[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on August 1, 2024.]
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WE CONVENE OUR DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING AFTER THE SUMMER OFF.
UH, I SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE PRESENCE IN THE ROOM THAN LAST SESSION MEETING, AND SO GOOD TO SEE YOU,
WELCOME THAT, UH, FIRST UH, POINT OF BUSINESS, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKER MATTER IT.
TODAY WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE JUROR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL PER AND
THE FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD COUNCILWOMAN.
SO I HOPE THAT I'M ALL IN THE SCREEN HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.
AND SO I'M HERE THIS MORNING PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE HEADLINES HAVE CAUSED ME TO, UH, BE OF COURSE IN DISBELIEF, IN SHOCK, BUT CAUSED ME TO BE HERE TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE POTENTIALLY OF CLOSING, UH, POOLS AS A RESPONSE TO PART OF THE BUDGET, UH, BALANCE.
AND SO AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF THOSE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, I DO NOTE, UH, FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES THAT WE DO HAVE TWO LOCATIONS THAT ARE POSSIBLY, UH, UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SOME MODIFICATION IN TERMS OF ITS EXISTENCE.
I REALIZE THE AGE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE COST AFFECTED, UH, CONNECTED TO, UH, THE CLOSURE OR REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADES, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE TODAY THAT I WAS ON THE RECORD.
CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY AS YOU TALK, TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS DISTRICT AND I HAVE TWO COMMUNITIES WITH ZIP CODES THAT ARE AT RISK.
PLEASE TODAY DO NOT TAKE AWAY WHAT LITTLE OXYGEN THAT REMAINS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE FREELY AND TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS HUMAN BEINGS.
IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, IT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS TODAY, I WANT TO JUST PUT HERE BEFORE YOU, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SWIMMING POOLS ARE MORE THAN JUST PLACES TO COOL OFF ON A HOT DAY.
THEY ARE LIFELINES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING CRUCIAL PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS, FOSTERING COMMUNITY COHESION, ENSURING SAFETY AND OFFERING INVALUABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR HEALTH BENEFITS TO FIGHT OFF CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS OBESITY, DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASES, WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING OUR AT RISK UNDER-RESOURCED, AND SOMETIMES REFER TO AS LOW INCOME RESIDENTS TO BE A PART OF A WHAT WE HAVE AS A FEW AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR EXERCISE.
IN ADDITION, REGULAR SWIMMING CAN HELP MANAGE AND IMPROVE CHILDREN'S SKILLSET IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF BEING PREPARED FOR DISASTERS THAT NORMALLY TAKE PLACES, PARTICULARLY IN THESE REGIONS WE HAVE, THEY'RE IN LOW LYING AREAS, FLOODING AREAS, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE SKILLSET TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IF NECESSARY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT PARKS ARE A PLACE OF COMMUNAL, UH, UH, UH, CONGREGATION.
WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT THIS PARTICULAR SOURCE OF CONNECTIVITY, WE RUN THE RISK OF HAVING OUR EXPERIENCING LARING INDIVIDUALS AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
AND SO WE MUST HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO SUPERVISED SWIMMING ENVIRONMENTS.
IN ADDITION, THESE PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY IN ANOTHER WAY, AS OPPOSED TO JUST CLOSING AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IN MIND UTMO THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A SAFE SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT SAFE AND WE DON'T HAVE SAFE PLACES, THE COST WILL TRANSFER OVER TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OFTENTIMES OUR POLICE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO DO BUT LAUDER.
SO I URGE, ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME TOGETHER, ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SWIMMING POOLS, AND I HOPE THAT THERE IS ENTHUSIASM BEHIND KEEPING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MODEL THAT WILL ALSO BE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH.
I THINK ABOUT, UH, THE OLYMPICS RIGHT NOW THAT I SEE, UH, TAKING PLACE IN PARIS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE SWIMMING POOLS AND
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GET THE SKILLSET THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN BECOME FUTURE OLYMPIANS.SO AS I CLOSE TODAY, REMEMBER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE KNOW EVERYONE HAS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, DON'T TIGHTEN THE BELT OF THOSE UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS WHO NEED US SO THAT YOU TIGHTEN THE BELT SO TIGHT THAT ALL OF THE OXYGEN OUT OF THAT COMMUNITY IS GONE.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING, AND I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO GIVING YOU SUPPORT THROUGH LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS, TRYING TO FIND THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE BACK TO THOSE TAXPAYERS IN THESE DISTRICTS, AND PARTICULARLY TODAY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
BUT I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL COMMUNITIES THAT NEED, WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS.
SO REMEMBER, WE WANNA KEEP THE, THE OXYGEN AND WE WANNA HAVE MORE EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'M, UH, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR, BUT SPEAKING FOR ALL COMMUNITIES THAT NEED YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL LUMAN FOR FINDING TIME.
THANK SPEAKER IS TATIANA FARRO, SAY, HAPPY NEW, NEW TO GO.
SORRY, SAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO GO.
I'M ALSO, UM, MY NAME IS
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT DISTRICT SIX.
UM, REGARDING THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSINGS, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT TWO OF THE CENTERS HAVE PLANS FOR RENOVATIONS, BUT THAT LEAVES SEVEN COMMUNITY OF DOUBT FUTURES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO REFLECT ON THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THESE CLOSINGS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLES AND STUDIES SHOWING THAT SAFE STRUCTURED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SPACES THAT PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH POSITIVE ACTIVITIES TO FILL UNSUPERVISED TIME HELPS TO LOWER THE RATE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN CRIME.
CLOSING THESE COMMUNITY POOLS WITHOUT A PLAN TO PROVIDE A THIRD SPACE TO FULFILL THAT COMMUNITY FUNCTION WILL REVERSE THE PROGRESS MADE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS BY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
I'VE REPORTED IN THE 2021 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
14 OF THE DALLASES 1,106 REPORT AREAS ACCOUNT FOR 10% OF ALL BOTTOM CRIME.
SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE IN THESE AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WALLER POINT VIEW PLUS VIEW, AND EVERGLADE.
WHEN I CAN READ THE LOCATION OF THESE CENTERS TO THE DALLAS CRIME MAP, SEVERAL CENTERS APPEAR TO BE SAFE.
GREEN OASIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF RED HIGH CRIME AREAS, PROVIDING THE SAME PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO SPEND THEIR TIME CAN BE ATTRIBUTED WITH HELPING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REACH THEIR GOAL OF DECREASING VIOLENT CRIME.
AND IN SEPTEMBER, 2015, ISSUE AN NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MAGAZINE.
AN ARTICLE BY DAVID KIRCH REPORTED A STUDY THAT SHOWED STUDENTS WHO REPORTED SPENDING UP TO FOUR HOURS IN STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES AT COMMUNITY CENTERS WERE 57% LESS LIKELY TO DRIVE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, 49% LESS LIKELY TO USE DRUGS, AND 27% LESS LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
I'M AFRAID IF WE CLOSE THESE WITHOUT PROVIDING SOMEWHERE ALTERNATIVES, WHO WE'LL BE INADVERTENTLY UNDOING ALL THE WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE CENTERS ADDRESS SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF JUVENILE CRIME, AND IF WE START REMOVING COMMUNITY SERVICES, CRIME RATES WILL RISE, WHICH WILL COST THE CITY MUCH MORE THAN THE FEW MILLION DOLLARS WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE BY CLOSING THEM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VIRTUAL MR. MICHAEL LOLO.
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME'S MICHAEL LOLO, AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT TWO IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I SAW SOME DISTURBING NEWS REPORT ON WFAA, SPEAKING ABOUT, AGAIN, MORE ISSUES WITH FAIR PARK AND BUDGET CRISIS.
BACK TO PARKS AND BOARD IS LOOKING AT CLOSING POOLS.
I'M A DISABLED SENIOR, AND SINCE LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENROLL IN WATER AEROBICS AT THE BACHMAN LAKE INTO A POOL.
THIS POOL WORKS BEST BECAUSE IT IS EQUIPPED BETTER THAN OTHERS.
THEY HANDLE DISABLED OF ALL AGES, THE GRADUAL RAMP LEADING INTO THE POOL.
THERE'S NO NEED TO CLIMB STAIRS OR LADDERS.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE POOLS IN THE CITY CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.
I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO USE THE POOL BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN CLOSED FOR SO LONG.
YOU WANNA ASSUME THAT IT WON'T BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS.
IF NOT, WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG? IT'S GOING TO TAKE
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CITIZENS AND COMMISSIONERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES TO DEMAND THE BUDGET TO BE REWORKED, TO STOP CUTTING PROGRAMS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES IN OUR LOW INCOME AREAS.IT BAFFLES ME EVERY DAY WHEN I SEE BUDGET PEP WARNINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THIS CITY HAS BEEN GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND THE COST OF HOUSING IS INSANE.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TAXES IN THE COUNTRY, A CITY FULL OF POTHOLES, HORRIBLE ROADS, BECAUSE WE JUST KEEP ADDING MORE PEOPLE IN.
OWNED A HOME IN BOSTON THAT WAS WORTH $600,000, WHICH I SOLD A FEW YEARS AGO.
MY TAXES WERE ABOUT 10 TO $12,000 LESS PER YEAR THAN HOMES IN DALLAS.
WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE HAD AMAZING PROGRAMS AND DO IT WITH A MUCH LOWER TAX RATE THAN DALLAS DOES.
I HAVE A FRIEND HERE IN DALLAS WHO PAYS $57,000 A YEAR IN TAXES, AND ONE WHO PAYS 120,000 A YEAR IN TAXES.
GRANTED, THEIR HOMES ARE BIGGER THAN NORMAL, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW HIGH OUR TAXES ARE, AND YOU WANNA CUT MORE PROGRAMS. WHERE IS OUR MONEY GOING? HOW IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER FOR OVER 12 YEARS IN THE CITY? AND I KNOW HOW HARD BOARD MEMBERS WORK, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LOOK ELSEWHERE INSTEAD OF CLOSING OUR POOLS USED BY LOWER INCOME FAMILIES.
MS. ARNOLD JUST SAID IT WILL DO NOTHING BUT INCREASE TIME AND WE'LL HAVE TO PUT THE MONEY ELSEWHERE.
I REMEMBER THE PARKS BOARD MANY YEARS AGO, CUTTING REC CITY HOURS AND HAVING THE CENTERS OPEN AT THE SAME TIME ACROSS THE CITY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL CENTERS IN WHICH WE USED MORE THAN OTHERS, AND AT WHICH HOURS IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO OPEN THEM ALL IN THE MORNING TO CATER TO SENIORS WHO WERE MORE FLEXIBLE IN OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE RETIRED.
I AND MANY OTHERS SPOKE AT BUDGET MEETINGS TO FORCE THE BOARD TO LOOK AGAIN.
INSTEAD OF TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT.
WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE CENTERS IN THE AFTERNOONS WHERE THEY COULD GET THE SENIORS IN AND OUT IN TIME FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. THAT WORKED WELL FOR EVERYONE.
EVENTUALLY, BUDGETS ALLOWED THEM TO GO BACK TO REGULAR HOURS.
THE PAST, FOR THE 24 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE FAIR PARK WORK.
GUESS WHAT? IF WE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO ABANDON IT INSTEAD OF PUMPING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO IT, WHICH BEING OTHER PROGRAM, WE ALL SAW THE STORY OF WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE WITH FAIR PARK THIS WEEK AS WELL.
AND IT'S THE RESIDENTS THAT SUFFER IT'S TIME.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. TAM CARLL.
MS CARLL, COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? THERE SHE IS.
I BASICALLY CAME ON HERE TO SAY PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS AND ACTUALLY THE THIRD SPEAKER DISCUSSED.
SO I, I'M GONNA START BRIEFLY WITH, UM, IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD THE SONG SATURDAY IN THE PARK, AND I MIGHT GET A LITTLE TEARY EYED HERE,
MY FAMILY LIVED ON MAY AVENUE.
WE COULD WALK TO THAT POOL, I THINK OF THAT PARK.
AND I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT IT MEANT TO MY FAMILY GROWING UP.
UH, WE WERE, WE HAD A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE OR THREE BEDROOM HOUSE.
I SLEPT ON THE BACK PORCH AND A BEANBAG SOMETIMES.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE THIRD SPACE, THOSE THIRD SPACES, AND HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, UM, I HAVE SOME CORE MEMORIES IN THOSE SPACES.
AND I, I THINK WHAT I WANT TO APPEAL TO YOU, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE CITY, IS TO CONSIDER, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE PROTECTORS OF THOSE SPACES AND THE, AND THE STEWARDS.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE PLACE AND THE THING, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING SERVED.
AND, UM, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS HELPING US STAY CONNECTED, STAY HEALTHY, UM, AND, AND BASICALLY BUILD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS BY PROTECTING THOSE SPACES AND KEEPING THEM OPEN.
I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS THE, I I HAVE A, AN ADULT SON WITH IDD AND, UM, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE WATER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
UM, HE HAS A SEIZURE DISORDER.
AND SO BEING OUTSIDE, IT REALLY NECESSITATED OFTENTIMES IT IN THE SUMMER FOR US TO BE IN THE WATER OR CLOSE TO IT, UH, IN A SPLASH PAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO GET TO IT QUICKLY.
UH, I LOVE THE AQUATIC, THE AQUATIC CENTERS AND THE SLIDES, BUT FOR HIM, UH, WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, THE REGULAR POOL
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WAS THE BEST OPTION FOR US, UM, FOR WHAT HE WAS DOING.AND, UM, AND, AND HE LEARNED TO SWIM EARLY AND I TOOK HIM OFF INTO THE COMMUNITY POOLS TO PRACTICE THOSE THINGS.
AND, UM, SO THERE'S ANOTHER ELEMENT OF, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THERE THAT WE NEED IT FOR LEARNING HOW TO SWIM.
AND FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS COGNITIVE DISABILITIES, AS SOON AS HE LEARNED HOW TO SWIM, I COULD BREATHE EASIER.
YOU KNOW, UM, ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT OF HIS SAFETY.
UM, AND I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT, I BRAG ABOUT THE PARK BOARD, THE PARK AND REC BOARD BEING THE PEOPLE WHO THANK YOU MS. CAR, ARE ABLE TO DO PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE INNOVATIVE IN YOUR PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS
I MOTION PASSES WITH THAT MOVE TO WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, ITEM ONE WILL NEED TO BE ADOPTED WITH THE DATE CHANGE.
THE DATE SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 14TH.
SO THAT CHANGE, THE CHANGE ON ITEM NUMBER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON MR. GOLD TEAM? UH, SECONDED BY MR.
TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR, UH, WORK PLAN FOR OUR CURRENT PROJECTS AND GIMME AN OVERVIEW.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND, THE INTENDED WITH PLAN, THE WORK PLAN ELEMENTS, THE WORK PLAN, UPDATE PROCEDURE, AND THEN OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS.
BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE CURRENT PROJECT'S WORK PLAN.
AND AGAIN, TO REVIEW THE INTEND WORK PLAN, REVIEW THE WORK PLAN ELEMENTS WITH THE WORK PLAN, UPDATE PROCEDURE, AND THEN OPEN UP QUESTIONS.
SO LOOKING IN THE BACKGROUND, THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM HAS 200 30-YEAR-OLD PROJECTS.
32 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REPROGRAMMED AND CANCELED.
136 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE HAVE 66 PROJECTS THAT ARE REMAINING.
AND OF THOSE 66 PROJECTS, WE HAVE 11 THAT ARE REMAINING TO BE AWARDED.
WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE UNDER LAND ACQUISITION, 26 THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN, 18 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BOLD.
UM, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE DUE TO BE COMPLETELY IN THE NEXT QUARTER OR BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE 18 PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE NON BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE CATEGORIES OF OPERATING BUDGET,
SO WE HAVE 69 NON BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE 66 PROJECTS IN THE BARN AND 69 PROJECTS NON BOND THAT ARE ONGOING, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK THERE IS ONGOING.
SO THE INTENT OF THE CURRENT PROJECT WORK PLAN, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WORK PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT NATURE, BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY PRODUCED A SCHEDULE OR SOMETHING
SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH WITH BEFORE AND SHOW TO YOU THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
SO IT PROVIDES A SCHEDULE FOR THE CURRENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE 2017 BOND AND THE OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT SHOWS BOTH PLANNING AND DESIGN.
WE HAVE SECTIONS FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL, AND IT ALSO SHOWS A WORK PLAN FOR FACILITY SERVICES.
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THE PLAN IS BASED ON CURRENT STAFF CAPACITY AND IT PROVIDES A SCHEDULE SHOWING ONE PROJECT WILL BE BEHIND.SO IT'S MAINLY FOR INFORMATION, IT'S FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO SHOW WHEN STAFF IS DOING THINGS AND BASICALLY WHEN PROJECTS ARE BEING POSTPONED AND REASON AND IT'S FUTURE SCHEDULE.
SO THE WORK PLAN ELEMENTS, AND YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE WORK PLAN, UM, IN YOUR BINDER.
BUT THE WORK PLAN ELEMENTS THAT PROVIDES SCHEDULE FOR THE CURRENT PROJECTS SUBMITTED IN 2017 BOND.
OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS, AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A SECTION VERTICAL FOR FACILITY SERVICES OUTLINES THE FUNDING CREDIT, THE FUNDING AMOUNT, THE DESIGN START AND END DATES, THE CONSTRUCTION START AND END DATES.
IT HAS A GANTT CHART, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A LISTING OF THE PROJECTS ON HOLD, WHETHER THAT BE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STAFFING AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING OR WE'RE CONSIDERING REPROGRAMMING BEFORE CANCELING PROJECTS.
SO THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE JUST EXAMPLE WORK PLANS THAT WE, THAT I'VE PULLED OUT TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE EXAMPLE AND, AND TO, UM, EXPLAIN TO YOU KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE WORK PLAN.
UM, AS FAR AS THE GANTT CHART GOES, THE
SO THIS TOP CHART, UM, SHOWS KIND OF THE, THE PART THAT IS NOT THE GANTT CHART.
I BLEW UP, UM, SECTIONS OF THIS SO THAT YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO AS FAR AS WHAT IS IN HERE, WE HAVE THE ITEM NUMBER, WE HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER INITIALS.
IF IT'S A BOND PROJECT, WE HAVE A PROJECT ID NUMBER, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROJECT NAME.
AND THEN CONTINUING ON TO THE LOWER CHART, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE HAVE FUNDING TYPE.
IT COULD BE A BOND PROJECT, IT COULD BE A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, A NON BOND PROJECT.
YOU SEE SOME OF THESE HAVE CDBG, SOME OF 'EM HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOND, NON BOND AND PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, ALL OF THE SAME PROJECT.
IT SHOWS THE DESIGN, START DATE, DESIGN END AND A BID DATE.
THE CONSTRUCTION START AND THE CONSTRUCTION END DATE.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
THIS SHOWS THE BLOW UP OF THE GANTT CHART.
AND AS I MENTIONED, LIGHT MOVES THE DESIGN PHASE.
WE START BLUES, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE HORIZONTAL AND THE VERTICAL.
AND THEN I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT BASICALLY ARE ON HOLD.
SO IN THE GREEN WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE TO BE ASSIGNED.
SO THE PROJECTS ARE READY TO GO.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TO WORK ON THEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PROJECTS IN BLUE THAT OUR DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
PROJECTS IN YELLOW ARE PROJECTS THAT JUST HAVE A FUNDING SHORTAGE.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UM, THROUGH WOOD DESIGN IN THOSE WE DO KNOW WE HAVE FUNDING SHORTAGE.
AND THEN IN RED WE HAVE PROJECTS WE'RE CONSIDERING CANCELING AND RE PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'RE TALKING PART BOARD MEMBERS ON THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS ON HERE.
AND THERE IS THE KEY DOWN HERE AS FAR AS P IS PARTNERSHIP AND B IS NON BONDS.
AND AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS SHOWN WITH UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHERE ITS OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF UNDER DEFINED.
AND THE OPINION OF OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST IS BASICALLY AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
AND UNTIL THE PROJECT IS BIG FOR CONSTRUCTION OR MY PROPOSALS RECEIVED.
SO GOING ON TO LOOKING AT THE WORK PLAN FACILITIES DO THE SAME THING, THE MAIN INFORMATION UP TOP AND PUT EXCERPTS DOWN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE MORE WHAT THE PLAN SHOWS.
SO AGAIN, IT SHOWS THE PROJECT MANAGER, IT SHOWS THE PROJECT ID NUMBER.
AGAIN, IT'S BOND PROJECT NUMBER HAS THE PROJECT NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND FOR FACILITY SERVICES, IT'S SHOWING IT'S BEING DONE BY A GOC.
IF IT'S A BOND MARKET OR ITS CURRENT ON PROJECT, IT SHOWS THE FUNDING TYPE OR IF IT'S FUNDED, IT HAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE START DATE AND THE END DATE.
AND SPECIFICALLY HAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS FROM CONSTRUCTION.
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AND THEN ON THE EXAMPLE, WORK PLAN FOR FACILITIES, THEY ALSO HAVE A GANTT CHART.YOU'LL KNOW IT'S FACILITIES BECAUSE IT'S A GREEN GANTT CHART.
AND THEN THE WORK PLAN UPDATE PROCEDURE.
IT IS A LIVING AND BREATHING DOCUMENT.
SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AND THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
WE ORIGINALLY INDICATED WE WERE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THIS QUARTERLY TO THE CARD BOARD, BUT AS WE DISCUSSED AND IN TERMS OF STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DISTRIBUTE THIS MONTHLY JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LEADING BREATHING DOCUMENT.
SO WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THIS MONTHLY WHEN WE DISTRIBUTE THE MONTHLY REPORTS AS WELL.
UM, AS FAR AS CHANGING PROJECTS, IF ANOTHER PROJECT IS REQUESTED TO BE ADDED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AND WE'LL NEED TO READDRESS THAT PROJECT CAPACITY TO SEE IF THE NEW PROJECT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
UM, IT MAY REQUIRE AN ONGOING PROJECT TO BE PLACED ON FULL COMPLETELY NEW PROJECT.
SO WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE WORK PLAN HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON OR WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
SO THAT IF YOU WANT A PROJECT ADDED, IT MAY AS A SITUATION THAT WE MAY NEED TO ASK YOU WHAT OTHER PROJECT YOU MAY WANNA PUT ON HOLD TO BASICALLY PUT THE TEAM PROJECT IN THE WORK.
AND WITH THAT, I OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS YOU MISS, UH, CHRIS, YOU CAN SEE A LOT GOING ON
SAY THAT WITH THE CI, FIRST OF ALL I TO SAY
LOOK AT THIS IF YOU LITTLE, BUT YOU CAN STILL UNDERSTAND THIS, WHICH IS LAYMAN TERMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I
AND SO STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, SHE'LL LET ME BACK IN.
COUNTY, WE GOT SOME INFORMATION.
UM, THIS IS THIS JUST A, I LOVE THIS BY THE WAY.
IS THIS A GANTT CHART THAT YOU GUYS ARE, WHAT, WHAT PROGRAM IS BEING USED? WE'RE USING THIS WITH EXCEL.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED A, A PROGRAM TO SYSTEM.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THAT TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BECAUSE YES, THERE'S A LOT OF MANUAL WORKS.
WE NEED TO UPDATING THIS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE USER-FRIENDLY.
YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY MY MAIN POINT.
SO WE, WE USE ASANA, UM, FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT THE COMPANY.
UM, SO IT BASICALLY DIGITIZES AGAIN, CHART FOR YOU AND IT CAN GIVE YOU, WE CAN HAVE USERS.
SO THE, OUR CORE MEMBERS, INSTEAD OF JUST READING THIS ONE ONCE A MONTH, WHICH IS UP TO YOU, YOU CAN SEE LIVE UPDATES AS YOU GO.
UM, AND YOU CAN SIGN OWNERS AND HAVE REMINDERS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED WITH SALESFORCE AND, AND SLACK AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
SO, UM, WHO, WHILE IT'S LIVING IN EXCEL, WHO'S UPDATING THE GANTT CHART? UM, BASICALLY IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE PRIVATE TEAM, BUT
UM, AND THEN, UM, IF SOMETHING GETS DELAYED, UM, WILL, WILL IT BE LIKE A REASON
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 90% OF OUR PROJECTS DELIVERED ON TIME BASED ON THIS WORK.
BUT SOME THINGS WERE OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE MATERIALS AREN'T SHIPPING ONE
UM, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DELAY IN IN FUNDING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THOSE THINGS WILL BE DOCUMENTED AND THINGS CHANGE.
UM, WE'LL DOCUMENT THAT AS WELL.
AND WHEN YOU SEND THIS TO US, WILL YOU SEND US A FULL VIEW OF EVERY PROJECT AND WE JUST GET LIKE OUR DISTRICT BY DISTRICT PROJECTS.
I'LL SEND THE FULL WORK PLAN IN.
AND AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS I WANT ALL OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE 14 DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SO THAT YOU CAN ALL SEE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FROM THE OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE SHORTSIGHTED IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NOT
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REMEMBERING THAT WE DO HAVE 14 DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE GOING ON IN OTHER DISTRICTS.YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS WORK PLAN.
I LOVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE.
THIS IS EASY TO FOLLOW AND UH, APPRECIATE GETTING A SNAPSHOT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
SO I SEE THERE'S ON THE FUNDING TYPE, SOME OF THEM, I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND THERE'S APPEARS TO BE A KEY FOR SOME OF THEM, BUT CAN YOU JUST GO OVER WHAT EACH FUND TYPE IS? SURE.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE BOND, UM, P IS PARTNERSHIP AND JUST BOND IS, THESE ARE 2017, THESE ARE 20 17 1.
THESE ARE 2017 BONDS STILL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH UP.
SO WE HAVE P FOR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, NB FOR NON BOND.
UM, CDBG IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
WE HAVE, I'M KIND OF GOING THROUGH HERE JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHAT I'M, I'M COMING UP AND PRIMER.
NON BOND IS TYPICALLY OPERATING BUDGET PROJECTS.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
TYPICALLY OPERATING BUDGET PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAVE JOINT PROJECTS WITH DWU, SO WE HAVE A TW THING HERE AND THERE'S ONE
WE MAY NOT HAVE SPECIFICALLY LISTED AS TPWD, BUT UM, WE DO HAVE TWO BIT TPWD GRANT PROJECTS IN HERE.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT LISTED HERE.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CHART, I SEE IT GOES THROUGH 64.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE LISTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND THEN IT STARTS OVER AGAIN AT 65 WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT LISTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER.
IS THERE A REASON THAT ONE THROUGH 64 ARE SEPARATED FROM 65 THROUGH THE, UH, END OF THE LIST? IT'S BECAUSE THAT IS THE BREAK BETWEEN THE VERTICAL PROJECTS AND THE
SO VER VERTICAL IS ONE THROUGH 64 AND HORIZONTAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE? CORRECT.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE STUFF THAT'S YELLOW, THE FUNDING SHORTAGE, ARE THOSE JUST PROJECTS THAT, THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY BE ON HOLD UNTIL SOME OTHER SORTS OF FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM, THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AS, YOU KNOW, TVD DID, WE DID, DID WE JUST, ARE THESE ALL THINGS THAT ARE NEED NEEDED TO BE DONE BUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDING SOURCE TO DO THEM? THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT CASE.
AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE LIFTED AS BOND, DID WE HAVE 2017 BOND MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT? OR ARE WE JUST FOR SOME REASON WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO 'EM? BASICALLY IT, IT IS A COMBINATION OF HAVING SHORTAGES OF BOND FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE WHAT MONEY WE HAVE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY AND COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN, AND THE STUFF IN BLUE, THAT'S DESIGN COMPLETED, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR THOSE TWO? CORRECT.
YOU MR. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE DESIGN COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION FUNDING SHORTAGE FOR
SO THE, UH, IT'S, IT IS A, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE, IT IS NOT OUR DEAL.
SO IT'S PUBLIC WORKS REFUSING, BUT WE'VE FOUND THE ENGINEERING THAT, THAT THEY COULD NORMALLY DO.
WHAT'S UH, WHY IS THIS NOT FUNDED FROM PUBLIC WORKS? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO, WE DON'T DO THAT, BUT WE DON'T PUNCH INTO DRAINAGE LINES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THE PROJECT AND WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATE COORDINATION, UM, OFFLINE, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO COORDINATE.
AND, AND SO THEY EITHER HAVE THE MONEY OR THEY DON'T OR THEY'RE COMMITTED OR THEY'RE NOT, IN
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MY OPINION.I MEAN IT'S, UH, SOMEBODY OVER THERE HAS THE POWER TO MAKE A DECISION.
SO, AND IT IS BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT AND THIS HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FOR ALL THAT TIME.
SO CAN WE PRESS TO SEE IF THAT DEPARTMENT IS WILLING TO HELP US? 'CAUSE WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS GROUP THAT'S RAISING LOTS OF MONEY AND WE'VE GOT BOND MONEY ON THE, TO MAKE THE, THE, UH, MARKERS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LAID TO REST THERE.
ALL WE NEED IS TO GET THAT WATER OUT OF THAT AREA WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE BURIED SO WE CAN PUT THEIR MARKERS IN.
WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING PROPER OR CHILDREN BURIED THERE THAT FLOODS AND WE NEED THE CITY TO STEP UP THAT DEPARTMENT IF THERE ARE OR THEY AREN'T.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW IF WE, IF IT'S, IF THAT IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE FLOODED OR CAN WE FIX IT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IT AND I KNOW, UH, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS.
UM, THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE TODAY QUESTION MR. HAD, UM, IN SOME OF THESE COLUMNS WHERE THERE IS NOTHING, UM, DESIGNATED FOR FUNDING, IF THAT MEAN IT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND OR THE OPERATING FIRMS, BECAUSE I'M NOT NOTICING ON THE FIRST PAGE LOT OF 'EM ARE RELATED TO, BUT THERE'S A FEW KIND OF ODDS AND THAT DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING WITH YOU ASSUME THAT THE DEFAULT WOULD BE TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, THAT WAS, WE'RE CLEAR IT UP.
IF THERE'S NO FUND THEN THERE'S NO FUND.
WELL IF THERE, SO WE HAVE A WORK PLAN.
THEN THERE'S A SECOND PAGE THAT SAYS NO FUNDING.
WE LETTING YOU KNOW, THESE ARE REQUESTS THAT COME IN.
THEY EITHER HAVE NO FUNDING OR IF THEY DO HAVE FUNDING, THERE'S NO MAN TO PERFORM THE WORK.
SO WOULD THOSE EVENTUALLY BE MOVED INTO THIS SECOND PAGE OF THE NO FUNDING? YES.
SO ON THAT PAGE YOU'VE GOT DESIGN COMPLETED CONSTRUCTED FUNDING SHORTAGE AND FUNDING SHORTAGE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND HAVE TIME TO DO IT IN MY RIGHT.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WE, WE CAN PUT SOME SUB TOTALS IN THERE BECAUSE THAT, THE QUESTION WOULD BE WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS TEED UP OR WE HAVE THE DESIGN COMPLETE, BUT IF THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FUNDING, I, THIS IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW KIND OF, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA PUSH OR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET NEXT YEAR, IS, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WELL THAT'S GREAT THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO, BUT ARE WE JUST GONNA GIVE UP OR ARE WE GONNA TRY TO GO FIND THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE? SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A CRI QUESTION.
THAT'S MORE OF A YEAH, RACHEL QUESTION.
YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S OUTTA SIGHT, IT'S OUTTA MIND.
SO THIS DOCUMENT IS UNDERST YOU GOT IT.
WELL THAT'S WHY IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN SAY, HEY WE GOT ALL THIS STUFF TEED UP AND WE HAVE NO MONEY TO DO IT.
SO THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP TO YOUR POINT? WHAT'S THE PLAN? WE TRY TO FUND IT THROUGH OPERATING IN THE FUTURE THROUGH A BUDGET INCREASE.
TRY TO KEEP LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING GRANTS, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS.
BUT IT STAYS ON THE RADAR THAT DOESN'T GET LOST.
WE HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SWIMMING POOLS AND MAINTENANCE COST AND HOLY COW, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THE WORK IN PLACE FOR.
WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, WHEN YOU SAY FUNDING SHORTAGE IS THE AMOUNT IN THE COLUMN, THE FUNDING OVERALL FUNDING SHORTAGE, YOU SAYING THERE'S NO MONEY FOR THESE MARKETS AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY, THE COST OF THE, SO FUNDING SHORTAGE MEANS IT'S NOT JUST WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MONEY, IT'S THAT WE DON'T HAVE PAYMENT.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS AND WORK WITH IT.
I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HEART.
SOUNDS ME MR.
UH, YEAH, I, I GUESS, UH, I GUESS THAT'S A BIG SORE THUMB HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS AWESOME BY THE WAY.
BUT IT'S A FUNNY SOURCE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE A ROOF THAT'S LEAKING, UH, SEEING THOSE BATHROOMS NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
BOARD LIA MOLD, THERE'S SOME, IT'S SOME, SOME STUFF THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, I MEAN I JUST, I SUGGESTED TO
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THIS BOARD AND TO THE STAFF THAT MAYBE MOVE SOME MONEY FROM OTHER PARKS AND PUT THEM ON HOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T, UM, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS CRUCIAL THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED.I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW THE FLOODING IT, IT, BUT WE HAVE MOLD IN THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A BATHROOM THAT'S NOT WORKING AND THE ROOF IS LEAKING.
THAT'S JUST GONNA CREATE MORE PROBLEMS IN THOSE, IN THOSE FACILITIES.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMEHOW TO FIND OR MOVE FUNDS AROUND, I KNOW WE'RE BUDGET SHORTFALL AND ALL THAT, BUT GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMON SENSE ON THIS STUFF.
'CAUSE A ROOF LEAK IS GONNA CAUSE BIGGER PROBLEMS IN THE LONG RUN FACILITY.
AND SO IS THE, IF WE CAN'T REMOVE THE MOLD FORCE OUR VIDEO AND NEVER GET IT DOORS OPEN LIKE WE'RE HOPING TO.
SO JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO, JUST FIND THE FUNDING OR MOVE THE FUNDING AROUND AND PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON HOLD.
'CAUSE THESE ARE, THESE PROJECTS ARE ON HOLD THAT REALLY NEEDED THOSE, THOSE CRUCIAL PROJECTS.
SO JUST, JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN, I'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOU, WE GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT AND WE CAN SHUT DOWN SOMETHING FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT, THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DO THAT TO GET THESE BIG PROJECTS DONE.
'CAUSE A ROOF LEAKING IS A BIG PROBLEM AND IT'S GONNA CREATE A BIGGER PROBLEM AS WE GET FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS FACILITY BEING NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE A WORK PLAN.
VERSUS SOMEONE JUST DROPPING SOMETHING ON MY DESK SAYING, JOHN, YOU GOT STRUCTURAL ISSUES NOW AT LEAST I CAN SEE ON HERE AND SAY I GOT FIVE ROOF LEAKS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REPAIRED IN EIGHT MONTHS.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? YOU KNOW? OR I GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND I'M STARTING TO SEE SOME BUDGET SAVINGS.
I CAN REDIRECT FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WHEN IT GETS TO AN EMERGENCY TYPE REPAIR, I GOTTA MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT I'M UNFUNDED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE TYPE OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND, AND MAYBE THIS ALREADY EMERGENCY TYPE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
SO SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK AT.
FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, UM, WE HAVE THIS LIKE $17 MILLION CONTRACT WITH MEDCO AND OTHERS THAT'S SITTING THERE BEING IS, WOULD THAT BE AN APPROPRIATE SOURCE FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS? LIKE THE MOLD DEBATE THAT'S 132,000.
UM, THAT'S WELL UNDER WHAT WE HAVE FOR MEDCO.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, I KNOW WE CAN CALL MECO IN FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCIES LIKE WE DID FOR THE SEWAGE AT BACHMAN REC CENTER.
THAT WAS A MEDCO THING, COULD GET IT DONE.
SO IS THAT POSSIBLE TO HAVE MEDCO DO SOMETHING CHRIS CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU? UH, JOINT, I MEAN I WAIT CHRIS? YEAH, IT IT'S AB IT'S IT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE CALL MET
THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CAPACITY ON THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT, THE ISSUE IS HAVING THE FUNDING TO ACTUALLY PAY THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTOR.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN THE JOC TO EVEN BE ABLE, THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS OF THE LINE FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE A, NOT, NOT THE, NOT THE CONTRACTING.
SO WE HAVE A JOB OWNER THAT, THAT WE GET APPROVED TO SAY WHAT, $17 MILLION BUT WE HAVE TO STILL GO IDENTIFY THAT FUNDING SOURCE.
YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE A 17 MILLION BUDGET WE CAN GO UP TO IF YOU FOUND THE MONEY.
THANK YOU WITH THAT, NO MORE QUESTIONS CHRIS.
THAT'S YOUR CRITICAL, ALRIGHT, I I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CRYSTAL THEN LIKE I KNOW THIS IS SO YOU CAN KIND INFORM STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, I LET THEM DELIVER
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GOOD NEWS.I'LL BE THE ONE TO DELIVER BAD NEWS.
THAT'S WHY I TOOK ALL THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESS BECAUSE WHEN IT'S BAD NEWS, I WOULD DELIVER BAD NEWS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND MY REASONING WHY, UH, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S STILL BEEN SOME MORE PROGRESS MADE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
OUR BUDGET CUT, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER ORIGINALLY WAS 2.6, IT'S NOW DOWN TO $2 MILLION.
SO WE WENT FROM ALMOST $6 MILLION BUDGET CUT DOWN TO 2 MILLION.
UH, THAT STILL DOESN'T ERASE THE FACT I STILL GOTTA FIND 2 MILLION TO 82,000 BUCKS.
I THINK THAT'S THE DOLLAR NOW.
UH, SO ONE OF THE SAVINGS WHERE, YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE DOWN TO 2 MILLION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW THE HANDOUT, UH, Y'ALL TOLD ME TO REDUCE THE POOLS DOWN TO, TO AT LEAST HALF THE POOLS.
AND SO INSTEAD OF ME HAVING TO GO FIND ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT, BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY GETTING WIFI MONEY FOR TWO FOR, FOR WIFI, UH, THROUGH THE
BUT ONE THINGS BEING THE CITY MANAGER LOOKED AT, BUT WHY CAN I USE THAT FOR SOME MORE, SOME SECURITY NEEDS INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING IN WIFI AND I PASSED YOU OUT, BILL, WHY CAN'T I? BECAUSE I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN FORT WORTH.
BUT THEY STARTING TO PUT ON THEIR TRAILS AND SOME OF THEIR PARTS.
I MEAN IT'S LIKE I PAY FOR WIFI.
WHY I ALSO PAY TO GET LIGHTING AND GET CAMERAS AND TO GET EMERGENCY CALL BUTTON.
SO I WANNA DO A PILOT PROGRAM OF ABOUT $500,000 WITH A COUPLE PARTS WHERE YOU GET ALL OF THAT AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
AND ME COORDINATING WITH DPD TO SEE IF THEY WILL MONITOR.
I'M TELLING YOU, I'M GONNA HIRE MY OWN STAFF TO HAVE THEM MONITOR THESE CAMERAS.
WHETHER IT'D PROBABLY BE A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER STILL OR MAYBE THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
BUT I THINK IT IS, IS I, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE START GETTING THIS TYPE OF SYSTEMS ALONG OUR LINEAR
WE HAVE TO LEAST LEMME DO A PILOT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS ME TO SAY LEAST THAT THESE ENTRY POINTS IN THESE LINEAR TRAILS, AT LEAST IF THERE'S A PERPETRATOR, WE CAN AT LEAST CATCH THEM ON THE INGRESS AND EGRESS.
AND THEN IF THESE ARE WORKING WELL THEN WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND, AND THOSE ARE OUR FOCUS FAR AS BUDGET ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MARGINS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WAS ABLE TO SAVE ANOTHER 500 K BY ME REDIRECTING SOME FUND AND SITTING MANAGER BRIDGE.
OKAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS TO, AIN'T TRICKY TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
YOU ASKED US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, UH, METHODOLOGY ON THE POOL DATED BEFORE YOU.
SO I'M TURN IT OVER TO GOOD MORNING LORD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, AND PRESIDENT AL FOR US, WE DID GO BACK AND STAFF IDENTIFIED SOME NUMBERS, SOME DATA THAT WE DID PROVIDE TO YOU ALL THIS MORNING AS SOMEWHAT OF A REFERENCE SHEET.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS DOCUMENT AS WE PUT THROUGH THE PAGES.
YOU'LL SEE SOME DATA ON OUR COMMUNITY POOLS, UM, IN REGARD TO THE REVENUE.
UM, ANOTHER DRIVING DISTANCE IF WE WERE TO DO THE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY.
YOU'LL SEE, UM, ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR POOL AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE COST PER VISIT.
SO WE WILL PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON JULY 25TH.
I HAVE US NAMED PATRICK ELL, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, OUR GU WHO HAS BEEN DIGGING REALLY DEEP IN PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION FOR US.
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY AND WE'LL DIVE RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
SO THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25 26, BUT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP AND MAINLY WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON TODAY.
OUR PURPOSE IS THE REVIEW OF THE UPDATED DEPARTMENT PROPOSED REDUCTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25, AND HOPE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK BOARD ON THE UPDATED REDUCTION BID TO SUBMIT.
NOW A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
THIS SPECIAL CALL PARK BOARD MEETING WAS HELD ON JULY 25TH TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED REDUCTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25.
AND FOLLOWING THAT DIRECTION FROM THE PARK BOARD, PARK AND RECREATION STAFF ACT REVISED THE PROPOSED REDUCTION BID FOR REVIEW.
NOW PLEASE SEE ONCE AGAIN OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 25 DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSED REDUCTION BIDS.
THE FOLLOWING BIDS WILL BE FOR CONSIDERATION AND WILL REQUIRE, UH, THE PARK BOARD, UH, REVIEW AND RECEIVE GUIDANCE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 RECOMMENDED BY ANNUAL BUDGET.
SO I'LL BRIEFLY DISCUSS OUR, UH, REDUCTION BIDS BRIEFLY.
ONCE AGAIN, IDENTIFIED OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY 14 PROGRAM DELIVERY RESULTING IN A SAVINGS OF 400 K.
WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE OUR SEASONAL HIRING BONUS
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RESULTING IN A SAVINGS OF 231,000 IMPLEMENT SPOT MOWING IN EXTREME HEAT PERIODS, RESULTING IN A SAVING OF 500 K AND AT 3% REDUCTION IN SELECTED PARTNER STIPEND STIPENDS AND MANAGEMENT FEES, RESULTING IN A SAVINGS OF $492,968.AND CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CLOSURE OF SPECIFIC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DISREPAIR WITH THAT NEW ADJUSTMENT OF $464,000 AS A SAVINGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT, UM, HERE'S OUR APARTMENT TABLE, WHAT FISCAL YEAR 20 FIVES ALLOCATION WOULD BE AND IN 3% REDUCTION TO THE PARTNERS EFFECTIVE.
SO AS, UH, DR. JENKINS WAS SAYING, WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH TRYING TO MAKE THIS DIFFICULT RECOMMENDATION.
AND THIS ADDITIONAL SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION REALLY LISTS OUR COMMUNITY POOLS AND THAT'S ALSO DEPUTY
WE DO HAVE AN, UH, UPDATED AQUATIC FACILITIES MAP, WHICH INCLUDES OUR COMMUNITY GROUP AS WELL AS THE CLOSEST, UH, AQUATIC CENTER AS WELL.
AND, UH, BRIEFLY JUST TOUCHING ON THE DATA, UM, WE TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH DATA AS WE CAN REGARDING THE DRIVE TIMES SUPPLY COSTS, UH, THE SUPPORT SERVICES COSTS, MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, AS WELL AS THE SEASONAL STAFF COSTS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE TRANSPARENT AND HOW WE WERE MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE IS OUR, UH, RECALIBRATED, UH, REDUCTION TOTAL FOR THE CLOSURE OF COMMUNITY POOLS.
AND, UM, PLEASE VIEW THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE HANDOUT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INFORMED WHEN MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION.
UH, TODAY AND DISCUSSING OUR NEXT STEPS TODAY, THE PARK BOARD WILL REVIEW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION AND AFTER THAT, THE PARK RECREATION DIRECTOR WILL SUBMIT REDUCTION BIDS BASED ON PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AFTER THAT, WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK ONE MORE THING.
UM, IN REGARD TO OUR BOND ALLOCATIONS, OUR BOARD MEMBER HAS DID ASK ME ABOUT THIS EARLIER THIS MORNING.
SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH YOU, WELL, AS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS $1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS OF REPAIRS AT PLEASANT OAK POOL.
AND THEN JC OSA HAS ABOUT 4.5 MONEY TO SET ASIDE FOR FULL COMMUNITY POOL REPLACEMENT.
SO OUR SPEAKER EARLIER THIS MORNING REFERENCED THE NINE POOLS, BUT THEN ACTUALLY THERE MIGHT BE SEVEN ORDERS WE ABOUT.
AND, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE BOARD FROM LAST BRIEFING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN Y'ALL BRIEFING TODAY, BUT ON THAT BUDGET HISTORY, UH, IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 20 19 20, I WANNA REMIND THE BOARD THIS DEPARTMENT REDUCED OUR BUDGET BY $6 MILLION AT THAT TIME.
WE KNOW PART OF IT WAS DUE TO COVID, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN AT THAT TIME, I WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT INEFFICIENCIES.
AND AT THAT TIME I IDENTIFIED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS PLUS WORTH OF EFFICIENCIES AND THEN INEFFICIENCIES.
AND I GOT RID OF, RID OF A BUNCH OF BACK OFFICE STAFF.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS TIME YOU DO NOT SEE ME RECOMMENDING GETTING RID OF A LOT OF BACK OFFICE STAFF BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THAT, THAT 6 MILLION NUMBER CUT YOU ALL REQUESTED OUR RESTORE BACK BACK OFFICE STAFF IN PARTICULAR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FOLKS, UH, FOLKS WHO COULD PRODUCE REPORTS LIKE YOU SAW TODAY.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS I ENDED UP HAVING TO ASK THE SAME FOLKS AT HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS TO TRY TO PRODUCE OVER THE REPORTS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSED TO MANAGE PEOPLE BUT THEY WEREN'T OUT IN THE FIELD MANAGING THE PROJECTS, MANAGING THE WORK.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED BACK OFFICE STAFF.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S AN EASY THING TO ALWAYS LOOK AT.
ALL THAT HAPPENS IS I RESTORING IT BACK SOMEHOW BECAUSE OF THE NEED AND THE REQUEST.
THIS TIME I TRY TO PROTECT, TRULY TRY TO PROTECT OUR CORE SERVICES MOMENT.
MO LITTER RECREATION CENTERS, THE NEWER AQUA FACILITIES, NOT THE ONES THAT I GOT CONSTANTLY CLOSED, REOPEN, CLOSED REOPENED, AND THESE FOODS, SOME OF THESE WERE
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BUILT IN 1950S AND I DO NOT HAVE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND I DO NOT HAVE SPARE BARS FOR THESE GROUPS.SO WHATEVER DECISIONS MADE TODAY, EVEN IF THEY REMAIN OPEN, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THE PUBLIC OR THIS BOARD OR THE COUNCIL THAT I HAVE PARTS THAT CAN KEEP FINDING TO REPLACE THE POOLS.
WHEN WE HAD 22 OLD COMMUNITY POOLS, STAFF WAS VERY SMART.
AS THOSE POOLS WERE BEING TAKEN OUT, THEY SAVAGED THE PARTS THAT IMPLEMENT IC HARRIS.
WE NO LONGER HAVE THOSE PARTS ANYMORE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE SAW JUST WITHIN A WEEK, I'M SHOWING YOU HEARD FROM YOUR, UH, POST ALL MY REQUEST IS AS WE DISCUSS IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT SHOULD WE CLOSE AT ALL, SHOULD WE CLOSE AT HALF? SHOULD SHOULD WE DO IT ALL? I THINK ONE WAY, AND I THINK I'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME DIRECTIONS AND GO FOR IT.
ONE WAY I ANALYZE IT, ONE IS, WHICH IS THE FURTHER MOST DECISION, UH, DISTANCE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE ATHLETIC CENTERS BECAUSE THE FURTHER IT IS, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS.
THAT GAVE ME TWO OF THEM, CLEARLY GLEN AND PLEASANT TALKS.
SECOND I LOOKED AT IS WHAT IS THE ATTENDANCE? THEN I SAW BOTH OF THEM AT THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE FROM THE LIST, WHICH WAS GI.
SO THAT BECOMES A NO BRAINER NOT TO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FURTHER, FURTHER MOST FROM THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE JC JC OSA.
I THINK THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BOND MONEY.
SO IT'LL TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN INCOME MAINTAINANCE.
AND SO THAT BECOMES NOW AND AGAIN, I'VE NOT LOOKED AT THE DISTRICTS AT ALL AND I'VE NOT LOOKED INTO THE POLITICS OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT IF I LOOK AT THE EVERGLADE AND UH, M AND JCI THINK WE TALKED ABOUT EVERGLADE.
IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CLOSEST TO AN A EQUITY CENTER WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ATTENTION.
SO THAT SEEMS LIKE CAN TAKE A CUT.
AGAIN, I HAVE NOT ANALYZED THE DISTRICT AND ALL, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE SIZE, WHICH FITS ALL.
LET'S ATE AND SEE WE ARE LOOKING AT AROUND $500,000.
AND AFTER THAT I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE AND MAKE THAT DECISION.
WITH THAT, I OPEN THE FLOOR AND THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS MS. HASI.
UM, OKAY, I WANNA GO BACK TO SOMETHING VERY CRITICAL THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, ASKED ABOUT.
SO WE'VE GOT MONEY SET ASIDE FOR PLEASANT OAK.
WE'VE GOT MONEY SET ASIDE FOR ZERO VOTES.
WE ALSO HAVE LOOKS LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS EARMARKED
IF WE WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA HIT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BECAUSE THOSE POOLS ARE SO HEAVILY UTILIZED.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A POOL, SO LET'S PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE CLOSING, WE DO HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT ARE WE TAKING TOO MANY OUT OF ONE AREA? SO SINGING HILLS OR A POOL WILL BE ADDED TO THAT AREAS.
WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT NEXT.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE READY NEXT YEAR? WELL, BUT I'M SAYING THAT THE INTENTION OF THE MONEY IN THE FUTURE IS TO ADD A POOL IN THAT AREA.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THREE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD ASK IS BASED ON THIS NUMBER, IS THAT, DOES THAT NUMBER CORRELATE WITH A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF POLES? LIKE IF YOU SAY, IF WE'RE RUNNING INTO THIS 400,000 MARK, IS THAT THREE POLES? IS THAT FOUR POLES? IS THAT HOLES? DO WE KNOW OR YES MA'AM.
HOW DOES THAT SHAKE OUT? UH, THAT NUMBERS IS ACT COMPLETELY LEAVING OPEN FIVE AND CLOSING FOUR.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE CLOSING FOUR.
IN MY, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS HERE, OBVIOUSLY.
THE SECOND THING I WANNA GO BACK TO JUST ON THE OVERALL BUDGET AND NOT RELATED TO THE POOLS PER SE.
I, I'M STILL A LITTLE, I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE CUTS TO OUR PARTNERS WHEN I SEE PEOPLE LIKE, UH, CEDAR RIDGE RESERVE AND THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON WHO, WHO HAVE RELATIVELY SMALL BUDGETS AND WORK SO HARD FOR THAT STIPEND THEY GET FROM US.
AND IT'S NOT A LOT, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S ENOUGH.
I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE IT'S ENOUGH TO SEE THEM HAVE TO TAKE A HIT AT
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ALL IS PAINFUL TO ME.AND I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO BE DEMOCRATIC IN HAVING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT WE DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME.
I'M GONNA REITERATE, I THINK SOME OF OUR PARTNERS PROBABLY GET A PERCENTAGE THAT IS A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK AND THAT TO GO IN AND HIT SOMEBODY LIKE CEDAR RIDGE PRESERVE, WHERE THAT'S GONNA HURT THEM, THAT'S REALLY GONNA HURT THEM.
WHERE A PARTNER WHO HAS A MUCH BIGGER STIPEND AND A MUCH BIGGER PERCENTAGE THEY OPERATING, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY FIND EASIER WAYS TO MAKE UP FOR THAT LOST, UH, UH, DOLLAR.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO ON RECORD AS SAYING I, I DON'T AGREE WITH CUTTING NOTES OUT OR SMALLER PARTNERS, BUT WE'LL GO ON TO FULL DISCUSSIONS NOW.
I WANTED 100% AGREE WITH MS HAS AND WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL.
IF THERE ARE PARTNERS OF THESE CUTS, FOR SUM OF WORSE THAN ANOTHER, I KNOW IT'S 11 GRAND, BUT I AGREE WITH MS. HASPER.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST, UM, LOOKING AT THESE ARE CREDIBLE.
THESE STATISTICS ARE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE IT BECOMES VERY CLEAR.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE A $60 COST PER VISIT, UM, I'M ALL ABOUT REDUCING ON OUR, WHAT WE CHARGE OUR PATRONS TO THE DEGREE WE CAN.
BUT WHEN WE CUT A SUBSIDY OF 41 BUCKS FOR EVERYONE WHO COMES IN AND PAYS $8, UM, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT GETS TO MY BA BASIC POINT AT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOOT LEVEL.
UM, WE, UH, BACK IN EARLY, I SAID THIS LAST TIME, BUT I'LL JUST REPEAT IT.
UM, WE DID THE MASTER AQUATICS MASTER PLAN AND, AND A LOT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY POOLS, IT WAS DECIDED AS A POLICY MATTER THAT WE WOULD SHIFT AWAY FROM COMMUNITY POOLS TO REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTERS AND SPLASH GROUNDS.
THAT WAS A POLICY CALLED MADE AT THAT TIME.
UM, IN A WAY I WISH WE'D HAD THIS, WE WEREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT THAT THIS COULD HAVE COME INTO ACCOUNT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE 2024 BOND.
BECAUSE NOW WHAT WE REALIZE IS WE SPENT TENS OF DEMANDS ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.
BUT I I WOULD BET IF WE PUT IT TO THE PEOPLE IN A POLITICALLY ASIDE OR A REFERENDUM, IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD SAY $30 MILLION, WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE 10 BRAND NEW COMMUNITY POOLS OR EIGHT, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, THEY'RE EITHER FOUR AND A HALF OR THREE.
THEY'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE THE SAME EITHER AS COMMUNITY POOLS.