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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 1, 2023.]
JUST A COUPLE HOUSEKEEPING.WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THE THIS MORNING.
UM, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
MR. SECRETARY, CAN YOU, UH, GOOD MORNING.
WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
I CAN READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FIRST.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
SPEAKER,
SPEAKER TODAY IS MR. 10 MALCOLMSON.
MR. MALCOLMSON, YOUR THREE MINUTES BEGINING.
IT'S A GREAT DAY TODAY, BUT BETTER DAY.
I'M THE CEO OF THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH KITNER, THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THIS, UM, COMMENTS, THESE COMMENTS ARE REALLY JUST AN ANTICIPATION UPON TOUR AND THE, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH, UM, THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL COMMENTS.
WE ALL HAVE A BROCHURE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WE DESCRIBE WHERE WE ARE RELATIVE TO THE COMMENTS.
UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THE COMMENTS WITH A PROPOSED TO WAYNE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH CALLS IN DISTRICT 11, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY 1213.
AND ALSO AS A REMINDER, THE FIRM WAS PROPOSED NOW WITH THE NAME, UM, AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE VALLEY GALLERIA AREA, WHICH IS THE TIP ABOUT FOUR 30 ACRES.
SO THE LAST REMINDER IS THAT THE PARK WAS IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME AT THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT NEED BY THE CITY, BY BUSINESSES, BY DEVELOPERS, BY RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDER THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS INVOLVED IN STATE ONE AND THE ARE CONSERVED AS THE CAPITAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT DISTRICT.
WE ALSO VIEWED THIS AS AN EQUITY CLAIM SINCE THIS AREA HAS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME HOUSING AND AS A COMMUNITY BLOCK, BRAND QUALIFIED NEIGHBORHOOD, SIGNIFICANT FIRST ALLY SOCIOECONOMICALLY AND RELATIVE TO HOUSING OF STUDY.
I WANNA POINT OUT REAL QUICKLY IN THE BROCHURES, NOT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THEM
AND I WANT, I SEE ONE OF YOU TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PLANNING AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO GETTING TO OUR GROUND FOCUS OF OUR EFFORTS TODAY.
VERY SIMPLY, ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MONTFORD, UH, TOWARDS THE, THE OPERATED.
WE HAVE AN ENGAGED 10 PERSON BOARD MATERIALS CREATED YOUR RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE CREATED A LIST OF PRIVATE POTENTIAL FUNDERS OF WORKING WITH THE PARK COALITION AS WELL, RELATIVELY C PAGE ONE.
IF YOU WANNA SEE OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS, MANY OF YOU WILL, WELL, DR.
LEGENDARY LEWIS KELMAN AS OUR CHAIR.
WE ALSO HAVE DIANE CUR AS BOARD MEMBER ON BOARD
COULD HE HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONCLUDE? 30 SECONDS.
SO WHAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE? IT'S THAT WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT, PROSPECTIVE PRIVATE INVESTORS ARE HESITANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THESE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AND ALL OF THE INTERACTIONS WE HAVE ARE SAYING WE'RE BEHIND YOU, BUT PLEASE DEMONSTRATE ACTION FROM THE STATE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD SOME ON TO LATER THIS MONTH AND SHOWING GREAT POTENTIAL OF DOUBT.
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NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 18TH, 2023 MINUTES MOTION.
MR. SLAUGHTER SECONDED BY MR. KITNER IN THE DISCUSSION.
UM, THE NEXT, THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE NEED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER ONE, UM, FOR A TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE, UM, UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I, SO MR. KITNER, SECONDED BY MR. GOLDSTEIN, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SAME AUTHORIZE ALCOHOL? UM, I THINK I, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A IT IS, THERE'S JUST A PHOTOGRAPHICAL AND MARIA, CAN YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED.
WITH THE ADDITION OF A FOUNDING PROSPERITIES IN THE, UM, APPLICATION NAME IS ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIR, I'M SORRY FOR THE RECORD.
YOU MOVED AND WHO SECONDED? OH, SECOND.
AND THE, AND THE CORRECTION WAS TO ADD A BONDING PROSPERITIES, UH, IN THE MOTION SO IT WOULD READ TO ADD, AUTHORIZED AN ALCOHOL PERMIT TO ALISON MATTIS AND ABOUNDING PROSPERITIES FOR THE RECORD.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE SECOND ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK AUTHORIZED MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT, TEXAS DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION AND GATEWAY PUBLIC ROOMS, UM, LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH MARCELLAS AVENUE, SOUTH DUNING AVENUE FOR PERMIT THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE THE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE OVER TEXAS.
TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT AWAY AN EXECUTION OF THE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
FINANCING NO COST CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY.
UM, THE COMMITTEE, UM, CONSIDERED THIS AND PASSED IT ON JUNE 1ST, 2023.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'M MOVE OATH MR. DICKEY.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES THE SECOND LAND ACQUISITION IN DISTRICT THREE, AUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 12,313,671 SQUARE FEET FOR 282.68 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 8,600 CLARK ROAD, FROM THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE CAR NOW TO EXCEED 2,550,000.
UM, THE 2.5 MILLION PLUS CLOSING COSTS NOT TWO EXCEED 50,000, UH, FINANCING THE REFORESTATION FUND.
UM, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS, UM, TODAY ON JUNE 1ST, 2023, AND PASSED IT IN THE PLANNING TIME.
UM, MR. TOES, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.
MR. SLAUGHTER? ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MS.
UH, UH, REALLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MENTION THIS IS ANOTHER TRANSFORMATIVE LAND ACQUISITION, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARKS CAN GET TRUST OF.
PUBLIC LANDS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE ARE GETTING IN EXTENSION, THIS WILL BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND ACQUISITION AND IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM, I THINK WE WILL BE WELL PLACED IN INITIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ALSO, WHICH THEY'LL HELP, UH, UH, WITH THIS, UH, AMAZING PROPERTY.
SO I AM FULLY FOR IT, AND I HOPE WE HAVE BOTH SUPPORT ON IT.
AND MS. COLLINS BRADON, I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT PRESIDENT AGGARWAL SAID AND, UH, APPRECIATE PRESS REPUBLIC LANDS DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SELLER, WITH ALL OF, UM, WITH THE DOOR BOOK, UH, TRACKS THAT ARE GONNA GO THERE, BUT GOOD USE OF, UM, THE LAND.
IT ADDS 280 ACRES TO OUR PARK SYSTEM AND, AND GIVES US A DIFFERENT AMENITY.
AND SO THE KEEPING THE WILDERNESS AREA, THE, THE NATURAL LAND, WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE FOR, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
BUT JUST HERE IN THE, UM, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THIS IS WHAT THE REFORESTATION FUND
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WAS, UM, WAS CREATED FOR AND OUR SECOND USE.SO, UM, SO THANK YOU ROBERT, YOUR STAFF AND, UM, PARK STAFF AS WELL, RYAN, AND ALL OF YOUR TEAM'S DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS.
AND WE LOVE TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE, UM, UH, NEW BIG LAND ACQUISITION.
WE LIKE SMALL ACQUISITION TOO.
WE'LL TAKE ANY ACQUISITION, BUT, UM, THIS IS REALLY A WIN-WIN FOR, UM, FOR SOUTHWEST DALLAS, BUT ALSO FOR PARK USERS AND, UH, OFF-ROAD BIKES AS WELL, FULLY SUPPORTED.
ANY MR. DICK OR MR. PITNER? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND ROBERT, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.
I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THEREFORE, NATION FUND FOR STAFF.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE REMAINING IN THAT FUND? GOOD MORNING.
UH, SO IT IS A, IT'S A FLUID FUND IN THE SENSE THAT IT FLUCTUATES EVERY DAY.
IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING REPLENISHED WHEN DEVELOPERS, UM, HAVE TO MITIGATE ON SITE FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I THINK THE, THE CURRENT TOTAL, AGAIN, WHICH MOVE UP AND DOWN ALL THE TIME, IS AROUND 7 MILLION.
UM, TWO AND A HALF MILLION WERE PAID FOR THIS.
UM, THERE WERE TWO, UH, TWO ESTIMATES, UH, OF THE VALUE WERE GOTTEN.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE, UH, MARKET VALUE ESTIMATES CAME IN AT.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO APPRAISALS AND THEY BOTH CAME IN AT AROUND 17 MILLION.
SO WITH THIS DEAL, WE'RE GETTING A 17 MILLION APPRAISED PROPERTY FOR TWO AND HALF MILLION.
PAUL BRATTON REMINDED ME OF THE GREATEST THANK.
THIS IS NOT TAXPAYER GENERAL FUND MONEY, IT'S REFORESTATION FUND, WHICH IS ONE TREES, SO MANY TREES BEING SAVED HERE.
SO IT'S ALL GOOD, IN MY OPINION.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I MAY NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTER YOU FILE DECISION, RIGHT? YES.
SO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, OH, MR. SLIDER.
UM, I, ALL RIGHT, MR. SLAUGHTER.
BACK WITH OUR PRESIDENT WITH HOWARD.
I, I LOOK AT THE WORK THAT ROBERT AND TRUST, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU DID IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MR. GAVE GEORGE ROSE BOY, AND YOU KNOW, MY COUSIN'S ROOMMATE, MR. MR. DICKEY, YOU KNOW, HE STICKLER ABOUT PLAYING AND THIS IS AMAZING LAND THAT WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT FOR US.
AND I'M ASKING MYSELF, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE WERE BUYING A HALF AN ACRE FOR 10 MILLION IN WEST END? STEPSTONE, WHAT YOU DONE IS JUST EXTREMELY WELL, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THANK YOU.
AND
AND I, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.
WE'VE HAD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS FROM THE TRUST PUBLIC PLAN.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUTURE LAND ACQUISITIONS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT FUNDCO AND EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN OUR CITIES.
MORE PARK LAND FOR MORE PEOPLE.
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MR, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW THAT THE VOTE? COOL.AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD, IS PRESERVING AND CONSERVING THE EARTH AND GROUND THAT GOD GAVE US, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE'RE EATING RIGHT NOW AS A PLANET.
CAPTAIN PLANET WILL BE PROUD PRO
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE PUBLIC, OUR TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
IT'S DEFINITELY A DEDICAT AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
SO THE NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, UM, CONSIDERATION IS A SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT, UM, IN DISTRICT FIVE AND NINE, AUTHORIZED THE PRICE INCREASE FROM A THREE YEAR SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT FOR LEASE AFFORDABLE, UM, BUILDINGS, UM, FROM RAMP TECH BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.
THROUGH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS BY BOARD COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED 90,470,000 OR THOUSAND, UM, FROM $439,007 TO $537,540.
UM, CURRENT FUNDING, UM, WITH THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION.
UM, WE'VE CONSIDERED THIS ON JUNE 1ST.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. SLAUGHTER? SECOND.
MR. KAMI? ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAS YOU? UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE JUST A TINY BIT OF INFORMATION, THESE TWO UNITS.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE FOR THE FORESTRY TEAMS,
AND THE OTHER ONE IS GONNA BE FOR THE CRAWFORD PARK SERVICE CENTER THAT'S UP THERE.
AND THIS IS, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE, THAT THIS IS KIND OF A, A BIGGER PICTURE CONCERN WHEN WE ARE GOING INTO THESE BOND MEETINGS ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION FOR OUR STAFF, UH, OUR OFFICE SPACE, OUR MAINTENANCE YARDS, OUR FORESTRY YARDS.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WHEN WE GO INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF, UH, HAVING TO PAY FOR PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE HAVE, MR. DICKEY.
UH, I LOVE IT THAT WE ARE GETTING IN PLACE FOR OUR FOLKS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT A TERRIBLE PLACE TO WORK IN E EVEN THOUGH IT'S TEMPORARY.
BUT, UH, I'M JUST ON A PROCESS QUESTION.
UM, THIS IS COMING TO COMMITTEE ON THE SAME DAY THAT ARE OTHER ITEMS. CAN I JUST ASK STEP WHY WE ARE THE STANDARD PROCEDURE IS COMMITTEE THEN PARK BOARD TO ALLOW FOR THAT PERIOD? WHY IS THIS ONE SAME DAY COMMITTEE AND PART BOARD MAY COME UP AND ANSWER? I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
OH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UH, AN, A AGENDA, UH, PRYOR, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY.
UH, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
AND, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT AGENDA.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT TODAY WE DID HAVE TO PLACE IT ON BOTH AGENDAS.
UM, BUT I, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SPOKE WITH THE ADMIN FINANCE COMMITTEE, HOW IMPORTANT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINESS, UH, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO I WOULD, MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE, I, CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PICKED IT UP YET, I, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE OTHER PROCESS.
IT ALLOWS A MORE THOROUGH, UH, UNDERSTANDING BY THE COMMITTEE AND ULTIMATELY THE BOARD, UH, IF ANY QUESTIONS COME UP IN COMMITTEE, THERE'S TIME.
IF THE BOARD DECISION IS TWO WEEKS LATER TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THAT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE, THEN WE DO THIS.
UH, AND UNDERSTAND THIS PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE JULY RECESS AND THOSE SCHEDULES, BUT THIS CAME UP OCTOBER.
AND I WOULD JUST E ENCOURAGE STAFF TO TRY MAYBE A LITTLE HARDER TO START EARLIER.
UH, CAUSE WE'VE KNOWN, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE REQUEST FOR THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL CAME IN, BUT JUST WANT TO LAY THAT DOWN.
MARKER OR WHATEVER THE, I THINK WE SHOULD
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TRY OUR HARDEST TO STICK TO THE COMMITTEE THEN PART WORD ON ANYTHING THAT IS COMPLICATED IN ANY WAY.NOT JUST ON SOME BASIC, LIKE A ALCOHOL PERMIT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY MY THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.
UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, I, I HOPE THAT THIS PASSES.
I SUSPECT THIS WILL, UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF DRIVE HOME THE FACT THAT, UH, HAPPY STAFF EQUALS HAPPY PARKS EQUALS HAPPY CITIZENS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAND UP FOR OUR, OUR SERVICE PERSONNEL AND OUR SERVICE CENTER.
AND AS MS, HE STATED EARLIER, UH, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVIEW, UH, WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE 2024 BOND ITEM.
THERE IS A LINE ITEM FOR, FOR SERVICE CENTERS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS TO LOOK AT THAT AMOUNT, INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT'S LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SERVICE PERSONNEL, UH, THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
MR. SLAUGHTER DEPUTY AGREE HUNDRED PERCENT WITH MR. KAMI, BUT ALSO I'M, I'M SORTING WITH MY COTTAGE ROOMMATE STAFF, BUT WE, WE, WE'VE GOTTA BE PRACTICAL.
AND WE GOT, WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE.
ALL THIS WAS, WAS AN ADDED, ADDED AMOUNT.
WE ALL KNEW THAT WE NEEDED THIS FOR OUR STAFF.
THERE'S SOME THINGS AGAINST STAFF AND THE STATE CARRY AGAINST.
SO UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. DICKEY SAID.
BUT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT GONE OVER.
THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT AGREED THAT OUR STAFF NEEDED.
THIS WAS JUST AN ADDED AMOUNT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR MATERIAL.
AND THAT SHOULD DISCUSS THE, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION WITHOUT MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, UH, A DELAYED CONSEQUENCE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. DICKEY SAID, WHICH I AGREE WITH HIM ON, YOU KNOW, THE TIME FROM, FROM COMMITTEE.
BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
I'M, I'M 40, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
CAUSE PLEASE BELIEVE ME, PEOPLE, I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT OUR STAFF AFTER 30 PEOPLE ARE LIVING, UH, UH, UH, WORKING OUT OF A CHEVROLET TAHOE.
I KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY GETTING OUT LIKE THEY'RE AT A SURFACE OR SOME, SO
THANK YOU, UH, MR. VICE CHAIR.
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA OF THE VOTING AGENDA WOULD BE THE CRAWFORD PARK AND DISTRICT FIVE AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH A DOT S CON INC.
FOR THE CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ARTWORK INSTALLATION.
PHASE ONE, A PROJECT LOCATED AT 8,700 ELUM ROAD CLOSE, RESPONSIBLE BID OF FOUR, NOT TO EXCEED 205,000 FOR HUNDRED $25 FINANCING.
SAME AMOUNT PARK AND REC FACILITIES.
UM, B FUND 2017 GENERAL BOND APPLICATION FUNDS.
UM, WE ALSO CONSIDERED THIS ON JUNE 1ST, TODAY, UM, MEETING, DO I HAVE A MOTION MS. AND SECOND EVENTS LETTER.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH MS. RICE? UM, I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT THIS PASSES BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
I REMEMBER GOING ON A SITE VISIT BACK WHEN I WAS IN THE OAC ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I KNOW THESE THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT THAT PARTICULAR AREA ON PRAIRIE CREEK, THE PRAIRIE CREEK SIDE OF, OF CRAWFORD PARK, YOU KNOW, CRAWFORD PARK IS HUGE.
I FEEL LIKE WE BRING SO MUCH POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I'M THERE QUITE A, A LOT BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDS OF CRAWFORD PARK.
WE DO CLEANUPS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
AND I ALWAYS PASS BY FOR THE ART INSTALLATION.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS GONNA BRING SO MUCH POSITIVITY AND IT'S REALLY GONNA UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY NEEDS, WE REALLY NEED, UM, THIS UPLIFTING AND THIS ENGAGEMENT AND THAT PARTICULAR SIDE OF THE PARK.
UM, SOMETIMES AND DURING THE CLEANUP WE FIND LIKE, LIKE, UH, BOTTLE CAPS FROM BEER BOTTLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THIS WOULD BRING, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD JUST BRING, UM, SO MUCH POSITIVITY.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE ARTIST TALKING TO THE ARTIST, A DESIGN THAT HE REALLY CONSIDERED PLEASANT GROVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, THIS WOULD BE, HE'S LIKE, OH, THIS, THIS, UH, CUZ THE ART PIECE, IT'S UH, IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
SO IT COULD BE USED LIKE FOR, UM, ARTS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
IT COULD BE USED FOR COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, FOR GATHERINGS.
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FOR SO MANY IT HAS SO MANY POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.HE SAID HE USED A WORKING SAN AND THAT REALLY MADE ME, THAT MADE ME HAPPY.
I'M LIKE, YEAH, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE, UM, WONDERFUL TO BRING THIS AMENITY TO PROPER PARKS.
SO I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT THIS PASSES, CUZ THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE WORKS AND I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD REALLY UPLIFT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THERE AT CRAWFORD PARK.
DO YOU HAVE A RENDERING OF THAT ARTWORK? I DO.
I, I MEAN, COULD YOU SEND IT TO US AT SOME POINT? ABSOLUTELY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, VOTING AGENDA TODAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS.
UM, WHICH THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON MATCH FUND PROJECT.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, PREPARE FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, UH, SHARING PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND INFORMING THE BOARD ABOUT THE EXCITING PROJECT TODAY ON.
AND THE FIRST IS ATTORNEY RIVER OMAN CENTER.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SHELLY, MEMBER SHIRLEY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DO I DO THE FIX A CLICKER? YES, SIR.
I ALSO HAVE LISA GONZALEZ WHITNEY, WHO IS, UM, WITH NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY AND REPRESENTING OUR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR SUPPORT OF WHAT I AM PRESENTING TODAY.
ALSO, THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
I'M SO HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE THE TRACK TEAM HERE.
I'M GOING TO DO A TRACK INTRODUCTION BECAUSE ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING YOU'RE GOING HEAR ABOUT IS BECAUSE OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE, KEEGAN HAS ABOUT PRIDE.
KEEGAN GREW A HALF OF A MILE FROM THE CENTER.
SO SHE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY USED TO PLAY AT THE DUMP.
UM, SHE GLOWS IT IN THE DARK EVERY NOW AND
AND MARCUS IS THE WHOLE REASON WE HAVE BEEN CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.
WE ARE TRANSITIONING HIM INTO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROLE.
UM, HE WILL ALWAYS BE AN EDUCATOR BECAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR.
BUT I'M GONNA THANK YOU MARCUS.
NEW TO OUR, AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR SIX WEEKS.
SHE IS LEADING OUR SCIENCE SUNDAYS, AUGUST 2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN LAST, BUT CURRENTLY THOUGHT LEAST, JACOB COSET, WHO IS OUR EDUCATION MANAGER FOR OUR PROGRAM MANAGER OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND LEADS THE EDUCATION TEAM.
SO THAT'S OUR TEAM AND THEY'RE AMAZING.
UM, SO Y'ALL KNOW A LOT ABOUT US.
UM, WE'RE A FORMER LANDFILL AND A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL JUSTICE STORY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, BUT WE'RE A LOT MORE THAN JUST THOSE THINGS.
SO BESIDES THE PROGRAMMING WE DO, WE UM, ARE REALLY ADDING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE.
I DON'T NEED TO POINT, I MEAN, KEEGAN WILL TELL YOU LIVING NEXT TO A LANDFILL VERSUS LIVING NEXT TO A NATURE CENTER IS QUITE DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT BESIDES OUR FIVE MILES OF TRAIL AND 120 ACRES, WE ACTUALLY ARE IN A CRIME SPOT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS WE'RE SO CLOSE TO.
SO 8 75 AND FOUR AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WHAT YOU KNOW IS WE'VE BEEN PILOTING A FREE ENTRY PROGRAM AND IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
UM, AND I HAVE SOME NUMBERS ON THAT LATER.
SO MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING, THERE'S OUR FIRST SLIDE.
I WILL TRY TO DO ALL OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT BOOKED THIS SPRING.
UM, WITH OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER.
WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT BOOKED ON WHAT WE CAN MANAGE WITH OUR EDUCATION AND OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.
SINCE WE OPENED, WE'VE SEEN MORE THAN 223,000 SCHOOL KIDS.
THEY HAVE COME THROUGH OUR PEAKS ALIGNED PROGRAMS. UM, OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMS, WE SEE ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE A YEAR.
UH, AND THEN SINCE WE'VE BEEN FREE, WE'VE SEEN A 210% INCREASE IN VISITORS ONSITE.
AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING HOW IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME THERE, THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR BIGGER FAMILIES, THEY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT BEFORE.
AND, UM, HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WE START OUR THREE WEEK LONG SUMMER CAMPS ON MONDAY AND WE'RE COMPLETELY BOOKED FOR THAT
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AS WELL.PARTNERING WITH BIG THOUGHT DALLAS.
NOW WE ALSO HAVE AN EXHIBIT AREA THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF AN UPGRADE.
UM, SO OUR HABITAT, HABITAT, SEE WHAT WE DID THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE CENTER, YOU KNOW THAT 50% OF THE INDOOR SPACE IS TAKEN UP BY A NON-FUNCTIONING, UM, WATER FEATURE, UH, OUTDOORS.
WE ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT.
WE HAVE A HUGE SPACE OUTDOORS THAT WE COULD BE DOING SOMETHING WITH.
SO WE PUT IN $55,000 TO HAVE A DESIGN OF THE EXHIBIT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.
UM, JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CURRENT EXHIBITS.
SO WHILE THERE ARE WATER FEATURES WE COULD TRY TO REPAIR, UM, A BEAVER MADE HIS HOME UNDERNEATH AND DESTROYED THE PIPING.
AND, AND IT'S JUST, WE CAN'T MAINTAIN IT ANYMORE.
WE CALL HIM JUSTIN BEAVER, BUT
WILDLIFE WAS THERE VERSED, UM, ALONG WITH THE TRASH.
BUT AN IMPORTANT STORY I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT GARRETT BOONE CAME TO ME.
I JOINED THE CENTER IN AUGUST OF 2019.
HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT EXHIBIT.
I BROUGHT A DONOR IN AND THEY WALKED OUT WHEN THEY SAW THE EXHIBIT AND YOU LOST FUNDING BECAUSE OF IT.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
SO HERE'S OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT.
AGAIN, 50% OF THE ROOM IS TAKEN UP BY THIS.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME DESIGNS WE WANT TO SHARE.
BUT FIRST LET ME SHOW YOU THE OUTDOOR SPACE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN.
SO THIS IS OUT THE BACK DOOR WHERE THERE ARE WINDOWS.
YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN ON OUR GREAT HALL DECK, THE BEAUTIFUL BIG ROOM.
BUT THIS IS OUT THE DOOR BEHIND THE EXHIBIT AREA.
SO WE'VE GOT THE THING ON THE LEFT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THAT.
THOSE STEPS ARE ABOUT A FOOT TALL.
IT'S NOT SAFE FOR KIDS TO GO DOWN THERE.
IT'S NOT EVEN SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GO DOWN THERE.
NOW OUR POOR GROUNDSKEEPER HAS TO GO DOWN THERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY PUT A DOOR DOWN THERE TO GET TO SOME OF OUR HVAC SYSTEM.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT YOU WILL SEE THAT WE USED TO HAVE SOME, I GUESS, ANIMALS IN A TANK.
UM, THAT TANK WAS NOT COVERED.
IT WAS JUST PRIME PICKINGS AND A BUFFET FOR ANY WILDLIFE THAT WAS AROUND THAT WANTED TO GET INTO THAT TANK AND EAT WHAT WAS THERE.
SO THAT IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING EITHER.
AND AS I SAID, JUSTIN BEAVER HAS MADE HIS HOME IN ABOUT IT.
UM, SO HERE'S ONE OF OUR FIRST DESIGNS.
PLEASE KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE DESIGNS, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RENDERINGS WE HAVE.
WE REALLY SEE THIS AS TRANSFORMING OUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THERE AS WELL AS ADDING SOME TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS 15 YEARS OLD, SO IT'S A LITTLE ANTIQUATED.
WE'RE ALLOTTING LOT ANTIQUATED.
UM, ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT TABLE IN THE MIDDLE IS LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE AT THE GEORGE BUSH LIBRARY.
ONE OF THE, UH, INTERACTIVE TABLES.
AGAIN, ADDING SOME TECHNOLOGY BUT STILL KEEPING SOME OF THE NATURAL FIELD.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE A NATURE CENTER AND WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE AS WELL.
IN THE VERY BACK, YOU CANNOT SEE THE UP CLOSE, BUT YOU'LL SEE A SMALL TABLE THAT'S ACTUALLY A DIORAMA IN THE BACK.
NOW WHAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT IS TELLING THE STORY OF THE CENTER.
SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY STORY, THE SOCIAL JUSTICE STORY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STORY, OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS, AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY RIVER AND OF COURSE THE TRINITY FOREST BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY ANCHOR IN THE TRINITY FOREST RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN VISIT.
AND AS MARCUS LIKES TO SAY, REALLY TAKING THIS FROM, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STORY THAT WE WERE A LIABILITY AND NOW AN ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW I'M GOING FAST ON THIS.
I I'D LOVE TO WALK EACH OF YOU THROUGH IT IN BETTER DETAIL LATER.
BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE TOP LEFT WE'VE GOT A SLIDE.
WE'VE GOT SOME NATURE PLAY AREAS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE A FEW WATER FEATURES.
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ARE GOING TO BE EASY, SIMPLE PIPING.IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A WATER FOUNTAIN.
WE'VE LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT FLOOD CONTROL, ABOUT, ABOUT RUNOFF, ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS OUR ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY TRYING TO GET THE CITIZENS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
CUZ WE ARE A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION.
WE WANT TO HELP THE CITY AND HELP THE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO DO OUR OWN ACTIVITIES TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE.
SO I HAVE A LEAP BEHIND, AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA SEE A FEW MORE PICTURES OF THIS, BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'LL DO WITH THIS OUTDOOR SPACE IS ON THE TOP LEFT YOU'LL SEE AN OVERHANG AND THEN YOU SEE SOME WINDOWS THAT'S GOING TO BE 250 SQUARE FEET OF TEACHABLE SPACE OUTDOORS.
IT ALSO RAINS SOMETIMES WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR AREA WHERE WE CAN TAKE PEOPLE AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SEATING FOR UP TO 30.
AND AS WELL AS JUST HAVING A PLAY AREA FOR PEOPLE TO COME, FOR KIDS TO COME, AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL TO ENJOY BEING OUTSIDE AND MAYBE NOT JUST ON A TRAIL.
AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS A BEAUTIFUL DOCK WE HAVE PLANNED.
SO WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE KIDS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE GO TAKE POND SAMPLES.
THEN THEY LOOK AT THAT WATER UNDERNEATH MICROSCOPES AND IT TELLS IS THE WATER CLEAN? IS THE WATER DIRTY BASED ON THE ORGANISMS THAT ARE IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
THE KIDS CAN'T REALLY WALK WITH US TO THE POND TO GET THAT POND SAMPLING BECAUSE OF JUST SOME, SOME REASONS THE PONDS ARE OFF BEATEN TRACK.
BUT THIS WAY THEY CAN GO WITH OUR EDUCATORS, ACTUALLY TAKE THE POND SAMPLE WITH THEM, AND THEN GO BACK TO OUR EDUCATION ROOMS AND LOOK AT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
LET'S TALK ABOUT FUNDING FOR THIS.
SO 4.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO REDO THESE SPACES.
THAT'S INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXHIBIT AREAS.
I HAVE LISA HERE WITH ME TODAY.
AUDUBON IS COMMITTING 1 MILLION MATCH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
NOW, SOME THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AUDUBON HAS DONE FOR THIS CENTER DURING COVID, THEY SUPPORTED US 1.2 MILLION WHEN WE WERE IN A HUGE DEFICIT BECAUSE OF PROGRAMMING AND THE DOORS BEING CLOSED.
AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, 2021, WE HAD ALL THAT HORRIBLE STORM DAMAGE HAD TO SHUT AGAIN.
ALL OF OUR EVENTS GOT CANCELED.
WHEN YOU CANNOT SELL AN EVENT FOR A YEAR AHEAD, YOU'RE NOT TOURING.
IT REALLY HAS A SNOWBALL EFFECT.
UM, WE HAVE SPENT 55,000 FOR THIS DESIGN ALREADY.
AND AGAIN, I'VE GOT A LEAD BEHIND FOR YOU, BUT WE HAVE RUN THE NUMBERS AND IT'S A $32 AND 29 CENT ROI ON THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS? HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, ANOTHER REASON FOR THE CENTER'S SUCCESS IS THE LEADERSHIP OF SHELLY WHITE.
SHE'S, UM, VERY HUMBLE IN WHAT SHE DOES THAT, UH, THE LEADERSHIP THAT SHE BRINGS TO HER AMAZING TEAM IS, UM, MUCH OF THANK YOU.
IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS SHELLY WAS SAYING, WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, THE
UM, IT'S OBVIOUS THE CENTER IS IN NEED OF A REFRESH.
AND THESE AREAS IN, UH, WITH THE, THE MATCH THAT SHELLY MENTIONED TO US, THE $1 MILLION MATCH, THAT'S A MINIMUM OF THE COMMITMENT THAT, THAT WE CAN MAKE.
WE THINK THAT IF WE CAN COME TO THE TABLE, UM, WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A PARTNER AND WITH 4.3 MILLION IN, UM, CITY DOLLARS TO, TO INVEST IN THE CENTER, THAT CAN INCREASE THAT MATCH AS WELL.
ONE OF OUR, UM, IN ADDITION TO CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION, ONE OF OUR KEY GOALS IS MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND WHAT TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER IS DOING, NOT JUST THE CONNECTIONS AND THE EDUCATIONAL AND WORK AND OUTREACH THAT IT'S DOING ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT THE NEW WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE IN SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, UH, A SOCIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY A NUMBER OF, OF FEDERAL METRICS, UM, IS, IS KEY TO TO PERMISSION.
AND SO, UM, WE COMMIT TO, TO RAISING THAT MATCH AND UH, TO CONTINUING THE SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL FOR THE CITY.
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AND THEN I AM, SO WE ARE A CITY OF DALLAS BUILDING.THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD WITH THE ACTUAL FACILITY CITY STAFF HAS WORKED ON THIS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE SOME OF THIS AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE TRENT IS HERE FOR THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AT THE FACILITY.
UM, THE HVAC SYSTEM IS IN
WE DID A $10,000, THAT'S NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CONTRIBUTED THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO UPGRADE THE SOFTWARE FOR THAT.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND I HAVE BEEN THERE IN MY PAJAMAS TWICE NOW WITH CALLS ON THAT.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE SOME WARPED FLOOR REPAIRS, UM, OF OUR OWN ENTRY AREA FLOORING, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT UP TO $50,000 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ALSO, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE JUST GOT A $75,000 TRAIL GRIP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A BOARDWALK TRAIL TO OUR VANEL FLY POND NEXT SUMMER WITH A SMALL LITTLE DOCK TO SIT ON.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A HUGE WASP PROBLEM, OUR EDUCATION WING.
OUR EDUCATION WING IS, UM, AS PEST CONTROL, EXPLAINED TO ME A PARTY ROOM FOR WASPS BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT WITH THIS WOOD AND THEN A TON OF OPEN SPACE ABOVE IT.
SOAP WASPS HAVE MADE THEIR HOMES THERE.
YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE LIGHTS IS FALLING OUT.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S FULL OF WASPS AND THEY'RE SO HEAVY AND THEN THEY WEIGH IT DOWN OR THE GLASS BREAKS OUT, WHICH IS WHAT IS ON THE LEFT.
UM, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, ACTUALLY TWO OF THOSE BOARDS JUST FELL AFTER I TOOK THIS PICTURE LAST WEEKEND.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
WE SPEND ABOUT $3,000 EVERY JANUARY JUST TO TRY TO CONTROL THAT SO THAT WE CAN USE THOSE ROOMS FOR OUR SCHOOL KIDS AS WELL AS, UH, FACILITY RENTALS.
UM, JUST SIDING, POPPING OFF, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JOE REPAIRED THE ONE ON THE RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, UH, HE DID A GREAT JOB, BUT, UM, WE COULD HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY CITY STAFF, UM, THOSE NEEDS SEPARATELY.
SO I DO HAVE SOME HANDOUTS TO LEAVE AND TONY, I CAN LEAVE THOSE WITH YOU OR WHEREVER I SHOULD LEAVE THOSE.
UM, THEY DO TALK ABOUT THE ROI, BUT YES, THAT'D BE GREAT.
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT FOR EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IS I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE CONTINUING OUR PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO END JUNE 30TH, AND WE'LL BE FREE FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
UH, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT AND IT ALSO BUDS UP TO MS. RICE'S DISTRICT AND ALSO TO VICE CHAIR DISTRICT.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING AMAZING.
UH, I LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIPS OF WHO THE LEADERSHIP HILLS.
I I SEE YOU OUT IN BUD BOOTS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOR THE MINORITY, YOU MAY PARENTS, ESPECIALLY MOTHER, IT'S AMAZING THAT WE WANT TO GET OUR KIDS OUTSIDE OF US AGAIN.
I MEAN, YOU AND, UH, THE CEDAR BRIDGE PRESERVE.
I MEAN, WHAT YOU GUYS DO, UH, WE HAVE WITH THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING, YOU, YOU'RE NOT BIG ON TOWN, BUT THIS IS NEEDED.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINED FOR 4 MILLION, BUT WE'VE GOT DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY ASKING FOR 20, 30 MILLION AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND FOR THIS TOWN, BUT DON'T ALSO CITY FROM THE COUNTRY.
UH, ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ADVOCATE IS MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE, MR. DICKIE.
HE'S YOUR LIAISON AND YOU AIN'T WHIPPING EVERYBODY VOTE.
AND I'M ON THE BOARD WITH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY EVER TELLS YOU THANK YOU ENOUGH.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
PEOPLE FIND US PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, HAVE THAT.
YOU SHOULD SCIENTIST, UH, YOU ARE ONE OF YOUR CHEERLEADERS.
I THINK I DON'T MILLION YOU SHOULD ASK US FOR.
SO IF WE NEED TO GET THAT FACILITY IN ORDER, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT COUNCIL.
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GONNA PUSH THIS THROUGH THE BOND AND VOTE FOR SHIRLEY.UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE, UH, I'VE BEEN TO LIAISON AT 20 RIVER ROCK ONE CENTER BASICALLY SINCE I GOT ON THE PARK WARD SIX YEARS AGO.
SO I'VE SEEN THE WAY IT'S CHANGED AND THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND JUST IN GENERAL HAS EXPLODED.
I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF, NUMBER OF KIDS THAT GET EDUCATED AND GET NEW EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCES, LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES THERE, IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
THIS IS THE ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE.
UH, THE EXHIBIT DOES NEED A REFRESH AND, UH, AUDUBON PAY THE MONEY FOR THE, THE, UH, THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW THING.
SO I JUST LIKE MR. SLAUGHTER, I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS AND THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION, AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE, LOOKED AT THE BUILDING STRUCTURE ITSELF AND SOMEHOW, UH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET SOME OF THESE, THESE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, I SIT ON THE TASK FORCE, THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE, AND UH, THE FORMER CITY COUNCIL PERSON ON THE TASK FORCE AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND THAT PERSON SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, WE DON'T MAINTAIN ANYTHING AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
AND, BUT YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A PERSON WHO REALLY KNOWS THE FAT OF THE HORSE AND TO SAY IT'S JUST TRUE.
AND IN THIS CASE, THIS HAS BEEN HERE 15 YEARS, WE HIRED A VERY PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECT TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
AND AS PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTS TEND TO BE, THEY DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE LUTHER SIDING GONNA FALL OFF OR NO
SO THERE ARE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET.
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT SEVEN OR EIGHT MORE YEARS FOR THIS CAUSE WE, THAT'S OUR BUILDING.
AND ON THE TASK FORCE, I'M GONNA BE ALSO LOBBYING FOR A WAY TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THESE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS DONE.
AND IF IT CAN'T BE IN THE BOND, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION, SOMEHOW WE'VE GOTTA WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE DO GET THIS BUILDING FIXED TO SOME DEGREE.
BUT THANK YOU SHELLY, WHILE YOU'VE DONE THAT, GETTING THROUGH COVID WITH AFTER STAFF, DAWN, YOU ALL HAVE JUST DONE AN AMAZING JOB THERE AND YOU'VE DESERVE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU IN THIS BOND.
I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THE EDUCATIONAL, UM, EXPERIENCES THAT OF FAMILIES, KIDS AND ADULTS GET AT THIS PLACE WE SEE IS FAR NONE ONE OF THE BOTH MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES FROM THE NATURE TO, TO THE EDUCATION.
UM, SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
WE DO GET A LOT OF ASKS, UM, THAT EXCEED WAY OVER THIS, UM, THAT WON'T EVEN TOUCH AT THE, UM, HEARTSTRINGS AND COMPONENTS THAT YOU DO WITH THE MIND, THE BODY, AND THE SOUL.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, UM, AND YOUR TEAM.
UM, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AS WELL, LISA.
UM, SO I DEFINITELY WILL BE SUPPORTING MS. RICE.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHELLY, LISA, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVEN'T AL Y'ALL HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD, BUT SHELLY'S COMMITMENT AND HER TEAM, HER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND JUST HER PASSION TOWARDS EQUITY, LIKE SHE, SHE'S ALWAYS OPEN, YOU KNOW, UM, ANY FEEDBACK WE'VE GIVEN HER, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN OPEN TO IT.
AND SHE JUST, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GETTING TO THE ACTUAL TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, SHE'S ACTUALLY PARTNERS WITH THE DALLAS LIBRARY TO GET PEOPLE LIKE FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER.
SHE'S ALSO COMMITTED LIKE TO EQUITY THROUGH LANGUAGE AND BEING INCLUSIVE OF ALL COMMUNITY BY, BY THESE, UH, BY THE FREE, UM, PILOT PROGRAMS. SO, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH EACH ONE OF HER, UM, TEAM MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE I'VE SEEN THEM AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, THEY'RE SO COMMITTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, KEEGAN, MARCUS, JACOB, AND ALSO, AND NOW WITH ADDITION OF SOPHIA, I'M REALLY EXCITED.
I KNOW SOPHIA'S ALSO BILINGUAL, I KNOW KEEGAN'S BILINGUAL.
SO JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT.
UM, I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR WITH, WITH SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO, UH, WHO YOU, UM, SERVE ON THE BOND CAP FORCE COMMITTEE.
SO I'LL BE ADVOCATING AS WELL.
AND UM, JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UM, OF BEING INCLUSIVE TOWARDS EQUITY AND TO BEING SUCH A GEM IN
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OUR, UM, SOUTHERN DALLAS COMMUNITY.THANK YOU LISA, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF, OF THE, THE CENTER AND ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT SHELLY AND THE TEAM DO.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE COMING TO US WITH SUBSTANTIVE ASK, FRANKLY, BECAUSE YOU NEED IT.
YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ENOUGH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS AS MR. DICKEY SAID ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE CENTER OVER THE YEARS.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK WHAT WAS, DID, DID YOU ALL RECEIVE ANY BOND FUNDING IN 2017? NONE.
UM, IT WAS THE BUILDING PER BUILT WITH BOND DOLLARS OR IT WAS PUBLIC PRIVATE OR WAS THERE WAS LESS PUBLIC PRIVATE, BUT I CAN'T, IT WAS IN 2005, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE WAS OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS BOND FUNDS, BUT I MIGHT BE CORRECTED ON THAT.
I REMEMBERED IT WAS LIKE 5 MILLION OVER BUDGET AND, AND A DONOR COVERED THAT.
BUT UM, BUT ANYWAY, I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED BY YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN THIS DESIGN.
SO ONE THING I WAS GONNA ASK, BECAUSE YOU DO GET SOME GOOD REVENUE FROM EVENT RENTALS AND SUCH, HOW WILL THIS HELP YOU GENERATE MORE EXCITEMENT OR MORE WEDDINGS OR COMPANIES TO COME HAVE THEIR EVENTS THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT 250 SQUARE FEET OPEN DOOR SPACE I TOLD YOU ABOUT.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO, UM, A WEDDING AND YOUR, AND YOUR PARTY AFTER THE WEDDING, THE RECEPTION AT THE CENTER, THERE'S ONLY A FEW WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FLIP THAT SPACE REALLY.
SO THEY USE OUR SCISSOR TAIL DECK AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR, THE DECK TO THE FAR RIGHT THROUGH THAT BIG GREAT HALL ROOM IS OUR GREAT HALL DECK TO THE LEFT, IT'S OUR SCISSOR TAIL DECK.
THEY MA THEY MAX OUT WITH A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THAT SCISSOR TAIL DECK AND THAT IS WITH THEM CRAMMED THERE.
SO YOU ARE SITTING VERY CLOSE THERE AT THE VERY POINT, THAT'S WHERE THE WEDDING TAKES PLACE WITH THIS OUTDOOR AREA.
IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S A RAMP THAT GOES DOWN.
AND THEN WE WORK WITH OUR EVENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BOXWOOD HOSPITALITY TO SEE WHAT NEEDED, WHAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A GREAT EVENT SPACE THERE.
SO NOT ONLY THAT BUT IN, WELL MY, UM, I THINK IT'S IN THE LEAD BEHIND IN ONE OF THE PICTURES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, YES, I SHOWED YOU ONE COVERED AREA, THAT'S WHERE I POINTED OUT THE 250 SQUARE FEET.
ALSO, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE AREA THAT COMES OUT THAT'S ADDITIONAL COVERED SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT CAN BE USED FOR AN EVENT.
IN ADDITION, THOSE WATER FEATURES I SHOWED YOU, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE COVERED AND YOU CAN SET UP A BAR THERE.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY KEPT EVENTS IN MIND BECAUSE THAT IS, WE'RE GETTING A QUARTER OF A MILLION HERE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I REALLY, WHERE I, I WAS ASKING JUST CUZ YOU HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, I LOVE THE DOCS, BUT JUST REALLY BEING ABLE TO MAXIMIZE, UM, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT GREAT CONTINGENCY, WHICH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS DON'T HAVE.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD USE OF, UM, OF YOUR SPACE THAT CAN, THAT KEEPS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN INTACT, THAT JUST ENHANCES IT AND, AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR AREA.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS CUZ I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY AND SO IT'S TIME, IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE INVEST IN THIS CENTER AND SO I THINK YOUR ASK IS APPRECIATED.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT TONY IS KEEPING TIME FOR OUR ROUNDS AND BOTH KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. VALER.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I CAME ACROSS A COUPLE OF FAMILIES WALKING DOWN MY STREET IN GLEN OAKS DISTRICT FOUR AND THEY WERE COMING TO ME BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT THE KIDS STARTED TO TALK ABOUT BIRD WATCHING AND I SAID, WELL WHERE DID YOU WATCH BIRDS? YOU KNOW, IN OAKLAND, WHERE DO YOU GO? THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE TRINITY AUTO BAND AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND WHAT THE STAFF DOES AND I'VE BEEN THERE BUT I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE IT LIKE THESE KIDS DID THROUGH THEIR EYES.
AND THESE KIDS ARE PROBABLY GONNA TAKE THIS INFORMATION.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LIFELONG BIRD WATCHERS.
SOMETHING THAT I AS A KID NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO BECAUSE
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THIS DIDN'T EXIST YET.SO IT IS A REAL RESOURCE AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY MADE, I'M JUST, I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M VERY THANKFUL BECAUSE I WAS NOT, UM, ONE OF THE KIDS THAT WAS A GREAT RECIPIENT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT REC CENTERS, ALL THE DIFFERENT NATURE PRISONERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO I REALLY TAKE IT ALL IN NOW AS AN ADULT.
I MAKE SURE MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS GET THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO ASK YOU ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
IF IN YOU GUYS' CURRENT CONTRACT, THE BUILDING IS THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO ALL MAINTENANCE IS UNDER THE CITY OF DALLAS OR DO YOU ALL DO GUINEA MAINTENANCE? YEAH, WE SPEND WITH OUR UTILITY AND MAINTENANCE, WE SPEND OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR ON THE BUILDING.
SO AND IS THERE A SPLIT BY, BY WHAT THE CITY DOES AND Y'ALL NEED TO, HOW DO Y'ALL ASCERTAIN WHAT THOSE COSTS? IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY, YES.
UM, SO TECHNICALLY IN THE PAST PLUMBING, SOME PLUMBING HAS GONE TO THE CITY AND SOME ELECTRICAL WORK HAS GONE TO THE CITY.
BUT PAST THAT HVAC, UM, ALL OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE MANAGE.
SO THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ROUGHLY A YEAR ANNUALLY.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUE CALVERT SAID, IT WAS HIGH TIME THAT WE INVESTED IN THIS PROPERTY SO THAT IT COULD MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND THE PLANS Y'ALL HAVE SHOWN BEFORE, A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S A NO-BRAINER.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR AND YOUR STAFF DO.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION AND LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE KNOW GOOD STAFF COMES FROM GOOD LEADERSHIP'S HIRING GOOD STAFF.
AND THANK YOU OF COURSE TO THE AUDUBON FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.
I JUST WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL KUDOS TO YOU ON MAKING IT FREE.
CUZ AS YOU ALL KNOW, I LIKE TO ASK THAT WE ARE CHARGING THE RIGHT AMOUNT FOR OUR SERVICES IN PARK AND REC BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY ASK MORE FOR.
SO THIS GOES AGAINST MY NORMAL THING, BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO NATURE, WHICH IS THIS IS REALLY TRULY A PARK MORE THAN ANYTHING AND WE SUBSIDIZE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMMING WITHIN PARK AND REC AND WE DON'T REALLY SUBSIDIZE THIS TO THE SAME DEGREE.
SO I'M REAL THAT I THINK THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE IN AND BEYOND.
SO I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE EXTENDING THAT.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA HAVE POLICE SUPPORT YOUR ASK AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME AND I WOULD ONLY SAY LET'S FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU SUPPORT FROM AN ADVERTISING STANDPOINT.
I DON'T THINK WE DO ENOUGH TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR COOL VENUES THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW GOT, UM, UH, SOME OTHER KIND OF COOL VENUES AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF 'EM THAT PEOPLE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU GET MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR YOU FULL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
RIGHT, WE HAVE MR. O'CONNOR WITH THE FRIENDS OF KATIE TRAIL MAX FUND PROJECT.
NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AMY BEAN, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FORENSIC TRAIL OF CIVIL PRESENTATION.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE KATY TRAIL WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE FULL HISTORY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS THE VERY EARLY RAILS TO TRAIL PROGRAM OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE TRAIL IS OVER 25 YEARS OLD NOW, SO IT WAS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A GREAT CONVERSION OF SPACE, UM, TO OUTDOOR SPACE.
IT IS TRULY A RIBBON OF GREEN RUNNING THROUGH THE DENSE AREAS OF DALLAS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES.
UM, IT'S, WE ARE STILL THANKFUL TO THE VISIONARIES AND TO THE CITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT OUT AND CREATED THIS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
OUR ORGANIZATION, THE FRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL IS OBVIOUSLY THE NONPROFIT PARTNER THAT MAINTAINS ENHANCES AND ADVOCATES FOR THE KATY TRAIL.
UH, WE TRY AND MAKE IT THE PREMIER TRAIL FOR RECREATION, WELLNESS AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.
CITY OF TALLIS, UH, WE HAVE SEEN JUST RECORD ECONOMIC GROWTH ALONG THE TRAIL.
IT'S ESTIMATED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE SEEN OVER 2 BILLION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE CRAZY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING ALONG THERE NOW.
UM, WE SAW NEARLY 2 MILLION TRAIL VISITS IN LAST YEAR AND SEEMS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE EVEN HIGHER AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY, UM, OVER 1600
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MEMBERS OF THE KATY TRAIL THAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR WORK.UH, WE HOST THE BIG 5K IN THE FALL WHERE EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY ABOUT 5,000 RUNNERS.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF THIS LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
UM, IT'S SO A TRULY GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, OUR LAST BIG PROJECT TOGETHER WAS ENDED, ENDED IN 2020 WITH THE COMPLETION OF OUR $8.5 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
UM, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT THIS PROJECT GOT STARTED WHEN IT DID AHEAD OF THAT LIKE FLOCKING OF PEOPLE TO THE TRAIL.
UM, THAT WAS A $1 MILLION, UM, GIFT FROM THE CITY AND WE ADDED A A MILE OF SOFT SERVICE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE.
UM, THAT REALLY ALLOWED FOR A LITTLE MORE SAFETY AS THE PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN GREATER NUMBERS.
WE ALSO ADDED SEVERAL BRIDGES OF PINCH POINTS ACROSS THE TRAIL.
UM, AGAIN, THAT PROJECT WAS JUST DONE AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME AND WAS A GREAT PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT US CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO ENHANCE THE TRAIL FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A KATY TRAIL PARK AS A BENEFICIARY OF Y'ALL'S, UM, RULING FOR TEMPORARY ART TO BE IN PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST EXHIBIT WITH A LOCAL ARTIST AS HA SEAT POD PODS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NOW WITH NA PUBLIC D A.
IT'S UH, ALWAYS FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE ARTISTS TALKS ON THE TRAIL, SO IT'S BEEN FUN TO START PROGRAMMING SPACE IN NEW WAYS.
UM, ON THE RIGHT, THERE WAS A RECENT, UM, AD, UH, TO UT SOUTHWESTERN PARTNERED PROJECT PROJECT TO ADD AN OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER AT THE FAR SOUTH END OF THE TRAIL NEAR THE AMER AMERICAN AIRLINE CENTER.
UM, PEOPLE ARE USING THAT HAVE ALREADY INCORPORATED IT INTO THEIR EVERYDAY WORKOUT ROUTINE.
THE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY AS FAR AS BOND REQUEST, UM, THE FIRST WAS THAT THE FAIRMONT MAPLE ENTRANCE.
UM, THIS WAS INCLUDED IN OUR 2017 VISION PLAN OF AN AREA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN.
UM, IT IS AN AREA RAPIDLY INCREASING IN DENSITY.
UM, I GOT A FEW NOTES FROM SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SPACE AND THEY SAID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THERE IS A OFFICE TOWER, THE GRANITE OFFICE TOWER AT MAPLE AND CEDAR SPRINGS COMING.
THE CRESCENT HAS A RESIDENTIAL TOWER COMING.
MAPLE TERRACE IS BEING RENOVATED.
ALI MANHATTAN HAS PLANS FOR A MULTI-STORY BUILDING CENTURY ON AMERICAN.
I MEAN, THE GROWTH IS JUST PHENOMENAL.
SO THIS ENTRANCE IS ALREADY HEAVY, HEAVILY USED AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED ENTRANCES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE THE CURRENT STATE, IT'S ROCKY MONEY, DIRT PATH.
IT'S VERY HAZARDOUS WHEN WET, WE GET CALLS ABOUT IT.
WE OFTEN, OFTEN HAVE SOME HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AROUND THE, THE ENTRANCES.
UM, SO THAT'S OUR FIRST AREA WE'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK IN.
UM, BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS, GRADING, CONCRETE PATH, STAIRS, LANDING AREA, ADA, A ACCESSIBILITY, IRRIGATION, MISCELLANEOUS PLANNINGS.
UM, SO REALLY CREATING A FORMAL ENTRANCE THERE.
IT'S ALSO A LOT SAFER WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL AND WE KNOW WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE COMING UP INSTEAD OF JUST POPPING OUT ON THEIR HOMEMADE PATH.
SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE A FORMAL ENTRANCE IN THAT AREA.
THE SECOND STRETCH WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IS A NOX TO HARVARD.
THIS IS A TRAIL SEGMENT, COMPLETE RENOVATION.
UM, KIND OF LIKE THE OTHER AREA.
THIS WAS INCLUDED WAY BACK IN 2017, BUT THE AREA HAS BEEN INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY IN USAGE.
AGAIN, SAME THING ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
STREET LIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL IS DOING A HUGE, UM, CONVERSION OF BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA.
THE GATLIN AT MONTICELLO IS COMING.
THAT'S A 20 STORY RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE KNOX STREET, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL, THE ABE HOTEL, SO MORE PEOPLE JUST DUMPING INTO THIS AREA.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT IS TAKING A TOLL ON THE AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THE CURRENT CONDITION.
UM, EROSION, DRAINAGE, SILT ISSUES.
WHEN IT GETS MUD, IT'S SLIPPERY, UM, OFTEN HAZARDOUS AND JUST KIND OF A DETERIORATED STATE.
UM, SO IT'S ANOTHER AREA WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF.
UM, AND THE PROPOSED INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE MAJOR GRADING, EROSION CONTROL, DRAINAGE REMEDIATION, IRRIGATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PLANNING.
WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WORKING ON THE FAR NORTH END.
WE HAD SOME SIMILAR ISSUES WITH, UH, SILT AND IRRIGATION ISSUES, UM, WHERE WE ADDED AT GRADE DRAINAGE.
AND IT'S TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
IT'S VERY SAFE NOW, UM, ALL SEASONS AND, AND WEATHER TYPES.
UM, THE TWO REQUESTS, THE FAIRMONT TO MAPLE ENTRANCE IS A $400,000 COST, UM, WITH MATCH ONE TO ONE.
AND THE SECOND NOX TO HARBOR TRAIL SEGMENT RENOVATION WOULD BE A $2 MILLION COST.
UM, WE WOULD MATCH ONE TO ONE WITH A $1 MILLION REQUEST FROM THE CITY.
SO THE TOTAL ASK IS 1.2 MILLION TO WORK IN THESE TWO AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF LINGERING ON OUR
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TO-DO LIST.UM, AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO REALLY KEEP STAYING AHEAD OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE KATY TRAIL AS PEOPLE WALK TO IT BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USING THE TRAIL EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
THANK VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AND I ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE.
I BOUGHT AN E-BIKE AND, YOU KNOW, ON OUR LITTLE TOURS THAT MR. KITNER AND KAMI, UH, ARRANGED, UM, WE ACTUALLY USED THE KATY TRAIL A FEW TIMES AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO TRAVEL DOWN, UM, THE KATY TRAIL.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY GREAT INVESTMENT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR MATCH DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT SAYS A LOT, AND I THINK THAT'LL GO A LONG WAYS, UH, WITH THE VOTERS SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO MATCH.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
AND SO WE HAVE MS. BRAT, COLIN BRAT CHATTY TODAY.
THANK YOU, AMY, FOR ALL YOU AND ANNE AND YOUR TEAM DO.
UH, THIS IS, THIS WAS THE, THIS IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF TRAILS.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT HAS ALLOWED ALL OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS TO THE FOREST.
AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAIL ADVOCATES ON THIS BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP REINVESTING IN.
UM, WE CAN'T JUST LET OUR REST ON OUR LAURELS.
AND I LOVE ALL YOUR COLLABORATIONS.
I LOVE THE, I THOUGHT THEY WERE LANTERNS, SO, BUT I LOVE THE ART.
IT'S JUST, IT'S SO FUN TO EVERY FEW, YOU KNOW, QUARTER MILE, YOU GET TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S NEW, IT'S, UM, AND I LOVE THE SHADE, PARTICULARLY ON THE FRA AND, UM, JUST ALL THE COLLABORATIONS THAT YOU'VE DONE, UM, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH, NOT ONLY WITH PUBLIC GUARD, BUT WITH, WITH, I LOVE THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AS WELL WITH YOUTH SOUTHWESTERN AND JUST, IT'S SUCH A, UM, WELCOMING PLACE TO BE.
SO ON YOUR, UH, REQUEST ON THE FAIRMONT, UH, MAPLE ENTRANCE, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALKING WITH MR. CORNEY JUMP IN AS WELL ON WITH HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE PROPOSED NEW REC CENTER THAT WOULD BE THERE? UM, HOW WOULD THAT INTERACT THEN WITH THE, UM, WITH THAT EDWARDS? YEAH, I MEAN, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING KIND OF AS THE PLANS HAVE DEVELOPED, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION AND ANYBODY JUMP IN THAT HAS MORE INFORMATION, BUT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION OF BEING AT GRADE AND COMING OUT TO THE TRAIL.
BUT THE LAST THAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT WE SHOULD PROPOSE A, YOU KNOW, A SLOPING RAMP AND THAT WAY IT WOULD ALLOW IF THE REC CENTER WAS BUILT, THAT IT WOULD WORK WITH CURRENT PLANS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT
WE'RE NOT, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE PRIORITY HAS BEEN SET ON.
IT WAS TOLD TO US, THOUGH, TO DESIGN IT IN THIS WAY AND THAT WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADVANCED OR NOT, THAT THIS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED WITH WHATEVER WAS PUMP.
AND LASTLY, WHAT IF YOU HAD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, EITHER WITH TECH DOT OR ABOUT THE NOR ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY TO, UM, IS THAT UNIVERSITY CROSSING OR RIDGEWOOD TRAIL THAT CONNECTS OVER TO GLENCO PARK? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT NO FURTHER CON CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, I MEAN, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
YOU STAND THERE, YOU LOOK ACROSS, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A CONNECTION.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS AN APPETITE TO, TO DO THAT, WE'RE, WE WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO, TO DIVE IN ON THAT.
BUT CURRENTLY I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
I WANNA CELEBRATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UH, THE, THE, THE PRESENT KATY TRAIL, CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR HARDEST GROUP, BIG HARDEST WORKING GROUP OF FRIENDS.
UM, THE KATY TRAIL IS A PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN.
UH, I'M THERE ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND.
SOMETIMES I'M RIDING A BIKE, PUSHING A STROLLER OR WALKING DOG.
SOMETIMES I'LL BRING WHITE PRESIDENT WOOD OUT.
UM, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GREET YOU EARLIER THIS MORNING.
I SEE ANOTHER FRIEND, THIS DI US BACK THERE, SO I WANTED APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, UH, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TO TELL US ABOUT ALL THE, THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE PLANNING.
SO I, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROGRESS.
WE LIVE, UH, BLOCKS FROM THE KATY TRAIL, UM, AND UH, OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, STACY SNYDER, RESTING POLICE AND HER FAMILY ARE BIG DONORS TO THE KATY TRAIL.
UM, WE HAVE GREAT DONORS AND WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FOLLOWING PEOPLE.
UM, AND IT'S A GOOD ASSET PERSON.
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ANY FURTHER? MR. CLARK, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PARTYTHANK YOU, MR. OH, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL DOING.
I VISIT KATIE TRILL REGULARLY AS I STOPPED BY THE ICE HOUSE, PROBABLY MORE THAN A SHOOTING
DO Y'ALL TRACK ANY DATA OR METRICS ON THAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRACKING ON THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST WORKED WITH SOME SM U STUDENTS ON SOME SAFETY MEASURES, AND IT'S SOMETHING I THOUGHT TO MAYBE HAVE THEM DO FOR A NEXT PROJECT.
BUT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO TRACK THAT.
JUST THE TRAIL VISITS WITH THE PARK INSTALLED PEOPLE CALENDARS.
UM, IT'S VERY ANECDOTAL, BUT I'M ALWAYS SO HAPPY WHEN I'M OUT THERE.
I MEAN, YOU HEAR EVERY LANGUAGE, THERE'S FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, EXERCISING, COMMUNITY GROUPS.
I MEAN, UH, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT, UM, SCHOOL GROUPS, TRACK TEAMS THAT RUN OUT THERE, AND I'M ALWAYS VERY HAPPY WITH IT SEEMING TO, TO BE O OPEN AND YEAH, EXACTLY.
BUT NO, NO QUANTITATIVE DEBT DATA ON THAT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN TRYING TO FIND A GROUP THAT CAN HELP US DO, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN BE INTERESTED.
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A, A DEMOGRAPHIC KIND OF, IF WE COULD GET A PROFILING TYPE CAMERA SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE AT THAT, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
BUT I, THERE WAS WIDE, UM, VARIETY OF FOLKS, AS YOU SAID, A MELTING POT WHEN THAT WAS ON THE TRAIL.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, UM, FITS ALONG.
EVERYBODY'S ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HOPEFULLY SUPPORTING YOUR, UM, MATCH REQUEST.
ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, TODAY IS THE TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY MATCH PROJECT.
SO OUR LAST PARTNER HERE TODAY, UH, IS THE TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY, LED BY TIFFANY DI.
I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO TIFFANY TO WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
MY NAME'S TIFFANY DI I BEEN WITH, UH, TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT EAST, TWO MONTHS
ANYWAY, SO, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND APPRECIATE, UH, YOU'RE LISTENING TO OUR REQUEST FOR A A BOND MATCH, UH, JUST TO KNOW.
SO LAST YEAR AND A HALF I'VE DESCRIBED TO, UM, PUT MY ARMS AROUND THIS LITTLE PARK.
HAS 114 YEARS OLD THAT'S, UH, BEEN OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND TURNER PRE-CON CONSERVANCY HAS CREATED AND BEEN PARTNERS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
AND, UM, SO BESIDES HAVING THE ARLINGTON FOLLOW UP PROPERTY, WE ALSO HAVE THE PAVILION.
WE DID RECREATE OUR MISSION STATEMENTS LIKE THIS IN THERE BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SITTING PARK.
AND AS A CHILD, UH, WE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM A CITY PARK AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY SIBLINGS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS FISHING AND PLAYED IN THE PLAYGROUND AND PLAYED IN NATURE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY OF WHEN I'M GROWING UP.
AND SO I REALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US OF OUR PROGRAM MATCH TO TRY TO BRING THIS CLERK, UH, MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR WHO WE ARE NOW, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU KNOW OR DON'T KNOW ABOUT TUR CREEK PARK, I DID NOT KNOW MUCH WHEN I STARTED, BUT THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET THAT WE HAVE TOWARDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS IS THE NATURAL ARMY OF POST OAK TREES THAT WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ON PROPERTY.
WE HAVE OVER THE LAST FEW PHILOSOPHY POST OAK TREES, UM, AGAIN, A I DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT A POSTUM TREE IS A NATIVE TEXAS TREE.
IT DOES NOT GROW JUST ANYWHERE.
THE ECOSYSTEM AND ITS ROOT SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE GROUND IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE, UH, CONDITIONS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE CONDITIONS TO CREATE A POST OAK TREE.
YOU CAN'T GO BUY A POST OAK TREE.
IT ONLY POPS UP AND RECREATES WHERE IT WANTS TO.
SO NOW, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE LOST A FEW, SO WE LEAVE ANYTHING, WE'LL REBUILD IT, BUT YOU CANNOT REBUILD THOSE.
UH, SO ANYWAY, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, AGAIN, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE STARTED TRYING TO DO MORE FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE ARE NEVER GONNA BE FLY BORN PARK OR THE KATY TRAIL, OUR AREA.
AND I THINK WHAT THE BEAUTY OF THE PARK, THE 20 ACRE PARK THAT WE HAVE BRINGS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS AN EXPERIENCE IN NATURE.
AND, UH, BUT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VISITORS A DAY, ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE
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AGES, UH, COME TO THIS PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY.A LOT TO PHOTOGRAPHS ARE JUST ENJOY THE PARK, BRING THEIR DOG, TAKE A WALK.
UM, WE DO HAVE 14,000 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF THE, OF THE PARK.
AND WE DO HAVE ACCESS ON TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN OUR PARK TO ACCESS FROM THE CAGE TRAIL INTO THE PARK.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO ENHANCE WHAT, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY BY OUR EVENTS.
AND WE DO, WE HAVE AFTER THE, THE, UH, FLOOD AND THE FREEZE OF, UM, TWO FLOODS, TWO FREEZES AND, AND A DROUGHT KIND OF WAITING ON THE LOADS.
BUT SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE LANDSCAPING IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
BUT AGAIN, I DID WANNA PIECE THAT WE DID BRING BACK AFTER THREE OR FOUR YEARS ABOUT HAVING EASTER THE PARK, WE BROUGHT BACK EASTER, THE PARK THIS YEAR.
HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I HAD NEVER ATTENDED TO IN THE PARK, HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE SAID, BUT I FELT, TELL HIM THAT I, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS AROUND ME THAT CAME, IT WAS NOT 75 TO 80% OF THE POPULATION THAT ATTENDED THE TORO CREEK AND THE PARK.
WE HAD OVER 6,000 VISITORS THAT DAY.
THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND A MEXICAN FAM THAT WERE THERE TO ENJOY A FAMILY CELEBRATED, MEMORABLE EASTER.
AND SO I THINK IT REALLY STRUCK ME AND OUR STAFF OF WHAT A DIFFERENCE WE COULD MAKE.
CAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THIS PARK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMES DOWN PARK, THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE COMING INTO PARK, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT EVERY DAY WE HAVE FAMILIES, CHILDREN.
AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE KATY TRAIL INTO THE PARK.
BUT, UH, AND WE DID HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT ANYWAY, WE HAD A LIGHT UP IN PARK.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE HAVING THESE FAMILY FOCUSED FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND GROW THOSE, UH, WITH PARENTS AND THESE AND TRY TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY BACK THIS PART, THE LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY THAT SHARE.
SO JUST TO SEE KIND OF, UH, WE BASICALLY ALSO, BESIDES THIS BOND MATCH, I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE QUIETLY RAISING ABOUT A MILLION $0.10, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO JUST CARE FOR THE PART AND REDO THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE LOST IN THE LAST FEW FREEZES.
AND OVER TIME, UH, TO REPLACE AGAIN, THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE DO, WE DO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE LANDSCAPING FOR AND OVERSEE AND PAY FOR THE THIRD OF THE LANDSCAPING OF THE 28TH ACRES.
AND THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, AND MOST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS DOESN'T NECESSARILY LANDSCAPED, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IS, IS A LANDSCAPED AREA THAT NEEDS, UH, WHEN IT DIES OUT, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE PLANT, THE IRRIGATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, REDOING THE INTERIOR OF THE PARK OF THE ARLINGTON HALL.
ARLINGTON HALL WAS REDONE, OR WHEN IT WAS BUILT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS REFURBISHED AND REBUILT.
AND IT NEEDS DESPERATELY AN UPDATE TO THE CURTAINS AND PAINT AND JUST BASICS FOR THE BUILD.
AND RIGHT NOW PARTS OF IT ARE JUST EMBARRASSING.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UH, RAISING THE MONEY TO DO THAT OURSELVES.
AND SO WE DID, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US, UH, RECEIVE DOLLARS FROM THE 2017 BOTTOM MONEY WHERE WE'VE COMPLETE, WE'RE ABOUT TO START PROJECTS THERE, THE LITTLE PROJECTS ARE ON THE PARK.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE CAN STOP NOW FOR A LITTLE VIDEO.
SO THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, FOR THE BOND MATCH IS TO ACTIVATE THE FIVE A THROUGH PARCEL OF THE PARK THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ACTIVATED BEFORE TO KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE AND THEN TURN GREEN SPACE.
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ANYWAYS, THAT WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE WALKTHROUGH.SO WE WANT REALLY PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS AREA AND REALLY FEEL IMMERSED IN NATURE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER COME TO THE SOUTH AL AND WALKED DOWN AT OWEN OR CEDAR SPRINGS, AND THERE'S A CERTAIN THAT TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE CREEK SIDE.
AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE YOU FEEL IMMERSED IN NATURE WITHIN SECONDS IT FEELS SO DIFFERENT.
AND, UM, SO OUR ASK, UH, BASICALLY FOR THE BOND MATCH IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A BRIDGE.
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO ACCESS, UH, THE, UH, TO GET TO THE KATY TRAIL OR TO ACCESS THE PARK.
YOU ARE STUCK AT THE CORNER OF TUR CREEK BOULEVARD, VERY BUSY STREET AND HALL STREET OR BOWEN STREET.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO ACCESS KATY TRAIL OR GET INTO THE PARK IS TO TRAVERSE DOWN, UP AND DOWN TERRIFIC BELOW.
THE BRIDGE IS THE MAIN PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE, BUT IF WE COULD GET A BRIDGE FROM THE HALL FROM BOW STREET ACCESS POINT OVER INTO THE PARK, THEN YOU WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN BE CONNECTED TO THE PARK, BE CONNECTED TO THE KATY TRAIL, AND BE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER 15 ACRES OF TUR PARK.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE DO WANNA KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANT, AGAIN, KEEP IT NATURE FRIENDLY.
WE ARE HAVING A WALK SPACE AND A WALK PATH TO CONNECT TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE WANTING TO CREATE ABOUT A TWO MILE WALK PATH WHERE YOU CAN WALK INSIDE THE PARK AREA OR HAVE OVERLOOKS.
AND ANYWAY, SO THE SCENE TO OVERLOOKS THEN, SO THIS IS THE DIAGRAM OF PIECE OF PROPERTY.
ON YOUR LEFT IS THE BOW UNDER CEDAR SPRINGS.
ON YOUR RIGHT IS LEMON AVENUE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, HALL STREET.
AND THEN AT THE TOP IS TURNING IN BOULEVARD AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BRIDGE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE TRAIL SYSTEM TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE.
THESE ARE JUST, UH, AGAIN, MORE THESE THAT WERE VIDEO, BUT JUST TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE SPIRITS THAT WE'RE WANTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DALLAS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY, UH, IT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAD A FIRE THIS PAST, UH, JANUARY.
AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, IT WILL HELP US WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION CUZ THEY ARE ACTIVE AND CAN'T, IT'S SO DENSE, THE FORESTRY AND PART OF THE SECTION IS SO DENSE WE CAN, UH, REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE POPUL POPULATION.
NOT THAT I DON'T FEEL FOR, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR MISSION.
OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS ANYWAY.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, IS YOUR HELP TO HELP CREATE THIS SPACE OR, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ACTIVATE THE SPACE THAT IS THERE NOW, BUT IT'S SO DENSE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, UH, ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY.
UM, WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 WITH THE ONE WHO
I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I NEED A CIGARETTE AND I THANK YOU PROBLEM MS. DAVIS.
MR. OH, LISTEN, ONE THING I WANNA START OFF WITH AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, IN MY, IN MY LIMITED RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT THINGS, THESE TREES, THEY'RE PRECIOUS.
THEY DON'T PLAY NICELY WITH DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UH, FOR MY PEERS, UM, THERE'S SOME SILLY PROPOSALS IN CALI BILL WHERE A DEVELOPER WANTS TO TAKE DOWN 547 OF HIS POST OAK TREES.
IF THAT EVER CAME TO THIS CITY, I'D GO TIE MYSELF UP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT THE, YOU'RE NOT QUITE WARREN AND YOU'RE NOT THE KATY TRAIL.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE BECAUSE YOU'RE TOTAL CREEK.
I MEAN, YOU JUST LIKE THOSE PARTNERS.
YOU ELEVATE THAT SPACE AND YOU ELEVATE THE SPACES AROUND YOU THROUGH YOUR WONDERFUL WORK AS THOSE CLYDE WARREN AND OUR FRIENDS AT THE GATE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED ACCESSIBILITY.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING WE NEVER LOSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MORE ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY'RE MEANINGLESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ALL.
UH, YOU'RE VERY NATURE FRIENDLY AND I JUST WANNA CLOSE WITH, UM, FREES ARE ALWAYS THE ANSWER.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, PERHAPS MR. O'CONNOR, UM, THIS PROPOSAL IN THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE IT, WOULD THESE COME FROM THE SMALL OR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCH, UH, BOND ITEMS? CONCLUSION?
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THESE WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO BE THE LARGE PARTNER MATCH AS OPPOSED TO THE COMMUNITY MATCH THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY FOR SMALLER COMMUNITY DRIVEN FRIENDS GROUPS TYPE PROJECT MIX.MR. SLAUGHTER AFTERNOON, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, HAVE YOU GUYS DOING ANY MARKETING? IS THAT AVAILABLE? IT'S AVAILABLE TO PARTY COMMUNITY AND BACK AND FORTH BY ANYONE.
I MEAN, MOST WEEKENDS IT'S RENTED OUT FOR DIFFERENT, WHEN THERE'S, UH, EVENTS, EXPENSIVE EVENTS ON SOME WEEKENDS AND THERE'S LITERALLY INEXPENSIVE EVENTS DURING THE DAY OR ON WEEK NIGHTS.
AND SO WE HAVE A PARTNER OF FTF, WHICH IS
UM, BUT WE DO RAISE SOME MONEY FROM THAT, FROM RENTAL OF THE PARK AND RENTAL OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THEY'RE THE CATERING SERVICE, THE SERVICE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS RELEVANT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TWO THINGS.
UH, I REMEMBER LEE PARK USED TO BE THE PLACE, IT WAS LEE PARK.
AND I REMEMBER MY MOM COULDN'T GO THERE, BUT I COULD.
SO, UH, UH, LIVING ON THE PAST, YOU CAN'T FORGET THE PAST, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
AND WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT YOU GUYS, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS THERE.
AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY LIKED, THE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE ME, REALLY LIKED WHEN THIS LEE PARK STATUE THING CAME UP.
YOU GUYS WERE BOARD WITH GETTING RID OF IT AND GETTING NAME CHANGED.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ACCOLADES ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
NOT SAYING, HEY, WE MAN ON A HORSE, UH, BLACK PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T, 70 11, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I I I, I'M BORED WITH THIS.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UH, WE NEED TO SUPPORT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I MIGHT NOTE THAT WE ARE WORKING SEPARATELY CITY, OF COURSE, AT THE CITY PROGRAM.
BUT I DO SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON SOME FOCUS GROUPS TO RESTORE THAT AND FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MORE EXPRESSED.
LOVE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL TO BE, WHETHER THAT IS GONNA END UP OR PEOPLE, BUT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AN ENTRY PORTAL TO THE PARK.
BUT AGAIN, UH, BRING COMMUNITY SAYS SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD, EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY TO RECOGNIZE, MAKE A STATEMENT, SHOW LOVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU SLAUGHTER, MR. PLAYER.
I'VE GOT RECENTLY GOTTEN OUT TO MORE TRAIL WAR PARKS AND I DO WITH MY COLLEAGUE MR. LAUGHTER.
THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION.
IT WASN'T AN EASY, IT WASN'T AN EASY COMMITMENT TO DO WHAT THE CONSERVANCY HAS HAD TO DO THESE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT PEOPLE FEEL MORE WELCOME TO BE THERE.
UH, I FEEL MORE WELCOME TO BE THERE AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DO MORE THAN WE, I OFFER ANYTHING THAT I CAN PERSONALLY AS RESIDENT, UM, AND A NEW DRUG PARKS AND AS A PARTNER.
SO THAT, THOSE ARE MY ACCOLADES AND I'M THANKFUL FOR EACH OTHER.
WE WANT EVERY BILL WELCOME AND TAKE THE TIME.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SO MUCH TO AN ASSET THAT IS THE CITIES, BUT YOU ARE MAINTAINING AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING SO MUCH TO IT.
YOU KNOW, THE MATCH MONEY AND YOU KNOW, MONEY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL, UM, TO OUR GREAT CITIES.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PHARMACIST.
WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR UPDATES.
UM, I'M CORRECT MS. UM, SO OUR NEXT THING IS A WORKSHOP.
UM, THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, PRIORITIZED PROJECTS LIST.
UM, MS. CHRISTINA TURNER NOTE IS GOING TO GIVE US PRESENTATION
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ABOUT 25 MINUTES.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, WE FIRST, OR TO DISCUSSION SECTION MARK, WE CAN GO AND PRESENT, BUT I, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE BOARD MAY WANNA COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
OKAY, THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TODAY.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A WORKSHOP.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS TODAY.
SO THE MAIN PURPOSE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT REVIEWING THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
WE'RE GONNA BRIEFLY REVIEW THE NEEDS INVENTORY SCORING CRITERIA.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, BUT WE JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF REVIEW.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR PRELIMINARY FUNDING FOR CATEGORY.
WE'LL DISCUSS THE PRIOR PRIORITIZED LIST FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION CENTERS, REVIEW THE BOND PROGRAM PROCESS AND TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THESE PRIORITIZED LISTS.
SO THE NEEDS INVENTORY YOU MAY RECALL IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF OUR PROPOSED FAR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
IT CONSISTS OF NEARLY 3000 ENTRIES.
WE HAVE 15 PROJECT CATEGORIES AND WE HAVE OVER 2 BILLION IN IDENTIFYING NEEDS.
PROJECTS CAN BE PROPOSED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARK BOARD MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERSHIP GROUPS, CITIZENS OR STAFF.
SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CITYWIDE VERSUS DISTRICT PROJECTS IN OUR LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS.
BUT AGAIN, EACH COUNCIL PERSON HAS PROVIDED A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY BOND FUNDING.
SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DECIDE, DECIDE TO SPEND THAT FUNDING IN PARKS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEND THAT FUNDING IN OTHER AREAS.
AGAIN, OUR CITYWIDE PROJECTS ARE THOSE THAT IMPACT MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE
FRAIL IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARTNER MAGNETS.
AND THEN OUR DISTRICT PROJECTS ARE THOSE THAT IMPACT ONLY ONE SPECIFIC DISTRICT, SUCH AS PARK AND SITE DEVELOPMENT AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
SO JUST REVIEWING AGAIN OUR 2024 TECHNICAL SCORING CRITERIA, OUR TOTAL CRITERIA AND SCORING IS ALL OUT OF A HUNDRED POINTS.
SO OUR TECHNICAL SCORING CRITERIA IS 50 POINTS OUT OF THAT A HUNDRED, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE DISPERSED.
ON THIS SLIDE WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR PARK BOARD CRITERIA, WHICH IS 25 POINTS OUT OF THAT 100 POINTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EQUITY CRITERIA, WHICH IS THE OTHER 25 POINTS OUT OF THAT 100.
SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
AS I SAID, I'M GOING KIND OF QUICKLY THROUGH THIS CUZ IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
SO OUR 2024 PROPOSED CITYWIDE BOND FUNDING PER CATEGORY.
AS WE HAD MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, STAFF AND OUR TEAM HAD GONE THROUGH AND PUT TOGETHER OUR CITYWIDE BOND FUNDING CATEGORIES.
AND WE LAID OUT SOME PRELIMINARY FUNDING NUMBERS BASED ON PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED THROUGH MEETINGS WITH PARK BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO LOOKING AT OUR BOND FUNDING PER CATEGORY THAT WE HAD PLACED OUT THERE, WE HAD ADA COMPLIANCE AT 2 MILLION.
OUR ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AT 30 MILLION ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING AT 12 MILLION COMMUNITY POOLS AT 44 MILLION.
EROSION CONTROL AT 10 MILLION GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, 31 AND A HALF MILLION.
LAND ACQUISITION, 25 MILLION MASTER PLANS, 10 MILLION MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE FACILITIES AT 45 MILLION NATATORIUM AND INDOOR POOLS AT 45 MILLION.
OUR PARTNERSHIP LARGE MATCHES AT 75 MILLION.
OUR PARTNERSHIP, SMALL MATCHES OF 5 MILLION PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS AT 3 MILLION.
AND THEN CONTINUING ON OUR PLAYGROUNDS AT 10 AND A HALF MILLION RACK SPORTS COMPLEX, 30 MILLION RECREATION CENTERS, 160 MILLION SERVICE CENTERS, 8 MILLION OUR SPECIALTY PARKS AT 5 MILLION SPRAY GROUND, 21 MILLION SYSTEM-WIDE SECURITY LIGHTING AND CAMERAS AT 10 MILLION TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, 10.2 MILLION.
TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AT 20 MILLION.
GAVE US THE TOTAL OF CITYWIDE PROJECTS OF 612.2 MILLION.
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AND THEN WE ALLOCATED AND SET ASIDE FOR PARK AND SITE DEVELOPMENT.OUR DISTRICT PROJECTS A HUNDRED MILLION, SO OUR TOTAL PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS WERE $712.2 MILLION.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA SKIP OVER THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE REC CENTER SLIDES FOR NOW.
SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AS I FLIP THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THIS, BUT I WANNA TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCESS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT DATA.
SO AGAIN, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ESTABLISHING OUR TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND OUR POLICY, WHICH WE HAD DONE, UM, IN MAY OF 2023.
THE NEXT STEP IS PRESENTING THE NEEDS INVENTORY FROM EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
I JUST RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE BOND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE LIKE YESTERDAY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO TRY AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED BY AUGUST OF 2023.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEEDS INVENTORY IS READY TO BE PRESENTED.
WE'LL RECEIVE THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT IN OCTOBER, 2023.
AND IF YOU FOLLOW UPON, WE GO TO THE BOTTOM.
STEP NUMBER FOUR, PRESENT THE PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM THEMES IN FINANCIAL CAPACITY IN NOVEMBER, 2023.
PRESENT THE DRAFT PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, 2023.
HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT FOR PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM IF NEEDED.
DECEMBER 20, 23 AND JANUARY, 2024.
PRESENT THE FINAL PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM IN FUNDING AMOUNTS IN JANUARY, 2024.
DO THE CALL FOR THE BOND ELECTION IN JANUARY, 2024, AND THEN HAVE THE BOND ELECTION IN MAY OF 2020.
SO WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE REC CENTERS AND THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETING THE SCORING FOR THE NEEDS INVENTORY BASED ON ALL OF THAT TACTICAL CRITERIA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN WE'RE DEVELOPING PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS PER CATEGORY BASED ON THAT SCORING.
AND THEN WE'RE COMING TO THE PARK BOARD TO PRESENT THOSE PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS TO YOUTH FOR DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IS DEVELOP PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING SCENARIOS.
AND THE SCENARIOS THAT WE TENTATIVELY LAID OUT IS 450 MILLION, 600 MILLION AND 700 MILLION.
AND WHAT THIS REQUIRES IS ALLOCATING THE FUNDING IN EACH PRODUCT PROJECT CATEGORY.
I WENT THROUGH AND I REVIEWED THAT STAFF HAS TENTATIVELY PUT TOGETHER THOSE FUNDING BUCKETS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S STAFF'S PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S REALLY AT THE PURVIEW OF THE PARK BOARD TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE BUCKETS NEED TO LEAD TO LIVE AND WHAT FUNDING NEEDS TO BE IN WHICH OF THOSE BUCKETS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH IN THESE BOND WORKSHOPS IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO TO THAT END, WE'VE PRESENTED A SERIES OF SPECIAL CALLED PARK BOARD MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THIS DATA WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU CATEGORY BY CATEGORY BY CATEGORY.
AND THEN OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO PRESENT THOSE PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS TO OUR PARK TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION.
AND THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PRESCHEDULED.
SO THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WE NEED TO HAVE THESE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS TO TRY AND GET THESE PROJECT LISTS PRIORITIZED.
UM, WE ARE WORKING AGAINST A SCHEDULE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE INPUT ON, SO WE ARE WORKING TO MEET THE SCHEDULE AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, WE DO HAVE FIELD TRIPS PLANNED FOR JUNE 10TH, 2023 AND JUNE, 2020 AND JUNE 24TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM BY TOMORROW.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE ROUTING OF THOSE FIELD TRIPS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THOSE FIELD TRIPS TO PLEASE RSVP MS. KEN DOUGLAS AND MYSELF SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT SIZE BUS WE NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE BASICALLY WE'LL BE MEETING CITY HALL AT NINE O'CLOCK, EVERYBODY PILING OFF THE BUS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE EVERYBODY ON THE TOUR.
SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ROUTING WILL BE AND, AND WHAT DESTINATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TOMORROW.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WENT IN THE BUCKETS SO THAT WHEN WE GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE RECREATION CENTERS HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? YES, MS. MUNEZ? UM, MR. BLA IS FIRST MY APOLOGIES.
BLA POINTS, UM, I KNOW I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, YOU SAID WE HAD 25 MINUTES TO DO THIS.
SO I, I I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW.
WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS, UM, DATA, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE REVIEWED
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THIS AND MARINATED THIS.UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT DID US HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN A MEETING THAT ALL OF US WOULD STILL BE HERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE HOURS OF DIGESTION FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US FOR WHAT'S GONNA APPEAR IN OUR DISTRICTS.
SO QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK TODAY I THINK THEY, MARIN ARE, THEY THROW THIS OUT HERE, WE DIGEST IT, AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS TO BRING BACK TO THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS.
IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND TODAY SHOULD BE OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE CLARITY OVER YEAH, WE'RE, WE DEFINITELY NEED MUCH LONGER DISCUSSION.
UM, I THINK THAT TODAY ISN'T THE DAY THAT WE DISSECT THIS WHEN WE'RE JUST GETTING THIS INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS.
BUT THE OTHER POINT IS I KNOW THAT THERE'S THE TASK FORCE CALENDAR THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST AS WELL.
SO WHEN ARE WE GONNA, UM, SET THOSE DATES FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS TO BE THESE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS? THE PRELIMINARY DATES FOR THE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS WERE SENT OUT BY MS. VALADEZ.
I HAVE ALREADY HEARD FEEDBACK AND REQUESTS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THEM ALL ON THURSDAY MORNINGS.
SO I DO WANNA GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS.
I WILL SAY WE DO NEED TO HAVE ONE PER WEEK FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF JUNE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO COVER.
AND YES, THE INTENT WILL DEFINITELY BE TO SEND OUT THE PRIORITIZED LISTS AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE EACH WORKSHOP.
UM, WE WERE BASICALLY WORKING ON SCORING CRITERIA TO TRY AND GET THIS INFORMATION TO YOU TODAY.
SO I APOLOGIZE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET IT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO GET THIS SCORING DONE.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCORING, UM, WHEN WE GO GO BACK TO THE PLAYGROUND AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT LAST POINT.
WE HAVE ONE, ONE MORE PARK BOARD MEETING THIS MONTH, RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN THIS IS LIKE NEXT THURSDAY.
IT'S, IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
LIKE WE COULD HAVE LIKE SOLIDIFIED TIME.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED TIME FOR THOSE MEETINGS WERE 9:00 AM ON THURSDAYS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN ON THE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY WHEN WE HAD THE PARK BOARD MEETING, IT WAS PROPOSED TO STAY TWO HOURS AFTER THAT PARK BOARD MEETING ENDED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP.
AND THEN BASICALLY ON THE EIGHTH, THE 22ND AND THE 29TH, IT WAS PROPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING AT NINE O'CLOCK FROM BASICALLY NINE TO 11 OR NINE TO NOON, HOWEVER LONG WE NEED TO BASICALLY, UM, REVIEW THESE LISTS.
BUT AGAIN, FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD, UM, IS THAT THE QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE 'EM OFF ON THURSDAY MORNING? COULD WE MAYBE DISPERSE 'EM TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON? WOULD A DIFFERENT DAY BE BETTER? I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BOARD ON WHAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THESE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS DATA TO KEEP UP WITH OUR COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
MR. GOLDSTEIN, WE SAY, UM, ONE SECOND.
CRYSTAL WANTS TO TALK REAL QUICK.
I WANTED TO RESPOND TO MR TO, YOU INITIALLY ASKED, UM, DO WE ONLY HAVE 25 MINUTES.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS OVERVIEW WITH CHRIS AND HER TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL AND THEN SOLICIT FEEDBACK SO THAT SHE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE.
WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CHAIR UM, PUTS OUT THERE FOR US.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF WE TAKE A RECESS, WE WILL HAVE THE ITEMS PRINTED FOR YOU SO YOU CAN THUMB THROUGH IT, WRITE YOUR NOTES.
SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO NOT, UM, GO TO THE FLAG RAISING OR DO WHATEVER, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE YOUR NOTES.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ABOUT THE TOPICS THAT CHRIS HAS PRESENTED TO US.
AND THEN, UM, SHE DID MENTION THOSE DATES.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO IDENTIFY WHEN WE WILL HAVE THOSE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF TASK FORCE MEETINGS AS WELL AS, UH, BOND TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT ARE ALREADY PRESET AS SHE MENTIONED, AND THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED, UM, AND EQUIPPED TO RESPOND WHEN WE'RE THERE.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE OF US THAT ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE AND SOME COMMITTEES, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
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OF CONFUSING.SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT, UM, IT'S A SCHEDULE THAT YOU'VE NOT HAD ANY INPUT ON, THAT CONCERNS ME.
CAN YOU ELABORATE AT ALL ON THAT? UM, I MEAN, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THE REST ARE THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THE BOND DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATING EXACTLY WHAT THE TIMELINE AND, AND WHAT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
ESSENTIALLY THE, THE MEETINGS FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCES WERE SCHEDULED BY THE BOND AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE AND THEY WERE PROVIDED TO US, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A BIG TASK IN TRYING TO ORGANIZE WITH THE MAIN COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES, BUT THEY BASICALLY PROVIDED US THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MEETINGS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO, TO ABIDE BY THAT SCHEDULE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AS BEST WE CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND TO OUR PARKS AND TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE.
BUT I CAN'T PRESENT ANYTHING TO THE PARKS AND TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD.
WE'VE SAID THAT ALL ALONG, THAT BASICALLY ANYTHING HAS TO MOVE IN THIS BOX, THAT PARKS AND TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE URGENCY OF HAVING THESE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING IS VETTED THROUGH THE PARK BOARD, THE PARKS AND TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN FOR, THIS IS A PIECE OF IT THAT'S CONFUSED ME ALL THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST FOR PARK, BUT THE PUBLIC INPUT PIECE, IT'S NOT REALLY STARTING UNTIL SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? ACTUALLY THEY HAVE SCHEDULED, UH, THE BOND AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE HAS SCHEDULED A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO BASICALLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE, NEARLY EVERY EVENING THERE IS A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT WILL BE THE COMMUNITY I INPUT THAT WE ARE GETTING.
WE WILL HELP DEPART REPRESENTATIVE EACH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND MAKE 'EM UP ABOUT PARKS AND TO LISTEN TO ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE REGARDING PARKS AT THOSE MEETINGS.
SO THAT THAT'LL, THAT SCHEDULE IS COMMUNICATED TO THIS WHOLE BOARD SO THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND THAT OUT IF NOT YET.
UM, AND BUT, AND IT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE ARE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS? YES, SIR.
I'D ALSO HEARD IT WAS LIKE BOND 1 0 1 WHERE STAFF GONNA TALK THERE, THERE IS BOND.
UM, THAT, THAT A PRESENTATION THAT THE, THAT THE BONNET CONSTRUCTION OFFICE WILL DO.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THE REST OF THE MEETING IS COMMUNITY INPUT.
THAT'S ALL FOR YOU MS. MUNDEL? CAN'T REMEMBER ANYONE
I DO WANT REMEMBER, OH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO WITH THE REDISTRICTING? AND SOME THINGS HAVE MOVED AROUND.
UM, WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
EXAMPLE, LIKE HARRY STONE, WHAT WAS, WHAT'S DONE IN THE PAST THERE AND THEN WHAT'S NEEDED NOW? LIKE HOW WILL WE KNOW SOME INFORMATION? SO, UH, AND ESPECIALLY LIKE NEW POWER BOARD MEMBERS AND DIFFERENT STUFF, HOW DO WE HAVE THE BACKGROUND HISTORY OF SOME OF THE, THE RENOVATIONS OR THE UPDATES AND UPGRADES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THESE PAST PLACES WE ADDRESS, WE CAN ADDRESS UP MY REQUEST.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THESE INVENTORY AND WE CAN PULL PAST HISTORY ON WHETHER THIS WAS IN MADE.
WE'RE KIND OF DOING THAT IN REGARD.
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT, PART OF OUR SPOIL CRITERIA IS MARKS THAT HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ATTENTION IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH OUR FINANCE LAB.
UM, I DON'T, WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY DOING THAT FOR EVERY DISTRICT, BUT IF THE WAY YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IT SHOW HISTORY, BUT WE CAN JUST TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONTEXT OF LIKE WHAT'S BEEN DONE THERE BEFORE, WHAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED, WHAT, WHAT WAS, HOW, WHERE IT WAS PULLED FROM THE MONEY AND DIFFERENT STUFF TO JUST KIND OF ASSESS WHAT'S BEST.
IT WAS OUR ANTICIPATION THAT AS THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
SO AT THIS POINT ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA RECESS UNTIL, UM, 1245, UM, TO TAKE A LUNCH AND ATTEND THE, UM, RAISING OF THE FLAG, UM, FOR PRIDE MONTH AT THE CITY, MR. CHAIR.
TIME IS 11:51 AM AND WE ARE IN LU RECESS.
BOARD THE TIME IS NOW 1253 AND WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION WITH OUR FIRST PERSON.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
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RELATED QUESTIONS.HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF 'EM.
UM, THE FIRST QUESTION, TRYING TO READ MY OWN HANDWRITING.
SO THE FOUR SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS THAT WE, WE WANT TO GO ON THE CALENDAR, THAT'S JUST TO GO OVER HOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE IT.
WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS AND THIS GROUP DETERMINE HOW WE WANNA ALLOCATE EVERYTHING.
IS THAT THE IDEA BEHIND THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS? YES.
THE IDEA BEHIND THOSE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW THE PRIORITIZED LISTS OF PROJECTS AND ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE FINAL PRIORITIZED LISTS OF PROJECTS THAT'LL BE RECOMMENDED TO DEPARTMENT TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE AND FOR THEM TO REVIEW THAT APPROVE AND THEN SEND THAT FORWARD TO THE MAIN COMMUNITY BOT TASK FORCE.
UH, THEN IN THE POWERPOINT WE'VE GOT 450 MILLION, 600 MILLION, 700 MILLION.
IS THAT BASED ON HOW MUCH WE ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE MARKS DEPARTMENT? AND WE'LL HAVE PROPOSAL FOR ANY OF THOSE SCENARIOS.
BASICALLY WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE THREE SCENARIOS BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE ALLOCATED TO LAW TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO HOPEFULLY COVER ANY POTENTIAL ASK THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN BOND PROGRAM.
DO WE KNOW THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED CITYWIDE FOR THE BOND PROGRAM? I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT AROUND A BILLION.
AND HOW IS THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER TO RETURN? BASICALLY THAT IS DETERMINED BASED ON THE FUNDING CAPACITY IN THE BONDING CAPACITY OF THE CITY.
UM, IN, IN THE POWERPOINT WE'VE ALSO GOT THIS EXAMPLE, 31.5 MILLION FOR GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE.
IS THAT A, LIKE DO WE HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC NEED WE KNOW WE NEEDS FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM OR IS THAT LIKE WE KNOW LIKE THIS AMOUNT WILL GO TO DISCOURSE, THE SMELL OF THIS COURSE? OR IS IT STILL IN THE DETERMINATION PHASE? WE HAVE ONE.
WHEN STAFF WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THAT LIST, WE DID HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY FIGURES AND PRELIMINARY LOCATIONS THAT WE WERE THINKING OF AND WE CAN HAPPILY SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE DETERMINED THOSE NUMBERS.
SO ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING, IT'S PRETTY GENERAL.
WE HAVE IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FUND RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT THE PARKS AND TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE IS, IS DOING AND GOING TO BE DOING? ARE WE WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO THEM AND THEN THEY APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATION? OR IS THERE, IS THERE A REDUNDANCY THAT'S TIED IN? LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THAT COMMITTEE BASICALLY THE PARK, PARK AND RECREATION BOARD IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARKS AND TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT THEY MAY.
UM, BUT THEY'VE ALSO KIND OF BEEN TOLD THAT ESSENTIALLY THE PARK BOARD WILL
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE CAN TRUMP ANYTHING THAT WE PUT FORWARD.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY, DAN TRUMP, ANY OF THAT? YEAH.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION, THE FIELD TRIPS.
WHO, WHO ALL IS INVITED ON FIELD TRIPS? PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.
THE ENTIRE PARK BOARD HAS BEEN INVITED.
THE PARKS AND TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN INVITED.
THE MAIN COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE HAS BEEN INVITED.
WELL, WELL, IT'S OPEN, I GUESS IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR FRIENDS, GROUP MEMBERS WANT PARTICIPATE OR IS IT REALLY JUST INTENDED FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARK STAFF? UH, OUR OUR BOARD, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS? LIKE WHAT, WHERE, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE SHOULD I TELL FRIENDS GROUPS THAT THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE OR, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'VE DETERMINED THE STOPS, WHEN EVERY, LIKE SHOULD THE VARIOUS GROUPS THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR THINGS, SHOULD THEY BE AT THOSE SITES TO MEET Y'ALL? LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S ENVISIONED FOR THE WHOLE TOUR? BASICALLY WHAT'S ENVISIONED IS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE KIND OF SHOWING SOME EXAMPLES OF BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST THAT ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT WE MAY TRY TO FUND IN THIS BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE SHOWING EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THIS BOND PROGRAM.
SO KIND OF THE EXAMPLES OF GOOD THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR FRIEND GROUPS THAT BE THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE THERE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
SO IT, THE INTENT ISN'T NECESSARILY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ON THE TOUR.
I MEAN, I CAN ASK MORE, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA DEFER AFFIRM,
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YOU MR. PRESIDENT.UH, I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS, A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I HAVE.
FIRST I DISAGREE WITH MR. KITNER.
WE SHOULD NOT INVITE THE PUBLIC.
I DIDN'T SAY WE SHOULD INVITE THE PUBLIC.
YEAH, AND, AND NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC THERE, BUT I THINK LESS PEOPLE AT THIS TOUR PROBABLY BE BETTER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEN WE CAN GET THROUGH SEEING MORE PROJECTS AND SEEING BOTH GOOD AND BAD THAN WE HAVE OUT THERE.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF US ALREADY SERVE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE, SO WE ALREADY GOT FIVE REP, FIVE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE, THE, THE TASK FORCE.
SO YOU GOT GOOD EYES OUT THERE GUYS ALREADY.
SO JUST IN CASE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT COMING, WE, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH OR BOMBING, BUT I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN OUR GROUP TO SEE WHAT WE SEE EVERY DAY AND GET THEM ON OUR, ON OUR SIDE TO GET THIS STUFF GOING.
BUT THE OTHER THING I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS THESE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BOND FOR SIX, ALMOST A YEAR, I THINK.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT 'EM ALL IN FOUR WEEKS AND TRY TO IRON THIS THING OUT, WHICH WOULD'VE SPREAD 'EM OUT.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET THIS SCORING IN WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO RUSH FOUR WEEKS IN MEANTIME, THE BOND IS GONNA BE TWO MORE TIMES.
SO I'M CORRECT DURING THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA BE READY FOR THEM AND THAT, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE US, THEY'LL HAVE A JULY RECESS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN AUGUST AFTER WE HAVE LIKE THREE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS AFTER THAT ON THE BOND.
I, I, I MIGHT BE WRONG ON MY TIME, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
UH, CAUSE I, I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH IT AND THEN WE GOTTA HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SO NOW WE'RE RUSHING TO GET THINGS DONE IN A SMALL WINDOW.
SO I THINK SOME OF US, WE SAW THIS, THIS ALREADY AND I CAN TELL YOU A COUPLE PLAYGROUNDS ON, ON THERE, AND NOT NECESSARILY MY DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT IS IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU IT'S THE BEST SHAPE, BUT IT'S VERY GOOD SHAPE.
AND UM, I FEEL LIKE NOW WE'RE RUSHING TO GET THERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, SAME THING I TELL PEOPLE THAT WORK EVERY DAY.
IF WE'RE RUSHING TO GET THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS THAT WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO GET.
AND THAT'S MORE MONEY FOR THE PARKS.
SO NOW IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.
EVEN US AS PARK BOARD MEMBERS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT WE'RE LOOK UNPREPARED FOR THIS AND THAT WHAT UPSETS ME THE MOST, YOU KNOW, GUYS, I, I VALUE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
YOU SAID WE GOTTA BE BETTER PLANNED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOMB FOR A YEAR AND I'M RUSHING EVERYTHING IN 28 DAYS.
JUST TAKE YOU BACKING ON THAT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE RECREATING THE WHEEL SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED, UM, AS A BOARD IT LOCATIONS TO HAVE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS.
AND THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN ANY OF THIS.
UM, I KNOW ONE SPECIFIC EVERGLADE PARK IS GONNA BE AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND IT'S GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
CAUSE ALL THE OTHER ONES WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECIAL, LIKE, SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO RECREATE THE WHEEL HERE WHEN WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PLAN THAT WE APPROVED AS A BOARD.
SO WHERE'S THAT PLAN AND WHY ISN'T THAT NOT INCORPORATED IN THIS, UM, WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS WORK? SO THAT, THAT'S EXCEEDINGLY FRUSTRATING.
UM, I DISAGREE WITH THE LAST COUPLE PART BOARD MEMBERS AND SPEAK.
I, I APPRECIATE THE BIAS FOR ACTION AND THE URGENCY PUT IN HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A GOOD PLAN.
THIS IS A GOOD PLAN THAT YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME IN AND I APPRECIATE THE SCORING CRITERIA IS A THING OF BEAUTY.
THANK YOU FOR OPENING IT UP IN A DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT PROCESS WHERE WE HAD INPUT AND SOME THINGS WERE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.
MY QUESTION IS, IF I WANNA DIVE INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS ABOUT THE PLAYGROUNDS OR THE SKATE PARKS, IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS NOW IN THIS SESSION OR IN OUR, UM, OTHER SESSIONS COMING UP, UH, AT THE 9:00 AM SESSION LATER THIS MONTH, UH, YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS NOW OR WE CAN EITHER TRY AND ADDRESS 'EM AND YOU CAN ADDRESS 'EM TODAY.
THEN I'LL JUST ASK ONE, UH, ONE THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, I, I SEE HERE ON, ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF 35 PLAYGROUNDS HERE.
EXALT PARK, THAT'S ONE OF MINE.
NUMBER ONE, DOES THAT MEAN IT HAD THE HIGHEST SCORE TO GET A NEW PLAYGROUND? THAT, AND ESSENTIALLY THIS WAS PART OF THE, THE DISCUSSION WE WERE GONNA HAVE GUARDIAN SCORING CRITERIA.
SO DO THAT, UM, EXCUSE ME, GUARD SCORE NOT PLAYGROUNDS.
AND WE HADN'T HAD THAT PART DISCUSSION YET AS FAR AS WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO, ANTICIPATED OUTCOME WAS, AND WHAT WE THEN PERHAPS I'LL WAIT FOR
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THAT PASS.NO, I I I DIDN'T, DIDN'T PUSH ANYTHING.
UM, NO, THIS IS SO, IT'S SO COMPLEX.
THE MATCH PROGRAMS ARE, UH, PECR ALSO MATCH.
WE HAVE BASICALLY, UH, 75 MILLION FOR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
AND I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS 5 MILLION FOR SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
DESIGNATED AS WHAT STAFF? UM, I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT ON THAT CATEGORY.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I THINK IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ALL WONDERING.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS, I MEAN, AT FIRST GLANCE IT LOOKS GREAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE EXERCISE IS TO SAY IF WE HAVE TO SCALE BACK, IS IT A PRIORITY WITHIN EACH CATEGORY OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO ITEM BY ITEM TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM SEVEN DOWN.
BASICALLY IT IS BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL BUCKETS OF MONEY, AND IT'S BASED ON THE PARK BOARD DETERMINATION OF WHERE YOU WANT THAT MONEY TO BE WITHIN THOSE INDIVIDUAL BUCKETS.
WE HAVE THE CITYWIDE CATEGORIES THAT I INDICATED STAFF HAS LAID OUT THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, BUT IT'S REALLY A PARK BOARD DECISION AS FAR AS WHERE YOU WANT THAT MONEY TO BE ALLOCATED WITHIN THOSE POINTS.
SO IF WE GO, OKAY, AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE EXERCISE TO TRY TO GET IT DOWN TO 400,000.
I MEAN, WE'LL WE WILL PROVIDE SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SWITCH 'EM AROUND.
WE CAN MUTE THEM, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, JUST REDUCE EVERYTHING BY A PERCENTAGE OR LIKE, THIS WENT OUT COMPLETELY.
IS THAT THE, THE DISCUSSION YOU'RE LOOKING OR THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS, UH, I KNOW MR. DICKEY AND I'D LOVE TO DIVE DEEP INTO THE DATA, THAT'S WHY YOU'VE LOVED SO MUCH
UM, WHERE WOULD I FIND LIKE A BASIC, THESE PER CATEGORIES, THEY ALL SOUND PERFECTLY BELIEVABLE TO ME, ROUGHLY IN EACH CATEGORY.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO BEFORE? WE'LL HAVE DEEPER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS OR, YES.
THE, THE INTENT IS THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT PROJECT LISTS TO YOU OKAY.
TO PRIORITIZE PROJECT LISTS AHEAD OF TIME.
WE, WE HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO GET THIS DATA TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THE NEEDS INVENTORY SCORED, AND I WILL INDICATE THAT WE DO STILL HAVE SCORING GAPS.
UM, MOST NOTABLY OUR AMS DATA, OUR FINANCIAL DATA, AND WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN, UM, SPENT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 30 YEARS, WE HAVE A GAP THERE DUE TO THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK.
UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE DATA FULLY.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT ASPECT.
SO THESE SCORES MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY.
WE DON'T EXPECT 'EM TO CHANGE MAYBE MORE THAN FIVE TO 10 POINTS, BUT THEY, THEY WILL CHANGE SLIGHTLY.
BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE CHOICE, WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
VERY LAST QUESTION, JUST A QUICK ONE.
IT'S THAT FOR, UH, IT SAYS, UH, PARK AND SITE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROJECTS.
I, I'VE SEARCHED SOME OF OURS WILL COLLECTIVELY FALL IN THE, THE BIGGER BUCKETS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT DATA ABOUT WHICH FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN 1,000 MILLION.
DO YOU HAVE, HOW MUCH MORE PRESENTATION? UH, DO YOU WANNA FINISH THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE DO THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS? YEAH.
THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A WISE IDEA JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW THESE, UH, PLAYGROUND AND REC CENTER LISTS REALLY QUICKLY TO KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU AND WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO WITH THAT DATA.
WHAT PAGE ARE WE ON, PLEASE? I'M GONNA GO BACKWARDS HERE.
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OKAY.SO LOOKING AT THE PLAYGROUND DATA, WE'RE ON PAGE 10.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS BASICALLY WE HAD ALLOCATED IN OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS 10.5 MILLION TO PLAY COST.
AND LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIZED LIST, BASICALLY WHEN WE GOT TO NOTE 35 ON THE LIST, THAT TOTAL 10.38 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE THE TOP 35 LISTED HERE ON, ON PAGE 10.
BUT WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15, YOU'D RATHER PRIORITIZE THE LIST OF THE PLAYGROUND.
YOU WILL NOTICE, YOU'LL NOTICE STARTING ON PAGE 14, THE COLUMNS TO THE LEFT SIDE CHANGE TO THE COLOR BLUE.
BASICALLY THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS BELOW THE 35.
SO STARTING WITH JUANITA J CRAFT, THAT'S NUMBER 36, KIM'S NUMBER 37, LEBERS, NUMBER 38, ET CETERA.
WE'VE PROVIDED THOSE BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE SAME TOTALS AS THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE IN THE TOP 35.
SO WE WANTED TO BASICALLY PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU SO THAT IF YOU WANTED TO SWITCH OUT SOME OF THE ONES IN THE TOP 35 FOR SOME OF THESE ONES THAT ARE IN THIS BOTTOM, I THINK IT'S 47, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THIS DATA AND YOU KNOW, EVALUATE IF YOU WANNA SWITCH ANY OF THE ONES ON THE BOTTOM UP TO THE TOP 35.
WE BASICALLY HAVE ABOUT ENOUGH FUNDING IN THAT 10 AND A HALF MILLION TO DO ABOUT 35 TIME ROUNDS, 30 TO 35.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATED WHAT WE HEARD FROM PARK BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS FAR AS PRIORITIES.
WE HAVEN'T FULLY VETTED EVERY BIT OF DATA, SO WE MAY HAVE MISSED SOME.
BUT IF THERE ARE PRIORITIES THAT YOU WANNA SEE IN THIS TOP 35, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LET US KNOW.
BUT WE'VE BASICALLY HAVE PROVIDED YOU THE TOP 45 TO 47 PLAYGROUNDS IN THIS PRIORITIZED ORDER.
BUT AGAIN, THESE SCORES MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T EXPECT TO CHANGE ANY MAYBE FIVE TO 10 POINTS ONCE WE GET THE FINALIZED AMS DATA.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE REC CENTERS, AGAIN, WE'VE ALLOCATED ABOUT 160 MILLION FOR REC CENTERS THAT BASICALLY, WHEN WE GOT TO NUMBER 15 IN THE LIST, THAT WAS UP 159 MILLION.
BUT THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE ON PAGES 17 THROUGH 21 BASICALLY GIVES YOU APOLOGIZE.
GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION GIVES YOU ESSENTIALLY THE TOP 50 REC CENTERS.
AND WE DID THAT ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE REC CENTERS IN THAT TOP 50 WERE ONE OF THE EXPRESS BY CARD BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BEING PRIORITIES.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THOSE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY FELL WITHIN THE PRIORITY.
AND AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.
WE WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS LIST, LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES, LOOK AT WHERE THEY FALL, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE MOVED UP, WHAT IS A PRIORITY TO YOU, AND WHAT YOUR FEEDBACK IS ON THE LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THE INTENT WILL BE FOR EVERY DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU THESE PRIORITIZED LISTS.
AND THEN WE'LL BE PROVIDING THEM BEFORE THE WORKSHOP SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THEM ABSORB.
BUT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE LIST ONE BY ONE BY ONE IN THE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS 'EM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT YOU WANNA SEE AND HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WANNA SEE IN EACH ONE OF THESE BUCKETS.
SO THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF THE END OF THE PRESENTATION OF, OF THE ASKS OF WHAT WE WANT FROM HERE.
I KNOW MS. ROSS WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
WELL I ACTUALLY WANTED TO GO BACK BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I THINK IT WAS MR. PERMI THAT ASKED, YEAH, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE UPDATES, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED.
MY ASSUMPTION IS WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO IS IT BEST THAT THEY GO THROUGH THIS? THEY MAY SEE THINGS THAT CONTRADICT WHAT THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY HEARD, UM, OR THEY HAVE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS IT BEST TO JUST SHOOT EMAILS? WHAT IS THE FORMAT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL THE FEEDBACK? YES.
IF YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU WANT CHANGED
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OR MODIFIED BEFORE THAT NEXT WORKSHOP, PLEASE SHOOT AN EMAIL TO MYSELF, MEGAN O'NEILL, JARED WHITE, SO THAT WE CAN GO TRY AND WORK TO INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES FOR THE NEXT MEETING.AND THEN WE'LL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH THAT INFORMATION.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO, UH, MR. WOOD MENTION EVERGLADE AND HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT'S SCHEDULED FORWARD ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND, IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND WE MISS THAT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE CORRECTIONS AND DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
SO IF YOU SEE, WE'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL ON HOW TO RESPOND AND HOW TO, UM, SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WAY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING HAPPENS, WE'LL HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION.
UH, WE'LL HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK BACKED INTO THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN IN REGARD TO THE MEETINGS, SO I DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THE MEETINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
UM, AND THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES AND HOW WE WANNA WORK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR BUCKETS.
I THINK THAT GONNA BE HELPFUL, CHRISTOPHER, UM, HOW WE WANNA WORK THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME.
SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO EXTEND THE PARK BOARD MEETINGS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL ON JUNE 8TH, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD POSSIBLY KEEP THAT ONE, BUT THEN EXTENDING THE FOLLOWING PARK BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 15TH AND REALLY TRY TO KNOCK THIS OUT AS OPPOSED TO ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
BUT THAT IS REALLY WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE THE GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL THE DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON HOW YOU WISH TO PROCEED.
HOW ABOUT WISDOM? LET'S GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WISDOM FOR MS. CALVERT COLLINS.
SO WE DIDN'T GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, LARGE BUCKETS LIKE POOLS.
UM, IT SEEMS HARD TO IMAGINE 10 MILLION FROM BASKET PLANS, BUT I DON'T, I MEAN, THE MOST EXPENSIVE MASTER PLAN I THINK WE'VE DONE WAS FOR SAMUEL FARM THAT WAS FOUR 50,000 BECAUSE THAT WAS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES FOR BONDS LAST YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, UM, BETWEEN BONDS.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE CLARITY ON POOLS, UM, ON, UH, COMMUNITY POOLS.
THE 44 MILLION, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE PLAYGROUND THAT YOUR SCORING CRITERIA.
I MEAN, I AGREE WITH MR. PREMI.
I MEAN THAT THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST APPROACHABLE USE THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT THAT A LOT THAT SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DO.
AND LIEUTENANT
I WOULD, THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY ON PLAYGROUNDS IN ADDITION IS SHADE STRUCTURES JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE, WE'RE DOING THAT NOW AND ON CERTAIN, UH, OLD BOND PLAYGROUND PROJECTS IS PUTTING IN SHADE STRUCTURES CUZ THEY GET SO HOT.
BUT, UM, IF, COULD YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON POOLS AND FOR 44 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY POOLS IN JAN AUDITORIUM? INDOOR POOLS.
I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON POOLS THAT ARE ONLY OPEN THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
SO I MEAN, PLAYGROUNDS, WE AT LEAST GET ALL OF PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF MAY AND ALL OF SEPTEMBER AND THERE'S NOT, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY LESS LIABILITY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE STAFFED SO, YOU KNOW, UM, AND LIKE THEY'RE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PEOPLE.
SO IT'S NOT A GOOD USED TO SPEND THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FEW PUBLIC BOND DOLLARS WHERE THEY WON'T GET AS USED.
SO I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU ON THE COMMUNITY POOLS THAT THAT 40 MILLION CAME FROM ESTIMATING EIGHT COMMUNITY POOLS BEING PLACED AT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM ON THE COMMUNITY POOL.
UM, THE NATATORIUM NUMBER I BELIEVE IS 45 MILLION IF I'M RECALLING CORRECTLY.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M FLIPPING HERE TRYING TO FIND THE, AND I, THAT WAS BASED ON BASICALLY LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, SAMUEL GRAND AND THEN ALSO I BELIEVE CAMPBELL GREEN AT PUTTING IN AUDITORIUMS IN THOSE AREAS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE FACILITIES TO BUILD, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT BOTH THAT WAS BASED ON WAS LOOKING AT TWO, TWO DIFFERENT AUDITORIUM LOCATIONS, POTENTIALLY SAMUEL GRAND AND CAMPBELL GREEN, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT LOCATION AS WELL.
I MEAN, I LIKE AT LEAST YOU CAN USE THEM YEAR ROUND, WHICH I LIKE A LOT, YOU KNOW, BACHMAN'S SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS
UM, AND I MEAN OUR, OUR MATCH DOLLARS, WE REALLY WANNA INCENTIVIZE THE PRINCE GROUPS.
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OUR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SAID WE WOULD REALLY BE COMMITTED TO, UM, TO THEM DOUBLING DOWN EVEN MORE IN THIS, UH, THIS BOND.LASTLY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SHARED USE FACILITIES? UM, THAT 45 MILLION, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE TARGETING AT DAIRY FACILITIES WITH DALLAS PARK UTILITIES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY PARTNER WITH THEM ON, WHETHER IT BE SERVICE CENTERS OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF FACILITIES.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY AT GREENVILLE RIGHT NOW WITH DALLAS PARK UTILITIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THEM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN, YOU KNOW, WATER FACILITY, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO PUT A PARK AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THOSE TYPE OF SHARED FACILITIES, UM, WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO OBTAIN, YOU KNOW, JOINT USE NEEDS.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DONE REALLY YEOMAN'S WORK JUST GETTING TO THIS POINT.
AND, AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD SUCH A CONDENSED SCHEDULE WITH WHICH TO WORK.
SO I MEAN I WOULD LOVE HIM TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START AS TO MR. HUERTA'S POINT EARLIER, LIKE WE JUST, YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE CRITERIA, THE SCORING DONE AND SO THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
BUT, UM, AND HAVING THIS ABUTTING THESE TIMELINES UP OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, CHALLENGING.
SO WE'LL BE EFFICIENT AND, AND COLLEGIAL.
SO WE'LL DO THE, DO THE BEST WE CAN TO HELP YOU.
THE WILL THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S WORK STILL COME BACK TO US LIKE IN THE FALL BEFORE IT OFFICIALLY GOES TO THE COUNCIL? YES.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING COMES BACK TO PAR BOARD AND I THINK THIS REVIEWED AS WELL.
UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE CAN GIVE THE DIRECTION ON THE FRONT END, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE FINAL SAY WITH TAKING THEIR, UH, FEEDBACK AND THE CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND CAN WE GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND I CAN TALK TO JENNY ABOUT THIS, BUT THEIR WORK AS IT, AS IT'S ONGOING, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO SEND THE BRIEFINGS AND, AND KIND OF GIVE US IF THERE ARE LIKE NOTES OR MINUTES OR WHATEVER SO WE CAN FOLLOW IT ALONG.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, SCOTT, THAT THEY WERE SENDING THAT OUT.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY NOT SENDING THAT OUT TO THE MAIN TASK FORCE? UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SENT, UM, WELL I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS BOARD.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE MOVE THAT TO THE FULL TASK FORCE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SENT EVERYTHING BUT YEAH, I THINK MAYBE NOT EVERY MEETING BUT SOME KIND OF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE WORK IS ONGOING SO WE CAN ALL ON THIS BOARD FOLLOW IT.
UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION, SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS THAT WOULD, WHERE WOULD NEW PLAYGROUNDS POTENTIALLY COME IN? OKAY, WELL UM, CUZ ORBITER AND DEFINITELY A NEED AND I, I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW PLAYGROUND ON THERE OR ANYTHING, MR. 10.
SO WE, WE DID, WE DID ADD ORDER IT IS IN THERE.
SO THOSE, IT JUST DIDN'T SCORE HIGH ENOUGH.
UM, CUZ WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA, IF IT'S NEW, YEAH, IT'S NOT GONNA GET ALL THE POINTS OR FOR SOMETHING THAT'S OLD IN PAST ITS LIFE SPAN.
CAUSE THOSE GET A LOT OF POINTS.
SO, WE'LL THIS IS WHERE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS YOU, AS YOU ALL ARE REVIEWING THIS, IF THIS IS ACTUAL PRIORITY, MAYBE ONE MAY BE PAST ITS LIFESPAN AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO REPLACE IT.
MAYBE IT NEEDS TO COME OUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGED SOMETHING, BUT THEN WE CAN WORK BETTER UP.
BUT SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT SQUIRTING.
WELL YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY BE ADVOCATING FOR OR FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND ORBITER, BUT THAT, THAT DOES SEEM CONCERNING THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE NEW PLAYGROUND ON A WHOLE LONG LIST.
THIS ISN'T THE WHOLE NEEDS INVENTORY BY ANY S STRETCH, THEY IMAGINE.
THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY SORTED AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, TO 10 AND A HALF MILLION AND A LITTLE BIT MORE TYPING THE SCENARIOS HERE.
OH, THANK YOU MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
UM, I NO EMAILS WAY, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES THAT I SPOTTED ON THE LIST.
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NUMBER ON THE ADS.UM, I KNOW THAT, I THINK YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN AS ON PAGE 21.
UM, ADDING MOORE RECREATION CENTER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY ANITA MARTINEZ, IT'S NEXT DOOR HEADING MOORE PARK.
I I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT THERE.
AND UM, AT 1.7 MILLION, UM, THE STUCCO FACADE REPLACEMENT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MONEY WAS, UH, UH, IN BUILDING EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO, TO HANDLE.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FOUR YEARS FIRST AND THEN, UH, THEY'VE GIVEN US THAT MONEY BACK FOR US TO DO IT.
SO THAT'S BEEN IN PROCESS FOR YEARS.
SO THAT ONE I THINK IF YOU'LL CHECK IS COVERED, THEN WE HAVE THE MONEY FROM THAT DEPARTMENT.
IT'S JUST UP TO US TO, TO GO DO IT.
SO THAT'S A NEED THAT I THINK NO LONGER EXISTS AND, UH, MR. WILLIAMS KNOWS DETAILS OF AN I NEED TO ASK.
AND THEN ON PAGE 13, UM, WE'VE GOT BISHOP FLORES AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO, IN THE NEW BUDGET IN OCTOBER, THAT WON'T BE A BOND THING THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN PAGE 11, SAME WITH FRANCIS RIZZO.
I THINK THAT, UH, MORE PRO TEMP NABI WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE WITH, UH, REMAINING 2017 BOND MONEY.
SO THAT ONE COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THAT BIG NUMBER AND, UH, VERY OTHERS.
I, I WOULD JUST, I'LL PUT IN THOSE ARE RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE OTHER ONE THAT I HAD IS IT MENTIONS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF QUESTIONNAIRE BOND FUNDING, SOME MAY ALLOCATED TO MARK, SOME MAY ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE ALLOCATED DISCRETIONARY FUNDS? WE DO NOT KNOW THAT YET.
BASED ON THE, WHATEVER THE TOTAL BOND AMOUNT IS THAT WE END UP, YOU KNOW, GETTING, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT'S USUALLY ASSIGNED TO EACH COUNCIL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS OR, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I WILL, I WILL TRY AND FIND OUT.
I CAN, AND I CAN ASK THE ACCOUNT'S OFFICE AS WELL TOO, UM, ON THE PLAYGROUND SCORING, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU WRITING.
SO THE ONES AT THE TOP ARE THE HIGHEST NEED PLAYGROUNDS FOR, FOR PLACE.
SO, SO IF SOMETHING AT THE VERY TOP, UM, IT'S THE FIRST FIVE THINGS THAT THE PLAYGROUND HAS TO PLACE AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL GET INTO A BUNCH THAT SAY AT AT END OF WARRANT.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYGROUND PLACEMENT AND CHEMICAL WARRANTY? I ASSUME PLAYGROUND PLACEMENT IS MEANING IS IN MORE NEED OF FOR REPAIR THAN JUST ONES THAT ARE THEN OF WARRANTY.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING, IT'S JUST THE WAY THOSE ITEMS, THE DESCRIPTIONS WERE WRITTEN OVER TIME.
UM, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN IN THE NEEDS OF 40 YEARS.
AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST MAYBE AND DATA ENTRY OVER TIME.
SO WE'RE, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON AS WE'RE KIND OF CLEANING UP AND REBUILDING THE OVERALL LIST.
UM, EFFECTIVELY THEY'RE BASICAL THE SAME, IT'S END OF SERVICE WIDE, YOU KNOW, END OF WARRANTY IT A WARRANTY.
SO ANYWAY, SO, OKAY, SO THEN EXXEL AND PARKDALE ARE HIGHER PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A HIGHER COUNCIL MEMBER PARK SCORE OR HIGHER EQUITY SCORE, LIKE WHAT THOSE, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOME PLAYGROUNDS GO TO THE TOP AND SOME GO TO THE BOTTOM.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PURE SCORING.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, WELL EX EXCEL AS THE EXAMPLE.
SO YOU GOT, YOU GOT 29 POINTS FORWARD, THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND YOU GOT 25 CAUSE IT WAS A TOWARDS COUNCIL PRIORITY AND THEY GOT NON, SO IT IS, THIS IS ALL, WE TRY TO MAKE THIS AS LEAST SUBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S ALL KIND OF YES AND NOS FOR THESE QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S JUST PURE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.
SO WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY JUDGMENT CALLS.
IT'S JUST HERE'S WHERE THE NUMBERS PLAYED OUT.
AND REMIND ME WHAT THE, THE EQUITY SCORE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE EQUITY SCORES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL FOR ALL OF THESE.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO IF YOU GO LOOK ON PAGE SEVEN, THAT'S OUR EQUITY CRITERIA.
SO IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SOCIAL VULNERABILITY ACCESS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE PARK ACCESS AND THE PROJECT FALLS WITHIN THE PARK ACCESS GAP.
AND THEN IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE PARK INVESTMENT IF THE PARK'S BEEN LACKING RECENT INVESTMENT IN THE 10, LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
AND THAT PARK INVESTMENT SCORE IS THE ONE THAT WE MAY LACK OF THE DATA OR THAT THE DATA MAINTAIN.
UM, ON RECREATION CENTERS WE'VE GOT ARLINGTON LISTED TWICE AS
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NUMBER 12 AND NUMBER 15.WELL, IT'S, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT NEEDS.
IT'S TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS IN INVENTORY.
UH, AND THEN I'M SURE I'LL HAVE OTHER ADDITIONS, BUT TO MR. GOLDSTEIN'S POINT ABOUT NEW PLAYGROUNDS, UH, I THINK WE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF NEED SUCH AS PAGEWOOD PARK, WHERE A SMALL PLAYGROUND, I THINK THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL ON THAT AND OTHER ONES TOO.
I THINK WE'RE ON GROUND TWO, MR. BROWN.
UM, I NOTICED THAT THE, THE PLAYGROUND WAS, OR THE CORRECT CENTER WAS LISTED TWICE THAT THAT DEFINITELY IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, I SEE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED THAT THEY'RE UNDER WARRANTIES IN 2016, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S AT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES HERE.
THOSE WOULD BE THE FIRST PRIORITIES.
IF THEY'RE THE OLDEST, THEY SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE MOVED UP IN MY OPINION.
AND I AGREE THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME NEW, UM, FACILITIES.
WE CAN'T, JUST LIKE YOU'VE GOT WILLIE MAY BUTLER ON A REC CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS LARRY JOHNSON.
WELL, WELL YEAH, THAT'S LARRY JOHNSON REC CENTER, BUT YOU'VE GOT, UM, MILDRED DUNN LISTED FOR A REC CENTER TO BE REPLACED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN MILDRED DUNN, BUT IT'S NOT A REC CENTER.
WHAT IS THAT ONE, ONE POINT? BUT IT COULD MAYBE BE A SENIOR CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT DOES NO GYM, NO PLACE TO GO WITH GYM SIX PARKING SPOTS.
SO AGAIN, AND THE RANKING, YOU SAID THAT WE RANKED THESE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WERE PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL AND THE, UM, PARK BOARD MEMBERS TAKE FOR THESE PLAYGROUNDS TO BE RANKED.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE RANKED THEM.
I DIDN'T RANK MINE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT ON HERE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RANKED THEM YET.
YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RANK THEM YET.
I KNOW WE TALKED WHAT SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES WERE IN OUR MEETINGS, BUT WE WERE NEVER GIVEN OUR LIST OF PLAYGROUNDS TO RANK FOR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN A LIST OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TO PUT ON THE BOND.
SO IT'S HARD FOR RANK IF WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT LIST, UM, FOR PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE IN NEED OF, UM, REPLACEMENT.
THANKS MR. I CAN ADDRESS THAT SPECIFICALLY.
SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS WITH YOU AND ANYTHING THAT YOU TOLD US THAT WE WROTE DOWN THAT WE GAVE IT A SCORE AS A PRIORITY FOR YOU.
AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME THINGS ALREADY HAVE A PARK BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER SCORE AS A PRIORITY.
SO NO, WE HAVE NOT REVIEWED THIS LIST.
WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ALL THE ONES IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT WHEN WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS WITH Y'ALL, ANYTHING WE WROTE DOWN THAT Y'ALL SAID IT'S, WE GOT SCORED AT THE PRIORITY, BUT THAT THAT WAS A REAL HIGH, HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES? UM, I KNOW THE SKYLINE REC CENTER WAS A PRIORITY TO BUILD A NEW REC CENTER IN THE SKYLINE AREA.
UM, THE MLK REPLACEMENT, UM, I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE LIST.
SO THOSE WERE TWO MAJOR PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL TO DO.
SO I DON'T SEE THEM ANYWHERE ON CAMPUS.
SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOCK SOMEBODY ELSE OFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO NOW WE'VE GOT A LIST THAT YOU PUT OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THESE ONES, AND I'M GONNA BUMP MINE UP AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA GET MAD BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA FALL OFF.
SO NOW THAT YOU'VE PUT SOME OF THIS STUFF OUT THERE, I MEAN WE'VE GOT ADVOCATES FOR LAKE GLEN PHIL'S REC CENTER THAT HAD BEEN ADVOCATING FOR 27 YEARS FOR OUR REC CENTER OVER THERE AND IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST.
AND THAT'S A PRIORITY OF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THAT WAS ADDRESSED UNDER MEETING AND I KNOW IT WAS ADDRESSED IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE THREE MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE AT ALL.
SO I KNOW THAT IF THE NUMBER ONE CONSTITUENT IN THE FERGUSON ROAD AREA SEES THIS LIST, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A COR SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING WHICH ONES WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BE REPLACED THAT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE WITH OUR FULL INPUT.
CUZ NOW WE'VE GOT A LIST AND WHEN I BUMP MR. BAR TO STEP OFF THE LIST, HE'S GONNA BE MAD AT ME.
I I WANNA MAKE IT VERY, I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, THIS IS NOT THE LIST THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY LISTS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO YOU FOR REVIEW.
THESE ARE NOT THE LISTS WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
THIS POINT LIST THIS FOR US, HONESTLY WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER.
I, THE, THE LIST AND THE SCORES AND THE,
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THE RECOMMENDED IS GOOD, BUT YOU LISTED OUT 35 PLAYGROUNDS AND IF ANY ONE OF THOSE, I'M GONNA BE POSSESSIVE OF ALL OF MINE THAT ARE ON THERE, THAT I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT I WANNA PUT ON THEM, BUT IF I KNOCK OFF, UM, FOREST, THEY'RE GONNA BE MAD.SO NOW YOU'VE GOT THAT ON THERE THAT I KNOW, BUT IT'S PURELY BASED ON QUANTITATIVE DATA AND QUANTITATIVE RANKING THAT IS PURELY WHAT THESE LISTS ARE BASED UPON, RIGHT? SO NOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MAD WHEN THIS STUFF FALLS OFF.
SO I MEAN, IT'S PART, IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT IF WE, BUT IF WE WOULD'VE JUST STARTED WITH THE LIST OF ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE, LIKE, I, I THINK IF WE WOULD'VE HAD A LIST OF ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, GARRETT FITWELL, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE SEVEN OF YOURS IN YOUR DISTRICT, DANIEL, THAT DID, OR THAT AT THE END OF THE LIFE RANK WHICH ONES YOU NEED DONE OR WHICH ONES YOU RECOMMEND.
THESE ARE HOW THEY SCORED OUT.
I I THINK THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN A, A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO HAVE OUR INPUT BEFORE YOU CREATED A LIST OF A RECOMMENDATION LIST.
SO TO ME IT'S, THIS IS GONNA CREATE HAVOC BETWEEN PEOPLE.
I'LL TAKE A STEP BACK IN FIVE MINUTE.
WE HAVE TO SCORE THE ENTIRE NEEDS INVENTORY AND WE, WE JUST, THIS IS STEP ONE.
IT STARTS OUT ONE, WE, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY REBUILDING OUR NEEDS INVENTORY FROM SCRATCH EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE IT'S OUTDATED.
THE SCORING DOESN'T MATCH THE NEW SCORING SYSTEM.
WE'RE HAVING TO REDO EVERYTHING.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PASS AT JUST PURE SCORING.
NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT PRIORITY, BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING SCORES, THEN WE CAN START SEEING HOW THINGS PLAY OUT, WHERE BREAKS ARE AND WHERE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE FALLING OUT, AND THEN HOW THOSE MATCH UP WITH YOUR CURRENT PRIORITIES.
AND THEN WE CAN START MOVING THINGS AROUND.
BUT WE HAD TO GET THROUGH THIS EXERCISE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE STARTING AT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. PERINI, THANK YOU MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
UH, PLAYGROUNDS ARE GETTING A LOT OF AIRTIME BECAUSE, UH, IN THIS FIRST BATCH OF DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THANK YOU.
UM, I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS AND I'M, I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS I'M SEEING HERE.
I, I KNOW THAT NOT EVERY PARK HAS A PLAYGROUND.
NOT EVERY PARK NEEDS A PLAYGROUND.
BUT FOR THOSE PARKS THAT DO HAVE PLAYGROUNDS, I'LL BET YOU LUNCH, HAPPY HOUR AT DINNER, THAT'S THE MOST UTILIZED THING AT THAT PARK.
AND IT'S USED BY SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION FOR KIDS.
FIVE FOR 12, PERHAPS EVEN SMALLER THAN THAT.
SO I, I I, I'M CONCERNED WITH WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, AND, AND THE DATA POINT I'M GONNA USE HERE, WHY I THINK THIS NUMBER IS REALLY SHORT FOR PLAYGROUND, IS I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIST AND I'M, I'M SEEING THREE PART FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 THAT I KNOW ARE AS OLD AS EX FAULT PART BECAUSE I'VE ASKED MR. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION ON WHEN THEY WERE INSTALLED AND THEY AGED OUT.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'VE BEEN FALLING APART AT ONE OF THEM THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST.
TWO SLIDES WERE INOPERABLE FOR 14 MONTHS BEFORE THEY GOT REPLACED BECAUSE THEY HAD AGED OUT.
SO I'M CONCERNED WHY THOSE THREE AREN'T ON THERE.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ALL OF US HAVE A HANDFUL OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT THEY'RE NOT SEEING ON THAT LIST TOO.
THE ONLY WAY TO RECTIFY THAT IS TO REALLY INCREASE THAT 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
I WANNA THROW OUT A COUPLE IDEAS.
NUMBER ONE, UM, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA GET WHAT WE WANT, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT REC CENTERS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THE ANALYSIS IN THERE.
THERE'S 50 MILLION FOR REVON AND $500,000 TO MOVE THE TENNIS COURT.
THAT'S 50 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MORANO OR COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM THAT $50 MILLION COULD BE REDUCED TO MAYBE IN ADDITION TO BRI HAN, UH, HAN UH, REC CENTER UP THE SNUFF 50 MILLION THAT COULD, THAT'S FIVE TIMES WHAT WE'RE SPITTING ON PROPOSING ON ALL THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
I THERE, I CANNOT EXPLAIN THAT TO ANY CITIZEN OUT WHY THERE'S ONE LINE ITEM FOR 50 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN REPLACING AND MAKING SAFE PLAYGROUND.
ANOTHER THING I CAN'T EXPLAIN IS, AND THEN WE'RE, WE WILL DEEP DIVE INTO THIS LATER, GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, 31 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S THREE TIMES MORE THAN WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, PLAYGROUND.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S KIND OF A GAME THAT NEEDS TO BE PLAYED.
WE NEED TO SHUFFLE SOME OF THESE BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS AROUND TO REALLY SATISFY WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS FOR PLAYGROUNDS.
BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO OTHER CITIES, I SEE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE WORLD CLASS, I DON'T SEE THEM HERE AND WE NEED TO SEE THEM HERE.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK, HONESTLY, I'M NOT SAYING THIS CAUSE I HAVE LITTLE KIDS, BUT I I LOVE KIDS.
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WE NEED TO PUT 40 MILLION IN THE PLAYGROUND BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW.AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT MONEY FROM OTHER BUCKETS.
MS. FONDEL, I'M GONNA BE REAL HONEST ON THIS.
WHAT IS PARKVILLE PLAYGROUND? IT'S MINE.
OKAY, GOOD CUZ I WAS FREAKING OUT.
AND IT SAYS CHURCH VIEW HILLVIEW.
DOUBLE CHECK BEING A MOM, I WAS LIKE, WHAT? I TAKE MY KID ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, NO, HONESTLY, I, I'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS I DON'T NEED YOU UTILIZE THE TIME HERE.
I CAN ASK YOU GUYS INDIVIDUALLY INSTEAD ANYTHING.
THANK YOU MR. MANDEL AND COLLINS.
SO KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE PROCESS QUESTION, UH, PROCESS ABOUT ALL THIS AND, AND THEN PERHAPS THIS COULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, BUT SO CHRIS, AS YOU OUTLINED EARLIER, WE WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT A FOUR 50 MILLION OPTION, 600 AND 700, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CLARITY FROM THE BOND OFFICE ON IF OUR NUMBER WOULD EVEN BE HOLISTICALLY CLOSE TO THAT.
SO IT COULD, THEY COULD SAY YOU ONLY GET TWO 50, WE GOT 2 61 LAST TIME.
YOU, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A DON MOORE.
SO SHOULD WE, WOULD IT BE MORE PRUDENT TO HAVE A LOWER LEVEL OPTION AS WELL? UH, LIKE ADDING A FOURTH OPTION? I MEAN I THINK 700 IS PROBABLY OBSCENE AND WE'D NEVER GET THAT.
SO SHOULD WE BE PRUDENT AND DO LIKE A TWO 50 AND A THREE 50 AND A FOUR 50 IF WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET A BILLION FOR THE CITY, DO YOU THINK WOULD THAT, WOULD YOU ALL, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT DOING A LOWER LEVEL OPTION? THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION I HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO PROCEED RESPONSE.
IS THAT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? THAT, THAT IS FROM MY DIRECTOR.
SO IS THE QUESTION I THINK IT'S UNDERSTANDING VERY CLEARLY IS THAT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE OUR CONTINGENCY PLAN SHOULD THEY SAY THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS ONLY GOING TO RECEIVE 250.
WHAT'S THE PLAN? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND THEN AND START THIS PROCESS OFF.
THEY WE'RE BASICALLY RE RELITIGATING THIS WHOLE THING.
AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET TO THE TWO 60 LAST TIME AND THAT NONE OF US WERE EVEN ON THE BOARD, BUT WE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES OF FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS.
THAT WAS THE MOST THINK I'M LOOKING BACK AT HOW MUCH WE'D GOTTEN PREVIOUS BOND, UM, PROGRAMS AND THAT WAS THE MOST, WE'VE NO THREE 40, WE GOT 3 43 IN THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM.
SO THAT, WHICH WAS 25% OF THE BOND BACK THEN.
SO THERE IS PRECEDENT GIVING PARKS A, A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF THE BOMB, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC.
AND SO IF WE JUST SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND ACT LIKE, OH IT'S GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET ALL THIS MONEY AND THEN THEY SAY, NO YOU'RE NOT.
UM, WE JUST WANNA BE REALISTIC ABOUT IT, I THINK, AND NOT WASTE YOUR TIME FOR OUR TIME AND BEING PROVED.
SO, SO PERHAPS SUGGEST SUGGESTION TO GOD IS TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY OPTION.
UM, AND I MEAN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.
I AGREE ON, ON INCREASING PLAYGROUNDS.
I AGREE ON REDUCING SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FOR A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION, SO A LATER DISCUSSION, BUT PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL SO THAT WE'RE NOT SCATTERED SHOOTING DISCUSSION.
THIS DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS IS WHAT IF WE, I GUESS ALL OF US, BUT WHAT IF WE TOOK SECTOR SECTIONS LIKE WE DID THE NEXT MEETING, WE JUST FOCUSED ON PLAYGROUNDS, AQUATICS, SHARED FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF BROKE 'EM OUT.
WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? SO THAT REALLY DIRECTS OUR DISCUSSION VERSUS
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PUTTING ALL THIS OUT THERE FOR US TO RANK AND TELL YOU WHY MY PLAYGROUND DESERVES IT, NOT HIS AND YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.AND, AND THAT'S THE PLAN CALVERT IS BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN BEFORE THE MEETING NEXT THURSDAY, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY TELL YOU WHICH LISTS WE ARE GOING TO TARGET FIRST.
WELL FIRST OF ALL, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGERS.
POOR PEOPLE OF JURORS OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SLATING AWAY, BOILING AWAY BACK THERE, JUST TRYING TO EVEN COME UP WITH A LIST THAT WE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT.
SO, UM, WHAT I THINK FOR WHAT, FOR ME WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO, I, I NEED TO REVISIT MY NEEDS IN VICTOR LIST FOR MY DISTRICT AND THEN WITHIN, I THINK THAT FIRST FOREMOST THEN THE SECOND THING I NEED IS WHAT, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THIS 712 MILLION BY CATEGORY? BECAUSE YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE WHAT'S IN SERVICES THAT 8 MILLION LIKE YEAH, I I AND THEN I CAN, AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT.
YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO IT ALL IN ONE MEETING.
BUT AT LEAST I CAN START WITH
I THINK SOME OF THAT COULD BE DONE IN THE BACKGROUND BEFORE WE EVER GOT GET TO THAT MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT PARTICULAR, UH, LINE ITEM.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD HELP IN GOING INTO OUR NEXT ONE.
AND THEN THE PLAYGROUND THING, I MEAN I'M, I'M, I'M TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I CERTAINLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THAT'S THE THING THAT'S MOST UTILIZED IN OUR PARKS.
BUT THEN I ALSO SEE, I SEE THE PLAYGROUNDS AND, AND SOME OF 'EM, IF, IF THEY'RE, IF THEIR END OF SERVICE LIFE IS 2022 AND THEN THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER THINGS OUT THERE THAT ARE SUPER PRIORITY, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, RIP OUT THAT PLAYGROUND THAT REALLY JUST HIT ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY.
IS IT, IS THERE REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT? I MEAN, I LOVE SAVING OLD STUFF, SO I'D REALLY WANNA KNOW IS THERE REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT OR ARE WE JUST TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF REPLACING THINGS WHEN THEY, THEY END THEIR LIFESPAN? CUZ SOME THINGS EXCEED THEIR LIFESPAN AND THEY'RE GREAT.
SO I WOULD WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT JUST SAYING WE'RE GONNA RANK IT BASED ON ITS AGE.
WELL THERE MIGHT BE ONE THAT'S JUST HOLDING UP GREAT.
AND TO YOUR POINT, LIKE IT, I I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE A NEW ONE SOMEWHERE AND PUT THAT ONE ON THE LIST TO GET REPLACED ON THE NEXT BOND VERSUS, SO I THINK THAT THAT, I THINK THAT'S JUST MY MINDSET ON, ON ALL OF IT.
SO IF I THINK THAT'S HAVING SET ALL OF THAT AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS EXERCISE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRILL DOWN TO THE MINUTIAE, MY PARK, MY PLAYGROUND, WHAT DO WE WANT? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT SECOND EXERCISE IS GONNA HURT EVEN MORE.
SAYING THIS IS 700 MILLION, WE'RE NOT GETTING 700 MILLION.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA REDUCE IT? ARE WE JUST GONNA SAY CUT EVERYTHING BY 25% OR ARE WE GONNA SAY NOPE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PLAYGROUNDS OUT, WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRAILS.
OR ARE WE, SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
ONCE WE GET WITHIN EACH BUCKET, THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE STEP IT DOWN? BECAUSE WE CAN START AT 712 END UP WITH THREE 50.
SO I THINK THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS GONNA BE THE HARD PART WHETHER YOU WANNA ITEMIZE IT OR IF WE WANNA JUST SAY TAKE 10% OR 3% OR 30% OUT OF EACH LINE ITEM.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO START THINKING ABOUT AS WE GO INTO THAT, THAT NEXT MEETING.
BUT IF I COULD HAVE THAT DATA FROM, FOR MY PARTICULAR DISTRICT NEEDS INVENTORY AND THEN WHAT COMPOSES THESE BUCKETS, I THINK THAT WILL HELP.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK BEFORE THE MEETING, YOU COULD KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
UM, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. PREMI AND MR. CAL COLLINS BRATTON ON UH, PUMPING UP THE PLAYGROUND NUMBER.
I WOULD BE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND WITH REGARD TO THAT, THE NUMBERS ON THE COSTS OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE LISTED, UH, I KIND OF LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING DESIGN COMMITTEE AND I WAS GOING FOR MORE, UH, ALL ABILITIES SWING SETS, THE RUBBER RIDE SERVICES AND PLAYGROUNDS THAT ONCE IT'S BUDGETED FOR THE DESIGN, IT ISN'T DESIGNED IN THAT NUMBER WON'T ALLOW FOR IT LATER OR WHATEVER.
IT'S GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I GO BACK TO SHADE STRUCTURES, UH, THE BIG SHADE STRUCTURES ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER AMERICA NOW.
YOU SEE 'EM IN, IN IN RPA IT'S THE THING.
AND RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALMOST CRITICAL, UH, CAUSE IF THERE'S AN EQUITY COMPONENT AS WELL, I GOT KIDS IN WEST DALLAS, FRANCIS RISEN PLAYGROUND'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN BOIL, BOIL AN EGG, FRY AN EGG RATHER ON THE METAL.
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I THINK THESE NUMBERS DON'T REFLECT A CERTAIN, AND NOT ALL PLAYGROUNDS ARE EQUAL, BUT THE LITTLE 10 THINGS THAT WE GET FROM OUR, THE HOLIS AND THE THE MANUFACTURERS THAT THEY DESIGN IN, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOOD THROUGH THE CURRENT CLIMATE WE'RE IN.AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO BUMP UP FROM WHATEVER REASON DESIGNED IN, FIGURE OUT WHICH, WHICH PLAYGROUNDS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THERE ARE A BUNCH THAT ARE, AND TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS IN.
CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THEY'RE NOT IN THIS NOW, ALTHOUGH, CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH ONE OF THOSE, LIKE AT RIVER SEAN'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THAT'S A GORGEOUS SHADE STRUCTURE THAT THEY GOT DONE.
UM, HOW MUCH WAS THAT? HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE? SO THOSE KINDS OF IN FACTUAL THINGS TO FIGURE IN FOR, WELL WHAT WOULD IT TAKE, HOW MUCH WOULD WE HAVE TO BUMP UP TO GET THAT WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE AS WE GO FORWARD IF, IF I, IF OTHERS AGREE ABOUT THE, THE PRIORITY OF SHADE STRUCTURES.
CAUSE IT'S NOT A, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, UH, IT'S NO LONGER A A, A LUXURY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
WE GOT OUR KIDS OUT THERE EXPOSED TO SUN AND AS A PERSON WHO REGRETS ALL THE YEARS I SPENT LIKE TRAVIS US PUTTING BABY OIL ON AND STAYING OUT IN THE SUN ALL DAY TO GET A TAN.
NOW AT 70, I'M SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT WHAT'S POPPING UP ALL OVER MY BODY.
SO IT'S, SORRY, BUT TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED, THE HIPAA
I, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, MS. COLLINS ABOUT THE NUMBER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE WHERE WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE AT, BUT WE'RE GOING AND, AND MR. DICKEY SHARES INFORMATION FOR, TO US, A COUPLE WEEKS BACK SINCE THE LA SIX MONTHS AGO, GOING BACK TO 1995, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE YEAR IN 2006 WE GOT 25% OF DOLLARS, 334 MILLION.
AND THAT WAS A 1.3 BILLION BOND.
SO EVEN IF WE WERE TO GET THE THIRD, FRANKLY, THAT WE KNOW, THE GREAT MAYOR SAID THE THIRD, THAT'S ONLY 333 MILLION, THAT'S ALREADY LESS THAN WHAT WE GOT IN 2006.
BUT A PROPOSED NUMBER THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE WE GOT PRIVILEGED TO SEE WAS THAT PARKS MIGHT ONLY GET 13% OF BOND DOLLARS, WHICH IS 125 MILLION.
THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER WE ARE PROJECTING AND THE NUMBER THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET.
IT'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN THERE, RIGHT? YOU THINK ABOUT PROJECTION AND WHAT THE MAYOR HAD PROMISED US.
YES, MAYOR, HE PROMISED US THE THIRD IN CASE HE'S LISTENING, GOD
SO WE, WE GOT IT, WE GOT, WE WE GOT, WE GOTTA COME UP WITH A, A REAL NUMBER.
LIKE IF, IF PLAYGROUNDS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO, THEN WE SAY WHATEVER WE GET, 25% OF OUR BOND DOLLARS GOES TO PLAYGROUNDS.
EVEN IF IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION, 300 MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK ME ORIENTED GO VERSUS TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL WHERE THE DOLLARS GO TO ON THIS PRIORITY SHEET, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND OUR MONEY WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT OUR DOLLAR IS.
AND NOBODY IN THEIR GREAT MIND DOES THAT UNTIL THEY KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GET IN THEIR PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK.
I HOPE YOU DON'T, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT LIVING ON CREDIT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW, IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANNA SPEND MONEY ON AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA TELL, OH, YOU ONLY GOT SO MUCH NOW YOU CAN'T SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.
AND THEN RUDY'S GOTTA FIGHT WITH HIS PLAYGROUNDS ALL OVER AGAIN.
HE'S GONNA, HE'S ABOUT TO FIGHT FOR HIM AND WE HAVE OUR OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS.
HE'S GONNA GET HIM NOWHERE CUZ NOW HE'S GONNA GO REFIGHT TO GET HIM ON THE TOP 25.
OR IS IT 25 NUMBER? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? SO PLEASE COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON WHETHER IT'S BUILDING POOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, EVEN ATHLETIC FIELDS, EVEN HERE, YOU KNOW, I'M THE GREAT ATHLETIC GUY AND I LOVE ATHLETIC FIELDS, BUT I ALREADY WROTE THE NUMBER I I THINK IT SHOULD REALLY BE AT, RIGHT? WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT PROJECTED.
CAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT MANY DOLLARS.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT INSTEAD OF US MAYBE FIGHTING FOR COME UP WITH A WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WHATEVER WE GET, IT'S GONNA BE SPENT ON PLAYGROUNDS.
PLAYGROUNDS ARE, ARE SOME OF 'EM I'LL PLAYGROUND? I DIDN'T EVEN GET A ONE ON THE LIST, SO, BUT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
MINE ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
I'M NOT GONNA SIT THERE AND CHARGE.
THEY'RE NOT, BUT THEY'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BUT I STILL WANT SOME REPLACES CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE 15, 18, 20 YEARS.
SOMEBODY'S BEEN THERE A LOT LONGER.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT IS MORE OF A PERCENTAGE NUMBER WE CAN COME UP WITH VERSUS TRYING TO HOW MANY DOLLARS WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY SPEND IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER WHEN WE GET, WHEN WE DO GET ONLY 200 MILLION TO SPEND.
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MOMENT.ALL RIGHT MS. MANDELL, YOU'RE STARTING US OUT WITH ROM THREE AND ONE, TWO MINUTES, MS. MANDELL.
SO ON THE, UM, RECREATION CENTERS AND LIKE, AND LIKE THE MONEY AND IT SAYS, UM, THERE'S HVAC UPGRADES, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SYSTEM FOR, UH, ONE AND IT SAYS 400 K AND THEN LATER ON YOU HAVE ONE THAT SAYS, NEED UPGRADE ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS. 1.9.
I REALIZE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THE SAME NEEDS FROM 400 K TO 1.9.
HOW DOES THAT, HOW AND I DIDN'T WANNA CALL THEM OUT.
I, THAT'S I, YOU GUYS CAN SEE, UM, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THE COSTS ARE SO EXTREMELY DIFFERENT.
JUST THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR IT, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT UM, IT'S WORKING WITH TRENT WILLIAMS ON THESE ESTIMATES.
SO IT MIGHT BE PROPORTIONATE, IT IS JUST FOR REPAIR VERSUS FOUR.
OKAY, WELL WE CAN, WE CAN, THESE NUMBERS ARE, WE CAN STILL, I MEAN IT'S, YEAH, JUST CURIOUS.
I MEAN I, IF IT'S, CAUSE SOME OF THIS SAYS REPLACED BUT NEED, NEED UPGRADE.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THAT ALL, IT'S AGAIN, I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE UNDER TIME CONSTRAINT THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR BUILDING BY BUILDING AND LIKE WITH A LOT OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND KEEP THEM TRUNCATED AS LONG AS WE CAN.
SO NOT READING LARGE PARAGRAPH OF TEXT, I GET IT.
IT COULD BE JUST A DESCRIPTOR THING AND IT'S NOT REALLY GETTING INTO THE SCALE OF THE ISSUE PERHAPS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT SOME OF US, LIKE, YOU KNOW, RUDY AND I HAVE SIMILAR BOUNDARIES AND THEN I HAVE SIMILAR BOUNDARIES WITH MARIA AND THEN I HAVE SIMILAR BOUNDARIES WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES AND SOME OF, LIKE, SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS SHARE THOSE SAME REC CENTER EVEN IF IT'S IN MINE.
SO HOW ARE WE WORKING IN LOOKING AT A COHESIVE PICTURE TO SAY LET'S WORK TOGETHER IN THAT AREA.
YOU BOTH FEEL LIKE YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, THIS UH, UPGRADE, YOU BOTH FEEL LIKE YOU NEED THIS PLAYGROUND.
YOU BOTH FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO NEW REC CENTER.
DO YOU BOTH FEEL, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THAT IN A HOLISTIC EFFORT THAT WOULD BE THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE WHAT THE, THE TECHNICAL SCORE IS.
BUT THEN IN TALKING TO EACH OF YOU NOW WE'LL KNOW WHAT PRIORITIES ARE AND THEN WHAT MAKES SENSE KIND OF ALSO WHAT THE CITY'S DOING, UM, WHERE THEY'RE LAYERING PROJECTS TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GETTING EFFICIENCIES.
UM, LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT A ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND A DALLAS WATER UTILITY IS DOING SOMETHING, HOW DO THOSE OVERLAP FOR EFFICIENCY? I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THE SAME THING HERE.
YOU, WE, WE WE'RE HEARING FROM EACH OF YOU WE'LL HEAR WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WE'RE GONNA GET KIND OF DUPLICATE ITEMS. UH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU YOUR UH, COUNCIL BOUNDARY.
I I THINK THAT'D BE WORKING ON THE DILIGENCE OF US AS WELL.
UH, IS THERE ANY 2017 OR PRIOR BOND MONEY THAT WE COULD ALLOCATE TOWARDS ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT'S LEFT? I ASSUME THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL THAT.
YEAH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY 2017 BOND MONEY EXPECTED TO BE LEFT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TO TRY AND FINISH 2017 MONTH.
AND THEN I ASSUME, AND I THINK THIS IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, THERE IS STILL GONNA BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FR ON THE PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE FRIENDS GROUPS TO FORM AND RAISE MONEY TOWARDS THE MATCHING DOLLARS THAT WE WILL HAVE ALLOCATED.
LIKE WHAT WE DID IN ARAPAHOE PARK, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAD A PARK NEED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TOGETHER, RAISE MONEY WAS MATCHED BY THE MATCHING FUND.
SO EVEN IF A PLAYGROUND DOESN'T MAKE IT ON THIS LIST, THERE'S STILL A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.
AND I ASSUME WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT MATCHING MONEY AVAILABLE.
HAVE MR. DICKEY TWO MINUTES SIR.
I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING I FORGOT ON TO ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, THIS IS A VERY GOOD DOCUMENT.
IT'S TRYING TO WORK WITH INTO IT.
IT'S SUPER HELPFUL ON THE TIMING OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS WILD.
I'M SURE IT WAS WILD IN 2017, IN 2006 AND 2004.
AND SO YOU ALL JUST DONE YEOMAN'S WORK IS THIS STUFF AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS CAUSE I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF WORK IN SPACE.
MR. KARIMI, FEW MINUTES MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A THIRD ROUND.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANKS.
LOOK, WE'RE ALL DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THIS, THIS IS, NOBODY HAS DONE THIS.
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JOB OF IT.AND THERE'S HICCUPS AND THERE'S, THERE'S HURDLES, BUT WE'RE GONNA OVERCOME THEM AS A BOARD AND AS APARTMENT TOGETHER.
UM, THERE'S A LINE ITEM, UH, THAT SAYS SPECIALTY PARK, SKATE PARKS, DOG PARKS, FAMOUS FARM.
UM, I STILL AM CONFUSED WHY THESE THREE ITEMS HAVE LUMPED UNDER SPECIALTY PARK WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, A SKATE PARK AND A DOG PARK IS AN AMENITY, IS A FEATURE IN A PARK JUST LIKE A SPRAY GROUND, JUST LIKE THE PLAYGROUND, JUST LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORIES.
IF I HAD MY PREFERENCE, IF I HAD MY CHOICE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SKATE PARKS AND DOG PARKS AND EVEN SAMUEL FARM BROKEN OUT BECAUSE MY FEAR IS THIS, WE NEED DOG PARKS, WE NEED SKATE PARKS AND IF THEY'RE LUMPED IN TOGETHER, IT'S VERY EASY FOR SKATE PARK DOLLARS TO GET CANNIBALIZED OR BY TAKEN UP BY SOMETHING ELSE IN THIS SPECIALTY PARK BUNDLE.
AND THEREFORE WE'LL NEVER GET FUNDING FOR A SKATE PARK.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE AND I AGREE WITH THEM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SKATE PARK, YOUR WILL SEND YOU THE SKATE PARK.
SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THOSE ITEMS OUT AND, AND INSTEAD OF LUMPING THEM TOGETHER, MAKE THEM SEGREGATED, THAT WOULD HELP OUT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANT DOG PARKS CAPABLE.
MS HAS BEEN AROUND THREE, TWO MINUTES.
UH, THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO MR. KAMIS.
WILL EACH CATEGORY BE RANKS LIKE THE PLAYGROUP? YES MA'AM.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT PRIORITY LIST AND GO DOWN AND SAY WE WANT THESE SKATE PARKS FOR THESE DOG PARKS AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST.
AND TO, UM, MR. THE GENERAL'S QUESTION ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES KIND OF AGAIN GOES BACK TO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO MAKING IT LESS WHEN WE DO GET THE FINAL NUMBER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE RANKING IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE A RANKED LIST THAT SAYS THIS IS NUMBER ONE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NUMBER 10 AND IF YOU HAVE TO CUT 30% OUT OF YOUR AMOUNT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA GET THE BOTTOM 30% OF THAT LIST DROPS OFF VERSUS HAVING TO GO BACK AND AND PICK CATEGORY BY CATEGORY OR BY CATEGORY.
SO I THINK WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND IF I CAN FOLLOW UP TO BOTH COMMENTS TO YOUR POINT MR. KMI.
SO WITHIN THE NEEDS S ITSELF WE HAVE LINE ISLAND SCORE, SKATE PARKS THERE, IT'S NOT SPECIALTY AND THEN IT'S A FURTHER CATEGORY DOWN, WE'LL SAY SKATE PARK AND IT'LL GET SCORED.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE SEND THE NEEDS INVENTORY BACK OUT, YOU'LL SEE THESE COLUMNS AND CUZ THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN SORT IN SUPPORT.
WELL I'LL JUST HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION.
I JUST, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT THERE, BUT UM, JARED, DON'T WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DOG PARK OR SKATE PARK MASTER PLAN YET? NO, NOT HAVEN'T.
AND KIND OF A A POINT TO THAT IT'S MORE OF DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAN I MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO I THINK THE POINT MIGHT BE TRYING TO MAKE A, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN LOCATIONS.
SINCE THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF DID THAT WITH THE, THE DOG PARKS THAT FIRST ROUND WAIT, UM, KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT ON A TECHNICAL BASIS AND WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK OF WHERE Y'ALL DID AND DID NOT WANT THEM JUST KIND OF BASED ON WHAT
SO IF YOU THERE A PRIORITY FROM YOUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT EACH DIFFERENT PARK SITE AND THEN JUST APPLY THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO SEE IF IT'S SABLE OR NOT FURTHER.
BECAUSE IF YOU, IF THE CRITERIA ONLY SHOWED THAT THERE WERE REALLY FOUR DIFFERENT SPOTS FOR EXAMPLE, THAT REALLY WOULD WORK WITH DOG PARKS, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED 5 MILLION OR MAYBE WE NEED, MAYBE THERE'S 20 SPOTS THAT WE SHOULD PUT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN MAKING THAT DECISION OF HOW MUCH TO ASSIGN TO THAT.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS THROUGH OUR COMP PLAN AND HAS WHAT OUR ACCESS CRITERIA SHOULD BE FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE BASING OUR TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND COMPANY OF EACH TYPE OF THING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE.
CAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER IS FOR SKATEBOARDS WE SHOULD HAVE FOR CITY OF DALLAS SIZE, BUT WE CAN START AT THAT NUMBER AND THEN WITH THE UH, PEGA CRITERIA OF LIKE SITE LOCATION AND THAT TYPE OF THING, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT, OKAY, WHICH PARKS MAKE THE MOST SENSE, YOU KNOW? SURE.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT.
JUST AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF NEW BECAUSE WE REALLY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SKATE PARK.
IT'S NOT NO, THAT HASN'T DONE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION YET.
SO, ALRIGHT, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT BEFORE MAYBE A TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT ALL OF US SHOULD EMAIL OUR THOUGHTS, UM, TO THE PLANNING FIELD SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, SOME OF THE NEEDS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.
UM, SO THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR ADJUSTMENTS OR YOU CAN WORK ON THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
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PERHAPS EVEN GIVING US THE LIST OF DOG SITES AND SKATE PARKS THAT YOU THINK SO FAR, YOU KNOW, OF HOW MANY WE'RE GONNA DO.UM, AND SO WE CAN TRY TO SCATTER THEM ACROSS.
MAYBE WE BRING IN THE MASTER PLAN OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED, UM, AND BRING THAT INTO THIS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATE THE CORRECT FUNDING TO IT.
UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERGLADE IS SLATED FOR AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD, MOST OF OUR NEW PARKS ARE PLAYGROUNDS ASAC ACCESSIBLE WITH THE HARD SURFACE.
BUT OUR MASTER PLAN INDICATED THAT WE WERE GONNA PUT BIGGER PLAYGROUNDS IN CERTAIN VICINITIES, SO WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE BRING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
UM, AND THEN ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU CAN EMAIL IN, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, BE BETTER PREPARED ON OUR NEXT ROUND.
I I UNDERSTAND IT'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, WE'VE KNOWN THAT BOND IS COMING SO WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THAT EXTRA HELP SCREEN TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
MS. ROSS, UM, BOARD, IF WE COULD JUST HOLD OFF ON THOSE EMAILS UNTIL WE SEND YOU THE TEMPLATE, SEND THAT BACK TO US.
IT'LL BE MUCH EASIER IF EVERYONE SENDS IT IN THE SAME FORMAT.
THANK YOU FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT DATA.
SO WE'LL TRY TO HAVE THAT TO YOU BY
WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S FORMATTED PROPERLY.
THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING DATES THIS, WE'LL SEND THAT AS WHAT FOR YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK, RIGHT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE UPDATES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES.
THE WORKSHOP IS NOW CONCLUDED.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST IS STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, I GIVE HAVE ONE AND THEN MR. JOHNSON WILL HAVE ONE FORWARD.
I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ABOUT N RPA SINCE THE SEASON, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP FOR N RPA TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, BUT HERE IN DALLAS, PLEASE SEND US, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHO IS JOIN TENS EVEN THOUGH IT IS HERE, WE STILL HAVE, WE CAN'T JUST SHOW UP.
WE STILL HAVE TO, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TONY IRVIN IS GOING TO BE MEETING US.
YOU HIRED THE BEST, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
AND SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF COURSE OUR STAFF IS DOING SMALL GATHERING FOR HIM, BUT HE'S GOT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE RECEIVED A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HIM.
UH, I WANTED TO LET KNOW JUST CAUSE HE SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT.
AND, UM, OF COURSE OUR CHAIR FROM SAFETY, UH, OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT, UH, TONY HAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AS FAR AS SECURITY AND EVERYTHING? SO I'M, IT'S A TOUGH DAY FOR US TODAY, BUT WE'RE PLEASED BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE, WE BUILD THEM UP AND GO FOR IT.
UM, OH YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND I THINK ALL OF THEM HAVE SEEN, UH, HOW ELOQUENT HE IS, HOW ESTEEM HE IS.
UH, HE'S JUST A, A GREAT PRESIDENT, UH, TO WORK WITH.
ANY OTHER STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
ANY LIAISON REPORT? MS HAS, UM, PRIDE AND BLOOM AT THE ARBORETUM IS NEXT WEEK AND WE ARE INVITED TO BE ON, NOT REALLY A PANEL, BUT, UM, 8 39 O'CLOCK THE PROGRAM STARTS.
THE V I P AND ALL THAT STARTS AT, UM, OH AT EIGHT 30.
I THINK THE WHOLE THING KICKS OFF AT NIGHT, BUT THE PART, EVERYBODY ON THE PARK BOARD ALWAYS HAS TO MERGE TOO.
HE SENT YOU THE EMAIL FOR ALTOGETHER AN EMAIL.
YES, IT WAS, IT'S A COUPLE, LIKE A
SHOWING THE LOVE FOR OUR PARTNERS.
OH, THE FRIENDS OF WILLIS WINTERS PARK IN ABOUT A WEEK IS GOING TO BE REVEALING THEIR COMPLETED HISTORIC PAVILION RESTORATION.
HATS OFF TO MR. WILLIAMS MCLE.
NEXT SATURDAY, 9:00 AM JUNE 10TH AT VALLEY VIEW PARK.
THROUGH PART OF THE NEW FRIENDS OF VALLEY VIEW WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LIKE TO HELP US ACTIVATE THE UH, FOREST THAT IS IN VALLEY VIEW AND IS NOT, UH, CURRENTLY BEING USED.
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AND ALSO WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S SLIDE CHALLENGE AT OUR WATER PARKS.BO'S GOING TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU MR. VICE PRESIDENT, UM, TRINITY RIVER AUMAN CENTER WHO NOTHING Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, JUST HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER WITH YOUR ANNUAL FAILS COCKTAIL TO THE DEATH WILL ATTEND IT.
UH, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN COME NEXT YEAR.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, TONY IK WON AN AMAZING PERSON IN A SHORT TIME.
I MEAN, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO SEE AND IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE AD HOC SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, YOU SEE JUST TOPNOTCH WORLD CLASS PROFESSIONAL.
I'M JUST SORRY HE WENT SOMEWHERE SO FAST, BUT GOOD FOR HIM.
BUT HE IS, UH, I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY EVEN CLOSE TO LIKE THAT, UH, WHEN YOU START RECRUITING CUZ HE REALLY WAS EXCEPTIONAL.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
ANY OTHER LIAISON REPORTS THIS WEEKEND THERE IS A FISHING, UM, KENLEY FISHING EVENT AT BLAIR PARK.
UM, COUNCILMAN BASIL DOK, ALONG WITH UM, COUNCILWOMAN, JASMINE CROCKETT, UM, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER LITTLE, UM, NONPROFITS ARE PUTTING THIS ON TEXAS WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES STOCKING THE POND TOMORROW, UM, WITH A BUNCH OF BIG FISH AND THEY'LL BE READY TO CATCH ON SATURDAY.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PARTICIPATING AND IT'S THE THIRD ANNUAL AND IT'S GONNA BE A FUN EVENT.
SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COME OUT AND FISH THIS SATURDAY, UM, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, UM, FUN EVENT FOR YOUR, YOU AND YOUR KIDS AND FAMILY.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? AWESOME.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FLAG RAISING, UM, AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY TODAY.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THE TIME IS NOW TWO 10 AND THIS MEETING IS A FAIR, GREAT EVENING.