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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on March 6, 2025.]
UH, NOW CALL THE MARCH 6TH, 2025 BOARD MEETING ORDER AT 7:00 AM MAD SPEAKER.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE ANY SPEAKER, MAKING PERSONAL COMPLAIN OR STR REMARKS, OR BECOME CLOSER WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
FIRST SPEAKER IS LANDRY CANON.
GOOD MORNING, OUR BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE I BEGIN, MY THOUGHTS.
I'M A TOWN, I'M A SOPHOMORE AT THE TOWNVIEW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, WHERE I'M THE HIGHEST RANKING SOPHOMORE IN THE J-R-O-T-C PROGRAM AND AN EDITOR FOR THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
I'M A SEVEN MINUTE MILE RUNNER, SKATEBOARDER AND NOVICE CONSERVATIONIST WITH A PASSION FOR ECOLOGY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M AN AVID PARK GOER.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR MY INCREDIBLE MOTHER, WHO YOU MAY RECOGNIZE FROM THE OAK OAKLAND LADIES CLUB DRIVING ME TO THIS MEETING TODAY, I WOULD'VE WRITTEN MY SKATEBOARD.
AND ON THAT THREE AND A HALF MILE RIDE, I WOULD'VE PASSED THROUGH FOUR OF THE MANY INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND NATURE THAT WE CALL PARKS.
THOSE FOUR BEING KIDS, SPRINGS, PARK LAKE, CLIFF PARK, OAK CLIFF, FOUNDERS PARK, AND THE PIONEER PARK CEMETERY.
IF THERE WERE NOT FOR PARKS, I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, WOULD HAVE FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE HOBBIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT KEEP ME MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
HOME PARKS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE ACTIVE, ALLOWING ME TO POTENTIALLY RIDE MY SKATEBOARD TO THIS MEETING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IF THERE WERE NOT FOR THE ABSURD PROPOSED REDUCTION IN PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE THAT HAS COMPELLED ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY, I WOULD LIKELY BE SPENDING MY TIME AT KIDS SPRINGS PARK, PLAYING TENNIS, HANGING OUT ON THE CREEK BED, OR GOING ON MY DAILY TWO, TWO MILE RUN.
IF THEY WERE NOT FOR PARKS, MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
BUT BETWEEN DEVELOPMENTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER TRIED TO RUN TWO MILES WITH ZERO LOT LINE APARTMENTS AND VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES WITH ZERO, I MEAN WITH RECORD HIGH RENTING RAISED ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU, BUT IT'S NOWHERE TO EUROPE, US PLEASANT AS RUNNING ALONG THE PARK, DRIVEN WITH DUCKS AND TURTLES.
IF THEY WERE NOT FOR THE VITAL FUNDING OF OUR PARKS, THAT SOMEONE UNFORTUNATELY WISH TO STRIP INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS, DALLAS WOULD BECOME A FAR ADULT, GREATER CITY, A CITY WITH INCREASING PARK DESERTS IN OUR NEARBY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND A CITY WITH FEWER SPACES FOR CONNECTION, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY THAT I HOLD NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
AS DO MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I ALSO GRADUATED OF THE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT CENTER, 1989
UM, I SENT AN EMAIL TODAY TO YOUR CITY ACCOUNTS AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT APP THAT SAYS EMAIL EVERYONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ROUTINELY GET THOSE, BUT YOU MIGHT LOOK FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF TALK ABOUT TODAY.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TALKED ABOUT EROSION AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, AND NOW I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN.
AFTER 13 YEARS AS A WHITE ROCK LAKE ADVOCATE, I HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO SEE ONE WORD OF TEXT.
IT IS LIKE THE EROSION BEFORE.
I'VE HAD TO, UH, FILE AN OPEN RECORDS REPORT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT BEGAN AS A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS AS ENDED WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY PER THE VENDOR.
THIS WAS THE INSTRUCTION OF THE LEADERSHIP
BASICALLY EVERY PUBLIC MEETING THE VENDOR SAID, WE ARE NOT READY FOR THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
AND THE PUBLIC HAS ONLY SEEN THAT TEXT WAS
A DRAFT WAS GIVEN TO MICHAEL YOUNG OF THE WHITE ROCK LAKE TASK FORCE, BUT IT WAS INCOMPLETE NOT TO SHARE.
I'VE INCLUDED MICHAEL YOUNG'S EMAIL AND THE VENDOR'S RESPONSE AS TO WHY THE DRAFT WAS TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
THIS IS A PUBLIC PLAN OF WHY DO WE HAVE THE CONFIDENTIAL, WHY IS THE PROCESS BEING ROUGH AT THIS PERIOD? IS IT FOR ELECTION FIVE? THAT'S MAYBE COUNCILPERSON NEEDS TO SAY THAT THIS PLAN WAS PASSED.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE I WAS SHOWN AND THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE
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ON THE WHITE ROCK LAKE BASKET PLAN.THERE WAS ON THE MAP, A 14 FOOT PATH THROUGH ONE DESK BLACKLAND PRAIRIE REMNANTS.
IT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT PRAIRIE RE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING MY EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE.
AND I LIKE THAT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE WHITE ROCK LAKE TASK FORCE, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN TO LOOK AT IT, THEY'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION AND THEY COMPLETE DRAFTS.
WE ARE NOT READY FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.
YOU HAD, I HOPE, INPUT AFTER THE TEXT.
NOW I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON ROGER, BUT I PROBABLY HAVE AN TIME.
UM, I TALKED WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL CHAMBER OF GOVERNMENT AND, UM, SINCE THE PLAN WILL BE INCLUDING, UM, A, UH, A, A BRIDGE PATH, UH, AND D CARD WILL HAVE TO DO THE SHEET PILING, SHEET PILING IS GONNA FALL BACK TO, UH, TDOT, WHICH GREAT PUN ON Y'ALL'S PART.
GREAT PUN, UH, TDOT SHOULD BE SENDING.
ALL RIGHT, UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
OKAY, ONE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR MINUTES.
UH, MRS. BUTTER, THIS HASSMAN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
ALRIGHT, NOW, ITEMS FOR CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
BE SEEN, WANT TO BE SEEN TODAY.
KIND OF, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET, GET IN THEIR SEATS, BUT, UH, OKAY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
NOW WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS ALL AUTHORIZED.
PARKS AND WATER RESERVOIRS OF THE CITY, OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY MANY.
ADDING THE SUNSET IN AS LOCATION THAT ARE IN DEFENSE FOR PROSECUTION FOR CONSUMING OR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN THE PARTS WHILE REMOVING DRIVERLESS CLUB.
THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER FEBRUARY, 2025.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
NEXT, WE HAVE NUMBER FIVE, PARKLAND DEDICATION, ALL AUTHORIZED RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION PART EDUCATION B UH, UPDATE ORDINANCE.
MR. GREENY, ANY DISCUSSION MS.
LIKE WHAT, UM, IS THIS GOING UP TO 2% OF MFI? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
UH, MR. GREENY, YOUR QUESTION WAS, ARE THE RECOMMENDED FEES AT 2, 2 1 1? IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
IT WAS 2% OF TWO BED OR MORE MULTIFAMILY.
FROM WHAT WE WERE BRIEFED LAST MEETING.
MS. CON, YOU STATED REAL QUICK, AND SO YOU'RE, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE WHOLE INCREASE THAT WE, WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR ON THE RESOLUTION, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THE REC THE STAFF RECOMMENDED FEES? YES, SIR.
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I'VE GOT A QUESTION.SO THE CLAIM WAS MADE AT CPC THAT WE WERE INCREASING, THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF INCREASE.
CAN YOU CLEAR THAT UP? I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, I MEAN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS TRUE.
BUT CAN YOU TELL ME, SO, SO THE RECOMMENDED FEES ARE AN INCREASE ABOVE THE OLD FEES.
SO AS WE DISCUSSED TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN INCREASE IN FEES SINCE THE ORDINANCE ORIGINATED.
THE RECOMMENDED FEES THAT WE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED TWO WEEKS AGO ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED REPEATEDLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND ARE A RELATIVELY MODEST INCREASE FROM WHAT THE RECOMMENDED FEES ARE PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO OUR FEES, AS I UNDERSTAND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WERE BELOW THE, THE LEVEL THE LEGISLATURE SET AS A RECOMMENDED FEE FOR TWO OF THE CATEGORIES.
THE, THE 2% ACCORDING TO STATE LAW IS THE MAXIMUM THAT A CITY CAN CHARGE BASED UPON ED AND FAMILY INCOME.
SO FOR TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES, WE WERE UNDER THE STATE LAW THRESHOLD, BUT WITH ALL WE ARE WITHIN.
FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
SO, MY, MY QUESTION AGAIN, I HAVE A BACKUP QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE 13 MILLION IN THE ACCOUNT NOW, OR WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? 14 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.
AND WE'VE NEVER USED ANY OF THE DOLLARS.
WE HAVE ACQUIRED ONE PROPERTY IN DISTRICT 13 WITH A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO, SO THEN HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TRYING TO KEEP IN THAT ACCOUNT? AND WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT UP FOR A WHILE.
NOW, NOW WE'RE READY TO, NOW WE START SPENDING AFTER WE READ ONE NUMBER.
WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL AT A POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY WITHIN EACH OF THE ZONES TO ACTIVELY GO OUT AND ACQUIRE A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE, IN THE POSITION OF HOPING THOSE FEES CONTINUE TO ACCRUE BEFORE THE 10 YEAR WINDOWS.
WE CAN GO OUT AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN MOST OF THOSE ZONES.
THERE'S SEVEN CURRENT ZONES WITHIN EACH ZONE.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS FOR FUNDING THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AS WE KNOW, THERE'S NOWHERE CLOSE TO ENOUGH MONEY TO GO OUT AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GROW THE FUND TO BE IN A POSITION TO GO OUT AND ACQUIRE A PROPERTY.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED A LOT THROUGHOUT THIS PRO THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
HE SAID, WHY WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT TO THEM AND THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THAT MEMO SOMEWHERE AND KIND OF PACK THAT UP, WHY WE'RE SAVING THAT MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO SPEND IT YET WE ALL KNOW THAT WE JUST, THE PUBLIC MIGHT NOT, OR OUR PPC COUNTERPARTS MIGHT NOT.
AND POINT OF FACT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS BEEN, BEEN SAID THAT WE WEREN'T SPENDING IT.
BUT IN MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT SIX, DANIEL, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE DID SPEND PARKLAND DEDICATION MONEY TO PURCHASE THE PARKING LOT PROPERTY AQUATIC CENTER IN DISTRICT SIX THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY WAS USED FOR THAT.
YOU HAVE I AND, AND RACHEL, I THINK.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN USING THE MONEY.
YOU JUST WANT TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
THAT'S NOT DISTRICT TWO CLAIM THAT WE HAVEN'T, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN USED IN EXTREMELY LIMITED INSTANCES.
THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION I HAVE JUST BECAUSE WE, WE KEEP HEARING TODAY SAY THAT WE'RE NOT USING THAT MONEY IS WE NEED MAKE SURE WHY WE'RE NOT USING IT AND WHAT WE HAVE USED IT ON BEFORE.
SO, AND THE REALLY SIMPLE ANSWER AGAIN IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO ACCRUE ENOUGH TO A POINT THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND BUY SOMETHING.
IN THIS CASE, WITH
THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE COME TO THE BRIEFINGS AND OUR FIRST ONE IS, UH, WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK MASTERS LAND BRIEFING.
UH, MR. BRIAN O'CONNOR? YES, SIR.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK PHILLIP AND BRAD, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM.
WELCOME THEM BACK AS THEY'RE GETTING SETTLED.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO MAKE A, A COUPLE REMARKS.
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I WANT TO KNOW THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN INFORMED BY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATING BACK TO 2023.I KNOW THAT CONSULT TEAM HERE IS GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REASSURE THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY TO MISSPELLED WALTON'S COMMENT.
WE INTEND TO MAKE THE FULL REPORT 100% PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
AS SOON AS STAFF IS AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE WELCOME ANYONE IN IT, EVERYONE THAT'S INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, TO REVIEW IT, TO OFFER, COMMENT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO US SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED.
AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE'LL DO SOME MEDIA ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE MM-HMM.
THAT THAT IS VERY COMMON KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO URGENCY TO HAVE THE BOARD CONSIDER IT FOR ADOPTION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS.
LET'S GIVE EVERYONE ENOUGH TIME TO BECOME FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLAN BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE PLAN AND WE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO PHILLIP TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK.
WE'VE BEEN HERE TWICE AND I GUESS THE COMMITTEE ONCE, I MEAN, SO BRAD, I'VE ENJOYED THE JOURNEY ON THIS FASCINATING PROJECT TO GET TO WORK ON AGAIN.
UH, WHAT WE'LL DO TODAY, WE'LL EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
A MONTH AGO OR WHENEVER THAT WAS, WE WERE WITH YOU.
WE'LL HAVE MORE IN TERMS OF ZOOMING IN ON THE 20 DIFFERENT AREAS, WHAT WE WERE PARKS WITHIN THIS GREAT, UH, PARK OF WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK.
SO WITH THAT, UH, IT HAS BEEN ALMOST, UH, BRING UP, SHE'S BEEN WITH US.
IS THAT TWO YEAR JOURNEY, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE WERE BROUGHT IN, IT IS ABOUT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE, WE STARTED WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN WANTED ENLARGED ON THAT AS WE GOT MORE AND MORE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, ENERGY AND INPUT THAT WAS COMING IN, WHICH WAS FINE WITH US.
BUT WHILE WE WERE GETTING INPUT, WE WERE DOING REVIEWING DOCUMENTATION AND WHAT I'D SAY THE HISTORY, THE INCREDIBLE HISTORY, DECADES, A HISTORY OF DIFFERENT REPORTS AND STUDIES AND MASTER PLAN.
SO THAT BECAME OUR EARLY SERIES OF MONTHS.
THE, THIS PURPOSE, WHAT WE WERE COMMISSIONED TO DO WAS TO BRING TOGETHER AND BRING FORWARD HISTORY INTO AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN FOR WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK.
DEFINITELY NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WE HAD TO SAY THAT.
I'VE PROBABLY SAID IT TOO MANY TIMES.
WE'RE NOT STARTING WITH A CLEAN MARKER BOARD OR CLEAN PAPER BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A PHENOMENAL RICH HISTORY.
THERE'S A, THERE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE MASTER PLAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
EVEN IN PROJECTS THAT BRAD, I'VE BEEN TIED TO AT WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK.
WE'VE WOULD GO IN AND LOOK AT THAT MASTER PLAN AND STILL TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
BUT THIS WAS ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD AND BRINGING TOGETHER A LOT OF HISTORY SO THAT THIS MASTER PLAN GIVES YOU A, AN UP TO DATE TOOL TO WORK FROM.
AGAIN, JUST RESPECTING HISTORY AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND THEN ANY DESIGN FIRM THAT COMES FORWARD.
I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, BRAD PROBABLY REINFORCES IT.
ANY DESIGN FIRM THAT'S BROUGHT IN INTO, OR PROJECT AT BIG, THICK HEADED OR OVER INTO BOY SCOUT HILL OR, YOU KNOW, T AND P HILL OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND THEY WOULD START WITH THAT AS A, AS A BASE TO WORK FROM.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE FINAL DESIGN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE BROUGHT IN PROJECTS, WE WOULD SEE THAT AS AN OVERALL PROGRAMMATIC, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THAT PIECE.
AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO DETAIL DESIGN IF YOU'RE GONNA UPDATE PAVILIONS OR PARKING AND LIGHTING, WHATEVER IT IS, PLAY SPACES.
SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE MASTER PLAN GUIDES, AND IT HAS GREAT, UH, CONSOLIDATION OF HISTORY, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THE FINISHED DESIGN THAT SOMEBODY GOES OUT AND BUILD.
JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT.
SO AGAIN, CONSOLIDATING AND BRIEF, BRINGING FORWARD A, A LOT OF GREAT, UH, WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE THROUGH THE DECADES.
SO WHEN WE GOT INTO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE KNEW THAT WAS, UH, GONNA BE LIVELY.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE GROUPS THAT WOULD COME AND BE WITH US, WE WOULD HAVE BREAKOUT STATIONS.
I THINK WE MENTIONED THIS TO YOU SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, BUT EARLY ON WE WERE ASKED BY CITIZENS AND THE TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES, CAN WE EXTEND THIS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT BASE? WE SAID, SURE.
I MEAN, IT'S ULTIMATELY NOT OUR CALL.
AND IN EXTENDING IT, IT ALLOWED D DEPART STAFF, JOHN'S TEAM PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY OF ONLINE SURVEY.
SO THERE WAS THE SAME KINDS OF TOPICS ON THE SURVEY.
IF SOMEBODY COULDN'T ATTEND, ATTEND A BOOK MEETING, THEY COULD GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THAT.
WE WERE GETTING IN THE LIVE MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THEN WE, WE WOULD'VE, THESE COMMENTS COME IN.
I WOULD SAY THE SURVEY WAS LIVE SIX WEEKS OR SOMETHING.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AGAIN.
SO THAT ALLOWED THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO BE IN PERSON OR ONLINE, HOWEVER PEOPLE WANTING TO JOIN IN.
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SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME TOPICS.TRAILS WAS OBVIOUSLY HUGE, ALWAYS IS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A KEY PART OF DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITY, GENERAL MAINTENANCE, SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVATION AND EVEN, EVEN THE LAKE, THE WATER, THE EDGE EROSION, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD COME UP.
BUT WE, WE WOULD CATEGORIZE, AGAIN, THESE COMMENTS INTO GROUPINGS THAT WOULD HELP US AT THIS POINT.
WE'VE DONE NOTHING TO DELINEATE UPDATED PLANS OF THOSE AREAS.
WE'RE JUST LISTENING TO THE BUBBLE.
AND THEN YOU SEE THAT THE THREE THEMES, IF WE KIND OF BUNDLED THEM ALL INTO MAJOR THEMES, MAINTENANCE AND LAKE EDGE WAS BIG PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION HAD EVEN DEFINED SOME OF THOSE TERMS. WHAT ARE THOSE? AND THEN SECURITY AND SAFETY, WHICH DEALS WITH A POST OF ITEMS THAT DEAL WITH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF REAL.
KIND OF A SHOUT OUT TO DAVID SMITH AND OTHERS THAT HELPED US ALONG THE WAY.
MEANING THERE, THEY'RE IN THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S BEING UPDATED AND WHAT ARE SAFETY ISSUES OR CIRCULATION ISSUES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE WORK SESSIONS WITH A GROUP, UH, INCLUDING, UH, OTHERS FROM D PARK.
THE PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS, THIS IS SO REMARKABLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TODAY.
BUT GOING BACK TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN THE THIRTIES AND THEN HOW THAT BEGAN TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEFINE THE ORIGINAL LEGACY OF BLACKROCK LAKE PARK, BOTH THE PARK AND THE WATER.
AND THEN WE JUST, WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THESE.
I HAD BEEN FAMILIAR AND BRAD DIDN'T FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF 'EM IN OUR YEARS OF GETTING TO WORK AT WHITE ROCK, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST A TIMELINE SHOWING KEY STUDIES.
BRAD MENTIONED 'EM, HE, THEM, WE WERE HERE BEFORE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PARTICULAR GUIDELINES AND THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THESE TWO BOOKS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BE RESPECTFUL AND PULL THOSE INTO THE CURRENT UPDATE.
AND THEN THE LEFT PLAN, WHICH WE'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS NJB, THE FIRM THAT USED TO BE IN THE JACKSON BEAVER SIDE.
THAT PLAN HAS SURVIVED 20 PLUS YEARS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY PHYSICALLY THE MOST PERTINENT PLAN THAT WE WOULD DRAW FROM AND WORK BACK TOWARDS A LIGHTING PLAN.
AND THEN TAKING THIS INTO RECOMMENDATIONS OR BEGINNING TO GO INTO STUDYING THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND I'LL LET, UH, BRAD PICK IT UP.
BUT AGAIN, AS HE GOES THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, THE 20 AREAS, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TODAY TO, TO GET INTO DETAIL, BUT YOU'LL REALIZE WE HAD TO ZOOM IN OURSELVES AND THINK ABOUT EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
'CAUSE THERE'S UNIQUENESSES TO EACH OF THOSE AREAS, UH, FROM THE PHYSICAL PLANNING AND PROGRAMMATIC USE.
UH, AS, AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT COMPARISON OF THOSE, UH, PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THEN THE, UH, KIND CONSOLIDATION OF BRINGING FORWARD AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1990 MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE 94, SOME GUIDELINES WE LOCATED, UH, WHERE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, OR THAT'S WHAT IT IS, DAP SHOW.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL START TO SEE, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE A SUMMARY OF THESE ON, ON YOUR DECK HERE.
BUT AS WE START TO REVIEW THE DRAFT, THIS WAS A, UH, METHODOLOGY THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH, UM, D PART AND, AND AS WELL AS WORKING WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS, UM, MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BEEN IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS ALL IN ONE PLACE.
SO WHILE WE'RE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD, WE NEEDED TO HAVE ANALYZED IF THEY WERE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED, IF THEY WERE ONGOING OR IF THEY WERE OBSOLETE, IF, IF THEY HAD BEEN ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY MOVED ON FROM AND, AND NOT APPLICABLE TO THE PART TODAY.
SO THIS IS A COLLECTION, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
THIS STARTS TO LOCATE AS, AS BILL MENTIONED, THOSE 20 AREAS THAT WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE MASTER PLAN INTO FOCUS, UM, DESIGN OPTIONS, UM, TO BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER KIND OF A SUMMARY OF EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS WHERE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE WORK AND THINGS.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME IN HERE AS GENERAL AS CONSOLIDATE PARKING.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN MOVING FORWARD? IS PHILLIP MENTIONED GOING INTO THESE 20 AREAS.
WE HAVE SOME CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND SOME IDEAS EITHER THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE N JB PLAN OR SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS.
UH, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS TEES UP THAT IDEA FOR THAT FUTURE PROJECT WITH THE, WHEN THOSE AREAS ARE FOCUSED ON FUNDS.
GO THROUGH THESE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO AS, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S A SERIES OF ABOUT 20.
THERE'S EVEN A FEW OTHER, UH, AREAS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PARKS WITHIN PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS SUCH AS TOLKIEN PARK SURROUNDING, UH, LAKE HIGHLANDS PARK THAT WERE ACTUALLY HAD RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PREVIOUS POINT.
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THE MASTER PLANS THAT WE, UH, AS WELL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE PIECE.
THERE ARE, UH, MANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CARRY OVER IN THAT ONGOING, UH, SECTION.
AND SO WHAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SECTION, WE DEFINE THAT AS EITHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED OR THAT MAY REQUIRE, UH, ADDITIONAL.
SO, UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT IS A PROJECT ON THE TABLE AND WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS AN ONGOING RECOMMENDATION THAT REMAINS VALID TO THE MASTER
SO THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT EFFORT IN TERMS OF STUDYING THE EXISTING COMMISSIONS.
WE, WE KIND THIS TO MEETING GO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND HOW THAT RELATED TO THE 1994 CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH WAS CALLED THE DIVERSIFIED CONCEPT.
THERE ARE THREE CONCEPTS, UH, PRESENTED A DIVERSIFIED CONCEPT WITH THE PREFERRED, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC USE AREAS AROUND THE PARK THERE, GENERAL PARK AREAS, SPECIAL USE AREAS AS THE PARK HAS EVOLVED EVEN SINCE NINE FOUR.
UH, EACH OF THESE AREAS WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, HAS ALMOST DEVELOPED INTO THEIR OWN PARKS WITHIN THE PARK.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT WAS A RESULT OF THAT DIVERSIFIED CONCEPT OF IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC TYPES OF USE AROUND THE PARK.
AND THEN NOW MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE 20 AREAS HAVE, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF THE
SO WHAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH NOW IS KIND OF THESE SUMMARY PAGES, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THIS, UH, SLIDE PRESENTATION.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU REVIEW THE, UH, DRAFT MASTER PLAN, YOU WILL SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ENLARGEMENT OF EACH OF THESE, UH, 20 AREAS.
THEN EACH ONE HAS OPPORTUNITIES LISTED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EITHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OR THOSE ONGOING RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS.
OR THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FORWARD THROUGH THE PUBLIC INPUT AND STAFF REVIEW AND ELEMENTS THROUGH 2020.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE ARE, UH, UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS, RECREATIONAL ASSETS AND SURROUNDING INFLUENCES LISTED.
AS PHILIP MENTIONED, THESE, EACH, EACH OF THESE KIND OF BLOW UP OR FOCUSED AREAS, UH, CREATE THAT CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE DESIGN PROJECTS OR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS.
UH, SOME, SOME ITEMS MAY BE SELF PERFORMED INTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT.
SOME ITEMS MAY BE A, YOU KNOW, A DESIGN PROJECT FOR THE DESIGN FIRM TO COMPLETE OR POTENTIALLY EVEN SOMETHING THAT COULD SUPPORT A, SOME OTHER APPLICATION MOVING FORWARD.
SO AS WE WALK THROUGH THESE, UM, I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON A FEW OF THEM, BUT HAPPY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO QUESTION AND ANSWERS TO ANY OF THESE THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.
BUT, UH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM.
SO AS WE START AT, UH, MOCKINGBIRD POINT WITH THE NORTHERN, UH, PORTION OF THE LAKE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A, A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES FROM THE, UH, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, DREDGING PROJECTS, UH, AN AREA THAT, THAT THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN AND EVEN THE NJB MASTER PLAN, THE DOG PARK, WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED AT THE TIME.
SO MOST OF THIS PIECE IN THE, UH, NEW MASTER PLAN IS, UH, BRINGING FORWARD ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR BRINGING THOSE UP TO SPEED.
THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, OBVIOUSLY SHORELINE EROSION IS AN ISSUE ON THE POINT ITSELF.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS, AREAS WITHIN THAT SOUTHERN, UH, WIND AND WAVE ACTION COMING FROM THE SOUTH, UH, HITTING THAT POINT.
UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR USE OF THE LAKE AND, AND LOOKING DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
SO, UH, PREVIOUS MASTER PLANTS HAD RECOMMENDED AN, AN OBSERVATION, AN AREA ADJACENT TO THE, UH, TO THE TRAIL IN THIS AREA.
SO, UH, AGAIN, BRINGING FORWARD THAT AS A BIG IDEA OR A CONCEPT, A CONCEPTUAL IDEA AT THE MASTER PLAN LEVEL.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD INTO SOME OF THOSE RECREATIONAL ASSETS YOU NEED CHARACTERISTICS AND, AND SURROUNDING INFLUENCES.
THERE'S A HEAVY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, NATURAL AREA IN THIS, IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
ALSO, UH, WE HAVE MENTIONED IN THERE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION OF, YOU KNOW, MIGRATORY OR, OR HABITATS AND, UH, NATURAL EDGE TO THE LAKE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
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HILL.UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE ACROSS FROM, FROM, UH, THE MOCKINGBIRD POINT OVER TO BOY SCOUT HILL, UH, LOTS OF THE PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AREA, ONE AS IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UH, CONNECTIVITY DOWN FROM ADDITIONAL FROM EITHER THE LAKE HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD OR ACROSS MOCKINGBIRD, OR EVEN ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE.
UM, I MENTIONED THESE BIG IDEAS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S TIME BETWEEN IDEAS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE MASTER PLAN, UH, WITH SOME FURTHER, YOU KNOW, RENDERINGS OR FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHY.
UH, ONE OF THOSE BIG IDEAS HAPPENS HERE WHERE THE MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE COULD ESSENTIALLY BE, UH, RENOVATED TO CREATE AN OVERPASS OVER EAST LAW TIE INTO THE TOP OF BOY SCOUT HILL TO REALLY ALLEVIATE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PINCH POINTS OF TRAVEL AROUND THE LAKE.
AS, AS CYCLISTS AND RUNNERS ARE TURNED IMMEDIATELY AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE AND ONTO THE ROAD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO GO UP THE HILL ON, ON THE TRAIL OR DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, MANY CHOOSE TO, UH, STAY ON THE ROAD IN THIS AREA.
UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE MASTER PLAN AT THIS LEVEL HAS, YOU KNOW, FULL ENGINEERING OR DESIGN FOR.
BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE BIG IDEAS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH FROM PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS AS WELL AS, UH, NOW BEING DOCUMENTED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD INTO STUDY.
AND, AND JUST THAT, UM, BOY SCOUT HILL OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME GREAT, UH, NATURAL AREAS AND PRAIRIE REMNANTS.
AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A, A POSITION OF THE PLAN TO LOOK IN INTO THIS AREA OF WHERE, UH, THOSE CAN DEFINITELY BE, UH, PRESERVED OR, OR ENHANCED.
UM, IN TERMS OF TRAILS AND, AND AREAS THERE, ALL OF THE TRAILS HERE WOULD EITHER BE EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE IMPROVED OR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THE, THAT AREA CAN BE, UH, PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY.
GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THE NAUTICAL AREA.
AN AREA IN WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES LOTS OF USE FOR MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AREAS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY MORNING.
UM, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THE PARKING LOTS IN THE ROAD, IN THE, IN SOME OF THE SHORELINE AREA HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED OR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT FORTH LIKE THAT.
THE, THE COMMENT OF CONSOLIDATED PARKING OR EVEN WORKING WITH THE LAKE EDGE AND THE, UH, PARKING EDGE.
IT'S KIND OF CREPT INTO PARALLEL PARKING, YOU KNOW, BANDIT PARKING ON THE, ON THE, THE BUSY DAYS.
AND SO ONE OF THESE IDEAS EVEN BROUGHT FORTH THROUGH THE M JV PLACE TO ORGANIZE THE PARKING IN THIS AREA.
UH, POTENTIALLY EVEN, UH, PAVE THESE PARKING LOTS.
SO, AND ORGANIZE THEM SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY STRIPED INSTEAD OF JUST A, A LARGE, UH, UH, ROCK PARKING LOT THAT CAN BE INEFFICIENT AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME, SOME ISSUES WHEN PEOPLE GET DOUBLE PARKED OR CHALLENGES WITHIN THAT AREA.
SO MOST OF THE INFLUENCES HERE, UH, RELATE TO THAT, UH, CONTRAST OF PEDESTRIAN
UH, THEY, THEY GET, AGAIN, ANOTHER, UH, CHARACTER AREA WITH A, UH, THE RENTABLE STRUCTURE.
UM, SOME OF THOSE SURROUNDING INFLUENCES, OBVIOUSLY BEING WITHIN THE NAUTICAL AREA.
UH, BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PARKING LOTS AND SOME OF THE, UH, USABLE, UH, FISHING PIER AND BOAT RAMP IN THIS AREA THAT'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
THIS CONTAINS ONE OF THE, UH, BIG IDEAS THAT I MENTIONED.
UM, ONE OF NORTH CLIFF DRIVE AS IT COMES INTO, UH, THE PARKING LOT OF THE BATHHOUSE.
ACTUALLY ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS IN A PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN TO REALIGN THIS DRIVEWAY IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A SMOOTHER TRANSITION INTO THIS PARKING LOT.
CURRENTLY, YOU CAN GET IN INTO THE, UH, EAST LOCKER, A LITTLE 10 FOOT JOG OVER, AND THEN DOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT.
UH, THAT CREATES A, A CONFLICT WHEN TRAIL USERS ARE EITHER USING THE BOAT AREA, SO SOME, UH, SIMPLE ALIGNMENT REALIGNMENT OF THAT TRAIL OR OF THAT ROAD, UH, COULD ALLEVIATE THAT.
THEN THERE IS ALSO THE AREA OF EAST L THAT GOES AROUND THE TOP OF THAT PARKING LOT THAT REALLY IS NOT EVEN USED FOR VEHICULAR UH, TRAFFIC ANYMORE TRAFFIC 'CAUSE THE ROAD IS, IS CLOSED AT THE END OF IT.
UM, SO BY REALIGNING INTO THE PARKING LOT AND POTENTIALLY EVEN TRANSITIONING THAT EAST BLOCK SECTION TO, UM,
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MORE OF THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, AREAS, WE COULD ACTUALLY FIND SOME REDUCTION OF SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL GATES AND CONTROL MEASURES.WE CAN OPEN UP THAT FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN.
SO, UM, THERE ARE ALSO, UH, PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF SURFACE, UH, SURFACE ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT PARKING LOT AND POTENTIALLY LANDSCAPING IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THERE'S TWO, UH, KIND OF SATELLITE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE IN BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE SHORELINE THAT WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT AND REALIGNING MISALIGNMENT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THOSE COULD POTENTIALLY BE REMOVED AND, UH, RECLAIMED AS PARK LANE RECLAIMED AS GREEN SPACE IN BETWEEN THE SHORELINE ROAD.
UM, CURRENTLY TODAY, THEY'RE VERY RARELY USED BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH PARKING WITHIN THE BATHHOUSE THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE A LARGE REDUCTION IN NEIGHBORHOOD CAPACITY FOR CLOSING.
THEY'RE KIND OF JUST A REMNANT OF BEING THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
COMING DOWN THE
ONE, UH, THE, THE
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A, A CONCERTED EFFORT TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS AREA, THE MASTER PLACE, ESSENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST OPENING UP THAT AS A CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF A POTENTIAL, UH, UH, BUILDING REPLACEMENT.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A LARGE SIZE
UM, BUT WHILE THAT, THAT POINT, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO MOCKINGBIRD POINT AS SOME OF, OF THE LAKE IN DOWNTOWN FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ELEVATED POSITION ON THAT, UH, EASTER SHORELINE.
UH, THIS, THIS AREA DEFINITELY IS A PROMINENT AREA OF THE LAKE THAT WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, GARNER SOME MORE INTEREST AS, AS THE, AS A FUTURE DESIGN PROJECT.
THIS AREA HAS SOME MOMENTUM FROM SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC PAVILION AND THE TABLE AREA ITSELF.
UH, THE ONE, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH THROUGH SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS THAT'S SHOWN HERE IS REORGANIZING SOME OF THE PARKING.
SOME OF THE PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF THE DRIVE, UH, ACROSS FROM THE PAVILION, UH, COULD ACTUALLY BE REORGANIZED INTO WHAT, WHAT IS CALLED IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS, THE SINGLE LOADED LOTS INSTEAD OF THE LARGE RECTANGULAR LOTS THAT GO UP TO THE TRAIL, UH, THAT, UH, RECOVERING SOME BREEZE SPACE AND KIND OF WARM BUFFER BETWEEN, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT, THE EDGE OF THAT PARKING.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN ALONG, UM, ALONG THE ROAD THERE.
UH, THERE'S GREAT MOMENTUM, SOME, UH, UH, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, PLAYGROUND PLACEMENT HERE.
UM, SOME OTHER, UH, ELEMENTS WOULD BE OF COURSE, UH, PRESERVING AND NATURAL REFORESTATION OF THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY WE A CELEBRATION TREE, TREE GROWTH AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN THIS AREA.
KIND OF A HOT FOR, FOR SOME OF THAT.
FOR SUNSET BAY, AGAIN, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ACTIVE AREA, WHICH JUST OVER TIME, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENT USES OF ONE, THE SERVICE CENTER, BUT ALSO THE TWO FACILITIES THERE IN THE, THE KEEPER HOUSE AND THE, UH, SUNSET INN, UH, PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVITY WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME, SOME TRAILS THAT CAN COME INTO THIS AREA THAT THEY JUMP INTO THE, UH, PARKING LOTS TODAY.
UM, SEE, JUST REALLY IN EFFECT OF, OF THE NEED FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF, OF THE NEXT PROJECT TO CONNECT THOSE TRAILS TO OTHER TRAILS.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME IDEAS IN HERE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK LEVEL OF KIND OF REORGANIZING SOME OF THE ROAD AND TRANSITION TO OPEN UP, UH, SAFER, UH, PEDESTRIAN WAYS, UH, CLOSER TO THE LAKE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA ALONG THE, UH, ALONG THE SHORELINE JUST FROM DEPOSITS AND, AND DIFFERENT, UH, ELEMENTS FROM
AND SO, UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON, ON AERIAL HOW MUCH, UM, THAT AREA HAS TILTED IN.
SO, UH, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PROJECT THAT JUST IS A, A SURROUNDING INFLUENCE TO THIS AREA.
'CAUSE IT IS CHANGING THE, THE LAKE AND THE EDGE AS, AS WE SPEAK.
GO TO THE NEXT ONE WINFREY POINT, AGAIN, ANOTHER AREA OF GREAT, UH, ACTIVITY.
UM, LOTS OF MOMENTUM IN, IN, IN TALKING ABOUT, UH, BRINGING IN THESE TRAILS.
LOTS OF INPUT, UH, DURING THE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO GET THERE, BUT THEN GETTING
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BACK DOWN THE HILL OR THE HILL, UH, FROM THE SOUTHERN SECTION, UH, THERE'S REALLY NOT A DEDICATED TRAIL OR PATHWAY ALSO GOING OUT, UM, UH, THE MAIN ROAD OVER TOWARDS ROAD, THERE'S KIND A DEDICATED TRAIL.SO PEOPLE COMING INTO THE PARK OR, OR EVEN, UH, OMITTING THE LOOP AROUND THE EDGE, BUT TRYING TO COME UP TO THE, THE HILL ITSELF, UH, DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED PATH.
LOOKING AT, UM, SOME WAY TO PROVIDE THAT WITHIN, WITHIN REASONING TO THE ROADWAYS THEMSELVES.
UM, THERE IS SOME CONSOLIDATION OR REORGANIZATION OF THE PARKING LOTS IN THAT AREA JUST TO, UH, ONE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, KIND OF REORGANIZING HOW THAT APPROACH TO
SO GARLAND ROAD, ONE OF THE, A ADDITIONAL BIG IDEAS, ONE OF THE FIVE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THIS MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, UH, YOUR, YOUR GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POTENTIAL FRAMEWORK LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, THE IDEA HERE IS, IS JUST THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THE SKINNY AREA BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURB OF GARLAND ROAD AND THE SHORELINE THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ERODING ADJACENT TO THE TRAIL, UH, DOES PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SIGNATURE ELEMENT AT PARK.
IT COULD BE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A BOARDWALK OR, OR DEPARTING FROM THE SHORELINE WITH THE TRAIL AND OUT OVER THE WATER, AND THEN BACK ONTO THE SHORE CLOSER TO THE SPILLWAY OR, OR JUST NORTH OF THAT, UH, WHERE THE, WHERE THE PARKLAND ACTUALLY WIDENS OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IS YET TO BE DETERMINED IN TERMS OF THE, THE FUNCTION AND, AND HOW THAT, UH, BOARDWALK BOATS DESIGNED AND BUILT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THAT, THAT CHANCE AT THE MASTER PLAN LEVEL, WE STARTED THAT IDEA.
UM, SO HERE WE'RE SHOWING AT LEAST A, YOU KNOW, A WIDENED PATHWAY THAT IS A PATHWAY THAT COULD, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, OVERLOOKS OR AREAS TO PULL OFF OF THE WALKWAY, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST PROVIDING JUST A, A CLEAR PATH, JUST A PATHWAY, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD WALK OFF OF THE TRAVEL WAY AND THEN, UH, USE THE AREA AS AN
UH, THE DAM SPILLWAY, AGAIN, ANOTHER AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY A PINCH POINT COMING ACROSS THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
LOTS OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND, UH, FROM ESPECIALLY THE CYCLIST COMMUNITY ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS AREA, UM, AS YOU GO ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.
AND THEN MAKE THAT HARD, RIGHT OR LEFT, YOU KNOW, OUT ONTO, UH, WINSTEAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS AREA IS TO WIDEN THAT, UH, APPROACH AND THE, AND DEPARTURE FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, UH, POTENTIALLY EVEN WIDENING THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ITSELF.
THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THE SAME ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT ITS EIGHT FOOT, EIGHT AND A HALF FOOT WIDTH THAT IT KIND OF THE SAME WIDTH AS THE TRAIL WAS AT THE TIME.
NOW WITH A 14 FOOT WIDE, UH, TRAIL, THIS, THIS BRIDGE DOES BECOME KIND OF, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE STANDING ON IT AND LOOKING AT OVER THIS SPILLWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THERE IN RAIN, REALLY EXCITED.
UM, BUT THIS AREA WOULD, COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE IT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SIGNATURE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OR, OR A WIDENING APPROACH.
UM, ANOTHER AREA FOR POTENTIAL PARKING, UH, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE OBJECTION ON INSTEAD, PARK ON THE STREET.
UH, THERE IS A LOW AREA AROUND AN EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT ONE, THE EXISTING PARKING LOT HAS SOME INEFFICIENCIES IN ITS LAYOUT THAT COULD BE, UH, UPDATED AS SHOWN HERE IN THE MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO SOME AREAS OF POTENTIAL EXPANSION.
UH, WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
NOW WE'RE MAKING THE TURN BACK NORTH, SO WE'RE ALMOST AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE.
SO AS, AS WE GO AROUND THE SPILLWAY, YOU COME UP TO THE PUMPHOUSE SQUARE, KIND OF THE AREA IN AND AROUND, UH, THE FILTER BUILDING AND THE SQUARE PUMPHOUSE BUILDING.
UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG, I CAN GUESS ON THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT IN THIS AREA, UH, THAT HAS BEEN EXPLORED WOULD BE, UH, POTENTIALLY TO HAVE A ELEVATED TRAIL THAT DEPARTS FROM THE, UH, FROM THE, THE SPILLWAY OR THE DAM AT THE TOP OF THE DAM AND LOOPS AROUND THE, UH, THE PUMPHOUSE BUILDING, AND THEN TIES BACK INTO BRINGING, UH, OVER BY THE FILTER BUILDING.
I KNOW THAT'S, MIGHT BE HARD TO VISUALIZE.
WE DO HAVE SOME IMAGES WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT KIND OF BRING THAT TO A CONCEPTUAL IDEA.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGE TODAY WITH THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, CONNECTIVITY THAT ACTUALLY TODAY GOES DOWN THROUGH THE SECURE PARKING LOT, UH,
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AROUND THE DW PW BUILDING.UM, AS, AS THE TRAIL KIND OF CONNECTS IN UP NEAR PLAZA SOLANA RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CATTLE PATH, JUST A 20 FOOT SECTION THAT, YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE TRAIL WALKING ACROSS AND CONNECTING IN.
SO, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME AREAS FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE TRAIL IN THERE COULD, COULD BE ANOTHER, UH, DESIGN RECOMMENDATION.
SO,
SO A LOT OF THE PARKING LOTS ON THIS SIDE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REP PAVED OR REORGANIZED.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS ON, ON TP HILL WAS THE, UH, SOME, AGAIN, SOME CAPITAL PASS AND, AND PASS OF LEASE RESISTANCE IN THE, IN THE, UH, TRAIL DESIGN.
AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME REALIGNMENT OF, OF THE PREVIOUS TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TP HILL, UH, KIND OF PARKING LOT IN BATHHOUSE OR BOATHOUSE AREA, UH, TO PROVIDE A BETTER CONNECTION TO THE, UH, LARGER TRAIL NETWORK.
SO, UM, REALLY JUST KIND SOME OF THOSE WHOLE EIGHT FOOT WIDE, UH, ASPHALT TRAILS KIND OF
UH, THERE'S A REAL, UH, A DANGEROUS PINCH POINT AS THE, AS THE BRIDGE KIND OF COMES OVER RIGHT PAST, UH, BATH HOUSE AND PEOPLE DUMP DOWN INTO THE, UH, PARKING LOT, UH, THAT WOULD BE A, ONE OF THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS TO REELECT INTO A APARTMENT.
SO, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG, GO TO THE NEXT ONE, UH, LILY PAD BAY.
AND ANOTHER AREA THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MORE PASTORAL AREAS AS YOU KIND OF
UM, THESE AREAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHALLENGED WITH THAT, SOME OF THE TRASH INFLUX AND CAN JUST FLOODING, UH, FROM THE LATE, UH, FROM THE THREE, UH, TRIBUTARIES THAT DUMPED INTO IT.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS AND ITEMS IS TO FURTHER THE STUDY WITHIN THOSE, THOSE CORRIDORS FOR HOW, HOW CAN WE INTERCEPT THAT TRASH AND HOW CAN WE, UH, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THAT, UH, WATER QUALITY COMES THROUGH THE LAKE, UH, BUT ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRAIL AREAS HERE THAT ARE CURRENT
UH, THERE IS A LARGE PARKING LOT AND BOAT RAMP IN THIS AREA.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS, UH, ACTUALLY TODAY THERE'S ABOUT 15 BAR, UH, PARKING SPACES FOR, UH, BOAT TRAILERS.
UM, RARELY USED FOR TRAILER BOAT PARKING.
THAT AREA IS ACTUALLY KIND OF CHALLENGED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SINGLE PARKING SPACES.
SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC PROCESS WAS TO REALIGN SOME OF THIS PARKING AND PULL THAT BOAT PARKING OUT TO KIND OF PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE, UH, APPROACH ROADS TO THAT PARKING LOT, AND THEN REORGANIZED SOME OF THAT PARKING INTO, YOU KNOW, SINGLE VEHICLE, UH, MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THAT PAVED AREA.
THERE'S A SERIES OF WEST LAU KIND OF NORTH AND, AND SOUTH AREAS, UH, JUST KIND OF THE SKINNY, UH, LAKESIDE DRIVE AREAS BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE, UH, SHORELINE.
UH, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE OBVIOUSLY SHORELINE APPROACH AND IS, IS, UH, A KEY POINT TO BE AWARE OF WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE THIS SMALL, UH, OUR PLAN INSPECTION, UH, SO AS TO WORK WITH.
SO, UH, AS THAT SHORELINE STARTS CREEPING BACK, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TRAIL
SO, UM, AGAIN, WHEREVER THE TRAIL, WHEREVER THE PARKLAND IS, THIS, UH, SKINNY SLIVER, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR, UM, RECOMMENDING, YOU KNOW, FURTHER FURTHER APPLICATION OF THE SHORELINE TREATMENTS IN AREAS WE GO TO.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, JACKSON POINT, ANOTHER KIND OF EXTENSION OF THOSE SHORELINE DRIVE AREAS.
THESE PARKING LOTS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED.
UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE ARE INCLUDE, UH, SHORELINE RESTORATION, UH, REFORESTATION, UM, AND THEN JUST IN GROUP IT IN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FISHING PEERS THAT SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN ONGOING.
UH, DAVID SMITH HAS BEEN HELPING US KIND OF UPDATE, UH, WHICH ONES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE AND WHICH ONES HAVE NOT.
UH, SO THAT WILL BE, UH, ONE OF THOSE FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN EACH OF THESE AREAS WHERE THOSE ARE LOOKING.
SO A COUPLE OF THE AREAS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU RETURN NORTH, YOU KNOW, THE FLAGPOLE HILL AREA HAS A MASTER PLAN IN ITSELF, UH, BUT AS IT IS RELATED TO, UM, WHITEROCK LAKE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAKE BEING ALMOST UP TO NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IN THE PREVIOUS, UH,
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YOU KNOW, IN PREVIOUS DECADES, UH, THAT THAT NATURAL AREA IN BETWEEN IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT AREA THAT, UH, CAN BE, UH, RESTORED AND, AND PROTECTED AS WELL.BUT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FLAGPOLE HILL, ESSENTIALLY TO KEEP THE WHITE ROCK PLATE DESIGN VERNACULAR, BUT ALSO CONTINUE WITH MOMENTUM OF THE PREVIOUS PAIR OF THE CURRENT EXTRA PLAN AT FIVE FOUR.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THESE, UH, KIND OF FIVE BIG IDEAS THAT WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN, WE WANTED TO SHOW THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE AREAS IN A SHORT SUMMARY ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN AND ALSO SOME, UM, PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY JUST TO, TO START THAT CONCEPTUAL.
THIS ONE IS SHOWING THAT MOCKINGBIRD POINT OVERLOOKED, UH, LOOKING SOUTH, UH, FROM ABOVE THE MOCKINGBIRD POINT AREA, BUT KIND OF NOTATING WHERE THAT, UH, OVERLOOKED COULD BE LOCATED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THAT SHORT LINE EROSION.
YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THESE TREES IN NATURAL AREAS THAT WOULD, UH, BE, UH, RECOMMENDED TO PRESERVE AS WELL.
NEXT ONE, UH, THIS IS A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF, UH, POTENTIAL EAST BL OVERPASS.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE, UH, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING OR DESIGN OF THIS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, JUST AS WE MENTIONING THE BIG IDEA OF, OF CONTINUATION OF THAT, OF THAT BRIDGE OVER EAST LOCKER, THREE OF THAT, UH, THAT TURNING, UH, AS YOU COME DOWN FROM MOCKINGBIRD ONTO EAST LAW, UH, AND THEN BRING THOSE PEDESTRIANS OVER TO THE ACTUAL TRAIL ALIGNMENT.
NOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE, UH, NAUTICAL AREA, THERE, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOME PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, EVEN JUST A TRAIL, UH, BACK DOWN TO THE, UH, BACK DOWN TO THE ROAD.
IT COULD BE THE ACTUAL EXISTING ONE OR FURTHER DOWN.
SO, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE STILL WOULD NOT BE ACCESS TO THE ROAD OR THE LAKESIDE, THIS AREA ONTO THE NEXT ONE, UH, FURTHER DEPICTION OF THAT AREA AROUND, UH, THE BATHHOUSE, UM, SHOWING THOSE GREEN AREAS ON THOSE KIND OF AUXILIARY PARKING LOTS AROUND THE, UM, THE BATHHOUSE, UH, POTENTIAL RECLAMATION OF THAT GREEN SPACE IN BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE SHORELINE.
UH, AND THEN THAT REALIGNMENT OF, UH, NORTHWOOD DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT.
UH, THIS ALSO HAS A LITTLE, A LABEL AT THE BOTTOM SHOWING THAT EAST LOCKER, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, SECTION THAT COULD BE, UH, REVERTED INTO A PEDESTRIAN HOME SPACE.
UH, ANOTHER FURTHER DEPICTION OF THE POTENTIAL ALONG GARLAND ROAD, UH, JUST TO GET THAT IDEA OUT THERE, TO SEE SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRAIL ITSELF EITHER DEPARTING, UH, FROM THIS AREA, THERE COULD ALSO BE ALIGNMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE STUDIED IN DEPARTING EVEN EARLIER, UH, FROM THE SHORELINE.
BUT REALLY BRINGING THAT USER OFF OF THAT SKINNY SECTION BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, BACK OF CURB OF GARLAND ROAD AND THE SHORELINE AS WELL.
SO, UH, TREATMENTS ALONG THE SHORELINE FOR SURE HAPPEN ALONG THERE IN TERMS OF GROWTH, CONTROL, UH, THE DESIGN AND THE APPLICATION OF WHAT THIS BOARDWALK IS, YOU, IT JUST THAT CENTRAL FRAMEWORK TO TEE UP THAT IDEA INTO BIGGER PICTURE, UH, PROJECT AS THIS FUNDING, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, THIS SHOWS THAT AREA AROUND THE, THE PUMP HOUSE, UH, THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, AT GRAVE COMING OFF OF THE, UH, DAM ITSELF ON THE SOUTH, UH, EDGE OF THIS IMAGE.
UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT ZIGZAG, UH, UH, SWITCHBACK TRAIL DOWN INTO THE FRONT OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, THIS COULD BE AN ELEVATED PATHWAY THAT CONTINUES ON IN FRONT OF THE PUMPHOUSE AND THEN CONNECTS INTO THE, THE AT GRADE, UH, AREA AROUND THE, UH, FILTER BUILDING.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PREVIOUS, UH, HISTORIC TRAIL OR, UH, RAILROAD ALIGNMENT THAT USED TO BE HERE, UH, THAT BROUGHT COAL TO THE PUMPHOUSE WHEN THE PUMPHOUSE WAS USED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WATER TREATMENT.
UH, AND THIS, THIS ACTUALLY FOLLOWS THAT SAME LINE.
UH, THAT DESIGN PRECEDENT WAS SET FORTH SOMEWHAT AT TP HILL, WHERE MANY OF THE TRAIL WAS OVER THERE,
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT SOME TRAIL DESIGN PROGRAM.
SO HERE CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF, OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AGAIN, IN THE, IN THE DRAFT FORMAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH,
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EVOLVED OVER YEARS INTO, UH, SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS THAT HAS BEEN TO, YOU KNOW, RESTROOM AND THOSE ITEMS MOVING FORWARD.SO I'LL SHOW YOU A SUMMARY OF THESE.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, AS THE DRAFT, UH, HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE DRAFT, WE, UH, APPLICATION OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UH, THIS SHOWS KIND OF THE HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE AND THE LEVEL OF GUIDANCE.
UM, IT IS INTENDED THAT THIS DESIGN GUIDELINE IS READ PER FOR THE READER PER DESIGN.
SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, SHOW YOU, UH, EACH ONE TALKS ABOUT, SAY, A MULTI-USE TRAIL, AND THAT THEN GIVES YOU THE, UH, DESIGN PARAMETERS OR THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT ARE BEING USED LATE TODAY.
UM, IN, IN TERMS OF A, A SHORT DESCRIPTION, THE LOCATION, UH, THE STANDARDS, AND THEN A GENERAL CONSIDERATION FOR EACH OF THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS.
IT GOES FROM, UH, TRAILS TO PARKING.
SO THIS DEFINES HOW A SINGLE LOADED PARKING LOT, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UH, JUST BRINGING THAT FORWARD INTO A SET OF STANDARDS THAT CAN BE READ, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A WHOLE.
UH, THE PREVIOUS DESIGN GUIDELINES KIND OF SET AS A NARRATIVE THAT HAS, HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS WERE PRESENTED.
UH, THIS ONE IS, IS KIND OF MORE A TECHNICAL APPROACH FOR THAT NEXT DESIGNER OR NEXT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT GOES STRAIGHT TO EITHER THE PARKING SECTION OR THE
UH, PARK AMENITIES THAT ARE DEFINED WITHIN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AGAIN, UH, BRINGING, BRINGING FORWARD FISHING PEERS, PLAYGROUNDS, RESTROOMS, UH, REST STOPS, PICNIC TABLES, PARK BENCHES.
UH, SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE PICTURES DOWN BELOW, UH, DIFFERENT PARK BENCHES HAVE BEEN USED.
DIFFERENT PARK, UH, PICNIC TABLES HAVE BEEN USED, BUT THERE IS A STANDARD THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS USING TODAY.
AND SO THAT IS BEING PRESENTED AS THE PREFERRED STANDARD.
THAT'S NOT A, A DIRECTIVE THAT EACH BENCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TODAY, BUT AS A NEW BENCH IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, APPLIED.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A SECTION TWO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THESE ARE KIND OF FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BENCHES.
THEY'RE AT THE LAKE TODAY WITH THIS FAR LEFT ONE.
THE, THE KIND OF GREEN, UH, METAL STRIP STRAP BUILT BENCH IS, IS REALLY THE STANDARD THAT'S BEING APPLIED TODAY.
UH, THERE'S AN ENHANCED STANDARD WITH THE, UH, WOOD SLATS AND THE, AND THE, UH, BLACK, UH, ORNAMENTAL METAL RINGLINGS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE PREVIOUS BENCH ON THE FAR RIGHT, WHICH WAS THE RATED METAL BENCH THAT'S BEEN THERE, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH PARK MAINTENANCE TO, TO ENSURE THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE CORRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, VENDORS AND STANDARD.
UH, SIGNAGE AND GRAPHICS, AGAIN, ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS.
THERE'S A DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS MANUAL.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE IS, IS, IS REFERENCE THAT MANUAL SHOW THAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS HAD HAD A GENERAL FORM.
UH, THAT MANUAL IS STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT TO THE SIGNAGE AND, AND DETAILING OF EACH OF THESE SIGNS TODAY.
UH, BUT AS A, A NEW DESIGNER OR A NEW, UH, PROJECT IS PROMOTED, UM, WHOEVER IS IMPLEMENTING THAT PROJECT WILL GET THE, UH, YOU KNOW, INITIAL IDEAS FROM THIS, UH, DESIGN GUIDELINES AS IT REFERS TO SIGNAGE AND GRAPHICS, AND THEY WILL REFER TO THAT ACTUAL PLAN, UH, FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY.
I TOLD YOU THERE WERE 20 AREAS.
AND SO IN A SENSE, BY DOING WHAT WE JUST DID, YOU, YOU CAN SEE FOR UPDATING THE MASTER PLAN IN 20 DIFFERENT PARK SPACES THAT MAKE UP MAGNIFICENCE OF THE FULL LAKE PARK.
SO, UH, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THERE.
THOSE INDIVIDUAL AREAS, BY THE WAY, WERE ON, WE PUT THOSE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC IN INDIVIDUAL STATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND COMMENT IF THEY PARTICULARLY USE A CERTAIN AREA.
SO THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN NOTES AND STICKY NOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR MONTHS WHEN WE GOT FEEDBACK WE WERE ABLE TO USE, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT ELEMENT THERE.
I WISH THE TRAIL WAS GETTING HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
UM, WITH THAT, I'LL EITHER TURN IT BACK OVER TO RYAN OR WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE, BUT A GOOD JOURNEY AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE FINISH OUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
47 PAGES, A LOT APPRECI SERVICE.
THERE'S, I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS THAT THERE
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COULD PROBABLY BEEN 50, MAYBE 60 BY THE TIME YOU SHRUNK IT DOWN TO 47.SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GIVING US TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND, UH, AS MS. PHILLIP AND BRAD MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANS AT WHITEROCK LAKE, AND THE INTENT WAS TO NEVER THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH WATER.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE AREA THAT YOU WERE TO WORK FROM ALL THE EXISTING PLANS, BUT YOU WANT TO BE MORALIZING.
SO IT WOULD INCORPORATE EVERYTHING INTO ONE DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF FOLKS GOING TO FIND THIS DOCUMENT, THIS DOCUMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BILL MENTIONED ALREADY, AND BRAD MENTIONED TO UPDATE IN ONE DOCUMENT, ALSO MODIFY BASED ON THE CURRENT USE, JUST LIKE THEY MENTIONED ABOUT NOW YOU HAVE A LOT MORE USERS USING THE TRAILS.
SO THE WAY THAT THE TRAIL WAS DESIGNED AT ONE TIME, THERE MAY NEEDS TO BE A MODIFICATION TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU JUST GOT SO MANY PEOPLE AND YOU'RE CREATING THESE, THESE ISSUES.
AND SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP.
AND THEN RYAN MENTIONED ABOUT THE EXTRA STEPS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE WE GET FEEDBACK.
AND BECAUSE THE BOARD, AS YOU ALL HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO STAFF, WHITE ROCK LAKE IS A CITYWIDE ASSET.
YOU WANT US TO TREAT IT THAT WAY.
AND THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS TYPE OF COMPLEX PLAN WAS WITH THE FAIR PARK MASTER PLAN.
AND AS RYAN MENTIONED, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE POST IT ON THE WEBSITE ALSO, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET AND WE SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
WE ALSO, WE MENTIONED THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WHERE YOU ALLOW, BEFORE Y'ALL EVEN VOTE ON IT, A COUPLE WEEKS IN EVENTS, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT THE BOARD CAN RECEIVE.
I JUST WANNA REASSURE THE BOARD, WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE WHATEVER THE BOARDS DESIRE, UH, TO, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE GET THE FEEDBACK YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE A, AN INFORMED DECISION BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS PLAN.
THAT WAS ALL FIRST BOARD MEMBER MR. ELAINE O'CONNOR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I WANNA THANK YOU MR. JENKINS.
THE, UH, I THINK THE BOARD, I MYSELF CONSIDER THE THE PARK CITYWIDE ASSET.
UM, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE STAFF, AS THE STAFF LIKES TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE PARK AS A CITYWIDE ASSET WHEN ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THE, FOR THE PARK.
SO JUST FYI, UM, THE THREE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING IN 23, 23, AND 24.
HOW ARE THOSE MEETINGS ADVERTISED? IT WAS LIKE SLIDE TWO OR THREE.
YOU INTO THAT, JOHN, I'M GONNA ASK BRIAN TO GO AHEAD AND JOIN YOU ALL AT THE TABLE.
WE PUT TOGETHER A FLYER THAT WOULD BE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF Y'ALL POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
WELL, PLATFORM POSTED ON WAS A FLYER THAT WE THEN ANNOUNCE THE MEETING LOCATION, YOU KNOW, DAY TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM,
UM, WE PUT IT ON OUR DISTRICT NINE FACEBOOK PAGE.
UH, WE WAIT FOR HER MIC SO THEY CAN HEAR THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, DISTRICT I, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE THAT IT GOT POSTED ON.
WE HAVE OUR OWN, UH, PARK AND REC WEBSITE THAT I GOT POSTED ON.
AND THEN WE ALSO WORKED THROUGH THE TASK BOARD WHO HAS A LIST OF, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE 30 OR 40, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO, UM, MASTER NATIONALIST GROUPS.
AND THEY SHARED IT THROUGH THEIR OWN EMAIL LIST AS WELL.
SO IT WENT OUT TO AS MANY OUTLETS AS WE COULD FIND AND UTILIZE, UH, FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.
UH, SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT ABOUT THIS BEING A CITYWIDE ASSET NIGHT OF DISTRICT NINE, ASSET H HOW WAS THIS ADVERTISED CITYWIDE APART FROM THE WEBSITE? THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
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UH, WELL ALLOW RYAN TO ANSWER, BUT I MEAN THIS, GO AHEAD, RYAN.LIKE I SAID, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT ALL THIS TO FALL ON RYAN BECAUSE HE WASN'T IN CHARGE OF THIS GROUP.
AND THEN TWO, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS ONE.
THIS TANYA CAN PROVIDE HOW WE ADVERTISE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, I MEAN THIS DATES BACK, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO COME UP ON CAMERA.
BUT YOU HAVE, YEAH, THERE'S MIC.
WELL, I'M RICHARD STA I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
WE UTILIZED ANDREA HAWKINS AND SHE SENT IT OUT TO THE VARIOUS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UH, ALSO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE, THE FACEBOOK PAGE, UH, POSTED ON THE PARK PARK WEBSITE.
SO THOSE WERE BASICALLY THE THREE AVENUES UTILIZED PLUS, UH, THROUGH ANDREA, ALL THE, THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND EVERYTHING PROVIDED BY THE TIME.
SO WERE ANY, WERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PARK BOARD MEMBERS INVITED? LIKE, UNLESS I WAS GOING TO THE PARK WEBSITE, HOW WOULD I KNOW ABOUT THIS MEETING UNLESS I LIVED IN D NINE? UH, ALL RIGHT.
UH, MR. MR. CONNOR, UH, A AS YOU, AS YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED TO ME ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN THE SUBJECT CAME UP.
'CAUSE BEFORE WE HAD NOT TREATED, WHEN WE COME TO MASTER PLANS, YOU ALL MADE IT CLEAR TO STAFF ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, YOU WANT US TO TREAT THIS LIKE A CITYWIDE ASSET AND FOLLOW THAT NORMAL PROCESS THAT, THAT WOULD NORMALLY INVOLVE THE BOARD.
AND, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE NORMAL PROCESS BEFORE, BEFORE THAT MEETING.
AND SO THEY DID FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF THE WEBSITE, REACHING OUT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, UH, THAT IT IMPACTED AND ALSO PUTTING THINGS ON NEXT DOOR.
SO IT WAS THE NORMAL PROTOCOL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THAT'S WHY AFTER THAT MEETING WE HAVE SWITCHED DIRECTION.
'CAUSE THE BOARD THAT SAID, TREAT THIS AS A CITYWIDE THAT ASSET, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
WELL, AND I WILL SAY TOO, THAT THE, YOU'RE NOT ON THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT NINE FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WITHIN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT, WHAT PARK AND REC, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THEY PUT IT ON.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID THE ONLINE SURVEY BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WOULD JUST BE PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE OR WOULDN'T WANNA COME TO THE MEETINGS.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS THAT WE HAD FOR THE ONLINE SURVEY? BECAUSE I THINK IT SEEMED LIKE FROM THE RESPONSES AND I I READ ALL THE RESPONSES, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW.
IT SEEMED LIKE IT WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING FROM ALL CYCLISTS AND RUNNERS.
SO YOU'VE NEVER HEARD, YEAH, THERE'S OVER 12 TO 1500 UNIQUE RESPONSES FROM THE ONLINE SURVEY.
THAT, AND THEN, AND I KNOW FROM READING A LOT OF THEM THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THOSE WERE THOSE RESPONSES PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
I I BELIEVE THERE, IT, THERE WAS A, IT WAS A MASSIVE SPREADSHEET.
I DON'T, IT HASN'T BEEN PROVIDED, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD BE.
IT'S IN THAT, IT'S IN YOUR RESEARCH.
I MEAN, WHEN DID YOU ALL RECEIVE THE, THE SURVEY? WHEN DID Y'ALL RECEIVE THE INFORMATION BACK THAT LIKE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO? OH, NO, THIS WAS, THIS WAS, I WANNA SAY 23 GOING INTO 24 WHEN YOU, YEAH.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA CLARIFY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE, WE WERE NOT, WE WAS FOLLOWING THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN EXISTING 20 YEARS THAT WE HAD TREATED WHITE ROCK ON ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE OTHER THREE OR FOUR PLANS YOU SAW IN THIS DOCUMENT.
IT, IT, THAT WAS THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT THEY OUTLINED WHO WE REACH OUT TO.
BUT THE BOARD MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ME ABOUT FOUR OR SIX MONTHS AGO, YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS OF TREATING WHITEROCK AS A CITYWIDE ASSET AND TO INVOLVE ALL OF YOU ALL.
AND SINCE THEN, THAT'S THE PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WHY HAVEN'T WE HAD ANOTHER PUBLIC, UH, MEETING, UM, OR SURVEY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
UM, THE BOARDWALK THAT'S BEING BROUGHT UP AROUND GARLAND ROAD, THAT'S NEW SINCE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE.
UM, WHY, HOW HAS THIS BEEN ADDED? I LIKE WE, WE, WE RECEIVED THIS BRIEFING SIX MONTHS AGO AT PLANNING A DESIGN.
AND I I DIDN'T, THE BOARDWALK IS NEW.
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AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION SO WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP AS WELL.BECAUSE, UH, STAFF WAS STILL EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS AS IT RELATES TO ADDRESS THE EROSION ISSUE.
AND AS THEY WAS RESEARCHING IT, THEY FINALLY GOT THE, THE DATA THAT, AND THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THIS HAS BEEN EVOLVED AND WHERE NOW IT'S LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE AND WE KNEW WE WAS COMING BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE ENDED UP HAVING THE PTE COMMITTEE.
AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR US NOW WITH GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
NORMALLY OUR PROCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTEE, OUR BOARD COMMITTEE AND THEN PARK BOARD COMMITTEE.
AND WHEN THOSE THINGS, WHEN WHEN THINGS START EVOLVING AND WE ALREADY GOT SOME SCHEDULED PTE, IT, IT, IT IS COMPLEX NOW.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO BASED, ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS MR. CONRAD WAS SOME NEW INFORMATION.
WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE TO, TO ADDRESS AN EROSION ISSUE THAT WAS MORE FEASIBLE.
WHY DIDN'T THE BOARD FIRST? WELL, SO, SO IN, IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WHITE ROCK LAKE SIX MONTHS AGO, BE NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS A, AS A CITYWIDE ASSET, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE BOARDWALK OR A SPECIAL BRIEFING ABOUT THE BOARDWALK TO THE PARK BOARD? WHY, WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT IN THE MASTER PLAN AND HASN'T COME TO THE, TO THE PARK BOARD? WELL, I THINK AS FAR AS THE MASTER PLAN, IT WAS JUST, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY, THAT WAS ALREADY IN THERE.
BUT I'M SPEAKING OF FAR AS US LOOKING AT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT TO COME THAT COULD COME TO FRUITION SOONER AS RELATES TO TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT EROSION ISSUE.
WE WERE STILL EXPLORING BECAUSE THEY, THE PERMANENT, I MEAN THE OTHER FIX WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD WAS LIKE FOUR POINT, I WANNA SAY IT WAS 3.5 OR $4.3 MILLION.
AND WE WAS LIKE, OH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT MONEY.
AND SO CHAP, I MEAN STAFF WAS CHALLENGED.
KEEP LOOKING AT OTHER, OTHER WAYS WE CAN ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
THAT COULD BE, THAT WON'T BE AS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT WOULD STILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE.
SO WE KNEW, WE KNEW IT WAS COMING TO THIS MEETING AND WE KNEW WE WOULD DISCUSS THAT BOARDWALK WITH YOU ALL.
AND SO YES, WHEN THERE WILL BE A MEETING ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS A REALLY A GOOD VIABLE OPTION, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE MEDIA HAS, HAS RAN WITH IT, UH, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE GRAVITATED TOWARDS.
BUT THERE IS NO FOUNDER DECISION ON THAT BOARDWALK.
SO IF THERE'S NO DECISION ON THE BOARDWALK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN.
I, IF I COULD JUST ADD TO WHAT DIRECTOR CHANGES JUST SAID, UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN IS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, IT'S STILL A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
SO THERE WILL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES REMAINING FOR FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS STILL A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS UNTIL THE BOARD TAKES A VOTE TO ADOPT IT.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN, MR. JENKINS OR RYAN, TO DO, TO DO A, A, A BRIEFING ABOUT THE, THE BOARDWALK AND THE EROSION? UH, THE ANSWER WOULD BE YES.
BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS WHAT WOULD THIS REALLY LOOK LIKE.
SO WHATEVER WE BRING, YOU ALL NEED TO BRING YOU BACK SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE DONE ALL OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A CONCEPT, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE PRICING, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TRULY GONNA BE A VIABLE OPTION.
JUST LEMME GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF ON, OKAY, YOU STILL GONNA HAVE RUNS OUT THERE.
IF WE PUT THIS BOARDWALK IN, HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTROL? ARE FOLKS STILL TRYING TO USE THE BOARDWALK? AND THEN YOU GOT RUNS GOING ON.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT MORE DUE DILIGENCE THAT HAS TO BE COME BEFORE I BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.
'CAUSE YOU GONNA HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS FOR ME? YEAH.
I THINK THIS IS UNFAIRLY FALLS AT MARIA'S FEET OR MS. HANEY'S FEET A LOT.
AND I LIKE I I GET ASKED ABOUT WHITE ROCK ALL THE TIME.
I'M SURE OTHER COUNT BOARD MEMBERS DO AS WELL.
UM, AND AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS EROSION ISSUE.
AND, AND I JUST, I I I JUST THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT MARIA SUFI GET, GET HELD TO THE FIRE ON THIS A LOT.
AND, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.
UM, THIS SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SIX MONTHS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A CITYWIDE ASSET
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AND THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE MASTER PLAN.AND RYAN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE MASTER PLAN AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT, WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES, UM, AND HOW IT MITIGATES THE EROSION.
SO I I, I WOULD LOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
I'VE GOT A PROCESS AND POLICY QUESTION.
IT'S ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN JUST ONE MASTER PLAN.
UH, MASTER PLANS ARE LIKE A, KINDA LIKE BAKING A CAKE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
YOU'LL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PUBLIC SURVEYS, UH, AND THE BREAKOUT STATIONS.
CHARETTES, I'M SURE WE'VE ALL BEEN IN CHARETTES WHERE YOU PUT THE THING ON THE THING.
AND SO ALL THOSE, AS IT, IT GOT EVOLVED, IT GETS TO THERE AND THIS, IT'S NOT UNDERSTAND.
BUT THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME, BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT BACHMAN.
WE'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR A MASTER PLAN, ANY MASTER PLAN FOR BACHMAN FOR 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE.
WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN ONE MUCH LESS AN UPDATE.
SO, BUT WE HOPE MAYBE WE WILL ONE DAY.
SO I WANT TO GET IN THE PROCESS DOWN.
YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF FIGURING THIS OUT, MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW IT HAS TO BE.
BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT, AND THIS ISN'T TRUE FOR ALL MASTER PLANS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A GROUP LIKE THE WHITE ROCK PLATE TASK FORCE OR AT BACHMAN, THE FRIENDS OF BACHMAN LAKE OF CITIZENS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE THE NFL, UH, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY OR SOMEONE WHO SEES IT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT HAVE GIVEN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS TO STUDY AND KNOW AND LIVE IN IT AND DO IT.
AND WHY WOULD WE NOT AT THE END, BEFORE WE GET TO THE STAGE WE'RE AT NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WELL THE FULL REPORT WILL BE DEVELOPED.
BUT BEFORE THE THING IS FULLY, FULLY BAKED IN THE INTEREST OF BEST POWER, WHY WOULD WE NOT LISTEN TO THEM? BECAUSE IT TROUBLES ME THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT, AND AND THEIR SERIOUS FOLKS, FORMER PARK BOARD MEMBER, FORMER PLANT COMMISSION, CIVIC PEOPLE, NAMES, LEADERS, NAMES I HAVE RECOGNIZED FOR 20 YEARS.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE SERIOUS, SERIOUS PEOPLE.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE STAGE WHERE IT COMES TO US FOR THIS KIND OF BRIEFING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY WOULD WE NOT? AND THEY'RE BEGGING, I'VE SEEN THE EMAILS.
WHY WOULD WE SHUT THAT OUT? WHY WOULD WE NOT LET THEM HAVE NOT TO SAY THAT? 'CAUSE AT SOME POINT YOU GOTTA STOP WITH THE INPUT.
BUT AT THIS LEVEL, WHY WOULD WE NOT HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY? MS. BELL WALTON MENTIONED THIS THING ABOUT THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE AND THE TRAIL.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING, IT'S LIKE LET'S GET IT BETTER BEFORE IT'S FULLY BAKED.
AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION 'CAUSE IT IS GONNA AFFECT, IF WE EVER GET A BACHMAN MASTER PLAN, I WANT THE PROCESS TO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE AT THE LAST MINUTE HAVE AT LEAST TO BE HEARD AND TO SEE WHAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID FOR.
WHY IS TO NOT SHUT OUT A GROUP LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S JUSTIFICATION FOR DOING IT.
UH, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO ACCUSE ANYONE.
I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT'S GOOD POLICY TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE UM, I THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO TO THAT ANSWER TO THAT.
AND I, I DO TOO GOING FORWARD, UH, MR. DIGGER, I I I, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THINGS ARE EVOLVING, THAT'S FOR SURE.
SO FROM A POLICY LEVEL, JUST LIKE WHEN I CAME TO THE BOARD, WHEN YOU ALL MENTIONED ABOUT WHENEVER WE ARE TRYING TO BRING A NEW USE TO A PARK, WE DEVELOPED THAT POLICY AND I AM OPEN TO DEVELOPING A POLICY AS RELATES TO HOW WE CONDUCT MASTER PLANS AND EACH STEP OF THE WAY.
BUT I WILL SAY FROM WHAT, WHAT I KNOW I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THAT THESE MASTER PLANS NORMALLY PLAY OUT.
AND THIS IS JUST A HONEST ANSWER TO YOU, HAPPENS WITH A MASTER PLAN.
WHEN YOU SET UP THE CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT, IT'S LIKE, HERE'S THE COST, BUT THIS, IT INCLUDES THIS MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
'CAUSE I'M GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WHY IT COMES TO THE BOARD SOONER.
THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE FRONT END, HOW YOU, WE WANNA SET IT UP WITH THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE THEY ONLY HIRED TO DO SO MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IN THIS PROCESS, BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE GENERAL PROCESS.
SO ONLY STAFF CAN ANSWER IF THE REASON WHY THEY DIDN'T GO BACK AGAIN.
I HEARD SOME RUMORS ABOUT THAT MAYBE A COUPLE OF THE FOLKS ON THE TASK FORCE GOT SOME INFORMATION.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I'M LIKE, THEY PROBABLY MADE A ROOKIE MISTAKE.
'CAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU GOING TO SOMEONE FROM THE TASK FORCE, ONE OR TWO FOLKS.
'CAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU
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ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH.NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WOULD DO WITH ANY OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS.
IF I'M WORKING ON SOMETHING, I MAY SAY, HEY, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH? 'CAUSE THE LAST THING I WOULD DO IS WANT TO COME TO THIS BOARD AND EVERYTHING BLOWS UP.
AND SO THAT'S LIKE A TEACHING LESSON.
IF THAT WAS THE CASE WHERE SOMEBODY MAY HAVE WENT TO ONE OR TWO FOLKS ON THE TASK FORCE AND THINKING THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE FINAL DECISION AND WE GOING TO TWEAK IT, IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT'S JUST US GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
BUT IN THIS CASE, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT IS MORE, UH, NOT FROM A CONCEPTUAL, BUT IT IS TRULY MORE BAKED THAT NOW WE NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH? AND IF THE BOARD DECIDE, HEY JOHN, Y'ALL NEED TO AMEND THEIR CONTRACT.
WE NEED TO DO ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING AND WE WANT YOU TO GO, GO BACK.
OR YOU MAY FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE WEBSITE, UH, MAYBE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL HEARING THAT MAY BE SUFFICED TO THE BOARD.
BUT WE'LL NEED TO
YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHEN YOU SET THE CONTRACT, THE COMMITMENT OF THE CONSULTANTS TO MEMBER MEETINGS.
IF YOU ASK FOR AN EXTRA MEETING, THAT'S AN EXTRA POSSIBLE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST MAYBE WE PUT IN A, SOME SORT OF PROVIDER AS WE DO WITH OUR OTHER CONTRACTS AT 20 OR 10% OR SOME SORT OF CONTINGENCY.
'CAUSE IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR TO THE EXPERTS, COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
I JUST THINK IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT IT'S THIS FAR ALONG AND ABLE TO SEE.
MS. HASSAY, I'M GONNA TAKE A BIG BREATH 'CAUSE YOU'RE VERY IRRITATED AND FRUSTRATED.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, UH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK OVER THE LAST FEW TIMES ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND NOT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW AND THE INSINUATIONS THAT WE'RE HIDING THINGS OR THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS MASTER PLAN.
WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR TWO YEARS.
I HAVE SAT IN SO MANY MEETINGS AND TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND BUILT SURVEYS THAT DIDN'T EXISTED AND WORKED WITH THE TASK FORCE SPECIFICALLY WORKED WITH THE TASK FORCE TO ESTABLISH A SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE DOCUMENT AND LOOK AT IT AS WE WENT ALONG.
MICHAEL YOUNG, WHO HAS WORKED ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT PROCEEDED IT IN ALL OF IT, WE HAVE GIVEN MONTHLY UPDATES AT THE TASK FORCE MEETING.
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE ENDLESSLY ABOUT THIS INFORMATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE.
THERE WE HAVE REASSURED THEM THAT THERE IS NO HURRY TO GET THIS TO APPROVAL.
THE ONLY REASON THEY DIDN'T GET THE FINAL, FINAL DOCUMENT IS BECAUSE IT WAS STILL LITERALLY AT THE POINT WHERE THINGS WEREN'T FILLED IN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I THINK 25 UNDERLYING DOCUMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE CO COORDINATED TO EVEN PRESENT IT.
PLUS WE ARE NOT PRESENTING ANYTHING.
WE'RE NOT BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOING FORWARD.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GONNA CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
THE BIG IDEAS ARE EXACTLY THAT.
IT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A YEAR NOW.
SO THE BOARDWALK WAS A BIG IDEA, BUT THERE WAS NO DESIGN PLAN TO THE BOARDWALK.
WHEN THIS EROSION THING CAME UP, IT WAS LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE A BIG IDEA FOR A BOARDWALK, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND THAT.
SO I'M FRUSTRATED AND IRRITATED AND I HATE THAT WE'RE IN THIS ADVERSARIAL POSITION OF LIKE, YOU'RE TRYING TO HIDE THINGS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SNEAK THINGS BY.
AND THE COMMUNITY WASN'T INVOLVED.
WE KILL OURSELVES TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND IT'S OFFENSIVE TO ME WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THE ATIONS THAT WE DON'T OR THAT I DON'T PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW I WORK.
AND YOU CAN COME TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS YOU WANT TO.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING THIS VERY PUBLIC, VERY FUL AND VERY TRANSPARENT.
THIS ALL STARTED IN 2019 WHEN PAULA BLACKMAN SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR BLAKE.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? HIRED DUNAWAY.
WELL, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 18 MONTH PROJECT.
WE'RE COMING UP ON TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT WILLIS WINTERS TO COME TO MEETINGS.
WE'VE DONE GONE IT BACK AND GONE THROUGH THE ARCHIVES TO FIND THE OLD MASS.
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DO IT RIGHT.AND THE REASON WE NEEDED TO DO IT RIGHT WAS SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED SO THAT WE COULD GET THE BOND MONEY FOR EROSION ISSUES.
IF WE HAD HAD THIS KIND OF DOCUMENT 10 YEARS AGO, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION.
WE WOULD HAVE THESE THINGS FIXED, BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S BROKEN.
SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
DUNAWAY'S BEEN OVER BACKWARDS.
STAFF HAS BEEN OVER BACKWARDS.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREAT AND WE'VE HAD GREAT INPUT.
AND I THINK IT'S A HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE RIGHT KIND OF INPUT.
AND IF WE NEED TO GET SOME MORE GREAT, NOBODY'S SAYING NO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT WE'VE WORKED HARD AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
MS. MONDELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS IS WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS REACHED OUT TO, IS IT IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH? AND IS THERE OTHER WAYS OF JUST, UM, ONLINE, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITYWIDE, NOT EVERYBODY'S ON IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
NO, NOT EVERYBODY'S ONLINE OR HAS ACCESS.
AND I KNOW THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY CAN BE DIRECTLY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CITYWIDE ASSET IS HISPANIC.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE, IF IT'S BEEN IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH AS WELL, HOW THAT, HOW WE REACHED OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY GOES
OUR PROCESS TO PUT IT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, I HAVE TO VALIDATE THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, ME, MS. DALE, EVEN THOUGH MY STAFF MAKING FUN OF ME, I TRY TO REMIND THEM THAT EVERYBODY, IT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT TO A WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND WE HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE HABIT OF LIKE WE USED TO DO ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, I WANNA SAY MAYBE SIX YEARS WE AGO.
WE GOTTA GET BACK INTO, WE CAN DO ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
BUT I STILL WANT US TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS.
WE GOING TO SEND OUT A LITTLE POSTCARD LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT MEETINGS.
WITHIN A 25 POINT 25 MILE RACE.
AND THEN THIS, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE PROBLEMS THIS MORNING GETTING ONLINE.
SO I'M TRYING TO STILL GET ONLINE WITH MY STATE STUFF.
SO IT WAS ADDRESSED EARLIER IN THE SPEAKER AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT NOT GIVING THE, THERE I THINK MICHAEL YOUNG, WHO WAS IN THE CPC AT ONE POINT RECEIVE TRANSFORMATION.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I CAN HAVE ACCESS TO MY C EMAIL YET.
NOT TO, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN I HEARD A RUMOR THAT OKAY, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I HEARD THAT MR. GUN WAS SHARING SOME INFORMATION, UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR STAFF ME, ME OKAY.
TO KIND OF BOUNCE SOMETHING OFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THEIR FOUNDRY INPUT, WHICH WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FULL TASK FORCE OR THE FULL BOARD.
I I JUST, I'M BARELY GETTING SO 24 HOURS DOWN MY EMAIL, SO THANK YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, I, HINDSIGHT ALSO, I KNOW THAT, UH, TALK ABOUT MAILING NOW ABOUT 0.25 MILE RADIUS FOR THE PARK.
BUT I RUN, I RUN EVENTS AND WE HAVE TO BY LAW SEND OUT MAILERS TO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT AFFECTED.
WE HAD TO PARADE THIS PASSED THAT SUNDAY.
MEAN WE HAD TO SEND OUT FLYERS, MAIL ORDERS TO EVERYBODY, PUT SIGNS UP.
AND STILL THE DAY OF WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DON'T LOOK AT THEIR MAIL EITHER THEY THINK IT'S JUNK MAIL OR, OR, OR DON'T.
SO I THINK THE CITY REQUIRES YOU TO DO, I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT EMAILS SEND YOU A LOT OF EMAILS OUT.
I GET EMAILS FROM THE DEPARTMENT HERE ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PEOPLE WANTING TO SEE IT OR, OR READ IT OR TOUCH IT OR WHATEVER.
IT'S JUST SOMETIMES THE LACK OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT NOT PICK, SEE IT, MIGHT NOT WANNA BE INTERESTED IN IT.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I RUN A LOT OF EVENTS, CITY SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE GET A LOT OF ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T READ THEIR EMAIL OR THEIR REGULAR MAIL.
JUST MAKE A READ ON THAT PHONE.
UM, MOST OF WHAT MY ISSUES ARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED ALL THE TIME, BUT, UM, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. VICKI PHRASED ABOUT, JUST MAKING SURE WE GET THAT FEEDBACK BACK ON THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT FROM THE FOLKS WHO KNOW IT BEST.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE NOT VOTING TODAY.
WE'RE NOT ANY HUGE RUSH THAT I KNOW OF TO VOTE.
AND THEN ALSO HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
SO THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, UM, MY DISTRICT INCLUDED IS, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE CERTAINTY THAT THERE'S, THERE'S FEEDBACK FROM THE FOLKS WHO LIVE AROUND, AROUND THERE.
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AGREE THIS SHOULD NOT FALL THEBUT I THINK SHE HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT MS HAS TO FEEL LIKE THIS, AT LEAST FROM DEFENDANT POINT, ANY KNOCK ON HER AND THE WAY SHE'S LED THIS EFFORT, I KNOW HOW
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS SLACK WILL ELABORATE THIS WITH YOU GUYS PRIVATELY BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS GONNA MAKE IT TODAY, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT BLACKWELL HILL, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRIOR, UH, MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED THAT THAT'S NOTED IN THE FINAL PLAN AND I THINK INCORPORATED TO WHATEVER EXTENT IS APPROPRIATE, UM, AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
AND TO THAT POINT THAT THERE IS FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THEIR 5.0.
UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT GREAT PLAYGROUND HAS CHANGED A LOT IN RECENT YEARS.
SO IT'S BECOME EVEN MORE OF A, A REALLY COMMUNITY WIDE ASSET.
UM, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S FULLY INCORPORATED AND ADDED IN THE APPENDIX THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE PLAN, UM, THAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADOPTED THERE.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW AN IDEA OUT THERE.
I AM POSITIVE THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN, HAS DONE HER UTMOST TO ENGAGE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
AND AS WAYNE POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITYWIDE ASSET.
I MEAN, I DON'T LIVE IN, IN THE DISTRICT, BUT I WALK AROUND THE LAKE AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE SITES.
AND THIS IDEA HAS ALREADY BEEN HAD AND INCORPORATED.
BUT THE HUGE ASSET THAT WE HAVE HERE AS FAR AS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SEND OUT FLYERS, MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T, DON'T USE THE LAKE OR DON'T CARE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE ARE THERE USING IT.
SO PERHAPS WE COULD CREATE SOME, SOME SIGNS WITH A QR CODE THAT ARE NOT PERMANENT, BUT NOT JUST ON EACH STAKES AND PUT THEM IN FIVE OR SIX VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
UM, WHERE PEOPLE GO TO HAVE PICNICS OR HANG OUT THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND INVITE THEM WITH AN, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TONE TO HAVE INPUT ON MASTER PLAN.
IT'S UP, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, IT ONLINE, DROP THE SURVEY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GO TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE TO SOLICIT THEIR OPINIONS, NOT TRY TO GET THEM TO COME TO WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A SPECIFIC MOMENT IN TIME.
UM, SO THAT WOULD JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I KNOW MY, MY TEAM IS ALREADY ORDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE, LIKE, YOU SEE THOSE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS THAT HAVE TELL YOU ABOUT DETOUR DELAY.
TO ME, THE, THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE IS TO HAVE THOSE ON THE PARKS OR REC CENTERS WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MEETING OR PLANNING BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE BY AND IT'S REALLY THOSE FOLKS WHO UTILIZE.
AND WE NEED TO START PUTTING THOSE OUT WHEN WE ARE HAVING THESE BIG TYPE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SLIDE OF THE DESIGN IDEA, RIGHT? SO JUST PRINT THAT, PUT A QR CODE, WE WELCOME YOUR OWN BOOKS.
AND PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP THERE AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THIS AREA THAT THEY COME TO ALL THE TIME, THEY SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN PROBABLY NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SPEND THEIR SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THAT THERE ARE CHANGES COMING TO THIS AREA, LIKE CONCEPT OF THAT.
AND THAT THEIR OPINION ON WHAT THAT MEANS IS WELCOME.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA COME IN WITH A MOMENT OF UNITY FOR ALL OF US AND MAYBE CAN CALL CALL TO ACTION.
UM, WHITE ROCK LAKE IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY ONE OF OUR BEST CITYWIDE ASSETS.
IT IS ALWAYS OUR MOST DEMANDING.
UH, AND IT'S ALSO WHY I ALWAYS SAY THAT MS. HAMAN HAS A TOUGH, TOUGHEST JOB OUT OF ALL OF US.
SHE'S GOT 30 SOMETHING PARKS PLUS WHITE ROCK LAKE.
SO IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, IT'S TOUGH.
UH, WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT CITYWIDE ASSETS AND THEN LIKE I SAID, WHITE ROCK LAKE IS, IS AMONGST OUR BEST.
UH, IT'S WHY MY FAMILY LIVE IN EAST DALLAS.
UH, BUT WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNICATION, I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNICATION OR A LACK THEREOF.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT TOO AS A 15 MEMBER BODY.
UH, AND I MEAN EVERYONE, ALL 15 OF US ALONGSIDE MS HAS BEEN BEING HER COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CITYWIDE ASSETS.
LET'S PUT SOME CITYWIDE OWNERSHIP ON, ON OURSELVES.
UM, WE, WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD AS FAR AS FAR NORTH, FAR SOUTH, EAST, WEST, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
UH, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ALL DOING THAT RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE.
I MIGHT DO IT BECAUSE I LIVE IN EAST DALLAS AND WE SHARE SOME BOUNDARIES WITH DISTRICT NINE.
BUT MY CALL TO ACTION IS, UM, WE ARE THESE APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
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APPOINTED OFFICIALS.WE SHOULD TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP TOO.
IT'S ONE OF OUR JEWELS DALLAS OR FIVE OTHER THINGS IN DALLAS CAN SAY THE SAME THING.
AND, UH, LET'S HELP SPREAD THE WORD TOO.
UH, IT DOESN'T HURT US TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR TELL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, HEY, PUT THIS IN YOUR NEWSLETTER.
WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP IN 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS, 90 DAYS.
FAR WEST DALLAS, FAR NORTH DALLAS, SOUTH DALLAS IN THERE TOO.
I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT WE ALL NEED TO TAKE SOME OF THAT OWNERSHIP TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY MOMENT OF UNITY, UH, KUMBAYA MOMENT IF YOU WANT CALL IT THAT.
UH, CERTAINLY IT'S A CALL TO ACTION NONETHELESS.
AND I, I ALREADY AGREE WITH YOU THAT, THAT WE SHOULD AS A BOARD SHARE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A, I GET TONS OF INFORMATION FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT NOW IT IS FLUID TO MY EMAIL AND, AND TO MY PERSONAL AND MY AND MOTHER EMAIL.
SO IT'S JUST A IT MATTER JOB OF US SHARING IT IF WE WANT TO.
RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO YOU SHARE, NOT MAYBE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA TAKE THAT OWNERSHIP TOO.
I WANT, I WANNA THANK MS. HASSMAN, FIRST OF ALL, FOR HER PASSION, UH, FOR REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT, UM, I WAS SAYING FOR D 11 THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, UH, ON ALL THE PROJECTS AND NOT EVEN THE ONES THAT'S AFFECTING JUST DISTRICT 11 FOR CITY AND PARTICULARLY THIS, UH, WHITE ROCK, UH, AS AN ASSET FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE ALL NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS.
BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE GIVEN I'M A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO COME FROM A HISTORICAL, UH, STANDPOINT.
AND THAT IS, ON ONE HAND I'VE HEARD THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS.
AS FOR, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY.
HOW MANY MEETINGS HAVE WE HAD WITH THE PUBLIC SINCE IN THOSE TWO YEARS THAT MR. JENKINS BROUGHT FORWARD? HE SAID THAT THERE WERE SO MANY MEETINGS THAT THE CONSULTANTS COULD HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS, UH, HAVE WE HAD? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.
TERMS OF MEETINGS THAT WE'RE OPEN TO, FOR EXAMPLE, PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND RECONCILE OUR LIST.
SEVEN OR EIGHT TYPE MEETINGS IS WHAT I'D SAY.
BECAUSE WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE TASK FORCE ON THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
BY THE WAY, WE DID THAT THREE WEEKS AGO, FEBRUARY 11TH.
AND THEY'VE SEEN THIS BRIEFING JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THEY SAW THESE 20 AREAS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY INTERACTIVE WITH US.
SO WE'VE HAD MEETINGS THAT WHEN THEY WOULD POST THE MEETING, IT'S, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE WOULD'VE SYSTEMS COME TO THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THEIR NORMAL FORMAT.
THEY WOULD EITHER BE A WIN POINT OR POSSIBLY A BIG THICKET.
OUR LAST ONE WAS A BIG THICKET.
SO THAT'S A PUBLIC MEETING THOUGH.
WE WERE ON THEIR AGENDA, WE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TERMINOLOGY.
BUT IN TERMS OF BEING OUT WITH THE PUBLIC NUMEROUS TIMES, NO QUESTION.
AND MY LAST, UH, QUESTION IS, HOW LONG DO WE SEE THIS AS A DRAFT BEFORE MOVING FROM THE DRAFT STAGE TO, UH, UH, A POINT WHERE YOU ARE READY TO PUT THIS BEFORE VOTE, UM, IS MR. O'CONNOR, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK IT WILL BE A PRODUCT OF HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND HOW MANY COMMENTS WE'RE RECEIVING.
IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GONNA TAKE OUR TIME AND IT MIGHT NOT COME TO THE BOARD FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO THERE IS ABIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE BOARD.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ENSURE THAT EVERYONE THAT'S REALLY INTERESTED IN THE PLAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, BRING A NEW COMMENT.
I JUST WANNA PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY MEETINGS THEY HAVE AS WHITEROCK IS A BIGGER, IT'S BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT 25 PARKS WITHIN ONE PARK.
UH, SO NORMALLY IT MAY BE THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE WORK INTO A CONTRACT FOR MASTER PLANNING OR DESIGN.
THIS CASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE SO FAR THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE HELD EIGHT TO NINE MEETINGS.
WE'LL GO TO, UM, MR. WOOD, THANK YOU, UM, AS A DISTRICT THAT ALSO HAS A CITYWIDE, UM, UH, ASSET, UM, THAT IT, IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK TO, UM, SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
NOT, NOT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SHARE, YOU DO SHARE THE INFORMATION WHEN PEOPLE ASK.
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BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS AND I KNOW THE WORK THAT MS. HASANI HAS PUT IN, UM, BECAUSE WHEN I TALK TO HER FREQUENTLY, SHE'S SAYING THE, THE MEETINGS THAT SHE'S HAVING A WHITE ROCK TASK FORCE, THIS MEETING, THIS MEETING.SO, AND THE SAME THING WITH FAIR PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT WHITE ROCK, I CALL THE EXPERT, I REDIRECT IT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS TO MS. MARIA AS SHE TAKES CARE OF 'EM.
SHE NEVER HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THEM.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT IS, YOU KNOW, REDIRECT YOUR PEOPLE TO THE PERSON THAT HAS GOT THE EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, JUST DEFENDING MS. MARIA, SHE WORKS HARD ON THIS.
I KNOW SHE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
I KNOW PAULA BLACKMAN COUNCILWOMAN HAS WORKED HARD ON THIS.
UM, SO, BUT REDIRECT TO THE, THE CITYWIDE ASSET LOCATION, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE, PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OR THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'RE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN IT THROUGHOUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
SO IF IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, THEY SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
BUT NOT TO SAY WE'RE HIDING ANYTHING, BECAUSE I'LL SHARE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITYWIDE ASSET AND DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT OUT FOR MARIA AND HER HARD WORK.
AND I THINK THAT THE PLAN IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
UM, I LOVE HOW THEY'VE, UM, MOVED THE, UM, TRAIL OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE OMNIS BACK ON STREETS OR TDOT OR WHOEVER HAS TO DO THE STREET BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE STREET'S GONNA FALL INTO THE LAKE.
SO NOW IT'S ON THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK ON THERE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BRILLIANT SOLUTION.
UM, FIRSTLY, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
I KNOW THAT Y'ALL BEEN WORKING ON THIS FEW YEARS AND BEEN A QUITE ARDUOUS TASK.
YOU HAVE SEVERAL ROLES AND AS YOU ARE WEARING, SO THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING COMMUNITY
AND I, IF YOU'VE EVER SAT NEXT TO MS. NEY THANK YOU PARK BOARD MEETING, SHE'S LIABLE TO PULL OUT A HUGE BINDER THAT HAS EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE DISTRICT.
SO YOU ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SEE THE WORK SHE'S DOING AT THE CITYWIDE ASSET.
AND WHITE ROCK IS NOT ONLY THE, ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE STATE.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE NATION.
AND AFTER TRAVELING AND SEEING SOME INTERNATIONAL PARKS, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE WORLD.
SO IT IS CERTAINLY A CITYWIDE ASSET.
I'M OUT THERE THREE TIMES A WEEK AND IT TAKES ME 30 MINUTES TO GET THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME AND OTHER DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER DALLAS TO ACCESS IT.
SO I AGREE IN LETTING THE EXPERTS BE A PART OF IT.
I AGREE IN LETTING COMMUNITY BE A PART OF IT.
AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID EVERYBODY IN DALLAS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NICE AND COOL 'CAUSE I'M FORWARD TO THE CORE.
UM, I STILL SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN DALLAS SHOULD ASK HIS WHITE RUN.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING, I THINK HERE'S NOW HERE'S THE IDEA PORTION OF MY IDEA.
UM, I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING COOL NOT ONLY WITH SIGNS AND QR CODES AT THE PARK WHERE USERS ARE, BUT MAYBE SOME KIND OF MAILING CAMPAIGN.
YOU ALWAYS GET THESE TCHOTCHKES FROM DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND WE SEND A, A BUNCH OF THESE OUT IN THE MAIL.
UM, AND IT'S MORE VALUABLE TO ME THAN A PIECE OF PAPER.
EVERY TIME I GET THOSE MAILERS THAT ARE COLORED, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A A PUBLIC MEETING FOR TRANSPORTATION OR A PARK COMING UP.
I TOSS THOSE RIGHT IN THE TRASH.
BUT IF THEY TOOK A NICE TCHOTCHKE TO IT,
THEY'LL PUT THOSE LITTLE CHURCH CANDIES ON THERE.
I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN KIND OF
SO IF YOU TARGET PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE PARK SYSTEM AND YOU GET WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS AND YOU SENSE SOMETHING THAT THEY FIND USEFUL AT SOMETHING THAT'S VALUABLE, NOT ONLY AM I KEEPING A PIECE OF PAPER AND I WANNA KNOW, HEY, WHAT IS THIS THEY SENT ME? I'M KEEPING THE CHOCH KEY.
MAYBE IT HAS DALLAS PARK AND REC ON IT.
MAYBE THAT LITTLE TCHOTCHKE HAS A QR CODE THAT JUST SAYS, HEY, JUST SHOWING US SOME LOVE FROM US.
I WOULD OPEN THAT AND I WOULD KEEP THAT.
AND I, I SEND A LOT OF THOSE AND THEY GET A QUITE AN OPEN RATE.
AND IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN DIGITAL.
A LOT OF OLD SCHOOL PRODUCTS ARE COMING BACK.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY ONE GOOD IDEA FOR THE DAY.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE, OUR BOARD MEMBER'S, BOARD MEMBER AND OUR STAFF WHO'S DOING A VERY HEAVY LIFTING.
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SURE, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER LOVE AT FOUR TO THE CORESHE'LL PROBABLY USING THAT HERE SOON.
UM, JUST TWO LITTLE KIND OF TAKEAWAYS AND THOUGHTS FOR MOVING FORWARD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY CLEAR WITH ALL YOUR COMMENTS WE NEED, WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER MECHANISM, MECHANISM OR PROCESS FOR OUR OUTREACH WHEN WE'RE GOING, UM, BEYOND JUST OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S JUST, I, I KNOW WE STRUGGLED WHEN WE DID THE ONLINE SURVEY.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE WE GOTTA CREATE THIS ONLINE SURVEY.
HOW DO WE GET IT OUT THERE? SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR MARKETING AND OUR, UH, STAFF NEED TO WORK ON FOR ANYTHING COMING UP.
WE'RE WORKING ON FAIR PARK, WE'RE WORKING ON BACHMAN.
HOW DO WE GET, HOW DO WE GET BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT THEY WILL RESPOND QR CODES, UM, BETTER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING WITH A QR CODE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF PLEASED THAT WE GOT 1500 CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, WE DID OUR BEST JOB WE COULD.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB COMING UP WITH THAT MECHANISM.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANNA REITERATE IS THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THOSE 20 AREAS THAT YOU SEE ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT THE MONEY IS FOUND FOR THOSE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING RIGHT BACK THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE, THIS IS NOT LIKE A, UH, THE ONE THAT WE DID FOR FLAGPOLE HILL WHERE YOU PICKED THE TYPE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND WHERE YOU WANTED THE TRAILS AND WHAT AMENITIES YOU HAVE.
THIS, THIS IS JUST A, A GUIDELINE FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
SO WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT THOSE THINGS DO PUT INTO PLAY, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING RIGHT BACK THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, FOR CITYWIDE OUTREACH.
SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD.
THE, THE BIG PREMISE HERE IS JUST TO HAVE A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PACKET WE CAN USE TO GO FIND THAT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED ALL OF THE EXISTING DOCUMENTS THAT WERE OUT THERE BEFORE AND, UM, TO HAVE SOME KIND OF OVERARCHING IDEA AND PLAN SO WE CAN, UM, MOVE FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR NICE ROOMS. I APPRECIATE IT.
UH, I SEE NO OTHER HANDS UP OR UH, ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE AND UH, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN APPRECI.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OTHER NON-ACTION ITEMS, I'M GONNA, UH, GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR. LAUGHTER.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, I THINK STAFF, BUT, UH, I'M TAKING THIS TO ANOTHER DIRECTION.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR POST STAFF WITHOUT MANAGEMENT, WE KNOW ABOUT MS. MARIE KNOW ABOUT
IF YOU HAVE NOTICED, UH, HE'S GONNA BE LEAVING THIS PRETTY SOON, YOU KNOW, UH, HERE'S A MAN, UH, JOHN LAWRENCE.
THAT'S THE UNBELIEVABLE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS.
UH, WHEN I FIRST MET JOHN AND YOU KNOW, ME BEING A BLACK MAN, I SAW JOHN.
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, YOU CAN'T JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE COVER.
HERE'S A MAN THAT'S SUCH A DECENT HUMAN BEING AND DON'T WANT ACCOLADES, DON'T WANT TO PAT ON THE BACK.
AND HE'S SUCH A BLESSING, I THINK, TO THIS DEPARTMENT, TO THE CITY.
AND JUST BECAUSE HE WAS ON HIS STAFF AND HE'S LEAVING DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY FRIENDSHIP IS GONNA LEAVE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, JOHN, YOU CAN'T CALL ME AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
'CAUSE YOU RUNNING OUTTA GAS, YOUR FAMILY NEEDS SOMETHING.
I MEAN, THAT WHOLEHEARTED, UH, WE WERE GONNA GO IN THE CHICKEN BUSINESS, BUT OF COURSE THE BIRD KNOCK US OUT OF THAT COUNTRY, BOY.
BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW YOU GOT PEOPLE LIKE JOHN LAWRENCE, RYAN O'CONNOR AND JOHN KING, BUT WE ARE HERE FOR THIS REASON.
AND, AND WHEN YOU ON EARTH, IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, YOU TO KNOW WHY YOU PUT HERE.
AND GOD KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA MEET JOHN LAWRENCE BEFORE HE KNEW I WAS GONNA MEET, UH, TIM DICKEY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE KNEW I WAS GONNA MEET A JOHN JENKINS.
BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT JOHN LAWRENCE AND HIS DEDICATION TO HIS HARD WORK, YOU KNOW, AND HOW HE FEELS ABOUT HIS FELLOW MAN, HE DOESN'T SHOW IT,
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BUT HE'S ONE, HE HUMAN ME AND I LOVE HIM.I HATE YOU LEAVING, BUT I THINK THIS DECISION IS FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND I APPLAUD HIM.
AND IF YOU DO ME A FAVOR, WILL YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S REALLY BEEN DEDICATED? OH, WE STATED 20 MINUTES.
AND I MEAN, I'VE ENJOYED, SPENT TOGETHER SOMETIMES ALWAYS WORKED THROUGH IT.
I MEAN, MR. DICK, YOU'VE ALWAYS CHALLENGED ME.
I MEAN, THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE
I REALLY APPRECIATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MANY STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY, WHETHER IT'S MR. JENKINS OR MR. ROSS OR MAY OR THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I MET BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE CITY THAT WAS JANET HIGH AND OTHERS WHO ACTUALLY HIRED ME BEFORE I HIT THE RED RIVER BACK FROM THE INTERVIEW.
SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THIS DEPARTMENT'S BEEN GREAT.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO ME.
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU FOR DRAGGING ME UP HERE,
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'RE GONNA BUDGET UPDATE MS UH, OH, ONCE WE WANT TO TAKE FAIR PARK.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO FAIR PARK UPDATE NEXT.
WE'RE GONNA TRY STAY JUST WITH THE UPDATE, PLEASE, IF WE CAN APPRECIATE IT.
AND THE UPDATE, UH, YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A MEMO LAST WEEK FROM ME AND, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MEETING.
THE ONLY OTHER
UH, IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD FIRST CLEAR IT, WE GOT PEOPLE WITH, UH, THE FIRST ROUND ITEMS ON THE LITTLE STAR.
AND MR. DICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND PUSHING YOUR BUTTON AGAIN, SIR.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT A THIRD ROUND SYSTEM.
UM, REGARDING AN UPDATE ON SITUATION AT FAIR PARK, UM, I'M HEARING KIND OF CONCERN, CONCERN THAT, UM, WHEN THE VOTERS VOTED ON THE PROPOSITION A, IT WAS 20% RELAY TO WHATEVER WAS USED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND YET THE HEAD OF THE CONVENTION CENTER CONTINUED TO SAY, WELL, UP TO 20%, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THAN A FIRM 20%.
AND SO MY CONCERN NOW, AND MY QUESTION IS 20% OF WHAT, OR UP, UP TO 20% OF WHAT TO THINK, WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE THAT NUMBER OF THE HOTEL REVENUE TO, TO MAKE THAT CALCULATION BY AND WHAT IS THE REAL LEGAL OBLIGATION? IS IT 20% OR COULD IT BE LESS? 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT CONVENTION CENTERS GOING WAY OVER WHAT THE ESTIMATES WERE.
AND MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT THOSE CONVENTION, THE CONVENTION PEOPLE WOULD RAID OR GET LESS, GIVE FAIR PARK LESS THAN 20%.
AND IT SHOULD BE, AND MAYBE THERE'S NO ANSWER TODAY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A, A LEGAL QUESTION ABOUT WHICH ONE IS IT? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, WHICH I THINK WOULD GOVERN, BUT I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL QUESTION BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DON'T WANNA SEE ONE PENNY LESS THAN 20%.
BUT BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS HAPPEN AND WE ONLY FIND OUT ABOUT IT TOO LATE.
SO I WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF IT WITH SOME REAL FACTS.
UM, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR CITY ATTORNEYS, MAYBE
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NOT EVEN HERE, BUT SOMEWHERE I WANT TO GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST, MR. VICKIE, IF WE RESEARCH THAT QUESTION AND PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE BACK TO THE FULL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE AN ACCURATE ANSWER.
WHEN, UM, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIR PART FIRST OBG 360, AND THEN ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, UM, MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, IT SAYS THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, CURRENT OPERATOR HAS INFORMED CAMPUS PARTNERS THEY CANNOT PERFORM AT THIS TIME.
WHO IS THAT, THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IS THAT THREE, SAY OB G THREE SIX IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY RIGHT.
AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT, THAT THEY'VE INFORMED CAMPUS PARTNERS THEY CANNOT PERFORM AT THIS TIME? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WE ARE TAKING OVER THE GROUND MAINTENANCE MARCH 15TH? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY MORE BACKSTORY ON THIS IN REGARDS TO LIKE HOW AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND, AND HOW WE ASSESSED SOME OF THIS? LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY NEED THIS MONEY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
I MEAN, ARE WE, IF THERE'S A, WHAT'S THE BACKSTORY? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE PROPERTY JOURNEY WE'RE TAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS VALID AND THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS AND, AND YEAH, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
SO YEAH, WE WILL VALIDATE, UH, FAIR PARK FIRST HAS PROVIDED REQUESTS FOR OBG AND THE PARTNERS TO SEND THEM A COMPILED LIST OF THESE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE REQUESTS, MAJOR REPAIRS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, UH, THEY'VE BEEN SENDING INFORMATION, SO WE'RE STARTING TO COMPILE IT.
AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, MS. MANDALE, YES, WE WILL GO OUT AND VALIDATE THESE REQUESTS AND I ASSURE YOU, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR $800,000 OF ONE SITE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADDRESS ANY NEEDS THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY IMPACT THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT MAY SHUT THEM DOWN, YOU MAY HAVE A ROOF LEAK.
WE NEED TO FIX THAT SO IT DOESN'T SHUT DOWN.
SO WHEN IT SAYS ON THE FIRST PARAGRAPH THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES OCCURRING AND, AND THESE PARTNERS INCURRED EXPENSES, IS THERE A TRAIL OF WE NEEDED THIS AND NOBODY, NOBODY RESPONDED, IS THERE YEAH, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR REQUESTS TO SHOW US THE EMAIL WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN REQUEST THIS INFORMATION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, IS BECAUSE OF THE DEFAULT OF THE, IT IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE DEFAULT OF THE CURRENT OPERATOR.
NOT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND THERE ARE HAPPENING.
AND, AND NOW LET'S JUMP ON THIS.
WE NEED THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS AND THIS.
WELL, IT IS JUST GETTING TO A POINT NOW, I MEAN WE, WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD RUMORS, UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I, I'M NOW STARTED RECEIVING EMAILS DIRECTLY, SOME OF THE PARTNERS MM-HMM
PERSONALLY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES AND THE ISSUES.
AND I CAN SAY FROM MY PERSONAL LIVES, THERE ARE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT I, WE, WE, WE JUST GOTTA ADDRESS IT BECAUSE I, I, I CAN'T ALLOW THESE PARTNERS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE THEIR DOORS, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THE EXAMPLE, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A ROOF LEAK AND YOU DON'T REPLACE THE SHINGLES, THEN THAT ROOF LEAK IS GONNA EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE STRUCTURE AND THEN THAT ROOF LEAK IS GONNA GET THE STRUCTURE THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THE FOUNDATION.
SO I CAN'T ALLOW DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISSUES TO TURN INTO TRUE STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THIS? AND DOES THAT VIOLATE OUR CONTRACT WITH THE, WITH OVG 360 THAT THEY, AND WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, UH, I MEAN THAT'S MORE OF A LEGAL AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WHAT I CAN'T ALLOW TO HAPPEN AND WHEN HAVE TO STRESS THIS, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE WORK THROUGH LEGALLY, I CAN'T ALLOW
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OUR PARTNERS TO GET IN A POSITION WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE THEIR DOORS BECAUSE OF THINGS NOT BEING ADDRESSED.NEXT WE'LL GO TO MR. UH, LAUGHTER.
YOUR, UH, I, I, UH, SEE, UH, WHAT MS. DALE IS ASKED IS THE SAME LINE THAT I WAS GONNA, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SPEAKING FOR ME.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR. BLAIR.
AND LET ME JUST ASK, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, DO WE KNOW, OR MR. DIRECTOR, DO WE KNOW WHAT AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH THE ACTUAL INCURRED EXPENSES ARE FROM PARTNERS? OR ARE THEY STILL SENDING THAT INFORMATION IN FILING RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE SOME ROUGH NUMBERS, SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, TO MS. MOND POINT, WE, WE GOTTA VALIDATE
THINGS THAT'S GOING TO IMMEDIATELY AFFECT THEIR OPERATIONS.
'CAUSE THOSE OTHER ISSUES NEED TO GET WORKED THROUGH AS WE WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE CONTRACT.
BUT I WOULD SAY WE, WE KNOW IN NORTH OF $2 MILLION OF REQUESTS WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR, BUT I HAVE TO, ONCE AGAIN, THE DISCLAIMER IS I GOT PAY TO VALIDATE WHICH ONE OF THOSE LEGITIMATE AND WHICH, WHICH OF THOSE THE PANIC MAN.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS ANY IMMEDIATE CONCERNS? YES.
I WOULD SAY BECAUSE WE, UH, BECAUSE OF PROPOSITION FAIR, PART PROPOSITION, WE'VE BEEN SEEING WHICH PROJECTS WE HAVE COMPLETED, DID WE HAVE ANY SAVINGS.
AND SO WE'RE STILL CALCULATING THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT I CAN SAY MY GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY IN THOSE SAVINGS IMMEDIATELY, ANYWHERE 500 TO $750,000 TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT I CALL PRIORITY ONE ISSUES.
THAT'S GONNA IMMEDIATELY AFFECT THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND MR. DIRECTOR, COULD YOU JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, WHAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY ONE ISSUE THAT WOULD TAKE TAP THIS BUDGET FIRST? A GOOD EXAMPLE AND, UH, GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THE ELEVATORS WERE NOT OPERATING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
AND, AND, UH, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND, UH, MR. MCCANN WAS OUT THERE AS WELL, THAT WHERE MR. SLAUGHTER AND, UH, AND, AND I WAS JUST TOLD LAST WEEK, THOSE, THOSE ELEVATORS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, BUT I GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY STATE FUNCTION.
SO THAT REALLY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK MS. DALE REALLY ASKED EVERYTHING I WANTED TO KNOW BETWEEN OB G FAIR PARK FIRST AND KIND OF WHERE OUR CONTRACT IS, SO JUST WITH THESE NUMBERS, I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS.
AND WE'LL GO NEXT TO MR. CARINI.
WELL, MR. MCGS BEEN EVERYWHERE.
IS THAT I GOT, I GOT TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS.
NUMBER ONE IS, IS IS THIS MEMO PARABLE WITH THE PUBLIC? YES.
AND THEN MY SECOND LIKE, KIND OF HARDER QUESTION IS, UH, TO WHAT CAPACITY IS OB G THREE SIXTY'S INVOLVEMENT WITH BOTH, BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER AND ITS FUTURE MAINTENANCE? WE CAN'T SPEAK, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE, TO THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER CONTRACT
THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, PERHAPS BECAUSE QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
UH, AND I'LL GO BACK TO MR. DICKEY.
UH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT, WITH FAIR PARK FIRST, THERE WAS THIS MONEY THAT WAS SPENT, UH, I THINK WITH OVERLAND PARTNERS TO DO THE SITE ASSESSMENT OF THE COTTON BOWL.
UH, SIX 20 OR 800, I CAN'T REMEMBER, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THAT MONEY, I, I WANNA ASK ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT MONEY.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN PAID TO THEM.
THERE WAS A WAIT AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? BUT, 'CAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IF WE DISCUSS THIS MR. O'CONNOR.
'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S MONEY STILL HASN'T COME THROUGH TO THEM.
I BELIEVE THE AMOUNTS 1.8 MILLION.
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BOY, IT REALLY WENT UNDER LOW.SO WE, I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH MS. LOW ABOUT THAT FOR SOME TIME, AND I'VE TOLD HER IN ALL CASES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT IN ALL CASES IT WOULD, AN EXPENDITURE LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE PARK BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RELATED TO FAIR PARK.
HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE, HOW DO WE AGGREGATE THEM ALL THROUGH SOME SORT OF, UH, PROCESS? I KNOW THAT'S NOT A REALLY DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT WITH ALL THE THINGS RELATED TO FAIR PARK GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT PRIORITIZATION TO DIRECTOR JENKINS POINT IN OUR, IN OUR OPINION, KEEPING THE DOORS OPEN TO THESE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARK REALLY IS PRIORITY ONE.
BUT AS I'VE TOLD MS. LOW ON MANY, MANY OCCASIONS, I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS.
THIS, UH, IT WAS A CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS WHAT IT WAS.
I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.
I KNOW IT'S VERY TOP OF MIND TO HER AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY RELEASE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
BUT IN ALL CASES, IT WILL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND JUST A, A QUICK CONCERN IS IN TERMS OF ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND THE NEEDS OUT THERE, THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FAIR PARK ACCESS REVENUE ROUGHLY 5 MILLION A YEAR, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THERE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS NOW 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN PLEDGED FOR THE COTTON BOWL, I GUESS.
AND SAME THING WITH THE $2 TICKET SUR CHARGE.
I MEAN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COTTON BOWL, AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS, AS MUCH AS WE LOVE IT, IT IS LIKE THE GORILLA THAT'S GOBBLING UP ALL THE RESOURCES.
I MEAN OUR, IT'S AS GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THAT THAT EXCESS REVENUE MONEY IS CRITICAL.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHAT, WHAT'S THE, HOW DID THAT, 'CAUSE THERE'S A COST TO EVERYTHING ELSE AT FAIR PARK IF WE'RE JUST ALL IN FOR THAT FOOTBALL GAME, CONTRACT RENEWAL OR WHATEVER IT WAS, IT MADE US SOMEBODY COMMIT THAT MONEY.
AND TO MY OPINION, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A POLICY DECISION THAT THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE MADE.
BUT SOMEONE MADE THAT CALL AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? THAT'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THESE JUST EXACTLY.
THIS KIND OF MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS.
I KNOW, UH, NOT SEE CHRISTINE, BUT, UH, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, AND IS THIS NOT GERMANE IN A FAIR PARK OPERATIONS UPDATE? THANK YOU.
WE JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL TALKING ABOUT OTHER
WELL, ALTHOUGH EXCELLENT QUESTIONS, AND THIS IS JUST A FAIR PART UPDATE.
SO WE JUST WANNA KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STICKING TO THE OPEN MEETING.
WHAT I WILL, WHAT I WILL ASSURE YOU, MR. DICKEY, I WILL BRING A BRIEFING BACK TO THE BOARD.
TALK ABOUT JUST WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE COTTON BOWL.
WHAT WAS THE PLAN THERE? AND THEN HOW IS IT IMPACTING THAT THE MONEY WILL BE TIED UP FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS AND WE BRING GRATEFUL.
'CAUSE THAT'S A GOOD A A A A, UM, A A POINT THAT I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FINAL BIT OF TIME WITH.
WE USED TO HAVE A THING ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS OTHER BUSINESS THAT WOULD ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO BRING UP THESE CRITICAL QUESTIONS WITHOUT RISKING GOING OFF THE, YOU KNOW, MS. LAN'S WITH ME AGAIN.
UH, BUT, BUT THAT'S A HUGE LOSS BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED NOW TO THESE, THIS STRICTURE AND I THINK IT'S GERMANE.
UH, IT'S AN UPDATE QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE, BUT THIS IS A PROOF OF LIKE WHY I'VE GOT A CONCERN.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THINGS UP STRICTLY.
SO THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN GIVE TO THE, IN THE PARK WHERE RETREAT IF WE EVER HAVE IT.
BUT THAT I THINK THIS IS A, WE NEED TO GET SOME ANSWERS TO THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
YEAH, I JUST DID WANT TO ADD TO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCOPE OF THE COTTON BOWL WAS REALLY DRIVEN BY FAIR PARK FIRST AND BG 360 PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP.
AND SO THE REASON THAT THE COTTON BOWL IS, IS LOOKING, THE WAY IT'S LOOKING IS BECAUSE THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR PARTNERS PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP'S, UM, DECISIONS AROUND THAT ISSUE.
AND SO I, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT, BUT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD POINT.
UH, I'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
APPRECIATE THAT BRIEFING BUDGET, MS. RICH.
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SO TODAY WE START OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.SO I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THIS YEAR THE CITY IS MAKING SOME VERY LARGE, SOME VERY BIG CHANGES TO WAY WE DO OUR REVENUE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THIS TRADITIONAL INCREMENTAL BUDGET WHERE WE TAKE OUR
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS A PRIORITY BASED BUDGET WHERE ALL OF OUR FUNDING IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED BASED ON THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, SO PROGRAMS BE RANKED ON HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THOSE CITY PRIORITIES.
SO AS OF TODAY, UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY 11 PRIORITIES, ONE OF THOSE.
IT DOES INCLUDE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT AS A CITY PRIORITY AS OF THIS DATE.
SO BASED ON ALL OF THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY CHALLENGING, UM, BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR US.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TIME CONSUMING.
UM, AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS A VERY SHORT TURNAROUND.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING VERY HARD TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES AND MOVE THAT ACCURATELY TO, TOWARDS THIS GOAL OF HAVING A STRATEGIC PRIORITY MET WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE DO HAVE A BUDGET KICKOFF THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE O'CLOCK.
SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GO THROUGH THAT BUDGET KICKOFF, WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE PARK BOARD.
UM, I DON'T WANNA PROMISE THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT IN BETWEEN WE'LL PROBABLY SEND MEMOS BECAUSE THE TURNAROUND IS LISTED RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF MARCH.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE GIVEN SOME MORE TIME TODAY, BUT WE'LL, WE WON'T MOVE UNTIL WE SEE A FINAL SCHEDULED.
SO MAKE SURE WE PUT A DISCLAIMER THERE.
WE ALWAYS TELL THEM WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR BOARD.
YOU KNOW, YOUR DEADLINE MAY BE MARCH, WE STILL NEED TO COME BACK THROUGH OUR BOARD
AND THEY DID MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THAT.
THEY DID MENTION THAT THEY KNEW THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK TO PARK BOARD, UM, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MEET SOME OF THOSE DEADLINES.
BUT OF COURSE WE DO NEED PARK BOARD INPUT AND WE DO NEED PARK BOARD TO TELL US WHAT THOSE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, IF THEY AGREE WITH THE CITY ALIGNMENT AND WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.
SO WHERE DO WE FALL IN THE TOP FIVE OUTTA THOSE NINE CATEGORIES? I WILL SAY WE, WE FARE WELL WITH SOME OF THOSE TOP CATEGORIES LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS LIKE, CLEAN THIS.
ARE WE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OR BY RANKING? RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO ORDER.
SO, UM, THIS WAS BASED ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN FROM THE SURVEY.
THIS IS INFORMATION GIVEN FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'VE IDENTIFIED 11 OF THESE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE BEGINNING IS PRELIMINARY.
WE'RE HOPING TODAY THEY WILL GIVE US A FINAL LIST OF WHAT THOSE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ARE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THIS ISN'T A STRATEGIC PRIORITY, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY DO, IT'S A COMMUNITY OUTREACH OUTREACH COMPONENT.
SO WE DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME, OBVIOUSLY SOME, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS DO HAVE A COST RECOVERY TO THEM.
SO THAT ALSO ALSO PUTS US IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
SO WHILE WE MAY BE LOOKING AT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
UM, TO PUT, ITS, TO PUT ITSELF UP ON THIS THAT LIST.
IF WAS KIND OF RELATED BUDGET, LET'S KEEP BRINGING A PRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED MONEY THAT YOU ALL ADVOCATED FOR US IN THE PAST AND THAT THE COUNSELOR GAVE US ENHANCEMENTS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THOSE PRESENTATIONS COME TO YOU, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND RENEE JOHNSON, HER TEAM PRESENTED TO THE PTE COMMITTEE, OUR SECURED AND SAFETY UPDATE.
AND IT WAS RECEIVED SOLELY WELL FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
WE WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE FUNDS THEY GAVE US, WHERE DID THEY GO AND WHAT WAS THE BENEFIT? AND HOW WE HAVE REALLY WENT IN SEVEN YEARS.
SEVEN YEARS FROM THREE PART AMBASSADORS TO 19 RANGERS AND 20 MARSHALS BECAUSE OF THE ADVOCACY OF THIS BOARD AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, NEXT WE GOT STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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I THOUGHT I MADE IT SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.STAND BY WHILE WE HAVE
FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY SERVICE CLEAN UP EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT LAKE CLIFF PARK.
THE NEXT ONE IS A RIBBON CUTTING AT ANDERSON BONNER PARK.
NEXT ONE IS A TREE PLANNING EVENT AT LB AND WE MOVE ON 22ND.
OH, HE HAS A FEW, UH, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ON JOB.
ACTUALLY CHRISTINA ANNOUNCED THE, THE THREE
ALRIGHT, ANY LIAISON REPORTS FROM PART BOARD MEMBERS? UH, MR. SLAUGHTER.
THREE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, NEW YEAR GETTING PRESSURED.
AND I HOPE ALL LOT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DO THE SAME THING.
WE TALK TO THESE LANGUAGE AND ALL I ADVERTISE, I THINK INDIAN LANGUAGE ENGINEER KNOW WHY OR YOU, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S A GROWING POPULATION AND ALL OUR DOCTORS ARE INDIAN, SO TRYING TO GET SOME PICTURES ALSO.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD ADVERTISE UP.
THIS, THERE ARE 600 LANGUAGES IN THE
SO THE JOB AND WHAT MY WIFE SPEAKS, SHE ALSO SPEAKS ENGLISH.
SO, UM, UM, THE RIVER
UH, SHELLY WHITE, OUR DIRECTOR, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.
TOTALLY DEDICATED DIRECTOR FOR SEVEN YEARS, UH, HAS FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GONNA REQUIRE HER EVENTUALLY TO MOVE ON.
SHE'LL BE ON A PART-TIME STATUS TO HELP INTEGRATE.
BUT, UH, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT JUST CAME OUT RECENTLY.
AND
BUT, UH,
UM, ONE OTHER PART ABOUT
AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PARK AT OLD CITY PARK, IF THERE'S ANY SECURITY SITUATIONS, THERE IS AN ONSITE SECURITY OFFICER.
AND WE HAVE THE NUMBER AND IT'S 9 8 6 2 7 9 1 6 3 1 9, 8 6 2, 7, 9, 1 6, 3 1.
UM, AND THAT WILL GO TO ANYBODY HAS ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM,
SEE, YOU KNOW, THE HANDS UP, UH, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 25 AT 10:00 AM.
UM, NO, ADAM, NO, IT, IT, WE, UH, I NOW JOINED A BOARD MEETING AT 1227.