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THANK YOU FOR SHOWING[2024 Bond Parks and Trails Meeting on May 11, 2023.]
UP.CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? UHHUH?
UH, I OFFICIALLY CALLS THE MEETING OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PARKS AND TRAILS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION SINCE BIOGRAPHICAL AROUND WITH IT.
BUT COULD JUST TELL YOUR NAME AND WHO APPOINTED YOU AND THE DISTRICT OR FROM, AND SORT OF KEEP THIS PART SHORT, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN TALK AFTERWARDS AND, YOU KNOW, INFORM MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
I, UM, WOULDN'T APPOINT, I WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
WORKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL, UH, JR TTA.
I'M APPOINTED BY CHAD WEST DISTRICT ONE, DANIEL WOOD, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN, APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN ADAM BAO.
RUDY GRAMMY COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, APPOINTED BY, UH, PAUL RIDLEY, UH, JOE ION, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN OMAR VEZ MEET NCHA.
UH, DISTRICT 13 APPOINTED BY GAY.
APPOINTED BY JAMIE SCHULTZ HO.
APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN CASEY THOMAS.
APPOINTED BY MAYOR PRO ARNOLD FIELD SOUTH DISTRICT NINE.
APPOINTED BY COUNCIL PERSON PAULA BLACKMAN.
MEGAN ROTHENBERGER, APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 12.
UH, DISTRICT FIVE I'M MEDICINE.
UH, I WANNA SAY I AM THRILLED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL YOUR BIOGRAPHIES, AND THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE MADE HEAVEN.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN EXPERTISE HERE, BOTH HERE, PARKS AND TRAILS, UH, IN CIVIC VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE A PASSION FOR PARKS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE FUN,
I'M GONNA, DO, I NEED TO INTRODUCE THIS PARK DEPARTMENT AND WHAT, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS, UH, STAFF HERE.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH AND JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
AND AGAIN, HOW STARTED THE BY RIGHT.
DIRECTOR JENKINS SHOULD, BUT I STOOD UP AND STARTED.
NO, WE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DESIGN AND FACILITIES.
I'M JARED WHITE, ONE OF THE MANAGERS IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN DIVISION.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
MY ENTIRE TEAM IS HERE TO ASSIST YOU ALL THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
I'M A PLANNING AND DESIGN MANAGER.
I HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF STAFF UP AT THE FRONT TABLE ON THE, THE TABLE AT THE, I'M BRIAN O'CONNOR.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
RENEE JOHNSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, THE PARK MAINTENANCE.
TRENT WILLIAMS, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER AND THE PARK OF PLANNING AND DESIGN.
JOHN LAWRENCE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CITYWIDE ATHLETICS RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS.
RACHEL BARRY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS SERVICES.
I'M STEVE BAKER, SUPERINTENDENT WITH RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION.
EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS CAN MAKE OUR JOB REALLY EASY.
WE HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PARK STAFF BY JOHN.
I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, EMMA, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS.
SO ALL THE PROJECTS WE'LL GET WILL BE WELL VETTED AND WELL THOUGHT OUT.
AND, UH, UH, THEY'RE, I MEAN, NOT, NOT OUR JOB WON'T BE EASY, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE, PRESS ASSURE THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AS SOON JOB AS HUMANLY FILES FOR LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND PUTTING THOSE THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE DONE, DONE ON THE LIST.
UM, I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT THE, THE, THE ORIGINAL KESLER PLAN FOR DALLAS HAD A LOT OF PARKS AND BOULEVARDS WITH TREES AND SEEMS, WE BASICALLY DECIDED TO DO ROADWAYS AND EVENTUALLY THE LEVY SAID, BUT THE ONE ONE PROJECT THAT WAS DONE IS ACTUALLY TREVOR CREEK.
AND IT WAS, UH, AND I, I LIKE IT BECAUSE I'M A BIG FAN OF KEVIN FLO'S IDEA OF BRANCH WATERS.
AND THAT SHOWED HOW INCREDIBLE TAKING A MAJOR CREEK IN THE CITY CAN BE IF YOU TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALONGSIDE BASICALLY WILDERNESS IN, IN, IN A BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL AREA.
UM, I THINK IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS THE TIME FOR PARKS IN DALLAS.
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NEVER BEEN SO MUCH INTEREST.THERE'S NEVER BEEN SO MUCH RECOGNITION THAT PARKS ARE ABOUT, JUST RECREATION AREAS ARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
SO, UH, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO TO, TO MAKE PROGRESS.
AND I THINK THERE'S NEVER BEEN SO MUCH PRIVATE MONEY PUT INTO PARKS.
I MEAN, USED TO BE HOSPITALS AND, UM, THE ARTS GOT ALL THE LARGE MONEY FROM A LARGE FOUNDATION.
NOW LARGE FOUNDATIONS ARE MAKING DONATIONS TO PARKS AND HELPING.
SO, SO WE HAVE A ROBUST MATCHING PROGRAM FOR, FOR PROJECTS NOW.
SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, TO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND MAKE THE PROGRESS.
WE MADE GREAT PROGRESS LAST YEAR, OUR LAST BOND PROGRAM, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRESS THIS YEAR AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THE, THE WILLINGNESS OF FUNDERS TO FUND PARK PROJECTS.
UM, ONE OF MY DUTIES IS SELECT TO CO-CHAIR AND I SUBJECT, UH, SELECTED JR HUERTA.
SO THANK YOU JR FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
I, I GUESS WHEN I, I BREAK MY LEG ON THE WAY HERE, JANUARY WILL FILL IN FOR ME.
OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE MAKE COMMENT, YOU JUST WANNA GET RID OF YOU, YOU CAN GET HIM IN PLACE.
SO NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CHRIS, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DESIGN, WHO WILL MAKE THE KEY PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND OUR 2024 BOND LEADS.
SO WE'LL BE GIVING YOU A GENTLEMAN OVERVIEW OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL REVIEW OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM FUNDING AND SIGNATURE PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW OUR 2024 BOND PROGRAM CITYWIDE CATEGORIES AND OUR PRELIMINARY FUNDING LEADS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
OUR MISSION IS TO CHAMPION LIFELONG RECREATION AND SERVE AS RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S PARKS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACES.
AND OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PARKS, TRAILS, OPEN SPACES AND RECREATION FACILITIES THAT SUSTAINS, INSPIRES AND INVIGORATES.
SO ONE THING THAT WE FOUND DURING COVID WAS JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM IS BECAUSE AS PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THEIR HOUSES AND STUCK IN THEIR HOUSES, EVERYBODY WANTED TO GET OUTSIDE AND RECREATE.
SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO DO WITH OUR PARTNERAND RECREATION SYSTEM IS TO REALLY CREATE THAT LIFELONG RECREATION AND SERVICE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS, BUT ALSO CREATE THAT COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PARKS AND TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES THAT CONTINUES TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO INSPIRE AND INVIGORATE THEM TO GO OUT AND BE IN THE PARK SYSTEM LIKE THESE.
SO JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REALLY REALIZE HOW VAST THE, UH, DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM IS, WE OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OVER 20,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND.
WE HAVE 410 PARKS, 265 PLAYGROUNDS.
WE HAVE 177 MILES OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS.
WE HAVE 43 RECREATION CENTERS.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND CAN READ THEM YOURSELVES FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME.
CAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 19 AQUATIC FACILITIES AND 17 SPRING GROUND, YOU KNOW, 243 ATHLETIC FIELDS AND FOUR TENNIS CENTERS.
UM, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, DALLAS ZOO AND DALLAS ARBORETUM AND A CEDAR RIDGE PRESERVE.
AND WE HAVE OVER 25 CONCESSION OPERATIONS AT OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND PARKS.
SO JUST THE VASTNESS OF THE PARK SYSTEM ITSELF JUST REALLY AMAZED ME WHEN I GOT HERE.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE FULL DEPTH AND BREADTH OF WHAT WE DO AND, AND WHY WE HAVE SUCH A NEED IN OUR BOND PROGRAM.
SO JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION, UM, SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DIRECTOR JENKINS.
UM, HE OVERSEES OUR PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
HE REPORTS TO OUR PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THEN UP TO THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING VOLUNTEER SERVICES, WHICH IS OVERSEEN BY VANESSA GRAY TONIGHT.
WE HAVE HERE ROSA GALLEGOS, WHO'S OUR MANAGER.
SHE BASICALLY OVERSEES EVERYTHING.
ROSA TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING IN THE DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO JOHN.
AND UH, BASICALLY ROSA KEEPS ON TRACK.
UM, TONY BECKER'S, OUR PARK BOARD SECRETARY AND MANAGER.
HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING PARK BOARD RELATED ALONG
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WITH YESENIA, WHO'S ALSO HERE TONIGHT HELPING US.AND WE HAVE CRYSTAL ROSS, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY.
SHE'S, UH, PICKING UP HER SON FROM COLLEGE TONIGHT.
SO STEVE IS HERE IN HER PLACE.
UM, YOU MET RACHEL BARRY, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER AT ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS SERVICES.
AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT EACH OF THESE DIVISIONS DO.
UM, RENEE INTRODUCED HERSELF OUR, OUR, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
UM, I'VE INTRODUCED MYSELF OVER PLANNING FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
RYAN O'CONNOR DOES PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THEN JOHN LAWRENCE SOGAR CITYWIDE ATHLETICS RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS, WHICH WE ALSO CALL OUR, SO LOOKING AT THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, WHICH REPORTS TO JOHN, WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE STAFF, WHICH IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EACH DIVISION.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES AND THEIR JOB IS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT AN ENVIRONMENT OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY INCLUSION.
THEY PROVIDE ALL OF OUR HIRING, ONBOARDING AND PAYROLL SUPPORT AND THEY PROMOTE OUR TRADING, UM, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT IMPROVE OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR JOB SKILLS FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
AND THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE PROVIDES ALL OF OUR PARK BOARD SUPPORT.
THEY WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AND OUR 15 PARK BOARD MEMBERS ON BOARD BUSINESS.
THEY HANDLE ALL OF OUR RECORDS, RETENTION AND ARCHIVES.
THEY MANAGE PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL AGENDAS AND THEY ALSO HANDLE ALL OF OUR OPEN PUBLIC REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UM, RACHEL OVERSEES OUR ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS SERVICES AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY HAVE QUITE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY MANAGE OUR CAPITAL BOND AND GRANT AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICES CONTRACT PROCESSING.
THEY MANAGE OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AND PROJECT FUND REPORT AND ANALYSIS.
THEY DO OUR DEPARTMENT WIDE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING OF ALL OF OUR, OUR OPERATING FUNDS.
THEY OVERSEE OUR PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES FOR MASTER AGREEMENTS.
THEY PROVIDE DEPART DEPARTMENT-WIDE SUPPORT ON OUR REVENUES PROCESSING AND PAYMENT OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL VENDOR INVOICING.
THEY ALSO OVERSEE MAJOR PARTNER CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT AND SERVICE LIAISON TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT'S FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND REGULATIONS.
UM, THEY DO THAT THROUGH REGULAR AUDITS AND RISK ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS AND THEY ALSO OVERSEE OUR DEPARTMENT'S FIXED ASSETS INVENTORY.
THEY OVERSEE DEPARTMENT-WIDE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BEST UM, RANGE OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE.
THEY WORK ON OUR PREVENTATIVE IT MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE HAVE OUR BEST COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND WIFI.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO MEET OUR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS.
UM, RECREATION SERVICES WORKS VERY HARD TO EXPAND OUTTA SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH BY PROVIDING FREE RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES FIVE TO 17.
THEY INCREASE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR TEENS, AGES 13 TO 17.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON ARTS AND CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, COMMUNITY SERVICE LEADERSHIP, LIFE SKILLS, TECHNOLOGY AND JOB READINESS.
THEY'RE INCREASING OUR WEEKLY PROGRAM OFFERINGS, ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE AND QUALITY PROGRAMS. AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AND EXPAND PARTNERSHIPS WHICH WILL SUPPORT PROGRAM EXPANSION FOR ADULTS 60 AND OLDER.
AND THEY UTILIZE TRAINING AND STUDY OF BEST, BEST PRACTICES TO REFINE AND IMPROVE ON THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DELIVERY MODELS.
UM, PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
THEIR MAIN GOAL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO BRING IN MORE MONEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASE PARTNERSHIPS OVER TIME.
THEY TRACK AND REPORT PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
THEY DEVELOP SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT'LL SUPPLEMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
THEY DEVELOP STRATEGIC STRATEGIES, EXCUSE ME, TO INCREASE PARK ACCESS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR 10 MINUTE WALK INITIATIVE.
THEY SEEK AND MAINTAIN OUR COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES, OUR CAF R ACCREDITATION AND THEY EXPLORE AND IDENTIFY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN PARK AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
THEIR INITIATIVES ARE EXPANDING OUR URBAN FOREST INITIATIVES THAT IDENTIFY AND EDUCATE OUR PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS ON THE THREAT OF THE EMERALD ASH BOER, WHICH IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER OUR TREATS.
THEY ENHANCE AND MONITOR OUR GREEN INITIATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE OUR PMO ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT.
THEY'RE INCREASING OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO PARK RANGERS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUTH THAT LEVERAGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT.
AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AND EXPAND PARTNERSHIPS THAT LEVERAGE PARK MAINTENANCE, SERVICE DELIVERY AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
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THEN PLANNING DESIGN, WHICH IS OF COURSE THE BEST DIVISION CUZ IT'S FINE.WE DO NEW FACILITIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE MARKETS.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO ACQUIRE LAND AND BUILD NEW PARKS TO SERVE GROWING PARTS OF THE CITY.
WE INCORPORATE UNIVERSAL ACCESS CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES INTO THE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE IN RELEVANT PARKS TO PURSUE LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR SIMILAR CERTIFICATIONS.
WE MAINTAIN OUR NEEDS INVENTORY FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR NEEDS INVENTORY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE MANAGE OUR BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT WE DEVELOP THE NEW BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRIMARILY AS WE GET GOING HERE.
AND THEN OUR CITYWIDE ATHLETICS RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS.
OUR CARE DIVISION, THEY INCREASE OUR YOUTH SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
THEY PROVIDE MEANS TO AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE FOR ALL CITIZENS ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
THEY PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE RESULTING IN A PRODUCT THAT ENTICES PLAY AND INCREASED USE.
THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOLF AND TENNIS PROFESSIONALS AND THEY OFFER QUALITY FACILITIES OF PARK SITES AS RESERVABLE LOCATIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE BASIC GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
ALL OF THE DIVISIONS WORK VERY HARD AND THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER CONJUNCTIVELY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KIND OF HAVE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BREADTH AND THE DEPTH OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE REALLY GOT GOING HERE ON THE MOCK PROGRAM.
SO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM CATEGORIES IN OUR FUNDING AMOUNTS.
YOU'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT IN THE GENERAL PRESENTATION OVER IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ABOUT CITYWIDE VERSUS DISTRICT PROJECTS.
AND FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT, CITYWIDE PROJECTS ARE REALLY THOSE THAT IMPACT MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT.
THEY ARE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DON'T FEEL SHOULD BE FUNDED BY ONLY ONE DISTRICT BECAUSE BASICALLY DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT ARE VERY SMALL AND SOME PROJECTS CAN BE VERY LARGE.
LIKE IF WE ARE NEEDING TO RECONSTRUCT A RECREATION CENTER THAT'S $20 MILLION AND TYPICALLY A SINGLE ALLOCATION FOR A COUNCIL DISTRICT MAY BE LESS THAN 20 MILLION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO RECREATE, OR EXCUSE ME, RECONSTRUCT A RECREATION CENTER, THAT COULD BE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT'S ALLOCATION TO DO THAT.
SO THINGS SUCH AS RECREATION CENTERS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE STRONGLY FEEL SHOULD BE IN A CITY-WIDE CATEGORY.
AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY REASONS THAT WE FEEL THESE THINGS SHOULD BE IN CITYWIDE CATEGORIES SO THAT INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS AREN'T PUNISHED FOR THINGS THAT REALLY SERVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS AND CITIZENS FROM MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.
UM, IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, IT REALLY WASN'T NECESSARILY SET UP IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE WORKING TO SET UP THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
SO WE HAD TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND AND CREATE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM BECAUSE THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM WAS REALLY SET UP MORE ON PROJECTS.
SO THESE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, CONDENSED WITH THE PROJECTS SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF FIT THEM INTO MORE CITYWIDE CATEGORIES.
SO IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 261.8 MILLION IN PROPOSITION B, WHICH WAS THE GENERAL PARKS PROPOSITION AND THE CATEGORIES IN THE FUNDING AMOUNTS THAT WE HAD IN THERE.
LISTED HERE WE HAD 80 A COMPLIANCE AT $514,000 OF PHIX AT 46.5 MILLION ATHLETIC FIELDS AT 2.1 MILLION.
DOWNTOWN PARKS AT 35 MILLION, WHICH WAS REALLY PART OF A LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCH AS WELL.
EROSION CONTROL AT 4.7 MILLION.
HISTORIC RE RENOVATIONS AT 1.4 MILLION.
MAJOR MAINTENANCE, 2.3 MILLION MASTER PLANS, 2.2 MILLION.
I MENTIONED THIS PARTNERSHIP MATCHED THIS LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCH AT 25.1 MILLION.
THE SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCH AT 3.3 MILLION.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES ARE THE ONES THAT COULD BE LIKE THE DALLAS ZOO OR THE DALLAS ARBORETUM OR DALLAS WATER, UM, COMMONS THAT COME IN WITH VERY LARGE AMOUNTS LIKE THE DALLAS ZOO CAME IN WITH A 30 MILLION MATCH, AS I MENTIONED, THE DOWNTOWN PARKS, 35 MILLION.
UM, WE, WE PARTNERED WITH PARKS FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS ON THAT.
THE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES SMALL ARE LIKE THE FRIENDS GROUP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT COME IN WITH MAYBE A HUNDRED OR $200,000 TO HELP, UM, FUND THEIR PROJECTS.
SO REALLY WHEN WE SAY LARGE OR SMALL,
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THAT'S REALLY THE DIFFERENCE ON THOSE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.WE HAD NEW PARKS AT 19.2 MILLION PLAYGROUNDS AT 6 MILLION RECREATION CENTERS AT 29 AND A HALF MILLION.
SITE DEVELOPMENT, 14.1 MILLION AND TRAILS 45.3 MILLION.
SO AS I MENTIONED THAT TOTAL OF 261.8 MILLION, WE HAD A PROPOSITION C THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR FAIR PARK THAT WAS 50 MILLION.
AND OUR TOTAL 2017 BOND WAS 311.8 MILLION.
TO DATE, WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT NEARLY 222 MILLION.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 71.1% SPENT ON OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A COMPARISON RIGHT NOW OF HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE REST OF THE, THE CITY BECAUSE DUE TO OUR RANSOMWARE, OUR GALLES BOND.COM SITE IS DOWN.
SO MY FISCAL PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME INFORMATION ON PARKS, BUT I I CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION ON HOW THAT COMPARES CITYWIDE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO BELIEVE WE'RE ONE OF THE LEADING, UM, DEPARTMENTS AS FAR AS SPENDING OUR 2017 THEN MS CHAIN.
T ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU PROJECT THAT HAD NOT BEEN FINISHED YET.
YES, I THOUGHT HEARD EARLIER THE PROJECTS KEPT GOING UNTIL THEY WERE FULLY FUNDED.
DOES THAT MEAN, DID I THAT CONFLICT WHAT TC SAID? I MEAN IF WE REACHED A NEW WE, WE HAD A NEW BOND PROGRAM AND WE ALLOCATE MONEY.
SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOT COMPLETELY FUNDED, STILL GET FUNDED.
THE PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONGOING REMAIN THAT ARE IN THE BOND PROGRAM REMAIN MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THOSE THAT WHAT THE QUESTION THAT WAS BEING ASKED WAS PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM THAT WERE BELOW THE, THE CUTOFF LIST, IF THOSE MOVE FORWARD AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THE ANSWERED TO THAT WAS NO ONES THAT WERE FUNDED, THEY JUST SAID SPENT 20 MILLION AND ACTUALLY HAD 25 MILLION WAS FIVE MILLIONS CAN BE SPENT.
THE PRO THE 2020, THE 2017 UM, BOND PROGRAM PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS THAT WE DID WITH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT NEW PARKS AND DOWNTOWN PARKS.
UM, YOU SEE SOME PICTURES HERE, HILLCREST VILLAGE GREEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12.
UM, WE HAVE ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS, WEST END SQUARE.
WE HAVE PACIFIC PLAZA AND CARPENTER PARK IS NOT PICTURED HERE, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST PARKS THAT WE DID.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FINISHING HARDWOOD PARK, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN AS WELL, LOOKING AT NEW TRAILS.
A COUPLE OF OUR NEW TRAILS ARE CEDAR CREST HONEY SPRINGS TRAIL AND THEN ELMWOOD PARKWAY TRAIL, ELMWOOD PARKWAY TRAILS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
AND IT REALLY CONNECTED A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN THERE AND CREATED A LOT OF ACCESS FOR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD USE.
LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF OUR NEW PLAYGROUNDS, WE HAVE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
PARK PLAYGROUND AND THEN WEST MAR WEST MOUNT PARK PLAYGROUND.
AND YOU'LL SEE ON THESE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF THE WOOD CHIPS THAT WE CALL FIVE BAR ON THESE ONE CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM IS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING DOWN, UM, RUBBER MAT RUBBER MATS ON ALL OF THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS.
SO WE HAVE FULL ADA ACCESSIBILITY.
SO YOU SEE THESE NEW PLAYGROUNDS, BUT THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT IMPROVED IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MASTER PLANS LISTED HERE THAT ARE COMPLETED UNDERWAY.
SO WE HAVE DOG PARK DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES, UM, THE NASH DAVIS PARK, THE OLD CITY PARK MASTER PLAN IS UNDERWAY.
SAMUEL FARM IS UNDERWAY AND WE HAVE A SKATE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT'S UNDERWAY.
AND AS I SAID, YOU CAN KIND OF READ THE REST OF THESE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO COMPLETELY THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
UM, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 150 MILLION FOR NEW PARKS AND TRAILS THAT WE LEVERAGE THROUGH VARIOUS GRANT AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
SOME OF OUR TYPICAL FUNDING PARTNERS ARE DALLAS COUNTY, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS OF GOVERNMENTS, TEX DOT, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AND OTHER PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL FACILITIES SERVICES CREWS, WHICH ACTUALLY WORK UNDER ME AS WELL.
AND THEY PARTNER WITH OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN GROUP AND THE BONNET CONSTRUCTION OFFICE TO COMPLETE OUR VARIOUS 2017 BOND PRO PROJECTS IN HOUSE.
THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO CONSTRUCTION.
THEIR PROJECTS CAN RANGE FROM INSTALLING SECURITY LIGHTING, LOOP TRAIL AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT STATIONS AND SECURITY LIGHTING.
THEY'VE CURRENTLY COMPLETED 41 PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE SEVEN PROJECTS REMAINING IN PROGRESS AS PART OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
THERE WAS, AS WE MENTIONED, ABOUT 46.5 MILLION ALLOCATED WERE AQUATICS AND SPRAY GROUND MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE HAD NINE AQUATICS PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED.
UH, WE STILL HAVE ONE AQUATIC PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO DONE.
WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING NEXT WEEK ON IT ACTUALLY.
AND WE HAVE SIX GREY ROUND PLOT PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED.
SO LOOKING AT REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTERS, SOME OF THOSE TYPICAL AMENITIES THAT GO WITH REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTERS.
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OUR BATHHOUSE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE AN EIGHT LIT LAP POOL WITH A ONE METER DIVING, A LAZY RIVER WITH A CROSSING ACTIVITY KIDS POOL WITH PLAY FEATURES AND BODY PLUM SLIDES.SO THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED ARE PROPER THREATS.
AND SAMUEL GRANT LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY AQUATIC CENTERS, TYPICAL AMENITIES THERE.
OUR BATHHOUSE A SIX LANE LAP POOL WITH THE ONE METER DIVING POOL, KIDS POOL WITH A PLATE FEATURE AND BODY BLOOM SLIDES.
THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED AT KIDS SPRINGS AND LAKE ISLANDS NORTH.
LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOOD AQUATIC CENTERS, THEIR TYPICAL AMENITIES ARE THE BATHHOUSE, A FOUR-LANE LAP POOL, KIDS POOL WITH PLAY FEATURE AND A BODY FLUME SLIDE.
AND WE DID THOSE AT TISK NEXT LINE AT HARRY STONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BAHAMA BEACH WATER PARK EXPANSION WHERE WE PUT IN A NEW BATHHOUSE, A LAGOON POOL, KIDS SPRAY GROUND AND BOOM RUNNING SLIDE.
AND THEN OUR SPRAY GROUND THAT WE REBUILT AS PART OF THE 2017 BOMB PROGRAM.
WE HAVE GRAWE PARK, JC ZARAGOZA PARK, BABY PULL PARK, LEK RILEY NASH DAVIS, AND TIMBER GLEN.
AND I WILL MENTION THAT OUR SPRAY GROUND THAT WE DID IN 20 IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM WERE VERY LARGE TYPE SPRAY GROUND THAT HAD A LOT OF AMENITIES AND FEATURES.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM OR SOME SMALLER SCALE SPRAY GROUND THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, SCALED DOWN, THEY MAY NOT HAVE QUITE AS MANY AMENITIES AND QUITE AS MANY PLAY TOYS JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE SO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD NOWADAYS.
THESE ARE ABOUT 3 MILLION SPRAY GROUND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF A SEALED DOWN FEATURE THAT'S CLOSER TO A MILLION TO A MILLION AND A HALF MOVING FORWARD.
AND LOOKING AT OUR RECREATION CENTER PROJECTS, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 23 AND A HALF MILLION ALLOCATED RECREATION CENTERS.
SO WE DID FOUR RECREATION CENTER PROJECTS.
WE DID BACHMAN SINGING HILLS FOR GOOD MARSHALL AND WILLIE B. JOHNSON.
AND A LOT OF THE NEW FEATURES IN OUR SENIOR CENTER OR NEW FEATURES IN OUR NEW REC CENTERS ARE SENIOR CENTERS, TECH CENTERS AND GYMNASIUMS. THIS IS SINGING HILLS RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WHICH WE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE, IT'S ONE OF OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD GO AND LOOK AT.
AND AS WE'RE DOING TOURS, IT'S PROBABLY ONE THAT WE WILL TAKE YOU TO LOOK AT AS A, AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR HIGH-TECH RECREATION CENTERS THAT WE DO.
OUR NEXT RECREATION CENTER THAT WE DID WAS BACHMAN.
WE DID A NEW ENTRANCEWAY CANOPY IN A BREAK ROOM.
WE DID A MODERN RECEPTION AREA, UM, REPLACED SOME OF THE FLOORING, DID HVAC SECURITY LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.
OUR NEXT RECREATION CENTER PROJECT IS THURGOOD MARSHALL.
AND AGAIN, WE DID AN ENTRANCEWAY CANOPY, A NEW BREAK ROOM, THE MODERN RECEPTION AREA, CUSTOMIZED CEILING RESTROOM FLOORING, SECURITY LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING.
AND THEN OUR FINAL RECREATION CENTER THAT WE JUST FINISHED NOT THAT LONG AGO WAS WILLIE B. JOHNSON.
AND AGAIN, WE DID A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS.
WE HAVE A HIGH-TECH CORRECT CENTER OUT THERE.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE FACILITY AND IT MAY BE ONE THAT WE TAKE YOU TO GO VISIT AS WE'RE DOING OUR TOURS.
UM, OUR PROPOSITION C IS ALL IN FAIR PARK.
WE HAVE 50 MILLION ALLOCATED THERE.
WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING AWARDED THE TOWER BUILDING AND CENTENNIAL BUILDING.
COLISEUMS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE STILL HAVE FOUR PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING DONE OUT OF FAIR PARK.
NOW LOOKING AT OUR 2024 PROPOSED CITYWIDE BO CITYWIDE BOND CATEGORIES, A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES ARE THE SAME, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT WE'VE HAD IT.
SO WE HAVE ADA COMPLIANCE, ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND APP, PRUDENT ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, COMMUNITY POOLS, EROSION CONTROL, GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, LAND ACQUISITION, MASTER PLANS, MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE FACILITIES, NATATORIUM AND INDOOR POOLS.
OUR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES AND SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCHES, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PLAYGROUNDS, RACKET, SPORTS, COMPLEX RECREATION CENTERS, SURFACE CENTERS, SPECIALTY PARKS LIKE SKATE PARKS, DOG PARKS AND SAMUEL FARM SPRAY, GROUND SYSTEM WIDE SECURITY LIGHTING AND CAMERAS, TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAIL IMPROVES.
CAN I ASK WHICH OF THOSE, UH, ARE THE NEW ONES THAT YOU SAY WE'RE NOT IN THE 2017 FACTOR? WE WILL GET THERE RIGHT AT THE END, SIR.
SO WHAT WE DID AS A TEAM, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE AND MET WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS EXCEPT ONE AND TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH UM, ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS SITTING DOWN AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT OUR NEEDS WERE FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WE ASSIGNED SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TO THESE CATEGORIES AND YOU'LL SEE 'EM LISTED HERE.UM, WE PROPOSED ABOUT 2 MILLION IN ADA COMPLIANCE, 30 MILLION IN ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, 12 MILLION IN ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, 44 MILLION IN COMMUNITY POOLS, 10 MILLION IN EROSION CONTROL, 31 AND A HALF MILLION IN GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, 25 MILLION IN LAND ACQUISITION, 10 MILLION IN MASTER PLANS, 45 MILLION IN MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE FACILITIES.
ANOTHER 45 MILLION IN MAT AUDITORIUM AND INDOOR POOLS.
75 MILLION IN LARGE MATCHES FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
5 MILLION IN OUR SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCHES 3 MILLION FOR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS.
WE HAVE 10 AND A HALF MILLION FOR PLAYGROUNDS, 30 MILLION FOR RACK SPORTS COMPLEX, 160 MILLION FOR REC CENTERS, 8 MILLION FOR SERVICE CENTERS, 5 MILLION FOR OUR SPECIALTY PARKS, 21 MILLION FOR SPRAY GROUND, 10 MILLION FOR OUR SYSTEM-WIDE SECURITY LIGHTING ON CAMERAS, 10.2 MILLION FOR 10% IMPROVEMENTS, 20 MILLION AHEAD.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL WIDE CITYWIDE PROJECTS ARE TOTAL CITYWIDE PROJECTS OF 612.2 MILLION.
AND YOU MAY BE THINKING THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS PROBABLY LOST THEIR MIND AT THIS.
SO THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS FULL WELL AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIX 12.2 MILLION AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ADD OUR PARK AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, OUR DISTRICT PROJECTS WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEED ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION THERE, THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A TOTAL NEED LAID OUT OF 700, $12.2 MILLION.
WHAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT REALISTICALLY IS, IS LOOKING FOR IS ABOUT 400 MILLION OUT OF THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS LIST NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED BACK AND THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT MONTH IS WORKING ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY AND BRINGING THAT TO YOU AND BRINGING THE CONDENSED LIST OF PROJECTS TO YOU, UM, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND SCORE.
BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE GREAT NEED WAS UPFRONT SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT AND SEE THE NEED THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, RECREATION CENTERS IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT RECREATION CENTERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING IT, REPLACING A $20 MILLION A PIECE.
WE HAVE TWO SERVICE CENTERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO REPLACE A RACKET.
SPORTS COMPLEX IS ABOUT 30 MILLION.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO DO IS PUTTING IN A COMPLEX THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF RACKET SPORTS, WHETHER IT BE RACQUETBALL, WHETHER IT BE FIDEL, WHETHER IT BE PICKLEBALL, UM, ALL OF THE NEW KIND OF RACKET SPORTS.
WE WANNA PUT THAT ALL INTO ONE BIG SPORTS FACILITY AND INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY.
SO EVERY PERSON THAT WANTS TO PLAY RACKET SPORTS CAN FROM A ONE SPORTS FACILITY ON OUR PLAYGROUNDS, WE HAVE 30 TO 35 PLAYGROUNDS AT LEAST THAT WE KNOW ARE AT THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE.
SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO HAVE DISTRICTS CUES WHICH PLAYGROUNDS REPLACED, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THAT LIST OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE AT THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE AND REPLACE 30 TO 35 OF THEM FOR 300,000 A PIECE.
SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WERE COMING FROM TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
UM, YOUR QUESTION REGARDING, UM, WHICH CATEGORY FOR THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND WHICH ARE, WHICH WEREN'T.
THIS TABLE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS COLOR CODED.
BASICALLY THE, THE PURPLE-ISH BLUE CATEGORY ARE ONES THAT WERE ONLY IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN GREEN ARE NEW CATEGORIES PROPOSED FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM AND THE LINES IN YELLOW ARE ONES THAT ARE IN BOTH PROGRAMS. I WILL NOTE ADA COMPLIANCE SHOULD BE YELLOW, SO I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
BUT BASICALLY THE NEW, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL POLES THAT FELL DOWN IN RECENT STORMS AND WE NEED TO BASICALLY GO THROUGH AND REPLACE A LOT OF THOSE LIGHTS THAT ARE AT THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT ATHLETIC FOOD LIGHT.
WE HAVE GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE FACILITIES.
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE FACILITIES THAT WE KNOW, UM, NEED TO BE REPLACED THAT MULTI-DEPARTMENT USE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AS WE MENTIONED WE HAVE SOME PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, ANALYSIS ON OUR BRIDGES AND HAVING BRIDGE INSPECTIONS DONE.
AND WE'VE RUN ACROSS ABOUT FOUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES THAT WE KNOW NEED TO BE REPLACED.
RIGHT NOW THE RAPID SPORTS COMPLEX IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
I MENTIONED THE TWO SERVICE CENTERS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
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THAT ARE SOMETHING NEW FOR US, THE SKATE PARKS AND DOG PARKS.WE HAVE MASTER PLANS FOR THOSE.
SO WE WANNA DO SOME SPECIALTY PARKS, UM, SYSTEM-WIDE SECURITY LIGHTING AND CAMERAS.
OUR SECURITY'S BECOMING VERY IMPORTANT ON OUR TRAILS AND AT OUR TRAIL HEADS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA FOCUS ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF PUTTING THIS TABLE IN HERE WAS TWOFOLD.
IT WAS FIRST OF ALL TO SHOW YOU WHICH CATEGORIES ARE WE'RE PROPOSING AS NEW, BUT IT'S ALSO TO SHOW YOU A COST COMPARISON BETWEEN 2017 AND 2024 AS FAR AS WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR TOTAL FOR 2017 WAS, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? 77.
SO 2017 WE HAD 261.8 MILLION CAUSE THAT WAS A GENERAL PROPOSITION B IN TOTAL 2024 WE'RE LOOKING FOR 712.2 MILLION.
AND THEN JUST THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE FUTURE, OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT OUR BASIC NEEDS INVENTORY, EXPLAINING TO YOU WHAT EXACTLY THE NEEDS INVENTORY IS AND HOW IT'S DEVELOPED.
AND WE'LL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE CRI CRITERIA FOR SCORING THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
WE HAVE TECHNICAL CRITERIA, YOU HAVE CITY COUNCIL OF PARK BOARD CRITERIA AND EQUITY CRITERIA.
ANY OTHER THING WE'LL BE DOING IS TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE FIELD TRIPS AND WHERE YOU MIGHT WANNA GO AND WHEN WE MIGHT WANNA SCHEDULE THOSE.
WHAT FORMAT IS THE G INVENTORY AVAILABLE IN AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IS IT JUST A PAPER PDF FILE OR PDF F FILE WILL GIVE, UH, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S IN AN EXCEL FORMAT INTERNALLY WE CAN, WE CAN SEND IT OUT AND SHARE IT LIKE KIND OF IN THE CLOUD AND YOU GET A LINK TO IT OR PRINT IT, HAND YOU A PAPER COPY IF YOU WANT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LARGE DOCUMENT.
THERE'S LIKE OVER 2000 MINUTES.
WE MIGHT WANNA PAIR IT DOWN IF YOU WANT PRINTED.
WE CAN MAKE IT SHAREABLE ELECTRONICALLY.
BUT LIKE YOU HAVE LIKE THE GENERAL CATEGORIES? YES, WE HAVE IT LISTED BY VARIOUS TYPES OF CATEGORIES BOTH TO THE CITY LEVEL THEN AS WE DRILL DOWN TO OUR OWN INTERNAL CATEGORIES.
AND SO IF YOU CAN GET IN THERE AND YOU CAN SORT, I MEAN THESE CATEGORIES THAT SHE JUST SHOWING US WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING OUR NEEDS INVENTORY AND GETTING ALL THOSE IN SYNC TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING OUR OLD NEEDS INVENTORY AND REBUILDING IT COMPLETELY.
UM, AND CAUSE WE HAVE TO RESCORE EVERYTHING AND WE'RE REFORMATTING EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON TAKING THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND PAIRING THEM UP WITH THE NEW ONES AND GETTING EVERYTHING TO MATCH.
AND WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL THAT WORK DONE BY MID-JUNE.
SO THE TAB THAT HAS MASTER PLANS, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT IS THE, LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE MASTER PLANS THAT FUNDING EXISTING MASTER PLANS OR IS THAT DOLLARS TO CREATE NEW MASTER PLAN? WHICH SLIDE? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE 10 MILLION IN.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S TO CREATE NEW MASTERCLASS.
YEAH, TO CREATE NEW MASTER PLAN.
UM, WHERE DO THINGS LIKE THE ZOO FIT INTO THIS? THE ZOO PRIMARILY FITS INTO THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? UM, I, UH, THERE ANY SOUTHERN GATEWAY, UH, DECK MARK FIT INTO THIS, I KNOW IT DID IN THIS 2017 PACKAGE.
SO I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, UM, IF IF THERE'S ANY ASPECT THAT THIS PACKAGE YEAH, BASICALLY, AND, AND I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN, UM, NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIP MATCHES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND READ THOSE OFF TO YOU HERE.
WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE DALLAS ARBORETUM, THE DALLAS ZOO, DALLAS WATER COMMONS FAIR PARK, FIRST SOUTHERN GATEWAY, TRINITY RIVER, AUDUBON CENTER TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AND TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO COME IN.
SO THOSE ARE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR FOR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEIR REQUEST ON THE CITY FOR FUNDS.
AND AND THEY'VE INDICATED WHAT THEIR MATCHES ARE GOING TO BE SO FAR.
AND I ASSUME THAT STAFF, I MEAN WE'RE, UM, WE'RE NEW, I'M NEW TO THIS I'M SURE SURE.
STAFF HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OUT THERE.
SO I'M SURE YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN AND WANTING TO REALLY PUSH.
UM, FOR ME, UM, I'M INTERESTED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TOURS CUZ YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAVE A LOOK, SEE ON, I MEAN, UH,
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I HAVE NO MANY THINGS ON PAPER THAT DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME.BUT IF I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PLACE DOESN'T HAVE A PARK AND, AND THAT PLACE DOES HAVE A NICE ONE, WELL I'M LOOK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PART FROM HERE OR, OR IMPROVE A PART OR YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING FOR A TRADE.
I ASSUME Y'ALL ARE GONNA KIND ADDRESS THAT.
BASICALLY OUR, OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS, IS TO DO ONE OR TWO TOURS.
UM, HOWEVER MANY YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FACILITIES THAT WE ARE THINKING WE MIGHT WANNA SHOW YOU.
BUT IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, THIS IS THE TIME TO BRING 'EM UP.
IF, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING AS WELL, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SHOWING YOU ARE, UH, A COUPLE OF REF CENTERS, A COUPLE OF POOLS, A SKATE PARK, UM, FEW ATHLETIC FIELDS, PICKLEBALL FIELD, AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL BRAND ACQUISITION SITES RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JUST INTERNALLY.
SO WE, ARE WE GONNA SCHEDULE THIS NOW? OR, I KNOW THERE WAS TWO DATES BEING FLOATED AROUND FOR THAT.
THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE ON THE BOOKS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY IN JUNE TO DO THOSE TOURS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IF THE GROUP WOULD PREFER TO DO THEM ON A SATURDAY OR IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO COME IN EARLY, YOU KNOW, FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING AND DO THEM FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN COME BACK AND RECONVENE.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE OTHER MEETINGS HAVE THE KIND OF THE, THE MAIN MEETING IN THE UM, CITY COUNCIL OF CHAMBER AT SEVEN 30.
SO IF YOU ALL WANTED TO COME IN EARLY SOME DAY AND KIND OF DO A TOUR AND THEN MEET BACK AT SEVEN 30 FOR THAT OR IF YOU WANNA DO THEM ON A SATURDAY, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF UP TO YOU.
NO, THE REASON WHY I GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS IS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE HAS THINGS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND FOR YOUR REASONING AND WHAT YOU SAID, HAVING FRESH EYES ON THOSE THINGS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND IF WE CAN DO IT ON LIKE A SATURDAY MID-MORNING, UM, AND GET OUT AND SEE 'EM IF EVERYONE ELSE AGREES TO THAT.
BUT I JUST KNOW COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF A DAY FATIGUE, YOU MIGHT JUST BE LIKE A PARK IS A PARK AT.
WELL ALSO LET ME TAKE A LOT MORE TIME.
IF IT'S DURING RUSH HOUR, IT WORKS.
SO WHAT'S THE SATURDAY? UM, SEE CALENDAR.
COULD WE HAVE LIKE MAYBE TWO, A COUPLE OF DATES WHERE PEOPLE CAN, BECAUSE I MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERYBODY AT, YOU KNOW.
NO, I I WAS GONNA SAY JUNE 3RD, JUNE 10TH, JUNE, UM, 17TH.
I'VE, I'VE CONNECTED THAT HOPEFUL.
JUNE 3RD, 10TH, ANY SAND? OKAY.
SO 17 AND 24 WOULD BE, 17 WOULD BE GREAT.
I GUESS A COUPLE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE IS, ARE WE ALL GONNA GET IN A VAN AND GO TOGETHER? NO, I'M SORRY.
WHAT PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE TWO PARK AND REC VEHICLES WITH DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, MEET AT, MEET AT CITY HALL AND AND GO AHEAD AND GO FROM HERE AND YES, WE'LL PROVIDE THE FANS.
WE'LL PROVIDE THE DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH US AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND EXPECT TIME.
ZACH, WOULD THAT TAKE CARE OF EVERY, ALL FOUR TO SIX HOURS BASICALLY A DAY? I THINK WE MAY WANNA SCHEDULE TWO DAYS JUST IN CASE.
I THINK WE MAY WANNA SCHEDULE TWO DAYS JUST IN CASE WE COULD GET IT ALL DONE IN ONE.
BUT I THINK WE'D RATHER HAVE TWO TWO ON THE BOOKS JUST IN CASE PLACES.
SO DO YOU WANNA SAY JUNE 17TH AND JUNE 24TH? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU MR. BOONE? CUZ I SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN HIM TROUBLE MEETING EVEN AND SOMETIME I GOTTA LOOK IT UP AND SEE WHEN IT IS.
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PEOPLE.JUNE 17TH IS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND TOO.
SO JUST DROP IT DOWN BETWEEN 24 30.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN YOU'RE GONNA MEET IN CALIFORNIA.
THE REUNION 17TH, ABOUT 24 31 DAYS.
SO FOURTH, THE FIRST, I'M SORRY, IT'LL BE THE 1ST OF JULY.
JULY, BUT THAT'LL BE THE 1ST OF JULY.
I I DON'T THINK NO PER NO DATE'S GONNA WORK PERFECTLY FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT IF YOU SCHEDULE YEAH, IF YOU SCHEDULE TWO THEN WE TRY TO MAKE BOTH OR ONE OR SOMEBODY COULD DRIVE IT AND YEAH.
YEAH, I CAN JUST, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE 17TH AND THE 24TH AND THOSE THAT CAN MAKE IT ON THE 17TH ARE GREAT.
THOSE THAT CAN MAKE IT ON THE 24TH ARE GREAT.
WE'LL JUST KIND OF DO TWO DIFFERENT TOURS.
GONNA SAY IS THE 17TH IS A THREE DAY WEEKEND FOR YOU GUYS? JUNE FOR YOU GUYS? I WOULDN'T DO IT ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
YEAH, I WOULD NOT DO IT ON A HOLIDAY.
A HOLIDAY 10TH ON THE 24TH MAYBE.
I'M, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S BACK IT TO THE 10TH AND THE 24TH.
I UNDERSTAND CAUSE SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE 10TH.
BUT LET'S, LET'S DO JUNE 10TH.
MR. YOU GOT HEY CHRISTIAN ALSO, CHRIS, THAT'S ALSO A HOLIDAY YOU GOT, YOU'RE EITHER OFF ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY.
GATHER AT EIGHT O'CLOCK OR WE YOU WANNA SAY ARE BRUTAL
LET'S, WE DON'T WANNA START TOO LATE.
YOU START TOO LATE CAUSE IT'S GONNA GET WARM.
BUT WE DON'T WANNA START TOO EARLY.
TAKE UP YOUR ENTIRE SO WANNA SAY NINE O'CLOCK.
NINE O'CLOCK MEET, MEET HERE AT NINE OTHER STUFF FIRST.
I'VE TO SAY REAL QUICKLY, IF YOU USE THE RUBBER, MATT, YOU WANNA TALK TO JODY? CAUSE JODY GRANT, JODY, DIDN'T YOU ALL USE RUBBER MATS AT THE PLAY IN THE PLAY AREA AND WOMEN WITH HIGH HEELS JUST TOTALLY DESTROYED IT? NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RUBBER MATS.
IT'S ACTUALLY A BOARD IN PLACE.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
SO NEXT STEP FOR YOU ALL IS TO WORK ON THE 700 MILLION AND YEAH, WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY AND LIKE I SAID, KIND OF OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ON OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 25TH.
AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WE'LL PLAN AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEEDS INVENTORY, KIND OF HOW IT'S CREATED, UM, HOW WE WORK THROUGH THAT, UM, HOW PROJECTS ARE PUT INTO THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL SCORING CRITERIA ITSELF AND HOW THE NEEDS INVENTORY IS SCORED.
SO THAT'LL BE OUR PLAN FOR THE 25TH.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU DO UNDERSTAND WE'RE, UH, CAUSE WE DO REPORT TO A PARK BOARD AS WELL.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO GET BEFORE THE PART BOARD BECAUSE REALLY IT'S THE BOARD RECOMMENDATION THAT'S COMING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET BEFORE OUR BOARD FIRST.
LIKE, LIKE WHEN WE FINALIZE THAT NEEDS INVENTORY, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE BOARD TO LOOK AT IT FIRST.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED THIS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, SOME OF THOSE PRIOR WORKERS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF MEAN? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO, UH, AS THEY CONTINUE THAT, THAT NEEDS INVENTORY IS 2 BILLION WORTH OF NEEDS INVENTORY.
UH, AND IT IS A LIST OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE TO GO SCORE EACH ONE.
AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, THE, THE, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN TEAM.
AND SO WE'RE, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, I THINK YOU THINK WE MAY HAVE IT READY BY SO, SO WE'RE WORKING WE, MEGAN AND I, MOSTLY MEGAN, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE NEEDS INVENTORY REFORMATTED AND WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY WITH STAFF TO GET IT SCORED.
UM, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ENTERING INTO THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC, UH, INPUT PROCESS.
SO THERE'LL PROBABLY BE MORE ADDITIONS.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE CURRENTLY GET IT INTO THE NEW FORMATTING AND DO A PRELIMINARY RUN ON SCORING.
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COMPLETE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN SCRUB IT AND LOOK AT IT.WE CAN GET IT BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL COMMITTEES STARTING IN JUNE.
SO WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET WHAT WE HAVE, UM, CLEANED UP AND READY TO GO AND PACKAGED SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FIRST STEP, THESE FIRST INTERNAL REVIEWS WITH OUR BOARD AND COUNCIL.
AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, THESE COMMITTEES WILL HAVE NEW THINGS THAT ARE ADDED AND WE'LL ADD THOSE IN REPORTS FOR THOSE AS WELL.
HOW DO WE FIT INTO SCORING? DO WE SCORE TOO? OR WE JUST BASICALLY TAKE THE DATA THAT YOU GIVE US.
IT'S SCORING IS DONE INTERNALLY WITH STAFF.
WE DON'T NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO THE SCORING.
SO THE NEEDS INVENTORY, WHO GENERATED THAT? WHERE DO THOSE NEEDS COME FROM? STAFF OR BOTH? THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS THING, THIS THING THE NEEDS INVENTORY HAS CREATED OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, IT COMES FROM PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS, COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS, FRIENDS GROUP ORGANIZATIONS, UH, STAFF NEEDS.
I MEAN, WE WORK WITH OUR PARK MAINTENANCE DIVISION CUZ THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AND THEY CAN TELL US IF THINGS NEED TO GET REPLACED.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF WHOLE UMBRELLA, WHOLE GROUP OF THINGS THAT, AND SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IN PARK BOARD, WE'LL ALSO HAVE INPUT LIKE IN, IN NOW.
UM, CUZ THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED OVER A TIME PARK BOARD MEMBER COMES IN AND SAYS, WELL I GOT A NEW THING.
I GOTTA PARK OVER HERE, I WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE, IN THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
SO NOW THEY ADD THAT YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY, YES, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HAVING THESE MEETINGS WITH OUR PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES SAYING THIS IS WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT, WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS BASED ON WHAT YOU HEAR FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WHAT YOU SEE OUT NEW FIELD.
SO WE'RE TAKING THAT FIRST STEP TO START HEARING OUR PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN GET THOSE IN.
AND THEN AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE PUBLIC INFO PHASE THROUGH THIS GROUP AND MR. GRANT PUBLIC, WE'LL TAKE THOSE AND ENTER THEM INTO MEETING OF PROBABLY NEED.
WE HAVE TO, UH, IN TERMS OF NOTES OF TODAY'S MEETING, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? MS. DOUGLAS WILL BE DOING THOSE NOTES, SO WE WILL GET, I TRIED TAKING NOTES.
YOU COULDN'T READ MY NOTES THOUGH.