[Parks and Recreation on January 12, 2026.]
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WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 12TH, 2026 WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE TIME IS 5:36 P.M. WE ASK EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND REMEMBER THAT THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND LIVE STREAMED. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE WAIT ON THE BOARD CHAIR TO CALL ON YOU BEFORE SPEAKING, AND ONLY ITEMS OF DISCUSSION LISTED ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY BE DISCUSSED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TONIGHT WITH THE ABSENCES OF ELIZABETH AND MATTHEW. WE WILL START WITH COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. NO COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND THE FIRST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? DO WE GOT ALL THE DATES RIGHT? EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT? AT THIS TIME, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SCOTT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? TARA? I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A TOTAL OF FOUR VOTES. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE WIDELY YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION'S WIDELY CUP TOURNAMENT EVENT AT FOUNDER'S PARK ON MAY 2ND, 2026. AND WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR THAT. YES. AND BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EVENT. SO THIS IS A TOURNAMENT THAT THE WILEY YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION HAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE STOPPED IT, BUT THEN KIND OF BROUGHT IT BACK. BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS ONE IS THEY ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING FOOD TRUCKS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, BUT OR THAT THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE. SO BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF THAT, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND JUST HAVE THE BOARD CONSIDER IT. AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROCESS AS WELL. AND THAT. CORRECT, JANET, WHERE IT'S GOT TO BE APPROVED HERE AND THEN GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. CORRECT? YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH THE WILEY YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION, MISS CAROLINE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP AND JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
AND THEN THIS SPEAKER BUTTONS. IT'S OVER THERE BY THE MIC. YES, SIR. HI, I'M CAROLINE FAGAN.
I'M THE REGISTRAR AND ADMINISTRATOR FOR WILEY YOUTH SOCCER. I'VE BEEN WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR 15 YEARS. SO THE WILEY CUP WAS CREATED FOR OUR RECREATIONAL TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO GET AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCCER TOURNAMENTS. IT'S A DIFFERENT BEAST IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS. SO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN AND MORE OF AN EVENT FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES TO COME OUT.
IT'S AN AN ALL DAY, SOMETIMES A MULTI-DAY EVENT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING IN FOOD TRUCKS JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN. AND INSTEAD OF THE GOOD OLD CONCESSION STUFF THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE VERY MANY. IT WOULD BE 3 TO 4 AT MAX. THEY'RE ALL LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS, SOMOS DONUTS, KONA ICE. I KNOW IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE. FRIED PIES. AND THEN I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT THE FOURTH ONE WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO. BUT IT'S IT'S A AN ALL DAY EVENT. ALL OF OUR TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN THE DAY FROM UE4, WHICH ARE THREE YEAR OLDS ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR U13, U14. THIS LAST SEASON WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 107 TEAMS AND WE ALSO INTERLEAGUE WITH RICHARDSON AND ROWLETT. AS KIDS GET OLDER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FILL TEAMS WITHIN THE CITY, SO WE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES AND WE DO INVITE THEM TO COME AND PLAY IN THAT TOURNAMENT AS WELL. AND I'M TRYING TO THINK IN THE FALL WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD BROUGHT IT BACK. I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH 120 TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED DURING THE CUP. THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
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ALL THE THE FOOD SALES, THOSE ARE LIKE THE VENDOR SELLING IT FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT. NOT NOT PROCEEDS GOING TO THE LEAGUE AT ALL. RIGHT. WE SOME OF THEM SOMETIMES I THINK WILL GIVE A DONATION BACK. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED WITH THEM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING THEM OUT, BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN DISCUSSIONS BEYOND THAT. BUT I DO KNOW KONA ICE IS JUST KNOWN FOR THEIR GIVE BACK.IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD PREFER FOR SURE. BUT YEAH, BUT I MEAN THE EVENT ITSELF IS NOT FOR PROFIT. SO. AND YOU SAID THAT AT A CERTAIN AGE GROUP IT'S LIKE KIND OF AN INVITATIONAL TO OTHER LEAGUES. SO WHAT HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY IN SOCCER IS STARTING ABOUT U9, U10 PLAYERS WILL START GOING AND PLAYING COMPETITIVE OR ACADEMY, AND AT U11, PLAYERS WERE GOVERNED BY NORTH TEXAS SOCCER ASSOCIATION. SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO AT U11 THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO EITHER PLAY RECREATIONAL SOCCER OR COMPETITIVE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT YOU SEE A BIG DROP IN RECREATIONAL NUMBERS. AND SO USUALLY STARTING AT U11 AND UP THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TEAMS JUST IN WILEY. AND WE MIGHT HAVE IN A DIVISION 2 OR 3 TEAMS. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE A SEASON BECAUSE YOU PLAY EIGHT GAMES, SO YOU'RE PLAYING THE SAME TEAMS. SO WE USED TO TRAVEL TO GARLAND AND INTERLEAGUE, AND THEN WE TRANSITIONED OVER AND WOULD GO TO PLANO TO INTERLEAGUE. DURING COVID, WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY ASSOCIATIONS THAT STILL WAS PLAYING. SO ROWLETT AND RICHARDSON CAME TO US AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, Y'ALL ARE PLAYING, CAN WE PLAY WITH YOU? SO OUR TEAMS TRAVEL AND TAKE TURNS PLAYING LIKE HALF A SEASON. YOU TRAVEL AND HALF THE TEAMS THEY PLAY AT HOME OR HALF THE GAMES YOU PLAY AT HOME. YEAH. SO UNFORTUNATELY AND THEN ONCE YOU HIT U15, U16 IT'S REALLY HARD. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO INTERLEAGUE WITH FRISCO AND THEY DON'T LIKE TO PLAY AT OUR FIELD. SO THEN OUR TEAMS ARE TRAVELING ALL THE WAY TO FRISCO JUST SO THEY CAN PLAY, BUT LIKE FOR THE TOURNAMENT PURPOSES. SO YOU WILL BE INVITING SOME OF THOSE TEAMS THAT YOU GUYS INTERMINGLE WITH IN OUR INTERLEAGUE. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE UP TO U14 OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING. THIS IS A REPEAT EVENT. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SO MANY YEARS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BRINGING IN THE VENDOR, THE BRINGING IN OF THE FOOD WHICH WE IS REQUIRED, A VENDOR, A VARIANCE FOR THAT TO SELL ITEMS IN OUR ON OUR PROPERTY. AND THEN COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DO THE FINAL APPROVAL. SO YOU'RE PROVING TO RECOMMEND. BUT IT IS A REPEAT EVENT THAT THIS TOURNAMENT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. YEAH, WE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WE BROUGHT IT BACK THIS PAST FALL AND THEN THAT THAT TIME. IS THAT A FIRM TILL 9 P.M. THE FOOD TRUCKS WOULDN'T BE OUT THERE THAT LATE, I THINK, OR THE ACTUAL TOURNAMENT. SO I'M, I'M GOING BACK TO FOR THE TIMES IT IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY TEAMS WE END UP HAVE PARTICIPATE. WE DO LET OUR TEAMS OPT OUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY IN A TOURNAMENT SETTING, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE SCHEDULE. AND IF WE HAVE GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE TEAMS, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. AND I THINK IN THE FALL WE DIDN'T GO PAST 5 OR 6 P.M. I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN LIKE WHAT THE LATEST TIME WE COULD ACTUALLY DO. OKAY. AND THEN YEAH, AND THEN PARK STAFF ARE STILL NEEDED FOR EACH OF THOSE DAYS AS FAR AS HELP WITH TYPICALLY TYPICALLY, YES. TYPICALLY WE HAVE THEM OUT THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRASH AND BATHROOMS AND STUFF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. TARA. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? ZINNI I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS,
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PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES WITH FOUR YESES. MOVING ON TO OUR WORK SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME PROJECT UPDATES. ALL RIGHT. SO MY LIST HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE SMALLER. IT'S NOT A BAD THING. IT'S NOT A GREAT THING. BUT JUST SOME QUICK LITTLE UPDATES.THE PICKLEBALL COURTS HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN SOME TIME TO SEE THAT SHADE. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN HOW MASSIVE IT IS. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T PLEASE GO SEE IT. WE DO HAVE LIGHTING THAT'S STILL BEING INSTALLED THERE. WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME STUFF HAPPEN OVER THIS MONTH. THERE WAS SOME SUBMITTALS THAT WE HAD TO WORK ON ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE FIXTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT. WE'RE JUST THE LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW IS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. NOW THEY MAY NOT GET INSTALLED, I GUESS UNTIL FEBRUARY IF THE LEAD TIME IS THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THESE FIXTURES TO GET IN. BUT I JUST THE MAIN THING IS, IS I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT LIGHTING IS COMING. I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT IF LIGHTING IS GOING TO BE DONE, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING IT. IT'S JUST THE LEAD. TIMES ARE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON PICKLEBALL COURTS? OH YEAH, I MISUNDERSTOOD. THE SHADES ARE IS NOT UP AS WELL. OH NO IT'S UP THE SHADES UP OKAY. BUT THE LIGHTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
AND SO LIKE IN THE DAYTIME WITH THE SHADE, IS THERE LIKE SO MUCH SHADE THAT YOU NEED LIGHTING UNDERNEATH THE SHADE OR BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IT'S IT'S NOT A CANVAS MATERIAL IS IT. OR DID YOU GUYS GO WITH THE CANVAS. YEAH. NO IT'S A, IT'S A FABRIC. IT'S A FABRIC SHADE. BUT NO, CARMEN AND I WERE JUST THERE RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, DURING THE DAY. AND, I MEAN, YOU CAN STILL SEE PRETTY GOOD UNDERNEATH THERE. IT DEFINITELY PROVIDES THE SHADE. THAT IS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF CONCERNED LIKE. IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH LIGHT UNDERNEATH THE SHADE EVEN TO, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, GOOD ENOUGH AS YOU COULD. AND THEN BECAUSE LIKE WITH THE THE SHADE, THE WINDSCREENS ARE GOING TO BE ALL AROUND AS WELL, RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. WITH THE WINDSCREENS ARE ALREADY UP ALL THE WAY AROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE AN OVEN IN THERE UNDER THE SHADE INSIDE THE THING. NO. WELL THERE'S A PRETTY BIG GAP THOUGH TOO, BETWEEN BETWEEN THE TWO STRUCTURES WHERE THE SHADE AND THE FENCE MEET. I MEAN, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD GAP. I MEAN, THE FENCE IS A TEN FOOT FENCE, AND I BELIEVE THE SHADE GOES UP TO 33 FOOT TALL. SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD GAP. YEAH. OKAY. BUT NO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL NEED THE LIGHTS DURING THE DAYTIME, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE HEAVILY REQUESTED, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, IT GETTING DARK AT 530 AND PEOPLE STILL WANTING TO PLAY. SO WE'RE WE SHOULD WRAP THAT UP RIGHT AROUND TIME CHANGE WHENEVER IT STARTS GETTING DARK LATER. OKAY, THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE A DUMB QUESTION. I JUST, I JUST I SAW A PICTURE OF IT. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN PERSON. LIKE, REALLY SEE IT. YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
BUT I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU'VE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE AN OVEN TO ME. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S IT'S IT'S A MINIATURE AT&T STADIUM. SO SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL STOP NERDING OUT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S PRETTY WELL DONE. OKAY. YEAH I SAW A DIFFERENT OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO PICKLEBALL OR. EXCUSE ME, PIRATE'S COVE SHADE, OUR OTHER SHADE PROJECT. THAT WAS LAST BUDGET YEAR BUT CARRIED FORWARD TO THIS BUDGET YEAR, WE RAN INTO SOME MEASURING ISSUES WHENEVER THE SHADE FIRST CAME OUT. TWO PANELS OR. I'M SORRY, THREE PANELS WERE THE RIGHT FIT.
HOWEVER, THIS LAST PANEL THAT KIND OF COVERS THE BIGGER STRUCTURE, THE 5 TO 12 STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE, THAT ONE WAS CUT WRONG. AND THEN IT WAS REMEASURED BROUGHT BACK OUT THERE AGAIN, STILL DIDN'T FIT. SO THEY'RE ON A THIRD REMEASURE RIGHT NOW. JUST GOT AN UPDATE LAST WEEK THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING THIS THIRD TRY TO COME THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
SO HOPEFULLY THE SHADE ITSELF WILL BE COMPLETE THAT FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON SOME CONCRETE WORK THOUGH BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE'VE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE POSTS THAT ARE IN THE TEN FOOT TRAIL THAT'S OVER THERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHIFTING THAT TRAIL OVER AND THEN RE POURING CONCRETE FROM THE TRAIL ALL THE WAY TO THE PLAYGROUND. SO THEY'LL STILL BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE PLAYGROUND, BUT WE'RE STILL KEEPING THAT SAME TEN FOOT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I FEEL LIKE I CONFUSED MYSELF, SO IF I CONFUSED YOU, I UNDERSTAND YOU SAY THAT AGAIN. YEAH. SO? SO THERE'S A TEN FOOT TRAIL THAT GOES UP NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW THERE'S POSTS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT TRAIL. SO WE HAVE TO SHIFT
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THAT TRAIL OVER SO THAT WE STILL KEEP THAT TEN FOOT, BUT WE'RE STILL FILLING IN CONCRETE FROM THAT TEN FOOT TO THE PLAYGROUND SO THAT THERE'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THERE.THAT WORK SHOULD BE GETTING STARTED NEXT WEEK. BUT BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. IS THAT CONCRETE WORK. AND THEN THE THIRD TRY FOR THE SHADE COME IN THAT FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY. SO AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COMPLETE THIS PROJECT OUT. THERE'S STILL SOME STUFF THAT OUR STAFF WANT TO DO, LIKE IRRIGATION AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL OF THAT. BUT AS FAR AS THE THE, THE CONTRACT WORK, ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP BY THEN. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW, I FELT LIKE I CONFUSED MYSELF THROUGHOUT THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LAST UPDATE I HAVE IS ALL OF OUR PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCT OR THE PARKING ONES, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR PARKING AT COMMUNITY AND FOUNDERS. THOSE ARE GETTING VERY EXCITING. STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINE TUNE THOSE. ONCE WE DO GET A GOOD SET OF THEM THAT ARE APPROVED, I'D LIKE TO BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD JUST TO GET ALL OF YOUR TAKE ON IT. AND BUT THEY ARE PRETTY EXCITING. NOW AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THESE AREN'T GOING TO BE WE STILL HAVE TO FUND THESE. WE'VE WE'VE FUNDED THE PLANS. WE GOT TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION. BUT BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CONCEPTUAL FOR BRADDOCK PARK. THAT ONE RIGHT NOW IS IN PURCHASING. WE'VE ALREADY WORKED THROUGH THE CONTRACT. NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING ON GETTING THE APPROVAL FROM PURCHASING TO GET MOVING ON THAT ONE. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? IT'S JUST CONCEPTUAL. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO BIG PARCELS OF LAND THAT WE HAVE WITHIN BRADDOCK PARK THAT TOTAL JUST ABOUT 30 ACRES, I BELIEVE, AND IT'S COMPLETE UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW. NOW, THERE ARE SOME MAJOR STRUGGLES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE PROPERTIES. THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITIES, HIGH POWERED TRANSMISSION LINES. SO WE'VE HAD WE'VE WE'VE TOOK A LOOK AT IT BACK WHEN WE DID THE MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2000, 2019 AND 2020. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE NOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOA THERE AT BRADDOCK, WE WANTED TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK ON WHAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO WITH THOSE TWO BIG PARCELS. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ANYTHING BETWEEN CAN WE GET SOME OPEN SPACE, MAYBE FOR SOME OF THE LEAGUES TO MAYBE PRACTICE ON? IS THERE SOME AREAS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET MAYBE AN IRRIGATED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR A PRACTICE FIELD OR SOMETHING? CAN WE ADD A PLAYGROUND TRAIL? THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE TRAIL PUT THERE AND MAYBE EVEN SOME PARKING. BUT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE CAN DO THERE. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THAT'S JUST CONCEPTUAL. WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THIS PLAN IS AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, WE MIGHT TRY TO PIECE SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN. SO. BRANT, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOUTHBROOK OR CREEKSIDE PLAYGROUND? WE DO. THOSE ARE TWO PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THIS YEAR. THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR LAST TWO PLAYGROUNDS THAT I WOULD, I GUESS, PUT IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF BEING 15 TO 20 YEARS OLD. BUT ONE OF THEM, I GUESS, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE REALLY ON BOTH ENDS OF THE CITY. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY MET WITH STAFF OUT THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET A GOOD, BASICALLY IDEA OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT WANT IN THOSE PLAYGROUNDS. ONCE WE GET THAT IRONED OUT, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT VENDORS. WE'VE USED THE SAME VENDOR FOR MANY YEARS. WE MIGHT LOOK AT GETTING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VENDORS TO BID THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THOSE ARE TWO PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING. ONCE WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, I'LL ADD THAT TO THIS LIST AS WELL. AND WE CAN MAYBE START LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RENDERINGS. WITH WHICH PLAYGROUNDS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? CREEKSIDE. SO WE GOT TWO PLAYGROUNDS AT CREEKSIDE PARK.
THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CREEKSIDE SOUTH, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE. IF YOU'RE ENTERING IN FROM MCMILLAN, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PLAYGROUND THAT YOU COME UP TO. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AT SOUTHBROOK SOUTHBROOK PARK, AND THAT ONE I FEEL LIKE IS A THAT PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO IT'S AN OPEN CANVAS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IS JUST A KIND
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OF A TOWER SLIDE AND THEN A SWING SET. BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT SOMETHING MODULAR THERE, MAYBE OTHER AMENITIES AS WELL. SO THAT ONE'S KIND OF EXCITING. THE THE CREEKSIDE ONE HAS A ALREADY HAS A BIG FIELD RIGHT. LIKE SOCCER FIELD AND BASEBALL FIELD I GUESS. AND THEN BASKETBALL COURT. IS THAT ALL WILEY PARKS AND REC IS THAT HOA THAT'S ALL WILEY PARKS. YEAH, YEAH. SO AND SO THIS PLAYGROUND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S LEWIS DRIVE GOING IN WHERE THE IS I BELIEVE IS BY THEIR POOL. YEAH. YEAH.WELL IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE HOA POND AND POOL RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING. OKAY. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. OKAY. YEAH. BUT YEAH. NO CREEKSIDE.
IT'S A 3034 ACRE PARK. AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF AMENITIES THERE. SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO REPLACE THAT PLAYGROUND. INTERESTING. BUT I BELIEVE IS THAT ONCE THOSE TWO ARE REPLACED, IS THAT EVERYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE PLAYGROUNDS, OR ARE THERE STILL MORE TO UPDATE? THAT'S ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS THAT NEED UPDATED AT THAT POINT. OUR OLDEST PLAYGROUND WILL ACTUALLY BE OLD CITY PARK, WHICH WAS REPLACED BACK IN 2016, SO IT'S STILL FAIRLY NEW. I MEAN, IT IS ACTUALLY TEN YEARS OLD NOW, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONE AT WILEY LAKES? THAT ONE'S OLDER THAN OLD CITY PARK, WILEY LAKES, I BELIEVE, WAS UPDATED NOT LONG AGO. I KNOW, I KNOW, WE ADDED A SHADE ON THAT 1 IN 2017, BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET THE DATE ON THAT ONE. I DON'T KNOW. WHEN WE DID WILEY LAKES, IT WAS AN EARLY ONE TOO. I WOULD SAY AROUND THE TIME AS OLD CITY PARK. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT 100% SURE ON IT. SO WHAT? I'LL HAVE TO DEBATE YOU ON THAT ONE. OH, DON'T DON'T MAKE ME LOSE. SO. I THINK THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I YOU MENTIONED WITH THE PARKING. THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S THE CONCEPTUAL ONE THAT AREA. CORRECT. CORRECT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PIRATE COVE PARKING PIECE AT FOUNDERS PARK AND THEN AND MUCH MORE PARKING OVER AT FOUNDERS PARK. THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF IT. BUT YEAH. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. WITH WITH LIKE THE GENERAL EQUIPMENT BEING FAIRLY UPDATED FOR ALL OF THEM. LIKE YOU SAID, HAVE THEY LOOKED AT DOING MORE IMPORTANT PLAY SURFACES OR IS IT WE'RE STICKING WITH THE BIG ONES. SO WE ARE GOING TO START LOOKING AT THAT. NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE WILEY LAKES, BUT BUT ONCE WE GET ALL OF THEM UPDATED, THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT TRY LOOKING AT MAKING ONE OF THEM THE PORT AND PLAY SURFACING AND THEN MAYBE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE FOR SHADE, YOU KNOW THAT. SO WE'LL KIND OF KEEP GOING AS, AS FAR AS WE CAN GO. YEAH. UNTIL IT'S TIME TO START REPLACING OTHER PLAYGROUNDS AGAIN. YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR BRANT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO PROGRAM AND EVENT UPDATES. DID YOU KNOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE PLAYGROUNDS. IT'S JUST RELATED TO MORE, I GUESS THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF ALL OF THE PARK AREAS. IS THERE A WAY TO TURN THE WATER FOUNTAINS BACK ON, SPECIFICALLY AT THE RESTROOM AREAS FOR TRAIL USERS DURING THE WINTER? I MEAN, I KNOW THE FREESTANDING FOUNTAINS. OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL FREEZE, BUT THE ONES BY THE RESTROOMS, IF THE SINKS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING, THE TOILETS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING DURING THE COLDER MONTHS. CAN WE TURN THE FOUNTAINS BACK ON? I MEAN THAT YOU YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. SO YEARS PAST, WE'VE KIND OF ALWAYS SHUT THE RESTROOMS DOWN AND THE WATER FOUNTAINS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE WINTER HERE. RECENTLY, I WOULD SAY MAYBE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE RESTROOMS OPEN THROUGHOUT THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE, I MEAN, HERE IN TEXAS, WE REALLY ONLY GET MAYBE A WEEK OF FREEZING, YOU KNOW, TEMPS. OF COURSE, NOW THAT I SAID THAT, WE'LL GET ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SNOWSTORM. BUT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. I KNOW THAT WE RAN ACROSS THE SAME THING AT THE DOG PARK. WE TOOK THOSE OUT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHENEVER IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AND IT'S 75 DEGREES OUTSIDE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. I MEAN, DEFINITELY, AT LEAST AT THE RESTROOM FACILITIES, MAYBE ADDING THOSE BACK IN. IT'S IT'S JUST WHEN WE GO TO CLOSE THEM DOWN BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT THIS
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WINTER THAT WE WILL GET A WEEK MAYBE, OR A FEW DAYS OF FREEZING TEMPS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO IN AND WINTERIZE THE RESTROOMS. AND BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE MUCH MORE TO, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE THOSE VALVES OUT FOR THOSE WATER FOUNTAINS. SO YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT. I KNOW PERSONALLY I USE THE TRAILS ALL THE TIME, ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I DON'T CARRY WATER WHEN I RUN. BUT I RECENTLY I SAW A FACEBOOK POST AND IT IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.THE PERSON JUST SAID, I'M THIRSTY. CAN YOU TURN THE WATER FOUNTAIN BACK ON? BUT IT MADE ME THINK, YEAH, WE WE NEED TO SEE ABOUT DOING THIS SPECIFICALLY AT THE RESTROOM AREAS, SINCE YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S CONNECTED TO OTHER SOURCES OF WATER. I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE THE RESTROOM OPEN, WE SHOULD PROBABLY AT LEAST HAVE THE FOUNTAIN OPEN AT THE RESTROOM AS WELL. AND THE RESTROOMS WILL CONTINUE TO STAY OPEN YEAR ROUND. IS THAT CORRECT? YEP.
THEY WILL, EXCEPT FOR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHICH THE ONLY INCLEMENT WEATHER REALLY WOULD BE FREEZING. YEAH. SO IT IS. THE TRAILS ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR AND MORE POPULATED.
AS I'M USING THEM MORE. I'M STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ALL OVER ON THE TRAILS.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. YEAH. THE RESTROOMS, THE RESTROOMS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED BEING USED. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. AWESOME. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PROGRAM AND EVENT UPDATES. GOOD EVENING. PARK AND REC BOARD I'M JENNY LAMBERT. I'M ONE OF THE PROGRAMMERS FOR OUR PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PROGRAM WORLD FOR US. BUT BEFORE I START, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. WE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPENING LAST FALL. WE ACTUALLY LOVINGLY REFER TO IT AS OUR SPECIAL EVENT SEASON BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING BOTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND CITYWIDE, AND YOU ALL REALLY SHOWED UP AND WERE VOLUNTEERING LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU WERE IN THE THICK OF IT WITH US, AND IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO STAFF AND TO THE GUESTS FOR SEEING YOU GUYS OUT THERE AND DOING IT. AND WE EVEN HAD GUESTS COME UP TO US AND SAY, HEY, TELL US ABOUT PARK AND REC BOARD. WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? BECAUSE THEY SEE YOUR NAME, BADGES AND EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUT THERE AND BEING A PART OF IT. ALL RIGHT. FOR PROGRAMS, EVERY WINTER WE CELEBRATE JANUARY AS WELLNESS MONTH, AND SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN IT. HOWEVER MANY DAYS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TODAY IS. 12 DAYS INTO IT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING. WE DO A LOT OF JANUARY ONLY SPECIAL EVENTS PROMOTIONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, AND SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW FOR YOU GUYS. ONE OF OUR FAVORITES IS HOOPING WITH THE BLUE AND RED.
SO THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH WILEY PD AND FIRE. AND THEY COME INTO THE CENTER ONE EVENING. WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS RANGING FROM AGES 4 TO 13. THEY'RE SEPARATED OUT INTO AGE APPROPRIATE GROUPS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM GETTING TOO WILD TOGETHER, AND THEY JUST HAVE SOME TIME TO SPEND WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEY DO SOME DRILLS, THEY GET TO WORK ON THEIR SKILLS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY GET TO HIT THE COURTS FOR SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION. SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITES. AND IT IS A NO CHARGE EVENT FOR OUR REC PASS HOLDERS. SO VERY BELOVED. AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE ON JANUARY 24TH THIS YEAR. SO IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, NEW THIS YEAR FOR PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIASTS IS OUR BLACKLIGHT PICKLEBALL. SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE REC CENTER GYM GLOW WITH BLACK LIGHTS. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN. WE HAVE NEON TAPE ON THE FLOOR MARKING OUT THE COURTS.
WE'VE GOT THE BALLS THAT WILL GLOW UNDER THE LIGHTS AND PEOPLE JUST GET TO COME IN, HAVE FUN, PLAY AND MAKE GLOWING MEMORIES. SO THE AGE RANGE FOR THAT IS 16 YEARS AND OLDER.
REGISTRATION IS $9 FOR OUR NON PASS HOLDERS AND $6 FOR REC PASS HOLDERS. AND THEN ANOTHER OF OUR FAVORITES FOR WELLNESS MONTH, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY GET PEOPLE OUT THERE, GET ACTIVE, GET MOTIVATED. WE OFFER A AUTO RENEW PASS PROMOTION WHERE ANY NEW FAMILY, ADULT, SENIOR TEEN OR KID AUTO RENEW PASS GETS 50% OFF THAT FIRST MONTH. AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS. LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD 102 NEW AUTO RENEW PASSES SOLD, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BRING. YEAH. IS IT AUTO RENEW? LIKE I SIGN UP FOR A MONTHLY PLAN AUTO RENEWS EVERY MONTH OR LIKE A YEARLY. DOES IT MATTER? IT IS MONTHLY. THE MONTHLY ONE. YES. GREAT QUESTION. YEAH. AND THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR OUR REC PASSES. YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL DOING IT THAT WAY. SO YEP. SO WE WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE
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IT. YEAH. SHIFTING OVER TO OUR WELCOME CENTER AT BROWN HOUSE, IN CASE YOU ALL DID NOT KNOW, AMERICA IS CELEBRATING ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING ALL OUT ALL YEAR LONG WITH AMERICA, 250 SPECIFIC EVENTS GOING ON FROM JANUARY 13TH TO MARCH 31ST.VISITORS CAN EXPLORE EXHIBITS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE KEY EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THEN EACH SEASON, THAT EXHIBIT WILL BE ROTATING TO GET US ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO WHEN WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED OUR INDEPENDENCE. GUESTS ARE ALSO INVITED TO ENJOY DROP IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TRIVIA, QUIZZES AND HANDS ON COLONIAL CRAFTS LIKE HAND WEAVING. MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT IN JANUARY, SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE CAN POP INTO THE BROWN HOUSE, GET A QUILT SQUARE THAT THEY CAN THEN FINISH OFF, BRING IT BACK TO THE BROWN HOUSE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY QUILT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE ON DISPLAY BEAUTIFULLY. DON'T HAVE AN ETA ON THAT TIME FRAME, THOUGH. IN FEBRUARY, WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH SPECIAL EXHIBIT TOURS ON FEBRUARY 21ST BY GEORGE WASHINGTON HIMSELF. SO BE SURE TO STOP BY FOR THAT.
AND THEN IN MARCH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIES CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COMING OUT TO TALK ABOUT GENEALOGY AND TRACING YOUR HERITAGE. AND THEN I KNOW WE ARE IN JANUARY, BUT SPRING BREAK IS GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. SO SPRING BREAK CAMPS ARE ACTUALLY OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. WE HAVE A WEEK LONG LINEUP OF CAMPS FOR AGES 4 TO 12 YEARS OLD TO KEEP THOSE KIDDOS ACTIVE, CURIOUS, AND ENGAGED ALL WEEK LONG. OUR CAMPS THIS YEAR ARE DRONE FLYING ADVENTURES, JUNIOR SCIENTIST, SECRET ART LAB EXPERIMENTS, STEM LEGO ADVENTURES, KICK START SOCCER STARS, AND ULTIMATE DODGEBALL EXPERIENCE. AND THEN WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT SPRING BREAK WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT SUMMER, WHICH WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. SO THE PROGRAMING TEAM HAS FINISHED UP ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING FOR OUR SPRING SEASON, WHICH IS APRIL THROUGH JUNE AND OUR SUMMER CAMP, SO WE HAVE TO START PRETTY EARLY FOR THOSE. ACTIVITY MENU IS IN PRODUCTION FOR BOTH OF THOSE BOOKS AND REGISTRATION OPENS ON MARCH 1ST. SO IT'S HAPPENING.
AND THAT IS ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WHAT'S THE LONGEST STANDING CAMP THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SEASON? GOOD QUESTION. PROBABLY SOCCER. I WOULD SAY THAT ONE ALWAYS FILLS UP VERY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUNGER AGE RANGE. THEY ARE BIG FANS OF SOCCER SPORTS REALLY IN GENERAL. THEY LOVE SPORTS. YEAH, IT'S A WORLD CUP YEAR, HOPEFULLY. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. IT'S GOING TO DRAW IN EVEN MORE PEOPLE. IS THERE A REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE HOOPIN WITH THE RED AND BLUE? THERE IS NOT. IT IS A FREE OF CHARGE OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN WHAT IS THE DATE FOR THE BLACK LIGHT PICKLEBALL. OH I'M SORRY, I DID NOT MENTION THAT IT IS ON JANUARY 30TH AND THAT IS SPLIT OUT INTO TWO TIME FRAMES. SO YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ONE OR BOTH. YOU SAID THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THE THE ONE. BUT IS THAT FOR PASSHOLDERS? IT IS FOR PASSHOLDERS. IT'S A PASSHOLDER EVENT. CAN YOU GET LIKE A DAY PASS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND I GUESS YOU SAID THERE WAS A FEE FOR THAT. YOU CAN GET A DAY PASS AND PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE EVENT OR ARE. YEAH ON THE PICKLEBALL EVENT AS WELL. DO YOU NEED TO PAY FOR A DAY PASS AND REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, OR CAN YOU JUST IS IT JUST REGISTRATION? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT $6 DISCOUNT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GET A DAY PASS AND THEN REGISTER AND YOU'LL GET THAT $6 DISCOUNTED FEE. OR YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND REGISTER WITHOUT IT. AND IT'S $9 OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS LINED UP FOR THE WORLD CUP SUMMER? WE DO NOT AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THOUGH. I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT. I HAVE A BIG MEETING TOMORROW MORNING WITH OUR PRODUCTION TEAM, SO I WILL TAKE THAT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. GOTTA STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT, RIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ZINNI I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SCOTT? I'LL SECOND. WE DO HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION TO ADJOURN CARRIES
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.