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[Special Park and Recreation Board Meeting on August 10, 2023]
GOOD MORNING.WE CONVENED THIS SPECIALLY CALLED PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING.
TO ORDER WITH THAT, OUR FIRST, UH, POINT OF BUSINESS PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MS. SECRETARY, THIS MORNING WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL PER PROP MARKS OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD OR RESORTS TO THROWING OBJECTS WILL BE OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
IS VIRTUAL, NOT ABLE TO SEE? WOULD YOU MIND STARTING TO SPEAK AND THEN YOUR, SEE IF YOUR VIDEO COMES UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE, UH, WHITE ROCK LAKE TRAIL ALONG GARLAND ROAD.
THERE'S THIS EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF EROSION UNDER THAT TRAIL, AND IT HAS BECOME DANGEROUS.
AND SINCE I'VE SENT YOU AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL BACK IN THE SPRING OF A SURVEY OF THE AREA FROM THE WATER.
AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL THIS MORNING OF A SURVEY OF THE AREA FROM THE LAND.
AND WHAT I FOUND OUT SINCE I LAST COMMUNICATED WITH YOU IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY GAS LINES UNDER THE, THERE'S A GAS LINE AND FIBER OPTICS UNDERNEATH THIS CANTILEVER CON CONCRETE AT WHITE ROCK LAKE.
NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY USED TRAILS IN DALLAS.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY CONTIGUOUS TO GARLAND ROAD.
THERE'S NOT EVEN A, AN INCH THAT SEPARATES IT.
UM, AND IT IS, IT IS SLIDING INTO THE LAKE.
SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THE PICTURES THAT I SENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE AREA AND THE WATER.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE CRACKS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UNDERNEATH AND WHY THOSE CRACKS ARE THERE.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH LAND WE'VE LOST FROM EROSION.
I SHOWED YOU WHERE THE SEA WALL WA IS AND HOW AND WHERE THE SHORE IS.
THE THING THAT IS NOT EASY TO SHOW YOU IS THAT IF YOU'RE ON THE EDGE OF THAT SHORE, YOU CANNOT TELL THAT IT IS UNDERCUT WITH WATER.
UH, YOU THINK YOU'RE STANDING ON SOLID LAND, BUT YOU WERE STANDING ON ABOUT SIX INCHES OF LAND THAT IS BEING UNDERCUT UNDER.
SO, AND THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STAND 10 FEET UP, AND IT'S LIKE WILEY COYOTE AND ROAD RUNNER STUFF WHERE YOU COULD JUST, WHERE THE WHOLE THING COULD SHEAR OFF BECAUSE OF THE WAVE, UH, EROSION UNDERNEATH.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS COLLAPSES, AND I OUTLINE THOSE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS AREA.
THERE'S A TXDOT STUDY, UH, WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT THE SPILLWAY NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
UH, WE, UH, THERE, OF COURSE, THE GAS LINES THAT I MENTIONED, UH, THE GAS LINE UNDER THE TRAIL IS THERE.
AND THIS TRAIL IS JUST HANGING CANTILEVER, NOT DESIGNED TO BE CANTILEVERED.
SO THE PROPOSAL THAT I'M MAKING IS THAT WE DON'T TRY TO SAVE THAT TRAIL.
IT'S, IT WOULD BE THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE THAT THE EROSION RETENTION WALL BE BUILT OUT 20 TO 30 FEET FROM A GARLAND ROAD, SO THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT A, A TRAIL ON TERRA FIRMA AND NOT BUILD A CANTILEVER TRAIL AND TRY TO, OR TRY TO SAVE THIS PATH, THIS MOST DANGEROUS TRAIL.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD A SETBACK.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ADDRESSED UNDER THE EROSION FUNDING BOND ISSUE THAT IN THREE MINUTES.
NEXT, YOUR NEXT SPEAKER'S IN PERSON IS MS. TIANA AMOS.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ISSUE? YES, SIR.
CAN WE DISCUSS THAT AT SOME POINT, UM, WITH IT TODAY? I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT EROSION, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PROBABLY DREDGING IN WHITE ROCK.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE D W DISCUSSION, BUT I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THAT TRAIL.
AND I JUST WANT TO, AS IT RELATES TO WHITE ROCK AND THE DREDGING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I JUST, I DON'T WANT, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IF POSSIBLE.
YEAH, MS. SENIOR, LET'S PUT IT AS ONE OF THE BRIEFING IN COMING MEETINGS.
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AND TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT THREE IN REGARDS TO ADVOCATING FOR, UM, THE GLENDALE PARK PROJECT UNDER MR. TAYLOR.IN ORDER TO DO SO, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
UH, I MOVED TO OAK CLIFF AT THE END OF MY JUNIOR YEAR IN THE SUMMER.
SO I'VE LIVED IN OAK CLIFF FOR TWO, GOING ON THREE YEARS NOW.
OAK CLIFF HAS BECOME MY HOME AND MY COMMUNITY, BUT I DID LIVE IN PLANO FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF MY LIFE, MY CHILDHOOD.
AND, UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I DID LIVE IN PLANO, OAK CLIFF IS MY HOME.
AND I'VE GOTTEN TO WITNESS A DREAM COMMUNITY AND CULTURE HERE.
AND I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK ALONG WITH PEOPLE AT FOUR OAK CLIFF WHO FIND PASSION AND PURPOSE POURING BACK INTO THE VILLAGE THAT RAISED THEM.
AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT BUILDS, THAT NOURISHES AND INVIGORATES A COMMUNITY THAT'S GIVEN THE SCRAPS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL IS NO LONGER A JOB, BUT A LIFE MISSION.
SO WHEN I WAS IN THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE, MY FAMILY AND I WAS, WAS HOMELESS.
SO WE CONSIST, THIS CONSISTS OF LIVING IN CARS OR DIFFERENT HOTELS, SORRY, MY PARENTS SOMETIMES COULDN'T HOTEL ROOMS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A LOCAL PARK, AND THIS IS BOT PLANO, BUT THE PARKS THERE, THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO AS LITTLE KIDS, I'M SEEING A WORLD IN WHICH WE COULD PLAY AND HAVE FUN, NOT THE NOTION THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO SLEEP.
THAT NIGHT, THIS PARK HAD A TRAIL AND MAKE A WATER FOUNTAIN, TWO PLAYGROUNDS, A BASKETBALL COURT, GAZEBOS, RESTROOMS, DUCKS, A SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT.
SO IT WAS LIKE MY DREAM, ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION I I WAS IN WAS A THAT FRAME.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SHARE A LITTLE STORY.
MY SISTER AND I GOT A PAPER FOR OUR BACKPACKS, AND WE MADE THIS TIME CAPSULE AND WE SAID, WHEN WE GET A HOME, WE ARE GONNA COME BACK AND DIG THIS TIME CAPSULE UP, AND WE PUT IT IN THE SAND VOLLEYBALL PORTION OF THAT COURT.
THIS GOES TO SAY THAT ALL THE PARKS ARE PLACES FOR COMMUNITIES TO GATHER AND COME TOGETHER.
THEY ARE PLACES OF REFUGE OF PEACE.
HOWEVER, IT'S THE ATMOSPHERE THAT INDUCES THAT SAFE, HIDDEN IN A COMMUNITY LIKE OAK CLIFF.
I DON'T SEE THOSE PARKS THAT OTHER KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO.
UP NORTH, A PARK IS A PILLAR ACT THAT ACTS ACCESS THE BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A FOUNDATION THAT'S CRITICAL TO SHOWING CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT RESIDED.
IT GIVES BOTH KIDS AND ADULTING PLACES TO ESCAPE TO FEEL FREE AND TO RELEASE THE HEAVINESS THAT COMES WITH LIVING IN A LOWER INCOME ENVIRONMENT.
IF YOU GUYS GIVE TO THIS PROJECT, AND I KNOW I CAN'T REALLY DIVE IN WITH THREE MINUTES.
YOU'RE NOT JUST INVESTING INTO DISTRICT THREE, BUT YOU'RE INVESTING INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR COMMUNITY, OFTEN DIMMED BY CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS GENUINELY CONSIDER THIS AND TAKE IT LIKE, UH, LIKE SERIOUSLY.
AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M REPRESENTING MY COMPANY, AARON JOHNSON FITNESS CLUB.
OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, UM, WE HAVE, MY COMPANY HAS BEEN PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH WITH OUR PROGRAM, THE SKATE BUD FITNESS CAMP.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION CENTERS.
WE WORKED WITH OVER 50 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN DALLAS.
AND WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN MARCH OF, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, DALLAS WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE, UM, IN SPORTS BUSINESS, THE NUMBER ONE CITY FOR SPORTS BUSINESS IN THE COUNTRY.
IMAGINE WITH ME DALLAS BEING RANKED THE NUMBER ONE HEALTHIEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, STARTING WITH OUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S MY PROPOSAL TODAY.
A A NEW SPORTS FITNESS LEAGUE FOR, UM, THE DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, THE SKATE BUD FITNESS CAMP IS PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND, UM, WORKING AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN, UM, THE PARTS OF RECREATION SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE THIS HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE FOR KIDS.
I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
WE WORKED AT, UM, THE PARK OF RECREATION CENTERS, LIKE I SAID, FOR A DECADE NOW AT SMALLER LEVELS.
WE VOLUNTEERED AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE'VE WORKED, UM, AS CONTRACT FEE VENDORS, UM, FOR YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT RECREATION CENTERS, BUT NOW WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TAKE ON A LARGER ROLE AND BEING MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THE KIDS AND THE KID FITNESS HERE IN, UM, IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO, INTRODUCE MYSELF, INTRODUCE MY COMPANIES.
I SENT YOU OUT, YOU GUYS AN EMAIL AND, UM, WITH SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, WHICH WE WORKED WITH FOR OVER 10 PLUS YEARS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DATA FROM, I'M SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FITNESS PROGRAM.
UM, THE NATIONAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT TEST IN DALLAS.
OUR THIRD GRADERS ARE, ARE FAILING THAT TEST AT AN 80% RATE.
UH, WE HAVE CREATED A PROGRAM, DESIGNED A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT TEST.
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AND, UM, AND THE SKATE ABOVE PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED, UH, TREMENDOUS RESULTS, UH, FOR ER REC CENTERS AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN, UH, DALLAS.SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, REACH OUT TO YOU OR BE ABLE TO CONTACT EACH OF YOU, OR WE CAN, UM, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS MOTHER Q A SESSION, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMPANY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. LUTHER BERNSTEIN.
UH, MS.
I'VE SEEN HIM OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMMING THAT THEY'VE MADE AN IMPACT WITH AFTERSCHOOL WITH OUR KIDS IN OUR CITY.
UM, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED ON HOW YOU'VE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP HERE TODAY, ERIC.
MR. PRESIDENT, MAY, MAY I, REAL QUICK, I'LL, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
YES, MR. TO THE LADY WHO JUST SPOKE PRIOR TO MR. JOHNSON.
UH, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE ROOM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE IN, IN THE ROOM FROM STAFF THAT CAN ENSURE YOU GET THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO, UH, TO THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
THE CRUCIAL ONES ARE AUGUST 15TH AND AUGUST 22ND.
UH, IF SOMEONE COULD GET YOU THAT REGISTRATION AND, AND YOU PLEASE COME DELIVER THAT SAME MESSAGE, UH, YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND IT NEEDS TO BE HEARD THERE TOO.
OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, MR. BERNSTEIN BEGINS.
I OWN AND OPERATE THE INTERSTATE ROLLER RINK IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1981 IN, UM, MY PREVIOUS HISTORY.
I, UH, HAD THE CONCESSION IN THE 1980S FOR THE OUTDOOR SKATE WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT NEXT TO THE PADDLE BOATS AT BACHMAN LAKE.
I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST, UM, NINE ROLLER RINKS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA.
I BUILT GARLAND SKATELAND, WHICH IS NOW CALLED WESTLAKE.
I BUILT THE REDBIRD SKATELAND IN DUNCANVILLE.
I BUILT THE FOUR ROLLER WORLD IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I HAVE ONE RINK LEFT, WHICH IS INTERSCAPE.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT ON THE MANAGEMENT, UH, LEVEL, SUCH AS WITH THE GOLF AND WITH THE TENNIS, UH, AND, UH, HELPING THE CITY TO HAVE A BETTER SOUTHERN SKATE OPERATION.
I VISITED THE OPERATION IN JUNE AND SPENT TWO HOURS ON THE PREMISES.
UH, LOOKING EVERYTHING OVER AND FROM MY EVALUATION.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPERATION, BUT IT COULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED TO BE MORE PROFITABLE, MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CLIENTELE THAT THEY HAVE.
I WANT TO TRY TO GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, I WOULD ENVISION HAVING, UH, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 EMPLOYEES IN THE 18 TO 25 YEAR OLD.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE THE ONES THAT DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
UH, IN ALL AREAS OF ENTERTAINMENT, I, UH, WOULD, FIRST, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WOULD DO IS IMPROVISE AND MAIN START A STEM PROGRAM THAT I WOULD DO, WHICH WOULD BE WORKING FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS, WHICH THEY WOULD BRING THE, UH, KIDS TO THE, UH, SKATING RINK, UM, TO BE TAUGHT ABOUT, UH, STEM PROGRAM.
PLEASE, EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITIES THAT I HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR THE CITY AND TO MAKE THE OPERATION A MUCH BETTER, UH, CLASS OF OPERATION.
UM, TO HAVE A SKATING REVIEW, THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD SKATE FLOOR, A GOOD SOUND SYSTEM, AND LIGHTS AND GOOD RENTAL SKATES.
AT THIS POINT, UM, IF I COULD JUST START, UH, THE PROCESS WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT ABOUT TRYING TO DO A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, I SURE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
UH, I GAVE THE LADY, UH, A FREE PASS TO VISIT MY RINK.
YOU CAN BRING YOUR, UM, KIDS, MR. THAT IN THREE MINUTES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEONE CONTACTING ME ABOUT A MANAGEMENT, UH, CONTRACT.
UH, AND I WANT TO OPERATE IT AS A SKATING RINK AND MAKE IT THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER.
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IMPORTANT REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY, THE WORKSHOP.SO, UH, MR. JENKINS AND STAFF HAS REALLY DONE SOME INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE SHORT TIME OF ONE WEEK, REALLY GOING THROUGH LITERALLY EVERY PLAYGROUND, EVERY FACILITIES TO COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THEY HAVE TODAY.
I KNOW THERE'LL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.
I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONAL REQUESTS AND ALL.
SO I THINK WE'LL JUST, LET'S KEEP IT WHERE THERE ARE NO INTERRUPTIONS AND WE'LL GO WITH THE PURE WAY WHERE EVERYONE IS HEARD.
AND, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S SO MUCH WORK, WHICH HAS GONE, I PERSONALLY WITNESSED TO COME WITH IT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.
BUT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DO THE BEST FOR THE CITY AND THE, SO, BUT THAT FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. JENKINS.
UH, AS, UH, AS PRESIDENT, UH, AALL MENTIONED, UH, YEAH.
OH, THIS LAST WEEK WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD.
FORTUNATELY I COULDN'T GET THE NUMBER DOWN TO THE THREE 50 TARGET YET.
UH, WE'VE GOT $80 MILLION DELTA, UH, UH, ALL WEEK.
CHRIS, JARED, TRENT AND OTHERS.
RENEE BEEN IN THIS ROOM WITH ME,
AND I'M TRYING NOT TO GET BACK IN THOSE BAD HABITS SO I CAN SURVIVE A COUPLE MORE YEARS IN THIS ROW, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.
AND I'M GONNA NEED Y'ALL HELP TODAY.
AS, AS, AS MR. OVERALL MENTIONED, I'M GONNA NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE SO WE, THAT ALL OF US CAN COME UP, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO TRY TO CLOSE THAT DELTA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE 80.
UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION DAY, IT REALLY IS A WORKSHOP TODAY,
UH, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE YOU JUST STRAIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, THE, WHERE I MADE SOME CHANGES AND, AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, JARED IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN JUST TAKE 'EM THROUGH REAL QUICK ON THE CHANGES I MADE, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK WE JUST, JUST DIVE IN AND, AND START GOING THROUGH THE CHANGES WITH THE CAT, UH, CATEGORIES.
THAT BEING SAID, YOU ALL COULD JUST GO STRAIGHT TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN.
AND MR. JENKINS, IF I CAN ADD WHILE HE WAS DOING IT, I THINK THEY'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING, WHICH EVERY BOARD MEMBER SPOKE LAST TIME.
AT THE SAME TIME, SOME THINGS WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED AS A GROUP, WHICH HE FEELS THERE MIGHT BE NEEDS, WHICH WE MIGHT HAVE IGNORED.
SO, SO EVERYONE'S, UH, NEEDS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED WHILE THIS WAS
UH, YEAH, SO THESE ARE JUST MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE AD COMPLIANCE.
UM, BUT THE AGENCY MATCHES, AND I DON'T KNOW, IS RYAN, YEAH, I NEED RYAN IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE AGENCY MATCHES AND WE GOING END UP GOING TO THE SLIDES, SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE, I JUST WANNA SHOW ON THIS ONE JUST A COMPARISON WHERE IT WAS.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE SLIDES ON EACH ONE OF THESE, I GIVE YOU MY EXPLANATION ON AND MY JUSTIFICATION WHY I DECIDE ON CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNTS OR WHICH PROJECTS DIDN'T MAKE IT ABOVE THE LINE.
SO YOU SEE ON THE AGENCY MATCHES, THAT WAS A BIGGIE.
UH, THAT ONE WENT FROM 3.89 TO 27.5.
YOU LOOK AT THE AQUATICS, WASN'T MUCH CHANGE THERE.
IT WAS ON A $2 MILLION DELTA VERSUS WHAT WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK.
ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS A CHANGE.
IT WENT FROM 14 TO 23 MILLION.
ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING WASN'T A BIG CHANGE.
ONLY CHANGE IS, WHEN WE GET TO THAT SLIDE IS I JUST HAD TO STAFF.
I MEAN, I GET IT, EVERYONE HAS SOME PRIORITIES, BUT WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO GO OUT AND TEST THESE LIGHT POLES.
I GOTTA PUT THOSE IN THE ORDER OF SAFETY BASED ON THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATION.
WE CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH MONEY FOR EROSION CONTROL YOU ALL.
SO I WOULD NEED 50, $70 MILLION TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT ON EROSION CONTROL IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM.
COULD I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YEAH.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE, WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER AND THE PARENTHESIS AND THE YES.
SO THE FIRST NUMBER YOU SEE IS, UH, LIKE EROSION CONTROL.
THE THREE MAJOR ONE I'M RECOMMENDING NOW, THE 4.86 IS WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
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THANK YOU.THIS IS BASED ON THE PIE CHART.
MR. DAWSON IMPROVES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ONE WENT FROM, UH, I'M RECOMMENDING 10 MILLION.
IT WAS 21, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER WAYS WE CAN FINANCE THE GOLF COURSES.
UH, LAND ACQUISITION, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THAT SLIDE, I EXPLAINED WHY THAT NUMBER WENT UP QUITE A BIT.
YEAH, I, THIS IS MORE FOR MORE LIKE BIG MASTER PLANS BECAUSE I WOULD NEED A LOT MORE MONEY TO FINANCE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT MASTER PLANS.
UH, MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS.
I EXPLAINED IT, BUT IT WAS 35 MILLION.
I TOOK IT DOWN TO 21 MILLION PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WENT UP.
THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UH, I THINK I TICKED THAT WHEN THE BOARD HAD ALREADY MOVED IT UP AT THE LAST MEETING TO ABOUT 70 MILLION, 65 MILLION.
UH, IT PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME, JUST JUST ROUNDED UP DISCRETIONARY FUND PROJECTS.
I DID TAKE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE FUNDED SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS WITHOUT TAKING THAT NUMBER DOWN.
UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WE JUST HAD TO GO BY WHICH ONE WAS IN THE WORST CONDITION TO MAKE SURE WE GET ONE OUT OF THE PROBABLY EIGHT BRIDGES NEED TO BE REPLACED.
YOU SEE PLAYGROUND, THE BOARD DISCUSSION FROM THE WEEK BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD.
BUT THEN ONCE WE, WE LITERALLY, UH, AND IRE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE IT WHEN HE CAME IN.
WE, I HAD THE TEAM BACK THERE.
WE WERE GOING PARK BY PARK DOING DR.
THE MAP, LOOKING IN ON THE PLAYGROUND, TRYING TO SEE WHAT CONDITION IS IN.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL OUR VACANT PROPERTIES.
WE WENT IN, WE WANTED TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT, WHO DOESN'T SERVE.
DID WE MISS ANYTHING? AND THERE WAS A COUPLE PLAYGROUNDS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED BECAUSE I MEAN, LITERALLY SAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURED THOSE.
BUT, UH, SO THERE IS DEFINITELY WAS A THOUGHT PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY IN PLACE WHEN IT CAME TO A LOT OF THIS STUFF THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON.
THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE.
YOU ALL THE NEEDS IS GREATER THAN WHAT IT THEN THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER BIG CATEGORY.
AND THEN I, THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO PROBABLY REPLACE.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE HARD DATA WHERE YOU, WE WENT OUT AND DID THE ASSESSMENT.
SO THIS, THIS, THE, UH, THAT SHOULD BE THE WHOLE SEPARATE CATEGORY THAT SAYS MAJOR RENOVATION.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT 12 POINT $11 MILLION IS.
UH, WE JUST HAD TO GO WHERE WE DID THE ASSESSMENT AND KIND OF WENT IN IT.
AND THESE WERE THE TOP ONES WHEN YOU GET TO THAT SLIDE THAT REALLY NEEDED EITHER HVAC OR SOME TYPE OF INTERIOR RENOVATION.
AND, AND WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT SERVICE CENTERS, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
BUT EVEN A BOARD MEMBER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL OUR BUILDING, I ONLY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS THERE FOR THAT.
BUT IT WAS LIKE YOU HADN'T FINISHED OUT THE SECOND FLOOR AND YOU DIDN'T ASK ME ANY MONEY FOR THAT.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
AND, AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT, WE COULD DO THAT WHEN WE GET THAT SLIDE.
SPECIALTY PARKS DIDN'T TOUCH IT MUCH SPRAY GROUND.
UH, WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF, OF THE FIRST GENERATION PLAYGROUNDS AND I THINK A LOT OF YOU ALL WILL AGREE THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN JUSTIFY PUTTING NEW PLAYGROUNDS.
BUT I GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF OLD PLAYGROUNDS THAT HAVE THEY TO DESCRIBE 'EM.
AND SO WE NEED TO ADD SPRUCE 'EM UP AND ADD SOME MORE, UH, APPARATUS TO 'EM.
BRING THEM UP TO MAKE 'EM RELEVANT TO THE USERS.
AGAIN, UH, CIS WIRE LIGHTING ONCE AGAIN, UH, UH, STAFF HAD ALREADY THAT ONE.
I PREFER TO JUST HAVE A POT OF MONEY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH D P D RIGHT NOW AND THE MARGINS FROM IDENTIFYING WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR SECURITY, LIKE WHERE WE'RE HAVING ISSUES IN THE BOX AND THEN THE TENANT AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WENT DOWN AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH, BECAUSE, UH, LET'S GO STRAIGHT THROUGH GOING
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TO THE PRIORITY AGENT MATCHES, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE, WE ARE GOING AVERAGE.AND I'M GONNA SLIDE 13 YOU ALL AND WHERE'S RYAN O'CONNOR? IF HE CAN JUST COME ON TO THE TABLE NOW.
OKAY, ALL YOUR NICKNAME DIANA.
WHERE'S RENEE? SHE CAN COME ON TO THE TABLE NOW.
SO WHEN IT CAME TO THE AGENCY MATCHES, UH, AND RYAN, YOU CAN EXPLAIN, BUT WE KNOW IN THE WHITE ROCK DREDGING, WE HAVE AGENCIES THAT WE KNOW IN ORDER TO GET THAT LAKE DREDGED.
WE KNOW THAT WE'LL BE SEEKING FEDERAL, UH, GRANTS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, WE'RE GONNA NEED MONEY AND WE KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE MONEY.
SO WE NEED THE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS THE MATCH.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UH, NOW ON THE CITYWIDE, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS RYAN.
YOU WANNA EXPLAIN WITH THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS AND WHY THE 7.5 IS NEEDED ON THE AGENCY MATCH THERE? SO WE, UH, WE ROUTINELY PARTNER WITH WHAT I REFER TO AS AGENCY.
SO FREQUENTLY, THESE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY COOL SCHOOLS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, A KIND OF A SIGNATURE PROGRAM WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THE I S D AND R I S D TO BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAYGROUNDS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
SO WE HAVE MONEY IDENTIFIED IN THAT POD.
WE ALSO ROUTINELY WORK WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS LIKE DALLAS COLLEGE.
UM, WE HAVE MANY EXAMPLES THAT WE FREQUENTLY, UM, NEED FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH, UM, OUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
I, I MEAN, I KNOW I NEED MORE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND GOOD EXAMPLES LIKE DALLAS COLLEGE AND U I MEAN NORTH TEXAS, U N T, DALLAS, U N T DALLAS, WE'RE ALREADY IN DISCUSSION WITH MA'AM.
WE CAN UTILIZE THEIR ATHLETIC FIELDS WE, THAT WE CAN BUILD.
THEY PUT IN MONEY, THEY, AND WE CAN UTILIZE THEIR ATHLETIC FIELDS.
THAT'S GONNA HELP SOLVE A PROBLEM IN OUR SYSTEM THERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ATHLETIC FIELDS.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS ONE WAS KIND OF LIKE A PRIORITY, BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, SO AQUATIC, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT LET SAY YEAH, PLEASE.
I THINK MR. JENKINS, NO, I THINK LET'S JUST FINISH ALL OF MR. CONNOR WRITE QUESTION, PROCESS QUESTIONS PROCESS WISE.
LET'S JUST FINISH, YOU KNOW, HIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR FUNDING ATIONS AND WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS.
OTHERWISE WE SPIN OUT OF CONTROL.
WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO AQUATICS NOW.
KNOW THAT, UH, NOT ENOUGH MONEY CAN'T FUND ALL THE FOODS.
I AM RECOMMENDED IF WE CAN ON THESE COMMUNITY POOLS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M RECOMMENDED.
THE ONES THAT'S BELOW THE LINE, WHICH IS YOU GO SLIDE 15, UH, I REMEMBER THIS, THE BONITA JUAREZ, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
WE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DO WE REPURPOSE THAT POOL OF NO.
SO THAT'S WHY I WASN'T RECOMMENDING THIS IN THIS BOND PROGRAM.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
WHEN WE GET THE FUNDS, GLENDALE THE SAME WAY.
BUT WE KNOW GLENDALE, WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, SYSTEMATICALLY START FUNDING THAT MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'D BE LATE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR GLENDALE, UH, MARTIN WEISS, UH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND THEN WALNUT HERE, ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE BOARD MEMBER AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST USE OF WALDEN FIELD AND IF THERE'S REALLY A NEED FOR ME TO BE UH, UH, REPLACED, APPROVED, UH, NOW WE CAN GO TO THE ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH, SO THAT WAS THE CATEGORY THAT I WENT UP FROM 14 TO 23.
UH, AND I KNOW THESE ATHLETIC FIELDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERNAL,
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THEY REALLY ARE.AND THEY REALLY GOTTA BE REGRADED AND DRAINAGE.
YOU ALL MAY NOT GET THE COMPLAINTS, BUT WE DO GET THE COMPLAINTS FROM ATHLETIC PEOPLE.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE 2.5 AND MAYBE YOU UP BEING LIKE 1.5 THAT CAN GET US ENOUGH TO DO SOME GRADING.
SO WE CAN PROBABLY GET SOME MONEY BACK ON THIS ONE, ESPECIALLY IF I MAY TO KIND OF DO IT IN-HOUSE.
BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY THE LIST THAT'S RECOMMENDED.
AND THE REASON WHY YOU SEE JOEY JARUS IS OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE DID A MASTER PLAN
UH, AND SO YEAH, THESE NUMBERS GOTTA COME DOWN.
'CAUSE LAST, THIS MORNING, LIKE I SAID, I, I REDUCED THESE NUMBERS, SO I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET BACK ANOTHER $10 MILLION FROM THIS.
'CAUSE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE GONNA COME DOWN, ALRIGHT, BUT THE TAYLOR FIELDS, I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS DOWNTOWN TO SERVE FAMILIES AND ADULTS.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE BE, I TALKED ABOUT GEORGIA GOODS, SO WE CAN MOVE ON THE MONEYGRAM, UH, I SAID THEY'RE NOT BEING RECOMMENDED BE FUNDED IN THIS TRANCHE.
I MEAN, YEAH, THEY ARE, BUT UH, THEY DO NEED ADDITIONAL PARKING OUT THERE.
UH, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO SEE WHERE JUST NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING.
I ALREADY GAVE THAT EXPLANATION THOUGH.
WE REALLY NEED TO FOLLOW THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATION EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE $20 MILLION WORTH OF NEEDS.
BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THE ONES THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE IMMEDIATELY MOTION CONTROL JUST LESS IN THE PAST.
I KNOW YOU ALL SENT IN SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT LESSON IN THE PAST IS WE JUST NEED A RO CONTROL MONEY AND WE NEED TO MOVE IT WHERE WE, WE GOT EROSION, IT'S GONNA JEOPARDIZE ONE OF OUR STRUCTURES OR SOMETHING.
I TOOK THAT ONE DOWN AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
I TOLD YOU WHY I FELT LIKE THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I DO FEEL LIKE ROSEMEAD WE COULD DEFINITELY LEVERAGE WITH A PARTNERSHIP TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED IF WE BUILD THAT PARTICULAR GOLF COURSE ON POINT.
AND I DO THINK IT'LL THROW US OFF ENOUGH REVENUES THAT COULD HELP OTHER NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO OUR GOLF COURSES.
UH,
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THE REVENUES IN THAT CLUBHOUSE WILL HELP OFFSET, UH, EXPENSES AT OTHER GOLD IS GENERATING WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE MAIN ACQUISITION.
THIS IS A TOUGH ONE RIGHT HERE.
I THE REASON WHY WE TOOK OFF THE LOCATIONS YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU, WE DON'T WANNA DRIVE UP PRICES BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
MASTER PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, WE NEED A LOT MORE, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO A MORE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.
OKAY? MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE FACILITIES.
UH, THE FOREST ID I DISCUSSED WITH Y'ALL LAST TIME.
THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME PARTNERSHIP AS WELL TO GET SOME INDOOR FACILITIES AND, AND OTHER TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
AND WE, AND IT DEFINITELY, WE THINK IT DEFINITELY WILL, WELL NOT THINK WORKED ON YESTERDAY.
WE'LL FIT THE FOOTPRINT, UH, THE 1200 GREENVILLE.
THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO COME DOWN, UH, BECAUSE WE GONNA DO THIS MORE IN-HOUSE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET BACK ANOTHER $4 MILLION OUT OF THAT FROM THAT LOCATION.
I THINK WE CAN DO THAT FOR 2 MILLION.
THERE'S GONNA BE ERRORS IN THIS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON IT LITERAL BE AT 8:55 AM THIS MORNING.
UH, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.
BUT YEAH, I THINK QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SAID MARTIN LUTHER KING DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THE MULTI-DEPARTMENT OF SHARED USE FACILITIES? NO, IT'S BELOW THE LINE BECAUSE IT IS ABOVE 15 D.
ANYTHING BELOW THE BLUE IS BELOW THE BLUE.
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OKAY.ON TO, I DIDN'T TOUCH THE SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCH.
I'M ON ON SLIDE 24, YOU ALL AND THEN LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCH.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY AND WE
WE DO THINK EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, WE DO THINK ON SOME OF THESE, THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET SOME FUNDING FROM OTHER POTS.
THAT'S, AND I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE.
UH, AND THE DISCRETIONARY, UH, LIKE I SAID IT WAS FOUR EIGHT.
I'M REQUESTING MAYBE I'LL TAKE THAT TO THREE.
WE STILL LEFT YOUR PROJECTS IN THERE AND OF COURSE THAT'S DISCRETIONARY WOULD BE UP TO YOU DECIDE WHICH THOSE PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO FUNNEL GOING TO THE NEXT CATEGORY, JUST PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.
UH, SHE JUST HAD REALLY GO OFF TO STAFF AND, 'CAUSE THEY DID EVALUATION ON SOME OF THESE BRIDGES AND SO JUST AIN'T GOT ENOUGH MONEY.
SO WE DON'T PEOPLE REGISTER RENT PLAYGROUNDS, UH, SOME OF THESE MAPS ARE GONNA COME DOWN YOU ALL 'CAUSE IT JUST WON'T.
WE KNOW BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME THOSE PLAYGROUNDS YESTERDAY THAT SOME LOOK LIKE, OH I JUST REALLY NEED A SHADE STRUCTURE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOME IT'S LIKE, AND AND WE DO KNOW IF WE CAN GET THOSE SHADE STRUCTURES IN, WE CAN REALLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS BECAUSE THE SUN TAKES A DIRECT, I MEAN IT REDUCES THE LIFE.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA FIGURE OUT STRATEGICALLY HOW WE CAN EXPAND THE LIFE ON SOME OF THESE ZONES.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO UP TO THE ONES THAT EXPIRED IN 2020 OR 2018.
AND
NO, IT'S TAKING A TOLL ON IT FROM VANDALISM TO THE THUD AND THE PLAYGROUND NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO WE'RE GOING, WE'RE STILL FINE TUNING THOSE PLAYGROUND NOTES.
I AM GOING TO GO IN AND SKIP THE RACKET SPORTS.
SO THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ONE THING YOU ALL MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK AT IF WE CAN'T ACQUIRE SOME PROPERTY BUILD ON STANDALONE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME
UH, THEN AFTER CONSULTING WITH STAFF IT'S LIKE WELL THESE REC CENTERS, A LOT OF THEM ARE IN TIGHT SPACES ALREADY.
YOU GOT A LOT OF TREES AROUND 'EM AND YOU START TRYING TO ADD LIKE BASICALLY ANOTHER THING YOU AIN'T GOT A LOT TO WORK WITH.
THEN IT WAS LIKE WELL WE DO GOT THE TENNIS CENTERS SO WHY CAN'T WE LOOK AT ACTUALLY 'CAUSE THEY'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE TENANT CENTERS TO DO AN ADD ON.
AND THEN MOVING TO THE RECREATION CENTERS.
UH, AS I EXPLAINED THE LAST MEETING, XAL IS ONE OF OUR LAST, BUT I CALL DINOSAUR REC CENTER.
DOESN'T HAVE A GM BESIDES WITH MARTIN WHITES.
WELL MY WIFES HAVE A GM BUT IT'S NOT REALLY GM BUT XAL AND WHAT'S THE ONE WE GOT OUT? WE GOT ONE MORE OUT.
BUT THESE ARE CENTERS WE TOOK OUT OUT OF COMMISSION.
THE OTHER ONES WE TOOK OUT OF COMMISSION.
WE CALL THESE SMALL CENTERS BUT X I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD, REPLACE THAT CENTER.
MARTIN WEISS, I JUST TOUCHED ON IT.
IT SHOULD HAVE THAT EXPANSION.
CAMPBELL GREEN IS, YES, IT NEEDS THAT MAJOR EXPANSION TO MAKE THAT CENTER FUNCTIONAL.
AGAIN, IT WOULD BE UP TO UH, UH, JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT ANOTHER 10 MILLION FOR THE AUDITORIUM, BUT THAT'D BE SOMETHING YOU ALL CAN DISCUSS AS WELL.
BUT I GOTTA GET THAT EXPANSION ON CAMERA
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AND PIKE.YES, I TOUCHED ON IT LAST TIME.
WE NEED TO REALLY DO THE INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR THAT REC CENTER OR WHATEVER.
OR IF IT'S GONNA BE A CULTURE CENTER SLASH UH, WHITE ROCK HILLS.
UH, I DO THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR IT IN THE SERVICE AREA.
AND THEN THERE'S BUCKNER FORNEY.
I I I JUST REALLY LOVE THIS PROPERTY.
I SERVE TWO DISTRICTS, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LEVERAGE A LOT MORE WITH SOME PARTNERSHIPS TO REALLY BUILD IT OUT.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED THE $20 MILLION TO GET THIS WHOLE THING GOING.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT, IT IS IS RIGHT FOR ATHLETIC FIELD.
IT'S RIGHT FOR REGIONAL DRAW WHEN IT COMES TO FIRST BOTH UTILIZING THE REC CENTER COMPLEX SLASH SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING RECOMMENDED.
I WILL MOVE ON TO FOLLOW, JUST TO MAKE THE CUT AS BELOW THE LINE.
YOU ALL MOVE ON TO THE RANK CENTER RENOVATION.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS TRULY BASED ON DATA ASSESSMENT.
WE WENT OUT, I WANTED $2 MILLION, TWO OR $3 MILLION RENOVATION AT THESE PLACES.
NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM.
THE SERVICE CENTER IN DISTRICT TWO, IF YOU ALL RECALL, WE END UP HAVING TO MOVE THAT MONEY 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH OUT TO GET THAT SERVICE CENTER BILL, BUT WE HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE LAND.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEASING THE PROPERTY BACK TO THE FOLKS WHO WE BOUGHT THE LAND FROM.
THEY'RE STILL RUNNING THEIR OPERATION OUT THERE.
UH, BUT WE HAD MONEY FOR BOTH.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT SERVICE CENTER BUILT.
AND THEN PAUL GUY WAS GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT THAT SECOND LEVEL SITE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, YES GLENDALE, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA FINISH, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME OF PHASE ONE WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE NOW, BUT WE NEED TO FINISH OUT THIS NEXT BOND PROGRAM, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
IT'S THE SAME THING WITH CRAWFORD CRAWFORD'S KIND OF WORKING ON THEIR PHASE ONE WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING, BUT THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO FINISH OUT PHASE TWO.
UH, AND THESE ARE REGIONAL PARTS.
WE JUST HAVEN'T THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN THESE PARK IN THE PAST SAMUEL GRAND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE MASTER PLAN.
ONE THING WHEN I KNOW WHEN I GO TO SAMUEL GRAND IS ALWAYS ALL OUR REGIONAL PARK HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK.
THAT ONE DOESN'T, IT ONLY HAS ROAD
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET OUT THERE AND EXERCISE AND WALK THROUGH THE PARK ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SPECIALTY PARKS, I DIDN'T TOUCH THIS CATEGORY.
I'M LIKE, NO, YOU ALL CAN GO VISIT LAKELAND HILLS PARK.
THEY REALLY NEED A REAL SKATE PARK AND NOT THAT ABOVE GROUND
YOU GO TAKE A LOOK AND YOU'LL SEE WHY I'M RECOMMENDING IT.
IT'S DEFINITELY OUTDATED AND IT'S HEAVILY UTILIZED, UH, SPRAY GROUND.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I, I WOULD LOVE TO PUT IN NEW ONES, BUT WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA MAINTAIN THE ONES WE HAVE.
AND
BUT ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ABOUT YOU STILL HAVE, YOU STILL HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
UH, I ALREADY EXPLAINED TENANT CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WHICH IS ON SLIDE 52.
UH, YEAH, THOSE TENNIS CENTERS PRO SHOPS, THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE.
SO, AND I DO THINK A KEYS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW WE CAN BRING IN A, A PARTNER THAT COULD HELP US EXPAND THAT 10, THAT TENNIS CENTER.
AND SO I THINK WE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY THE WORST CLUB I I HAVE FOR TENON.
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AND I'M GONNA DEFER TO JERRY IF THERE'S ANYTHING, TALK ABOUT THEBUT AS FAR AS OUR MONEY SYSTEMS, YEAH, LOOKING AT THE TRAIL PLAN AND WHAT OUR REAL NEEDS ARE, WHITE ROCK CREEK HAS NOT HAD ANY REAL MAINTENANCE OR RECONSTRUCTION IN QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, THE SECTION I SELECTED WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE FRIENDS GROUP.
IT'S ALSO PROBABLY THE WORST SECTION AND IT GOES UNDERWATER THE MOST.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IS WHERE IT GOES UNDERNEATH ABRAMS AND THE ROAD KIND OF CANTILEVERS OVER IT.
UH, GOT A LOT OF BRIDGES IN THERE, BUT WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE WHITE ROCK SOME ATTENTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRAIL PLAN, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING BUILT OUT.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF GO BACK AND DO SOME REINVESTMENT.
UM, WITH COTTON BELT TRAIL GOING IN, WE JUST ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY AND JUST 12 FOR THE TRAIL HITS.
SO WE WANT TO FOR THAT ONCE WE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITE ONCE THE TENANT MOVES OUT OR THE RESIDENT MOVES OUT AND THEN RE WAS IN THERE THAT WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT AND SINCE IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THAT ONE THAT IN AS WELL.
AND THEN I NOTED, UM, SOME OTHER PROJECTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG PRIORITY FOR ANOTHER CONNECTION FROM THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL OVER BY NORTH HAVEN GARDENS.
UM, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH D W U AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED TO FIX AND IMPLEMENT AS PART OF THAT.
AND THEN FIVE MILE CREEK, JUST NOTING WE'RE, WE'RE HANDLING THAT THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, UM, FUNDING THROUGH THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD WITH WONDER KNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO WANNA WORK WITH OUR PARTNER AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, UH, MR. PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE AND, UH, I WELCOME ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU DO HAVE.
'CAUSE I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING I DID MENTION Y'ALL BEEN WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL START THE DISCUSSION AND I THINK WE'LL GO LIKE LAST TIME WITH EVERY MEMBER THAT WAY.
I THINK, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE WILL HAVE IT.
I THINK THE OVERALL NUMBER WAS THREE 80, UH OH SORRY, FOUR.
WE WERE $80 MILLION OVER THREE 50.
WE, SO I DID SOME BIG NUMBERS, WHICH I JUST WANT TO THROW IT AT THE BOARD TO BRING IT TO THREE 70.
AND IF THAT NUMBER AND WITHIN THAT THREE 70 THEN YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE CUTTING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS? I WAS THINKING IN, YOU KNOW, EQUITY CENTER, IF WE CUT TWO OF THEM, THAT MAKES $11 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
IF WE GOT $20 MILLION IN RACK AND BALL, 13 MILLION AGENCY MATCHES 10 MILLION AND MONEYGRAM 1 MILLION AND 500,000 GOES INTO A PARTNERSHIP MATCH OR, UH, MATCHES THAT.
THIS CUTS, UH, THIS BY $55 MILLION, WHICH AFTER, YOU KNOW, BOARD LEAST WE SEND THAT NUMBER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WITH THAT I OPEN UP, UH, WE'LL START THE WAY WITH MR. CONNOR AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND AND THEN I'LL COME TO THE VIRTUAL TEAM FOR MR. CONNOR.
UM, UM, MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS WAS, I'M SURE NOT VERY EASY.
UM, ON THE WHITE ROCK DREDGING, WHY IS THAT 20 MILLION ON US? I, SO AT THE BOND TASK FORCE, WE'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS A $30 MILLION PROJECT.
AM I RIGHT ON THAT ISH? I THINK SO.
I 80, 80 MILLION I THOUGHT IT WAS, SO, OKAY.
SO THE $20 MILLION, HOW MUCH IS THAT? SO HOW MUCH OF THAT IS BEING SPLIT WITH HOW MUCH DW ASSUMING OF THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THEM.
'CAUSE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE IF, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE I WASN'T IN PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY.
I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA PICK UP VERSUS WHAT WE COVERED, BUT I, BUT I, I TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE 20 TO GET THIS GOING.
UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE EROSION THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER OR IS THAT JUST DREDGING? UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE IF THAT EROSION HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE DREDGE AND OH YEAH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT.
AND IS THAT EROSION PART OF THE TRAIL THAT THE WHITE ROCK TRAIL? THIS IS NO, THAT PART I MENTIONED IS NORTH ON THE
BECAUSE I DUNNO HOW MANY PEOPLE LOOKED AT THOSE PICTURES, BUT I MEAN, IT, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS PRETTY DANGEROUS.
UM, SO, UM, THE CAROL WAS HER NAME CAME AND TALKED, TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK IT DOWN $10 MILLION.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE REVENUE GENERATION ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, I KNOW WE TOOK IT UP, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO TAKE THAT DOWN EVEN MORE? UM, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE RATIOS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO'S BRINGING WHAT TO THE TABLE.
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UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME CAN'T BRING, I KNOW MR. DICKEY HAS BROUGHT UP THE, UM, THE UH, UH, TRINITY AUDUBON CENTER QUITE A LOT.IT DOESN'T RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS SAY, LIKE A ZOO.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO VERSUS AN EIGHT TO ONE RATIO IN MY HEAD IT'S PRETTY, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S GOOD AND AND BAD ON THAT.
UM, ON THE PLAYGROUNDS, MR.
UM, 300,000 TWICE ON COTTONWOOD.
UM, BUT ON THE REGIONAL PLAYGROUNDS I SAW TWO ON THERE FOR A MILLION.
UM, WERE THERE JUST TWO OF THE REGIONALS THAT
UM, SAME THING WITH GLENDALE RIGHT NOW GLENDALE IS IN PAGE ONE AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT IS, UH, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR PLAYER.
AND THEN, SO THE ONLY WE HAD WAS THE KEYS THAT WE NEED TO GET FUNDED.
AND, AND, AND WE ALREADY GOT THE SIGNATURE $1 MILLION ONE 800 PLUS AND FLAGPOLE HERE.
YEAH 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE BACHMAN IS ONE OF THOSE.
AND THEN ON THE, ON THE REC CENTER REDO, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US WHO TOOK THE TOUR, THE FIRST TOUR AND SAW WILLIE B. JOHNSON AND THE REDO OF WILL WILLIE B. JOHNSON WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE, THE BASKETBALL COURT AND KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE, HOW MUCH DID THAT COST TO PUT A PERSPECTIVE OF I'M SAY WILLIE B. JOHNSON? I THOUGHT THAT BUDGET WAS ABOUT $4 MILLION.
THEY DID A LOT WITH $4 MILLION BECAUSE THAT THING IS LIKE FIVE.
I DUNNO, IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
JIM SENIOR CENTER
THAT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT MONEY BROKE DOWN FOR EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD.
I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT INFLATED NOW, BUT IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE GROUNDS VERSUS THE BASKETBALL COURT VERSUS THE SENIOR CENTER.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REC CENTERS, MR. THREE MINUTES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND AS WE ARE DISCUSSING FOR NEXT ROUND, IT'LL BE GREAT.
I THINK IF YOU START COMING WITH WHERE ARE WE CUTTING 52 $18 MILLION BECAUSE THEN WE'LL START DELIBERATING WHERE WE MINDFUL PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
SO YEAH, SO I THINK IN NEXT ROUND WE'LL JUST START NOTING IT DOWN BETWEEN THE THIRD ROUND.
FORMERLY SA UH, SAMUEL FARM APPEARED ON THE SPECIALTY PARKS LIST AND I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE HERE.
SAMUEL FARM HAD SOME REASONABLE REQUESTS AND THEY WERE FORMALLY IN SPECIALTY PARKS, BUT NOW I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, TIM? I AND I'M SORRY WE CUT OFF.
THAT'S REMEMBER I COULD USE THE TRUST FUND FOR SAMUEL FARM.
UM, THEN, UH, THERE WERE SOME, UH, CHANGES, UM, IN MY LIST.
UM, THE BARMAN PARKING LOT THAT WE'VE GOT, THAT WAS AN ACCESSORY WE GOT FOR THE APPLIED CENTER.
I MET WITH SOME FOLKS IN TRANSPORTATION STREETS YESTERDAY IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE.
AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE THERE THAT IN ADDITION TO BUILDING OUT THAT LOT, UH, WE NEED TO CREATE A CONNECTION ACROSS THE TWO LANE BACHMAN DRIVE SO THAT THE FAMILIES CANNOT GET, YOU CAN GET SAFELY ACROSS, EVEN WITH THE CROSSWALK, IT'S GONNA COST SOME MONEY.
'CAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES AND FACILITATE THAT.
BUT FORTUNATELY, UH, THE ALLOCATION PER COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR THAT CATEGORY, THERE'S, WE'RE 600,000 SHORT IN DISTRICT SIX.
SO THERE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A $600,000 THAT WE COULD ADD, BUT THAT WOULD, AS WE BUILD THAT PARKING LOT, WHICH WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION FOR, UH, WE WILL NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THE CROSSING ACROSS BOMAN DRIVE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN ADDITION FROM D SIX.
UM, AND THEN THE JC ZERO GOES A POOL, UM, THAT STAYS IN BECAUSE THAT WAS A COUNCIL PRIORITY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS.
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FOR THAT.UH, AND THEN ONE LAST THING, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION OF 300,000 FOR OUR PLAYGROUND AT JC DEO, UH, AND NASH DAVIS, WELL ACTUALLY NASH DAVIS HAS 500,000, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A 60,000 FOR SHADE STRUCTURE TO PUT THAT IN AS THE ASK.
I MEAN, THEY CAN ALWAYS SAY NO AT COUNCIL, BUT I WANT TO ASK FOR SHADE ON THE PLAYGROUND THERE.
ON THE BACHMAN PAVILION PLAYGROUND.
THERE ARE TREES, WE DON'T NEED A SHADE STRUCTURE THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, BE REALISTIC THAT WE WANT TO SHADE STRUCTURE.
WANT TO ASK THAT INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, JUST GENERAL COMMENTS ON JOY GOGOS.
IT USED TO BE A D SIX, I THINK MAYBE SWITCH IN THIS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT COULDN'T WAIT.
IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT ANYMORE, SO I CAN'T SAY.
BUT THAT'S ONE THAT I WOULD THINK IT'S BEEN A WILD, WILD AREA FOR A LONG TIME.
THAT AREA NEEDS PROTECTION FOR THE ESCARPMENT FROM WAREHOUSES.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE BASICALLY, THE LAND IS BEING PRESERVED AS IS.
SO IF THERE'S SOME NEED THAT'S, WELL, IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THING TO LOOK AT.
UH, WE'RE THE, I WAS, WE WERE BOTH AT THE MEETING.
MR. DICKEY, THAT'S YOUR THREE DICKEY, UH, MR. BOARD.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS AND I SEE LIKE THE DISCRETIONARY AREA WHERE I ONLY HAVE LIKE $200,000 AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE 2 MILLION.
BUT THEN I LOOK IN THE PLAYGROUNDS AND I SEE I HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR PLAYGROUND AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 300,000 PLAYGROUND.
SO I, I WANNA SEE A, A BREAKDOWN, UM, TOTAL FOR EACH DISTRICT AT SOME POINT.
LIKE HOW MUCH IS BEING SPREAD ACROSS THE DISTRICTS OVERALL IN THE PARK SYSTEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT, HEY, WE ARE INVESTING IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.
UM, I THINK, I THINK OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE SPORTS COMPLEXES, UM, WHY CAN'T WE OUTSOURCE MORE OF THESE SPORT COMPLEXES, UM, AND LET OUR PARTNERS, UM, RENOVATE THESE FIELDS INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO MAINTAIN THEM ALL THE TIME.
MONEYGRAM DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS MR. DICKIES, UM, AREA, HE'S GOT SOME CONCERNS SOMETIMES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF IT.
UM, AND I THINK FOR COMPLEXES IT'S ONE THING.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FIELDS ARE ANOTHER THING.
UM, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD FIELD CLOSE BY A NEW COMPLEX IF WE HAVE A COMPLEX, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY OF OUTSOURCING OUR COMPLEXES AND SPREAD THEM ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THERE'S NOT JUST ONE IN WEST DALLAS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME LAND DOWN IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS IN DISTRICT FIVE THAT WE COULD DO A MONEYGRAM OR SOMETHING COMPLEX IN THE SOUTHEAST DALLAS AREA, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, I THINK OUR PARTNERSHIP MATCHES ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOLLARS THAT WE CAN SPEND.
UM, AND I SAY THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW, I I, I WOULDN'T BE DOING JUSTICE IF I CAN ADVOCATE FOR FAIR PARK.
UM, I DON'T FEEL FAIR PARK IS GONNA GET ANY, THEY GOT $50 MILLION LAST TIME.
THEY'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY GREAT AT THEIR FUNDRAISING.
UM, AND I DON'T SEE THEM GETTING ANY MONEY ON THIS BOND.
UM, EVEN IF WE APPROVE IT AT THIS LEVEL, I DON'T THINK IT'LL MAKE THROUGH THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
SO WE MAY AS WELL TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE HERE NOW.
UM, SO MOVE THAT $5 MILLION FROM.
BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S $5 MILLION THAT, UM, CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, IN OUR PLANNING.
BUT I, I THINK THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP MATCHES ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, LOOK AT, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY LIKE SOUTHERN GATEWAY, I DON'T WANT TO SINGLE IT OUT, BUT IF THERE'S FEDERAL MONEY THAT HAS TO MATCH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE IF WE'RE GONNA, IF THERE'S MATCH MONEY ON THE TABLE FROM AGENCIES, WE NEED NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING THAT MONEY COMING IN.
UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO START THE, WHERE DOES NORTHLAKE, NICK LAKE HIGHLAND REC CENTER STAND IN THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL? BECAUSE I DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO LIKE S I MEAN, I SEE A LISTED IN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT OH, IT IS, OKAY.
SO YEAH, I PROBABLY HAVE A CHANCE TO CLEAN IT UP.
IT, IT WAS BELOW THE LINE, BUT I THINK WE DID PUT SOME, THEN WE PUT SOME IN
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FRONT LINE FOR SOME INTERIOR.WELL, YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW UP EXACTLY WHAT'S OKAY.
STILL IN THERE BECAUSE I'M, I MEAN, I'M MAINLY RELYING ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHAT'S TRULY NEEDED.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL ALLOCATION.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THAT, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UM, ON THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
I, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST CUTTING ALL OF 'EM.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ASSESS EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND WHAT THE BRAND'S DISABLED AND PARTICULARLY THE ZOO.
CLEARLY RANKING NUMBER ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD, IF IT RANKS NUMBER ONE BY THE, BY THE BOARD, WHY WOULD WE CUT THEM BY 10 MILLION? SO, UH, MY LINE ON THE SAND ON THE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES THAT WE START WITH 30 MILLION FOR THE ZOO.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE A BIG ASK IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
UM, AND SO I'D START THERE ON FAIR PARK SINCE THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPRESENTATIVE.
I I DO WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM THOUGH, BUT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT, UM, FUNDING THAT, THAT MUSEUM.
I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE THERE.
SO I HATE TO SEE THEM, UM, IF THAT'S A STRONG NEED.
NOT GET ANY FUNDING IN THIS, IN THIS PACKAGE.
BUT I, I THINK JEFF, UH, MR. KEN'S BEEN ASKING FOR A WHILE FOR A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THESE, UM, ENTITIES AND PRIOR BONDS.
AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO FACTOR IN.
AND THEN I THINK I MENTIONED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL SO WE CAN DECIDE WHICH ONES SHOULD BE CUT AND CAN STILL HAPPEN.
I THINK IF WE CUT THEM ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH A BUNCH OF CRUMMY PROJECTS OR NO PROJECTS.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK THOSE TWO NEEDS TO STAY AT THREE 30 MILLION.
I THINK THAT'S, THEY MADE THE STRONG CASE.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
UM, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MY STARTING POINT FOR THE LARGE PART, NOT JUST, SO RYAN, YOU HAVE THAT INITIAL RIGHT MR. GOLDSTEIN SO I SENT THAT TO YA, CINDY, THIS MORNING THAT SHE'S DISTRIBUTING TO EVERYBODY THROUGH EMAIL.
OR MAYBE THERE'S HARD COPIES COMING.
I'M NOT SURE THAT OUR COPIES WE DID, WE DID GET AN EMAIL WITH, SO, BUT I THOUGHT EVERYONE
YEAH, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A WHILE.
WE NEED SOME MORE COPIES TO SEE.
GOLDSTEIN, ONE THING ON THE ZOOM, I THINK I JUST WANT TO, WHILE I THINK WE'RE DISCUSSING, I THINK EVERYONE AGREE FOR THAT NUMBER, BUT THERE IS A $10 MILLION.
WE WILL, UH, TRY TO TAP FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT TRULY ISN'T, THAT'S THE ZONE WHERE THAT MONEY IS ALLOWED.
SO, SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO KEEP HERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE ZOO HERE, BUT I THINK THERE IS A BASE WHERE WE CAN TAP NOT ON THE BOX.
MR. KITNA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY ELIMINATING.
UH, I THINK A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU ALL.
I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR ACROSS THE CITY TRYING TO ADDRESS MANY NEEDS, BOTH CITYWIDE AND, UH, DISTRICT-WIDE NEEDS.
UM, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO MUCH ON THIS.
I, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TOP PRIORITY AND REALLY, I, I THINK CITYWIDE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE 11 AREAS IS THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT OF FUNDING IT THROUGH MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL INTO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DISCUSSION ON THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW THAT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY AND THAT'S THE COUNCIL ONE'S TOP PRIORITY, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS FUNDED, UM, ON THE RACK SPORTS FACILITY DOING 6.5 MILLION IN EACH OF THE THREE TENNIS CENTERS.
CAN Y'ALL TELL ME WHAT THAT WOULD GET AT EACH CENTER? LIKE HOW MANY INDOOR TENNIS COURTS OR INDOOR PICKLEBALL? I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED, BUT DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT ACCOMPLISH? WE DON'T.
I MEAN, JUST BEEN HONEST, WE DON'T OKAY.
AS AN SPINE STAFF, STAFF HAVE BUYS MEET FOR INDOOR RATHER THAN HAVING THEM.
AND I, I THINK DOING IT AT THREE DIFFERENT TENNIS CENTERS IS VERY CREATIVE.
THE, THE CENTERS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SPORTS AND SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A PRIORITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME INDOOR TENNIS PICKLEBALL, RACKETBALL FACILITIES THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR PRIORITIZING PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, MOVING THAT NUMBER UP, UM, LANE IS CORRECT.
COTTONWOOD IS LISTED THERE TWICE.
SO WE ONLY NEED ONE PLAYGROUND AT COTTONWOOD.
WE WANT TO FI FIND ANOTHER PLAYGROUND.
UM, ON THE PAR SMALL PARTNERSHIP MATCH.
IT SAID 2 MILLION AND IT ALSO HAD 3.5 MILLION AS A NUMBER.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
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THAT? IT'S THE TYPO.SO IS IT TWO, IS IT 3.2
ON THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP BATCH, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO THESE PARTNERS IN EARLIER BOND ELECTIONS.
SO IF WE GAVE FAIR PARK 50 MILLION IN THE LAST BOND ELECTION, IS IT REALLY FAIR TO GIVE THEM A LOT? I SUPPORT ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE FUNDING THEM, BUT I WONDER IS IT MORE EFFECTIVE TO FULLY FUND SOME PROJECTS THAN TO PARTIALLY FUND ALL OF THEM? AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY WHAT ARE OUR TOP PRIORITIES, WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY FUND? AND THAT'S WHY MR. GOLDSTEIN'S QUESTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PARTNERS ARE ASKING FOR SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS GROUP PRIORITIZES THE ZOO.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET 10 MILLION ECO DEV MONEY, I THINK THAT'S TERRIFIC.
WE'D LOVE TO GET MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES AS WELL.
WE HAVE IT, BUT I THINK GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT DID THESE PARTNERS GET PREVIOUSLY AND WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? THAT'S YOUR THREE.
DO WE KNOW WE GET THAT? WE CAN GET THAT PRINTED.
WE'RE GETTING IT PRINTED RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU MR. SLAUGHTER, BEFORE WE COME TO YOU, WE'LL GO TO MS. COLLINS.
SHE ALSO STEP UP FOR A MEETING SO THAT WAY SHE CAN HAVE HER COMMENTS.
UM, UM, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU BO FOR LETTING ME GO IN FRONT OF YOU.
MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.
UM, SO, UH, REALLY GREAT, GREAT DISCUSSION AND REALLY GREAT WORK STAFF ON GETTING ALL OF THESE KIND OF TRIMMED IN A LOT OF CASES ON MY DISTRICT.
UM, ITEMS, DISCRETIONARY ITEMS, I'D LIKE TO LOWER THE FIELD FRAZIER LOOP TRAIL COST.
JARED, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, UM, BUT I THINK O O OVER A MILLION'S A LITTLE HIGH ON THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND AT PRESTON HOLLOW PARK.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE PAVILION ON HERE, BUT THAT PLAYGROUND GETS SO MUCH USE AND IT JUST, IT NEEDS A REFRESH.
SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SWAP OUT SOME OF THAT, THOSE DOLLARS FROM FIELD FRAZIER PLUS THOSE NEIGHBORS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN FUNDRAISING FOR SOME OF THOSE, UM, AMENITIES ON FIELD FRAZIER.
SO THAT'S, UM, THE ONLY THING I HAD ON MY DISTRICT.
UM, DISCRETIONARY ITEMS. AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION.
LET ME ECHO WHAT, UM, MR. KITNER AND MR. GOLDSTEIN SAID, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THE ZOO SHOULD NOT BE CUT.
THEY FROM 30 MILLION, THEY WERE ACTUALLY AT 40 AND THEY WHITTLED THAT DOWN TO 30 BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR KIND OF HARD AND FAST NEED.
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, GREG HUDSON, GOD REST HIS SOUL.
HE PURPOSEFULLY IN 2017 CHOSE NOT TO ASK THE BOARD FOR A LARGER AMOUNT, KNOWING THAT A LOT OF THE TRAIL PROJECTS, PARKS FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS WERE BIGGER ASKS.
AND AT THAT MOMENT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MASTER PLAN KIND OF READY TO ROLL OUT.
SO, UM, THEY PURPOSEFULLY HALTED AND WAITED FOR THIS BOND PROGRAM TO HAVE A SIZABLE ASK.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, A $70 MILLION MATCH AND THEY'VE GOT FUNDERS LINED UP FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THOSE FUNDERS REALLY WANNA SEE A BIG COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY.
SO, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FUNDED THEM SINCE, WE GAVE 25 MILLION TO THE ZOO IN 2006.
SO WE NEED TO AT LEAST MATCH THAT, YOU KNOW, 17 YEARS LATER, UM, KIND OF LIKE MR. WOOD SAID ABOUT, UH, WE LOVE, WE ALL LOVE FAIR PARK.
UM, I DO PERHAPS ON MAYBE THE WATER COMMONS AND I LOVE THAT PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE LAND.
I KNOW IT'S WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO THE CITY, BUT I JUST, I'M NOT SURE IF 5 MILLION IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, I, UH, ON SOUTHERN GATEWAY AND FIVE MILE CREEK, THOSE AMOUNTS ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR FEDERAL MATCH DOLLARS.
SO I DO SUPPORT KEEPING THOSE AT THOSE AMOUNTS.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL KIND OF DEFER TO MR. WOOD ON PARKDALE LAKE IF THAT'S, IF THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, MOVED TO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY SINCE I KNOW THAT'S STILL UNDER KIND OF SITE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, UM, REALLY I APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK FROM, UM, THE, FROM STAFF, BUT INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND FOREST ALIA, AND THEN RAISING SOME RAISING AMOUNT WOULD BE PERFECT.
AND MR. SLAUGHTER BEFORE YOU, MR. KARIMI WANTS TO COME BECAUSE HE ALSO WANTS TO JUST STEP OUT FOR 15 MINUTES.
THAT'S WHAT MR. SLAUGHTER IS SAYING.
I THINK MY CAMERA JUST DIED, SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO ME, LET ME, I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO REBOOT MY CAMERA.
MR. SLAUGHTER, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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FIRST OF ALL, START, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO A REAL BEAUTIFUL AND DECENT HUMAN BEING THAT BOUGHT ME HAPPY HOUR WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
AND WE WERE PUT ON THIS BOARD FOR ONE REASON TO BE GOOD STEWARDS.
AND I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BACKED THE STAFF AND I TOTALLY AGREE, UH, AND SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT OUR DIRECTOR HAS BROUGHT TO US.
AND I'M PUSHING THE, THE ENVELOPE FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN MY DISTRICT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
I WANT THE ZOO TO BE WHOLE, WANT THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT GLENDALE PARK.
IT HASN'T BEEN DONE FOR TAYLOR.
I WANT THE SAFETY SIDEWALKS IN THE PARKING LOT AT D SIX.
BUT SO WE CAN SEE STUFF LIKE THIS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN GET BEHIND.
INSTEAD OF ALL OF US CRYING ABOUT WHY WE NOT GETTING ALL THESE MILLION OF DOLLARS JUST FOR US.
UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT TRINITY RIVER, UBON AFRICAN MUSEUM IS TAKEN CARE OF, ATE SINGING HILLS, DOES NOT BELONG TO ATE SINGING HILLS AND MYSELF.
THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS PARK SYSTEM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING 20 OR $30 MILLION IF WE DON'T BACK OUR DIRECTOR AND THIS STAFF BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION.
BUT IF WE GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL WITH ALL OF US ON BOARD WITH PUSHING EVERYONE ELSE JUST FOR OUR OWN, I THINK WE CAN GET STUFF DONE.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL SEES THAT WE'RE BACKING OUR DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE ALL ON BOARD INSTEAD OF BEING SCATTERBRAINED.
AND THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE, UH, UH, MY CALLING.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE FINE BRIMSTONE SPEECH LIKE THE BAPTIST PREACHER, YOU KNOW, JUST BRING ME MY CHICKEN AND WATERMELON AND WE'RE GOING BE HAPPY
SO I THANK YOU FOR MY TIME AND THIS IS WHAT WE, I WANT TO DO.
I WANT STEVENS PARK, WANT GLENDALE.
I WANT TO TREAT RIVER WATER BARN AND I WANT THINGS IN OTHER PEOPLE.
WHEN THIS GOES TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEES, THEY WILL, UH, IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.
BUT WHEN IT GOES TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEES AND THE COUNCIL IS GONNA BE THE PART BOARD RECOMMENDATION FAR AS THE BOND PROJECTS.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, SO THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS, UH, FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOUR GUIDANCE.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS THAT BEACON IN THE NIGHT WHEN DIRECTION IS NEEDED.
AND, AND SOME OF US, ME INCLUDED, JUST NEED A TON OF DIRECTIONS.
UH, LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
I AM, I AM PLEASED THAT THE CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO EVERYONE, UH, LIKE WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED LAST.
UH, BUT MR. GOLDSTEIN BROUGHT UP A A A WONDERFUL POINT, WONDERFUL POINT.
IF, IF THE ZOO IS OUR TOP PRIORITY, TO GIVE THEM TWO THIRDS OF THEIR ASKS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TREATING THEM LIKE A TYPE TOP PRIORITY.
SO IN MY OPINION, MAYBE GIVING THEM LIKE, WE CAN'T GIVE THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT, MAYBE WE CAN START WITH THEM WITH 90%.
AND AS WE MOVE DOWN THAT PRIORITY LIST, EVERY PARTNER GET LESS AND LESS AND LESS, UH, UNTIL WE SATISFY THAT 70 MILLION OR WHATEVER END OF PERCENTAGE, WE END UP GETTING IT.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION.
MR. KITNER KEEPS CONTIN CONTINUES TO BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT SEEING WHO GOT WHAT LAST TIME AND USING THAT IN KIND OF OUR DECISION MAKING, UH, AGENCY MATCHES.
I'VE GOT A STRONG USE CASE FOR THIS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 WITH D I S D AND WILLIS WINTER PARK.
BUT I, I SAW A THOUSAND PERCENT INCREASE.
SO THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE WHAT, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON THERE THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T SEE BEFORE? UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT JUMPED FROM LIKE 3 MILLION TO LIKE ALMOST 30 MILLION DISCRETIONARY FUNDS OF $3 MILLION PER PARK BOARD MEMBER.
I LOVE THIS IDEA, BUT I THINK THAT'S AWFULLY HIGH.
THIS COULD REDUCE TO 1.5 MILLION OR EVEN 1 MILLION.
AND STILL, I THINK A LOT OF US PARK BOARD MEMBERS WOULD JUST BE THRILLED TO HAVE ANY BIT OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, SKATE PARKS.
THAT'S A BOLD STATEMENT AND THAT'S GREAT OPTICS FOR THE SKATE PARK MOVEMENT.
AND INCREASE TO $14 MILLION IS BEYOND MY WILDEST FANTASIES, BUT I SAW SOME OF MY PERSONAL REQUESTS DROP OFF OF THAT FIRST PAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST AN ERROR OR SOME OVERSIGHT OR SOMETHING I NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.
NATURALLY, I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED E EVEN UPSET IF, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING AND PUSHING SO HARD FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND THEN SEEING TWO OF MY TOP THREE FALL OFF THAT LIST.
SO I'LL WORK OFFLINE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
UH, REC CENTERS, THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING XL.
I AM STILL IN FAVOR OF ROLLING THAT $20 MILLION FROM RACKET SPORTS OR RACKET CENTER INTO REC CENTERS TO POSSIBLY GET A ANOTHER REC CENTER IN.
I STILL THINK THAT'S A, A WORTHY CONSIDERATION.
DOG PARKS, I KNOW THIS NEVER GOT A LOT OF AIRTIME, BUT TO GIVE IT ZERO AIRTIME IN THIS BOND MIGHT BE SHOWCASING THE WRONG OPTICS TO A CITY OF DOG LOVERS SERVICE CENTERS.
I STILL THINK THIS IS NOT GETTING THE LOVE IT DESERVES.
FOR THOSE THAT DISAGREE, PLEASE TAKE A SELF-GUIDED TOUR AT WHITE ROCK LAKE CENTER SERVICE CENTER.
IF YOU WANT FUND AN EXCITING TOUR.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY OWN COMMENTARY, BUT PLEASE GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK.
I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE TO, TO ROLL THAT
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INTO SOME OF OUR NEEDS.UH, AS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THE DEFICIT OF $80 MILLION.
UH, MAYBE A NEW PIE CHART IS IN ORDER SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THESE PERCENTAGES, BUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, 15 TO 18% REDUCTION GETS US DOWN TO 80 MIL.
UM, I, I LOVE EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST.
SO IT, FOR ME, IT'S HARD TO START CUTTING BACK AND I'M WHAT WE'RE GONNA CUT BACK WHO WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT BACK.
I'M A BIG COMPONENT OF ATHLETIC FIELDS.
IF WE CAN DO SOME OF IT IN-HOUSE, IT'S GREAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AS IT IS.
SO IT PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR 'EM TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK.
BUT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE, IT'S GOTTEN WAY BETTER THAN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAN IT HAS THE LAST 20.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS TOTALLY IMPROVED.
SO I LIKE THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH ATHLETIC FIELDS AND I SEE THOSE ON A DAILY BASIS, BELIEVE ME.
BUT I THINK WE CAN, IF WE GET IT IN-HOUSE, WE CAN MOVE THAT NUMBER DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
NOT MUCH, BUT WE STILL NEED A LOT OF DIRT AND THE RIGHT DIRT, RIGHT? THE RIGHT GRASS, ET CETERA.
ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR, UM, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT A WHOLE NUMBER FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. IT'S INCREDIBLE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT THEY'RE PATCHING IT AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE.
UM, SO I CAN SEE THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IF WE DO IT, LIKE I SAID, IN-HOUSE, UH, PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
UM, YEAH, I, I LOVE ALL THESE AND IT IS HARD TO CUT BACK, BUT AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT HAVE TO.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T, WE GET THAT NUMBER.
MY QUESTION ABOUT THE REC BALL, I LOVE THE IDEA ABOUT SPREAD THREE, THREE SPOTS VERSUS ONE.
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT, NOT NORTH DALLAS OR SOUTH DALLAS GETS IT.
IT'S IN THREE AREAS OF OUR TOWN.
MY POINT'S GONNA BE WHO'S GONNA RUN IT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA OPERATE IT.
HOW THE CONTRACT'S GONNA BE WRITTEN THAT FAVORS US TO GET OUR MONEY BACK, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT MEANS MY ONLY QUESTION, HOW CAN WE, WE PUT THE MONEY IN? HOW CAN OUR PROS PAY US BACK, RIGHT? SO THE CONTRACT GOTTA BE WRITTEN, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA GO THAT WAY, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS THE CONTRACTS AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS GOTTA BE DONE, RIGHT? AND, AND MAKE IT TO WHERE THE CITY AT LEAST BREAKS EVEN AND OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR ANYTHING THAT WE DO AS PARTNERSHIP MATCHES IT, OR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT IS THE RACK BALL, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING.
UM, IT'D BE MY, IT'D BE MY QUESTION HOW THAT'S GONNA BE WRITTEN AND, AND, UH, THE, THE PRIORITY AGENCY MATCHES.
I KNOW THAT D SS D AND, AND, AND I THINK U N T WAS IN THERE AND, AND, BUT D S D AND THE COOL, I LIKE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF WE'RE PUTTING ON THEIR PROPERTY, RIGHT, WE, WE ALWAYS PARTNER UP WITH ON THEIR PROPERTY, EXCEPT FOR RIVERON, THINK IT'S UNIQUE.
HOW MUCH TIME DOES THE CITY REALLY GET? IT'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION, RIGHT? ARE THEY GONNA GIVE US A THOUSAND HOURS OR, OR WHATEVER IT'S TO GET ON THE FIELDS.
THAT'D BE THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
HOW MANY HOURS DO WE GET A YEAR THAT WE GET THE RESERVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY USE? THAT'D BE MY BIGGEST QUESTION.
WE HAVE A PART, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S LAND ON OUR LAND.
I THINK WE GET TO WRITE THAT CONTRACT AND IT'S, IT SHOULD BE FAVORED TO US EVERY TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT A THOUSAND HOURS.
I HAVEN'T, I DON'T THINK WE BOOKED A THOUSAND HOURS THIS YEAR YET, BUT WE GOT A THOUSAND HOURS.
A THOUSAND HOURS IS A LOT OF TIME.
UM, IF YOU REALLY DO THE MATH, IT IS A LOT OF TIME.
WE GOTTA BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE THAT WINDOW FOR US.
'CAUSE I'LL BE BACK TO SECOND ROUND
UM, I FIRST WANT TO START WITH, UM, SAYING, WELL, ONE, I MISSED A SPEECH, SO I HOPE IT WAS, IT WAS MOVING.
UM, BUT I WANT TO BE ON RECORD TO SAY THAT I DON'T, UM, RECOMMEND REDUCING ANY DOLLARS, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IT, IT, I THINK WE SHOULD GO BIG.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE WORK THAT WE DOING HERE IS WHAT REAL EQUITABLE JUSTICE LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS THE ONE DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS EQUITY FOR PEOPLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACTUAL LAND.
UM, I AGREE WITH SEEING DOLLARS PER PREDICT AS WELL.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK THROUGH IS MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, DISTRICT THREE, UM, IN GLENDALE PARK.
I, UM, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA PLACE, BUT I SAW GLENDALE PARK BEING CLOSED AND THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THE POOL.
THE POOL BEING CLOSED, AND THAT WAS ROUGHLY AT $5 MILLION.
MY REQUEST IS TO INCREASE GLENDALE OVERALL TO 10 MILLION, UM, FOR THE MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
AND WHAT I THINK WOULD BE FAIR IN LOOKING AT TIMELINE IS REMOVING THAT CLOSURE OF THE POOL, UM, AND MAYBE FINDING DOLLARS ELSEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, POTENTIALLY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT THIS IS NEW FOR ME, BUT I'M REQUESTING AND ADVOCATING, UM,
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FOR $10 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS GLENDALE PARK AND ITS OVERALL MASTER PLAN.UM, IT SERVES MULTIPLE DISTRICTS AND MAKE A, A HUGE STATEMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND YEAH, I CAN FOLLOW UP NEXT ROUND, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY DOLLARS FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A TIME TO, TO DO THINGS RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT MY, MY DISTRICT, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY AMERICANS AND SYSTEMICALLY WE WERE LEFT OUT, PARKS WERE BUILT.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO GET JUSTICE IN THAT SPACE.
GLENDALE PARK WAS LABELED AS THE BLACK PARK AS A CITY DOCUMENT.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO INVEST INTO THAT PART, INTO THE PEOPLE OF THAT COMMUNITY, INTO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND ALL THE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA COME AFTER US.
MS. TOM, I JUST CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CLOSING INTO THESE POOLS.
WE JUST SAYING ON THIS DESCRIPTION, IT JUST MEANS TO, IT IS JUST OUTDATED.
BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP 'EM OPEN UNTIL THERE'S FUNDING.
SO $5 MILLION TO THAT THEN LIKE WHAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE SPENT IN THIS? I WANNA DO WHAT'S BEST, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY.
SO SORRY I MISSED, UM, LAST MEETING.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN, UH, LIVING AND BREATHING THIS 24 7, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
UM, I THINK FOR ME, I, I LOOK AT IT, I TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM A VERY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND THE CHALLENGE FOR ME IS, YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHICALLY IT'S HARD TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT, UH, SPENDING MONEY FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND SITE DEVELOPMENT AND NEW AQUATIC CENTERS AND NEW SPRAY GROUND AND NEW EVERYTHING WHEN SO MUCH OF WHAT IS ON OUR LIST IS STUFF THAT IS ON THERE BECAUSE IT NEEDS MAINTENANCE AND IT, AND IT'S NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
AND OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE, ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
SO I STRUGGLE WITH REALLY ANY OF THESE THINGS ON HERE THAT ARE, ARE BRAND NEW.
UH, WHY, WHY WOULD WE ADD MORE SPRAY GROUND? WHY WOULD WE, YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY TO, UH, DO SITE DEVELOPMENT TO THE TUNE OF $15 MILLION WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH HOW ARE WE GONNA, UM, HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR SERVICE CENTERS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING? WE HAVE NEVER EVEN FINISHED THE PAUL DYER BUILDING.
SO PHILOSOPHICALLY FOR ME, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THOSE HARD CUTS FOR ME, IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO THE THINGS THAT ARE NEW THAT ARE GONNA CREATE MORE COST TO MAINTAIN.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET BACK DOWN TO A NUMBER OF THREE 50 AND WE RARELY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THREE 50, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET AND WE MAY BE SITTING AT THIS TABLE AGAIN AND, UH, IN A COUPLE WEEKS WITH, YOU KNOW, A, A MUCH LOWER NUMBER TO WORK WITH.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO HOW ARE WE GONNA TRY TO DO THE MOST WITH WHATEVER MONEY WE GET.
SO, HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SURE ARE PRIORITY.
I ECHO WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ZOO.
I THINK, UH, IF WE CAN FUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THOSE PARTNERS THAT WORK HARD FOR US AND THAT ARE PUTTING THEIR OWN MONEY WITH OURS TO IMPROVE OUR PROPERTIES, I THINK THAT'S MONEY WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE ON THE TABLE.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY TO ALLOW, UM, OUR PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS TO MORE PLACES WHERE WE'RE SHARING THE EXPENSE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD PUSH BACK ON AND CUT SOME OF THE EXPENSES WOULD BE POOLS AND AQUATICS.
I HEAR EVERY SUMMER ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO STAFF OUR POOLS, HOW WE'RE HAVING TO COMPRESS THE TIME THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO SHORTER AND SHORTER INTERVALS BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND PEOPLE TO STAFF THEM AND THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
SO I WOULD BE HESITANT TO SPEND A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY EITHER BUILDING NEW ONES, UM, PLAYGROUNDS.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL TALKED A LOT ABOUT AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO SOMETHING VERY, UM, SORT OF PHILOSOPHICAL.
I DO THINK IF THERE ARE PARKS THAT DON'T HAVE PLAYGROUNDS, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO PUT THOSE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT PRIORITY ON OUR LIST.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO WEIGH, JUST BECAUSE A A PLAYGROUND IS OUT OF ITS SERVICE LIFE, IT MAY NOT LOOK AS PRETTY AS IT DID WHEN WE INSTALLED IT.
IS IT STILL FUNCTIONAL? DOES IT STILL WORK? HAS ANYBODY ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT OR ARE WE JUST GOING DOWN THE LIST AND SPENDING A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS RIPPING OUT EQUIPMENT THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH JUST BECAUSE WE WANT THE NEWER, FLASHIER PRETTIER, BETTER COLOR LOOKING PLAYGROUND? SO I'M, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF METRICS THAT SAYS WE ONLY REPLACE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE BROKEN OR ARE NOT WORKING WELL OR WHAT'S THE PLUS BEHIND US ON THE AGE.
I SAW AGES OF PLAYGROUNDS ON THAT LIST THAT ARE BARELY TWO YEARS OUT OF
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THEIR SERVICE LIFE WHEN I'VE GOT ATHLETIC FIELDS THAT ARE A DUMP SITE AND CAN'T BE PLAYED ON.BUT WE'RE GONNA GO RIP OUT A $250,000 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT JUST BECAUSE IT'S TWO YEARS OUT OF ITS SERVICE LIFE.
SO I, I WOULD REALLY PUSH WAY BACK ON THAT PLAYGROUND THING AND REALLY LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY OUTDATED AND NEED HELP.
I KNOW WE COMPLETELY ABANDONED THE RACKET, THE MAIN RACKET FACILITY TO REPLACE, WHICH WAS ONCE FAIR OAKS.
AND WE'VE PUT THIS 6.5 INTO SEVERAL LOCATIONS, WHICH I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE.
AND I SAW THAT LB HOUSTON GOT ZERO MONEY AND IT'S PROBABLY NEXT TO KEITH, THE CRAPPIEST TENNIS CENTER WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, LAST BUT EVER RELEASE DREDGE THAT THING WE ALL LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SO MUCH, THAT'S AN $80 MILLION PROJECT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO START DOING SOME OF THE, THE WORK AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BUILD THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE NEED THAT MONEY TO MATCH, UM, SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WILL BE OUT THERE.
AND IT'S A, IT'S A, A VERY BIG AND ONGOING PROGRAM.
SO I THINK THAT 20 MILLION IS SORT OF CRITICAL TO GET US GOING.
AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK WE DO NEED TO ADD SOMETHING IN HERE FOR THAT, UH, TRAIL EROSION AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO, TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD ON ROUND ONE.
UM, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO WITH THE RACKET SPORTS COMPLEX, AND I THINK JEFF ALLUDED TO THIS AND THE TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO, IF IT'S TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS IS JUST THE PRO SHOP, UM, AND A COUPLE OTHER AMENITIES.
I JUST WAS A LITTLE BIT CON CONFUSED ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN SO IS JARED, IT'S ON SLIDE EIGHT.
AND I CAN MULTITASK ON THIS TOO.
UM, IF WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AQUATIC CENTERS AND I SEE LIKE WHERE GU WEILER IS ON THERE, BUT, AND THEN I LOOK AT GLENDALE AND I HEAR THIS YOUNG WOMAN SPEAK SO ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE NEEDS IN HER PARK.
ARE WE LOOKING AT IT IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHERE, WHERE I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT A BANDAID ON SOMETHING, BUT I THINK LIKE IF IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME ENTRYWAY OR SOME OF THE BATHROOMS, DOES IT REALLY NEED AT THIS ROUND, DOES ROTWEILER REALLY NEED THE ENTIRE POOL? AND CAN SOME OF THAT MONEY GO TO GLENDALE? ARE WE LOOKING AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTEND THESE DIFFERENT POOLS AND THE TEND AND WHERE THE OTHER POOLS ARE IN RELATIVE OR RELATIONSHIP TO THAT AREA? I KNOW BACHMAN JUST OPENED, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE THERE OR WALK, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME OF THESE POOLS THAT NEED POOL POOLS TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN OTHER AREAS.
UM, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T MIND LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER AND SAYING, OKAY, YES, WE NEED SOMETHING, BUT CAN WE GIVE SOME OF THAT TO GLENDALE, UM, FOR THOSE NEEDS? SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, AS WELL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, HE IS JUST LOOKING GOOD.
THEN I'M ALSO GONNA GO INTO OUR, OUR NEEDS FOR OUR STAFF.
UM, WHEN I HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ROCK, UH, CENTER, LIKE THE RIGHT ROCK SERVICE CENTER FOR OUR, OUR STAFF NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SIT AT CITY HALL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR, OUR STAFF WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS HUGE ON OUR LIST OF LOOKING AT HOW WE REALLY KIND OF TAKE CARE OF THE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
AND DOES THAT HAVE TO COME OUT OF PARK BOND MONEY OR CAN IT COME OUT OF OTHER AREAS? LIKE WHEN DANIEL WOOD TALKS ABOUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MATCHING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MATCHING OUR, LIKE OTHER MATCHING FUNDS AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF THE PHYSICAL, YOU KNOW, PARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS? OR CAN WE LOOK AT THAT SOME OF THESE SERVICE CENTERS THAT REALLY NEED HELP FOR OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES COMING OUT OF A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S
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REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.I CAN ANSWER YOUR EARLIER QUESTION, DEALING WITH THE POOLS.
I MEAN, I MEAN WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN IF Y'ALL WANNA SWITCH ONE POOL FOR ANOTHER OR, BUT IF Y'ALL DECIDE ON THE POOLS, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A HARD CHOICE.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IF LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE GO, LIKE I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO, AND WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT IT IN ALL THE DISTRICTS, I KNOW THE JARED, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
UM, AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM ANY WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE GLENDALE AND THE NEED AND IT'S NOT ON THERE AND THEN GULER WHAT TO GLENDALE, THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I SAID IT WAS YOU DEFINITELY ON POINT.
IT JUST, IT WAS JUST SO HARD BECAUSE I HAVE TO LOOK AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF I HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME MORE FUNDS FOR GLENDALE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT BRIDGE THAT'S NOT ON HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S ABOUT PROBABLY GONNA BE A $12 MILLION BRIDGE.
AND SO, SO I LOOKED AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF FACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THAT I'M KIND OF SPREADING THINGS OUT AND WHERE THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE AS WELL.
AND, UH, I JUST, IT IT JUST WAS A HARD DECISION BECAUSE WE GOT SO MANY POOLS THAT JUST NEED TO BE REPLACED.
TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION, SERVICE CENTERS, UH, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY KEEP BRINGING UP WHITE ROCK SERVICE CENTER, BUT IF WE FINISH OUT THE PAUL DYER, UH, THAT'S GONNA HELP ME RELOCATE FOLKS.
AND I KNOW WE JUST NEED MORE SPACE FOR SERVICE CENTERS, BUT WE AIN'T, AND I KNOW IT'S THE FORESTRY GROUP THAT'S TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
WE DON'T KNOW, KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING YET.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST MADE A DECISION THAT WE'RE SPLITTING THEM OUT MAYBE FROM THE REST OF THE OTHER MAINTENANCE GROUP.
BUT THAT IS TRULY MORE OF A, AN ORGANIZATION THING THAT I NEED TO WORK ON.
UH, AND WHAT RENEE ON WHERE WE PLACE THEM IN CERTAIN SERVICE CENTERS, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR DECISION TO MAKE WHERE WE PLACE THERE.
SO THE OTHER, THE OTHER QUESTION, JOHN, I'M GONNA ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THIS.
SO THE QUESTION WAS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAPID SPORTS CATEGORY AND TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS? MY UNDERSTANDING, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRED'S TENNIS CENTER, SAMUEL GRAND, THOSE ARE REBUILDING AND MAYBE EXPANDING THOSE CENTERS AND ADDING INDOOR RACKET SPORTS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE GETTING INTO LIKE PRO SHOP TYPE STUFF.
IT'S NOT THE ADDITION OF AN INDOOR FACILITY, IT'S REFURBISHING WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND MAYBE IMPROVING THAT.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THING.
HI, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES, MA'AM.
UM, PRESIDENT AGARAL AND MY APOLOGIES FOR JOINING LATE.
I WAS AT THE DOCTOR, SO I'M SO SORRY I MISSED A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT I DO HAVE, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT Y'ALL'S FAULT I WAS LATE.
I'LL, UM, BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. TOSS, UM, WHAT HE SAID, HE WENT ON THE RECORD OF SAYING THAT, UM, HE'S NOT IN FAVOR OF, OF CUTTING ANY OF THE FUNDS BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO EQUITY WORK.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH HIM BECAUSE IN MY SPECIFIC DISTRICT, DISTRICT FIVE, UM, WE'VE ONLY EXISTED FOR WHAT ABOUT 10 YEARS AND SYSTEMICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T LEFT OUT OF THE LAST BOND IN PARKS, BUT HISTORICALLY WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OF ALL THE BONDS.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BIG, BIG ASK, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, THE SPRAY GROUNDS AND THE REPLACING OF THE PUL PLEASANT OAKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
I LIVE IN A HIGH CRIME AREA, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WE SHARE ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S THE TRUTH.
UM, RANDOM GUNFIRE IS, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS ON MY STREET.
I MAKE MY SON SLEEP IN THE BED IN THE BACK BEDROOM WITH ME BECAUSE I'M AFRAID, YOU KNOW, SO MY COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY THAT LACKS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND NOW IS A TIME TO DO THIS TYPE OF IMPORTANT WORK.
UM, WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN AND UM, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BIG ASS, BUT I I, I DON'T AGREE WITH, WITH CUTTING, UM, ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
UM, MY QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY, I'M LIKE, AGAIN, I MISSED A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, ON THE ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT, IT HAD CRAWFORD PARK, UH, AND IT, IT WAS BLANK.
UNLESS, UNLESS I DIDN'T SEE IT ON MY SLIDE.
UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT IS? YEAH, CRAWFORD,
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WE WANNA, WHEN WE HAVE OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS HIGHLY UTILIZE AND CRAWFORD'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, WE KNOW WE NEED TO GO BACK IN AND, AND, AND LIKE REGRADE THEM, REDEVELOP THOSE FIELDS, UH, SO THE USERS CAN GET A BETTER EXPERIENCE.THAT'S THE BIGGEST, THAT'S A LOT OF COMPLIANCE WE GET IS THE CONDITIONS OF OUR, YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW CRAWFORD IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE MOST USED ATHLETIC FIELD IN, IN AND PROBABLY JR.
AND IN RESERVATIONS COULD TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST USED FIELDS IN THE CITY.
I'M NOT SURE AS FAR AS RANKING IF IT'S ONE, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW IT'S UP THERE.
IS IT SPECIFICALLY FOR SOCCER OR SOFTBALL ALSO? I WANT TO, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED FOR A RUGBY FIELD.
SO AS PART OF REDEVELOPMENT, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN GET A RUGBY FIELD.
'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LARGE GROUP DISASTER THERE AS WELL.
DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A HOME TO PLAY.
THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE JUST PLAYING IN THE HOLSTER.
YEAH, AND IT'S, AND RUGBY, IT'S ALSO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A YOUNG WOMEN'S TEAM, THERE'S A YOUNG GIRLS TEAM.
SO I'M ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN BRING OUR YOUTH.
SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HERE IN, IN, UM, DISTRICT FIVE, IT'S BEEN YOUTH, IT'S BEEN ADULTS.
UM, SO I'M ALL, I'M ALL FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GIVE OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S THE KIDS.
IT'S THE
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT WHAT, A HUNDRED OF THEM? UH OH YES.
I KNOW I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REVIEW THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL, I'LL BE BACK IN THE NEXT ROUND.
SO I THINK WITH THAT, WE FIRST ROUND WE HAD IT.
SO AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES $80 MILLION COME OUT OF OR IF THEY DO COME OUT AT ALL AS WHAT MR. TOY SAID, MR. RICE AND
UH, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I LIKE MR. TOY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND MR. RICE IS SAYING, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO BE REASONABLE THAT WILL THAT BE ACCEPTED AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL? 'CAUSE OTHERWISE OUR EXERCISE JUST GOES, UH, QUICKLY.
UM, IS THERE A CONVERSATION OF SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HAVE, HAS THAT BEEN WHISPERS OR ECHOES THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARING? BECAUSE I'M GOING OFF OF WHAT I'VE OBSERVED AND, AND SEEN, HEARD, YOU KNOW, I HEARD A MAYOR SAY THAT PARKS IS A PRIORITY.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST BOND POST PANDEMIC AS WELL, WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THAT PARKS ARE ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL THINGS IN OUR ENTIRE NATION ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IF THERE IS A TIME FOR US, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THAT MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT YOU HAVE WHERE EVERYTHING LINES UP.
WHY NOT NOW? AND ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IN ORGANIZING IS THAT POWER LIES IN THE PEOPLE.
SO IF THE PEOPLE GET BEHIND THIS, AND IF WE, AND AGAIN, I COMMON SENSE, RIGHT? BUT, BUT I ALSO WANNA DEAL IN, IN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIMISM AND, AND WHAT COULD BE.
UM, AND THIS AGAIN IS A TIME I THINK THAT IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER TIME THAT A BOND HAS TAKEN PLACE, UM, GIVEN ALL OF THE, THE THINGS THAT HAVE NATURALLY HAPPENED AND THE WAY THAT EVEN CITY COUNCILS LINED UP THINGS THAT OUR MAYOR IS SAYING AND THE NEEDS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONE PUSH TOWARDS IT.
I I, I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND, AND LOVE, BUT YOU KNOW, YES, MAYOR HAS SUPPORTED PARKS AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.
HONESTLY, I HATE TALKING YOU OUT OF IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE TO BE REASONABLE.
DON'T WANT TO SET UP FOR FAILURE BECAUSE E S SAID STREETS TOO.
AND EVERY PUBLIC SERVICE SAY STREET IS CRITICAL TO THEM AS WELL.
SO IF WE GO WITH A HAS, WHICH IS BIGGER THAN THAT, THAT THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO BE AMBITIOUS, BUT REASONABLE IF, IF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, GROUP AGREE WITH IT.
SO, UH, I, I WOULD GO WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER OR ANY NUMBER AND I'LL THEN I'LL PULL MY POWER BEHIND IT.
IS THAT A REASONABLE THING TO DO? THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
I'LL BE THE REASONABLE MAVERICK.
SO, SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE NOW EITHER THERE IS A, AND I AGAIN GAVE WHERE ON THE BIGGER, NOT ON THE PROJECT BASIS, WHERE I THOUGHT WE CAN TAKE $55 MILLION OFF.
50 MILLION IS $11 MILLION FROM QUTECH, 20 MILLION.
AND I HEARD A LOT OF THIS FROM DIFFERENT PROJECT TOO.
20 MILLION FROM DISCRETIONARY FUNDS,
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13 MILLION FROM RACK BALL, 10 MILLION FROM AGENCY MATCH, AND 1 MILLION FROM MONEYGRAM OUT OF 1.55 MILLION GOES TO THE PARTNERSHIP MATCH.SO THEY COME UP WITH ONE IS TO TWO.
SO WE HAVE THAT 1.5 MILLION THERE NEEDING.
SO THAT COMES TO AROUND 55 MILLION.
NOW I'M OPEN FOR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS AND WE SEND 3 75 AND WE UP OUR NUMBER TO 3 75 TO SEND IT TO SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, AND UH, SO THAT'S WHEN, UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL DO THE SAME THING AGAIN MR. CONNOR.
SO AFTER THIS ROUND, I THINK IF WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER OR WHERE WE ARE CUTTING AND ALL, I THINK, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO, IN THOSE PROJECTS, EQUITY 11.
SO WHERE DO WE CUT THAT? 11 BETWEEN, AND I TOOK 11 BY TAKING TWO EQUITY CENTERS OUT.
OUT OF WHICH ONE? I HAVE NO, UH, UH, PREFERENCE THERE OUT OF WHAT MR. JENKINS SUGGESTED.
SORRY, YOUR NUMBERS WENT BY REALLY FAST.
I SO IT'S 11 MILLION FOR AQUATIC.
YEAH, 20 MILLION FOR DISCRETIONARY, 13 MILLION FOR RACKETBALL, 10 PER AGENCY MATCH AND ONE PER MILLION FROM MONEYGRAM OUT OF REACH.
SO 1.5 INSTEAD 500 UH, THOUSAND GOES INTO, UH, PARTNERSHIP MATCH.
SO THEY COME ONE TO TWO 1 MILLION.
SO THEY STILL HAS 1.5 MILLION FOR PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE DO WANT PARKING GLO IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO UP THEIR GAME AS WELL.
SO THEY ASKED FOR 3 75, SAY NEXT ONE.
THAT WOULD TAKE US DOWN TO 3 75.
I THINK SO YEAH, WE, IT'LL TAKE US TO THREE 70.
11 MILLION, I THINK IT WAS ATHLETIC OR AQUATIC.
SO THAT I OBJECTED TO AQUATIC CENTER.
'CAUSE UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID 5.5 FOR EACH.
I UNDERSTAND WHICH TWO, WHICH WE CAN DECIDE.
SHOULD I REPEAT AGAIN? BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE I INDICAT NUMBERS.
I THOUGHT WITHOUT HURTING, YOU KNOW, OVERALL CHARACTER OF WHAT WE ARE DOING STILL WE CAN COME WITH THESE
ARE WE GONNA GO? YOU WANT? YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST.
I'M SURE EVERYONE WILL HAVE A VIEWPOINT, I THINK.
I THINK JUST ON JUST I SOMETIMES I DON'T LIKE THAT FIRST.
UM, IT'S UH, ON A FIRST BLUFF ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOT SOME THINGS THAT THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS, UM, AGAIN, JUST I THINK THIS IMPACTS THE LEAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR, THE KIND OF PASSION PROJECTS.
UM, SO I I, I WANNA HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, BUT I'D BE IN FAVOR OF GOING WITH THAT, THAT NUMBER.
YEAH, THAT'S, I AGREE WITH MR. TOY AND MS. RICE.
I'D LIKE TO GO WITH, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO GO WITH $600 MILLION DO, UM,
AND, UM, AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEE BOND TASK FORCE MEMBERS, I THINK THERE'S A REASON WHY FIVE OF US ARE FROM THE PARK BOARD.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, THAT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEE BOND TASK MEMBERS ARE ASKING LITERALLY FOR THIS DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AND SAYING, WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR $350 MILLION? LIKE, LIKE PUT, PUT A FACE TO THAT, TO THOSE NUMBERS.
I THINK THIS WILL HELP BRING THAT NUMBER UP.
I THINK THERE'S A REALISM THING THERE.
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A BILLION DOLLAR BOND AND 400 IS PROBABLY GONNA GO TO STREETS.
AND THEN 400 MARKS, YOU GOT 200 FOR HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, IT, FIRE POLICE, I MEAN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE TRICK THERE FOR ME.
SO I I, WITH YOUR LIST, I AGREE WITH MR. CONNOR WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE TASK FORCE ALSO, WHY SHOULD WE NOT GO, GO BIG OR GO HOME THAT
WELL, I'VE HAD KIND OF A, A SAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS CONVERSION.
I WAS THE ONE WHO ARGUED FOR 200 MILLION, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
UH, AND THEN ON OUR, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT SIX ASK 14 MILLION WAY BELOW EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I'M, I'M GOING THE OTHER WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CUT IT, LET 'EM CUT IT.
THEY'RE THE ONES GONNA FADE THE HEAT.
WELL, AND LIKE TRACK THE, THE EXHIBIT, THEY NEED 4.3 MILLION TO DO THE EXHIBIT.
I DON'T WANT TO PREEMPTIVELY SAY NO, I WANNA SAY YES.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO CUT THAT.
LET THEM TELL THE PEOPLE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A AUDUBON CENTER.
SAME THING ON THE BUILDING THERE ON OUR FACILITIES, WHICH WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO.
WE NEED TO ASK FOR A LOT OF MONEY ON THE CRITICAL FACILITIES LIST, 20 MILLION OR WHATEVER.
SO WE ARE THE PLACE WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SWIMMING POOLS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND COUNTRY CLUBS
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AND OUTDOOR KITCHENS COME AND I'M, I'M IN AN UNDERREPRESENTED DISTRICT AND I I'VE STARTED AS A REALIST 'CAUSE MR. CONNOR IS RIGHT.THERE'S GOING TO COME TO SOME CUTTING.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WELL, DO YOU WANT TO DO IT YOURSELVES OR YOU WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO IT? WELL, I CAME FROM A JOURNALISM BACKGROUND AND WHAT YOU DON'T DO IS A JOURNALIST IS SELF, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD TO, UH, EDIT? NO EDIT IS WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES AND THE EDIT BEFORE THE EDIT.
YOU WRITE YOUR THING OR DO YOUR THING AND THEN LET THE EDITORS DO IT.
I'M KIND, I'M, I'M GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
COUNCIL WANTS TO CUT US OUT A NUMBER.
SOME OF, SO LET'S, I'M SAYING LET'S TRY TO FIND THE MIDDLE GROUND.
BUT I'M, I AM AND ESPECIALLY WHAT GOT ME IS THIS TRACK THING.
IT'S LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
IF THEY WANT TO CUT IT, LET LET THEM TELL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ARE THE PEOPLE'S PEOPLE AND WE DON'T, OUR PEOPLE I KNOW DON'T HAVE INSIDE PLACES AT THE CITY.
UM, I ALSO, I THINK THIS WAS HARD WORK.
I, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HONESTLY LET THE COUNCIL CUT EVEN DEEPER IF THEY WANNA CUT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO THE 3 7 5 3 9400.
I MEAN, I GO IN, GO IT, LET THEM CUT IT.
UM, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE, UM, PUTTING IN HERE IS VITAL NEEDS FOR OUR PEOPLE.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, CUTTING AGENCY MATCH AREA IS GOING TO, UM, KIND OF LIMIT OUR, UM, SUPPORT THAT RYAN HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH AGENCIES AND TRYING TO LEVERAGE PARKS TO BRING IN NEW AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF BRINGING IN PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THAT'S A NEW ROLE THAT HE'S DOING AND HE'S DOING GREAT AT IT.
SO I DON'T WANNA STRANGLE HIM BY NOT GIVING HIM THE RESOURCES HE NEEDS TO GO OUT THERE AND GET OUR BIG MONEY.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT ON HIM.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE OVERALL, WE NEED A LOT OF PARTNERS, UM, TO COME TO THE TABLE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
OTHERWISE WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF THIS HOLE THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VITAL TO BRING THESE PARTNERS, UM, TO THE TABLE.
UM, AQUATICS, WE WENT TO A SESSION AT, UM, TRAP THAT THEY REDID A POOL PRIOR TO COVID MARCH RIGHT BEFORE COVID FOR ONE POINT SOME MILLION DOLLARS.
WE GOTTA FIND OUT WHERE THAT WAS 'CAUSE WE COULD GO TOUR IT.
AND THEY DID IT FOR LIKE $1.2 MILLION.
THEY BASICALLY PUT A POOL WITHIN THE POOL, LIKE, SO, LIKE AT EVERGLADE THEY WOULD GO IN, THEY WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT THEY WOULD PUT ALL THE PLUMBING IN THEIR REPORT.
UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE EXCAVATING AND ALL OF THAT, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT.
SO, UM, REDOING POOLS LIKE THAT COULD BE AT A LOWER COST.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND EXPLORE THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO FREE UP SOME MONEY.
UM, BUT OVERALL I WOULD LIKE IT.
UM, I'M GONNA AGREE WITH MR. COINS.
I THINK I, I APPRECIATE THAT WE ALL ARE SO DEDICATED TO THE CITY THAT WE WANNA BE COGNIZANT OF, OF NOT PRESENTING A NUMBER THAT'LL BE CONSIDERED A JOKE OR BE LAUGHED AT.
BUT I THINK 150 MILLION IS A FAR BIGGER JOKE THAN 400 MILLION WOULD BE TOTALLY AGREED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THERE FROM CITY MANAGEMENT, WHICH BY THE WAY DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER OR, UH, OR COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.
SO I, THOSE NUMBERS I DON'T THINK HAVE A LOT OF LEGITIMATE LEGITIMACY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
SO I, I DON'T HAVE ANY CUT IDEAS.
I, I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO CUT THEM MORE, I LIKE, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, YOUR, YOUR SUGGESTIONS, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK 400 MILLION IS, IS, IS A JOKE AT THIS POINT.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERAL MORE LAYERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER IT AGAIN RIGHT BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO IT'S STILL TO ME, A LITTLE TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO BE NEGOTIATING AGAINST OURSELVES.
UM, THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WELL IS WHERE I, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT UP A FEW TIMES, BUT WHERE COULD SOME OF THESE PROJECTS POTENTIALLY BE ALLOCATED TO OTHER, UM, BOND PROPOSITIONS LIKE STREETS AND, UH, FLOOD CONTROL? UM, I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T, WE STILL DON'T HAVE CLEAR ANSWERS ON SOME OF THESE.
LIKE, COULD THE DECK PARK REQUEST POTENTIALLY BE IN STREETS? UM, THE DREDGING NEED MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS, I THINK WE ALL AGREE, BUT, BUT IF THEY COULD GO IN DIFFERENT,
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UH, BUCKETS, I'D LIKE TO SEE CLEAR ANSWERS ON THAT.SHORT AND TO THE POINT AND IMPACTFUL, MR. NER.
UH, I COMPLETELY AGREE ON THIS NUMBER.
FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR, UM, AND I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF $430 MILLION IS ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE GROUND.
WE STARTED THAT IN MUCH HIGHER NEED NUMBER AND WE HAVE WHITTLED OUR WAY DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE NEED.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN OURSELVES TO $430 MILLION AND THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO BID AGAINST OURSELVES.
I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THE, WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEEDS, IT'S ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, LIKE 2.2 BILLION BILLIONS.
WE'RE IN THE BILLIONS OF NUMBERS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR US TO SAY $430 MILLION IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED, UH, BASED ON THE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CUTTING ANYTHING FURTHER.
IF WE ARE GONNA CUT STUFF FURTHER, I THINK MR. PRESIDENT, YOUR PROPOSAL DOES MAKE SENSE, BUT I'M GONNA PUSH BACK ON THE RACKET SPORTS FACILITY.
I THINK IF WE REDUCE THAT BY 13 MILLION, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT FAIRLY ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, SO YOU, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT AT THE $20 MILLION NUMBER.
SO I THINK LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE IF WE'RE GONNA CUT, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE CUTTING ANYTHING AT ALL.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS THAT COULD FUND THINGS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, INCLUDING WHITE ROCKERY TRAIL.
THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE TRAIL PROJECT.
COULD THAT BE FUNDED BY TRANSPORTATION THOUGH? AND SO COULD WE MOVE THAT 10 MILLION OVER TO TRANSPORTATION? I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, BUT, UM, LET'S, LET'S GO IN AT $430 MILLION AND THEN, UM, THAT'S, THAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM HERE.
WE ARE ALREADY, UH, WE'VE ALREADY CUT IT SIGNIFICANTLY AND I DON'T WANNA CUT IT ANYMORE.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
UM, AND, UH, MR. TW TOOK MY THUNDER BECAUSE MY LAST THING ON HERE WAS DON'T REDUCE
I, I, MY NOW SAID, SAY THE LAST THING.
SO THREE MINUTES, IT'S GONNA BE DON'T REDUCE, RIGHT? UH, WHATEVER WE DO, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMEHOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL CUT.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN THEY CHANGED THE WHOLE PLAN AT CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK WHAT TAYLOR, TIM AND EVERYBODY SAYING IS THAT, JUST LEAVE IT AS IS.
WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED IT, JUST TAKE IT TO OUR COUNCIL.
BUT IT'S ALSO UP TO US TO SELL IT TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, OUR PARKS, OUR PARKS COMMITTEE TO STAY STRONG.
AND THEN THE OVERALL COMMITTEE TO STAY STRONG ALSO WITH IT, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S 10 OF US TOTAL THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD, THAT ARE ALSO ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND ALSO ON THE OVERALL BOARD.
SO IT IS OUR JOB TO SELL THIS PACKET, RIGHT? AND MAYBE, MAYBE MAKE IT SMALLER FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE WE CAN, SO WE CAN GET, GET THROUGH IT A LITTLE FASTER, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND LET US THAT ARE HERE, SELL IT TO THEM WHAT WE WANNA DO.
AND IF IT IS ONE OF US SPEAKS UP AT THAT MEETING AND TALKS ABOUT IT, AND THEN THEY CAN THEN OUR, OUR, OUR CHAIR CAN TAKE IT TO THE, THE BIGGER COMMITTEE AND IT'S HIS JOB TO SELL WHAT WE CAN BRING TO 'EM.
BUT I MEAN, I THINK IF WE JUST STAY STRONG AND, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, JUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PAGES AND ALL THE DATA THAT'S THERE.
MAYBE COULD MAYBE JUST OVERALL, UM, GET TO THE, THE DETAILS.
THE 15% IS GONNA GO HERE, 5% GONNA GO HERE, AND IF THEY WANNA SEE A, AN EXTRA LAYER OF IT, THEN WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO THEM.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF PAGES FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
WE, WE KNOW IT 'CAUSE IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR JOB TO KNOW IT, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT.
AND THEN IF THAT MORE DETAILS WILL GO OVER THERE, BUT I THINK WE STAY STRONG AND JUST SEE WHO CUTS IT BACK.
I THINK IT'S NOT OUR JOB AND WE CUT IT BACK A LOT AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH PROCESS.
WE ALL HAVE IDEAS HOW WE CAN, BUT I THINK 3 75 IS THREE TO 400 MILLION IS THE NUMBER THREE IS ABOUT 400 MILLION IS THE NUMBER.
SO BEFORE I COME TO, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY
BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, I THINK HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE $11 MILLION OUT OF EQUITY EQUITY CENTERS, 20 MILLION OUT OF DISCRETIONARY AND 1 MILLION OUT OF MONEY GRAM THAT TAKES US TO AROUND 3 98.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER.
AND WE READY TO, YES, MR. TOY? UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THIS, I I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE UNITY OF ALL.
I DIDN'T PARTIC I'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMRADERY, THE UNITY, THE SELFLESSNESS, I THINK IS WORTH MENTIONING.
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I APPRECIATE EVERYONE.UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO, UH, WHAT MS. MONDELL PROPOSED.
IF SHE, IF SHE'S SERIOUS ABOUT THAT, I, I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER AND ALLOCATE I
AND THE THING IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
I'M NOT EVEN SAYING THAT I WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE FULL 5 MILLION.
UM, BUT IF THE GOAL FOR, FOR ME TODAY AND FOR OUR DISTRICT AND CONSTITUENTS WAS TO COME OUT WITH $10 MILLION TOWARDS GLENDALE PARK.
AND IF YOU WERE WILLING TO ALLOCATE 3 MILLION OF THAT POOL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT COULD BE DISSECTED IN THAT WAY, WE'D GLADLY TAKE THAT, UM, BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S NOT EVEN MY DISTRICT EITHER, BUT IT IS PART OF THE PARK THAT'S GONNA SERVE, UM, THE WHOLE AREA.
UM, I, I MEAN I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT AN EQUITABLE LENS AND KNOWING THAT WHAT CAN SOMETHING LIKE GU WEILER LIVE WITH IN THE POOL SYSTEM OR NOT LIVE WITH AND, AND GIVE IT TO GLENDALE.
SO DEFINITELY, UM, DEFINITELY NOT TAKING BACK WHAT I SAID ORIGINALLY, I, I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE LIKE THAT YOUNG WOMAN SAID, TO HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, SOLITUDE AND A PLACE TO GO PLAY AND FAMILIES FEEL, YOU KNOW, A SENSE OF SAFE COMMUNITY INSIDE OF A PARK.
UM, I DO WANT TO LOOK AT THE PARTNERSHIP PAGE, THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP PAGE, PAGE 25.
UM, BECAUSE I, DALLAS WATER COMMONS IS NOT ON OUR DISTRICT TWO LIST OF SUPPORT, BUT YET IT DID GET RECOMMENDED FUNDING OF 5 MILLION.
UM, AND THEY GOT A, A HUGE AMOUNT IN THE LAST BOND.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD MOVE SOME OF THAT TO TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON, OR, AND EVEN HELPING WITH THE, THE ARBORETUM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
SO I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF RE-LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND AS MY SON ALWAYS SAYS, MOMMY, GO BIG OR GO HOME.
AND I DEFINITELY THINK GOING BIG IS IMPORTANT HERE.
SO, UM, AND NOT LOSING THAT OUT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NEGOTIATIONS, UM, ALREADY.
SO I, I'M IN FAVOR OF US STAYING HERE, UM, AND NOT REDUCING, AND THEN KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AGAIN AND POSSIBLY AGAIN.
UM, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING THAT YES, WE'D LOVE TO ASK FOR THIS AMOUNT, BUT I THINK WE HAD THIS VERY SAME DISCUSSION TWO MEETINGS AGO, AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED AT FOUR 50 AND THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER AROUND ONE 50, AND WE ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREED THAT THREE 50 WAS GONNA BE OUR TARGET, AND THAT WAS RATIONAL AND REASONABLE.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE'RE JUST KIND OF THROWING THAT DISCUSSION OUT OF THE WINDOW AND SAYING, NOPE, WE'RE GONNA GO IN AND ASK CLOSER TO FOUR.
UM, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS, BUT THE NUMBER I'M HEARING AT THE CITY LEVEL IS A BILLION, AND I CANNOT SEE THAT, THAT THERE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE ANY WAY IN A RATIONAL UNIVERSE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US OVER FOUR.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE NEED TO STICK TO THE THREE 50.
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREED UPON TWO MEETINGS AGO.
I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'RE GONNA BE AT THIS TABLE TRYING TO WHITTLE DOWN THESE NUMBERS.
IT'S GONNA GO TO ALL THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN INPUT ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THIS EXERCISE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW, LIKE WE WANNA COMPRESS SOME THINGS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OTHER THINGS.
SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO REDUCE IT TO THE THREE 50 THAT WE AGREED ON BEFORE, THIS WOULD BE MY VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, CHAIR AL I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THIS, BUT I THINK WE COULD TAKE, UM, OUT OF TRAILS, WE COULD TAKE COTTON BELT TRAIL A MILLION.
I THINK WE COULD TAKE, UH, THE SPRAY GROUND OUT FOR 1.5 MILLION.
I THINK WE COULD TAKE SITE DEVELOPMENT OF GLENDALE AND CRAWFORD OUT FOR 14 MILLION.
I THINK WE COULD TAKE $40 MILLION OUT OF NEW REC CENTERS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WOULD INCLUDE WHITE ROCK HILLS AND BUCKNER FORNEY, UH, PLAYGROUNDS.
I THINK WE COULD, UM, TAKE 10 MILLION OUT OF THAT.
'CAUSE AS I STATED BEFORE, MOST OF THEM, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM.
THEY'RE JUST OUT OF SERVICE DATE, UH, AQUATICS, I THINK WE COULD EASILY REDUCE BY 22 MILLION AND THEN THE MONEYGRAM ATHLETIC FIELD, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT FOR 1.5, THAT WOULD REDUCE OUR OVERALL NUMBER BY 90 MILLION, TAKING US TO OUR TARGET.
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WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD AT LEAST 10 MILLION BACK IN THERE FOR THE, UM, TRAIL AND EROSION REPLACEMENT AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, BECAUSE IT, THAT IS GOING TO BE HUGELY EXPENSIVE.AND IT IS, AS YOU'VE ALL HEARD, IT'S, IT'S SET A CRITICAL NEED.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WOULD TAKE US TO THE, UM, ORIGINAL GOAL OF THREE 50.
WELL, I JUST REJOINED, SO I MISSED THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN 10 30 AND 11, SO I'LL HAVE TO WATCH IT TONIGHT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT, SO I'LL JUST, UH, I'LL JUST SIT QUIETLY AND OBSERVE AND THEN, UH, SEND FEEDBACK LATER.
UM, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I THINK ALSO TO CONSIDER IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.
I AM REALLY EAGER TO, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO SHOW UP AT THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND SPEAK UP.
AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT US AND NOT WANT TO CUT ANY FUNDING.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO FOR IT.
UM, I DON'T, I LIKE MR. UH, DICKEY SAID, AND MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, LET THE COUNCIL DO THE EDITING.
BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GO FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY AND MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE TIRED OF SETTLING, SETTLING FOR CRUMBS.
YOU KNOW, YES, A PLAYGROUND MIGHT BE END OF SERVICE LIFE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DESERVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS TOO.
AND WE DESERVE TO HAVE A NICE PLAYGROUND IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PLEASANT GROVE, BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING, OH, WE DON'T HAVE GOOD THINGS IN PLEASANT GROVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY'S TIRED OF CRUMBS AND, UM, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND YES, I AGREE THAT LET THE COUNCIL IF THEY NEED TO CUT, BUT, UH, I'M REALLY, UM, GONNA ADVOCATE AND, UH, SUPPORT COMMUNITY SHOWING UP TO THE TOWN HALLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SHOW UP.
WE NEED TO SHOW UP AND, AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR PARKS.
UH, OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW, I HEARD RIGHT FROM MS. HEINI THAT WE DID THIS EXERCISE.
FEW, WE CONNECT, WE CAME UP WITH THREE 50 RIGHT FROM THERE TO MR. TOS THAT LET US GO WITH THIS, UH, FOUR 30 OR WHATEVER.
I, AND AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO DO THIS JOB, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM A JOB WHERE THEY REALLY, ONE 50 WAS A JOKE, MR. GOLDSTEIN.
SO IF THEY SAY YOU'RE JOKING, WE'LL TELL THEM YOU STARTED IT FIRST.
SO WHY DON'T WE PRESENT IT AT THE, THE CLOSER TO 400 BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA WANNA DO THEIR INPUT ON MR. WOOD.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING.
PRESENT THEM TO UP TO 400 LEVEL AND LET COMMITTEE, BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT GIVES US A, ALL OF US CHANCE TO GO FIGHT FULL FORCE, RATHER THAN, HEY, HERE IT IS.
BECAUSE JUST BY GIVING THEM DO WHAT YOU WANT, IT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
EVEN IF IT'S 200 MILLION, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT ALL OUR FORCE BEHIND IT ONCE WE AGREE TO A NUMBER.
AND SO THERE SHOULD BE A NUMBER WE CAN FIGHT FOR.
THEN I, I FEEL, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE AGREED THREE 50, BUT WE GO TO, UH, 3 98, WHICH KEEPS US UNDER 400, GO TO THAT NUMBER AND THEN FIGHT FOR IT, FIGHT FULLY WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WITH OUR CONSEQUENCE IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TASK FORCE MEETINGS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN, THEN BACK BETTER WORDS, YOU KNOW, LOBBY FOR IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
YES, MR. JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
SO WE, WE WILL SEND OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL REVIEW IT AND IT COMES BACK TO US AGAIN.
IT COMES BACK TO US, AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO CALIBRATE.
SO FOR THE 3 98, I THINK THE EASIEST WAY, AND I THINK THE EQUITABLE WAY IS, YOU KNOW, TAKE, UH, 20 MILLION FROM THIS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IN 11 MILLION FROM AQUATIC, THAT GETS US TO, UH, THAT NUMBER AND STILL KEEPS 95% OF WHATEVER HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED.
AND IT HAS BEEN DONE AQUATIC CENTER.
ONLY TWO OF THEM WILL BE AFFECTED, WHICH WE CAN ATE, WHICH TWO OUT OF THE LIST, WHICH DIRECTOR JENKINS HAVE GIVEN AND DISCRETIONARY, MOST OF US, YOU KNOW, DO AS MUCH AS THAT'S WHAT WITH MR. TOIN SAID THAT WE, THIS GROUP HAS BEEN SO SELFLESS THAT EVERYONE THOUGHT, YEAH, THAT WAS A HIGH NUMBER, UH, WHAT, WHAT WAS ALLOCATED.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT IF THAT NUMBER IS IN AGREEMENT.
AND THEN, THEN EITHER TODAY WE CAN DECIDE ON EQUITY OR WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO DECIDE WHICH TWO EQUITY CENTERS WILL CUT AND ALL TILL THE TIME IT COMES BACK FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS.
SO, LAST ROUND WITH MY PITCH, WE START AGAIN FROM YOU, MR.
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CONNOR.I, I DON'T AGREE WITH, UM, GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THREE 50.
UM, I THINK THAT IS, UM, US NEGOTIATING IT YOURSELVES, WHICH I SAID TWO MEETINGS AGO AND WAS THE ONE THAT SAID WE SHOULD GO BIG.
UM, I ALSO, UM, THINK THAT PICKING THROUGH AND PICKING, JUST PICKING OUT PROJECTS, UM, AS A, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, NOT KNOWING THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PROJECTS.
FOR INSTANCE, THE COTTON BELT TRAIL PROJECT.
WE HAVE, WE BOUGHT LAND FOR THAT.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS GONNA BE IN A, UH, THAT'S GONNA, I'M JUST USING AS AN EXAMPLE.
IF WE DON'T BUILD SOMETHING ON THAT LAND, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIVE ON THAT LAND AND IT'S NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND SO YOU'RE GENERAL ENOUGH KEEPS OUR PASSION PROJECTS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA START CUTTING PROJECTS, THEN WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE RACKETBALL, LIKE DREDGING, LIKE OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M FINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, MR. TICKY READ 98.
MR. W I AGREE WITH 3 98 AS WELL.
UM, I THINK WE, IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO SOME WORK AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT HONESTLY, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF, THERE'S A LOT OF US ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT THERE'S A HANDFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE, SO WE CAN HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
UM, AND I, WE WORKED HARD ON THIS OR STAFF WORKED HARD ON THIS, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT I AGREE, YOU KNOW, WITH MR. CONNOR TOO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF, UM, THE, UH, SPACE THAT WE JUST ACQUIRE AND WE'VE GOTTA BUILD THOSE THINGS OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A, UM, A NUISANCE IN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PARKS HAS TO BE A GOOD, I AGREE WITH THE 3 98.
UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'VE HAD BARELY ANY PUBLIC INPUT SO FAR, AND THERE'S SOME KEY MEETINGS COMING UP AND, UM, WE ALL KNOW PARKS ADVOCATES SHOW UP.
AND SO I THINK AS LONG AS, UH, THE ADVOCATES SHOW UP, LIKE THEY USUALLY DO, PARTICULARLY IN THESE UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, UM, OUR, OUR PROPOSAL WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND, AND THAT BRINGS UP A POINT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE ALL THE FRIENDS GROUP AND ALL THE YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM OAKLAND TODAY, VERY, I THINK SHE PRESENTED THE CASE BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE MOST I'VE HEARD.
SO ANY OTHERS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO THE BOND TASK FORCE.
IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO HEAR THIS TOO.
UH, I THINK THIS GROUP HAS PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET TO THIS, UH, PROPOSED 3 98, $4 MILLION NUMBER.
LET'S SOUND WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE, REVIEW IT, GET THEIR INPUT.
IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US ANYWAY.
WE'LL LIKELY MAKE MORE CHANGES.
SO LET'S SEND THIS OVER AS WE HAVE WORKED IT DOWN TO TODAY.
IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION, A GOOD PROPOSAL, AND GETS, UH, A NICE MIX OF CITYWIDE AND DISTRICT-WIDE PROJECTS AND, UM, MAINTENANCE RELATED THINGS, INNOVATIVE THINGS.
I THINK WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD WORK HERE.
UH, SHE WANTS TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT AT LEAST IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND LET THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IF THEY WANNA TEAR IT APART, WHICH IS, I WANT IT, I WON'T LET THEM, BUT, UH, BUT THEY WANNA LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
LET THEM LOOK AT IT AND, UH, DIRECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW WE'VE PUT YOU IN A LOT OF WORK, LOT OF HOURS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN BACK, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BACK.
BUT, UM, JUST SET IT UP AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I TOLD YOU WHEN HE WAS OFF, HE STILL WAS WORKING ANYWAY, MR. TO TWO AND PUT OUR POWER BEHIND IT, MR. THOMAS, UH, MS. UH, HAS PENNY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY WE'RE GONNA EMBRACE, WHICH IS JUST ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED THEN IN, FOR A PENNY AND FOR A POUND, ASK FOR ALL OF IT.
UH, AND I'M, I'M A HARD NO ON CUTTING MONEY OUT OF THE DISCRETIONARY, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT LANG CONNOR JUST BROUGHT UP.
HE SAID, WELL, WHY IS HAS CUTTING MY COTTONWOOD TRAIL FOR 1.5 MILLION? WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF WE HAVE OUR DISCRETIONARY IN OUR DISTRICTS, IF SOMETHING GETS CUT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THAT MONEY IN YOUR DISTRICT TO GO GET THAT THING.
IF YOU HAVE PLAYGROUNDS IN YOUR, IN, YOU KNOW, PRISCILLA, IF YOU HAVE PLAYGROUNDS THAT YOU NEED, THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND PLAYGROUNDS GETS COMPRESSED DOWN TO A NUMBER THAT, THAT YOURS FALL OFF OF THAT LIST, YOU'LL HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY TO GO GET
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WHAT YOU NEED.SO, I'M A HARD NO ON CUTTING OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PET PROJECTS THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, IF THEY FALL OFF THAT MAIN LIST, AND I HAVE NO MONEY IN MY DISCRETIONARY, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING IN MY DISTRICT.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY DISTRICT NEEDS THINGS LIKE $80 MILLION WORTH OF DREDGING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SEXY AND FUN, AND MY CONSTITUENTS AREN'T GONNA FEEL REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO DISCRETIONARY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND IF WE'RE JUST GONNA GO FOR IT AND GO AGAINST BLARING, THEN ASK FOR ALL OF IT.
LET'S JUST GO AND ASK AND KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO US AGAIN.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND COMPRESS THOSE NUMBERS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRESENT IT, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA TELL US WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO WORK WITH.
SO I'D SAY DON'T CUT MY DISCRETIONARY, PLEASE.
AND LET'S JUST GIVE IT, THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT ZILLIONS OF HOURS INTO IT.
LET'S JUST GO WITH IT AS IT'S, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
CAN CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE DISCRETIONARY? SURE.
I, I KNOW I'M GOING OUTTA TERMS SURE.
SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S LISTED 42 MILLION ON 14 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THEN IT SAYS 3 MILLION PER DISTRICT.
THIS IS WHY IT, I, I'M CONFUSED.
IT SAYS 3 MILLION PER DISTRICT, BUT THEN IT BREAKS DOWN HOW THAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY BE USED.
SO LIKE DISTRICT 12, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE, IT SAYS I'M GONNA GET 3 MILLION, BUT IT SAYS HERE THAT I'M ONLY GETTING 350,000 SUGGEST.
IT'S JUST WE KEPT YOUR LIST OF WHAT YOU ALL GOT IT.
SO THE 380,000 FOR THAT ONE PROJECT RIGHT THERE, AGAIN, TO MS. M'S POINT AND A LITTLE BIT OF A PASSION PROJECT FOR US, US, WE WOULD, IF THAT THREE IT WOULD, WE WOULD GET THE FULL 3 MILLION.
JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS THE ONLY ONE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
MR. HOW DO YOU MEAN? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR FILLING ME IN ON, ON WHAT I MISSED.
UH, I WILL START WITH, UH, APPLAUDING MS. COLLINS, BRATTON, UH, A TRUE OG IN THE PARK AND REC GAME A A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
SHE SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LAUGHED OUT OF THE ROOM.
AND THAT RESONATED WITH ME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA NEGOTIATE AGAINST OURSELVES.
SO SOMEWHERE IN THAT MIDDLE IS WHERE WE GOTTA BE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS.
UH, MY, MY SAY GOES FOR $398 MILLION AND, UH, EVERYBODY, AND I MEAN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM GET YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR SISTER, YOUR AUNT, YOUR ABUELA, YOUR ABUELA, EVERYONE OUT ON AUGUST 15TH OR AUGUST 22ND, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DAMN CHANCE IN HELL IF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP ON THOSE MEETINGS.
MS. COLLINS, THANK YOU RUDY, FOR, FOR THE, UH, UM, FOR THE SHOUT OUT.
UM, SO I APOLOGIZE I HAD TO STEP INTO A MEETING FOR A MO FOR A FEW MINUTES, BUT, UM, I SECOND WHAT MS HAS SAID THAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING IN 2017 WAS CRITICAL.
UM, DISTRICT 13 ON THE BARE MINIMUM BACK IN THE 17 BOND WAS 1.6 MILLION PER DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS A SAVIOR WHEN PROJECTS HAD OVERRUN COSTS.
AND IN FACT, LIKE, I MEAN, THE BACHMAN AQUATICS CENTER TOOK TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER WITH DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO GET THAT COST, UM, TO GET THAT BUILT.
AND SO, I MEAN, THAT WAS WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT WAS DISCRETIONARY MONIES THAT THERE WERE JUST BIGGER, IT WOULD JUST TURN INTO A BIGGER PROJECT.
AND SO I THINK WE'D BE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT IF WE CUT THAT FUNDING A LOT OF THOSE.
AND A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN OUR, EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS DON'T REALLY FIT INTO A PLAYGROUND CATEGORY OR A TRAIL IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW, PAVILIONS, TENNIS RENOVATIONS, UM, PARK FURNISHINGS, THOSE DON'T ALWAYS FIT INTO THAT COOKIE CUTTER, UM, KIND OF SUB PROPOSITION.
SO I THINK AT LEAST, LIKE MR. CREAMY SUGGESTED EARLIER, IF WE WANNA MINIMIZE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
BUT I THINK DOING AWAY WITH IT, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK IT'LL PASS COUNCIL BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, LIKE THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND THOSE WHO'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL A LONG TIME ARE USED TO THE HAVING THAT, THOSE MONIES.
SO I THINK THAT PROTECTS EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS, UM, WHEN THERE ARE COST OVERRUNS AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME UP THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
SO I DON'T SUPPORT CUTTING ALL OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
IF WE WANNA LIMIT IT, THAT'S FINE.
UM, AQUATICS I SUPPORT AND, UH, HOWEVER THE TOTAL SHAKES OUT.
I MEAN, I THINK 3 98 IS HIGH, BUT GO BIG OR GO HOME.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ME UP THE LEDGE INSTEAD OF, UH, INSTEAD OF OFF OF IT.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
WITH THE DISCRETIONARY PARTS, IT WAS REDUCING THE AMOUNT, BUT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER SOLUTION AFTER HEARING ALL THIS.
SO MS. RICE, I'LL OPPOSE THAT.
THANK YOU CHAIR AGARAL AND ALSO AGREE WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE SAYING, UM, 3 98.
I ALSO AGREE, GO BIG OR GO HOME.
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ANYTHING THAT NOBODY ELSE HAST SAID.AND ALSO, AGAIN, YES, LET'S RALLY OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS AND SPEAK.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN IF PEOPLE SHOW UP.
SO, UH, 3 98, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF MS.
UM, I, I DO WANNA KIND OF GO INTO THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL TURNAROUND TIME GETS WITHIN TWO YEARS AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE AND SOMEBODY ELSE, MAYBE THAT IS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AT SOME POINT LATER DOWN THE LINE BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TODAY MIGHT NOT BE WITH THE NEXT PERSON WHO SITS IN CITY COUNCIL IN TWO YEARS, WE'LL WANT, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST THAT WINDOW THAT I CAN LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY, UM, THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE, THE HISTORY OF THE BOND, UM, AND WHERE THESE PRO THE PAST PROJECTS, UM, HAVE PLAYED INTO WHERE WE'RE GIVING OUR MONEY AND ALLOCATING THE MONEY.
SO THAT'S REALLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I, AND I JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE OUT ON THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN PRESENTING THIS TO US, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE, THE SOME OF THIS, UM, HISTORICAL, THE HISTORY OF WHO GOT FUNDING IN THE LAST BOND FROM SOME OF THESE BIG ORGAN, THESE BIG GROUPS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I THINK WHILE WE WERE DELIBERATING THIS, AND MS HAS WELL SAID THIS STATIONARY MONEY IS IMPORTANT, AND I COULD SEE IT RESONATED.
SO WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS, MR. JENKIN START FROM WHAT HE HAS PROPOSED, THEN I THINK HE CAN HAVE A APPROXIMATELY $10 BILLION SAVINGS BETWEEN SOME DUPLICATIONS AND ALL SOME COST ESTIMATES THEY HAVE GIVEN.
SO TO COME TO 3 98, ACTUALLY WE ONLY NEED TO CUT, UH, WE STILL GET 34, 30 $2 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY MONEY.
UH, SO THEY'RE JUST CUTTING 10 FROM THERE AND 11 FROM QUTECH, AND WE GET OUR 3 98 NUMBER.
SO STILL IT'S A HEFTY NUMBER FOR DISCRETIONARY MONEY.
WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY WITH IT, BUT IT BRINGS US TO THAT, UH, PROPOSED NUMBER WITHOUT CUTTING ANY BIG PROJECTS AT ALL.
SO IF THAT'S OKAY, I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WILL GIVE TO THE STAFF.
UH, THE LAST ROUND FOR MINUTE EACH, MR. GOLDSTEIN, OH, SORRY.
MR. S START, WHAT DOES THAT 32 MILLION DIVIDED BY 15, DO IT IN 2.28.
DICKEY, UH, I AGREE ON THE DISCRETIONARY, IT'S CRITICAL.
IT'S GOOD TO THE EXTENT IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE IT AND REDUCE IT, REDUCING FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH DECISION.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME DISCRETIONARY BECAUSE, UM, AS LIKE I, I SO OFFERED UP, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY PERSONAL, UM, THE AREA, IF I SAY PERSONAL, BUT ONE OF OUR ASSETS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT MONEY LAST TIME, BUT I AGREE WITH MR. SLAUGHTER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IS A, UM, INSTITUTION AT FAIR PARK THAT CANNOT FAIL.
WE CANNOT LET THAT FAIL, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE LET THAT FAIL FOR GENERATIONS, AND THAT IS A SYMBOL OF US NOT LETTING IT FAIL.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF THAT PART OF IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THEY NEED.
BUT I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE $25 MILLION THAT FAIR PARK WAS ASKING BEFORE I KIND OF PUT THAT UP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I DO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING WORK, BUT I, I I WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PARTS THERE THAT WE CANNOT LET FAIL.
MR. GOODMAN? YEAH, WE'RE, THIS IS GONNA, THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT THIS POINT, THIS IS NOT A FINAL DECISION, SO LET'S LET THE SUBCOMMITTEE DO SOME WORK, MORE EVALUATION.
WE CAN RE REVISIT SOME OF THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU, MR. TO, UH, MAYOR, HE OH, THANK YOU.
I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO REALLY REMEMBER AND PUSH FOR IS THAT IF WE HAD AN OPERATING, IF WE HAD AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET THAT WAS ADEQUATE, 70% OF WHAT'S ON THIS LIST WOULD GO AWAY.
SO I THINK BOND IS IMPORTANT AND WE ALL NEED TO BE GETTING OUR FOLKS OUT THERE TO REALLY PUSH FOR PARKS.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP AND SUPPORT DIRECTOR JENKINS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO GET AN EXTRA 10 OR $20 MILLION IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET EVERY YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE HARD DISCUSSIONS AND WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON BUILDING THE NEW EXCITING STUFF THAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE WHEN IT COMES TO BONDS.
SO THAT'S MY, UM, SOAPBOX ON THAT.
LET'S GET MORE MONEY ON OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND
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THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE HARD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CUTTING STUFF.MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
MS. COLLINS, NOTHING FURTHER FROM ME.
ALSO, I WANTED TO AGREE WITH MS. HAS IN WHAT SHE SAID, LET'S GET MORE MONEY IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I, I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UH, MS. MONDELL, THANK YOU FOR A VERY, UM, IMPACTFUL, UH, BOARD MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, JARED, MR. JENKINS, YOU HAVE IT.
I THINK WE'LL COME UP WITH 3 98 NUMBER AND I THINK TAKING, UH, TWO EQUITY CENTERS AND REDUCING 10 MILLION FROM DISCRETIONARY MONEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET US THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE DISCRETIONARY DOWN TO 32.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE AQUATICS DOWN TO 11.
REDUCE 11 FROM, WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IT'S 22 MILLION.
UM, BUT THEN WAS THE REST GOING TO BE US CLEANING UP OUR LIST? AND THAT'S HOW WE MAKE, 'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T COME UP AT THREE, RIGHT? OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WANTED.
YEAH, NO, MR. JENKINS GLANCED AND HE THOUGHT, I THINK THERE WAS AROUND $10 MILLION
UH, SO NOW DO WE NEED TO VOTE? BECAUSE SINCE THIS WAS, WE NEED TO DEFER THIS SECOND NEXT.
SO WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THE EFFORT, THE ITEM FOR VOTE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WE MIGHT STILL THERE FOR, BUT I DO HAVE A MOTION MOVE.
NEXT PART BOARD MEETING IS 10:00 AM THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH.
THIS WAS A GREAT, GREAT DELIBERATION.
WE REALLY ARE MOVING AHEAD AND THANK YOU EVERYONE WITH THAT.
IT'S 1131 AND JOHN, OUR SPECIALTY CALLED PARKS.