOSE PROJECTS. >> AS YOU REDO SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING TO ENABLE DISABLED STUDENTS OR CHILDREN TO HAVE SOME ACCESS?
>> SO THIS YEAR, I DO NOT SHOW THE RIGHT PICTURE, THIS WILL HAVE THE SIDEWALK, THE PLAY STRUCTURES WILL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO IT. THE TEETER TOTTER, THE SPINNER, ALL ACCESSIBLE TO THEM AS WELL AS GETTING ON THE TRANSFER STATIONS BETWEEN THAT. IT IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD PRACTICE THAT PLAYGROUND COMPANIES NOWADAYS HAVE TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THERE.
NOT TO THE LEVEL WE WANT TO GO TO BUT WE ARE HIGHLY THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT FOR PLAY, FOR
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SURE. THAT IS ON OUR RADAR. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU.
>> SO , THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> ARE THERE ANY MORE MEET AND GREETS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEFORE THE MAY 3RD ELECTION?
>> AT THIS TIME I KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE LAST ONE THAT WAS SCHEDULED. MAY 3RD IS THE
GENERAL ELECTION. >> IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION THEY CAN CALL THE CITY OR THERE IS A
WEBSITE. >> THERE IS A WEBSITE WITH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND EVEN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
>> I THINK THAT THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE HAS A COUPLE MORE PRESENTATIONS TO DO THIS WEEK.
>> AWESOME, AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL
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RIGHT THEN WE ARE MOVING INTO ITEM E, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I SEE WE ALREADY HAVE AN ITEM WHICH IS THE ADOPT-A-PARK COMING UP . AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WANTS TO ADD FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I KNOW WE MADE A REQUEST TO HAVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE COME AND VISIT AT SOMEPOINT. >> YES, THAT WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> OKAY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION, YOU HAD AN IDEA ONE TIME FOR MEMORIALS, HOW IS THAT GOING? I
ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. >> FOR MEMORIALS?
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE IF SOMEONE PASSED AWAY AND THEY WANTED TO BUY A BENCH OR CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO A BENCH IN THEIR NAME OR A TREE. DO WE HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY? >> AT THIS TIME, MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY IS THAT IT IS HANDLED ON AN -- BASIS. I CHECKED WITH LEGAL RECENTLY REGARDING A REQUEST OF SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY LIVING THAT THEY WANTED TO HONOR THEM IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AS A POLICY OR ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU ON THAT.
BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE CONVERSATION
MOVING FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. >> WHEN IT CAME UP BEFORE, THE IDEA WAS TO DEVELOP AND CREATE A PARK FOUNDATION AND SEE IF WE CAN TAKE THOSE TYPES OF DONATIONS AND GO FORTH WITH THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING FOUNDATION THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE
RE-CREATED, ROLLED INTO THAT. THAT IS WHERE THAT LEFT OFF. >> TWO PEOPLE ASKED ME, THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN MEMORY AND SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS LIVING WANTED TO.
>> THAT IS DEFTLY PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS. I WILL DELVE IN A LITTLE DEEPER. ALSO WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION THAT IS SOMETHING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. WHEN WE HIT THE WORKSHOP TIME THAT WILL BE ENTERTAINED AGAIN. I'M TRYING TO GRAB AS MUCH A STORK KNOWLEDGE AS POSSIBLE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT. I KNOW THERE WAS AN EXISTING PARKS COALITION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THEM AND GETTING SOME MORE KNOWLEDGE.
>> COMMISSIONER -- WAS ON THE COMMISSION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE FUTURE?
WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING? >> MAY 12TH. >> MAY 12, AWESOME. IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR ITEM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? AND A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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>> PRESENT. >> VICTOR MENDOZA.
>> PRESENT. >> CYNTHIA STALEY.
>> PRESENT. >> BRADEN ROBERTSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO REMIND US THIS MEETING IS BEING SIMULCAST VIA TV15 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ONLY TO THE ITEMS NOT LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING? IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
CITIZENS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE MR. MICHAEL.
>> GOOD EVENING. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT LOW-INCOME HOUSING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOW- INCOME HOUSING TO FEEL SAFE AND I THINK THE TRAILER PARK OWNER AT 2204 EAST NORTH STREET AT VICTORIA OAKS SHOULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE TENANTS.
ONE TENANT, HE SERVED 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DOING DRUGS AND ALSO BURGLARY OF A HABITATION, AND JUST RECENTLY, THE S.W.A.T.
TEAM, ALONG WITH THE VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DID A DRUG RAID ON HIM, AND HE DID PLEA BARGAIN. THEY DISMISSED THE DRUG CHARGES AND GOT HIM FOR CONCEALING EVIDENCE AND TWO COUNTS OF FIREARMS, AND THEY GAVE HIM FIVE YEARS, AND HE'S UP FOR PAROLE IN MARCH, AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BY HIM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND HE PUT UP LOTS OF CAMERAS, SO HE WOULD KNOW WHEN THE POLICE COME AND HE'S ALSO GOT A CAMERA THAT RUNS ON SOLAR POWER ON THE TELEPHONE POLE AT THE END, AND I DO WISH THEY WOULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE PEOPLE AND ON MANAGEMENT BECAUSE ONE MANAGER WAS BUSTED BY THE SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THEY NEED TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE TENANTS, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE A RIGHT TO PEACE AND ENJOYMENT. THANKS, AND HAVE
A GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
AT THIS TIME, IF WE HAVE NO MORE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, AND WE WILL GO TO OUR FIRST ITEM. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, THE UDO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. AS Y'ALL RECALL, WE ADOPTED THE UDO BACK IN LAST FEBRUARY OF 2024.
WE RECENTLY BROUGHT SOME AMENDMENTS TO Y'ALL BACK IN JULY TO ADOPT THE NEW FEMA MAPS.
WELL, AS STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO USE THE UDO ON A DAILY BASIS, WE'RE COMING TO YOU AGAIN WITH SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. SO, LET ME GO AHEAD AND START.
THE FIRST AMENDMENTS WE ARE SUGGESTING ARE TO OUR LAND USE TABLE. WHEN THE UDO WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED, IT WAS -- HAD CLUSTER HOMES WITH THE 4,000-SQUARE- FOOT LOT.
HOWEVER, THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS FOR A CLUSTER HOME LOT IS FOUR. SO, INADVERTENTLY, THE 4,000 WAS A MISTAKE. SO, WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS TO INCREASE IT TO A 12,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT.
ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING TO ADD TO THIS
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RESIDENTIAL USE IS COTTAGE HOMES.COTTAGE HOMES WAS IN OUR PREVIOUS SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. TYPICALLY, WE HAVE COTTAGE HOMES IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
THEY HAVE THE SMALLER LOT SIZE OF THE 4,000 SQUARE FEET. AND BASICALLY, WHAT WE DID WAS COPY AND PASTE FROM OUR OLD ORDINANCE INTO THE NEW ONE, BUT TO PUT IT INTO OUR LAND USE TABLE.
THE OTHER ADDITION IN THE LAND USE TABLE THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE LOT, TO ADD DATACENTERS. IN PARTICULAR, THESE ARE DATACENTERS AND CRYPTO MINING FARMS. AS TIMES HAVE CHANGED, WE ARE SEEING THAT IT IS NEEDED FOR US TO ADD THIS INTO OUR LAND USE TABLE AND KIND OF START PUTTING SOME REGULATIONS ON IT.
WE HAVE HAD THE MOST RECENT ONE ON MAIN STREET AND SO ON OUR NEXT ONE, I'LL KIND OF GO INTO THE USE- SPECIFIC STANDARDS, KIND OF TO OUTLINE WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING TO USE FOR THAT DATA CRYPTO. SO, FIRST, FOR GOING BACK TO THE SPECIFIC USE STANDARD, THESE ARE THE COTTAGE HOMES.
LIKE I SAID, WE BASICALLY COPIED AND PASTE OUR OLD SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REGULATIONS FOR COTTAGE HOMES INTO OUR NEW UDO SECTION. SO, THE COTTAGE HOMES WILL ONLY BE FOR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERLEVEL -- ENTRY -- FRONT ENTRY WITH A COVERED PORCH, AND THEN IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A GARAGE, IT HAS TO BE SEVEN FEET BEHIND THAT FRONT BUILDING FACADE TO KIND OF KEEP IT LOOKING UNIFIED. SO, THIS PARTICULAR USE STANDARD IS FOR THOSE DATACENTER CRYPTO MINING FARMS. SO, WE HAD LOOP DO SOME RESEARCH FOR US, KIND OF SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
WE FOUND OUT THIS IS A NEED, AND OTHER CITIES ARE NOW TAKING THIS APPROACH TO ADD IT INTO THEIR ORDINANCES AS WELL.
SO, FOR THESE DATADATA CRYPTO FARMS, WE ARE MAKING THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN REGULATION WITH VICTORIA COUNTY, THE STATE, FEDERAL AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ANY APPROVAL.
ALSO, THE DATA FARMS TEND TO HAVE A DECIMAL OF 60 THAT REALLY KIND OF START AFFECTING THE SOUND LEVEL AND NOISE LEVEL. WE'RE SUGGESTING TO TAKE IT TO 55 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO START OUT AT THAT PROBLEM, DECIBEL. LASTLY, WE'RE DOING THE SEPARATION STANDARD OF 500 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL USES, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO SEPARATION, IT'S ALSO FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. AGAIN, TO HAVE THAT.
>> I'M -- I CERTAINLY DON'T MIND THE DATACENTERS, AND I THINK THAT THEY WON'T BE A PROBLEM.
THE ONLY ISSUE I CAN SEE IS THAT THEY CREATE A CREOSOTE FOREST IN THEIR WAKE.
IF YOU LOOK AT MAIN STREET, IT'S A FOREST OF POLES OUT THERE. AND AS THE OLDER UTILITIES BEGIN TO MOVE THEIR PRODUCT, THEY'LL MOVE TO THOSE NEW POLES, I UNDERSTAND, SO WE WON'T, AT LEAST, HAVE DUPLICATION. IS THERE ANY FORCE THAT THE CITY HAS TO GET THEM TO DO THAT?
>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NOT COME UP WITH -- TO DO THAT JUST YET. THIS WAS OUR FIRST STEP OF KIND OF REGULATING THIS, AND THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS KIND OF WHAT IS DRIVING US TO ADD THIS IN. WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED HAVING A DATACENTER WANTING TO COME HERE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. AND WE WEREN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO, THEY'VE KIND OF DRIVEN -- WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO ADDING ABOUT THAT UTILITY POLE FOREST AND THAT'STHAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANT TO GET THEM SEPARATED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL, KIND OF PUSHING THEM OUT FURTHER BECAUSE IF THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL, BECAUSE THEY DO TAKE UP A LOT OF ENERGY THAT WE HAVE HEARD. SO, WE ARE TRYING.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT THE BEST WE CAN ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM SO FAR.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THAT.
>> IN OUR LAND USES, WE HAVE OUR OVERLAYS IN SPECIAL AREA DISTRICTS. ONE SUGGESTION WE ARE NOW LOOKING IS TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE. ORIGINALLY, THEY HAD CUT IT OFF AT WATER STREET TO ALLOW FOR MOBILE HOMES BELOW WATER STREET A LITTLE BIT. HOWEVER, WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF THE SOUTH SIDE AND SUCH AND ALSO THAT BEING IN A FLOODPLAIN AREA, MANUFACTURED HOMES DON'T NECESSARILY DO VERY WELL IN THAT AREA.
SO, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS TAKING THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS BOUNDED BY NORTH STREET WEST OF WEST STREET, AND
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THEN EAST BY EAST STREET. SO, TAKING IT BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL TOWN SITE. LASTLY -- NOT LASTLY.THE LANDSCAPING, ONE THING THAT WAS OVERLOOKED WAS WHEN WE DID THE AMENDED SITE PLANS, WE ARE TRYING TO BE MORE CONSISTENT.
WE HAD LEFT IT WHERE WE DID AMENDED SITE PLANS ARE NOW REQUIRED AT 30%, BUT IN OUR LANDSCAPING, WE WERE DOING 25%, SO THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT THEY WEREN'T -- THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN BUT THEY WERE HAVING TO AMEND THEIR LANDSCAPING PLAN, SO TO TRY TO KEEP SOME CONSISTENCY, WE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED EVERYTHING TO THAT 30% TO TRIGGER NEW CALCULATIONS AND SUCH. IN OUR RELIEF PROCEDURES, WITH OUR VARIANCES, WE DID DO WHERE WE NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THE EFFECTIVE VARIANCE PROPERTY WITH 200 FEET.
HOWEVER, NOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE SEPARATION STANDARDS TO SINGLE- FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WE WANTED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE VARIANCE, BUT ALSO, THE AFFECTED SINGLE- FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THAT SEPARATION STANDARD. SO, THAT WAY, THEY'RE ALL IN THE KNOW AND WILL GET THAT NOTIFICATION AND HAVE THEIR CHANCE TO SPEAK ON IT.
SO, OUR LAST AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS JUST UPDATING OUR DEFINITIONS. WE FOUND OUT THAT WE LEFT OUT THE -- THAT ACCESSORY USE WAS LEFT OFF OF OUR DEFINITIONS.
WE'VE ADDED CRYPTO MINING, THE DATACENTER DEFINITIONS, COTTAGE HOMES, AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.
AND I WILL TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE FOR ME.
>> I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN, IF YOU COULD, WHAT A DATACENTER IS AND WHAT IT DOES.
>> I AM STILL NOT TYPICALLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I JUST KNOW THAT SUPPOSEDLY THEY'RE THE RECEIVING CENTER THAT KIND OF HELPS ONCE THAT CRYPTO -- I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY DO.
DO YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR RESEARCH?
ROOM. >> A DATACENTER IS JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A PROCESSING CENTER, AND IT'S ALL LIKE THE INTERNET AND STUFF IS GOING TO GO INTO THAT DATACENTER, AND IT JUST GETS DISTRIBUTED. BUT A CRYPTO MINE IS PEOPLE.
SOMEONE COULD BE WAY ACROSS THE WORLD BUYING CRYPTO, AND IT GOES TO THAT CRYPTO MINE LOCATION, AND IT'S -- THEY'RE SIMILAR, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
>> THINK ABOUT IT AS A BIG HUB SERVER CENTER.
SO, BASICALLY, SOMEBODY -- IT'S LIKE SERVERS AND DATA COLLECTING INSIDE THAT AND THEY'RE JUST USING THAT -- LIKE WHEREVER THIS AREA TO BE, A HUB OR A FACILITY WHERE THAT DATA IS COMING. BUT IT'S A LOT OF ENERGY, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT GOES THROUGH
THAT. >> APPRECIATE YOUR ATTEMPT AT CLARIFICATION, BUT I THINK IT FAILED.
>> OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE USE COMPUTERS NOW, SO WE HAVE THE SERVERS WHERE IT CONTROLS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET ON THE INTERNET AND ALL THAT.
SO, BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE A BIG SERVER ROOM WHERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA, BECAUSE IT'S JUST COLLECTING DATA, AND IT'S LIKE A BIG JUST FACILITY THAT -- JUST IMAGINE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
SERVERS. >> YEAH, THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS SERVER FARMS AT TIMES.
>> NOTHING. THIS IS A, I GUESS, A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT IS -- THAT'S COMING AND DOING IT. I NOTICE THERE IS SOME BUILDOUT OVER THERE. IT USED TO BE JESUS CHURCH PROPERTY AND NOW THEY'RE BUILDING, LIKE -- I CALL IT A ELECTRICITY --
>> YES. >> SO, THE AAP SUBSTATION IS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE DATACENTERS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE DATACENTER IS, BASICALLY, IT'S COLLECTING DATA AND SENDING IT BACK OUT INTO THE WORLD TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
>> THAT'S AS GOOD AS ANY. THANK YOU.
>> SO, I HAD A QUESTION. DEALING WITH THE -- THE CHANGE OF THE REGION OR DEALING FROM WATER TO SOUTH, AGAIN, FORGIVE ME, I'M TIRED, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOMES THERE NOW? IF SO, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THEM, OR WILL IT NOT AFFECT THEM? JUST ONLY NEW?
>> IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE AREA. IT WOULD JUST AFFECT ANY NEW ONES COMING INTO THAT AREA.
SO, BASICALLY, ANY EXISTING ARE ALLOWED TO STAY LEGALLY NONCONFORMING BUT IF THEY EVER WERE DEMOLISHED, REMOVED, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING ONE BACK IN.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY.
I WISH THAT I HAD CALLED YOU IN ADVANCE TO ASK YOU TO BRING A PICTURE OR TWO OR THREE OF A
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CLUSTER HOME.I'M HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT IS.
>> THE CLUSTER HOME? TYPICALLY, WHAT A CLUSTER HOME IS, YOU KIND OF HAVE A COURTYARD, AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THOMAS HINCKEY SENIOR LIVING? THAT'S NOT A TRUE CLUSTER HOME, BUT IT'S ALMOST WHAT A CLUSTER HOME LOT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, BASICALLY, YOU HAVE A CENTRE COURT YARD IN THE CENTER AND THEN ALL YOUR HOMES ARE FACING THAT COURTYARD THAT HAVE THAT COMMON AREA TO SHARE.
SO, EVERYTHING -- IT'S KIND OF BASED ON BUILDING A COMMUNITY, A SMALL COMMUNITY IN THERE.
>> ASSISTED LIVING APARTMENTS, LIKE IN SAN ANTONIO. LIKE ASSISTED LIVING APARTMENTS, THOSE COMMUNITIES.
>> YEAH, AND THEY'RE NOT ALL ASSISTED LIVING.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MULTIFAMILY OR YOU CAN JUST HAVE THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS AROUND IT.
>> THERE ARE OSTENSIBLY SOME PLACES IN THE COLLEGE PARK ADDITION THAT MIGHT ACCOMMODATE SUCH A PLACE?
>> IF THE LOT IS BIGGER. LIKE, WITH THE CLUSTER HOMES, SO, THOSE ARE STILL CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY. SO, WITH THE CLUSTER HOMES, YOU ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THEM DEVELOP A SITE PLAN.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THEIR PARKING, THEIR DRIVE AISLES, NO REVERSE PARKING.
THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR PARKING LOTS FULL ON THE PROPERTY, KIND OF NOT AFFECTING ANYTHING ON THE ROADWAY, PER SE.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'RE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE UDO. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> I HAVE A FIRST. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. CELESTE. WE'RE NOW UP TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 19, 2024, MEETING. I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SO MOVED. SO, MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE TO OTHER BUSINESS AND THAT IS THE MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT REPORT.
MAY WE HAVE THAT PRESENTED, PLEASE?
>> FEBRUARY 2025, THERE ARE 132 PERMITS ISSUED, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WHAT THERE WAS LAST YEAR. FOR THE MEP PERMITS, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 111, WHICH IS LESS THAN LAST YEAR. AND FOR THE PERMIT FEES COLLECTED, WE HAD $37,596, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR AS WELL.
AND THERE WERE TWO SITE PLANS AND THREE SITE MODIFICATION PLANS SUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
>> I GOT TO ASK A QUESTION. WHEN WE PASSED THE UDO, DO WE NEED TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING?
>> I'M SORRY. OKAY. THE MOTION HAD ALREADY PASSED, AND SINCE I CAN DO IT ONON BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOBODY IN HERE.
>> NO, BUT I JUST THINK WE OUGHT TO -- I THINK WE NEED TO CALL
ONE. >> I WOULD REOPEN -- I WOULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THE MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN CLOSE IT, AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR ORIGINAL APPROVED MOTIONS.
>> OKAY. SO, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND REOPEN THE AGENDA FOR DEALING WITH THE UDO FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
LET ME SEE. WE HAVE NOBODY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL GO WITH THE MOTION THAT STOOD OF PASSING. ALL RIGHT.
NOW, WE GO TO OTHER -- WE DID OTHER BUSINESS.
AND NOW WE DID ITEMS. ANY ITEMS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HAPPY NEW YEAR BECAUSE WE HADN'T SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE LAST YEAR.
AND I'M TRYING TO WORK ON SAYING THAT.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.
TIME IS -- I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
5:33. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.