[A. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:24] AUDIENCE. LISA, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATION TODAY? >> NO, SIR. [C. Approval of Minutes:] >> ALL RIGHT. EASY ENOUGH. NO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES, THE OCTOBER 18TH WORKSHOP MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE NOVEMBER 10TH MINUTES. SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? >> I READ OVER THEM, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEM AS READ, IF EVERYBODY HAS READ THEM. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH THE OCTOBER 18TH AND THE NOVEMBER 10TH MINUTES FROM MIKE AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN? ALL RIGHT, THE [D. Items from Commissioners:] MINUTES ARE APPROVED. SO MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WE HAVE GOT D- 1, THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX DISCUSSION. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. GLAD TO BE HERE. SO AT OUR LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX. AND IF YOU RECALL AT THAT TIME WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS HAPPENING AND SO TODAY I HAVE SIR ANTHONY YOUNG TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ALSO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE HEADED IN THE FUTURE. SO -- >> THANK YOU, LISA. APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU GUYS TODAY. I THINK IN PART OF WHAT TO GET IT ALL, I GUESS, OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH Y'ALL KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS. THE HISTORY OF THIS STARTED IN ABOUT 2006 WHEN A GROUP OF -- TWO MOTHERS CAME TO OUR NORTH SIDE ROTARY CLUB TO ASK US FOR MONEY TO GO TO A JAM JAMBOREE, A LITTLE TOURNAMENT. AND BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY SPEND ON THEIR CHILDREN AND STUFF, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET GAS THERE AND BACK. WE JUST KIND OF ASKED THEM TO DREAM BIGGER AND THEN ONE OF THEM, A MOTHER, WENT HOME AND SHE STARTED RESEARCHING AND SHE CAME UP WITH A PROJECT CALLED THE -- WHAT IS IT, THE MIRACLE LEAGUE. AND IT WAS STARTED BY ROTARY CLUB OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IT WAS A FIELD JUST FOR CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE ISSUES. AND FROM THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE THE ENERGY STARTED. AND THEY ALREADY HAD A LEAGUE ÷÷HERE THAT LEAGUE WERE PLAYING THROUGH THE LITTLE LEAGUE AT THE TIME, BUT THEY ALWAYS GOT LEFT OUT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO PRACTICE, THEY WERE PRACTICING BEHIND A LUTHERAN CHURCH IN A GRASS FIELD, SOME KIDS HAD WALKERS, SOME HAD WHEELCHAIRS, IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE FOR WHAT THEY DID. SO, WE GOT VERY FORTUNATE, AND THIS HAS BEEN QUITE BLESSINGS FROM HEAVEN, THE WHOLE THING, ABOUT THAT TIME, THE CITY BUILT THE COMPLEX ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. AND THE GIRLS SOFTBALL FIELDS HERE ON UP ON MCBRIDE AND VINE STREET BECAME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE GIRLS WERE GOING TO PLAY SOFTBALL DOWN THERE. WE WERE BLESSED BY THE CITY TO ALLOW USUS HAVE EVERY GREEN CONTRACT WITH YOU GUYS, FIVE YEARS RENEWAL, AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING YOU ALL WANT US TO DO IT. SO, MANY BLESSINGS HAVE COME ABOUT THROUGH ALL OF THIS. WE HAD DECIDED WHEN WE GOT THERETHERE TO KNOW THE CONCESSION STAND AND RESTROOMS, THIS IS THE GIRLS PLAYGROUND, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY YOU PLAY GIRLS SOFTBALL THERE, BUT IT WAS A 9 BY 9 BATHROOM, ABOUT FROM HERE TO THAT HERE THAT HAD THREE TOILETS AND A SINK IN IT. IT DEFINITELY DID NOT MEET ADA IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. THAT BECAME OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE WAS TO REBUILD IT. AND WE WENT COULD CAREER CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME, KEVIN KRUGER, OWNER OF IT, HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY. AND HE DIDN'T DO ALL OF IT, BUT WE DID GET SOME MONEY FROM THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION AND NOW WE HAVE A FINE RESTROOM WHERE THERE IS THREE TOILETS AGAIN, BUT TWO OF THEM ARE ADA, ONE OF THEM IS STANDARD ONE AND TWO SINKS IN THERE, PLENTY OF ROOM TO MOVE AROUND, NICE CONCESSION STAND, NICE MALE RESTROOM AS WELL. SO, THAT WAS ANOTHER LITTLE BLESSING COMING FROM GOD. SO WE ALSO STARTED [00:05:02] PLANNING -- INTERESTING, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TIME WAS GARY BURNS, A FORMER COMMISSIONER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND ON STAFF FOR THEM WAS AN ENGINEER THAT WORKED FOR BIG NATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, AND HE STARTED TALKING TO HIM ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER HALF OF OUR COMPANY BUILDS FIELDS LIKE THAT. OUT OF THE BLUE, RIGHT? SO, THEN THEY -- THAT ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY HELPED US GET A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SOCCER ASSOCIATION. AND PRETTY MUCH PAID FOR IT BETWEEN THAT AND IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JUST -- THERE IS A SUBCONTRACTOR AND PORT LAVACA WHO HAS A CHALLENGED SON. DURING THE PROCESS OF IT, SHEILA, WHO THE LADY WHO KIND OF BROUGHT THIS TO US, AND SHE HAS TWO SONS THAT ARE CHALLENGED, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I LEARNED ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF IS ALL MOTHERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN. BUT WHEN THEY ARE SPECIAL NEEDS, IT IS IED VERY MUCH HIGHER. AND TO BE OUT THERE PLAYING BASEBALL, HARD THINGS COMING AT YOU, SWIFTLY, TO CONVINCE A MOTHER TO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO COME OUT, THERE IS -- IT IS DIFFICULT. BUT, GOING FORWARD WE ALSO, THIS PART OF TIME, SHEILA BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE IS NOTHING FOR THESE KIDS AFTER THEY AGED OUT. 18, 19 YEARS OLD, THEY AGE OUT OF LITTLE LEAGUE OR WHATEVER. AND SO WE STARTED AN ADULTS LEAGUE. AND WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING AN ADULTS LEAGUE SINCE ABOUT 2010, 2011, IT FLUCTUATED FROM 30 KIDS, 30 ADULTS TO ONE TIME WE HAD 60 OF THEM OUT THERE. BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM, IT IS NOT FOR THEM. OTHERS WANT THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD WAS WE WERE SEEING THESE KIDS WERE AGING OUT AND AND THE KIDS AGE OUT, THE PARENTS AGE OUT TOO. SO, THE ONES THAT ARE INVOLVED, WE COULD SET UP SOME TO CONTINUE THIS. SO, WE HAD IT ALL SET UP AND THEN THOSE PARENTS GET TRANSFERRED. AND SO WE HIT A LITTLE HICCUP, WE GOT IT BACK GOING AGAIN, A LITTLE THING CALLED COVID HIT. SO, WE'RE IN THE STAGE NOW, WE KIND OF PARTNERED WITH THE YMCA TO HELP WITH THIS TO GET IT GOING BECAUSE THEY'RE A SUSTAINABLE PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO BE -- I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE MAYBE 20 MORE YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN 50. SO YMCA WILL BE HERE IN 50. WE FOUND WITH THE Y, AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THIS, IS THAT THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT SETTING UP PROGRAMS. BUT THESE KIDS, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE PARENTS TO CONVINCE THEM. WE GOT TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM AND CONVINCE THEM. SO, WE'RE NOW REVAMPING OUR WAYS TO GET IN THERE. WE HAD AN ISSUE BEFORE WITH SOME PRIOR LEADERSHIP THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO COME IN AND SOLICIT IN THEIR MEETINGS AND STUFF. WE DON'T FEEL IT IS THAT WAY ANYMORE. SO WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS, I HAD ALL THESE NOTES THAT I WROTE DOWN, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN GOING ON AND ON BECAUSE I KIND OF DO THAT, BUT WHERE WE ARE IS WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE. AND WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO GO FROM HERE. I DON'T KNOW -- BAD NEWS CHAIRS, I DIDN'T MENTION THE BAD NEWS CHAIRS, THEY COME HERE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PLAY. THEY HAVE HAD A TOURNAMENT HERE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND LAST YEAR THEY BROUGHT TWO TEAMS IN FROM MINNESOTA. A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US, FOR THE CITY, TO BRING PEOPLE HERE. THE ISSUE AND THAT'S -- I FEEL LIKE AS I TALKED TO LISA, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN PARTNER VERY WELL WITH THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO ADVERTISE AND GET PEOPLE TO COME IN. AND THAT, AGAIN, IS DANNY CAMACHO WHO RUNS THE BAD NEWS CHAIRS HAS LIMITED ABILITIES TO DO THAT. HE'S -- THE CHAIR'S HEALTH, HE HAS HEALTH ISSUES AT TIME. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AND THE CITY CAN DEFINITELY PARTNER ON AND DO THINGS. AND THEN I HAD A MEETING WITH LISA AND KATE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE JUST -- IDEAS ARE FLYING BETWEEN THOSE TWO. THEY'RE WONDERFUL FOLKS, Y'ALL. YOU'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM. AND MENTIONING A FEW YEARS AGO YOU ALL HAD THE WINTER THINGS AND WE HAD THE -- THE WHEELCHAIR [00:10:01] BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND I WENT AND THAT WAS AWESOME. WE HAD TEAMS FROM LOUISIANA THERE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND DAVID CROOK PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US. AND HE IS STILL IN TOWN AS FAR AS I KNOW, ISN'T HE? YEAH, SO, HE'S VALUABLE AS WELL. AND HE HAD USED TO PLAY ON THE BAD NEWS CHAIRS, BUT NOW HE'S KIND OF -- I THINK HE'S ON A TRAVELING TEAM, IF YOU WILL, VERY COOL DUDE. AND HE -- THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND THE CITY DOES BRING SOMETHING FOR THE SUMMER HERE FOR THAT -- THOSE GAMES, WHAT WERE THOSE CALLED AGAIN? >> OH, THE TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FOUNDATION GAMES. >> IT IS VERY COOL THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US THERE. AND TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO HELP EACH OTHER. FOR US TO HELP THE CITY, BRING THESE PEOPLE HERE NOW. AND PART OF HOW WE'RE DOING THIS NOW IS WE'RE RESETTING UP OUR WEBSITE, OUR WEBSITE, WE HAD A DIRECTOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT SET UP A PASSWORD ON THERE AND THEN HE LEFT, NOT ANGRY WITH US, BUT WITH THE TOWN FOR SOMETHING ELSE, AND NEVER REVEALED WHAT THAT PASSWORD WAS. SO, WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF RESETTING IT UP AND WE HAVE A MEETING WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WELL. SO, WE HAVE -- I'M EXCITED. I WENT TO THE BALLPARK BEFORE I CAME HERE, SAT THERE A LITTLE WHILE, PRAYED FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS THERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO MUCH, PARTLY WITH THE CITY, IF IT IS THE Y WE'LL PARTNERING WITH TOO FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OR IF WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SUSTAINABILITY OURSELVES, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE. THE PASSION IS THERE. I WANT TO -- WELL, I BROUGHT THIS TO READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT. CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE FACILITY FOR CHALLENGED ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THEY HAVE AS THEY GET OLDER, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO DO, IS OBESITY IN THESE ADULTS. AND KIND OF HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THEM THINNING OUT WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING WITH US A LITTLE BIT. KNOWING YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THEM AND HAPPINESS ANDAND THAT THEY GIVE US IS JUST REALLY ASTOUNDING. AND I WANT TO READ A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS REAL QUICK AS WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE TOTO AND PARENTS OF THESE ATHLETES TO WRITE SOMETHING TO GO ON OUR WEBSITE. AND ONE SAYS, I AM PROUD THAT MY SPECIAL NEEDS SON IS A PART OF THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX. EVERYONE PARTICIPATES, EVERYBODY WINS, AND EVERYONE IS RESPECTED. THE VOLUNTEERS ARE AMAZING AND TRULY SELFLESS IN ALL THEY DO FOR THESE ATHLETES. A TRULY GREAT ORGANIZATION. THIS OTHER ONE, SWEET LADY THAT WROTE THIS IS BEHIND ME, AND SHE USES VERY LARGE WORDS, I HOPE I DON'T MISPRONOUNCE THEM, MY DAUGHTER LEXI IS INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED, HAVING A HEMIPARESIS ON HER LEFT SIDE. THIS DISABILITY LEFT HER OUT OF SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH ONLY ONE FRIEND, AND WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO WORK FULL TIME OR GO TO COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL. HER FIRST YEAR WAS SOCIALLY MISERABLE AS SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVITIES TO FILL HER DAYS, SO SHE BEGAN ACTING OUT. DISCIPLINE-WISE. WE FOUND OUT ABOUT CADC LEXI WANTED TO GIVE IT A TRY. THIS LEAGUE HAS GIVEN HER CONFIDENCE AND THE POSITIVE ADULTS WHO VOLUNTEER ARE SO ENCOURAGING. SHE NOW HAS FRIENDS WHO ARE ON HER SAME EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, LOOKS FORWARD TO SOFTBALL SEASON ALL YEAR ROUND. THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX HAS CHALLENGED -- CHANGED LEXI'S LIFE FOR THE BETTER. SO, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SMALL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND IT MAKES ME PROUD IN A GOOD WAY, NOT PRIDE IN A BAD WAY, THAT I'M A PART OF IT AND IT HAS BEEN SO MANY REALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY BLESSINGS THAT JUST COME OUR WAY THAT ARE NOT OUR ABILITIES AND NOT OF US THAT WE GOT HERE. AND I TRULY BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SAME THINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK -- I'M MUCH BETTER AT ANSWERING QUESTIONS, IF I DIDN'T COVER SOME THINGS OR IF Y'ALL THINK I DIDN'T COVER ANYTHING, OR, LISA, IF YOU THINK I DIDN'T COVER ANYTHING? [00:15:01] >> NO, I THINK THAT WAS GREAT. THE MIC -- OH. LISTEN TO THAT. WORKING OKAY, GEORGE? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING. I THINK THE MAIN POINT WAS, WHICH IS ONE OF YOUR GOALS AS PRESIDENT, IS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS EXPOSURE THERE AND AND WE'RE EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO, IN PARKS AND÷÷ RECREATION. SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE HISTORY. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD GIVE THAT JUSTICE. SO, I'M GLAD YOU TOOK IT ALL THE WAY BACK ANDAND SOMETIMES JUST WHERE IT STARTS, YOU KNOW. FAMILIES THAT COME INTO TOWN, THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY SET UP FOR SUCCESS, YOU KNOW. AND I THINK THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO EVOLVE. CERTAINLY THE TEAMS THAT I HAVE HERE, THEY ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED. WE'RE GOING AS FAR AS -- IT IS NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, WE'RE PROGRAMMING FOR ANIMALS. IT IS A BIG DEAL, YOU KNOW. ANIMALS COME WITH HUMAN BEINGS THAT CARE ABOUT THEM, AND SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AT LEAST FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH TAF, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, THE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL IN GENERAL, I HADN'T HAD A DIRECT CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE ATHLETES THAT WERE IN THAT TYPE OF ABILITY LEVEL AND SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WAS JUST AMAZING, COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO PLAYED BASKETBALL. AND JUST WATCHING HOW RESILIENT THEY WERE, HOW EXCITED THEY WERE, I PROMISED THEM THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCER. AND MUSIC. AND I THINK THAT WILL ADD SOME FLAVOR. YOU HAVE TO COME OUT. IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU SEE AND SEE JUST LIKE US. I THINK THAT'S THE THING WE WANT TO PUSH FORWARD AND I DO WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE AREA SCHOOLSSCHOOLS CHURCHES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE IN TOWN THAT WE KNOW OF, THAT FAMILIES CAN ACTUALLY TIE INTO, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. I THINK YOU SAID THERE WERE SOME ORGANIZATIONS. >> YES. AND EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS ABOUT THE VINE SCHOOL, BUT WHAT IS THE ADULT PROGRAM AGAIN? VADC. THEY ORGANIZE MANY THINGS FOR THE ADULTS, FROM PROMS TO DIFFERENT DANCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY COMBINED NOW WITH THE AUTISM GROUP, CORRECT? I THINK THEY'RE ALL ONE GROUP NOW. YES. SO THEY ONCE WERE KIND OF DIVIDED, AUTISM ADULTS, ADULTS WITH AUTISM AND NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DON'T WANT FOR VICTORIA, THOUGH. WE WANT THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO COME INVOLVED. AND LEXI, THEY'RE VANDERBILT, VANDERBILT ISD. SO THEY'RE STILL VICTORIA COUNTY, BUT NOT IN VICTORIA. BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY MEET THE CROSSROADS COMMUNITY WITH. AND I THINK -- I DON'T THINK IS JUST CITY HERE, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE CROSSROADS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 42 YEARS AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE CROSSROADS. WE DO BUSINESS WITH THE CROSSROADS. WE DO EVERYTHING IN THOSE AREAS. AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS THE BIGGEST ONE AND WE BRING THE STUFF HERE, AND WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY'RE BUYING GAS HERE, MIGHT BE BUYING GROCERIES HERE, BRINGING THINGS TO THE CITY AS WELL. AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS JUST SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. IN THE PAST WE TALKED TO A LADY WHO IS PART OF A GROUP OF BLIND ADULTS, AND THIS NEVER CAME TO FRUITION, BUT AS WE GET STRONGER IN DOING THIS, THEY WANT A SAFE PLACE TO WALK. THEY WANT TO EXERCISE. THEY'RE LIMITED TO THEIR HOUSE, THEY KNOW THEY'RE PAST THE RESTROOM, PAST THE FRIDGE, AND THAT'S IT. BUT THEY GET OUT IN PUBLIC, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW -- WHATEVER, THEY CAN FOLLOW THE FENCELINE THE WHOLE AROUND. THEY CAN WALK. AND THEY DO THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. THERE IS ALSO A THING CALLED BEEPER BALL. WE USED IT. IT IS A MUCH LARGER BALL AND IT BEEPS. A RECHARGEABLE BALL AND IT MAKES NOISE. I'VE SEEN ON THE PAST ON ESPN STUFF, THEY DO SOME PITCHING AND THEY HIT THAT BALL AND IT COMES BEEPING AT THEM. IT IS AMAZING STUFF. TO LISA'S POINT ABOUT THE ATHLETES IN THE WHEELCHAIRS, IF YOU EVER HAVE TIME WHEN THEY DO THE BALLPARK, WHEN THEY COME TO PLAY BASEBALL, THEY ARE PHENOMENAL. I GREW UP PLAYING BALL. I ALWAYS PLAYED BALL. AND THOSE MEN ARE ATHLETES. AND THEY HAVE NO USE OF THE LEGS. AND THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT, HECK, I WISH I WAS THAT QUICK AT DOING THINGS ON THE FIELD AS THEY WERE, YOU KNOW? JUST AMAZING. THEY TAKE THE BALL, THEY CATCH [00:20:02] IT, ALWAYS ONE HOP IT TO THE FIRST BASEMAN, A GOOD BOUNCE TO HIM AND YOU CATCH IT AND JUST THINGS YOU LEARN. SO IT IS PRETTY AMAZING. IT REALLY IS. IT IS A SPECIAL, SPECIAL DEAL. AGAIN, IF I MISSED SOMETHING, LET ME KNOW. Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM. >> THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PICK UP THAT MANTEL AND RUN WITH IT. AND HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN VICTORIA IS DEFINITELY A BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT AND CAN USE IT. IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE CITY. SO, WHAT I'M HEARING AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT IS JUST THE PUBLICITY, IS HELPING WITH PROGRAMMING, ON LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS THERE, HOW TO GET INTO CONTACT WITH YOU TO -- I GUESS THE CHALLENGED ATHLETES DREAM COMPLEX DO ALL THE SCHEDULING? OR IS THAT STILL RUN THROUGH THE CITY? >> THAT'S BASICALLY WITH US AT THIS POINT. OUR GOAL IS TO COORDINATE WITH THEM. >> CORRECT. >> BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES THERE AS WELL THEY WANT TO HAVE. SO WE DON'T WANT THOSE OVERLAPPING IN ANY WAY. >> SURE. >> SO IT IS A BIG COORDINATION BETWEEN US. AT SOME POINT, I KNOW WHEN THE WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE ARE HERE -- BASEBALL SEASON IS SUMMER AND IT IS HOT AND IT IS VICTORIA, TEXAS, THESE ARE GUYS THAT HAVE -- ON DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS THAT AFFECT THEM IN THE HEAT, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE GONE BEFORE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AT ONE POINT TO GET LIGHTS. WE HAVE LIGHTS THERE, BUT WE NEVER HOOKED THEM UP BECAUSE IT WAS GOINGGOING TO $1500 JUST TO PUT A METER IN. AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK AT THE TIME, I THINK JESUS TALKED TO THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY LIGHTING THAT ONE FIELD UP FOR THEM. AND WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS IN THE EVENING THAT WAY TOO. WE TEND TO PLAY OUR GAMES EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT WE GET MORE ACTIVITIES GOING ON OUT THERE, SUMMERTIME, WE CAN HAVE EVENING GAMES OR MORNING GAMES JUST TO BE IN A COOLER PART OF THE TIME FOR ALL OF THEM. WE REALLY KEEP OUR SEASONS TO A TIME MID- MARCH THROUGH LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY, JUST TO STAY OUT OF THE HEAT AND THE WINTERTIME MIDDLE SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER JUST SO WE HIT THE TIME WHEN IT IS A LITTLE COOLER FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH THE HEAT OUT THERE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. YOUNG? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND LETTING US COME AND PRESENT THIS TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [E. Other Business:] >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO -- WE ALSO DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT OUR 2026 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION DATES. AND SO I MADE THAT LOVELY CORRECTION FOR MR. PFEIL AND ADDED JANUARY AND FEBRUARY FOR HIS PLEASURE AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LISTED THE SAME DATES IN 2025 THAT WE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HIGH PROGRAMMING TIMES OR TRAVEL FOR FAMILIES, THINGS TO CONSIDER. TONIGHT I'M NOT ASKING NECESSARILY FOR A VOTE, JUST A CONSENSUS WITH THE GROUP AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR DEPARTMENT UPDATES. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE DATES? ANYTHING? ANY OTHER DATES WE MISSED? GOT ALL THE MONTHS? >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. OKAY. AND I'LL BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THOSE UPDATES ARE SENT OUT TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT OUR TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION CASE. MR. JERRY ORTIZ, YOU SWITCHED ON ME. ALL RIGHT. >> HI, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M HERE TO TALK QUICKLY ON THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS AS PART OF THE TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION OR AS WE KNOW OF AS TAAF. THIS WEEKEND WE'LL HAVE FOUR EVENTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT VICTORIA. OUR FIRST ONE THAT IS COMING UP IS SWIMMING, THAT WILL BE JANUARY 16TH -- EXCUSE ME 17TH AND 18TH, THAT'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BEGINNING AT 8:00 A.M. THERE AT THE VICTORIA AQUATICS CENTER. FOLLOWED BY THAT, GOLF STARTS THAT SATURDAY AS WELL, THE 17TH AND 18TH AT 9:00 A.M. AND -- EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. GOLF STARTS AT 10:00 A.M., SATURDAY WILL BE A SCRAMBLE, IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THE GOLFGOLF TERMS, ON SUNDAY IT WILL BE A SHAMBLE. SO, WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 15 TEAMS SIGNED UP FOR THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET MORE. FOLLOWED BY THAT IS DISC GOLF, THAT STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. AND THAT'S AT THE RIVERSIDE DISC GOLF COURSE THERE. I JUST INQUIRED ABOUT REGISTRATION ON THAT ONE AND HE SAID REGISTRATION IS SLOW, BUT [00:25:02] ALWAYS PICKS UP AND THERE WILL BE SOME LAST MINUTE TEAMS REGISTERING AS WELL. SO I HAVE NO DOUBT WE GOT A LOT OF DISC GOLF PLAYERS HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THAT WILL DEFINITELY PICK UP FOR SURE. AND THEN OUR LAST EVENT THIS WEEKEND IS THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY NORTH BUILDING. WITHIN THERE, THERE IS A GALVIN COMMUNITY HALL AND THAT WILL BE OUR SETTING FOR THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT THAT STARTS AT 11:00 A.M. AND THAT SHOULD GO TO ABOUT -- I'D SAY ABOUT 5:00 OR SO. AND WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY ABOUT THE TAAF TOURNAMENT? COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE FIVE OTHER EVENTS, ONE INCLUDING ADAPTIVE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL. IT PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN HELD AT THE VICTORIA EAST GYMNASIUM BECAUSE THOSE TWO GYMS, EAST AND WEST GYM ARE BOOKED FOR THAT WEEKEND. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HOLD IT AT THE S.T.E.M. MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMS. THAT IS PENDING DAVID CROOK'S APPROVAL ON THAT. I KNOW RIGHT NOW HE'S IN LAREDO, BUT HE'LL BE BACK, HE'S GIVING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR A CALL AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK OVER LOGISTICS, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT SECURED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AND IN ADDITION TO FEBRUARY'S EVENTS, WE ALSO HAVE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL WITH BLUMNAR RODRIGUEZ. FLAG FOOTBALL, THOSE ARE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. E-SPORTS AGAIN IS RETURNING EVENT THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED BY ZION WALKER FROM THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AND THAT'S IN THE SOUTH BUILDING. AND LASTLY, RETURNING, WE HAVE TENNIS. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD RIGHT NOW AT VICTORIA WEST TENNIS COURTS. AND OVERFLOW WILL BE AT THE VICTORIA COUNTRY CLUB. AND IF YOU DIDN'T SEE, YOU HAVE T-SHIRTS IN FRONT OF YOU, THOSE ARE ALL FOR YOU, AS WELL AS IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME TO, IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE GET A HOLD OF ME, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HELP US SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE SWIM MEET. WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. AND THEN COMING UP IN FEBRUARY WE'LL NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. SO, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON VOLUNTEERING OR ANY EVENTS, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. SEND ME AN EMAIL. LET ME KNOW. RIGHT NOW, CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? >> JERRY, HOW DO WE TRACK THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS YEAR OVER YEAR? IS THERE ANY TYPE OF DATA AS TO -- WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, IS IT INCREASING IN ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION? IS IT FLATLINED? HOW DOES THAT LOOK? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND IT FEELS LIKE, YES, THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH YEAR HOSTING TAAF AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A NEW EVENT COORDINATOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT EVERY YEAR. SO, IT IS HARD. I HAVE LOOKED IN PREVIOUS FOLDERS, AND TRIED TO FIND SOME HISTORICAL DATA ON THAT. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY KIND OF COLLECTIVE CUMULATIVE DATA, HOWEVER, WE DO ASK OUR TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS FOR THE SAKE OF FUND USES AND SUCH TO RECORD THE NUMBER OF ATHLETES THAT ARE COMPETING, WHERE THEY'RE STAYING AND SUCH, THAT WAY WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION FOR YEAR OVER YEAR ANALYTICS AND TO PROVIDE MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW THIS EVENT IS AFFECTING VICTORIA. WHETHER IT BE HOTELS, GAS, RESTAURANTS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ARE WE DOING -- ARE WE BRINGING THE RIGHT SPORTS IN? ARE WE REACHING THE RIGHT PEOPLE? THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBERS AT THIS POINT. BUT GOING FORWARD I LOOK TO BRING THAT KIND OF -- THOSE ANALYTICS TO THIS COMMISSION. >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO START THIS YEAR IS GETTING THE ANALYTICS. >> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. I'M A BIG NUMBERS GUY. ABSOLUTELY. >> GREAT. >> SEEMS LIKE WE HAD REPORTS BEFORE ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE STAYED IN HOTELS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE -- WERE ATTENDING THE GAMES. >> YES. >> WE HAD THAT BEFORE. SO, YEAH -- MAYBE SOME PLACE TO KEEP IT ALL. >> YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU. AND I KNOW WITH OUR CVB, OUR COMMISSIONER VISITOR BUREAU, THEY HAVE A LOT THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AT THE MOMENT. BUT I PARTNER WITH LIZ AND JOEL VERY CLOSELY. SO, THOSE ARE NUMBERS CAN [00:30:04] ABSOLUTELY ATTAIN AND GET YOU. THAT'S WHAT THEY USE THOSE NUMBERS FOR AGAIN, MORE FOR SPORTS TOURISM AND SEEING HOW TAAF AFFECTS VICTORIA AS A WHOLE. >> AND WE CERTAINLY WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. SO JERRY'S ROLE IN THE TAAF IS MORE OF THE COORDINATION. WE CAN GIVE YOU A FULL ATHLETE COUNT, WE CAN MAKE SURE ALL THE REGISTRATION PORTALS ARE OPEN, HE HANDLES THE WEBSITE WITH HISHIS TEAM, DO MORE OF THE LOGISTICS ON THE FRONT END. AND THE BACK END, THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE IT, BUT OUR COLLEAGUES DO, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE BRING YOU THAT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TRACK THOSE AND IT IS ALL TIED IN WITH JUST EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR SPORT TOURISM. SO, LOOK FORWARD TO JERRY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKING THE REINS ON THIS. IF YOU RECALL, YOU KNOW, STEVEN GALLAGHER, HE WAS A BIG PART OF GETTING THIS GOING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO WE PASSED THE TORCH TO JERRY AND HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO COORDINATE WITH THE OUT OF TOWN TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS. WE LEARNED A LOT DURING THE COURSE OF SETTING UP THE STAGE, COORDINATING WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THE SWIM MEET? I DON'T -- >> THERE ARE ABOUT 600 OR SO. >> JUST 600 AND WE COORDINATE THE FOOD, WE MAKE SURE ALL THE LIFEGUARDS ARE PAID. SO, WE'RE WELL AT IT AND IT JUST HAS BEEN A JOY, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT THE LEADERSHIP FROM TAAF HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT HERE IN VICTORIA TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE ABOUT IT. YOU CAN TAG ALONG, IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE WORKING, I'LL BE AROUND THIS WEEKEND, SO FEEL FREE IF YOU JUST WANT TO CHECK OUT, WE'LL DO A LITTLE TOUR, IT REALLY IS FUN TO SEE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, JERRY. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> AS FAR AS PUBLIC ATTENDANCE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. I'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAPER. AND ON TELEVISION. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME -- OH, IT IS THIS WEEKEND, OH. SO, HOW IS THE ATTENDANCE AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC ATTENDING ANY OF THESE A GOOD TURNOUT OR -- >> I WOULD SAY THE MOST ATTENDED EVENT THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS AT SWIMMING AT THE AQUATICS CENTER, YES, SIR. >> BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE. >> YES, EXACTLY. BEING THE WEATHER VERY UNPREDICTABLE, AND SOME OF THE VENUES, ACTUALLY THE ADAPTIVE BASKETBALL, THE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL IS WELL ATTENDED AS WELL. SOME OF THESE OTHER EVENTS WHERE THEY'RE HELD JUST DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR -- LIKE DISC GOLF, IT IS -- YOU CAN -- PUBLIC IS ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH DISC GOLF BEING SO, LIKE, SPREAD OUT, IT IS HARD -- YOU CAN'T REALLY JUST PICK ONE PLACE UNLESS YOU JUST STICK AT ONE HOLE AND JUST WATCH EVERYBODY GO THROUGH THE ONE HOLE. GOLF IS ACTUALLY A CLOSED -- WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE GOLF COURSE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO INTERFERE WITH THE ACTUAL TOURNAMENT EVENT THAT IS GOING ON, BUT PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. AGAIN, SIMILAR REASONS. YOU GOT 18 HOLES AND SO, IT IS PRETTY WIDESPREAD VERSUS A CONFINED AREA FOR AN AUDIENCE TO KIND OF WATCH AND ATTEND. >> I WAS JUST THINKING, LIKE I SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, AND USUALLY IT IS ADVERTISED A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED. >> YES, SIR. SO, WITH MARKETING, WE DO HAVE IT ON FACEBOOK, WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS WE WILL BE PUTTING FOR OUR FEBRUARY EVENTS WE'LL BE POSTING THAT AROUND THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, THE L.E.D. SCREENS THEY HAVE THERE AROUND THE COMMONS AREA. AND IN ADDITION WE DO HAVE A PRESS RELEASE OUT. WE MENTIONED IT IN CITY COUNCIL. AND BUT THAT'S GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK, KNOWING TO KIND OF PREP THAT MARKETING PIECE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THAT WAY SUCH YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT HASN'T SEEN IT BEFORE CAN SEE IT MORE THAN A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME. >> DOES IT COST TO ATTEND? IF I WANT TO GO TO THE AQUATICS CENTER, DOES IT COST FOR ANYBODY TO WATCH? >> ALL THE EVENTS ARE FREE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SWIMMING, THERE IS A SMALL ENTRY FEE. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE PRICE FOR THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, JERRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TAAF WINTER GAMES? >> BUSY WEEKEND? >> YES. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> YES, IT IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I WANTED TO STOP FOR A MOMENT AND INTRODUCE A NEW TEAM MEMBER. PUT HER ON THE SPOT HERE. MISS SARAH URIG. GO AHEAD AND STAND UP. SHE IS OUR NEW EVENTS COORDINATE WE ARE OUR DEPARTMENT. THIS SAY NEW POSITION. [00:35:01] AS YOU KNOW, WHEN KATE GARCIA CAME OVER AS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, SHE ALSO BROUGHT A LOT OF EVENTS WITH HER. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HANDLING AS A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVENTS. SO, SOME OF OUR MOST COMMON ONES WE HAVE ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR JULY 4TH, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE DEALING WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH MOTHER CLUCKER, THINGS OF THAT SORT. SARAH IS THE NEW POINT OF CONTACT. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SARAH LASSITER, WHO IS ALSO ANOTHER SARAH WORKING WITH THE CVB DEPARTMENT AS WELL. THEY'LL BE WORKING HAND AND HAND. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SARAH HERE. HER ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL, HER PERSONALITY IS SUCH A GOOD FIT. SO FAR SHE'S JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. WE'RE REALLY GLAD BECAUSE IT IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS, SO SHE IS IN CHARGE OF BEING THE FACE OF VICTORIA, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE MEETING SPACES, BUT OUTSIDE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A HAND AND WELCOME HER TO THE TEAM. >> WELL, ON THAT NOTE, JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE COME UP AND MENTIONED IT TO ME, JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE Y'ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID AT CHRISTMAS, PUTTING ON THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. IT WAS OUTSTANDING. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO. I THINK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DOES. I HEARD PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE STREETS TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING THE MERRY ON MAIN, WHOLE CHRISTMAS STUFF WAS. GOOD JOB. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME. FROM MAIN STREET. I STILL HAVE REMNANTS OF MAIN STREET. BUT, THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU ALMOST BEAT OUT THE VETERANS DAY PARADE. >> SLIGHT BIAS THERE, BUT WE'LL LET THAT SLIDE. >> YES. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT I AM GOING TO HAVE KATE GARCIA, SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS AS IT RELATES TO RECREATION. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'LL LOWER THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I'M A LITTLE SHORTER THAN JERRY. I HAVE ONE SLIDE TO GO THROUGH AND ONE SLIDE DOES NOT DO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT ELIJAH AND ARMANDO DO IT JUSTICE, IT IS MORE THAN ONE SLIDE WORTH. FOR THIS EVENING, I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING. THIS DOES NOT COUNT THE EXTERNAL EVENTS THAT LISA WAS MENTIONING THAT SARAH HANDLES. FOR NOW, THIS IS JUST THE INTERNAL EVENTS FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. WE HAVE OUR SENIOR BINGO TUESDAY JANUARY 13TH FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ANNEX. THIS IS A HIGHLY ATTENDED EVENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WELL LOVED IN THETHE COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO SEE VERY GOOD NUMBERS FOR THIS EVENT. SO THAT WILL BE JANUARY 13TH FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 AGAIN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ANNEX. PICKLEBALL LEAGUE, THAT WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHTS FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE ME PLAY. I AM NOT PART OF THIS LEAGUE. BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEN WE HAVE TRIVIA NIGHT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH, FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY PAW- TY, SATURDAY JUNE 24T H, 2:00 TO 4:00 AT RIVERSIDE BARK. AND THEN GAME NIGHT FRIDAY JANUARY 30TH, 5:00 TO 9:009:00 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ANNEX. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE REC TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT IT, CREATING SOME VERY IMPACTFUL EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU TONIGHT. >> WHAT'S TRIVIA NIGHT? >> TRIVIA NIGHT. TRIVIA NIGHT. YOU CAN PUT THEM ON THE SPOT. >> IT IS LIKE A FIVE- ROUND -- >> YOU GOT TO COME UP TO THE MIC, MR. ARMANDO. >> ARMANDO, PAGING ARMANDO. >> YOU'LL HEAR FROM HIM ON OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, SO -- >> TRIVIA NIGHT IS LIKE A FIVE- ROUND TRIVIA WE DO WITH THE SPORTS COMPLEX. THERE IS A CONCESSION STANDSTAND AT COMPLEX, WE TAKE SOME OF THE TABLES, GET THEM UNDER, SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE A RAIN OR SHINE KIND OF THING FOR US. AND JUST FIVE ROUNDS, WE'RE USUALLY ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, WE USUALLY GET ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE TEAMS. WE DO IT AT THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO BOOK OUT THERE THAN IT IS AT THE ANNEX ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. SO -- >> THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX IS ON, LIKE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT WHOLE, LIKE, COMMUNITY CENTER -- >> YES, SIR. YES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, TO THE RIGHT. >> IS THERE A SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF TRIVIA? >> THE FIRST ONE WE DID, IT WASN'T, JUST GENERAL. WE DID LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT JUST ROUNDS. [00:40:02] ONE OF THEM WAS PARKS. SO, THIS ONE -- THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS A MOVIE TRIVIA NIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND RUN IT EITHER EVERY MONTH OR EVERY OTHER MONTH, AND KIND OF GET SOME THEMES GOING, YOU KNOW. WE HAD -- THE LAST ONE WE HAD, WE HAD A "STAR WARS" TEAM, AND THEY DEMOLISHED EVERYBODY. SO, WE'RE KIND OF PROBABLY GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM "STAR WARS. " >> LET'S DO THAT. >> ARE THESE EVENTS, LIKE, THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE, TRIVIA NIGHT, ARE THOSE NEW EVENTS OR HAVE WE DONE THOSE BEFORE? >> THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE IS IN ITS SECOND SEASON. SO THAT WAS A NEW ONE THAT CAME UP. WE HAD SOME -- JERRY'S VERY EMBED IN THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY AND HE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, HEY, ARE WE GOING TO START IT, AND SO WE DID. >> DO PEOPLE JUST SHOW UP OVER THERE? >> NO, MA'AM. YOU SIGN UP ON CIVIC REC. WE, I THINK FOR THIS PARTICULAR LEAGUE IT STARTED LAST WEEK. SO THEY HAD UP UNTIL, LIKE, THREE DAYS BEFORE THE LEAGUE STARTED TO SIGN UP. IT IS TEAMS OF SIX. AND THEY PLAY TWO ON TWO WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIKE AN ALTERNATE, JUST, YOU KNOW, LEAGUE ISN'T EVERYTHING, SO PEOPLE HAVE LIVES. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE ALTERNATE PLAY EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. >> COULD YOU ALSO MENTION ABOUT THE LEVELS OF PLAY THAT ARE OUT THERE? >> YES, MA'AM. SO, WE HAVE OUR REC LEAGUE AND OUR COMPETITIVE LEAGUE. THE COMPETITIVE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY GOOD. AND THEN THE REC PEOPLE, IT IS MORE FOR KIND OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO IT, MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO STAY A LITTLE FIT, YOU KNOW. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. THESE COMPETITIVE PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, REALLY GOOD. I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH. AND THE REC PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE TO HAVE A GOOD ARE, LIKE, WHAT'S THE SCORE? BUT IT IS A VERY NICE MIX. IT IS COOL TO SEE THEM -- THE REC PEOPLE PROGRESS AND THE COMPETITIVE PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES WATCH THE REC PEOPLE AND KIND OF GIVE THEM POINTERS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. IT IS COOL TO SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT DEFINITELY PROBABLY WOULDN'T MINGLE IN A REGULARREGULAR AND SEE THEM ACTUALLY MINGLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> YEAH, THE NUMBER WE HAD LAST SEASON. >> LAST SEASON WE HAD EIGHT TEAMS, WE CAPPED IT AT EIGHT LAST SEASON, JUST BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE AN WE WANTED TO LEAVE SOME COURTS OPEN FOR REGULAR PLAY, FOR WHOEVER WANTED TO COME OUT AND JUST PLAY. THIS SEASON WE HAD EIGHT, WE HAD A TEAM DROP OUT, SO WE HAVE SEVEN. FOUR COMPETITIVE AND THREE REC. AND SO, WE STILL HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY OF THE COURTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO JUST COME AND PLAY ON THEIR OWN. >> COOL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NICE. >> THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I'M SENSING A LITTLE COMPETITION WITH THIS CAROLINA THERE FOR A TRIVIA NIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU OUT THERE. >> THEY'RE PRETTY FUN. >> THEY ARE FUN. >> SIDE NOTE, JERRY HAS AMAZING PICKLEBALL FORM. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. I WATCHED ONE TIME CASUALLY AND I'M, LIKE, I'M OUT. >> SERIOUS. >> YES, STILL EVERY FRIDAY, JERRY. >> WE HAVE A NICE MIX ON OUR TEAM AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU, KATE, APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WANTED TO -- WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FUN IN PARKS AND RECREATION. WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR, RIGHT? THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT KEEPS US MOTIVATED. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. BUT I DID WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I KNOW YOU SEE TWO PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE WITH ME TODAY. AND SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE DIRECTION OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. IN OUR OCTOBER WORKSHOP ABOUT KIND OF THE TWOFOLD WITH BOTHBOTH DIRECTORS. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME AS ANY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR FOCUS AREAS ARE AND THEN I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO, KATE GARCIA IS OVERSEEING NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, SHE IS ALSO HANDLING ALL OF OUR EVENTS. SO, ALL OF THESE DIVISIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, REPORTING TO HER AS WELL AS WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING? SPORT TOURISM AND RECREATION, WHICH SHE JUST HIGHLIGHTED THERE. THEN WE ALSO HAVE RANDY, PLEASE STAND UP. THIS IS RANDY DEHARTY. I PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. HE IS OUR SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. AND SO HIS TITLE IS FOR PARKS MAINTENANCE AND GOLF [00:45:03] SERVICES. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE WILL BE HELPING MORE CLOSELY WITH ME WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, WHICH ARE MANY. I CAN'T HIGHLIGHT THEM ALL TODAY. MANY OF THE TOPICS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE, WE'LL ADD THOSE TO THE MEETINGS HEADED IN THE FUTURE. BUT RANDY COMES TO US FROM ALABAMA. HE HAS CLOSE TIES HERE IN PORT ARANSIS, RIGHT? HIS GOAL, AND WHAT OUR GOAL WAS, TO BRING IN SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY EXPERIENCED. I WON'T PUT THEM ON THE SPOT TODAY. HE'LL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF MORE AT A LATER TIME. BUT HE BRINGS IN OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. HE WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS OWNED HIS OWN BUSINESS AND THE RECREATION FIELD, WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM. SO I WILL BE QUIET AND NEXT TIME HE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HIMSELF. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HAND TO RANDY. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE -- I FORGOT ABOUT THIS PART. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. I'LL PASS IT TO THE CHAIR. SO, THIS IS OUR TRACK STATE INSTITUTE. AND IT IS TAKING PLACE FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH THE 13TH IN CORPUS CHRISTI. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO BRIAN, SO I WAS HOPING YOU COULD HIGHLIGHT WITH THE BOARD TODAY. >> THIS IS THE -- IF YOU REMEMBER A WHILE BACK, LAST YEAR AS WELL, BUT JUST TO KIND OF OBSERVE AND THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY SENT A TEAM TO COMPETE IN SOME OF THE EVENTS. AND THEY HAVE DONE REALLY WELL. WE TALKED ABOUT SETTING UP THE CONES OUTSIDE THE PRACTICE TRAILER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT OUR VICTORIA CREW WILL BE THERE FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH THE 13 TH IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE STATE MAINTENANCE RODEO. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE PICTURES THAT COME BACK. HOPEFULLY SOME VIDEOS OF SEEING THE BALL BLOWING AND THE MOWER RACING AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> FOR SURE. COLTON AND JOHN WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE PORTION, WHICH FOR TRUCK AND TRAILER. WE NEED ALL THE ROOTING WE CAN. IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE 10T H. BUT ANOTHER REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS THAT WE ALSO HAD A GOAL WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE REALLY IN TUNE WITH WHAT WE DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. I HOPE THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT. AND WE HAVE ONE INVITE FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO ACTUALLY JOIN US ON THE STATE MAINTENANCE RODEO DAY. SO, DON'T EVERYONE FIGHT FOR IT, RIGHT? BUT I WILL TALK TO -- >> RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY, RIGHT? >> YOU WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RIDING WITH KATE GARCIA. AND SHE WILL BE DOING -- SHE WILL BE YOUR TOUR GUIDE FOR THAT DAY. AND THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ALWAYS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT WE WANTED TO START SMALL AND GAUGE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF IS RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY, MAYBE IT IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS YOU WANT TO SIT IN ON A MEETING. THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE KNOW THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE CAN TALK AFTER THE MEETING. I WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THIS TIME, BUT, AGAIN, WE HAVE A SEAT WITH KATE AND I HAVE RIDDEN WITH HER AND SHE CAN DRIVE QUITE WELL. SO WE'RE OKAY. >> THANK YOU, LISA, FOR THE ENDORSEMENT. >> JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. WELL, AGAIN, I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH JUST THREE QUICK UPDATES ON OBVIOUSLY OUR CIP. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT, FOR CITY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. CHILDREN'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS, KATY CONNOLLY DID AN UPDATE WITH COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING. I'VE TAKEN HER PRESENTATION. SHE EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. I WON'T TAKE THE TIME TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE WHERE WE ARE. THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS BEING DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETINGS WITH SWA RECENTLY HAD A TEAMS MEETING WITH THEM AND THEY SHARED WITH US SEVERAL IDEAS. ONE OF WHICH IS OUR FIRST FIRST OPTION, WHICH IS TO PLACE THE SPLASH PAD DIRECTLY NEXT TO WHERE THE BASKETBALL COURT IS AT THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED IS OBVIOUSLY THAT IS HISTORICALLY A SENSITIVE AREA. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT A BIT -- A STEP FURTHER AND SO KATY CONNOLLY SUBMITTED AN [00:50:03] APPLICATION TO THC SO THEY CAN LET US KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO, IF THE LAND IS, THERE IS PROBABLY A SMALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND IF IT ISN'T, WE MOVE FORWARD LIKE NORMAL. BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AND ENGAGE YOU ALL WITH THOSE, SO WE'LL SEND THOSE INVITES OUT TO YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MEADOW LANELANE PARK. THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN AUGUST OF 2025. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A $650,000 COST AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE 325 CITY SHARE. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE RECREATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE THERE, BUT I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS TODAY. I GOT A CALL EARLY THIS MORNING AND WE WERE AWARDED THE ACTUAL GRANT. SO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 2026. WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CITY. IT IS VERY UNCOMMON TO ACTUALLY HAVE A GRANT ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN THE OFFICE. WE HAD TOO DO THAT OURSELVES, MANY PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS ARE ACCUSTOMED TOO THAT. YES, WE WERE AWARDED AND WE WILL BEGIN LIKE ANY OTHER FIRST STEP IN MANY OF THESE IS JUST FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT DID THE MASTER PLAN TELL US, SO KUDOS TO KATY. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MLK PARK. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF -- WE DEVELOPED COMMITTEES. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE WANT TO SURVEY, WE WANT TO GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. MLK PARK WAS PART OF -- KIND OF A THREE- TIERED SYSTEM WITHIN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN. SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT MLK PARK, AND SO THERE IS ACTUALLY AN APPENDICES THAT HAS THIS IN GREAT DETAIL, HAS A DESIGN IN PLACE. SO THEY ARE COMING UP WITH AN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. THIS IS IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES. WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO FIGURE OUT APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING IN '27. SO THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG JUST AS PLANNED AND WE ARE ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE NOT DEVIATED FROM THAT. WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUSH THE PROJECTS FORWARD. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EFFORT FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM. AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PARTNERING WITH US WITHIN THE CITY AND SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW -- THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE MOVING FORWARD, BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE SO YOU CAN SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH ANYONE YOU SEE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU LIVE, AT YOUR CHURCHES, AT YOUR EVENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT PARK AND RECREATION IS REALLY WORKING HARD. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO REPORT. >> I WANTED TO GO BACK REAL QUICK TO THE CHILDREN'S PARK. LISA AND I WERE ON THAT MEETING AND WE HAD KIND OF DISCUSSED THE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. YOU KNOW, OPTION A, THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BASKETBALL -- WHERE THE BASKETBALL COURTS WERE. THERE WERE THE CONCERNS WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE HISTORICAL, YOU KNOW, AREA, WHICH WAS KIND OF A LOW LEVEL CONCERN BECAUSE OF PAST, YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT HAD GONE ON THERE, THEY THINK STUFF HAD PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN MOVED IF IT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY AND THEN OPTIONS B AND C, TO MOVE IT OVER, KIND OF ACROSS THAT LITTLE MAINTENANCE ROAD TO WHERE THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE, THAT UNPROGRAMMED LAND, BECAUSE OF THE THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY WITH INSTALLING THE PLAYGROUNDS, IT WAS KIND OF PACKING IT ALL TOGETHER. ARE WE JUST -- ARE WE SET ON PLAN A, STILL DISCUSSING B AND C, AND JUST WAITING FOR SOME STUFF TO COME BACK FROM THEM? >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL CONSIDERING ALL OF THESE OPTIONS. NOTHING HAS BEEN SET IN STONE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT JUST THE DESIGN CONCEPTS THATTHAT FORWARD. WE WERE REALLY GLAD WITH THE CREATIVITY. MARSHA SHANKLAND, WE WANT TO DO IT JUSTICE. WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE FROM THEM. WE'LL GET WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, IT IS CONTINGENT ON THE REPORT. >> AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN. I MEAN, THIS PICTURE IS GREAT. BUT THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE SOME OF OUR OTHER SPLASH PADS AND [00:55:03] WHEN I WAS SAT IN ON THAT ONE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME KIND OF -- IS THIS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR IS THIS JUST FOR US TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLASH PADS? >> JUST FOR US TO KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SPLASH PADS. >> I AGREE. I THINK THAT THEY BROUGHT UP SOME STUFF AND I THINK IT IS A GOOD CALL YOU ALL USE THE CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY THINK OF STUFF THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF AND YOU WOULDN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE DESIGNING SPLASH BADS S BADS ALL THE TIME. AND IT IS MORE OF LIKE A WATER FEATURE THAT WORKED INTO THE PARK THAT WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURAL LOOKING, SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, SPLASH PADS THAT WE HAVE. >> TALKED ABOUT HAVING A CREEK BED OR, YOU KNOW, WITH A WATER FLOWING, KIDS CAN PLAY IN IT AND LOOKING PLEASING. THIS SPLASH PAD IS GREAT. I GO TO IT AND TAKE MY GRANDKIDS, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING -- ANOTHER IDEA, YOU KNOW, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AT RIVERSIDE, SO MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO WELL WITH OUR PARK THERE. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT, YES. [F. CALL FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] >> GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN FUTURE MEETINGS, JUST AS AN FYI, IF YOU ALL DIDN'T SEE NEXT MEETING, THE FEBRUARY 9TH MEETING, I BELIEVE IS THE DATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING BALLPARK MAINTENANCE FOR THE CITY FIELDS, AND LISA AND HER TEAM INVITED SOME OF THETHE WITH LITTLE LEAGUE AND ROSEBUDS TO ATTEND THE MEETING. SO INTERESTED IN HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK AND HEARING WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT PARK MAINTENANCE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE AGENDA FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.