[Parks and Recreation Board on February 12, 2024.]
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CRAIG. ALLEN AND BRIAN ARNOLD.
MISS MULLINS. HOW YOU SAY MY LAST NAME ANYWAYS. LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PARKS AND REC BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY. 8TH OF 2024. SCOTT. I LIKE THE SECOND.
DONE THIS BEFORE. WE UH APPROVED THE JANUARY 8TH 2024 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. NEXT CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS THERAPEUTIC WRITING CENTERS.
FIRST ANNUAL COCOA TROT, FUN RUN! AND FIVE K AT FOUNDERS PARK. FROM 6 A.M. TO 12 P.M. ON 5 1124. OK BOARD, SO THIS IS A NEW EVENT. UH, WE TYPICALLY TRY TO OPEN UP A COUPLE OF DATES.
UH, THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEASON , CAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE EVENTS ARE HELD AT FOUNDERS PARK. WE DO HAVE THE YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE, UH, USING THE FIELDS OR USING FOUNDERS PARK AT THIS TIME OR OR DURING THIS TIME. I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE DATE SCHEDULED IN APRIL. UH AND THEN WE LEFT AN OPEN DATE. UH, FOR A POSSIBLE FIVE K. UH, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE DONE THIS. WE. I DON'T THINK AT ALL HAVE HAD ONE, BUT WE DID HAVE ONE COME UP THIS YEAR. UH, THEY DO. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELECT THAT DATE, WHICH IS THE MAY 11TH, WHICH IS A DATE THAT WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE LEAGUES, AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO UH, DELAY OPENING THAT DAY TILL ONE O'CLOCK OR 1 P.M. UH AND I BELIEVE THIS FIVE K SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND EVERYTHING DONE BY ABOUT 12 P.M. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES. UH, HERE OF THE BOARD. WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THEY WANNA KIND OF GIVE A RUNDOWN OF THE EVENT. SO BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN THE DATES OPEN. UM I BELIEVE THEY ARE. THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT WILL BE SOLD. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR AGAIN. LIKE I SAID, REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE, WE CAN TRY TO GET THOSE ANSWERED. MS SOARES HAS A QUESTION. AH, BUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE, UH. THE REQUEST OR ISSUES THAT THE, UH THAT THE. OTHER THE OTHER ENTITY THAT NORMALLY HAS THEIR, UH THAT PARK . WHAT WERE THE SOME OF THE CONCERNS OR THEY WERE JUST VERY WILLING TO CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULE. UM, I MEAN, NOBODY. NOBODY CHANGED THIS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LEAGUE? THE LEAGUES, SO IT'S JUST A WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP BEFORE. WHERE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING SEASON FOR SOCCER, SOFTBALL, UH, AND FOOTBALL THAT USE, UH, FOUNDERS PARK. WE'VE HAD IT COME UP BEFORE. WHERE? UM SOME ENTITIES WANTED TO COME UP OR ORGANIZATIONS WANTED TO DO A FIVE K DURING THAT TIME, AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO TELL THE ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE LEAGUES ARE IN YOU KNOW FOR USE RIGHT NOW. UM SO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE STARTED JUST FREEING UP A DATE. UM FOUR OR FIVE K, IF ONE CAME ALONG IF
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ONE DIDN'T COME ALONG BY A CERTAIN TIME, THEN WE WOULD LET THE LEAGUES KNOW. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO FIVE K SCHEDULE FOR THIS EVENT, YOU CAN GO AND USE IT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. SO IS THAT THE QUESTION OR AN? UH YEAH . UH, WHAT TIME WOULD THEY NORMALLY HAVE STARTED? IF THAT WAS NOT AN OPEN WEEKEND? UH, TYPICALLY, THEY HAVE THE WHOLE DAY. THE LEAGUES DO SO. I MEAN, THEY CAN GET STARTED. 78 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SO IT'S AN UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LEAGUE.THE CITY IS LOOKING AT AT LEAST ONE WEEK TO OPEN IT UP. LET'S JUST, UH SO JUST THAT ONE DAY JUST THAT ONE SATURDAY JUST ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I PROBABLY DIDN'T RUN THROUGH EVERYTHING.
THE REPRESENTATIVES WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? OR, UM. DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TO. UH, YES, YES, SORRY. YEAH. NO, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER, UH, BUTTON DOWN THERE, TOO, THAT YOU CAN YEP, RIGHT THERE UNDER THE MIC. YEP OK, THERE IT IS. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M SHELBY NICOLETTI. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT TEXAS THERAPEUTIC WRITING CENTER, AND WE ARE JUST DOWN THE ROAD ON MCMILLAN. UM AND SO WE WILL BE SIX YEARS OLD THIS YEAR AS A NONPROFIT SO AND WE SERVE ABOUT 65 CLIENTS A WEEK WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND COMBAT WOODEN WOUNDED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO A FIVE K FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND SO WE'VE JUST BEEN AGAIN KIND OF WORKING ON THE PLANNING AND TIMING OF IT ALL.
SO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST ONE. AND COCO IS ONE OF OUR HORSES. SO WE HAVE A 12 THERAPY HORSES.
UM, SO WE'RE HONORING AND IT'S MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND. SHE'S OUR ONLY MAYOR. SO GIRL HORSE. SO WE'RE HONORING COCO AND ALL THE MOMS, UM, BY NAMING IT THE COCOA TROT. UM FUN RUN, SO THAT'S WHY WE NAME THAT EVENT THAT UM, SO WE'RE HOPING JUST TO HAVE A FUN EVENT FOR OUR CLIENTS. OUR VOLUNTEERS THE COMMUNITY. UM, JUST ANOTHER OUTREACH. UH, WAY TO SHOW WILEY MORE ABOUT, UH, TXTRC. YEAH. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON IT? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. OK, WILL YOU BRING HORSES TO THE PREVENT? I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. YOU YOU'RE WAITING ON ME TO ANSWER IT, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. MINI HORSE. I SAID, I HAVE A MINIATURE HORSE, BUT A HORSE IS A HORSE, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN, UM WORK THAT OUT LATER, BUT. ALWAYS FUN WHEN YOU BRING YOUR HORSE SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN. WE CAN PROBABLY DISCUSS. WE TALK ABOUT THE DAY BUT WE LOVE OUR HORSES, SO OK? YES, GLORIA. SO THE FUNDRAISER, SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FEES FOR THE RUNNERS THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE, UH THEN YOU HAVE OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTORS AND BUSINESSES OR JUST FRIENDLY FOLKS. THERE IT GOES. WE WEREN'T PLANNING TO HAVE ANY VENDORS.
UM, WE WERE JUST GONNA HOST THE EVENT JUST FOR ATTENDEES AND OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF ANYONE WANTS TO WATCH OR CHEER ON, BUT JUST MORE OF A AGAIN. I JUST A COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE CENTER. AND YOU KNOW, WE DID PUT AN APPLICATION THAT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, T SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND THEN THE RUNNERS, UM PART OF THEIR ENTRY. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE, LIKE A BEVERAGE LIKE A YOU KNOW, WE HAVE. MAYBE NOT HOT CHOCOLATE DEPENDS ON IF IT'S WARM OR NOT.
BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE A DRINK AT THE END, UM DONUT, SO NOTHING REALLY NO FOOD SALES OR ANYTHING LARGE LIKE THAT, BUT JUST MORE FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE RACE TO PARTAKE IN AFTER SO. HERE IT SAYS, UH, THE PLANT CELL OR ANYTHING, AND YOU SAID THE DRINKS, FOOD ITEMS. T SHIRTS, SNOW CONES, MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION. YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO DO ALL THAT OR OR YOU MIGHT DO IT. IN YOUR APPLICATION, SO YEAH. BUT HE AND STILL RIGHT? SO PEOPLE CAN.
DONATE TO THE CENTER TO THE ORGANIZATION WHILE THEY'RE THERE IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, I RAN AND I HAD A GREAT TIME AND I SAW SOME CLIENTS THERE AND I YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL COMPELLED AND I YOU KNOW WE HAVE OPTIONS TO DONATE BECAUSE WE ARE 501 C THREE AND THEN IT'S LIKE WE JUST PUT IT IN THE APPLICATION JUST TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT WANNA DO. UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY WILL HAVE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE DONUTS. BUT WE WERE JUST LIKE OK WHAT? WHAT'S THE MOST WE WOULD WANT TO DO JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL INCLUSIVE, SO WE DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT. JUST TO MAKE IT REALLY OPEN AND UM DETAILED
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FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. OK, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR, UH, SHELBY? OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. CAN I SPEAK? I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I DID RECEIVE THEIR 5013 C AND ALSO THEY ARE AWARE THAT IF THEY DO PROVIDE FOOD THEY HAVE TO GET WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET TO SEE IF THEY NEED ANY ADDITIONAL PERMITS. THANK YOU. OK? AND AT A QUICK QUESTION. THIS IS I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAS BECOME MY THING. BUT IS THERE ANY LIABILITY TO US OR THE CITY? IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY FELL AND HURT THEMSELVES OR LIKE IS THERE ANY. WAIVER PROCESS THAT JUST KEEPS THE CITY SAFE. ANYTHING. WE HAVE TO WORRY THERE, INSURANCE WISE. ALL OF OUR SPACES ARE ARE INSURED, SO I MEAN, IT'S UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE. IT'S MORE OF JUST OUR SPACES ARE ALREADY INSURED. SO IF SOMEBODY IS YOU KNOW HER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THOSE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES, GLORIA. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TEXAS THERAPEUTIC WRITING CENTER FIRST ANNUAL COCO TRUMP RUN. FIVE K AND BERS PARK ON MAY THE 11TH SIX. I AM TO NOON. OUTSTANDING. MR PUENTE I SECOND THE MOTION. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. WHAT DO YOU SAY GUYS? I SAID IT. CONGRATULATIONS, SHELLY. YEAH. OK? UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE HEAT ELITE SPORTS CLUB. BRING THE HEAT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT COMMUNITY PARK. FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AS AN ALL DAY SUCKER ON APRIL 14TH AT COMMUNITY PARK. DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT IN THE BUILDING? ALL RIGHT. THERE HE IS. HOT DOG. UH, BRENT, TELL US ABOUT THIS. EVENTUALLY OK, SO THIS ALSO IS A NEW, UM EVENT APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVED. UM, AND SINCE THE APPLICANT IS HERE, I ACTUALLY WOULDN'T MIND INVITING HIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO HE CAN KIND OF TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT. UM AND, SIR, IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME, TOO, AND OK? YEAH. SORRY OUT THERE.SORRY. MAC'S VERY HOT, IT'S ALREADY HOT. YEAH NOW, IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S IN THE APPLICATION. THIS IS A, UM WERE TRAVELING. FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FLAG FOOTBALL. UH, SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING. FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE AT LOCAL. WE TRAVEL THROUGHOUT. NEW YORK EVERYWHERE PLAYING THE FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS. UH THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE OFFERED A THE SPOT TO DO IT FOR OUR TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAVE ABOUT. BOYS AND GIRLS FROM AGES PRE K TO HIGH SCHOOL, ROUGHLY 300 KIDS. UM. SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. BRING THE WALLY. UH IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME OF THIS ACCOUNT ME MYSELF. PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN DOING FOOTBALL FOR 30 YEARS. HAVE TWO ATHLETES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE UH, ORGANIZATION. OH WANT TO BE FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE NFL, UM, HALL OF FAME. ALEX WESLEY? UM AMBER WESLEY FOR HIM.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STATE. SO HAVE THEY HAVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS? AND I'VE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM FLAG FOOTBALL BOTTLES. THE NEXT BIG THING TO GO IF WE ALL KNOW USA. NFL IS GETTING BEHIND IT. SO THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO JUMP ABOARD. YEAH, I DO. OKAY? AWESOME. AND I DO WANT TO SAY TOO. SO APRIL 14TH. THAT'S A SUNDAY OVER AT COMMUNITY PARK.
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UH, TYPICALLY, THIS IS, UM, A SUNDAYS ON THESE FOUR FIELDS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. UM YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, THOSE FOUR FIELDS GO TO THE CITY TO DO RESERVATIONS, SO THOSE THOSE DAYS ARE OPEN. UH, CORRECT, JANET. SO UM, IT'S NOW I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME ITEMS SOLD. UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST DRINKS. OK, OK. UM. OK, SO, YEAH, SO THAT DATE IS OPEN. UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. UM, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO DO IT. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO STAFF SO WE WOULD HAVE TO UH, I MEAN, ALL OF THESE, UM, NONPROFIT. EVENT APPLICATIONS OR THINGS THAT WE WOULD STAFF UM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE UNEXPECTED. UH, ONLY BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T YOU KNOW, BUDGET FOR PRIOR, BUT WE DO BUDGET FOR OCCASIONS LIKE THIS JUST NOT TOO SPECIFIC EVENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. FEEDBACK ON THE ON OUR END. SO IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHERE ARE DID YOU? BRING WITH YOU. YOUR, UH 501 C THREE. I DID NOT OK. IF WE REACH AN APPROVAL TODAY, IT WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON US GETTING THAT FROM YOU BEFORE I YEAH, ALL RIGHT. UH, I HAVE A. CONCERN ABOUT THE ALL DAY TIMING IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT. STATUS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. UM. BRENT YOU MENTIONED STAFFING, AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY TOUCHING ON THE PARKS. STAFF. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH. OPINION INFORMATION OR INPUT ON WHAT I JUST BROUGHT UP. UH, THAT WOULD BE UM PERSONNEL. PROBABLY AS IT TYPICALLY GOES BEING REQUIRED TO DO MANDATORY OVERTIME. AND THAT IS AN ALL DAY EVENT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN COLLECTIVELY GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, AND ALSO I MEAN, WE I MEAN, WE TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S THIS LONG, 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. UM, I MEAN, WE WILL DO ROTATIONS WITH OUR STAFF WITH PARK STAFF. UM YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK KIND OF A MORNING TO NOON SHIFT AND THEN SOME WORK FROM A NOON TO YOU KNOW THE EVENING SHIFT OR UNTIL CLOSE. UM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY FOUR STAFF. UH, TOTAL UM. AS FAR AS PD, UH I MEAN I. I DON'T I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR THE DEPARTMENT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT 300 KIDS ROUGHLY, AND IT WON'T BE THOSE FOUR FIELDS CAN'T ACCOMMODATE 300 AT ONCE. UH, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A COME AND GO LIKE A TOURNAMENT WOULD BE CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO I DON'T IT'S AROUND ROBIN TURNING IT. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE 300 THERE AT ONE TIME. IT WOULD. IT WOULD ALMOST BE, UM, IT WOULD ALMOST BE NO DIFFERENT THAN, UM UH, YOU YOU THE YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS USING THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX FOR BASEBALL? UH, WHERE THERE? THERE'S FOUR FIELDS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE FIELDS ARE RUNNING ON ANY GIVEN SATURDAY. THEY'RE RUNNING YOU KNOW FROM 7 A.M. TILL YOU KNOW, LATE AT NIGHT. UM AND I MEAN, THEY GET POLICE PRESENCE. I MEAN , POLICE WILL COME IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND KIND OF JUST DRIVE AROUND AND PATROL. UM BUT AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STAFF THAT WORK THAT DAY AS WELL. WE TYPICALLY WILL DO A 6 TO 7 HOUR SHIFT ON A SATURDAY OR WE'LL HAVE TWO PARKS EMPLOYEES THAT'LL KIND OF PATROL . OF COURSE THEY'RE PATROLLING ALL OF THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX IS NOT JUST COMMUNITY. UM. NOW THIS WITH THIS BEING ON A SUNDAY, YOU KNOW WE'LL WE'LL TREAT IT A LITTLE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UH, WELL, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE FOUR STAFF. WE'LL DO. TWO IN THE MORNING. THE NOON SHIFT AND THEN NOON TO END OF SHIFT. MAY I ADD SOMETHING, PLEASE? UM I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT ANY OF OUR BIGGER EVENTS THAT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO HIRE, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE PERSONNEL. A LOT OF THE FIVE KS WILL DO THAT. ON A ON OCCASION, THEY'LL JUST FOR THE SAFETY IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR WHATNOT. SOME OF YOUR BIGGER EVENTS. THEY WILL HIRE THAT. IN ADDITION, NOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT APPLICATION. AND THAT GOES TO DEBBIE BACINO. SHE'S OUR, UM, EVENT COORDINATOR[00:20:06]
FOR THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT KIND OF APPLIES TO ACTUALLY BOTH , UH, APPLICANTS THAT WE'VE HAD TONIGHT IF THEY FEEL THAT, THEY THAT, UH, THAT'S NEEDED. UM, IT'S JUST OF COURSE, IT'S A SEPARATE FEE, BUT IT GOES THROUGH, UH, DEBBIE PACINO AND SHE'S WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'VE EXPLORED? UH ABSOLUTELY. THAT DEPENDS ON YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WITH IT BEING THIS FAR OUT, WE HAVEN'T EVEN SET UP THE OPEN REGISTRATION YET. SO ONCE I GET A BETTER FEEL OF HOW MANY TEAM IS GONNA COME OUT. HOW MANY TEAMS THAT YOU KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND GET YOUR OWN SECURITY, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. I MEAN, YEAH. YOU MENTIONED THE GEOGRAPHY WHERE YOUR TEAM TRAVELS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WOULD BE FROM WHERE ALL OUR VISITING TEAMS WOULD COME FROM? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS THAT GO ON. SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TEAMS MAY STAY LOCAL YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW. EXACTLY WHERE THE TEAMS ARE GONNA COME FROM UNTIL WE PUT IT OUT THERE OWN RESOURCE AND WE PUT IT OUT THERE OWN SOURCE. WE KNOW IF TEAMS ARE GONNA TRAVEL IN IF IT'S ALL LOCAL TEAMS SURROUNDING AREA TEAMS, YOU KNOW UNTIL WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE OPEN AIR TO SEE HUMANITY. THE ONES THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED. AS IN AS AN ATTENDEE IN YOUR TEAM'S ATTENDANCE. HAVE YOU MADE OBSERVATIONS TO YOURSELF? OF UH, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE IN MY TOWN, I, I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. BASED ON THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE HOSTS FACE BEFORE. ACTUALLY THE, UH, WE'RE SETTING IT UP LIKE A TEAM. THAT'S YOUNG LADY BY, UH SHE RUNS A HUGE ORGANIZATION CALLED RISE UP. AND UH, SHE'S HELPING US ESTABLISH ALL OF THE NECESSARY SECURITY IF WE NEED IT, UH. THE WHOLE ENTIRE SETUP. YES, SIR. YEAH, SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS. SO WE'RE USING HER AS A. MENTOR MENTOR. YEAH, YEAH, SHE'S A WHAT ORGANIZATION? RISE UP. RISE UP. YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR. THAT'S WHAT GOOD JOB. UH I THINK YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD HANDS, THEN DON'T YOU THINK? YEAH YEAH, YEAH, I LOVE CAST. UH, GLORIA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH JUST FOR CLARIFICATION RIGHT NOW IN THE WILEY AREA, THERE IS NO FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. WE'RE HOSTING A TOURNAMENT. OK, SO THERE IS A THERE IS AN EXISTING TEAM YOU HAVE THEY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TEAM OR WE HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN W. UH, WE'VE ALWAYS TRAVELED. SO I DON'T I THINK Y'ALL HAVE A TEAM THAT THAT OCCUPIES YEAH. SO THE SO THE WILY FOOTBALL LEAGUE? UH THEY DO HAVE A FLAG. UM DIVISION. AND THEN UH, THEY ALSO IN THE SPRINGS IN THE SPRING SEASON, SO UH, KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING OR WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, UH, FOR THEIR SPRING SEASON, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING WHAT'S CALLED A, UM UH, FLEX. FLEX SEASON, WHICH IS JUST THEY YEAH, THEY THEY KINDA DOWNGRADE A LITTLE BIT ON THE PADS AND, UM THEY STILL WEAR SOME PADS, BUT IT'S MORE LIGHTER. FROM FROM WHAT I TOLD WELL, KNOWING SOME OF YOUR WATTY ORGANIZATIONS, THEY HAVE REACHED OUT AND I KNOW THEY WILL BE AT OUR TOURNAMENT, SO I'M NOT FOR SURE ABOUT WHEN THEY START THEY UH, PASS SITUATION OR WHATEVER. YEAH. SO AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING IT'S AGE GROUPS 5 TO 18, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S CERTAIN AGE FOR THAT GROUP AND A CERTAIN AGE BECAUSE CORRECT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT. UM BECAUSE WE'RE GO. THE YOUNGER KIDS PLAY GET THAT TOURNAMENT OVER WITH AND THEN SO ON AND SO ON IN THE LEAD UP TO THE, UH OLDER KIDS BECAUSE THAT IS A SUNDAY WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD IT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO MAKE IT BUT WE HAD TO FIT IT ALL INTO JUST THAT SUNDAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S FROM 78. OK, SO WHAT? YOU, UH IF I NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, SO YOU'RE KIND OF TRYING TO PLANT THE SEED FOR FLAG FOOTBALL TO GROW CORRECT, AND, UH, WE IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATION. SO SO THAT'S UH, THAT'S ADMIRABLE. AND, UH, GOOD LUCK TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO COULD YOU COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UM UH, KIND OF EQUIPMENT. UH, FILLED NEEDS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU NEED. THERE'S BASICALLY NOTHING THAT WE NEED THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO PROVIDE. WE HAVE, UH, MARKERS THAT WE PUT SO IN IN FLAG FOOTBALL. IT'S NOT THE WHOLE FIELD. UH, IS CUT INTO 40 SECTIONS OF 40. SO YOU BREAK THEM UP WITH CONES AND DOWN MARKERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU MAKE YOUR END ZONE LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY MAKE END ZONE WITH YOUR PARTNER. I SAY IT'S ALL THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED IN FLAG FOOTBALL. OK OK, SO THERE'S NOTHING REALLY THERE. THERE'S NO FIELD STRIPING STRIPING. THERE'S NOTHING. YEAH, OK, AWESOME. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OH, SORRY. I
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DO HAVE ONE JUST KNOWING LIKE THE TIME FRAME UNTIL 8 P.M. IF THINGS START RUNNING LATE, THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON THAT FIELD, CORRECT. ALL FOUR OF THOSE FIELDS ARE LIT. THEY THEY ARE.THEY ARE LIT. YEAH, THEY ARE LIT AND YOU AND YOU'VE TOURED THE FOUR FIELDS. AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT, UH JANET CAN SET UP TO AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW LIFE WILL YOU KNOW, WHICH WILL BE IN APRIL, SO SHOULD BE OK. BUT MAY NOT EVEN APRIL 8 O'CLOCK NORMALLY AN WAS STILL LIGHT, BUT WE'RE IN TEXAS. SO YEAH, YOU NEVER KNOW. YEAH, HE'S ALREADY PAID FOR AND WE'RE SER ALL FOUR FIELDS. WE DIDN'T SET UP LIGHTS BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT THE TIMING AND REALIZED IT'S NOT GONNA BE NECESSARY. BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND, UM, RESERVED THEM. CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL.
UM, AND, OF COURSE, THE, UM REQUIREMENTS WITH LIKE THE FOOD IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR PERMIT IF THEY NEED IT, UM OR REQUIRE IT AND THEN, UM, THE 5013 C IN THEM. IS THAT. SCOTT. YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE THOSE PARTICULAR FIELDS. WITH BEING AN ALL DAY TOURNAMENT. UM THEY GET WORN UP PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW? LIKE I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS GET INVOLVED, RIGHT? IF IT'S IF IT'S ALL TORN UP LIKE WHAT'S THE COST TO US OR WHAT? WHAT WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT WE COULD RUN INTO? WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL ALL DAY LONG IN MAY IN TEXAS. YEAH.
I MEAN, NO, THERE'S UM I MEAN, THERE'S THE THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE SOME IMPACT TO THE FIELDS. UH, THEY THEY'RE NOT WHAT. WE CONSIDER GAME FIELDS? UM I MEAN, THESE. THESE ARE PRACTICE FIELDS THAT WE, UM AND I DON'T WANNA SAY THEY DON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION. BUT THEY DON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION. AS A GAME FIELD, WOULD, UH, NOW NOW , THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REPAIRED. UH THIS WILL BE AN ALL DAY EVENT THAT WILL THERE.
THERE'S GONNA CREATE SOME SPOTS. UH, WITHIN THE I DON'T KNOW THAT I GOT THE DIMENSIONS, RIGHT? BUT IS IT 40 YARDS? YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE AND YOU HOPE PROBABLY AND BREAK IT UP, EACH FILLED INTO MAYBE TWO FIELDS OR BROKE UP INTO THREE FROM THE MEASUREMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN FROM UP THERE IS GONNA BE BROKE UP INTO THREE SECTIONS. SO I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE SOME SPOTS. II. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT, BUT UH, WHEN YOU GET CLEATS INVOLVED, AND YOU'RE RUNNING IN A 40 YARD, UH, SECTION AND YOU'RE YOU'RE STAYING TRUE TO JUST THAT. 40 YARD SECTION. THERE IS GONNA BE SOME WEAR AND TEAR. UH, WE'VE GOT OTHER EQUIPMENT NOW, UH, TURF RENOVATOR. UM, TOP DRESSING . IT'S NOTHING THAT I FORESEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RE SO UH, BUT IT IS THERE IS GONNA BE SOME MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO. UH, BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IS WITH THIS TOURNAMENT BEING MID APRIL. WE'VE GOT ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF OF SEASON. THIS IS THESE AREN'T GAME FIELDS THAT'LL BE GETTING UM, THAT TYPE OF DAMAGE TO AND IT WILL ALLOW US AFTER THE SPRING SEASONS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GO IN THERE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND KIND OF DO SOME REPAIR TO THE FIELDS. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THOUGH. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY I MEAN, WE WILL SEE SOMEWHERE IN TERRA. TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH SOCCER FIELDS AND IN THE BACK CORNER, THESE ARE THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS AT COMMUNITY PARK. UH, THEY ARE ON THE MAKE SURE I GET MY DIRECTIONS RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COMPLEX. UM JUST SOUTH OF WHERE WE'RE PUTTING A NEW SPLASH PAD AND, UH, RESTROOM FACILITY. RIGHT? OK? HOW MANY. HOW MANY GAMES WILL WE BE RUNNING AT ONCE ON THOSE FIELDS? YOU'VE SEEN THEM WITH YOUR EYES YET, SO THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM ACCORDING TO HOW YOU BREAK YOUR FEELS UP. LIKE I SAID, I WANNA BREAK MY FEARS UP INTO THREES. SO LOOKING AT 369 12 GAMES AT A TIME. OH, SPRAYED IT THROUGHOUT MY FOUR FIELDS SO THAT WE CAN GET THINGS ROLLING. UM SO THAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THAT TIME REQUIREMENT. SO YEAH, MAYBE WITH SOME EXTRA IN THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE RENDER VERDICT. OK, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HEAT ELITE SPORTS CLUB BRING THE HEAT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT COMMUNITY PARK ON APRIL 14TH. 1 TO 24.
YES, NICHOLAS. UH, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. SINCE YOU READ IT OFF FOR US.
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OUTSTANDING. CAN WE, UH. JUST UH, JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON THE ON THE MOTION THAT'S MADE. UH, ON CONTINGENT THAT WE DO RECEIVE THE 501 C THREE. ABSOLUTELY. OK? WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT FROM YOU WHEN WE NEEDED IT? I'LL GET IT TO Y'ALL WITHIN A WEEK. SO YOU ALREADY HAVE IT. YEAH, YEAH, WE ARE JUST SOMEONE'S ON IT. ALL RIGHT. COULD I GET A APPROVAL OF THE HEAT ELITE SPORTS CLUB BRING THE HEAT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT COMMUNITY PARK APPROVAL CONTINGENT ON SUBMISSION OF THE, UH 501 C THREE FORM. AT COMMUNITY PARK ON APRIL 14TH. 2024. MR PUENTE. SO WE'RE RE I'M RE MOTIONING TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON THE 50 ONES. YEAH. I ALSO TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, UH, WITH A CONTINGENT OF PROVIDING THE 501 C. DOCUMENT. CAN I GET A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? IT'S MORE OR LESS I SECOND THE MOTION OUTSTANDING.OH, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. OK GOOD. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ANSWERS. I APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S SEE. WE'RE GONNA ENTER A WORK SESSION NOW. SECTION NUMBER ONE WELCOME CENTER AT BROWN HOUSE. MISSION, VISION AND VALUES. NOW. AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. OR DURING THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE POSTING SOME QUESTIONS. THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER. HOW MANY IS THAT THREE. WE'RE GOING TO START ON THIS SIDE WITH GLORIA. AND YOU'LL BE POSED THREE QUESTIONS. AND YOUR ANSWER HONESTLY, AND WE WILL LOOK UP THE ANSWERS AND IF YOU ANSWER UNTRUTHFULLY, WE'LL FIND OUT OK, AND THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE DOWN THE LINE AND THIS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT. YES YES. HI I'M ANNIKA SACCO. I'M UH, THE RECREATION PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR. UM AND I'M STANDING IN TODAY FOR KATIE BURTON, UM, TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT THE DEVELOPING DEVELOPING THE, UM ROUNDHOUSE MISSION, VISION AND VALUES AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE THAT FOR IS TO HELP DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND, UH, PROGRAMMING MOVING FORWARD. UM TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE BROWN HOUSE CURRENTLY UM, WE HAVE A SHOP AT THE FRONT. UM, THAT WE SELL MERCHANDISE FROM WE HAVE ONGOING ROTATIONS OF VICTORIAN, UH, EXHIBITS AND, UM. HISTORICAL EXHIBITS TO DO WITH WILEY AND, UM, IN THAT ERA. WE ALSO HAVE WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING THAT GOES ON THERE. AND THEN, UM, IT'S THE HUB FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO FOR THE DOWNTOWN AS WELL, LIKE DOWNTOWN EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE CITY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA, AND, UM WE ALSO HAVE THIS AREA THERE THAT WE HAVE BROCHURES AND THAT, UH, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE AREA AS WELL AS UM, OFFER HISTORICAL FOCUS TO SOME OF THE BROCHURES THERE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND OUT. MORE ABOUT THE AREA AND WILEY. UH, WE HAVE SEVEN PART TIME STAFF THAT RUN THE DAY TO DAY THERE AND THEY, UM UH, THEY GIVE THE HISTORICAL TOURS SO THEY ARE VERY, UM COMFORTABLE WITH THE HISTORY OF WILEY AND, UM, OUR EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT.
UM SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AT THE BROWN HOUSE ARE, UM, THAT IT IS. WE? WE SAY THAT WE HAVE THE BOOK ENDS OF DOWNTOWN. UH BECAUSE WE HAVE OLD CITY PARK AT ONE END AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN AND AT THE OTHER END, WE HAVE BROWN HOUSE. UM SO AND IT IS AT THE FAR END OF THE DOWNTOWN. UM IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE BY DOWNTOWN YOU'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THAT SECTION OF THE SHOPPING TO GET TO THE BROWN HOUSE. UM THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. PARKING IT'S WELL, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH PARKING ANYWHERE. REALLY IS THERE. UM SO, UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
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PARKING WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM IDENTITY FOR THAT LOCATION. UH, THERE'S TRAFFIC. UM AND RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A DOWNTOWN CITY THAT IS GOING TO GOING ON. AND SO IT KIND OF PUTS A HALT TO SOME OF OUR OUTSIDE. PLANNING THAT WE HAVE IN PROGRESS UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THAT STUDY. UM. WE ALSO THERE IS A MAJOR INTERSECTION. UM BROWN. UH, BROWN STREET IS VERY CLOSE.IT'S A MAJOR INTERSECTION. UM AND PORTIONS OF IT ARE ARE RUN BY TECH DOT UM. PEOPLE HAVE A PERCEPTION OF BROWN HOUSE BEING A LOT LARGER THAN IT REALLY IS. SO IT IS ACTUALLY ELEVATED UP.
AND SO IT HAS THIS GRANDIOSE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. UM BUT PEOPLE SEE IT AS MUCH BIGGER THAN IT REALLY IS. IT'S ONLY 15 TO 100 SQUARE FEET ON THE FIRST FLOOR. UM AND IT DOES NOT HAVE AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN . IT IS SECTIONED OFF. SO UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WORK WITH UM IT IS A VICTORIAN HOUSE. UM AND SO THERE IS ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND THE MAINTENANCE IS NOT, UM, AS SIMPLE AS WHAT YOU WOULD FIND WITH YOUR OWN HOME. SO THE THERE IS SPECIAL KINDS OF, UM, THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO FIX TO KEEP WITH THE VICTORIAN.
HISTORICAL HOME STANDARD. UM SO THE MATERIALS ARE OFTEN, UM, HARD TO FIND, OR, UM OR, UH, TAKE LONGER TO GET SO UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF ALL THOSE BEFORE MOVING INTO THE QUESTIONS. UM SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY, UM, LIKE A TWO PARTER. QUESTION SO, UH, WHAT PROBLEMS DOES BROWN HOUSE SOLVE FOR THE CITY? AND WHAT NEEDS ARE MET BY HAVING THIS AVAILABLE. SO IF I COULD GET WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START AT THE END, LA. SO WHAT PROBLEMS DOES BROWN HOUSE SOLVE FOR THE CITY? AND WHAT NEEDS ARE MET BY HAVING THIS AVAILABLE. I DON'T KNOW SO MUCH THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS. I, I THINK NEEDS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE NEEDS. UH, I'VE LIVED IN, UH. W FOR GOING ON 10 YEARS AND, UM AND I MOVED FROM THE BIG BIG CITY OF HOUSTON . SO UH, PART OF THAT I WAS ALBANY, NEW YORK, WHICH IS VERY, VERY HISTORICAL AND VERY, VERY SMALL. IT'S ABOUT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE AREA LIKE DALLAS FORT WORTH, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE SO AND WE HAD A LOT OF OLD OLD HOMES THERE AND, UH BUT ONE THING ABOUT ALBANY. IT'S VERY HISTORICAL. SO WHEN WE MOVED FROM, UH, FROM HOUSTON HERE, YOU KNOW, MY FRIEND SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IN THAT LITTLE TOWN, YOU KNOW? I HAD A FRIEND VISIT ME FROM HOUSTON, AND HE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE CITY.
WITH WILEY IN THIS AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET THE TOUR OF THE HISTORICAL PART, BUT HE REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT, UH, IN THE HISTORICAL, UH, YOU KNOW THE WAY THE HOMES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, RENOVATED SO THAT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE OLD. AND OF COURSE I KNOW THEY WERE OLD, BUT, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE NEEDS, UH, THAT I SEE THAT FEELS THAT IT GIVES A LITTLE WILEY UH, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY FEELING AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO THAT BUILDING UM YOU KNOW, I. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ADULTS KNOW WHAT? THAT THAT THE HOUSE IS, AND, UH AND I. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT IT JUST IT'S A SYMBOL OF THE CITY. WHILE IT IS OLD. IT'S STILL BEEN RENOVATED, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND YES, IT IS SMALL, BUT I THINK, UH, DOWNTOWN WALEY IS SMALL. BUT YET, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW THAT WE BRING BUSINESS IN AND THERE'S OF COURSE, THE FAMILIES THAT GO TO COMMUNITY PARKS, SO I THINK IT SERVES. THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY BIG NEEDS OF ANY COMMUNITY. THE WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT THE TOWN AND IT AND IT IS AND SO, II. I SEE THAT AS THE NEEDS THAT THAT IT SOLVES WHEN THE NEEDS, UM YES, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING AND YOU KNOW, I LI I LIVE DOWN THE STREET PAST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THEY'VE BEEN A WIDENING THAT ROAD. UH, SINCE I MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE, UH, GOT MOST OF THE UTILITY WORK DONE, AND IT'S A MESS, AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED DIGGING IN THE ROAD. SO, UH, THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT ALL OF THE CITY I. I KNOW THAT. UM BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC. IT'S NOT GONNA COME THROUGH THERE. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. UH, I'M SURE THE MAYOR AND HIS PEOPLE ARE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE TRAFFIC? HOW IT'S GONNA REROUTE AND ET CETERA. SO UM, I SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON. UM IT'S IT IT
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IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT, NOT JUST ON THE BROWN HOUSE, BUT, UM, THE LITTLE DOWNTOWN IN GENERAL, SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GLORIA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION ALL FIRST? SURE YES, YES, IF THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD JUST GO ONE. LET ME PULL UP THE QUESTIONS, OK? YEAH. SO, YEAH, I DON'T. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS FOR, UH PER SE THAT IT'S REALLY SOLVING. BUT, UM, I THINK YOU KNOW, I ALSO LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS KIND OF A WELCOME CENTER TO THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SEVERAL ENTRY POINTS TO THE CITY, RIGHT COMING FROM MURPHY OR WHETHER YOU'RE COMING, UH, YOU KNOW FROM THE LAVAN AREA AND I COULD BE WRONG. BUT DO WE HAVE SIGNS ON 78? WHEN YOU'RE HEADED TOWARDS THE POINTING, YOU KNOW, POINTING OUT THAT THE ROUNDHOUSE IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET SOMETHING LIKE REAL GRAND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CITY LIMITS RIGHT THERE, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S CALLING THE HOUSE OUT FROM 78 WOULD BE NICE. I THINK UM BUT YEAH, I. I MEAN, II, I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT IT, AS LIKE THE LANDMARK FOR DOWNTOWN WILEY LIKE KINDA SETS THE STAGE FOR DOWNTOWN WILEY KEEPS THAT AREA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I KNOW THAT THE TRAFFIC THE LAYOUT DOESN'T ALWAYS UH, DOESN'T REALLY, UM HOW DO I SAY, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY LAID OUT TO WHEN YOU DO WHEN WE DO THE HOMECOMING PARADE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO ROUNDHOUSE RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT. IT HAS A YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVER GO PAST A CROSSING. I BELIEVE, UM, SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEHOW TIE THAT INTO TO THOSE PARADES AND SUCH, BUT UM YEAH, I MEAN, BECAUSE I HAVE MORE ON THE OTHER QUESTIONS. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT ON THE FIRST QUESTION.BUT UM THANK YOU, NICK. READY, SCOTT. SO. WHEN I THINK OF WILEY AND I AND I MOVED HERE 8.5 YEARS AGO. UM TO ME, WILEY. WHAT SEPARATES WILEY FROM MOST OF THE TOWNS AROUND HERE, AND I'M TRYING TO SAY THIS IS DIPLOMATICALLY AS POSSIBLE. IS. IN THE GENERAL DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF UH, YOU KNOW, BRICKS, STONE CONCRETE. YOU KNOW? BROWN. UH, PARDON THE PUN. BUT JUST JUST. THERE RIGHT, LIKE IT'S THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. UH, BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH WILEY. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT'S JUST YOU.
YOU DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU THINK WHAT A PRETTY TOWN WHAT A PRETTY AREA AND SO. THERE'S SORT OF THE NATURAL CENTER OF WILEY. WHICH IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN BALLARD. AND THEN THERE'S THIS AREA HERE, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CREATING INTO A, UH YOU KNOW, A SORT OF A SECOND. HUB OF WILEY.
UH BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, THE THING THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY THE MOST WAS HERE'S THIS CUTE TOWN. THAT HAD THAT FEEL OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 100 PLUS YEARS. THEY JUST YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT LITTLE TOWN FEEL. UM BUT NOW, OF COURSE IT'S ALL EVERYTHING HAS GROWN UP AROUND IT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE FIGHTING BACK THAT MODERN SORT OF STAMPEDE. IN EVERY DIRECTION. UH AND SO ANYWAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHAT? WHAT PROBLEMS DOES THE BROWN HOUSE SOLVE? IS RIGHT. IT'S VISUALLY SOMETHING THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE AROUND. SO BY NATURALLY YOU'RE DRAWN TO IT LIKE WHAT'S THIS COOL PLACE? IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE WELCOME CENTER. I LOVE WHEN YOU GO TO BLUE ON BALLARD AND I MEAN, THERE'S JUST ALL KINDS OF STUFF OUT AND ABOUT THE PARTY. THIS PAST YEAR WAS GREAT. UH, LIKE IT'S JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS DIFFERENT AND IT'S COOL AND YOU GUYS ARE REALLY RUN WITH THAT. UH, WELL. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS THAT IT MEETS IS HERE IS THIS SORT OF HUB OF THE AREA? AND NOW FOR ME WHENEVER I'M COMING INTO DOWNTOWN, ALWAYS COMING IN FROM BROWN. RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME IN FROM 78. I COME IN FROM BROWN, AND YOU DID MENTION THAT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. WELL, IF YOU COME IN FROM BROWN WELL, IT'S THE FIRST THING. IT IS THE EASIEST THING TO GET TO. IT'S YOU KNOW, WE GO THERE QUITE OFTEN. AND SO. IT'S VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED. IT TOUCHES INTO OUR PAST IT. IT TELLS A STORY OF WHAT WILEY WAS, AND IS.
AND I WOULD SAVE ANYTHING. WE JUST WE MAYBE NEED TO DO MORE OF THOSE THINGS TO LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU'RE HERE. LIKE WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT WILEY? WELL LET ME YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BROWN HOUSE, AND THEY'LL THEY'LL TELL YOU WHY IT'S SPECIAL. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT. WHY IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. SO THAT'S IN MY VISION. THAT'S WHAT I SEE WITH THE BROWN HOUSE DOES
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FOR US. NOT ONLY IS IT OUR LINK TO THE PAST, BUT IT I MEAN IT VISUALLY LOOKS LIKE THE LINK TO OUR PAST AND I, AND I MEAN THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SCOTT. KIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT QUESTION? UM, SO I'LL MIMIC A LOT OF WHAT SCOTT SAID, BECAUSE THOSE WERE A LOT OF MY INITIAL THOUGHTS. SO UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT IT SOLVES FOR IS THAT THE CITY HASN'T HAD A WELCOME CENTER OR A VISITOR CENTER WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO UNTIL THE BROWN HOUSE WAS THERE. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY WENT BEFORE THAT. BEEN IN WILEY FOR 10, PLUS YEARS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU SO I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SOLVES IT, BUT I THINK ALSO, UM MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING THE WORD OUT. I AGREE WITH SCOTT. LET'S GET THE WORD OUT. LET'S PROMOTE IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 1500 SQUARE FEET. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WE FIT IN HERE AT ONE TIME AND DO AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM I THINK THE BIGGEST NEEDS THAT ARE MET BY HAVING THE FACILITY AVAILABLE WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS LOOKING TO MOVE HERE OR WANTS TO BE A PART OF WILEY. I THINK THAT GOING THERE AND HAVING THAT AVAILABLE ALLOWS THEM TO, UM TO GET MORE KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CITY AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY. UM TO ME, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, KIM. I'LL FINISH OUT THE ANSWERS. WITH UH, SINGLE WORD THOUGHTS THAT COME TO MIND ARE AN ANCHOR BECAUSE, UH, OUR CURRENT TIME IS SUCKING UP. HISTORY FROM OTHER.MUNICIPALITIES AND CASTING THEM ASIDE FOR THE UH UH. MODERNIZATION OF COMMUNITIES.
AND I. I LOVE WILEY AND I AND I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE BROWN HOUSE AND A LOT ABOUT AAA NUMBER OF OTHER ANCHORS IN OUR CITY FROM. FROM THE TIME I HAVE SPENT IN LEADERSHIP AND WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND IT ETCETERA. AND THAT ANCHOR ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE THERE. THAT'S AN ANCHOR. FOR CURRENT CITIZENS OF WILEY. TO FIND THE HISTORY OF THEIR CITY AND TO BE PROUD. OF WHAT THEY LEARN SO THEY CAN SHARE WITH THEIR VISITORS. AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE POSED OF VISITORS WOULD, UH, WOULD POST TO THEM LIKE WHAT'S SO WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT WILEY? WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU BECAUSE NOW I KNOW THAT THIS PLACE IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WAS THERE BEFORE BECAUSE THEY PUT THE EFFORT AND THE ATTENTION AND THE MONEY INTO BUILDING UP THIS FABULOUS VISITOR CENTER BECAUSE IT'S WORTH IT. THIS CITY IS LIKE NO OTHER AROUND THAT I'VE SEEN UH, AND AGAIN IT IS AN ANCHOR THAT PREVENTS WILEY. FOR BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE CURRENTS OF MODERNIZATION, AND IT'S IT. IT'S A PLACE THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF WHERE DO WE GO? WHEN WE WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS CITY IS ALL ABOUT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, GOING ON TO QUESTION TWO. WHAT DO YOU WANT? BROWN HOUSE TO BE KNOWN FOR? WELL, SOME OF IT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED, BUT, UH JUST GETTING BACK TO WHAT I SAID, UH, BEFORE ALL THE RENOVATION WORK WAS DONE, I, I THINK, UH, IT USED TO BE RENTED FOR A LITTLE EVENTS LIKE TES OR SHOWERS OR SOMETHING. YEAH. UM SO I WAS AWARE OF THAT BUILDING AT THE TIME AND, UH, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW. IT HAS BEEN LIKE 56 YEARS AGO WHEN I BECAME THE, UH, THE WELCOME CENTER AND I BELIEVE IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD HERE AT THE TIME. I THOUGHT WHO CARES , YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER OLD HOME THAT'S SITTING SOMEWHERE DOWN. UM UH, BATTLE WAY DOWN THAT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REINVENTING THE WHEEL WITH THAT PLACE AND HERE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO AGAIN BACK FIVE YEARS AGO TRYING TO DEVELOP THE BROWN HOUSE. UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN A TO ME. UH THIS HAS BEEN SAID IT IS A, UH, IT'S A LANDMARK. AND, UM. I KNOW WHERE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS UM IT SEEMS TO THERE'S AN EVENT IN DOWNTOWN WILE. THEN THE BROWN HOUSE OR SOME HAS IS PART OF THE EVENTS. AND UH, I KNOW THE ARTS FAIR, WHICH WHICH I'VE WORKED FOR ABOUT, UH, EIGHT YEARS OR
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NINE ACTUALLY GOING ON 10. YOU KNOW, I, I RUN OVER THERE AND, UH, REPRESENTING THE BOARD, UH, TO WORK. THERE AND GET FREE CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES, OF COURSE , BUT, UM, SAME THING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE OTHER EVENTS. UH BLUEGRASS, UH, THE TASTE OF WILEY ALL THOSE THINGS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON, UH, WHEN THERE IS EVENTS IN THE CITY, UH AND I KNOW THAT'S UH THAT, UH, LIKELY. THERE'S A BIG PART OF THE BUDGET THAT GOES INTO THAT. BECAUSE YOU LIKE THE HALLOWEEN THING. YOU, YOU KNOW ALL THE THING, THE THEME AND ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THERE AND EVERYTHING. UM SO I'M I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY UH, HAS BEEN SEEN IT APPROPRIATE TO FUND TO PROVIDE THE BUDGET TO FUND THAT BUILDING AND I'VE SAT IN CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETINGS WHERE THE CITY INCLUDING THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF WILEY AND, UH AND I SEE IT THAT WAY THAT IT THAT YES, WE SAID IT IS THE HISTORY OF WILEY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I. I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO USE IT AS A MULTI PURPOSE WHERE YOU WOULD, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE WHO COULD. WHO COULD, YOU KNOW, RENT OUT THE ROOMS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, IT'S SEPARATE ROOMS. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ONE BIG GIANT GALLERY WHERE EVERYBODY GOES IN. SO I. I THINK IT'S FINE WHAT IT DOES. NOW I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S MET THE PURPOSE AND IT'S DOING IT VERY WELL. AND I SEE THE, UH, THE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE THAT COMES OUT ON JANET REPORT. AND I'M ALWAYS KIND OF PUZZLED. LOOK AT THAT.BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S A WE REPORT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THERE FOR THE WEEKEND OR HOW MANY TRADES IN DURING THE WEEK BUT UH AND I, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THAT HOUSE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AT LEAST AND I'VE I'VE BEEN IN MORE THAN THAT, AND I THINK IT IT'S WHAT IT'S DOING RIGHT NOW IS IT'S DOING I THINK WHAT'S EXPECTED TO DO AND I'M I'M QUITE HAPPY WITH WHAT IT DOES NOW. UM I THINK GLORIA SAID IN THE EARLY , LIKE, LIKE TEA PARTIES AND WHATNOT. UH, FOR ME, I WENT TO I ATTENDED WILEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I GRADUATED THERE SO WE HAD. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY STILL DO IT. WE HAD A SENIOR TRIP TO THE BROWN HOUSE. WE HAD LITTLE SENIOR TEA PARTY THERE. UM SO I GUESS FOR ME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT KNOWN FOR IS TO CONTINUE THOSE THINGS. AND MAYBE EVEN YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE HOUSE. NOT BEING THAT BIG. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE EXCITED. BUT IF YOU START KIDS GOING THERE, YOU KNOW, IN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, GO THERE SEEING IT. THEY'RE GONNA BE SMALL. THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE BIG TO THE IMMIGRANT. THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THE HOUSE. UM AND THEN AND THEN MAYBE YOU FOLLOW IT UP WITH LATER ON TRIPS AND YOU DISCUSSED THESE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, WHATEVER. UM BUT ARE THOSE DO THOSE FIELD TRIPS STILL HAPPEN FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOLS? THEY THEY DON'T THEY DON'T AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE HAD MY KID GO THROUGH DIFFERENT FIELD TRIPS THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY ALWAYS GO TO LIKE SOME, YOU KNOW, OLDEN TIMES FIELD TRIP, AND WE HAVE THAT LOCALLY LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO, UH, TO OTHER PLACES TO GO FIND THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IN WILEY, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT I UNDERSTAND NO CLASS SIZES HAVE GROWN QUITE A BIT. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING. BUT UM, I DON'T KNOW FOR ME. THAT'S WHAT I KNEW IT FOR BEFORE I JOINED THE BOARD. IT WAS JUST HEY, UH, WE HAD THE SENIOR TEA PARTY THERE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE ALREADY SPOKE TO KIND OF WHAT HOW I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEING LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE ANCHOR TO THE TOWN AND WHATNOT. SO UM YOU KNOW? WITHOUT JUMP TO THE NEXT QUESTION. I'LL JUST HOLD THE REST OF MY COMMENTS. SO I THINK FOR ME, RIGHT, THE. THE BIGGEST PIECE MISSING IS MAYBE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIX. FROM OUR ASPECT, AND BY THAT, I MEAN I. I THINK THE HURDLES THAT WE HAVE IS MORE SYSTEMIC. TO THE DOWNTOWN ISSUE, RIGHT LIKE TO ME , AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN TALKED FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR YOU. YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE CROSS STREETS THERE. I. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE A SMALLER PARK A SETTING, YOU KNOW SOMETHING WHERE IT'S MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR PEOPLE. TO BE AROUND. AND SO IT'S HARD TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO AS A BROWN HOUSE? WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO GET THE TRAFFIC THERE TO BEGIN WITH. I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY SO I MEAN, ALL THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE HAVE BEEN SAYING, HEY, HOW DO WE GET MORE TRAFFIC? SO I? I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. UH, I LOVED.
SO I WAS AT BALLARD STREET. OR I'M SORRY. AT BO ON BALLARD AND, UH, THE DJ AND THEY HAD THE BIG PARTY THERE, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME, BECAUSE IT KIND OF BECAME LIKE A WHOLE OTHER LITTLE AREA IT IT'S JUST SORT OF BECAME THIS FUN LITTLE PARTY AREA. RIGHT THERE IN THAT PART OF TOWN, AND SO I MEAN, I THINK WITH EVENTS IN MIND AGAIN, I. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ANYTHING WE CAN CHANGE UNTIL THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREAS IS A IN AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. BUT
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BEING CENTRAL FOR EVENTS. AND DOING MORE THINGS LIKE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE BROWN HOUSE COMES IN, RIGHT. IT'S A VISITOR CENTER. IT'S A COMMUNITY ANCHOR. UM. AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO GET MORE PEOPLE THERE. BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE QUANDARY OF THE ENTIRE BALLARD STREET ISSUE IS HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE THERE? UM SO THAT'S WHEN YOU SAY, WHAT IS IT? WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO BE KNOWN FOR? I JUST WANT IT TO BE A CENTRAL HUB FOR THAT PART OF TOWN. THANK YOU. OK? I ONLY HAVE A FEW WORDS. SO WHAT I WANTED TO BE KNOWN FOR IS THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. MHM. I LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE. IT IS MY OPINION. BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS. I REFER BACK TO MY FIRST ANSWER.EVERYTHING'S CHANGING. THERE DOES NOT NEED TO CHANGE NOW. IMPROVE OK? AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING A STATEMENT OF WHAT THE VISION IS FOR, BUT I THINK EVERYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE ELABORATED ON IS EXACTLY A HUB, AN ANCHOR. THE CENTER. THE. THE UNCHANGING. HISTORY OF WHAT THAT HOUSE WAS. AND WHO THE BROWNS WERE IT JUST IT. I DON'T. THAT'S WHAT IT IT. IN MY OPINION, IT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN FOR EXACTLY WHAT IT'S KNOWN FOR. IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO MAYBE PUTTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND EDUCATING MORE. CITIZENS OF WYLIE. DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN HEY, COME OVER HERE AND LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS. SO MAYBE WE EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES OF I HESITATE TO SAY GET THE WORD OUT. I MEAN, EDUCATE. MY MAILBOX IS FULL OF CIRCULAR. UH UH, MAGAZINES AND THE IN AND AROUND AND ALL THAT JAZZ. LET'S EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND THEN ATTRACTION, NOT PERSUASION, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, UM, FOR THE THIRD QUESTION. UH, WHAT DO CUSTOMERS SAY WE ARE BEST AT OR KNOWN FOR. I WANNA TURN THAT QUESTION AROUND TO YOU. BECAUSE WELL, I AM A CUSTOMER. UM. HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON IT. UH, I GREW UP IN DALLAS AND, UH, YOU KNOW? OH, CLIFF. AND WHAT IT'S KNOWN OAK CLIFF IS KNOWN FOR NOW. IT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS KNOWN FOR WHEN I WHEN I GREW UP THERE IT WAS KINDA LIKE MURPHY AND ALLEN. UM AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WILEY UM , MY SISTER. MOVED MOVED FROM RALE. UH, HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S IN FRONT OF WILEY, EAST AND WILEY. EAST WASN'T THERE WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT? UM, TO ME, UH, THE. THE BROWN HOUSE. IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF WILEY. UH BECAUSE, WELL, IT IS AN OLD HOME. IT'S BEEN RENOVATED, AND IT LOOKS IT LOOKS NEW. BUT IT'S OLD HOME. THE DESIGN. UH, THE ARCHITECTURE, SO I, I THINK IT'S IT. YOU KNOW, THE BROWN HOUSE MIRRORS SLIGHTLY. IT'S BOTH. AND UH, WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS HERE AND YOU KNOW, AS A MEMBER OF THE WE SENIOR CENTER, MY GUESS IS, UH, THE MEMBERS PROBABLY 75% OF THOSE PEOPLE MOVED HERE BECAUSE THEIR KIDS LIVED HERE OR REMEMBER ME REPHRASE. BECAUSE HER GRANDKIDS WERE HERE. SO, UH AND, UH UH, ALMOST ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, LOVED LOVED THE CITY AND THEY HAVE ENJOYED GOING TO THE BROWN HOUSE. SO I, I THINK IT JUST, UH, THE BROWN HOUSE ITSELF IS JUST PEOPLE SAY IT AS PART OF THE CITY AND, UM AND I KNOW, UM ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU GOT RENOVATED. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME. WHAT DOES THAT WHAT IS THAT BUILDING? WHAT IS THAT HOUSE IN? UH AND IN GENERAL, I THINK, UH, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I KNOW. IT'S PLAYED A BIG PART IN IN THE RENOVATION AND THE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE ACTUALLY BUSINESSES, SO I THINK, UH, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST KNOWN AS A PLACE THAT YOU THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE EVENTS THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE ON BALL AIR. THE UH I'M SU.
THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ABOUT VALENTINE. SO THERE'S SO THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE. THAT'S UM, THAT'S SEASONAL OR OR RECOGNIZABLE BASED ON BASED ON SOME HOLIDAY, AND, UH AND I THINK THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING
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THROUGH THE GOOGLE, UH, PICTURES AND REVIEWS AND WHATNOT, AND IT SEEMS AS BEST KNOWN FOR THE HALLOWEEN DISPLAY AT CURRENTLY BASED ON THAT THAT FEEDBACK UM I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK I THINK LIKE, UH, GLORIA SAID. IT'S IT DOES REALLY WELL, KEEPING UP WITH THE SEASONAL ATTRACTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE OUT. UM BUT YEAH, I MEAN, II, I WOULD SAY, AND I AND I DON'T WANNA LABOR THIS BUT . WHAT IT'S KNOWN FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW IT'S THERE. IS A CENTRAL PLACE, RIGHT? IT'S FUN. THAT'S COOL. BUT THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE THERE. SO RIGHT, I THINK PART OF THE CITY'S JOB IS HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO MORE OF A DAILY LIFE. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT SOME SORT OF PARK. SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW PLACES TO SIT PLACES TO RELAX, WALKING PAST THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING MORE TRAFFIC. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE LIKE THIS IS COOL. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HANG OUT BY HERE, RIGHT IT IT HAS THAT FEELING. BUT WHY? WHY ARE YOU THERE? RIGHT. UNLESS YOU'RE YOU KNOW IT. NOT TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THEM UNLESS YOU'RE AT FRANKIE'S, OR YOU'RE YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT THE HUB GETTING A COFFEE. I MEAN, IT'S NEVER FUN TO BE DRIVING UP AND DOWN, BALLARD AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAY TO LABOR AT THIS POINT. WHAT I THINK IT COULD BE. IS A LITTLE MORE INTEGRAL TO THE CITY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT. BUT IT'S JUST A FUN PLACE TO BE. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM WHAT PEOPLE SAY YOU GUYS ARE BEST AT TO ME. UM IT'S HOSTING GREAT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THAT'S BRINGING OTHERS TOGETHER FROM OUR COMMUNITY. IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THESE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE BROWN HOUSE. AGAIN. I'M GONNA JUST AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE. IT'S A I, THE BROWN HOUSE, PARTICIPATES IN THE SEASONAL EVENTS AND MAKES ITSELF A PRESENCE IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IN THE BOON BALLAD. IN THE CAR SHOWS AND EVERYTHING THAT REALLY GOES ON IT. IT'S CENTERED BETWEEN OLD CITY PARK AND THE BROWN HOUSE WITH BROWN HOUSE WASN'T THERE THEN HOW FAR WOULD IT GO? SO IT I THINK IT'S JUST SEEN AS A FIXTURE. A PERMANENT FIXTURE IN IN EVERY EVENT THAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN.GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. I'M GOOD. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OK? WE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH. A COUPLE OTHER WORK SESSIONS. ONE IS PROJECT UPDATES. MR STOWERS. WHAT'S HAPPENING? ARE. ALRIGHTY WELL, I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK. I KNOW. ALL OF YOU ARE READY TO GET BACK TO GO WATCH THE BACHELOR TONIGHT SO IF YOU ARE. OK SO FIRST AND FOREMOST THE DOG PART UH, IT IS NOW OPEN IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE. UH, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG GO BY THERE. IT'S A REALLY NICE. UM IT'S JUST VERY, VERY DIFFERENT, UH, THE ARCHITECTURE OF IT. UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, DOG AGILITY EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THERE. THE PAVILIONS? UH, THE LANDSCAPING. IT'S JUST IT'S A REALLY NICE PARK. UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP, I. I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE THERE AT THE GRAND OPENING. UM AND WE DO STILL HAVE A LITTLE FEW MINOR THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I WANTED TO STILL BRING IT UP TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON. UH, THEY TOLD ME POSSIBLY THE END OF FEBRUARY. THEY'LL BE OUT TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. THESE ARE JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF AREAS AROUND THE PAVILION THAT HAVE SOME OPENINGS WHERE PIPES ARE MEETING OTHER PIPES. UH, THEY JUST HAVE TO CAP THOSE OFF. THEY HAVE TO FIX SOME WELDS. UH, VERY MINOR THINGS. THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING HUGE, UH, STUFF THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY FINISH ON A WEEKEND. THEY'LL PROBABLY COME OUT ON A WEEKEND.
UH, KNOCK OUT ALL THOSE ITEMS. WE DO NOT HAVE TO CLOSE THE PARK FOR THIS, UH, THERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE JUST KIND OF KNOCK IT OUT REALLY QUICK AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND THEN CARRY ON
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ABOUT THE DAY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO AN INSPECTION, UH, FOR ACCESSIBILITY. UH, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITH ANY OF OUR BIG PROJECTS. I KNOW S OR THE SENIOR RECREATION CENTER ALSO HAS TO HAVE THAT SO UH, IT JUST WHERE A THIRD PARTY COMES OUT, UH, INSPECTS THE WORK THAT IS DONE. JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS, UH, AD, A SO WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED FOR, UM, VALENTINE'S DAY, ACTUALLY, FEBRUARY 14TH SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT INSPECTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CORRECT ANYTHING THAT THEY COME UP WITH. SO ONCE WE GET THAT WE WILL BE CLOSING THE DOG PARK OUT SOON.SO IT'S OPEN. OUR PART IS STILL NOT DONE YET. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THIS LIST. ANY QUESTIONS ON DOG PARK. GLORIA. THERE WAY WE KNOW HOW MANY DOGS COMING OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, A CLUE AT ALL. HOW WHAT THE USAGE IS HAS BEEN AH, WE DO NOT. UM I MEAN IT. WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT, UM THAT COME TO THE PARK AT LEAST TWO TIMES A DAY. UM BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY COUNTING PARTICIPANTS THERE. WELL I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT RECENTLY. UH I WOULD THINK IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO COUNT. BUT UH AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME REAL COLD WEATHER AND WE'VE HAD SOME RAINY WEATHER SO THAT I'M SURE HAS IMPACTED. UH, THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, WOULD NORMALLY BRING THEIR DOGS OUT. UH, SO LET THEM RUN AROUND. BUT NO, I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING, UH, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER A LOT. I'M SURE ONCE WE CAN GET PAST WINTER, THE TRAFFIC WILL PICK UP BUT, UM OK, I JUST JUST KIND OF WONDERING THAT I DON'T I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU COULD COUNT. I MEAN, NO. I MEAN, WHEN THAT'S UH I MEAN, I KNOW GRAND OPENING DAY . WE HAD AAA WEIRD DAY IN JANUARY WHERE IT WAS 70 DEGREES. UH AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE AT THAT ONE. AND ON THESE UPCOMING 70 DEGREE DAYS IN FEBRUARY. I ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHENEVER UH, SPRING DOES HIT US, ALTHOUGH IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SPRING NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPRING DOES HIT US, I DO ANTICIPATE THE DOG PARK. UH, HAVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I'VE ONLY DRIVEN BY. BUT UH, HAS A SIGN GONE UP THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RULES OR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE ONE TIME WE HAVE POSTED SIGNAGE. NOW THAT, UH, WITH RULES AND THEN UH, EVEN UH, QR CODES TO GO TO YOU KNOW OUR RULES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF SIGNAGE UP SINCE THE OPENING. THANK YOU. OKAY SO OUR SENIOR RECREATION CENTER RENAULT IS GOING VERY SMOOTHLY AND IT'S ALSO NEARING COMPLETION. UM. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS TO WALK THROUGH WITH, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THERE. UH, I KNOW JUST ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETE OTHER THAN, UH, SOME CARPET WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE NEW OFFICES AND IN THE UH, PREVIOUS OFFICES. UH, THEY JUST HAVE TO YOU KNOW, REDO THE CARPET THERE. THEY'RE PULLING IT, PULLING IT UP AND PUTTING ALL NEW CARPET DOWN IN BOTH AREAS. UH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS. FEBRUARY, 16TH. UH AND ONCE THAT IS DONE UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LAST THING OTHER THAN THE YOU KNOW, THE FINAL WALKTHROUGH AND PUNCH LIST ITEMS. UH, BUT THEN WE'LL BE HAVING VOTING GOING ON. UM AND THEN, AFTER VOTING, UH, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, REOPENING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S COMING UP. PRETTY SOON. ANY QUESTIONS ON. SENIOR RECREATION CENTER GLORIA SUAREZ. WELL I. I WAS READING JANET'S, UH, WEEKLY REPORT. AND IT DID SAY, NEARING COMPLETION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW LIKE IT'S RUNNING A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IS THAT I BELIEVE THEY HAD UP UNTIL, UH, MID MAY. AND, UH, THEY ARE. YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'RE. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE. I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL FINAL WALKTHROUGHS AND PUNCH LIST ITEMS. UH, WE'VE GOT TO GET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INSPECTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE ANYBODY CAN BE IN THE BUILDING. UM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG ALL OF THAT WILL TAKE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA OPEN UP THE ONE DINING ROOM AREA. FOR VOTING. WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ROOM IN THE BACK THE BIG ROOM IN THE BACK, UM WAS THINKING AT AT ONE OF THE PICTURES, I GUESS FROM A WEEK OR TWO AGO WHERE IT SHOWED THE GLASS WALL WITH THE EXERCISE. IS THAT GONNA GET FROSTED AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, REQUEST, SO IT'S NOT IN THE, UM IT'S NOT WHAT THE CONTRACTOR CURRENTLY IS DOING, BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF LOOKING INTO GETTING THAT, UH, QUOTED TO GET IT FROSTED. I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT PRIVACY FROSTING, CY WHAT THE OFFICERS
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HAVE, UM OK, WELL, LET LET'S LET'S GET TO KNOW, UH I. I DON'T KNOW WHEN SPRING BREAK IS BUT MADE IT UP BEFORE SPRING BREAK. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED ANY OPENING DATE YET. UM SO I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT YET. I DO KNOW THAT, UM EARLY VOTING STARTS, UM, LATE FEBRUARY, AND THEN THEY'LL BE VOTING GOING ON THROUGH MARCH. UM AND THEN DURING THAT TIME WE'LL BE DISCUSSING. YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE OPENING DATES BECAUSE I'M I'M ASSUMING THAT AS AS YOU DID OVER CHRISTMAS, YOU CLOSED.THE ACCESS FOR THE SENIOR REC PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO. AND I'M GUESSING SPRING BREAK. THE SAME THING IS GONNA HAPPEN UNLESS IT'S ALREADY OPEN. YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED AN OPENING DATE. UH BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE AND, UH, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CUT OFF ACCESS HERE BEFORE. MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLETELY SPRING BREAK IS WHENEVER IT WILL. THE SENIOR PEOPLE WILL BE CUT OFF BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN YOUR SCHEDULE AT THE REC CENTER, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED OVER CHRISTMAS FOR TWO WEEKS. OH, OK. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH, I YOU DIDN'T HEAR FROM THAT. HOW DID YOU NOT HEAR IT? THERE WAS THERE WAS PLENTY OF, UH, HOW DO WE SAY THIS PLAYS OVER IT? SO WE CROSS THE FINGERS ON SPRING BREAK. ALRIGHTY UH, SO BROWN HOUSE, SO THERE'S A YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT BROWN HOUSE. UM WE DID FINISH THE FOUNDATION WORK. UH, THAT ONE'S KIND OF BEEN ONE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE. UH WE FINALLY DID GET A CONTRACT IN PLACE AND HAVE THE WORK COMPLETE. THIS WAS THE END OF JANUARY. UM NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MOVING INTO, UH, GETTING PRICES FROM A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS ON PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OR REPAINTING THE EXTERIOR AND REPAIRING SOME OF THE WOOD THAT YOU KNOW IS EITHER ROTTEN OR IS, YOU KNOW DAMAGED UH SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF GETTING QUOTES. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE BACK. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE. ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AS WELL. UH, ONCE WE GET THOSE IN PLACE, UH, THERE'S A BIT OF A PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MEET WITH, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND GET THE REPAIRS AND COLORS AND EVERYTHING APPROVED. UH, IT WILL BE AN ITEM THAT WILL HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL. UH, FOR APPROVAL AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE OVER 50,000. SO UH, FIGURING OUT UH, THE RIGHT PROCESS WE GOTTA DO IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE AT LEAST GETTING THE QUOTES SO I WOULD BE LOOKING TO SEE THAT'S UH, WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET TO PAINT AND REPAIR THE EXTERIOR. UH SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING THAT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. ARE YOU LOOKING TO CHANGE? THE COLOR COLORS WILL STAY THE SAME. WE JUST LOOKING AT JUST YOU KNOW, REPAINTING IT SAME COLOR. OK? DID THAT. ANSWER IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. SO MOVING INTO FOUNDERS FIELD RENOVATIONS. THE FIELDS ARE GETTING REALLY CLOSE AS WELL. UM THEY'RE BEING LASER GRADED RIGHT NOW. WITH THE NEW TOP SOIL. UH, THEY'RE ALSO IF YOU REMEMBER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES THAT THEY'RE SAYING CAP IN IT WITH TWO INCHES. UM THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT MOST OF THE IRRIGATION PIPING. HAS BEEN RAN. EXCUSE ME, RAN AND ZONED.
THE NEW IRRIGATION PUMP FOR THAT IS, UH, JUST RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF HENSLEY LANE AND, UH, JERRY WAYNE CUS. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED AND CONNECTED. UH THE ONLY THING REALLY THAT THEY'RE WAITING ON IS ME. TO GET POWER TO THE PUMP. UH, THAT'S BEEN A BIT OF A PROCESS. UH, FEC IS THE PROVIDER THERE, AND THEY HAVE TO INSTALL A NEW POLE. UH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET THREE PHASE POWER TO THE IRRIGATION PUMP, SO THAT'S THAT'S TAKEN SOME TIME. I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO GET THE METER RACK, AND ALL OF THAT. INSTALLED FIRST BEFORE FEC WILL EVEN RELEASE IT INTO THEIR CONSTRUCTION. TO INSTALL A NEW POLE AND RUN POWER TO THE METER RACK. UM THEIR TIME FRAME ON THAT IS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. UH, ONCE THE METER RACK IS INSTALLED UH, WE DID TALK WITH THE ELECTRICIAN THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE WORK. UH, WE JUST PUT ARE REQUISITION IN TODAY. UH, TO HAVE THAT APPROVED. ONCE THAT'S APPROVED, IT WOULD TAKE THE ELECTRICIAN ABOUT A WEEK TO DO IT. THEY'VE GOT TO DO. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IT'LL BE FOUR WEEKS FROM THERE BEFORE FEC WILL SET A POLL AND RUN POWER TO THE METER RACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE WEEKS.
BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET POWER TO THAT PUMP. UH, THAT DOES HINDER THE CONTRACTOR A LITTLE BIT. UH,
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THE CONTRACTOR WAS HOPING TO LAY SOD BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. UH, AND BE DONE WITH THE PROJECT.BUT BECAUSE OF THIS UM, YOU KNOW , DELAY IN THE ELECTRICAL. IT MAY PUSH US INTO MORE, YOU KNOW, MID MARCH OR SO. BEFORE WE PROBABLY START SEEING SOME SOD GETTING PUT DOWN. FILM. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM MY ONLY QUESTION IS THAT WITH THE PUMPS NOT WORKING NOW, ARE ANY OF THE OTHER FIELDS GETTING WATER? SO THIS IS A COMPLETE SEPARATE PUMP. YEP YEP. SO THIS IS A PUMP JUST TO THAT WEST SIDE. UH, SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE EAST SIDE OF FOUNDERS. IT DOESN'T, UH, IMPACT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. NONE OF THAT. IT'S JUST THOSE WESTFIELDS. NOW IT DOES IMPACT ALL FIVE OF THOSE FIELDS ON THE WEST SIDE. SO BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT WATERING. UH I MEAN, WE START TURNING IRRIGATION ON AND CHECKING EVERYTHING ABOUT MID TO END OF MARCH. UH, BUT REALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THAT THAT REALLY WET SEASON. UM I MEAN, THERE'S TIMES WE HAVEN'T GOT WATER RUNNING. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY ON FOUNDERS UNTIL LIKE MID END OF MAY. UM SO I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IT HURTING THAT TOO MUCH. IT'S MORE OF JUST DELAYING THE CONTRACTOR FROM BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THERE. SO YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THOUGH. BECAUSE WE DO, UM. FOR THE LONGEST TIME. WE ONLY HAD ONE PUMP THAT WAS OPERATING EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW SPLIT FOUNDERS PARK INTO THREE. DIFFERENT IRRIGATION PUMPS, SO IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO UM, SHUT THINGS OFF AND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT IMPACTING THE ENTIRE COMPLEX. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON FOUNDERS PARK. ALL RIGHTY. SO GETTING INTO SPLASH PADS, UM. WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE WORK GOING ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. UH, REALLY NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM BALANCE TANKS. THESE ARE THE RECIRCULATING TANKS THAT ARE GONNA BE UNDERGROUND. UH, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BEING INSTALLED THIS WEEK AT BOTH SITES. THEY STARTED TO DIG THE HOLES FOR THOSE LAST WEEK. BUT THEN WE GOT ALL THE RAIN SO UH, BUT TANKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING INSTALLED THIS WEEK. UH, NEXT PIPING WILL THEY'LL START PIPING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY FORMED UP THE SPLASH PADS ON BOTH SIDES. UH, THEY'RE GONNA START PIPING EVERYTHING TO WHERE THE BALANCE TANK IS GOING AND WHERE THE FUTURE RESTROOMS ARE GONNA BE GOING, SO WE'LL START SEEING THAT HAPPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS. UM AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL. SO ELECTRICAL STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT THEN THEY HAD TO STOP. UH, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO WAIT ON DISCONNECTS AND METER RACKS AND EVERYTHING TO GET ORDERED AND GET DELIVERED. UH, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE STARTING BACK UP ON THAT AGAIN THIS WEEK. UH, BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE READY FOR ENCORE TO INSPECT. UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SO ONCE THAT THOSE ONCE AND THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST RUNNING EVERYTHING TO THE DISCONNECTS. UH, THEY WON'T RUN ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL THE RESTROOMS ARE DELIVERED. AND THEN THEY'LL START DOING THE REST OF THE ELECTRICAL. THIS HELPS US BECAUSE ANY TIME WE'RE YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, UH, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM TO START GETTING THOSE METERS AND THOSE DISCONNECTS ENERGIZED. SO IF THEY GET EVERYTHING SET UP BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, I CAN GET WITH ENCORE. GET ENCORE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY GOTTA DO TO AT LEAST ENERGIZE THE METER, SO WE'RE NOT WAITING ON THAT STEP.
WHEN THE SPLASH PADS ARE DONE, WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST HAVE POWER RAN AND THEN TURN IT ON. SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE GETTING COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. UH, AND THEN PARKING LOT AT EAST MEADOW THAT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AS WELL. UM THERE HOPING TO BE DONE DIGGING OUT, CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, SO HOPEFULLY NEXT MEETING. UH, I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF A NEW PARKING LOT. UM AND I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH SPLASH PADS. LIKE I SAID, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL START SEEING A LOT MORE STUFF GOING ON. I DID SPEAK WITH THE SPLASH PAD CONTRACTOR AND HE'S THINKING EVERYTHING THAT HE'S GOT TO DO, WHICH IS BASICALLY ALL THE PIPING. UH, EVEN ALL THE CONCRETE WORK FOR THE SPLASH PAD. HE'S HOPING TO BE DONE BY THE END OF MARCH. SO QUESTION. YEP. ANY WAY TO BE CALLED ON. NICK MY LIFE? YEP. OK UM SO ON THE EAST MEADOW SPLASH PAD. I'M NOT. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A IN A FEW WEEKS INTO THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, AT ONE POINT LIKE UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WERE USING THE TRACK WE HAD TO DETOUR AROUND IT LIKE THROUGH
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THE GRASS AREA IS THAT STILL IS THAT PART OF THE TRACK STILL CLOSED DOWN. LIKE TO WHERE THEY HAVE THE DETOUR AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE SPLASH PAD. AT EAST MEADOW. I DON'T THINK ANY TRAIL HAS BEEN TAKEN UP YET OTHER THAN THAT TRAIL GOING UP. YEAH, JUST THAT ENTRY TRAIL.YEAH, THATS STILL TAKEN UP THAT WON'T BE PROBABLY REDONE UNTIL IS IT JUST THE ENTRANCE LIKE FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE THING, OR IS IT THE ENTIRE LIKE, LIKE YOU KNOW YOU'RE WALKING ON THE TRAIL AS NORMAL. YOU HAVE TO GO NOW AROUND SOMETHING. THE TRAIL LOOP IS STILL CONNECTED.
YEAH IT'S JUST THE SECTION FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE TO THE BIG LOOP IS SIGN OFF. OK NOW THE CONTRACTOR DID TELL ME THAT WHEN THEY START RUNNING THE PIPES, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO CUT OUT SECTIONS OF THAT 12 THAT 12 FT TRAIL. UH 12 FT WIDE, ONLY TO GET THEIR PIPES AND EVERYTHING UNDER THERE. NOW ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY WILL, UH, THAT PART. YEAH, WELL, THEY'LL THEY'LL PROBABLY PUT SOME PLYWOOD OR SOMETHING OVER IT TO AT LEAST ALLOW YOU TO STILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT. UM BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE EXPOSED FOR TOO LONG. UNTIL THEY GET THE PIPES IN. THEY GET EVERYTHING TESTED, AND THEN WE CAN REPORT THAT SECTION SO THERE WILL COME A TIME FOR THAT, UH, BUT SO FAR THAT 12 FT WIDE TRAIL LOOP HASN'T BEEN CUT OUT. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. UM AND THEN AND THOSE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE TO BE THROWING STUFF LIKE THIS OUT THERE. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE FRONT OF THE SPLASH PAD IS GONNA BE LIKE YOU GO FROM THE PARKING LOT, AND YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE SPARK SPLASH PAD, RIGHT OR YOU WALK RIGHT INTO IT. AND YOU STILL HAVE THAT TRAIL CUTTING THROUGH IT? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RIDING BIKES, WALKING DOGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR. HAVE WE PUT ANY THOUGHT AT ALL INTO LIKE RUNNING THE PATH BEHIND THE SPLASH PAD SO YOU DON'T HAVE AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO AVOID KIDS WALKING UP TO A SPLASH PAD AND YOU KNOW, RIDING YOUR BIKE INTO THEM OR WHATEVER HAVE YOU IS THERE. WELL, I KNOW. UH, SO THE TRAIL IS GONNA BE ABOUT UH AND I'M ESTIMATING HERE BUT ABOUT 10 FT. OR SO THE SPLASH PAD IS GONNA BE ABOUT 10 FT. AWAY FROM THE TRAIL, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A UH, KIND OF ANOTHER, LIKE A GATEWAY PLAZA ENTRYWAY INTO THE SPLASH PAD FROM THE TRAIL. UH BUT THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF WILL BE OFF OF THE TRAIL A LITTLE BIT, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY. UH, RUNNING THEIR BIKE. JUST IN THE SPLASH PAD. BUT I'M SAYING LIKE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY JUST OVERTHINKING BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS KIDS OR STUFF, WALKING FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE SPLASH PAD. IT'S A LONG IT'S A IT'S A WIDE PATH. LIKE YOU SAID, RIGHT, 12 FT WIDE. THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO GET HIT WALKING THROUGH THE PATH LIKE KIDS WALKING THROUGH WITHOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, PAYING ATTENTION OR WHATEVER AGAIN.
IT'S NOT LIKE A BUSY STREET, BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL RIGHT THERE. YEAH, YEAH, NO, I MEAN, AND THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I MEAN, THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP YET. BUT, UM BUT IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO. WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE OUT ON. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THOUGH. GLORIA. OH IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND YOU DID MAKE A CHANGE. UH, WHEN? WHEN WE WERE FIRST LOOKING AT THE SPLASH PAD. UM BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POINT THAT I MADE, AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS GONNA BE CLOSER OR YEAH, UH AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS GONNA BE, UH, THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT. I GUESS SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT WE LOOK AT BRENT LOOKED AT WITH WITH THE WITH THE DESIGNS. UH IT IT'S KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE NECESSARY EVILS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THREE STEPS, BACK FORWARDS AND A HALF STEP BACK. UH SO THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT. AND, UH, THIS IS THEY CAME UP WITH THAT WOULD WORK BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. AND I THINK, UH, AS IT OPENS, THEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, START USING THE KIDS START USING IT. UM MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK, UH, ONCE YOU SEE IT IN PLACE, UH, CONSIDERING WHAT WE STARTED WITH IT, IT IS A IT WAS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE, YOU KNOW? THANKS, GLORIA. THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION. UH, I THINK. THE LAST THING I REALLY HAVE IS, UH YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME BIG PLAYGROUND PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE STARTING OVER THE NEXT MONTH. UH, FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE DONE AT COMMUNITY PARK. UH, I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO START THAT ONE AROUND MARCH 18TH UH, AND THIS IS JUST THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT RENOVATING THE PLAYGROUND. THEY'RE REALLY JUST WE'VE GOT SOME VACANT AREA OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING SOME NEW FEATURES. UH, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH I SHOWED YOU SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THOSE FEATURES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN UM THEY'RE GONNA BE STARTING THAT MARCH, 18TH. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING IN TO START DOING UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PIRATE COVE PLAYGROUND. UH, THEY GAVE US AN ESTIMATED DATE OF APRIL 1ST. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT WEATHER AND STUFF WILL HINDER THAT. SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT STARTING APRIL 1ST, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY GAVE US. SO UH, TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE STARTING HERE PRETTY SOON ON THE PLAYGROUNDS.
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THEY'RE BOTH. THEY'LL BOTH BE POURED IN PLACE, SURFACING AND UM, SO IT'LL BE A LOT LIKE OLD CITY PARK. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR PROJECTS. OUTSTANDING. UH, WELL, NO. NO.AND IT'S MORE OF OPINIONS. OH, GLORIA, THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION BACK UP ON SPLASH PLANS. WHAT ARE THE TIMETABLES AS FAR AS, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A PROCESS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? OH, GLORIA, WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO ASK THAT QUESTION. UM. SO WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL PUSHING, UM FOR THE SUMMER OF 2024. UH, WE WE'RE THE ONLY LEAD TIME ITEM REALLY? THAT THAT THAT'S STOPPING US FROM GIVING A MORE DEFINITIVE DATE. UH, IS THE DELIVERY OF THE RESTROOMS? UH, ONCE WE GET, UH UH, A FIRM, HARD DATE OF WHEN THOSE RESTROOMS WILL BE DELIVERED. EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY IS READY FOR THOSE TO BE. YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS AFTER THOSE GET INSTALLED, UH, LIKE WE KNOW FROM THE CONTRACTOR. ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S GOT TO DO INSIDE THE RESTROOM. TAKES ABOUT A WEEK. SO IF WE KNOW THE RESTROOMS WILL BE DELIVERED THE END OF MAY AND WE KNOW ROUGHLY A WEEK OR TWO INTO JUNE. WE SHOULD BE OPEN. OR VICE VERSA. WE END UP GETTING THEM. DELIVERED THE END OF APRIL. YOU KNOW, IT'S WE? WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIT THAT SOMETIME IN MAY. SO SO IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SPLASH PADS THEMSELVES WILL BE COMPLETED. IN IN, BUT WE WOULD BE WAITING ON THE RUSSIANS TO BE INSTALLED AND UP AND RUNNING IS THAT WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE? MAYBE YEAH. I MEAN, THE PAD WORK IS NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT I MEAN, HE'S HE'S PRETTY MUCH GONNA BE DONE WITH THE SPLASH PAD PART. BY THE END OF MARCH, GETTING MAYBE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF APRIL. UM BUT. THE RESTROOMS HAVE TO BE INSTALLED, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE PUMP FILTRATION. FOR THE SPLASH PAD. THEY HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT INSIDE OF THE MECHANICAL ROOM OF THE RESTROOM. SO YES, YOU'LL SEE THE SURFACE PART OF THE SPLASH PAD PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. UH, BUT ALL THE OTHER INTERNAL STUFF THAT YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE.
ALL OF THAT STUFF STILL HAS TO BE DONE, BUT HE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL THE RESTROOMS ARE IN PLACE . SO THE RESTAURANTS ARE KIND OF MODULAR. THEY'RE NOT. THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED. THEY JUST COME IN PARTS AND PIECES AND STUFF. YEP, THEY'LL COME IN TWO MODULAR SECTIONS. THEY THEY BUILD THEM IN THE WAREHOUSE FOUNDATION AND EVERYTHING. UM AND THEN THEY BRING THEM OUT ON A BIG CRANE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU. SO GREAT QUESTION GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THEM. SO I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RESTROOMS, TOO. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRETT? ALL RIGHT. UH, WORK SESSION. NUMBER THREE IS PROGRAM UPDATES. WHO'S GONNA DO THAT TODAY? I GET TO DO IT. I KNOW. SO THE FIRST THING WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE PRAIRIE TALES DOG PARK OPENING THE GRAND OPENING, UM, WAS JANUARY 11TH. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. A LOT OF YOU PARKS REC BOARD MEMBERS WERE HERE, CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND A LOT OF WILEY CITIZENS AND OTHERWISE, UM, WE PASSED OUT ALMOST 200 NOVELTY ITEMS, WHICH WAS UM, DOG BISCUITS AND FRISBEE AND A LITTLE BANDANNA. SO THAT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. UM ON TO SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, THE EASTER BUNNY HOP INTO SPRING TO THEIR TRADITION WILL BE TAKING PLACE. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD FOR AGES . 1 TO 10 YEARS OLD FROM 1030 TO 1130, THEY'LL BE OFFERING CRAFTS TREATS AND A SPRING PICTURE WITH THE EASTER BUNNY AND A DIGITAL ALBUM. THIS EVENT IS NEARLY FULL. IT ONLY HAS TWO SPOTS AVAILABLE. UM SUMMER CAMPS.
ACTIVITY REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 1ST RECREATION PASS HOLDERS CAN SAVE UP TO 25% ON SUMMER CAMPS WITH EARLY REGISTRATION MARCH 1ST TO APRIL 15TH AND UP TO 20% ON CAMP PROMO REGISTRATIONS FROM APRIL 16TH TO MAY 7TH AND. THE SUMMER CAMP MENU IS GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS. IT WILL COME OUT NEXT MONTH. SO YOU MIGHT WANNA GRAB ONE AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOUR KIDS.
THEN UH, THE SPRING ACTIVITY. REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 1ST EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ONLINE BEGINS MARCH 1ST TO THE SEVENTH AND GUESTS WILL GET A 5% DISCOUNT WITH THAT. AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY A WRECK PASS MEMBER WHICH WE ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL 15 UP TO 15% EXTRA.
PARENTS NIGHT OUT IS AN EVENT THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL THERE HAVING FOUR SCHEDULED TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, AND THEY'RE HAVING ONE THIS FRIDAY AS WELL. AND THEN ONE IN MARCH. THE, UH JANUARY WELLNESS MONTH WRAPPED UP. ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY AND OFFERED
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MONTHLY CHALLENGES. UM FOR WELLNESS, AND THERE WAS OVER 202 100. PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UM, CHALLENGE THE THOSE CHALLENGES THERE WAS LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN THE BROWN HOUSE, THE WELCOME CENTER AT THE BROWN HOUSE DISPLAYS FOR SEASONAL EXHIBITS ARE JANUARY 9TH 27TH, AND THEY FEATURE THE IT'S CALLED FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD CHANGING TASTE IN THE VICTORIAN AREA, AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND. THE GIBSON GIRL, VICTORIAN INFLUENCER THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY SEEN. A CITY OF THE CITY SPONSORED EVENT IS THE PEDAL CAR RACE THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, MAY MAY, 5TH AND THEN THE WELCOME CENTER AT THE BROWN HOUSE IS GONNA BE HAVING A BOUNCE HOUSE AND OFFER HOME TOURS FOR THE DURING THE EVENT. UM THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TOUR. SO THAT'S COMING UP IN MARCH. SO IN SPRING BREAK IS NORMALLY THE SECOND MONDAY. OF MARCH. SO WE HAVE, UM, WHEN WE DID THE CALENDAR LAST YEAR. WE CHANGED IT AND ACTUALLY DID AWAY WITH IT. AND NOW WE'RE JUST HAVING THE TOUR THAT MONTH, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL DO THAT BEFORE LUNCH. UM AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE TOUR IS SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD FROM 8 TO 12. CAN I GET A HEAD COUNT? ON IF YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME SO SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD. UM 8 TO 12 0. I'M SORRY. 9 TO 12.THAT'S WHEN I YEAH, NO 9 TO 12. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON MY CALENDAR. IT'S 9 TO 12. HUH? OK, ANYBODY ELSE? THEY CAN'T MAKE IT. OH, YEAH, COACH. GOT YOU. GLORIA. YOU'RE GOOD BYE. OK? WELL I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO YOU, UM, IN MARCH, AND WE'LL CONFIRM THAT. AND, UM WE'LL GET WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JANET. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT. LIST OF THE EVENTS COMING UP AT THE REC CENTER.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE SUMMER CAMPS. I HEAR THEY'RE PHENOMENAL, ESPECIALLY THE DANCE CAMPS. OK, MOVING FORWARD. UH IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT JANET WENT OVER JUST NOW? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M SORRY. TO SAY THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING THAT HAPPENS. ALL THE TIME. I NEED TO ASK IF SOMEONE WELL, MISS MULLIS IS ALREADY ON TOP OF IT. WOULD ANYBODY UH, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. TO ADJOURN. MS MULLINS, MISS MULLEN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I DO. UM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN OUR FEBRUARY TWE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. SURELY THERE IS NOT SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SECOND THAT I WILL. SADLY SECOND, THAT MOTION. WELL, LET'S VOTE ON IT. OK THE NOES HAVE IT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT SOME STUFF. JUST KIDDING. LET'S ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT
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