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>>> I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:07, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WHO WANT TO TALK , SPEAK?
[C. Approval of Minutes:]
NO, OKAY. IN THAT CASE WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS C WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING WHICH WAS ON APRIL 14?>> I HATE MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DISTRIBUTIVE.
>> I SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NAY,
[1. Victoria Parks Safety Data Update]
SAME SIGN. MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED, MOVES US ON TO ITEM D . D1 IS THE VICTORIA PARKS SAFETY DATA UPDATE, CHIEF YOUNG IS HERE TO GIVE US THAT UPDATE.>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING YOUR. MY NAME IS CHUCK YOUNG I AM THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND I'M HERE TO GIVE THE CITY PARKS PRESENTATION, A LITTLE BIT OF A CRIME OVERVIEW.
MAYBE. THERE WE GO. AS YOU SEE, THE CRIME OF THE PARKS CALLS FOR SERVICE AND STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, CRIME IN THE PARKS, THE DATA IS PULLED WITHIN 200 FEET OF ALL THE PARKS THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION. HERE IS YOUR 23 AND 24 COMPARISON.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION, EVADING ARREST, FAIL TO IDENTIFY, HINDERING PRINTER, PARK CURFEW AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE ARE THE ONES LISTED IN THE OTHER. THAT'S THE 73 AND THEN THE 62 IN 2024. AS YOU SEE, THESE ARE ALL OF THE PARKS. 188 DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 200 IN THE 2023 YEAR. GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO ABSORB THAT. DRUG CHARGES AND DRUG USE IS , AS YOU CAN SEE HAS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT IN 2024 AND WHAT I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CAUSE OF IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING DIRECTIVE PATROL. THE PROACTIVITY, PROACTIVE THAT HE WILL SEE FROM THE WEAPONS LAW VIOLATION FOR EXAMPLE , THAT IS FIVE IN 2024, THE WEAPONS LAW VIOLATION IN 2023 WERE TWO. SO THE MORE PROACTIVE THE DEPARTMENT CAN BE, THE HIGHER THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS WILL BE, SAME WITH DWI. DWI IS 12 IN 2024 AND DWI IS NINE IN 2023. SO ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN, THE OVERT NUMBERS ARE UP. IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
AND THEN THE CRIME IN 2025 IS THE SIMPLE ASSAULTS, SO FAR THIS IS JUNE, JANUARY TO JUNE. SO 132 IF YOU TAKE HALF THE YEAR, 132 TIMES TWO WILL GIVE 264 SLIGHTLY INCREASED FROM THE 188 BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE DRUG CHARGES IF YOU DOUBLE THAT, IT WOULD BE RIGHT AT ABOUT 40 WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR, 35.
THE DWIS ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN, THERE IS FOUR THERE TIMES TWO WOULD BE EIGHT, A LITTLE BIT MORE LAST YEAR THAN THERE WERE .
THE TOP FIVE PARKS, QUEEN CITY, COMPARED 23 TO 24, 64% CHANGE, GO FROM 14 TO 23. SO THINK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, SOME OF THE NUMBERS WILL BE AN INFLATED NUMBER, WILL ROGERS PARK YOU GO UP FROM SEVEN OFFENSES TO 26 WHICH IS THE BIG-TICKET WINNER, 271%. WILL ROGERS PARK HAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUR TOP FIVE.
ALL CRIME 24 , WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT PRETTY MUCH. TOP FIVE
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PARKS WITH THE MOST CRIME IN 2024. AND THEN, QUEEN CITY PARK.37 TOTAL. AND COMPARE 23-24 AND COMPARE THAT TO THE 24 , DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE TOP CHART IS 24 AND THEN I'M GOING TO COMPARE 23, 224, FOR THE SAME NUMBERS. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INCREASE IN THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE PARK A LITTLE MORE AT RIVERSIDE. ABOUT THE SAME OF PINE STREET AND WILL ROGERS. WILL ROGERS, 30 HARD TO SAY. WILL ROGERS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INCREASE. BUT I THINK THE BIG ONE IS THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER. AND LET'S TALK AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIVING INTO THAT COMMUNITY CENTER AGAIN JUST MORE NUMBERS 23 TO 24 NOT UP THAT MUCH, 25 TO 34 OFFENSES, DWI IS GOING TO MAKE UP A LOT OF THAT AND THAT'S PROACTIVE, WEAPONS CHARGES TWO MORE THAN LAST YEAR SO TAKE THE DWI AND YOU WERE UP FOUR, FIVE, SIX THERE ARE SIX OFFENSES RIGHT THERE SO THAT'S PUTTING YOUR 25 TO 31. SO THE PROACTIVE IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT THE PARKS. TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT AT THE PARKS. RIVERSIDE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE NUMBERS ARE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT IN ALL OF THE PARKS. ANOTHER 37 IN QUEEN CITY.
TALKING SIMPLE ASSAULT, NOT SO BAD, DRUG CHARGES, I THINK THE DRUG CHARGES ARE A MISNOMER, SEVEN AND 23, BUT IF I DO REMEMBER THOSE SEVEN WERE BASED OFF OF ONE SINGLE ARREST THAT WE HAD FOLKS FROM , THE OFFICERS FROM DPS CAME IN FROM DPS INTELLIGENCE CAME IN AND HELPED WITH A TAKEDOWN. SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THERE. PINE STREET WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS BEING 26 AND THAT IS A PUSH. THERE IS THE WILL ROGERS AGAIN PRETTY MUCH A PUSH. 19 TO 20. I HATE TO BORE YOU WITH THE STATS, BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY ABOUT. THE STATISTICAL, 23 TO 24 AND AS YOU LOOK ON THERE, 505 OFFENSES FROM 2024, CALLS FOR SERVICE. BUT AGAIN LOOK AT THE TOP, FREQUENT PATROL. WE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME IN THE PARKS THEREFORE YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE DWIS, MORE WEAPONS AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET MORE DRUGS BECAUSE THE OFFICERS ARE OUT BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND THE WAY THEY ARE PROACTIVE ON THE FREQUENT IS WE SET UP THE FREQUENCY LIKE THE NAME SAYS. IT IS RANDOMLY SUGGESTED THAT THEY GO OVER IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD , THEY WILL DO FIVE FREQUENTS SO THE COMPUTER BASED ON THE COMPUTER HOW MANY TIMES AND BASICALLY IT'S A TOGGLE. YOU WANT 10 OR 24, THAT'S ONE EVERY HOUR. YOU WANT TO JUST GO 12 TOGGLE 12 THAT'S ONE EVERY TWO HOURS. SO YOU BASE IT ON THE FREQUENCY AND IT DROPS LIKE A SHOOTING OR MAJOR ACCIDENT OR WHATEVER THE CALL WOULD BE THAT'S WITH THE FREQUENCY IS GOING TO BE, A RANDOM HERE IT IS. SO WE SET THE FREQUENCY AS YOU CAN SEE 174 WE DOUBLED IN THE LAST YEAR, TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE , WHERE'S TRAFFIC STOPS ON THE RIGHT? TRAFFIC STOPS 34 FROM 22 SO WE HAVE INCREASED THAT. 911 HANG-UP CALL, THAT IS NOT PROACTIVE THAT IS REACTIVE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 23 AND 24 LOOKING FOR REACTIVE TYPE CALLS THE RECKLESS DRIVER COULD BE A CALL OR ON VIEW. PRETTY MUCH THAT ONE IS DEPENDS FOLLOW UP FIVE ON THE RIGHT. FOLLOW-UP SIX ON THE LEFT. THE BOTTOM , THE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THE FREQUENT PATROL AND CURFEW VIOLATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ENFORCING THOSE. ALL CALLS , THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE SAME THING WE JUST LOOKED AT. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK, WHAT HOUR OF THE DAY , WHAT DAY OF THE MONTH, WHAT DAY DO YOU WANT IT, HOW DO YOU WANT IT, 23 TO 24 HERE IS YOUR COMPARISON. IF YOU NOTICE THE 01 WOULD BE MIDNIGHT AND THE ONE WOULD BE 1:00 A.M.
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SO MIDNIGHT AND 1:00 A.M. , YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY FROM 16 TO 8 , BUT I THINK WHAT THE BIG NUMBERS ARE, THE 11:00 P.M. THAT'S THE 23 OFFENSES OR 23 ALL CRIMES THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. SO, 10, 11 AND MIDNIGHT SEEM LIKE YOUR TOP THREE WINNERS BUT THAT'S WHEN THE PARK CURFEW IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN EFFECT. SO, LOOK AT 24 THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER. AND OCTOBER. THOSE ARE THE BIG NUMBERS THERE. AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. COOLER MONTHS, THE COOLER MONTHS FOLKS ARE OUT BETWEEN 10:00 AND 3:00. NEEDING ATTENTION FROM THE POLICE. ALL CRIME BY THE MONTH WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO 23, THE 24 AND THAT IS JUST ANOTHER, OUR ANALYSTS PUT TOGETHER A HODGEPODGE AND I SAID GIVE ME EVERYTHING. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ET CETERA BUT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LEAVE YOU WITH THIS , RIGHT THERE. THE FREQUENT PATROL. WE HAVE INCREASED IT EVEN THOUGH OUR STAFFING NUMBERS ARE A CHALLENGE, WE ARE INCREASING PATROLS, WE ARE INCREASING THE FREQUENCY. AND THEN THE CURFEW VIOLATIONS , WE ARE EITHER TELLING THEM THE PARK CURFEW IS 11:00, YOU HAVE TO GO WRITING A CITATION EITHER WAY THERE'S A PARK CURFEW VIOLATION MARK TAKEN. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?>> JUST YOUR OPINION, DO YOU THINK IT IT IS WARRANTED THAT THERE BE AN INDEPENDENT PARK RANGER?
>> YOU KNOW I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS I CAME FROM DALLAS. AND WE HAD PARK RANGERS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY MERGED INTO THE PD, THE PARK RANGERS MERGED INTO THE PD. THEY DID, AT ONE POINT TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CRIMES AND ALL OF THE WHATEVER IT WOULD BE THAT WAS IN THE PARK. NOW HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE IN THE TOWN? I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE RANGER IS GOING TO BE, I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE PARK RANGER IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EFFECTIVELY, THEY WILL BE GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING. ARE GOING TO GET HURT QUITE FRANKLY BECAUSE WILL BE ONE PARK RANGER OR TWO BECAUSE IF IT IS TWO YOU HAVE TO RIDE TOGETHER TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR WORKED TWO MAN BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. IF THEY GET OUT ON SOMEBODY THAT'S HIGH ON PCP OR ONE DAY I WAS SITTING OVER , MUTUAL COMBAT, BUT THERE WAS A ASSAULT OFFENSE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO QUEEN CITY PARK GOING TO CLEAR MY MIND TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE AND DO SOME DRIVING AROUND AND I SAW TWO GUYS FIGHTING AT THE PARK. WHAT WE FIGHTING OVER STOP IT, KNOCK IT OFF. TAKES A BIGGER PERSON TO WALK AWAY FROM THE FIGHT SO WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT DISRESPECT AND THESE WERE NOT YOUNGSTERS. THESE WERE NOT TEENAGERS. THESE WERE NOT 20-YEAR-OLDS THEY WERE 50-YEAR-OLD MEN GETTING INTO A FRACAS AMONGST EACH OTHER. THE POINT IS IT DOES NOT MATTER TIME OF DAY BUT I WAS ABLE COME ARE YOU DONE? I WAITED FOR THEM TO WALK AWAY AND I ASKED ARE YOU DONE? KNOCK THIS OFF AND COOLER HEADS PREVAILED AND THEY STOPPED BUT IF YOU GET SOME YOUNGER FOLKS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TWO MAN OFFICER. HAS TO BE TWO IN THE CAR. IMMEDIATELY I COULD CALL FOR HELP, CALLED FOR THE CAVALRY AND BROUGHT DOWN OFFICERS BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A PARK RANGER, YES. IT WOULD BE NICE, IT IS AN EXTRA PAIR OF EYEBALLS. EXTRA PERSON. I WOULD WANT TO BE PART OF THAT VETTING IF I COULD. DALLAS PD WENT FROM THE PARK RANGER SYSTEM , WENT AWAY FROM THAT AND WENT TO PD. PROBABLY SOME CONS OF IT. WE HAVE THE DIRECT. IF THEY ARE AT ONE PARK WHERE THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH LOVE SITTING AT QUEEN SARDI PARK IF THEY ARE AT WILL ROGERS AND THEY ARE BOUNCING OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BOUNCING AROUND A LOT AND SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AT ONE OF THEM WHEREAS WHO WILL THEY CALL? CALL 911 THEN WE FIND OUT IT'S AT THE PARK IT'S ADJACENT TO THE PARK, STARTED AT THE PARK IT'S NO LONGER AT THE PARK. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED THAN JUST HAVING A PARK RANGER. SO
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THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. YES SIR.>> WE BACK IN THE 70S WE DID HAVE A PARK RANGER HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID ALL THE PARKS OR IF YOU JUST DID RIVERSIDE PARK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN GO DRIVE THROUGH ANYTIME OF THE NIGHT OR DAY AND HE WAS CRUISING THROUGH RIVERSIDE PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE TOOK CARE OF ALL THE OTHER PARKS IN TOWN BACK THEN, BUT I CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIM A COUPLE TIMES. THAT'S
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. >> THAT'S GREAT, TO GET INTO A CAR, APPROACH A SPECIFIC SUSPICIOUS CAR, THE THING I WORRY ABOUT AND EVERYBODY HERE THAT HE WILL UNDERSTANDS, THE TIMES OF CURRENT I AM WALKING UP TO A PARK AND AM I FINDING TWO, 16-YEAR-OLD FOLKS THAT ARE JUST TALKING? OR AM I FINDING SOMEBODY SHOOTING UP HEROIN WERE SOMEBODY THAT'S ASLEEP BECAUSE HE HAS NO OTHER PLACE TO GO? FINDING THAT AT 11:00 IS THAT THE CURFEW? WHY ARE YOU THERE ANYWAY? SO I FEAR THAT WALKING UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING FOR EXAMPLE, AT A PARK THAT DOES HAVE A CURFEW BUT YOU HAVE A PARK THAT'S NOT GATED FOR EXAMPLE QUEEN CITY PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS GREAT TO HAVE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT STATISTIC WOULD BE AS FAR AS INJURIES. I DON'T KNOW I WOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT, THAT'S JUST ME I WOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT HAVING A PARK
RANGER. >> A SIDE NOTE, IN ADDITION. OUR STAFF, DUE TO THE RESEARCH WE HAVE SEEN, THE PARK COUNT OF THE TIME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD NOW AS WELL AS IN THE 70S SO THAT DOES PLAY A PIECE INTO THE CONVERSATION.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARKS WERE IN VICTORIA BY BACK THEN.
>> ABOUT SIX OR SO PARKS. SIX PARKS WE WOULD'VE HAD IN THE
70S. >> LOOK AT THE TOP 24, THE FREQUENT PATROL. THAT COULD BE A CAR IN THERE, A DISTURBANCE CALL, IT COULD BE THEM WALKING. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND, THE CURFEW VIOLATION IS 73, THAT'S MORE THAN JUST ONE PERSON. WALKING TO THE CAR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WALKING UP TO. TO YOUR INVESTIGATION IS 49 OF THEM, TRAFFIC STOP 34, WELFARE CONCERN, POLICE ASSISTANCE, SUSPICIOUS SUBJECT AND 19. YOU KEEP GOING DOWN THAT LIST AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT QUITE A FEW NUMBERS FOR IT TO SIMPLY BE A ONE PERSON INVESTIGATION THAT QUITE FRANKLY , THE ODDS OF SOMEBODY GETTING HURT REALLY DO EXIST. PEOPLE ARE NOT, NOT AFRAID KIND OF THING. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS? I MEAN I THINK THAT ONE KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 340 COMPARED TO 500, YES SIR.
>> AS YOU INCREASE YOUR PRESENCE IN THE PARKS, DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE TO PULL PEOPLE AWAY FROM POLICING THE REST OF THE CITY?
>> YES IF I AM AT THE PARK I'M NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE CRIME RATE IN THE CITY?
>> GREAT QUESTION, CRIME IS UP RIGHT NOW, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE UP SLIGHTLY. IN CONTRAST WHICH IS AN AMAZING NUMBER AND WELL I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PROACTIVE NEWS THAT WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE INITIATED, WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE INITIATED A , A DEVICE AND WE PUT THAT DEVICE ON CERTAIN ITEMS AND IF THAT THING WALKS AWAY FROM WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AT 2:05 A.M. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THEM BECAUSE WE JUMP OUT OF THE BUSHES AND GRAB THEM FOR THEFT. WE HAD THREE OF THOSE SUCH DEPLOYMENTS LAST NIGHT. SO BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE FORCE MULTIPLIER IN THIS SCENARIO IT IS TECHNOLOGY AND IT IS A TRACKING DEVICE OKAY? SO WE ARE ABLE TO USE THAT BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AT 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH GOING ON THEN WE DEPLOY THAT. IF THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WE DON'T. WE DON'T DEPLOY IT SO IF I AM BUSY AT THE PARK BUSY DOING SOMETHING AT THE PARK, INTERACTING WITH SOMEONE AND I FIND DRUGS IN THE CAR AND I GO TO JAIL WELL I AM DONE PROBABLY FOR AN HOUR OR SO, TWO HOURS DEPENDING ON IF WE HAVE TO GET CLEARANCE AT THE HOSPITAL. BUT I AM OUT OF CALL RESPONSE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW ONE WAY TO JAIL OR TO THE HOSPITAL THE SHOOTING COMES OUT WITH A STABBING WITH A MAJOR ACCIDENT COMES OUT IN MY ZONE THAT TWO HOURS AGO I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PART OF BUT NOW I CAN'T. SO IT DOES TAKE AWAY AND WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES ANYWAY AS EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE KNOWS AND
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THE NUMBER OF FREQUENT ARE INCREASING THAT'S OUR CHOOSING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND WE'RE DOING CALL DROPPING, CALL FOR SERVICE LIKE IT WOULD BE IF YOU CALL 911. MAKING THAT CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING IN THE PARKS BUT YOU ARE RIGHT HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE LISA? 17 PARKS, WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN YOUR STREET BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PARK.IF I HAD 25 COPS ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME I WOULD BE IN GREAT
SHAPE, BUT I DON'T. >> HOW MANY, 11 YOU SAID? YOU SAID IF YOU HAD 25 YOU WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND I THOUGHT YOU
SAID YOU HAVE WHAT? >> I WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE IF I HAD AN ADDITIONAL 25. THAT WOULD BE SUPER. WE WOULD BE DRIVING OVER EACH OTHER IF WE HAD A TOTAL OF 10 OR 15 ON A SHIFT, 20 OR 30 ON A SHIFT THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP A RADIO OR ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY , IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY DRIVE BY YOU AND JUST LOOK AT YOU TO MAKE SURE OR GET OUT OF THE CAR AND HELP OR JUST BE THERE FOR YOUR.
WE ALL KNOW IN OUR OWN WORLD IT'S NICE TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOU . IF I'M DOING A TRAFFIC STOP AND I HAVE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR I'M GOING TO ASK FOR COVER SQUAD RIGHT? BUT IF IT'S JUST ONE-ON-ONE THAT ONE-ON-ONE CAN STILL HURT ME. SO, KNOCK ON WOOD. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU CHIEF.
>> YES OR. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
>> YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS AND LOOK AT THIS?
>> WE ARE ALL SET. WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A COPY OF THIS FOR SURE. SO WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE MATERIAL. THANK YOU CHIEF AGAIN ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE. HOW DOES THIS TIE IN WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY AND THE ROLE WE PLAY AND ONE OF THE GOALS WE DO HAVE IS TO TRANSFORM PARKS SO THEY ARE MORE APPEALING, THEY ARE MORE USEFUL BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE IN THE PARKS, THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. IF PEOPLE ARE IN THE PARKS WE WILL DETER UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR SO WE'RE DOING OUR PART. AS U HERE TONIGHT ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND REALLY SEE THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY IS DOING TO INVEST. WE UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE IS SUPERCRITICAL FOR OUR PARKS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE CRIME RATHER THAN TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT IT.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF THE HOTSPOTS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PV OUR DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE HAVE TAKEN SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS WELL TO KEEP STAFF SAFE AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN. REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARKS SAFETY DATA FOR TONIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVED TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR NEXT PORTION? OKAY.
OKAY. OKAY NO PROBLEM. WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY OPERATIONS
[2. Department Updates]
AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TODAY. I HAVE BROUGHT TWO NEW FACES IN THE ROOM TODAY AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ALL ARE HERE TO MEET NEW MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. HAVE BEEN ON BOARD FOR A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH BUT I'M GOING TO FIRST START, I TOLD US GENTLEMEN, YOU WALKED RIGHT INTO THE BIGGEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING BUILT. SO THAT IS COMING OUR WAY. HE IS STEPPING INTO BIG SHOES WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF US BUT I KNOW HE WILL DO A GREAT JOB, THIS IS PEDRO NAME ]>> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS PEDRO GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONG WITH MY TEAM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW FACILITY. WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF VICTORIA, TEXAS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU EVER NEED FROM ME OR MY TEAM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT HERE TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ALL INCLUDING THE CITY OF VICTORIA.
>> WELCOME ABOARD. >> AND THEN NEXT WE ALSO HAVE, I
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TOLD HIM HE HAS THE LONGEST TITLE EVER, WE CHANGED THE TITLE OF THIS POSITION. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER POSITION, BUT WITH THE CITY AND HR AND THE DEPARTMENTS DECIDED TO DO WAS TO ADD A CAVEAT AND ADD RECREATION SUPERVISOR SO THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF THIS GENTLEMAN'S POSITION IS SPORTS TOURISM AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR. IT MADE SENSE, THE SPORT TOURISM PIECE TIES IN WITH YOUTH AND ADULT SPORTS SO NOW THE SPORT TOURISM MANAGER HAS SUPPORT AND IT IS A MORE SUPPORTED POSITION FROM THE SENSE THAT WE EXPECT TO GROW IN ATHLETICS. WE EXPECT TO GROW IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO JERRY ORTIZ TAKING US DOWN THE ROAD. SO WITHOUT ANY MORE FROM ME I WILL GIVE YOU JERRY.>> GOOD EVENING BOARD COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE IN THIS NEW ROLE OF THE SPORTS TOURISM AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR. I FEEL LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT FELL INTO MY LAP AND JUST SUPER EXCITED TO BRING SOME OF MY SPRINTS I HAVE WITHIN SPORTS. I KNOW SOME OF YOU VERY WELL. IN MY PRIOR POSITION. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND LADIES AS WELL AND MY TEAM WHO IS SUCH A CREATIVE, THEY ARE GREAT, CREATIVE, A FUN TEAM TO BE WORKING WITH AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS AHEAD OF US, GREAT THINGS PLANNED FOR THE TEAM, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND ACTUALLY TODAY IS MY THREE MONTH I WON'T CALL IT AN ANNIVERSARY BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY ONE YEAR BUT TODAY MARKS MY THIRD MONTH HERE. SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOT PLANNED FOR Q4 AND GOING FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, YOU WILL SEE ON THE SLIDES, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME RECREATION UPDATES. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. THAT STARTED IN JULY AND THE BIG THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS BILLED TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT SUMS UP THE GOALS OF MY TEAM, THE RECREATION TEAM. AND I WILL START OFF WITH SOMETHING WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR FOURTH OF JULY BLASTOFF THAT WAS SPONSORED BY HAD. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF LIKE 1200 IN ATTENDANCE , LAST FRIDAY. WE HAD 10 FOOD TRUCK VENDORS THERE WITH ASSORTED FOOD AND BEVERAGES. FOUR BANDS, A CAR SHOW AND FINISHED UP WITH SOME GREAT FIREWORKS. YOU KNOW WE TOOK SOME FEEDBACK THAT HAPPENED THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS HERE AT THE PARK. TOOK SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND PUT IT TOWARD THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE SEEN THROUGH SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AND FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT I TALKED WITH DURING THE EVENT. SO WE WERE THRILLED TO HAVE EVERYBODY THERE. I THANK YOU, IF YOU ATTENDED I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOURSELVES AS WELL. WE JUST FINISHED OUR POSTMORTEM THIS MORNING AND WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND IMPROVE ON THAT EVENT NEXT YEAR AND EVENTS TO COME THAT WE HOST. SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE JUST FINISHED UP, LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD FIVE TEAMS, SOME FROM SAN ANTONIO, OKLAHOMA AND MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATE IN A WHEELCHAIR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY THE BAD NEWS CHAIRS LOCATED IN VICTORIA. SO, A GREAT EVENT THAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE OF DISABILITY AND REALLY KIND OF SHOWING WHAT VICTORIA HAS TO OFFER AND REALLY BRINGING TOGETHER SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR MENTAL INCAPACITY HERE TO VICTORIOUS WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF RECREATION PROGRAM HERE AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT. ADDITIONALLY WE JUST FINISHED UP, IN JUNE, WE HAD TWO
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WEEKS OF REGIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT THAT HAS BEEN NEW TO US. USUALLY WE JUST HOST PRACTICES AND GAMES FOR LITTLE LEAGUE, THIS YEAR WE DID A TWO WEEK LONG REGIONAL TOURNAMENT WHICH EVENTUALLY GETS THOSE WINNERS TO WILLIAMSPORT. WE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR THE NEXT ARE WE WILL BE HOSTING THE SAME REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE SECTIONALS AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW WE GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO SUPPORTERS, THE BASEBALL SUPPORTERS AND SOFT ALL SUPPORTERS IN VICTORIA AS WELL AS TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS. EVERYBODY LOOKED TO US AND WHAT A GREAT FACILITY WE HAVE SO YOU KNOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD , WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THOSE FIELDS. WE HAVE GOT A PLAN SET TO WHERE WE CAN EVEN OUT THE FIELDS AND MAKE THEM A BETTER PLAYING SERVICE FOR OUR LITTLE KIDS TO PREVENT INJURIES SO WE LOOK TO IMPROVE IN THE FIELDS SO THAT WAY WE CAN MORE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, MORE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND IMPROVE THE TOURISM, THE SPORTS TOURISM PIECE OF THAT HERE IN VICTORIA, AS WELL. TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SUCH. SO, THIS WEEKEND ACTUALLY WE HAVE THE TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION SWIM MEET. A REGIONAL SWIM MEET. WE DO HOST OUR WINTER GAMES HERE, BUT THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE HOSTING A REGIONAL SWIM MEET THAT WILL ENCOMPASS EIGHT TEAMS FROM AROUND THE AREA. USUALLY 80 TO 90 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE EVENT, VOLUNTEERS, IT IS A TWO-DAY EVENT AT THE VICTORIA AQUATIC CENTER SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEM AND GET THAT GOING. IN ADDITION OUR NEXT BIG EVENT WE ARE DOING IS A CITYWIDE HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22. WE ARE GOING AROUND TOWN TO TALK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASK FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. WE WILL HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT IN THE DOME AREA. IT WILL HAVE A HAUNTED HOUSE IN THE ANNEX AREA AND ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE ANNEX AREA WHERE DOING OTHER HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES AND WE ARE ASKING ANY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF VICTORIA ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT TO COME HELP PARTICIPATE. ANY INTEREST ON YOUR PART, PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WILL DEFINITELY ACCEPT ANY HELP. YOU DO HAVE TO DRESS UP. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. IT IS HALLOWEEN. SO WITH THAT SAID I WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEW PROGRAMS WE HAVE STARTED. LAST MONTH WE STARTED DOGS IN THE PARK PROGRAM AND THIS WEEKEND WE WILL HOST OUR SECOND ONE. LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE MOBILE GROOMING SERVICE PARK ONE OF THE TRAILERS IN FRONT OF THE RIVERSIDE PARK AREA, WE HAD NAIL TRIMMINGS FOR THE DOGS AND INTRODUCED OUR SELVES AS DOG AND PET FRIENDLY. THIS WEEKEND WE ARE BRINGING OUT LITTLE POOLS, FILLING THEM WITH WATER BECAUSE WE KNOW, I KNOW MY DAUGHTER'S DOG LOVES THE POOL, LOVES WATER SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING LITTLE POOLS AND AREA FOR THE DOGS TO COOL OFF IN THE SUMMER. THAT EVENT WILL HAPPEN THIS FRIDAY EVENING 6:00 UNTIL 8:00 P.M.THERE AT RIVERSIDE PARK. IN ADDITION BECAUSE IT IS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH WE ARE DOING POPSICLES IN THE PARK.
LAST FRIDAY WAS THE FIRST ONE. JULY 25, NEXT FRIDAY AND AUGUST 8 WE ARE DOING TWO OTHER ADDITIONAL ONES. SO LITTLE KIDS, ANYBODY, PEOPLE VISITING THE PARK, ON THE 25TH AND HOPKINS PARK ON AUGUST 8. AROUND ABOUT IN THE PARK WE ARE PROVIDING FREE POPSICLES FOR THE KIDS AND PARENTS TO COOL DOWN, YOU KNOW HAVE FUN AT THE PARK. BUILDING A COMMUNITY AND BUILDING AND SHOWING SERVICES AND APPRECIATION FOR THEM USING OUR PARKS. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE CHESTS IN THE PARK WHICH WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THIS EVENT, THIS SATURDAY 11:00 UNTIL 2:00 UNDERNEATH THE AMPHITHEATER. TABLES WILL BE SET UP, CHESSBOARD SET UP, 12 OR SO JUST TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL. SOME OF THE NEWER
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PROGRAMS WE'RE WORKING ON IS A MEDITATION PROGRAM THAT ONE OF OUR RECREATION COORDINATORS IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH, HER NAME IS KIM EVANS, SHE IS MORE OF A LOW-IMPACT SIT AND BE FIT TYPE WORDS YOGA IN THE CHAIR, THINGS LIKE THAT. BREATHING TECHNIQUES, STRETCHING, SO WE WILL BE STARTING THAT AS WELL. WE ARE LOOKING TO MARKDOWN TWO DIFFERENT DATES IN AUGUST. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY RECREATION UPDATES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?>> YOU'RE DOING A LOT. >> YES MA'AM BUT IT IS GOOD. I
LIKE TO STAY BUSY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES SIR.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS I AM BIG INTO THE BASEBALL. I HAVE A GRANDSON THERE ALL THE TIME AND THE SOUTHWEST LEAGUE MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO WIN THE DISTRICT AND WE NEVER GOT ANY PRESENTATION.
WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO KARN CITY AND PLAYED AND LOST, THE TEAM FROM THEM ARE PLAYING IN OUR SECTIONAL BEAT US. TO GET PEOPLE TO BE AT THE PARK, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE BETTER FIELDS. WE ARE OUT THERE PLAYING AND THE SCOREBOARDS DON'T WORK. ONE GAME WE HAD A LITTLE BOX WITH GREEN AND RED LETTERS KEEPING THE SCORE. THE NEW SCOREBOARD THAT WAS PUT OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK IT SO IT IS UP THERE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO WORK IT. SO TO GIVE LIKE USING THE SECTIONALS WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO REALLY IMPROVE THESE SCOREBOARDS AND THE FIELDS FOR US TO GET CONTINUOUS THINGS LIKE THIS HERE. NOW THAT THE LEADER LEAGUE SEASON IS OVER , TRAVEL BALL IS GOING TO BE STARTING AND TO GET THE TEAMS TO COME INTO PLAY AND HAVE TOURNAMENTS FOR TRAVEL BALL , WE NEED SCOREBOARDS THAT WORK AND GOOD FIELDS. SO MY THINKING WAS AND I BROUGHT IT UP QUITE A WHILE AGO, TO CHARGE ADMISSION OF ONE DOLLAR PER CAR TO COME IN AT EVERY EVENT THERE AT THE COMPLEX. I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO BE THERE, BUILD A STAND, BUT I THINK ALL THE MONEY WOULD COME IN AND WE WOULD EARMARK THE MONEY IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION THAT MONEY BROUGHT IN FROM THAT PLACE WOULD BE EARMARKED FOR FIXING THE SCOREBOARDS AND MAINTAINING FIELDS. DON'T JUST PUT IT IN THE GENERAL BUDGET AND SAY THE MONIES THERE BUT IT WENT OVER HERE AND NOW IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. IF WE COULD EARMARKED THAT WAY IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.
>> I DEFINITELY HEAR THAT, GREAT SUGGESTION. I KNOW STEVE HAS A REALLY GREAT PLAN IN PLACE AND I WORK, STEVE AND I WORK A LOT TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY DISCUSSING THE NEEDS OF THE FIELDS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. WE HAVE HAD WALK-THROUGHS WITH THE MAIN STAKEHOLDERS IN THOSE FIELDS AND SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH THOSE GUYS. WE KNOW WHICH FIELDS NEED HELP AND WE HAVE CREATED A PLAN, WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AND WE ARE WORKING EVEN STARTING THIS WEEK, AS WELL. WE HEAR YOU ABSOLUTELY. I WILL LET STEVE SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ON THAT. I THINK HE WILL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU REGARDING THAT AS WELL SO I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF HIS.
>> THANK YOU MICHAEL INTIME I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO LIKE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE HAD A RESTROOM UPDATE, WE WILL PUT IT ON FUTURE AGENDA TO BRING KIM MARTIN IN TO TALK ABOUT THE FIELDS AND UPDATE, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE LOCKED DOWN SEVEN FIELDS BETWEEN JULY 14 AND AUGUST 28 TO START DOING POSTSEASON MAINTENANCE.
PRACTICES DURING THIS TIME ARE TRADITIONALLY LOW BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN TOURNAMENT BALL AND THE LEAGUE SEASON ENDING SO THERE'S A TRANSITION BEFORE FALL. THE NEXT BIG COMMITMENT IS TO GET READY FOR THE BY SUNDAY PROGRAM FOR VICTORIA ROSEBUDS, THERE THE NEXT BIG HOST SO THE PLAN IS TO BE READY FOR THAT, WE WILL LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND GENERAL FUNDING TO HELP IMPROVE SCOREBOARDS. WE KNOW WHERE THE ISSUES ARE AT WITH THAT AND WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD IT, TO GET DISTRICT SECTIONALS AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS GOING ON. THE TEAM IS ON BOARD WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE SUGGESTIONS,
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MICHAEL. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. GO ROSEBUDS.
MY GRANDSON IS ON THE TEAM. >> THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> ALL RIGHT NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO STEVE SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE OPERATIONAL THINGS HAPPENING
WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
WITH A LOT OF THE RECENT THINGS GOING ON WE WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS IN JULY TO TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO SEND OUT PRAYERS TO THOSE IN THE AREA AND ANYBODY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING AND THE TRAGEDY. OUR TRAPS ARE THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY RESPONSE RIGHT NOW ASKING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RESIDENCE AND A GREEN RIBBON ON A TREE AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT TO RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY. SO THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW DOES THE PARK RESPOND TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE? EVERY YEAR WE WORK WITH THE VICTORIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND WE GO THROUGH THE HURRICANE AWARENESS TRAINING WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS AS YOU CAN SEE JUNE 1 TO NOVEMBER 30 IS HURRICANE SEASON.
THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THEY PUT OUT THE DIFFERENT 21 NAMES THIS YEAR FOR THE STORMS SO THIS YEAR SURPRISINGLY WE HAVE HAD THREE TROPICAL STORMS , THERE WAS SOME TROPICAL STORM ANDREA OUT IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC, SOME PEOPLE MAY CALL THAT A FISH STORM IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WE DID HAVE TROPICAL STORM BARRY SPINNING UP SOUTH OF US IN THE SOUTHERN MEXICO AREA RINGING SOME RAIN. THE MOST RECENT STORM WAS TROPICAL STORM CHANTELLE IN THE CAROLINAS AND THEY HAD A PASSING WHEN THAT TROPICAL STORM WENT THROUGH SO WE HAVE TO BE AWARE AND READY FOR THESE THINGS AND THERE'S A 30% CHANCE IN THE GULF COMING FROM FLORIDA INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BUT NO IMPACT SO FAR TO TEXAS SO WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE AND TO KEEP UP WITH THE WEATHER. THE PARKS TEAM WE DO TRAINING AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AND HOW WE PLAN TO BE ON CALL DURING THE SEASON AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL AND RETRAIN TEAM MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR EMERGENCY APPLIES WILL BE OR HOW WE NEED TO RESPOND IN TIME OF NEED IF WE ARE CALLED SHOULD WE BE CALLED TO THOSE EMERGENCY RESPONSES. SO WE DO PRE-AND POST STORM AVAILABILITY OF STAFF AND MAKE SURE EACH YEAR DIFFER MEMBERS ARE PUT ON MISSION ESSENTIAL AND BE AWARE OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL SITUATIONS TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND SITUATION AND CAN ATTEND TO THE 17 PARKS. AS YOU CAN SEE AFTER MEMORIAL DAY TIME WE ARE DOING LIMB PICK UP IN THE PARKS FOR MANY REASONS. A SMALL STORM THROUGH THE NIGHT CAN KNOCK DOWN A BUNCH OF LIMBS IN THE PARK. SO JUST ASK PATRONS TO PAY ATTENTION TO KNOW AWARENESS AND SURROUNDING IN THE PARK AS DIFFERENT THINGS COME UP WITH STORM AND LIGHTNING SAFETY, FOR THOSE AT THE BALLFIELDS AS WELL TO BE AWARE OF THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW YOUR WITH THIS GRAPHIC AGAIN IS BACK ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THINGS, THESE WERE AROUND JULY 7 ALL THE WAY UNTIL TODAY'S CURRENT RIVER FORECAST. A LOT OF FACEBOOK RESPONSES WE WERE GETTING IS WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE RIVER? IT RAISED 25 FEET OR 30 FEET IN THE KERRVILLE AREA HOW WILL IT AFFECT US? THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO ON RESEARCH AND STUFF BUT THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY MANY RESOURCES LIKE THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. JUST EAST OF KERRVILLE THERE IS A LAKE CALLED CANYON LAKE SO THERE'S IMPORTANT TIMES WHEN IT RAINS WEST OR EAST OF THE LAKE HOW WE GET AFFECTED DOWNSTREAM FROM THOSE RAINS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WONDERING AND YOU HAVE MISINFORMATION PUT OUT THINKING VICTORIA WOULD BE IN THE SAME SITUATION 30 FOOT RISE IN ONE HOUR, THAT'S NOT THE CASE THE LAKE WAS ABLE TO ABSORB A LOT OF THAT POOLING THAT CAME IN FROM THE FLOODING'S. YOU CAN GET A SIMILAR GRAPHIC TO THE LAKE LIKE THIS IS HERE THAT WILL SHOW THE RISE IN THE LAKE. RAISING ABOUT 21 FEET BUT IT STILL HAS ANOTHER 30 FEET TO GO BEFORE IT IS AT A MINIMAL NORMAL OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AND THEN THE LAKE HAS EVEN MORE FEET TO GO BEFORE IT BECOMES EMERGENCY FLOOD STAGE AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE VICTORIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO LET US KNOW WHEN HAVE TO DO EMERGENCY RELEASE AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THROUGH THAT OFFICE HOW THIS AFFECTS US. ONE
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OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW ON THE SLIDE HERE, I WILL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THIS SLIDE HERE WE WENT TO 18 FEET. SO THE NEXT ONE REALLY DIALOGUES INTO LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE IN RIVERSIDE PARK SPECIFICALLY, NOT TALKING ABOUT HOME AREAS I'M JUST CONCENTRATING ON RIVERSIDE PARK. THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES OF WHEN THE RIVER GOES ON RICE AND WE START TO SEE FLOOD ACTION ATROPHY, NORMALLY THE RIVER IN THE SUMMERTIME IS AROUND FOUR FEET, CURRENTLY WITH RECENT RAIN AND STUFF WE ARE SIX FEET 6 1/2 FEET. AS WE GET GOING IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT WATER STAGES AND THEY TALK ABOUT DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND SO ON WE WILL GET THAT FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THROUGH PIO BUT WHEN YOU GET AROUND FOUR FEET THEY SAY STOP WATERING YOUR LAWN SO WE WANT TO STAY RUN FIVE OR SIX FEET ON AVERAGE. WE START TO SEE AT 12 HE IS IN ACTION STAGE AND EXPECT CHANCES THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SO BETWEEN 12 TO 18 FEET, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT TIME WILL RISE AND HOW FAST IT'S GOING TO RISE THAT'S WHEN WE LOOK AT TWO AREAS, THE BOAT RAMP AT THE ROSE GARDEN AND THE KAYAK EXIT TAKE ON POINT BY THE PUMPHOUSE TO START SECURING THOSE AREAS OF THE PARK. WATER RISES IN CURRENT BILL CAN HAPPEN BUT NORMALLY WHEN I HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST THREE AND HALF YEARS AND STUFF IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO FEET PER HOUR. IF YOU SEE THAT GOING UP TWO FEET PER HOUR, IT CAN GO UP SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT FEET BEFORE YOU KNOW IT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN SITUATION AND KNOW HOW TO BLOCK OFF ROADS OR THE CITY ENTITIES.MORE FOR SAFETY WE DON'T WANT CARS IN THE BOAT RAMP AND POTENTIALLY BE FLOODED OUT AND TO DETER BOATERS OR KAYAKERS ON THE WATER FOR SAFETY. ALTHOUGH NO STATE LAW SAYS YOU CANNOT KAYAK IN A SITUATION AT ACTION STAGE OR MINOR FLOODING, WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE IT AND BE SAFE AND MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT APPROACH TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SO THEY ARE NOT ON THE WATER AND AN EXPERIENCE OF THE GALS DURING ACTION STAGE BECAUSE IT CAN RISE RAPIDLY. AS YOU SEE IN A MINOR FLOOD STAGE 21 FEET TO 27 FEET IS WHEN WE PUT IN PLANS IN PLACE FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK. AND AROUND 27 FEET WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF SITUATIONS THAT COULD OCCUR FOR THE ZOO AND OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK AROUND RED RIVER WITH SOCCER FIELDS OR THE RV PARK AND ANYTHING UP TO 29.5 FEET OR MORE. THERE'S PROBABLY A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT 100% OF THE PARK WHERE IT IS GOING TO FLOOD IS SHUT DOWN FROM THE GOLF COURSE TO THE PUMPHOUSE AND OTHER STUFF. MANY SITUATIONS WITH RIVER FLOODING CHANGES THAT AS WELL AS GENERAL EROSION OR OTHER RIVER PATTERNS BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING IF I GO BACK ONE SECOND TO THE PRIOR SLIDE, IF CITIZENS ARE WATCHING THE SLIDES THROUGH THE RIVER PORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VACANCY WITHIN THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY CAN MAKE SOME GOOD EDUCATED INFORMATIONAL GUESSES . WE WILL PROTECT THEM IN THE PARK AREAS , BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THROUGH THE INFORMATION AS WELL.
MAY BELONG OUR PACE BUT WE WILL PUT IT OUT TO THE VICTORIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE OR FACEBOOK OTHER THINGS THAT TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND RIVERSIDE PARK SO WE WANT TO MENTION THAT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE KERRVILLE FLOOD SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHERE WE ARE EXPECTED TO GO NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW IT HAS GONE DOWN SINCE SINCE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. ANY QUESTIONS ON EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS? OKAY. THE NEXT TOPIC AS WELL IN MAY TO THE EARLY PART OF FOURTH OF JULY WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT RESPONSES ABOUT THE MOSQUITO PROGRAM AND WHERE WE ARE HERE.
SO WE WANT TO REITERATE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE DOES PROVIDE A RESIDENT CAN COME AND PICK UP IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FOR WHAT AREAS THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM AREA IN THEIR HOME AREA WHICH IN DITCHES AROUND THE HOME, MAYBE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOWERPOT WERE PUT INTO THEIR HOME WHERE WE GET THE APPLICATION AND THEN LEACH INTO THE GROUND WHERE THE GROUNDWATER IS STATION. SO IT WILL HELP TO PREVENT AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT THERE ARE IN MOSQUITOES, THERE ARE OTHER PREVENTION TIPS HERE AS WELL THAT TALK ABOUT THAT. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE PREVENTION TIPS BUT IT WILL REFERENCE IF YOU GO THROUGH VICTORIA TEXAS ONLINE AND TYPE IN THE
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INTEGRATED MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON THE WEBSITE IT WILL GIVE YOU 11 PAGE DOCUMENT AND THESE ARE ON THE WEBSITE, PREVENTION TIPS BUT KEEPING GRASS CUT, KEEPING SHRUBS WELL-GROOMED AND TRYING TO MANY OPTIONS WHERE THEY CAN GROW WILL BE GOOD PRACTICE FOR THAT. OUR JOB ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. TRACKING REPORTS. OF MOSQUITOES WHERE THEY ARE AT SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO THIS WITH THE TEAM IN THE FIELD WHEN THEY ARE MOWING THE DIFFERENT PARKS, WHEN WE HAVE LEAGUES GOING ON AT THE SOCCER FIELD OR SPORTS COMPLEX WILL GET QUESTIONS OR CALLS OR ANSWERS FROM CITIZENS AT THE PARK SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE CITY HAS BEEN IMPROVING CUSTOMER INTERFACING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THIS FIX METHOD YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE VICTORIA TEXAS 311 APP ON ANDROID OR APPLE PHONES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO AND PUT IN A TROUBLE REPORT BASED ON JUST MOSQUITOES. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP I PROVIDED ON THE SLIDE THAT THE SLIDE SHOWS A LOT OF BLACK DOTS SO THESE BLACK DOTS ARE FROM REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED WE HAVE EITHER CLOSED THEM OUT OR SPRAY THE AREA SINCE THE END OF MARCH UNTIL NOW THERE ARE GREEN DOTS WITHIN THE LAST 5 TO 10 DAYS OF ONE TO HAVE BEEN MONITORING THOSE AREAS, WE HAVE NOT NEEDED TO TRIGGER A SPRAY AND REAR MONITORING WHERE THEY ARE AT TO SEE IF WE WILL HAVE A OUTBREAK OR NOT. SO THE RESIDENTS CAN HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS. WE WILL ALSO DRIVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WALK THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET A FEEL FOR IT, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE 66 IN THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THEY WILL GIVE REPORTS AT THEIR HOME AS WELL BECAUSE MOST OF US LIVE IN MANY SECTIONS OF THE AREA FOR EXAMPLE IN MY OWN YARD I AM IN THE NORTH AREA OF TOWN AND IF I AM MOWING MY GRASS OR DOING STUFF SITTING ON THE SWING AT NIGHT I WILL HELP MONITOR TO KNOW WITHIN THE ZONE HOW ARE CITIZENS USING HOW ARE THEY IN AND OUT ARE THE DRIVING UP AND DOWN SPACES SO THERE'S WAYS TO MONITOR THIS AS A GROUP AND BE COLLECTIVE AND MAKE AN APPROACH FOR SPRING MOSQUITOES. A COUPLE THINGS TO REMIND RESIDENTS ABOUT. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOSQUITOES WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUT OF 88 SPECIES.THE THREE DIFFERENT ONES THEY HAVE LATIN NAMES SO I APOLOGIZE IF I BRUTALIZE THEM. THERE ARE TWO KINDS.
SORRY. AND THEN THAT ONE THERE AGAIN, THOSE THREE , THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE MEMO TYPE TRANSMISSION IF THERE WAS ANY AIRBORNE OR AIR VIRUS WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE HAVE AN AREA WE DO SPRAY AND GET THOSE OUT THEY ARE NOT HERE. SO FAR IF YOU WOULD ALSO GO TO THE TEXAS STATE HEALTH OFFICE AT DSHS.TEXAS.GOV AND MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE IT WILL REFERENCE IN THE STATE WHERE THE STATE IS WITH MOSQUITO DISEASES WHETHER THE HOUSTON AREA OR OTHER AREAS LIKE DALLAS IT WILL GIVE A NICE MAP THAT SHOWS HOW THOSE CITIES AND THOSE AREAS ARE NOT IN ANY TYPE OF MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS AREA WITH HIS EGO OR DINGO OR ONE. WE CAN ALL SEE HIS EDUCATION GUESSES AS WELL TO SEE IF THOSE MOSQUITOES AS WELL BY PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING AND VISITING IN VICTORIA OR NOT OR MAYBE THEY VISITED A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND THEY'RE HERE IN VICTORIA SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. A LOT OF FACEBOOK QUESTIONS WE GOT AS WELL. ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BLACK DOTS AND WHERE THEY ARE AT WHEN WE DRIVE TRUCKS DOWN CITY STREETS WE CAN ONLY STAY ON BLUE SIGN CITY STREETS WITH THE TRUCK. WHEN THE APPLICATOR BLOWS THE MOISTURE CONTENT THAT'S NEEDED ABOUT THE CHEMICAL OUT OF THE TRUCK IT CAN ONLY GO SO MANY FEET AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. ROUGHLY 300 FEET DISTANCE, NOT EQUAL DISTANCE 150 ON EITHER SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S WIND THAT CREATES A DRIFT ON THAT. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T SPRAY OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR OF WIND AND IT WILL DRIFT TOO FAR AND WE WILL NOT GET TO THE AREAS WE NEEDED TO , WE WANTED TO BE A CALM NIGHT BUT NOT CALM AND FOGGY OR RAINY BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP OUT AND DILUTE OR CARRY IT OFF AS WELL AND NOT SETTLE INTO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO. ONCE THAT HITS THE
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GROUND IT'S NOT GETTING ANYTHING ON THE GROUND IT IS DILUTED AND GONE, THE SUN COMES OUT, DILUTES IT AWAY AND IT NEEDS TO TAKE THE AIR AND MOISTURE CONTENT OXYGEN OUT OF THE MOSQUITO IN THE AIR AS WE DISPENSE IT IN THE AIR. AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND SPRAY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD A SECOND TIME AND WE WILL MONITOR THAT. AS WELL AS OUR OWN PERSONAL GOING OUT TO CHECK. WE HAVE SPRAYED THE ENTIRE CITY TWICE , SOME YEARS WE COULD SPRAY UP TO THREE TIMES RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT CONDITION I DO NOT SEE A PATTERN THAT WE ARE SPRING RIGHT NOW. TODAY ONE REPORT CAME IN. BUT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY TRIGGER ANY TYPE OF MASS RESPONSE , THE CHEMICAL USE COULD CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE THE MOSQUITO COULD GET HIM INTO THAT SO IF WE KEEP USING THE SAME MOSQUITO CHEMICAL NOTHING WILL AFFECT IT SO WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS THE TEAM IS TRAINED TO DO AND WE DO MANY HOURS OF TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO I THANK THE PARKS TEAM TO DO THAT. AND ALSO WORK HARD TO SPRAY THE CITY. MANY EMPLOYEES MAY SPRAY FROM 3:00 UNTIL 6:00 IN THE MORNING . REP TO SPRAY AT DARK HOURS BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD 10:00 OR 11:00 WHEN PEOPLE MAY BE OUT EITHER SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, SPRAY IN THE DARK AND IF WE SPRAY DURING THE DAY YOU WILL AFFECT OTHER WILDLIFE SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TO NOT SPRAY DURING THE DAY SO I DO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST OUTBREAK WITH THE MOSQUITOES IT WAS A LOT DURING THE DAY , BUT IF YOU SEE MOSQUITOES OUT 9:00 UNTIL 5:00 P.M. THEN YOU KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WE ADDRESSED IT AND HIT IT HARD AND KNOCKED IT DOWN. MOST MOSQUITOES 10 TO 45 DAYS IS THEIR LIFE CYCLE SO WE PRETTY MUCH HIT THE CAP NOW WHERE WE ARE AT A LOW PRECEDENTS OF MOSQUITOES THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT AN ISSUE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS ARE PLACES WE CANNOT REACH AND THAT IS WHY WE ASK THEM TO TAKE CARE AND LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN BE PREVENTED IN THEIR NATURE AND TAKE CARE OF WATER SOURCES ON THAT. SO I BELIEVE THAT FROM THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON[3. Capital Improvement Project Update]
MOSQUITOES? OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS FOR MONTHLY PARKS CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS COMING UP SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN PARKS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY MONTH SO WE HAVE MORE SOLIDIFY DATES ON PROJECTS NOW, VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THOSE WITH YOU ALL.PINE STREET PARK , THIS IS THE FINAL COLOR AND IMAGE OF THE PARK, THE NEW STRUCTURE GOING IN AT PINE STREET PARK LOOKING TO START HERE IN A FEW WEEKS EARLY TO MID AUGUST YOU'LL SEE THE GROUNDBREAKING WITH ACTION GOING ON SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO PINE STREET PARK. OVER AT PARK, THE WALKING TRAIL PUT TOGETHER BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT GOT APPROVED AND ON JULY 1 THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR THAT, THE SIDEWALK, IT WILL CONNECT TWO PARTS OF THE PARK. ONE IF YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE PARK ALONG GOODWIN BETWEEN LORRAINE AND CLEVELAND THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE WHERE THERE IS NOT ONE NOW AND INTO THE PARK WILL BE THE SECOND PART WITH A SPECIFIC WALKING TRAIL AROUND THE PARK SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ALLOW THAT, COMING TO THE PARK GETTING ANOTHER ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE TO ROLLERBLADE, WALK STROLLERS AROUND AND HAVE ACCESS SIDEWALK IN THE FRONT PART OF THE PARK AS WELL. AS FAR AS OVER AT THE SOCCER FIELD AND THE MULTI-USE FIELDS ON BREAD RIVER THERE IS THE OLD COMMUNITY CENTER SLAB THAT JULY 1 GOT A CONTRACT FOR REMOVAL AND DEMO OF THAT. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE COST ON THAT WAS WE ARE ABLE TO REPURPOSE A LOT OF THE MATERIAL SO THAT IS GOING TO SAVE COST FOR ONE OF THE JOBS THAT THE COURTS NEEDED SO IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE SOILS AND MATERIALS TO GO OUT AND BE HAULED OFF SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE CLOSE TO TOWN WHERE THERE DUMPED OFF FROM THE SITE SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO HELP TO WEAR THOSE MATERIALS OR REMOVE THE FULLNESS OF THE PARKING LOT CAN COME TOGETHER AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BE CONTRACT BY SEPTEMBER 30 TO ENCUMBER FUNDS TO SHOW THE FINISHED TO HAVE THE MORE FULL PARKING LOT BETWEEN YOUNG AND RED RIVER AROUND THE SOCCER AREA TO INCREASE, CURRENTLY THERE'S 155 SPOTS IN THE CURRENT PARKING SPOT SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT CAPACITY AND PREVENT THE PARKING THAT HAS BEEN ON BREAD RIVER COMPLETELY ELIMINATED TOGETHER SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. COMING UP IN THE FIRST
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MEETING IN AUGUST WE WILL FINALIZE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE SPLASH PAD AT RIVERSIDE CHILDREN'S PARK AREA SO WE ARE EXCITED TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND THEN START HAVING FOCUS GROUPS AND GETTING PUBLIC, INPUT ON HOW SPLASH PAD SHOULD LOOK AND BE AND THEN BE ABLE TO GET THAT ROLLING WHEN THE BALL STARTS ROLLING WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BUILDING THAT SPLASH PAD IN 2026 SO WE ARE READY TO GO WITH THAT HERE NOW THAT WE ARE CONTRACT READY WITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE UNTIL I CANNOT SAY THAT YET BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU GUYS AND IT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH CITY ENGINEER AND COUNCIL IN THE AUGUST SESSION. AT MEADOW LANE PARK IS OUR NEXT FY 26 NEIGHBORHOOD PARK TO WORK ON. I DO WANT TO MENTION THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THROUGH OUR FINANCE OFFICE WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER FOR THE CITY AND HAVE SEEN WITH OTHER PROJECTS, MISS KATIE, HAS BEEN SUPERCOOL FIGURING OUT WHERE WE GET PLAYGROUND GRANTS FROM SO ALSO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AS MUCH AS YOU THINK THEY MIGHT JUST DO WILDLIFE ACTIVITIES THEY DO PARK ENHANCEMENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS FOR URBAN SETTINGS AS WELL. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS BY AUGUST 1 TO APPLY FOR GRANT AT MEADOW LANE PARK AND IT WOULD BE 50-50 MATCH SO WHATEVER HE ASKED FOR THEY WOULD THEN MATCH THAT SO THAT GRANT WE WILL GET A LETTER OF APPROVAL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL AND WE WILL BRING IT, ALL THE PAPERWORK BY AUGUST 1 AND THEN EITHER WAY IF WE DON'T GET THE MATCHING GRANT WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT OTHER 15% WE ARE COMMITTED TO FOR THE PARK SO MEADOW LANE WILL BE GETTING DONE BUT IT MIGHT BE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COST THAN AT THAT POINT FOR THEM. ON THE NEXT SLIDE THE LAST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT BEFORE OPENING UP TO QUESTIONS IS THE WHAT'S NEXT PART. WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GRANT AND IT WAS AWARDED TO URBAN ENGINEERING FOR THE KAYAK EXIT AND BOAT RAMP. IT MIGHT BE HARD TO TELL ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE WE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOX. WE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH FOCUS GROUP USERS, SOME KAYAK MEMBERS AND FROM THE TEXAS WATER SAFARI WE THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT GIVING INPUT AND STUFF BUT THIS PICTURE IS ON JOHN LEE JUST DOWNRIVER FROM THE PUMP HOUSE NEAR THE DOG PARK ACROSS FROM THE ZOO AND IT SHOWS A SIDEWALK AND WALKING TRAIL WHERE IT IS A SWITCHBACK RAMP AND IT WILL GO TO WHERE THE DESIGN OF THE RAMP DOWN TO THE RIVER HAS HINGES ON IT WHERE AS THE RIVER ARISES IT WILL LIFT THE ENTIRE SECTION ON TWO DIFFERENT PIVOT POINTS TO RAISE IT AS IT GOES UP WITH WATER. IT IS TWO STATIONS KAYAK AREA WITH A FEW THINGS BEING DESIGNED FOR THE SIZE OF KAYAK THAT IT WOULD FIT. I KNOW WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS YOU CAN HAVE NORMAL 12 TO 15 FOOT TYPE KAYAK BOAT OR PADDLEBOARD, EIGHT FOOT AND DOING THE RACING STUFF WITH TEXAS SAFARI GUYS THEY ARE BRINGING 40 FOOT BOATS. WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS OF HOW WE SERVICE GROUPS AND GET THEM IN AND OUT AT THAT POINT AND BRING THEM UP. IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE HANDICAP PARK STUFF IS NOT THE FULL SCALE OF DESIGN OF WHAT THE PARKING WOULD BE IN THE AREA AND THAT ROAD SLIVER WOULD NOT BE THERE. THAT WAS A OLDER DESIGN BUT IT SHOWS WE HAD TWO OPTIONS WE ARE LOOKING AT. ONE WAS A ROAD TO BRING IT INTO JOHN LEE DOWN IN THE GRASS BY MAINTENANCE CLEANING UP AFTER FLOODING WAS TOO MUCH SO THERE'S ONE LESS ENVIRONMENT IMPACT. IT WILL SAVE TREES, THEY WANTED TO GET INTO THE RIVER AS MUCH AS THEY NEED TO FOR DIFFERENT STUDIES AND STUFF, THEY WILL BUILD IT TO THE BANK AND HAVE THE HINGES BUILT TO RAISE WITH WATER LEVELS FOR THAT. THE NEXT PROJECT AT ] PARK WE GOT APPROVAL FOR THE GRANT. $362,000 PROJECT. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, WE PAID 300,000 THE CITY WILL PAY 62,000. WE DID GET AWARDED THE GRANT , I PUT ON 12 TO 18 MONTHS START TIME , BUT I THINK WE WON'T HAVE TO DO SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES , SO THAT'S GOING TO GO MUCH FASTER OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 9 MONTHS AND EVEN GET DONE FASTER WHICH WOULD BE GREAT TO IMPROVE, A .3 MILE GRANT WALKING TRAIL AT SKATEBOARDING, BLADES, SCOOTER, BIKE AND WALKING WITH STROLLERS AND WAGONS AND STUFF. VERY EXCITED LOOKING FOR THAT. THE FINAL PROJECT WE WILL MENTION AS WELL, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD TO GET ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE FOR[01:05:01]
MARTIN LUTHER KING AND RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUND DESIGNS AND WE WILL BE DOING THOSE IN 2026 WITH THE GOAL IN 2027 FOR RIVERSIDE PARK COMING TO FRUITION AFTER THE SPLASH PADS OPEN AND THEN 28 TICKING DESIGN FORWARD WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING. WITH ANY CHANGES TO POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD IF NECESSARY, BUT YOU WILL START SEEING MORE FOCUS GROUPS ON BOTH PLAYGROUNDS WITH PAST COMMENTS AND PUBLIC NEEDS FOR WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THOSE.ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL MENTION WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK, IN 2021, THE HOUSE STUDY FOR THE MASTER PLAN ALREADY PUT OUT A NICE 22 LISTING OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A BRAND-NEW FULLY REDESIGNED START FROM THE GROUND UP TYPE COMMUNITY PROJECT SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THAT FORWARD IN 26 AND START COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THAT ONE. YOU WILL START SEEING THINGS FROM THE TEAM ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE CAN HAVE THOSE FOCUS GROUPS TAKE PLACE ON THOSE PROJECTS. THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU ALL PURSUED GETTING THE GRANTS FOR ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS I KNOW THAT IS A TIME-CONSUMING THING I'M SURE EVERYONE APPRECIATES THE WAY YOU ALL PURSUE THAT OR THE GRANT WRITER BUT I KNOW YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THAT SO THANK
YOU. >> SHOUT OUT FOR KATIE SHE'S
AMAZING. >> SHE DOES A LOT, A LOT OF GRANTS WHICH IS AMAZING. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AFTER THE
CITIZENS ALSO DO. >> APPRECIATE THAT.
[E. Items from Commissioners:]
>> THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM E, ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA? AND IN THAT CASE I GUESS I WILL ENTERTAIN SUGGESTIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT.
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. >> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.