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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on October 5, 2023.]
CAN MEAN DALLAS SPARKSIT'S GETTING COOLER AND, UH, SKATE IS ON FOR GO THERE.
FIRST, UH, POINT OF BUSINESS PUBLIC.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL
I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, NEXT TO CIVIC GARDEN, A PARK AT 10 14 MAIN STREET.
I'M HERE WITH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, KATIE UNICORN, WHO'S A REGISTERED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR 15 YEARS.
UH, AND WE HAVE A DOG TOGETHER, MACY, AND IT'S HER ON MY SHIRT.
IT'S MY JOB TO WALK MACY, BUT MOST OF THE TIME MACY ENDS UP WALKING ME THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
AND ONE OF THE PLACES SHE LOVES TO PULL ME THROUGH IS THROUGH THE TABLE AREA IN CIVIC GARDEN APARTMENTS TOO, WHERE WE LIVE.
AND THAT'S FINE DURING THE COLD MONTHS OF THE YEAR WHEN THE LEAVES ARE OFF THE TREES AND THE BENCHES, THE STEEL TABLES ARE TOO COLD TO SIT ON, BUT WHEN IT GETS HOT, I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING REALLY CONCERNING IN THE TABLE AREA.
IT'S THAT WE WERE WALKING THROUGH GROUPS OF YOUNG MEN WITH NO SHIRTS, WITH PASSING AROUND, SOMETIMES STEEL BATONS AND WEAPONS, UM, SOMETIMES REACHING INTO PACKS AND PULLING OUT THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY DRUGS.
AND THEY WERE FORMING IN GROUPS AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT DUE TO THE AREA OF CIVIC GARDEN.
IN PARTICULAR, THE AREA IS ENCLOSED BY A LIMESTONE WALL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM MAIN STREET TO COMMERCE.
AND THEN IT'S CONCEALED ON THE FRONT BY BIG PLANTERS, WHICH IN THE WARM MONTHS HAVE BROKEN PRETTY TALL.
AND THEN CONCEALING IT FROM VIEW, FROM THE BUILDINGS AROUND ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL, TALL SHADE.
AND IN THIS PHYSICAL AREA, IT'S NEXT TO THE GREYHOUND STATION WHERE PEOPLE COME WITHOUT TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY MAY HAVE LAYOVERS.
UH, IT'S NEXT TO THE WEST END STATION, WHICH I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
AND IT ATTRACTS A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON THAT'S MAKING THE AREA UNSAFE.
JUST LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY, I CALLED 9 1 1 BECAUSE THERE WAS A FIGHT, FIVE YOUNG MEN.
AND ON WEDNESDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER FIGHT.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAME FROM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONGREGATING THERE AND SOMEONE CAME INTO THE RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET AND TRIED TO STEAL A CELL PHONE AND THEN RAN BACK TO THE PARK.
NOW I'VE EMAILED D D I ABOUT THIS IN 2021 AND IN 2022 AND IN 2023.
AND THE RESPONSE I'VE GOTTEN IS, WELL, LET'S ENGAGE O H SS.
LET'S GET MORE DOWNTOWN SECURITY PATROL.
I EVEN GOT FROM D V I, LET'S, LET'S TRIM SOME OF THE TREES THEY'VE GROWN IN.
IF THE PARK'S BEEN THERE FOR WHAT, 11 YEARS? LET'S TRIM SOME OF THE TREES.
BUT THE CORE OF IT IS THAT THERE ARE 11 TABLES IN THIS TABLE AREA AND THE COPS CAN'T BE THERE 24 7.
THE GREYHOUND STATION IS STILL GONNA BE THERE FOR THE TIME BEING.
AND WE NEED SAFETY IN DOWNTOWN.
MY PROPOSAL, WHICH I'VE MADE TO THE PUBLIC, AND UH, I HAVE A PETITION THAT'S GOTTEN 400 SIGNATURES AS OF TODAY.
YEAH, PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR, I'LL WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK.
MY PETITION THAT 400 PEOPLE SIGNED WAS, LET'S TAKE THE 11 TABLES AND GO DOWN TO THE THREE TO FOUR CLOSEST TO MAIN STREET.
THAT'S THE ONES THAT THE TAXPAYERS USE.
THE CONVENTION GUESTS, THE WORKERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND LET'S TURN THE REST OF THE AREA INTO A PASSIVE PATHWAY, MEANING JUST A NON PAVED, JUST KEEP THE GRAVEL AREA AND LET PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE CONVENTION GUESTS ON THEIR WAY TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE WORKERS WHO GO CRISSCROSS MURPHY DRIVE INSTEAD OF THE PARK.
LET'S GET MORE EYEBALLS IN THE PARK AND MAKE IT SAFER.
AND MAYBE LET'S CONSIDER PUTTING A DOG PARK IN THERE SINCE IT'S ALREADY WELL STRUCTURED FOR ONE, SO WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, DOG OWNERS IN THERE AND GET MORE EYEBALLS.
THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST, IT DOESN'T JUST FALL ONTO THE POLICE, TO THE MARSHALS, THE O H S, THAT WAY WE GET WORK OR TRAFFIC AND, AND SOLVE THE ISSUE AT ITS CORE.
SO IN CONCLUSION, LET'S NOT LET SEVEN TO EIGHT TABLES STAND IN THE
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WAY OF SAFETY AND CIVIC GARDEN.LET'S GO DOWN FROM 11 TABLES TO THE THREE TO FOUR CLOSEST TO MAIN STREET.
WITH THAT, UH, WITH NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WE MOVE TO THE NEXT POINT.
APPROVAL OF S FOR SEPTEMBER 21.
DO HAVE A MOTION, MR. SLAUGHTER AND MR. WOOD? SECOND IT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WITH THAT, I'LL JUST TAKE UP THE CONCEPT AGENT, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, PA DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR.
HAVE NOW WE TAKE CONSTANT NUMBER 2, 3, 4.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE, JUAN DAVIS, IS HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, PAM.
I THINK REASON NOTHING I'M MENTIONING THESE AGING POINTS ARE HERE BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP AND HER LEADERSHIP IS WHERE WE ARE TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE CAN APPROVE THIS CONTRACT.
WITH THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. COLLINS, MR. SLAUGHTER, ANY DISCUSSION MS. COLLINS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS BECAUSE YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE SPEAKER MADE THE, THESE FUNDS HAPPEN.
AND NOT ONLY JUST FOR, FOR YOUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO FOR SO MANY, UM, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BE ABLE TO ENJOY, ENJOY.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY IN AUSTIN AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP AS, UM, OUR CHAIRMAN MENTIONED.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT PARKS AT A, AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THAT TRICKLE DOWN INTO DALLAS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ADDING VALUE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, TO OUR CITY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF US.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM MY HEART.
IF YOU ONE OF THE FEW POLITICIANS THAT PUT PEOPLE BEFORE POLITIC, I LOVE YOU,
I'M A REPUBLICAN, BUT YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT THAT I HAVE ALWAYS STILL, BUT BLESS YOU.
LAUGHTER AND I'LL RESONATE BOTH TO WHAT, UH, MS. COLLINS AND MR. SLAUGHTER SAID.
YOU HAVE ADVOCAT FOR PARKS, MA'AM, ADVOCAT FOR EQUITY.
AND BECAUSE OF US, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE PART OF THE TOWN WHERE IT IS BADLY NEEDED.
WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THAT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, MS. DAVIS ETAL.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
SHALL WE MOVE TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION CONSENT AGENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR
ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MS. YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
SO, UM, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, UH, FOR DONATING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE, UM, AND THEN ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS THAT IT'S RESTORING RENOVATION AND CONCESSIONS AT THE RESTROOM AND RESTROOM BUILDING AT RIVERSON.
IT'S ACTUALLY BUILDING NEW, UH, RESTROOMS AND CONCESSIONS ON THE FIRST BASE SIDE.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THE VISUAL ISN'T WHAT THE OLD CONCESSIONS THAT WERE USED TO BE THERE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A NEW BUILD OUT.
UM, SO REALLY AGAIN, THANK THEM FOR, FOR DONATING THIS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO HAVE THIS, THIS DESIGN COME TO FRUITION.
SO, AND THANK YOU TO RYAN FOR REALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENT WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR, CI A AYE.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MR. GOOD? MS HAS MANY SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR, CI? AYE.
OPPOSED? OH, SO YES, MR. BOARD, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF, UH, A GENEROUS DONATION, UM, BY THE CORONA FAMILY.
UM, AND WE'LL LEARN MORE AND WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION OF THIS IN COMING WHEN THEY GO TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF A $5 MILLION DONATION, UM, TO THE RE RENOVATION AND THE REVITALIZATION OF FAIR PARKS.
WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE CORONA FAMILY FOR THIS, UM, DONATION, SO THANK YOU.
MR. UH, WITH THAT WE MOVE TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, LAKE HIGHLAND TRAIL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. NER? DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. HASI? ANY DISCUSSION?
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THAT ALL FAVOR SAY A I OPPOSED YOU? GO AHEAD, MR. THE LAKE HIGHLANDS TRAIL.DO WE JUST HAVE A, AN INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE INCREASE? I KNOW WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND I WAS ASKED.
SO TO CLARIFY, WE ARE STILL ON DISCUSSION.
I JUST, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? JUST, JUST WHY, WHY THE, THE, THE INCREASE IN AND WHAT IT WAS FOR? SO BASICALLY WE HAVE, UH, TWO DIFFERENT, UM, BOARDWALKS, UM, IN THIS, UM, CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THE FIRST ONE, WE MANAGED TO SOME SOFT SOILS AND WE NEEDED TO DRILL THE PI TO AN EXPERT DEPTH.
TYPICALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT, WE DO SOIL BORINGS, UM, WHEN WE START THE PROJECT, BUT WE CAN'T DO SOIL BORINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT.
SO AS WE WERE CONSTRUCTING THIS PARTICULAR BOARDWALK, THE FURTHER WE GOT INTO THE BOARDWALK, THE SOFTWARE, THE SOILS BECAME, SO WE NEEDED TO DRILL THE PIERS FOR THE, UM, BOARDWALK INTO DEEPER DEPTH.
SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER IS FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER FOR THE OTHER BOARDWALK, UM, WE'RE WORKING IN A DART EASEMENT AND THERE IS A RETAINING FALL IN THAT EASEMENT, AND THERE'S A FOOTING THAT WAS DISCOVERED WITHIN THE EASEMENT THAT WAS NOT SHOWN ON ANY OF THE AS-BUILT PLANS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PLAN REVIEW, UM, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DESIGN.
AND BASICALLY, SO WE NEED TO DO SOME REDESIGN OF THE FOOTINGS FOR THE BOARD BOARDWALK TO BE ABLE TO AVOID THE FOOTING FOR THE RETAINING WALL.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE BOARDWALK BECAUSE WE HAVE A CREEK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE OTHER PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER IS.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING SOME OR, OR REPLACE AND SUB CHAIN LINK FENCES WITH SOME TRACK DECKING FOR SOME, UM, APPEALING, AESTHETIC APPEALING, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE AESTHETIC, AESTHETICALLY APPEALING.
SO THOSE ARE THE BASIC, UH, JUST OF THE CHANGE.
ANY OPPOSED? IYE HAVE IT MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, Q PARK TRAIL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. KITNER? DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SLAUGHTER? ANY DISCUSSION MS.
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF OCTOBER.
SO WE VOTE ON THIS AND IT GOES, HAS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS SO MANY WORK ORDER CHANGES ARE HAPPENING BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UM, INFLATION OF, OF COSTS OR WHEN THE, THE CONTRACTOR ORIGINALLY BID THIS OUT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING OUR, SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS UP FOR US THEN TO LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHANGES, BUT SOME OF THIS HAS TO, YOU KNOW, IS, IS UNREALISTIC FOR THEM TO POTENTIALLY MEET THOSE DEADLINES OR SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A COHESIVE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION AND, AND, UM, AN OVERSIGHT ON, UH, ON US AND STAFF.
LIKE THAT'S AN UNREALISTIC GOAL FOR THEM TO START CONSTRUCTION OF OCTOBER, 2020.
WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THE AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WE WERE EXPECTING TO TAKE THIS ACCOUNT OR TO BRING THIS DEPARTMENT WORK A LITTLE BIT SOONER AND UNFORTUNATELY THE AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET WAS NOT UPDATED TO, UM, PUT A UPDATED CONSTRUCTION START DATE.
WE LIKELY WILL NOT GET THE CONTRACT BACK FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, UNTIL PROBABLY NOVEMBER.
SO I WOULD EXPECT THEIR START DATE'S GONNA BE LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER AS OPPOSED TO OCTOBER.
SO THANK YOU PART REPORT MEMBER
SO WILL THAT MAKE ANY CHANGES OR SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE COST OF THE CONTRACT OR ANYTHING ELSE? WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
DOES IT SPECIFY IN THE CONTRACT OR DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE CONSTRUCTION DATE? CHRIS DOES.
PROTECTIONS? NO, THE, THE A I SS IS REALLY JUST FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
THE CONTRACT WILL HAVE THE START DATE AND THE START DATE WILL BE BASED ON THE NOTICE TO PROCEED THAT WE GIVE THEM, WHICH IS BASED ON WHEN WE RECEIVE THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
AND, AND I SAY THIS A LOT BECAUSE THIS CONTRACTOR'S COME BACK IN THE PAST MONTH WITH A WORK ORDER CHANGE AND WORK ORDER CHANGES A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO I JUST, UM, AND I'VE PROBABLY BADGERED THEM IN THE, MY, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINY AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE NOW THAT I'M, WE'RE BEING FAIR TO THEM.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO MS. DAVIS, YOU BROUGHT SOME GOOD
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LUCK HEARING.SO WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR BRIEFING.
THIS MORNING, UM, WE HAVE SHELLEY WHITE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE TRINITY RIVER
UM, SHE HAS A LONGSTANDING DIRECTOR WITH THE TRINITY RIVER.
SHE'S SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE, UM, DIRECTOR FOR
SHE ALSO RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE HERE IN DALLAS FROM SOUTHERN ME METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
SO SHE WILL BE BRINGING US OUR, UM, ANNUAL UPDATES.
AND THEN I'VE GOT, YES, LISA GONZALEZ, WHO IS OUR AUDUBON TEXAS CLASS PRESIDENT.
SO WE ROLL UP TO, UH, ON TEXAS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, SARAH? HELLO.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS UPDATE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY BUSY YEAR.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU SEE.
UM, SO, UH, I ALWAYS LOVE TO BRAG NOT ONLY ON MY TEAM, BUT SOME OTHER THINGS I SEE GOING ON, UM, AT CITY OF DALLAS FACILITY.
SO, UH, YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.
SO, UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS HERE, JERRY HERSHEY, OUR BOARD CHAIR, AND MICHAEL LASHLEY.
OKAY, SO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF OUR FRIENDS.
THESE ARE FRIENDS YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN.
UM, THEY ARE ALSO TEAM MEMBERS WHO DO WORK FOR US, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO WE'VE GOT SHELDON, OUR ONSITE THREE TOTE SLIDER, VERY POPULAR.
WE USE HIM IN OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT HIM AND THE PRE-K STUDENTS GET TO MEET HIM AND OTHER AGENTS AS WELL.
AFTER WE READ THAT BOOK, WE HAVE ALSO ADOPTED A SNAKE.
AND, UM, WE NAMED HIM ROMEO BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, SCARED OF SNAKES,
SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME SEE ROMEO.
SO WE'RE HOPING THE NAME, YOU KNOW, HELPS DIFFUSE SOME OF THAT FEAR OF SNAKES BECAUSE SNAKES ARE A BIG PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
UM, THAT'S OUR MEXICAN COGNOS SNAKE.
AND THEN WE'VE OF COURSE GOT OUR GREAT BLUE HERONS.
UM, THE AMERICAN KESTREL, WE'VE GOT LIZARDS AND DUCKS.
WE'VE GOT JUST SHY OF 300 SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT COME THROUGH.
UM, SOME STAY, SOME JUST PASS THROUGH.
WE TELL THE KIDS WE'RE BUCKYS FOR BIRDS AND THEY LOVE THAT.
UM, BUT WE ARE A CRITICAL PART IN THAT MIGRATION FOR MANY SPECIES.
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF, UM, LATELY ARE DEER.
SO THEY'RE COMING TO OUR PONDS, WHICH THANKFULLY WE GOT RAIN.
UM, BUT COMING TO, UH, DRINK OUT OF THE POND.
SO IF YOU'RE VISITING THE CENTER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE SOME DEER.
UM, AND THEN I LOVE THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS THE INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS.
SO YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE DEER.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE TO THE RIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT IT IS TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF HOW ANIMALS IN NATURE, UM, GO TOGETHER.
AND THEN YOU HAD HEARD OF JUSTIN BEAVER IN MY LAST PRESENTATION, AND I'M SAD TO REPORT THAT HE IS PASSED.
UM, WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE A MISSED BEAVER AROUND, BUT, UH, HE HAD A GOOD LIFE.
SO, UM, AND HE ALSO DESTROYED A FEW THINGS TOO.
BUT, UM, HE WAS A GOOD TEACHING MOMENT FOR US.
SO, SPEAKING OF TEACHING MOMENTS, UM, THIS IS OUR POLLINATOR GARDEN.
WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING YEARS ON THIS.
SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS TWOFOLD.
ONE IS IF YOU DON'T WANNA WALK TOO FAR OUT INTO OUR HABITAT, THERE ARE PLANTS
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HERE THAT SHOW EVERYTHING YOU WILL FIND ON THE PROPERTY.UM, SO NATIVE PLANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THESE PLANTS ALSO ARE MARVEL HOSTS FOR THE INSECTS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE LIFECYCLES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
AND WE LOVE TEACHING ABOUT THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, UM, BECAUSE IT TRULY SHOWS HOW COMMUNITY HAS NO BORDERS.
THEY MIGRATE JUST LIKE BIRDS, UM, FROM CANADA TO MEXICO.
AND IF YOU'VE NEVER READ THE BOOK, UM, BICYCLING WITH BUTTERFLIES, IT'S A SCIENTIST WHO ACTUALLY RODE HER BIKE.
SHE SPOKE AT THE CENTER LAST YEAR AND IT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
ALRIGHT, JUST, UH, SOME REGULAR DETAILS NOW.
SO CURRENT HOURS, WE ARE OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT COME OUT IN SOME OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. UH, WE ARE OF COURSE FREE RIGHT NOW AND, UM, WE HAVE SUBMITTED ANOTHER GRANT TO HOPEFULLY BE FREE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE HIRING A NEW EDUCATOR.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, THAT JOB DESCRIPTION IS OUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY SENDING TO OUR WEBSITE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT PERSON HIRED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE WILL OPEN ON TUESDAYS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL ONCE WE GET THAT TEAM IN PLACE.
SOME GREAT MOVEMENTS FORWARD THIS YEAR FOR US.
SO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
THE DARK BUS DROPS YOU OFF A MILE FROM THE ACTUAL CENTER, SO WE'RE ON GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY AND YOU HAVE TO WALK DOWN, UM, LONG ACRE DRIVE TO GET TO OUR CENTER, BUT WE NOW ARE ADDED ON THE GO LINK, UM, COMMUNITY APP AND ARE ABLE TO USE THAT AS WELL.
AND, AND MARCUS COLE, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS ACTUALLY TESTED IT AND THEN WAS ABLE TO, UH, WALK ONE OF OUR VISITORS THROUGH THIS SO THAT THEY COULD GET TO THE BUTNER STATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS BECAUSE IF YOU'VE DONE THE GO LINK, YOU HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN ZONE, SO YOU CAN'T GO OUT OF THAT ZONE.
SO, LIKE THE OTHER DAY, PRAIRIE CREEK LIBRARY CALLED US AND THEY WERE UNABLE, UM, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN THERE, IT WAS A LITTLE TOO FAR FOR HIM TO WALK TO BE IN THAT ZONE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ONE OF THE, UM, EMPLOYEES AT PRAIRIE CREEK DID.
HE HAD BEEN TO OUR CENTER, WE DO A FREE TRANSPORTATION WITH PRAIRIE CREEK, AND HE DROVE THIS GENTLEMAN TO OUR CENTER FOR A VISIT, DROVE HIMSELF BACK TO WORK, AND THEN JUST TOLD DAR KING, CALL ME WHEN HE'S READY TO LEAVE, AND CAME BACK AND PICKED HIM UP.
SO I, ON MY TEAM, BUT I BRAG ON OTHER TEAMS AS WELL.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE WORKING AT YOUR FACILITIES HERE, SO GET READY FOR MY LIST BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE JUST GOTTA GO INTO SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS WE'RE DOING BESIDES OUR NORMAL PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS EARLY MORNING, UH, BIRDING, NATURE HIKES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE DONE A PARTNERSHIP WITH PRAIRIE CREEK LIBRARY TO DO FREE TRANSPORTATION ON FOURTH SATURDAY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH OTHER LIBRARIES ON THAT.
WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $5,000 ON THAT TRANSPORTATION ALONE THUS FAR THIS YEAR.
UH, WE ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF OFFSITE PROGRAMS. SO NOW THAT OUR TEAM IS BUILDING UP, WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO OTHER PLACES.
SO SAMUEL FARMS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
FAIR PARK ARBORETUM, WE'RE LEADING SOME OF THEIR BIRD WALKS, HIGHLAND HILLS LIBRARY.
UH, THE J D C TURNER REC CENTER, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A, UM, A HALLOWEEN EVENT WITH THEM.
AND JAY POINTS UP, ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS OR OUR PROGRAM MANAGER ALREADY HAS HIS BIRD OUTFIT DRESS UP.
AND I THINK HE'S MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE KIDS, UH, I MEAN ABOUT IT THAN THE KIDS.
LIKE HE'S JUST ON CLOUD NINE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH JUANITA CRAFT RECREATION CENTER, UM, DONE BIRD WALKS AT JOB OF PRESERVE, AND WE'VE CONNECTED WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE T R HOOVER, HELPING THEM WITH TRANSPORTATION AND SOME OF THE PROGRAM COSTS AS WELL.
WE'RE DOING AN NOCTURNAL NATURE HIKE TONIGHT.
OUR NIGHT HIKES ARE VERY POPULAR AND SELL OUT.
UM, ANOTHER ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAMMING IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRESENTATIONS.
SO MARCUS HAS PUT THAT TOGETHER.
ONE OF OUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS IS AN E P A ATTORNEY AND HE HELPED AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN A GROUP.
UM, THE E P A IS BRINGING IN AN SS M U LAW GROUP, UM, ON NOVEMBER 2ND FOR THAT PROGRAM.
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THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IS BRINGING THE AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION TOMORROW.UM, WE'RE DOING A PROGRAM FOR THEM FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILDING.
SO FROM AN ARCHITECT, UM, STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING INTERNATIONAL.
UM, WE ARE ALSO DOING, UH, HOSTING THE NATIONAL PARKS GROUP THAT'S COMING ON MONDAY.
WE'RE TEACHING A CLASS FOR THEM FOR C E U CREDITS.
UM, SO A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS GOING ON.
WE'VE DONE, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 5,000 TOUCHPOINT WITH THOSE, UM, THUS FAR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND A TOUCH POINT IS WHAT I CONSIDER AND WHEN I GO OVER MY VISITOR NUMBERS WITH YOU.
SO IF WE GO, LIKE I WENT TO THE STATE FAIR, WHICH IS WHY MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE THIS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO PROMOTE THE CENTER AT THE STATE FAIR FOR OPENING WEEKEND.
WE DID NOT COUNT THAT THERE WERE A MILLION PEOPLE AT THE FAIR, AND THAT'S HOW MANY VISITORS WE HAD OR, OR TOUCH POINTS.
WE ACTUALLY SEE WHO WE ENGAGE WITH AND USE THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, SO AGAIN, 5,000 LAST YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE PARTNERSHIPS THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A GREAT DALLAS, UH, SOUTHEAST DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY EVENT.
THEY CAME OUT, IT WAS COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF, AND THEN WE DID, UM, PRE, PRE GIFTS FOR KIDS.
AND SO HAD SANTA THERE, UH, THAT WAS LAST DECEMBER.
YOU CAN SEE THE LINE OF, OF STUDENTS THERE.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE UPPER RIGHT WE USED IT AS A TEACHING MOMENT TOO.
THE GRINCH CAME IN AND TRIED TO STEAL THE PRESENTS AND THEN THE POLICE OFFICER HAD TO TALK TO HIM, AND THEN THE KIDS GOT MAD AT THE GRINCH.
SO WE HAD TO SAY, WELL, THE GRINCH ISN'T THAT BAD.
AND SO THAT'S MY TEAM, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE ARE TEACHING MOMENTS EVERYWHERE.
UM, WE'VE HAD 13 CITY OF DALLAS EVENTS, UH, OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE DONE 25 TOTAL PARTNERS, CITY OF DALLAS COMPED EVENTS, UM, FOR $11,000 THIS YEAR.
SO SOME ART EVENTS WITH THE D M A, THAT'S BEEN A FUN, A FUN PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD.
WE DO OUR WORLD MIGRATORY BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL EVERY SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY.
NOW THIS HELPS THE CITY OF DALLAS GETTING BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.
SO WE WORK WITH BRETT JOHNSON ON THAT.
UM, THE C B S SHOW, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DID A FEATURE ON US.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED ICARLY, UM, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IS MIRANDA COSGROVE FROM THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, OUR TEAM HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THIS FOR THE TEAM ALL ACCESS PASS THIS SUMMER.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A PROGRAM THAT REALLY APPEALED TO TEAMS. UM, AND SO WE DID A ZOMBIE OF POCKET LOOPS SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND WE MADE VIDEOS ABOUT IT.
UM, AND WE SAW WITH OUR BOOKED FULL SUMMER CAMPS, THREE WEEKS OF SUMMER CAMPS WE PARTNERED WITH, WE THOUGHT IT'S FREE.
UM, AND THE TEEN ALL ACCESS PASS, WE SAW OVER 800
WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY EVENT, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS ON THIS.
IT'S SECOND SATURDAY IN APRIL.
UM, WE'RE REALLY BUILDING THAT, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING THAT EVENT.
WE DO YOGA, WE DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH RIVER RANCH FOR TEXAS HORSE PARK.
WE SEE ABOUT TWO TO 300 PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE.
UM, AND THIS ALSO THIS COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND I'M JUST GONNA SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL TO DO A CLEANUP OF, UM, GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT, TO GO A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE DO JUST AT THE AUDUBON CENTER.
AND HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM OUR COMMUNITY EVENT AND THEN BRAGGING RIGHTS.
I'M GOING TO CALL OUT ONE FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS IS COMPLIMENT TO CITY OF DALLAS AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE COMPLIMENTS.
SO, UM, MKI HAD WRITTEN, I'M SO PROUD OF THE STAKEHOLDERS.
IMAGINE HAVING A VISION OF TURNING LIGHT INTO SERENE SPACE, SUNSHINE AND BEAUTY AS FAR AS YOUR EYES CAN SEE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS.
THIS WAS AN ILLEGAL LAND OF, AND LOOK AT IT NOW, WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT US.
AND HERE ARE OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
YOU MET MANY OF THEM, UM, AT, WHEN I PRESENTED IN JUNE.
YOU'LL SEE JACKIE CRUZ, OUR SUMMER INTERNS.
SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT INTERNSHIP.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM, UM, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED AUDUBON CONSERVATION LEADERS.
AND STUDENTS COME IN AT NINTH, 10TH, 11TH, AND OR 12TH GRADE.
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FOUR YEARS AND YOU WILL FOCUS ON A DIFFERENT CONSERVATION EFFORT EACH YEAR.SO MAYBE IT'S WATER, MAYBE IT'S CLIMATE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, AND THIS IS IRMA RAINVILLE SCHOOL, WHICH BY THE WAY, THEIR ENTIRE NINTH GRADE CLASS IS ON SITE AS WE SPEAK.
THE IRMA RAYDALE SCHOOL DOING A PROGRAM AT OUR CENTER.
UM, BUT THE IRMA RAYDALE SCHOOL IS WHERE THOSE, UH, CONSERVATIONISTS COME FROM.
AND THEN WE DO A PAID INTERNSHIP OVER THE SUMMER FOR ONE OF THOSE SENIORS.
AND ON THAT NOTE, UM, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO IN IRMA, VILLE SCHOOL BEING ON SITE, I INVITE ANY OF YOU TO JOIN FOR ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, PUBLIC OR EDUCATION.
IF YOU SEE OUR TEAM AT WORK, YOU WILL BE VERY IMPRESSED.
UM, AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO GO TO JAKE AND TRY TO ASK HIM A QUESTION ABOUT NATURE OR BIRDS THAT HE CANNOT OR, OR FAUNA OR FLORA THAT HE CANNOT ANSWER.
WE HAVE YET STUMPED HIM WITH THAT.
OKAY, SO A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU FOR OUR ATTENDANCE.
THE UPPER PORTION IS 2022, JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.
THE BELOW PORTION IN BLUE IS 2023 YEAR, THE DATE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN FREE.
SO 2022 WE HAD, I'M SORRY, IT'S JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST.
SO I HAD NOT UPDATED THOSE NUMBERS.
WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING SEPTEMBER NUMBERS IN.
UM, TOTAL VIS VISITATION WE'VE ALREADY BEAT THIS YEAR.
UM, VISITATION AND EXPOSURE, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THOSE TOUCH POINTS.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN IN THE YELLOW, THERE'S OUR YEAR, YEAR TO DATE, WE WERE AT 11,000 THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AND WE ARE, UM, 175% INCREASE IN THAT.
AND THEN IN OUR VISITORS ALONE TO THE CENTER, IT'S A 250% INCREASE.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE FREE ENTRY IS IT'S ALLOWING FAMILIES TO BRING IN BIGGER GROUPS LIKE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT BEFORE.
AND THEN ABOUT 60% OF PEOPLE ARE FIRST TIMERS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE COMING THROUGH THE CENTER.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON THERE OUR, UM, FACILITY RENTAL PRIVATE EVENTS.
YOU'LL SEE YEAR TO DATE, 47 0 4.
WE ACTUALLY, I JUST GOT THE NUMBER, UM, FOR SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS 1,207 PEOPLE ONSITE FOR WEDDINGS THIS
UM, SO BOXWOOD HOSPITALITY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH THAT.
WE HAD 77 BOOKED WEDDINGS THIS THIS YEAR, 111 TOTAL EVENTS.
LIKE I SAID, WE DO SOME PARTNER AS WELL.
AND SINCE WE STARTED, UM, 82,000 PEOPLE HAVE WALKED THROUGH OUR TOUR FOR THOSE EVENTS.
AND SOMETHING INTERESTING I'M SEEING IS I DO WORK THE FRONT DESK TWO SUNDAYS A MONTH AND, UH, PEOPLE COMING IN AND THEY MAYBE WENT TO A WEDDING THE WEEK BEFORE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE AND THEY COULDN'T SEE IT IN THE DAY AND THEY WANTED TO COME BACK.
SO IT'S REALLY HELPING WITH OUR VISITORSHIP AS WELL.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE OUR FISCAL YEAR 23, WHICH WE ARE JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
UM, I WILL ALSO SHARE OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET.
AND THEN I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT REVENUE AND CONTRIBUTIONS ALONE, WHERE WE CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
SO SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS WITH FISCAL YEAR 23 IS THAT WE ARE IN THE BLACK, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AND WE ACTUALLY ARE COMING IN ABOVE THIS.
UM, WE HAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS PAYMENTS HELPED, OF COURSE.
OUR EVENTS BROUGHT IN ABOUT 140,000 THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOME MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS, ONE FROM THE EUGENE DER FOUNDATION, UM, WHO WE, WE MAKE GRANT REQUESTS TO.
AND ALSO YOU HEARD OF LIDA HILL'S.
VERY GENEROUS ADX OF KINDNESS.
UM, SO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, FROM THAT ALONE.
THAT HELPED US WITH SOME OF THESE FREE TRANSPORTATION, UH, ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE FREE ENTRY, SOME OF OUR MAJOR EXPENSES.
UM, SO A LOT OUR RUNNING THE CENTER OF COURSE ARE HVAC.
WE SPENT $30,000 ON, UM, DOING SOME REPAIRS.
ONE OF THE BOILER REPAIRS IS NOT COMPLETE YET.
THEY'RE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK.
THERE WILL BE MORE CHARGES FOR THAT.
UTILITIES ARE ELECTRICITY ALONE, 27,000.
SO AS WE KNOW, IT'S GETTING HOTTER,
SO I SEE THESE ELECTRIC, I MEAN YOU CAN ONLY DO ABOUT 25 DEGREES DIFFERENCE ANYWAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE COSTS
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GOING UP AS WELL.WE'RE DEFINITELY STRESSING THAT SYSTEM OUT.
WE HAVE CUSTODIAL COSTS THAT ARE RUNNING 35 TO 40 K AT LEAST.
UM, THOSE WILL GO UP NEXT YEAR WITH, UM, MORE USE.
AND THE FIRE SYSTEM TOOK ABOUT $4,000 TO REPAIR.
IF YOU HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT BEING AT THE CENTER IN MY PAJAMAS, THAT'S USUALLY A FIRE SYSTEM ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AUDUBON HAS CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 50,000 TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS, INCLUDING UPDATING, UH, OUR HVAC SOFTWARE.
WE HAD SOME, UH, BOARDWALKS THAT NEEDED REPAIR.
THAT IS NOT AN EASY FEAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET INTO A BOAT UNDERNEATH IT.
UM, SOME WORK FLOORING AND THEN SOME REPAIRS TO OUR SEPTIC TANK.
SO OF COURSE, AS FACILITY USE IS INCREASED, IT BRINGS IN MONEY, BUT THERE'S ALSO A COST TO THAT AS WELL.
THERE IS WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CENTER.
AND THEN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENSE INCREASES WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, CUSTODIAL AND SECURITY COSTS AS WELL.
WE'RE PREDICTING BOXWOOD EVENTS.
UM, WE'LL BRING IN ABOUT 250,000.
WE'VE GOT A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT FOR $60,000 AND WE ARE MATCHING THAT OR BRINGING IN 15,000 FOR THAT.
WE'RE ADDING A NEW DRILL TO THE PROPERTY THAT WILL GO TO A PREVIOUSLY, UM, INACCESSIBLE POND.
AND WE'RE ALSO VERY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR BUDGETS.
SO THERE'S SOME CONTINGENCY MONEY IN HERE TAKING AWAY FROM THAT REVENUE AS WELL.
BUT SPEAKING OF THAT, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UM, GRANT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THE SEED.
THERE IS A CO-OP GRANT THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
IT IS VERY, UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CONNIE AT THE CITY AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT.
I PUT HER, I PUT TRACK ON HER RADAR LAST YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAINTING FOR THAT COULD BE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
SO, SO IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, TO BE QUITE HONEST, WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AT THE CENTER IN THE PAST.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE A CENTER DIRECTOR WHO STAYED THERE LONGER THAN TWO YEARS.
FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS BEFORE I JOINED.
WE DID NOT HAVE LEADERSHIP AT LISA'S LEVEL FOR AUDUBON, TEXAS AS WELL.
WE HAD SOME TIME AT THE CENTER WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY LEADERSHIP AT ALL.
THERE WAS NO CENTER DIRECTOR, BUT WE ARE CORRECTING THOSE.
I'M THERE NOW, LISA IS IN PLACE.
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, LORD WILLING.
UM, AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO REENGAGE SOME OF THE DONORS THAT DISAPPEARED DURING THAT TIME.
UH, ONE OF MY BEST EXAMPLES OF THAT IS I DID A GRANT REQUEST FOR $25,000 FROM SOMEONE.
UH, THE, THE LADY WHO RUNS IT WAS ON OUR BOARD YEARS AGO.
SHE SENT US A CHECK FOR $50,000 BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE HAS SEEN US DO.
UM, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM.
IF I WANT YOU TO COME EXPERIENCE A PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY, THE ENVIRONMENT, WE CARE ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN TALK TO OUR FACILITIES MANAGER, HE CALLS IT HIS SHOP, HIS ROOF THAT NEEDS WORK.
HE TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THIS BUILDING AS WE ALL DO AND WE CARE ABOUT IT.
SO WHILE I HAVE STILL BEEN SOMEWHAT IN THE TRENCHES, I WORK AT THE FRONT DESK EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE ARE HIRING NEW EDUCATORS THAT'LL ALLOW FOR MORE REVENUE FROM PROGRAMMING THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO STEP AWAY FROM SOME OF THAT DAY-TO-DAY.
THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL WORKING THE FRONT DESK AND REALLY RE-ENGAGING SOME OF THOSE DONORS AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE SOME CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT I'M GOING TO LET LISA TALK ABOUT.
WE HAVE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF OUT IN GRANT REQUESTS RIGHT NOW.
I GET TO GO FOR ANOTHER 250,000 FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WANTED TO SEE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS DONOR SUPPORT.
SO WE ARE GETTING SOME TRACTION FROM THAT.
AND I'LL TAKE A BREAK NOW AND LET LISA TALK FOR A MINUTE.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO TALK ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE SHELLY'S TEAM IS AMAZING.
IT CONTINUES TO JUST, UM, BLOW MY MIND TO SEE WHAT SHELLY AND HER TEAM OF FIVE TO SIX FTES ACCOMPLISH WITH ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING AND ALL OF THE VISITORS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING IN, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
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THEY'RE HOSTING AND, AND WITH, UM, THIS YEAR.AND, UM, I JUST WANNA REITERATE OUR APPRECIATION FOR AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, IN THE PAST AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, IN THE, THE BUDGET AND, AND AND NUMBERS PRESENTATION THAT SHELLY JUST PROVIDED.
UM, IN THAT, LOOKING BACK TO 2015, UH, THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY HAS INVESTED $2.1 MILLION IN TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER ALONGSIDE THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE, UM, AS WELL AS THE PHILANTHROPIC AND, UM, AND OTHER, UH, DONATIONS AND, AND REVENUES THAT THAT THE CENTER IS ABLE TO BRING IN OF THAT 2.1 MILLION, 1.6 WAS TO COVER THOSE OPERATIONAL DEFICITS.
WE, AS SHELLY SAID, THESE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT.
UM, 750,000 OF THAT ALONE WAS IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE CITY OWNED FACILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OPERATIONAL, UH, EXPENSES, AS SHELLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS, UM, OF THAT LIST.
YOU KNOW, THE CRITICAL FACILITY NEEDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THAT'S A PART OF OUR BOND ASK IN IN THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT SHELLY IS WORKING ON NOW WITH, UH, WITH OUR ORGANIZATION TO SEE, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH AUDUBON CAN ALSO INVEST IN THOSE ITEMS MOVING FORWARD.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE HISTORY OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS THAT WE ARE ALSO, UH, WILLING TO, TO BE AT THE TABLE AND INVEST IN THIS CENTER ALONGSIDE THE CITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED, UM, TO THAT INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE.
AS SHELLY MENTIONED, WE'RE SEEING SOME EARLY SUCCESS WITH SOME CORPORATE UNDERWRITING AND SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO ENGAGE IN.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO BALANCE THOSE SPONSORSHIPS IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OPERATION AND AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE FOUNDATION ASKS THAT SHELLY MENTIONED AND THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, UM, SHELLY MENTIONED THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CO-OP GRANT.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT DO REQUIRE THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BECAUSE VERY OFTEN FOR SOME OF THOSE STATE FUNDS AND THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE AS A NONPROFIT CANNOT APPLY.
IT'S A, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS.
SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MAXIMIZING ON THIS PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT INVESTMENT TO THE CENTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THIS CENTER AND JUST REALLY PROUD OF OF WHAT SHELLY AND PATINA.
WELL, I I WILL BRAG ON MYSELF ONCE HERE.
SO, UM, I HAD A FIVE YEAR FISCAL PLAN FOR THE CENTER WHEN I CAME IN AND I'VE REACHED THAT GOAL IN THREE YEARS WITH CODE AND WITH STORE PAYMENT.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH ME BEING, UM, LEADING THIS ENDEAVOR HERE.
UH, ONE THING WE WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE EXHIBIT, AND THAT IS PART OF THE BOND ASK ALONG WITH THOSE OTHER, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE DA THE STAFF TEAM HAD PUT TOGETHER.
BUT I THINK I'VE TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU AGAIN, WE LOST FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE EXHIBIT.
WE HAVE GARRETT BOONE BROUGHT IN A DONOR, THEY SAW THAT EXHIBIT, THEY TURNED AROUND AND LEFT.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT TO GET, AND AND WHILE WE CALL IT AN EXHIBIT REFRESH, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN IT'S, IT'S REDESIGNING OUR OUTDOOR NATURE PLAY AREA.
WHILE IT WILL BENEFIT EVENTS, PLEASE KNOW THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE FOR PROGRAMMING.
THAT IS OUR, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON HERE.
SO DOING THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS, UH, REDESIGN, LET'S CALL IT.
WE PUT IN 55,000 FOR THE, UM, FOR THE DESIGN AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTHY TO KNOW WE ARE NOT AT THE SAME STARTING LINE AS SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, I WAS WITH TRINITY STRAND TRAIL FOR EIGHT YEARS.
WE GOT TO BUILD PHASE ONE USING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
UM, WE HAD A TIFF, WE HAD, WE DO NOT HAVE PITS OR TIFF WHERE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER IS.
THERE CERTAINLY AREN'T ANY TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THESE BIGGER MATCHES.
IT IS ME RAISING MONEY THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT DONORS AND GRANTS AND PROGRAM REVENUE.
SO I'LL TAKE A BREAK RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE ANYWAY, BUT THEY'RE, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND ANSWER SOME OF THE MORE
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DETAILED QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT.GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UM, MS. COLLINS, THANK YOU SHELLY.
I LOVE HEARING THAT AUDUBON'S GOING TO INVEST MORE TIME TALENT RESOURCE INTO TRACK.
AND SHELLY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU SLEEP APPARENTLY AT THE CENTER
UM, SO UH, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR WHEREABOUTS,
UH, I LOVE SEEING YOUR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THE CORPORATE UNDERWRITING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET, BE MORE DIVERSIFIED IN YOUR, UM, FUNDRAISING AND JUST SEEKING ALL KINDS OF SUPPORT.
SO I DID A QUESTION ABOUT FOR SCHOOL GROUPS IF WE WERE INTERESTED.
SO BOTH OUR SCHOOL GROUPS AND THEN LIKE SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, UM, 'CAUSE FIELD TRIPS HAVE TO PAY TO COME.
SO IF AT D I S D YOU HAVE SOME FREE PROGRAMMING I THINK FOR D I S D.
SO WE PARTNER WITH BIG THOUGHT THAT HELPS WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF LIDA HILLS GRANT, WE ARE ABLE TO DISCOUNT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED IT.
BUT ABSOLUTELY SCHOOLS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, DO FIELD TRIPS.
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY THEY GO ABOUT REACHING OUT TO YOU TO SCHEDULE THAT? SO YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND IT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING WE OFFER AND YOU CAN SUBMIT THROUGH THAT AND THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO US AND TELLS US WHAT DATE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT PROGRAM YOU WANT.
AND UM, SO WE SEND FEATURES THERE AND WE ALSO REACH OUT TO THOSE TEACHERS ON OUR OWN AS WELL.
I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT OUTREACH 'CAUSE YOU'RE A SMALL TEAM SO YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY I SAW YOU HAD A COUPLE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON THERE AS WELL AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EASIER 'CAUSE THEY'RE ONE SCHOOL VERSUS A DISTRICT, BUT UH, AND YEAH, JUST, I'M JUST THRILLED BY YOUR, UM, THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A SMALL TEAM.
I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH D M A AND AND OTHER 'CAUSE THAT'S OTHER INSTITUTIONS 'CAUSE THAT'S BRINGING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT ORDINARILY COME TO TRACK OUT THERE.
DO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE HOUSEKEEPER AND WHAT'S THE ACREAGE 120.
DO SOME MORE HELP THERE, SHELLY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SUPPORTED YOU WITH YOUR FULL BOND AS SO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN YOUR IN IN FRAC AND ITS FUTURE.
AND SO WE WANT BE PART OF, IT'S CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, PART OF
THIS IS A GREAT POSITIVE ROBUST PRESENTATION.
I THINK YOUR NUMBERS ARE LOW FOR 24, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR.
UH, WELL EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A BIG FAN I AM OF THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER.
UM, BUT I REALLY DO HAVE TO HAND IT TO SHELLY AND HER TEAM.
AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE STAFFING THERE WAS GREATLY REDUCED DURING COVID AND THEY MADE IT THROUGH AND THEY'RE STILL NOT BACK IN.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT ANYWHERE NEAR FULL STAFFING, BUT THEY'RE MAKING IT WORK AND GROWING AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW MUCH I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT AS A CITY, THIS FACILITY IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.
THEY PROGRAM SO MUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE KIDS.
AND ONE THING I JUST GOTTA SAY, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS GOTTA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN SOMETHING'S ON THE AGENDA, WE NEED A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS TO TURN LEFT OUT OF THERE.
I MEAN, LIFE THREATENING, DANGEROUS, THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB DOWN THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO A PRIVATE DRIVE, BUT THAT WE CAN'T GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT.
GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY IS A REAL SCARY THING AND A PROBLEM.
SO NOT TO BE BRING IN A NEGATIVE, BUT I BRING IT IN AS A POSITIVE, A HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET OUR TRANSPORTATION AND STREETS DEPARTMENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, NUMBER OF SCHOOL KIDS WHO HAVE TO PULL OUT OF THERE IN A SCHOOL BUS AND MAKE A LEFT TURN ON A BUSY STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR.
SO ON THAT NOTE, UH, JUST SAY, UH, GO FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND GREAT JOB.
AND I HOPE YOU GET EVERY SINGLE PENNY YOU ASK FOR.
MS. MONDELL, ALWAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
I'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TO SUPPORT YOU.
UM, AND I THINK THAT YOUR ASKS ARE, ARE WELL DESERVED.
UM, AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PLACE.
UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I, WHEN I'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH I DO SUPPORT YOU, LIKE, WELL WHAT IF THEY CHARGED AND, AND WHY?
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WHAT DOES THAT MAKE? WOULDN'T THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? UM, AND I WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE EXCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T GO, SO YOUR NUMBERS WOULD BE DOWN.CAN YOU JUST ALLUDE TO THAT A LITTLE BIT SO WE HAVE IT OUT THERE THAT UNDERSTAND THAT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE MISSIONS TO BE FREE AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR ASK TO BE ORDERED.
SO HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I MEAN, WE MIGHT HAVE TO START CHARGING AGAIN AND IT, IT JUST REALLY IS, IS A TOUGH POSITION TO BE IN BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THE, WE ARE MAKING FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS AND ADULTS AS WELL.
I MEAN, THIS SUMMER WAS TAUGHT WE WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT CONSERVATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL WITH THIS.
UM, AND WHERE WE ARE LOCATED IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD IT.
LIKE I SAID, 60% RIGHT NOW ARE FIRST TIMERS AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES, THEY'RE SO EXCITED WHEN THEY HEARD WE WERE FREE.
WE ARE, AS I SAID, ASKING FOR A GRANT TO HELP CONTINUE THAT, TO COVER THOSE.
BUT WE HAVE NOT RAISED OUR PRICES EVER.
UM, I KNOW IT CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE, BUT WE ALSO LOSE, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN TAKE THE NUMBER I PRESENTED AND MULTIPLY IT BY, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY PEOPLE WE'RE GONNA, IT'S, I I WOULD SAY A GOOD 20% MIGHT BE GONE BECAUSE OF NO FREE ENTRY.
ALSO, THE DIFFERENCE IS FOR SOME OF OUR, FOR OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, YOU GET AN ALLOTTED NUMBER OF CHAPERONES.
UM, AS THOSE CHAPERONES COME IN.
WE, WE CHARGE ENTRY, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE USUALLY CHARGE FOR ADDITIONAL CHAPERONES BECAUSE SOME, SOMETIMES 20 ADULTS COME BECAUSE THEY JUST WANNA VISIT THE CENTER.
BUT INTERESTINGLY, WELL, I'LL SHARE THE NUMBERS.
SO OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO MOVE ON THAT I THINK IT CAN BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WILL HELP WITH THIS.
OUR FIRST LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIPS, WE'RE FREE ENTRY TO THE CENTER.
THOSE WERE HALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIPS.
SO WHEN WE WENT TO FREE ENTRY, THOSE MEMBERSHIPS WENT AWAY 'CAUSE EVERYTHING WAS FREE.
INTERESTINGLY, FISCALLY AND FINANCIALLY, THE NUMBERS ARE THE EXACT SAME AS WHERE WE WERE.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT UP.
I'M LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.
UM, I JUST, I AM NOT, I JUST PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN JUST START CHARGING AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE.
WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO SHARE NATURE WITH THEM AND SHARE THE STORY OF THAT CENTER.
IT'S HELPING THE CITY OF DALLAS TOO.
LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE GIVING AND I, I DON'T WANNA GIVE THAT UP, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I LOOK AT NUMBERS WISE.
I MEAN, I WAS A CONTROLLER AT A LAW FIRM FOR FIVE YEARS.
I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY CHARGING IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT, UH, YOU WILL SEE A NEGATIVE IMPACT IF WE DID.
SHELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PASSION AND THE MAGIC THAT YOU CREATE IN YOUR COMMITMENT.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT ALL YOUR DREAMS FOR THIS PLACE AND EVERYTHING DO COME TO FRUITION AND THAT IT IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO, TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS OF DALLAS AND BEYOND.
UM, MS. RICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES.
WELL, UM, I JUST WANNA SPEAK ON A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, I WAS AT THE, AT TRACK RECENT, RECENTLY.
I'M PART OF A, I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR A GROUP CALLED PRIMOS DALLAS, WHICH IS A MENTOR GROUP OF OF PERSONS WHO MENTOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL OR, OR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
AND, UM, SO WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A PRIMOS AND A A TRACK HAVE PARTNERED, I KNOW THEY'RE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND IT WAS JUST SO AMAZING TO SEE 80 STUDENTS WITH THEIR MENTORS.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO.
UM, SHELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY.
UM, THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE WONDERFUL AND, AND I LOVE THAT STORY THAT YOU SHARED ABOUT PRAIRIE CREEK LIBRARY, WHICH IS MY COMMUNITY LIBRARY, UM, UH, THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UM, AND I JUST LOVE ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND JUST THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOUR COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE, UM, EQUITY AS WELL.
I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS IN SPANISH AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE, YOU ARE SO ACCESSIBLE TO
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COMMUNITY.AND TO ME THAT IS WHAT THESE SPACES ARE FOR.
YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF, OF OF WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT A PARK, WHAT, WHAT THESE SPACES SHOULD BE.
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ALSO ABOUT, ABOUT JAKE, UH, BEING THAT Y'ALL ARE, ARE, ARE UNABLE TO, TO STUMP JAKE.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE MY SON AND I WENT ON A BIRDWALK, ONE OF THE BIRD WALKS, AND HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT BIRDS.
AND ANY QUESTION WE ASKED HIM OR THAT ANYBODY ASKED HIM, HE KNEW EVERYTHING.
SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND, AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT AND I'M, IT'S ALWAYS JUST SUCH A JOY TO VISIT THAT SPACE AND, AND JUST SEE THE JOY THAT YOU BRING, UH, TO COMMUNITY.
MS. HAS A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS, FOUR YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS YOU THAT, UM, ALSO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, LIKE MAKING THE LEAP OF FAITH GOING TO FREE WAS HUGE, BUT I THINK YOU'VE SEEN, UM, THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE WE'RE ALL AFTER HERE DURING THAT EXPERIENCE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST INTERESTING FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF YOUR MONEY YOU SPEND ON MAINTENANCE.
UM, 'CAUSE WE STRUGGLE WITH THAT, WITH OUR OWN FACILITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PRESSURING YOU TO GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
BUT HERE YOU ARE JUST SPENDING A HUGE CHUNK OF WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN JUST TO KEEP YOUR BUILDINGS, WELL ACTUALLY OUR BUILDINGS IN THE SHAPE THAT YOU NEED TO BE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO STIPEND TIME, WHICH EVERYBODY ALWAYS GETS A LITTLE CRAZY ABOUT, WHY ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM? WHY ARE WE GIVING THEM MONEY? THEY SHOULD BE RAISING THEIR OWN MONEY.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER THAT VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.
SO MUCH OF YOUR MONEY THAT COULD BE USED FOR PROGRAMMING OR THESE TYPE OF EXHIBITS, UNFORTUNATELY, IS GOING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF YOUR FACILITIES.
I THINK LET'S ALL BE SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, OUR STIPENDS.
AND WE ALL, YOU KNOW, I I PREACH ABOUT IT EVERY TIME.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND WHEN WE COME TO, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE'VE ALL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED YOUR BOND ASK.
I THINK YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THE LIKES OF THE PAROLE, YOU SEE AND THE TYPE OF EXHIBIT THAT THEY HAVE.
I'VE BEEN TO YOUR PLACE, I'VE SEEN THEY ARE A LITTLE TIRED NEXT TIME.
SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE KIND OF, UM, TRACTION TO GET THE KIND OF VISITORS IN THERE AND, AND TO YOUR POINT TO GRANTS THAT YOU NEED TO HELP CONTINUE TO EXPAND YOUR PROGRAMMING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A, A MORE ATTRACTIVE, UM, EXHIBIT.
WE HOPE YOU GET EVERY BIT OF THAT BOND MONEY, UM, TO DO THAT WORK.
SO AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT.
AND I THINK IF WE COULD KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD, IT'S JUST SUCH A, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH THING TO GET PEOPLE TO GO THERE AND ANY BARRIER OF INJURY THAT YOU HAVE TO GETTING THEM THERE IS AN OBSTACLE.
SO IF WE CAN KEEP IT FREE, UH, UH, ACCESS AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE IMPROVEMENT IN, IN THE LONG RUN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD AND I THINK MS. HASKIN SAID SPEND MONEY
I KNOW
FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THIS GREAT PLACE IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT
I WAS WAITING CHECK WITH SHELLY.
OKAY, THANK LIKE COME ACROSS YOUR MIND.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ADVOCACY, UH, THE LIAISON, UH, STEVE, COLLEEN, MR. D AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK GOD THAT KEPT NOT CALLING YOU FOR LAWNMOWERS ANYMORE.
YOU MADE THIS PLACE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYONE.
NOT LIKE THE COUNTRY CLUB DOWN THE STREET WHERE THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN GROUP.
AND WHEN WE SAW THIS FACILITY, WE THOUGHT THERE'S GONNA BE KIDS FROM ST.
I'M IN THE CITY, KIDS, SO LIKE GOING TO THE MUSIC HALL, WHEN YOU COME OUT AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT BROADEN THE HORIZONS.
AND I, I, I AM SO SUPPORTIVE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS ON THE GROUND.
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GOING TO FULFILL YOUR NEEDS BECAUSE THAT PLACE NEEDS TO BE SPRUCE UP.I WISH YOU COULD A DRIVING RANGE OUT THERE.
I WOULD BE LITTLE MORE OFTEN, BUT THANK YOU SURE.
FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO THIS WHOLE, YOU APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE THANK YOU ALL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY.
OUR NEXT BRIEFING WILL BE MR. RENEE JOHNSON AND I THINK SHE'S CALLED, NOT CALLED THE PICKLEBALL QUEEN.
IS THAT RIGHT? MR. RENEE JOHNSON.
SHE'S GONNA GIVE US A, UH, UPDATE ON THE PICKLEBALL AND OUTDOOR RECORDS.
IS THAT OUT FOR? OKAY, GOOD MORNING, MS. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR FAVORITE SUBJECT AND PARK RECREATION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, PICKLEBALL AND OUTDOOR RECORD, UH, SPORTS
SO TODAY OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, REALLY DISCUSS THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH PICKLEBALL TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.
UH, OF COURSE A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED IN THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY AND SO IT IS JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK
SO TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, KIND OF VISIT, UH, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, THE INVENTORY, UH, THE MAINTENANCE CRITERIA, WHAT'S, WHAT SITES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SHOULD PUT, PICK THEM OFF.
WE'LL LOOK AT SOME COMPARISONS, UH, REGARD IN REGARD TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS TRYING TO WORK ON A STRATEGY.
AND OUR GOAL TODAY FOR SURE HERE, UH, TO SEE AND HELP US WITH OUR STRATEGY
SO JUST SOME FUN FACTS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW AS PARTS WHERE PICKLEBALL ORIGINATED, IT WAS BA BAINBRIDGE ITEMS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSMEN CAME UP WITH THAT NAME, UM, BASED ON SOMEBODY'S DOG.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS SINCE WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS.
UM, THE SPORT IS A COMBINATION OF BATMAN AND TENNIS, BUT SO FEELS LIKE PINGING PONG TO ME AS WELL OF ABOUT 4.8 MILLION PLAYERS.
UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S JUST MOVING FAST, MOVING FAST, AND WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE REQUESTS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK OF PICKLEBALL AS A SEASONS, WE CAN SEE THAT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REALLY PICKING UP THE SPORT.
AND ABOUT 30% ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 34.
SO CHURCHILL, IT ACTUALLY HAS SIX COURTS.
THAT'S A MISPRINT, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, CHURCHILL COURT.
THAT'S A MISPRINT, UH, THAT WE HAVE SIX DOWN.
UM, AND OF YOU ARE OUR BABY PICKLEBALL SITE, AND WE LEARNED A LOT, UH, FROM CHURCHILL.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING THE PLAN.
UH, WE'VE WORKED HARD WITH, UH, MARIA HASTY PARK BOARD MEMBER, AND WE'VE WORKED IN A COMMITTEE OF THREE, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE SHOULD EXPAND PICKLEBALL, UH, REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALL-INS.
WE CAN GET EMAILS AS TO HOW MANY MORE PICKLEBALL, UH, SITES THEY WANT TO SEE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A DESIGN STANDARD.
UH, WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THESE NUMBERS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCURATE.
WE MAY HAVE A FEW MISHAPS, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, SEVEN, AND I THINK IT'S ON OUR 85, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS INSTALLED ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SHANNON'S GONNA REALLY TALK ABOUT, UH, THE INVENTORY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT 61 MULTI NEWBORNS.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE, UH, YOU'LL REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE INVESTED, UH, IN PICKLEBALL SHAYNA.
UH, KANE, WHO BROUGHT ON TO KIND OF ASSIST WITH PICKLEBALL.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE MIGUEL, WHO IS AN EXPERT, UH, BECAUSE HE'S HAD TO DEAL WITH CHURCHILL ALL LIFE
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS, HE CAN HELP US WITH THOSE AS WELL.
AND SO I'M GONNA TURN OVER SHANNON.
SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE INVENTORY AND WHERE WE ARE WITH PICKLEBALL.
OUR PARK ON OUR PARK, EXCUSE ME.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT INVENTORY AND WHERE WE ARE IN FOOTBALL.
UH, WE STARTED WITH 175 OF OUR OUTDOOR TENANT COURTS.
AND WE LOOKED AT THOSE COURTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN
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COURT ON THOSE.NOW WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE WE INSTALLED PICKLE BALL.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S EITHER FULL CONVERSION PORTS, WHICH ARE IN YOUR BLUE DOTS.
THAT NUMBER ON THE INSIDE INDICATES HOW MANY PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR MULTIUSE COURTS, WHICH ARE YOUR LINES ONLY.
AND THAT PICTURE ON HERE DEMONSTRATES WHAT ALIGNS ONLY MULTIUSE PICKLEBALL COURT LOOKS LIKE.
NOW WE LOOK AT OUR FULL CONVERSION PICKLEBALL COURTS FIVE NUMBERS, THE 24 FULL CONVERSION.
UM, CAMPBELL GREEN, WHICH IS A NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, SITE.
UM, WE LOOK AT THE INSTALLATION COST FOR THAT.
UM, HERE THERE ARE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
WE TOOK OPEN SPACE, LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT, UM, THANKS TO OUR FACILITY SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A PICKLEBALL, UH, COURT JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR PICKLEBALL, THANKS TO THE TENNIS COURT, UM, WITH FENCING, PERMANENT STRUCTURES, PADDLE RACKS, YOU NAME IT.
THAT WAS A FULL CONVERSION AT KIM.
AND SHE, YES, COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THESE OTHER SITES THAT USED TO LISTED HERE, WE TOOK ONE OR ONE TENNIS COURT TO BE CONVERTED THEM TO EITHER FOUR OR TWO FULL CONVERSION QUARTS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT, UM, THOSE FULL CONVERSIONS.
WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS? IS THAT GONNA FIT PROPERLY? IS THERE ENOUGH SPACE ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT? AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESURFACING AND INSTALLATION COSTS FOR EACH.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ACTUALLY SHOWS OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL SHORTS FOR LINES ONLY.
WE HAVE 61 COURTS WITH LINES, AND THAT'S OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND PLAY PICKLEBALL AND OUR OUTDOOR COURTS.
AND AGAIN, SAME, UM, INFORMATION RESURFACING AND INSTALLATION COSTS, AS WELL AS THE YEAR THAT IT WAS RESURFACED.
AND YOU SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER HERE ON PAGE SLIDE NINE, WHICH WAS FIVE $89,606.
AND AGAIN, THAT STARTED WITH 2020 ALL THE WAY TO THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE REALLY GROWN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH PICKLEBALL INSTALLATIONS.
NOW WE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ON OUR REPORTS.
THAT, WHICH INCLUDES ATTENDANCE,
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE CENTERS LOOK LIKE.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDOOR PICKLEBALL.
AND HERE YOU CAN HAVE A MEMBERSHIP TO THE REFEREE CENTER FOR PROGRAM SITES, UM, WHERE YOU GET TO PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
SO THESE ARE SITES WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, A SCHEDULE YOU CAN GO IN AT A CERTAIN TIME AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THE CALL WITH OTHERS AT THESE, AT THESE SITES.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SHOWS YOU THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
SO WHAT I THINK WAS, I TOOK ONE COURT.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS YOU WHAT ONE CORD LOOKS LIKE WITH MULTI-USE LINES FOR PICKLEBALL.
I TOOK ONE CORD AND SAID, OKAY, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RESURFACE AND IN LINES? AND WHEN I SAY THE WORD RESURFACE, THAT MEANS THEY ARE TAKING EVERYTHING OFF OF THAT FOUNDATION.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CRACKS, ANY TYPE OF FOUNDATION ISSUES ON THOSE CORDS.
UM, AND THEN THEY ARE REPAIRING AND THEN PUTTING ON ANOTHER LAYER OF RESURFACING, UM, THAT'S SOME ACRYLIC PAINT, OTHER TYPE OF PAINT THAT THEY PUT ON THERE.
SO THEY TAKE IT LAST FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT FIRST COST IN YEAR ONE DEMONSTRATES WHAT ONE TENNIS COURT WITH TWO PICKLEBALL LINE.
OR LIKE IN YEAR FIVE, WE SEE THAT THE LIFE OF THAT COURT WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
NOW IT'S TIME TO RESURFACE THAT COURT BASED ON THE WEAR AND TEAR, UM, WITH THAT COURT, UH, DEALS WITH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR REMOVABLE PICKLEBALL POSTS AND NETS.
FOR PICKLEBALL, YOU NEED TWO NETS.
THOSE ARE $550 FOR, YEAH, FOR EACH NET.
SO WE HAVE TWO PICKLEBALL PORT, TWO PICKLEBALL NETS FOR TWO QUARTS TIMES, HOWEVER MANY MORE QUARTS WE HAVE ON THAT.
SO IMAGINE $1,100 TO PUT IN PICKLEBALL NETS THAT ARE
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AND WE SEE THE LIFE OF THOSE NETS TO BE ONE HERE.SO THAT'S AN ANNUAL COST, UM, THAT WE'RE USING FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST AND THE FORECASTED INVESTMENT FOR ONE QUAR WITH TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS.
AND WE CAN GET MORE INTO THAT, THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
OKAY, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A FULL COURT CONVERSION COST.
NOW AGAIN, ONE TENNIS COURT WITH FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE LISTED HERE.
THAT INVESTMENT TIP FOR INSTALLATION IS ROUGHLY AROUND $25,000.
AND THAT FIVE YEAR LIFE TO RESURFACE THAT IS $12,000.
YOU SEE A COST DIFFERENCE BECAUSE TO INSTALL A FULL CONVERSION OF FOUR COURTS BE PERMANENT POST EVENTS, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE FENCING TO THAT FOUR FOOT FENCING TO DIVIDE THOSE FOUR COURTS FROM THE OTHER TENNIS COURTS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE PADDLE RACKS.
THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE WOULD ADD TO COURTS, WHICH WOULD BE ONE RACK PER QUARTER, WHICH TOTALS $16 FOR EACH.
UM, YOU SEE THE FORECAST AND INVESTMENT AT THE BOTTOM, BUT AGAIN, WE TOOK ONE COURT, ONE TENNIS COURT AND IDENTIFIED HOW MANY COURT PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE ON THAT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INVESTMENT IS, AND THAT'S YEAR ONE THROUGH YEAR FIVE.
AND WE SEE THE LIFE OF THAT MOVING FORWARD EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND SO, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, DOING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS COMING UP FOR RESURFACING THAT WILL BE BID OUT AGAIN.
AND SO WE USE THESE NUMBERS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
UH, SO THOSE PROJECTS SURE COULD GO UP QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT ARE TRENDS, UM, IN RECORDS.
UM, WE JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AS TO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PARK BOARD MEMBERS, JEFF PITNER ABOUT ELL, AND THERE'S SOME INTEREST, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING OUT THERE CALLED POP TENNIS.
HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THAT? IT, IT LOOKS LIKE PICKLEBALL TO ME.
SO I, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD JUST BRING UP A YOUTUBE VIDEO AND WE CAN SEND SOMETHING TO YOU.
UM, BUT IT, IT FEELS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S MORE SO ON A TENNIS COURT.
SO WHAT, UH, FROM WHAT WE WERE READING IS AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO, YOU SEE THE LINES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF THE COURT, IT'S SIMILAR TO, TO, TO TENNIS.
UH, SO WE DID, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OR HEARD A LOT, UH, ABOUT THAT IN DALLAS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT TRENDS AND WHAT'S COMING, UH, TO OUR PARTICULAR AREA.
SO CRITERIA FOR PICKLEBALL COURSE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, UM, I GUESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE BEST POSITIONED, UH, TO PUT IN COURT.
SO THIS THING TO THE COURT THAT'S GONNA LOWER OUR COST, UH, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CONDITION, UH, 150 FEET OR NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO PREVENT NOISE NUISANCE.
AND WE'VE LEARNED SOME, SOME, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE AS FAR AS NOISE.
UM, MINIMAL BUILDABLE SPACE, AND THEN OF COURSE PARKING.
'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE, PICKLEBALL JUST SEEMS TO BE A, THERE'S A LOT OF CAMARADERIE.
PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO, TO PLAY WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, THEY HAVE COMMUNITIES AND THEY'RE SPEAKING ALL DAY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THEY LIKE TO GO FROM SPOT TO SPOT.
UM, AND SO YOU REALLY NEED THAT PARKING ACCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THOSE PLAYERS.
AND THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITES AS FAR AS THESE OTHER CITIES, OF COURSE, THEY, THEY CAN BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF WE'RE IN THE LEAD, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THESE DIFFERENT CITIES IN ARLINGTON WITH EIGHT.
AND THIS IS NOT INCLUDED,
UH, BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT IT LOOKS AS IF THAT WE'RE PROBABLY REALLY CLOSE TO THE LEAD OR NEAR IT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO PICKLEBALL, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TRIED TO RESPOND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, I THINK HERE IN DALLAS.
SO OUR SHORT TERM STRATEGY, UM, JUST LOOKING AT OUR MAPPING, NOT NECESSARILY AS IS TRUE, BUT WANT TO SAY, OKAY, IN SOUTHWEST WEST AND EAST, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH ACCESS TO A FULL CONVERSION FULL CONVERTED COURT, RIGHT? UM, ON EAST, WEST AND SOUTHWEST, RIGHT? UM, WE HAVE SOME OTHER, SOME FORECASTING SITES THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF AREAS THAT I DO THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OR, YOU KNOW, REQUEST.
AND SO MAYBE WE'LL EXIT 10 MORE TOWARDS AS FAR AS
UM, BUT JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE COST IS LOOKING LIKE, YOU KNOW? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IS OUR COMMUNITY
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CONNECT IS WORKING WITH ENGAGEMENT AND AGREEMENTS, UH, TO PLACE THE PICKLEBALL GROUPS.WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH THESE GROUPS AND SEE IF THEY'LL HELP SUPPORT SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE SOME NETS.
AND SOME COURTS HAVE HAD MORE ISSUES IN CHILD WITH REPLACING THOSE NETS AS FAR AS THEY HAVE VANDALISM AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAN OTHERS.
WE HAVE THOSE PARTNERS WHO ARE THERE ALL THE TIME, UH, WHO REALLY GET THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAN TO HELP US WITH MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO GET FUNDING FOR MORE NETS.
UM, AND THEN A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TENNIS STANDARDS.
UH, BECAUSE THOSE WHO PLAY FOR
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, PLAYERS AND PACKINGS OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY GETTING SERIOUS.
I DON'T LIKE PLAYING WITH THEM
AND SO IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH THE TENNIS CENTERS THAT WE CAN DRIVE THOSE COMPETITORS TO TOURNAMENTS AT THE TENNIS CENTERS.
SO WE THINK WE MAY HAVE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR TENNIS CENTERS, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT WITH, UH, OUR PRO.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED TO OUR DIRECTOR ABOUT IS BRINGING ON CONSULTANT AND LOOKING AT RACKET SPORTS.
UH, NOT JUST PICKLEBALL, BUT OTHER RACKET SPORTS.
DO WE NEED A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR OUR CITY, BUT WHAT THE INVESTMENT IS? UH, SO WE CAN CREATE A FINANCIAL PLAN, MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, UM, INVENTORY, JUST LOOKING AT OUR INVENTORY, GOING ON ANALYSIS OUR NEEDS, ASSESSMENT, OPERATIONAL PLANNING.
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THAT? BECAUSE BILL WILL TELL YOU IT TAKES LOT OF ITS TIME ON SOME.
AND SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THAT? UM, SO WE THINK WE HAVE MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT OUR TENNIS CENTERS.
UH, BUT JUST BEING STRATEGIC, CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB, UH, IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO DIRECT SPORTS? NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE DEFINITELY WANNA HEAR Y'ALL FEED YOUR FEEDBACK.
YOU'VE HEARD OUR, OUR SHORT TERM STRATEGY, BUT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE OR WITH YOU ALL BE IN FAVOR OF, UM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, TO HELP US? I THINK THAT THE TEAM AND THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL, WE, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITIES.
BUT WOULD IT BE GREAT TO, TO GET A PROFESSIONAL ON BOARD TO REALLY HELP US, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE GOT WHO TAKE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION, MISS ROYALTY
EVEN TENNIS PLAYERS, T TENNIS PLAYERS LIKE MR. O'CONNOR SEEM TO, UM, INDULGE SAYING PICKLE BALL, PICKLE BALL,
UM, SO EXCELLENT WITH THAT, MR. CONNER.
UM, SO COUPLE THINGS FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, BE CAREFUL GOING UNDER TO TREND, UM, BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT TO A QUICK WELL PLAYER AND THEY'LL GO BACK AND THROW
SO CAMPBELL GREEN, UH, I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT CAMPBELL GREEN, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
UM, AND JUST, UM, GIVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, PRAISE TO TRENT AND HIS TEAM ABOUT HOW WE DID THAT.
UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE PRICE, UH, I MEAN, WE PUT IN FOUR BIG BALL COURTS WITH LIGHTS, FENCING, SHADE SEATING.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT, UH, STADIUM SOUTH SEATING OUT THERE NOW.
UM, FOLIAGE AROUND FOR $318,000.
UM, AND THAT IS A MASSIVE WIN AND A GREAT USE OF FUNDS, INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION CEMENT.
THERE WAS, IT WAS GRASS, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
UM, SO TRENT AND TEAM, PHENOMENAL JOB INTERNALLY DONE.
IT WAS DONE BY OUR FACILITY SERVICES TEAM.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE AGE OF PLAYERS AT CAMPBELL GREEN SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE, TO YOUR POINT, RENEE, THAT ARE UNDER 18, UH, SEE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLERS, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OUT THERE PLAYING.
SO I KNOW THAT PICKLEBALL HAS KIND OF THIS, UH, THIS IDEA THAT PICKLEBALL IS A SPORT FOR OUR SENIORS.
UM, BUT, BUT ON A LOT OF NIGHTS AT CAMPBELL GREEN DURING THE SUMMER, IT WAS TWO OR THREE TO ONE OF PEOPLE, I'D PROBABLY SAY 20 AND UNDER, UM, TO, TO PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, 50 PLUS, UM, VERY HEAVILY USED IN THE EARLY MORNING AND EVENINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HEAT, UM, DURING THE DAY.
UM, WE SEE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL EARLY IN THE MORNINGS AND AFTER WORK.
AND THAT KIND OF GETS ME TO BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE LEARNED, UM, SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT HOW TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE AND BAD THINGS ABOUT HOW TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.
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THAT WE ARE GONNA START PUTTING PICKLEBALL COURTS 150 FEET AWAY FROM HOUSES.I WOULD SUGGEST EVEN FURTHER AWAY.
UM, WHERE CAMPBELL GREEN IS, IT'S TWO LANE ROAD, UM, THAT IS PARK HILL.
AND, UM, TO YOUR POINT, THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, WE'VE ASKED A BUNCH AND THEY CONTINUE TO PARK ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO WE'RE HAVING TO GET STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION INVOLVED TO TRY TO GET THEM TO PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO ARE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THOSE NEIGHBORING HOUSES CAN'T SEE AROUND THE CARS.
'CAUSE IT BECOMES A TWO LANE ROAD, BECOMES A ONE LANE ROAD.
UM, SO AWAY FROM HOUSES, THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEIGHBORS AROUND CAMPBELL GREEN HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.
UM, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION.
UM, WE HAVE, MIGUEL HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS, HAVE, UM, HAD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BIT OF A BATTLE THAT PICKLEBALL PLAYERS WANT US TO EXTEND THE LIGHT HOURS, UM, THAT HAMBURGERS DO NOT.
SO LIKE, CAN WE HAVE LIGHTS ON UNTIL 11 OR 1130? I DON'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO A PLACE THAT HAS STADIUM STYLE LIGHTS ON AT 1130 WHEN I'M PUT MY, MY FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO BED.
UM, SO THERE'S A BIT OF A BALANCING ACT, ACT THERE.
UM, AND THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU MUST'VE SAID THOSE FOR AROUND TOO.
UH, HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? THANKS.
I KNOW WE, THE VERY FIRST CONSTITUENT CALL I GOT WHEN I JOINED THIS BOARD SIX YEARS AGO WAS ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
AND I SMILED AND NODDED AND SAID YES.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT,
'CAUSE SHE WAS A SENIOR GAMES AND SAID SHE WANTED TO SEE IT ADDED AS A, AS A SPORT.
AND SO I WENT ON THE HUNT AND TRIED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IN THE TWO COURTS.
SEE, SO IN DISTRICT 13 WE RE OUR DOUBLE SURFACE NETHERLAND AND, UM, WALNUT HILL.
WALNUT HILL NEVER GOT ANY USE AS A TICKET, AS A TENNIS COURT AND BASKETBALL AS HOOPS.
IT GETS USED MORNING, NOON, NIGHT, A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER.
IT IS REACTIVATED THAT COURT AND IT HAS GREAT VISIBILITY 'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN MIDWAY AND WALNUT HILL.
TWO VERY BUSY STREETS NEAR ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS.
SO WE DON'T GET A LOT OF AMENITIES IN DISTRICT 13 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARK ASSETS.
I'M THRILLED ABOUT THE FOUR ADDITIONAL COURTS OF CHURCHILL.
'CAUSE THEN OUR PRESTON HOLLOW WEEKLY TODAY.
UM, BUT IF WE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR ROYAL PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
MIGUEL KNOWS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS MET WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS.
IT'S AN EXISTING TENNIS COURT THAT THERE ARE FOUR COURTS THERE WHO ARE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE THAT ARE REALLY NOT GONNA BE RES SURFACEABLE.
THOSE REALLY HAVE TO BE TAKEN.
IT'S JUST START OVER IMPLODED AND START OVER.
BUT THE OTHER TWO, WE DON'T HAVE THE ADJACENCY, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUE.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY I CAN LOBBY FOR THOSE COURTS, WE'VE HAD NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'LL RAISE MONEY FOR THEM.
BUT THOSE WOULD GET NOT ONLY RESURFACING FOR TENNIS, BUT FOR PICKLEBALL TOO.
SO JUST SEEING HOW WELL UTILIZED THEY ARE, UM, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS BECAUSE IT IS SO HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO ANYWAY, I COULD KEEP ADVOCATING FOR ROYAL PARK WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT MR. CONNOR HAD GOT DONE WITH SHADE AND STADIUM SEATING.
I'M LIKE, WELL Y'ALL FANCY UP
WELL, BUT, AND AND I, MR. NER AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT PADELL AS WELL, IT'S REALLY ONLY PLAYED IN PRIVATE FLUBS.
UM, BUT IT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AND IT REALLY CATERS TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION.
'CAUSE IT'S HUGELY POPULAR IN LATIN AMERICA AND IN EUROPE.
SO IF WE CAN DIVERSIFY OUR RACKET SPORTS PLAYERS, I THINK OFF BEING ABLE TO OFFER PADEL, PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE
AND I THINK THAT ONLY ADDS TO OUR, UM, OFFERINGS.
AND LASTLY TO YOUR QUESTION, RENEE, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR, OF THE SHORT-TERM STRATEGY OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TO REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR RECORD BOARDS, KNOWING THAT THAT IS A GROWING, THAT THEY ARE GROWING SPORTS.
AND SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BE REFLECTIVE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND POPULATION.
SO I SUPPORT YOUR, UM, YOUR INITIATIVES.
I HAVE DEADLINES FOR YOU THAT, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW YOU GET LOTS OF EMAILS FROM ME, UH, AND THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY ABOUT THINGS.
UH, CHURCHILL SEEMS TO BE THE HUB OF THE ACTIVITY.
I THINK BACK TO 2019, I ACTUALLY HAD GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF THE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT CONVERTING ONE OF THE COURTS INTO FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
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PUT A PICKLEBALL AT THAT POINT.UH, TALKED IT OVER WITH THE TEAM THOUGHT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
SO WE DID IT AND LOOKED WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND SO I DON'T, DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE EVER PREPARED FOR THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH PICKLEBALL.
AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING MORE STUFF.
AND, UH, WE JUST SEE THE ACTIVITY AT CHURCHILL EVERY DAY ON THOSE COURTS.
AND THE WAY THAT IT'S EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF THE EMAILS AND COMMENTS AND MESSAGES.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THIS ON THE FLY BECAUSE IT'S GROWING QUICKLY.
THANKS TO MIGUEL WHO IS CONSTANTLY OUT THERE
AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, LANE REFERENCED AT CAMPBELL GREEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING AT CHURCHILL AND ADD THE FOUR MORE COURTS THERE.
UH, THANKS TO SOME CREATIVE THINKING, WORKING WITH THE CHURCHILL GROUP THERE, TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TENNIS GROUP AND THE PICKLEBALL GROUP, AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT AT CHURCHILL.
UH, SOMETIMES, UH, THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS ENCROACH ON THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEY SAY THE TENNIS PLAYERS ARE, ARE ENCROACHING ON THEIR COURTS.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS IS STILL BEING PLAYED AND WE, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MEET ALL OF THOSE NEEDS.
AND SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GOOD APPROACH.
I THINK BUILDING THESE COURTS IN-HOUSE IS GREAT, AND IT JUST UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR STUFF LIKE THIS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REFER IT OUT BECAUSE THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS PROJECT AT, UH, CAMPBELL GREEN.
IF WE CAN DO MORE OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
UM, I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL THE, THE PICKLEBALL FOLKS.
WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE, THE GROUP.
WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF EMAILS FROM 'EM WITH QUESTIONS AND IDEAS.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL FOR THEM TO FORM SOME SORT OF A FORENSIC PICKLEBALL GROUP, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, FOR CHURCHILL OR CAMPBELL GREEN AT THE INDIVIDUAL COURTS, OR REALLY MORE COLLECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I, UM, I KNOW THAT WE STARTED THAT PROCESS AND, UM, ANY PICKLEBALL PLAYERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO GET GATES THERE.
UM, AND FINALLY, I KNOW I HAVE A LIMITED TIME HERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS WHY I WAS SO ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING SOME SORT OF INDOOR RACKET SPORTS FACILITY INCLUDED IN THE BOND PACKAGE.
BECAUSE YOU SEE THE DEMAND FOR NOT JUST TENNIS, PICKLEBALL, ADE, UH, BADMINTON, SQUASH, RACKETBALL, ALL THESE SPORTS THAT WE, UM, ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE OR WE HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED TODAY.
BUT PEOPLE ARE PLAYING THESE SPORTS.
THEY WANNA PLAY THEM, THEY WANNA PLAY THEM INDOORS.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HAVE THAT IN THE BOND ALLOCATION.
MR. KAMI A GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THIS MENTION OF THE WORD STADIUM, UH, LOOKING AT YOU, MS. COLLINS BRATTON AND MR. CONNOR IS GIVING ME P T S D.
I WANNA START WITH, UM, THE VENDOR EXHIBIT NEXT WEEK.
SO, SO MR. KITNER AND I, AND HOPEFULLY MANY OTHERS WILL BE DUKING IT OUT, UH, WITH, WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF RACKET SPORTS THERE IN THE VENDOR EXHIBIT HALL.
SO PLEASE DO JOIN US IF YOU SEE US.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UM, THE, UM, THE MULTI STRIPING.
AND I BELIEVE WHERE WE CAN'T DO FULL CONVERSIONS, I THINK, I THINK THESE ARE A QUICK FIX, UM, TO, TO GIVE THE GOOD PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT AS FAR AS OPTIONS.
BUT, UH, THAT SAID, WE, WE NEED SOME HELP AND, AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED SOME HELP.
AND PERHAPS IT'S GONNA BE ON THE MARKETING TEAM.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE, UH, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THESE MULTIS STRIPE LINES ARE THERE, OR TO BE HONEST, THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FOR.
AND, AND, AND MAYBE EVEN HOW TO SET UP THE MOVABLE NETS THAT ARE SOMETIMES PROVIDED IN THESE CONFIGURATIONS.
UM, AND, AND, AND SO THAT'S ONE THING.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING WITH, WITH HELP FOR MARKETING PERHAPS, IS TO HELP ADDRESS SOME, WHAT I'LL CALL SOUR SPORTS PERSONSHIP.
I'VE HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM CITIZENS ACROSS MY DISTRICT SAYING THINGS LIKE, TENNIS PLAYERS WON'T MOVE OFF OF A MULTI STRIPED COURT, EVEN WHEN THERE'S A NON MULTI STRIPED COURT LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND IT'S EMPTY THUS FAR.
MY RESPONSE HAS BEEN THINGS LIKE, DON'T CALL ME, YOU KNOW, WORK IT OUT YOURSELVES.
BUT I DO THINK SOME EDUCATIONAL, PERHAPS PROFESSIONALLY CREATED CONTENT, UM, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
AND JUST LIKE A SELFIE VIDEO, IF, IF THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THE MARKETING TEAM TO HELP US DEPLOY AND GET THAT CONTENT OUT THERE.
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A LOT ABOUT THIS PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE, I'VE JOINED THE BOARD THINK PICKLEBALL PEOPLE WERE AT ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN A VERY SHORT TIME.AND I HAD PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT QUARTZ AND MINES AND HOW TO DO 'EM AND WHAT COLOR AND ALL THAT.
UM, I DO THINK THAT THE COSTS THAT YOU SHOWED US WERE ON THE VERY LOW SIDE.
I KNOW, UM, WHEN I'VE HAD TO EITHER RETRIP OR RESURFACE COURTS, IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING WAY MORE THAN $10,000.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE COSTS.
A FULL CONVERSION IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE.
A LOT OF OUR QUARTS ARE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST TAKING THE OLD PAINT OFF AND PUTTING NEW PAINT ON.
A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A LOT OF QUART REPAIR AND SOME OF 'EM, I THINK THE ONE AT HARRY STONE IS PRETTY MUCH A FULL LOSS.
SO I THINK WHAT THE DOLLARS THAT YOU HAD IN THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST, FIRST REPORT.
SECONDLY, UM, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT WHERE WE DO THESE HUBS, THESE FULL CONVERSIONS BECAUSE YOU, YOU GET MORE PEOPLE TO GET MORE CARS, YOU GET MORE NOISE.
AND WE NEED TO GET THOSE AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE THAT NEEDS TO DO THAT.
SO I'D MUCH PREFER, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THESE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COURTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO HOMES, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO FIND SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT QUITE SO CLOSE TO EVERYTHING THAT IS GONNA BE IRRITATING.
UM, INDOOR, IT'S GETTING HOTTER, IT'S GETTING COLDER, IT'S ALL THE THINGS.
AND I THINK WE TOOK OUT OF THE BOND, THE FULL REC INDOOR RACKET CENTER, WE TOOK IT OUT.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING AREAS ARE BUILDING GIANT PICKLEBALL, INDOOR SPORTS RACKET CENTERS.
AND WE'RE NOT, WE THREW A LITTLE MONEY AT SOME, AT SOME OF OUR REC CENTERS TO ADD SOME INDOOR SPACE.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY SMART.
I THINK IF WE CAN GO TO SOME OF OUR STRATEGICALLY LOCATED REC CENTERS AND ACTUALLY BUILD ON SOME SPACE THAT'S INDOOR RACKET SPACE, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SMART BECAUSE THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO PLAY ALL DAY EVERY DAY, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL REDUCE OUR MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND TO THAT POINT, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY SHOPPING CENTERS SITTING AROUND THAT IT WOULD BE SUPER EASY TO TAKE AN OLD GROCERY STORE.
WE SEE THAT HAPPENING IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.
THEY'RE FINDING COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED AND IT PRETTY QUICK CONVERSION INTO INDOOR COURT.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS UH, CONSULTANTS, I MEAN, I, I'M GONNA SAY NO, I'M GONNA SAY I CONSULTANTS ARE EXPENSIVE.
TAKE THAT $250,000 AND BUILD ME ANOTHER HANDLE.
I THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I THINK WE KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE.
I THINK WE'VE GOTTA FIND OUR MONEY TO DO IT, WHETHER IT'S BOND OR INTERNALLY AND TAKE OUR MONEY AND USE IT FOR THAT INSTEAD OF TAKING OUR MONEY AND SPENDING IT ON SOMEBODY TO TELL US EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
BERT, WE STILL HAVE IN THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, FOREST OUR IDEA WHERE WE'RE STILL GONNA BUILD AN INTERIM.
SO THE LARGER ONE, SO IT'S STILL IN THE BOND PROGRAM PAYING US ABOUT $15 MILLION.
AND YOU'RE CORRECT, WE DO HAVE THE THREE.
SO WE MOVED TO THE TENNIS CENTERS 'CAUSE THEY'RE STRATEGIC LOCATED AND WE'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY LEVERAGE WITH THE TENNIS PROGRAM TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN BUILD SOME NICE FACILITIES THERE.
AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS THE CONSULTANT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE A HANDLE ON THE PICKLEBALL, BUT IT IS THAT, THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, JAIL FOR ABOUT ADE AND THE OTHER IN, I MEAN A RACKET SPORTS.
AND WE, WE REALLY WANT SOMEONE THAT, SO WE CAN, I KNOW THIS, THIS TREND DIDN'T JUST POP UP, POP UP WITH PICKLEBALL.
I KNOW PEOPLE THINK IT, IT DID BEEN IN SEATTLE SINCE 19, LATE 1960S.
I WOULD PREFER TO MAKE SURE WE HIRE CONSULTANT SO WE CAN GET AHEAD, AHEAD OF THESE OTHER RACKET SPORTS THAT'S GROWING.
'CAUSE ADELL IS GROWING BIG TIME.
WE'RE JUST NOT HEARING ANYBODY HERE.
BUT IT IS, IT'S IN SOME PLACES MORE POPULAR THAN PICKLEBALL AND WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS TREND OF RAPID SPORTS.
SO I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS THE FIRST TO SAY DON'T HIRE CONSULTANT.
WE COULD DO IT IN HOUSE, BUT THIS ONE I WOULD SAY WE NEED THEIR EXPERTISE.
IF WE REALLY WANNA HAVE A PLAN THAT'S GONNA DRIVE US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS ON RACKET SPORTS.
SO IF WE PUT THOSE, UM, ADDITIONS ON THE PICKLEBALL ON THE CURRENT TENNIS CENTERS, IS THAT GONNA INCUR COST FOR OUR USERS TO USE THE INDOOR? BECAUSE MY GUESS IS THAT WE'D HAVE AN INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURT.
IF IT WAS JUST A REGULAR CENTER, WOULD WE BE CHARGING
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RESIDENTS TO USE THOSE TENANT CENTER? YES.BUT WHAT IF IT'S NOT AT A TENANT CENTER LIKE THE ONE THAT THE WATER THAT WE'RE DOING? WE WOULD, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE A CHARGE FOR THE OUTDOOR COURTS.
WHAT ABOUT FOR THE INDOOR? INDOOR? JUST DEPENDING ON HOW, HOW THEY WOULD TRUCTURE THE PROGRAM.
SO IT COULD BE FREE SOUND, COULD BE CONTRACT FEE.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME INDOOR REC CENTERS NOW.
DO WE CHARGE THEM BOTH? REC CARD MEMBERSHIP.
SO THAT, I WONDER IF THAT SAME RENT APPLIED TO BOUGHT AWAY A LOT OF MONEY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE SOME FUNDING.
UM, ON THE INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE THE REC CENTERS, WHY ARE WE AT MORE REC CENTERS LIKE CAMPBELL GREEN FOR INSTANCE? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR COURTS, BUT I HAVE HAD ACCESS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT ALSO PUTTING, YOU KNOW, TIME LIKE WE DID AT CHURCHILL THAT TIME.
WELL, THE ONES THAT WE LISTED IN THE PRESENTATION, THOSE ARE KIND OF ACTIVE PROGRAMS, UH, WHERE THEY DO HAVE SCHEDULE PLAY, UH, OPEN PLAY CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, NOW THERE ARE OTHER RECREATION CENTERS THAT DO HAVE LINES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK MORE TO CRYSTAL ROSS ABOUT THOSE LOCATIONS IF YOU KNOW COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THOSE, A LOT, A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NEW.
'CAUSE WE JUST STARTED PLAYING AT THIRD FOOD MARKETING THE FEDERAL LAST PROBABLY NINE, 10 MONTHS.
AND THEY CAME IN WITH TAPE AND NOT EVERYTHING PROFESSIONALLY DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE CENTERS, UM, TO DEVELOP THAT.
BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT IS A SHARING SPACE.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THOSE CENTERS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH PROGRAM.
YEAH, I THINK THAT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOME OF THE BOND STUFF THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, SOME OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE REC CENTERS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO, AGAIN, USING TIMBERLAND TO CRYSTAL ABOUT THIS TIMBERLAND REC CENTER IN MY, MY NEIGHBOR IN MY DISTRICT, THE SMALLEST REC CENTER IN THE CITY WITH A A, UH, WITH A BASKETBALL COURT IN IT.
UM, BUT IT'S THE, UM, FOURTH MOST USED REC CENTER IN THE CITY.
UM, SO, UM, ON THE, UH, ON THE LIGHTS RELINING, THAT IS THE A THING THAT I'VE HAD FROM, FROM, UM, PEOPLE THAT RELINING COURTS THAT DON'T HAVE LIGHTS ON IT IS KIND OF A WASTE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO PLAY EARLY IN THE MORNING OR AT NIGHT AND THEY CAN'T SEE.
UH, SO LIKE WE JUST RELINE THE ROSE HAGER AND THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE PLAYING.
I, I SHOULD FIND IT 'CAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT THERE PLAY ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT STEP BY EYE.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF ACTIVATION, I REALLY LIKED WHAT, UH, MS. CALVER, UH, COLLIN SAID.
UM, BECAUSE CAMPBELL GREEN TOTALLY REACTIVATED, UH, I'M ON A GROUPME WITH, UH, EVERYBODY THAT PLAYS THE CAMPBELL GREEN.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 345 MEMBERS OF THIS BRITTANY.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN 40 TEXTS ABOUT WHETHER THE COURTS RIDE TODAY
SO, UM, JUST NOW BY MY PHONE BLOWS UP ALL THE TIME.
LAST 20 SECONDS, MIGUEL AND TEAM, UM, ALL YOU GUYS, THE RULES THAT WE PUT UP AT CAMPBELL GREEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO RESEARCH STATS TO HAVING TO MAKE OUR OWN BATTLE RACK.
I MEAN, JUST PHENOMENAL JOB CATERING THESE PEOPLE THAT, THAT PLAY THE SPORTS.
UM, MR. KITNER, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ON THE TOPIC OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PICKLE BALL, I LOVE THE IDEA OF ABOUT DOING SOME PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS ON THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE STRIKE LINES AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE NETS AND HOW DO YOU MOVE IT? MAYBE YOU'RE A NEW PLAYER, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, WHERE DO YOU PLAY? AND I THINK DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, MAYBE DO SOME ON ETIQUETTE.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT TENNIS COURTS, YOU'VE GOT PICKLEBALL COURTS, UH, I KNOW AT LEAST TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO LIKE TO MAKE SILLY VIDEOS AND MAYBE THEY
MAYBE WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME OF US IN THESE VIDEOS AS WELL TOO.
BUT, UM, LET'S, LET'S BE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS JUST TO GET EDUCATION OUT THERE ABOUT, UM, HOW DO YOU MOVE THE NETS AND WHERE THE PRIDE CLIENTS GO AND WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO PLAY AND INFORMING OUR PICKLEBALL PLAYERS THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TO PLAY BESIDES THE PLACE THAT THEY ALWAYS PLAY AT.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I TELL THE PLAYERS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S SO CROWDED AT CHURCHILL.
I SAY, WELL GO PLAY SOMEWHERE.
GO PLAY AT LAKE HIGHLANDS OR GO PLAY AT KEY OR GO PLAY AT
AND JUST THE AWARENESS THAT THERE'S OTHER COURTS OUT THERE BESIDES THE ONES THAT THEY'RE USED TO.
UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO FIND SOME VACANT BUILDINGS AND CONVERT THOSE INTO AN INDOOR FACILITY.
IT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT HILLCREST BELT LINE RIGHT NEXT TO HILLCREST VILLAGE, GREEN PARK, THERE'S A GROCERY STORE THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME.
BE PERFECT FOR SOME SORT OF INDOOR PICKUP WALL FACILITY.
AND SOME OF THESE GROUPS, AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO
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DIRECTOR JENKINS ABOUT THIS, BUT THE PADELL GROUP, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD FUND SOME CONSTRUCTION.AND SO LET'S START FORMING SOME FRIENDS GROUPS AND GETTING MORE ORGANIZED WITH THESE GROUPS.
UH, SOME WILL BE ABLE TO BRING MORE RESOURCES THAN OTHERS, BUT I KNOW THE PADELL GROUP, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD FUND THE TEST COURT IF WE COULD TRY IT SOMEWHERE.
UH, SO LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
GREAT, THANK YOU MR. NER, MS. CO, IT'S BRAD.
BUT THAT AS WE'RE ENGAGED WITH OUR CORPORATE SPONSOR CONSULTANT, THIS IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH GOOD, THERE'S SUCH SURFACE AREA IN WHICH TO, TO MARKET.
I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD THE, THE SOCCER, THE MINI PITCHES WITH TARGET, UM, THOSE WERE ON, YOU KNOW, ON RESURFACED TENNIS COURT FOR THE MINI PITCH SOCCER.
BUT I JUST THINK IT IS, WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
WE KNOW, AND, AND WE HAVE PROOF OF THAT THIS IS WORKING.
WE HAVE EIGHT THAT'S REALLY, WE HAVE A BIG PARK SYSTEM, BUT 85 BE, WE HAVE 85 BECAUSE WE WERE RESPONDING BEING REACTED TO THE DEMAND.
SO I THINK THAT'S A PARTICULARLY COMPELLING ASK TO CORPORATE SPONSORS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS FOCUS FOCUSING ON, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S A A WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE ANYTHING UNTURNED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHERE THE FUTURE ASKS ARE GONNA BE AND IN MULTIPLE SPORTS, UM, THAT'S EVEN MORE COMPELLING.
SO AS ROBIN IS WORKING WITH THAT CONSULTANT THAT MAYBE MOVE TO THE HIGHER PRIORITY LIST IS SOMETHING I'M THINKING ABOUT BOTH FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR.
OUTDOOR, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE BANNER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET ANY
SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
GET GIVE MORE OF US OUT THERE.
OH, I WAS GONNA MENTION, AS JEFF SAID, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW JEFF IS FAMOUS, JEFF AND RUDY WITH THEIR VIDEOS, BUTKIS A BIG PICKLEBALL PLAYER, SO HIS WIFE WAS A TENNIS PLAYER AND SO THEY PLAY A LOT OF PICKLEBALL.
SO I THINK MAYBE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE THAT, UH, DO SOME VIDEOS GET AND PROMOTE, LIKE TO JEFF'S POINT ABOUT PROMOTING THE VARIETY OF THE, WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO ANYWAY, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
UH, DO WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL SPECIFIC ON OUR WEBSITE? IS IT SPECIFIC TO PICKLEBALL OR IS IT JUST UNDER RECORD SPORTS? I GO AHEAD BALL WEBPAGE.
OKAY, SO IT TELLS YOU INDOOR OUTDOOR, ALL THE LOCATION.
UM, WE MIGHT CONSIDER SOME KIND OF QR CODE THAT WE COULD PUT ON ALL OF THE COURTS THAT YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON THE QR CODE THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY TAKE YOU THE LINKING TO THAT PAGE TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE OTHER COURTS ARE, WHAT THE ETIQUETTE IS, WHAT THE RULES ARE, YADA YADA.
SO THAT'S A REAL EASY WAY TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD PUT AT EACH LOCATION THAT'S BFE.
UM, LASTLY, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE LOST AN ENTIRE RACKET CENTER WHEN FAIR OAKS CLOSED.
I MEAN THAT WAS A BIG PART OF KIND OF OUR STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF OUR RACKET CENTERS.
NOW WE STILL HAVE A FEW COURTS OPEN THERE.
WE DO HAVE SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT.
SO IT'S BEING UTILIZED, BUT WE LOST THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, AS, AS A TENNIS PLAYER THAT TRAVELS ALL OVER THE CITY, THERE ARE INDOOR TENNIS SPORTS IN THE CITY PARK AND RECREATION HAS ZERO OF THOSE.
WE HAVE SO MANY TENNIS SPORTS, WE HAVE SO MANY PICKLEBALL COURTS NOW WE HAVE ZERO INDOOR OTHER THAN OUR REST CENTER.
SO I REALLY THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON HOW DO WE A HOW DO WE REPLACE BAR OAKS IN OUR INVENTORY? AND THEN IF WE DO, PLEASE, PLEASE LET IT BE SOMETHING INDOOR THAT'S CLIMATE CONTROL AND YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WRAP IN DEL AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF, IF IT'S A BIG SPACE, WHATEVER IS POPULAR, WE CAN ADJUST THE NUMBER OF COURTS WITHIN THAT SPACE.
SO I REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO FOCUS ON INDOOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD LATE TO THE GAME.
OH, WE GOT MR. BLED AND SAID HE'S GONNA START PLAYING FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND.
MS. HAS, AND, UH, MR. O'CONNOR? PARDON? NO, HE'S GONE TO THE DARK SIDE.
OH, SO HERE, THAT'LL BE THE, THE WE END UP THE PARK SYSTEM.
SHOWING YOU HOW YOU GONNA PLAY PICKLEBALL? GOTTA GET MY, GET MY ANKLES READY.
UM, I KNOW, WHILE I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PICKLEBALL, WHAT I WILL SAY, I WANNA COMMEND THE DEPARTMENT ON THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
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IS, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO MOVE FROM ZERO TO EIGHT, FIVE, UM, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES WE HAVE.AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE DALLAS AND THE PARK, PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHEN RESIDENTS ASK FOR THINGS AND THE DEPARTMENT CAN MOVE THAT QUICKLY TO DO IT, UH, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT FOUR ARE STANDING, THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS STAY PRETTY ACTIVE.
UM, AND THEY, THEY'RE THE NEED FOR MORE.
UM, I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A CONSULTANT POTENTIALLY BECAUSE I'M HOPING THAT THEY COME BACK WITH MORE, UM, CLIMATE CONTROL SOLUTIONS, OR AT LEAST THAT'S A PART OF THEIR APPROACH TO, UM, AS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ THE PAPER LATELY, OR RUTH PUT OUT HIS, UH, OP-ED OR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, RATHER, BUT HE SAID THE SUMMERS ARE ONLY GONNA GET HOTTER.
THIS WAS, UH, APPARENTLY ONE OF THE COOLEST SUMMERS WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE DO ACQUIRE MORE OF THESE, UH, ASSETS THAT WE DO PUT THEM INDOORS AND CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS.
BUT I DO JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMIT THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
THAT'S LIGHTNING SPEED IN 40 85.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CITIES THAT ARE COMPETING WHO ARE AWARE, THOSE ARE OUR TOP COMPETITORS FOR MARKET SHARE, FOR WHO'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST CITY.
AND I DO BELIEVE DALLAS WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREE BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.
SO THIS WORK WILL SURELY NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M THE RECORD HOLDER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TRENDING.
I'M JUST DEFINITELY ON PICKLEBALL.
UM, SOMETHING THAT IS SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ANY OF US CAN ACTUALLY KEEP UP.
THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO KEEP UP AND TRYING TO KEEP THIS UP UNTIL THE TIMES, UH, AND MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS OF ALL OF US.
YEAH, I, I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON ONE, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF YOU ALL GIVING US THE INPUT OVER THE YEARS, UH, REGARDING PICKLEBALL AND THE, UH, REQUEST YOU WERE GETTING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENCY.
BUT ALSO AS YOU ALL JUST MENTIONED EARLIER, I DO WANT TO THANK AND I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENTS YOU ALL MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO'S BEEN ALL INVOLVED IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THIS PICKLEBALL TREND.
YOU ALL MENTIONED ABOUT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN GROUP, FACILITY SERVICES, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, EVEN OUR RECREATION TEAM, THEY HAD TO RESPOND FOREST AS REC CENTERS AND YOU ALL WERE RIGHT ON POINT.
I MEAN THEY REALLY GOT OUT THERE AND ADAPTED TO THIS, THIS NEED, UH, THE NEEDS OF OUR PARK USERS.
AS I ALWAYS SAY, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL SUPPORT AS A BOARD.
'CAUSE YOU HAD TO STAND BEHIND US WHEN WE HAVING TO NOW RESPOND TO THIS NEED.
BECAUSE ALWAYS REMEMBER SOMETHING ELSE AIN'T GETTING DONE
BUT YOU ALL SAID THIS IS WAS A PRIORITY.
AS I ALWAYS SAY, WE CAN DO A LOT WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE THE BOARD SUPPORT AND THE COUNCIL BEHIND.
BUT I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM MEMBERS FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE TO RESPOND TO THE NEED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
THAT OUR BRIEFING THAT WE HAVE IS THE DALLAS TRAILS MOBILE APPLICATION.
MS. TURNER? NO, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM OF, UH, JARED WHITE, LAWRENCE BERGER, OUR G I S SPECIALIST AND MONICA TATE FROM OUR MARKETING TEAM.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS APP.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH IT TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JARED AND LET HIM TAKE IT AWAY.
ACTUALLY WE TURN IT OVER TO MONICA, WE'RE GONNA
SHE DID SOME LAST MINUTES SCHEDULING ON THE, I GUESS WHAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER.
UM, I'M GONNA DO THE INTRODUCTION YESENIA, AND THEN IF YOU CAN PLAY THE VIDEO, EXPLORE NATURE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
OUR NEW INTERACTIVE TRAIL MAP.
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OKAY.ARE YOU READY FOR AN IMMERSIVE ADVENTURE? THROUGH OUR BEAUTIFUL TRAILS, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, WE'RE THRILLED TO INTRODUCE OUR LATEST INNOVATION INTERACTIVE TRAIL MAP THAT SEAMLESSLY BLENDS TECHNOLOGY WITH THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
WITH JUST YOUR SMARTPHONE IN HANDS, YOU CAN EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, CONNECTION, AND ADVENTURE LIKE NE NEVER BEFORE.
ARE YOU READY TO SEE HOW WE'LL BE BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER? LET'S GO.
YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SCAN THAT CODE TALKING, WE CAN HOLD ON ON THE SCREEN.
UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, YOU KNOW, UM, THE ORIGINAL TRAIL PLAN WAS DEVELOPED BACK IN 2005.
A SERIES OF FOLDABLE PRINTABLE MAPS WERE DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME AND WE COULDN'T PRINT THEM FAST ENOUGH.
UH, OVER TIME THAT MIGRATED OVER TO P D F STATIC MAPS THAT WERE ONLINE.
WHILE THAT WAS HELPFUL, YOU COULD SEE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
IT'S STILL JUST ECSTATIC MAP, UH, CAN'T REALLY USE IT FOR NAVIGATION, BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU, UH, WHAT THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS.
AND THEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, OF COURSE WITH ADVANCES IN MAPPING AND CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY, WE KNOW WE'VE GOTTA GET IT ON THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT LITTLE BIT OF TEASER WAS FOR.
SO WORKING INTERNALLY, WE'RE, UH, WORKING WITH, SO MONICA AND LAWRENCE SAID, I'LL WORK ON THIS.
UH, LAWRENCE TOOK OUR EXISTING G I S DATA THAT WE HAD IN-HOUSE, UM, DEVELOPING APPLICATION FOR IT.
UH, THIS IS WEB-BASED AT THIS POINT AND WE'LL KIND OF GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
UM, CAME, KEEPING IT SIMPLE FOR THIS FIRST ITERATION.
SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR PARK SYSTEM, OUR PARKS ACTUALLY ON THEIR RECREATION CENTERS AND OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
UH, BUT FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WE'RE SHOWING THE EXISTING TRAILS, WHAT'S ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S FUNDED.
SO WHAT'S COMING NEXT? SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO STUDY THE TRAIL MAPS, WE KNOW EVERY LINE ON IT.
YOU MAY THINK THINGS ARE MISSING, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SHOWING WHAT'S PROPOSED BUT UNFUNDED AT THIS TIME.
JUST, JUST TO KEEP THAT, UH, KEEP IT SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW, THIS CAME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH DIRECTOR JENKINS TWO YEARS AGO NOW.
UM, SO HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS ONLINE.
WE'VE GOTTA GET SOMETHING THAT'S USABLE.
OUR TRAIL SYSTEM'S INTERCONNECTING NOW AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UM, AND ALSO WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE A GREAT JOB PROMOTING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST ONE IN THE COUNTRY, QUITE FRANKLY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE HEARING FROM OUR OTHER PARK BOARD MEMBERS IS SEEN AS KIND OF A DEPARTMENT NEED.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PILOT JUST TO GET THIS UNDERWAY.
THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP.
UM, SO AS WE WANNA RELEASE IT, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC, LET'S START LOOKING AT IT, SEE WHAT'S WORKING.
WE CAN MAKE CHANGES ON THE FLY.
UM, ULTIMATELY WE WANNA TAKE THIS FURTHER TOWARD AN ACTUAL APP.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS FULLY WEB-BASED, SO YOU CAN SCAN THIS QR CODE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE OR APPLE STORE AND DOWNLOADING AN APP AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT ITERATION.
AS WE WORK ON UPDATING OUR WEBSITE, THERE'LL BE APPS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WE CAN MIGRATE THIS INTO A MORE ROBUST, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL APP LIKE YOU WOULD SEE LIKE A GOOGLE EARTH OR WHATEVER TYPE OF NAVIGATION TYPE YOU SEE.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO LAWRENCE AND WE CAN JUST START LOOKING AT FUNCTIONALITY AND WE CAN OPEN UP QUESTIONS.
OKAY, ON THIS FIRST ITERATION, UH, WE KEPT IT SIMPLE.
SO SOME OF THE BASIC TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE ARE, UH, ZOOM TOOL, YOUR EXTENT, UH, MY LOCATION, SEARCH BAR, FACE MAP, GALLERY, UH, LEGEND LAYER LIST AND A NEAR ME TOOL.
SO IN THE SEARCH BAR THAT JARED MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN HERE FROM PARKS, REC CENTERS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE FIRE RECIPE MARKERS, TRAIL, UH, TRAILHEAD MARKERS, UH, AND ALSO JUST ROAD INFORMATION ITSELF.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TYPE INTO THE SEARCH, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND YOU'LL GET A DROPDOWN SCREEN AND IT'LL TELL YOU, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON IT AND IT'LL ZOOM TO IT IN THE MAP.
FOR BASE MAPS ON THIS ONE, LIKE I SAID, WE KEPT IT REALLY SIMPLE.
UH, THE FIRST BACKGROUND IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE LIKE MORE OF A TOPOGRAPHY, UH, BUT WE DO HAVE IMAGERY, UH, IN THE MAP AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AS WELL.
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OF THE OTHER SIMPLE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE IS A BASIC, UH, DYNAMIC LEGEND.ANYTHING THAT IS ON THE MAP WHERE WE ZOOM IN THAT TURNS ON WITH SCALING FACTORS.
UH, IF YOU CLICK ON THE LEDGE BUTTON, YOU'LL SEE THAT.
UH, THE EXAMPLES HERE THAT WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE JARED MENTIONED, LIKE IN TRAIL, UH, WE SHOW THE EXISTING IN THE PROGRAMMED.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THIS WANTS TO SHOW HIS PARKED AND THE CITY 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE VISUAL SCREEN RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A LAYER LIST.
SO WITHIN THE LAYER LIST ITSELF, UH, WE PUT IN THE REC CENTERS, UH, TRAIL MARKER 9 1 1, TRAIL MARKERS, UH, TRAILHEAD LOCATIONS, TRAILS, PARKS, UM, CITY LIMIT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UH, YES, IT IS ACTUALLY UPGRADED TO 23.
I KNOW IT SAYS 22 RIGHT THERE, BUT WE HAVE UPGRADED IT TO THE NEW DISTRICT LINE AND THOSE CAN BE TURNED ON AND OFF.
UH, UH, SO IF THINGS GET TOO BUSY FOR YOU, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN JUST TURN YOUR LAYERS ON AND OFF.
UH, ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE KIND OF FUN IN THIS ONE FOR THE FIRST ITERATION WAS A NEAR ME TOOL.
UH, WHAT IT DOES IS THAT WHEN YOU SELECT THIS TOOL, UH, YOU CAN PLACE A PIN, UH, SAY LIKE WHERE YOU'RE EITHER AT YOUR LOCATION OR YOU CAN PUT A PIN AT ANY LOCATION OR YOU THINK YOU MIGHT START BE STARTING FROM CLICK IT.
AND IT HAS A, IT STARTS WITH A DEFAULT BUFFER OF LIKE ONE MILE, BUT YOU COULD GO UP TO 10 MILES IF YOU WANTED TO.
UM, AND ANYTHING THAT FALLS WITHIN THE UH, BUFFER ZONE THERE, IT WILL LIST IT AND IT'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS.
LIKE FOR THIS EXAMPLE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, UH, WITHIN THAT ONE THERE WAS ONE REC CENTER AND FOUR UH, TRAILS THAT FELL WITHIN A MILE FROM THE LOCATION.
UH, AND WHAT YOU COULD DO, UH, THIS IS FIRST ITERATION, UH, YOU CAN CLICK ON THOSE, IT'LL TELL YOU WHICH ONES THEY ARE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE MORE NAVIGATION PIECES TO IT.
SO IT'LL TELL YOU HOW TO GET THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS, THAT'S PART OF OUR N AVATAR, PART OF OUR ITERATION PIECES AS WE GO ALONG HERE.
UH, AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, WE HAVE THE MOBILE APPS, BUT IF SOMEONE ALSO ALSO SITTING BEHIND A PC, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERYONE'S SCREENS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES ON THE MOBILE APPS.
UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT A DASHBOARD TOGETHER.
UM, NOW THIS WOULD BE A SEPARATE LINK.
UH, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
IT HAS THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY AS THE MOBILE APP THAT'S IN YOUR HAND.
IT'S JUST BIGGER AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE ON YOUR PC ITSELF.
AND IT, IT, IT'S SAME FUNCTIONALITY.
IT HAS THE TRAILS REC CENTERS PARTS, ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEARCH ON IT, YOU COULD CLICK ON THESE, IT'S INTERACTIVE, THE MAPS INTO IT, IT'LL GO TO IT.
THERE'S INFORMATION BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, AND THE POPUPS.
THEY'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE FACILITY, UM, PICTURES, ALL KINDS OF COOL STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND WE CAN TAKE THESE, LIKE THE DASHBOARDS AND WHATNOT.
WE CAN TAKE THESE EVEN FURTHER.
TURN 'EM INTO LIKE STORYBOARDS, GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE LOCATIONS AND WHAT'S OUT THERE, UM, TO THE PUBLIC.
SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS.
SO WE HAVE OUR ASSET INVENTORIES.
KIND OF TO YOUR POINT MISS ASKED ME ABOUT, ABOUT THE RACKET SPORTS CENTERS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE INVENTORIES WORKING ON GETTING THOSE MAPPED SO THAT CAN ALL BE UPLOADED AND ADDED TO THIS OVER TIME AND TO THE DASHBOARD.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND JUST TO BRING EVERYTHING HOME, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO STRESS IS THIS WAS DONE INHOUSE.
THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE EXPLORING THIS PILOT PROGRAM INTERACTIVE MAP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO USE DATA 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT DATA AND SEEING HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THIS MAP AND HOW INTERACTIVE IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRACK HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FURTHER.
IF AN R F R F P IS NEEDED TO LOOK TO ACTUALLY GET A ROBUST APP FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO STRESS IS YOU CAN DISCOVER THE TRAILS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLORE OUR PARKS.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEARCH YOUR RECREATION CENTERS AND FACILITIES.
YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THAT EASY NAVIGATION.
SO YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO RACHEL PUT WHERE SHE WAS AND SHE CONNECTED WITH HER TEAM MEMBERS WHERE TO MEET.
YOU'LL ALSO GET A CHANCE TO SHARE, SHARE YOUR ADVENTURE.
WE WANNA CONNECT IN OUR MARKETING AND WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
SO ARE YOU READY TO EMBARK ON THE NEXT OUTDOOR EXCURSION? ARE YOU READY? YES.
SIMPLY VISIT OUR WEBSITE, SCAN THE QR CODE AND CLICK ON THE INTERACTIVE TRAIL MAP.
AND IT IS TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF OUR TRAILS, OUR PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
WELL, WELL, WELL WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
THE MINUTE I GOT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, I'M LIKE, WHERE'S THE TRAIL MAP? LOVE IT.
HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE? SO WE DID A LITTLE PILOT PROGRAM
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OUT AT WHITE ROCK LAKE AND IT WAS, I THINK VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE IT BEING SCALED UP.'CAUSE THIS HAS JUST BEEN SO PET SO LONG OVER TO YOU AND Y'ALL.
THIS COMES IN RIGHT HERE, LAWRENCE, YOU DON'T KNOW.
LIKE, IT'S LIKE WHEN WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
AND HE DID IT AND HE DID IT BEYOND WHAT ANYTHING THAT I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO WITH THIS APP AND THE FACT THAT WE GOT THIS DONE IN-HOUSE VISITORS.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON OUR LITTLE TINY MAP, ROCK LAKE.
THIS JUST, I CAN SEE IT BLOWN UP ON A BIGGER SCALE.
SO JARED AND LAWRENCE, THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS.
AND THE QR CODE, UM, JUST AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, WE PUT IT ON OUR 9 1 1 1 MARKERS, WHICH MADE IT EVERYWHERE.
WE MADE OUR LITTLE SLOGAN, FIND YOURSELF AT WHITE ROCK LINKS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING KIND OF GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW, HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
I THINK ATTACHING 'EM TO THE NINE ONE MARKERS IS, IS IT'S SIMPLE AND EASY AND I'M JUST, I'M BEYOND THRILLED AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK AND IF WE HAD TO OUTSOURCE IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE AND WE WOULD'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT CAN WE APPROVE HIRING THE CONSULTANT TO FIND THE GUY TO DO THE THING.
AND THEN PROBABLY THE TWO YEARS THAT WOULD'VE TAKEN US TO APPROVE THAT
TIM AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN APP OR OF SOME KIND FOR SO LONG.
MONICA, YOU'RE TECH AND SOCIAL SAVVINESS.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE THIS, WE GOTTA JAZZ THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW, I KNOW YOU YEAH'S COMING.
AND LAUREN, YOUR BRILLIANCE AND NAVIGATION AND TAKING ALL THAT DATA AND PUTTING IT INTO A SYNCED, EASY TO FIND AND FORMAT WAY.
I'VE ALREADY SENT THIS TO MY ENTIRE FAMILY, ALL OF MY MOM FRIENDS, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE GONNA USE IT TODAY.
SO, SO YOU, I MEAN THIS IS SO GREAT YOU JUST FOR AN RPA.
SO IT IS OVERDUE, BUT I'M THRILLED 'CAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE DYNAMIC AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADD MORE MILES TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL INSPIRE MORE FOLKS TO USE OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND TO EVEN GONNA SUPPORT OUR, THE FUNDRAISERS FOR OUR TRAILS BEING JOIN OUR GREAT BRIDGE GROUPS.
WE NEEDED THIS IN APRIL OF 2020 WHEN PEOPLE ONLY USED THE KATY TRAIL AND WHITE ROCK LAKE TRAIL.
AND SO WE, JOHN AND I KEPT MESSAGING, LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER TRAILS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS TOOL YET.
SO I KEEP THIS, JUST HOLD ON, WE'VE UNFOLDED.
YOU GUYS LISTEN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
AND IT'S, THIS IS THE EXCELLENT PROTOTYPE.
I KNOW IT'S JUST THE FIRST WRAP, BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER.
NOW WE KNOW IT WAS A TRAIL MAP.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT, RIGHT? WE GOT MR. KARIMI.
UM, SO I LOVE THE, THE LAYERS.
I THINK THE INTERACTIVE LAYERS IS COOL.
I'M PLAYING WITH IT ON MY PHONE.
UH, I I SEE THE LAYERS FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, IS, IS THERE A CONSIDERATION FOR LAYERS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE AREAS TOO? I, I KNOW PERSONALLY LIKE I WOULD FIND THAT VALUABLE TO KNOW LIKE WHAT MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AREA I'M IN.
PERHAPS THE CITIZENS WOULDN'T AND I GET THAT.
SO I WANTED TO ASK THAT, UH, IF THERE WAS CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO CONSIDERATION FOR THE 9 1 1 MARKERS.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 9 1 1 MARKERS, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN THE LAYERS.
IF I WANNA POP THAT IN THE VIEW AND SEE WHERE MY NEAREST EMERGENCY 9 1 1 MARKER IS, IS THAT SOMETHING I CAN DO HERE OR NOT? UH, IT SHOULD BE SCALE FACTOR TO IF YOU, WELL, AND THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT ALL TRAILS HAVE THESE MARKERS JUST YET.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE ON, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THOSE MARKERS OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT YEAH, OTHER LAYERS THEMSELVES.
SOME OF 'EM ARE SCALE DEPENDENT.
SO IF YOU ZOOM IN, UH, THEY'LL POP ON BY THEMSELVES.
UH, JUST FOR THE, EVERYONE'S SCREEN IS DIFFERENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU TURN EVERYTHING ON, SOMETIMES IT'D BE LIKE EVERYTHING IN YOUR FACE SITUATION.
SO, UH, BUT THEY SHOULD BE, AND IF NOT, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND CHECK THE BOXES AND MAKE SURE.
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UM, MS. MANDO, THIS IS AMAZING.UM, I, I'M IT'S, I THINK IT, I'M USING ON TWO DIFFERENT PHONES, APPLE AND THE SAMSUNG.
SO, UM, BOTH ARE ARE WORKING AND, AND EFFICIENT.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND TIME AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
WILL THIS BE, UM, A PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE CONSTITUENTS? YES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LAUNCHING, UM, MARKETING WISE, UM, VERY SHORTLY.
YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT AND THEN WE'LL ALSO PUT SOME INFORMATION UP FOR EVERYONE SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT.
AND TO CALVERT'S POINT, WE MIGHT USE YOU CALVERT, WITH YOUR MAP OPENING AND SHRED THAT MAP, PULL OUT YOUR PHONE.
AND THEN WILL IT BE BILINGUAL FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING AND THIS COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAJORITY.
AND, AND THEN HOPEFULLY OTHER LANGUAGES, BUT FOR SURE SPANISH SPEAKING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH ANYONE THAT HAS, IT SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
THEY USUALLY HAVE SETTINGS ON THEIR PHONES THAT THEY SET AUTOMATICALLY OR THAT, BUT THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON ANY MARKERS THAT WE PUT OUT THAT IT DOES HAVE TO LANGUAGE PAPER AS LONG AS THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE THERE IN, IN SPANISH AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH MY COUNCIL OFFICE.
I'M HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH, UH,
THANK, UH, THIS IS OUTSTANDING, UH, THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THIS AND USE THIS APP AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT FUNCTION FOR OUR TRAIL USERS AS THEY BEAT UP AND CONNECT ON OUR TRAILS.
UM, I LOVE THE INCLUSION OF THE LANDMARKING.
AS YOU DIG IN HERE, YOU CAN SEE, OH HEY, THERE'S FRED'S PARK AND THERE'S THE TRAILHEAD.
AND SO LET'S, AS WE DEVELOP THIS, LET'S GO EVEN DEEPER.
LET'S PUT, UM, MEETUP SPOTS OR, UH, ANYWHERE ALONG THE TRAIL THAT IS A CONNECTION POINT.
BENCHES, UH, TENNIS COURTS LIKE IN ROYAL PARK, YOU COULD STOP AND PLAY EVENTUALLY PLAY PICKLEBALL THERE OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UM, JUST DIFFERENT PLACES THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO, UH, USERS OF THIS APP.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS COUNTLESS TIMES, BUT CAN WE SOMEHOW TIE THIS IN WITH OUR TRAIL COUNTERS? AND I KNOW THAT'S IN THE WORKS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT GOING AGAIN.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE, THIS WON'T BE ABLE TO COUNT DATA SPECIFICALLY ABOUT USAGE, BUT WE HAVE THE TRAIL COUNTERS AND SO MAYBE WE INCORPORATE THE TRAIL COUNTERS IN IN HERE SOMEHOW AS WELL TOO.
THERE ARE NO LIKE TECHNOLOGY THAT WHEN YOU PASS BY WITH A CELL PHONE THAT IT CAPTURES YOU.
SO WE KNOW HOW MANY A NEW TYPE OF TRAIL COUNTER RECOGNIZES THIS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS AMAZING.
UM, AND I WANT TO THIS PAIR MY COLLEAGUES IN THAT, BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT TECH AND I TALK ABOUT DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT JUST HOW TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING EVERYTHING WE TOUCH AND DO EVERY DAY, Y'ALL HAVE NOW GIVEN US A DIGITAL GUIDE THAT WILL ONLY GET BETTER.
MY QUESTION, UM, IS KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT MR. KINDER WAS ALSO ASKING.
WHAT KIND OF DATA WILL WE BE ABLE TO COLLECT FROM THIS SYSTEM ONCE IT'S REALLY OPERATIONAL JUST ON OUR ASSETS? SKY'S A LIMITED SENSE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE CAN PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION IN, UH, AS WE WANT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT IS, IS WHEN YOU'RE DOING ONE OF THESE PROJECTS TOO, IS WHAT IS INTENDED FOR.
LIKE, IF THIS ONE'S MORE TRAIL SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN ON TRAIL DATA OR TRAIL, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT IS OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES E M O INFORMATION INCLUDES, UH, ACTUALLY ALL THE OTHER PHYSICAL EDUCATIONS LIKE SOCCER, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL.
UM, IT JUST SAYS THERE'S SO MUCH DATA.
UM, SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE OVERWHELMING SOMETIMES
I MEAN, WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT AS MUCH IN OR TAKE AS MUCH OUT.
JUST WHATEVER EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I THINK I'M, I'M ALSO ASKING MORE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHEN PEOPLE UTILIZE THIS SERVICE OR THEY GO TO HAVE, WHAT INFORMATION DO WE AS A CITY COLLECT FROM THEM AND HOW IS IT THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE COULD USE AS A BOARD TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE WE PUT RESOURCES IN THAT CENTER? WHAT DO WE, WHAT, WHAT IS IT DESIGNED TO COLLECT NOW FROM END USERS? SO WE DON'T OH, GO FOR IT.
OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE CAMPUS WHAT TYPE OF DATA WE WANT TO COLLECT.
SO TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO UTILIZE THAT UTILIZING THE, THE INTERACTIVE MAP.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN APP YET, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CLICKING.
IF THERE'S, UM, GOING INTO THE WEBSITE, WE CAN TRACK THAT FROM THERE.
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BUT WE'RE, BECAUSE IT'S REAL TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES, WORK TO INTEGRATE.BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE KEEPING IT AS PILOT AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND.
SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM TODAY'S MEETING AND MEETING AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MEET BACK AS A TEAM TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE WE'LL BE MOVING.
SO THIS IS PERFECT AND THIS IS JUST A, IT'S SUCH A MAJOR, I'M GONNA, I CAN'T WAIT TO OPEN IT UP, PLAY WITH IT AND SEE WHAT TRAILS I HAVEN'T, UH, GOTTEN A CHANCE TO RIDE ON YET.
SO IF IT IS JIM RUDY, UM, FELL DOWN.
UH, WE WON'T GO SWIMMING THIS TIME.
WE TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL FIELDS AND ALL THAT.
BASEBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS,
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PLAYING.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE KEYS NUMBER EIGHT IS AT.
THEY ALWAYS END UP MAYBE ON THE KEY SIDE OR, OR HAMPTON ROAD SIDE, BUT THEY SHOULD BE COMING INTO THE RUGGED SIDE.
SO THIS ACTUALLY HELPED US PUT THAT FOR THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION CAN PUT THIS LINK ON THEIR WEBSITE SO THEY CAN FIND IT.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF SIMILAR WITH GOOGLE, BUT GOOGLE JUST KIND OF TAKES YOU INTO A, THE PARK DOESN'T EXACTLY WHERE THE BILL AT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE THINGS TOO WITH THE DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S, IF YOU GO TO THE BC WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD MORE TO THE DASHBOARD SINCE IT'S A LARGER SCREEN, YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SCREEN SIZE SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, CAN I SEE THAT? DO I HAVE THE GLASSES ON? CAN I ACTUALLY READ IT? BUT, UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ALSO CREATED THE DASHBOARD ITSELF TOO.
SO WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR WE WERE, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I CAN ADD, WE CAN, I KNOW THAT MY GROUP INTEGRATE THIS INTO THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULE SO THE PARENT KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE THE FILLS AT IF WE HAVE IT ON HERE.
SO WE, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH GOOGLE.
WE CAN JUST TELL 'EM WHERE THE PARK'S AT, KIND OF GIVE 'EM A, A PINPOINT TRY TO, CAN HELP US KIND OF PINPOINT RIGHT TO THE SPOT.
SO I THINK IT'LL HELP TO SOLVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR COMPLEXES.
'CAUSE PEOPLE COME IN ON THE WRONG SIDE, CREATES TRAFFIC HAVOC ON DIFFERENT STREETS.
WE CAN FIX THAT PARKING ISSUE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE.
I I THINK THAT THIS IS A, A GREAT FIRST STEP IN THE APP DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE SEARCH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, ISN'T THERE SOME THAT ALREADY INTEGRATE LIKE AN APP, LIKE ONE OF THE MAPPING THINGS THAT HAS TRAILS ALREADY ON IT.
CAN WE UTILIZE THAT TO SAY I'M HERE AND WHAT TRAIL CAN GET ME THERE? UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
IT MIGHT ONLY, IT MIGHT BE WHEN WE GET TO THE APP STAGE, BUT I WANT, I'D LIKE TO SEE NAVIGATIONS AND NOT ON ROADS, BUT I WANNA DO TRAILS AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GET FROM, YOU KNOW, FAIR PARK TO, UM, WHITE ROCK LAKE WITHOUT GETTING ON THE ROAD? UM, I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY IN ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL APPS.
UM, BUT IF NOT, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOAL TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK DEFINITELY THIS IS GONNA, UM, BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ALL OF OUR ASSETS AND LIKE MRTA INDICATED WHERE ALL OF THE ASSETS ARE AND LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU CAN PINPOINT FIVE FIELDS AND YOU KNOW, NUMBER THEM ALL AND YOU CAN NUMBER THE BENCHES, YOU CAN NUMBER KIND OF LIKE LIGHT POLES AROUND THE CITY ALL.
SO IF IT BURNS OUT, YOU CAN REPORT THAT TO ENCORE.
LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE SHOULD HAVE A MARKING OF WHERE THEY'RE AT.
MAYBE PIN FROM LIKE AN OPTION THAT, THAT PINGING ME.
LIKE FROM SAY I'M HERE SO YOU CAN DROP A PIN THERE AND MONICA CAN, CAN DROP A PIN THERE AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN.
SO LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CALCULATE LIKE, OH, WE'RE ONLY LIKE A HALF A BLOCK FROM EACH OTHER, SO JUST KEEP COMING ON THE TRAIL.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE ONLY APPLICATION I'VE ALWAYS SEEN IS LIKE, UH, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CHECK IF YOU'RE GONNA GO BY TRANSIT, WALKING BY FOR BY CAR.
WE, WE STARTED LOOKING INTO THAT AS WE WERE DEVELOPING IT.
IT JUST WASN'T, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT SOPHISTICATED.
IT WASN'T SEEING THE TRAIL SYSTEM AS PART OF THE NETWORK.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AS OTHER ITERATIONS GETTING THE NAVIGATION DOWN.
SO IT'S ALL LOOKING AT SYSTEM ADDING.
AND YOU DEFAULT TO, IF YOU USE GOOGLE MASS FOR NAVIGATION, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT PUTTING YOU ON A TRAIL, PUTTING YOU ON LOW VOLUME STREET IF YOU'RE NOT DRIVING.
UM, THIS JUST THE WAY IT'S, THIS VERSION JUST DOESN'T QUITE WORK.
CAN WE ADD OUR TRAILS AS LIKE WHEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRANSPORTATION THEY HAVE TO ADD,
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UM, LIKE IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER.BUT CAN WE ADD THE TRAILS TO THE GOOGLE MAPS? THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE ALREADY ALL THERE.
AND HONESTLY SOME OF THE ONES THAT AREN'T EVEN FINISHED YET ARE THERE.
THE LAKE HIGHLANDS TRAIL, IF YOU ZOOM IN OUT, YOU SEE A FAINT LITTLE LINE OKAY.
SO AS SOON AS THAT PIPE POPS UP ON THEIR NEW IMAGERY, THEY'LL PROBABLY DRAW IT IN, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR US.
'CAUSE I THINK GOOGLE IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF IT AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE IT.
YOU CAN HARNESS THE POWER, UM, THAT'S OUT THERE AND INTEGRATE IT INTO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIRST VERSION OF THIS AND IT'LL PROBABLY WORK SEAMLESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE? YES, JUMP CLOSE OUT.
AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, UH, BETWEEN JARED AND MONICA AND LAWRENCE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN HOUSE,
CHRIS NOTE NOTEWORK TEAM WITH JARED AND MONICA WITH CRYSTAL'S TEAM AND LAWRENCE WITH RYAN'S TEAM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S REALLY IN THE WORKSHOP, TOP OF THEIR REGULAR JOBS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK AND COMPLIMENTARY OF THE TEAM LIKE YOU ALL NORMALLY ARE.
I DON'T KNOW MAN, I, I NEED TO MAKE SURE ON EACH AGENDA I HAVE ITEMS LIKE THIS.
ALRIGHT,
UM, GOOD MORNING MR. DO YOU NOT HAVE A BUDGET AT THIS TIME? UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON CLOSING OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 20.
DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING A MEMO OUT TO Y'ALL
EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH REMAINED THE SAME, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT KIND OF REMINDER OUT THERE SO THAT Y'ALL REMEMBER WHAT PROJECTS WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
UM, SECURITY MAINLY BE ONE OF THOSE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT OUT AND THEN WE'LL BE PROVIDING, UM, ALSO A QUARTERLY BULLETIN UPDATE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE A FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED FUNDS FOR.
JUST TO LET Y'ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PERRY? EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
AND I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT OUR WORKSHOP WITH THE BOND, IT IS GONNA BE A QUICK ONE.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH WITH MS. NO, PUT
IT'S JUST A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS GOING THROUGH DOING, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE BOND, UM, OR, UH, WEEKS OF MEETINGS.
BUT SO FAR SUPPORT FOR PARK AND REC HAS BEEN IMMENSE.
UM, SO EVERYBODY'S SHOWING UP AND FORTH.
UM, WE'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW TO GET OUR BOND ALLOCATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT, UM, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN IF WE HAVE TO NARROW DOWN OUR $400 MILLION PROGRAM TO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THOSE CHANGES, UM, AS THEY COME UP.
THERE WILL BE, UM, SEVERAL OF YOU THAT WILL BE HEARING DIRECTLY TO JOHN AND I REGARDING PROJECTS IN THE BOND PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
SO, UM, PLEASE BE EXPECTING THAT.
AND, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT MR. KITNER QUESTION.
OH, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE A QUESTION.
MS. DALE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE LAST DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TASK FORCE? BECAUSE I HAVE, I HAD SO MANY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE LAST ONE WAS.
THAT WAS, UM, I BELIEVE I, WE, WE, UM, PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY BLOCK TASK FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
I WANNA SAY THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU REST OF MY MEMORY.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS THE 11TH OR THE 12TH.
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UM, I, I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.MS. DEL, YOU DID SEND ME THE REV, LIKE YES, I AM.
AND WE GOT, MS HAS JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON TIMING.
WHAT DO, DO WE KNOW WHEN OR WHEN, UH, THE NUMBER THAT'S EVENTUALLY GIVEN TEST COUNSEL, COUNSEL KIND OF TIMEFRAME ON LOOKING EVERYTHING? UM, WHAT IS STILL IN THE SCHEDULE IS COUNCIL SHOULD BE VOTING ON THE BOND PROGRAM.
UM, THAT WOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC AT THE END OF DECEMBER, IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE STILL HAVE.
IT WOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC IN DECEMBER.
WHEN WOULD IT GO TO COUNCIL? WELL, IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1ST AND THEN WOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC FOR VOTE IN MAY.
SO DECEMBER IS KIND OF WHEN WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO COUNCIL? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MSDA, BASED ON ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE, OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, THEN THE PUBLIC, AS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, THEN THAT DS ANYTHING HAPPEN IN BETWEEN WITH OUR STUFF? NO.
BASICALLY WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS THE PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WEIGH IN THEIR DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE FOR EACH PROPOSITION.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT INPUT AS WELL.
AND, UM, AS I SAID, NARROW DOWN OR DO WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO OUR PROGRAM BASED ON THAT BOND ALLEGATION.
SO, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. HUERTA, NOW THE, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF, UH, MEETINGS WE'VE HAD FOR THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, EVERYBODY KNOWS, HAVE BEEN ALL PUBLIC TOWN HALLS.
SO THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION ON THE ACTUAL APPLICATION AT ALL.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEN I THINK THERE'S THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND THE CHAIRS OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES TO HASH THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE, UM, I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NEXT.
SO NO, NO ACTUAL DISCUSSION ON THE NUMBERS HAS HAPPENED AT ALL.
WHAT, UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
IF YOU WANNA JUST A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, JUST STAY STRONG.
WHERE'S POINT? WE ABSOLUTELY, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR PARK, BUT WE JUST NEED THE REST OF YOU GUYS TO STAY STRONG FOR US.
REMEMBER YOUR PROJECT AND YOUR DISTRICT.
KEEP THE NUMBER UP BECAUSE IT'S GONNA START CUTTING.
WE DON'T GET WHAT WE NEED 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY AT BARE BONES.
WE REALLY ARE ADVOCATING FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, A FRACTION OF WHAT OUR ACTUAL NEEDS ARE.
SO, OH, MR. KAMI, RUDY, YOU IN.
I'M JUST SO REASSURED THAT TURNOUT FROM PARK LOVERS IS, UH, LARGE AND IN CHARGE.
I MEAN, I, I HAVEN'T ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE C B T F MEETING, BUT I, I ATTENDED LIKE THE FIRST THREE AND EVERY TIME I'M THERE AND, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST SUCH A GOOD AUDIENCE TO BE IN, TO LOOK IN THAT CROWD.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE HORSESHOE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY WHERE I SIT, HOW SWEET IT IS TO SEE SO MANY PARK LOVERS THERE.
WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING.
WE CANNOT REST ON OUR LAURELS.
WE'VE ALL DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, AS WE ENTER LIKE THE, THE, THE SECOND STRETCH OF THIS OR THE FIFTH INNING OR WHATEVER INNING WE'RE IN, IN THIS BALL GAME THAT WE'RE PLAYING, LET'S JUST KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I HAVE ONE AND I'LL BE QUICK 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S LUNCHTIME FOR EVERYBODY.
I HAVE SENT EVERYONE A CALENDAR INVITE OF THE PARK WE'RE ATTENDING.
THERE'S A LINK IN THERE TO MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP.
I'LL BE SENDING THIS OUT AS WELL, WHICH IS SIGNATURE EVENTS.
MONDAY NIGHT IS THE WELCOME TO DALLAS PARTY.
WE'RE ALL MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN EXCITING WEEK NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE A SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.
IS THERE A SCHEDULE THAT YOU'RE SENDING OUT? I KNOW THERE'S THAT SCHEDULE, BUT LIKE, I SAW THAT, BUT LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE AT A CERTAIN PLACE.
YOU'RE GONNA WALK THE FLOOR WALKING TOGETHER.
LIST OF THE STAFF, LIKE PARK AND REC STAFF WHO ARE GONNA BE DOING CERTAIN, UM, SESSIONS.
HAVE YOU GUYS MEETING SESSIONS? YES, SIR.
CAN WE GET, CAN WE GET A COPY OF ALL THAT STUFF SO WE COULD HOPEFULLY JOIN THAT SO THAT WE HAVE LIKE WE WANNA BE THERE TO SUPPORT YEAH.
STAFF, YOU KNOW, BE SUPPORTIVE OF, YOU KNOW.
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GONNA PLAY, YOU KNOW, RENEE AND PICKLEBALL.WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN SOME GREAT RAIN, UM, AT A BETTER TIME THE WEEK BEFORE.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL RING EVERYTHING UP AND IT'LL BE READY FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, ANY OTHER, UM, LIAISON REPORTS? MR. BLAIR LIST,
UM, I'VE BEEN OUT TO CEDAR, HAD PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT IT, SO IT'S GOOD TO ALSO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
CEDAR CREST IS, IT IS AS GREEN AS, AS EVER BEFORE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY POURED THE FRESH WATER ON IT AND PUT ON IT GAVE FRESH TELEVISION.
AND WHEN YOU WONDER HOW IMPORTANT THIS TELEVISED TOURNAMENT IS GONNA BE, THEY HAVE THIS TRACK CAM.
SO IF YOU EVER WATCH GOLF ON TELEVISION WHERE THE GOLFER SWINGS AND THEN YOU SEE THE WHITE LINE TRACE THE BALL AS IT DISAPPEARS INTO THE SKY.
WE'LL, CEDAR, THE CHRIS, WE'LL HAVE ONE OF THOSE THROUGH THE GOLF CHANNEL.
AND AS IT ALL HAPPENS, THE, THE VIEW THEY PICKED IS ON HOLD 15.
SO EVERY TIME THAT 43 GOLFERS SWING FROM THIS ONE SPACE AND IT'S ON TELEVISION, YOU'LL SEE A BACKDROP OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN.
SO I WANNA THANK OUR DIRECTOR.
I WANT THANK, THANK ALL THE FOLLOWING FOLKS.
IS COMPLETE TURNAROUND THAT COURT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A FRISCO.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY 10 CENTS.
OH, I'M, THIS IS SAYING, I'M JUST, I'M JUST GONNA LAY IT OUT THERE.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE STATE FAIR WITH BOW NOT HERE.
Y'ALL GO, THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT BAZILLION PUMPKINS THERE.
SO GO ON OVER THERE AND GET YOUR PICTURES AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY.
FIRST I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY THREE PARKS THAT HOSTED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILLIS WINTERS COCHRAN AND TEE TEE.
WILLIS WINTERS HAD A HELICOPTER THAT LANDED AT THE PARK AND MY THREE-YEAR-OLD IS APPARENTLY GONNA TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER.
EVERYONE KNOWS OUR PUBLIC PARKS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST PLACE TO HOST YOUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO HATS OFF TO ALL OF OUR PARKS ACROSS THE CITY THAT HOSTED THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS, WHICH WAS JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THAT IS HOW WE BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
THE NEXT SHOUT OUT I WANNA GIVE TO IS A BIG, BIG FAT JUICY SHOUT OUT TO SKATE PARKS FOR DALLAS.
THEY ARE SHOWING UP AND THEY ARE SHOWING OUT AT CITY HALL, AT OUR DISTRICT TOWN HALLS.
THESE FOLKS, THESE LITTLE BOYS AND LITTLE GIRLS AND THEIR PARENTS, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE AT MY DISTRICT'S GLENCOE PARK, WHERE WE PROUDLY ARE RECOMMENDING A SMALL SKATE PARK IN THE BOND, BUT THAT'S JUST FUELING THEIR FIRE.
SO LISTEN HERE, MY GOAL IS TO TURN THIS INTO THE FEEL GOOD UNDERGO UNDERDOG STORY OF THE YEAR.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT SKATE PARKS, PLEASE STAND UP FOR THEM.
AND I WANNA SEE THREE MORE SKATE PARKS IN THAT BOND.
WE GOT MS. RICE, WHO'S BEEN NOT THE QUIET.
UH, JUST WANTED TO ADD OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT BOND, THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
UH, PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD AT CITY HALL, WE'VE HAD ZERO PARTICIPATION OF SPANISH SPEAKING CONSTITUENTS.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A TOWN HALL IN SPANISH.
I'LL BE SENDING FLYERS TO YOU ALL TO PLEASE SHARE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT OF, OF OUR, OF OUR PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WHOSE DOMINANT LANGUAGE IS SPANISH.
THERE'S GONNA BE A TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH AT SIX 30.
IT'S GONNA BE ENTIRELY IN SPANISH, BUT THERE WILL BE ENGLISH INTERPRETATION FOR THOSE WANTING TO ATTEND.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ONLINE AS WELL.
UM, SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THE CITY IS 36%, AT LEAST 36% SPANISH SPEAKING, WE REALLY NEED OUR VOICE, THE VOICE OF OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE SPANISH SPEAKING TO SPEAK UP.
SO, SO PLEASE, UH, SHARE, SHARE THE FLYER.
I WILL SEND IT TO YESENIA TO SHARE OUT AND, AND HELP US, UH, GET THE WORD OUT.
THERE'S THE STATE FAIR PICNIC THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S A CHANCE FOR ALL OF US TO, UH, INDULGE IN SOME OF THE BEST THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, AND THEY'RE GRACIOUS HOSTS TO BRING US IN.
SO, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1230.