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IT IS 10 O'CLOCK, WE CAN CONVEN OUR DALLAS PARK AND THE
[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on November 20, 2025.]
CREATION BOARD MEETING TO ORDER WITH THAT FIRST POINT OF NEED, OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.UM, YES, WE DO HAVE THREE PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. THOMAS NAGEL.
YOU CAN GO, COME AHEAD AND GO TO THE PODIUM OR THE SPEAKER TABLE.
UH, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
UH, MY NAME IS TOM ABEL AND I'M THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTED THE OLD LAKE THOMAS ST.
UH, I WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE, AN ISSUE AFFECTING SAFETY OF OUR VESSELS ON EAST LAW DRIVE.
TEMPORARY BARRIERS WERE PLACED ON THE ROADWAY TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM, FROM GOING INTO THE PARK.
UH, AND I WANNA MAKE THREE POINTS, UH, ABOUT THE BARRIERS.
SO, BUT SINCE THEY WERE ON THE ROADWAY, UH, THEY ACTUALLY REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY AND, UH, IT'S MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR, FOR, UH, AND RUNNERS ALONG THAT ROADWAY.
UH, THERE'S VEHICLE TRAFFIC THERE IN HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOING ON RIGHT THERE ON THE DRIVE.
UM, SECOND POINT IS THE, UH, FIRES ARE TEMPORARY.
UH, WE NEEDED A PERMANENT SOLUTION THERE.
UH, THE BARRIERS ARE REMOVED FROM, UH, GARLAND ROAD OVER TO THIS AREA ON EAST LONDON DRIVE, AND THEY, THERE WERE A TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL BALLARD OR SOME OTHER, UH, UH, MEANS TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM GOING TO THE PARK WHERE WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND, UH, I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT THAT THE, THAT SOMEBODY MADE THE DECISIONS THAT THE BARRIERS ARE, UH, PERMANENT THERE, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS MIND BOGGLING THAT THESE TEMPORARY BARRIERS, UH, UH, ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME FER.
UM, ROAD IS A TYPE FOUR LESSER CONGESTED, UH, UH, ROADWAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN, UH, FOR, FOR THE WHITE ROCK FARM.
AND, UH, THE MASTER PLAN, AS, AS DEFINED TODAY, ALLOWS THREE TYPES OF BARRIER, UH, THREE TYPES OF BARRIERS, SWES AND BERMS,
THEY SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED IF
AND, UH, THE THIRD POINT IS, UH, I'VE TRIED FOR, UH, FIVE MONTHS TO, TO GET THIS AS ISSUE ADDRESSED, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE CHANNELS OF THE WHITE ROLL UP, UH, WHITE ROCK TASK FORCE.
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY ANYWHERE, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UH, NORMAL CHANNELS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SHOWING UP HERE TODAY TO TRY TO GET THIS ATTENTION AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
AND, UM, SO WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY, NA, UNTIL A PERMANENT SOLUTION IS, UH, IS, UH, FUNDED AND ESTABLISHED, I'M ASKING TO, TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS TO, TO, UH, TO ELIMINATE THE SAFETY CONCERN FOR, FOR PEDESTRIAN AND RUNNERS THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT NARROW, NARROW ROADWAY.
SO APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME TALK TO THEM.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, THANK YOU.
UM, I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
UM, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR, ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED AND IF HIS BAR FROM THE PD.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. CAROL BELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE WHITE ROCK LAKE MASTER PLAN.
UM, THE, THE CONSULTANT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF COMBINING PREVIOUS PLANS EXCEPT FOR EXCLUDING A COMPETITOR'S PLAN FROM STONE TABLES.
AND WE NEED THAT INCLUDED, EVEN IF IT IS COMPETITOR IN THE WAY.
UM, THE TIMELINE FOR THIS MASTER PLAN WAS LIKE A NOVEMBER 20, 24 CONTRACT.
WE DIDN'T SEE A SINGLE WORD WRITTEN DOCUMENT UNTIL APRIL OF 2025.
OVER A YEAR LATER, WE PUT IN, UH, I PUT IN 150 CORRECTIONS, MOST OF THEM FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.
UH, WE RECEIVED THE SECOND DRAFT ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.
SO FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 21ST IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE CONSULTANT TOOK TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF GRAMMAR ERRORS AND THE OTHER, UM, OBJECTIONS TO THE PLAN, UH, PLAN.
NOW, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR ON THE DECEMBER 11TH DOCKET FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THEN REVIEW FOR CARDBOARD.
I HAVE 22 PAGES OF ERRORS ON THE SECOND DRAFT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CONSULTANT CAN, UH, EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THESE IN THE TIME PERIOD.
AND I WOULD FEEL VERY RELUCTANT TO HAVE YOU SEE
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A THIRD DRAFT BEFORE WE SEE A THIRD DRAFT AT THE WHITE ROCKLEDGE TASK FORCE.BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF ERRORS IS JUST EXTREME, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
BUT WE DO NEED AN ERROR FREE MASTER PLANNING.
UM, SADLY, THE WHITE ROCK LAKE TASK FORCE AND THE, UM, CONSULTANT ARE AT AN IMP PASS.
WE HAVE VOTED OUT TWO OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY ARE INSISTING ON, INCLUDING THE PLAN.
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS AND I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I'VE LIKED THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND DECIDE IF THESE IDEAS ARE VIABLE, HYGIENIC, DANGEROUS.
ILL-ADVISED WE HAVE THE, UH, PROPOSAL TO PUT A PICNIC AREA UNDER THE BIRDS AT CORNER ROCK BAY, A BUR ROO.
WE'VE HAD A PICNIC AREA THERE BEFORE IT HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF BIRDVILLE.
WE THOUGHT THE CONSULTANT WOULD BE REASONABLE.
THE CONSULTANT IS INSISTING ON LEAVING THAT IN THE PLAN THAT A PICNIC AREA, EVEN THE SATELLITE PHOTO THAT THEY USE IN THE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE TREES ARE WHITE WITH EXTRA MONEY WHERE THEY SHOW THE PICNIC TABLES BE GOING, IT'S AN UNHYGIENIC PLAN.
IT NEEDS TO BE STRUCK, PUTTING A PLAYGROUND INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT.
AND OUR, OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS ALEX SCOTT BOARD.
UM, I AM ALEX YOUR NEIGHBOR, DISTRICT NINE.
UM, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS WITH, UH, THE OPENING OF THE VOLUNTEER CENTER AT, UH, FIFA.
UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, I AM ONE OF THESE CHILDREN
UM, AND I WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS A YOUTH SOCCER PLAYER, AND THEN I ALSO PLAYED DIVISION ONE SOCCER.
SO LIKE, YOU ARE MAKING MY, LIKE, DREAM COME TRUE BY HAVING FIFA HERE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY LIKE, CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME EVERYWHERE.
BUT WITH THAT, UM, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, I'VE BECOME A HUGE ADVOCATE JUST FOR THE CITY AND FOR EVERYTHING.
UH, LIKE THE HISTORY THAT'S HERE AND WHEN EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN WITH CITY HALL.
UM, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH HISTORY WAS IN THIS BUILDING.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A CATALYST FOR THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECT COME HERE AND BUILD THIS BUILDING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PARKLAND WAS ADVOCATED FOR.
SO WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE GOVERNMENT AND CAPITALISM AND THAT ACTUALLY IT'S A 42 STORY BUILDING, AND IT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST BUILDING IF IT WAS STOOD UP STRAIGHT BACK IN THE SEVENTIES OR SIXTIES WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
UM, AND SO I, I, I CHATTED WITH, UH, ONE OF MY BUDS UP HERE, RUDY, AND, UH, TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HOW I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS WE CONTINUE TO GET READY FOR OUR FIFA, THAT EUROPEANS, SOME INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUALS, THEY LOVE THIRD SPACES WHERE YOU CAN GO WHERE IT DOES NOT COST MONEY.
AND WE HAVE SO MUCH HISTORY IN OUR PARKS.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY WERE NAMED AFTER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY THAT WE COULD ALMOST DO A, AND I'M HAPPY TO LEAD IT A LIKE VIDEO SERIES OF THE HISTORY OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE, THE MAJOR ONES, HOW THEY CAME ABOUT, HOW YOU GET TO THEM, WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING DURING THE WORLD CUP.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE HAVE THAT 10 DAY BREAK BETWEEN THE QUARTERFINALS AND THE SEMIS, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND IT'S MORE OF LIKE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZED THING.
UM, I HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE A SEVEN PARK SERIES CONCEPT WHERE WE BRING IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE INTERVIEW LIKE HISTORIANS, AND THEN WE JUST PUT LIKE LITTLE CLIPS TOGETHER SO THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE STUFF ACTIVATED FOR WHEN PEOPLE COME IN.
BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
AND THEN I SECOND CAROL WITH THE, UM, WHITE ROCK LAKE.
AND, UM, IN THE, UM, MASTER PLAN, THEY LITERALLY COPIED AND PASTED WHAT, UH, WAS IN GARLAND ROAD.
AND WHAT WAS THAT ONE THREE POINT.
UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF EMBARRASSING HOW LACKLUSTER IT WAS AS YOU GOT FURTHER INTO IT.
AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT Y'ALL TAKE A SOLID LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THERE.
CONCLUDES SPEAKERS CHAIR THAT WE GO TO APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.
AND I HAVE A MOTION MR. SECOND.
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SORRY, I THINK I KNOW THERE WERE LITTLE CHANGES HERE.IT IS, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO? YEAH, WOULD YOU TELL ME TO? YES.
UM, SO THE ITEMS ARE 1, 2, 3, 4, NOT THE NUMBER FIVE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
SO JUST 1, 2, 4, UM, NUMBER FOUR AND JUST A MINUTES.
UM, NUMBER EIGHT IS ON INDIVIDUAL.
OKAY, SO I'M SORRY TO CLARIFY CONSENT NUMBER ONE THROUGH FOUR.
YOU ARE MEETING ONE THROUGH FOUR.
AND YOU'LL NEED TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING NUMBER FIVE TODAY.
NUMBER FIVE HAS, IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF SOME, OH, I'M SORRY.
NO, NUMBER SIX IS GOING TO COME IN INDIVIDUALLY.
NUMBER FIVE, WE ARE NOT CONSIDERED CORRECT.
SO WE ARE DOING CONCENTRATED ONE THROUGH FOUR, NUMBER FIVE WONT BE CONSIDERED THAT OUT.
NUMBER SIX, I'LL BRING IT TO SITUATION.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR NUMBER 1, 2, 4, PROOF.
MR. ANY GOOD, UH, COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. I, SORRY, MR. I'M SORRY.
YEAH, MR. BUT GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WAS CANCELED, IS THAT CORRECT?
WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THIS WITHOUT A COMMITTEE RECORD.
IS THAT THE PLAN? GOOD POINT, ACTUALLY, WHICH ONE WAS THAT? MR. NUMBER ONE? THAT WAS THE SIXTH WAS ON.
WELL, I, I WAS PLANNING TO COME AND I CHECKED THE CITY SECRETARY'S, UH, IT WAS CONSIDERED ON THE SIXTH.
UH,
THE SIX IS CONSIDERED BY MID THE LAST.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THE AGENDA? I DON'T HAVE, THANK YOU.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVE ACCESS.
WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
YEAH, THE NUMBERS ARE BEING CONFUSED.
I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONFUSED ON THE NUMBERS AND WHAT WE'RE MOVING ON.
THEY SHOULD BE IN THE AGENDA LINK.
THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT, NOT, IT'S NOT.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHY I'M REQUESTING IT.
I, UH, LET ME, I'LL STEP OVER, I'LL STEP OVER HERE FOR A MOMENT.
I THINK I'M TECHNICALLY, CAN WE JUST HOLD OFF ON VOTING NUMBER TWO IS BY
AND, UH, NUMBER THREE IS REVOLUTION CREATED THE CREATION CENTER AND NUMBER FOUR IS CREATION CENTER.
THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE WAS ONE AND TWO, ONE DALLAS, AND NUMBER TWO IS FIVE BY THREE.
WHAT? YEAH, I GONNA SAY THEY'RE MY STAFF.
THEY JUST GIVE YOU A LOT OF LOOKS.
WHO DOESN'T HAVE 1, 2, 2 AND FIVE.
WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE AGENDA? GOOD.
I GIVE A MINUTE TO LEAD AND THEN, UH, I GUESS I, WE CALL FOR THE, NO, I, I JUST ASK FOR I WE ALREADY HAVE MOTION.
SO IT'S ONE, TWO, AND FIVE, RIGHT? 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.
OKAY, EVERYONE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO BRING THE NUMBER SIX FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE LANGUAGE, AUTHORIZE A CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE NORTH STAR CONSTRUCTION LLC, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BERG TRAIL PHASE ONE PROJECT TO PROVIDE A 12 FOOT WIDE AND APPROXIMATELY 0.74 MILE LONG NEW CONCRETE TRAIL INCLUDING LEAF FABRICATED BRIDGE
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FROM DALLAS AREA AT TRAFFICAND THAT IS $719,338 AND 50 CENTS AND PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FUND 2000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND FOR SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN THREE HUNDRED THIRTY $8 50 CENTS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. SLAUGHTER?
AYE IS HAVING MAKE SURE WHEN WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING DOING THE UH, JG BARK, UH, HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT.
AND THE NEXT IS NUMBER EIGHT, 2026 PARK AND
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR.
A WE SETTLE, THAT GETS US THROUGH OUR VOTING AGENDA.
WE, UH, GETTING TO THE
AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE, LOOKING BACK AT BOTH FY 25 AS WELL AS KURT STATUS OF FY 26.
SO SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY, AGAIN, LOOKING BACK AT FY 25, SUMMARY ABOUT PROJECT TYPE, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST FISCAL YEAR.
IN ADDITION, WE'LL LOOK AT SNAPSHOT IN THE TIME ONLY OF FY 26, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE ON THE HOPPER SUMMARY BY PROJECT TYPE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS THAT WE WILL HAVE FEATURED IN THE Y 26, THE
LOOKING BACK, WE COMPLETED 57 PROJECTS, TOTAL COST OF $352 MILLION.
THAT'S AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT AS BILLING GETS COMPLETED.
SO THAT NUMBER WILL ADJUST SLIGHTLY.
THAT'S NOT A SET IN STONE NUMBER.
AND THEN BY DOING THE MATH, THAT'S AN AVERAGE, AVERAGE PROJECT COST OF 6.2 MILLION.
BUT KIND OF A DISCLAIMER FOR THAT NUMBER.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LITTLE FACILITY PROJECTS THAT ARE 10 50, 10, 15, $20,000 IN SOMETHING LIKE A COTTON BOWL, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, WHICH IS THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO THERE'S, IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECT SIZE AND TYPE AND JUST THAT A KEY METRIC TO KNOW ABOUT IS THE 6.2 MILLION BUCKS FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR BOND PROGRAM FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES AS WELL.
SO THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, ARPA, CDBG, DISASTER RELIEF, TEXT DOT, UM, TRUST REPUBLIC LAND, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF UH, PARKS, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.
SO SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS I'M GONNA JUST REAL LIGHTLY TOUCH UPON, BUT ALSO FEATURED HERE, THE BACHMAN SKATE PARK, $4.25 MILLION.
THE DESIGN COST QUARTER MILLION AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS $4 MILLION.
AND THE COOL THINGS ABOUT THAT, UH, AS RECENTLY AS LAST NIGHT, THIS MORNING I WAS GOOGLING BEST SKATE PARKS IN THE COUNTRY, RIGHT? COOL SKATE PARKS IN THE COUNTRY.
BIGGEST SKATE PARKS IN THE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, IF YOU READ SOME OF THE FORUMS, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SHOW UP AS ONE OF THE BEST, COOLEST, BIGGEST SKATE PARKS IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS AN AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE CITY.
HIGHLINE TRAIL, $11 MILLION, SIGNIFICANT COST, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTFUL TRAIL.
UH, COTTON BOWL, $140 MILLION.
THAT'S MAJOR, MAJOR IMPACT WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATION FOR THE CITY.
WHEATLAND FOOTBALL COMPLEX, $2.3 MILLION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF LAND TO EXPAND THAT.
SO THAT'S THE WHEATLAND FOOTBALL CONFERENCE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, I'M SORRY, COMPLEX.
AND THEN FINALLY A JUDGE CHARLIE ROSE COMMUNITY PARK, $4.5 MILLION.
SO JUST REAL BRIEFLY TOUCHING ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS, AGAIN, BACHMAN SKATE PARK, $4.25 MILLION.
THIS, WE HAD A GRAND OPENING WITH A RIBBON CUTTING MAY 17TH, 2025.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PARK.
I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE THAT'S SKATED BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'RE LIKE, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FEATURES THERE.
NEXT PROJECT, HIGHLINE CONNECTOR TRAIL, $11 MILLION
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AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES THERE, CONNECTING TO THE TRA KAS WHERE IT INVOLVED THE TRINITY THRIVE TRAIL.AND AGAIN, THAT WAS $11 MILLION COMPLETED LAST, UH, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, OCTOBER OF 2024.
NEXT PROJECT, COTTON BOWL RENOVATION COMPLETED JUST THIS FALL.
THAT NUMBERS BOUNCED AROUND US A LITTLE BIT, BUT IN THAT BALLPARK, UH, ALL WE'RE DOING IS COMPLETING SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS FOR THAT.
AND THEN IT WILL BE FULLY COMMISSIONING WHEATLAND PARK FOOTBALL COMPLEX.
THIS ALSO FINISHED RECENTLY IN THE FALL OF SEPTEMBER AND FOR $2.3 MILLION.
AND SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES, ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE, FOOTBALL FIELD, IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER HERE AS WELL AS FALL STOP FENCING.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE FOR LOOKING BACK, JUDGE CHARLES
THIS WAS AGAIN, JUST COMMISSIONED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THIS SPEAKERS A PAVILION, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, RAIN GARDEN AND PLAY.
ALRIGHT, LOOKING AHEAD TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF TIME, SO NUMBERS WILL CHANGE AND FLUCTUATE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AS MORE PROGRAMS, MORE PROJECTS GET BROUGHT ONLINE AND OTHER ONES CLOSE UP.
CURRENT PROJECTS IN THE HOPPER, APPROXIMATELY 114.
NOW THAT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL COMPLETE 114 THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE IN DESIGN PHASE AND THEY'LL FINISH IN THE OUT OUTGOING FISCAL LEADERS.
THE CURRENT COST OF DOING BUSINESS RIGHT NOW IS APPROXIMATELY 343 MILLION BUCKS.
AGAIN, WE MAY NOT SEE THAT CAPTURED IN CLOSE OF, WHEN I PRESENT THIS A YEAR FROM NOW, THAT COULD BE IN FFY 27 OR 28.
AVERAGE COST OF A PROJECT RIGHT NOW, $3 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT $3 MILLION AVERAGE COST.
SO KIND OF AN INTERESTING SLIDE OR A METRIC.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, WELL WHERE IS THIS PROJECT? WHERE, WHAT DOES THE STATUS OF AND ALL OF YOU GET YOUR, UH, MONTHLY SPREADSHEETS THAT BREAK IT DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WHERE YOUR PROJECTS ARE.
WE'RE UPDATING THAT PRESENTATION OR THAT SLIDE, THAT SPREADSHEET SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENT DESIGN COMPLETE.
AND ONCE THAT GETS TO A HUNDRED, YOU'LL SEE THE PERCENT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE.
SO FOR NOW NINE PROJECTS, WE ARE PROCURING DESIGN CONSULTANTS, A E FIRMS TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN.
29 PROJECTS ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ZERO AND A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE OUT FOR PROCUREMENT, FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR A GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR A GC.
ONCE THAT'S AWARDED, THEN YOU SEE WE HAVE 32 THAT ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
VARIOUS PERCENTS COMPLETED AND THEN COMPLETED.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE CAN BE VERY SMALL ONES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS SINCE THE FI HAS STARTED OCTOBER 1ST, 38, THEY'RE ALREADY COMPLETED.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE ON HOLD, REPROGRAMMED OR CANCELED.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE I WAS CURIOUS MYSELF BEING THE NEW GUY WANTED TO LEARN OR UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS DO WE HAVE AND HOW MANY OF EACH TYPE AND NATURALLY THE EXPENSIVE ONES WE WANT AS MANY.
AND THE SMALL CHEAPER ONES WILL HAVE A LOT MORE.
SO KIND OF BROKEN OUT BY TYPE PROJECTS.
AND JUST GENERAL CATEGORIES FOR THE MOST PART.
BAHAMA BEACH, WE STARTED
ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE HAVE TWO GENERAL PARKS AND THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD AREA.
WE HAVE SEVEN ACTUAL SITE WORK AND PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE HAVE FOUR HISTORICAL WORK THAT'S ALSO ALSO AN IMPORTANT ONE.
WE HAVE FIVE PLAYGROUNDS AFFECT EVERY COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
WE HAVE 15 GOING ON PUBLIC ART.
WE HAVE ONE REC CENTERS IN VARIOUS STAGES.
10 SKATE PARKS, THREE NEW SKATE PARKS, INION OF BACHMAN, UM, THREE TRAILS, UH, INCLUDING THE LOOP 15.
AND THEN OTHER PROJECTS FALL INTO SOME OTHER CATEGORY.
OR ONCE WE GET THEM TO AN ADVANCED SPACE, THEN THEY'LL MOVE INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
57, ABOUT HALF OF THE PORTFOLIO STILL TO REMAIN.
SO LET'S DISCUSS SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE UPCOMING THIS FISCAL YEAR.
EITHER ONGOING OR WILL BECOME, WILL BE BROUGHT ON LAKE HIGHLANDS TRAIL, $5 MILLION OR THELIA REC CENTER, $4 MILLION.
BAHAMA BEACH, 2.5 MILLION WITH COCONUT COKE, WHITE ROCK HILLS REC CENTER DESIGN.
THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED AS WE ESTABLISH A COST FOR THAT THROUGH OUR GETTING AN ESTIMATE.
AND THAT DOES HAVE A COST PER DESIGN JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN FINALLY XL REC CENTER.
THAT ONE IS TO BE DETERMINED AS WELL.
SO TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
LAKE HIGHLANDS TRAIL, THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALMOST COMPLETE PUNCH LIST ITEMS TO GO.
AND THEN THAT ONE WILL BE, WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY SHORTLY, OR A DAILY REC CENTER.
WE MET WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER AND PARK BOARD MEMBER THE OTHER DAY TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND WE'RE AIMING FOR A FACILITIES PORTION OF IT TO BE FINISHED IN DECEMBER.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONSTRUCTION AWARD IN, UH, APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY
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TO THEN LET IN FEBRUARY AND THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION NEXT FALL TO WINTER FOR FOREST LIA.BAHAMA BEACH AGAIN, DEMO STARTED LAST MONDAY.
CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THAT IS $2.5 MILLION.
AND, UH, COMPLETION DATE, NO, THAT'S DEMO COMPLETION DATE, I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETION DATE.
WELL S BE COMMISSIONED BY MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
THE NEW CS KIMBLE GREEN REC CENTER.
SO FOR THIS ONE, AGAIN, NOT JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS PER DESIGN.
AND WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGER, ROYAL TAYLOR ROSA FOR THAT ONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR THAT.
PROPOSALS RECEIVED, UH, ANTICIPATED DECEMBER 19TH, THEY'LL BE REVIEWED.
OUR BOARD REVIEWED JANUARY, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL LATE JANUARY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO AWARD EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE CAMPBELL GREEN ONE IS IN THE PROCESS.
XL REC CENTER, THIS ONE IS VERY NEW IN OUR PROCESS, SO WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN STATUS YET.
R FQS FOR QUALIFYING CONTRACTORS WERE SENT, WE'RE SENT IN JANUARY.
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS RECEIVED FEBRUARY RFPS WERE SENT TO THE TOP THREE FIRMS AND WERE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN PROCUREMENT FOR THAT ONE FOR ALL RIGHT CENTER.
SO IN SUMMARY, I DISCUSSED WITH YOU A LOOK BACK AT THE, UH, STATUS OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THOSE THAT WERE COMPLETED.
I ALSO PRESENTED A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THIS YEAR IN OUR PORTFOLIO AND LOOK FORWARD TO FY 26.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND IF I COULD JUST ADD JUST A TINY BIT OF CONTEXT.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM IS HUGELY IMPACTFUL TO THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM.
IT'S THE LARGEST BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE EARTH KIM JUST ILLUSTRATED.
WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY LAST YEAR, IMPLEMENTING YEAR ONE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING RECREATION CENTER PROJECT DESIGN.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PROJECTS THAT WILL BE DELIVERED HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
AND TWO THAT WILL REALLY, REALLY IMPACT IN THE POSITIVE WAY THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND PEOPLE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW IMPROVED AMENITIES THAT WILL DELIVERED THROUGH THIS BOND PROGRAM.
SO WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE, WE'VE BEEN BUSY, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO BE A LOT BUSIER.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT CAM HAS JOINED US AND HE'S GONNA BE LEADING THAT GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER SUPER HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS TOWN.
UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF YOU'RE TAKING ON CAM.
WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON, BUT IT'S A LOT GOING ON NOW AND I'M JUST SURPRISED WE GOT SO MUCH DONE, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY KIND OF, I KNOW, I KNOW RYAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU, BUT
BUT, BUT KNOWING THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE ARE, ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE GOT A BUNCH OF NEW STUFF COMING, A BUNCH OF REHABS, A BUNCH OF REMODELS.
SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY ON TRACK.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE, THE REPORT WE GET EVERY, EVERY MONTH THAT COMES IN AND TELLS US WHERE OUR PRODUCTS AT.
WE, WE, WE REVIEW THAT A LOT AND WE JUST APPRECIATE JUST KEEPING, KEEPING, KEEPING US ALERT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN STAY AND KEEP OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER US MR. STRAT, YOU CAN PRESS THE BUTTON THROUGH.
WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS OVER HERE.
SIMON SAYS, MAY I HAVE CLIFF BEEN? BUT FIRST OF ALL, UH, YOU JOINED THIS FAMILY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WORKING WORK WITH THEM.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY UPS AND DOWNS AND, AND THANK GOD WE LIGATURE TO BRING SOMEONE ON, TAKE SOME OF THIS HEAT OFF OF RYAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR CITING I HOPE IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, STICK A SHOT CAR.
YOU WANNA TAKE IT BACK? NO, THANK YOU MR.
I WANNA SAY I SHARE MY FELLOW MEMBERS ADMIRATION AND EXCITEMENT.
UM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT HAS TO COME, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT, UM, TO PHASE ONE OF CRAWFORD MEMORIAL PARK, WHICH SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST AS WELL.
IT IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WAITED SIX PLUS YEARS, UM, TO SEE, SEE DONE.
SO JUST KEEP YOUR EYE ON THAT AS WE MOVE INTO FISCAL YEAR OVER THIS YEAR 26.
UM, AND PROJECT IS SLATED AND COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO I'LL I, AND HOPE EVERYONE ELSE WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCHFUL EYE ON GETTING THAT ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND BUILT, WHICH WILL BE YOUR REGIONAL ASSET.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND.
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UH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO DISTRICT NINE BIG TICKET ITEMS LIST, WE'RE SAVING OUR PENNIES TO DREDGE OUR LAKE.AND IF ANYBODY WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE KNOWS WHERE WE CAN PUT 3 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SILT, PLEASE LET KNOW AFTER THE MEETING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, YOU DON'T, ARE YOU? NO, I'M STILL, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT EXCEL PARK IN THE DIRECT RACE CENTER.
I USED TO ACTUALLY BE THE MANAGER OF EXCEL R AND SAN GRAND AS WELL.
BUT, UM, MY, ALSO MY MOTHER GREW UP THERE, SO I REMEMBER WHAT IT USED TO BE, UM, WAY BACK IN THE DAY.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR, UH, THAT COMPUTER.
SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE TOWN.
THIS IS ONE UPDATE I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD LOOKS FOR AND THOSE REPORTS ARE WASHED VERY CAREFULLY.
AND YOU'RE RUNNING AND RUN FASTER.
MIGHT BE ONE OF THE, I GUESS THERE ARE NO ANY A REPORT.
I WAS JUST TOLD ANY OR REPORTS PLEASE.
OKAY, SO, UH, WE STILL HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS, HUH? SO I'M THE LEADING A LIAISON FOR THE LOOP DALLAS, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CONGRATULATE THE PUBLICLY ON BEHALF OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
YOU ARE, UH, GETTING $3.9 MILLION AWARDED FROM TDOT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS.
IT'S, UH, ONE OF THE BRIDGES THAT YOU GUYS KNOW, THE LOOP IS GOING TO CONNECT 50 MILES OF TRAIL, UM, IN DALLAS CONTINUOUS.
AND SO THE 11 MILES THAT THEY HAD TO BUILD IN SEVERAL PLACES ACROSS DALLAS, THIS ONE IS IN KIND OF THE, UH, SOUTHEAST DALLAS REGION, PART OF PLEASANT GROVE AND OTHER AREAS AROUND THERE.
AND, UM, THIS $10 MILLION WAS REWARDED COMPETITIVELY.
IT WAS ONLY 12 PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO VERY PROUD OF DALLAS FOR BEING A PART OF THAT.
AND THIS WILL LEVERAGE FOR 3 MILLION THAT'LL COME FROM THE 2024 BOND AS WELL AS 3 MILLION THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY RAISED TO COMPLETE THE HUGE BRIDGE OVER A RAILROAD TRACK.
ANYBODY THAT'S DONE DONE ANY REAL WORLD WORK KNOWS IT'S EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO DO.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THANK JOHN HIS, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE GRANT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
SO JUST WANNA HEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE SEEING MORE AND ALL THESE GRANTS STILL EXIST LIKE THREE YEARS BACK.
AND ALSO JOHN, AMAZING JOB FROM THE STAFF AND HOW YOU'RE PARTNERING BECAUSE THIS IS, AS JEFF NER USED TO CALL OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
UH, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER YEARS? I HOPE, UH, YEAH, ALWAYS I IN THE PARKS THIS EVENING, YOU COME TO KEYS, PARKS OR SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW YOU FRIENDS GROUP, UM, AND GET OUR COMMUNITY MORE ENGAGED.
AND CONGRATULATIONS BEING, UH, CB 500
THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU NAME SAW YOU TOO.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT, UH, LIAISON, IT'S JUST IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKER SPEAKING EARLIER ON THE, UM, THE STREETS.
AND UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE KIND OF A MORE, MORE A POINT OF ORDER ON A QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY.
HOW OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE STREETS AND PARKS DEPARTMENT AROUND LIKE THE LAKE STREETS.
YEAH, THE, THE GENTLEMAN WAS DISCUSSING SPEAKER, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE, THE BARRIERS AND, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS US.
IN THIS CASE, LIKE LAU, THAT ACTUALLY IS, THAT STREET ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, MR. MADO, UH, I HAVE HERE BRANCHING OUT A VOLUNTEER TREE PLANNING EVENT WITH
I THOUGHT WE'D BE LEAVING AFTER THIS, BUT THIS IS PUNISHMENT.
UH, REMEMBER, UH, COUNCILMAN ATKINS STARTED THIS ABOUT ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS BEFORE WE RISK COMMITTEE FOOD.
AND OF COURSE YOU GOTTA BE THERE 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THIS BANDS IN THE STATE.
SO JUST WHEN EVERYBODY KNOW YOU WELCOME ANYBODY IN
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THE COMMUNITY TOYS AND FOOD CELEBRATIONS IS CALLED HOME FOR HOLIDAYS AND BE SINGING HILLS, WHICH IS THE GREATEST RECREATION CENTER IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE I DESIGNED IT.SO ON, ON A FOLLOW UP TO MS. MANELA ABOUT THE SPEAKERS, MAYBE IT'S THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR NEXT TIME, FOR, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHITE ROCK LAKE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.
NEXT TIME YOU GET A BRIEFING ON THAT AS WELL.
ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE, WHAT THE, WHAT ISSUES THAT MS. WALTON HAS, UH, IN THE, IN THE WHITE ROCK TASK FORCE HAVE.
UH, READY? I JUST WANNA SECOND THE POWER AND PARKS EVENT THIS EVENING.
THAT ACTUALLY, UM, IS AN EVENT THAT STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY AT THE AUDUBON CENTER WITH OUR, MY DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY COORDINATOR.
WE GOT ALL THE FRIENDS GROUPS OUT THERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT EXISTING FRIENDS UP GROUPS AND ONES THAT WANT TO COME INTO BEING AND SHOWCASING SUCCESS STORIES.
THE IDEA IS FOR THAT TO LIVE ON AND MOVE AROUND THE CITY SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, GROUPS LIKE THAT CONNECTED TO THE CITY SERVICES THAT EXIST TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND AS WE KNOW, THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
HAVING A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS, UM, WHO WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PARK AND KNOW THE VARIOUS WAYS, AGAIN, THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.
SO IF YOU CAN STOP BY, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT IF NOT, JUST KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF IT'S NOT NEAR YOUR DIS IN YOUR DISTRICT, THAT IT SHOULD COME THERE.
UM, AND TO BE PRESENT WHEN IT, WHEN IT DOES.
AND EVENTUALLY THE IDEA, I THINK IS TO TURN THAT INTO A CONSORTIUM OF THESE GROUPS WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET UP QUARTERLY OR, YOU KNOW, SOME BI-ANNUALLY, UM, TO SHARE THESE KIND OF IDEAS AND REALLY EMPOWER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S, I I DO, AT ONE POINT WE USED TO GET IN OUR EMAILS, UM, SOME OF THE, THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, AND I'M NOT SEEING THAT IT HAPPEN ANYMORE.
SO IF WE COULD GET THE MARKETING MATERIALS, UH, WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S STUFF THAT OLD HAPPENS AT OLD CITY PARK.
I MEAN THAT MINE ALSO, BUT ALSO REQUESTED THAT WE GET CALENDAR INVITES FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND SO SOMEWHERE IT'S, IT'S GONE AWAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THAT WE CAN GET THAT BACK PLEASE.
JENKIN, WOULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RETREAT ON DECEMBER 4TH, SIR? UH, YES.
UH, UH, MR. PRESIDENT AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE, UH, R FOUR RETREAT FOR DECEMBER 4TH.
AND THE, UH, PRIMARY FOCUS WOULD BE FOCUS ON, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
SO THE FIRST PART BE FOCUS ON SOME OF THE BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND GENERALLY PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, RETREAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING THE, UH, PART BOARD GOALS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE ROLLED INTO MY GOALS.
AND THEN YOU ALL WOULD, UM, THEN I WOULD GO DEVELOP STRATEGIES ONCE YOU ALL DEVELOP THOSE FOUR OR FIVE BIG GOALS THAT MOVES THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A SPEAKER THAT WILL COME IN AND JUST TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS AND WHY IMPORTANT SET THOSE, UH, THOSE GOALS EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UH, FOR YOUR DIRECTOR TO CARRY OUT YOUR GOALS.
AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS.
AND UH, THE RETREAT WAS START AT AT NINE O'CLOCK AND IT WOULD BE AT THE COTTON AND IT WOULD, SHOULD BE OVER AROUND TWO O'CLOCK.
WAS THIS, WAS THIS ON OUR CALENDAR? UH, IT IS ON THE, UH, ART BOARD.
WE ASKED TO THAT CALENDAR LAST MEETING.
IT'S NOT, I DON'T, I DON'T MANDATORY, BUT IT'S NOT, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED CALENDAR INVITE SENT OUT LAST.
OH, MAYBE IT WASN'T AND I REQUESTED CALENDAR.
I JUST LIKE, SORRY AGAIN, SOMEONE LIVED BY OUR CALENDARS AND AS SOON AS WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES, WE'VE GOT TO SEND THOSE CALENDAR.
'CAUSE I ALREADY SCHEDULED A BOOK DAY THOUGH.
I MEAN IT'S, WELL WE, WE DEFINITELY DID MAKE THE CHANGE HERE IN THE BOARD.
YEAH, THERE'S A CALENDAR INVITE.
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VOTED FOR THE FINAL TO BE ON DECEMBER 4TH.SO, UH, JUST, AND, AND ALL THESE WE'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW FIRE OR ANYTHING, BUT, BUT THEY DO, THEY, WE, I'VE SEEN ALL THESE EMAILS ABOUT DECEMBER FOUR FROM ABOUT THE PARK POWER AND THE PARKS, ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I, I KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING SCHEDULED, BUT YOU DO SEE THE EMAIL, SO IT'S KIND UP TO YOU TO ALSO PLAN YOUR CALENDAR.
THANK YOU KNOW ADD, NOT EVERYBODY HAS ASSISTANTS LIKE YOU.
SINCE YOU HAVE LOTS OF NEW COLLEAGUES.
TO ADD TO WHAT DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID, THAT RETREAT REALLY BECOMES OUR TIME TO SET THE GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
SO KEEP THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE WITHIN THE CITY OR WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.
'CAUSE THEN WE CONSOLIDATE AND TO DIRECT JENKINS TO FORMULATE HIS STRATEGY.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT'S WHERE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE GOALS MET OR, UH, AT WHAT LEVEL WE ARE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A INFORMAL, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
BUT A VERY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE MISSED LAST YEAR AND WE REGRETFULLY.
SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING.
AND FIRST TIME WE ARE HAVING A SPEAKER KIND OF WHO SETS THE TONE AND REALLY IS A SPEAKER WHO CAN KIND OF GUIDE US AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GUIDE US.
HOW DO WE HELP US TO SET THOSE GOALS AND VISION FUNDS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AMAZING, ONE OF THE
OH, FOR YOUR DISTRICT? FOR DISTRICT TWO.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT, YES, IT'S UH, THEY'RE PUTTING THAT ON.
THEY HAVE A MAYOR PRO TE DISTRICT TWO BRUNCH.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT, ANYWAYS, IT'S 11 ONE.
YEAH, SO IT'S THE MAYOR PRO TEMS BRUNCH AT THE BAR.
IT'S ALSO FUNDED AND NOT USED ANY CITY FACILITIES OR ANY UH, UM, CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES.
SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING IMPORTANT TO THINGS DISTRICT TO NOTE.
SEVEN NINE JUST HAD THIS THIS WEEK.
SO THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THEM.
UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD PRINTED AGENDA.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ALL THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, BUT I THINK IT'S A BARE MINIMUM HAVING THE PRINTED AGENDA.
A LOT OF, I MEAN I HAVE, YES, IT'S IN THE INVITATION AND I HAVE MY COMPUTER AND I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND IT'S SUPPOSEDLY SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
BUT RELYING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES.
HAVING JUST THE AGENDA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO WRITE ON THERE.
WE WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT CHANGE.
NOW YOUR ALSO WE WENT BACK TO HOW IT WAS.
YEAH, BUT WE WENT TO THIS BECAUSE WE WAS TRYING TO, BECAUSE WE GOT COMPLAINTS THAT WHY WE USING SO MUCH PAPER.
AND SO HEARING FROM THE BOARD TODAY, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PRINTING BACK OUT THE AGENDAS.
NOT ALL THE BACK, NOT THE BACKGROUND HISTORY.
UH, WITH THAT, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING, AS WE JUST SAID, THE RETREAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM AND IT IS, UH, I THINK I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY THIS MIGHT BE THE SHORTEST PARK FOR WE, SO WE ARE SETTING 10 44.