[Parks and Recreation on May 13, 2024. ]
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ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 13TH, 2024 WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION.
BOARD MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS RIGHT HERE. THE TIME IS 530. ONE. WE ASKED EVERYBODY SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND REMEMBER THAT THIS MEETING IS RECORDED LIVE STREAM BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE WAIT ON THE BOARD CHAIR TO CALL ON YOU BEFORE SPEAKING. AND ONLY ATOMS OF DISCUSSION LISTED ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY BE DISCUSSED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TONIGHT WITH THE ABSENCE OF MARAN ARNOLD. IS THAT TRUE? ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS TODAY? JANET. NO. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. OH, HERE HE IS. HOT DOG. ALL RIGHT. SET HIM UP. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION ON CONSIDERING AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 12. 2024 PARKS AND RECREATION. BORED REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST. OH, THANK YOU, GLORIA.
ANYBODY WANT SECOND? THAT MOTION? THERE HE IS, ALL RIGHT.
ON OCTOBER 5TH 2024 WHAT WE GOT ON THAT. OK BOARDS, SO THIS IS UH, THIS IS A AN EVENT THAT WE HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME I BELIEVE LAST YEAR. I IT WORKED OUT REALLY? WELL, I KNOW, UH, THE EVENT STAFF AND OUR STAFF WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER. I THINK IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD.
UH, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR HOPE'S GATE HERE. UM I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW WE CAN DO THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THIS EVENT? SURE. WELL, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.
CAN I OK? YEAH WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S HELP. UM IT WAS A COLLABORATION OR AN EVENT THAT WE, UM WORK TOGETHER WITH THE E DC TO SEE, UM RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES. UM THEY SERVED COURSES FOR THE FUNDRAISING EVENT. UM ALL THE PROCEEDS WENT TO HELP WOMEN AT RISK AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE STORE IN DOWNTOWN WILEY ON BALLARD. UM IT JUST WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT. EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY. I THINK EVERYONE ENJOYED THE EVENING. UM, WE HAD ABOUT 100 AND DO WE HAVE 100 110 GUESTS? UM, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. SO REALLY LOVED LOVED BEING PART HAVING IT THERE IN DOWNTOWN. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO NO, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA, UH ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT AS WELL. JUST KIND OF THE PROCESS OF WHAT OF WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT. UM SO WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR, WHERE WITH THE FIVE COURSE MEAL, THERE WILL BE SOME ALCOHOL ALSO PUT INTO THE PARK, AND THERE'S A PROCESS FOR IF WE WANT TO HAVE THIS, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. UH, IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, WHICH IS SUBMITTING THE, UH PART VENDOR APPLICATION. UH, OR NONPROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION. IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT. IT'LL THEN GO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IT'S ACTUALLY TOMORROW, BUT IT'LL END UP GOING TO THE SECOND MEETING IN IN MAY. UH, COUNCIL WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND IF THEY APPROVE IT UH THEN IT GOES TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THEY HAVE TO DO A WRITTEN CITY MANAGER HAS TO DO WRITTEN PERMISSION TO ALLOW THE USE OF ALCOHOL IN THE PARK, SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW
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ALL THAT IN THERE AS WELL. AND LAST YEAR, WE, UM JUST EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD BE A BECAUSE IT'S A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE. IT WOULD BE A LIMITED POUR BETWEEN COURSES NOT EXCEEDING EIGHT OUNCES, SO IT WOULD BE A ONE AND I THINK IT JUST WAS SO TASTEFUL AND IT WAS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE EVENT. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ALL WE HAD IT ALL FENCED OFF. CORRECT THE ADULT CITY PARK TO WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTROL ANYBODY COMING IN AND OUT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE PREDICTING 130 THIS YEAR. IS THAT TRUE? I THINK NOT MORE THAN 130. YEAH. OH, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY? OK? SHOOT FOR THE STARS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS MORE. YES, SIR SCOTT. WELL I JUST MAYBE IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR. SO WHAT WERE SOME BIG SUCCESSES OR ANY, YOU KNOW HURDLES CONCERNS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN SUPPORT YOU PROPERLY. WELL, I THINK I MEAN AS FAR AS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY EVERY EVERYONE THAT HELPED US IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I FEEL LIKE IT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. JUST WE WORKED REAL HARD TO BE PREPARED AND TO HAVE THE MEETINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE DETAILS WERE WORKED OUT AND I EVERYTHING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY IN THAT WAY. UM, WE SAW FINANCES COME IN THAT HELPED TO SUPPORT YOU KNOW OUR EDUCATION FUND FOR AT RISK WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD.UM BUT IT ALSO HELPED OUR SALE. WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR SALES IN OUR STORE, SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE EVENING. JUST A GREATER AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE THERE. AND YEAH, JUST ALL AROUND ME. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. YEAH. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT EVENING. JUST COME UP AND SAY, OH, THIS WAS SO WONDERFUL. THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SIT AROUND THE TABLE. I MEAN, NO ONE WANTED TO HURRY AWAY AND SOME PEOPLE WE HEARD JUST IN THE COMMUNITY. WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING, AND SO DEFINITELY AN INTEREST FOR PEOPLE TO COME AGAIN. YEAH. FOR ALL RIGHT. BOARD. CAN I GET A MOTION? TO CONSIDER UPON APPROVAL OF THE HOPE UNDER THE STARS FUNDRAISING EVENT AT OLD CITY PARK ON OCTOBER 5TH. IS THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA SEND ME INTO THE QUEUE. MY BAD. UM, I MAKE A MOST TO APPROVE THE ITEM IT'S PRESENTED YOU MAY WANT TO TEAM UP WITH NICK FOR A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU ARE READY, LET'S VOTE ON THIS. KINDRA HOLD YOUR BREATH. I'M PATTY. I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY, OK? OH, OK. YEAH ALL RIGHT. WE GOT OK. IT'S APPROVED. I I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FROM HERE. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, KENDRA. OK? THAT IS EVERYTHING ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH BRENT FOR A WORK SESSION. STARTING WITH THE, UH THE TOUR AND MEETING DATE AMENDMENTS. HERE WE GO. AND I'M GONNA PASS THAT ONE OVER TO JANET. BORED. UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A DISCUSSION WITH EACH OTHER'S CARMEN AND BRENT AND I ABOUT CHANGING THE TOUR DATE, UH, TO ONCE A YEAR. AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT IN A FALL IN THE SPRING, WE'RE GONNA JUST DO ONCE A YEAR. IT'S GONNA BE JULY. EIGHT SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A FULL MEETING WE WILL MEET IN HERE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA AGENDA WILL VOTE ON THAT. AND THEN CAN YOU KNOW? ADJOURN AND GO TO THE BOARD. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY LENGTHY. WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT PRETTY SIMPLE. UM AND MOSTLY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS THE PROJECTS JUST KIND OF LET YOU GUYS SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND UPDATES YOU SO EVERYBODY OK WITH THAT, OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I THINK IT WOULD BE SIMPLER. IT'S HARD WITH SPORTS AND FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING TWICE A YEAR. SO UM, AND WE REALLY HATE FOR PEOPLE TO MISS THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROJECTS SO THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND SEEING THEM IN
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PERSON IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY. SO AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM I SCHEDULED NOVEMBER 11TH AS A MEETING AND TURNS OUT WE HAVE A HOLIDAY. IT'S VETERANS DAY, AND WE ARE, UH, THE CITY IS CLOSED ON VETERANS DAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 11TH. I WILL CHECK AND SEE IF WE GET THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. THAT CAN'T WAIT TILL DECEMBER. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESCHEDULE IT. BUT I HAVE TO WORK WITH STEPHANIE STORM AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE. SO FOR NOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING. AND THEN JUST SEE AS WE GET CLOSER IF WE NEED TO MEET ABOUT SOMETHING AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE DATES FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, SIR. JULY 8TH IS THE IT'S ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING, SO WE'LL MEET AT THE SAME TIME AT 830. 7530 WHAT WAS THAT? OK WE WILL. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT TIME I FEEL LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW. YEAH, MY SO WE WILL MEET AT 530 AS USUAL, AND WE'LL MEET IN HERE AND WE'LL VOTE IN THE MINUTES. AS I SAID, AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT TO OUR TOUR THAT WILL ALSO BE THE OH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO DO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. SO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, WE WILL HAVE SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NICK KIMBO AND CRAIG UP TO FOR RE-ELECTION. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TURNED IN YOUR, UM, APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL, YOU NEED TO DO THAT BY WEDNESDAY THIS WEDNESDAY. AND THEN, UM, SO DEPENDING ON WHO COMES BACK, AND WHO DOESN'T WE HAVE NEW ONES, A NEW BOARD MEMBER OR FOR DEPENDING ON HOW MANY COME BACK OR DON'T, UH, BEGINNING ON JULY AND WELL, THAT'S WE WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR DURING THAT MEETING THE JULY MEETING, SO WE'LL DO THAT THE MINUTES AND THEN GO ON TO THE TOUR AFTERWARDS. AND THEN THE OTHER DATE WAS VETERANS DAY. NOVEMBER 11TH. THAT MEETING WILL BE CANCELED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YES, GLORIA. SO BEFORE IT GETS DARK. WE'RE JUST GONNA GO LOOK AT A FEW OF THE PROJECTS ON JULY THE EIGHTH. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, YES. YES, WE'LL SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP IT UP BEFORE BEFORE. IT'S FULLY DARK OUT, AND WE'LL TRY NOT TO KEEP YOU OUT ANY LATER THAN WE DO THE NORMAL MEETINGS. SCOTT DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. QUICK ON THE NOVEMBER UH, MEETING SO I KNOW OCTOBER IS USUALLY BUDGETING. SO THAT'S THAT'S SUPER CRITICAL.AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DID NOT DO. THE DECEMBER MEETING IS DO WE RUN ANY ANY ISSUES ABOUT NOT HAVING THE MEETING ON NOVEMBER LIKE? IS THERE ANY CRITICAL MO? LIKELY NOT, UM, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER TYPICALLY ARE PRETTY SLOW. WITH ITEMS SO THAT'S NOT GONNA CREATE A IT SHOULDN'T IF WE HAVE A VENDOR APPLICATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME TO GET APPROVED, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WE MIGHT HAVE TO TRY TO FIT A MEETING IN GENERALLY, IT'S NOT A HUGE PROBLEM AND THEN BENT AND CARMEN CAN UPDATE YOU ON ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST BY UPDATING YOU THROUGH EMAIL.
UM AND THEN WHEN YOU GET YOU GUYS GET THE WEEKLY REPORTS THAT ALSO HE IS UPDATING YOU ON ON A WEEKLY BUT YEAH. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JANET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT ALL. ALL RIGHT. NOVEMBER 11TH CANCELED JULY 8TH. WE'RE GONNA PARTY. NEXT PROJECT. UPDATES.
ALL RIGHTY, SO I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE NOTICED ALL THE WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. IT SEEMS LIKE AND IT UH IT HAS BEEN SLOWING US DOWN. UM BUT WE'LL START WITH SOME GOOD NEWS FIRST AT THE COMMUNITY PARK CENTER WE DID OPEN TODAY. UH, SO IT WAS NICE. I GOT TO GO OVER THERE. YOU KNOW ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND IT'S NICE TO SEE OPERATIONS MOVING OUT OF THERE NOW. SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM LITTLE LOOSE ENDS THAT WE STILL GOT TO TIE UP THAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH THE CONTRACTOR OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO. UH, BUT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING BEING ABLE TO BE OPEN AND OPERATED OUT OF WE STARTED THAT TODAY. ALL OF YOU PROBABLY DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL TOO, ABOUT OUR REOPENING CELEBRATION THAT WE'RE DOING. ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WEDNESDAY. THIS WEEK, THE 15TH FROM 1230 TO 1:30 P.M. UH, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE,
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COME ON OUT TO THAT. IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE HAVING THERE AS FAR AS GOODIES. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME GOODIES THERE. SO BUT AGAIN, UM, CELEBRATION WEDNESDAY THE 15TH FROM 1230 TO 130. UH, COME ON OUT. LOOK AT ALL THE UPGRADES. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN IN THERE, WHICH I GUESS YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE, BUT, UM, IF YOU'VE JUST SEEN FROM THE PICTURES WE'VE SENT. IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN PERSON. SO PLEASE COME ON OUT IF YOU CAN AND TAKE A LOOK. UM PIRATE COVE PLAYGROUND. SO THIS ONE'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAVE, UM, I. I WANNA SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 5 TO 6 WEEKS BEHIND ON. I FEEL LIKE EVERY PROJECT THAT UH, THAT'S DEALING WITH OUTSIDE. UM PIRATE COVE PLAYGROUND IS ONE OF THOSE. I THINK ORIGINALLY WE WANTED TO START THE INSTALLATION. BEGINNING OF APRIL. UH, WELL, NOW WE'RE 13TH OF MAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO START INSTALLING THE EQUIPMENT. UH, ACTUALLY TOMORROW. SO THAT'S A LITTLE EXCITING THAT WE'RE FINALLY THERE. WE HAD TO WAIT ON CONCRETE WORK TO GET DONE. WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SIDEWALK AND THEN A CONCRETE BORDER THAT WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND. THAT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE CONCRETE CONTRACTOR TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S AT. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF GRASS AND DIRT AND UH, SO IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE, BUT WE FINALLY GOT THAT POURED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW GOING TO BE IN THERE INSTALLING THE EQUIPMENT. TOMORROW. SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG INSTALL A BIGGER INSTALL THAN WE'VE HAD AT ANY OF OUR OTHER PLAYGROUNDS. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE JUST THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE PRE CAST CONCRETE STRUCTURES. WHICH IS THE IF YOU REMEMBER. IT WAS A PIRATE SHIP, THEN AN AND AN OCTOPUS. THOSE ARE BIG, HEAVY CONCRETE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN WITH A CRANE. SO IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT A MONTH LONG PROCESS FOR THE INSTALL. TYPICALLY, WE LOOK AT ABOUT A WEEK. TO TWO WEEKS WITH SOME OF OUR SMALLER PLAYGROUNDS. BUT THIS ONE BEING AS BIG AS IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A MONTH. SO UH, FOUNDERS FILLED RENOVATIONS. THIS ONE IS ALSO GETTING VERY CLOSE TO BEING DONE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICAL WORK THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK. TO COMPLETE. WE JUST HAVE TO POWER UP THE IRRIGATION CONTROLLER. UH AND THEN SAW IT AS PROJECTED TO GO IN NEXT WEEK. SO WE'VE GOT THREE DAYS. I BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. THEY'VE GOT TRUCKS COMING IN DELIVERING SOD. SO THAT WHOLE SPACE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY SOT BY THE END OF THE WEEK AGAIN. BARRING ANY KIND OF WEATHER. WE DO HAVE SOME WEATHER COMING UP. BUT THAT IS THE PLAN. SO OUR NEXT ONE COMMUNITY PARK. UH, PLAYGROUND. FOR IN PLACE SURFACING. SO THIS ONE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S KIND OF TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. UH, IT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK FOR THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED. UH, BUT NOW OUR OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS TRYING TO GET THE PORT IN PLACE SURFACING INSTALLED. THEY'VE REMOVED A LOT OF THE WOOD CHIPS ALREADY. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT. NOW WE'VE CREATED AN EIGHT INCH BOWL. AND NOW EVERY TIME IT RAINS. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF WATER IN THERE, SO THEY NEED IT COMPLETELY DRY. TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS SURFACING PROJECT, SO IT'S BEEN HINDERING THINGS A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF WE CAN GET A GOOD WEEK OR SO OF NO RAIN. THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO START. YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT IN THERE? I DON'T HAVE A DATE OR EVEN A TIME FRAME ON THAT ONE. I KNOW IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK TO DO THE INSTALL. SO THEY REALLY NEED ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF NO RAIN. SO IF Y'ALL KNOW WHEN THAT IS HAPPENING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. YEAH PROBABLY JULY OR AUGUST. NO I. I ANTICIPATE IT'LL BE DONE BEFORE THEN, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON. FOR THAT ONE TO COMPLETE. SO I'VE GOT ONE MORE. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET INTO SPLASH PADS. OK? SPLASH PADS, I. I WISH I HAD A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE. BUT AGAIN, WEATHER HAS BEEN, UM YOU KNOW, REALLY MESSING THIS PROJECT UP. SO I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE PART OF THE PARKING LOT POURED. WELL, AT LEAST HALF OF THAT IS POURED NOW. UH, THEY ARE PROJECTED TO POUR THE REST OF IT THIS WEEK. IT'S FULLY SET UP. IT'S REBAR. IT'S READY TO GO. UM NOW THE RAIN WON'T IMPACT THEM UNLESS IT'S RAINING WHEN THEY'RE POURING. THEY CAN'T DO THAT. UH, BUT IF IT RAINS, YOU KNOW TODAY OR TOMORROW AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON POURING FRIDAY THAT SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT RAINING WHILE THEY'RE POURING. UH, THAT'S STILL PROJECTED TO HAPPEN LATER THIS WEEK. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME WEATHER COMING. SO UH, WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT PARKING LOT CAN BE FINISHED. EXCUSE ME.[00:20:01]
HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE FINISHED THIS WEEK AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO UH, THE CONCRETE AROUND THE SPLASH PAD. THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. AND THIS IS ALL EAST MEADOW THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BY THE WAY. UM THE SPLASH PAD, VENDOR OR CONTRACTOR IS ALMOST COMPLETE. WITH THE UNDERGROUND WORK BEFORE THEY POUR CONCRETE. UH, THEY WERE ANTICIPATED TO POUR A WEEK OR TWO AGO, BUT AGAIN, WEATHER UH SO THEY PUT A MOISTURE BARRIER DOWN. THEY'VE STARTED TO REBAR IT, UH, ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT THEY'LL BE POURING THAT PROBABLY PROBABLY THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ONCE THEY DO THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING OVER TO COMMUNITY PARK. SO BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY WONDERING ABOUT TIME FRAME AND I SAID MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND I'M KICK MYSELF A LITTLE BIT NOW IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BUT WE ARE HOPING OR WE ARE PUSHING FOR SUMMER OF 2024. SO FOR THIS ONE TO BE COMPLETE. I HOPE I SAID THAT THE RIGHT WAY. SURE. UM YOU ALWAYS SAID HOPE TO THAT HOPE THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE.SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS OR OR MAYBE ONE THAT I DIDN'T HIT ON. A QUESTION. HOW DOES ONCE THE SOD IS DOWN AT THE FOUNDERS PARK? DOES THE WEATHER ROLLS IN AFTER IT'S DONE ON THE ON THE GROUND? DOES THAT HELP OR HINDER? A. ACTUALLY I WOULD LOVE THAT. YEAH, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP. HELPS IT TO YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'LL THEY'LL PUT IT DOWN. THEY'LL HAVE TO ROLL IT IN AND THEY NEED IT TO BE PRETTY WET TO ROLL IT IN ANYWAY, SO THAT IF THE IF IT'S NOT RAINING, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, USE THE IRRIGATION. SO I MEAN IT. DEFINITELY AS LONG AS THE SALT IS DOWN. IT CAN RAIN ALL AT ONCE. JUST AT FOUNDERS PARK. NOWHERE ELSE JUST ON ON THAT PORTION OF FOUNDERS PARK. SO, YES. UH, NO. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS TIME FRAME ON WHEN UM, YOU KNOW, SPORTS CAN CAN CONTINUE ON THAT. TYPICALLY WE LIKE TO SAY A MONTH TO LET THE SOD TAKE ROOT NOW, WITH THIS BEING MORE OF A ATHLETIC GRADE. UH, TIFF TOUGH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE NEW BEST STUFF OR BEST SAW THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL USING NOWADAYS. UH, I MEAN, THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP RESERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING OFF OF IT FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND THEN LET THE FALL LEAGUES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE THE FIRST ONES TO REALLY START ORGANIZING. PLAY ON THERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN AS OF RIGHT NOW. FILM. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON PROJECTS. THANK YOU, BRENT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF WE, UH, TAKE THIS TIME TO MOVE INTO PROGRAM UPDATES IF YOU AGREE LET'S GIVE IT TO CO OK, SO I HAVE SOME RECAP INFORMATION FROM THE PEDAL CAR RACE, WHICH WAS ON MAY 5TH. THE PARKS AND REC STAFF ASSISTED WITH THE, UM SET UP IN THE CLEANUP OF THAT EVENT. THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT THIS YEAR, UM, STAFF REPORTED THAT THEY DID HAND OUT MORE THAN 370 SWAG ITEMS SO THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAD CONTACT OUR DEPARTMENT HAD CONTACT WITH THE AT LEAST THAT MANY FAMILIES UM, THE BROWN HOUSE WAS OPEN DURING THE EVENT, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO SEE EXHIBITS. UH, SUMMER CAMP WILL START AT THE REC CENTER ON MAY 28 AND, UM, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE 64% FULL, AND LAST YEAR IT WAS 60% SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON FILLING THOSE SPOTS. THERE ARE 83 CAMPS FOR KIDS STARTING AT AGE THREE ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE AGE OF 16, AND THIS INCLUDES SPORTS, STEAM ACTIVITY, SPECIAL INTEREST WORKSHOPS AND IN THE ARTS. UM NEXT UP IS SUMMER KICKOFF, WHICH IS HERE ON CAMPUS. UH, JUNE 7TH FROM NINE TO NOON. THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EVENT THAT WE DO WITH THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM WE'RE HOSTING OUTDOOR GAMES. THE A LOT OF OUR CAMP INSTRUCTORS WILL BE THERE FOR MEET AND GREET WITH THE KIDDOS. THERE ARE ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES. SIGNUPS INFLATABLES, FOOD TRUCKS. UM, FOOD IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. STEP SAID THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE AT THE EVENT LAST YEAR, SO IF YOU'RE IN THIS REGION DURING THAT TIME FRAME. I WOULD NOT TRY TO PARK HERE. GET HERE EARLY. UM FOOD TRUCKS WILL INCLUDE CREEKSIDE BOWL, BARBECUE , KA ICE AND A GOURMET POPS. UM TRUCK. THEN. LASTLY I'VE GOT BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD IS
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SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH. UH, THAT STARTS AT? UH, SORRY. 10 A.M. GOES UNTIL 9 P.M. PARKS AND REC STAFF. ARE UM, SETTING UP IN FRONT OF THE BROWN HOUSE. AND THEY'LL HAVE A LIKE A CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY AREA THERE AND HANDING OUT POPSICLES DURING THE CARS CAR SHOW PORTION OF THE EVENT.AND THAT GETS US THROUGH SUMMER. WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE IN FRONT OF THE BROWN HOUSES. FOR BLUEGRASS? YES. ISN'T FRANKIE'S IN FRONT OF BS. YES. BUT YOU SAID THEY WERE GONNA SET UP. IN THE YARD. OH, IN THE YARD AT BROWN HOUSE. YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND THEN I GOTTA HAVE AS MANY THINGS AS YOU HAVE BEFORE. UM I DON'T KNOW. THEY PROBABLY SET UP THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SIDE YARD. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. NO, OK. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, CARMEN. OK? I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF ALL THE UPDATES. WE HAVE AND IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO COOPER. I THINK IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT TOPIC NEXT. UH, IF THERE'S ANYBODY BESIDES KIM KIM, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, MA'AM? NO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING OUTSTANDING. DOES ANYBODY JOIN KIM AND HER? I THANK THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GLORIA. ALL OF THIS. LOOK IT UP. OH, OK. WE'RE OUT OF HERE. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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