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WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON TODAY'S MEETING ON FRIDAY THE 11TH, JULY.
CITIZENS, YOU DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WITH REGARDS TO THE MATTERS AND AGENDA OF EACH TIME.
EACH SPEAKER WILL LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
SO WELCOME NEW MEMBER, KENT POOL, WHERE YOU AT, KENT.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK, SIR.
ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE OR SAY? NO.
THE NEXT PERSON WE'D LIKE TO BRING ON IS A LIAISON, RICHARD RUSSELL.
UM, FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS, YOU GOTTA OPEN IT UP, SEE IF ANYBODY'S HERE TO DO SOME COMMENTS, AND THEN THE MINUTES ARE NEXT, AND THEN WE WILL GO IN THAT ORDER.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF, I LIKE TO BE THE, THAT POSITION RIGHT THERE.
DOES ANYBODY, LIKE ANYBODY HERE SPEAK ON THE THOUGHTS OR SHARE ANYTHING OR CONCERNS? GOOD.
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NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT APPROVED MINUTES AND THE MEETINGS HELD ON JULY 13TH, 2025.UM, ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, DESIGN WRITER FOR PARKS DESIGN.
IS THAT A TYPO? YEAH, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT KIM HAD MENTIONED.
IT WAS NOT DESIGN WRITER, IT WAS MORE LIKE THE, UM, THE GRANT WRITER.
I PROBABLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT PURPOSE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 13TH.
FAVOR? IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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NOW BACK TO KENT POLL.[Business - B]
GLAD TO BE HERE ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.
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CITY ATTORNEY JOHN GREEN TO DISCUSS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF SERVING ON THE COMMISSION.SORRY, I WAS LOOKING UP ONE THING FOR LATER IN THE MEETING AND I WILL GET STARTED.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TIME RESTRAINTS TODAY? DOES ANYBODY NEED TO GET OUT? I KNOW THAT WE STARTED LATE DURING THE MEETING.
IN THAT CASE, WE'LL GET STARTED.
SO, AS THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, I END UP GOING TO ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN ORDER TO BASICALLY DO A WELCOME AND TO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE DUTIES OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP MY COMPUTER 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO SOMETHING ON THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE RULES, THE ETHICS QUORUMS AND ALL THE EXCITING LEGAL STUFF, UH, I WANNA TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU GUYS SHOW UP HERE AND THAT YOU'RE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND THAT YOU'RE DOING A VERY WONDERFUL JOB FOR OUR CITY.
AND WE ARE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
OKAY? SO YOU'RE NOT HERE 'CAUSE YOU HAD TO BE, YOU'RE HERE 'CAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY AND ABOUT HOW IT GROWS AND ABOUT WHAT OUR PUBLIC SPACES LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE SHOW UP FOR FAMILY'S KIDS AND FOR NEIGHBORS.
AND FORGIVE ME IF I READ A LITTLE BIT OF THIS STUFF, BUT I'VE WROTE IT ALL OUT.
SO, AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T GLAMOROUS AND YOU DON'T GET A PAYCHECK AND YOU DON'T GET A TITLE THAT TURNS HEADS.
BUT WHAT YOU GET HERE ARE MEETING PACKETS, LONG AGENDAS, AND OCCASIONALLY SOME FRUSTRATION.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ADVISORY IN NATURE ONLY, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT GETS HEATED BECAUSE YOU GUYS THINK THAT YOU DON'T GET THE RESPECT THAT YOU DESERVE.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UH, FROM THE LEGAL SIDE, PART OF MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROTECTED, INFORMED, AND OPERATING WITHIN THE LAW.
UH, BUT MY REAL JOB HERE TODAY IS TO HELP YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IN YOUR ROLE AND TO REMIND YOU THAT THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GIVING, IT'S WORTH SOMETHING.
IT'S, IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED BY THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND FOR SAYING YES AND FOR HELPING THE CITY DO BETTER.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR ROLES AS COMMISSIONERS, YOUR FUNCTION.
UM, OKAY, SO AS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.
YOU'RE HERE AS APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICERS OF THE CITY.
AND THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT HAVE A POLICY MAKING AUTHORITY LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE STILL BOUND BY THE SAME STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, OKAY? WHICH ARE INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND OPEN GOVERNMENT.
THE MUNICIPAL BOARD AND COMMISSIONS IN TEXAS GENERALLY FALL INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, OKAY? THOSE ARE LEGISLATIVE BODIES.
THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY ADOPT ORDINANCES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND, AND SET PUBLIC POLICIES.
OKAY? THEN WE HAVE QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE ZBA ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, AND BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH APPLY TO THE LAW TO INDIVIDUAL CASES AND RENDER BINDING DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE QUASI-JUDICIAL.
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AND THEN YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THE ADVISORY BODIES.SO LIKE THIS ONE, YOU GUYS STUDY ISSUES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
NOW, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION IS FIRMLY AN ADVISORY BODY.
AND YOUR FUNCTION IS TO STUDY, TO RECOMMEND AND TO ADVISE ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEMS. UM, SUCH AS MAYBE WE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, COMMUNITY PRO UH, PROGRAMS, FUNDING PRIORITIES, AND LONG RANGE PLANNING.
AND YOU HELP SHAPE THE VISION, BUT YOU DON'T CREATE THE POLICY.
UM, ENFORCE ORDINANCES OR EXECUTE THE CITY OPERATIONS.
WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE AN INTELLIGENCE ARM OF THE CITY.
YOU DO THE INTELLIGENCE, YOU BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU DON'T SUPERVISE STAFF, DIRECT, UH, CONTRACTORS OR MAKE BINDING DECISIONS.
YOUR AUTHORITY IS COLLECTIVE NOT AN INDIVIDUAL.
NO SINGLE COMMISSIONER MAY ACT OUTSIDE OF A POSTED MEETING OR CLAIM TO REPRESENT THE COMMISSION UNLESS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO.
AND THAT MEANS YOUR INFLUENCE COMES FROM DISCUSSION, DELIBERATION, AND THE FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MAKE AS A BODY, NOT FROM A PERSONAL AUTHORITY.
OKAY? AND IN SUMMARY, YOU'RE HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST BY PROVIDING THOUGHTFUL, INFORMED INPUT TO HELP THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF DEVELOP A PARK SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF RE AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, I KIND OF WANNA, I HAVE THIS OPEN IN MY LAST MEETING.
I GOTTA FIND IT AGAIN REAL QUICK.
I'M GONNA READ TWO SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCES TO YOU.
AND I GOTTA FIND WHERE I PUT IT BECAUSE I WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE LAST MEETING.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SHALL DO AS A PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
OKAY? YOU SHALL ACT AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE COUNCIL OF RESPECT TO THE PLANNING, USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS.
ALL MATTERS CONSIDERED AS RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL FIRST PASS THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THIS BOARD.
YOU SHALL RECOMMEND AND OVERSEE AND IMPLEMENT OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, OR OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, INCLUDING OVERSIGHT OF THE LAND USE AND THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
UH, YOU SHALL RECOMMEND FUTURE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO PROPOSE THE RESPECTIVE BUDGETS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU SHALL FORMULATE AND RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL PLANS FOR MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
YOU SHALL MONITOR THE RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF REGIONAL PARK FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AND POTENTIALLY FUTURE GRANTING AGENCIES AND PERFORM ANY OTHER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED FUNCTIONS AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION, UNDER TWO DASH 1 98, THESE ARE YOUR DUTIES.
YOU ARE INVESTED WITH THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY TO REGULARLY INSPECT THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT REASONABLE HOURS WERE REQUIRED IN THE DISCHARGE OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER LAWS OF THE STATE AND OF THE CITY.
PARTICIPATE IN THE FORMULATION AND RECOMMEND OF, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PARKS MASTER PLAN.
AND FROM TIME TO TIME RECOMMEND SUCH CHANGES IN THE PLAN, AS IT FINDS WILL FACILITATE THE HEALTHY ENJOYMENT, RECREATION, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS AND THEIR USE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
UH, YOU SHALL EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS OF A COMMISSION AS TO APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF PLANS THERE, IMPLEMENTATION AND RELATED EXPENDITURES, AND BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
YOU SHALL STUDY AND RECOMMEND ON THE LOCATION, EXTENSION AND PLANNING OF PUBLIC PARKS OR OTHER PUBLIC, UH, PLACES.
AND ON THE VACATING OR CLOSING OF THE SAME, YOU SHALL INITIATE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY FOR CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC HEARING, ALL PROPOSALS FOR THE OPENING, VACATING, OR CLOSING OF PARKS OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
YOU SHALL FORMULATE AND RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS ADOPTION POLICIES AND REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PARK'S MASTER PLAN GOVERNING THE LOCATION AND OR OPERATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES OWNED OR UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMISSION.
AND YOU SHALL KEEP IT ITSELF WELL INFORMED WITH REFERENCES TO THE PROGRESS OF CITY PLANNING AND THE STATE, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES, AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ADOPTIVE PLANS OF THE CITY.
DOES A WHOLE LOT OF READING, I'M SORRY, BUT IF YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE TWO SECTIONS THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE.
OKAY? IN ADDITION TO THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT CHANGES, UH, TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
UH, RECENTLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST MONTH, UH, WE ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 1494 TO REVISE THE STRUCTURE OF MEMBERSHIP ROLE OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UM, OR COMMISSION, SORRY.
THIS ORDINANCE MARKS AN IMPORTANT SHIFT IN HOW THE COMMISSION IS ORGANIZED AND HOW IT ENGAGES WITH THE PUBLIC.
UH, STILL WE HAVE SEVEN, UH, UH, UH, MEMBERS, BUT THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGE IS IN THE REMOVAL OF THE PERMANENT EX OFFICIO SEATS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RESERVED FOR DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVES FOR YOU GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE NEVER FILLED THOSE SEATS OR HAVEN'T FILLED THOSE SEATS IN A VERY LONG TIME.
SO WE ENDED UP GETTING RID OF THOSE OVER TIME.
THOSE SEATS HAVE BECOME INEFFECTIVE.
UM, THERE'S A CONSISTENT LACK OF INTEREST OF PARTICIPATION, AND SO THEY'RE GONE.
UM, UNDER THE REVISED ORDINANCE, THE C UH, COMMISSION, UH, CONSISTS STILL OF SEVEN RESIDENT MEMBERS WHO MEET SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS PLUS AN OPTIONAL NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, WHICH IS TYPICALLY RESERVED FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE.
AND WE HAVEN'T FILLED THAT YET.
UH, IMPORTANTLY, THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER IS NOT COUNTED AMONG THE SEVEN, CAN'T VOTE AND MAY NOT SERVE AS CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
AND THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT ONE OF ITS OWN MEMBERS TO SERVE AS A VOTING
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MEMBER.THAT IS NOT WHAT, UH, MR. UH, RICHARD RUSSELL IS DOING HERE.
HE'S THE LIAISON, OKAY? BUT IF THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD HAVE APPOINTED ONE OF THE MEMBERS AS A VOTING MEMBER.
IN ADDITION, HERE'S THE LEGAL STUFF THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY GONE THROUGH A MILLION TIMES.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.
WE OPERATE HERE UNDER MODIFIED ROBERT'S RULES.
OKAY? SO LET'S TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW THE MEETINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN.
LIKE MOST PUBLIC BOARDS, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FOLLOWS A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ROBERTS OF RULES.
THAT MEANS THAT WE USE BASIC STRUCTURE AND FLOW OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, BUT WE'VE CUT OUT SOME OF THE FORMALITY THAT CAN BOG THINGS DOWN AND SLOW US DOWN.
SO THE GOAL HERE ISN'T BUREAUCRACY, BUT IT'S TO, UH, HAVE CLARITY, FAIRNESS, AND ORDER.
SO HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE.
OKAY? THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK, YOU DIRECT YOUR COMMENT TO THE CHAIR AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND THAT KEEPS THINGS ORALLY, ENSURES THAT EVERYBODY GETS A TURN TO SPEAK WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK.
AND IF YOU WANT THE COMMISSION TO TAKE AN ACTION ON SOMETHING, WE MAKE A MOTION AND THEN SOMEBODY SECONDS THE MOTION, WHICH WE GENERALLY, UH, KNOW HOW TO DO.
MOST MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, UM, AND ONCE A MOTION'S ON THE FLOOR, THAT'S WHEN DISCUSSION CAN BEGINS.
WE'LL ACTUALLY NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE OR AFTER MOTIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
UH, AND THEN WE STAY FOCUSED ON THAT MOTION ONE SPEAKER AT A TIME.
NO SIDE CONVERSATIONS OR TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER, UH, JUST BASIC STUFF.
UM, SO SKIPPING OVER A BUNCH OF STUFF.
THAT'S THE BACKBONE OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN TEXAS.
IT'S THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HEARD OF IT, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN COUNSELED ON IT IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER IT JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT, OKAY? YOU PROBABLY HAD IT DRILLED INTO YOU.
THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS MUST BE DONE IN PUBLIC, OKAY? UM, NOT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, NOT THROUGH SIDE CONVERSATIONS, NOT BY TEXT GROUP CHAT OR WALKING IN HALLWAY AGREEMENTS, NOT BY I I IPHONES OR IWATCHES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
IF YOU'RE SERVING IN THE PUBLIC, THEN THE PUBLIC GETS TO SEE HOW YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR DECISIONS.
PLEASE DON'T BE TEXTING EACH OTHER DURING MEETINGS.
PLEASE DON'T BE DOING OTHER THINGS OR TEXTING SOMEBODY ELSE.
MAKE EVERYTHING BE IN THE PUBLIC, OKAY? SO WHAT TOMA REQUIRES BASICS ARE SIMPLE.
YOU CAN DELIBERATE OR CAN ONLY DELIBERATE OR ACT ON MATTERS THAT ARE PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY? SO THE AGENDA MUST BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE, AND IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC ENOUGH THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED DURING YOUR MEETINGS.
OKAY? IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OFF ON TANGENTS OR DEVIATE BECAUSE THAT'S A VIOLATION OF TOOMA, OKAY? NOT DURING THE MEETING, NOT BEFORE, NOT AFTER.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S RELATED, IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED, AND IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN DELIBERATION DOESN'T JUST MEAN THAT WE VOTE AND THAT WE PUT FORWARD MOTIONS, OKAY? IF YOU'RE EXCHANGING FACTS, WEIGHING OPTIONS, OR TRYING TO PERSUADE OTHERS AS DELIBERATION, AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC AND OPEN.
OKAY? I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL RECEIVED COUNSEL ON THIS IN THE PAST ABOUT WALKING QUOS AND DAISY CHAINS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT REALLY QUICKLY.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON AND UNINTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS IS A WALKING QUORUM THAT HAPPENS WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TRY TO BUILD CONSENSUS OUTSIDE OF A POST MEETING.
AND SOMETIMES THAT STARTS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, UH, WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH A BIG ITEM AND CLARIFY YOUR THOUGHTS OR GET FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT HERE'S, HERE'S HOW IT GOES WRONG.
IF A QUORUM, WHICH IS FOUR OF YOUR SEVEN MEMBERS, UH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THE POSTED MEETING, THAT'S GONNA BE A VIOLATION OF TOOMA.
OKAY? DON'T DO TEXT MESSAGES, DON'T DO OTHERWISE.
THAT INCLUDES GROUP TEXT, REPLY, ALL EMAILS, OR EVEN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS THAT DAISY CHAIN THROUGHOUT TO REACH A CORE.
SO EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING TO THE SAME PEOPLE AND WE COME TO A CONSENSUS BECAUSE ONE PERSON'S RELATING THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE, THAT THAT MAKES A BIG ISSUE.
SO INTENT MATTERS, BUT IT'S NOT A DEFENSE.
EVEN IF NO DECISION IS MADE, THE ACT OF ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN THE DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN MEETINGS IS THE ILLEGAL ACT ITSELF.
SO THE RULE IS IF IT'S A BUSINESS THAT BELONGS IN A MEETING, KEEP IT IN THE MEETING STILL GOING ON.
UM, THIS DOESN'T AFFECT YOU GUYS AS MUCH, BUT THERE'S A RULE ABOUT SPEAKING FROM THE DIOCESE, SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR.
IF A BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO STEP DOWN AND MAKE A COMMENT DURING OPEN COMMENTS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UM, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
UH, THERE ARE VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY COULD DO IT, BUT IF THEY DO IT, IT COULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS APP BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, HAS TO BE NOTICED.
AND IF SOMEBODY STEPS DOWN OFF IT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE THERE, YOUR HAT IS ON AS A COMMISSION MEMBER.
DON'T SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
OKAY? HERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALSO GONE OVER, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CONFLICTS AND DISCLOSURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MOST OF THOSE ARE COVERED BY CHAPTER 1 71 AND 1 76 OF THE, UH, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 1 71 REAL QUICK.
THAT'S ALL ABOUT AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS ENTITIES AND RURAL PROPERTY, THE RULE SIMPLE.
IF YOU HAVE A CLOSE, IF YOU OR A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER HAS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE COMMISSION, THEN YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK.
OKAY? THAT MEANS NO VOTING, NO INFLUENCING, NO PARTICIPATION IN THE MATTER UNLESS A NARROW QUORUM EXCEPTION APPLIES.
SO IT REGULATES LOCAL, UM, PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IT PROHIBITS A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM VOTING OR PARTICIPATING IN A MATTER INVOLVING A BUSINESS
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ENTITY OR RURAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE OFFICIAL HAS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST.IF AN ACTION ON THE MATTER WILL RESULT IN A SPECIFIC ECONOMIC EFFECT ON THE BUSINESS THAT IS DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE EFFECT ON THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT THIS IS WHAT A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN A BUSINESS LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S IN THE STATUTES, BUT IT'S DEFINED AS OWNERSHIP OF 10% OR MORE, OR 15,000, MORE OR MORE OF A BUSINESS ENTITY'S VALUE, OR RECEIVING OVER 10% OF A GROSS INCOME FROM THE BUSINESS OR OWNERSHIP OF REAL PROPERTY WITH A MARKET VALUE OF $2,500 OR MORE.
IF ANY OF THOSE APPLY, YOU HAVE TO FILE THE PROPER PAPERWORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN OR RECUSE YOURSELF AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY MATTERS THAT THAT AFFECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING OF THAT? WE'RE ALL UP TO SPEED.
SO CHAPTER 1 76, DISCLOSURE OF RELATIONSHIPS AND GIFTS THAT REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS TO FILE A CONFLICT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER RECEIVES INCOME A TWO, $2,500 PLUS FROM A VENDOR DOING OR SEEKING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER RECEIVES GIFTS HOLDING $100 PLUS FROM SUCH A VENDOR, OR YOU HAVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WITH A VENDOR.
OKAY? IF YOU DO THAT, UM, GET WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR, OR MYSELF IF, IF IT'S A CONCERN.
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED TO FILE A, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE WITH THE CITY SECRET SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
THAT IS IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE.
SO EVEN IF CHAPTER 1 71 AND 1 76 ISN'T TRIGGERED, YOU COULD BE HELD UP ON BRIBERY.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTING OR SOLICITING ANY BENEFIT IN EXCHANGE FOR ANY OFFICIAL ACT THAT YOU DO.
AND, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE STATUTE AND GO THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS THAT STATE WHAT IS A GIFT AND WHAT IS NOT A GIFT.
BASIC THINGS LIKE LITTLE GIFTS AND TRINKETS THAT YOU GET FROM TML ARE NOT GIFTS, BUT, UH, AT SOME POINT IT KICKS IN AND I'LL, I'LL, I CAN GO OVER THAT IN MORE SPECIFICITY LATER.
'CAUSE I HAVE BEEN BELABORING THIS POINT QUITE A LOT.
THIS COMMISSION ISN'T ABOUT TITLES OF PROCEDURE.
IT'S ABOUT SHOWING UP AND WORKING WITH OTHERS AND BEING PART OF THE DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, THE LAWS THAT WE'VE COVERED, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CONFLICTS, DISCLOSURES, AND ETHICS RULES AREN'T HERE TO MAKE YOUR LIFE HARDER.
AND SAME WITH THE ROBERTS RULES, UH, TO KEEP THINGS FAIR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TRUST WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE ROOM.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT AND A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, COME AND ASK ME.
AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
AND SORRY ABOUT THE, THE MAIN THING.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REFRESH IT.
YOU KIND OF BRING IT UP THE SURFACE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT STUFF.
UM, OKAY, SO I THINK WE'RE AT, IS THERE A GREEN LIGHT ON? THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU FOR THE RULES AGAIN.
ONE MORE TIME THAT WE'RE ON SPEAKERPHONE.
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UH, NEXT ONE, D PARK DEVELOPMENT UPDATES.NUMBER ONE IS ART BOX PROJECT.
ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON THAT? YES.
BRING ME UP TO SPEED ON THAT ONE.
UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THIS, UM, JUST TO GIVE THE COUPLE OF NEWER ONES SLASH UM, REFRESHERS FOR EVERYBODY AS, UH, WE PRESENTED A WHILE BACK.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A, UM, LONG ONGOING PROJECT.
UM, WE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL SOME AGREEMENTS, UH, COUNSEL APPROVED THOSE.
UH, IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET TDOT APPROVAL AFTER THAT, UH, OR IS ACT ACTUAL SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS ARTISTS TO GET, UM, EXECUTED AGREEMENTS FROM THE ARTIST.
UM, AS OF NOW WE HAVE SIX OF THE SEVEN, THE SEVENTH ONE WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, UM, CHECK REQUEST FOR THOSE ARTISTS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE W NINES, UH, BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE CHECKS FOR THE PAYMENTS, UM, AND, UM, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THEIR ARTWORK.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO A COMPANY TO, UM, AT, AT ONE POINT WE WERE GONNA JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH TWO BECAUSE WE, UM, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE WE WEREN'T GETTING VERY MANY AGREEMENTS.
UM, SO WE DID GET A QUOTE FOR TWO WRAPS.
UM, SO WE'LL BE UPDATING THAT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO FOUR WRAPS.
WE WON'T BE DOING THE SEVEN DUE TO THREE OF THE BOXES BEING LOCATED IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE OF 10 93.
UH, SO WE, THOSE BOXES COULD BE RELOCATED AND OR DAMAGED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR CONSTRUCTION TO FINISH, UM, BEFORE THOSE BOXES ARE WRAPPED.
BUT, UM, WITH THAT, THE, UH, ART ALLIANCE DID ASK FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS OF MOVING SOME OF THE ART THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SELECTED FOR CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
SO SOME OF THE ART HAS JUST, THE LOCATION HAS MOVED ON WHICH BOXES.
UM, BUT, BUT IT'S ALL STILL THE SAME ARTWORK OTHER THAN THE ONE, UH, FOR THE ARTISTS THAT WOULD NOT SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
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UM, I JUST, UH, ONE OF THE THING, I KNOW THAT ONE ARTIST, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, THAT WON'T SIGN THE AGREEMENT, IS IT POSSIBLE, AGAIN, I, I, LIKE I SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, I, I DON'T THINK THAT OUR CONTRACT IS FAIR TO THE ARTIST THAT WE WERE, THAT THEY'RE NEVER ALLOWED TO USE THEIR OWN ARTWORK AGAIN, EVER.UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN REDO THAT BIT OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD I BELIEVE CONVINCE THE ONE THAT'S NOT SIGNING TO SIGN AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX AGREEMENTS, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CHANGING THE AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAVE ALREADY EXECUTED THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, IF IN THE FUTURE THERE IS ANOTHER ART CONTEST, THEN I THINK THE AGREEMENT COULD BE LOOKED AT AGAIN, IF THAT'S NECESSARY.
WELL, I'M JUST THINKING WE COULD GET THAT SEVENTH ARTIST TO SIGN.
UH, DO WE HAVE EXCLUSIVITY IN THE, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? WE HAVE EXCLUSIVITY AND THE AGREEMENT? WELL, IT'S THAT THEY'RE NEVER ALLOWED TO USE THEIR OWN ARTWORK AGAIN, WHICH TO ME IS NOT FAIR.
NO, THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO REUSE IT.
PICTURE BECAUSECAUSE MY MOTHER THERE WAS AN ANYTHING.
I MEAN, THEY CAN SHOW A PICTURE OF THE ARTWORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AS A LICENSE FOR IT, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXCLUSIVE TO THE UH, I MEAN, I THINK IF WE'RE, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE FUTURE NOW, IT'S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF ARTISTS.
WELL, I'M JUST THINKING IF WE DO THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, TAKING ALL RIGHTS AWAY FROM THE ARTIST IS NOT GOING TO ENTICE ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE.
HOW ABOUT THIS? I, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LIVED WITH BYRON THAT I DIDN'T LOOK AT.
AND THEN AFTER BYRON'S LEFT, I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY INUNDATED.
AND SO I HAVE NOT COME BACK TO LOOK AT THE ART BOX.
I'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I NEED TO DO.
BUT I WILL GO AND I WILL TALK WITH KELSEY AGAIN ABOUT IT AND I WILL READ IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, OTHER AVENUES.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE POLICY DECISION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SIXTH SURE.
UM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING IN THIS LIMITED CASE WE COULD CHANGE.
I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL READ IT AND AND I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH HER IF THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
PERFECT, JOSH, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I JUST THINK FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO I HAVE BEEN, UH, PERSONALLY IN THE SUPPORT OF LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH PROGRESS.
SO, ALTHOUGH I LOVE THAT ARTWORK PIECE, AND I DO THINK IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE RERUN THIS, UM, ARTWORK COLLECTION AGAIN, WE COULD POTENTIALLY REVISIT WHAT THAT CONTRACT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND GET IT UP ON THE ART BOXES.
BUT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND I THINK IT'S GREAT IF, IF YOU COULD REVIEW IT.
UM, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE EVERYBODY RESIGN AND THEN RESTART THE PROCESS AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE ARTISTS THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY REUSE THEIR WORK.
SO WE'VE ALL SAID IF WE HAD MAGIC WAND, WE WOULD'VE STARTED THIS, THIS, UM, ART BOX PROJECT MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
BUT I THINK THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHEN WE REVISIT AND GO BACK AGAIN OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE THERE PROACTIVELY NOT REACTIVELY UNDERSTOOD ON MY PART.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.
ANY UPDATES ON THAT? TIFFANY? I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, I HAVE BEEN ON VACATION THIS WEEK OTHER THAN COMING IN TODAY FOR THIS MEETING.
SO, UM, AS OF THE LAST, THEY HAD, UM, REMOVED THE WEEDS FROM THE FIELDS.
UM, THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UM, SO THEY'RE TESTING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, UM, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PENDING WEATHER, THEY'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HYDRO MULCHING.
UM, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE TIMELINE AT THIS TIME.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE CONTRACTOR OR THE ENGINEER, BUT, UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A CONTRACT THAT WE RUN, IT'S THROUGH THE DEVELOPER.
SO, UM, THE LAST THAT I HAD RECEIVED WAS PENDING THE WEATHER AND PENDING THAT THEY COULD PENDING THE ELECTRICAL, WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED PENDING THE WEATHER.
UH, WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG THING THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS,
UM, I DON'T, I FEEL LIKE IT'S RAINED EVERY DAY, BUT, UM, SO DEPENDING ON ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY WERE HOPING FOR A JULY CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD NOT MEAN PLAYABLE FIELDS.
THAT JUST MEANS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
BUT GIVEN THE WEATHER DELAYS, I'M SURE THAT THAT IS DELAYING SOME.
AND I DROVE BY THERE THE OTHER DAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SIGN IS UP TOO.
GOOD NEWS ON THE ELECTRICAL PART OF IT AT LEAST.
PRIMROSE PARK PHASE, PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.
I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THAT, CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO EAGLE LANDING? THERE'S A, UM, A GRAND OPENING, RIGHT? OR AM I CONFUSING THAT WITH ANOTHER
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EVENT? WE ARE, UH, WE WERE PLANNING TO DO A GRAND OPENING.UM, WE JUST CAN'T ESTABLISH THE DATE THE DATE OKAY.
OR ANYTHING UNTIL WE KNOW BETTER.
JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, WHO'S MAINTAINING THE FIELDS AFTER THE FACT? UH, IT WILL BE, UM, THE CITY WILL BE LARGELY MAINTAINING IT EXCEPT CERTAIN ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON WITH HTX.
WHICH IS THE HTX IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HAVE, UH, THE RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION USE OF RENTAL PRIORITY.
AND THEY'RE BUILDING THE FIELDS TOO, RIGHT? NO, HTX IS NOT BUILDING ANY FIELDS.
SO OUR FIELDS ARE ALREADY THERE.
THE FIELDS ARE BEING, CAN BE ESTABLISHED, THEY'RE GRADED, THEY'RE JUST NOT, UH, THE, THE, UH, NATURAL TURF HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THIS POINT.
PRIMROSE PARK, PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.
SO PHASE TWO, THE FIRST ROUND OF CONCRETE WAS POURED WEDNESDAY MORNING, WOO-HOO.
THE DRIVEWAY FROM DIXON UP TO THE ROUNDABOUT, JUST SOUTH OF THE FIELDS, ABOUT 750 YARDS OF CONCRETE.
UM, IRRIGATION FOR THE FIELDS IS CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED.
UH, THE DETENTION POND WAS PUMPED DRY WITH ANTICIPATION OF HYDRO MULCHING TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL A ED LOCATION, UM, SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BETWEEN FIELDS THREE AND FOUR.
WHERE IS THE A ED PROGRESS STANDING? I KNOW WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION AND, AND WE AS A COMMISSION ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY.
UM, ARE WE AWAITING APPROVALS ON THAT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? OR WHERE, WHERE IS THAT? SO WE RECEIVED A, UM, AN AGREEMENT FROM THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESD.
UM, IT WENT THROUGH, SO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE ACTUAL ZAP A ED, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO AGREE TO BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE PAYING THEM.
SO THAT WENT THROUGH THEIR LEGAL AND IS GOING THROUGH, IT'S BEEN THROUGH THEIR BOARDS.
BUT, UM, SO THEN WE RECEIVED AN AGREEMENT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR THE CITY TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT, UM, TO BE IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THAT.
AND, UM, ONCE WE ACCEPT THAT, UM, IT MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
JOSH CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
DUNNO WHAT THE EXPENDITURE IS, BUT YEAH, PROBABLY.
UM, BUT SO IF IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL, THEN THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL IF NECESSARY.
UM, AND THE ONE AT EAGLE LANDING THAT ZAPS A, THE A ED AT EAGLE LANDING, UM, THE LOCATION WAS IDENTIFIED.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TO, ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO POUR, UH, THE PAD FOR THE ACTUAL STAND TO BE PER THEIR SPECS AND EVERYTHING AND HOOK UP ALL THE ELECTRICAL.
I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE WITH IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE MORE COST IF IT HAS ALREADY MOVED ON FROM THAT PHASE OR WHATEVER THE YEAH.
THE SITUATION MAY BE WITH EAGLE LANDING, WE WERE JUST AT A POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME CONDUIT, UM, UNDER A SIDEWALK BEFORE THEY POURED THE SIDEWALK, BUT A LOT OF OTHER AREAS HAD ALREADY BEEN, UM, COMPLETED.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION THAT HE'S REFERRING TO.
UM, SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH OTHER LOCATIONS, UH, THEN WE HAVE A LOCATION ESTABLISHED, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET A PRICE BEFORE EVERYTHING IS MM-HMM
AND CAN YOU REMIND US, UM, THIS MAY NOT BE A DECISION YET, BUT WITH PHASE TWO, WITH THE BASEBALL FIELDS, DID WE LAND UPON HAVING FIELDS ONE AND THREE WITH THE BULLPENS AND THEN ONE IN OR TWO AND FOUR WOULD NOT HAVE THE BULLPENS CORRECT? TWO AND THREE WOULDN'T.
TWO AND THREE DON'T HAVE BULLPENS.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE BASEBALL.
AND THEN IN THEORY, SOFTBALL BOTH HAVE THE, THE BULLPENS TO WARM UP.
AND THEN DID WE MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON THE BATTING CAGES? SO WE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE COMPANIES, GOT A COUPLE QUOTES, BUT WE REACHED OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE US WITH A PRICE.
SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE COMPLETION OF EVERYTHING AND THEN COME BACK IN.
AND, UH, DID THEY TELL YOU HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU THE PRICE BACK? THE QUOTE, THEY, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AGAIN TODAY, BUT, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR PRICES ON.
SO THEY, IT COMES THROUGH IN STAGES.
THEY HAVE TO GET A LOT OF QUOTES.
SO SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS.
SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, IT CAN BE A LOT FASTER.
UM, BUT WE, WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO AS HAVING THE CONTRACTOR PRICE IT VERSUS THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
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DO IT WITH THE CONTRACTOR, UM, WHILE IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE TO FINISH, UM, THE CHANGE ORDER MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL DEPENDING ON THE COST, UM, WHICH CAN ADD TIME MM-HMMBUT, UM, IF WE DO IT THROUGH THEM, DEPENDING ON THE COST, THEN IT ALLOWS US TO DO IT WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING VERSUS IF WE USE A DIFFERENT COMPANY THEN UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OVERALL TO FINISH.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WEIGHING WHAT IF THERE'S A COST DIFFERENCE, WHAT THAT COST DIFFERENCE LOOKS LIKE.
UH, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TIME IS MONEY TOO.
TELL ME ANY, UM, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANYWHERE WITH THE ADDRESS CORRECTING THE ADDRESS? IT'S BEEN PASSED ON TO GIS FOR THEM TO LOOK INTO.
UM, I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH WITH THAT.
I'VE TALKED TO JOSH BROTHERS AS WELL, SO.
AND THEN WITH THE, UH, PRIMROSE PARK RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHERE WE PULLED AND KIND OF PRIOR PRIORITIZED WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CITY COUNCIL PUT AS THE PRIORITIES WITH BOND DOLLARS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, UM, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GET COUNCILMAN RUSSELL UP TO SPEED ON THAT OR DO WE NEED TO REITERATE THAT? OR HOW ARE WE SHARING THAT WITH CITY COUNCIL? RIGHT NOW IT'S WITH STAFF.
UM, SO STAFF HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN PURCHASES.
UM, AND WE ARE GETTING PRO PRICES AND PROPOSALS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, BASED OFF OF Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE PRIORITY MM-HMM
UM, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE CAN AND, AND ON PROPOSALS.
UM, AND THEN IF WE REACH A POINT WHERE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL, THEN WE WILL, UM, AN ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LIKELY GO TO CITY COUNCIL IS FOR THE, UH, SHADE STRUCTURES FOR THE SPECTATOR AREAS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THOSE AT EACH FIELD, UM, IS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RE QUOTING THAT BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR IS, UM, WE, WE WANT TO DO A PRICE FROM THEM BECAUSE IT WILL MATCH THE SAME MATERIAL MM-HMM
AND EVERYTHING AS THE DUGOUTS MM-HMM
UM, SO THEY HAVE TO REQUOTE IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE SELECTED THROUGH THE BID PROCESS.
AND, UM, SO THEY'RE RE QUOTING THAT AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS THERE.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE CHANGED, UH, THAT MIGHT SAVE US SOME MONEY.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT PRICE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL AS A CHANGE ORDER.
UM, THAT'S OVER 50,000 FOR THEM.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, 'CAUSE I KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT'VE NOT BEEN HERE THE LAST MEETING MM-HMM
WE HAD PRIORITIZED THE, UH, SEATING, THE BLEACHERS, THE SHADE STRUCTURE, THE BATTING CAGES, AND THEN WE HAD PUT THE, THE MONUMENT SIGN LEADING UP TO THE ACTUAL PARK AS KIND OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE, WE THOUGHT, UH, WOULD BE GREAT, UH, TO TACKLE FIRST.
AND THEN ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, LOOK AT SOME RENDERINGS FOR THE, UH, PAVILION AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION AS A, AS A BOARD ON THAT TOO.
THEY WERE ALL GREAT DESIGNS, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT ONE OF THEM, UH, KIND OF ROSE TO THE TOP I THINK FOR ALL OF US.
THERE WERE TWO, BUT JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WERE SHARED SO THAT WE KIND OF JUST PUT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR.
SO YOU SAID AN EIGHT TOTAL, 2, 4, 6, 8 MM-HMM
AND, AND THE EIGHT OF 'EM FROM THE QUOTE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT OR THE, WE'RE WAITING ON A QUOTE WAITING ON A QUOTE MM-HMM
BUT WE DO KNOW IT'S GONNA BE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
ANYTHING OVER 50,000 HAS TO BE, YEAH.
AND THE NEW WORD KAYLA TAUGHT US APPURTENANCES ARE THE APPURTENANCES THAT WE CHOSE FIVE YEARS AGO.
ARE THOSE STILL WHAT WE PLAN ON BUYING OR WE GOING TO? THE IMPORTANCES THAT WERE SELECTED DURING MY TIME HERE WAS FOR EAGLE LANDING, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT THE ONES THAT WERE SELECTED AS THE STANDARD WITH EAGLE LANDING, UH, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
I DO KNOW THAT, UM, THE CUSTOMIZATION, UM, OF LIKE EAGLE LANDING, THE BENCH HAD AN EAGLE IN IT.
UH, THAT, THAT FEATURE'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STANDARD BENCH, THAT SAME BENCH, BUT WITHOUT THE CUSTOMIZATION FACTOR.
NO, WE CHOSE APPURTENANCES FOR PRIMROSE FIVE, MAYBE EVEN SIX YEARS AGO.
I'M NOT SURE I, I WASN'T HERE DURING THAT TIME, BUT DURING THE EAGLE LANDING PROCESS, THINGS WERE PRESENTED AND THOSE WERE SELECTED AS THE STANDARDS.
SO THAT PARKS HAVE A SIM A SIMPLE, UM, MATCHING THEME THROUGHOUT OF, AS FAR AS BENCHES, TRASH CANS, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WE CHOSE, FOR INSTANCE, A, UM, FRAMED ON A, ON A PEDESTAL, A FRAMED SIGNED HOLDER THAT WOULD GIVE A MAP OF THE PARK AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I MEAN, SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
BUT WE CHOSE NOT ONLY THE DESIGN, BUT YOU KNOW, BENCHES OR TRASH CANS OR THE SIGN HOLDER, WHO ARE WE GOING TO REVIEW THAT, OR I'M NOT SURE ABOUT A SIGN HOLDER OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S NOT IN THE PROJECT SCOPE AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO ANY SIGNAGE THAT'S BEING ADDED OTHER THAN THE PARK ENTRY SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT'S NOT BEING SELECTED AT
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THIS TIME, BUT WOULD BE, UH, HOPEFULLY PART OF PHASE THREE OF DOING A ENTRY AT PHASE THREE, ENTRY POINT OFF OF HUGGINS AND PHASE THREE, UH, I MEAN PHASE TWO ENTRY MONUMENT SIGN.UM, BEYOND THAT ANY INTERIOR SIGNAGE, UM, IS NOT PART OF THE SCOPE AND NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
UM, ANY SIGNAGE THAT WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE WITH OUR TRAFFIC CREW, WE WOULD BE DOING IN-HOUSE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY FRAMED SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE APPEARANCES THAT ARE TRASH CAN BENCHES, UM, THAT STUFF, THOSE WERE SELECTED AS A STANDARD FOR ALL PARKS WITH EAGLE LANDING.
AND THAT'S WHAT, WHEN THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT, THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE PURCHASED.
ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IN REGARDS TO THE SHADE THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT'S NOT JUST SHADE, IT'S ALSO FOR SAFETY AS WELL.
THAT'S A BIG THING FOR RAT FALL TO CONSIDER, RIGHT? YEAH.
'CAUSE THAT WILL INJURE SOMEBODY WEEKLY.
AND WHAT'S DESIGNED WAS ORIGINALLY IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT MORE OF LIKE A METAL STRUCTURE, UM, VERSUS SOME SHADE STRUCTURES AND PARTS, UM, ARE A, A, UH, FABRIC SHADE STRUCTURE.
UM, BUT, AND YOU'LL SEE IN SOME PLACES IT'S NETTING OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT, UM, WHAT WAS DESIGNED WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IS THE BEST.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COST TO IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S LESS MAINTENANCE TO IT.
THE FABRIC SHADE STRUCTURES DO DETERIORATE OVER TIME.
UM, AND SO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT WAS DESIGNED AND TRY AND GET A PRICE FOR THAT AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT AS A, UH, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND RAMONA, JUST TO BACK YOU UP, I, I REMEMBER THE S IT HAPPENED, I, I REMEMBER, UM, WE PICKED OUT, YOU KNOW, THE GARBAGE CANS, THE BENCHES, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I, THAT IT WAS SPECIFIC TO PHASE ONE OF PRIMROSE PARK WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE CONSISTENCIES.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, I DO THINK THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO EAGLE LANDING.
UM, I KNOW WHAT SIGN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME INFO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN ANY OF THE SCOPE.
SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WITH PHASE THREE WE COULD POTENTIALLY REVISIT.
'CAUSE I KNOW ON THE, THE RENDERINGS FOR PHASE TWO, IT, IT WASN'T THERE.
UM, BUT THE INTENT WAS JUST A, A GENERAL INFORMATION AREA THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT EVENTS WERE COMING UP, THINGS OF THAT SORT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
IT COULD BE CHANGED OUT CALENDAR, MAP OF THE PARK AND OR IF THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE PAVILION.
SO MAYBE IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE PUT ON THE TABLE FOR PHASE UH, THREE TO KEEP IN MIND JUST SOME SORT OF INFORMATION SPOT THAT PEOPLE COULD ACCESS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK, RULES AND REGULATIONS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
OR HEY, YOU WANNA RENT BASEBALL FIELDS, HERE'S THE NUMBER YOU CALLED.
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WAS THE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WAS THE INTENT.
WELL, AND I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO NOT PUT A PERS IN THERE THAT LOOKED LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE WE WERE TRYING TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TYPICAL EVERY PARK HAS AND TRYING TO KEEP, UM, DESIGN WISE SOMETHING SPECIAL INSTEAD OF JUST OKAY.
STICK FULL ON 'EM AND STICK 'EM IN THERE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO DO SOMETHING.
WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
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ON.MONTHLY FINANCIAL BUDGET REPORT.
WELL THERE'S A BIG EXPENDITURE TO THE PARK AND PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION FOR PRIMROSE.
AND YOU'LL SEE ON THERE THAT THERE IS AN ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR THE REVENUE FOR THE PRIMROSE PARK MONETARY DONATION.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER, UH, THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS HELD IN CROSS CREEK, UM, AND THERE WAS $6,123 THAT WERE RAISED AND UH, IT WAS DONATED TO THE CITY, UH, FOR USE OF PRIMROSE PARK.
JUST THAT, THAT 1.2 THAT WENT TO THE, THOSE ARE PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS FOR THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT OF PRIMROSE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHO THAT WAS TO YEAH, IT'S TO OUR CONTRACTOR.
IT'S DIRECTLY TO THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THE CONTRACTOR AND THE DESIGN TEAM ARE OUT OF THAT.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMROSE, IF WE COULD IDENTIFY THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE SPONSORSHIPS, WE JUST, I'M WANNA KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND.
AND DEPENDING ON WHO WOULD BE THE SPORTS AUTHORITY OR WHOEVER ENDS UP WITH THE RIGHTS TO THE FIELD, MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNDRAISING IDEAS THAT THEY WANNA DO FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
BUT IF WE COULD TOWARDS THE END, IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE UMS ARE OR SHADE STRUCTURES ARE, OR SIGNAGE, WIND, WHATEVER IT IS, ARE SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO SOME FUNDRAISING TO HELP CUT DOWN ON COSTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THE INTERNS ARE ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH FOR ME, UM, TO HELP.
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THE FUNDRAISING TOO IS, IS CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE INVOLVED IN IT WHEN THEY PUT MONEY INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT'S, IS MORE SKIN IN THE GAME KIND OF THING.OBVIOUSLY IT RELEASES OR HELPS US WITH THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF IT, BUT IT ALSO, PEOPLE LIKE TO DONATE TO STUFF LIKE THAT, SO.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE REMAINING BUDGET IS LIKE FOR PRIMROSE AT THIS POINT.
WITH THE PAYMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE AND WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING.
I DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS OUT OF JUST LIKE IF WE COULD GET, IF WE COULD GET, UM, A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR PRIMROSE IN PARTICULAR.
SOME OF IT'S OUT OF THE PARK FUND, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR SOME OF IT'S OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, I TOTALLY FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
UM, WHEN SHOULD I START TALKING TO PEOPLE? 'CAUSE WHEN I WAS LAYING IN THE HOSPITAL, I HAPPEN TO BE VISITED BY SOMEBODY THAT'S FROM MEMORIAL HERMAN.
MM-HMM
I HAVE A HOSPITAL THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO ME.
I HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PACKET AVAILABLE FOR THEM YET.
I HAVE IT IN MY EMAIL, BUT, OKAY.
SO LIKE GIVING HER INFORMATION I THINK.
I THINK ONE SHE SAID SOMEBODY HAD REACHED THAT SHE HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITALS, THEY DO THAT A LOT AND THEY'LL PUT A LOT OF MONEY UP AND THEY'LL PUT THEIR NAME P ON EVERYTHING AND NOBODY ELSE CAN HAVE THEIR STUFF.
SO YOU GOTTA BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY, LOCAL BUSINESSES WANNA BE MORE INVOLVED VERSUS JUST A HOSPITAL THAT, YOU KNOW.
'CAUSE I'VE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS STUFF AND I'VE SEEN THEM, THEY COULD SPONSOR THE A ED.
BUT THEY, THEY, THEY ALSO HAVE EXCLUSIONS.
THEY, IT'S, SO WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS 'CAUSE THERE'S 20, 30, 40, 50 COMPANIES THAT WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND LOVE TO SPONSOR AND LOVE TO HAVE ALL THEIR INFORMATION OVER THERE VERSUS THE HOSPITAL.
JUST WE COULD A ALL, EXCUSE ME.
I WAS, I'M JUMPING BACK TO D THREE JUST FOR A SECOND.
BUT DESIGN WISE FOR PHASE TWO AND THREE, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THIS SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC STUFF YET, BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE BRICKS OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SELL TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR, I KNOW PROBABLY THIS COMMISSION WOULD LOVE TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DONATE IN SOME, YOU KNOW, WAY TO THE PARK.
IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, I KNOW IT'S LIKE MINUSCULE, IT'S A LITTLE DESIGN DETAIL, BUT IF THERE'S AN AREA IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE LIKE BRICKS WITH NAMES OR SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP, UM, JUST RAISE SOME FUNDS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE BIG, UH, FUNDRAISER.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU CONTINUE WITH TWO AND THREE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD GO OVER REALLY WELL.
EVEN IF IT'S A CONNECTING WALKWAY TO PHASE TWO AND THREE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY FUN WAY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY IN AND, AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE.
I SAW 31 AT A PARK, UM, THAT WAS A TREE AND YOU BOUGHT A LEAF ON THE TREE.
IT LOOKED REALLY NICE FOR PHASE TWO.
WE DID HAVE SOME PAVERS IN THERE AND THAT WAS PART OF SOME OF THE IDEA, BUT DUE TO COST, WE HAD REMOVED THAT.
UM, AND SO WITH ALL OF THAT, IT'S HARD TO ADD SOMETHING BACK IN.
UM, BUT FOR PHASE THREE THEY STILL HALF AS AWARE OF SPONSORSHIP IDEAS AND UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
SO THEY WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS AS WELL FOR, UM, SOMETHING WITHIN PHASE THREE.
'CAUSE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND.
'CAUSE I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, PASSED A BOND THAT'S LARGELY FUNDING THIS AND IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST KIND OF COMMEMORATE THAT IN SOME WAY AND PEOPLE COULD BUY BRICKS IF THEY WANTED TO OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
BUT JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE FURTHER WE GET ALONG IT'S HARDER TO MAKE, UM, CHANGES.
IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE, IT CAN BE SOMETHING SO SIMPLE AS TO, TO HAVE, USE THE BRICKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING ON THE SIDE OF THE, UM, THE PLACE TO SELL ALL THE FOOD.
I MEAN THERE'S NO REALLY COSTING THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS SENDING A PACKET OVER OR TRYING TO PULL UP A PACKET AGREEMENT TO SEND OVER TO THE HOSPITAL.
I HAVE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT ARE ASKING ME ABOUT THAT REPEATEDLY.
CAN I GET COPIES OF THAT SO I CAN PROVIDE TO THEM? RIGHT.
WHAT I SAID WAS THAT IT'S NOT AVAILABLE YET.
WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.
AND SO ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE THEN THE CITY WOULD, UM, BE READY TO SHARE THAT.
AND WE, WE HAVE A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WE WANNA REACH OUT TO.
UM, I'VE DRAFTED LIKE A COVER LETTER THAT GOES WITH IT, JUST KIND OF INTRODUC LIKE AN INTRODUCTION AND WHAT THE GOAL IS WITH IT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR UH, Y'ALL TO HAVE A COPY OF, TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE FOR THE CITY TO BE THE CONTACT OF THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE THAT SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I, I HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL YEAH, JUST MAKE SURE WE ALL GET A COPY OF THAT PLEASE.
ONCE WE'RE READY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT.
AND THEN, I KNOW WE'VE SAID THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT JUST A, UM,
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A REMINDER ON, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE MORE CONSTRUCTION THAT GETS DONE, THE LESS LIKELY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET GRANTS.SO IF THERE'S ANY GRANTS THAT COULD HELP WITH THE PARK, IF OUR GRANT WRITER'S SUBMITTING TO THOSE, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
UM, 'CAUSE ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A GRANT FOR ANYTHING.
SHE'S, I SENT HER A COUPLE LAST WEEK TOO.
SHE'S WORKING ON SOME, IT'S JUST GRANTS ARE HARD AND FUL.
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ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, BUT I SWEAR THERE'S SOMETHING ON MY CALENDAR FOR PARKS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT'S LIKE A, A COMMUNITY EVENT.
AM I MAKING THIS UP? YES, I AM.
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AGENDA ITEMS, ART BOX,MAKING SURE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
AND WHATEVER THE PROGRESS THAT'S MADE FROM THIS MEETING TO NEXT MEETING.
I, I'VE SAID THIS A BUNCH, I JUST REALLY WANNA SEE PROGRESS.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AND GET UP ON THOSE FOUR BOXES WOULD BE GREAT.
AND JUST THAT PERIMETERS BUDGET.
I THINK MY MAIN THING IS THE, UH, THE DONATIONS AND, AND SPONSORSHIPS PACKAGE IS MY NUMBER ONE THING.
'CAUSE THAT CAN INFLUENCE A LOT OF, I MEAN, THAT COULD TAKE CARE OF THE COVERINGS LIKE THAT IMMEDIATELY.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO EVEN, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT CAN BE PULLED TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITIES IN THE, IN THE BUSINESSES OUT HERE.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING LOCAL BUSINESSES TOO.
OH, I MEAN THIS IS, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY KEEP MONEY IN THE FAMILY.
SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE WRAP UP THE ADJOURN THE MEETING? NOPE, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.