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GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE WILY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER THE
[ Parks and Recreation Board on November 13, 2023.]
13TH. 2023. IT'S 535 PM WE'RE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 300 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD BUILDING 100, WHILE THE TEXAS 75 098. A REMINDER IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES, PLEASE MEET THEM. AND AS WE CONDUCT THE MEETING, WAIT FOR THE COACH. BASE CHAIR TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. BUT, UM DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE THAT ARE NON AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY AT THE RECORDS SHOW THERE'S NO COMMENTS. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST ITEM. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH 2023 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. THEY HAVE EMOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 11TH 2023 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETINGS MINUTES. HAVE A SECOND NICK. SECOND MOTION. UH HUH. I'M READY TO VOTE.THAT WILL LIMIT. BUT SURE HANDS THOSE IN FAVOR. THEY'RE SUPPOSED . HMM LETS THE RIGOR SHOULDER FOUR IN FAVOR. THE REAL AGAINST MOTION PASSES. SECOND REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE WILY HIGH SCHOOL. PTS A PIRATE DASH. FIVE K WALK FUNDRAISER EVENT AT FOUNDER'S PARK ON APRIL 13TH 2024. OKAY BOARD, SO THIS IS A REPEAT EVENT. WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THIS RUN. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD IT AT FOUNDERS PART AH, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE WORK WITH THE APPLICANT. ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, IT WILL SET UP FOR THEM. IT IS DURING THE SPORT SEASONS. HOWEVER WE TYPICALLY WILL BLOCK THIS DATE OUT. LET ALL THE YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS KNOW THAT NO ACTIVITY CAN HAPPEN AT FOUNDER'S PARK. UNTIL AFTER 1 P.M. WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY NEEDED TILL ABOUT NOON THAT DAY. WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE PIZZA HERE IF YOU AT THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS UM OR I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE. LET'S GO. IT'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE EVENT WITH THE I'M SORRY. I JUST HAD A YEAH. YEAH. IS THE REPAIRS AND THE FIELD RENOVATION AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WAS DO WE EXPECT THOSE TO BE COMPLETED AND FOUNDERS PART TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE? BY THEN.
YES. NOW THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE PROJECT UPDATE, BUT YES, THE FIELD RENOVATIONS AT, UH FOUNDERS SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THEN. I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 90 DAYS. UM. I SEE A START TIME OF 5 A.M, BUT WHAT? WHAT TIME IS THE RACE ACTUALLY START. OKAY. AND THEN, UH. WOULD YOU MIND? WOULD YOU MIND ACTUALLY STEP? SORRY. SORRY. THERE'S A THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER. THING THERE ON THE. FOR THE IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE PODIUM. SORRY THERE WE GO. OKAY. I'M SORRY. OH MY NAME IS CHRISTIANE ANNAN. AND I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR A WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL PTS A. UM THE EVENT ACTUALLY WILL START AT EIGHT AM FIVE AM AND SO WE CAN START SETTING UP I ANTICIPATE WE WILL BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH EVERYTHING BY 11 AND THAT NOONE WILL JUST GIVE US TIME TO KIND OF CLEAN EVERYTHING UP, OKAY? IS IT JUST ONE HEAT OR THERE WILL DO ONE MILE FUN RUN, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY KIDS WILL DO THAT. AND THEN WE WILL THAT STARTS AT EIGHT AND AT 830. WE WILL HAVE THE START OF THE FIVE K AND THE FIVE K. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE ROUTE YET, BUT IT WON'T BE ON ANY OF THE FIELDS. IT WILL BE ON
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THE IT WILL ALL BE ON PAVED. AND WE MIGHT WORK WITH THE CITY TO BLOCK OUT HENSLEY ROAD, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. I'M FIGURING IT OUT. AND THEN I'M SORRY. ONE MORE, UM, PROCESS PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO PTS A. UM A PORTION OF THAT PROCEEDS GOES TO TOWARDS THE SENIOR CLASS AND THEIR SENIOR CLASS CELEBRATION AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL PROCEEDS. I THINK IT'S LIKE A 7030 SPLIT AND 30% GOES BACK PTS A DONATED BACK TO WILEY HIGH SCHOOL TO THEIR, UM MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? SO YOU SAID YOU MIGHT YOU. YOU MIGHT HAVE HAVE TO HAVE THE POLICE TOO. COULD I TURN OFF SEATS, BUT YOU SIT. THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD YEAR. SO THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO EVERY YEAR. WE'VE KIND OF TWEAKED OUR PATH OR COURSE AND SO AS IT'S GROWN, WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT. WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THAT POINT OF ACTUALLY REQUESTED THE POLICE TO COME IN. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPAL AND DECIDING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PULL THE TRIGGER BECAUSE IT IS AN ADDITIONAL COST TO US. SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THE PRIOR YEARS THAT THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT? WELL OUR GOAL IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE ARE INCREASING OUR PARTICIPATION. SO OUR GOAL IS THAT WE HAVE A BIGGER PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR. AND THAT WILL WE DO HAVE A CERTIFIED COURSE. AND IT'S JUST EASIER TO DO A CERTIFIED COURSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOP IT. AND WHEN YOU DON'T WHEN WE DON'T USE THAT ROAD, THE CITY ROAD, THEN WE DO HAVE TO LOOP THE COURSE SO I CAN GET A LITTLE CONFUSING TO PARTICIPANTS. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT A MORE ENTICING. RACE FOR RUNNERS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING, REALLY DO WANT TO WORK ON THEIR PR BECAUSE IT'S A VERY FLAT COURSE BECAUSE WHILE HE'S VERY FLAT, SO IT'S A GOOD PLACE, AND IT'S A GOOD WEATHER. USUALLY IT'S COOL, SO PR. YES, IT'S A SATURDAY. THE MORE QUESTIONS ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE EMOTION. TO APPROVE THE SILENCE. SOMEBODY. GREAT. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE. PTS A PIRATE DASH ON APRIL 13TH 2024. SECOND NEXT. SECOND THE MOTION. WE'RE GONNA VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS. FAVOR. I'LL OPPOSE THE RECORDS SHOW FOR IN FAVOR. MOTION PASTS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE IN OUR WORK SESSION. WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE PROJECT UPDATES. ALRIGHTY SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS A LOT OF THE EXCITING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. UH I'LL START HERE ON THIS COMPLEX. FIRST THE DOG PARK. UM. THAT ONE IS WRAPPING UP REALLY QUICKLY. THE CONTRACTOR THERE IS MOVING VERY QUICK. WE'VE WE'VE HAD GOOD THINGS WITH THIS CONTRACTOR. EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING PRETTY SMOOTH. UM THEY ARE DOING GRADING WORK RIGHT NOW. THE PAVILIONS THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE PAVILIONS ONE PAVILION IN EACH PADDOCK. I JUST GOT WORD THIS MORNING THAT THOSE WILL BE DELIVERED ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK.AND THEY'LL PROBABLY HE WASN'T YOU KNOW, SURE IF THEY WERE GOING TO START PUTTING IT UP THIS WEEK, BUT DEFINITELY NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD START SEEING THOSE PAVILIONS GOING UP. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING FROM THERE. THEY'VE GOT TO FINALIZE SOME IRRIGATION. THEY'VE GOT TO TEST IT ALL, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE LAYING SOD. SO EVERYTHING IS KIND OF WRAPPING UP PRETTY QUICK. WE'RE STILL HOPING TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON DOG PARK. I THINK YOU SPOKE TO HER BEFORE. I'M SORRY. YEAH ALL THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE SECOND LARGE DOG OR THOSE BEING REMOVED OR THEY A LOT OF THEM STAYING OR NO. SO ALL DEMO HAS BEEN DONE. SO WHAT TREES ARE LEFT OR STAYING, SO THEY ARE ADDING ROUGHLY 26 TO 28 NEW TREES, SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE SMALL DOG PADDOCK AND THEN THE MIDDLE LARGE DOG PADDOCK. HAS NO TREES IN IT AT ALL. IT WILL AFTER AFTER THEY GET COMPLETE. THAT'S STILL THAT'S STILL PART OF WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT TO DO. OKAY AND AGAIN. YOU PROBABLY SAID THIS BEFORE IT WAS IN A WHILE. SO THE TREES ARE THERE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO OVERTIME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROGRESS AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREES. THEY'RE THEY'RE GONNA BE. THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE COMPLEX, SO CEDAR ELM. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TEXAS RED BUDS IN THERE. I MEAN, AFTER A WHILE, THEY WILL. YOU KNOW, GET PRETTY TALL, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO
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MANAGE AS FAR AS RAISING THEM TYPICALLY WILL HELP TO BALANCE THE SHADE VERSUS THE HAVING GRASS VERSUS MUD AND DIRT. SO ABSOLUTELY THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH. WHAT SIZE THE SIDES TREES HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO PUT IN. THESE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE 65 GALLON TREE. SO YOU'RE TYPICAL 3 TO 4, INCH CALIPER AND DIAMETER. AND I UNDERSTAND, DISSIPATED. DATED THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOMEONE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE. UM PER SE WERE. THEY'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I'M HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE CAN START KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING CLOSER TO AN ACTUAL DATE OF HAVING IT OPEN. THEY'VE GOT A FEW LOOK LEAD ITEMS THAT THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON. I THINK ONCE THEY GET A CONFIRMATION ON DELIVERY OF THOSE LEAD ITEMS, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY PUSH FOR AN ACTUAL DATE THAT THEY CAN BE OPEN. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A BIG BIG PARTY KIND OF WINNIE WITH CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WE ARE LOOKING AT A GRAND OPENING FOR THE DOG PARK AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER WE GET TO FINALIZING THAT WILL WILL PUSH THAT DATE OUT. I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. PROBABLY THE DECEMBER MEETING. IF WE END UP HAVING THAT MEETING BEFORE THERE'S AN OPENING. SO WHAT? GOOD YEP. ALRIGHTY. WELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON DOG HEART. SO I WILL MOVE STILL SOMEWHAT ON THIS COMPLEX. UH, SPLASH PADS. SO. JUST TO RECAP AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING ONE AT THE EAST MEADOW, WHICH IS STILL ON THIS COMPLEX. JUST OFF OF BROWN STREET, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS GOING AT COMMUNITY PARK AT THE BASEBALL ATHLETIC COMPLEX.UM THOSE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT GOING ON WITH THOSE OVER THE LAST MONTH. ONLY BECAUSE THE YOU KNOW WE CHANGED THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THEM. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THERE BASICALLY HAVING TO GO THROUGH, UH, THEY'RE HAVING TO BE REENGINEERED AGAIN. IF YOU WILL. THE PADS ARE BEING ENGINEERED THE EQUIPMENT ALL OF THE MECHANICAL ROOM ENCLOSURE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN THE RESTROOMS. ALL OF THAT IS AN ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO AND ENGINEERING. BEFORE THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RELEASED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START PUTTING IN SOME OF THE PIPING AND ALL OF THAT. UM THE RESTROOM AT COMMUNITY PARK, THE EXISTING ONE. YOU WILL START TO SEE THAT BEING DEMOED AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION TO REMOVE THAT FACILITY. WE DID GET THE OTHER TWO OR SORRY. THE RESTROOMS FOR EAST MEADOW AND THE NEW RESTAURANTS FOR COMMUNITY THOSE HAVE BEEN ORDERED NOW, SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN. ONCE THAT THOSE ARE COMPLETE, IT'LL TAKE THEM ABOUT 90 DAYS TO BUILD IN THEIR WAREHOUSE, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO THE SITES. SO THOSE ARE ROLLING PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN LOCKED IN. THERE'S ALREADY PURCHASE ORDERS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, AND THEY'RE ALL ALREADY WORKING ON THEM. I KNOW THERE'S NOT. I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT THAT'S GOING ON. BUT ONCE YOU SEE THE RESTROOM BE REMOVED AT COMMUNITY PART AND ONCE YOU SEE THE CONCRETE WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED BY OUR CONCRETE CONTRACTOR AT EAST MEADOW. ONCE THOSE TWO THINGS HAPPEN, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING A LOT MORE HAPPENING AT THOSE TWO SIDES. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING HERE REALLY? SOON. SO.
SO WHAT HAPPENED THAT YOU SAID SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE. THE WELL WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WAS THE EQUIPMENT OR EXPLAIN IT TO THIS. YEAH. YEAH. SO WITH OUR WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DUNAWAY. THEY DESIGNED THE TWO SPLASH PADS. UM, WITH. WATER ODYSSEY EQUIPMENT. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MANUFACTURER OF SPLASH PAD EQUIPMENT. WELL AS WE WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE REJECTED THE ONE BID THAT WE RECEIVED, AND THEN WE STARTED TO BE THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS OURSELVES FOR THIS PROJECT. UM AFTER GETTING QUOTES FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDORS, WE FOUND THAT RAINDROP WAS BETTER ON PRICING AND JUST AS GOOD OF EQUIPMENT AS WATER ODYSSEY, OR SINCE THE SPLASH PADS WEREN'T DESIGNED WITH RAINDROP. NOW THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ENGINEERING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN THOSE FEATURES CAN YOU KNOW? HOLD UP TO THE SPLASH PAD THAT THAT'S THAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY ENGINEERED. IF THAT MAKES SENSE, SO IT HAS TO BE ENGINEERED WITH RAINDROP EQUIPMENT. NOW I'M NOT WATER ODYSSEY. SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THE ROADBLOCKS FOR YOU WHERE YOU CAN HAVE TO BACK UP AND RETHINK THIS. UH I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ROADBLOCKS. BUT BUT NOT SO MUCH IN THE ENGINEERING THAT PART THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING US VERY UP TO DATE ON. ALL THAT'S RUNNING
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REALLY SMOOTH. IT JUST TAKES IT TAKES TIME FOR ALL OF THAT, SO HMM. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRENT LET HIM OFF. YEAH MAKING IT EASY. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY IS WANTING TO GO HOME EARLY. UM THE NEXT PROJECT. WE'VE GOT OUR SENIOR RECREATION CENTER RENOVATION. UH THAT ONE IS IN ABSOLUTE FULL DEMO RIGHT NOW. I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES OF THE INSIDE WALLS ARE COMING DOWN. RESTROOMS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE CUTTING INTO THE CONCRETE THIS WEEK TO START RUNNING NEW PIPES FOR THE FOR THE ADDITION THE ADDITIONAL SIDE OF THE RESTROOM SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE AT, CURRENTLY THERE RIGHT BEHIND THE KITCHEN. WELL, NOW WE'RE KATIE'S OLD OFFICE WAS THE SUPERVISOR. THAT WAS THAT'S THERE. NOW THAT'S ALL GONNA BE RESTROOM FACILITY, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO CUT THE CONCRETE TO MOVE PIPING ALL THE WAY OVER TO THERE. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY STARTING THIS WEEK. AND YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST IN FULL DEMO. I MEAN, THAT'S RUNNING REALLY, REALLY SMOOTH. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'VE BEEN APPROVING SOME MEDALS. THESE ARE JUST FLOOR SAMPLES. TYPE OF METAL FRAMING PLUMBING, THE PLUMBING PICTURES, ALL OF THOSE TYPE THINGS WE'VE BEEN APPROVING ALL OF THOSE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. I THINK WE GOT TWO MORE. AND THAT'S STILL FLOORING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE THE FITNESS FLOORING. OR THE FITNESS ROOM FLOORING AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, THE EXTERIOR STUCCO THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING AROUND THE BUILDING.THOSE ARE THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON. SOME SAMPLES, AND THEN THEY'RE WAITING ON SOME DESIGN WORK FROM OUR TEAM. SO ONCE THEY ONCE THEY GET ALL OF THAT I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL GET THOSE APPROVED THIS WEEK. AND THEN THAT'LL BE EVERYTHING THAT THE CONTRACTORS WAITING ON FOR US. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY'RE JUST THEY ARE REALLY ROLLING. SO AGAIN, THEY BLOCKED OUT ABOUT SIX MONTHS. FOR THAT RENOVATION, SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN FINISH SOONER. BUT YOU KNOW AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. OH RATIO, THE OUTSIDE WORK VERSUS THE INSIDE WORD. AH YEAH, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY YOU KNOW, BECAUSE BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING SOME PARKING LOT AS WELL. I THINK WE'RE ADDING ABOUT 20 OR SO SPACES. SO I WOULD SAY 7030.
MOST OF THE WORK IS GOING INSIDE THE FACILITY AND THEN THE ONLY EXTERIOR IS THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SO THE OUTSIDE WORK AS WE GET INTO EARLY JANUARY, 3 OR FOUR WEEKS MAY SEEM MORE RACE OF COULD WE LOOK POSSIBLY THERE COULD BE SOME DELAYS IN THAT, UH THAT PART OF THE RENOVATION BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. SURE, YEAH, I MEAN, THEY DID. I DID DROP BY THERE. TODAY THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING TO PUT SCAFFOLDING UP ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. AND THIS IS FOR THEM TO DO THE EXTERIOR WORK, SO I WOULD IMAGINE THE CONTRACTOR AS WELL KNOWS ABOUT THE RAINY SEASON COMING UP, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TRY TO GET A LOT OF THAT EXTERIOR STUFF DONE. SOONER THAN LATER AS THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE INSIDE STUFF. SO THE 5 TO 6 MONTHS THAT MIGHT INCLUDE CONSIDERATION FOR THE WHETHER YOU THINK IT DOES. IT DOES, I THINK, UM, I THINK THEY'RE HOPEFUL FOR, UH, SMALLER TIMEFRAME, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE PUSHING IT OUT SIX MONTHS JUST IN CASE WHETHER IS, UM YOU KNOW, A LITTLE WORSE SO GREAT QUESTIONS. UM SO THE CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS TO HAVE IT OVER THE REC CENTER, RIGHT? YES SIR. HOW'S THAT GOING? IT'S GOING REALLY GOOD. SO WE DID. WE DID ADD SOME DIFFERENT PASSES FOR THE SENIORS THAT ARE WANTING TO USE A FITNESS FACILITY UPSTAIRS.
THAT'S BEEN GOING REALLY SMOOTH. UM WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, PARTICIPATION IS GOING TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE IN THEIR FACILITY. BUT ALL IN ALL, IT'S MOVING REALLY GOOD. SO ALL EVENTS AND EVERYTHING ARE TAKING PLACE OVER THERE. YEAH, WE'LL ALL EVENTS. NOT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT THAT DID, UH, THAT THAT WAS AT THE CENTER. THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE NOT, UH THERE. THERE'S SOME PROGRAMMING. THAT IS A THAT IS THAT THAT WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO DO, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO DO AT THE RIGHT CENTER. SO IT'S I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT HAD TO DROP OFF IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS RENOVATION HAPPENED. BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN WORKING OUT REALLY GOOD? YES. SO THE HOURS UH THEY USED TO OPEN FOR ANOTHER CLOSE TO, UM AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WOULD JUST COME IN. AND HAVE THEIR LITTLE CARD GAME IS HALF DOZEN ON CERTAIN DAYS, AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE. SO YOU KNOW MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK ON IT IS,
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UH, IF I CAN I THINK YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO EMBRACE THE CHANGE FOR WHAT IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD. WHAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T SATISFY. OKAY UH, BUT JUST TALKING TO MOST OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY UNDERSTAND. THIS IS ALL FOR A BETTER CAUSE. UM BUT I WOULD ADD ONE THING AND NOT TO MAKE YOU JOHN SPOT, BUT I THINK I'M THE VERY FIRST DAY YOU HAD THE LADY WHO WAS BLIND, WHO FELL DOWN THE STEPS. UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T NOT TOO SURE WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE BEING MADE, UM BECAUSE ANY ANY. UH, IN A DISABILITY. WALKERS CANES, WHEELCHAIRS, WHATEVER YOU KNOW THE OLD REC CENTER SENIOR CENTER JUST ONE FLOOR. SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. HERE UH, AS FRIENDS HIT, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT UPSTAIRS. AND IT WAS A GOOD THING. IT'S INITIALLY WAS JUST GOING TO BE FROM 92. WITH THAT. I THINK YOU GOT SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN THEY STRETCHED IT 94. AND, UH, SO, ANYWAY, DOLLAR VERY FIRST DAY ONE OF THE LADIES WHO WAS BLIND AND SHE'S USED TO BEING CATERED TO, UM, SOMEHOW SHE WENT UPSTAIRS BY HERSELF AND COMING BACK TO WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS THE ELEVATOR TURNED OUT TO BE THE STAIRWELL. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS ARRIVED HERE AROUND 11, AND EVERYBODY WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR WHATEVER THEY SAID. OH, MY GOD. WE JUST OPENED THE DOORS AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM. BUT IS THAT THE LAST ACCIDENT? WE'VE HAD THAT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ONLY ONE. BUT THE OTHER THING JUST TALKING TO THE STAFF.BUT ON THE FLOOR WITH THE EQUIPMENT, UM BECAUSE I WAS THERE WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT BEFORE THE MOVE, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE THEY MOSTLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE FIVE AND SIX AND SEVEN. IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU HAVE THE CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HERE TRYING TO DO THE THING TO GET TO WORK, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW THEY COULDN'T BEING USED BY ALL THESE OLDER PEOPLE ACTIVE BUILT, SO THAT'S WORKED OUT SO BUT OVERALL, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO THE UNDERSTAND YEAH, THEY'RE FAIRLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. THANK YOU. CURIOUS. HOW WE DOING? NO, NO, IT'S GOING GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON SENIOR RECREATION CENTER. ALRIGHTY SO THE LAST ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON AS THE FOUNDERS FILLED RENOVATIONS. UM SO I KNOW THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN OUT THERE. THEY'VE ALREADY MARKED THE FIELDS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEMOING. THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE DEMO PROCESS . THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO START LAST WEEK. BUT THEN WE GOT ALL THE WEATHER, THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, SO IT'S KIND OF SLOWED THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THEY ARE STILL SUPPOSED TO START THIS WEEK. AND THEN STAFF ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON BRINGING UTILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN A NEW IRRIGATION PUMP. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET POWER. WE'VE GOT TO GET WATER TO IT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO GET WATER THERE AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH. I BELIEVE IT'S FCC ON GETTING POWER TO THE SITE FOR IRRIGATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO NEED KIND OF FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE WANTING TO GET KNOCKED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT WE DON'T END UP HOLDING THE CONTRACTOR UP LATER ON. THEY ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 90 DAY. YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION WINDOW ON THIS AND AGAIN THAT IS WORST CASE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO RUN INTO WEATHER SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. HE THINKS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY FINISH THIS MORE LIKE 45 TO 60 DAYS, BUT HE WANTED TO PUT 90 JUST BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THE RAINY SEASON AND SO IT'S YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE DIRT PRETTY MUCH CAN'T WHENEVER IT'S WET, SO BUT IT'S WE'RE GETTING PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT JUST TO RENOVATE THREE BUILDS SO TWO FULL SIZE AND ONE SMALL FIELD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. LET'S GO. SO WE START GETTING INTO THE FIELDS OVER THERE. THAT'S THAT'S IN MY WHEELHOUSE. UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL THE FIELDS. I'M A LITTLE GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAIN ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH THE PARK, RIGHT, LIKE OVER BY THE FOOTBALL FIELDS LIKE OVER ON, YOU KNOW. THAT SIDE, RIGHT WHEN YOU SEE THE THREE FIELDS YES, SIR. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT EXPLAINING THAT SO IT'S ALL THE FIELDS WEST OF JERRY WAYNE COMPASS. IT IS THE OLDER SIDE, THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE APARTMENTS THERE, AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE NORTHERN FIELDS FROM THAT CENTER WALK. SO NOW IS IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS BECAUSE MOST OF THE SPORTS THAT ARE ACTIVE OR ON THE EAST SIDE. IS IT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ROADS OCCUPIED AND LIKE, AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL OF PUSHING THE SEASONS BACK THAT TYPICALLY START FEBRUARY MARCH? IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITY? BECAUSE
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I KNOW LIKE AS PART OF THE SOCCER GROUP. WE ALL USE FIELD. EVERYTHING WE USE IS ON THE EAST SIDE LIKE IS IT JUST WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CLOSING FOUNDERS OR NOT HAVING ACCESS TO IT IS JUST BECAUSE ALL THE MACHINERY OR WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I THINK? W I SAY ACTUALLY ASKED US TO KIND OF STARTED A LITTLE LATER ONLY BECAUSE THEY USE THAT WEST SIDE. FOR TOURNAMENTS THEY USE IT FOR.I THINK THERE'S SOME SELECT GROUPS THAT USE IT AS WELL AND THEY HAD SOME AND THEY ALSO USE IT AS OVERFLOW AND FOR PRACTICE AREAS SO THEY WANTED TO AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING RIGHT.
LIKE WHY ARE WE STARTING SO LATE? OKAY. I FORGET. SO THERE'S A YES, THERE'S A SECTION OF WHY SO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE SPECIAL SECTION OF IT, AND SO THAT THE REST OF US IN THE IN THE REGULAR POPULATION WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH NOW WE WERE ASKED IF WE COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOVEMBER 1ST TO GET THAT ONE STARTED. SO IT'S MOVING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED ONLY BECAUSE WELL WELL, WHETHER AND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR SOME BONDS AND PROCUREMENT.
YOU KNOW THINGS SO BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT ALL OF THAT WRAPPED UP ITS I'M HOPING WE CAN START SEEING SOME DIRT MOVE THIS WEEK. AWESOME FILM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON FOUNDERS. AND THE LAST TWO THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP OR JUST SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP.
NOTHING THAT WE HAVE STARTED RENOVATION ON AT LEAST. BUT IN THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN COUNCIL DID APPROVE TWO PRETTY GOOD SIZE PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. THE ONE IS GOING TO BE AT COMMUNITY PARK. NOW, THIS ONE WE RENOVATED BACK IN 2017. WE WENT WITH THAT NEW KIND OF TIL GRAY WHITE. KIND OF COLOR SCHEME. SO ALL WE'RE DOING WITH THIS ONE IS WE'RE JUST ADDING ON TO IT. WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, RENOVATING THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND. WE'RE JUST ADDING TO IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING SOME SWINGS. WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING ANOTHER CLIMBING STRUCTURE. UM AND BASICALLY JUST FILLING IN THE REST OF THAT PLAYGROUND BECAUSE WE NEVER WERE ABLE TO REALLY FINISH IT. ALONG WITH THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO PORTEND PLATE SURFACE POURED IN PLACE SURFACING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA. SO JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID AT OLD CITY PARK COMMUNITY REALLY LOVE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON IT, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HIT SEVERAL OF OUR, UM MORE MAJOR PARTS OR MAJOR PLAYGROUNDS , COMMUNITY PARKS, ONE THAT WE CONSIDER. YOU KNOW, A BIG ONE. THERE'S A RESERVE A BLE PAVILION THERE LOTS OF BIRTHDAY PARTY SO THAT ONE IS ALSO THE BIGGEST SURFACE AREA. THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST COST TO DO THAT ONE IMPORTANT PLACE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THAT ONE FOR US, AND WE WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH OUR PLAYGROUND VENDOR ON GETTING THAT ONE GOING IT ACTUALLY WE TOOK IT TO COUNSEL. THE LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER COUNCIL APPROVED THE VENDOR. PURCHASE ORDERS ARE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE, SO IT'S THE EQUIPMENT'S ALREADY GOING INTO PRODUCTION AS WE SPEAK. UM I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE HOPEFULLY. STARTING SOMETIME IN EARLY SPRING. NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS PIRATE COVE PLAYGROUND, SO THIS ONE WAS A VERY LARGE PLAYGROUND. IT WAS A COMMUNITY BUILT PLAYGROUND BACK IN 2004. UM IT WAS IN THAT, UM, ALL THE EQUIPMENT WAS DONE AND WOULD SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF MAINTENANCE FOR THE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF JUST KEEPING UP WITH, YOU KNOW ALL THE WOOD STRUCTURES AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THEY ROT. THEY GET DAMAGED. THEY'RE OPEN TO A VANDALISM A LOT EASIER. SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON PLANS AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO PUT THIS ONE IN THE BUDGET THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT GOT APPROVED FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR ROUGHLY $700,000 TO REPLACE THIS PLAYGROUND SO UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS FOR ALSO GOING TO BE MOVING THE PLAYGROUND FROM WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY AT, AND WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING IT BACK BEHIND. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT SOFTBALL FIELD THAT IS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S SOFTBALL FILLED B WHICH IS THE ONE KIND OF CLOSEST TO THE CREEK. BASICALLY, JUST ADJACENT TO WHERE THE PLAYGROUNDS CURRENTLY JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRAIL. AND WE'RE DOING THIS FOR FUTURE PARKING. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR PARKING AT FOUNDERS PARK AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CONTINUE PARKING WHERE PIRATE COVE IS CURRENTLY YET SO WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING IT ACROSS. THAT TRAIL.
AND THIS ONE, TOO IS GOING TO BE. IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE PIRATE THEME THERE'S GOING TO BE UM, HUGE. 12 EXCUSE ME, 5 TO 12 YEAR OLD STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE A PIRATE SHIP. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A 2 TO 5 STRUCTURE TO 25 YEAR OLD STRUCTURE. SOME OTHER LITTLE COMPONENTS. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INCLUSIVE COMPONENTS ADDED TO THIS PLAYGROUND. AS WELL AS IT ALSO GOING TO BE POURED IN PLACE SURFACING. SO IT'S A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT.
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WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT ONE GOING. SO THESE ARE JUST TWO PROJECTS THAT I WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW. UM TO PLAY TWO MAJOR PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RENOVATING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO START THE PILOT CLUB? THAT ONE'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO THAT ONE STILL HAS TO GO TO SO COUNCIL APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR US TO REPLACE THE PLAYGROUND , BUT WE'VE STILL GOT TO APPROVE THE VENDOR. TO DO THE PLAYGROUND THAT GOES TO THE DECEMBER 12TH COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE'VE ALREADY WORKED OUT THE DESIGN ONCE WE TAKE THAT TO COUNCIL MATTER OF FACT, I MIGHT. IF WE MEET IN DECEMBER, WHICH I'M NOT 100% SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO OR NOT. UM BUT IF WE MEET, I WILL BRING THOSE RENDERINGS AND SHOW THE BOARD. SO UM SORRY. GO AHEAD, SO. IN POWER COVERED, ESPECIALLY SO WHAT? ONCE THE WORK STARTS NOW, YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT CAN'T PLAY THERE. I GUESS YOU ANTICIPATING. NO SO ACTUALLY , WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE. UH SINCE WE'RE MOVING PIRATE COVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO LEAVE THE CURRENT ONE OPEN UNTIL THE NEW ONE IS UNTIL THE NEW ONE IS OPEN , AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE OLD ONE AND START TO TEAR IT DOWN. SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAVE TO CLOSE IT DOWN DURING CONSTRUCTION. OKAY, IT'S GOOD. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PARK? UH, WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE AT THE TOUR MONTHS AGO, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT DOING SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PICKLEBALL. SECOND IS GOING TO TRY TO PUT THAT INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR CONSIDERED YOU, YOU KNOW. YOU MIGHT PUT A. COVERING OVER THE TOP FOR SHADE. AND THEN THEN THE WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT FOR YOU BLOCK OUT THE WINDSCREEN, THE WINDSCREEN, THE WINDSCREEN. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN THE SHADE AND ALL THAT WE MAY TRY TO TAKE IT TO MID YEAR FOR COUNCIL. IF NOT, WE'LL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET. WITH SOME KIND OF SHADE AND ALL THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. AND THAT IS ALL PROJECT UPDATES THAT I HAVE FOR YOU UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY. QUESTIONS DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT THERE WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BOND. UM, PROPOSITION. SO I GUESS JUST GOT ABOUT ON MY SHOW. HOW HOW IT WENT, BUT UM, FOR COLLIN COUNTY PARKS. IMPROVEMENT UM ARE ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANY OF THAT? OR WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF WYLIE ALSO SO YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT. SO THIS IS A THAT IS A GRANT THAT WE DO APPLY FORM FROM TOM TO TOM. UM, MATTER OF FACT, WE APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE YET EITHER. IF IT GOT APPROVED, UM BUT IT IS ONE THAT CALLING COUNTY DOES EVER SO MANY YEARS. THEY'LL DO. UM I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE YEARS AND THEY'LL ALLOCATE ABOUT 2 MILLION EACH YEAR. TO GIVE TO CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM YOU KNOW TOWARDS YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S LAND ACQUISITION OR TRAILS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF PARK PROJECT THAT THAT THEY CAN SEE IS REGIONAL THAT THEY CAN BRING PEOPLE IN FROM ALL DIFFERENT CITIES. UM WE'VE APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED IT SOME OF THE TRAIL THAT YOU SEE AROUND THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX WITH WAS UM, PURCHASED FROM THAT GRANT. EVEN TWIN LAKES TRAIL WAS ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING FOR. WE APPLIED FOR THE TWO SPLASH PADS THAT WERE DOING BUT I GOT NOTIFIED. UM JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THIS FLASH PADS FOR CALLING COUNTY SO EXCUSE ME. IT IS ONE THAT WE DO UTILIZE. I JUST DON'T KNOW I HAVEN'T READ UP YET EITHER. I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND EVERYWHERE TO SEE IF THAT GOT APPROVED. BUT UM, I THINK I THOUGHT THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T GET APPROVED WAS THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR FOR PROSPER. ALL THE OTHER WERE APPROVED WHEN COLLIN COUNTY YEAH, I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE, BUT BUT IF IT IS, I'M SURE WE'RE STILL GONNA YEAH. APPLY OR APPLY. YOU KNOW THAT GRANT TOWARDS SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR BRENT ON? PROJECT UPDATES. I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO WORK SESSION NUMBER TWO PROGRAM OBJECTS. ALRIGHT. JULIE IS ON THAT'S ME. OKAY SO I'M FILLING IN FOR CARMEN TONIGHT. UM AND I THINK SHE JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE FALL SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP. UM WE DID THE PARTICIPATION WITH THE BUAN BALLARD EVENT IN DOWNTOWN WILEY. UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL NUMBERS BACK FROM CELL PHONE DATA FOR THE ENTIRE[00:35:01]
EVENT. BUT WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT WE PROBABLY SAW ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE DOWN AT THE PARK. AND THEN AROUND 3000 PEOPLE JUST AT THE BROWN HOUSE AND PARTICIPATION SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BROWN HOUSE. WE ADDED A DJ AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST HANGING OUT AND HAVING A DANCE PARTY AND IT WAS REALLY COOL. SO UM, THAT WAS THAT WAS A BIG BIG ONE FOR US. UM WE JUST DID THE ARBOR DAY EVENTS AND WE HANDED OUT ABOUT 120. TREE SEEDLINGS TO THE PUBLIC, AND I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE SOME TREES. OVER AT PARKS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME PICKS THEM UP. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT? I'M NOT SURE, BUT I MIGHT WANT TO GET ONE NOW. OKAY YES. SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE PECAN AND THEN WRITE OUT SEEDLINGS IF ANYBODY NEEDS ONE OF THOSE FOR THEIR YARD UM AND THEN SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CHRISTMAS EVENTS COMING UP. UM THE FIRST ONE IS THE WILY ARTS FESTIVAL AND PARKS AND REC. PROVIDES ALL THE ATTRACTIONS AND THEN CHILDREN'S AREA DURING THAT EVENT. SO, UM WELL, WE'LL HAVE STAFF WORKING THAT WHOLE DAY OUTSIDE. THERE'LL BE PETTING ZOO PONY RIDES. UM AND THEN INFLATABLES FOR THE KIDS. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, UM THE PARTS. GUYS DO ALL THE TRASH AND EVERYTHING FOR THE AREA, SO WE'RE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT, AND THEN THAT SAME DAY THE BROWN HOUSE WILL BE OPEN. UM THEY'RE REGULAR HOURS. AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC COME DOWN. FROM THE ARTS FESTIVAL. UM AND WE WILL HAVE A HOT CHOCOLATE STATION AND BE HANDING OUT THE LITTLE DEBBIE CHRISTMAS CAKES FOR FREE TO THE PUBLIC. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BY AND GET ONE OF THOSE REALLY GOOD UM AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3RD IS THE PARADE IN TREE LIGHTING. AND OUR PARK STAFF HAVE A BIG, UM THEY THEY ASSIST A LOT WITH THIS EVENT DOWN AT THE PARK FOR THE TREE LIGHTING AND THEY HELPED SET UP THE STAGE. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT THE CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING DURING DURING THAT EVENT. AND THEN JUST A FEW THINGS GOING ON AT THE REC CENTER. UM GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND. THAT'S FROM 10 TO 11 THINK THERE'S MAYBE 15 SPOTS LEFT, SO IT'S ABOUT 70% FULL RIGHT NOW. UM BUT THIS IS A REALLY COOL EVENT BECAUSE YOU YOU BRING YOUR KIDS AND THEY MAKE THE MESS. AT THE REC CENTER. AND THEN YOU LEAVE AND STAFF CLEANS IT UP. UM AND THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE DONUTS WITH SANTA AND COOKIES WITH SEEING IT, AND WE'VE EXTENDED THAT EVENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. UM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, AND IT IS SOLD OUT WITH A WAITING LIST. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 100 KIDS COMING. TO DO THE EVENT WAS SANTA WHICH IS COOL. AND ONE OTHER THING. HOT CHOCOLATE ZUMBA OUTSIDE THE WRECK ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH 1038 AM THAT'S FINE IF YOU LIKE ZUMBA. OKAY MOVING ON SENIOR RECORD BEFORE YOU GO UP. YOU GONNA HAVE THE DOG PICTURES WITH SANTA THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T GET A GOOD, UM PARTICIPATION THE ONE YEAR THAT WE DID IT. AND I THINK WE TRIED TO RUN IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND, UM IT DIDN'T MEET MINIMUM REGISTRATION, SO WE HAVEN'T TRIED THAT ONE AGAIN. THANK YOU.UM, BUT MAYBE MAYBE WE'LL TRY THAT AGAIN WITH THE DOG PARK OPENS, OKAY, SO SENIOR RECREATION CENTER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15TH. 11 A.M.
TO 1 P.M. IT WILL BE AT THE CROSS SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER. WE DO STILL HAVE VOLUNTEER.
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IF ANYONE WANTED TO HELP SERVE MEALS FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN THE FINAL THING WE HAVE, UM, DESIGNED A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MARKET THIS YEAR AT THE BROWN HOUSE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'LL BE RUNNING IT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE DECEMBER 16TH. IN THE YARD FROM 10 AM TO TWO PM I'VE CONFIRMED ABOUT 25 VENDORS. SO FAR, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM VENDOR TENTS SET UP AROUND THE YARD. IT'S KIND OF LIKE UM. BASICALLY BASED ON A EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS
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MARKET. SO UM, I DON'T JUST BE DECORATED. THE STAFF WILL BE IN THEIR VICTORIAN COSTUMES AND WE'LL HAVE CAROLERS ON THE PORCH. UM VICTORIAN SANTA WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE HOUSE TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH ALL THE GUESTS FOR FREE. THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CHILDREN'S AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME VICTORIAN CRAFTS. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME FOOD VENDORS TO COME IN AND DO LIKE TRADITIONAL UM CIDER HOT CHOCOLATE. GINGERBREAD THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT SO WE'RE STILL PLANNING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IT IS DEFINITELY HAPPENING. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANY QUESTIONS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY . IT'S SATURDAY. THE 16TH. YEP WE'LL BE WORKING EVERY WEEKEND SUPPER. ALRIGHT UM, THAT CONCLUDES WHAT SESSION NUMBER TWO. WHEN A RECONVENED INTO THE REGULAR SESSION. AND FIRST. NO BUSINESS IN THE REGULAR SECTION.THERE'S NO BUSINESS IN THE EXECUTIVE SECTION. SO WE'RE BACK INTO THE OPEN SESSION. ANY COMMENTS. DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR A GERMAN. AH, NICK MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SECOND.
YEAH. I'LL SECOND SHOW OF HANDS. FAVOR. POSE. THE RECORDS SHOW FOR IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES WERE IN GERMAN AT
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