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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on August 03, 2023.]
STAN AUGUST 3RD, CONVENE OUR DALLAS PARK ATION.HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD SUMMER, UH, MARK IN DALLAS, BUT IS GOING ON SOME GOOD THINGS FROM THE CITY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY'S MEETING THAT OUR FIRST OF THIS SPEAKER, SPEAKER GUIDELINES, EACH SPEAKER WILL SPEAK TO YOUR COMMENTS, CHAIR ONLY, ANY SPEAKER, PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROPANE OR S SLANG REMARKS OR ARE, OR BARR FROM THE MEETING.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS COUNCILWOMAN JANE SCHU.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
GREAT CITIES BEGIN WITH PARKS.
DALLAS IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE WHITE ROCK LAKES, SAMUEL GRAND AND OTHER PARKS WE'VE HAD FOR GENERATIONS.
WE LOVE OUR NEWER PARKS AND WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO YOU, OUR PARK BOARD FOR INVESTING IN THESE PROJECTS.
I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IN LIFE THE IDEA OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND THE PARK VERSUS ADDING A PARK TO AN EXISTING COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE 2014 ADOPTION OF THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND ALL THE ZONING THAT COMES WITH IT IS TO BUILD A NEW REGIONAL CENTER WITH OVER 8,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS, MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND OFFICE.
THE DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY A SMALL TOWN OF 25,000 IN THE HEART OF NORTH TEXAS.
IT'S DALLAS' ONLY CHANCE TO SERIOUSLY COMPETE WITH THE NORTH SUBURBS.
THE CENTERPIECE IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMONS, THE PARK I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT IN THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION.
THE VISION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE PARK.
WE'RE BUILDING THE TOWN AROUND THE PARK INSTEAD OF HAVING THE PARKLAND.
AS A RESULT, MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WAITING FOR THE PARKLAND TO BE QUIET BEFORE THEY REDEVELOP THEIR LAND.
THEY WANNA BE ASSURED THAT OUR CITY IS INVESTING IN THIS PARK BEFORE THEY BUILD TALLER, BIGGER, MORE FINANCIALLY RISKY
THIS BOND ELECTION IS OUR TIME TO ACT.
WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE OF DALLAS AND DO THINGS WE'VE NEVER DONE IN OUR HISTORY.
WE CAN BUILD THE FIRST PARK CENTRIC COMMUNITY IN DALLAS, SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER DONE.
WE CAN DESIGN A 21 ACRE PUBLIC SPACE REFLECTING THE DIVERSE CULTURES THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR CITY.
FIRST, WE CAN UNLOCK $5 BILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH AN INVESTMENT OF LESS THAN 5%.
THERE'S NO GREATER RETURN ANYWAY.
THIS IS NOT ONLY A SIMPLE YES FROM PARKS AND ECO DEBT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ALSO A MAP OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.
NORTH DALLAS IS BY ANY STANDARD PARKS AGAINST CURRENTLY THE RESIDENTIAL BASE OF THIS AREA MAKES IT A QUALIFIED SINCE IT'S TRACKED FINANCIALLY IN THE FUTURE, RESIDENTS WILL BE FULLY MIXED INCOME AGAIN, FIRST IN DALLAS.
NOWHERE ELSE ARE WE PLANNING ON A PRE-PLANNED, FULLY MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY OF HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY.
SO PLEASE BE THERE AND SAY YES.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. TAM RELL VIRTUAL.
CAN YOU PUT ON CAMERA AND AUDIO? WE GET A MOMENT.
HI, UM, MY NAME IS SAM RIO AND I AM HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
CAN WE TURN THE WATER OFF PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UM, I'M SPEAKING FROM MY, UH, KITCHEN TABLE.
UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PARK IN MY COMMUNITY.
I KNOW WE'RE UP FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE ONE PITCH FOR SOCCER AND TWO TENNIS, UM, TWO TENNIS COURTS.
UM, THE TENNIS COURTS GET USED OFTEN FOR OTHER THINGS AND, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME TENNIS FLARES.
WE SOME, UH, AND A FEW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ASKED FOR PICKLEBALL.
IT HAS BECOME A SPECIAL OLYMPIC SPORT, AND SO AS A MOM OF AN ADULT WITH SPECIAL NEED, A PERSON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR ALSO SOME OTHER PICKLEBALL, UM, COURTS IN THE CO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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UM, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR, IF YOU TAKE A RIGHT OFF OF, UM, JIM MILLER.THERE'S ANOTHER SOCCER, SMALLER SOCCER COURTS OR SOCCER PITCHES AND, UM, A BASEBALL FIELD.
CURRENTLY WE DRIVE TO GARLAND, UM, TO DO BODY LEAGUE.
WE DRIVE TOO MANY OTHER PLACES TO DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT THAT BASEBALL FIELD WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE TO CONSIDER CREATING A, UM, A PARK.
A A THAT WOULD WOULD BE, THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATING TO FOLKS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SO THAT WE COULD CREATE A LEAGUE HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
WOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE SO FAR AWAY.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A SIGNATURE RECREATION CENTER AT CRAWFORD AND ONE THAT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SPECIAL FOR FOLKS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS BASKETBALL TEAM, UH, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, TAKING DART ALL THE WAY TO, UM, TO THE BATMAN LAKE AREA IN THE EVENING FOR PRACTICE SOMETIMES TAKES AN HOUR.
SOMETIMES YOU GET THERE 30 MINUTES LATE AND THEY PICK YOU UP 15 MINUTES EARLY.
UM, SO HAVING SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY OR EVEN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE, UM, SOME PROGRAMMING FOR OUR SPECIAL COMMUNITY, UH, WOULD REALLY BE APPRECIATED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MARIA VALENZUELA.
BEFORE MY TIME, UH, STARTS, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PACKAGES BECAUSE WE REFERRING TO THOSE.
WELL, I WILL BE REFERRING AND I NEED TO GET OUT.
I LIVE AT 24 45 DORRINGTON DRIVE, MONT EDITION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
THERE WILL BE THREE OF US SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PARIS, DALLAS, AND WE SHARE THE HISTORY OF OUR 28 YEAR QUEST TO GET THE WHITE ROCK HILLS ATION CENTER BUILT AT 21 31 21 65 HIGHLAND ROAD.
WE HAVE PROVIDED A PACKET OF MATERIALS FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
IF YOU PULL OUT THE HANDOUT CALLED QUEST FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, YOU CAN BE THE VISUALS THAT TODAY COULD DATE TIME.
NOW WAIT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE PACKAGES FOR DECADES.
THE CITIZENS ALONG THE LOWER FERGUSON ROAD CORRIDOR HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED BY THIS CITY UNTIL THE FORMATION OF THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE IN 1998.
WE HAVE NO NEIGHBORHOOD CHAMPION, VOICE OR ADVOCATE TO SHINE LIGHT IN THIS NEGLECT.
A RECREATION CENTER AND LIBRARY WERE FIRST IDENTIFIED IN 1995 AS A NEEDED AMENITY.
THE WHITE ROCK HILLS LIBRARY WAS SECURED, FUNDED, AND OPENED IN 2012.
ON PAGE THREE, YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY OF WORK COMPLETED TOWARDS THE RECREATION CENTER.
KEY DATES INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION, A FEASIBILITY STUDY APPROVED BY THE PARK BOARD AND ANALYSIS BY THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND A STUDY BY JACOBS ENGINEERING DETERMINING THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE CENTER TO BE 24 MILLION.
HOWEVER, YEAR AFTER YEAR BOND ELECTION AFTER BOND ELECTION, DESPITE, DESPITE THERE BEING A RECOGNIZED GAP IN RECREATION CENTER SERVICES.
SEE PAGE FOUR OF YOUR HANDOUT, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN BYPASSED.
THE GREEN CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTS A THREE MILE GAP BETWEEN RECREATION CENTERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT TAKES RESIDENTS LEAVING ALONG THE LOWER FERGUSON ROAD CORRIDOR AN HOUR TO WALK TO THE NEAREST CITY RECREATION CENTER.
THEY TAKE, IF THEY TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT TAKES BETWEEN 20 TO 58 MINUTES.
TURNING TO PAGE FIVE, OUR COMMUNITY IS 68 MINORITY AND SEVERAL CENSUS STRIKES WITH 12 TO 38 POVERTY RATES.
OUR CENTER SITE, NOT THE RATE START IS IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT WE WILL ALSO SERVE RESIDENTS LIVING IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND NINE.
I NOW WILL TURN THIS TO DESSI TANNER.
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MY NAME IS DESSI TANNER.I LIVE BY 2 7 0 7 RUNNING BOOK.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CHILDREN AREA CRIME WATCH AND THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE WHITE ROCK EAST AREA PLAN.
ALTHOUGH RECREATION CENTER WILL SERVE A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 70,000 RESIDENTS, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE SIX, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF THE 19 DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN A 1.5 MILE RADIUS OF THE CENTER THAT WILL BE SERVED BY THE ROCK, ROCK HILL RECREATION CENTER.
ON PAGE SEVEN IS A LIST OF 16 APARTMENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN ITS RADIUS ALL ARE AFFORDABLE, SUBSIDIZED, OR TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES.
THE CHILDREN'S FROM THESE APARTMENTS ATTEND AREA SCHOOLS RANGING FROM 88 TO 9% IN PROPERTY AND RECEIVE A FREE LUNCH PROGRAM.
PAGE EIGHT DEMONSTRATES THAT WHITE BLOCK HILLS RECREATION CENTER IS THE FINAL PHASE OF A WELL THOUGHT OUT STRATEGIC COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE ASH CREEK GREENVILLE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE FROM SAMUEL BOULEVARD TO LAKELAND DRIVE.
IT IS PART OF A CAREFULLY INTEGRATED HEALTH AND RECREATION INITIATIVE THAT MEANS WELL DOCUMENTED COMMUNITY T UH, NEEDS OUTDOOR AMENITIES INCLUDE THE WHITE ROCK HILLS PARK IN 2021.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER TWO, BIKE PATH AND SIDEWALKS ON HIGHLAND ROAD COMPLETED IN 2022.
THAT CONNECTS TO THE 20 T FOREST PINE TRAIL.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE TRAIL IS SCHEDULED FOR A RIBBON CUING SET CEREMONY IN OCTOBER.
THE TRAIL CONNECTS TO HIGHLAND ROAD AND PROVIDES CITYWIDE CONNECTIVITY FOR A ONCE ISOLATED COMMUNITY.
OTHER AMENITIES AND IMPROVEMENT ON THE HARASS AND CLOSE MOUNTAIN BACK TRAILS.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND, UH, HIGHLAND FERGUSON ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.
TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER, F R I IS A TRUSTED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WITH A 30 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF PERFORMANCES WHEN INVESTING PUBLIC MONEY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS WITHIN THE CAPACITY TO EXECUTE ON WHAT THEY SAY AND, AND THAT THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
WE HAVE SHARED SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DIG DEEPER TO PAINT A FULLER PICTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT A RECREATION CENTER WILL MEAN TO IMPROVING A QUALITY OF LIFE.
NOW I WILL TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO SUSAN HOPPER.
I LIVE AT PHYLLIS AND ASH CREEK AND DISTRICT TWO.
THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE RECREATION STORY IS A TALE OF TWO CITIES ON ONE SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE WEST.
OUR COMMUNITIES WITH NO POVERTY.
FAMILIES ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND THEY FACE BEAUTIFUL WHITE ROCK LAKE.
THE ARBORETUM AND SHOP AT CASA LINDA TO THE EAST OF THE TRACKS ARE MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES MADE UP OF BOTH STABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ITS TRANSIENT MULTIFAMILY POPULATION.
APARTMENTS HAVE PLAYGROUNDS AND SWIMMING POOLS.
WHITE ROCK HILLS PARK ONCE AN ILLEGAL DUMP SITE NOW PROVIDES HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES.
A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK WITH THE OPENING OF THE TRINITY FOREST SPINE TRAIL COMMUNITIES TO THE EAST NOW HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO WHITE ROCK LAKE AND CITYWIDE CONNECTIVITY.
ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY WATCHDOG AND A POSITIVE CHANGE AGENT, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE STILL HAVE RATE B ON PAGE NINE.
A STUDY BY BAYLOR RATE ZIP CODE 7 5 2 2 8 R COMMUNITY, A 4.8 ON A FIVE POINT SCALE AND THE COMMUNITY NEED INDEX.
THE HIGHER THE SCORE, THE GREATER THE NEED.
ON PAGE 10, A STUDY BY PARKLAND INDICATES 33% OF CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY SUFFER WITH ASTHMA.
ON PAGE 11, OUR MAPS FROM THE U SS D A AND DALLAS FOUNDATION SHOWING THIS COMMUNITY IS A CERTIFIED FOOD AND CHILDCARE DESERT.
ON PAGE 12, A STUDY FROM S M U
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LABELS THIS COMMUNITY AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE DESERT BUILDING THE WHITE ROCK HILLS RECREATION CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BE THE FINAL PHASE TO FULLY REDEVELOP THIS COMMUNITY.F R I IS ACTIVELY SEEKING PARTNERS FOR THE CENTER, NOT ONLY TO ENHANCE SERVICE OFFERINGS, BUT ALSO TO REDUCE OPERATING COSTS.
OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERS IN THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH RESOURCES PROVIDED FOR RECREATION CENTER, OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
ORGANIZED SPORTS EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ART PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE AND THE RESIDENTS OF FAR EAST DALLAS ASK YOU TO PLEASE PLACE THE WHITE ROCK HILLS RECREATION CENTER ON THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF NORTH OAK CLIFF GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, UH, IN NORTH OAK CLIFF THAT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2005, UH, HAS RAISED OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AT STEVENS PARK GOLF COURSE.
UM, WE ARE THE LEAD ORGANIZATION THAT IS PROPOSING A NEW GOLF CLUBHOUSE FOR THE COURSE.
UM, I SUPPOSE WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS THESE, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ESTABLISH COMPELLING NEED FOR SUCH A STRUCTURE AND THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO.
UH, THE CLUBHOUSE IS OVER 80 YEARS OLD.
IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1942 WITH W P A MONEY.
UH, IT SUFFERS FROM ALL OF THE DEFICIENCIES IN FOIBLES THAT MOST OLD STRUCTURES DO.
THERE'S A SLAB LEAK THAT WE JUST DISCOVERED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UH, THE PRO SHOP IS TOO SMALL.
FOOD SERVICE AREA IS TOO SMALL.
UH, WE HAVE NO ROOM FOR PLUG REPAIR WORK OR RENTAL CLUB STORAGE YET.
WITH ALL OF THAT, WE MANAGED TO DO OVER 55,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF PER YEAR AND HOST ON AVERAGE 120 GOLF TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR.
THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER DALLAS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.
WE HAVE COBBLED TOGETHER H V A C AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS AGAIN THAT ARE COMMON TO OLD STRUCTURES.
UM, THERE IS, HOWEVER, BEYOND THESE COMPONENT REASONS, ONE COMPELLING REASON THAT I FEEL STANDS ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS, AND THAT IS IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM AT STEVENS PARK CLUBHOUSE.
THERE IS ONE TOILET, ONE TOILET.
I DON'T THINK AT ANY OTHER DALLAS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE.
THERE IS A WOMEN'S RESTROOM WITH ONE TOILET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY GOLF CLUBHOUSE IN THESE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A WOMEN'S RESTROOM WITH ONLY ONE TOILET.
UH, I KNOW A LOT OF THE LADIES WHO PLAY AT STEVENS PARK, THEY KNOW WHO I AM AND THEY KNOW MY ASSOCIATION WITH GREEN SPACE AND WHEN THEY SEE ME, I GET AN EARFUL AND RIGHTLY SO ABOUT ONE TOILET IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM.
UH, HERE, UM, BEYOND THE CLEAR ECONOMIC REASONS FOR A NEW CLUBHOUSE AT STEVENS PARK, I THINK THERE'S A CIVIC PRIDE ISSUE HERE THAT EVERYONE, MALE OR FEMALE, GOLFER OR NON GOLFER CAN UNDERSTAND.
UH, AND THAT AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS.
MR. POSER, THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES.
UH, THIS PICTURE WILL BE IN DIRECTOR, UH, JENKINS' OFFICE IN COUNCILMAN WEST'S OFFICE IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE
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THANK YOU.JUST UH, WITH THE OPEN MICROPHONES, I DID GET A TEXT FROM DAN OTTMAN, F I THAT IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO VISIT THAT AREA, UH, THEY'LL BE WELCOME TO DO SO.
I WILL HAVE YOU SEND HERE, SHARE THEIR INFORMATION.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO VISIT, THEY'LL ARRANGE A GROUP PHONE TO SHOW THE PRESENTATION IN PERSON THE AREA ABOUT
SO YOU HELP TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO NEXT
DO HAVE MUCH MR. SLAUGHTER? MR. PALM? RE IT? ANY UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? HAVE IT CONCENTRATE.
YOU HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. NER? MR.
ANY OPPOSED? I AS HAVE IT I FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. NER TO ACCEPT MS. COLLINS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? A, A HAVE UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? NUMBER FOUR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN? UH, MR. KINI SECOND WITH ANY DISCUSSION? IS THAT ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE.
OKAY, NOW WE MOVE TO ALL OUR BOOKING AGENT.
AND WE GET TO HER BRIEFING, LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROCESS WITH MS. UH,
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MR. DARREN MAPSCO.
HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE DESIGNATION COMMITTEE FOR THE DALLAS LANDMARK MISSION AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROCESS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DARREN.
BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
I KNOW YOU HAVE VERY FULL AGENDA.
THIS IS GONNA BE BRIEF, THIS OVERVIEW DESTINATION EVER GIVEN BY ANYBODY.
AND IT'S NICE TO SEE A FORMER LANDMARK COMMISSIONER AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW I'M TALKING TO.
SO, UH, HOW WOULD YOU NOT PROCEED? THERE'S THE CLICKER.
THE REASON I'M HERE, THERE'S A CLICKER RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE FOR YOU.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS ONE, I SERVED 10 YEARS IN DALLAS LINE COMMISSION.
I SERVED 22 YEARS ON DESTINATION COMMITTEE.
I HAVE SERVED 2017 YEARS AND CONTINUING ED ROLE, UH, FOR REALTORS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I'M A HISTORICAL HOME SPECIALIST.
I HAVE TRAINED LANDLORD COMMISSIONERS.
I HAVE DONE A FEW OTHER THINGS.
SO I, SO WITH THAT SAID, DALLAS HISTORY IS OFTEN REFLECTED BY THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM.
AND WHEN I WALKED BY THIS ROOM, I LOOKED AT THE PRESERVATION OF DALLAS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AND REALIZED HOW INTEGRAL PRESERVATION IS TO THIS PARTNER DEPARTMENT NOW, OR YOU DON'T KNOW, THIS IS GALA, SEE LIKE IN 1850 DAYS.
BUT GALA HALL WAS ONLY IN THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO DO THINGS DO CHANGE AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA COMMUNICATE TODAY TO YOU IS THAT PRESERVATION IS A NOT ABOUT FREEZING A BUILDING OR PLACE IN KIND AND LEAVING IT ALONE AND NEVER TOUCHING IT AGAIN.
PRESERVATION IS NOT ELEGANT AND LONG.
THAT'S THE BEST PHRASE I'VE EVER HEARD WHAT PRESENTATION MEANS.
BUT IT IS THE DELIBERATE PROCESS OF DECIDING WHAT WE WANT ANOTHER GENERATION TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR GENERATION AND PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.
IT IS ALSO AN URBAN DESIGN AND ECONOMIC TOOL CITY.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DESIGNATIONS.
THE ONLY ONE WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE CITY OF DALLAS PROCESS.
THERE'S MORE THAN 4,000 STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAS MORE THAN 50,000 EXTERIORS, MORE THAN 15,018 CITY IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
CITY COUNCIL HAS ACTUALLY CHARGED THE LANDMARK COMMISSION WITH 17 DIFFERENT GOALS.
WE ALL KNOW AS BOARD, FORMER BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, A BOARD CANNOT ACHIEVE 79.
NUMBER FIVE IS MORE THE BOARD IS TO PROMOTE THE ENJOYMENT AND USE HISTORIC RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE.
THE BATHHOUSE LANDMARK COMMISSION IS, ITS ROLE IS DEFINED OF THE JOB.
IT'S EVERYTHING FROM VIEW CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS TO DESIGNATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
IT IS APPROVAL TAXES AND BY EXTINCTIONS TRANSFERRED DEVELOPMENT LABS, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE CITY OF HOSPITAL.
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OTHER CITIES.AND INITIATION IS THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS.
INITIATION CAN BE DONE BY THE ONE FOUR PARTIES AND THAT IS THE LANDMARK COMMISSIONER.
IT COULD BE DONE BY THE C T C COMMISSIONER.
IT CAN ALSO BE DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH OFTEN HAPPENS AND IT CAN ALSO BE DONE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INITIATION AND DESTINATION INITIATION IS TOO TEMPORARY.
IT USUALLY LASTS FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
IT IS ALSO TIED TO THAT POINT.
STRUCTURED HAS THERAPY WHERE THERE DESIGNATION WHETHER IT SHOULD PROCEED IN THE PROCESS.
IT IS ALSO TO PREVENT SOMETIMES CIRCUMVENTION OF THAT DESIGNATION SO THAT IF YOU'RE LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DALLAS, YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BEST
WHEN YOU ARE INITIATING, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATE QUALITIES.
TRUCTURE THE DESIGNATION BECOMES THE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THAT ISSUE.
WORK AND ALTERATION FOR
THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION.
THE UH, DESIGNATION COMMITTEE HAS ACTUALLY 10 CRITERIA THAT WE USE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALSO, THESE ARE THE THREE THAT ARE THE MOST PERTINENT PART PART AND THAT IS THE HISTORY.
HERITAGE,
THERE'S A HISTORIC EVENT ASSOCIATED SIDE OR THAT IT REPRESENT SPORT EDUCATION SO THAT PAST GENERATIONS WE UNDERSTAND PAST GENERATIONS.
THE DETERMINATION PROCESS DESIGNATION COMMITTEE INITIATES PROPERTY AND IS SUBMITTED TO HER REVIEW.
AND NOT ALL BUILDINGS ARE EVER CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION.
INTEGRITY IS THE FUTURE SHOULD BE SUBMIT PROPERTIES WHERE THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING SEVERE COMPROMISE.
THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF IS THE HARD ROCK CAFE ON THE CANYON AVENUE.
THE DOME WAS REMOVED AND ADDED ONTO WINDOWS WERE CHANGED, ET CETERA.
ALSO IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 40 YEARS OF AGE.
AND IF THERE IS TOTAL PROPOSITION, I HAVE SERVED ON THE DESIGNATION AT 817 PEOPLE SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ONE NOMINATION.
WE HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR CAFETERIA 'CAUSE NO ROOM WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT POINT.
THE DESIGNATION COMMITTEE DOES THREE THINGS.
THEY TAKE THE NOMINATION REPORT AND PREPARE AT ALL.
IT'S A FULL HISTORY OF THE, THE PROPERTY AND OF THE
THE
THE SECOND ITEM IS WHAT IS REALLY
IT IS ALSO THE COMMITTEE BALANCE PRESERVATION CRITERIA.
IT TELLS FUTURE STAFF AND
AND IT CAN BE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE WANT IT TO BE.
IT ALSO PREPARES TO CYCLONES AND LIMITS.
PROTECTIONS ARE DEFINED 'CAUSE NOT EVERYTHING WILL BE PROTECTED OR IS PROTECTED.
THIS IS COVER PAGE FOR A RECENT DRAFT NOMINATION.
THIS IS
I STILL HAVE THE LINE ORIGINAL
IT IS STILL HAND TYPED, BUT THE HISTORIC NOMINATION COURT AND ON HISTORIC DATES, E
NOW BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY AT ONE TIME CITY OFFICES WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO USE ILLUSTRATIONS.
SO WE DON'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE FLOOR PLANS.
YOU SEE THE FLOOR PLAN UNDER BEYOND HOUSE FOUNDATION.
WE'D ALSO ON THE RIGHT IT KATHLEEN GIL'S FAMILY
'CAUSE NOT ALL ATIONS HAVE BUILDINGS, DOORS, WINDOWS, DEFINING ELEMENTS, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS OF ANY OTHER FISCAL REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS A SITE PLANNING FROM BUILDING TO FILL.
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RE-REVIEWED SHOWS SOUTHWEST THE DESTINATION COULD BE THE RED ORIGINAL DESTINATION.HAD A PROPOSED BUILDING SITE AT THE END SITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
CARS DESTINATION COMMITTEE THAT WE REVIEWED IT WHEN WE CHANGED THE BUILDING LOCATION, INCREASE THE NO BILL ZONE AND ALSO ALLOWED HIM TO GO A 35 HIGH LIMIT IN ORIGINAL CRITERIA TO A 70 FOOT HIGH LIMIT TO OFFSET MAINTAINING THAT CRITERIA FOR THAT VIEW PROJECT.
LANDMARK COMMISSION THEN REVIEWS THE NOMINATION CRITERIA AND SITE PLAN RECEIVES ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NCE AND MOVES ON TO C P C TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
EACH ONE OF THESE STEPS, PUBLIC HEARING.
SO DESIGNATION IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
LANDMARK COMMISSION IS PUBLIC HEARINGS.
P C IS FOLLOWED WITH PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE IT BECOMES A DALLAS LANDMARK.
DALLAS LANDMARKS INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM MAJESTIC TO THE 180 CRAFT HOUSE AND LAKE CLIFF PARK.
THE LIST OF HISTORIC PARKS THAT WERE DESIGNATED OR ALREADY INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM FAIR PARK STATION, BUT IN PARTICULAR I SAW IT WAS UNDER UH, MAIN STREET GARDEN.
MAIN STREET GARDEN ORIGINALLY HAD THREE DESIGNATED BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE.
LANDMARK COMMISSION AND DESIGNATION COMMITTEE.
ALSO DETERMINANTS PARK MORE IMPORTANT THAN, I HATE TO USE THE WORD MEDIOCRE, HIS HISTORIC BUILDING, BUT LET'S SAY LESS DESIRABLE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DESIGNATED THE GOAL OF THE LANDMARK COMMISS MISSION IS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY AND THEREFORE WE WAIVE THE DESIGNATION, THE DESIGNATED
WE ALSO INCLUDE INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF LANDMARK CEMETERIES.
I WAS
BUT THESE ARE ALL THE CEMETERIES ARE DESIGNATED, INCLUDING ON YOUR CEMETERY.
WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BI I SS D.
THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALSO DESIGNATED AND TO SHOW YOU HOW FLEXIBLE THAT IS.
D I S D RESOLUTION CRITERIA IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE OF MANY CRITERIA BROUGHT IN THAT THE BLUE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT ANY REVIEW WORK CAN BE DONE WITHOUT ANY REVIEW.
STAFF ALWAYS HAS EXPEDIT TO REVIEW AND DOES 48 HOURS OF RECEIPT.
AND ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I CAN THINK OF THIS DOES NOT MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE'S IDEA PRESERVATIONS SHOULD IT BE, BUT FOR ME IT IS THE EXAMPLE WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
BUILDING MASSIVELY VERY TEMPORARY STATEMENT.
IT HAS LINEATED
THE IMPORTANT THINGS FROM IS THAT IT IS A
IT ALSO IS A POSSIBLE ORGANIZATION BE WRITTEN PLUS THE SPECIFIC NEED BUILDING SIDE, WHATEVER.
IT'S ALSO REMARKABLE IN THAT WE CAN TAKE AN MASTER PLAN FROM THE PARK AND ACTUALLY CODIFY IT AS IMPORTANT AND LET IT PROCEED SO THAT INSTEAD OF SITTING ON A SHOW THAT GETS SOMEWHAT FORGOTTEN BY SOME DEPARTMENTS, IT NOW BECOMES A CITY ORDINANCE.
IT'S ALSO COMMITTEE BY AND COMES PROTECTED LANDMARK FROM THERE OWN DALLAS PARK.
HAVE LOT OF STRUCTURES TO RECEIVE.
AND ULTIMATELY I'M GONNA CLOSE WITH THIS IS
PARTICIPATION TEACHERS AND STORY RESOURCES MUST OF THE
THIS IS AND THE BEGINNING THINGS CHANGE.
THINGS DO CHANGE AND PRESERVATION HAS CHANGED AND REMAINS THE FLUXX HOLE PROGRAM.
AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AND WITH THAT, UH, MR. CONNOR.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS, UM, ALL THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AND PARKS, UM, THAT, THAT WE CAN SEE LIKE A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE ACTUALLY EXIST.
UM, I, WE I COULD ASK THE STAFF, UH, HISTORIC OFFICE AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRIED TO COMPARE ONE FOR YOU.
IT IS, UM,
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WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.I'M YOUR CHIEF PRESERVATION PLANNER.
UH, WE DO ON OUR WEBSITE, HAVE A MAP THAT, UH, SHOWS ALL OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND OUR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS.
SO THE PARKS WOULD BE ON THERE AS WELL AS THE CEMETERIES.
WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT WEBSITE IF YOU JUST GOOGLE? UH, DALLAS, CITY OF DALLAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A LIST OF, WE'VE BROKEN THEM OUT INTO INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL FOR OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS.
AND THERE ARE ONES FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
SO YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY OR YOU CAN LOOK UP THE WHOLE THING.
UM, UM, I WILL SAY THIS, WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF G I S PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF OUR LAYER IS STILL UP THERE.
SO, BUT ON THIS WEBSITE SOMEWHERE AT TAKE A WHILE FOR THIS TO BOOT UP YEAH.
ON THERE IS A OVER, LIKE AN OVERLAY ON A MAP.
DO YEAH, I I KNOW THAT THE SPECIFIC PART, C V I S HAS ONE.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE IF YOU GO INTO THE, UH, WHEN YOU ARE, WHEN IT COMES UP AND YOU CAN GO INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, ALL, ALL OF THEM ARE INDIVIDUALLY LISTED AS TO WHICH ONES.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAPS, ALL OF THEM.
OR LIKE I SAY, I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE LAYER FOR THE OVERALL G I S MAP RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET IT ALL ON IT THE OTHER DAY AND IT MAY BE DOWN.
AND THESE ARE JUST THE, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE G I S NOW, THESE ARE JUST THE DISTRICTS, CORRECT? RIGHT.
HOW MANY DISTRICTS DO WE HAVE NORTH OF, LET'S SAY MOCKINGBIRD? WELL, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE 21 DISTRICTS ALL TOGETHER.
AND I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT WOULD BE, UM, NORTH OF MY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THE CEMETERIES, UH, NORTH OF MOCKINGBIRD, UH, NORTH OF MOCKINGBIRD WOULD BE TWO FACILITIES OF
WE HAVE CEMETERIES IN FRONT
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I GUESS? UH OH, UH, MS. NDA.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE MANY, MANY YEARS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE LOVED DALLAS AND HAVE APPRECIATED DALLAS AND HAVE HELPED US BRING, BRING A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND LIFE INTO OLD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INITIATIVES AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PARK BOARD.
WITH THAT SAID, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
I KNOW THIS SESSION,
SO YOU ARE, THIS IS A GREAT KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BOARD.
WE MOVE TO OUR BUDGET UPDATES.
MAY SIR, TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE? YES, SIR.
UH, FIRST TWO THINGS I, I WANNA SAY FIRST, WELCOME BACK, DIRECTOR JENKINS.
AND MY SECOND POINT PRIVILEGE IS, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE SENIORS FROM MARTIN WEESE RECREATIONAL CENTER HERE.
OUR PARK BOARD WORKS, UH, WITH ONE OF THEIR LEADERS.
MR. THERE, UM, RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE LOOK THE WHOLE GROUP BACK HERE.
UH, WANNA RECOGNIZE THEY'RE BIG ADVOCATES OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE OUT ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BARN.
WE ANYWHERE WE SEE, WE HAVE A DISTRICT MEETING.
THEY'RE THERE SUPPORTING MARTIN WE, AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE WITH THEIR WEST, WEST OAK CLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
ARE WE ON? AFTERNOON ON? THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE ISSUES.
WE HAD A WAY OF, UH, WHAT WAS NEEDED OUT AT
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HEAD PRO.
JIM HENDERSON, WHEN YOU STAND UP, JIM, JIM WORKS
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HARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND HE DIDN'T LET SOMEBODY COME DOWN AND SPEAK FOR HIM.THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND UH, JOHN, IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU BACK.
FINALLY, CRYSTAL CAN GET SOME RISKS.
SINCE YOU, JOHN, YOU'RE WELCOME.
WE MISSED YOU, BUT WE REALLY DID.
SO THANK, PLEASE DON'T STRESS HIM ENOUGH TO GO BACK.
GONE TO NEXT POINT ON THE AGENDA, BUDGET UPDATE, UPDATES IN THE ROOM.
I SAW HER EARLIER, BUT, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S NO BUDGET.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK 'CAUSE SHE NEEDS TO COME BACK AND REMIND YOU ALL ABOUT THE UPCOMING MEETINGS AND BUDGET.
THERE'S A BRIEFING THAT'S COMING UP NEXT, NEXT WEDNESDAY.
I NEED TO, THAT'S WHEN THE CITY MANAGER WILL DISCLOSE HIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND YOU'LL GET A MEMO FROM US PROBABLY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, IF NOT MONDAY, UH, ONCE HE RELEASE HIS PROPOSAL, OUTLINED WHAT WE DID RECEIVE OR NOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, RACHEL PRETTY MUCH GAVE THEM A BRIEF TELLING THEM THAT THERE'LL BE A MEMO COMMENT DUE FRIDAY OR MONDAY AT THE LATEST.
UH, ONCE THE CITY MANAGER RELEASE HIS PROPOSED BUDGET, THEY'LL BE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, YES, THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE STILL RECEIVING UPDATED NUMBERS, SO THAT PRESENTATION SHOULD GO OUT TOMORROW OR AT THAT POINT I WOULD BE ABLE SEE THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING CHANGED BY TUESDAY, THE PRESENTATION.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT ARE STARTING ON THE 10TH RUNNING THROUGH THE 24TH.
SO OF COURSE THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE PARK SYSTEMS. REMINDER, THANK YOU.
AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT YOU ALL REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
IT REALLY DOES MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD REALLY TRY TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE.
SO WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO THE
MR. PRESIDENT, REAL QUICK, I'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WATCHING THAT, THAT THE MICROPHONE ON THE THE LEFT, OUR LEFT IS A LITTLE BIT MUFFLED, A LOT MORE MUFFLED THAN THE MICROPHONE ON THE RIGHT.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE SPEAKERS USE A MICROPHONE ON OUR RIGHT, PRIMARILY, THAT'D BE BETTER.
SO BEFORE, UH, THIS GET STARTED, I THINK THAT REAL QUICK ON THIS WORKSHOP TODAY, UH, I THINK WE STARTED IT A FEW WEEKS BACK, WE HAD A FEW SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WE KEEP ON REPEATING, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS WE WILL PERFORM FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
UH, FINALLY I THINK LAST WEEK OR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE GAVE AN INDICATION OF $350 BILLION.
SHE TOOK THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE CITY LEVEL ALONG ON DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S PRESENTING.
THE OBJECTIVE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS THAT ONCE SHE IS PRESENTED IT, I THINK WE GO OVER WITH EACH BOARD MEMBERS LITTLE MORE INPUT AND THEN I WILL CALL A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.
AGAIN, MR. JENKINS HAVE BEEN OUT OF THIS PROCESS THOUGH.
TRUST ME, HE HAS BEEN OUT, BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN OUT.
BUT WE REALLY NEED HIS FEEDBACK AND UPDATE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE FEELS ALL THIS SHOULD GO LIST TOGETHER.
SO AFTER TODAY'S DISCUSSION, UH, I THINK ONCE WE COME BACK, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY, THAT'S WHERE WE COME TO SOME REALLY FINE DECISIONS BY THE PROJECT WISE AND ALL TO DELIVER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND ONCE WE GET TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THEY WILL DISCUSS AND COME BACK TO US AGAIN BECAUSE WE NEED THAT INPUT TOO.
AND THAT'S WHERE, I DON'T KNOW IF NEEDS A VOTE OR NOT, THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF FINALLY DID OUT, BUT JUST WANTED TO LAY THE PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BEEN CONFUSED.
SO TODAY'S OBJECTIVE IS AFTER THE BRIEFING, I THINK WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR CITYWIDE PRIORITIES, OUR COUNCIL PRIORITIES, AND THEN DISCUSS
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THE PROJECT BASED ON CHRIS'S PRESENTATION AND THEN IT CAN LEAN BACK NEXT.AND THAT TIME I LEAVE IT TO THE SENIOR OR DIRECTOR GRANDKIDS.
WE CAN DO IT AS EARLY AS IN MORNING, BUT I NOT DECIDE BASED ON WHAT'S GOOD FOR MOST BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I THINK I HEAR ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YES, THIS DOCUMENT THAT EVERYBODY'S, THAT JUST GOT PASSED ON, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT NOW, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THIS.
AND AND ONE THING I WANNA NOTE AND THANK YOU LANE BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WHAT WE DID WAS OUR BOARD MEMBERS SUBMITTED THEIR TOP 10 PROJECTS TO US.
IN SOME CASES THEY MAY HAVE JUST SUBMITTED A LOCATION, LIKE LET'S SAY I'M GONNA KIND OF THROW SOMETHING OUT, LET'S SAY NORTH HAVEN.
SO IF SOMEBODY JUST SAID NORTH HAVEN, WHAT WE DID WAS WE BASICALLY PULLED EVERY PROJECT IN IN THE NEEDS INVENTORY THAT SAID NORTH HAVEN.
OR IF SOMEONE SAID WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL, WE PULLED EVERY TRAIL SEGMENT FOR WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
SO SOME PARK BOARD MEMBERS, IT MAY SHOW THAT THEY HAVE 15 OR 25 ON THERE ONLY BECAUSE, OR 80 50 ONLY BECAUSE WE PULLED EVERY SEGMENT THAT THEY HAVE HAD WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL OR NORTH HAVEN OR WHATEVER PARK ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC LOCATION WITHIN THAT PARK OR WITHIN THAT
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS, THIS TOP 10, YOU KNOW, NEEDS REQUEST TOP 10 BLUE DUCKS 9 37, 4 MILLION.
SO I DID WANT SAY THAT UP UPFRONT, BUT THAT IS KIND OF WHY THAT HAPPENED SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DIDN'T NECESSARILY SUBMIT 50 PROJECTS, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE, THEY MAY HAVE SUBMITTED THE PARK, BUT THE NEEDS INVENTORY HAD 39 LINE ITEMS. SO I, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO A PRESENTATION, BUT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED WE WERE GONNA DO.
I I WENT THROUGH AND I IDENTIFIED LIKE THE CAMPBELL GREEN PLAYGROUND.
I COULD'VE JUST IDENTIFIED CAMPBELL GREEN AND HAD EVERYTHING LUMPED IN TOGETHER.
I MEAN THAT'S, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN, ROSEMEAD PART OR IT SHOULD BE A TIMBERLAND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT PROBABLY 10 PROJECTS I NEED AT TIMBERLAND, BUT I CHOSE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPECIFIC PROJECT IN TIMBERLAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I, WE WERE TOLD TO DO.
SO LET, LET'S GO THROUGH CHRIS'S REPUTATION AGAIN REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
YES, MS. MONDELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOT PRINTED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
IS THE PARK BOARD FUNDING THREE V THREE? NO MA'AM.
BUT SHE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, UH,
SO TANYA NO, YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, I CAN SEND GOOD STAFF TO EMAIL YOU HAVE SOMEONE EMAIL YOU.
SO I'M SORRY, I'M WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO LOOKING AT OUR PURPOSE AND ACTION ITEMS TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW THE GENERAL COST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS. AGAIN, WE'LL REVIEW THE $350 MILLION FUNDING SCENARIO THAT YOU ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON OBTAINING CONSENSUS ON PRIORITIZED LIST FOR CATEGORY.
THAT WAS OUR ACTION ITEM FOR TODAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
SO LOOKING AT HOW WE GOT HERE, WE STARTED BY TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
WE HAVE NEARLY 3000 ENTRIES AND OVER $2 BILLION IN IDENTIFIED NEEDS.
WE STARTED COMING TO YOU IN, IN, UM, SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT HOW MANY NEEDS INVENTORY WAS FORMULATED AND HOW WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, WE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT OUR BOND PROGRAM SCORING CRITERIA, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023.
AND THEN BY THE WHOLE PARK RECREATION BOARD ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2023.
ON APRIL 20TH, 2023, WE PRESENTED YOU A $610.2 MILLION PROGRAM THAT WAS PRESENTED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND CATEGORIES WERE REQUESTED TO BE ADDED MASTER PLANS, LABORATORIUM AND INDOOR POOLS AND SPECIALTY PARKS.
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SO ON JUNE 1ST, 2023, WE BROUGHT BACK A $712.2 MILLION PROGRAM TO THE PARK BOARD AND WE HAD SOME SCORE PROJECT LISTS BASED ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY.ON JUNE 8TH, WE CAME BACK WITH A $719.7 MILLION PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DID ADD AN AGENCY MATCH CATEGORY AND FUNDING AMOUNTS WERE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED FOR A $450 MILLION SCENARIO.
BASED ON WHAT THE PARK BOARD ASKED US TO DO ON JUNE 15TH, WE BROUGHT YOU BACK A $450 MILLION PROGRAM WITH FOUR PROJECT LISTS AND IT WAS REQUESTED AT THAT POINT TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH A 200, 300, $400 MILLION FUNDING SCENARIO, WHICH WE DID ON JULY 20TH, 2023.
AND AT THAT POINT WE WERE PROVIDED DIRECTION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR $350 MILLION FUNDING SCENARIO, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY.
SO WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'VE COME FROM, AND JUST HOW FAR WE'VE COME, YOU KNOW, IN TIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL COST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS, UM, OUR ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT, 5 MILLION FOR FIELD
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FEW THAT WE HAVE MODIFIED, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE PLAYGROUNDS.
WE HAVE ADDED A COST FOR $1 MILLION FOR AN OLIVE ABILITIES PLAYGROUND ON THE RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, WE HAVE $20 MILLION FOR REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE ADDED A STANDARD COST FOR ONE AND A HALF MILLION FOR EACH REMODEL.
KNOWING WAY SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE MORE AND SOME OF 'EM ARE GOING TO BE LESS, BUT FOR THE MAJORITY THEY'LL AVERAGE OUT TO BE ONE AND A HALF MILLION.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE ADDED MODIFIED IN THE GENERAL COST LIST.
SO LOOKING AT THE SUPPLY CHART OF $350 MILLION, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD DONE AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TOOK YOUR COST DISTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU GAVE US FOR $450 MILLION LIES WITH YOUR PERCENTAGES IN EACH BUCKET.
AND WE FACTORED THAT DOWN TO THIS $350 MILLION SCENARIO.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON HERE IS BASICALLY A DOLLAR VALUE.
WE'LL USE ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE, UM, PIE CHART.
SO $14.59 MILLION, WHICH WAS 4.17% OF THE BUDGET.
BASICALLY THOSE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU SEE IN THERE ARE ALL THE SAME AS THE PERCENTAGES IN THAT $450 MILLION CATEGORY THAT YOU GAVE US.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW WE CAME UP WITH THESE DOLLAR VALUES? NO MA'AM.
SO AGAIN, WE CAME UP WITH THIS POSSIBLE SCENARIO BASED ON UTILIZING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS IN EACH BUCKET AND UTILIZING THOSE GENERAL COSTS AND FITTING IN WHAT WE COULD IN EACH CATEGORY.
SO BASICALLY A D A COMPLIANCE AT $970,000 IN THAT BUCKET.
THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN THAT BUCKET.
ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT, WE COULD UTILIZE TWO FIELDS AND WE HAD $4.59 MILLION REMAINING.
AND I WANNA EXPLAIN, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A NOTE DOWN HERE THAT SAYS THE REMAINDER DOLLARS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING PER CATEGORY AND THE GENERAL COST OF THE SPECIFIC ITEM.
SO IF WE USE THE ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S $14.59 MILLION ALLOCATED IN THAT BUCKET.
THE GENERAL COST OF ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT IS $5 MILLION PER FIELD.
SO IN THIS UM, LINE ITEM, WE COULD HAVE TWO FIELDS AT $10 MILLION, WE WOULD TAKE THE 14.59 MILLION, SUBTRACT OFF THE 10 MILLION AND WE HAVE $4.5 MILLION, $4.59 MILLION.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD HOW THESE CALCULATIONS WERE DONE.
AND I KNOW, I'M SORRY, I'M TAKING OVER'S JOB.
SORRY, JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS.
BUT SO LIKE IN THIS CASE, CHRIS, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY CATEGORY, BUT 4.59 MILLION IS PRETTY CLOSE TO FIVE.
IS THERE STILL A WAY WE COULD FINAGLE A THIRD DEAL? WE, SOME OF THESE AMOUNTS ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PROJECTION AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE GET TO PAGE 10 IS THAT THERE'S A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT REMAINING, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE DID IS WE ADDED UP ALL THESE REMAINDER DOLLARS AND THEN ON PAGE 11 JUST PUT TOGETHER SOME PROPOSED POTENTIAL SCENARIOS ON WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS.
AND A LOT OF THE TIMES WHAT WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT SOMETHING LIKE $4.59 MILLION COMING UP TO 5 MILLION AND SAID, LET'S JUST PUT $400,000 HERE TO BASICALLY MAKE UP
I JUST, I'D SEEN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE, THE PROCESS, THE FUNGIBILITY OF THAT WAS KIND OF TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
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IT MIGHT BE TWO FIELDS, IT REALLY COULD END THE THEME.THAT'S EXACTLY, SO ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, WE HAD THE POTENTIAL OF THREE FIELDS WITH 1.33 MILLION REMAINING ON COMMUNITY POOLS.
GAVE US ONE POOL, $3.06 MILLION REMAINING ON EROSION CONTROL.
IT WAS FOUR PROJECTS WITH $860,000 REMAINING ON THE GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAD SPECIFIC LOVE SUMS FOR THE GOLF CENTERS, FOR GOLF PROJECTS.
SO WE TOOK THE THREE THAT WERE CLOSEST TO WHAT WE HAD IN THAT BUCKET AND HAD 1.5 MILLION REMAINING ON LAND ACQUISITION.
WE HAD FIVE POINT, EXCUSE ME, $15.56 BILLION AVAILABLE ON MASTER PLANS.
WE COULD DO EIGHT MASTER PLANS, MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS, WE COULD DO TWO PROJECTS ON THE NATATORIUM AND INDOOR POOLS.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE $15 MILLION AVAILABLE TO DO EVEN ONE PROJECT THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST SHOWING THE 11.67 MILLION REMAINING ON THE PARTNERSHIP MATCH THIS LARGE, WE HAD 46.67 ON THE SMALL MATCHES.
WE HAD 1.94 ON AGENCY MATCHES.
WE HAD 3.89 MILLION ON PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO ONE BRIDGE ON PLAYGROUNDS.
WE HAD 19 PLAYGROUNDS ON THE RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX.
WE DIDN'T HAVE 15 MILLION FOR A REMODEL OR OBVIOUSLY 30 MILLION FOR A NEW COMPLEX.
SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST HAVE A REMAINDER DOLLAR THERE.
IN RECREATION CENTERS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO, DO THREE NEW AND WE HAVE $17.81 MILLION REMAINING ON SERVICE CENTERS.
UM, THOSE ARE 5 MILLION A PIECE, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO ONE OF THOSE ON SPECIALTY PARKS.
WE DIVIDED AS SHOWN HERE ON SPRAY GROUNDS.
WE HAD ENOUGH THREE SPRAY GROUNDS SYSTEM-WIDE SECURITY LIGHTING WAS $4.86 MILLION ON THE TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD DO EIGHT TENNIS COURTS,
AND THE PARKING SITE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD $48.63 MILLION, WHICH CAME OUT TO 3.47 MILLION DISTRICT.
SO THE TOTAL DOLLARS REMAINING WAS 66,660,000.
SO ON PAGE 11, WE JUST PUT TOGETHER A POTENTIAL SCENARIO AGAIN OF HOW TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT EXTRA MONEY, WHICH WAS PUTTING IN POSSIBLY AN AUDITORIUM UTILIZING 3.3 MILLION REMODELED RACK SPORTS COMPLEX TO 410,000 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, 40,000 ATHLETIC FIELD.
AS I MENTIONED, 410,000 ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, 170,000 TO GET AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY POOL.
IT WAS 2.44 MILLION TO GET OUR ADDITIONAL TENNIS COURT, IT'S 40 MILLION TO GET ONE MORE SERVICE CENTER.
IT WAS 1.11 MILLION TO DO WHITE ROCK LAKE DREDGING IS 20 MILLION.
AND I DO SPECIFICALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT WHITELOCK WHITE ROCK LAKE DREDGING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO MATCH THIS PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A $20 MILLION MATCH IN THE BOND PROGRAM IN ORDER TO GET THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS MATCH MONEY.
WE COULD DO TWO, TWO NEW RECREATION CENTERS FOR 21.11 MILLION AND THEN HAVE 16.52 MILLION LEFT OVER FOR RECREATION CENTER REHAB.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DONE.
A LOT OF THESE WERE BASED ON YOUR PERCENTAGES, WHICH ONES WERE YOUR TOP PERCENTAGES, LIKE THE REC CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE CHOSE SOME OF THESE, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WE DID.
THE OTHER ONES WERE, BECAUSE WE WERE SO CLOSE TO HAVING THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO DO AN ADDITIONAL FIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHY SOMEBODY CHOSE THEM.
BUT THIS IS PURELY AT YOUR PART BOARD MEMBER DISCRETION AND WHAT YOU
SO THIS IS PURELY AT YOUR DISCRETION.
CAN YOU PLEASE FORWARD THE, UM, NAVIGATE THE ONLINE PRESENTATION.
I'M GETTING TEXTS FROM PEOPLE WATCHING AS WELL AND I CAN'T SEE IT.
I AM SO SORRY, I FORGOT TO START CLICKING.
SO HERE'S BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT A SLIDE ABOUT.
SO LOOKING AT SLIDES 12 AND 13, BASICALLY WE HAD ASKED THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO PROVIDE THEIR TOP 10 PROJECTS.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE GOT STARTED, WE HAD SITUATIONS IN SOME CASES WHERE PARK BOARD MEMBERS GIVE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
AND, UM, SO WE HAD TO END UP PULLING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OUT OF THE NEEDS INVENTORY TO BASICALLY MAKE UP FOR THOSE WHEN WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY SURE WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE REQUESTED.
SO ON THIS LIST, BASICALLY IF IT HAS A GREEN DO VALUE, IT MEANS WE ARE UNDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF IT HAS A RED DOLLAR VALUE, WE'RE ABOVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND YOU ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELIVERED KIND OF A CHEAT SHEET THAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE TABLE HERE.
IT ALSO HAS THESE GREEN AND RED NUMBERS AND IT HAS A COLUMN FOR A NEW PROPOSED BUDGET AMOUNT
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BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT AND WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO REALLOCATE SOME DOLLARS IN THESE BUCKETS.SO WE WANTED TO TRY AND GIVE YOU AN EASY WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO BASICALLY ON OUR A D A COMPLIANCE, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS REQUESTED THERE.
SO WE HAVE $972,000 THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE ON OUR AGENCY MATCHES.
THERE WAS $27.5 MILLION REQUESTED AND THE BUCKET WAS $3.89 MILLION ON AQUATICS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH MORATORIUMS AND COMMUNITY POOLS.
BASICALLY WE HAD $51.5 MILLION OF PROJECTS REQUESTED.
AND THE BUDGET 20.23 MILLION ON ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD REQUESTS OF 52.252 MILLION AND A BUCKET OF 14.591 MILLION ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING.
THE REQUEST WAS 4.615 MILLION AND THE BUDGET IS 5.83.
EROSION CONTROL, THE REQUESTS FOR 6.153 MILLION AND THE BUDGET 4.861.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF READ THROUGH THE REST OF THESE ON THIS PAGE AND ALSO ON YOUR LITTLE CHEAT SHEET OVER HERE, I'M KIND OF LEAVING THIS UP FOR DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT CAN SEE THIS.
SO ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH PARK AND SITE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS $96.016 MILLION IN REQUESTS WITH A BUDGET, 48.63 MILLION.
AND THEN GOING ON TO PAGE 13, OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, WE HAD $4.5 MILLION IN REQUESTS WITH A $1.462 MILLION BUDGET.
OUR PLAYGROUNDS $12.08 MILLION IN REQUESTS WITH $5.79 MILLION IN BUDGET AND SO ON, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS A $73.126 MILLION ASK WITH A $10.5 MILLION BUDGET.
SO WHAT THIS DID WAS BASICALLY END UP HAVING $974.424 MILLION IN REQUESTS WITH A TOTAL AVAILABLE BUDGET OF 350.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE SAID WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO START WITH BOOKING AT THE BUCKETS AND REDISTRIBUTING MONEY IN THE BUCKETS AND DECIDING WHAT'S OUR MOST, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR MAIN PRIORITY AND WHERE YOU WANT THIS MONEY IN THESE BUCKETS.
SO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE GONNA BE, THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE TO GAIN THIS CONSENSUS ON THE PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST.
WE DO NEED TO PRESENT PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST TO THE PARKS AND TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON AUGUST 15TH, DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION.
WE NEED TO PRESENT OUR PRIORITIZED NEEDS INVENTORY TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE PARKS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 21ST, 2023.
AND THEN WE DO NEED TO PRESENT OUR FINALIZED ON TASK FORCE PRESENTATION TO THE PARKER TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE AUGUST 22ND, 2020.
SO THAT REALLY CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION PART OF THINGS.
AND NEXT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE GOING INTO LOOKING AT ACTUAL LISTS, BUT I WANNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
THAT IN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT AND THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE QUESTION.
THE WAY I THINK I FEEL WE SHOULD HANDLE IT IS I THINK WE START NOT COUNCIL BY IT FROM THE LANE ITSELF AND GO THROUGH VERY QUICK, UH, WITH OUR CITYWIDE PRIORITY, YOUR, SO LET'S SAY PLANE IS STARTING YOUR CITYWIDE PRIORITY, YOUR COUNCIL PRIORITY, AND YOUR OBJECTIVE FOR THE BOND FOR, UH, THREE MINUTES EACH.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THREE ROUNDS OF DISCUSSION IN GENERAL TALKING ABOUT WHAT CHRIS HAS PRESENTED.
SO I ACTUALLY, HE PUT CLOSING IN PERSPECTIVE IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO THAT'S SHARE WE START WITH, UH, LANE AND JUST, UH, GIVE YOUR OVERALL PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE CITY, FOR YOUR COUNCIL AND YOUR VISION FOR THE BOND.
JUST GO NOT DISTRICT WISE, HARRISON WILL BE NEXT.
UM,
UM, NO, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS DOWNSTAIRS, THE TOP TASK FORCE, I MEAN, I I EVEN THINK THAT 350 MILLION, I HOPE IT DOESN'T GET CUT, IT'S GONNA GET CUT EVEN FURTHER.
SO WE'VE GOT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I CITYWIDE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS AND IF YOU GO TO MY PAGE HERE, AS I SAID A SECOND AGO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO CHRIS, WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR NEEDS AND, AND PICKED A SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, HEY, CAMPBELL GREEN ENLIST EVERYTHING.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK A LOT AND WE'VE, I THINK I'VE, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT CONSENSUS FROM EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD ABOUT ROSEMEAD.
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THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING AT ROSEMEAD STILL WITH PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED.UM, THERE'S A RUBAL JUST NORTH OF ROSEMEAD, PEOPLE ARE WALKING TO THE PARKING LOT WITH MACHETES AND CHAINSAWS CHASING, UH, PATRONS ING BROTHERHOOD THAT'S DOING STUFF IN ROSEMEAD.
UM, I THINK YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ROSEMEAD PROJECT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT AMENITY FOR NORTH DALLAS, FOR ALL OF DALLAS, BUT NORTH DALLAS WOULD BE A GOOD REVENUE DRIVER FOR US.
UM, THE OTHER BIG PROJECT WE HAVE IS CAMPBELL GREEN, WHICH INCLUDES THE NATATORIUM.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT RECREATION CENTER, WE HAVE A FOUR PART PLAN TO, TO, UH, RENOVATE THAT RECREATION CENTER.
AND REALLY WE, WE COULD, I MEAN WE, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED A LOT WITH, UH, TRENT AND, AND, AND CHRIS'S TEAM ABOUT CAMPBELL GREEN BECAUSE I MEAN, WE REALLY COULD JUST SCRAPE CAMPBELL GREEN AND START OVER.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH MONEY AND, AND ADD ON TO CAMPBELL GREEN AND, AND TRY TO SALVAGE CAMPBELL GREEN TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, EXCEED ITS LIVABLE LIFE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, THAT'D BE THE ONLY AUDITORIUM, UM, NORTH OF BACHMAN.
UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD AGAIN BE A, A GOOD DRIVER FOR, FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY.
AND, AND, AND REALLY THE BIGGEST OTHER THINGS WE HAVE LEFT ARE ALL PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAYGROUNDS YOU SEE HERE ARE, ARE WELL PAST THEIR, THEIR LIVABLE LIFE.
UM, VENTURE MEADOW IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND.
UM, I, I PLAYED ON FRANKFURT PARK PLAYGROUND WHEN I WAS A KID.
UM, AND IT'S THE SAME PLAYGROUND.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME NOSTALGIA THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE USED TODAY THAT WAS USED IN 1983 THAT WE USED FOR OUR KIDS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S DISTURBING THAT THAT'S STILL THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, PLAYGROUNDS, BUT MY, YOU KNOW, MY, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAKING FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND FOR THE PEOPLE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DISTRICT, WE WERE VERY POINTED.
AND, AND ROSEMEAD AND CAMPBELL GREEN ARE TOP TWO, UM, DEALS.
I KNOW THEY'RE BIG TICKET ITEMS, UM, BUT THEY, THEY ARE VARIABLE MINUTES.
UM, AND IN THE PLAYGROUNDS, THANK YOU MR. BLA, THERE'S THIS THING.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE VERY WELL ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, WE TALKED TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND SPECIFICALLY KEITH PARK IS, UH, SUCH A HIGH RANK FOR US BECAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO KEITH PARK AND YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE UTILIZING THAT SPACE AT ONE TIME, JUST ON A REGULAR MONDAY NIGHT OR REGULAR TUESDAY NIGHT, IT'S, IT'S A, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES JUST CROWDING.
AND YOU CAN'T RIDE A BICYCLE THROUGH SOME OF THE TRAIL SPACES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A WELL USED PARK.
AND IF YOU GO INTO THE REC FACILITY, UM, IT'S GOT ROOMS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM, UH, 1974, UM, AND I AND YOU, THEY HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES, LIKE A AEROBICS CLASSES AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PUT IN, UM, A NEW SYSTEM OF HIGH TECH SERVICES THAT WILL SERVE FOLKS.
AND I'VE TALKED TO OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, UH, MANY STAFF MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT I THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT IN A, IN SPECIFICALLY WIFI NETWORKS AND ALL THESE SPACES, BECAUSE THAT IS THE BASE LEVEL THAT YOU NEED TO ADD ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S GATES THAT UNLOCK THEMSELVES FOR ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S NEW, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS THAT COME ON WHEN YOU RESERVE A FIELD, OR WHETHER IT'S LIKE THAT COOL NEW MIRROR THAT COMES UP THAT CAN BE YOUR WORKOUT INSTRUCTOR.
AND SAVE US ON SOME OF THE, THE WAYS THAT WE ENGAGE WITH OUR PARK, UH, OUR PARKS AND OUR TRAILS, UH, AND OUR FACILITIES.
UH, AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE THROUGH HILLS, THAT IS REALLY CLOSE TO KEITH PARK, AND WE ASK FOLKS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, UM, THEY WANT A PREMIER PARK THAT COULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED A WHITE ROCK STATUS, BUT THEY WANT IT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND KEITH PARK SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE MOST RESIDENTS, UM, IN A, IN A CERTAIN MILE RADIUS.
AND I'M DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO USES KEITH PARK REGULARLY.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF, OF, OF A DEVELOPMENT THERE WITH OUR BRICK FACILITY.
AND THEN WITH CADILLAC HEIGHTS, A PLAN THAT WE HAD UNDER SEVERAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AGO, UH, OR COUNCIL LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, LEADERS AGO, WAS TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SERVE, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, SENIOR RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PARKS THAT SERVE SENIOR RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, AFTER TALKING NOT ONLY TO OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR, BUT SEEING HOW WE COULD REALLY HAVE A SUMMIT MODELED, UH, A RENT FACILITY THAT WOULD BE THERE WITH THE $1 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT WE GOT FROM MR. R PARISH, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THOSE RENT FACILITIES.
UH, BUT THEN IF I HAD ONE LAST PRIORITY THAT CONNECTS ME TO DISTRICT THREE IS GLENDALE PARK.
AND THIS IS NOT LISTED HERE, UH, BUT A, A DENTISTRY AND BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE GLENDALE ON BOTH SIDES.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO SEE, UH, SOME OF OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY HAVING CROSSED
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THIS MAIN THOROUGHFARE TO GET OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK, IT'S REARY OR TO SEE, UH, A YOUNG PERSON TRYING TO CROSS OVER TO GO PLAY OR UTILIZE THE POOL ON DISTRICT FOUR SIDE IS TREACHERY, AND THAT'S WHEN THE POOL IS OPEN.SO I JUST WANT TO LAY THOSE OUT AS, UH, SOME OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
UM, UH, MR. CONNOR SPOKE A LOT ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, HERE I AM, UH, HOLD MY BEER, SIR.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS TOO.
UH, I, I HUFF AND PUFF A LOT ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I'VE GOT TWO LITTLE KIDS WHO LOVE PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, THIS IS WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING ME FOR.
UH, THEY ARE ASKING ME FOR PLAYGROUNDS.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING ME FOR NEW LAND ACQUISITION.
I DON'T HAVE GOLF CENTERS, SO I FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT.
UH, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT MY LIST, UH, YOU MIGHT SEE PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND IN THE TOP FIVE.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN THAT LIST, YOU MIGHT SEE A PLAYGROUND FROM MR. BLAIR'S DISTRICT.
I WAS SO EMOTIONALLY MOVED BY THAT SPEAKER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UH, VITA AND HER MOTHER, UH, JESS, THAT I, I, I SNUCK THEIR PARK IN AS A TOP 10, ONE OF MINE.
AND, AND I TOOK ONE OF MY ITEMS OUT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT, I BELIEVE IN THAT AND, AND, AND, AND IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE URBAN PARK.
UH, SO PLAYGROUNDS ARE MY PASSION.
I I, I, I YELL IT FROM THE SCREAM.
UH, GIMME PLAYGROUNDS OR GIMME DEATH.
UM, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OTHER THINGS THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SKATE PARK FROM GLENCO.
IT'S NOT A BIG PARK, BUT IT'S MY LARGEST PARK.
FOLKS WANT A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD SKATE PARK IN THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT'S STILL A TOP 10, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, RIDLEY AND I HAVE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT OUR X ALL RECREATION CENTER.
SOME OF THE WORKOUT EQUIPMENTS IN THE HALLWAYS.
NOBODY REALLY USES IT AS A REC CENTER.
YOU'D THINK IT'S AN OLD RUNDOWN POST OFFICE DROVE BY IT.
UH, AND THEN OUR FORESTRY SERVICES, OUR, OUR HAPPY STAFF MAKES HAPPY PARKS, MAKES HAPPY CITIZENS.
UH, THIS, THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD HOME RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO SOME TEMPORARY HOUSING, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE RECENTLY APPROVED THEIR NAME OF THE PLACE OVER BEHIND WHITE ROCK LAKE.
SO, UH, YEAH, I'VE HUFFED AND PUFFED A LOT ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATIONS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HELP SOME OF THESE THINGS COME TO FRUITION FOR US.
FOR PLAYGROUNDS SPECIFICALLY, IT IS TRUE, IT HAS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THIS PIE, 1.6600000000000001%.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THAT TO BE INCREASED.
I'VE GOT THREE CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, RATHER THAN MAKING PLAYGROUNDS A PERCENTAGE, MAYBE WE COULD CONSIDER, UH, UM, PUTTING IN A FLAT AMOUNT, $12 MILLION.
$12 MILLION WOULD GET EVERY PARK BOARD MEMBER'S TOP 10 PLAYGROUND AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED.
IF WE COULD SOMEHOW JUST PUT A MAGIC FLAT NUMBER OF $12 MILLION, NO MATTER HOW BIG OUR PIE IS, THAT'S OPTION ONE.
OPTION TWO, UH, OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR OF REMAINING.
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF SIXES.
AND, AND THAT COULD O OBVIOUSLY GO UP AND DOWN WITH WHATEVER WE GET OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR OF REMAINING MAKE FIRST ALLOCATIONS.
GO TO PLAYGROUNDS, AS I SAID, PLAYGROUNDS WHERE SOMETIMES THE FACE OF OUR PARKS.
SO MAYBE GET FIRST DIBS, GO TO PLAYGROUNDS FROM THE TOTAL DOLLAR REMAINING.
AND IF THAT'S TOO EXTREME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST A CONSIDERATION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO PARK BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GET AN EQUAL AMOUNT AND YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT BASED ON WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT.
IF THAT CAME TO ME, I'D FULFILL ALL MY PLAYGROUNDS THAT WERE ON OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
UM, AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IT.
UM, WELL, DISTRICT SIX, UH, WE, WE HAVE THE SMALLEST GRANT OVER BY FAR, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE COUNCILMAN I AND THE STAFF GOT TOGETHER, WE WANTED TO, THIS, THIS FEELS TO ME LIKE A BACK TO BASICS KIND OF BOND.
AND SO WE HAVE ONE WHERE WE CUT BACK ON OUR ASPIRATIONAL ASKS FOR THINGS THAT WE REALLY FEEL THAT ARE ESSENTIALS.
AND THERE IS ONE MODIFICATION.
I DON'T WANT TO CUT MY NUMBER DOWN EVEN FURTHER, BUT IF I COULD ON A SPECIFIC, ON THE, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE, UH, JC OSA POOL FUNCTIONAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS THERE, BUT THE ITEM IS A REAL TOTAL REDO.
IT'S, UH, FIVE AND A HALF MILLION.
AND SPEAKING WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE SATISFIED OR HAPPY WITH SOMETHING THAT JUST KEEPS IT GOING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN A NICE WAY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TOTAL REDO.
IF WE COULD GET IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE COULD MAYBE NOT HAVE SUCH A BIG PROJECT.
IF WE CAN GET IT, WE WOULD TAKE IT.
BUT THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CUT BACK.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING, UH, FOR CITYWIDE, UH, SECURITY CAMERAS AND LIGHTING, UH, IN THIS DISTRICT, WE HAVE ISSUES AT WEST DALLAS AND BACHMAN AREA SECURITY ISSUES.
SO WE, WE HEAVILY GO FOR MORE LIGHTING, UH, DEPTH RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF WATSON IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, OR, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
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UH, WHEN WE ASKED, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE OUR PARKS SAFER, HE SAID, LIGHT IT UP LIKE AN ATHLETIC FIELD IF YOU CAN.AND CAMERAS AS WELL, THEY GO WITH THAT.
AND THEN MY OTHER, UH, POINT IS ON THE CITYWIDE ON TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER.
UM, THE, OUR, THE ASK THEY, THEY HAVE THE EXHIBIT REFRESH, WHICH IS OUR MAIN PUSH, UH, AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT ASK.
BUT THEIR FACILITY NEEDS AND PLANNING AND DESIGN HAS GONE OUT AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING THAT'S FALLING APART.
AND I UNDERSTAND, COULDN'T GET INTO THE PARK REQUEST, BUT I WANTED TO PUSH REALLY HARD FOR IT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IN THE LAST BOMB, WE HAVE 13 PARK ITEMS THAT ARE THESE SORT H V A C AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT TRINITY RIVERON CENTER NEEDS TO SEE.
IF WE CAN ASK SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AS WE DID LAST TIME, WE CAN'T PUT 'EM IN PARKS.
CAN WE ASK FOR FACILITIES TO CONSIDER THEM? UH, EVEN PART OF THE LIST, IT'S AN EXTENSIVE LIST THAT STEFAN PUT TOGETHER, AND I FORWARDED THAT TO STAFF.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THAT SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED, BECAUSE IT'S OUR BUILDING.
IT'S 15 YEARS OLD, IT'S FALLING APART.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE DESIGNER ARCHITECT BUILDINGS.
BUT STRUCTURALLY IT'S HAD SERIOUS ISSUES THAT DEFINITELY SOME OF WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT.
THIS IS A QUICK AND EFFICIENT CONVERSATION.
SO MY CITYWIDE, UH, PRIORITY IS PARTNER MATCHES LARGE AND SMALL, NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS GROUPS, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO BOLSTER, AS YOUR COUNCILMAN SCHULTZ TALK ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH OUR PARK SYSTEM BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND SO THEY'RE MATCHING, AS YOU SAW THE CHART AT SOMETIMES THREE TO ONE.
AND SO, JUST LIKE TIM MENTIONED WITH TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE UTILIZING, ENHANCING OUR OWN PUBLIC PARK, UM, UH, LAND AND OPERATIONS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
AND THEY CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN WE CAN.
SO WE HAVE, THAT'S BEEN PROVEN.
I THINK SECOND WOULD BE ATHLETIC FIELDS FOR ME IN TERMS OF THE, THE CITYWIDE INITIATIVE.
I DO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS OUR, AT OUR CHEAT SHEET HERE, AND MAYBE TO MR. EMI'S POINT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD A RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX.
WE DO NEED TO REPLACE FAIR OAKS IN SOME CAPACITY, PERHAPS NOT AT THE LEVEL OF A RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX.
MAYBE WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS AND ALLOCATE THEM TOWARDS PLAYGROUNDS TO FULFILL THAT.
I LIKE THE FLAT AMOUNT VERSUS JUST THE PERCENTAGE.
SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY GETS A, A SIZABLE PIECE OF THE PIE AND GETS THEIR WISHLIST, UH, FULFILLED.
UM, FOR MY COUNCIL DISTRICT PRIORITIES, THERE IS NOTHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS WANTS MORE THAN LAND ACQUISITION TO ACQUIRE THAT PARCEL AT WEB CHAPEL.
THAT THE, THE, YES, I KNOW, UM, UH, PART BOARD MEMBER DICKEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER AYA SUPPORT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT, THAT WOULD PREVIOUSLY BEEN, UH, UH, VERY TIGHT DEVELOPMENT.
AND NOW THAT WOULD BE THE LARGEST ACQUISITION OF PARKLAND IN DISTRICT 13 EVER.
SO THAT IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.
UM, SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AT LIKE PRESTON HOLLOW PARK AND NORTH HAVEN THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE ALLOCATED ON HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE JARED, IF YOU WANNA DOCUMENT THIS, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE THE AGENCY MATCHES IN HERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ON FIELD FRASIER, THE PLAYGROUNDS, THAT'S ABOUT A LITTLE BIT PAST HALFWAY DOWN.
'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT WANT A PLAYGROUND.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY, IT ABUTS TO VERY BUSY STREETS.
AND SO FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, THEY'D RATHER, THEY PREFER THE LOOP TRAIL AND THE PART THERE INSTEAD.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE REALLY LOOKS GOOD.
UM, IN MY 30 SECONDS LEFT, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE, I'M GONNA ADVOCATE FOR MS. HASTY.
UM, I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN, ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS WHITE ROCK DREDGING.
SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN DREDGED IN 30 YEARS.
IT'S PART OF OUR 66 MILLION IN, IN THE, UH, ADDED, YOU KNOW, OTHER THING, OTHER MONIES THAT HAVE GOT TO
SO JUST PUT THAT IN THERE FROM A GIRLS IN D NINE
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS COULD GET UGLY WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR PEOPLE.
AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO KEEP IT RESPECTFUL FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ALL ARE FIGHTING.
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UM, AND SOMETIMES WE CAN MAKE IT DISRESPECTFUL.SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE'S NO DISRESPECT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE FIGHT FOR OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE FIGHTING FOR OUR PEOPLE.
UM, CITYWIDE PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, OUR PARTNERSHIP MATCHES, UM, THE MONEY THAT WE LEVERAGE WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIP MATCHES, UM, WILL GIVE US ALMOST $2.3 BILLION IN EQUITY ARE BROUGHT BACK INTO THE CITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT $7 FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT.
UM, SO I THINK OUR PARTNERSHIP MATCHES SHOULD HONESTLY BE ONE OF OUR TOP THINGS.
UM, AND WITH THAT FAIR PARK, I THINK IS A PARTNERSHIP MATCH THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING FORWARD.
LOTS OF PARTNERSHIP MONEY, UM, LOT OF DONORS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.
UM, IT SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY GOOD THAT THEY DON'T NEED ANY MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING ANNOUNCED.
BUT YET WE HAD $300 MILLION WORTH OF, UM, IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT FAIR PARK, UM, WHEN FAIR PARK FIRST TOOK OVER.
THAT'S OUR JEWEL OF THE CITY, A NATIONAL HISTORIC, UM, I THINK THAT ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, SKYLINE REC CENTER, UM, THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM D FIVE.
I THINK THAT IT WILL, UH, SERVE, UM, THE FAR EAST DALLAS, SOUTH OF 30, UM, AREA EXTREMELY WELL.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A REC CENTER, UM, ANYWHERE NEAR THE LARGEST MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, ALMOST 4,000 KIDS, UM, THOUSANDS OF APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT, THAT'S A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ME.
UM, COUNCILMAN WANTS TO REDO THE M L K CENTER.
THE M L K CENTER WANTS TO BE A COMPLETE REBUILD FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART PARKS, WOULD BE A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL, UM, REDO OF THAT.
UM, A LOT OF CITY MONEY, UM, WOULD GO INTO THAT, UM, VERSUS, UM, JUST PARKS MONEY.
SO THAT'S A REAL BIG PRIORITY.
AND THEN SOME BASICS IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS THAT HAVE NO WALKING TRAIL.
AND I KNOW FROM MY PARK PERSONALLY, WHEN WE ADDED A WALKING TRAIL TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, IT BROUGHT THAT PARK TO LIFE.
SO I THINK EVERY PARK IN OUR CITY SHOULD AT MINIMUM HAVE A WALKING TRAIL BECAUSE IT BROUGHT MY PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIFE.
SO JUST LIKE A PLAYGROUND, IT BRINGS THE SENIORS OUT FOR WALKING CLUBS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD.
SENIOR, UM, CENTERS I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US TIME FOR THIS.
THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO SEE THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT'LL MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE IN KNIFE FIGHTS WITH EACH OTHER,
UM, AND, AND I DON'T, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE'RE JUST HANDED, WAS, UM, WAY OVER COMPLICATED.
WE COULD'VE JUST SEEN THE TOP 10 AS SUBMITTED.
UM, THE SCORES ARE, ARE, ARE HELPFUL TOOL, BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE IN HOW WE'RE, UM, LIKE PRESENTING THESE.
SO WHAT, JUST SIMPLY WHAT, WHAT THE, THE PROJECTS ARE, WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE.
I THINK FOR, UM, FOR DISTRICT 10, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, NOT SURPRISINGLY FOR PIA AND ADVANCING THAT PROJECT, THAT THAT IS UNDERWAY WITH PHASE ONE.
UM, AND I THINK THERE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT JOHN, I GUESS HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS,
AND, AND JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF INCORPORATING IN SOME FORM AD FORCE ELIA, UM, AN INDOOR RACKET CENTER.
SO I THINK THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, THAT'S LAND THAT WE OWN AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA DO THERE YET.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE PUBLIC INPUT, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS, AS A POSSIBILITY.
IT'LL BE FAR LESS EXPENSIVE THAN, UM, WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR AN INDOOR RACKET CENTER.
UM, ORBITER PARK IS, IS RIGHT UP THERE IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A TON.
WE'RE MAINLY LOOKING FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND.
I THINK WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IN THE CURRENT WAY THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE BROKEN DOWN IS, UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE 26 PLAYGROUNDS ON THIS LIST IN THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE GET TO ONE NEW PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS ORBITER.
UM, AND I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE POSING, UM, A POTENTIAL DANGER TO CHILDREN.
BUT ARE WE REALLY GONNA DO A BILLION DOLLAR BOND AND NOT BUILD ANY NEW PLAYGROUNDS? THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SAD.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT, MAYBE THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
I LIKE RUDY'S IDEA OF A A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT I THINK NEW, NEW AND REPLACEMENT
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NEED TO BE IN SEPARATE BUCKETS.AS WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AT THE BOND TASK FORCE THE OTHER NIGHT, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WE JUST NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AND NOT BUILD ANYTHING NEW OR NOT DO DO ANY NEW PROJECTS.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE EQUITY.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU NEVER HAD A PLAYGROUND, LIKE ORBITER IS A GREAT PARK, GREAT COMMUNITY PARK, BUT IT HAS ALMOST NOTHING.
UM, IT HAS A COUPLE OF TENNIS SPORTS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S THE PARK RIGHT THERE ON ROYAL NEAR 75.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST, THE MOST FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN BESIDES FORESTLAND, IS THAT THEY SIMPLY WANT A PLAYGROUND AND MAYBE SOME OTHER AMENITIES.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS CITYWIDE, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT MY, MY FIVE HAVE SAID.
I THINK WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE BEST DEALS THAT THE ZOO JUMPS OUT TO ME AS, AS A REALLY TOP PRIORITY.
I THINK IT'S TOO GOOD OF A DEAL, UH, TO, TO LEAVE ON THE TABLE.
AND SO, UM, CITYWIDE PRIORITY WISE, THE THE ZOO PARTNERSHIP MATCH WAS, WAS THE TOP FOR ME, SIR.
TIME, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I THINK IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR DISTRICT'S TOP PRIORITY AND REALLY ONE OF THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES SHOULD BE THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
YOU HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ THIS MORNING.
YOU PREVIOUSLY HAVE HEARD FROM FORMER PARK BOARD MEMBER, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FINKELMAN, WHO IS HEADING UP THE FRIENDS OF THE COMMONS.
UH, KEN MALCOLMSON, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER ALL HAVE COME OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT.
THIS WILL BE A, A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A NEW PARK ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS ECONOMIC INPUT THAT WILL BRING PARK TO A BLIGHTED AREA.
THE PLAN IS FOR IT TO BE MATCHED BY $20 MILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
SO TO ME, THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT FOR US CITYWIDE TO INCLUDE FOR ME, ALSO ON THE RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS PLENTY, BUT WE ARE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE INDOOR TENNIS COURT, INDOOR RACKETBALL, COURT SQUASH, PICKLEBALL FACILITY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL.
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, ALLOWS US TO COMPETE WITH THE SUBURBS.
I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, FRET SEEMED LIKE A LOGICAL PLACE FOR IT TO BE, BUT I DON'T CARE WHERE THIS GOES.
WE JUST NEED TO BRING THIS IN.
I LIKE SCOTT'S IDEA OF DOING IT AT FOREST AND A DEAL YET, OR JOHN'S IDEA.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A UNIQUE WAY TO APPROACH THIS TOO.
WE JUST, WE JUST NEED THIS FACILITY.
UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE ONE.
IT'S 106 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY INDOOR TENNIS OR RACKETBALL OR ANYTHING.
UH, TRAILS, YOU GUYS KNOW MY PASSION FOR TRAILS, BUT IN PARTICULAR ONE HERE IS THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
THEY, THAT NEEDS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT HERE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED ALREADY, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.
AND THEN ON THE LARGE PARTNER PROJECTS, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CRITICAL.
THEY'RE BRINGING MATCHING DOLLARS TO THE TABLE.
UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN SUMMARIZED THE ZOO REALLY WELL, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING THREE, THREE TO ONE MATCHING DOLLARS.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.
THESE ARE ALL, THESE ARE ALL CITYWIDE PROJECTS THAT ARE BIG DOLLARS, BUT THEY HAVE A CITYWIDE BENEFIT.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THEM.
UM, THESE ARE ALL SMALL DOLLAR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD BUS BENEFIT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH, BUT, UH, TWO PLAYGROUNDS, ONE AT KIOWA PARKWAY, UH, ON THE POINT ABOUT NEW PLAYGROUNDS, PAGEWOOD PARK, SMALL PARK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROWING COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES.
THAT'S OUR DISTRICT'S ORBITER PARK.
YOU COULD REALLY USE A PLAYGROUND THERE.
UH, NO SPRAY GROUND IN DISTRICT 11.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE THAT COULD EITHER GO IN THE ESPERANZA AREA, WHICH IS A UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY OR IN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN, UH, PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL ISS REALLY POPULAR IN DISTRICT 11.
LOTS OF ACTIVITY AT CHURCHILL.
I GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT RESURFACING THERE.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE THE BOND, BUT IF WE CAN'T, THEN, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
UH, SMALL DOLLAR SPEND AND HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFIT.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO PRIORITIES.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AS A COMMON SENSE.
'CAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF, OF, OF NEEDS.
AND I'M GONNA GO OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT AND WITH ROSE MEET, I THINK WE NEED THE KEYS, UH, UH, WISE, UH, UH, PARKS AND THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE'VE GOT A
AND ALSO, I LIKE TO PUT EMPHASIS ON OUR GOLF COURSES BECAUSE IF WE HADN'T HAD OUR GOLF COURSES DURING COVID EVER WOULD'VE BEEN AN ANARCHY IN THIS TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OVER THIS TOWN.
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BURN PART.SO I'M WILLING TO DO WITHOUT TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, WE NEED THAT ESPECIALLY KNOW HEAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S NO COVERING AND THERE'S SOME SHADE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, A REALIST AND, AND, UH, MS. CHAIRMAN, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN YOUR TEAM.
AND IT'S KIND OF REALLY TOUCHING BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE ON CALL OF DUTY, THIS STAFF.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M PRO STAFF
UH, I'M WILLING TO, HEY, WITHOUT TO GET THIS THING ROLLING.
AND THESE, UH, SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY OUR GOLF COURSES.
YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT THE NEEDS WERE.
AND WE STILL HAVE MONEY OVER WHAT WE HAVE IN THE POT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT,
AND OF COURSE WE, OUR BIG PROJECTS LIKE THE ZOO AND ARBORETUM, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS AND I THINK WE GOT THE TEAM TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, YEAH, MY LIST IS REAL SMALL.
THE THIRD SMALLEST ASK MR. DICKEY DOES TAKE THE, UH, RECORD OF THE PAUL ASK, BUT I'M, I'M THIRD ON THE, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, AND AGAIN, ARE MARTIN, WE SENIORS ARE HERE TODAY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE HERE JUST KIND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE LAY THE LAMB WORKS.
UH, THEY, THEY, THEY WANT A NEW REC CENTER.
THERE'S, IN WEST OAK CLIFF, ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT FOR YEARS.
UH, NOT JUST PARKS, JUST THE WHOLE CITY IN GENERAL.
UM, SO WE NEED, WE NEED TO GET IT REPLACED OR, OR SOMEHOW GET SOME WORK DONE IN THERE AND GET IT, GET IT UPRIGHT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AT.
AND CHIEF MR. TERESA DID SEND US AN EMAIL SHOWING VICTOR.
THERE'S HIGHLIGHTS OF HOW THE, UH, REC CENTER FLOODS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST ASK IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT AND OF COURSE STEVEN PARK.
ONE OF OUR MOST USE GOLF, GOLF, UH, COURSES THAT WE HAVE.
IS, IS MY MY SECOND BIGGEST ASK.
BUT REALLY I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LOT, JUST THINGS TO BE IMPROVED.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LAND LOCKING DISTRICT ONE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON GETTING LAND DONATED FOR FUTURE USE.
JUST KEEP IT GREEN IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PAY FOR ANY MORE LAND THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
MAYBE A COUPLE PARCELS HERE AND THERE.
UM, BUT THE AS IS VERY SMALL AND, AND I JUST, YOU GUYS WHO OUR, WE GOTTA SEE IT FIRSTHAND HOW, HOW, HOW BAD IT IS AND WHAT IT NEEDS.
UH, AND SO WE JUST NEED TO GET, GET IT, GET IT IMPROVED AND GET IT, GET IT REMODELED OR COMPLETELY REPLACED.
UM, SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST ASPECT.
THE OTHER ONE IS MATCHING DOLLARS.
I KNOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT MATCHING ALL THESE GREAT PARTNERS AND, AND DOING ALL THESE QUICK THINGS AND WE SHOULD, BUT A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS ALSO ARE GOOD AT RAISING DOLLARS.
SO MAYBE WE COULD, WE COULD GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU WANT A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM US.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH DOLLARS TO GO AROUND TO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO.
AND THEM, UH, THE MATCHING PARTNERS, $127 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 50% OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET TO GIVE TO OUR PARTNERS.
SO THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVAMP SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, OR AGAIN, GO PUT THEIR HAND OUT AND ASK OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO GET OTHER DOLLARS, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL OR FROM DONORS OR WHATEVER THEY CAN DO.
BUT I JUST STRESS AND I AGREE, I JUST STRESS THAT WE ASK 'EM TO DO THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE 23 CATEGORIES ON THIS LIST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND WITH THIS.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO REMOVE SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON THIS LIST.
MAYBE GET DOWN TO 1816 AND CUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS OUT THIS GO AROUND.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REBUILD 'EM AT A DIFFERENT TIME OR MAINTAIN 'EM UNTIL WE'RE READY TO ADD 'EM IN.
SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO CUT OUT A POOL.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO IT LIKE MR. DICK JUST IN HISTORY.
BUT MAYBE ALL POOLS, MAYBE JUST KEEP 'EM GOING FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.
AND I, JOHN'S NOT HERE, SO HE, HE CAN'T GIMME THAT BAD LOOK TODAY.
PLEASE GIVE WE NEXT QUESTION,
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TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN I THINK OF DISTRICT FIVE.I THINK OF, UM, AS MR. TONY HAS MENTIONED, LIKE IN THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE A FAIRLY NEW DISTRICT AND WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMPRISED OF, OF OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY DISPARITIES IN ALL AREAS IN PLEASANT GROVE AND DISTRICT FIVE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR OWN DISTRICT UNTIL OUR RECENT YEARS.
SO I ALWAYS LOOK AT IT FROM THAT LENS.
AND ALSO, UM, SOMETHING THAT MY COUNCILMAN BRINGS UP, UM, HE BRINGS US UP QUITE OFTEN.
IT'S THAT, UM, DISTRICT FIVE HAS, UH, 7 5 2 1 7 HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE IN THE STATE.
UM, FIRST IS, UH, 7 5 2 1 16 SOUTH OF CLIFF.
AND THIS IS ACCORDING TO DATA FROM 2019.
AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BE CONNECTED TO OUR SCHOOLS IN MY COMMUNITY, LIKE SAMUEL AND SPRUCE.
SO I HEAR A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.
AND ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS HEAR IS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR YOUTH AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, IN THINKING OF THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THIS LIST? SO IN TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALK, HAVING EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY BIG ASKS, BUT IF, LIKE, IF WE DON'T ASK NOW, WHEN IS IT GONNA HAPPEN? SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, REALISTICALLY WE'RE PROBABLY, I MEAN, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE ON HERE, UH, IS IN CRAWFORD PARK.
YOU KNOW, CRAWFORD PARK, IF YOU VISIT A CRAWFORD PARK, OVER 200 ACRES IS A GORGEOUS, ONE OF OUR GEMS IN OUR CITY.
AND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ARTS INSTALLATION, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE AT CRAWFORD PORT PARK.
UM, SO PARK AND REC IS DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.
SO WE HAVE A PLEASANT OAKS RECREATION CENTER, BUT IT IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THERE'S BEEN, PART OF THE MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN TO HAVE A SIGNATURE RECREATION CENTER.
SO, UH, WE THINK IT WOULD BRING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TO GIVE YOUTH THE PROGRAMMING THAT IS A HIGH TRAFFIC PARK.
ANY TIME OF DAY YOU GO TO CRAWFORD PARK, YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING, YOU SEE THE ATHLETIC FIELDS BEING USED, UM, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THAT ON THE LIST ALSO, UM, LAND, UH, NOT LAND ACQUISITION, BUT THERE WAS A LAND ACQUISITION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED, UM, ON 4 0 4 SOUTH MASTERS.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR, FOR PARK STAFF AND MEGAN HELP ME WITH THAT, IS TO FIND OUT LIKE IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY MONEY LEFT FROM OVER THAT LAND ACQUISITION AND IF IT COULD BE USED FOR PARK PARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO APPARENTLY, UH, I THINK SHE COMMUNICATED WITH JASON NA AND JASON NAY SAID THERE'S, THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH MONEY, WHATEVER MONEY'S LEFT FOR PARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I PUT IT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THE LAND, WELL
OKAY, SECRETARY, I WAS WATCHING THE CLOCK.
I THINK SOME OF OUR SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS CUT INTO ABOUT 15 OR 20 SECONDS.
YEAH, PLEASE GO FOR, SORRY, MORE SECOND, MORE TIME.
UM, MR. CREAMY AND, UH, UH, TARA GARAL.
SO OTHER THING FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AQUATICS AT, UH, PLEASANT OAKS, UM, AND LIKE MR. DICKEY SAID, I THINK IT WAS MR. DICKEY RIGHT? THAT SAID, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO, I MEAN, I THINK THE, AS LONG AS IT'S SAFE, MY CONCERN IS HAVING IT A SAFE PLACE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME CODE ISSUES THERE.
SO, UM, EVEN IF WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING ON THE LIST, AT LEAST GETTING IT UP TO CODE AND, AND, UM, HAVING A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, THE MANY, UH, KIDS THAT USE IT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO, THANK YOU MS. UH, MR. COS.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
I THINK THAT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO US AS A WHOLE.
I ALSO THINK LAND ACQUISITIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND GOOD, NOT CREATE
SO WE GOTTA TAKE UP AS MUCH SPACE AND PROPERTY AS WE CAN.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN SAVE OUR PLAN IS PRESERVE CONSERVATIVE LAND.
UM, AS FAR AS MY DISTRICT, UM, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GLENDALE PARK.
UM, AND FULLY FUNDING THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER TIME FOR GLENDALE PARK.
UM, FOR EVERY, I MEAN, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE PARK BOARD NOW, WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN WE STARTED THAT PROCESS AND PLAN FOR GLENDALE.
BUT THERE WAS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND REQUESTS FOR THE PARK TO BE REDEVELOPED.
UM, I BELIEVE IN THE SEVENTIES THAT IT WAS ALMOST A, A UNDERHANDED WAY OF SAYING TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL, BUT NEVER WAS DONE.
CITY DOCUMENTS HAVE IT LISTED AS THE BLACK PART.
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UM, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, THE THOMAS THAT WERE MADE FRUITION TO THIS DAY.UM, AND ALSO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT GLENDALE PARK AND THE SIZE OF IT, IT IS IN MY DISTRICT AND ALSO, UH, IN DISTRICT FOUR AS WELL, BUT IT ALSO SERVES DISTRICT EIGHT ALSO.
UM, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF GLENDALE PARK AND WHAT CAN BE DONE THERE, UM, NOT ONLY IS IT, I THINK A PRIORITY TO MY DISTRICT, BUT I THINK A PRIORITY WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE
BUT, UM, JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, REAL ABOUT IT AND HOLDING THE CITY TO, UM, THE PROMISE THAT IT MADE IN THE SEVENTIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE, GLENDALE PARK 6 7 5 2 1 6, WHICH DOES, UH, LEAD THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR MOST PEOPLE INCARCERATED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR MY COMMUNITY TO SEE THOSE GLIMMERS OF HOPE, UM, AND SEE THE INVESTMENT, UM, FROM THE CITY SIDE AND ALSO ME DOING MY RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AND SEEING THIS THROUGH IT, IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY, IF I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE PHASE ONE.
I HAVE IT LISTED AS NUMBER THREE.
UH, THE PHASE ONE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT TO NUMBER TWO ON MY LIST.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, TWO, THREE, ET CETERA, WOULD BE ONE.
AND THEN PHASE ONE WOULD BE TWO.
'CAUSE WE GOTTA MAKE THIS PART A REALITY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
THESE ARE, THAT'S THE EXERCISE THAT WE ALL CAN CHANGE AND DECIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS EXERCISE IS FOR.
'CAUSE WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND WE ABSOLUTELY CAN CHANGE ANY OF OUR PRIORITIES TILL THE TIME WE SEAL IT.
SO, MS. MONDELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, AS YOU GUYS HEARD TODAY WITH THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE, UM, THEY'RE NEW TO DISTRICT TWO, BUT, UH, WAITING 25 YEARS FOR A REC CENTER, UM, IS LONG OVERDUE.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANNA SUPPORT THE RIGHT ROCK HILLS REC CENTER.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT IN THAT, UM, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN MORENOS WANTS TO SUPPORT THEM.
UM, ALSO TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCESSING INTO SAMUEL GRAND.
UM, IT'S PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE MASTER PLAN OF GETTING INTO THE PARK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF 30.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, THE REC CENTERS THAT I HAVE THAT NEED A HVAC OR UH, NEED A COMPLETELY NEW REC CENTER LIKE KB POLK, UM, IS IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK BUILDING SOMETHING NEW FOR SOMEBODY AT THIS MOMENT WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING POTENTIALLY MIGHT TAKE PRIORITY, UM, AS WELL AS TAYLOR FIELDS, WHICH IS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN OFF OF GO LATIMER.
UH, THERE'S NO ATHLETIC FIELDS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AND THIS WAS ALREADY APPROVED, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS AGO IN THE 2017, I THINK, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GIVE THOSE FIELDS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS COMING INTO THE AREA.
UM, THERE'S NO ATHLETIC FIELDS ANYWHERE AROUND, UM, DOWNTOWN AND IN THE VICINITY.
UM, THERE'S SUPPORT FROM THE DEEP EL FOUNDATION.
THERE'S SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES DOWN IN THE FARMER'S MARKET.
SO, UM, AND WITH D I S D BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL, A COUPLE NEW SCHOOLS, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL.
UM, SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS, I'D LOVE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT PLAYGROUNDS AS WHO, WHOSE END OF WARRANTY, END OF SERVICE LIFE IS THE LONGEST AND SUPPORT THEM.
UM, I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY IF IT'S END OF WARRANTY IN 2018 OR 2020, HOW, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT UNDER PLAYGROUNDS, WE NEED OVER THEM SHADE STRUCTURE, UM, FOR THE CURRENT ONES TO BE UTILIZED AND PLAYED ON.
OH, I THOUGHT I WHAT YOU OH,
UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THERE'S UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, ANY OTHER, I MEAN, I HAVE ON THEIR GR WILDER, UH, AQUATICS, THEIR POOL NEEDS A FULL REPLACEMENT.
UM, BUT I'D LOVE TO GET MORE INTO FIGURING OUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A POOL, UM, HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FIX SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO ACTUALLY BE REPLACED AND SUPPORT SOMEBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT NEED A POOL IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AND IN REGARDS TO THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES,
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UM, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT SHELLY AND THE TRI TRINITY RITER RIVER AUTO BOND.UM, THAT'S NOT A HUGE ASK AND IT'S AN AMAZING FACILITY.
UM, AND THAT WAS MY TOP PRIORITY TO SUPPORT HER.
AND THEN THE ZOO AND OTHER MATCHING PROJECTS.
AND THANK YOU MS.
I THINK THIS WAS, AND YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK I JUST SEE THE
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CREATE THAT SIGNATURE PROJECT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IMPLEMENTED 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE SAY WE WERE PART OF THOSE DECISIONS AND A COUPLE OF THEM, LIKE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT,
MS. COLLINS, UH, YOU KNOW, SAID IT VERY WELL.
TAYLOR SAID IT, SCOTT SAID IT.
SO HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR DOLLARS AND, YOU KNOW, EQUITY, UH, AROUND THE SYSTEM AND SOMETHING LIKE WHITEROCK DIRECT CENTER REALLY DEFINES IT.
YOU KNOW, WE SAW SOME DATA, SO HOW, HOW DO WE SPREAD? AND GOOD THING ABOUT THIS EXERCISE IS WHAT I HEARD IS SO MUCH IN COMMON.
SO, UH, WHAT ALL WE ARE WANTING, AND MR. JENKINS WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKING THE NOTES AND LITTLE, I FEEL, I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE QUITE A BIT OF IT, UH, IF WE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS IT PROPERLY.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, I THINK WE LUCK GIVEN NOW THAT WE HAVE $350 MILLION, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE IS THE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES, LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
UH, SO WE, THE ASK IS CLOSE TO, AND ROUNDING OFF THE NUMBERS $130 MILLION AND ROUNDING OFF THE NUMBERS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGES WE DID LAST TIME, THAT ONLY GIVES US $47 MILLION.
I I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATTRESS I'M PROPOSING, AND I THINK, AND WE ARE NOT DECIDING ON WHERE THERE'S MATCHES GO, I'M PROPOSING A BUY OF CLOSE TO $70 MILLION ON THE LARGE MATCHES AND KEEP FOR
SOME OF THEM ARE THREE TO ONE, BUT MOST OF THESE PARTNERS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING TWO TO ONE.
SO THE, THE NEED, OUR REQUEST WILL BE, IT HAS TO BE TWO TO ONE THE MATCH AND THEN CREATE A BUY OF $70 MILLION FOR PARTNERSHIP NETWORK.
AND WE'LL DELIBERATE LATER WHERE THAT 70 MILLION GOES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UH, AUTOBAHN AS AN EXCEPTION ON TWO TO ONE MATCH, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL AGREED WITH THAT IN NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THAT YEAH, THEY ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, A LARGE AMOUNT, BUT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO LIKE TWO TO ONE MINUTES IF THAT IS OKAY.
I THINK I'LL GIVE INDICATION TO THE STAFF OR WE CAN DISCUSS ON THAT.
IS $70 MILLION A NUMBER, UH, A GOOD NUMBER TO PUT ON BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS FOR THREE TIMES.
AND IF I DO JUST A HAND, UH, YOU KNOW, KERCHIEF NOTE, I THINK WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR WORTH OF PARTNERSHIP.
SO PUTTING $70 MILLION TO ENHANCE AND MAKE THEM BETTER, I THINK THAT'S A SMALL COMMITMENT WE DO TO ENHANCE A BILLION DOLLAR TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO, SO POINT OF DISCUSSION, 70 MILLION FOR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES WITH THE CONDITION OF TWO IS TO ONE AND, AND OPEN FOR COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION.
MS. COLLINS SAYS, YES, UH, MR. O'CONNOR.
YEAH, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
I I, I, I THINK IT KIND OF PICKS, I DON'T KNOW IF STEPHANIE CAME FROM, UM, I MEAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I, I SAID IT THAT DAY, I WAS REALLY
SO ROUGH AROUND, SO ROUGHLY WHERE IT IS.
SO I WAS REALLY LIKE CLYDE WARREN PARK, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT, BY THAT PRESENTATION.
AND SEEING THE EIGHT, EIGHT TO $1 FIGURE, I THINK IT WAS EIGHT TO ONE WAS, WAS ON THERE.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE ASKING FOR $10 MILLION, THEY'RE GONNA RAISE 80 OR 90.
FOR ME, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I, I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S SKIN OF THE GAME ON THEIR SIDE AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE WHEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO.
UM, AND, AND ALL THESE PARTNERS HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN ECOSYSTEMS. YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE FOR US TO ASK THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE THAT.
AND WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO WHICH PARTNER, WHAT, RIGHT NOW.
SO, AND, AND DREW, THAT'S A THREE OR THREE AND A HALF TO ONE.
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF TYING IT IN HIGHER MATCH REQUIREMENT.
I THINK THAT INCENTIVIZED OUR, OUR PARTNERS TO RAISE MORE MONEY.
ONE QUESTION THAT I DID ASK, AND I KNOW WE DON'T, PROBABLY HAVEN'T YET.
I ASKED CHRIS YESTERDAY, BUT I'D, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT OUR PARTNERS ALL RECEIVED IN PREVIOUS BOND ALLOCATIONS AND PARTICULARLY THE LAST BOND ALLOCATION FOR 2017.
JUST SO WE HAVE THAT SO WE CAN COMPARE IT WHEN WE'RE MAKING FINAL DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT LARGE PARTNERS SHOULD GET.
WHAT, YEAH, SO CHRIS, THAT INFORMATION
I AGREED ON THAT WITH WHAT WAS ASKED FROM WHO'S ASKING THIS, THIS TIME AROUND FROM THE LAST BOND AND HOW IT WAS ALLOCATED.
AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY THE ZOO, THEY ASKED FOR MONEY, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ALL OF IT.
AND, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REMAINING LEFT OVER, CHRIS, IF YOU HAVE THAT, UM, OKAY, SO, UH, CHRIS, UH, WHAT IS LIKE FROM LAST ONE, WHAT WAS ALLOCATED AND WHAT'S UNUSED? ALSO, IF BOARD CAN GET THAT INFORMATION ALSO, MA'AM, SO WHILE WE DELIBERATE WHO GETS WHAT? THAT WAS THE REQUEST.
AND YEAH, MR. B, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO OUR, UM, LARGE PARK MATCHES.
UM, I DON'T AGREE WITH AN EXCEPTION FOR ANYBODY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS CAPABLE OF FOCUSING ON FUNDRAISING IF THAT WAS THEIR GOAL.
EVERYBODY HAS THE ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE.
UM, AND I KNOW, AND, AND I'M NOT SLIDING THE ORGANIZATION OR THE, THE LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT IF THAT WAS THEIR PRIORITY IS TO FUNDRAISE, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT BECAUSE AS A, IN THE GRANTS WORLD, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, IF THAT'S THEIR PRIORITY FOR, UM, THE MATCH, UM, FOR THEIR REQUEST.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THAT THEY JUST WAIT AND DEPEND ON US TO GIVE THEM MONEY.
I THINK THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO.
UM, AND, BUT I AGREE, EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE PUT INTO OUR LARGE PARTNER, OUR SMALL PARTNER MATCHES, I THINK WE CAN'T BEAT IT.
UM, IF WE DO THE 127 MILLION, IT LEADS TO $2.3 BILLION WORTH OF IMPACT FOR OUR COUNTRY OR OUR, FOR OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE CAN'T LEVERAGE THAT MONEY ANY BETTER.
SO THE MORE MONEY WE PUT TOWARDS OUR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES, WE ALL WIN.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT GO TO, YOU KNOW, SOME HIGHER, YOU KNOW, AND HONESTLY, NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN MY DISTRICT FOR THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
SO, WELL, FAIR PARK HAS GOT 25 MILLION GUESTS.
SO THAT'S JUST THAT SMALL
SORRY, BUT I MEAN, I THINK I, I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT BRAD PARK ON THERE, BUT CONCRETE, I, I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE, THE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
BECAUSE IF WE MAKE EXCEPTION FOR ONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE EXCEPTION FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND IF THAT'S THEIR PRIORITY, MAYBE WE, OUR GRANT WRITER IN THE DEPARTMENT HELPS THEM WITH SOME GRANT WRITING ON THE BACKSIDE TO HELP OFFSET THE DEFICIT.
SO, SO IN GENERAL, I SEE THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO 70 MILLION WITH TWO IS TWO ONE MATCH.
NOW THE DISCUSSION IS, SHOULD WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION? MR. LAUGHTER, DID YOU RAISE HONOR? I DISAGREE ON, WHAT'D YOU SAY? I AGREE.
I, I HEY MARGARITA TAG, HE PLUS, YEAH.
UH, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF S'S THE NUMBER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE WITH THAT NUMBER.
WE'RE CLOSER THAN WE WERE COMING IN THIS MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK OR 10 O'CLOCK.
SO I THINK THAT THE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE MAYBE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE CLOSE.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I, LIKE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE EXCEPTION, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF AGREE WITH, MAKE THE AGREE WITH, UM, MY PRESIDENT WOULD, BUT, BUT IF YOU MAKE AN EXCEPTION ONE, YOU MAKE ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER ONE, THEN WE'RE ALL, THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE.
SO, I MEAN, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT, BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND HOW HARD IT'S FOR 'EM TO GET FUNDRAISING, FUNDRAISING DOLLARS.
SO IT'S KIND OF, I'M KIND OF A MIXED BAG ON THAT, BUT, UM, JUST I THINK THAT 70 IS A LOT BETTER THAN 127 MILLION.
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AND WE CAN GET DOWN THAT NUMBER DOWN IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE ANY STRIDES IN OUR DISTRICTS AT ANY POINT.'CAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THERE.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE BEHIND, AGAIN, IN SEVEN YEARS WITH THE NEXT GROUP'S TRYING TO GET A ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED $20 BILLION TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE THAT ARE ON, ON THE TABLE NOW.
SO IT'S, YOU SEE, GONNA FALL FURTHER BEHIND.
BUT I THINK I, I CAN, I CAN LIVE WITH THE 70 AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, I DON'T KNOW IF AGREEING WITH MR. WOOD OR THAT IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF I CAN CHANGE MY MIND AND, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY PERSPECTIVE WHY THE EXCEPTION, BECAUSE EXERCISE WE ARE DOING IS, IF YOU SEE EVERY OTHER PARTNER, THEY HAVE REALLY BUILT THEIR OWN ECOSYSTEM AND BAN HAS NOT GOT A CHANCE TO BRING, BUILD THEIR OWN ECOSYSTEM NEXT TIME AROUND, MAYBE THAT COULD NOT BE THE CASE.
AND WE ALL HAVE AGREED THAT IT'S AN AMAZING PROPERTY, WHICH IS AMAZING POTENTIAL WITH THE NATURE, NATURE OF NO ELSE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I HAD PROPOSED, BECAUSE IF, AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE DO IT, WE SHOULD NOT DO IT TO SET TO FAIL.
BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO DISCUSSION HERE.
UH, MR.
UM, I, I, I LOVE THE TWO TO USE PRESIDENT.
UM, I THINK $7 MILLION IS, IS IS A LOT.
MAYBE WE CAN LIKE CONSIDER SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE FINAL NUMBER, I, I THINK MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR A CAP TO WHAT, UH, A PARTICULAR PARTNER CAN GET.
UH, AND, AND, AND I LOVE THE ZOO.
AND WHILE I'VE RATED THEN NUMBER ONE ON MY OWN PERSONAL LIST, UM, $30 MILLION IS A BIG PIECE OF WHATEVER PIE WE'RE GONNA GET.
IF THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION FOR A MATCH, UH, LIKE A MAXIMUM CAP, THEN THAT MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE BIT AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN THE LIST.
I THINK SOMETHING, UH, SOME, UH, EVERYONE GETTING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE GETTING EVERYTHING.
AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION TO HAVE IF THERE'S A CAP TO SOME OF THESE, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE START THOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE YEAH, THERE'LL BE A VIGRASS DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL ALL TRY TO BRING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND THEN AGREE TO, UH, MR. NER.
UM, JUMPING ON MR. REY'S IDEA HERE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A CAP, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SUPPORT, I THINK IT SHOULD INCLUDE A LOOK BACK TO PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK A COUPLE OF DATA, WHICH GROUP MEMBERS ASKED THAT BE YES.
IMPORTANT WHILE WE START CONSIDERING.
SO MAYBE IT'S AN AGGREGATE CAP OVER TWO BOND ELECTIONS AND THREE BOND ELECTIONS RATHER THAN JUST A SINGLE ONE-TIME CAP.
UH, SO I GUESS, UH, AM AM I RIGHT? YES, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT MAKING THE EXCEPTION.
AND, UM, OTHERS WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT US? UM, IN THE CASE OF THE TRINITY, ROBERT ABUT CENTER, THE REASON, WHAT I WOULD ARGUE IS IT, IT IT'S EXCEPTIONAL.
IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT'S IN AN AREA, UH, THAT EVERYBODY SAYS WE NEED TO SUPPORT.
UH, IT'S IN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN DISADVANTAGED FOR A LONG TIME AND NEGLECTED BY THE CITY, AND THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EDUCATION, BUSES COME IN THERE JUST BY THE THOUSANDS.
SO I WOULD JUST ARGUE THAT, YES, UM, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE, YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE OTHERS.
BUT BECAUSE I'M SO, SO MUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS PLACE, HAVING SPENT SIX YEARS ON THEIR BOARD AND SEEING THEIR STRUGGLES BIG, SO BIG TIME STRUGGLES RAISING MONEY, IT THEY JUST REVAMPED THEIR BOARD TO BE MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE THAN IT EVER WAS.
IT'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF HAPPENING THERE.
I WOULD JUST URGE MY FELLOW PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO CONSIDER THAT.
SOMETIMES IT IS WORTH MAKING AN EXCEPTION.
AND IF YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN IT OR JUSTIFY IT TO THE OTHERS WHO AREN'T GETTING THE EXCEPTION, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS TO MAKE THAT, THAT A REASONABLE PERSON, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO'S COMING AND ASKING FOR 20 OR 30 MILLION, WOULD MAKE IT LIKE, WELL, IF THEY WANT 3 MILLION, THEY CAN'T MATCH THREE, THEY CAN'T RAISE SIX OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T DO THE TWO TO ONE.
I, I, I'VE JUST GOTTA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I IT'S A GREAT POINT, BUT EXCEPT THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN WHAT THEY DO.
AND ACTUALLY IT'S SIGNIFIES EVERYTHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE AND SIGNATURE PROJECT EQUITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN SOME PROJECT SIGNIFIES EVERYTHING, IT DESERVES AN EXTENSION.
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YES.AND THE BOND COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE'VE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY MANAGERS ASK FOR THAT 30% OF THE BOND BE EQUITY BASED, AND TRYING TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANT, TOOK UP A LOT OF OUR TIME.
BUT THERE'S AN EQUITY CONSIDERATION HERE, UH, ON ALL THOSE LEVELS I MENTIONED.
SO IT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT ONE SHOULD, COULD I'D ASK YOU FACTOR THAT IN? 'CAUSE IT IS A, THERE IS AN EQUITY COMPONENT HERE, SO YES, MR IN ALL HONESTY, LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR MONEY.
THEY GIVE FREE ENTRANCE SO THEY DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING.
SO THEY'RE CUTTING OUT THAT MONEY.
SO ARE THEY THE BEST OPERATOR? DO THEY MANAGE THEIR MONEY, THEIR FUNDS THE RIGHT WAY? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF IT.
SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE.
THE CITY HAS PUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO IT ALREADY.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISADVANTAGED.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, BEAUTIFUL SITE, AND IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, CLEANED UP.
IT WAS A FORMER DUMP, BUT THERE'S BEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTMENT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T MADE AN INVESTMENT THERE ALREADY.
SO I MEAN, THEY WANNA REVAMP THEIR GIFT SHOP AND THEIR, THEIR FUNCTIONAL SPACE TO HAVE WEDDINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'RE NOT SO, WELL IF, UH, AND MR.
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT.
AND THANK GOD FOR SOMEBODY LIKE MR. DE IS GONNA BOARD AND YOU KNOW, HE'S THERE LIAISON, UH, FROM CITYWIDE, FROM KIDS, FROM EVERY DISTRICT HAS GONE THERE AND, AND JUST LEARNING ABOUT NATURE AND THE EDUCATIONAL.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND SEE HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR MONEY.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR FACILITY.
WE SEE HOW THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AC AND A BAILING THAT'S FALLING APART, WE CAN'T SAY WE'RE GONNA INVEST MONEY.
THEY CAN DO WEDDINGS AND STUFF.
THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT FOR THIS CITY.
AND LIKE MR. DICKIES SAID, THIS PLACE IS EXCEPTIONAL.
AND WITH THE DIRECTOR THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, SHE'S JUST OUTSTANDING.
AND SO I'M AGREEING ON THIS AND I'M AGREEING WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT THE 70 MILLION.
AND WE DID LOOK AT EACH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AT THIS, YOU KNOW, AND QUIT TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE MANAGING THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY NEED SOME HELP.
I'M, I'M NOT IN AGREEING WITH THAT AND NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, NO, NO DISRESPECT, BUT IT'S KIND OF HEART WRENCHING, UH, UH, FOR MY DISTRICT WHEN WE GOT SOMEBODY LIKE MR. DICKEY WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT HE'S ADVOCATE.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT LOOK AT EACH ONE OF OUR NEEDS OR EACH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, AIN'T NO I AND TEAM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE SITTING ON THIS BOARD FOR.
SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S E THANK YOU.
UM, NO, I TOTALLY AGREE ON FEAR OF
THE OTHER BIG MATCHES, I THINK THAT I'M GOOD WITH THE 70, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LIKE THE BOTTOM.
AND I, I, I'M WORRIED THAT WHEN WE SEND THAT FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND IT START TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT THEY'LL TO CUT MORE.
SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE TO WHAT A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE DATA TO BACK IT UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE SO IT DOESN'T GET CUT TO 60 OR 50 OR 40.
'CAUSE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND JUST ADDING UP THE ONES THAT EVEN QUALIFY UNDER THAT CRITERIA, WE'RE ALREADY JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER 70.
SO, UM, WE JUST REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE AND NOT GO ANY LOWER THAN 70.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THAT WILL GIVE US A FAIR SHOT TO
SO I THINK I AM HERE THAT, UH, 70 IS THE NUMBER NOW FROM YOUR TOTAL BUY, YOU PUT IT TO THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCH AND WE'LL DECIDE HOW THAT GETS SPREAD LATER WITH AN EXCEPTION TWO.
UH, WITH THAT, I THINK WE GREAT.
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THANK YOU.I'M JUST GONNA SAY, JUST WANNA REALLY THANK JARED AND MEGAN SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION AND HOW IT'S ALL ORGANIZED AND HOW IT'S ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHERE OR WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE CHRIS AND YOUR TEAM, JARED AND MEGAN.
IT JUST, IT'S, THIS IS A LOT, UH, TO DIGEST AND, UM, AND IT'S VERY CLEAR.
I'M JUST SAYING GET THE INFORMATION STAFF WHERE THE NEEDS, TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE HEARD TODAY AND FINE TUNE THIS TO KIND BEFORE I GET STARTED REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA SAY, GLAD TO BE BACK.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UNTIL YOU STEP IN THIS ROLE, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS TRULY LIKE DRINKING FROM A FOUNTAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND I THINK, YEAH, A WATER, I REALLY LIKE THAT.
FROM A WATER HOLE, NOT REAL, FROM A FIRE HYDRANT.
UH, AND I, I THANK CRYSTAL, UH, AND, AND BESIDES WILLIS AND PAUL CAN ATTEST TO WHAT THAT REALLY FEELS LIKE, BUT IT'S STILL A VERY REWARDING JOB.
UH, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, AGAIN, I JUST GOTTA THANK YOU ALL, ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THE ENTIRE CITY.
MY ENTIRE STAFF FOLKS, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UH, APPOINTED OFFICIALS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, I KNOW YOU ALL DID.
YOU HONOR MY WISH OF ALLOWING ME OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAL PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS MENTALLY, UM, TELL YOU, IT'S, IT IS GREAT TO BE LOVED WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE.
I, I'M TELLING YOU, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE LOVE THAT WAS SHOWN AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, I GOT TO SEE YOU WHILE I WAS ALIVE.
AND, UH, AND, AND THE ONLY REASON I EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT, 'CAUSE IT, IT WAS AT THAT POINT, IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF MY HISTORY.
UH, AND NONE OF MY, MY TWO BROTHERS OR DAD GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS OLD AS I AM.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING I JUST WENT THROUGH.
I THANK GOD, I THANK GOD FOR BLESSING THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
UH, I THANK GOD FOR LEAVING ME AND BRINGING ME HERE TO THE CITY AND, AND WHAT THE LOVE YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN AND EVERYONE HAS SHOWN REAFFIRMED WHY GOD PUT ME HERE.
AND THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON THAT MILLER PART.
WHEN WE COME BACK WITH BOND, IF THE ROOM WOULD ALLOW ME, IT'S IRONIC 'CAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH MY LIST AND I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND I DO EVERYBODY'S WORK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE DID A LOT OF WORK AND STAFF AND THE COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEE AND BOARD, UH, AND, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT YOU ALL STARTING WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS THROW YOUR WAY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
BUT WHAT I SAW TODAY WAS A CONSENSUS.
AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE COME TO THE, THE, THE REALIZATION OF ONLY SO MUCH MONEY, BUT YOU UNDID THE HARD PART TO GET US DOWN TO THIS THREE 50.
AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS WE GOTTA SIMPLIFY IT.
WE GOTTA PUT IT IN THOSE MORE UNDERSTANDING CHUNKS FOR THE PUBLIC AND AS WELL AS THE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO'S GONNA MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, UH, ONCE WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH, UH, WE'LL ABLE TO GET TO A POINT THAT'LL GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION SO I CAN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH A FINAL RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT YOU ALL FEEL LIKE YOU CAN SUPPORT, THAT YOU THINK IT WILL STAND UP TO THE SCRUTINY.
BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TRULY ARE ABLE TO GO BEFORE THE COMMITTEES GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE EITHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRO HAVE BEEN AROUND DURING THESE BOND PROGRAM.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL ASK THE PRESIDENT TO COME UP AND BE, AND BE ABLE TO DEFEND WHY, WHY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BEING MADE.
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I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO EQUIP HIM OR MESO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT METHODOLOGY.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING COMMON SENSE.
AS I HEARD MR. GOLDSTEIN MENTIONED.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT EQUITY IS IN THIS DECISION.
UH, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS INCLUDED.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW THE COUNCIL'S GONNA MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD AS FUN THAT WE WAS PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET WITH MY LIST WHEN I LOOKED AT DISTRICT THREE.
GLENDALE WAS LIKE, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE.
THAT'S, IT'S NOT, WE HAVE TO INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
I KNOW PEOPLE USED, I WAS AROUND WHEN CLONE WAS FIRST BEING DISCUSSED.
NO ONE BELIEVED IN CLOUD, LET ME TELL YOU THAT.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PIE IN THE SKY.
LOOK WAS CLY ONE HAS DONE FOR THIS CITY.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR, UH, MR. HARRIS MENTIONED.
'CAUSE TO ME THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT KICKSTARTS THAT ENTIRE QUARTER, THAT PART IN OUR TRAIL CONNECTIONS WE'RE DOING THROUGH THERE.
IT IS GONNA KICKSTART AN ENTIRE CORRIDOR FOR TRUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRUE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THAT, THAT PART OF THE CITY.
IT'S EQUITY, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S TRANSFORMATIONAL, IT'S SAFETY.
IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED WHAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO DO.
AND, AND YES, WE OWN THE PROPERTY.
LET'S PUT A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT UP THERE.
PICKLEBALL COURT, INTERACTIVE, NEW TYPE OF REP.
YOU KNOW, AS, AS MR. BLAIR MENTIONED, WE GOTTA GO MORE VIRTUAL AND WHY NOT DO SOMETHING THAT'S TRANSFORMATION UP THERE.
THERE WILL MAKE A REGIONAL DRAW.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THE FOLKS WHO KNEW THEIR NEED.
THIS, UM, CR CRAWFORD PARK, I'VE BEEN IN PARK SYSTEM ALL THESE YEARS.
IT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM.
AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT EQUITY IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF CROP.
YOU GOTTA SEND A STRONG MESSAGE, UH, XR REC CENTER POST THE OLDEST REC CENTER.
IT NEEDS TO BE A REAL REC CENTER.
IF I, IF I THOUGHT I COULD JUST ADD ONTO IT, WE WOULD'VE DONE IT.
YOU GONNA NEED TO ADD, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD I WAS ON TARGET WITH THE, UH, UH, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE SKATE PARK.
THAT'S MORE THEY NEED THAT SKATE PARK.
AND I KNOW THAT'S HOW Y'ALL IS.
I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE FUND.
I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR IT NOW.
UH, CLUBHOUSE OF STEVENS, YOU KNOW, I GOT SOME PLANS FOR THE GOLF OPERATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU GO OUT VISIT OTHER CITIES THAT WE MAY THINK WE THE TOP DOG, BUT WE CAN ALSO LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES.
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER AS WELL AS MS, UH, ASPEN AND AND STAFF TO GO VISIT SOME OTHER MODELS WHEN IT COMES TO GOLF COURSES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CLUBHOUSE, BUT I ASKED JOHN, LAWRENCE AND RACHEL, WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A REVENUE STREAM THAT COMES OFF OF THE GOLF COURSES, WE NEED TO ISSUE OUR OWN BONDS JUST LIKE THEY'RE DOING IN THESE OTHER CITIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN, SINCE THEY HAVE A REVENUE SOURCE, SELL ALL BONDS FOR THE GOLF COURSES.
SO THEY CAN HAVE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE GOLF COURSES.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT EVERY 15 YEARS.
'CAUSE THAT'S THAT ON AVERAGE WHEN THEY GET SOME MONEY IN A BOND PROGRAM, MAYBE EVERY 15 TO 18 YEARS.
BUT THEY HAVE A REVENUE SOURCE.
AND WE SHOULD BE UTILIZING THAT TO KEEP ALL THOSE COURSES CURRENT.
BUT I DO THINK THEY NEED SOME MONEY FOR THAT CLUBHOUSE THAT I CAN USE SOME OF THOSE REVENUES TO HELP GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR BONDS FOR OTHER OTHER COURSES.
UM, UH, OLD EAST DALLAS'S, WORKY YARD, TAYLOR FIELDS IN DISTRICT TWO.
WE, IF WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPACE WE HAVE DOWNTOWN NOW WITH SOME ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE GOT 15,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
WE CAN'T MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GROWING DOWNTOWN, GET IT TO 25, 30,000 FAMILIES, THERE ARE NO ATHLETIC KIDS.
YOU CAN'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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ROSEMEAD PARK, I'VE BEEN THERE, WATCHED ALL THE HOMELESS, WATCHED THE FIRES UP THERE.THAT COMMUNITY DESERVES US TO DO SOMETHING AT THAT PARK.
ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A GOLF COURSE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A MODEL THAT'LL MAKE IT SELF-SUSTAINABLE.
ONCE AGAIN, BEING THEY THROW OFF REVENUES FROM THAT OPERATION TO GO INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, WHEATON PARK, WE GOT THE PHASE ONE ON THE, ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS WITH ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO FINISH THAT OUT.
YOU DO? UH, WHEN I GET TO, UH, DISTRICT SIX, I KNOW, UH, TIM, YOU MAY NOT, YOU DIDN'T BRING IT UP, BUT I KNOW THIS IS DEAR ON YOUR HEART AND IT'S DEAR ON MY HEART, AT A MINIMUM WE HAVE TO PUT THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
WE AT LEAST HAVE TO DO THE STUDY AND WE AT LEAST HAVE TO FUND A DESIGN IN THIS NEXT BOND PROGRAM.
IT WON'T NORTHWEST, YES, IT WON'T HAPPEN.
IT'S, IT HAS SOME COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS, BUT TO THINK IT'S OKAY FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO CROSS EIGHT LANES, A BUSY HIGHWAY, AND YEAH, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE IN A POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR IT.
UH, AND BENEATH JUAREZ, BECAUSE WE DID KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE SMALL SWIMMING POOL IF WE GO.
BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, DO WE? BUT THAT'S GONNA BE IN A WHOLE NOTHER CATEGORY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POOLS.
UH, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN, THAT POINT PROPERTY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US IF WE CAN AT LEAST ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY OUT THERE FOR US TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WORK WITH PARTNERS, POTENTIAL PARTNERS, WHERE WE CAN REALLY DEVELOP THAT, THAT WILL REALLY SERVE THAT COMMUNITY AT A MINIMUM.
WE DON'T, WE WILL BE A 20 OR $30 MILLION PROJECT, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S WAYS WE'RE GONNA GET THERE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OTHER FUNDING.
I KNOW THE CORE IS ALREADY GONNA HELP FUND A, A STUDY THAT WILL KEEP THIS THING SUSTAINED.
BUT I THINK IT'S A $2 MILLION STUDY.
UH, ONCE THE APPROPRIATIONS HAPPEN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY.
BUT WE GOTTA COME TO THE TABLE.
WHAT'S THE MONEY? SO THAT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE MONEY, OUR MONEY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT LINK DREDGED.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MARCUS, I I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MARCUS
DISTRICT 13, IT IS LAND ACQUISITION
HE WAS ON BOARD WITH THAT ONE.
UH, AND I, I MENTIONED ABOUT TAYLOR FIELDS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THE OTHER ONES WHERE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S ON THE LIST, BUT PARKDALE SANTOS RODRIGUEZ
SHOULD IT BE SOME SLASH REC CENTER SLASH COMMUNITY CENTER SLASH UH, UH, UH, CULTURAL TYPE CENTER THAT'S CAN BE DISCUSSED.
BUT WE NEED TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT REC CENTER, AT LEAST FOR US AT LEAST.
ONCE AGAIN, LET'S GET A DESIGN DONE.
HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT REC CENTER IN THE FUTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T FORGET ABOUT OUR SENIORS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHITE ROCK HILLS, YOU KNOW.
I KNOW I DIDN'T BRING IT UP, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
YOU WANT NEW REC CENTERS? YEAH.
IF Y'ALL DECIDE Y'ALL WANT SOME NEW REC CENTERS, WHITE ROCK HILLS WILL BE HIGH ON MY LIST.
IF THE BOARD DECIDE YOU WANT TO DEVELOP SOME NEW REC CENTERS, IT WOULD.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN GENERAL, CITYWIDE ATHLETIC COMPLEX AS YOU ARE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE HEAR FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR ATHLETIC FIELD BECAUSE ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL HOST.
AND EXCEPTIONAL MONEY GRADE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE OTHER SEVEN, EIGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT TO BE A COMPLEX.
AND THEN YOU, YOU HEAR WHY YOU GET THE CALLS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.
YOU HEAR WHY IT'S ALWAYS, THE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
IT WAS NEVER BUILT TO BE A COMPLEX.
PROBABLY ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SORE.
THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE FOR AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
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CAN'T BE A BIG CITY AND NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ATHLETIC COMPLEXES.AND WE NEED TO RENOVATE WHAT WE SO CALL SO-CALLED ATHLETIC COMPLEXES.
I'M SORRY, I, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO STAFF THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
I TELL 'EM DIRECTIONS GONNA BE IN FOUR CATEGORIES.
YOU KNOW, WE AIN'T GONNA BREAK 'EM UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
IT'S EITHER A REPLACEMENT, IT'S EITHER A NEW REC CENTER OR IT'S A RENOVATION.
ALL THIS BREAKING IT UP IN THE HVAC HERE AND THAT RENOVATION, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THAT'S IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLUG IN NOW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA ALL BE SCORED, YOU KNOW, NOT HERE AND HERE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SIMPLIFY THIS.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN IT GOES OVER TO THESE COMMITTEES, WHEN IT GOES OVER TO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA SIMPLIFY THIS.
AND THESE COMMUNITY POOLS, ONCE AGAIN, GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR THOSE COMMUNITY POOL TO BE, TO BE REDONE.
BUT THOSE COMMUNITY POOL THAT REALLY NEED TO BE RENOVATED AND I RENOVATED REPLACE 'EM BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OLD POOL LEFT.
'CAUSE WE ARE ALREADY SAVAGED ALL THE OLD PARTS FROM THE POOLS THAT LIT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OLD PARTS TO SAVAGE TO KEEP 'EM RUNNING IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION, REPLACE 'EM OR REMOVE.
WE ARE, AND I'M TELLING YOU, I AM VERY HIGH ON KEEPING A COUPLE COMMUNITY FOODS 'CAUSE THEY'RE NEEDED.
AND THEN THE LAST, AS I JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT YOU ALL, SOME OF THIS STUFF I AM, I'M ALREADY MAKING PHONE CALLS.
SOME OF THIS STUFF GOTTA GO INTO FACILITIES.
SOME OF THIS STUFF GOTTA GO INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF IT'S GOTTA GET IN MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, STREETS OR WHOEVER THEY DO MAY NOT GET THE WHOLE THREE 50 OVER HERE.
BUT DARN, I CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH LESS THAN 300.
I'M TELLING YOU, I AIN'T GOING TO FIGHT HARD.
BUT IT IS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE I GIVE MY PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, OPINION TO THE GOVERNING BODIES AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR NO LESS THAN $300 MILLION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING.
50 MILLION GOT MOVED INTO SOME OTHER POTS AND I TALKED ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE GET IT RIGHT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE RIPPED APART OVER.
YOU WON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT, I'M TELLING YOU.
SO THAT BEING SAID, MR. PRESIDENT JOHN IS BACK.
DEACON
YOU KIND OF PUT THE PERSPECTIVE TOGETHER AND YOU SAID IT VERY LIGHT RIGHT METHODOLOGY.
YOU DON'T MAKE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
IT'LL BE HARD TO DEFEND IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE, UH, SUPPORT OF LEADERSHIP.
WE HEAR EVERY DAY WITH THE LAST WEEK I READ CLEAR COUNCIL, UH, PEOPLE IN PUBLICLY PRESS RELEASES.
SO, BUT IF WE MAKE IT EASY AND PRESENT IT IN THE RIGHT WAY IN THE FORMAT, I, I THINK WE WILL GET WHAT WE WANT.
BUT, UH, SO I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR CALIBRATION TODAY AND CONTINUED AFTER LUNCH.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S 1220.
WE WILL COME BACK AT, UH, ONE 10.
OKAY, SO I THINK WE LEFT AT A VERY GOOD SPOT IN THIS
SO NOW WITH THAT INCREASE, IT'S WRONG.
I THINK, UH, NO NEXT OBJECTIVE TODAY IS TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTIVE IN TERMS OF, UH, ALLOCATIONS.
I THINK THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECE OF ALLOCATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE DECIDED NOW IS BETWEEN ATHLETIC STATUS IMPROVEMENT.
THAT HOW DO WE SPLIT, UH, REST OF THE PART.
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ON THE PRIORITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN HEARD, WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, JENKINS DESCRIBED, I THINK STAFF WILL PUT IT TOGETHER AND TO US, HOPING MOST OF THEM ARE PART OF IT OR GIVING THE PRIORITIES, WHICH WE CAN.IS THAT RIGHT? IN DESCRIBING OBJECTIVES FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING? OKAY, SO, UH, ON THE, CHRIS, YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER ON THE S JUST GIVE A CUE IN THE SURE.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PRESENTATION ON PAGE, SORRY, I'M FLIPPING TO FINAL PAGE.
ACTUALLY PAGE SEVEN IS YOUR FUNDING TIME CHART.
SO BASICALLY YOU CAN GO DOWN THESE ONE BY ONE STARTING AT THE TOP WITH UM, A D A COMPLIANCE AND JUST GO DOWN THESE THAT ALPHABETICALLY WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHICH WERE PLAYGROUNDS AND REC CENTERS.
AND TRY AND FOCUS ON THOSE FIRST, UM, AND PUT FUNDS TO THOSE AND THEN GO BACK AND FILL IN BEYOND THAT.
UM, I THINK IF IT WERE PROBABLY ME, I WOULD PROBABLY FOCUS ON YOUR ONES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FIRST AND PUT YOUR FUNDS THERE AND THEN FILL IN THE OTHER ONES.
I THINK THE PLAYGROUNDS IS WHAT I HEARD THE MOST FROM EVERYONE.
SO LET'S JUST FOCUS ON PLAYGROUNDS AND LET'S DECIDE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH FUNDS WE WANT TO
I THINK THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT PACKAGE.
ANY THOUGHT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE UH, $350 MILLION BUDGET.
I THINK IF THIS SHEET GIVES YOU A GOOD REFERENCE.
PLAYGROUND, 12 MILLION, RIGHT? NO BUDGET AMOUNT IS FIVE, UH, 6 MILLION AND ROUNDING 5.7, RIGHT CHRIS? YEAH, RIGHT NOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT ON PLAYGROUNDS IS 5.79.
SO WE WERE OVER BY 6.29 MILLION.
NOW WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY INDICATED WAS ONE OF THE 2, 3, 5 PLAYGROUNDS.
AND IF WE DO 30 PLAYGROUNDS AT 300,000 PIECE, BASICALLY I CAN CALCULATE RIGHT HERE, WE WOULD NEED A MINIMUM OF 9 MILLION.
AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUNDS, THAT THOSE ARE JUST STANDARD PLAYGROUNDS.
YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST REG THE REGULAR OLD PLAYGROUNDS.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO THROW IN A COUPLE OF ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUNDS, THOSE SPECIFICALLY A MILLION DOLLARS EACH, I WAS GONNA ASK THE A D A COMPLIANCE WITHOUT ANY DOLLARS BEING REQUESTED THERE, COULD THOSE DOLLARS GO TOWARDS THAT? THEY COULD, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAKE FOR THE, ALL THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO ON THE PLAYGROUND LIST, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? WAS THE WAY PARK BOARD MEMBERS RANKED THEM WAVING AT ALL OR WAS IT JUST IF THEY WERE ON ANY TOP 10 LISTS, YOU THEN THREW 'EM INTO THE MIX AND RANKED THEM BY THEIR OVERALL TECHNICAL SCORE? LEMME TAKE A HIT A SHOT THERE FOR YOU.
BUT I'M GONNA REALLY WEIGH A LOT HEAVIER ON THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE I JUST, AND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAYGROUND, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE 10 PARTIALS OUT THERE AND I SINGLE.
I'M PUTTING THOSE IN THE LIST.
BECAUSE YEAH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I THINK IT'S STILL, EVEN IF WE DID 30 OR 35, IT LOOKED LIKE MOST, THERE'S PROBABLY THE NEW ONES.
SO THERE'S HARDLY ANY NEW ONES ON THOSE TOP 35.
YEAH, IF YOU GIMME THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE SOME NEW ONES AREN'T RIGHT.
SO YOU'LL REWORK THE CRITERIA FOR HOW
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S STILL, AT LEAST JUST IN MY DISTRICT, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WHAT, WHAT TO BE DUPLICATES OR ON A PROJECT WITH
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THAT REFERENCES THAT PROJECT FROM AN NEEDS INVENTORY IS TURNED ON THE LIST WHEN THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT WE WERE NECESSARILY ASKING FOR.SO I THINK, UM, THESE REQUESTED AMOUNTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY OH, AS FAR OVER AS THEY'RE REPRESENTED.
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 300 K NUMBER? NO, I'M SAYING, I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER CATEGORIES MORE SO THAN
BUT JUST UP, I I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE QUITE AS BAD IN TERMS HOW FAR OVER THE ALLOCATED WARE ONES.
WE'VE MET THESE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
AS WE SIMPLIFY, PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME MORE MONEY BECAUSE IF WE SAY A RENOVATION, WE'RE BUDGETING PAGE BACK OR IT'S INTERIOR IS PAINTING OR WHATEVER, INSTEAD HAVING IT BROKEN DOWN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE'RE SAYING IT COSTS 1.2, WE GONNA SAY NO, WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET SEVEN 50.
YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE SOME THAT HAVE INTERIOR RENOVATION THAT GOES TO A MILLION AND SOME WILL BE 500.
BUT IT IS GOING TO AVERAGE BACK OUT.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE GOTTA SIMPLIFY THIS TO COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT WAYS ON A RENOVATION FROM THE, SO BASICALLY ON PLAYGROUNDS, IF WE WENT TO 35 PLAYGROUNDS, THE LUMP SUM AMOUNT WOULD BE 10.5 MILLION, 30 PLAYGROUNDS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF YOUR RANGE OF THE 30 TO 35 PLAYGROUNDS.
IF YOU WANT MORE PLAYGROUNDS THAN THAT, THEN WE CAN CALCULATE THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
BUT LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD
SO YEAH, MY THOUGHT IS THAT GIVEN THERE ARE OTHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CUT SOME NUMBERS SOMEWHERE GIVEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE, PARTNERSHIP MATCH PLAYGROUND SHOULD BE LEFT AS IT IS.
BUT WE HAVE BIG TICKETS, LIKE RECREATION CENTER IS 77 MILLION.
PARK, INSIDE DEVELOPMENT IS 48 MILLION.
MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS IS 35 MILLION.
CALL CENTER DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT IS 21 MILLION.
SO WE SEE IF WHERE, WHERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT IN THOSE, SOME OF THE BIGGER NUMBERS, BUT LEAVE PLAYGROUND THAN THEY ARE.
THAT'S WHAT MY, AND IT SEEMS EVERYONE WAS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUNDS IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT AND DEPARTMENT PARTS.
SO WE SHOULD NOT TOUCH THE NUMBER OF PLAYGROUND LEAVE, WHAT IT IS.
BREAK DOWN THAT BUDGET AMOUNT ON PLAYGROUNDS IS 5.79 MILLION.
SO WE NEED DOUBLE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO IT.
YEAH, WE'RE ADDING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO IT 5.79 KIN.
I, I DEFINITELY HAVE A MINIMUM RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION ON, UH, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THAT IN SOME CASES THERE MAY BE SOME PLAYGROUNDS WHERE, UH, THE LIFE IS LONGER THAN WHAT THE WARRANTY REALLY SAYS.
THAT WOULD BE TO SAVE ON SOME OF THOSE.
BUT AT A MINIMUM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET SHADE STRUCTURES IN THERE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE, WE WANNA PULL IN THE SOFT SURFACE.
AND SO WE THINK THE NUMBERS WILL COME DOWN A LITTLE ON SOME OF THOSE
UH, SO I THINK 9 MILLION IS A SAFE NUMBER.
LET'S GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DIRECTOR JENKINS ON THAT 9 MILLION NUMBER.
TELL WE SEE THE FULL PLAN NEXT WEEK THAT HOW IT IS LOCATED AND DISTRIBUTED.
THEY GIVE THE 9 MILLION NUMBER, CHRIS.
NOW GO TO OTHER, UH, JUST PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE.
I THINK IT DOESN'T, I DON'T SEE QUEUE HERE.
THANK YOU MR. UM, THE 9 MILLION WOULD DO 30.
UH, AND I THINK DIRECTOR JACOB JUST ANSWERED MY ONLY QUESTION WAS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THERE'S CLARITY ON IT'S THREE COMPONENTS.
IT'S PLACED AT THE SHADE, SOME SORT OF SHADE AND THE, THE HARD SOFT CORD IS PLACED.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, MR. JENKINS, YOU MADE A COMMENT EARLIER, UM, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THE CONDITION OF PLAYGROUNDS, AND I THINK WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH MEGAN AND JARED, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME ROLLOVER FROM 2017 DATA THAT MAYBE IS NOT UP TO DATE WITH HOW THOSE PLAYGROUNDS ARE.
SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS ACTUALLY THERE, UM, UM, CONTINUED USABILITY BASED ON THEIR, THEIR CURRENT
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USE.SO IF YOU'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I JUST ASK FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE HAVE SHIFTED SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS HAS HAD A, A MASSIVE SHIFT FROM KINDA ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS TO NEW PEOPLE COMING IN WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS.
UM, I MEAN IT TOOK A BIG BEATING BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE HIGHLY USED NOW THAN IT'S BEEN MORE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COULD DEGRADE THE PLAYGROUND.
I, AND I JUST TOLD THE STAFF LAST WEEK, I MEAN, THIS WEEK IS WHAT, UH, I NEEDED AN EXTRA WEEK BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE REC CENTERS, THESE PLAYGROUNDS, SOME OF THESE TOOLS I PERSONALLY NEED TO GO PUT MY OWN EYES ON I, I'M, AND REALLY LOOK AT 'EM AND MAKE A CONFIRMATION.
BUT IT SHOULD REALLY BE IN THE PRIORITY.
UH, ACTUALLY, DIRECTOR KINS AND MR. KARIMI MADE MY EXACT POINT, WHICH WAS TO BUDGET AND SHADE STRUCTURES AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
BUT THIS IS THE FUTURE AND WE DON'T, DON'T DO IT NOW.
WE APPROVED A PLAYGROUND TODAY FOR 144,000.
I WAS WONDERING LIKE, WELL, DO WE HAVE A SOFT HARD SURFACE OR AN ALL ABILITY SWING AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE? 'CAUSE I LEARNED THE HARD WAY WHEN
SHADE STRUCTURES AND HARD SURFACES AND THEN SOME LIMIT, SOME ABILITY FOR THE, UH, WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ONE OF THOSE SWINGS IS ABOUT $8,000.
I'M JUST, FRANKLY, I'M JUST SORRY,
I THINK THE PLAYGROUNDS IS, UH, DEFINITELY A POINT THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS THAT WE GIVE A LUMP SUM OF MONEY, LIKE NINE OR $10 MILLION AND IT'S EVALUATED BY OUR PARTS STAFF.
MAYBE WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, THE IDENTIFY WHICH PARTS, WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT SOME POINT.
NOT ALL OF 'EM HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
MOST OF 'EM MIGHT NOT LOOK THE BEST BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE FADED.
THEY MIGHT BE, I DON'T CARE, LITTLE KIDS, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING CRITICAL OF THAT.
LITTLE KIDS ARE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND PLAY ON IT ANYWAY, IF THEY CAN BE IN IT WITH SHADE AND IT'S NOT BURNING 'EM UP.
SO I THINK SHADE STRUCTURES ARE OUR BIGGEST, UM, STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW.
AND MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE COME IN WITH, YOU KNOW, A BIG POLE, A BIG UMBRELLA, AND TRY TO LIKE, COVER AS MANY OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS WITH A SHADE STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A NEW PLAYGROUND IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT SHADE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE FOR A, UM, LONG TERM REPLACEMENT FOR THE
AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
I THINK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH MR. RUDY, BUT
I, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE KIDS.
I LOVE SEEING THE KIDS PLAY IN THE PLAYGROUNDS.
IT MAKES MY HEART WARM TO SEE KIDS OUT THERE PLAYING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY COLD SOMETIMES
LAUGHING AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR HEARTS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
WANT SEE, ESPECIALLY DOING IT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
UM, BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT DOING IT RIGHT IN THE NOW.
AND, UH, SO ALSO AS WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, BEING INCLUSIVE, HOW DOES IT WORK IF WE SAID WE WANTED TO USE THIS A AADA A COMPLIANCE, WHICH THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T MIND FOR GOING TO THE KIDS.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY THAT THEY WANT THESE PLAYGROUNDS OR THESE STRUCTURES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
UM, I MEAN, WOULD WE JUST TAKE LIKE THIS 900,000 AND PUT IT INTO THE PLAYGROUNDS OR DO WE LEAVE IT THERE? 'CAUSE THEN I FEEL LIKE IT'S UP FOR DEBATE WHAT WE'RE SAYING WITH THIS A D A, UM, COMPLIANCE.
LIKE DO WE JUST MOVE SOME OF THAT MONEY AND SAY IT'S GONNA GO IN OUR NON MILLION? AND THEN ALSO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE NONILLION
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THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ENOUGH FOR THOSE, THE CUP THAT WE USE, UM, THE SHADE STRUCTURES.BECAUSE FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THOSE
AND THEN ALSO, ARE THOSE SHADE STRUCTURES JUST THE CANOPIES? WILL THOSE SUFFICE FOR THE HEAT THAT WE'RE SEEING OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS? IS THAT GONNA BE ENOUGH? DO WE NEED TO ADD ONE OF THOSE? AND THE NAME OF THE FAN IS THIS.
THEY CALL BIG ASS FANS,
LIKE THE KEY KIDS WHO, UM, AS THEY'RE PLAYING.
SO I WOULD SAY I COULD ASK THAT I WOULD, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN MAINTENANCE, BUT YEAH.
BUT A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD WORK.
US PUTTING A FAN UP, NOT IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS LIKE 95% OF OUR PARKS.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS DURABLE.
AND I DO THINK THE PROPER SHADE STRUCTURE PUT IN THE PROPER LOCATION SUFFICE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, CHRIS, WHAT YOU NEED ON
UH, THE NEXT BIGGEST, UH, TICKET I SEE IS RECREATION CENTER.
WE HAD 70, UH, GO AHEAD CHRIS.
WOULD YOU GIVE PREPARATION CENTER? SO, SO THE BUDGET AMOUNT WAS 77.81 MILLION.
REQUESTED AMOUNTS WERE 307.68 MILLION.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND, UM, THIS PRESENTATION AND, AND SEPARATED THOSE IN PLACEMENTS AND REMODELS.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY SHOWN IN YOUR APPENDIX.
BASICALLY THE RECREATION CENTERS START ON PAGE 45, TAKE A LOOK.
THAT MAY HELP YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH YOU WANNA PUT TOWARDS REPLACEMENT VERSUS HOW MUCH YOU WANT TOR REMODEL OR THANK YOU.
SO ANY COMMENT ON MS. ALEX? THANK YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HARD ONE BECAUSE THERE'S SO BIG TICKET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D START CRYSTAL SERVE AS YOU HAVE YOU HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT NEEDS HERE.
THEY'RE, THEY JUST TAKE UP SO SUCH BIG CHUNKS OF OUR BUDGET.
I MEAN, WHILE I'D LOVE TO SEE MARCUS EITHER DEMOLISHED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN
BUT I MEAN, I'M LIKE 20 MILLION.
LOOK AT HOW MUCH ELSE WE COULD GET FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 MILLION.
AND, UM, I I THINK IT WAS
SOMEONE SAID, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IS JUST REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, THAT'S WHAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS ARE USED TO HAVING AND SEEING AND IT'S PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES AND THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
UM, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING NEW.
AND I DO SUPPORT WHITE ROCK HILLS FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE IT IS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DENSITY, YOU HAVE A CULMINATION BECAUSE THEY REALLY WOULD UTILIZE THAT FACILITY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS WE KNOW FROM THE FERGUSON
UM, WE'LL MORE ON THAT, BUT I MEAN, NOT THAT WE WOULD, BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S HAVING PARTNERSHIPS WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH WELLED, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL PARTNERS THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH TO HELP REDUCE THE COST OF, UM, OUR REC CENTERS.
WE'RE, LOOK, THEY'RE THE LARGEST AFTERSCHOOL SITES FOR D I S D.
I MEAN, THEY ARE WELL UTILIZED, PARTICULARLY IN PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD, AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO REMOVE MARCUS, I JUST THINK OUR 20 MILLION COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S JUST SUCH DEMAND, SUCH NEED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
MARTIN WEESE, UH, PLEASANT OAKS, CAMPBELL GREEN, I MEAN, I'M HUGELY SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING THAT REALLY IMPRESSIVE REC COMPLEX DISTRICT 12, WHICH NEEDS, AND SO
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THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I LAND ON.I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 10 NEW REC CENTERS, BUT I THINK IN REALITY IS WE'RE NOT GONNA COME CLOSE TO THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING ON THAT.
JOHN IS LIKE SHOOTING DAGGERS OUT OF
THE COMFORT THAT I KNOW
OKAY, SO WE'RE AT 77.1 MILLION I SEVEN SEVEN, SORRY, 77.81 MILLION I THINK.
RIGHT? AND SO THE TOP THREE ARE XL FIRESIDE CAMPBELL GREEN.
YOU ADD WHITE ROCK HILLS, YOU'RE AT 80 MILLION.
SO YOUR INITIAL TWO POINT WHATEVER MILLION, AND THAT'S NOT A BIG JUMP.
YOU GET FOUR NEW REC CENTERS THAT ARE PRETTY WELL SPREAD AROUND THE CITY.
I'M GONNA FIGHT FOR, UH, AN AREA THAT NEEDS, THAT IS MISSING A REC CENTER.
I MEAN AREAS THAT HAVE A REC CENTER ALREADY VERSUS AN AREA THAT HAS HUNDREDS OR 4,000 KIDS, UM, THAT GO TO SCHOOL NEXT TO SKYLINE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A REC CENTER THERE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO LAND AND WE'LL GET THE LAND.
WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE LAND.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE LAND THERE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE REC CENTER PLANNED.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS, I THINK STILL THE PEOPLE, WHICH ONE GOES THAT DISCUSS NEXT WEEK? SO MR. DICK, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ALONG THE LINES A BIT OF
ONE THING THAT I WOULD HOPE WE COULD BUDGET IN AS WE DESIGN THESE NEW REP CENTERS IS THE COMMON ROOMS WHERE WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEETING.
THE ACOUSTICS ARE GENERALLY TERRIBLE.
AND, UM, SOME SORT OF SOUND DESIGN.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT IT'S MY CHANCE TO SAY IT.
IF WE COULD, IF WE CONSIDER THE DESIGN ON THESE REC CENTERS, THE COMMON ROOMS, TO HAVE A TO SOMEBODY CONSULTANT WHO CAN RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE SOUND 'CAUSE TO BUFFER SOUND IS A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE AND EASY THING TO DO.
AND UH, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, EVERY COMMON ROOM IN THE REP CENTER, WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY SORRY.
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, SHOULD WE GIVE DIRECTION ON NEW, ON A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR A PERCENTAGE FOR NEW REC CENTERS VERSUS, UM, REMODELING REPLACEMENTS? YEAH, I THINK, UH, WE, AGAIN, WE'RE USING THE $20 MILLION NUMBER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY BE UP 18, BE 22, WE GET THE 20 SAY NUMBER OR BUILDING A NEW YEAR.
WELL, I MEAN OF THE 78 MILLION WE'RE ALLOCATING HOW MUCH OF THAT SHOULD, SHOULD BE DEVOTE TO, UM, THE, THE NEEDS FOR REMODELING.
SO BASED ON WHAT I HEARD TODAY, UH, I PERSON DON'T THINK
WE KNOW WE NEED TO REPLACE 10 REC CENTERS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THESE ARE THE FIRST FIVE, SO WE INCLUDE A NEW ONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM, HERE'S THE OTHER FIVE, THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
AND I DO HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT YOU PROBABLY SEE ME COME BACK WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST FOR ME TO GO IN AND UPGRADE A COUPLE REC CENTERS WHEN I CALL MORE NEW TECHNOLOGY, MORE INTERACTIVE ROOMS IN REC CENTERS AND ALLOW US TO COME BACK IN AND REDESIGN AND REPURPOSE A COUPLE REC CENTERS THAT REALLY ARE IN THE 21ST SIT WHEN IT COMES TO VIRTUAL AND INTERACTIVE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE.
ANY MORE IF WE CAN GET ANY MORE DETAIL ON NEEDS OF THE REMODELS.
'CAUSE LIKE LAKE ISLANDS NORTH IS ON HERE LIKE SEVEN TIMES AND I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT KIND OF WHAT THE, THE EXPERTS ON STAFF
SO I MEAN I, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NEW BECOME REMODEL, SO YEAH.
BECAUSE WE MAY END UP SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, 20 REC CENTERS REMODEL.
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RIGHT.THAT'S STILL FOR, YOU KNOW, PLACE FOR, OKAY.
THAT MAY BE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I
YOU DIDN'T WANT ME, YOU HALL
I GOT A JOHN SAID, UH, MR. JENKINS, I, AND SURE AGREE, BUT ALSO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF COLLEGE SAYING YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UH, FORMS AND YOU LOOK AT WHY WOULD, ARE WE GONNA TAKE 20 MILLION OR 30 MILLION IN THREE AND WE GOT SIX, SEVEN OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH THAT 20 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT THANK SHEET RIGHT ON COIN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SEE
I KNOW HE'S SURPRISED BY THAT, BUT, UM, I, I LOOK AT THESE REC, THIS IS HARD AND I LOVE OUR REC CENTERS.
UH, BUT THIS $80 MILLION TOWARDS OUR REC, THESE ARE ALL VERY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT, THERE'S REALLY THREE CATEGORIES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN FUND HERE.
WE'VE GOT HIGH DOLLAR PROJECTS THAT ARE BE CITYWIDE.
WE'VE GOT SMALL DOLLAR PROJECTS WHICH ARE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTRIC, LIKE PLAYGROUND.
WE'VE GOT THINGS LIKE REC CENTERS, WHICH ARE HIGH DOLLAR, VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS, BUT ARE LIMITED NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IT'S JUST HARD, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH ONES DO WE HAVE TO FUND RIGHT NOW? AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA HEAR ME ADVOCATE FOR THE RACKET SPORTS CENTER, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF $20 MILLION HERE THAN FUNDING A
THAT IS A CITYWIDE AMENITY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND I JUST WORRY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CUTTING THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE MORE BENEFICIAL CITYWIDE.
I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE NOT IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE PROJECTS, BUT IF WE HAVE TO CUT THINGS, I SEE THIS AS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP.
I DON'T WANT TO, BUT IF WE HAVE TO CUT THE CITY, IF THE CITY COUNCIL'S NOT GONNA GIVE US 450 MILLION OR $500 MILLION AND WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.
AND I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON, AND I'M NOT SAYING CUT ALL THE REC CENTERS, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, BUT THIS, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I THINK WE COULD MAKE SOME CUTS.
THANK YOU, MR. UH, THANK YOU MR.
UM, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, I AGREE WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS.
AND IF WE DO HAVE TO MAKE CUTS, IT'LL PROBABLY COME IN THE FORM OF RECREATION CENTERS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME HIGH PRICE TAGS ON THEM.
UM, I, WE'LL HOWEVER, FOCUS ON PAN LAKE HEIGHTS 'CAUSE UH, OUR PARK DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME DOWN AND CHECK OUT THE SITE WITH US, TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.
UM, AND THIS, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MISSION WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS TO REALLY INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND IN DISTRICT FOUR THERE WAS A BATTERY PLANT THAT WAS RIGHT BY WHERE CADILLAC HEIGHTS, UH, WOOD IS PLANNED TO BE.
AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF, UH, HIGH RATES OF CANCER.
AND A LOT OF THOSE BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES LIVED THERE.
SO THE PARK DEPARTMENT ACQUIRING THIS LAND, CLEANING UP THIS LAND AND MAKING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INHABITABLE AND PUTTING A PARK THERE IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
ESPECIALLY AS WE CONSIDER ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE, THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S MOVING TO THE SUBURBS.
THIS IS A VIABLE PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO MOVE TO.
AND IF WE START THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL THING FOR A DISTRICT FOUR.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
UM, IT'S, THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES WHO UTILIZE THIS PART, UM, EVERY DAY AND NOT, NOT JUST ON REGULAR, YOU KNOW, BIG EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, BUT PERHAPS WE PUT THE LIGHTINGS IN THE, THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THERE BECAUSE WE CAN ENGAGE SO MANY FAMILIES.
SO, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH, BUT IF I HAD TO SAY WHY CADILLAC HEIGHTS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR DISTRICT FOUR, AND I WOULD ARGUE FOR THE CITY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS PROJECT.
AND I WANT THANK OUR PARK DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR HELPING THIS, UH, ACQUIRE THE LAND AND MAKE THIS THANK SO WHAT I HEAR IS COUNTRY RECREATION CENTER, BUT NOT GOD,
I'M SAYING WE, WE MAY HAVE CHOOSE
I KNOW, I KNOW WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE, BUT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE OUT OF THE TWO PROJECTS, I THINK CADILLAC HEIGHTS FOR US IN OUR DISTRICT IS GOT FIRST SAY AGAIN.
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YOU.AND, AND IN THOSE TONES, I WAS GONNA SAY, IF YOU'RE GONNA CUT ANYTHING, JUST DON'T CUT MY PROJECT OUT.
I THINK RICK CENTERS ARE A VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE I SEE THE USE THAT WE HAVE AT LISTEN KEITH OR OUR KIDS SPRINGS MAR WISE, THE USE THAT WE HAVE THERE.
EVEN, EVEN, YOU COULD GO BACK TO OUR YOUTH SPORTS.
HOW MANY KIDS SIGN UP AT THOSE REC CENTERS TO PLAY SPORTS? RIGHT.
AND WE COMPARE IT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT THEY HAVE GAL YOUTH SPORTS, THEY HAVE OAK CLIFF SOCCER THAT ALL HAVE SPORTS ENGAGEMENT THERE.
THEY STILL HAVE TONS OF SIGNUPS AND THEY'RE IN THEIR, AND THEY'RE, UM, SUMMER CAMPS ARE ALWAYS FULL.
USUALLY MAX OUT DEPENDS ON WHAT, WHICH REC CENTER IT IS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN, IN REC CENTERS.
BUT WE ALSO GOTTA REEVALUATE WHAT TYPE OF REC CENTERS WE PUT INTO OUR CITY.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH KID SPRINGS AND KEYS AND MARTIN, WE ARE UNIQUE 'CAUSE THEY HAVE SPORTS AND THEY HAVE CAMPS AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
THERE'S SOME REC CENTERS THAT DON'T HAVE SPORTS THAT CANNOT ENGAGE COMMUNITY.
MAYBE COMMUNITY'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OLDER OR JUST DON'T WANNA DO SPORTS, RIGHT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE AT.
SO REIMAGINE OUR REC CENTERS IS ALSO A THING THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THE $20 MILLION REC CENTER.
WE NEED A $10 MILLION REC CENTER IN THAT, IN THAT COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ENGAGEMENT WITH, WHETHER IT'S MUSIC, COMPUTERS, WHATEVER.
IT HAPPENS TO BE A COMMUNITY ROOM TO DO ARTS, TO DO WHATEVER IT IS.
SO WE GOTTA REIMAGINE WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, A COMMUNITY, A REC CENTER, MAYBE CALL IT A COMMUNITY CENTER, RENAME 'EM AND, AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER.
'CAUSE I OPERATE A, WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEY'RE HARD TO BRING REVENUE IN.
AND CRYSTAL, PART OF THE SAYS IS THAT IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE DOLLAR TO PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
HEY, WE NEED THESE, BUT IT'S GONNA COST US MONEY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, YEAR TO OPERATE.
AND WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT THAT FINE BALANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EACH, IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE IT JUST, IT JUST, AGAIN, FINDING THAT BALANCE ON WHAT EACH COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND, AND CRYSTAL KNOWS BETTER THAN MOST OF US, WHAT EACH REC CENTER DOES AND HOW THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND, AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE HIGHER BECAUSE I SEE THE VALUE IN MY COMMUNITY FOR REC CENTER.
SO I MEAN, I'M THE OPPOSITE AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO CUT OUT A BIG PROJECT LIKE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, BRINGS VALUE ALSO.
BUT WE GOTTA FIND THAT FINE BALANCE IN THIS.
SO I'M, I'M FOR RE REMODELING, RE I NOT BEING, NOT REPLACING EVERY ONE OF 'EM, BUT DOING SOMETHING TO ALL OF 'EM AND ENHANCE 'EM TO MAKE 'EM WHOLE ANOTHER FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, MR. WE, I TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE REC CENTERS ARE THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
UM, AND I MEAN, I, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR DISTRICT WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW IT SO WELL.
CAMPBELL GREEN, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING PLACE.
LIKE I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL OFFICE IN DISTRICT 12.
WE HAVE EIGHT CITY OWNED FACILITIES, TWO LIBRARIES TO A, A REC CENTER AND A HALF, UM, WITH TIMBERLAND AND, AND YOU KNOW, A COUPLE FIRE STATIONS.
UM, IN OUR REC CENTER, THE BIGGEST MEETING ROOM WE HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS AT THE POLICE STATION.
UM, AND SO LIKE PART OF THE UPGRADE OF CAMPBELL GREEN WOULD BE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND ALLOWING FOR MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN INVOLVEMENT.
UM, I MEAN IF YOU GO TO CAMPBELL GREEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S PACKED.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THE KIDS CAN GO WHEN PARENTS ARE WORKING.
AND IT'S NOT 118 DEGREES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I DO, I USUALLY AGREE WITH MR. KITNER ON, ON MOST STUFF, BUT, UM, ON THIS, I I, I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. ZA.
'CAUSE I, I THINK THIS IS 100% ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, BEING ABLE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE, WE TAKE CARE OF ESPECIALLY THE KIDS IN THE ELDERLY WITH THE SENIOR CENTERS AND, UM, PLACES FOR KIDS TO GO DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, I JUST WANNA ADD TO WHAT, UH, PROGRAM MEMBER, UH, CONNOR AND OUR BOARD MEMBER HUERTA SAID ABOUT THE REC CENTERS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO SERVES, UM, AS A LIFELINE FOR MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT THE REC CENTERS, A LOT OF OUR, I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY, PARENTS WOULD NOT HAVE CHILDCARE.
YOU KNOW, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, THEY OFFER SO MANY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS.
SO I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SURVIVAL FOR A LOT OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE A HUGE, UH, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, WE'RE LITERALLY CHANGING KIDS' LIVES AND THE LIVES OF PARENTS.
AND LIKE MR. CONNOR SAID, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, THAT'S LIKE A MEETING PLACE, YOU KNOW, PLEASANT OAKS RECREATION CENTER.
WE HAVE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEET THERE.
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IT'S GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT'S NONPROFITS.AND ALSO I LOVE WHAT, UM, MR. HUTA SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE RE-IMAGINING THESE SPACES.
I KNOW LIKE A LOT OF LIBRARIES HAVE LIKE STEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MR. UM, UM,
YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT STUFF, THAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING TO OUR REC CENTER.
SO, UM, I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING REC CENTERS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER A COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THAT IS LIKE IN SOME
YOU TAKE AWAY THE REC CENTER, YOU TAKE AWAY CHILDCARE, YOU TAKE AWAY ENRICHMENT, YOU TAKE AWAY SPORTS, YOU TAKE AWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIORS HEALTH, LIKE EVEN HEALTH SERVICES.
'CAUSE THERE'S ACCESS TO LIKE IN PLEASANT OAKS, THERE'S THE, THE GYM, YOU KNOW, AND THE, UM, UH, NOT THE GYM, BUT YEAH.
WHAT IS THAT PLACE THAT I NEED TO GO TO THAT I DON'T
SO I MEAN, I JUST, YEAH, I JUST WANNA ADD TO WHAT THEY SAID THAT IT'S A LIFELINE FOR MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU MR. UH, THAT THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES HERE.
UM, I TYPICALLY AGREE WITH PARK BOARD MEMBER KITNER 100 OUT OF 99 TIMES OR 101 TIMES OUT OF A HUNDRED TIMES.
BUT I, I, I, AND I UNDERSTAND HE'S VERY ELEGANT AND GRACEFUL AND THAT'S WHY HE'S SO SUCCESSFUL.
BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX FOR JUST A BRIEF MINUTE.
UM, MR. HARRIS HAS SAID IT BEST, AND I THINK IT WAS BACKED UP BY MR. CONNOR AND MS. RICE, THAT WE CAN IMAGINE OUR REC CENTERS.
UM, MUCH TO EVERYONE'S CHAGRIN, I GREW UP IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND WE HAD A REC CENTER THAT HAD RACKET ROOMS OR RACKETBALL AND SQUASH AND, AND, AND THEY HAD 'EM BUILT IN AND INTEGRATED INTO THE REC CENTER THAT I GREW UP IN.
AND I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THIS PLACE.
AND I REMEMBER IT BEING A PLACE WHERE MANY, WHEN I LOOK AT A RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX, AGAIN, I DON'T DESPISE RACKET, SPORTS COMPLEXES ANY FURTHER THAN MR. KIDNER DESPISES OF REC CENTERS.
BUT A RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX IS JUST A RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SEND SET UP INDOOR VOLLEYBALL, INDOOR PICKLEBALL, RACKET, INDOOR VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, A COMMUNITY CENTER, A SENIOR CENTER, A PLACE TO HAVE MUSIC AND COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
WE DO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
ALL COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER AT A RECREATION CENTER.
NOW, WHILE WE MIGHT SEE THIS AS A DILEMMA AND PICK ONE, CHOOSE ONE.
WHAT IF WE TOOK THOSE DOLLARS FROM RACKET SPORTS, ROLLED IT INTO REC CENTERS WITH THE PROMISE THAT MAYBE TWO OF THESE REC CENTERS WOULD HAVE RACKET FACILITIES INTEGRATED INTO THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE A, A RACKETBALL ROOM OR A PICKLEBALL ROOM, OR DEDICATED SPACES JUST LIKE THE PLANO REC CENTER HAD WHEN I GREW UP IN THE, IN THE NINETIES.
I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S NOT A DILEMMA ANYMORE.
IF WE LOOK AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
INTEGRATE MINIATURE RACKET CENTER INTO PERHAPS FOUR BRAND NEW REC CENTERS, WHICH CERTAINLY BECOMES A REALITY.
IF WE ROLL THAT $15 MILLION INTO THE 77, WE HAVE FOUR NEW REC CENTERS AND A BUNCH OF MONEY LEFT OVER RENOVATIONS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE ADDING MINI RACKET CENTERS INTO EXISTING REC INTO EXISTING RECREATION CENTERS THAT COULD SUPPORT THAT THOSE FACILITIES.
UH, THESE, BECAUSE OUR RECREATIONAL MASTER PLAN, WHAT WAS DONE IN 2007 15? WAS IT TWO 15? THAT WAS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S WHY I SAID WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOUR, YOU MAY SEND ME, COME BACK, I USE SOME MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG, BUT WHEN I SAY REPURPOSE A REC THERE, THEY ASK FOR SPECIALTY CENTERS.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE COULD WHERE WE COULD DESIGN, I MEAN, PUT AN EXPANSION ON THEM WHERE 40 SPECIALTY CENTERS THAT INCLUDE INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURSE COULD BE THREE OR FOUR OF 'EM THAT HAVE THESE HIGH TECH INTERACTIVE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES.
BUT I WANNA HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DIRECTIONS THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HAVE LIVED THEIR LIFE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD COUNCIL HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS.
BUT I'M REALLY SOME PROXIMITY PROBABLY BE DECOMMISSIONED IF WE'RE NOT GONNA INVEST.
I MEAN, THEY WAS BUILT 1968, THEY HAD THESE LITTLE, YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH THEM ANYWAY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND MEET WITH MY STAFF AND SAY, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT NO, WE DON'T INVEST IN THESE PARTICULAR REC CENTERS.
WE DO INVEST IN THESE, WE DO REPURPOSE THESE REC CENTERS AND SOME SPECIALTY CENTERS FOR THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE PARK.
WHAT, WHY CAN'T FOLKS GET SOME SPECIALTY CENTERS OUT? 18 OF 'EM.
SO THEY AIN'T GOTTA DRIVE ALL OVER TOWN.
THEY CAN GET TO ONE OF THESE SPECIALTY CENTERS.
WHY SHOULD THEY LIKE, LIKE THE, LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE FROM VIETNAM?
THE POINT I'M MAKING IS, UH, ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK.
YOU CAN LEAVE THE NUMBER 77, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, LET MUTE
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THE STAFF.I COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE NUMBER SHOULD STAY WHERE IT IS OR IT SHOULD GO UP 20 MILLION AND WHERE I RECOMMEND YOU TAKE IT.
SO, SO MR. KIN SAID, SAID, MR K, GO TO A GOOD FITNESS CENTER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A WHOLE RACKETBALL, RACKETBALL, COURTS, AND THEY HAVE VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND THEY HAVE LITTLE COMMUNITY ROOMS. SO WE LET MR. JENKINS, UH, BRING A PLAN WHILE COMBINING THOSE $2 AND SEE WHAT HE PROPOSES.
AND WE CAN DELIBERATE ON THAT.
MR. CONNOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD REVEREND.
I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE, YEAH, YEAH.
MR. TROY, UM, I, I WOULD WELCOME THE RACQUETBALL CENTER TO BE PART OF THE SKYLINE COMMUNITY
THAT IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS A PRIORITY.
AND I'M SAYING IF I, I WOULD LIKE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT'S A PRIORITY OF MINE AND, AND IT'S NOT LISTED ON YOU.
UM, IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING ON MY LIST AND IT'S NOT ON YOU.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE BRINGING MATCHING FUNDS.
WE'RE BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTHCARE AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH IT.
SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THING ABOUT BRINGING MATCHING FUNDS AND PARTNERS TO THE TABLE WITH IT.
BECAUSE IN THE PRIORITY STUFF YOU SAID THAT IF YOU HAD MATCHING FUNDS, IF IT SERVED MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT, IT GOT MORE PART.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T EVEN INCLUDE IT, IT CAN'T GET ANY POINTS.
IT'S NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THIS DOES SERVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.
UM, FIVE IS ACROSS THE STREET, LITERALLY.
UM, AND SO, AND IT SERVES 4,000 MINORITY STUDENTS AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND THOUSANDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE SAME AREA.
SO THE NEED HERE IS JUST AS GREAT.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S HIGHER THAN, I MEAN, NO OFFENSE, I WOULD LOVE MR. UM, CONNOR TO GET A NEW REMODEL REC CENTER, BUT HE HAS A REC CENTER.
AND THIS ISN'T PERSONAL, IT'S JUST THE EXAMPLE THAT'S EASIEST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE.
CAMPBELL GREEN IS NICER THAN MOST OF MY REC CENTERS IN SOUTH DALLAS, BUT YET THEY SEE IT.
AND I, I SEE IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT BOTH MY CENTERS.
THEY'RE HAPPY IF THEY GET A PAINT JOB ON THE WALLS VERSUS WE GOT NEW SHINGLES ON THE ROOF THAT WAS FALLING OFF.
WE GOT THE, THE GUTTERS THAT WERE FALLING OFF THE BUILDING REPLACED BECAUSE THEY PUT A NEW AQUATIC CENTER IN AND THE BUILDING WAS FALLING APART.
BUT YET AT OTHER DISTRICTS, THEY MATCHED THE POOL TO MATCH THE REC CENTER.
THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AT MINE BECAUSE THE POOL WAS FALL OR THE REC CENTER WAS FALLING APART WHILE THEY BUILT A $4 MILLION POOL.
SO WHERE'S THE EQUITY? I MEAN, WE DID PUT A PAINT JOB ON THAT X LINE REC CENTER, BUT THERE'S NO EQUITY THERE BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS FALLING APART AND WE BUILT A $4 MILLION POOL NEXT TO IT.
SO WE AT LEAST PUT PAINT ON IT.
BUT AT LEAST, I MEAN, I, I'M SORRY TO GET CONFRONTATIONAL ON IT, BUT I'VE BEEN TO BOTH.
ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS ARE IN DISREPAIR.
THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE OUR BUILDING SERVICES DID NOT TAKE CARE OF OUR BUILDING THE WAY THEY SHOULD WITH THIS ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND THEN IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO COUNT ON BOND MONEY FOR RETAIN.
JUST REMEMBER MR. WOOD IN THE PAST,
THAT'S WHY WE SAW THE HIT IN SOME REC CENTERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU AS A BOARD IS TRYING TO AVOID NOW AND MAKE SURE IT IS AN EQUITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND YOU GONNA MAKE A DECISION THAT Y'ALL WANNA INVEST IN THE REC ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND WE KNOW IT ALL AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
JUST NOT REALITY, NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
I DO DO WANNA REASSURE YOU ON THE 40 PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY YOU SAW IT WAS DEFINITELY ON MY LIST.
I DEFINITELY THINK STAFF, IT WASN'T ANYTHING PURPOSELY DONE.
'CAUSE I SAW STUFF OFF THE LIST, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING A THOUSAND REQUESTS, TIME 10, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS DONE PURPOSELY, BUT I DO WANT US TO REALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU Y'ALL GONNA SEE ME COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ONE, BUT THAT YEAH, IT PROBABLY WILL BE ONE OR TWO SITES.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO A TRANSFORMATIONAL TYPE, REALLY PROJECT.
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AND IS THIS BOARD HAVE THE STOMACH TO DO THAT SOMETHING? AND BONNIE MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS BECAUSE IF YOU, YOU GOT MATCH MONEY'S COMING.WE, WE HAVE D S D, IT'S GONNA COME TO THE TABLE.
WE HAVE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, LIBRARIES, THEN YEAH.
BUT THAT'S HOW I KIND OF MENTIONED BEING IN SOME OTHER POTS TOO.
AND SO I DO WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MY TEAM.
WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE LIST.
THANK, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PLAN.
WHERE CAN I TAP INTO SOME OTHER POTS TO MAKE THAT PROJECT COME THROUGH SO YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS BOAT DOES INTERESTING.
THIS IS THE MOST BOLDEST, BALLPARK SEEN MR. TOY.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST EARLIER WHEN YOU, WHEN MR. JENKINS SAID HE WAS GONNA GO BACK WITH STAFF AND LOOK AT THESE, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST INSTEAD OF US SITTING HERE GOING AROUND ROUND AND ROUND AROUND AGAIN AND AGAIN, AGAIN, THAT THEY JUST GO DO THAT.
BUT I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO THE, THE, UM, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT CAMPBELL GREEN.
I THINK IT'S FUNNY TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INSERTING A POOL FOR $4 MILLION WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A POOL.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A MISUSE OF FUNDS.
UM, I ALSO THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT THE PERSON SAYING LET'S NOT BE CONFRONTATIONAL, MUST TO CALL OUT OTHER REC CENTERS.
UM, BUT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU DISTRACTABLE.
YEAH, THANK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO I SEE MR. JENKINS AS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, THE BOARD WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF AND DIRECTOR JENKINS.
AND I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC, UH, CATEGORY BOARD WANTS TO DISCUSS.
I THINK, UH, GIVEN, UM, THE STAFF AND JENKINS, MR. JENKINS, THEY PRETTY MUCH KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PREFERENCE OF EACH BOARD MEMBER AND THIS BODY.
SO BASED ON THAT, I THINK THEY CAN COME, UH, WITH A SOLUTIONS FOR MOST OF OUR ALLOCATION TECHNIQUE AND THEN WE CAN DELIBERATE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND THEN HE WILL LEAD TO IT AGAIN BASED ON THOUGHTS HE HAS.
SO UNTIL, AND UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO, UH, DISCUSS ANY SPECIFIC CATEGORY, OTHERWISE I WOULD SUGGEST LET, LET, UH, BASED ON OUR FIRST DELIBERATION, THEY DO KNOW WHAT OUR PREFERENCES ARE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, BASED ON THAT ALLOCATION, DISCUSS NEXT WEEK, ANY SPECIFIC CATEGORY ANYONE WANTS TO DISCUSS.
AND DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS MULTI-DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, WHICH IS $35 MILLION? SUGGEST THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS THIS? LET'S GO WITH THIS MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS.
WHAT IS 35 MILLION? ESSENTIALLY WHAT MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS ARE, ARE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK WITH PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, ENGINEER MILLION,
UM, BASICALLY ONE OF 'EM WAS THE M L K UM, CENTER THAT, UH, DANIEL HAD MENTIONED DOING THE M K CENTER.
UM, ANOTHER ONE WAS, AND I'M SORRY, I'M STRETCHING MY INTERNATIONAL, I HAS IT'S INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IS ONE OF THEM.
ONE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
JEFF FOREST ONE IS SCOTT'S FOREST LIA PROJECT.
THANK YOU JEFF FOR KNOWING MY MULTI MY DEPARTMENT PROJECT BETTER THAN I DO TODAY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
NO, I'LL, I'VE LOOKED AT IT THERE.
I HAVE ANY OTHER CATEGORY, UH, BOARD WANTS TO YES, MR. UH, MR. TOS, YOU STILL
SO I, I NO SURPRISE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE THIS AMOUNT BECAUSE 35 MILLION, UNLESS THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT CAN MOVE DOWN SOMEHOW IS NOT GONNA COVER ALL THE IMPORTANT TOPICS.
SO MR. JENKINS, THE REQUEST IS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE MONEY ON.
SO WHILE WE ARE DOING IT, TAKE A NOTE OF IT.
WE MAKE SURE WE LIST OUT THOSE PROJECTS.
JUST KEEP THREE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THEN THE NUMBER HAS FAIR ASKED SO THAT WHEN HE IS LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PIECE, HE KNOWS THAT'S MR. DICKEY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OR ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SAMUEL FARM.
IT WAS ON OUR MAY 20TH END OUT, UM, SAMUEL FARM HAD SEVERAL ITEMS IN THERE.
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ACTUALLY THERE WAS, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD GONE OUT THERE, MR. WOOD AND MR. HUERTA AND MR. CONNOR AND HAD MET AND TOURED AND A, AFTER THEIR TOUR, UH, THEY WERE ASKED LISA MCCLENDON, OUR STAFF WERE THERE, GAVE THEM, THEY WERE ASKED FOR A LIST OF WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? YOU'RE OUT HERE PROGRAMMING.AND I KNOW IN THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE MASTER PLAN AMOUNT THAT WE'RE DOING PROGRAMMING THERE.
AND IT'D BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM OUR TEAM ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO SHE HAD A PRIORITIZED LIST THAT SHE SENT AND I WENT OUT THERE LAST FRIDAY AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS LIST AND I ASKED FOR IT AND I GOT IT AND I COMPARED IT TO WHAT'S ON HERE.
AND THERE ARE THINGS ON HERE THAT AREN'T ON HER LIST AND, BUT UM, THERE'S SOME FAIRLY HIGH TICKET ITEMS. IT'S LIKE THREE THINGS ON HER LIST THAT DIDN'T APPEAR HERE THAT SHE RECOMMENDED HAVING SEEN THE PROGRAMMING AND WHAT'S RESPOND LIKE A, AN ARCHERY CENTER, IT COULD BE A REGIONAL ATTRACTION AND UH, A DOOR BETRAYAL.
THERE ARE THREE BASIC ITEMS OF HER TOP THREE PROPERTY.
UM, AND ON THIS IT SAYS AN EXISTING BUILDING TO RENOVATE.
WELL, THERE'S A BARN, THERE'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER.
SO THE QUESTION IS LIKE, WHICH ONE? BUT SHE HAD MENTIONED TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.
SO BOTTOM LINE IF YOU ALL COULD GO AND LIKE SEE IF WE CAN REORDER, GET, BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT SHE HAD MENTIONED, UM, I THINK SHOULD BE ON THE LIST FOR SPECIALTY PARKS UNDER SAMUEL PARK.
UM, THE COMMITTEE HAD SEEN IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THE WAY THE TIMING WORKED OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MASTER PLAN TO GO BY.
BUT SOME OF THESE, LIKE A PAVILION, YOU DON'T WANT TO PLUNK A $600,000 PAVILION INTO A PARK WITHOUT KNOWING HOW IT FITS INTO THE GRAND SCHEME.
SO SOME OF THESE THAT ARE FAIRLY HIGH TICKET, HERS WEREN'T THAT HIGH TICKET.
SO THAT'S WHY I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIST AND SEE, GET THESE ON YOUR THANK YOU.
UM, I THINK I'D ADVOCATED THROUGH THIS IN, IN A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT SPRAY GROUND.
UM, AND WE ONLY HAVE FOUR ON THIS LIST, WHICH IS GOOD.
BUT, UM, IN MANY CASES THEY'RE, THEY, I THINK SPRAY GROUND ARE A BETTER INVESTMENT IN LOTS OF AREAS THAN POOLS.
THEY, THEY'RE OPEN LONGER, THEY HAVE LESS LIABILITY.
THEY'RE REALLY, UM, PLAYABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, NOT JUST THOSE WHO CAN SWIM.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF POOLS.
I REALLY WANNA ADVOCATE FOR FAIR OAKS.
YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 13 GETS THE MISREPRESENTATION OF BEING JUST A, A WEALTHY DISTRICT, BUT FAIR OAKS IS THE DENSEST SINGLE PART OF THE CITY THAT HAS PEOPLE FROM, AND MANY FAMILIES WITH MANY CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10 WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO POOLS.
AND THIS WOULD BE A MUCH SAFER OPTION FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
UH, AND SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE SPECIALTY ITEMS, THIS IS ALSO A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
IT DOES, UM, BORDERS ON DISTRICT 10 AS WELL AND JUST HAS BEEN A LONG, WE FINALLY GOT THE LIBRARY THERE AT VICKERY MEADOW, BUT THIS WOULD BE REALLY WELL UTILIZED AND TO BE OPEN MORE MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO I JUST THINK I APPRECIATE FOLKS SCALING BACK THEIR KIND OF AQUATICS SINCE WE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON AQUATICS IN 2017.
BUT I WOULD, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY HAVE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT AND CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTS EQUITY.
'CAUSE THOSE WERE A LOT OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT FREQUENTLY GET OVERLOOKED.
SO I REALLY WANNA ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY MYSELF, I KNOW THAT GLENDALE PARK IN HIS MASTER PLAN WAS MY
UM, BUT AS I LOOK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CATEGORIES, HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR, UH, OVERALL MASTER PLAN? BECAUSE THIS SPRAY GROUNDS, IN THAT MASTER PLAN, IT IS A PAVILION IN THAT MASTER PLAN.
AND LET'S JUST SAY THE WORLD IN WHICH THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN ISN'T FUNDED.
HOW DO WE THEN KNOW LIKE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE BOND?
'CAUSE SOME OF THESE BIG, BIG PROJECTS LIKE THAT, CRAWFORD, GLENDALE PROJECTS LIKE THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL BOND PROGRAMS TO COMPLETE.
SO I DON'T EVEN, BACHMAN HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN, BUT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WHAT I WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD THAT WE GO BACK WHEN WE SAY PHASE ONE, WE'RE COMPLETING PHASE ONE OF THE MASTER PLAN.
HERE'S THE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
WE ASKING FOR THIS BOND PROGRAM THEN NEXT BOND
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PROGRAM WE'RE WORKING ON PHASE TWO.JUST DON'T THINK IT'S REALITY.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY AT THE TABLE TO THINK THAT THE REALITY IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA FUND THE ENTIRE MASTER PLAN ON THE FIRST BOND PROGRAM.
IT, IT WON'T HAPPEN 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS.
BUT CAN WE MAKE SURE, TO YOUR POINT, MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE FIRST PRIORITIES THAT MAKE SENSE IN THAT FIRST PHASE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
WHITE ROCK, THEY KIND OF DID IT MORE IN LET'S GET THIS SECTION OF WHITE ROCK DONE FIRST AND THEN WE MOVED TO THIS SECTION, THIS SECTION UNTIL THEY GOT IT ALL COMPLETED.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WHEN WE STRUCTURE THIS, WE'RE STRUCTURING IT IN A WAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE.
SO WHEN THE PEOPLE BEHIND US COME IN HERE, THEY CAN KEEP IT GOING.
AND I, AND I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT REALITY.
I, MY PHILOSOPHY, ONE OF MY PHILOSOPHIES ON LIFE IS THE TEAM FEEL REALITY ALL THE TIME.
AND UM, TO THAT POINT THOUGH, LIKE WITH PHASE ONE, JUST SAY YOU, I, I'M LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND I'M WONDERING LIKE THIS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT 9 MILLION FOR PLAYGROUND, RIGHT? PHASE ONE AND GLENDALE HAVE NEW PLAYGROUND.
DOES THAT GET PULLED FROM THIS, THESE PLAY? WOULD THAT BE PART OF THE PLAYGROUNDS? ALLOCATIONS FOR PHASE ONE OF GLENDALE? THEY MET ME YESTERDAY ON GLENDALE.
'CAUSE THEY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS PHASE ONE IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION.
MM-HMM
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? WELL IT MAKES SENSE.
GET THINGS NOW THAT YOU DO HAVE FUNDING FOR GET IT DONE AND THEN THIS, THIS KIND OF REGROUP AND GET TOGETHER ON THIS PHASE ONE YOU WANNA SEE IN THE MASTER PLAN.
IT'S NOT BEING FUNDED IN, IN THIS FIRSTS FUNDING.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S SYSTEMATICALLY DONE.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT BE LIKE YOUNG DID THIS PART, THE PART AND THIS PART OF THE PART AND THEN THE PUBLIC DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE YEAH, THE PUBLIC GOING TO ASK ME AND I DON'T WANNA SAY EXACTLY I I SAYING I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANNA GIVE AS MUCH CLARITY AS I CAN THAT THAT'S EXACTLY, THEY JUST GONNA THINK YOU JUST NEGLECTED, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU JUMPED OVER HERE AND JUMPED OVER THERE.
THANK YOU TO, AND THE SAME SPIRIT, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE HAD FUNDED IN LAST BOND, WHICH NEEDS A CONTINUITY.
OTHERWISE WE WASTE WHATEVER WE INVESTED.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONCENTRATION AND
SO I THINK ON THIS WORKSHOP NOW, WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT TO STAFF AND MR. JENKINS AND UH, FOR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK,
AND REALLY MY NEW PROJECTWISE DETAILS, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, NOW CHRIS WON'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK.
SHE'S, SHE HAD TO SCHEDULED VACATION.
WE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CHRIS BEFORE SHE GO ON VACATION AND HER TEAM AND I DO WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW, UH, I WILL BE FOCUSING ON EQUITY IN NO STATE.
UH, AND, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND THERE'S EQUITY ISSUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU ALL ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM AND I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PARK SYSTEM, NOT JUST GEOGRAPHIC MR. JENKINS.
YES, THAT IS VERY, THERE'S INEQUITY IN EVERY PART, EVERY DISTRICT.
SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
IS THIS A MISPRINT? 'CAUSE THIS SAID OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 17TH.
NO, WE ARE CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY ON 10TH.
'CAUSE I, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN GET A RELEASE FOR THAT WEEKEND.
OKAY,
BUT WE DO REALIZE THAT THAT'S A ITEM THAT WE MIGHT HOLD NEXT MEETING.
SO, UH, WE ARE
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? CRYSTAL, SHE'S NOT IN THE ROOM.
I GOTTA THANK CRYSTAL GAVE YOU ALL FOR HER STANDING IN AND I KNOW SHE'S NOT IN READY TO GO AGAIN, BUT WE GOTTA THANK CRYSTAL FOR STANDING IN.
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YOU KNOW, SHE WAS THERE TO SUPPORT HER, TO SUPPORT ALL THE OTHER EXECUTIVES AND UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, WANDA WAS ROSA IN THE MILITARY.IN THE MILITARY YOU DEFINE THE MISSION, YOU DEFINE THE STRATEGY, YOU EXECUTE.
AND THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT ROSA, WHOEVER'S IN THAT ROLE, SHE'S GONNA SUPPORT 'EM.
AND I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING MY ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WAS THERE FOR THEM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD WORKING AS A TEAM TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK MY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
CHRISTOPHER
OKAY, SO I HAVE WITH ME MONICA
ALONG WITH HER TEAM WE HAVE JOANNA, AMANDA AND RIGO.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE MORE VISIBLE WITH OUR EXPRESSION AND OUR LOVE FOR PARKS AND HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN TIE INTO THIS MESSAGING THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND BOND TOWN HALL MEETING.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MONICA.
SO WE LOVE R R R, WE LOVE R R WE LOVE R R R, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA HEAR AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
AMANDA AND JOANNA, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAYBE GO HAND OUT SOME GEAR.
WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR T-SHIRT SIZES, SO WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE BOND PROJECT MEETINGS, WE WANT YOU TO REPRESENT AND SHOWCASE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE OUR PARTS.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THESE PINS AND T-SHIRTS TO SOME OF YOUR INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BE AT THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE A ROBUST MARKETING PLAN THAT WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT THIS WEEK.
IT'LL START TOMORROW, WHICH YOU'LL SEE.
WE'VE INTERVIEWED A FEW OF OUR CARDBOARD MEMBERS AND HAVE A FEW MORE TO INTERVIEW TODAY.
AND THEN WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING WHY THIS BOND PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH THAT INITIATIVE THAT IS GOING TO SHOWCASE TO THE COMMUNITY HOW MUCH WE NEED THEM, YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE KNOW YOU ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE OUR PARKS, YOUR VOLUNTEERING AS PARK BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU LOVE OUR PARKS AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH OUR PARKS MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID PARKS.
WERE VERY VITAL IN THE HELP AND MAINTENANCE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT IN REGARDS TO WE LOVE OUR PARKS, THE INITIATIVE, YOU ALL KNOW THE DATES FOR THE UPCOMING BOND MEETINGS ARE AUGUST 15TH, THE 22ND, SEPTEMBER 12TH AND 16TH.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO WEAR YOUR PINS, YOUR BUTTONS, AS WELL AS YOUR SHIRTS.
IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE, UM, FOR YOU FOR THE MAC.
THEN I'LL JUST ADD REALLY QUICKLY, THANK YOU.
IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, SO ANYTIME YOU ALL JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY DISPLAY OR HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS, ADVOCATES AND RESIDENTS DISPLAY THEIR LOCAL PARKS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO.
THAT WAS JUST NOT QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER SWAG THAT WE'LL HAND OUT TO YOU SHORTLY AS WELL.
MS. MANELL ASKED ME TO ANNOUNCE THIS ONE.
IT'S THE ENO BARK PARK RENAMING CEREMONY.
AUGUST 17TH, 6:00 PM HEALTH CALENDAR INVITE TO EVERYBODY.
I JUST WANNA ALSO GET A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, TO CRYSTAL AND HER TEAM AND
I LOVE THAT THEY ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S CREATIVE AND I'VE BEEN ENJOYING THAT SO MUCH.
I WAS TOLD TO GIVE YOU GUYS A INVITE, LIKE LITTLE KIDS WAITING ON CHRISTMAS.
WE HAVE SPECIALLY EVENT GETTING READY TO HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN.
GONNA BE RENOWNED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS, HOW WE LOOK IN THIS ROOM
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, MY NEPHEW IS NOT WITH US ANYMORE, BUT WHAT MR. SENIO HAS BEEN DOING, Y'ALL IS ABOVE REPROACH.
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LIKE TO THANK HER, HER QUESTION.UM, YESENIA SENT OUT A EMAIL I BELIEVE THIS MORNING.
UM, ONE OF OUR PARTNER GROUPS IS RUN BY ROSA CRUZ, WHO CAME AND SPOKE TO US.
UM, AND IT IS, UM, JUST FORGOT THE NAME OF HER.
OH, IT'S, UH, THIS JUNIOR PLAYERS THANK YOU.
AND THEY ARE HAVING A, UH, A HENRY THE FIFTH, FOURTH HENRY IV.
AND SO YESINIA SENT OUT, UH, UM, A DEAL ON THAT.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, SHE CAME AND SPOKE TO US ONE TIME BEFORE.
IT'S THE LARGE, THE LONGEST RUNNING OLDEST PERFORMING ARTS NONPROFIT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, UH, FOR KIDDOS.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
UM, AND THEY REGULARLY HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO LIKE JULLIARD AND N Y U AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THE PRODUCTIONS.
I I'D RECOMMEND YOU GO AND, AND THE PARK BOARD'S ALSO GONNA GET I THINK THE PAVILION, RIGHT? YOU SAID THAT THE PAVILION THERE AND, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO OPEN TO ANYBODY FROM PARK STAFF THAT STUDENTS AS WELL.
I MEAN IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, NOT VERY HIGH TONE.
BLAIR IS NOT HERE, IS GOING ON A TRIP TO AFRICA,
HE PRESENTING DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER.
SO WE SAFE REP AND LOOK FORWARD HEARING HIS ADVENTURE AND LEARNING FROM WHAT HIS LEARNINGS WHEN HE COMES BACK AND NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING.
ANY PREFERENCE? 9:00 AM OR 10:00 AM UH, EARLIER BETTER, 9:00 AM ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH THAT, OUR NEXT SPECIAL CALL BACK BOARD MEETING WILL BE 9:00 AM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2023.
IT'S TWO 19 AND WE ADJOURN THIS PARTY