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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on October 23, 2025.]
EVERYBODY.WE'RE NOW CALLED THE OCTOBER 23RD, 2025, UH, PARK BOARD MEETING ORDER AT 10:00 AM UH, FOUR SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD THAT ARE JOINING US TODAY.
WE HAVE, UH, SALLY, UH, PRETORIUS HODGE FROM DISTRICT 13, AND JOHN PGA FROM DISTRICT 11.
UH, WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU GUYS FOR YOUR VERY FIRST PARK BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE.
UM, MADAM SPEAKER, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? UH, YES.
I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FIRST.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROPANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOME BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AND BARRED FROM THE MEETING.
UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRIS SAVO.
UH, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY, AND I DO MEAN THAT IN A LITERAL SENSE, UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THE POLICY THAT I WANT TALK ABOUT, UM, DON'T HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
UM, MAINLY CHILDREN WHO ARE IN SCHOOL, FOUR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD CONCESSIONS AT THE CONCESSION STAND AT EAST PARK.
UM, AND SO THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY IS THE PROHIBIT, UH, PROHIBITION ON ANY BEVERAGES OTHER THAN WATER AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
THIS POLICY REPRESENTS AN EFFECTIVE TAX ON BASEBALL PLAYERS WHEN KIDS AND PARENTS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK WHERE SOCCER FIELDS ARE LOCATED.
UM, AND SO I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE TON OF, UH, FANCY RHETORICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THIS, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMON SENSE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THIS RECOMMENDATION OF REMOVING THIS POLICY IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN THE $454,908 PROPOSED TO BILLION FRIENDS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I ENCOURAGE CHAIRMAN BOARD WITH THE QUORUM TODAY THAT WE PUT FORTH A MOTION TO RESCIND THE POLICY OF THE RESTRICTION ON SPORTS DRINKS, UH, BEING BROUGHT BY INDIVIDUALS INTO THE BASEBALL AREAS OF KEY DEPARTMENT.
UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE REASON THAT THIS POLICY SHOULD BE REMOVED IS IT BREEDS A LOT OF RESENTMENT.
YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS, A LOT OF WOMEN AT THE GAMES HAVE, UH, VERSUS THE SIZE OF CARRY ON LUGGAGE.
UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE BRINGING POWER AIDS SNACKS FOR THE KIDS AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS BROAD NON-COMPLIANCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS, RIGHT? ISN'T THE REASON TO REMOVE IT.
BUT THE REASON TO REMOVE IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE PARK, UM, OR YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO CHEAT THE POLICY TO GIVE THEIR KIDS A, A GATORADE OR POWERADE.
UM, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US IN THE FIRM ARE A STRANGER TO THE, UH, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN TEXAS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER AND THE RISK OF HEAT STRESS, AND THAT MANY OF US RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS THAT ELECTROLYTES PROVIDE, WE SHOULDN'T CREATE THIS DUAL SYSTEM WHERE SOME KIDS ARE FORCED TO BUY, UH, GATORADES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT MIGHT STRUGGLE FOR A DOLLAR TO BUY A GATORADE AT THE PARK.
SO, UH, IN SHORT, I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TODAY TO PUT FORTH MOTION TO RESCIND THE POLICY ON THE RESTRICTION OF SPORTS DRINKS IN THE HE BASEBALL FIELD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOAH SAVO MAY BEGIN.
I THINK WE DO NEED ELECTROLYTES.
IT IS A, UM, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
AND THEY DO BRING REVEAL CUPS OF WATERS, BUT THEY DO, UM, ALWAYS PUT ALL THE MOUTH AND ALL THAT ON IT.
NOW, I THINK AT LEAST WE SHOULD HAVE SOME LIKE STRAW WATER BOTTLE POP PASTIN, AT LEAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SOME SPEAKERS.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 9TH, 2025? MS. ELL, SECOND MR. SLAUGHTER.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE HAVE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE UP ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, UM, AND OUR CONSIDERATION AGENDA.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF RED ON MY PAPER HERE.
SO WE HAVE NOW FOUR ITEMS FOR CONSENT, AND THOSE FOUR ITEMS ARE THE EMERGENCY SHELTERING AGREEMENT, WHITE ROCK HILLS RECREATION CENTER, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FAIR PARK JANITORIAL SERVICES.
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WE'RE PULLING ALFRED PARK, THE FAIR PARK BLACK ACADEMY, UH, OF ARTS, AND THEN THE, UH, FAIR PARK SECURITY SERVICES, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME MOTIONS FOR THAT.
SO, UM, ON THE FLOOR ITEMS, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, UH, MR. HUERTA, SECOND, MR. WOOD, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW WE WILL START, UM, WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE ON HERE, WHICH IS THE FAIR PARK SECURITY SERVICES, UM, ITEM, THE HALPER PARK.
DO YOU WANNA START WITH HALPER? OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH HALPER PARK AUTHORIZE A, A MAINTENANCE USE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN GREAT WAY PUBLIC GREEN FOUNDATION FOR HALBURN PARK LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH MARC AVENUE AND SOUTH EWING FINANCING.
NO-COST CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. GOLDSTEIN, MOVE APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT THAT THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE EXHIBIT OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED USES, INCLUDING EVENTS OR USES THAT WOULD'VE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TWO ANIMALS, UH, MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DALLAS ZOO.
IF SOMEONE SECONDS IT, I CAN OBJECTION.
MR. UM, SLAUGHTER? YEAH, JUST WE TALKED ABOUT A COMMITTEE THIS MORNING AND, UM, HALFORD PARK HAD A REPRESENTATIVE THERE THAT UPSTAIRS HERE AS WELL, AND THEY CONCURRED WITH US.
WE ASKED IF THAT WAS OKAY WITH, WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR BULLET, WHICH IS THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET ON THE A IS, THAT IT'D JUST BE WRITTEN INTO THERE, THAT THE ZOO AS THE EXPERTS ON THE IMPACT ON THE ANIMAL WOULD BE, UM, GIVEN THE BE CONSULTED AND HAVE APPROVAL OF WHAT SPECIFICATIONS BE PUT IN THAT ELEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE TEAM OVER AT HYMAN PARK.
UH, I, I, I, I GET IT MIXED UP BECAUSE I WANNA CALL IT SOUTHERN GATEWAY.
I'M SORRY, BUT YEAH, BUT APRIL AND ANN AND, AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT, AND ALL THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT I WORK FOR, FOR PARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR LEADING THIS WAY.
'CAUSE NOW WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET THIS BILL FINISH GETTING BUILT.
IT OPENS UP NEXT SPRING, UM, HOPEFULLY BY MARCH OR APRIL, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
UH, WE'LL OPEN THE FIRST PHASE OPEN UP AND THEN WE'LL START WORKING, HOPEFULLY ON THAT SECOND PHASE TO GET IT APPROVED.
BUT THIS IS A WIN FOR, NOT JUST FOR DALLAS, BUT FOR OAK CLIFF, JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT PARK COME ALIVE AND, AND WATCHING IT GETTING BUILT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, OR REMEMBERING THE WINDOW THE HIGHWAY WAS GETTING BUILT FOR IT, JUST TO PUT A PLATFORM DOWN.
IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING PARK AND JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THE WAY AND AGREEING TO TAKE THIS ON FOR THE DALLAS PARKS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING NOT JUST BEING, RAISING MONEY TO BE BUILT, BUT ALSO TAKING ON THE MAINTENANCE OF IT AND, AND THE CONTINUATION OF, OF THAT PROGRAM AND FOR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING WITH, APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU THAT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEYOND, HE HAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT AND I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNER FOR IT, BUT EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE TIME WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THINGS GO BADLY.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF HYPOTHETICALLY ONLY 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND OUR PARTNER HAS SOURED? WHAT ARE THE TERMINATION PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SIR.
SO IT IS A TERMINATION FOR CAUSE PROVISION.
IT'S NOT A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE AND FOR CONTEXT, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, GOODS AND SERVICES CONTRACTS, WE TYPICALLY WILL HAVE TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE PROVISIONS.
BUT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WHEN THERE HAS BEEN SUCH, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY LEAD THE, THE FUNDRAISING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A VERY SIGNIFICANT PARK LIKE THIS, IT'S, UH, COMMON FOR US TO HAVE, UH, TERMINATION FOR CAUSE PROVISIONS AS OPPOSED TO CONVENIENCE.
ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE GROUNDS THAT COULD ENCOMPASS CAUSE ARE SUFFICIENT? THAT IF THERE WERE TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, YOU WOULD'VE, UH, ADEQUATE? YES, SIR, I AM.
ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION ITEMS? YES, MA'AM.
SO, UM, WITH CALPER PARK AGREEMENT, THE USE AGREEMENT, DOES THE CITY GET ANY FREE DAYS LIKE WE DO WITH CLYDE WARREN PARK?
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UM, I KNOW, I THINK CLYDE WARREN, WE GET THREE FREE USES A YEAR UP TO 13 DAYS.IN FACT, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO AT, BUT SHE MAY BE RIGHT.
BUT IN THIS AGREEMENT WE GET UP TO 12.
NEXT WE WILL, UH, HAVE THE FAIR PARK BLACK ACADEMY OF PARKS AND LETTERS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, AMEND THE CONTRACT TERM OR THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS BLACK CATEGOR LETTERS, AND ALLOW THE UM, TBAL TO LEASE THE WOMEN'S BUILDING LOCATED 3,800 HARRY AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 6 FOR THE
SECOND, MR. SLAUGHTER DISCUSSION, MR. GOLDSTEIN? UH, THIS IS JUST A STAFF CORRECTION THAT TO MAKE PERFECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.
UH, UH, AGAIN, I, I'LL COME TO YOU.
THIS IS A, A GOOD WIN FOR FAIR PARK 'CAUSE NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RENTER, THEY'RE PAYING RENT AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE IMPROVING THE BUILDING, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE COMMITTEE CENTER.
SO THEY'RE IMPROVING THE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOPEFULLY A, ALMOST A PRIORITY BUILDINGS.
BUT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, I JUST HAD A DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE MUNDO LATINO GOES BACK IN THERE DURING THE STATE FAIR.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF OUR STAPLES THERE AT STATE FAIR.
AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE AT THE HALL OF STATE.
SO NOW KNOWING THAT MUNDO LATINO SUPERFICIALLY GO BACK THERE DURING THE STATE FAIR, IT'S REALLY A BIG WIN AND BIG WIN FOR MY COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'RE GOING NOW TO THE SECURITY, UM, SERVICES THAT, UH, THE LAST ONE ON THE IN CONSIDERATION, UH, THAT IS DISTRICT SEVEN AUTHORIZED THE APPROVAL OF TWO YEAR RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH ANDY FRAME SERVICES FOR SECURITY SERVICES, UH, FOR FAIR PARK, AS WELL AS AN ON, UH, AN AS NEEDED BASIS DURING EVENTS FINANCING $3,519,758 TO FAIR PARK ENTERPRISE FUND.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. GOLDSTEIN? YEAH.
MOVE APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING, CHANGE CHANGES.
AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF $3,519,798 FOR THE REMAINDER OF TWO YEARS ON THE AGREEMENT WITH THE INDY FREIGHT SERVICES FOR SECURITY SERVICES FAIR PARK, AS WELL AS AN ON AND AS NEEDED BASIS DURING EVENTS FINANCING, $3,519,798 FAIR PARK ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND ON THE FISCAL INFORMATION MODIFIED FISCAL 2027 TO FISCAL 2026 AND MODIFIED FISCAL 2028 TO FISCAL 2027.
ALSO, STAFF REQUESTED UPDATES FOR THIS ITEM NO.
AND WAS APPROVED BY, UH, COMMITTEE SWORN SECOND, NO, DISCUSS YOUR FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS ALL THE READ ON MY PAPER.
UM, ALRIGHT, WELL NEXT WE HAVE TWO BRIEFING ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST IS GOING TO BE THE DOG PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES BY MR. RYAN O'CONNOR AND JARED WHITE AS THE PRESENTER.
WELL, I'M SIMPLY GONNA HAND THIS OFF TO JARED WHITE.
WE ALL KNOW JARED'S OUR, UM, HE'S OUR CLEANING PROGRAM MANAGER.
UH, I THINK THE SIGN DIVISION, UH, DOG PARK GUIDELINES ARE SOMETHING THAT HE HAS WORKED ON FOR A WHILE AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE.
AND WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT BACK NOW FOR, UM, AN UPDATE TO THE FULL BOARD.
I'LL HAND IT OFF TO, YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
UH, YEAH, THIS EFFORT BEGAN PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW.
STAFF SAT DOWN AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS MASTER PLANS, SIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A, AS DEPARTMENT, AND WHICH ONES CAN WE DO IN HOUSE? UH, DOG PARK GUIDELINES OR MASTER PLAN.
WE DECIDED WE COULD DO THIS IN-HOUSE.
SO MY COUNTERPART, MEGAN O'NEILL AND I, SHE ACTUALLY DID ALL THE WORK SO YOU CAN GET THROUGH ALL THE CREDIT.
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SHE'LL BE HERE TODAY.SO WE TOOK THIS IN, UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DOG PARKS, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO STAFF TO DRAW CONSULTANTS ON HOW TO DO PROPER SITE SELECTION AND, UH, WHAT TYPE OF ELEMENTS GO INTO THESE PARTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH IF WE GO THROUGH THE FIRST SLIDE GIVES OUR BACKGROUND JUST KIND OF THE HISTORY I JUST PROVIDED AND IT SAYING KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT.
SO THIS, AGAIN, WILL HELP WITH, SORRY, NEXT SLIDE AGAIN.
UM, I GUESS CITING THESE DOG PARTS, GENERAL LIST OF AMENITIES THAT COULD GO INTO THOSE.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ON THIS PLAN DOES NOT COME UP WITH WHERE THEY NEED TO GO BECAUSE THAT'S, WE, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY IN THAT, UH, BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES.
'CAUSE OUR KIND OF THOUGHT WAS EVERY PART COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A DOG WORK.
THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FOR HOW FEASIBLE IT REALLY IS.
AND THIS WILL HELP US, UH, IN THOSE DECISIONS.
SO WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT WHERE ARE WE WITH OUR CURRENT PLANNING.
SO THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2024.
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD, UH, A GOAL OF, WE DID HAVE A GOAL OF NINE DOG PARKS TO GET OUR ONE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND GET WHATEVER, RIGHT? UM, AMENITIES FOR DOG PARKS BASED ON POPULATION.
BUT SINCE OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED, WE STILL HAVE, WE, NOT THE THE ONE TO $100,000 GET THE LEAD OR, UH, PARK YET, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, 11 DOG PARKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN AND OPERATIONAL ON THE GROUND TODAY.
SO WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT 2016 GOAL, BUT WE HAVEN'T QUITE REACHED, UH, THE ONE PER YET BECAUSE OF OUR POPULATION INCREASE.
BUT WE'RE AT 0.8, SO WE JUST NEED TWO MORE.
BUT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH WITH, UH, SERVING THE COMMUNITY NEED FOR, FOR DOG PARKS.
AND WHILE NO DOG PARKS WERE PROPOSED IN THE 24 FOR 2024 BOND PROGRAM, THESE GUIDELINES DO HELP IN SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A A PRIVATE GROUP COME UP WHEN TO DO IT.
YOU MAY HAVE BOND FUNDING THAT GETS REALLOCATED.
SO JUST 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOND FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR DOG PARK, THERE'S STILL MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THESE DO KEEP COMING UP WHERE WE COULD DO, WE COULD IMPLEMENT, UH, DOG PARK IN THE FUTURE.
AND I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE HOARSE BECAUSE I LOVE THE CHANGE OF THE SEASONS, BUT IT DOES NOT LOVE ME.
AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH OUR, OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.
SO THIS SHOWS THE TIMELINE OF OUR, OUR DOG PARKS.
SO OVER THE LAST, WELL, 24 YEARS NOW, UH, WITH WHITE ROCK LAKE AND CONTINUING ON THAT TIMELINE, UH, WITH LAKELAND HILLS BEING THE ONE THAT JUST RECENTLY OPENED THIS YEAR, UH, THE PARKS THAT HAVEN'T ASKED BY THEM, THOSE ARE ONES THAT HAVE, THEY'VE HAD SOME SORT OF RENOVATION SINCE THEY'VE OPENED.
SO, UH, IT GIVES THE INITIAL OPENING DATE, BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGES LIKE, UH, THE MARKET CLOUD WEREN'T ACTUALLY MOVED.
SO IT'S KIND OF IN EFFECT, A NEW ONE.
IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE, BUT THE ORIGINAL OPENING GATE IS THERE.
UH, NEXT SLIDE LISTS THE DOG PARKS BY ANCHORAGE.
SO WE HAVE NORTH PARK AT 22 ACRES, UH, THEN DOWN TO MAIN STREET GARDEN, WHICH IS AT 0.05.
THESE ARE THE DOWNTOWN PARKS ARE OF, THOSE ARE MEASURED IN SQUARE FEET.
SO WE SEE THE RANGE OF OUR DOG PARKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
NEXT MAP SHOWS THEIR DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE INSET MAP SHOWING THE CLUSTERING OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN DOG PARKS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT STANDALONE PARKS IN A LOT OF CASES.
THEY'RE ELEMENTS OF, UH, A LARGER PARK.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE LAKELAND HILLS JUST GOT ADDED.
UH, THE GAUGE SHADING IS ROUGHLY A SERVICE AREA.
UH, WE ARE, DIDN'T GET THE SHADING ON FOR LAKELAND HILLS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
SO GENERALLY YOUR DOWNTOWN PARKS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY GETTING THE FOLKS WHO LIVE WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS.
PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY DRIVING IN BY WARRANTS, UH, A SEPARATE TOPIC THAT'S KIND OF OFF THE SITE BECAUSE EVERYONE GOES SUPPLY BOARD, BUT MOST OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS FOLKS ARE WALKING IN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEN YOU GET TO YOUR NEXT SIZE PARKS, UH, LIKE YOUR LAKELAND HILLS, LIKE YOUR CROCKETTS, THOSE ARE MAYBE ABOUT GETTING TO BE ABOUT A MILE OR SO.
YOU'RE CATCHING A LOT MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN YOUR LARGER, MUCH LARGER TWO ACRES PLUS LIKE THE WAGONS DOWN BOARD PARK AND INSERT WHITE ROCK, YOU'RE AT TWO MILES AND OVER.
UH, I LEFT THE TWO MILE BUFFER AT WHITE ROCK.
YOU PROBABLY SHOW THE WHOLE CITY IF YOU HAD A SERVICE AREA FOR WHITE ROCK, BUT GENERALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO MILE RADIUS FOR YOUR SIGNATURE SPACE.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT PIER CITIES.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT IT SHOWS WHERE WE STAND.
UH, SAN DIEGO IS THE HIGHEST AT 27.
THIS IS ALL BASED ON TRUST, PUBLIC PLAN DATA.
EVERY CITY IS REPORTING THAT THEY DO ANNUALLY.
SO DIRECTLY FROM THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 11.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE JUST SHOWS HOW THAT JUST, JUST OUR, OUR, OUR PLANNING EASE THAT WE DO, SUCH AS HOW WE COMPARE WITH OUR, OUR PARKS KIND OF PER CAPITA AND SHOWING HOW WE RANK, UH, WITHIN THAT LIST.
AND THEN WE ALSO CONTACTED A NUMBER OF THESE PEER CITIES TO START LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE EACH OF THESE CITIES DOING AND WHAT CAN, WHAT COMPARING TO WHAT WE DO AND MAYBE WHAT WE COULD BE DOING.
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GENERALLY SPEAKING, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY SHOW THEIR SMALL PARKS ARE ROUGHLY HALF ACRE OR LESS.MEDIUM IS A HALF ACRE TO TWO, AND THEN THEIR LARGE IS GREATER THAN TWO.
THESE ARE JUST KIND OF GENERAL MOTIVATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, DOG PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS WE'RE GOING THROUGH BEST PRACTICES.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WE SAW AT THESE PARK.
UH, SOME COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THEM.
THINGS THAT WE WANNA START INCORPORATING OR SURE WE'RE INCORPORATING.
UH, SO WE WANT TO HAVE CLEAR SEPARATION FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF TRAFFIC.
UM, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THESE ON CONSERVATION LANDS OR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.
UH, YOU HAVE ANY NEAR FOUR ORA ISSUES THERE.
ARTIFICIAL WILDLIFE, UH, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PROPER SEPARATION FROM OTHER PARK PIECES SO YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CONFLICTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOOD PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
UH, AGAIN, THIS, THE, THE AVERAGE THAT WE SAW WAS ABOUT AN ACRE NATIONALLY WAS ABOUT THE AVERAGE SIZE OF DOG PARK.
UH, YOU HAVE DOG CLEANUP STATIONS.
UM, A LOT OF THESE DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE PARK.
WE'LL GET INTO SCALING IN IN A SECOND.
UH, LIKE TO DESIGN FOR LOW MAINTENANCE.
SO LOOKING AT TYPE OF MATERIAL CHOICE YOU'RE USING, HOW THE PARKS ARE CONSTRUCTED, TYPE OF SURFACING MATERIAL, UH, YOU WOULD PROVIDE SEATING, YOU KNOW, SHADE.
UH, YOU NEED SOME SORT OF BUFFERING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ALSO HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOUR RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND YOU CAN ALSO HAVE PLAY EQUIPMENT, AGILITY EQUIPMENT FOR THE DOGS WITHIN THE FARMERS.
SOME EMERGING TRENDS THAT WE SAW, EXCUSE ME, IS MOVING AWAY FROM SURFACE, UH, SORRY, NATURAL SURFACE MATERIAL.
LOOKING AT MORE ARTIFICIAL TURF, CONCRETE HARDSCAPING, AND, UH, ALL THE PROPER DRAINAGE AND, UH, IRRIGATION WITHIN THAT.
HAVING A LOT OF SHADE AS IT DOES GET VERY HOT.
SO WE WANNA INCORPORATE AS MUCH SHADE AS WE CAN INTO TREES OR SHADE STRUCTURES OF THE MATERIALS.
UM, AGAIN, ADDING IN OR IN, UH, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGILITY EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MARKETS WIDE ARRAY OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO ASSIST WITH, UH, LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.
UH, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SITE ANALYSIS, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT THIS IS A GOOD FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE, GET INVOLVED.
UH, WE WANNA LOOK AT WHERE IS IT, WHAT'S OUR DOG PARK SPACING? UH, OR WE CLUSTERING THEM OR DO WE HAVE PROPER, YOU KNOW, ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WANT THEM, ARE THEY GETTING, UH, THE SERVICE THAT THEY NEED? UH, ADDRESSING SERVICE AREA GAPS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT AGAIN PLAYS INTO EQUITY AND ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, SERVICE, LEVEL OF SERVICE ISSUES.
UM, AND THERE'S SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS.
THIS GETS INTO LIKE YOUR SITE CONDITIONS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF SURFACE MATERIALS OUT THERE.
IS IT, ARE YOU ON AN INCLINE? YOU KNOW, IS THE SITE, IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE SITE TO PUT ONE BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF THAT AREA? AND ALSO THE CLASSIFICATION.
IS THE SIZE OF THE PARK APPROPRIATE SIZE OF THE DOG PARK APPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE OF THE PARK? OR IS IT GOING TO OVERWHELM OR TAKE OVER THE PARK ITSELF, SEE TOO SMALL AND NOT ACCOMMODATE, UH, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO LOOKING AT OUR DALLAS DOG PARK SUPPLY SIZE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SMALL IS LESS THAN AN ACRE, ACTUALLY ARE ONES THAT REALLY CONSIDER SMALLER, MUCH, MUCH LESS THAN AN ACRE.
MEDIUM TO LARGE IS KIND OF ONE TO TWO GENERALLY IN THAT RANGE.
AND THEN OUR SIGNATURE PARTS ARE MUCH GREATER THAN TWO ACRES AS WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS MAP.
SO RUNNING THROUGH THESE EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE ARE EXISTING PARKS ARE KIND OF FITTING INTO THESE LOOSE, UH, CLASSIFICATIONS.
SO A SMALL DOCK BAR OF DOG RUN, IF YOU WILL.
THESE ARE THE AREAS, THINK OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS.
THEY HAVE AN AREA THAT'S SECTIONED OFF JUST FOR, FOR DOG USE.
UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF, UH, THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES, GENERALLY SMALLER.
THEY'RE SERVING OUR MID TO HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
JUST TO PICTURE HERE, THIS IS A CARPENTER.
THIS IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT A LOT OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN PARKS LOOK LIKE.
THIS ONE LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MAIN STREET GARDEN, BUT GENERALLY THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THE DRAINAGE MATERIAL THAT'S BUILT INTO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
AS WE MOVE TO KIND OF MEDIUM TO LARGE, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE ANOTHER DOWNTOWN PARK, JUST KIND OF AN OUTLIER, IS BARRY ENO.
THIS IS A MUCH LARGER PARK THAT SITS UNDERNEATH THE 3 45 OVERHEAD.
UH, WE HAVE CROCKETT LAKELAND HILLS, WHICH JUST OPENED IT IN PARK HILL.
UH, AGAIN, ONE TO TWO ACRES IN SIZE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION IN THAT.
UH, BUT THEN THESE, AGAIN, BASED ON THE, THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF SOME ARTIFICIAL TURFS AND THEY HAVE A COMBINATION OR, UH, A LOT OF NATURAL SURFACE.
SO EITHER TURF OR WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT OF, UH, UH, WOOD BARK, UH, OUTSIDE, UH, MULCH.
UM, GENERALLY CITIES IN OUR, THE REST OF THE CITIES ARE LOWER TO MID, MID DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF IS TO BEGIN MOVING AWAY FROM NATURAL SURFACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND START INCORPORATING YOUR ARTIFICIAL TURF
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SCAPE MATERIAL TO CUT DOWN ON YOUR LONGER TERM MAINTENANCE NEEDS.UH, SO YOU HAVE A HIGHER UPFRONT COST TO GET ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE INPUT OVER TIME AND KIND OF PACE ITSELF BACK.
AND THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSTANTLY TRYING TO ROTATE THESE PADDOCKS BECAUSE THE GRASS IS GETTING BEATEN DOWN OR DESTROYED WITH ANIMAL WASTE, OR YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP REFILLING THIS NATURAL MATERIAL, THE BARK OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE USED, UH, AS IT'S DEGRADING AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
UH, AND JUST A FEW HERE, HERE'S LAKELAND HILLS.
UH, THIS JUST OPENED UP MAYBE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, HAS TWO VERY LARGE PADDOCKS, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THIS IS IN CHICAGO.
UH, THIS IS, WHILE THIS MAY BE RELATIVELY SMALL, UH, THIS IS MORE INDICATIVE OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TRANSITIONING TO.
SO WE DO HAVE TREES, WE DO HAVE VEGETATION, BUT WE'RE GETTING INTO A LOT MORE HARDSCAPE.
UH, SO ARTIFICIAL TUR, IF YOU SEE THIS ONE HAS A LOT MORE CONCRETE, BUT THIS IS GENERALLY THE RECOMMENDATION.
LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD IS GETTING TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THIS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEXT SLIDE IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR TO THIS REGION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IN GRAPEVINE.
UH, SO YOU HAVE A NATURAL PARK SETTING, WHICH IS KIND OF MORE COMPARABLE TO A LOT OF PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE ONE AREA THAT'S CORD UP BUT IS A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AND MORE HARDSCAPE.
SO THIS JUST SHOWS HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN A KIND OF A MORE TYPICAL PARK SETTING, NOT IN A BIG KIND OF IN TOWN DOWNTOWN.
FIRE THAT, UH, THEN OUR LAST GROUPING IS OUR BIG SIGNATURE PARK.
SO THESE ARE NORTH BAR, WAGON, TAIL AND WHITE ROCK.
UH, THESE ARE TWO ACRES OR MORE, UH, SIMILAR AMENITIES AS THE OTHERS.
UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO NO LONGER DO PARKS OF THIS SIZE.
SO PARKS THAT ARE WELL OVER TWO ACRES OR PARKS THAT ARE WHERE THE PARK ITSELF IS THE DOG PARK.
SO PARKS LIKE WAGGING TAIL NORTH PARK, WHERE THAT'S THE ONLY AMENITY AT THAT PARK IS A VERY LARGE MULTI ACRE DOG PARK IS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT MODEL.
AND AGAIN, NEXT SLIDE IS JUST, UH, IT'S A GRAPHIC OF WAGON TAIL, SO YOU CAN SEE ITS VERY LARGE MULTI PADDOCKS.
THEN THIS LAST ONE, UH, WE WILL PUT THIS IN.
SO THIS IS REGARDING PURE OFF LEASH, OPEN AREAS, UNFENCED.
SO THIS CAME UP DURING CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THESE OVERALL GUIDELINES.
SO WE JUST PUT IN THERE JUST FOR SAY, LOOK, WE ADDRESSED IT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AGAIN WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE PURELY OFF LEASH, NO FENCING.
UH, THESE WOULD BE AREAS IF THEY WERE TO BE DESIGNATED WOULD BE MUCH LARGER.
YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFLICTS, BUT WE JUST PUT THE TRINITY CORRIDOR OR SOMETHING DOWN THERE AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE ARE NOT PURSUING, UH, PURELY OFF LEASH UNFED DOG PARKS.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE CITYWIDE ACTIONS REQUIRE, UH, CODE CHANGES.
SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO NOT FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THIS RECOMMENDATION, BUT JUST FOLLOW OUR MORE TYPICAL DOG PARKS WHERE THEY'RE OFF LEASH, BUT FOR FULLY CONTAINED.
NOW, NEXT STEPS, UM, WHERE CONTAINED UPDATED GUIDELINES, WE WANNA TAKE ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
WE'LL INCORPORATE THOSE AND THEN WE WILL, UH, PUBLISH, UH, THOSE GUIDELINES.
BASICALLY THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS PRESENTATION IS MORE OR LESS THE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING INTO THESE GUIDELINES.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO ACTUAL MATERIAL OR VENDORS OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
IT'S TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR CONSULT.
SO WHEN WE DO GET REQUESTS FOR DOG PARKS, THEY HAVE A STARTING POINT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR PARK IS A GOOD SITE AND HOW TO BEGIN THEIR DESIGN PROCESS.
SO THIS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.
THIS DOCUMENT IS MADE AVAILABLE, UH, TO PUBLIC, ALSO TO STAFF AND TO OUR CONSULTANTS.
UH, AND, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, JAN, WILL YOU TAKE 'EM BACK TO PAGE 21? SO I WANT TO OBSERVE PAGE 21 EARLIER MENTIONED IN THIS, UH, I'M JUST WAITING ON THE MIC TO COME ON.
UH, HE MENTIONED IN HIS, UH, COMMENTS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MODEL WE WANT TO LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE REASON BEING DOG PARKS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
UH, I THINK THEY RANGE ANYWHERE AND, AND REMAIN
I THINK THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN UP TO ABOUT $80,000.
BUT THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.
BUT THE MODEL YOU SEE IN THE CHICAGO MODEL, THEIR DOG PART BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED WITH THE HARDSCAPE AND PLENTY OF TREES AND ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THE WAY THEY HAVE IT ELEVATED.
AND I PERSONALLY HAVE WENT UP TO THIS DOG PARK ON MY OWN TIME, UH, AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
AND EACH TIME I WENT TO THE DOG PARK, I ASSURE YOU ALL THE DOGS WERE HAPPY AND AND THEIR OWNERS.
BUT WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE DOG PARK WAS THE LOW MAINTENANCE.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY DESIGNED FOR THE ELEVATION, THEY'RE ABLE TO WASH DOWN THE DOG PARK EVERY
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SINGLE DAY BY SIMPLY CUTTING ON THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, WHICH SAVES MY TEAM A LOT OF TIME VERSUS THEM HAVE TO FISCALLY GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE DOG PARK ON A DAILY BASIS.AND SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM OR WHENEVER SOMEONE WANNA MAKE A DONATION, IT REALLY IS IMPERATIVE WE CHANGE THE MODEL, GO TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LESS MAIN MAINTENANCE INTENSIVE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE ITEM, MR. OH, GOOD.
I'M FIRST ALL Q UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I WANNA APOLOGIZE TO BOARD COLLEAGUE, MR. WOOD.
I MISSED THE RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEKEND AND I WANNA GO CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT DIRECTOR, OTHERS, THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE MODEL WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO I WANNA GO WALK AND LEARN, PERHAPS TAKE MY OWN DOG.
BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO CROCKETT PARK, WHICH WAS OPEN, UH, IN 2021.
AND I REALLY LIKE WHAT WE DID AT CROCKETT PARK IN DISTRICT, AND I TALK ABOUT CROCKETT ALL THE TIME WITH PEOPLE WITH DISTRICT 14 WHO ARE, ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE DOG PARKS, WHETHER IT'S COLE PARK BRIGGS ALONG TOLE CREEK, AND I BRING UP CROCKETT PARK BECAUSE THAT'S THE VISION THEY HAVE.
THE VISION THEY HAVE IS NOT A DOG RUN, IT'S A MAIN STREET GARDEN OR A CLYDE MOR PARK THAT'S LIKE A LITTLE ITTY BITTY PUZZLE STAMP.
THEIR VISION IS LIKE PERHAPS WHAT WE JUST DID IN HILLS OR CROCKETT.
SO I BRING UP CROCKETT, I ENCOURAGE 'EM TO GO TO CROCKETT AND I'M ALSO, I DO A PRETTY DECENT JOB OF TELLING THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW UPFRONT.
I TELL 'EM IT'S GONNA REQUIRE FENCING.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FENCING, UM, MY EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE FENCE PARK.
SO EXPECT SOME COMMUNITY PUSH BACK JUST ON THE FENCING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PARKING LOT, GUESS WHERE YOUR PARKING LOT, YOUR STREETS AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN THEY START TO SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
I DON'T SAY THIS TO PERSUADE THEM AGAINST DOG PARKS BECAUSE I MYSELF AM VERY MUCH FOR DOG PARKS, BUT I WANT THEM TO SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT.
BUT THEN WE TALK ABOUT A THING WHERE I KIND OF HAVE A HARD TIME, UH, EXPLAINING AND THAT THAT'S THE COST.
I DO KNOW THAT CROCKETT COST ABOUT THREE OR $400,000.
AM I RIGHT IN THAT ASSESSMENT? I WOULD NEED TO CHECK ON, I, I DON'T THINK SO.
THERE'S A LOT OF STONE WORK AND CONCRETE WORK OUT THERE.
WAS IT MORE OR LESS BECAUSE THAT THEY GOT STONE WORK IN THERE? 800.
SO THAT MAKES WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SAY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE I, BECAUSE WHAT I REMEMBER, I WAS MAYBE TOLD THREE TO 400,000 COST SO MUCH.
WHY IF THIS COST SO MUCH? AND I THINK, LISTEN, IT'S MORE THAN JUST FENCES.
SO IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL BREAKDOWN OF THE COST? SO THAT'S GONNA EDUCATE ME AND OTHERS AS WE GO OUT AND WE TALK ABOUT THE PROS AND THE CONS AND THE YAYS AND THE NAYS OF A DOG PARK WHERE WE CAN KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN TO OUR FOLKS WHO ARE, ARE ASKING FOR DOG PARKS SO THEY CAN GET THE, THE BIG PICTURE.
IS THAT, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO JUST GIVE A LIKE A 62ND RUNDOWN OF HIGH LEVEL COST? YEAH, I WILL SAY COST REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE AREA WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING THE DOG PARK.
'CAUSE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT, IT AFFECTS THE DRAINAGE AND JARED THEN CAN EXPLAIN IT, RYAN, BUT, AND WE'LL GET YOU THE COST ON THE CROCKETT, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF STONE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE.
IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN MORE SIDEWALKS, THE SIZE OF IT DEPENDS ON THE IRRIGATION.
IT, IT'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
BUT THE ELEVATION, IF IT'S TRULY JUST A FLAT SURFACE, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT JARED, YOU WANNA PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR YET WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OTHER, THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY I THINK, SO PARK HILL AND LAKELAND HILLS ARE OUR MOST RECENT EXAMPLES OF KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD BASED, I THINK WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT OR THEY WERE LOOKING AT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
TRYING TO REMEMBER, I THINK PARK HILL WAS IN THE 200,000 ISH DOLLAR RANGE.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, PARK HILL WAS AROUND THERE, BUT PARK HILL DON'T REMEMBER WAS, WAS A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING AS WELL BECAUSE IT WAS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH RICHTON ISD AND IT WAS IN OUR LAND AND WE'RE, AND THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY AMENITIES OUT THERE.
AND REALLY THE, THE, THE BIG COST FOR PARK HILL WAS THE IRRIGATION.
AND THESE ARE PRETTY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FAIRLY, I WOULD SAY BASIC LOOK, I MEAN PARK HILL, IT'S GOT A FENCE, IT'S GOT A CORD OFF AREA AND SOME LEVEL OF THERE SOME BENCHES AND A COUPLE TUBES.
AND THAT WAS IN THE TWO RANGE.
THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS, WAS THE IRRIGATION RANGE.
IRRIGATION TUBE MILLION A HUNDRED.
BUT IF YOU GO THERE, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
IT WAS, IRRIGATION WAS THE BIG ISSUE.
AND I THINK LAKELAND WAS ALMOST DOUBLED THAT FOUR.
AND THAT WAS, AND THAT WAS, UM, LAKELANDS BUILT IN-HOUSE.
SO HAD WE, HAD WE UTILIZED A, A CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PROJECT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, IN EXCESS OF THAT.
SO I WOULD, I THINK DIRECTOR JENKINS IS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY SITE SPECIFIC.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TOPOGRAPHY ARE WE DEALING WITH? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE DRAINAGE? UM, HOW ROBUST IS THE FENCING, THE SIZE OF THE PADDOCKS, ET CETERA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR A RULE OF THUMB, FOR A MEDIUM TO LARGE DOG PARK, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING
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AT, YOU KNOW, 500,000 TO, TO SEVEN 50, MAYBE UPWARDS OF A MILLION.UM, JUST AS A RULE OF THUMB, THE, THE PARK HILL WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION TO THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING DOG PARKS, THEY ARE LIKE REALLY, REALLY NICE PARK AMENITIES.
UM, LIKE LE'S BEING A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO YEAH, THESE AREN'T, UM, AND I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT, MR. CREAMY.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A CONCEPTION OR A MISPERCEPTION OUT THERE THAT YEAH, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SNAP YOUR FINGERS IN THE DOG PARK AND POP UP WITH SOME CHAIN LINK FENCE AND A WATER FOUNTAIN.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW IT IS.
IT'S NOT HOW WE CONSTRUCT THEM IN THE SPARK SYSTEM TO BE REALLY, REALLY NICE AMENITIES, NOT ONLY FOR THE TOGS, BUT REALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND TOWN NORTH PARK, I THINK WAS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PARK, NOT 4 MILLION.
I'M SURE, I'M SURE THAT THIS IS NOT CHEAP.
AND, AND, AND I DO A, A FAIRLY GOOD JOB OF TELLING OUR FOLKS WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT, WE WANT IT TO LAST.
SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AND I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, BUT BEING MORE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COST AND HOW, HOW MUCH AND WHAT GOES INTO THAT OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA CONSIDER IT WITH US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOO.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE SIZE OF THIS DOG PARK IN CHICAGO, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF DIMINISH THERE, THAT'S EASY.
A MILLION DOLLARS ALL DAY LONG.
YEAH, NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
I MEAN, I KNOW WITH I, THERE'S A FEW DOG PARKS IN MY DISTRICT, UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE CRAW DOG PARK, UM, AND THE BURINO DOG PARK, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORS AND, AND CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGHT FOR THE TURF OPPOSED TO THE CHIPS AND THE WOOD CHIPS.
AND, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE REALLY ARE IN THIS MORE FLUID PLACE OF WHAT IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL, UM, FOR THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOU, UM, THE TEAM, UM, WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH LOOKING AT THE NATURE PRESERVE, UM, BY TENNIS AND GLEN AS ONE OF THESE OFF, UH, LEASH DOG PARKS.
UM, AND IS THAT IN YOUR PURVIEW FOR LOOKING IN INTO THE FUTURE OF STUFF? WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO THE, TO THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE, FOR THE GOLF COURSE WHEN WE MAKE THAT NEXT IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT'LL BE ALL INCLUDED, THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENT.
BECAUSE I JUST HOPING THAT WE DON'T PUT THAT ASIDE AND KNOWING THAT THAT'S AN OPTION FOR A REALLY WONDERFUL AREA THAT IS, CAN HAVE PARKING, CAN HAVE OFF-LEASH DOG RUNS, AND IT'S AN AREA THAT REALLY USE IT AND THAT PEOPLE CAN USE IT.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING INTO THIS.
UM, I'M SURE IT IS, UH, GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL IN THE LONG RUN.
AND THEY DEFINITELY ARE EXPENSIVE.
UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DEMOLITION AND YOU THINK ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU, MS. MON WAS SPEAKING OF AS THE, THE, UH, THE GLEN UHHUH, UM, WHERE IT WAS DECIDED FOR A YEAR OR TWO THAT THAT'D BE CONVERTED TO A, UH, INTO AN EXECUTIVE COURSE OR A NINE HOLE COURSE.
AND THE REST OF THE, OF THE GOLF COURSE WOULD BE TURNED INTO A MAJOR PRESERVE AND AN OFF LEASH DOG BARGAIN.
UM, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY.
LAKE HILLS TURNED OUT ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND HOW'S JEREMY, UM, AND HIS STAFF, UM, BUILT THAT PARK, UM, BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE ENVISIONED.
UM, IT'S BUILT FOR PROBABLY A QUARTER YEAR RUN, UM, BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE TO REPLACE, UH, A METAL POLE BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE PONY WALL ABOUT 18 INCHES HIGH SO THAT THE DOGS DON'T PEE ON THE METAL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS WHERE THE RUST AND ALL OF THAT COMES PLACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR DOGS, BUT THEY LIKE TO PEE ON STUFF.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY BUILT THIS TO LAST.
AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE DOGS, THIS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A SELF-CONTAINED DOG PARK, IT ACTUALLY PREVENTS, OR IT DOESN'T PREVENT, BUT IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF OFF-LEASH DOGS OUTSIDE OF THAT PARK.
SO IT CREATES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WALKING OR WHATEVER IN THE PARK THAT DON'T WANNA BE AFFECTED BY A DOG.
SO WHEN YOU CAN CONTAIN 'EM IN ONE AREA, IT CREATES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
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WE'VE HAD SOME NEGATIVES, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SPENT MONEY FOR THIS, BUT IT, IT, HONESTLY, IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT BECAUSE IT CREATES A SAFE SPACE FOR BOTH THE DOGS AND A SAFE SPACE OUTSIDE THE, THE FENCED IN AREAS FOR THE OTHER PARK VISITORS.SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, IT'S AMAZING THAT WE PUT DOG PARKS IN AREAS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD WAS ASKED TO HAVE DOG CLEANUP BAG STATIONS IN ALL DISTRICT SEVEN PARKS.
SO AT ONE POINT THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE THEM AT SUCH AND SUCH A PARK.
AND I LITERALLY WALKED, OR I WAS DRIVING THROUGH, UM, BONTON BY BLAIR PARK AND SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, THANKS FOR PUTTING THOSE, UM, BAG CLEANUP STATIONS IN THE PARK.
AND I'M LIKE, OH, YOU USE 'EM.
SO I MEAN, I WAS KIND OF EXCITED THAT THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD IT AND THEY'LL COME.
SO, UM, JUST IN GENERAL, THE DOG, I DON'T, I, I'M A DOG LOVER.
UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY UTILIZE DOG PARKS AS MUCH 'CAUSE I HAVE MY OWN DOG PARK IN THE BACKYARD.
BUT THEY ARE, IT, THEY'RE A GREAT ENTITY.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, IT'S A GATHERING PLACE FOR COMMUNITY AND IT CREATES A WHOLE NOTHER VIBE FOR OUR, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A TREND IN MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS OVER MAYBE THE LAST 20 YEARS TO INCLUDE PRIVATE DOG PARKS AS AN AMENITY FOR THE TENANTS.
SO I HOPE IN YOUR SITE SELECTION CRITERIA, YOU'LL CONSIDER, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THOSE PRIVATE DOG PARKS ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE, BUT ALL OF THE THINGS BEING EQUAL, IF THERE ARE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR A DOG PARK AND ONE OF THEM HAS EXTENSIVE PRIVATE DOG PARK FACILITIES, ANOTHER ONE IS MAYBE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND DOESN'T THAT, THAT WOULD BE A RELEVANT CONSIDERATION.
ACTUALLY, THE BUILDING I LIVE IN, UH, HAS ON OUR AMENITY DECK HAS, WELL THEY TOOK IT OUT, HAD A DOG PARK ON THERE, THEY MOVED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO YEAH, I'M, I'M AWARE OF YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH OTHER BUILDINGS HAVING THEIR OWN PRIVATE AMENITIES.
WELL, I TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
I'VE SEEN, UH, SO-CALLED PRIVATE DOG PARKS THAT CONSIST OF MAYBE A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE MM-HMM
UH, SO, SO THAT ONE WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T REALLY INFLUENCE THE PUBLIC DECISION, BUT, UH, OTHERS ARE MORE EXTENSIVE AND, AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION OF OVERALL NEED.
UH, AND, AND KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON, MR. YOUNG WAS ON ABOUT WE SHOULD DOCUMENT THE PRIVATE, UH, DOG PARK THAT ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OKAY.
WE, AND OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE NO PUBLIC PARK THAT'S ON, ON PARK LAND, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE ON DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, UM, UH, LAND THAT ARE BEING, THAT HAVE A AGREEMENT WITH SOME NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY SHOWING HERE.
AND, AND THOSE ARE BY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO KIND OF KEEP 'EM UP AND, AND DO THE WORK WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT TO PUT 'EM IN THERE.
SO, WE'LL, WE COULD TELL PEOPLE WE DO, THERE IS ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WE KNOW THAT PRIVATE, UH, PARKS CAN ALSO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM GOING INTO THEM.
NOW I'M NECESSARILY AM NOT A FAN OF THE DOG PARK BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH TO GET TO THEM.
BUT KNOWING THAT THE, THE ISSUE I HAVE IS, IS THE COST OF MAINTENANCE.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP JUST NOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT.
BUT BECAUSE I SEE THAT MAINTENANCE IS OUR HIGHEST, BESIDES STAFF FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE IS YOUR SECOND HIGHEST COST THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
SO MORE PARKS AND MORE AMENITIES.
WE, WE GET INTO THE HIGHER THAT COST GETS IN, THAT INCLUDES STAFF AND MAINTENANCE BECAUSE YOU GOTTA HAVE STAFF TO DO THE CLEANING AND, AND, AND MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR ALL THE MATERIAL THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IT.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE START BUILDING EVEN MORE PARKS OR MORE AMENITIES TO OUR, OUR PARKS, EVEN IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A FACILITY OR, OR WHATEVER, HAVING A, A NEW SPORTS FIELD SOMEWHERE, IT COSTS MONEY TO OPERATE THOSE.
AND AS WE KNOW, OUR RETURN ON OUR DOLLAR IS NOT, WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE MONEY, BUT WE'RE AT LEAST HERE TRYING TO CREATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO, TO CREATE MAINTENANCE AND, AND TO DO KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU JUST, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THIS PARK AND THIS THE BEST COST SCENARIO GOING LONG RUN AND THAT'S GREAT.
UH, BUT JUST NOR NOT, BUT NOR NORTH, NORTH PARK
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IS 22 ACRES.THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF LAND THAT HAS A DOG.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW THE NUMBER ON THAT ONE, AND I'M TRYING, BUT IT'S 22 ACRES I WOULD LOVE ABOUT, IS IT ONE PERSON EVERY DAY TRYING TO KEEP THAT THING CLEAN? OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO KEEP THAT THING CLEAN EVERY DAY? OR IS IT ACCRUED? IT'S, IT IS.
I IT IS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN MAINTENANCE, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF RENEE HAD THE NUMBERS WENT THERE, BUT I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THERE WAS A CREW THAT, IT'S A HUGE DOG PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF MEN AT THIS ON, I I THINK IT A BIG PARKING LOT.
AND I THINK IT'S GRATEFUL THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY LOVE IT, BUT IT JUST, THE COST ON THE CITY, EVEN LAKELAND BEING AT LAKELAND ON SATURDAY, UH, IT'S, IT IS A BIG DOG PARK.
I WAS, I WAS IMPRESSED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOG PARK THAT'S THERE AND THEN, AND, AND WHEN COME TO THAT PARK, THAT PARK'S ACTUALLY WAY BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
BUT SHE'S HAVING THAT DOG PARK, JUST THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT ALSO.
IT'S GONNA BE TREMENDOUS, UH, TO KEEP IT UP.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE, THE CONCRETE LIKE MR. WOOD SAID AND ALL THAT TO KEEP IT FROM MAYBE NOT DETERIORATING AS FAST AS IT SHOULD, BUT WE'RE STILL THE MAINTENANCE, MY, IS MY CONCERN GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA DRIVE, THAT'S GONNA DRIVE OUR BUDGET TO GO THAT WE NEED MORE BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE STAFF AND WE'RE FIGHTING THAT NOW, AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
DID YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT? AND BASICALLY WE JUST GOTTA CREATE THAT BALANCE GOING FORWARD.
'CAUSE I CAN'T BE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON MAINTENANCE ON A, ON A DOG PARK THAN I SPEND ON A PLAYGROUND.
WE HAVE 300 PLAYGROUNDS AND WE CAN'T GET TO A POINT WHERE SELLING, WE'RE ADDING A HUNDRED DOG PARK ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY EXPENSIVE COST TO MAINTAIN THEM.
ONCE AGAIN, UNLESS WE CHANGE OUR MODEL
IF YOU GOT A FENCE UP OR IF YOU SPENT MONEY ON THE IRRIGATION, WHATEVER, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THE MAINTENANCE COST IS GOING TO BE THE SAME UNLESS WE DESIGN IT IN A WAY TO REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE COST TO J'S POINT, IT MAY COST YOU MORE MONEY UPFRONT, BUT WHEN I START TIMING 30 OR $50,000 A YEAR, OVER 20 YEARS, YOU SAVE DOLLARS BY SPENDING MORE MONEY UP FRONT.
AND NORTH PARK IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I, UM, HAVE HAD, I MEAN, WE HAVE, IT'S TOO BIG.
I MEAN, IT, IT WAS FRANK, IT'S, IT'S TOO BIG AS A DOG PARK.
I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH A QUARTER OF THAT SIZE AND HAD STILL THE BEST DOG PARK IN THE CITY, UM, AT FIVE ACRES.
UM, AND IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S HUMONGOUS AND IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN.
UM, WE HAVE ISSUES ALL THE TIME WITH CRIME.
IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S HUGE.
SO YEAH, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING OVER THERE.
ANYBODY OVER THERE I THINK DISAGREE WITH? NO, NOT ALL.
YEAH, IT'S A GREAT AMENITY, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE CUT THAT LAND UP FOR OTHER USAGE.
WE COULD HAVE PUT UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A PERFORMING ARTS PAVILION AND THERE, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR, UH, MR. BARR? THANK YOU MR. WHITE.
NEXT UP, UH, ON OUR BRIEFINGS, UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, 2020 OR ONE OF MR. MIMI'S FAVORITE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS THE 2028 IS THE AQUATICS REVIEW ABOUT OUR, OUR, OUR OUR SEASON.
CRYSTAL ROSS, SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
I AM REALLY JUST HERE TO RIDE ON ROLLS HOTEL.
UM, BASEBALL INCLUDED A VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER AQUATIC SEASON.
AND SO THIS IS OUR TIME TO PROVIDE A RECAP TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED.
TALK ABOUT WHATEVER CHALLENGES, BUT I'M PASSING YOUR TWO ROLES.
I JUST WANTED TO DO THE OFFICIAL HANDOFF.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH OR FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, PUT A LITTLE, UH, PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL, INCLUDING VIDEO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WE'LL BE COVERING, THERE WE GO.
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THE DAY WE HAD MEDIA DAY, WHENEVER WE HAD ALL THE POOLS COME OUT TO BAHAMA BEACH, GOING TO OUR ANNUAL BAHAMA BEACH EVENT.WE JUST HAD A FUN TIME THAT MORNING.
YEAH, I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
DALLAS PARK AND REC HAS HELPED ME WITH THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY'VE HELPED KEEP OUR POOLS OPEN AND KEEPING US SAFE.
THEY SUPPORT ME BY JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HEARD, OUR MANAGERS ARE VERY PRESENT, OUR SUPERVISORS, OUR REGIONAL SUPERVISORS, YOU GET TO KNOW THEM AND NOT JUST KIND OF HEAR ABOUT THEM.
DALLAS PARK AND REC HAS HELPED ME WITH MY ROLE BY MAKING SURE I HAVE THE CORRECT TRAININGS AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE I CAN DO MY JOB AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.
BUT WE CAN ALWAYS LEAN ON THEM ANYTIME WE HAVE, UM, PROBLEMS OR ANYTIME WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH ANYTHING, THEY'RE ALWAYS A, A PHONE CALL AWAY AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO US.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT ANYBODY.
ALRIGHT, SO THE SLIDES ARE JUST GONNA COVER MORE, A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL.
EVERYTHING Y'ALL JUST SAW, ALL THE DATA, ALL THE NUMBERS, ATTENDANCE, UM, DESPITE OF HOW RAINY THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS, WE WERE STILL VERY SUCCESSFUL ON, UH, BRINGING PEOPLE INTO OUR FACILITIES.
SO WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SEAL, BRING AND INCREASE A LITTLE BIT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
UH, THE, UM, INCREASE FEE CHANGE THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, UH, EARLY IN THE SPRINGS, UM,
AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, EARLY IN THE SPRING, MY GOAL THIS YEAR WAS TO CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE, A LITTLE OF THE, UH, EXPENSES FOR OUR DIVISION.
THEY TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE, UH, TIMES OF DAYS THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE SCHEDULING.
OTHER, OTHER TIMES THAT, UM, UH, IT IS NOT SO BUSY.
SO THE SCHEDULER PICKED A BIG FACTOR AS WELL AS TRYING TO FIND NEW VENDORS THAT PROVIDE BETTER PRICES FOR ANY OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE THAT WE PURCHASED.
AND WITH THAT, WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO SHRINK THE GAP, SO CURRENTLY WE ARE SITTING, UH, LIKE ABOUT 37%, UH, COST RECOVERY.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT FOR US.
SO TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY POOLS THAT ARE LIKE THEIR, UH, THEIR COST IS VERY LOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE A, UH, UH, THE STAFF THERE, UH, FAMILY AQUATIC CENTERS.
WE DO NOT DO ANY INCREASES ON THE FEES THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL ARE SHRINKING THAT GAP.
AND NOW WE'LL START GOING IN, UH, JUST SPECIFICALLY PER AREA.
SO BAHAMA BEACH, UH, WE HAD INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, REVENUE.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES ON THE SEASONS AND PASSES.
UH, THE STAFF WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY ABOUT, UM, ABOUT, UH, BLACK
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FRIDAY SALES.SO THINK WE'RE GONNA BREAK THAT BACK, TRYING TO GET, UM, MORE FAMILIES INTERESTED ON THOSE.
UH, WE, WE SAW CLOSE TO LIKE 4,000 TEENS GOING THROUGH THE TEEN PASS.
YOUR FAMILY AQUATIC CENTERS AND COMMUNITY POOL CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE PARTICIPATION.
THIS IS YOUR DAILY ATTENDANCE, UH, INCLUDING, UH, SENIORS, UH, SWIM LESSONS, SWIM TEAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AS WELL AS RESERVATIONS NOW, UM, SEEING THAT IT WAS STILL JUST RAIN AND RAIN AND RAIN, UH, WE HAD LESS DAYS ON SOME OF THE FACILITIES.
SEEING A 25% INCREASE IN
SO WE CONTINUE TO PASS THE INFORMATION OUT, TRY TO GET THE FAMILIES THE NEED, JUST LET 'EM KNOW WHERE WE ARE HERE.
AND OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN IS ARE SAFE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF, UM, AID WHERE WE CAN SLIDE.
SO WITH THIS, UH, THE, UM, PRODUCT CENTERS, UH, YOU SAW THESE, ALL THESE, UH, DURING THE VIDEO.
SO LIKE, WE ARE DEDICATED, CREATING NEW WAYS TO GET EVERYBODY TO COME AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO THE TEAM BEHIND ME, UH, EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT HERE IS EITHER AT THE POOL HOLDING OUT THE FLOOR OR THEY'RE IN AT THE TRAINING.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GOING THROUGH, UH, INSTRUCTOR ACADEMY THROUGH THE RED CROSS, BUT THEY ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN THROUGH THE DOOR.
OUR COMMUNITY POOLS, UH, THREE DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE ABLE TO GET, STILL SEE AN INCREASE, UH, ON PARTICIPATION FOR INCREASE IN REVENUE.
UH, CONTINUE TO DO LIKE, PROVIDE A CERTAIN LESSON.
AND DURING YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS, YOUR SWIM TEAMS, UH, JUST SEEING CLOSE TO 400 FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ATHLETES, THIS IS WHERE THEY START THEIR CAREER.
SO GOING FROM SWIM LESSONS TO SWIM TEAM AND POTENTIALLY, UH, PARTICIPATING AS, UH, THE ISD ATHLETE TRYING TO LOOK FOR THAT SCHOLARSHIP TO GET TO COLLEGE.
AND OUR WATER POLO SECOND YEAR, UH, HE, UH, HE JUST GOT, UH, PROMOTED.
SO JUSTIN, JUSTIN MORALES, THE SUPERVISOR OF BAHAMA BEACH NOW, UH, HE CONTINUED TO INCREASE HIS PROGRAM, THIS WATER POLO PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE SAME CHANCE THAT WE DO SAME BASIC, SAME INSTRUCTIONS LIKE, UM, THE
SO AS THEY MAKE CHANGES DURING ANY OTHER AQUATICS OR WE'RE TRYING TO STAY WITH THE TIMES TO PROVIDE 'EM ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, BASIC, BASIC TRAINING.
UH, NEXT ONE WILL BE, UH, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, BUT WE HAVEN'T HIRED SOMEBODY TO, UH, UH, GO BACK ONE PLEASE.
SO JUST OUR PROGRAMS AND LESSONS, SWIM TEAMS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OUR CAMPERS ARE COMING THROUGH AND THE SENIORS, SENIORS ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED ON OUR WATER AEROBICS, WATER EXERCISES.
EVERY MORNING, EVENING, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH FROM THE CAMPS.
THEY HAVE OUR SCHEDULES AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED.
THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES TO CALL.
ARE, ARE WE HAVING WATER AEROBICS THIS YEAR? WHAT TIME? WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? UM, SOMETIMES THEY WANT THEIR OWN SCHEDULE, BUT
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S TRYING TO FIND NEW PARTNERSHIPS, UH, ST.
PHILLIPS SCHOOL, UM, PARTICIPATED IN SWIM LESSONS.
THEY HAD ABOUT, UH, 60 PARTICIPANTS.
AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD.
IF YOU HAVE A GROUP, UH, PARTING, UH, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE CAN TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.
LIKE WITH SAM PHILLIPS, WE GIVE 'EM THEIR OWN, UH, UH, HOUR AT
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X LINE.WE'LL TRY TO FIT IT WITHIN THE POOL SCHEDULES, UH, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CANNOT JUST SEND FIVE KIDS.
SO WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN JUST LIKE WE DO, LIKE THIS, UH, THE CAMPS.
JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO LIKE, FIT EVERYBODY IN DURING OUR EVENT.
DIVING MOVIES IS STILL FUN TO DO.
SPLASH AND DODGE, THEY COME, THEY RUN, THEY SWIM.
THIS, UM, THIS EVENT IS LIKE GROWING CARPORT RACE ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SEEING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR WAS A, ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARIES.
SO WHAT WE WERE THINKING IS, UH, WHAT ARE THE PARENTS DOING WITH THE, IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, ONE WHILE ONE OF THEM IS IN THE WATER, THE OTHER ONE'S JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEM BUSY, OR IF THEY GET TO THE POOL A LITTLE BIT EARLY OR THEY WANNA STAY A LITTLE BIT LATE.
UH, SOMEBODY COMES AND THEY JUST READ A STORY, JUST STORY TIME IN THE POOL, NICE AND PEACEFUL, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING A LITTLE BIT OF PARENTS JUST, BUT LIKE WITH ANXIOUS KIDS.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING GOOD.
UH, IT SEEMS, UH, IT WAS RECEIVED VERY WELL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO INCREASE ALL THROUGHOUT.
UM, THE REMAINING THE PRODUCT CENTERS AND THE COMMUNITY POOL.
UH, SO SORRY ABOUT THE BIRDS THERE IN HIBERNATION, THEY ALREADY LOSE OUT, SO WE COULDN'T BRING 'EM TODAY.
BUT, UH, LIFESAVER AND, UM,
SO WE GOT DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, UH, TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
IT WAS, UH, VERY WELL RECEIVED.
AND, UH, WE GOT REALLY GOOD COMMENTS, SAY THAT WON THEM BACK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND ALL OF THESE CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE STAFF.
THE LARGER THEIR AQUATIC GROWS, THE MORE STAFF THAT WE NEED.
UH, THIS YEAR, UH, ABOUT 800, OVER 800 INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED.
IT TAKES GOING TO GO GET 'EM, TALK TO THEM, GET 'EM THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
THEN FROM THERE IT IS TRAINING TIME IF THEY NEED SOME HELP, RETRAIN 'EM, STILL GIVING 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, START A CAREER WITH PARK AND REC OR JUST BE A STEPPING STONE TO THEIR, TO THEIR NEXT, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS WHAT Y'ALL HEARD DURING THE, DURING THE VIDEO IS, UH, THAT'S, THEY, UH, THAT EVERYBODY COMES TO BA BEHIND THAT WORKS FOR AQUATICS.
UM, WE GO OVER HOW, UH, IT'S NORMALLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER, UH, WE TALK ABOUT THE, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DIVISION, WHAT TO IMPROVE, AND THEY GET TO, UH, SPEND A GOOD, A GOOD TIME FOR A COUPLE OF, AT THE PARK.
UM, EVERYBODY THAT IS FULL-TIME IS LACK OR CERTIFI.
THEY GO UP ON STAND ON THE LIFEGUARD ARE AND JOIN THEIR TALENT.
SO, AND, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR STAFF COMES FROM.
SO YOU SEE, WE PULL, UH, STAFFING FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE METROPLEX.
UM, THERE'S A FEW FROM OUTTA STATE, BUT THOSE ARE YOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR, THEIR ADDRESS.
AND WHAT'S COMING NEXT AS, AS WE'RE GROWING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO CONTINUE OUR TREND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THE STAFF PORTION.
SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, WITH THE ISD WHERE THE CORP PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE, UH, PART OF THE P CORRECT.
UH, FROM THE LAST CONVERSATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, UH, THE IC IS STILL IDENTIFYING THE, UH, WHICH HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, BUT WE ALREADY STARTED GEARING UP, UM, FOR STAFFING THOSE WHO'S GONNA BE TEACHING THESE CLASSES LAST, WHY ON LEAVE, LEAVE, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CODE REPLACEMENT AT, UH, BA PALM BEACH WILL START NEXT, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, WE INVITED
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF EVOLUTION.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, LET ME CHOOSE A COUPLE PEOPLE.
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WE'RE GOING BACK TO ENTIRE BOARD.YEAH, THE BOARD WANTS COME OUT, TAKE SOME HAMMERS AND STUFF OUT THERE.
JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE WITHOUT ROBERT CUTRIGHT.
ZACH, SOME REASON WE HIRE A LOT OF JOSHES.
WE LOST ONE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS, AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EITHER AT A POOL OR THEY'RE GETTING SOME TYPE OF TRAINING DONE, RIGHT? UM, IT'S A SMALL TEAM TRAIN A LOT.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM.
AND THEY'RE THE GUYS AND THE GALS THAT KEEP US RUNNING AND KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE DURING THE SUMMER.
AND I WANNA COME IN COMMEND, UH,
AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, THEY CONTINUE EVERY YEAR TO TAKE OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM TO NEW HEIGHTS.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY A MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY, FOR THE ENTIRE NATION.
THERE'S NO ONE THAT CAN SAY YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE 500 PLUS LIFEGUARDS AND STAFF EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
EVEN DURING COVID, THEY MET THEIR NUMBERS.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL SAW THE PICTURE.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA FOUND ANY URBAN CITY THAT HAS THE QUALITY OF AQUATICS FACILITIES.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE 10 OF THEM SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE IS NO URBAN CITY THAT CAN MATCH THAT.
BUT UP UNDER, UP UNDER THEIR STEWARDSHIP, THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THOSE FACILITIES.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU RAILROADS AND THE ENTIRE AQUATICS TEAM.
BEFORE I, BEFORE I CALL MR.
GO BACK, GO BACK TO FOUR, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE.
THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES SHOULD BE ON THE SAME SLIDE.
THIS IS SO INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.
ATTENDANCE WAS UP BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY.
200,000, I WOULD SAY IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THREE YEAR DIP IN EXPENSES LIKE THAT, THAT IS, I MEAN, MASSIVE KUDOS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD IS ASKING, OR THE WHOLE CITY IS ASKING THE CITY TO DO IS, IS, IS EXACTLY WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT ON THOSE THREE SLIDES.
THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR FOR BRINGING UP THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO, I CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, THIS IS MORE OF MY JUST GENERAL THOUGHTS ON SOME THINGS.
UH, MR. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, HIGHLIGHTING YOUR TEAM BEHIND YOU AND HAVING THEM STAND AND, AND GET SOME RECOGNITION.
I WANNA, UH, EXPAND SOME PRAISE ON SOME ITEMS THAT I SAW IN HERE.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO ITEMS PERHAPS WEREN'T IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE HIRING SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD, NOT JUST THIS LAST SEASON, BUT THE SEASON BEFORE, UH, FOR EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME, THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND HOURS, INCREASED NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE OUR FOLKS CAN GO USE OUR, OUR AQUATIC CENTERS, WE PAY THEM WELL.
I'VE COME OUT HERE AND SAID VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK THINGS THAT LIKE, WE PAY THEM ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT A COUNTRY CLUB AND MY COUNCIL DISTRICT PAYS THEIR LIFEGUARDS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH NOTING BECAUSE WE DO OFFER A VERY HEALTHY LIVING WAGE TO THESE TEENAGERS WHO ARE COMING IN.
AND YES, I UNDERSTAND THEY LIVE AT HOME, BUT THEY STILL DESERVE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
AND, AND THAT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT.
UH, NUMBER TWO, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DISD.
I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF OUR BEST PARTNERS.
THEY SUPPORT US IN OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND FOR US THAT DO OUTREACH WITHIN DISD AND DO THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED LAST MONTH THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AGAIN TODAY, TEACH IN A LIFE SAVING LIFESAVING SKILL, ENABLING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEENAGERS TO FIND JOBS AND JUST GENERALLY CREATING SAFER POOLS WHEREVER THEY ARE.
WHETHER THEY'RE A POOL AT THEIR HOME OR THEY'RE AT THE RIVER OR AT THE LAKE.
WE'RE ENABLING THEM TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE WITH THOSE SKILLS.
THE BAHAMA BEACH COCONUT STRUCTURE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HERE IS HOW A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT WAS FUNDED.
IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REAL HOT ON THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE.THERE'S A LOT OF SKEPTICS IN OUR CITY ABOUT PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES.
BUT LET US NOT FORGET THAT $1 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM OUR PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING IN THE CITY.
THE LAST THING I WANNA ADDRESS IS HOW THIS DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY OUR AQUATIC STAFF, HANDLED SOME OF THE BUDGET CUTS WE HAD TO MAKE RECENTLY.
THIS WAS A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC.
IT MADE MEDIA AND ALL THAT, BUT WE HANDLED IT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER.
WE, WE MORE OR LESS CONVINCED FOLKS THAT, LOOK, THIS WAS AN EMOTIONAL DECISION, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAD THE OTHER AQUATIC CENTERS WE HAVE, AND TO KIND OF GROW THAT EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE, THE AQUATIC CENTERS THAT ARE MODERN, THAT ARE WORTH PROTECTING AND SAVING FOR A FUTURE GENERATION.
SO, UM, LASTLY, I WANNA MAKE A, A JUST A HEARTFELT PLEA TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR SENIOR WATER AEROBICS PROGRAMS IN EVERY WHICH WAY.
UM, DOESN'T MATTER PART OF TOWN.
OUR SENIORS DESERVE THAT ACCESS, THOSE PROGRAMS. AND LET'S JUST LOOK TO ALWAYS PROTECT AND PRESERVE THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIORS.
UM, MR. ROBLES AND ALL THE TEAM BACK THERE, INCLUDING ZACH, HE, HE, HE REC CENTER LEGACY BACK THERE SITTING WITH YOU, UM, APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE NUMBERS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
IT'S GOING DOWN AND ONE IS GOING UP.
IT'S, IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY GOING UP.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AT TO GET THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, ARE WE DOING ANY KIND OF DYNAMIC PRICING, MEANING ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE BUSIEST DAYS IT'S HIGHER TO GO TO THE POOL OR OUR PRODUCT CENTERS VERSUS A MONDAY AFTERNOON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY DYNAMIC BY PROCESS YET.
THAT WAS, UH, AND I IDEOLOG THAT CAME, UM, WE, WHAT WE DID, WE ADJUSTED THE, THE EVENING OF LIKE DURING THE
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY WORKED PRIOR TO, UH, UH, THE IDEA THAT CAME LAST YEAR BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE DATA I COULD SHOW YOU WHEN YOUR BUSIEST TIMES ARE AT BAHAMA BEACH OR EVEN KISS SPRINGS AT PARK CENTER.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT LOOK AT MAYBE TO, TO GROW THAT REVENUE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I'M JUST SUGGESTING THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN YOU CAN.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S DOING IT NOW.
I, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE WAY, UH, MOST, MOST EVENTS, MOST SPORTING OR ATHLETIC EVENTS ARE HAPPENING WHEN YOU'RE THE BUSIEST.
IT'S WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF THE HIGHEST, YOU KNOW, UH, TAKE YOU FOR A FACT.
THE, THE TEXAS RANGERS ON A SATURDAY GAME DOESN'T COST YOU WHAT IT COSTS YOU TO GO ON A TUESDAY GAME.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST THAT DYNAMIC.
UNLESS YOU'RE A SEASON TICKET HOLDER, THEN IT'S THE SAME PRICE ALL YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE SEASON PASSES COULD GET MORE REVENUE AND COME UP, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T PAY HIGHER ON SATURDAY, GET THE, GET THE SEASON PASS AND, AND CREATE THAT REVENUE STREAM TO COME IN EARLY.
UH, JUST WAIT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE INCREASING YOUR REVENUE OR THOSE ONE OUT PEOPLE THAT ONLY COME ON SATURDAY ONCE A YEAR OR, OR, OR HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE A SEASON.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND, AND WE CURRENTLY ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA AND CREATING A BUSINESS PLAN, A SPECIFIC FOR THE LOCATION.
SO DEPENDING ON THE TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE CLASSES, UH, DEMAND AND SUPPLY, WE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS NUMBERS HERE TO GO THERE THE RIGHT WAY.
AND, AND WE APPRECIATE, THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS A GREAT NUMBER THREE YEAR TREND.
AND WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, ALL OF US BEEN ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO GET THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, ONE FOR ONE, RIGHT? WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, JUST 'CAUSE OF, OH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL GOTTA PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT, BUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IS, IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK.
MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION IN EXPENSES, THAT'S AMAZING.
AS YOU GUYS HAVE GROWN THE BUSINESS, THAT'S UNREAL.
SO JUST
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT TEAM AQUATICS, UM, EVEN BEFORE I BECAME ON THE PARK BOARD, UM, BACK THERE WITH ROB AND JUSTIN AND A BUNCH OF OTHER JOSHES BEFORE THE JOSHES THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM,
SO, UM, I DEFINITELY REALLY KUDOS TO YOU, RAUL.
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THIS AFTER ROBIN.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'VE LED YOUR TEAM.
UM, BUT IT SHOWS, UM, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND UM, AND HOW YOU REALLY, TRULY THROUGH YOUR MORALE WITH YOUR, YOUR STAFF, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, EVERYBODY WHO GOES TO THE POOL, IF THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE.
IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS SOMETHING, WE CALL YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UM, AND ROB EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
IT REALLY IS LIKE, I DO FEEL LIKE PROUD MOM, SO THANK
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YOU.THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUYS COMMITMENT, DEDICATION.
UM, I KNOW SUMMERS ARE HOT AND THEY CAN BE A
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MS. MONDELL AND MR. WOOD.
UM, I, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO BE SAID.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR KEEPING OUR KIDS, UM, SAFE AND, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS WHEN THEY TRY TO DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL ALWAYS ME TO REMEMBER TO, HE'S NOT EVEN HERE ANYMORE.
FOUR YEARS AGO,
AND, UH, WE JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT AMENITY FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS ARE THE BIG THING.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'VE WORKED ON THAT REALLY A LOT WITH THE ISD, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE LAST WORD, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AW, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UH, UH, UH, MY NAME COLLEAGUE, THE ONE YOU SAID EARLIER, UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, IT'S KIND AUGUST ALL OVER PORTLAND.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE BEST, WE HAVE THE BEST PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION, I THINK COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID, HAVING YOUR STAFF TO STAND UP COMES FROM THE TOP.
THAT'S WHY I DIRECTED JOHN JENKINS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BEAT HIM UP A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
TELL THE PEOPLE THAT HE'S PUT IN THESE POSITIONS HOW THEY'VE EXPANDED NOT ONLY, UH, THE CITY, BUT THE COMMUNITIES.
UH, BAHAMA BEACH IS LIKE THE KIDS WHERE I LIVE.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, THEY NEVER GET TO GET ON A PLANE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO BAHAMA BEACH.
IT'S LIKE GOING HAWAII OR SOMETHING.
UH, A LOT OF MY KIDS, UH, DON'T GET TO GO ON SUMMER VACATION, BUT BAHAMA BEACH IS THEIR SUMMER VACATION.
AND I JUST WANNA TO THANK YOU.
I THINK IT'S ONE POOL IN, IN IN DESOTA, ONE IN DUNCANVILLE.
THOSE KIDS COME TO BAHAMA BEACH, HAVE HERITAGE, YOU
I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE TO BE HERE TWICE.
BUT MR. LAUGHTER, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT, AND I WANNA THANK THIS BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS BOARDS AND COUNCILORS BECAUSE THESE AMENITIES IN THESE PARKS, THESE SWIMMING BOOTH, THESE PLAYGROUNDS, SPORTS FACILITIES, YOU HIT THESE AMENITIES ARE FOLKS AND PATIENTS FOR SOME FOLKS.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, INCREDIBLY WELL DONE.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR, MY, MY FAVORITE
NEXT UP WE HAVE A, UH, IS THERE, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET REVIEW TODAY? NO BUDGET REVIEW.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANY LIAISON REPORTS, UH, OR STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER LIAISON REPORTS, ANY LIAISON REPORTS, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, JUST A COUPLE.
UH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN INVITED TO THE 2025 EMPLOYEE AWARDS AND THAT INFORMATION, IS THAT YOUR, YOUR CHAIR THERE? UM, EXCUSE AT KEYS PARK ON NOVEMBER 20TH, THEY'LL BE HAVING POWER IN THE PARKS EVENT.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE SENT THOSE OUT FROM LAST COUPLE FRIDAY.
THOSE ARE ARE ENDING, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT POWER IN THE PARKS AT KEITH PARK, NOVEMBER 20TH, THREE 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AND THEN THERE IS A BRANCHING OUT EVENT, A VOLUNTEER TREE PLANNING EVENT AT SERGEANT PARK IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND THAT IS OCTOBER 25TH AT 9:00 AM.
UM, ARE WE GONNA DO OUR SEATING, UM, WHILE AFTER, LIKE
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ON THE RECORD OR WE DO THAT? I THINK YOU CAN DO IT AFTER.I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT DURING THE MEETING.
UH, THE NEXT PART BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY.
EVERYBODY, TO THAT POINT, ALL OF YOU PLEASE STAY HERE.
UH, OUR NEXT PART BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM WE ARE NOW ADJOURN THE, UM, PARK BOARD MEETING, UH, AT 11:21 AM THANK YOU.
CAN WE GO? YOU SAID STAY HERE.