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IT IS 10 30.WE CONVENE OUR DALLAS PARKS AND CREATION BOARD INTO ORDER.
AND WE ARE SO PLEASED THAT, UH, THE TEAM IS HERE.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE, DALLAS PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN RECOGNIZED AND CREATED, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FUN THINGS.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST TO SEE WHEN THE ROOM IS FULL.
UH, LIKE, TO WELCOME OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, MAXIE JOHNSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND SO HANDS ON WITH THE PARKS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, SIR.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER.
MS. JACQUELINE, HAVE YOU, YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU.
KNOW YOU ARE REPLACING BOTH SLAUGHTER.
SO, SO YOU HAVE PICTURE SHOES.
YOU'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR HAVING ME.
I AM, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE JOURNEY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ADVOCATING FOR OUR FAMILIES, UH, DALLAS, APPROXIMATELY.
THIS IS AN AMAZING BOARD AND AMAZING COLLEAGUES AROUND US.
SO NOW WE GO FOR OUR NEXT POINT IN AGENT SPECIAL RECOGNIZATION CELEBRATING
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC SEES YOU OR YOU YES.
SECONDS, 25 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CAMERAS SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MARINA, WE'RE GONNA.
WHEREAS SPECIAL RECOGNITION, WHEREAS RAW DE LA ROSA HAS DEDICATED OVER 25 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK CHRISTIAN DEPARTMENT, DEMONSTRATE
SINCE HIS START DATE OF JULY 10TH, 2000, WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE AS A SENIOR ARCHITECT FROM PROJECT MANAGER, MR. DERO PLAYED A VITAL ROLE ROAD SHAPING THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM, OVERSEEING THE DESIGN, PLANNING, INNOVATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MORE THAN 80 PARK AND RECREATION FACILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALONE.
MR. RO FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS HIGH IMPACT HISTORIC PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE COTTON BOWL EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ROCK LAKE PARK RESTORATION, LEY PLAZA, REHABIL REHABILITATION, AND MULTIPLE HISTORIC PAVILION RESTORATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, LEAVING LASTING IMPACT ON DALLAS MULTI TREASURE PUBLIC SPACES.
THIS WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGH MULTIPLE CORNERS FOR EXCELLENCE, IMPROVING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS WINFREY POINT, CLUBHOUSE, BIG TICKET VALLEY, VIEW PARK, COLD PARK PAVILION, REFLECTING ITS DEDICATION TO QUALITY AND PRESERVATION.
BEYOND HIS TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, HE HAS SERVED AS A MENTOR, A TRUSTED COLLEAGUE, AN ADVOCATE FOR THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, LOW MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HELPING GUIDE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS LEGACY OF SERVICE INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY DALLAS, WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
IT STANDS AS AN TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT, A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN DECHEN, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, DUE TO HERE STAND OUR RECOGNITION SIGNED BY THE ARO PARK BOARD PRESIDENT AND JOHN JENKINS.
OH, WE GOT ENOUGH SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU.
YOU SAYING YOU NOW ROW G ELLA.
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SO, MR. UH, RO THERE ANY WORDS, PARTING WORDS? I DO HAVE SOME REMARKS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR BOARD.
THIS IS ABOUT MY 12TH OR 15TH IMPROVING.
SINCE I STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT, UH, BACK REAL QUICK ON, ON THE LEADERSHIP WE'VE HAD IN THIS PARK.
FROM WHAT STARTED WITH, WITH PAUL DYER, WITH WILL WINTERS, MY FRIEND HERE, MR. JENKINS, UH, STRONG LEADERSHIP HAS ALWAYS HELPED US
UH, AND, UH, JUST KIND KEEP GOING WITH, UH, MY, UH, MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE HAD HERE.
YOU KNOW, WITH PMO, WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, FACILITY SERVICES, AND ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE, I THINK, UH,
MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE ONE OTHER RECOGNITION.
WELL, AND RUDY WANTS TO MAKE SOME REMARKS.
MR. LAROSA, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY, STAY IN THE ROOM.
UM, YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEGACY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR MY, THE WORK YOU DID AT MY FAVORITE PARK, WILLIS WINTERS PARK, THAT PAVILION.
IT'S, IT'S OUR OLDEST PAVILION.
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE, YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN 20 22, 20 23, REMEMBER, WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND I WANT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO, TO KNOW THAT AND, AND, AND TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THIS TIME, WE WANNA CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS WHO, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, GOLF PROFESSIONALS WHO OPERATE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE.
AND IF I COULD ASK, UH, OUR
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, SINCE HE'S HERE, IF YOU WOULD JOIN US ON THIS RECOGNITION.
UH, 'CAUSE THE GOLF COURSE IS IN HIS DISTRICT.
IF YOU'RE STAND UP THERE WITH US.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR IRA MA BECOMING THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS PGA IRA.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING NAMED THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS PGA.
THIS IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND ITS TRUE REFLECTION OF THE WORK AND LEADERSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN OTHERS OVER THE YEARS.
WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL IS THE PATH YOU TOOK TO GET HERE SINCE GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE NORTHERN TEXAS PJ PJA BACK IN 2013, SERVING ON COMMITTEES AND, AND AT LARGE DIRECTOR STEAD, TAKING A GREATER LEADERSHIP ROLE, SECRETARY TO VICE PRESIDENT, AND BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SIT ON THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS PGA BOARD.
AND OF COURSE, THIS MOMENT, HIS STORY.
AS I MENTIONED, WE BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN EVER SITTING FROM BEING INTRODUCED TO THE GAME AT JUST SEVEN YEARS OLD IN CEDAR CREST TO, TO NOW LEADING OVER 1000 PGA PROFESSIONALS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
IT IS REALLY A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT THROUGH YOUR WORK MANAGER IN CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE AND YOUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
YOU'LL HELP ELEVATE ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC COURSES WHILE ALSO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT AND BEYOND THAT, THE IMPACT YOU MADE THROUGH I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION, AND YOUR WORK AS AN INSTRUCTOR IS INCREDIBLE.
COACHING AND MENTORING OVER 500 YOUTH, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH DALLAS, IS SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR GENERATIONS.
AND BEING INDUCTED INTO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GOLF HALL OF FAME
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AND YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, JUST AS TO AN ALREADY IMPRESSIVE CAREER, I WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE IMPACT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE IN THIS ROLE.GET A PICTURE CHANGING THE LENS.
TWO, ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, CASEY THOMAS.
SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
YOU INSPIRE US, UH, WITH THAT NEXT POINT ON AGENDA.
UH, OUR TOPIC SPEAKERS, UH, MANAGING SECRETARY.
UH, THE FIRST REGISTERED SPEAKER IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS.
IS REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS HERE THIS MORNING.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, CASEY THOMAS.
MR. THOMAS, GOOD MORNING, HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.
THOSE WHO SERVE ON ESTEEM, APARTMENT RECREATION BOARD, UH, I HAD THE HONOR FOR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE COMMITTEE, UH, PAST COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT THREE, ONLY SPOKE HERE ONE TIME BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE VOTED ON.
WE VOTED ON AMBASSADOR PLAN FOR GLENDALE, UH, GLENDALE PARK.
BUT THERE WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION I THE HONOR OF BEING HERE TO SPEAK, UH, IN SUPPORT OF NAMING THE FIELD, THURGOOD MARSHALL, AFTER MY GOOD FRIEND, COACH EARL THOMPSON, THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORTING, IF YOU PLEASE STAND JUST TO SHOW THE SUPPORT.
I'M USED TO THAT, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A MAN.
I HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW, UH, COACH EARL, UH, AS A FRIEND.
AND HE ALSO WAS A COACH OF MY, MY SON PLAYED FOR REGULAR RACE.
UH, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF INTEGRITY, A MAN OF PASSION, A MAN WHO WAS COMMITTED TO SEEING, UH, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR YOUNG MEN, UH, STRIVE AND GROW UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, I DON'T SEE THE CLOCK, SO I'M TRYING TO BE MINDFUL FOR THE TIME.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, I ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO SEE, UH, COACH AS THE HUSBAND, I CHANCE SEE HIM AS A FATHER.
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN THIS CITY WHO'S MORE DESERVING OF HAVING THIS FIELD NAMED OUT TO HIM.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF, OF GOING OVER TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, UH, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE BOND MONEY.
I PUT $1.3 MILLION INTO THURGOOD WASHINGTON TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REPRESENTED, UH, OAK CLIFF AND WHAT OAK CLIFF WAS ALL ABOUT.
AND THAT FIELD BEING NEXT TO THIS STATE OF THE ART, UH, REC CENTER, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER WITH THE MANAGER THE OTHER DAY AND WALK THE FIELD.
AND I WAS ALMOST INTERIOR TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE FEEL IS GONNA BE.
HOW, UH, EXEMPLARY, UH, THE TIME AND THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN PUT INTO SUCH A QUALITY AND QUALITY FIELD.
SO, UH, TO HIS WIFE, FAMILY, TO HIS FRIENDS, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HE TOUCHED.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I ASK EACH OF YOU UNANIMOUSLY, PLEASE VOTE IN SUPPORT OF MEMBER THE FIELD AFTER COACH EARL THOMPSON.
ALL LEGEND IN THIS TIME, IN ANY TIME IN THE CITY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
MS. DAVIS, IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK MS. DAVIS, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR CAMERA ON, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER, UH, REGISTERED SPEAKER IS CHARMAINE FLETCHER.
I DO NOT SEE HER AS BEING PRESENT.
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OKAY.THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE MARGIE FRANCIS.
AND MRS. FRANCIS, UH, DID DISTRIBUTE A PACKET OF INFORMATION TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, THAT HAVE SOME ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SHE'S GONNA REFER TO.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS MARGIE FRANCIS, AND I'M A HOMEOWNER, ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND.
35 21 AREA DRIVE FROM TURTLE CREEK DIRECTLY ADJACENT ME TO GU PARK AT 3,800 TURTLE CREEK IN DISTRICT 14.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE RECENT LARGE SCALE REMOVAL, WHILE ESTABLISHED VEGETATION ALONG THE CREEK VEGETATION, VEGETATION THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
I WANNA BEGIN BY SAYING THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME OF WORKING WITH THE CITY ON CREEK RELATED PROJECTS.
DURING THE MAJOR DREDGING EFFORTS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY HOMEOWNERS, ALL OF WHICH OWNED THE CENTER LINE OF THE CREEK, INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RETAINING RULES IN
WHILE THE CITY SIDE WAS NOT SIMILARLY REINFORCED, THE PROCESS WAS COLLABORATIVE, RESPECTFUL, AND ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL.
THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT MAKES THIS CURRENT SITUATION SO DISAPPOINTING.
THE VEGETATION ALONG THE PARKWAY ACROSS FROM OUR HOMES WAS NOT JUST A CITY, IT SERVED TWO CRITICAL PURPOSES.
IT PROVIDED NATURAL EROSION CONTROL, AND IT CREATED PRIVACY AND SECLUSION FOR THE HOMES ALONG THE CREEK.
RECENTLY, HOWEVER, A
AND DESPITE KNOWING THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE, COMMUNICATION WAS NOT JUST LIMITED, IT WAS REFUSED.
AS A RESULT, HOMEOWNERS ARE NOW FACING SEVERAL SERIOUS ISSUES.
WE'VE INCREASED SECURITIES CONCERNS.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING MORE NOISE FROM, UH, SIX TO FOUR LANE FER CREEK BOULEVARD, AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A HOME OWNER ISSUE, IT IS ALSO A CITY ISSUE.
THE REMOVAL OF THIS VEGETATION HAS CREATED NEW RISKS, INCREASED EROSION ALONG THE CREEK BANKS BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL STABILITY ON THE PARK FACING SIDE OF THE CREEK.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO TO ZERO FEET BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK, THE STREET, AND THE SLOPE DOWN OF THE CREEK, WHICH IS A NINE FOOT SLOPE.
POTENTIAL LOSS OF TAXABLE VALUE.
AS HOMEOWNER PROPERTY DES DESIRABILITY DECLINES AND COMPROMISED TREES THAT ARE NOW UNSTABLE TREES FOR WHICH THE CITY WILL ULTIMATE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY FAIL.
IN SHORT, WHAT IS OCCURRED, IT'S NOT JUST UNFORTUNATE, IT IS POOR LAND MANAGEMENT.
THERE WERE BETTER SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE.
RESOURCES COULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD, THROUGH BACKING STABILIZATION.
VEGETATION COULD HAVE BEEN ENHANCED, NOT REMOVED.
AND STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS SUCH AS GABON WALLS WOULD, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO PROTECT BOTH THE CREEK AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
INSTEAD, DECISIONS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY MINOR INCONVENIENCES, SUCH AS WALKER'S BRUSHING AGAINST BAMBOO, OR BY DESIRE FROM NEARBY HIGH RISE RESIDENCE FOR CLEAR REVIEW, IRONICALLY, WITH A STEEP NINE FOOT DROP TO THE CREEK AND REDUCE VEGETATION.
THOSE RESIDENTS NOW LOOK DIRECTLY INTO OUR BACKYARDS, CREATING A NEW SET OF PRIVACY CONCERNS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
THE SITUATION DID NOT HAVE TO UNFOLD THIS WAY.
WE ARE NOT HERE SIMPLY TO COMPLAIN.
WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHEN IT IS AMENABLE, A PLAN TO RESTORE APPROPRIATE VEGETATION AND STABILIZE THE CREEK PLANT BASE.
AND A COMMITMENT THAT HOMEOWNERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE WORKED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CITY BEFORE.
YEAH, IF YOU JUST WANT TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE, YOU CAN.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE, YOU CAN.
UM, UH, WE, WE ARE GRATEFUL AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK.
UM, UH, PLEASE CALL THE WILEY ASSAULT OF THE TOTAL CREEK ASSOCIATION AT THE PARK, AND LET'S COLLABORATE.
PLEASE CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROPOSALS FOR MANY BY THE CROW FAMILY.
OUR NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS DANIEL CROW, DANIEL PRO.
UH, THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS MEREDITH FRANKLIN OR FRANKLIN MEREDITH, I'M SORRY.
UH, TODAY I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF NAMING, UH, THIRD
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MARSHALL S HOUSE THOMPSON.UH, COMMUNITIES HAVE BUILT ON THE SHOULDERS AND THOSE WHO GET TIED PART ENERGY, THE OF THE S AND VERY FEW PEOPLE BY SPIRIT MORE THAN EARL THOMPSON DID.
SINCE 1982, COACH THOMPSON BEEN MORE THAN IS THE NAME IN THE RED BIRD OAK CLIFF AREA.
THE MENTOR, A LEADER, A CONSTANT SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR GENERATION.
THROUGH HIS DEDICATION TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, ATHLETICS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HE HAS HELPED SHAPE NOT ONLY BETTER ATHLETES, BUT BETTER PEOPLE NAMED IN THE FIELD.
AND HIS HONORS, NOT JUST ABOUT RECOGNITION, IT'S ABOUT LEGACY.
IT'S ABOUT HONORING THE LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION TO LEAD, UH, WITH INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT, PRESERVING COMMUNITY HISTORY BY CELEBRATING THOSE WHO MADE A LASTING IMPACT AND SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS POURED SO MUCH INTO OTHERS.
HIS IMPACT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN FELT LOCALLY, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
COACH THOMPSON'S HONORS INCLUDE RECEIVING THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, UH, FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN 2017, WHERE HE IS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE INDUCTION INTO THE TEXAS BLACK SPORTS HALL OF FAME, 2022 INDUCTION INTO THE PRAIRIE VIEW AGAINST SCHOLASTIC LEAD COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.
AND IN 2023, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS DID A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND ALSO THE CITY OF CONROE, UH, PROCLAIMED AS AN OFFICIAL EARL THOMPSON DAY AND HONOR HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO YOU AND BARRY, UH, AND THE VERY COMMUNITY THAT HE GREW UP WITH.
THEY'RE PROOF OF A LIFE DEDICATED TO SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT.
WHEN THE ATHLETES STEP ONTO THE FIELD AND SEE COACH'S NAME REMINDED THAT THE RACE ISN'T JUST BETTER AND WINS, BUT THE LIVES THAT YOU TOUCH AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AS COACH WOULD TELL YOU PLAY A LOT ABOUT LIFE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPORT.
TODAY, THE PARTNER BOARD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLIDIFY THAT LEGACY.
SO I IMPLORE THAT YOU GUYS VOTE UNANIMOUSLY, UH, SUPPORTING THE NAME, NAMES OF THIRD MARSHALL FIELDERS, UH, BEHIND COVID EARL THOMPSON.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, DALEN GILSTRAP.
UH, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SOUND REDUNDANT, BUT I'M THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE REDBIRD RAIDERS, WHO'S BEEN ON THAT FIELD SINCE 1982.
AND COACH HAS LED US TO THE POINT WE ARE TODAY.
UH, HIS DYING WISH WAS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO MANSFIELD, ARLINGTON FORT WORTH TO PLAY ON THE QUALITY FIELD.
'CAUSE WE COULDN'T PLAY ON THURGOOD MARSHALL FIVE YEARS AGO.
WE COULDN'T PLAY ON IT LAST YEAR BECAUSE HE WAS ROCKY KICKING HIS ANKLES.
WE HAD HOLES IN, IN THE FIELD.
SO HIS DYING WISH WAS TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH.
AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS BASICALLY HELPED HIM OUT AND SAID THAT, I GOT A VISION FOR YOU.
LET'S TRY TO SEE IT THROUGH AND WITH YOU GUYS.
BLESSING, WE WOULD LOVE TO, UH, GET THIS, UH, FORWARDED ON TODAY.
I'M ATHLETIC DIRECTOR NOW, BUT IN 1982, I WAS 8-YEAR-OLD KID OUT OF THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WENT TO CRIME, WE WENT THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS, AND THE ONLY MAN THAT STOOD UP THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH IT ALL WAS COACH
HE WAS ASKED TO GET ANOTHER PARK.
HE SAID, NO, I'M GONNA STAY RIGHT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP THESE KIDS AND TRY TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WE GOT A NATIONALLY RUN TEAM OFF THAT LITTLE BITTY PARK IN THE IN.
AND JUST LIKE MR. DE LA ROSA SAYING, IT'S TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
HE WAS OUR LEADER AND HIS BUSINESS MORE THAN DESERVING.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS THOMPSON.
UH, FOR FOUR, FOUR YEARS, EARL THOMPSON DIDN'T JUST SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
WHAT BEGAN AS A LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAM INVOLVED INTO THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR CITY.
UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, THE FIELD BECAME A SANCTUARY FOR DISCIPLINE WAS FOREST NCE WAS UNITED, AND YOUNG PEOPLE FELT
HE TAUGHT OUR YOUTH HOW TO WIN WITH HUMILITY, LOSE RESILIENCE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO CARRY THEMSELVES WITH INTEGRITY IN THE WORLD.
THIS DEDICATION WOULD HONOR A FOUR, FOUR YEAR LEXI THAT TRANSFORMED THE TRAJECTORY, TRAJECTORY OF GENERATIONS.
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I NAMED THIS FIELD IN HIS MEMORY.A MAN WHO WAS INFLUENCED, STANDS BEYOND THE SIDELINES, INTO THE VERY FABRIC BY LOCAL FAMILIES AND LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTIONALIZE THE COMMUNITY VALUES.
NAMING THIS FIELD SERVES AS A PERMANENT NORTH STAR FOR OUR YOUTH.
IT ENSURE THAT EVERY ATHLETE WHO STEPS ONTO THE TURF IS REMINDED OF THE VALUES HE CHAMPION, UH, RESPECT, UNWAVERING HARD WORK, AND PERSEVERANCE REQUIRED TO SEE BOTH IN THE GAME AND IN LIFE.
A STANDARD FOR C CIVIC EXCELLENCE DISHONOR SETS A HIGH BAR FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS SIGNALS TO ALL RESIDENTS THAT OUR CITY VALUES AND REMEMBERS THOSE WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO SELFLESS SERVICE, INSPIRING THE NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS TO GIVE BACK THE SAME HEART AND LONGEVITY.
IN CLOSING, YOU CAN SEE HIS LEGACY, NOT JUST IN THE RECORDS HELD ON THE FIELD, BUT IN THE PEOPLE HE SHAPED.
UH, AND THE PAST HELPED AND THE PAST.
HE BUILT A FOUNDATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT WILL ENDURE FOR YEARS TO COME.
NAME THIS FIELD IN HIS HONOR, ENSURE THAT HIS LIFE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE, REMINDED US ALL THAT ONE PERSON, THAT THAT ONE PERSON'S COMMITMENT CAN CHANGE THIS, A CITY AND A NEIGHBORHOOD FOREVER.
FOR HIS FOUR, FOUR YEARS OF SACRIFICE IN THE HEART, WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MAKE THIS TRIBUTE A REALITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CRAIG COLE.
MORNING CLARK WASN'T AWARE ONLY THREE MINUTES UNTIL, UH, RECENTLY, SO I PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE SOMETHING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I'VE BEEN HONORED OF BEING AT KEITH TENNIS CENTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW AS PART OF AND HEAD PRO OF THE DALLAS TENNIS EDUCATION ACADEMY AND DIRECTOR OF KEITH TENNIS CENTER FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THIS COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT AND, UH, AMAZING AND I LIKE TO SAY, BUT I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE TREATMENT OF THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN HORRIFIC.
WHEN I
THESE BREAKINS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS HOLES ON THE WALLS AS THEY TRASHED PLACE.
BROKEN WINDOW OF PANS ON THE TWO ENTRY DOORS, AND A BROKEN WINDOW ON THE ROOF, WHICH IS STILL, UM, JUST A PLASTIC, UH, PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS.
UM, AFTER WEEKS OF CHAINING THE WINDOWLESS DOORS, UM, SHUT.
UM, WE RECEIVED PLYWOOD TO KEEP THEM CLOSED.
UM, I WANNA ADD THAT, UH, THEY WERE ALSO VOID OF KEYHOLES.
SO BUGS AND ANIMALS WERE COMING INTO THE BUILDING IN THE NIGHT HOURS FOR AT LEAST A MONTH.
THIS PROMPTED ME TO WRITE A LETTER TO KEVIN REDBURN, WHO WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TIME TO READ IT, ALL OF IT.
UM, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO CREATE CONFLICT OR, OR FRICTION, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE HOUSTON TENNIS CENTER IS NOT CARED ABOUT THE WAY THE OTHER FACILITIES ARE.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE OUR PHONE LINES WERE DOWN, THAT'S KIND OF UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS.
UM, THE PINCHES THAT WE DELIVERED OUT OR LONGER, OR STILL BOX, WE'RE STILL BOXING, SITTING ON THE PORCH.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN A MONTH THAT NEXT, THAT FRIDAY, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY'D BE TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT WASN'T, THE LANDSCAPING HADN'T BEEN DONE IN THREE WEEKS.
AND I ASKED IF THERE'S ANY REAL TIMELINE OR IF WE WERE JUST BEING TOLD TO KEEP THINGS HAPPENING.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TRASH BIN, SO WE HAD TO PUT TRASH FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THEN HAVE THEM RIPPED UP EVERY NIGHT.
SO, UH, STAFF HAD TO GO OUT AND PICK UP TRASH, WHICH WAS KIND OF INSANE.
STILL DIDN'T GET ANY DUMPSTERS.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID TO HIM, I LIVE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS WHERE I LIVE.
PARKS ARE MAINTAINED UP, KEPT AND THEY'RE GREAT IN THAT AREA.
AND THERE WAS A SMALL PORTION OF THE, THE ISSUES OF THE FACILITY AND BODY.
UM, I MYSELF FIXED WOOD ON THE BUILDING AND PAINTED THE WHOLE BUILDING.
I MYSELF REPLACED THE FLOORING, WHICH HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THE EIGHTIES.
I, MYSELF,
UM, WE TURNED IN WORK ORDERS, NOTHING HAPPENED.
I POWER WASHED THE WHOLE BUILDING, WHICH HAD MOLD GOING UP HALF OF THE WALL.
UM, YEAH, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT HAS GONE OUT FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.
WE GOT A SIX FOOT BY SIX FOOT WIDE, UH, MONSTROSITY SAT INTO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ENTRY FOR 10 WEEKS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT JUST THIS PAST JUNE.
A, UH, AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.
UM, THAT'S THE PER THAT'S FACILITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, AND FORGIVE ME IF I'M NOT PRONOUNCING THIS CORRECTLY, UM, AIA, UM, MODBAR.
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MORNING.UH, FIRST I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, I HAVE BEEN THE GENERAL MANAGER AT FRED TENNIS CENTER SINCE 2018.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING THE GENERAL MANAGERS AND THE FACILITY INSTRUCTORS AT LB HOUSTON AND SAMUEL GRANT.
THE OTHER TWO FACILITIES THAT OUR COMPANY IMPACT ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN, UH, PUT IN CHARGE WITH OPERATING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS SINCE 2018.
AND EVERY FACILITY THAT WE'VE TAKEN OVER, EVERY FACILITY THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN, WE HAVE IMPROVED.
UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE, BOTH IN TERMS OF REVENUE, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UM, QUICK UTILIZATION AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS THROUGH QUALITY PROGRAMS, THROUGH QUALITY COACHES.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, CERTIFIED COACHES THROUGH, UH, CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONS, AS I SAID.
AND ALSO PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES AROUND THE PARKS, SUCH AS THE REC CENTERS, THE LIBRARIES, THE AQUATIC CENTERS.
WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE FACILITIES AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS.
UH, IN PARTICULAR AT SAMUEL GRAND AND FREDS.
WE UTILIZE THOSE FACILITIES EVERY SUMMER.
UH, WE PROVIDE THIS MASSIVE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT ALLOWS PARENTS TO DROP OFF THEIR KIDS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE STAYING ACTIVE, THEY'RE HAVING FUN, THEY'RE PLAYING THE SPORT THAT THEY LIKE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DEVELOP A PASSION FOR THE SPORT.
UM, AND WE UTILIZE THESE FACILITIES LIKE THE AQUATIC CENTER TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL OFF TIME AT THE END OF THE HOT SUMMER DAY.
UH, WE USE THE REC CENTERS REGULARLY FOR SOME INDOOR ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A VERY GOOD KIND OF PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP AROUND THE PARKS.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO, UM, SUPPORT IMPACT ACTIVITIES, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN KEY TENNIS CENTER AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT PRICING, A LOT OF, UM, UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PROGRAMMINGS AND ALL THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, UH, OPERATED WITHIN THE PRICING BRANCH THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THESE PRICES ARE CHECKED, THEY'RE AUDITED MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
UM, WE ARE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE SPACE.
THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS ARE ON THE PARKS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS STAYED VERY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR PRICING, ALLOWING PEOPLES TO COME TO THE FACILITIES BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR A FACILITY.
UM, WE HAVE OPERATED AT MAX CAPACITY AT FRED SLIP DEFENSES.
I'VE TAKEN THAT OVER SINCE 2018.
WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF MORE COURTS, AND I DON'T THINK WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT AND GET TO THAT POINT BY PRICING OURSELVES OUT, NOT HAVING, UM, SATISFIED CUSTOMERS AND NOT CATERING TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE ENDORSED BY ACING AUTISM.
WE WORK WITH THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE ARE ALSO ENDORSED BY TCD, ONE OF THE MOST, UH, PRESTIGIOUS, UM, OUTSIDE KIND OF TENNIS LEAGUES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, I DIDN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLES THIBODEAU.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION COMPARED FOR RENAMING OF THE, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD AT OOD MARSHALL FIELD.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL YOU THAT I WAS ON THAT FIELD BEFORE THERE WAS A THURGOOD FOSTER FIELD.
SO I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1972.
AND SOME OF THE GUYS MENTIONED COACH EARL WAS THERE SINCE 1982, BUT ACTUALLY HE WAS THERE IN 1975.
WE JUST MOVED ON TO A DIFFERENT PROGRAM FOR DIFFERENT REASONS I WON'T GO INTO, BUT I'M JUST HERE TO TELL YOU GUYS, LOOK, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ONE BETTER OR EARN THE RIGHT TO HAVE THAT FOOTBALL FIELD NAMED AFTER HIM.
I CAME UP HERE WITH NO PAPER BECAUSE I DON'T NEED IT.
UH, HE'S KIND OF LIKE THE THREE D'S DEDICATED, DETERMINED, AND DEFIANT.
AND HE WAS DEFIANT IN A POSITIVE WAY BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T TAKE NOTHING FOR AN ACTION WHEN EVERYBODY WOULD TELL HIM, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WELL, HE WASN'T FURTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR, WE HAD, WE'VE HAD TWO MAYORS TO BE, UH, HONORARY PARADE, WHATEVER.
UH, ANNETTE STRAUS CAME OUT AND DEDICATED FOOTBALL FIELD CHESS, UH, BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, EARLY NINETIES.
I CAN'T REMEMBER 'CAUSE I'M 73 NOW.
I'VE BEEN ON THAT FIELD SINCE I WAS 22.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S PUT A LOT OF WORK IN A LOT OF DEDICATION.
HE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HE WOULD LET THINGS GO THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIS FAMILY.
AND HIS SON JUST STOOD UP A MINUTE AGO.
WELL, HE WAS OUT ON THAT FIELD BEFORE HE WAS BORN.
SO HE IS PUT IN A LOT OF TIME, NOT ONLY HIS TIME, BUT MONEY, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT'S KNOWN AS RED, VERY RAIDERS WITHOUT A DIME, JUST ONLY ON A WORD OF, AND WE WERE AFFORDED, UH, FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT
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FOR 90 KIDS.AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD COST YOU TO BUY 90 UNIFORMS COMPLETE JUST ON HIS WORD ALONE, JUST FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO, TO CLOSE FRIEND OF
YOU KNOW, I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL WHEN I TALK TO HIM AND I SAY, I WASN'T GONNA DO THIS.
BUT IF WE CAN HONOR HIM FOR THAT, TRUST ME, HE NEVER WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR NOTHING.
ALL THE ACCOLADES YOU HEARD THE GUY SAY BEFORE I GOT HERE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT UNLESS YOU KNEW HIM.
AND I'VE KNOWN HIM OVER 50 YEARS AND HE IS BEEN A TRUE FRIEND OF MINE.
HE'S NEVER SUGARCOATED ANYTHING.
WE GOT A FIGHT FOR WHAT WE WANT.
AND THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE IS STILL UNDER SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF KIDS.
WE WHITE, BLACK, BROWN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE'VE, WE'VE DEALT WITH ALL OF 'EM AND HE'S BEEN SO FAIR ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU, I, I CAN'T SEE ANYONE IN HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, BUT I CAN'T SEE, JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, THAT IT'S NOT IN THE BOOKS TO REMAIN THE FIELD BECAUSE HE PUT HIS LIFE IN AND WE JUST BURIED HIM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
AND IF HE WAS LIVING RIGHT NOW, HE WOULDN'T BE STANDING AT THE PODIUM ASKING YOU TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T EVER ABOUT HIM.
IT WAS ABOUT THE, AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKEN ALREADY, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY TO YOU.
IF YOU COULD TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND NAME.
'CAUSE HE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU AND A LOT.
AND FOR HIM TO, TO LEAVE TO SERVE WITHOUT DOING THANK, THAT'S YOUR TIME.
YOU KNOW, HE WORKED SO HARD ON GETTING THAT DONE.
SO GOD WOULD JUST PLEASE CONSIDER IT MAN.
AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS SEAN TEETER.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME'S SEAN TEETER AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE THE CURRENT OPERATORS OF KEITH TENNIS CENTER.
WE RUN FREE JUNIOR PROGRAMMING ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY AT BOTH, UH, DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE DALLAS IC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, DALLAS PARKS AND REC CENTERS.
UM, AND KEITH IS ALSO OUR HUB FOR, UM,
AND WE ALSO OFFER VERY LOW COST ADULT PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RP PROCESS, THAT THE MAIN CONCERN WAS REVENUE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THAT OUR WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR IT.
UM, BUT WE OFFER A INVALUABLE SOURCE, A RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WHAT WE DO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE, WE STARTED THE RRP PROCESS AND THERE'S SOME UNDERSTANDABLE FATIGUE REGARDING EVERYTHING AND NOT WANTING TO START EVERYTHING OVER.
UM, WE LEARNED IN THE LAST PARK BOARD MEETING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, OR YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO IN CITY COUNCIL TO SEPARATE KEYS FROM THE REST OF IT.
AND, AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO HOLD UP THE RP PROCESS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SEPARATING KEYS AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, AND REOPENING THAT RP PROCESS AND BROADEN THE SCOPE TO, UH, ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING THAT KEYS OFFERS AND NOT JUST ON BASIS.
WITH THAT, I CAN DO THE APPROVAL MINUTES FOR MARCH 26TH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND MR. GRADY? AGAIN? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AS HAVING, UH, WE MOVED TO OUR CONSTANT AGENDA FROM
MOTION, MR.
I'M AWARE I'M AT, OH, THANK YOU.
JUST WANNA SAY, UH, IT'S A GOOD DAY TO SEE ALL THESE PARKS THAT ARE DOING ALL THE FUNDING THROUGH STATE, THROUGH THE STATE.
UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE, UH, THE STATE REPS THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.
INCLUDE OUR PARTNERS THAT HAD THIS HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S, IT IS JUST A GREAT DAY TO SEE MONEY COMING IN FROM THE STATE TO GET THESE PARTS IMPROVED.
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WE HYPER PARK, UH, BLACK JUST TO SEE IT COME THROUGH.WE, WE OPEN THIS PARK UP IN JUST 20 DAYS.
SORRY ABOUT, UH, 30 DAYS WE OPEN UP THE PARK.
SO THAT'S EXCITING FOR, FOR US HERE AND TO SEE FUNDING COME TO AUGUST, THESE PARK.
NOW I, I AGREE MR. VERTA, I THINK, UH, CLYDE
SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT
IT'S ALSO, I THINK THE FUNDING, FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY PARK.
I KNOW A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH, BUT SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS ING AND YOU KNOW, TO WORK THIS FUNDING TODAY.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS ALL OF OUR SUPPORT TO MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND COULD SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I, UH, NOW WE COME TO AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. KAMI, DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR.
HOW COMES EXCITING PART THAT WE HAD SO MANY VISITORS HERE, INCLUDING OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, THE NAMING OF THE
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MS. BENE HAM? DO I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. KARIMI? ANY DISCUSSION? UM, MS. HAMMOND? NO.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE THE GREEN NAME
I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE D THREE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT TODAY.
UM, TAYLOR, I KNOW HE'S GONNA SAY SOMETHING AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S D THREE AND D FOUR REPRESENTING, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE SEEING YOU ALL.
WE KNOW IT'S A HALL FROM OUTSIDE THE TOWN TO, TO COME DOWNTOWN, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING THIS.
I BELIEVE ALL MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UH, WE FULLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER MC CRAZY.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT HE DID WANT ME TO SEND HIS LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SAYING IF IT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS SHOWED UP AND TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT.
SO I THINK WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR JENKINS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BODY IS THIS PARK BOARD, THIS DEPARTMENT.
THE THING I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS ROLE IS OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
AND WHEN THEY COME TELL US THE GOOD, THE BAD, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF THESE MEETINGS.
WHAT WE SAW TODAY IS EXCEPTIONAL ADVOCACY.
I SALUTE ALL OF YOU FOR BEING BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS FOR SPEAKING.
I WILL ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS.
UH, IN SPEAKING WITH MS. MOND, I UNDERSTAND IT'S BOND DOLLARS FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS PARK.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS TO ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ATHLETIC FIELD AS WELL THROUGH OPERATIONAL DOLLARS OR OTHER DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THIS A REALLY UNIQUE SPACE.
UH, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THIS RENAMING TODAY, SO I WANNA ASK FOR THAT, UH, STRONG CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, AND, AND I MEETING COACH THOMAS MYSELF.
I'VE BEEN TO YOUTH SPORTS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, AND THE RED RAIDERS BEING AT MY FACILITY A COUPLE TIMES, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOME FOR ME 'CAUSE I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL AND, AND SEEING THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CASEY THOMPSON BEING HERE AND SUPPORT OF THIS REALLY, REALLY TELLS ME.
I, I KNOW, I KNOW EARL FOR A LONG TIME.
HE, WE CROSSED PATHS MANY A TIMES JUST KNOWING WHAT HE DID AND SEEING ALL EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY WHO GREW UP IN THE SYSTEM, AND ESPECIALLY THEIR CHEERLEADERS BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE AT MY VILLAGE THAN
KNOWING WHAT HE DID FOR THE COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY MAKES ME PROUD TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HE WAS PART OF AND HOW HE CREATED SYNERGY AMONG HIS PEOPLE.
IT WAS TOUGH IF YOU EVER MET HIM.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND ME, HIM, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH KIND OF SPORTS GUYS, BUT IT WAS JUST, DOESN'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY ON A LEVEL A LOT OF TIMES HE JUST, AND I'M REALLY JUST GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL THE SUPPORT HERE.
WE CAN SEE YOUR HAND, BUT NOT YOUR FACE.
I CAN SEE MR. JOINS ON THE WEBEX.
I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT SHOWING HERE, BUT I BELIEVE IS THAT OKAY? I BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE HIM, UM, THROUGH THAT FEED.
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GO AHEAD.THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BLANK SCREEN.
AND I CAN, I GUESS Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME WELL.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID.
UM, THE RED BIRD RAIDERS, UM, HAVE BEEN AN INSTITUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
UM, I WAS BLESSED AND HONORED TO GROW UP AT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND GROW UP WITH A LOT OF PEERS THAT PLAYED FOR, UH, COACH T.
UM, JUST SPOKE TO ONE THIS MORNING BY THE NAME OF DAVID WEBB, WHO IN MY ERA OF LIFE WAS A RED BIRD RAIDER LEGEND.
AND, UM, HE JUST OVEREMPHASIZED TO ME HOW MUCH COACH T'S LEGACY MEANS.
AND, UM, IT'S A PLETHORA OF OTHERS THAT WE COULD GO ON FOR GENERATIONS FROM PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, AND THE CHARACTER OF A LOT OF THE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
AND IT ALWAYS SHOWS, YOU CAN TELL, UM, WITH SOMEONE WITH THE DISCIPLINE AND CHARACTER THAT THEY HAVE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE RED BIRD RAIDER PROGRAM.
AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UM, UH, FORMER MAYOR PRO, TIM CASEY THOMAS, THAT AS WE KNOW, THIS SHOULD BE A UNANIMOUS DECISION AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY TO GO UP THERE AND, AND SEE THE, THE ACTUAL NAME ON THE FIELD AND ALL THE, THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND THE SUPPORT OF THE, UH, THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY GOT GOING.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING TODAY AND SHOWING UP.
THANK YOU MR. DOIN WITH NO MORE COMMENTS AS PRESIDENT.
UH, JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I MEAN THIS IS, UH, COCHAIR THOMPSON WAS ALSO A TEAM MEMBER OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, HE WORKED AT, UH, FAIR AT, UH, FAIR PARK, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY WILKE, HIT THE OPPORTUNITY, WORK WITH HIM.
I'VE BEEN KNOWING HIM SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY START OF THE CAREER.
UH, AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, LEARNING BY FIRE.
UH, WE WAS, WE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE AT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND, UH, BUT THE AQUATIC FACILITY AND TRUST ME, UH, RED VERN RAIDERS AND COCHAIR THOMPSON MADE SURE, UH, I UNDERSTOOD THEIR POSITION.
AND, AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU HE WAS A, HE WAS THE MAN OF STATURE, BUT A MAN WITH A BIG HEART AND, UH, WELL DESERVING OF THIS, JUST NAMING OUT THE FIELD, THANK MR. JENKINS AND MS. OWENS ROSE IS YOURS.
MY FIRST TIME
AND, UM, I'M A PROPONENT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST DOING THINGS TO HONOR PEOPLE, BUT TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID THIS MORNING, THE WHOLE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW.
AND SO ONCE THE FIELD IS RENAMED, YOU GUYS SHOULD CONSIDER EDUCATING OUR KIDS, EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A COACH EARL THOMPSON DAY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF RENAMING THIS FIELD.
NOT JUST HAVING IT SIT THERE WITH A NEW NAME AND EVERYBODY JUST PASS BY AND DON'T KNOW THE WHY.
AND SO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING, YOU KNOW, SHINING THE TRUMPET, LET EVERYBODY KNOW OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COACH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR, NOT JUST NOW BUT YEARS TO COME.
PREVIOUS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM CASEY THOMAS, I FORGOT TO SHUT YOU UP.
OH, I GOTTA COME BACK THAT UP MY GUY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND BRINGING EVERYBODY THANK WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WELL, WITH THAT, I THINK I HAVE TO THANK, UH, WHEN I, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, WHEN YOU SPOKE FIRST ABOUT BRINGING IT THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID AND THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS HERE.
SO VERY EXCITED TO PUT THIS TO BOTH.
IT IS, IT'S, IT'S EMOTIONAL TO SEE THOSE, UH,
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MUNDANE BOAT, SOME ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SERVICE AT PARKMAN CENTER.DO I HAVE A, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? PLEASE.
I NEED A MOTION MR. MORE THAN MR. BERTA.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN FOR MARKMAN NEGOTIATION CENTER? IS THAT ALL IN, SAY AYE.
NOW WE COME TO NUMBER EIGHT, RACK BOARD CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, SORRY, I TAKE IT BACK.
WE ARE NOT PUTTING THIS JUST SEPARATE
SINCE THERE IS A BRIEFING, SO BOARD IS LITTLE MORE INFORMED WHEN THEY VOTE, WE ARE GOING TO DO A BRIEFING ON, SO, UH, FROM THE BRIEFING AGENDA, T BOARD CENTER, UH, CONCESSION CONTRACT BRIEFING, AND THEN WE BRING IT TO BOARD.
SO BOTH IS MORE INFORMED, BUT WHAT THEY'RE VOTING BY THE PLAYERS.
AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE GETTING READY, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW IT'S MENTIONED IN OUT OUR TEAM IS NOT JUST TO LOOK AT REVENUES
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ, SUPERINTENDENT FOR GOLF AND RACKET SPORTS.
THIS BRIEFING WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE RACKET SPORTS CENTER PROFESSIONAL MANAGER CONCESSIONS CONTRACT, WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY THIS BOARD IN THE MARCH, 2016.
SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL LOOK AT OUR CURRENT RA BRACKET COURT CENTERS, PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THEIR PERFORMANCE WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR INFORMATION, AND THEN REVIEW THE RFP PROCESS AND THE NOT PROPOSERS TO THE CITY.
AND THEN LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AWARD PROCESS.
UM, SO THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE OUR RACKET SPORTS CENTERS ARE LOCATED.
WE HAVE FRED FRED'S TENNIS CENTER IN NORTH DALLAS, L BE HOUSTON, OVER IN NORTHWEST DALLAS, SAMUEL GRAND, CENTRALLY LOCATED, AND THEN KEYS IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS, AND ALSO INCLUDES THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
THIS SLIDE COVERS A BACKGROUND OF EVERY LOCATION, THE CURRENT CONTRACTORS MANAGING THOSE FACILITIES, AND, UM, DETAILS ON THEIR CONTRACTS.
SO I'LL GO CENTER BY CENTER, UM, GIVING THAT INFORMATION FOR FRETS TENNIS CENTER.
WE HAVE IMPACT ACTIVITIES MANAGING THAT LOCATION.
THEIR REVENUE MODEL IS BASED ON RENT.
THEY PAY, UH, MONTHLY RENT TO THE CITY.
AND IN TOTAL THEY'VE PAID, UM, 385,700 SO FAR TO THE CITY.
UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE AT THIS LOCATION TOTAL OVER $81,000.
AND THEIR PROGRAMS OFFERED IN JUNIOR AND ADULT TENNIS PROGRAMS AND ALSO PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL AS WELL FOR KEITH TENNIS CENTER.
THEIR CONTRACT WITH DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION ALSO BEGAN IN 2018.
THEIR MODEL WAS BASED ON 50% OF COURT FEES.
THE CITY ALSO PAID THEM A MONTHLY $1,000 STIPEND, UM, TO OPERATE OUTTA THAT FACILITY.
ON AVERAGE, THEIR 50% COURT FEES TO THE CITY WAS ABOUT $900.
UM, SO ABOUT THE SAME OF WHAT THE MONTHLY STIPEND THE CITY PAID THEM.
UM, THEIR TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS 55,700 SO FAR, AND THEY OFFER JUNIOR AND ADULT TENNIS PROGRAMS, UH, FOR REVENUE TO THE CITY FOR KEYS.
UM, WHEN THEIR EXTENSION WAS PROCESSED, UH, THEY, THE CITY AGREED FOR THEM TO NO LONGER PAY REVENUE TO THE CITY AND WE IN TURN WOULD NO LONGER PAY THE $1,000 STIPEND.
SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT GET ANY REVENUE ON THIS LOCATION.
FOR LB HOUSTON AND SAMUEL GRAND.
YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE TWO CENTERS.
THE CONTRACTS, UM, FOR THOSE STARTED IN 2019 WITH IMPACT ACTIVITIES.
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ORIGINALLY WE HAD A PREVIOUS VENDOR MANAGING THESE TWO LOCATIONS AND THEY DEFAULTED ON THEIR CONTRACT AND WE HAD TO HAVE THE CONTRACT AT THAT TIME.IMPACT ACTIVITIES, UM, ASSISTED US BY MANAGING ON SHORT NOTICE AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHILE WE PUT AN RFP OUT FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
UM, THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, IMPACT ACTIVITIES WAS AWARDED BOTH LOCATIONS AND THEY ARE ALSO IN THE RENT MODEL BEING MONTHLY GROUND.
THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY, UH, AT THESE FACILITIES FOR LB HOUSTON ARE 56,000 FOR LB HOUSTON AND OVER 67,000 FOR SAMUEL GRAND.
AND BOTH LOCATIONS ALSO OFFER JUNIOR AND ADULT TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE COVERS THE ATTENDANCE HISTORY AT ALL, UH, FOUR CENTERS.
AND IT'S FOR THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS.
SO WE HAVE FRED'S AVERAGING AROUND 52,000 IN ATTENDANCE.
SAMUEL GRANT AROUND 31,000 AND KEYS TO AROUND 11,000.
THIS SLIDE COVERS THE 10 FEES AND THERE ARE TWO QUARTER TWO CATEGORIES FOR FEES AT TENNIS CENTERS.
THOSE THAT ARE MANDATED BY THE CITY AND THOSE AUTHORIZED FOR THE CONTRACTOR DISCRETION.
CITY MANDATED FEES PROVIDE A RANGE THAT CONTRACTORS CAN CHARGE FOR COURT RENTALS, WHICH INCLUDE REGULAR LEAGUE PLAY AND TOURNAMENTS.
THE CONTRACT DISCRETION FEES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OPERATIONS AND INCLUDE RETAIL AND PRO SHOP FEES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING.
OKAY, THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE RFP PROCESS.
THE RFP BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2025.
WENT OUT FOR BID IN LATE MARCH AND WE CLOSED ON APRIL 18TH.
THE SCORING SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 30TH AND THE GOLF AND RACKET SPORTS AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS BRAVED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
AND ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS BRAVED ON DECEMBER 11TH.
DURING THAT TIME, WE WERE STILL IN A OPEN PROCUREMENT AND WE COULD NOT DISCUSS VENDOR NAMES.
UM, BUT BOTH OF THOSE COMPANIES DID SUPPORT US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSER AT THE TIME.
OKAY, THIS, THIS SLIDE COVERS THE KEY RFP SPECIFICATIONS AND HOW THEY CAN COMPARE TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTS.
RFP SPECIFICATIONS, UH, REQUIRED PROPOSALS TO BE A CERTIFIED TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL PROFESSIONAL.
IN OUR CURRENT OR PREVIOUS CONTRACT, IT ONLY REQUIRED A TENNIS PROFESSIONAL.
ONLY PICKLEBALL PROFESSIONALS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THOSE CONTRACTS.
UM, THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH ONE THREE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION, WHICH IS THE SAME AS OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDED THE REVENUE MODEL OPTIONS OF EITHER 50% COURT FEES OR A STRAIGHT RENT WITH THE, UM, OPTION OF COMMISSIONS WORTH.
AN NEW IN THIS RFP SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS ROUND WAS REQUIRING THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY FOR COURT RESURFACING AND WINDSCREEN REPAIRS REPLACEMENT, WHICH CURRENTLY THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IN HER CURRENT CONTRACT TERMS. SO COURT RESURFACING AVERAGES AROUND 10,000 PER QUART AND WINDSCREENS AVERAGE AROUND 10,000 PER PERCENTERS PER CENTER AS WELL.
SO PROPOSALS WERE SCORED BASED ON CAPABILITY, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OVERALL APPROACH, AND THEN PROPOSED REVENUE TO THE CITY ALONG WITH CAPITAL MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THESE THREE PROPOSERS ARE THE, UM, PROPOSALS THAT WERE SCORED WITH IMPACT ACTIVITIES BEING THE HIGHEST, UH, SCORED ACROSS ALL ELEVATIONS.
I, THIS TABLE PROVIDES A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF IMPACT ACTIVITIES, PROPOSALS BY LOCATION.
ALL LOCATIONS ARE WOULD BE ON THE RENT MODEL, WHICH WOULD INCREASE BY $1,000 EACH YEAR.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR COURT RESURFACING AND WIND SCREENS WOULD ALSO BE EXPENSED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
AND THE LISTED AMOUNT, UM, IS THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION.
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY IS OVER THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR TERM, ALONG WITH THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION.
UM, SO FOR SAVINGS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WOULD SAVE THE CITY OVER $1 MILLION ON COURT
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RESURFACE, COURT RESURFACING AND WINDSCREENS ALONE.SO IMPACT ACTIVITIES COM COMMITMENT, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IF THEY ARE AWARDED THESE LOCATIONS IS THE PLAN IS TO GRANDFATHER LEAGUES AT CASE.
SO THE LEAGUES CURRENTLY PLAYING AT CASE TENNIS CENTER WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED WITH NO PRICING CHANGES FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION ON IF THEY WERE TO BE AWARDED, UM, THESE CONTRACTS AND HAVE MANAGEMENT OF KEYS, HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION TO, UM, KEEP THE PROGRAMMING THERE AT KEYS AND NOT ONLY JUST HAVE IT THERE AT KEYS, BUT EXTEND IT ACROSS TO THE OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE CONTRACT AWARD PROCESS FOR THIS RFP.
UM, THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS BRAVED AND CONSIDERED THIS ITEM ON MARCH 5TH.
AND THEN THIS ITEM WAS AGAIN, CONSIDERED IN FULL PART BOARD ON MARCH 26TH, WHICH WHEN IT WAS DEFERRED TO TODAY'S MEETING, UM, IF SUPPORTED AND APPROVED, THIS ITEM WILL TENTATIVELY BE CONSIDERED FOR CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 27TH.
THAT I, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, YEAH, I MEAN A, A COUPLE THINGS ON THIS.
UH, I KNOW WE RECEIVED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CHANGES IN BETWEEN US TODAY AND, AND WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER FOR? SO THIS, THIS PRESENTATION ASSUMES WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE SAME PERSON FOR EIGHT YEARS.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER IF WE ONLY KEEP THE PERSON FOR FIVE YEARS AND DECIDE TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? SO YEAH.
UH, NUMBER FOR REVENUE, IT BE REVENUE.
UM, WE WOULD NEED TO CALCULATE THAT, BUT LET ME LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS, THIS UPDATES AUTOMATICALLY, ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP 'EM FOR EIGHT YEARS, I LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS WITH UP JUST IF IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT, I WANNA SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
SOMETHING LIKE 4 MILLION, IF IT'S A MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, NO, SO FOR EIGHT YEARS IT'S THE TWO, 2.1 MILLION.
SO IT WOULD BE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 1.5, A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT INITIALLY.
WAS THE FIRST CONTRACT THEN, WE'LL THE, WHOEVER IS CURRENTLY AT THE PARK BOARD AT THAT TIME CAN EXTEND IT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
THAT'S, BECAUSE THE NUMBER'S REALLY 1.5, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER.
I MEAN TWO MILLIONS A LOT, EVEN FOR SAVING ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT'S BIG, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE MARKET THAT WE'RE IN NOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE BUDGET CUTS IN THE NEXT LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS, DEPENDS ON, EXCUSE ME, ON HOW, HOW THE CLIMATE CHANGE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEHIND 5% ON TAX REVENUE.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD BE KEEPING UP 'CAUSE WE'RE ON PARK BOARD AND THAT AFFECTS US TOO IN THE FUTURE FOR 20, FOR 26 AND 27.
UM, BUT I, I LIKE, I, I LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS DID.
I LIKE THE, THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, UM, FOR THIS.
AND I WANT GRANDFATHER KEYS, WHICH IS ALSO GREAT, AND WE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IN THE SECOND YEAR.
UM, KNOWING THAT, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE CURRENT ATTENDANCE.
NOW WHY IS KEITH THE LOWEST ONE THERE? AND WE HAVE THE BEST RATES.
UM, THERE'S, UM, WELL ONE, THE CONTRACT CURRENT CONTRACTOR AS, UM, Y'ALL HEARD IN, IN HIS, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING, UH, THIS MORNING, UM, STATED THEIR THEIR INITIATIVE IS REALLY TO PROVIDE LOW COST FOR FREE PROGRAMMING AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAINLY GENERATE REVENUE OR, UM, COVER EXPENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT HE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE TANK.
SO I MEAN, IT IS BASED MAINLY ON PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS.
I'M NOT SURE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR MARKETING EFFORTS OR WHAT KIND OF OTHER PROGRAMMING THEY OFFER THERE, BUT THEIR, UM, ATTENDANCE IS GENERALLY IN AROUND NINE TO 11,000 PER YEAR.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE.
IF WE'RE DOING LOW COST AND WE HAVE THE LOWEST ATTENDANCE, THEN THERE'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE FREE OR LOW COST, YOU FIGURE YOUR NUMBERS WILL BE HIGHER OR YOU'RE GENERATING MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE.
IF THEY'RE DOING SUCH LOW COST, THAT MEANS EVEN AT LOW COST, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING IN THE FREE CUSTOMER OR, OR THE FREE COMMUNITY, THE FREE, UH, YOUTH SUPPORT.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME KIND OF, MAYBE NOT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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THEY'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.MAYBE THEY'RE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT.
'CAUSE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU HAVE FREE OR LOW COST, THE COMMUNITY BE COMING OUT IN DROVES TO ENTERTAIN.
EVERY TIME I SEE KEYS, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FULL PARK.
THEY'RE PARKING ON THE GRASS AND, AND SOMETIMES THEY PARK ON OUR WHITE GRASS AND THE GRASS IS IS IS RUINED.
BUT STILL, I JUST WANT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING THAT'S I'M QUESTIONING IS IF WE HAVE LOW COST THERE, WHY IS THE ATTENDANCE WEIGH? I THINK IT'S LIKE THE NEXT FLOOR IS ONE IS 10,000, 20,000 PEOPLE DIFFERENCE.
YEAH, IT JUST TO, I KNOW, I WHEN WAS THE LAST AUDIT DONE FOR THAT? THIS WAS BONUS, THIS QUESTION.
UM, THEIR AUDIT WAS LAST DONE, I BELIEVE ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT THEY PAID, UM, UH, REVENUE TO THE CITY AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, WHEN YOU GUYS SAY ATTENDANCE, ARE WE COUNTING VISITORS OR VISITS, UM, ACTUAL PLAYERS, UM, ON THE COURTS? SO FOR INSTANCE, IF I GO EVERY WEEK, I'M STILL JUST ONE PERSON VERSUS ATTENDANCE EVERY, EVERY VISIT.
SO IT COULD ESSENTIALLY BE EVEN AT TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES QUESTION ON THE ATTENDANCE.
IF I'M ONLY ABLE TO GO ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE I WORK THEIR OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MORE STAY AT HOME MOB THAT GO THREE TIMES A WEEK, THEY'RE GONNA HA HAVE A HIGHER ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT MAY KIND OF IMPART TO OUR QUE YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION JR.
LIKE WHY IN KEYS? SO I JUST WANNA LOOK AT NUMBER ONE, WHAT'S THE POPULATION NUMBERS AROUND KEYS VERSUS THE OTHER THREE CENTERS? AND NUMBER TWO, IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER, LIKE, STAY AT HOME MOMS THAT LIKE TO PLAY TENNIS, YOU MAY HAVE WORK WITH TENNIS AND THE OTHER ONES VERSUS IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK EVERY DAY, THE TENNIS WOULD BE LOWER.
UM, SECOND QUESTION FOR YOUR BACKGROUND SIDE.
UM, PROBABLY SEE WHAT YEAR DID THAT START? THAT, UH, THAT AVERAGE? UM, ARE YOU THE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SLIDE FIVE? CAN WE GO TO SLIDE FIVE? SLIDE FIVE, YES.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THAT CONTRACT AND WENT TO, OKAY.
SO FROM 2018 FOR THAT ONE 29TH.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW YOU SPOKE ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IS THERE A REASON KEITH DIDN'T GO TO, UM, RE BASED IN 2018 WHEN THE OTHER, WHEN BRETT DID IT WAS HOW THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED TO, NOT FOR OUR FEE.
THEY PROPOSED THE 50% COURT FEE MODEL.
WHO IS THEY? DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
BUT WHO PUT THAT PROPOSAL? WE DID, OR, YES, THE, SO THE CITY PUT IT OUT, THE OPTION WAS EITHER A 50% COURT FEE OR, OR THE RENT.
SO WE OFFERED THE OPTION IN 2018 AND NOW THE SAME THING.
SO WE OFFERED THE OPTION AGAIN.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN THESE CONTRACTS? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE? SO ANYTHING ON THE COURTS, UM, THE CONTRACTOR IS RE RESPONSIBLE, SO KEEPING THEM CLEAN.
IF THERE'S ANY TYPES OF, UM, LEADS, LEADS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE ALSO, UM, LITTER THAT IS ON THAT FACILITY.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE AS FAR AS MOWING THE GRASS.
THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE AND THE CITY IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE CURRENTLY FOR ANY OTHER TYPES OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS THE RESURFACING FENCE AND WINDSCREENS, UM, CITY BUILDINGS.
SO THE PRO SHOP ITSELF, UM, BUILD, UH, UH, FACILITY, REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT HANDLES THOSE REQUESTS.
SO IN REGARDS TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PRO SHOP? WHY WAS
BUT, UM, WITH BUILD, WORKING WITH BUILDING SERVICES, SOME OF THEIR THINGS DO TAKE SOME TIME.
UM, I KNOW THAT HERE IN THE LAST, UM, TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE, UM, WE HAVE ASKED, UM, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS TO NOTIFY OUR OFFICE WHEN THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRACK IT.
AND WE HAVE A TRACKING LOG AND WE ALSO MEET, UM, MONTHLY WITH BUILDING SERVICES TO DISCUSS ANY PENDING ITEMS. SO THE, THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED TODAY ARE, UH, A LOT OF THEM
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ARE NEW TO ME, AND I DID ASK THE SPEAKER WHAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, WHAT ARE THEY CURRENTLY STILL DEALING WITH, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.SO ESSENTIALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE HIS LIST OF THINGS THAT HE TOLD US THIS MORNING WERE ADDED.
SO THAT CASE NUMBER ON BACKGROUND COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY THAN WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE WHAT HE WAS TALKING TO REPLACE THOSE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE IN THIS BACKGROUND.
UM, THEY, I DID ASK THEM FOR A LIST OF ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THEY'VE MADE AND BASED ON WHAT THEY SUBMITTED AS WELL.
AND THAT IS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT REQUIREMENT, MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I BELIEVE THEIR REQUIREMENT WAS 50,000.
AND JUST, I'M SORRY, MY LAST QUESTION.
DO WE SEE ANY OF THE SAME, UH, MAINTENANCE COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER THREE? LIKE, UM, THEY ALL KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, MAINTENANCE REQUESTS, BUT THEY, THEY, LIKE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES HAVE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THEIR OLDER FACILITIES, IF THEY'RE NOT DEALING WITH HVAC, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH, UM, DRAINAGE OR FLOODING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE WORK WITH BUILDING SERVICES TO TRY TO GET THOSE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
UM, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE, WE'VE CREATED OUR OWN TRACKING PROCESS AND ASKED ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST SO THAT WE CAN KEEP AN EYE OUT IF SOMETHING IS TAKING LONGER THAN USUAL.
AND SO THAT WHEN WE MEET MONTHLY WITH BUILDING SERVICES, WE CAN REQUEST AN UPDATE OR TRY TO PUT SOME PRESSURE TO GET IT DONE
SO JUST THE MISMATCH AND STUFF.
UH, SO I'LL JUST, MY 41 SECONDS.
UM, I GET WHERE MR. S COMING FROM WITH THE ATTENDANCE, IT LOOKS THAT WAY.
BUT AS A FREE, AS A SINGLE MOM WHO HAD A LITTLE BOY, I USED TO PICK MY SPORTS THINGS BY WHO HAD THE LIST PRACTICES.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE HIM TO PRACTICES EVERY DAY.
SO IF HE WERE PLAYING TENNIS AND TAKE THEM ONCE A WEEK AND I'M LIKE, SIGN ME UP, THAT'S A ONCE A WEEK COMMITMENT.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME REASONS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE KNOW AS TO WHY THE ATTENDANCE IS LOWER AND THE CASE IF THAT'S HOW WE'RE COUNTING ATTENDANCE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
UM, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE PROGRESS IN THE DIRECTION OF OPTIMIZATION, STANDARDIZATION, EFFICIENCY, AND ENGAGEMENT.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN A STATEMENT SLASH REQUEST.
UH, ONE QUESTION RELATES TO, AGAIN, THE ATTENDANCE.
ATTENDANCE REALLY IS JUST THE NUMERATOR TO THE EQUATION, THE DENOMINATOR BEING THE CAPACITY, UM, AND GIVING US A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT IS THE UTILIZATION, BECAUSE HOW MANY COURTS ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY JUST HALF OF THE NUMBER.
SO LOOKING AT THAT PERCENTAGE ATTENDANCE OVER CAPACITY, HOW UNDER ATTENDED IS KEYS CURRENTLY? HOW, HOW MUCH CAPACITY IS NOT BEING USED? UM, I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PERCENTAGE OFF ARE WITH ME RIGHT NOW AND HAVEN'T CALCULATED FULLY THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, GOING BASED ON WHAT I KNOW AND HAVE SEEN AT FRETS AND THE OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, FRETS ALWAYS SAYS THEY ARE FULLY AT CAPACITY.
UM, THE OTHER DIFFERENCE, UM, THAT MIGHT PLAY A FACTOR IN IS, UM, TENNIS COURTS VERSUS PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO, UM, THE BRETT, SAMMY, BRANDON LB, HOUSTON, THEY ALL OFFER BOTH TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL.
AND KEITH ONLY OFFER OFFERS TENNIS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH PICKLEBALL BEING VERY POPULAR THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, THAT CAN ALSO FACTOR INTO THE ATTENDANCE AND UTILIZATION OF THOSE, UM, FACILITIES.
I JUST, IT IS, KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT IN PLACE COULD BE AT CAPACITY AND STILL HAVE A MUCH LOWER ATTENDANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE CAPACITY EXISTS TO HOST MORE PLAYERS AND TO HOST PICKLEBALL AS WELL.
BUT THAT ISN'T EVEN ENTIRELY CLEAR, UM, TO ME IN THIS MOMENT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO THE RFP REQUIREMENTS.
I DIDN'T SEE A REVENUE AMOUNT REQUIRED IN THE THE RFP REQUIREMENTS.
IT WAS STATED EARLIER THAT, UM, THE TENANT ASSOCIATION DIDN'T MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR CONSIDERATION.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THAT MAY MEAN FROM YOUR END? UM, SO IT WAS, THEY DID NOT FULLY, UM, THEY DID NOT FULLY ANSWER THE BID.
UM, SO IN THE BID THERE'S SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO.
AND FOR REVENUE, THEY DID NOT SUBMIT ANY.
SO JUST WAS A LACK OF AN ANSWER THERE.
IT WAS AN INCOMPLETE, NON-RESPONSIVE THEN.
UM, AND THEN THE, I'LL JUST CONCLUDE WITH THE STATEMENT.
UM, GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF IMPACT ATHLETICS,
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I, I DO APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF GRANDFATHERING IN OF LEAGUES, HOWEVER, JUST FOR ONE YEAR, IT'S SORT OF, IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE.UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, SENT THIS TO ME A LITTLE STAGGERED PERHAPS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THE RATES TO NOT CREATE THE, THE SAME AS ONCE YOU'RE GRANDFATHERING IN AND THE OTHER YEARS OF THE CONTRACT AND PERHAPS GIVING THEM SORT, SORT OF PREFERENTIAL, BUT GIVING THEM A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO KEEP THEM THERE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, I HAVE SEVERAL ACTUALLY, BUT THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST TO MAKE SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
THE PROPOSAL IMPACT ACTIVITIES IS PROPOSING TO MANAGE OUR FACILITIES AND COLLABORATING WITH DALLAS TENANTS.
FOR KEYS FOR NOT ONLY CONTINUING THE PROGRAMMING AT KEYS, BUT BASED ON THEIR CONVERSATIONS, I'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING IT TO THE OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO THAT LEADS TO, TO THE QUESTION OF KEYS.
SO WE DID TALK ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE AND THEN, UM, YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP THE CAPACITY.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AFFECTING THE ATTENDANCE.
HOWEVER, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE TO IMPROVE ACTIVITY OR IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, UH, AT THAT LOCATION? YOU KNOW, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE KEYS TO CAPACITY OR INTEGRATING PICKLEBALL OR ANY OTHER PROGRAMS. WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE TO OUR CONTRACT, WE CAN DO THAT EITHER AS A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE CONTRACT'S BEING DRAFTED.
IF IT HASN'T, UNLESS YOU DO GOT, YOU DO GOT PERFORMANCE METRICS.
YEAH, WE DO, WE DO, YOU KNOW, TRACK ALL OF THE ATTENDANCE AND UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. JENKINS SAYS HAVE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS.
BUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO MEETING A CERTAIN STANDARD, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD WOULD, UM, NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE DIRECTION ON HOW WE WE WOULD HANDLE THAT.
I, I WOULD CONSIDER, UM, NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT A PLAN WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE MEET STANDARDS WITHOUT HELPING THEM WITH IDEAS.
SO, UH, A PLAN TO IMPROVE ACTIVITY AT KEYS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, KEYS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, ATTENDANCE AND REVENUES JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHERS.
NOW I KNOW WITH THE, UH, OPTION OR THE MODEL, UH, FOR THEM TO HAVE THE 50% OFF, UM, FOR THE, INSTEAD OF RENTING THE FACILITY, I KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
IS THAT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING AS FAR AS IT'S, IT'S A BETTER OPTION TO, TO BRING IN ATTENDANCE? HAVE WE LOOKED AT, SO WHAT THAT IS FOR IS IT IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD PAY US 50% OF THEIR SUPPORT FEES.
SO I JUST, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IS JUST THE, THE PLAN WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T WANNA AWARD A CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS AND POSSIBLY EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT HAVING A PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, YOU SEE, MR.
SO, SO HE SAYS FEWER, UM, COURTS THAN DOES LIKE FRITZ? UM, NO, THEY DO ACTUALLY HAVE MORE, I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, 2 1 20 16.
YEAH, THEY HAVE 16 QUARTZ AT CASE, AND THEY, IT FRITZ HAS LIKE A DOZEN QUARTS AND A DOZEN, UM, PICKLE BALL.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE LESS, THEY HAVE MORE, THEIR FACILITY IS ALSO SPLIT WITH PICKLE BALL.
SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT THE U UH, UTILIZATION IN TERMS
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OF THE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT WAS MENTIONED.UM, BUT IN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY AND THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE SECURITY WITH THE ANIMALS BREAKING IN AND ALL THIS STUFF, IS ALL THAT STILL CURRENT? NO.
THOSE CURRENT PROBLEMS, UM, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE BACK IN 2020.
UM, SO ALL THOSE ARE FIXED, THE AIR CONDITIONING'S GOODS, NO ANIMALS GETTING IN THERE AND INSIDE THE PHONE WORK AND ALL THIS STUFF? YES.
NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO US IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AS FAR AS BREAK-INS OR, UM, I BELIEVE THE HVAC WAS, UM, COMPLETELY CHANGED OUT LAST SUMMER.
UM, SO SINCE THAT, UM, INSTALLATION OF THE HVAC, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING.
SO THE, THE FACILITY IS CLEAN AND INVITING AND SHOULD FEEL SECURE WHERE ANYBODY IN THE COMPANY, THAT'S A, A QUESTION ON ALL THE FACILITIES.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO HERE, THEY NEED TO FEEL THAT IT'S SAFE AND SECURE.
UM, WE ALSO DIDN'T HEAR WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COURTS, THE CONDITION OF THE COURTS AND CASES, THEY, ARE, THEY MAINTAINED WELL, THERE, THERE IS SOME COURT RESURFACING THAT IS BEING SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW ACROSS ALL OF OUR ATTENDANCE CENTERS.
UM, IT WAS NOT DONE LAST YEAR DUE TO SCHEDULING WITH THE VENDOR WHO DOES THE CONTRACT RESURFACING.
BUT, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO DO COURT RESURFACING BEFORE ANY NEW CONTRACT GOES.
SO PEOPLE REALLY DON'T WANNA PLAY ON A QUARTE IF THE GRASS IS GOING THROUGH THE YEAH.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION, THE LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT, UH, IMPACT, UM, VERSUS, UH, DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
I GUESS IT IS THE IMPACT STILL BE MAINTAINING THE PRICING AT LEAST THAT IT AS IT IS NOW? OR WOULD THE PRICING GO TO BECOME THE SAME AS THE OTHER CENTERS? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM IMPACT ACTIVITIES IS THEY DO, THEY DON'T LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND EACH FACILITY IS MANAGED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BASED ON PRICING AND THE DEMAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, CUSTOMERS WHO COME OUT.
SO, UM, THEY WILL ASSESS ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT'LL BE EXACT SAME PRICING AT THE, AS THE OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO OUR CHALLENGE THOUGH IS TO TRY AND GET THESE UTILIZATION UP TO WHERE, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY APPRECIATING IT AND USING, USING OUR FACILITIES.
UM, IS THERE, WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE LAST, I DON'T THINK I SAW SIGNAGE TO THE TENNIS CENTER BECAUSE THE PARK IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE TENNIS CENTER'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, IS THERE SIGNAGE THERE NOW? I BELIEVE THERE'S A SIGN IN THE MEDIAN.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A SIGN AS YOU DRIVE INTO, SO THAT'D BE A GOOD QUESTION TO SEE IF THE POPULATION IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A TENANT CENTER.
GIVE MR. SAYING MS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK AGAIN? OH, I THINK THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT I, I DO NEED TO SAY SOMETHING.
IF, IF EVERYTHING IS, IF EVERYTHING IS OKAY, AND KEITH, WHY DID THE REPRESENTATIVE GET UP AND TELL US THAT ALL THESE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE? SO WHEN HAVE WE YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY MS. OWENS, I MEAN SPEAKERS, THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT THEY OH, OKAY.
PROVIDE THE FACTS BACK TO GOOD.
SO, BUT HAVE WE GONE TO THE FACILITY AND EVERYTHING? SO YES, WE DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO DOES SPOT CHECKS AT LEAST, UM, QUARTERLY WHEN SHE'S ABLE TO, MORE OFTEN THAN QUARTERLY.
UM, SHE FILLS OUT A FORM WHERE SHE CHECKS ON CONDITIONS ON EVERYTHING THERE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT BASED ON THAT SPOT CHECK, SHE WILL SUBMIT IT.
UM, THAT'S ALSO ADDED TO OUR TRACKING MUG THAT WE WORK WITH SERVICES AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING FOUND IN THOSE SPOT CHECKS THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, SHE WILL NOTIFY THEM AS WELL.
UH, MY COMMENT WAS JUST TO SAY THAT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS AROUND THE ATTENDANCE QUESTION IS NOT HAVING PICKLEBALL, AND THAT WAS IT.
MELISSA, CAN YOU JUST TELL US THAT WHEN THE VENDOR IS RESPONSIBLE OR THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, THIS SCREENS AND THE COURTROOM SURFACING, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME THAT'S PROVIDED OR IS IT EXPECTED? UM, SO THE LISTED AMOUNTS JUST GET THE AIRPLANE, THE LISTED AMOUNTS IN THE, UM, OR THE RFP SPECIFICATION IS AN ANNUAL AMOUNT THAT,
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UM, THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AS FAR AS, UM, COMPLETING IT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.UM, WE WOULD NEED, WE WOULD ADD THAT
I'M ASKING ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME.
SO WE, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ESTABLISH THAT WITH THE CONTRACTOR AS PART OF THE ONBOARDING FOR THEIR NEW CONTRACT AND THE AT TENNIS CENTER OPERATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THEM IF THEY GET AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
YEAH, THANK YOU MS. MORE, I GUESS ONE MORE QUESTIONS.
WHILE WE GET TO NEXT, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON, WE'LL GET BACK TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, POINT ONLY POINT FOR YEAH.
OH, I THINK BEFORE WE, UH, GET THERE, I THINK WE SEE OUR ANOTHER ESTEEM COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE, I HEARD YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT OR SOMETHING, SIR? I WOULD, YEAH.
WELL, BY THE WAY, JUST TO INFORM YOU, WE BOTH DID APPROVE THE RENAMING OF THE SOCCER FIELD, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY,
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE.
UH, PERSONALLY, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF RENAMING FRANK WISE WITH BOULDER PARK AS WELL AS THE ONE, I HAD A COUPLE OF CONFLICTS, SO I COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, BUT ALSO RENAMING AND HONOR OF, UH, THE COACH AT RED BEAR.
AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE KERN PARK BOARD MEMBER FOR HER LAST MEETING, UH, HERE AS WELL, JUST TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU SERVED AND THOSE THINGS AND THE VISION THAT, UH, WE BOTH SHARED IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD BE IN DISTRICT THREE.
UH, AND FOR THE TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE, YOU EXECUTED WONDERFULLY, YOU SERVED WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOU SERVED SO MUCH.
THAT'S SO KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE AND COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
COUNCIL, UH, WITH THAT WE GET TO AGENT TIME, WE CAN THIS NUMBER EIGHT TRACK SPORTS CENTER PROFESSIONAL MANAGER CONCESSION TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION.
UM, MR. VERTA, DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. TOY AND MR. TOY? UH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
SORRY, I HAD A MOTION THAT I WANTED TO OKAY, SORRY.
MY MOTION WOULD BE TO SEPARATE THE QUESTION TO SEPARATE SPECIFICALLY GETTING KEYS PART, UM, TO BE SEPARATELY VOTED ON.
SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR TO IS TO SEPARATE THE KEY PART.
THIS IS NOT A DEBATABLE MOTION, BUT I WOULD LOVE, UH, MR. JENKINS TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, YEAH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE CONVERSATION WITH, UH, REGARDING KEITH'S TENNIS CENTER, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHY THE RFP WAS PUT OUT, ONE, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS UP, AND TWO, THERE'S BEEN THE CHARGE OF THIS BOARD BILL AS TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS GOING FORWARD, BUT ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, PROVIDE DIFFERENT OFFERINGS TO ALL OUR PARK PATRONS.
SO THE RFP WAS DESIGNED TO GET, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FOUR THINGS WAS, ONE IS TO MAKE SURE IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM OFFICE.
TWO, HOW DO WE REDUCE OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS, UH, ACROSS THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THREE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL ATTENDANCE AND REVENUE? THAT'S THE GIST OF THE RFP.
I HAVE TO BE LIMITED ON WHAT I CAN SAY BECAUSE IT'S STILL AN ACTIVE RFP.
HOWEVER, DTA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THE NICHE OF PROGRAMMING THAT THEY PROVIDE.
AND I'VE BEEN KNOWING DTA FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, OR 20 SOMETHING YEARS THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING PROGRAMMING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
HOWEVER, I WAS OKAY WITH MOVING THIS FORWARD.
WELL, ONE, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND AS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT, FAR AS THE BIDS, THEY HAVE MET THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
AND SO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THEY DO THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS.
I DON'T HAVE A SAY FAR AS WHO GETS AWARDED OR NOT.
IT'S A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT'S HANDLED BY PROCUREMENT FOLLOWING
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STATE LAWS PROCESS FAR AS GOING OUT FOR BIDS.UH, I'M SORRY, UH, THE BIDDER, UH, WAS SUCCESSFUL FAR AS FOLLOW THAT PROCESS AND DTA WAS NOT AWARDED.
MA'AM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT DTA DO BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OFFERINGS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WORKING MORE WITH, UH, THEY ARE A NONPROFIT.
AND MY, AND TO MR. DELLA CRUZ'S POINT, SHE DID MENTION EARLIER THAT, AND ABOUT DTA AND JOHN BRAIN DID ON MY CURRENT OPERATOR, UH, IMPACT ACTIVITIES IS WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE DTA PROVIDES THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE IMPACT ACTIVITIES, PROVIDE ANOTHER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AND IT'S MORE FOCUSED MORE ON THE BUSINESS ASPECT, WHICH WE NEED TO OPERATE OUR CENTERS, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE NONPROFIT TO PROVIDE THAT OTHER SEPARATE NICHE.
AND AS LONG AS THOSE TWO AGREE TO THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A WIN-WIN.
AND, BUT I CAN'T, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT WAS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE CANNOT FORCE IMPACT ACTIVITIES TO AGREE TO THAT.
THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTARILY AGREE THAT THEY WANNA INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR CONTRACT FOR SOME LEVEL WORKING WITH DTA.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT AWARD, UH, THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, IMPACT ACTIVITIES WAS THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT ALL WE LOOKED AT AND, AND, AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT TO MAKE A DECISION.
UH, I, I HOPE I COVERED EVERYTHING, BUT I KNOW THE THINGS BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, PLAN GOING FORWARD, IF, IF WHEN, IF IMPACT ACTIVITIES AS PART OF WHEN THEY'RE FINALIZING THE CONTRACT, YEAH, WE CAN PUT THINGS IN THERE.
LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T SEE ATTENDANCE GO UP, WE WANNA SEE A REMEDIATION.
SO WE GIVE YOU LIKE SIX MONTHS.
BUT THE GOAL OVERALL FOR THIS CONTRACT WAS IMPROVE, EXPAND, AND FOR REVENUES.
SO, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS, I THINK YOU, YOU ARE NOT OPPOSED TO SEPARATING.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS VOTE, UH, UH, MR. TOY, MR. MOTION TO SEPARATE KEYS.
I HAVE, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON OUR ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT ONLY FOR THREE SIDES.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? UH, MR. BERTA? MR. GOOD.
ANY DISCUSSION? AND IF ANY CLARIFICATION NEEDED, I CAN.
SO NOW WE ARE VOTING ON TO APPROVE, UH, THE CONTRACT FOR SESSION CONTRACT FOR THREE SITES, WHICH IS FRED SELBY, HOUSTON, AND SAMUEL GRANT AND THE CENTER.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH NO DISCUSSION? UH, SO YEAH, MR. TOY, GO AHEAD.
I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT MY HAND WAS RAISED SOON ENOUGH, BUT I WOULD LIKE, NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM, UM, SEPARATED TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO DEFER KEYS.
LET'S FINISH VOTING ON THIS AND THEN WE CAN SET THAT STILL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE VOTING ON VOTING CONTRACT FOR FRED
UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? YEAH, NO MORE DISCUSSION.
SO NOW SINCE WE HAVE YOU MR. TO NOW, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, DEFER KEYS.
SO MR, DO HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER KEYS? I NEED A SECOND.
OKAY, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, SORRY.
YOU NEED TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE NEXT MEETING OR CERTAIN, OKAY.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC, UH, NEXT MEETING, TWO MEETINGS, MS. TOS, THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING.
SO
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS DEBATABLE SINCE IT'S, UH, I DON'T KNOW MR. MADAM ATTORNEYS NOT THERE.
I, I WAS TOLD IT'S NOT AGAINST, SO WE'LL JUST VOTE.
IS THAT REASON LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SO ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS UNDER TRYING, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON TO SEPARATE IT, WHY WE WOULD WANT TO VOTE ON IT SEPARATE IS ALREADY DONE.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SEPARATING IT.
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WANT TO DIVERT? UH, MR. THOMPSON CAN SPEAK MORE, BUT I THINK, YES.WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON, KIND OF BASED ON SOME INFORMATION WE HEARD TODAY AS WELL, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO TALK WITH, UH, DTA AND WITH, IN OTHER WORDS, A SUCCESSOR WHO BIDDER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE IMPACT ACTIVITIES ABOUT SOME MORE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO WORK WITH DTA? IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M, I'M GONNA SUPPORT MR. TOS.
UH, IF THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT MR. TOS IS, UH, HE'S A, A POWERFUL VOICE.
HE'S A GREAT PARK BOARD MEMBER.
AND, AND IF, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET THAT COMMUNITY, HIS COMMUNITY, WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL FULLY SUPPORT IT.
MR.
YEAH, I, THE ONLY REASON I HAVE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE THIS BACK THROUGH THE BEGINNING, ARE WE? NO, NO.
OH, IF FAR TO TRY TO GET A COUPLE, COUPLE LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE IN THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I, I'M NOT FORWARD TAKING IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING, I PROMISE YOU THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR FOR DEFERMENT TO NEXT BOARD MEETING? CALL IN, PEOPLE SAY, AYE.
I HAVE, SO I GUESS WE ARE DONE WITH THIS NUMBER EIGHT, RIGHT? YEAH.
I WAS GONNA HAVE, UH, KALOS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PROVIDE A BRIEFING.
I'M, I'M, BY THE WAY, I'M BACK.
MR. PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD, KALOS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OG G PARISH PARK AND UPDATE ON THE STATUS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS THERE WAS A REQUEST BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO STOP WORK ON THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THERE WERE COMMUNITY CONCERNS FROM A MEETING THAT WE GAVE THEM ON MARCH 23RD.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE OVERALL SITE PLAN, COST AND COMPLETION, UH, PROJECTION SCHEDULE, THOSE SPECIFIC CONCERNS, AS WELL AS SOME CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK, THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THREE PHASES, BUT WE WON'T ADDRESS THOSE TODAY.
JUST PHASE ONE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES.
THERE'S A LIGHTED LOOP, UH, LOOP TRAIL, A PLAYGROUND.
THERE'S AN ATHLETIC FIELD, BUT THERE'S NOT A TRACK THAT'S BEEN DE-SCOPE.
THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT, LIGHT PARKING LOT AND DRIVES A SERVICE DRIVE OF, UH, EMERGENCY DRIVE, LIGHT SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO CEDAR CREST AND KEAST, A MONUMENT AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS, NATIVE SEED MIX.
AND I'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU IN THE PICTURES, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SECOND FURNISHINGS, BENCHES, TRASH CANS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION ENHANCEMENTS.
SO FOR THE NUMBERS, THE COST PER DESIGN WAS 1.2 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDED A MASTER PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, JB AND COMPANY, THEIR CONTRACTS FOR $8 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 9.2 MILLION.
THE FUNDING COMES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, PRIMARILY 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
THE EQUITY FUNDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND THE SCHEDULE.
SO FOR BACKGROUND, FOR PLANNING PURPOSES IN THE DESIGN PHASE, THERE WERE TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS HELD IN 2023, BOTH IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER, AS WELL AS WE GAVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY IN MARCH OF 26.
THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT, AND THIS IS WHEN THE PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED BACK AT THE END OF MARCH FOR APPROXIMATELY 60.5% COMPLETED.
THE PROJECTED COMPLETION IS THIS FALL, FALL 26.
SO HERE'S A, A RENDERING OF THE OVERALL SITE PLAN.
AGAIN, THE TRACK HAS BEEN DELETED, BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE IT'S A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PARK.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE LOOP TRAIL AND THE SERVICE TRIBE OF THE SOUTH.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU OTHER PICTURES.
SO HERE'S A PICTURE FROM, I BELIEVE THE NORTH, LOOKING SOUTH AT THE ATHLETIC FIELD.
YOU CAN SEE THE PLAYGROUND IN THE PLAYGROUND IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE FIELD.
IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE PLAYGROUND RENDERING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE BASKETBALL COURT TO THE LEFT, AND NOW A CLOSE UP ON THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF, A RENDERING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN FINALLY, A LOOP TRAIL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BLACK LINE THAT CROSSES THE PATH AND CROSSES BOTH OF THE PLOTS OF GRASS, THAT'S THE NATIVE SEED MIX JUST TO BREAK UP THE, THE TERRITORY.
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SO I DO CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY IN THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT.SO UTILITIES HAVE BEEN LAYING 100%, THE PAVING 100%.
WE DID THAT AT THE END OF MARCH.
THEY WERE LAYING THAT REPORTING THAT FAST AND FURIOUS PAVING OF LOOP TRAIL, 80% COMPLETE.
THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN ORDERED, THAT'S WHY I PUT IT AT 50%.
AND THEN THE INSTALLATION IS THE SECOND PART OF IT FOR THE REMAINING 50%.
THE ATHLETIC FIELD HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT LIGHTING, APPROXIMATELY 70% THE GRADING.
AND THAT TAKES US RIGHT UNTIL THE END.
LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, THOSE WILL BE THE FINAL PIECES OF THE PUZZLE AS WELL AS THE SITE AMENITIES.
HERE WE GO WITH A FEW, UH, CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS, PRIMARILY THE FORMING AND THE POURING AND THE CURING OF THE, UH, SERVICE DRIVE AND THE LEAD TRAIL.
SEE SOME PICTURES THERE FROM MID TO LATE MARCH.
IN FACT, THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE COMMITTEE MEETING OF MARCH 23RD WHEN THAT WAS DONE.
ALRIGHT, SO ONTO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS.
THERE WERE, UM, CONCERNS AND ACTUALITIES THAT THE SOIL HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED.
SO, QUICK BACKGROUND, THERE WERE TWO LEAD SMELTERS IN THE AREA, AND THERE HAD BEEN EVIDENCE OF, UH, CONTAMINATED SOILS BY LEAD AT THREE OF THE FORMER RESIDENCES.
IN 2021, ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT AND ESA PHASE ONE WAS DONE.
HOTSPOTS MEANS THAT THERE WAS LEAD, THERE WAS CONTAMINATED SOIL.
AND THOSE THREE RESIDENCES IN APRIL OF 22, TCEQ, THEY APPROVED THE ESA.
THAT'S A REPORT THAT'S GENERATED.
THEY APPROVED THAT ESA IN 23, THE CITY DEVELOPED A REMEDIATION PLAN, WHICH IS APPROVED BY TCEQ.
SEPTEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR OF 23.
THE REMEDIATION WAS COMPLETED.
24 TCEQ ISSUED A LETTER APPROVING REMEDIATION WAS COMPLETED.
AND THEN FINALLY IN 25, TCEQ ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION STATING CADILLAC HEIGHTS PARK MEETS TCEQ PROTECTIVE LEVELS FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND USE, WHICH A PARK FALLS WITHIN AND CERTIFICATE IS WHAT IS REQUIRED, UH, IS REQUIRED FOR PARK USE.
SORRY, THE SECOND COMMUNITY CONCERN THAT THE PARK IS BEING BUILT IN A FLOODPLAIN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PARK, THAT'S THE 100 YEAR STORM FLOODLINE.
SO THE PARK IS 99 TO 100% OUTTA THAT 100 YEAR STORM FLOODLINE OR FLOODPLAIN.
AND THAT'S TAKEN FROM THE FEMALE WEBSITE RIGHT THERE AND FROM OUR, OUR ARCHITECT.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, TO PUT THIS IN FULL CONTEXT FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT'S INFORMATION OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PARK IS NOT SAFE.
THERE'S CONTAMINATION OR IT'S IN THE FLOOD PLAN.
BUT WHAT WE WANNA DO, LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE IN THIS DEPARTMENT, IS WHEN THOSE TYPE OF RUMORS GET OUT THERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE INFORM THE PUBLIC, MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND ONE, THE PARK IS SAFE, TWO IS MET ALL THE EPA REQUIREMENTS.
AND THREE, WE WOULDN'T DARE BUILD A PARK NOWHERE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM, UH, THAT IS, THAT'S ON CONTAMINATED SOIL.
AND DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OVER 420 PARKS.
WE HAVE BUILT ALL OF THOSE PARKS, AND I ASSURE YOU HALF OF THOSE PARK, WELL, EVERY PARK, NUMBER ONE HAS TO HAVE AN ESA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DONE FOR CONTAMINATION.
AND WE CANNOT EVEN START ON A PARK OR BUILD A PARK WITHOUT THAT APPROVAL.
SO I JUST WANNA REASSURE THE PUBLIC AND REASSURE THE BOARD THAT YOU WOULD NEVER BE ABLE A PARK IN, IN AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT YET WE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO TRY TO REMEDY A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL INJUSTICE BY NOW TURNING IT INTO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT LIKE OG G PARISH PARK.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT PLENTY OF TIMES ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM FOR YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND, NO, THIS IS TO IMPROVE THE SITE, NOT TO, UH, AND THE SITE IS SAFE AND IT'S NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU MR. UH, DIRECTOR LOANS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I SEE MR. LET MR. TWENTIES GO FIRST.
YEAH, I WANTED TO SAY, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU JOHN.
UM, I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT HE MENTIONED, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TIME TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
UM, SINCE THAT MEETING, THE, UH, PARK AND REC STAFF WERE AT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE'VE
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SINCE MET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL TO GET FULLY BRIEFED ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD AROUND THE PARK.AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE REPORTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ME, UM, THE PARK AND ITS LAND MEETS THE HIGHEST GRADE OF, UM, OF SAFETY AND QUALITY, UM, TO PROVIDE A PARK.
UM, SO I I I APP, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIDELITY AND, UM, AND OPEN COMMUNICATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AMENITY BEING IN CADILLAC HEIGHTS, UM, AND IT BEING SOMETHING THAT CAN, CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE TO BE CLOSER TO, UH, TO NATURE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME IN OUR, IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SHARE.
UM, BACK TO DIRECTOR JENKINS' POINT, I, I, I FULLY TRUST WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT WHAT TYPE OF LIKE CONFIRMATIONS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT ONCE THAT REMEDIATION IS DONE, THAT THAT SOIL TREATMENT OR WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS, IS ACTUALLY SAFE AND LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE CAN PUT UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW THAT.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY PROCESS AROUND THAT? JUST AN EXTRA WARM AND FUZZY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION MR. CREAMY.
SO, UM, IT'S A VERY REGIMENTED PROCESS.
THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT.
AND IT STARTS WITH AN INITIAL ESA AND IT ULTIMATELY CONCLUDES WITH A VERY FORMAL CLEARANCE LETTER THAT'S ISSUED BY THE STATE.
IT'S FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
SO, UM, IT'S A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.
IN THE CASE OF THIS PROJECT, IT WENT ON A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR TO US CONVINCING THE PROJECT.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT VERY FORMAL DOCUMENTATION FROM THE STATE SHOWING, AS MR. TOY'S MENTIONED, IT DOES MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ALWAYS PURSUE WHEN WE DEVELOP A PARK.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION.
IT IS VERY OFFICIAL AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED.
WE DO HAVE IT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
YEAH, AND, AND I SEE NO OTHER HANDS.
AND, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT BY FIXING THIS PARK, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE HEIGHTS ACROSS THE STREET, KEITH MAR AND JUST BUNCH OF STUFF THERE.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TREMENDOUSLY JUST BY RE REFURBISHING THIS PARK AND GETTING IT, GETTING THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND EVERYTHING BUILT.
SO WE CAN JUST SEE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY.
I KNOW WE CAN'T HELP THE FLOOD 'CAUSE WE ARE NEAR A HUNDRED FLOOD ZONE.
I LIVE IN A HUNDRED FLOOD ZONE IN OAK CLIFF, ELOISE LUNGS IN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD ZONE.
SO THEY TEND TO GET WET EVERY NOW.
AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE LIKE LAST YEAR, JULY, BETWEEN JULY 6TH AND NINTH, WE GOT THE MOST RAIN IN DALLAS.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN A FLOOD ZONE.
SO WE'LL DO THAT WITH EACH TIME IT, IT HAPPENS.
BUT KNOWING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS IMPROVING THEIR STORM SYSTEM ALSO, IT'S ALSO HELPING US MEDIATE THAT ALSO.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT JOB OF SEEING THIS, HOPEFULLY FOR ME, UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY SAFETY OFF THE GROUND, BUT ALSO SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEXT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ACCESSIBLE AND WEB CONTENT UPDATE? MADAM SECRETARY? UH, WE DO NOT.
THEY NEEDED TO RESCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY HAD A, ANOTHER MEETING THAT THEY'RE DOING UP TIME, BUT LEFT THIS FIND ANOTHER FIVE.
SO THERE'S A NEW FEDERAL LAW THAT'S GOING INTO PLACE THAT AFFECTS HOW WEB AND LOCAL CONTENT NEEDS TO APPEAR AND BE ACCESSIBLE, UM, ON CITY WEBSITES, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE BOARD.
AND, AND ARE THEY, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK A HALF QUESTION.
ARE THEY THE ONLY ONE IN ENGLISH? UM, I'M, I, I DO NOT KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM OUR, UH, OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT WAS GONNA COME THIS MORNING, BUT, UM, WE'LL HAVE THEM BACK TO ANSWER ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS.
BUT THAT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
I BELIEVE IT HAS TO DO WITH IF THERE ARE IMAGES ONLINE THAT THEY ARE READABLE, UH, FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU COVER A PHOTOGRAPH FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOULD DESCRIBE THAT PHOTOGRAPH OR PEOPLE THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
IT AFFECTS PDF DOCUMENTS, IMAGES AND THAT.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL UPDATE YOU, UH, MORE THOROUGHLY.
THE REASON I SAY THAT, BECAUSE IF WE ARE, IF THAT IS ONE OF THE RULES, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR WEBSITE CAN ALSO BE, IF YOU GO, IF YOU, THERE'S A PROGRAM I'LL TALK TO WHOEVER NEEDS OTHER OR IT CAN AUTOMATICALLY BE IN THE LANGUAGE THAT PERSON SPEAKS,
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YOU KNOW, IF, IF WHETHER IT'S AN ENGLISH FACE LANGUAGE WEBSITE, JUST FYI.SO WE MAYBE FIX THAT IF THAT IS THE ISSUE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS NO UPDATE.
AND, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 7 BUDGET UPDATES SAYS YES ON HERE.
RACHEL'S OFF THE HOT SEAT TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST WELCOME EVERYBODY FOR THE MY PARK DAY AT ELMWOOD PARK PARKWAY ON APRIL, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY FOR NINE TO 12 ELWOOD PARKWAY.
PUT ON YOUR, UH, YOUR DIRTY SHOES AND YOUR GLOVES AND COME HELP US CLEAN UP THE, THE PARKWAY.
AND ALSO, OAK CLIFF HAS THIS BIG EARTH DAY, LIKE EVERY YEAR AT LAKE CLIFF PARK FROM NOON TO FIVE.
UH, ONE OF OUR OLDEST PARKS AT LAKE CLIFF.
SO IF YOU WANNA COME BY AND HANG ON AND WE CAN PARK, WE BOTH OF YOU THERE TO OAK CLIFF.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, I DO.
UH, I DO WANNA, UH, RECOGNIZE TODAY WE HAVE WITH US, UH, SEAN JOHNSON, WHO IS A NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
YOU ALL DID RECEIVE A MEMO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UH, SEAN HAS AN EXTENSIVE PARK AND RECREATION, UH, EXPERIENCE.
HE'S BEEN A PARK PROFESSIONAL FOR AT LEAST ALMOST, UH, WHAT CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.
HE'S, UH, UH, HE USED TO WORK FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, BUT HE LEFT US TO GO BE A PARK DIRECTOR AND LANCASTER, AND THEN MOVED ON TO BE THE WELL PARK DIRECTOR AND LIBRARY DIRECTOR IN LAN LANCASTER.
AND THEN HE MOVED ON TO BE THE PARK DIRECTOR FOR UNIVERSITY PARK.
HE ALSO SERVES ON THE NATIONAL RECREATION PARK ASSOCIATION BOARD, UH, NRPA.
AND HE HAS BROUGHT MANY NEW IDEAS AND NEW WAYS OF DOING PARK BUSINESS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID LOVE ABOUT SEAN, I HAD A CHANCE GO VISIT, UH, A LOT OF HIS SITES IS, AND ALSO CON HAVE CONVERSATION WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS ON THE BOARD.
UH, BUT I JUST LIKE THE INNOVATIVE THINGS HE BRINGS.
UH, 'CAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT HAS TO CONTINUE TO, WE FOCUS ON LARGE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I'M GONNA NEED SOMEONE TO REALLY FOCUS ON FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT AND OPERATIONAL, HOW DO WE FOCUS ON THE NEW TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS WE NEED SO WE CAN KEEP PROVIDING THESE AFFORDABLE PROGRAMS AND ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY FOR THESE OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS. BUT WE GOTTA TAKE OUR CORE PROGRAMS. SO SEAN, ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF REAL QUICK? YES, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, IT IS TRULY A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT, BUT ME, UH, THIS IS WHAT I CALL HOME.
UH, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN DALLAS, WAS A LATCHKEY KID, UH, GROWING UP IN, IN OAK CLIFF.
UH, LEARNED HOW TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AND TAP THE KEY PARK AND, UH, FIRST RECREATION, UH, SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE AT
AND SO I HAVE A, A, A TRUE LOVE FOR PARKS AND, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I DO WANT MY WIFE SURPRISED ME, DO WANNA RECOGNIZE HER.
SHE, I DEFINITELY CONSIDER IT A BLESSING, UH, TO BE IN THIS PROFESSION, TO BE IN A SERVICE INDUSTRY.
UM, SO MUCH SO I, UM, CHANGED MY MAJOR IN COLLEGE AND UNDERGRAD.
I WORKED FOR THE SPARKS DEPARTMENT.
I WAS A SUMMER CAMP LEADER FOR, FOR THREE SUMMERS, UH, AROUND THE NINETIES.
UH, THEN CAME BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT IN, UH, 2001 AS A REC CENTER SUPERVISOR WITH FIRESIDE REC CENTER, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DIRECTOR JENKINS.
AND, UH, KIND OF WORKED OUR WAY UP THROUGH THE CAREER LADDER, REC CENTER MANAGEMENT PARK, MAINTENANCE DISTRICT OVER ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT TWO.
THAT WAS MY AREA OF THE END AQUATICS.
UM, AND THIS STILL, AGAIN, JUST HAVING THAT, THAT LOVE AND PASSION FOR PEOPLE AND PARTS OF WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UH, UNPAID LIKE YOU ALL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND THANK YOU THE JOB THAT YOU DO TO ENSURE THAT PARKS REMAIN RELEVANT.
AND SO I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN.
IT'S A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME.
UM, JOHN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TITLES AND, AND, AND THE RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
BUT THE TITLE THAT I'M MOST PROUD ABOUT IS BEING HOMEGROWN WITH DALLAS PARKS RECREATION.
THAT'S WHAT MEANS THE MOST TO ME.
AGAIN, I, I'M HUMBLE BY, I CONSIDER A BLESSING TO BE HERE AND SERVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE GREAT TEAM WITH DIRECT VIRGINIAS HAD PUT TOGETHER AND THE COMPLIMENT WAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
AND I JUST, UH, HELPED MOVE THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD.
UH, A COMMENT AND THEN A QUESTION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M A NO SEE, I'M A PLAYGROUND JUNKIE, UH, CARRUTH PARK, COFFEE PARK
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PARKS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PLAYGROUNDS IN THE METROPLEX.WE WANNA HAVE THE BEST, VERY BEST PLAYGROUNDS TOO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF NEW PLAYGROUNDS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE BOND THAT WE VOTED PAST.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU, YOU DIDN'T TELL US, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF RECREATION IN OUR PARK PORTFOLIO? WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO IN THE PARK? THANK, THANK YOU.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
THOSE, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY SOME FUN PROJECTS OVER IN, OVER THE UNIVERSITY PARK.
UH, AND THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
I'M, I'M VERY BIG ON COMMUNITY.
SOME KIND OF
UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING BUILD SOMETHING WE THINK IS MORE PROFESSIONALS.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M TAKING COPIOUS NOTES, HEARING THINGS THAT ARE COMMENT OPEN, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS, AND, UH, AND FROM YOU ALL TODAY.
UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE JOY I GET OUT OF IT BEING TO CONNECT PEOPLE, UH, WITH, WITH IDEAS TO TANGIBLE ACTION.
'CAUSE WE ALL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I LOVE THE MOST, JUST BEING ABLE TO CONNECT ACROSS THE TABLE, UH, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BEST PARTS SYSTEM.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO ON THE PARTTIME?
WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF RECREATION? YEAH, FAVORITE, FAVORITE FORM RECREATION BECAUSE I WAS A, UH, FOOTBALL PLAYER.
UH, JUST TO SEE ATHLETICS IN OUR PARK, TEXAS, TAKE RIGHT RECORD,
UM, I FIRST GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET YOU, UM, WHEN YOU WERE MY PARK BOARD REP, AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR THAT HE HELPED PLANT, UM, THE FIRST TREE THAT I WAS FIGHTING FOR AT EVERGLADE PARK.
AND SO I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME, AND HONESTLY, YOUR REPUTATION IN THE CITY, UM, IN THE PARK SPACE IS IMPECCABLE.
UM, YOU FOUND YOUR ROLE, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO AND YOU'RE GOOD AT IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BACK TO US.
UM, I SEE A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE, UM, FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH YOUR HELP AND LEADERSHIP.
AND, AND I THOUGHT YOU, I, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A HIGHLAND PARK KID BECAUSE THAT WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM
UH, OUR NEXT PART BOARD MEETING IS THURSDAY, MAY 7TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM.
ANY OTHER NEW ITEMS TO DISCUSS SEEING, HEARING NO NEW BUSINESS RIGHT NOW? YOU ON THE, UH, PART BOARD MEETING AT 12:28 PM GOOD STUFF.