[Parks and Recreation on November 10, 2025.]
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IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS LOUD. WERE YOU ALL ABLE TO HEAR ME THE WHOLE TIME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS TOO LOUD. CAN WE TURN IT DOWN? THIS IS LOUDER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. IT'S LOUD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO. YEAH. HAVE YOU HAVE Y'ALL HAD TIME TO READ THE THE MEETING NOTES? DO WE GET ANY DATES WRONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. SCOTT. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS OR THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS LISTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SARAH, I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. PLACE YOUR VOTES. YEAH. MINE'S NOT SHOWING. NOT. NO. NO LONGER. LET'S GO.
OLD SCHOOL. CAN WE DO A HAND VOTE? YEAH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO THIS BY HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALRIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES WITH FIVE YESES. THERE'S THE ABSENTEES. WE HAVE THE LIST THAT THEY'RE ABSTAINING. NO. RIGHT. GOT IT, GOT IT. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD.
SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE WORKING SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING FOR THAT. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ARE WE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND. YEAH. GO AHEAD AND DO THE NEXT THREE AND THEN SEPARATE. OH THESE RIGHT HERE. GO AHEAD AND DO THESE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THAT OTHER. WE'LL ADJOURN.
GO TO THE OTHER MEETING. SO THESE ARE NOT THIS IS NOT THE WORK SESSION. MEETING. NO. OKAY.
YEAH. THOSE ARE PART OF OKAY, OKAY. I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT THEN. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH. WORK SESSION, PROJECT UPDATES. OKAY. IS THIS LOUD FOR ME, TOO? GOODNESS. OKAY, OKAY. SO I'LL KEEP IT PRETTY SHORT. WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT REALLY THREE MAJOR PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW ABOUT. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM, BUT THE FIRST ONE, PIRATE COVE SHADE, HAS STARTED, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING OVER THERE. I KNOW IT LOOKS A LOT OF IT LOOKS REALLY TORN UP. THE CONTRACTOR POURED THE PIERS LAST WEEK. THEY INSTALLED THE POST AND SOME OF THE SHADE IS ACTUALLY BEING INSTALLED THIS WEEK. I DO BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE SHADE PIECE THAT HAS TO BE REDONE. I'M STILL WAITING ON A DATE ON THAT, BUT THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST GOING TO BE WRAPPED OUT OR WRAPPED UP. WE DO HAVE A THAT TRAIL THAT GOES ALONG THE PLAYGROUND AND ALONG WHERE THAT SHADE STRUCTURE IS AT. NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME TRAIL WORK, AND THAT'LL HAPPEN PRETTY MUCH AS SOON AS THE CONTRACTORS COMPLETE THERE. SO IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT. MASSIVE POST. I CAN'T GET OVER HOW BIG THE STRUCTURE IS. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO LOOK AT IT. IT'S IT'S MASSIVE.
PICKLEBALL SHADE ALSO STARTED. IT'S IT'S THE EXACT SAME CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING PIRATE COVE. PICKLEBALL IS DOING IT. SO THEY STARTED THE PROJECTS BOTH AT THE SAME TIME LAST WEEK.
ALL PIERS HAVE BEEN POURED, POSTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY INSTALLING THE TRUSSES THIS WEEK. SO THIS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO HAVE SIX BIG TRUSSES THAT GO ACROSS ALL PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND THEN THE SHADE FABRIC WILL GO ON TOP OF THAT. AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE ELECTRICAL WILL BE INSTALLED. SO THEY'RE BOTH CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING TOGETHER. I WAS OUT THERE THIS MORNING MEETING WITH BOTH OF THEM. SO IT'S IT'S THAT ONE'S RUNNING PRETTY SMOOTH. AND IT'S ALSO ANOTHER VERY MASSIVE SHADE PROJECT. SORRY I'M GETTING SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT YOU GOT TO GO LOOK AT IT. IT'S BOTH OF THESE SHADE STRUCTURES ARE MASSIVE. THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS WE HAVE STARTED OUR. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PROJECTS FOR PARKING AT COMMUNITY PARK AND FOR FOUNDERS. I KNOW CARMEN AND I WERE JUST LOOKING OVER THOSE THIS MORNING. A LOT OF PARKING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
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CONCEPTUAL. ONCE WE IRON THOSE OUT, THEN THEY'LL START MOVING TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY'LL START WORKING ON DRAINAGE, LIGHTING, ALL OF THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THOSE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THEY'RE ABOUT 180 DAYS TO GET COMPLETED.THAT IS AS OF I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER WHEN WE STARTED THOSE. SO WE'RE HOPING SOMETIME IN THE SPRING NEXT YEAR WE CAN COMPLETE THAT. AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR ALL THE PARKING. THIS IS JUST THE PLANS. WE ONLY HAVE FUNDING FOR A SMALL PORTION AT COMMUNITY PARK THAT WILL TRY TO ROLL OUT, PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE SUMMERTIME, IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR NEXT YEAR. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON PROJECTS. IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS. SO JUST FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT WITH THE THE PARKING NOW IS THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A PLANS AND THEN THE CITY IS GOING TO VOTE ON WHICH PLANS THEY LIKE. OR ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON PLANS WE LIKE OR YOU JUST MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WE WORK WITH DO PUT IN THEIR BUDGET TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING. NOW THEY ONLY THEY ONLY FACTOR IN ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS ONCE WE GET GOOD CONCEPTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY FILLS ARE REALLY GOOD, WE ARE GOING TO SCHEDULE PROBABLY AT WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD AND ALSO BRING IN SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, LEAGUE OFFICIALS AND THEN HAVE ONE BIG KIND OF WORK SESSION HERE WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND EVERYTHING SO THAT THEY CAN IT WON'T REALLY BE A VOTE. IT'S MORE OF JUST GETTING INPUT FROM THE BOARD, INPUT FROM STAFF, AND MAKE SURE THAT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HAS EVERYTHING AND THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE US, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CONCEPT. YEAH. THE INTENT FOR, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE LINE FOR ALL PLAYGROUNDS TO HAVE SHADE OR IS THAT ALREADY THE CASE? I MAY BE MISSING IT, BUT IS THAT THE INTENT DOWN THE LINE FOR ALL PLAYGROUNDS TO HAVE COVER? I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A GOAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS GOAL OF SHADE AND EVEN THE THE SURFACING THAT BOARD AND PLACE SURFACING. THAT'S GOOD. NOW WE'RE WE'RE REALLY TARGETING SOME OF THE MORE HIGH PROFILE PLAYGROUNDS. I GUESS IF THAT'S A IF THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT. BUT THE ONES THAT GET MORE TRAFFIC. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE HITTING PIRATE COVE AND THEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FUTURE BUDGETS. WE TRY TO REPLACE SO MANY PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE OLD. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE MOST AFTER THIS YEAR I BELIEVE WE'LL REPLACE, WE'LL HAVE ALL 23 OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE AT LEAST A 2016 OR HIGHER. AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, DATE. AND FROM THERE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SHADING SOME OF THEM BOARD AND PLACE SURFACING. BUT OF COURSE THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S EITHER APPROVED OR NOT. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING IS THERE. BUT THAT IS A GOAL. WHAT WHAT PROMPTED THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO GET IN THAT LIST? IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MORE HIGH PROFILE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE. IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE NEWER ONES. SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO START WITH A NEWER ONE FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AFTER ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT STARTING TO GET OLD NOW AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FULL REPLACEMENT.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHADE ONE OF THE OLDER ONES LIKE THE 2016, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD END UP REPLACING THAT PLAYGROUND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE WANT TO START INCORPORATING SHADE SURFACING AND THE PLAYGROUND AS THE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE FOR THE REPLACEMENTS.
OKAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION ON THE PARKING. I KNOW, I KNOW, THE THE OLD PIRATE COVE IS WHERE A LOT OF THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE. IS IT ALSO GOING TO EXTEND INTO THE EXISTING FIELD THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT? I KNOW THEY PLAYED LIKE SOCCER.
ARE WE LOSING A FIELD AT ALL FOR PARKING. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY FIELD SPACE THAT'S LOST. THE WE WE ORIGINALLY DID A MASTER PLAN OF ALL FOUNDERS PARK BACK IN 2019 THAT DID LOOK AT TAKING A ROLL TOWARDS THAT NEWER SIDE OF OF FOUNDERS, THE EAST SIDE. THE NEW CONCEPT THAT THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT NOW ISN'T TAKING PARKING THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD SIDE. BUT THE SOFTBALL OR THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION'S ACTUALLY WANTING TO SHRINK THOSE FIELDS, THOSE THOSE TWO OUTER FIELDS, FIELD C AND D, SO IT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT GOOD. I GUESS I SAID THAT IT ISN'T TAKING FIELD SPACE, BUT IT IS ON THE SOFTBALL SIDE. BUT THEY WANT THAT SPACE SHORTER. SO WHEN WE GET THE CONCEPTS REALLY
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NAILED DOWN, THAT WILL BE A FUTURE ITEM THAT THE BOARD GETS TO SEE. AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND PROVIDE INPUT ON OR FEEDBACK. SO. THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OKAY. AND THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND WORK SESSION. ITEM PROGRAM EVENTS UPDATES.OKAY. I'M SCARED TO DO ANYTHING. HELLO I'M ANIKA SACCO, I'M THE PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR OR ONE OF THEM. AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING UP. WE HAVE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MARKET. IT'S AT THE WELCOME CENTER AT BROWN HOUSE AND IT'S SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AND IT'S HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WILY ART FESTIVAL. AND WE'LL HAVE MUSIC OUT THERE. THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY SPECIFICALLY HAND-SELECTED VENDORS THAT ARE THERE FOR VICTORIAN FEEL OF WALKING AROUND. AND THEN INSIDE WE HAVE THE HOME REALLY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS, AND WE'LL HAVE. SPECIAL EXHIBITS OUT THAT YOU CAN TOUR AROUND, AS WELL AS A TAKE A PICTURE WITH A VICTORIAN SANTA CLAUS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE DONUTS WITH SANTA AT THE WYLIE RECREATION CENTER. AND THAT IS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH. AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE FILLED UP EVERY SINGLE SPOT THIS YEAR ALREADY, SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET ON THE WAIT LIST THOUGH, BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE ROOM ON A WAITLIST AND AND IT HELPS US TO KNOW FOR NEXT YEAR HOW TO PREPARE BETTER TO. BUT WE HAVE DONUTS WITH SANTA IN THE MORNING AND THEN COOKIES WITH SANTA IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THAT'S FILLED UP.
WE DO STILL HAVE SPACE THOUGH, FOR SANTAS FAIRY HELPERS, AND THAT'S AT THE PRAIRIE DOG TAILS DOG PARK. IT'S SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 1230 18 YEARS AND UP CAN BRING THEIR FURRY FRIEND. THERE'S REGISTRATION. IT'S $19 OR $15 IF YOU HAVE A REC PASS AND YOU CAN GET TREATS, FESTIVE TREATS FOR YOUR DOG, AS WELL AS A PICTURE WITH SANTA THAT DAY WITH THE DOGS. IT'S REALLY CUTE, CUTE EVENT THAT WE HAVE DONE BEFORE AND WITH LOTS OF SUCCESS. WE HAVE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AND THAT IS PUT ON BY THE COMMUNITY PARK CENTER. AND IT'S FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12TH AT 11 A.M. AND IT'S FOR 50 AGES 55 AND UP. THERE'S NO CHARGE, BUT YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER AND THEY'LL HAVE A DELICIOUS MEAL, LIVE MUSIC, DOOR PRIZES, AND A PICTURE WITH SANTA CLAUS. IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT AND THE EVENT WILL BE AT THE CROSS EVENT CENTER. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ALSO AT THE REC CENTER. JUST THE WHEN THE SCHOOL IS OUT, WE HAVE THE GAME TIME OPEN AND THAT'S A LOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS AS WELL AS ADULTS. AND WE'LL BE HAVING SOME EXTENDED HOURS FOR THE CLIMBING WALL AS WELL WHEN SCHOOL'S OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, I'LL HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME OF THESE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE THIRD WORK SESSION ITEM. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD UPDATES. THAT'S ME. BOY, IT IS LOUD.
OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE PARK GUIDE CALENDAR. SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS IN THE PARK GUIDE WHICH EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO. BASICALLY THERE. THE MEETINGS ARE ALL THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. SO THE ONLY ONES THAT I SAW COULD BE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WAS IN MARCH, WHICH IT TURNS OUT, SPRING BREAK IS THE WEEK OF THE 16TH AND OUR MEETING IS THE NINTH, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. AND THEN WE JUMP DOWN TO OCTOBER. IT'S THE SAME AS THIS YEAR, WHICH WE HAD CANCELED OUR OCTOBER MEETING, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO DO THE SAME, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT FALL BREAK FALLS THE WEEK OF THE 12TH 12TH AGAIN FOR WILEY. SO WE'LL PROBABLY CANCEL THAT IF IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET CLOSE TO NOT HAVING QUORUM AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT. THE DECEMBER MEETING,
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WE TYPICALLY CANCEL, LIKE FOR INSTANCE NEXT THIS IN DECEMBER. WE WON'T BE MEETING NEXT NEXT MONTH, SO WE WON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY. AND TYPICALLY WE DO THAT IN DECEMBER BECAUSE EVERYTHING GETS SO BUSY. AND UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON, WE WON'T MEET. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MEETINGS THAT WE WILL CANCEL, MOST LIKELY OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR OKAY. AND THEN WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT MONTH. WE'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING DECEMBER 8TH I'LL BE SENDING OUT AN AGENDA.SO WHEN THERE'S A CANCELLATION I ALWAYS SEND YOU AN AGENDA A CANCELLATION AGENDA. AND THEN LASTLY, CARMEN IS GOING TO BE HAS CHANGED SEATS. SHE'S THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. SO WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE. THAT'S ABOUT IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH ME ABOUT SCHEDULING OR MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR PARK GUIDE? OKAY. SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE CALENDAR, ARE WE ARE WE WHEN'S THE NEXT TOUR? IS IT IS IT ALWAYS JUST GOING TO BE THE FIRST THE JUNE. IT'S GOING TO BE IN JULY JULY MEETING OKAY. SO WE ARE OUR SCHEDULE HAS JULY 13TH. WE'LL HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING AT 530.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE TOUR IMMEDIATELY AFTER AUGUST WILL BE OUR 430 BOOT CAMP THAT WE DID THIS PAST AUGUST FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE'LL DO THAT AT 430 AND THEN HAVE THE REGULAR MEETING AT 530. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT PRETTY CONSISTENT EVERY YEAR, PARTICULARLY FOR AUGUST, BECAUSE WE GET NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REALLY GET A WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, THEY THEY COME FOR THE TOUR. NO. JULY. SO JULY AND THEN AUGUST.
SO THEY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THOSE FIRST TWO MONTHS BEING ON THE BOARD. NOT SURE IF WE'RE LOSING ANYBODY OR NOT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHOSE THAT TIME PERIOD. OKAY. THAT IS ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ITEMS FROM? NO. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. SO WE'LL HEAD UP TO OUR NEXT ONE. BUT FOR NOW, I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SCOTT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND, LET'S DO A HAND VOTE AGAIN, PLEASE. OH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE MOTION TO ADJOURN CARRIES WITH FIVE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.