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[Call to Order]
FRIDAY, UM, IN JANUARY START OF 2026.WE'RE EXCITED TO GET EVERYTHING STARTED.
[Citizen's Comments]
CITIZENS COMMENTS? I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'D LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING, CITIZEN.ALRIGHT, I GUESS I'LL START WITH WHO I AM.
OMAR PENA, FIVE YEARS HERE IN OLSTER.
AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, FIRST MEETING HERE AT A COMMITTEE.
I'M PART OF THE FACTS GROUP, SO I WANTED TO SEE THIS IN ACTION, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND CONGRATULATE Y'ALL.
I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING SOME GOOD WORK.
I'VE SEEN SOME UPDATES ON FACEBOOK AND SOME DIFFERENT, UH, FORUMS. SO, UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE TIME AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OUT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE STUFF GOING ON AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT, UM, AS WE MOVE FURTHER.
ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT.
BUSINESS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
RICHARD, RICHARD? UH, YES IT IS.
[Council Comment]
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, FROM THE, UM, COUNCIL MEETING LAST, UM, OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAVE FOR ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS.UM, FOR 20, A LITTLE OVER 25 ACRES, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOODS ROAD IN TAMRON PARK.
SO WE HELD AN OPEN, UH, PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 6TH, HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME AND DISCUSS.
UM, MOVED ON TO, UH, REGULATION OF DONATION BINS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN MORE DONATION BINS BEING POPPED UP HERE AND THERE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE KIND OF COVER THOSE BEFORE THEY GET OUTTA HAND AND OUT OF OUR, UH, UM, UH, APPROVED ORDINANCES, UM, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION FOR DIRECTORS OF THE 10 93 RAILS TO TRAILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
SO WE DIS UH, WE DISCUSSED THAT AND THE RESULTING VACANCIES, UM, PRESENTATION REGARDING THE PRIMROSE PARK BASEBALL COMPLEX AND RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
UM, DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, DURING REAL PROPERTY FOR PAN, UH, PARKLAND ACQUISITION THAT WE DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL, SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING THROUGH THOSE.
UM, WE HAD A CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING NORTH FORT BEND WATER AUTHORITY, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE SUBJECT.
UM, LAST CLOSE SESSION THAT WE HAD WAS, UH, DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR CONDUCT THE STATE BAR TEXAS CONFLICT.
AND THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE HAD REGARDING THE CITY HALL, UM, AND SEEING WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WERE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, AND THEN THAT, OH, THERE IT IS.
CITY HALL CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN DEFECT.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE UPDATE.
[Business - A]
ON.BUSINESS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.
CONSIDERING AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE VOTE.
[Business - B]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO A VOTE AND, AND I'M VOTING FOR, FOR THIS LOVELY LADY RIGHT HERE AND WHOEVER WANTS TO BE THE VICE, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT VOTE DONE PRETTY SOON OR WHAT'S THE, DO WE WANT I'LL DOMINATE YOU.
YEAH, I'LL, I THOUGHT I WOULD NOMINATED FOR VICE.
OKAY, LET'S, YEAH, I SAYING SHOULD I JUST MOVE OVER SEATS? YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
SO YOU, ME AND YOU CO-CAPTAIN THE CAPTAIN, CO-CAPTAIN.
SO WHAT WE'LL NEED IS A VOTE FIRST FOR THE PRESIDENT OR CHAIRPERSON.
WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL DO THE VICE CHAIR VOTE FOR THE CHAIRPERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE NEED A MOTION.
I THINK WE NEED THE MOTIONS FIRST.
DO WE MAKE RAMONA THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE, THE SEASON WHATEVER WE, HOWEVER YOU WANNA CALL FOR THE TERM.
I I THIRD, NOW WE ALL IN FAVOR.
I MOVE THAT WE MAKE DAX THE VICE CHAIRMAN.
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I GET LIKE A SHIRT OR SOMETHING.[Business - C]
LETTER C, ART BOX PROJECT.ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DISCUSSIONS GOING FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS NOW.
SO DISCUSSION OF REMAINING ART IN WHICH REMAINING CITY UTILITY BOXES CAN BE USED.
SO, UM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE ART BOX PROJECT.
AS WE KIND OF BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE DO HAVE TWO NEW BOXES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
ARE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING HAVE THOSE DONE BY MARCH AT THE LATEST? WHERE ARE THOSE? WE'RE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE.
MATTHEW, WHERE EXACTLY? IT'S GONNA BE AT LIFESTYLE BOULEVARD AND FM 3 59 AND THEN FM 3 59 AT WOODS ROAD.
SO TWO MORE IN KIND OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR INTO THE CITY OF SHORE.
AND WE'LL HAVE VIDEO OF THOSE WHEN THEY'RE DONE.
AND ACTUALLY, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE, WE DID ACTUALLY TAKE SOME VIDEO OF THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND UM, KELLY, I THINK YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER, BUT IF NOT, OUR NEW RECREATION EVENTS COORDINATOR, EVEN GETTING SOME EMAILS FROM HER.
UH, SHE IS WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON UPDATING OUR PARKS WEBPAGE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW PHOTOS, SOME NEW VIDEOS REALLY TO HELP SHOWCASE THE, THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY AND OUR PARK FEATURES AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TASK, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT AND, AND IT HELPS CONNECT.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE HOW ANY SOCIAL MEDIA DOES.
REAL QUICK, I WANNA MENTION, DID HAVE WE BROUGHT THAT UP OR ARE WE GONNA BRING THAT UP ON AGENDA TO RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT? TO REMOVE THE PART WHERE THE, UM, ARTISTS CANNOT UTILIZE THE ARTWORK ANYMORE? UH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE GO OUT FOR OUR PHASE TWO.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATED BRINGING UP, HAVING LEGAL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CONTRACT.
'CAUSE THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS DONE BY PREVIOUS LEGAL COUNSEL.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT OUR EXISTING LEGAL COUNSEL TO FIGURE OUT, MAYBE THERE'S SOME WORDING THAT STILL GETS TO THE INTENT OF ALLOWING THE CITY THE USE OF THE ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO USE IT ON DIFFERENT METHODS, MODES, MEDIUMS, BUT ALSO DOESN'T MAKE THE ARTISTS FEEL LIKE THEY ALSO CAN'T USE THEIR OWN ARTWORK.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT AS IF WE'RE USING IT FOR MONETARY VALUE.
SO IT'S, IT, WE'RE NOT INTRINSIC TO SAY THAT WE'RE MAKING MONEY.
SO YOU CAN'T USE IT IN YOUR LIKENESS.
BUT ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE PERMISSION TO THE CITY TO USE AS A COPYRIGHT AND THEN IT CAN BE USED.
AND EVERY TIME WE USE IT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY WHO IT'S DONE AND THAT'S IT.
AND ACTUALLY THE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ALREADY ALLOWS THE ARTIST TO USE IT.
IT JUST SAYS WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE CITY.
SO THAT'S ALREADY IN THE ONES THAT THE ARTISTS THIS ROUND HAVE SIGNED.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION
SO ANYWAY, THAT'LL BE PART OF WHAT WILL BE UP DURING THE DISCUSSION WITH LEGAL WHENEVER, BEFORE WE GO OUT FOR ROUND TWO BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA HAVE THAT CONFUSION OF WHAT DOES IT SAY, WHAT DOES IT NOT, AND PUT THOSE ARTISTS IN THAT POSITION THAT MAYBE MAKES THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE ARTISTS WERE TOLD THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE IT AT ALL.
IT'S IN THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE THOSE COPIES, THE ONES THAT THEY'VE SIGNED OF THE ARTIST.
IT DOES SAY UPON WRITTEN PERMISSION BY THE CITY, THEY'RE ABLE TO USE IT.
I MEAN IT IS LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKE STRIPPED OF ALL RIGHTS.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING SIGNED YES.
AND BUT AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME CONFUSION, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY WE CAN WORD IT? YEAH.
THAT JUST MAKES BOTH PARTIES FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
JUST HOW MANY ART BOXES, HOW MANY BOXES ARE AVAILABLE TO PUT ART IN IN ALL THE CITY OF RE THAT WE HAVE? LIKE IS THERE, HOW MANY? UM, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY FOR THE TRAFFIC CABINETS? DAVID MAY HAVE IT, WHICH IS A BALLPARK NUMBER IS LIKE 3,000.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY WHERE WE HAVE SIGNALED LIGHT LIKE INTERSECTIONS.
YOU'RE SAYING 10 IS SO WE'RE GONNA GET 10 WRAPPED WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
SO WE COULD, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST SHOOTING FOR TWO MORE AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND ADDRESS THE NEW ARTWORK AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF PHASE OUT HAVING 'EM ALL DONE.
WHAT ABOUT THE ONE AT CHARGER WAY IN BOAT ARK AT 10 93 THAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN DONE AND CORRECT.
I UNDERSTOOD THE EXCUSE WAS THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION'S NOWHERE NEAR IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL PHASE COMING UP.
WE DO HAVE THAT ONE ON OUR LIST.
UM, BUT WE DID WANNA PHASE THAT TOWARD THE END JUST BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWNS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS, COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO HOLD OFF TO ENSURE, BUT WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW THAN WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT.
AND THE LONG, THE LONG TERM INTENT IS TO HAVE THAT WRAPPED LIKE THE OTHER ONES.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG ONE AND THEN THERE'S A SMALLER ONE IS THE SMALLER ONE, NOT THE SMALLER ONE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A TRAFFIC CABINET.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT ENTITY THAT OWNS THAT ONE.
AND SO WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW FOR OUR TRAFFIC CABINETS.
WE GOT LARGE, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
WHAT IS THE SMALLER ONE? WHO OWNS IT? DO YOU KNOW? IS IT A TELECOM? I THINK IT'S TELECOM AT AND T.
IT'S ONE OF THE TELECOM SERVICES.
WHICH THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT ON THEIR BOXES.
WE DON'T WANT TO EVEN, YOU KNOW WHAT PASS DON'T DELAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, WE, UH, KELLY I THINK HAS ALREADY MADE THE PAGE
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LIVE UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE ART BOXES, WHICH HAS SOME NICE STILL PHOTOS.THE NAME AND TITLE OF THE ART PIECE THAT'S ON THERE.
AND THEN JUST IF YOU'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE VIDEOS WE'VE TAKEN RECENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, ELEVATOR MUSIC TO GO WITH IT THOUGH.
IT'S JUST THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
SO SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME MUSIC.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE, UH, HOUSTON HAS THE DEDICATED WEBSITE TO THEIR ART BOXES.
MAYBE IF WE HAD A PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE DEDICATED AND THAT'S, WELL THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S LITERALLY PARKS AND RECREATION AND THERE'S A TAB THAT IS JUST THE ART BOXES.
SO THIS IS A NEW, NEW ENHANCEMENT.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, THAT'S INSIGHT RIGHT THERE.
ONE AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS GONNA WORK.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCRETE BASE ON THERE.
AND SO THEY ARE GONNA GO AND ACTUALLY PAINT THAT JUST A COMPLIMENTARY COLOR AS WELL.
I'M LIKE, WOULDN'T THAT BE SO EASY JUST TO BLEND IT IN AND PAINT IT? YEAH.
JUST MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE MORE NATURAL THAN JUST ON A GIANT CONCRETE SLAB.
THIS IS THE SWITCH HOUSE ONE OVER BY POLO RANCH AREA.
WE NEED TO THINK WHEN WE'RE CHOOSING ARTWORK THE NEXT TIME, HOW IT'LL LOOK WRAPPED.
SEE LIKE THAT'S DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT.
YOU, YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT'S A BUILDING.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS IT? OWL? OH, ONE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
WITH THE FACES, LIKE ON THE BIG HORN MOVING.
AND WE'RE GLAD THAT WE HAD THAT FIRST PHASE DONE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO A COUPLE MORE AS WELL WITH THE R AND FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FORWARD ON, UM, BRINGING BACK A THIRD PHASE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE REST OF THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE WRAPPED? IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE VOTED.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY EVEN LOOK LIKE.
OF THE, THE ARTWORK, THE, THE NEW ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE WRAPPED.
WE COULD SEND THAT BACK OUT AS A REMINDER.
DO WE KNOW WHAT ARTWORK'S GONNA GO ON THAT YET? THE ONE WITH THE FOUR HORSES? YEAH.
WE HAVE TWO ARTWORKS LEFT OVER.
SO WE HAVE THE GARDEN BY CLAUDIA DIAZ AND WINSTON, WHICH IS THE FOUR HORSES BY UM, EITHER LOUIS OR LOUISE, UH, MORTON.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO WE'LL HAVE.
I THINK THE PLAN AS OF RIGHT NOW IS THE, MY GARDEN WOULD GO ONTO THE HUNT ROAD OR WOODS ROAD AND THEN THE HORSES ONE WOULD GO ON LIFESTYLE BOULEVARD.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE? AND CAN WE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND THINK IF THOSE ARE GONNA ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD? HORSE'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE FUNNY WRAP POTENTIALLY.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, I'LL SEND IT OVER AS WELL.
I THINK I WANNA SAY TIFFANY FIELDS, SHE'S ALREADY MADE THE DRAFT OF IT FOR IT TO GET WRAPPED.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHAT THAT YEAH, LET'S LET, YEAH, LET'S LOOK AT IT.
LET'S, THAT ONE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT LOOKS A LITTLE, YEAH.
BUT I, ONCE IT'S WRAPPED, I THINK THE GARDEN ONE WILL BE NICE THOUGH.
THE BLUES THINK THEY CAN BE RESIZED TO FIT.
DON'T EVEN KNOW BECAUSE LIKE WHEN THEY DO LIKE, 'CAUSE THINK ABOUT THERE WAS THE FOUR HORSES, RIGHT? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO IT WAS LIKE, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? LIKE THE FRONT, THE FOUR, THE THAT, THE BEFORE AND THEN ON THE SIDE, LIKE YOU SEE WHAT SAYING A COMPLIMENTARY COLOR OR SOMETHING.
IT JUST NEED TO THINK IT OUT BIG.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE SIDE? DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE? YOU PULL UP A PICTURE OF IT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BY CHANCE ANYWHERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIT THE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE SIDE, NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT WE CAN SEND THAT OUT AFTER FOR OUR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE A CONTINUOUS TYPE OF THING.
WELL, WE COULD DO FRONT BACK AND THEN COMPLIMENTARY COLOR ON THE SIDE.
IT ALMOST NEEDS TO BE LIKE MORE LIKE A MURAL WHERE EVERYTHING'S, THERE'S NO BLANK SPACES IN BETWEEN.
LIKE THAT ONE THAT WAS RED, IT WAS RED AND IT HAD A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE LIKE A, IT NEEDS TO BE LIKE A LANDSCAPE ALMOST WHERE IT'S ALL COLORED.
LIKE THE BATHROOMS AT THE STERN CENTER.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT IT LIKE PAINTED LIKE A FOREST OR SOMETHING.
SO YOU LOOK, OH, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S ALL FOR, YOU KNOW.
[Business - D]
EAGLE LANDING PARK UPDATES ON WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE RENTING FIELDS.AND UPDATES FROM CITY STAFF REGARDING FIELD MAINTENANCE.
ALL RIGHT, SO IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE GOTTEN RESERVATIONS, THE CURRENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RENTING OUR HTX AS OUR RSA, YEAH.
UH, G THREE SOCCER, SHORE YOUTH SOCCER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE UNDER ARMOUR FLAG FOOTBALL.
UM, ALSO KNOWN AS UNDER THE LIGHTS.
THEY ARE STARTING TO DO RESERVATIONS, I BELIEVE STARTING IN MARCH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD LIKE A ONE-OFF REQUEST FROM A RESIDENT.
THEY HAVE LIKE A MEN'S WORKOUT GROUP.
SO THEY'RE DOING LIKE ONE SATURDAY.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.
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INTERESTS FROM OTHER GROUPS.WE JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY LIKE, OFFICIAL INQUIRIES FROM THOSE OTHER GROUPS.
WHAT WAS THE LACROSSE ONE ABOUT? LAST MEETING? I MISSED, WHO WAS IT? WHAT LACROSSE GROUP? I, I KNOW KIMBERLY HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A LACROSSE GROUP, BUT NO ONE'S, NO ONE SENT ANY REQUESTS IN.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY OTHER GROUPS AT THIS TIME.
BUT IF EV ANYONE'S EVER INTERESTED, JUST FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
YEAH, THERE'S A FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION THAT'S THINKING THEY'RE CONSIDERING WANTING TO DO THAT TOO.
THEY JUST NEED A SMALL LITTLE AREA.
I'M SORRY, THERE'S A FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION THAT'S MAYBE WANTING TO RENT OUT EAGLE.
THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO ME AND I SAID, YEAH, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER LINE ITEM.
UM, SO CURRENTLY OBVIOUSLY THE GROUND'S NOT COMPLETELY LEVEL.
SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS GOING OUT AND PUTTING SAND AND OTHER MATERIALS TO KIND OF FLATTEN IT OUT THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.
ARE THEY DOING THAT GOOD? YEAH.
YES, THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S JANUARY, THE GROUND'S ALREADY HARD.
AND THEN HDX WILL BE DOING SOME MORE FIELD MAINTENANCE OF LIKE, UH, WHAT DID THEY CALL IT? TOP DRESSING AND OTHER THINGS IN THE SPRING.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD TO DO ANYTHING 'CAUSE IT'S TOO COLD OUT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'VE GOT A TRACTOR OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? DO WE, DO WE HAVE A TRACTOR? YES.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW THE PLAN, JUST BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SO HARD, IT'S JUST TO KIND OF FILL IT POTENTIALLY.
I CAN TALK TO ARON WHO KIND OF OVERSEES THAT AND SEE.
SO, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, HAVE A LOOK.
THE FOOTBALL, THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, IT IS NOT TACKLE FOOTBALL.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE TACKLING ONTO THE GROUND.
DO YOU MEAN LIKE THE FLAG FOOTBALL? IT'S A FLAG FOOTBALL.
WELL IT'S A SEVEN ON SEVEN FLAG TOUCH.
IT'S MORE OF A, A COMPETITIVE IF YOU WILL.
KIND OF, UM, FLAG FOOTBALL ISH.
IT'S, BUT SEVEN ON SEVEN IS WHAT IT IS.
SO, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA BE, IT'S NOT, I'M GONNA TEAR UP THE GROUND ANY MORE THAN LIKE SOCCER WOULD.
UM, AND IF I MAKE COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE TURNING YOUR MICS ON, I'M SEEING IT.
BUT IF YOU CAN TRY TO TALK INTO THE MIC, PEOPLE AT HOME ARE HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY HEARING FROM THE MESSAGES I'M GETTING.
SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LET US KNOW? SO THE AVAILABILITY'S ON THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF AVAILABILITY 'CAUSE I WAS PICKING DATES AND IT WAS COMING UP.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW ON THE SHORE WEBSITE, ON THE EAGLE LANDING PAGE AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A CALENDAR.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS LISTED THAT'S A RESERVATION, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LISTED, THERE'S NO RESERVATIONS FOR THAT DAY OR AROUND THAT TIME POTENTIALLY.
SO AGAIN, IF ANYONE HAS INQUIRIES, JUST FEEL FREE TO, YOU KNOW, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE CAN LOOK AT AVAILABILITY.
IS YOUR EMAIL LISTED RIGHT BY THAT LINK BY CHANCE? IT SAYS THAT, UM, YEAH, IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE.
IT SAYS LIKE CONTACT, IF YOU CLICK MY NAME, IT SENDS ME AN EMAIL.
WE NEED OR YOU COULD DO THE PARK RENTALS EMAIL AS WELL.
THAT'S ALSO LISTED ON THE PAGE.
WE, EITHER WAY I'LL GET IT, GET THAT THING RENTED, GET UTILIZED.
ALRIGHT, UM, UPDATES FROM CITY STAFF REGARDING FIELD MAINTENANCE, THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.
SO THE NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY A BIG ONE.
THIS IS A BIG SEASON THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, RIGHT? SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE BASEBALL A LOT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
[Business - E]
PRIMROSE PARK UPDATE FROM THE CITY STAFF REGARDING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.IT MIGHT BE FOR DI DON'T KNOW, TOP OF THE PAGE.
IT SAYS FARE LITTLE LEAGUE OF PARKS SCHOLARSHIPS.
WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEPLACE ELSE OR NO? UM, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
UM, WE RECEIVED SOME GUIDANCE FROM OUR CITY'S LEGAL OFFICE ON HOW WE'RE DOING UM, DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AGENDAS.
AND SO THEY HAD POINTED OUT WHERE IT USED TO JUST SAY LIAISON UPDATE, RIGHT? THAT IT NEEDED TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE BULLET POINTS THAT MR. RUSSELL WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT LISTED FOR THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT GENERAL.
AND SO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAD LISTED THAT THE PARKS BOARD MIGHT BE COM INTERESTED IN WERE THE FULL SURE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE PARKS SPONSORSHIP.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE IT ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN YOU MAKE IT UP.
WELL YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY THAT WITH OUR PROGRAM
I JUST WAS, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON, WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS A SEPARATE HEADING AND WE JUST MISSED IT OR NO SIR.
IT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE PAGE TURN THERE.
UM, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS AS EVERYBODY KNOWS DURING THESE MONTHS, DECEMBER, JANUARY.
IT DOES SLOW DOWN QUITE A BIT.
UM, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE, THE FIELDS.
UM, AND WE HAVE HAD SOME PROGRESS ON THEM PUTTING POLES IN PLACE.
UM, THE, UM, A LOT OF THE GROUNDS HAVE BEEN ALREADY, UM, MAINTAINED AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS MOVING INTO THESE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NOW, ONE THING I DO WANT TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP IS THAT WE INITIALLY SAID IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT FEBRUARY, THE CONTRACTOR HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE EXPECTED TO.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
LET'S JUST BUILD IT, BUILD IT RIGHT ON OUR SIDE.
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WE WANT IT DONE, WE WANT IT DONE.BUT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE NOT TRYING, LIKE WE DISCUSSED, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A SPURT SPRING SEASON.
IT CAN HELP OUT WITH SOME FIELD RENTAL, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MAKING THAT MUCH PROFIT ON THAT SMALL OF A TIMEFRAME.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE DELAYING ON IS THE DETENTION POND.
SO BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE WATER THAT HAS COME BACK IN THERE AND THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO REMOBILIZE IN TO GET THAT DONE, WE'RE HAVING TO DEWATER IT.
SO, AND THEN COME BACK AND DO SOME CONCRETE LAYING THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S SLOWING DOWN THE CONTRACTOR A BIT AS WELL AS GETTING SOME, UM, THE ELECTRIC METER GOING.
WE'VE HAD SOME BIT OF ISSUES WITH ELECTRICAL COMPANY.
SO, UM, WE SEE THOSE KIND OF GETTING IRONED OUT BY MARCH.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FIELD READY FOR Y'ALL TO COME TAKE A LOOK AND WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT GRAND, GRAND OPENING AND ALL THE FUN STUFF.
SORRY, WHERE'S THE WATER COMING FROM? YEAH, SO IT'S COMING OUT FROM, UM, TRIBUTARY COMING OUT AS WELL AS JUST DRAINAGE OFF OF THE ENTIRE AREA AS IT KIND OF SLOPES DOWN TOWARD A DETENTION POND.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN, SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S, AND IT'S SILT IS THE BIGGER PART.
SO WHEN THE WATERS WERE COMING IN LAST MONTH, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S BRINGING SILT AND SO WE HAVE TO LET ALL OF THE SOILS KIND OF WA UM, DRY OUT, SETTLE SO WELL COMPLETELY DRY OUT BECAUSE MOVING SOIL WITH THAT MUCH WATER IS A LOT HEAVIER.
YEAH, IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME AND CREATES A LOT MORE SPOIL.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET THAT DRY OUT A BIT MORE SO THEY CAN EXCAVATE DOWN WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
SO THEY CAN COME IN AND DO THE CONCRETE, UM, LINING THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE TRIBUTARY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
CAN THEY PUT A D DRAP OR ANYTHING IN THERE TO HELP GET THE SILT OUT OR NOT? THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD, BUT WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE BETTER IDEA, I JUST KIND OF JUST LET IT AIR OUT, AIR NATURALLY OUT.
SO THEY COME OUT AND EXCAVATE? NO, I MEAN AFTERWARDS.
SO COULD MAKE MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE COULD, BUT WITH HAVING THE CONCRETE LINING ON THE BOTTOM IS GONNA KIND OF, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.
NOW I'M NOT SAYING LIKE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, 'CAUSE EVERY DETENTION POND NATURALLY COME BACK AND START DOING SOME, UH, PROFIL AND SOME DRESSING OF THE BOTTOMS. SO THIS WILL JUST BE TO GET THAT CONCRETE IN TO MAKE THAT FLUME.
CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TRIBUTARY FOR THE POND THAT WE'LL HAVE? WILL THAT POND CONNECT TO THE TRIBUTARY RETENTION POND? THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? TENSION MITIGATION.
THEY ARE THE POND
SO WE ARE, THAT'S THE CONNECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE WITH THAT CONCRETE FLUE THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE BOTTOM.
IT'S GONNA DRIVE, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A PERMANENT SOURCE OF WATER THERE INSTEAD OF RELYING ON RAINFALL.
SO WHAT I BELIEVE IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE A DRY BED.
UM, BUT I CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK.
WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT KEEPING A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF WATER IN THAT POND.
IT WAS A DETENTION POND MORE THAN A THOSE PONDS.
AND YOU CAN GOOD MORNING, CLIFF.
UH, SO YEAH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A DRY BED, BUT OUR INTENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT ONCE, ONCE WE GET IN AND GET SETTLED AND WE GET THE FUNDING TO ATTEMPT TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY HAVE A WET, WET BOTTOM POND, IT HAS TO BE DUG DEEPER TO DO THAT.
UH, THE, THE RIGHT NOW WE, AND, AND PART OF THE, PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE SILT IS THAT THE OUTFALL HAD TO BE TIED IN AT HUGGINS ROAD AND THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS PART OF THE HUGGINS ROAD PROJECT.
AND SO THERE WAS A DELAY IN THAT.
SO WATER SAT IN THE POND AND CREATED THE, THE SILT.
BUT THE INTENT IS TO FIRST HAVE IT DRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE DRAINAGE NEEDS FOR PRIMROSE AND THEN LATER ON GO BACK AND EXCAVATE IT OUT AND HAVE A WET BOTTOM POND TO, AND POTENTIALLY BUILD A DOCK OR SOMETHING ALONG ENOUGH.
WHEN YOU A WET BOTTOM POND, I, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
DO YOU HAVE PUMPS OR, OR CIRCULATION STUFF OR IS IT JUST JUST WATER IN THE POND THAT SITS THERE? OR IS IT ANY, HOW DOES IT WORK? SO, SO TYPICALLY THERE'S A DEPTH THAT THE POND HAS TO BE TO ALLOW FLORA AND FAUNA, IF YOU WILL, TO SURVIVE.
SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT SIX FEET THAT'LL ALLOW THE FISH AND THE, THE VEGETATION THAT'S UNDER THE WATER TO THRIVE AND THAT HELPS OXYGENATE.
NOW, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF CIRCULATION, THEN YES, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT A CIRCULATION PUMP, AERATOR PUMP IN THERE JUST TO YEAH, SIMILAR, SIMILAR TO THE PONDS HERE IN THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO THAT NOW.
WELL, I GUESS IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A POND? YEAH.
AT THIS POINT THE WATER RUNS IN THE CONCRETE, AT THE BOTTOM IS A CHANNEL DRAIN TO KIND OF GUIDE THE WATER TO THE OUTFALL AND THEN IT GOES TO HUGGINS, TO THE TRIBUTARY AND THEN SOUTH THERE WAS A NATURAL LITTLE WETLAND AREA RIGHT WHEN YOU CAME IN TO THE, LIKE WHEN YOU PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT THERE TO THE LEFT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED.
WHO FILLED IT? THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO US.
I KNOW IT SHOULDN'T BE FILLED.
WE'VE BEEN TELLING THAT THAT DEVELOPER NOT TO FILL IT.
SO WE'LL GO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
IF IT YEAH, IF IT'S BEEN FILLED.
IT'S BEEN, I MEAN I WAS LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS.
'CAUSE I, THE, THE DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN MOVED A LITTLE BIT OR IS IT THE SAME ORIGINAL DRIVEWAY?
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OUR DRIVEWAY IS THE SAME ORIGINAL DRIVEWAY.IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED TO ME, BUT THE MARSHY AREA WAS JUST SOUTH OF THERE.
THEY ORIGINALLY TRIED TO FILL IT WITH TRASH, DIRT.
WE SAID YOU GOTTA HAVE A GRADING PLAN, YOU GOTTA DO ALL THAT.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND OKAY.
SO THEY'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED.
OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND IF IT, OKAY, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE A LITTLE, LITTLE FIVE ACRES NEXT TO US.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE THAT LITTLE MARSH ON THE LEFT SIDE WHEN WETLAND AREA RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.
THERE USED TO BE A MOBILE HOME THERE OR, OH, UM, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT IT TO DRY OUT ENOUGH? IS THAT LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS, A MONTH, COUPLE WEEKS.
YEAH, WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR MARCH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE FENCES? YOU SAID THE FENCES AROUND THE, I WOULD SAY GIVE THEM A COUPLE MORE WEEKS AND YOU SHOULD SEE THE FENCES COMPLETE OUT THERE.
THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE POLES.
I SAW THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE A MONTH AGO.
YEAH, THE DELAY WAS GETTING THE ACTUAL FENCE LANDING ON NOT SETTING IN THE POLES.
AND THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA START PICKING UP WITH THEIR SUBS IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
SO GRASS WOULD BE THE VERY LAST PORTION OF THE CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL START SEEING IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE START GETTING OUT OF A LITTLE BIT COLD FEBRUARY, MARCH.
YOU'LL START SEEING GRASS GOING.
WHAT GRASSES ARE Y'ALL PUTTING ON USING? OOH, GOOD QUESTION.
MATTHEW, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND WHICH GRASS IS EXACTLY
SOMETIMES INFIELD OUTFIELD SHOULD BE THE SAME.
SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU'LL HAVE LIKE TWO DIFFERENT ONE'S, LIKE A FLATTER GOLF COURSE CROSS AND THE OTHER ONE'S LIKE A, YOU KNOW.
ARE THE DUGOUTS COMPLETE? THE FENCING AROUND THE DUGOUTS? THE MOST OF THE DUGOUTS ARE COMPLETE.
I THINK WE HAVE TWO MORE TO GO, UM, ON FIELDS TWO AND THREE.
SO THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, ONCE THE CONTRACTOR GETS EVERYBODY BACK, BACK FROM HOLIDAY
IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S SLOWING EVERYBODY DOWN.
SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE THAT THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AND YOU'LL START SEEING THAT KIND OF TIDIED UP.
I'M JUST, I WAS JUST ASKING WHAT ELSE CAN, AM I MISSING ANYTHING? UH, LET'S SEE HERE.
AND MOVING ON, LIKE IF WE CAN, JUST SO Y'ALL HAVE KNOW FOR PHASE THREE, 'CAUSE THIS IS IN THE COMPLETION OF IT, THIS IS JUST PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, WE ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO HAVE, UM, THE 90% IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL GIVEN FOR THAT WE KIND OF SENT OUT ON THOSE CONCEPTUALS FOR THE FOOD TRUCK AS WELL AS THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES.
WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE BACK TO THE ENGINEER.
OUR BIGGEST FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ENSURING THAT WE KEEP THAT TIMELINE BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES WANT THIS PART MOVING FORWARD.
AND, BUT WE, IF THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WE CAN KIND OF MASSAGE INTO THIS CONTRACT SO WE DON'T SEE THAT EXTENSION OF TIME, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS AND CAN KIND OF GET BACK WITH YOU.
SO DEFINITELY YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE, UM, OPTIONS COMING IN THAT WE WOULD LIKE Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON.
SO THE, THE PERS THE EQUIPMENT COMING IN FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, EVEN SOME OF THE, THE BENCHES AND THEY ALL THE, THOSE PORTIONS, WE DEFINITELY WANNA HAVE Y'ALLS FEEDBACK.
SO WE'LL KIND OF DO THE SAME EXERCISE.
WE'LL SEND THEM OUT TO Y'ALL ONCE WE GET THEM AND WAIT FOR Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK SO WE CAN KIND OF START ADDRESSING THOSE AND LOOKING AT WITH THE ENGINEER IF THERE'S A FEASIBLE AND CONSTRUCTABLE REST ASSURED THAT NO ONE WANTS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD MORE THAN WE DO
NO, I THINK IT'S GREAT PROGRESS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
UM, DID YOU, WE DID HAVE, AGAIN, SOME DRONE FOOTAGE THAT'S BEEN TAKEN NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SHARE THAT? OKAY.
MATTHEW, WHAT DAY WAS THIS ONE? DO YOU REMEMBER? THE FIFTH.
I THINK, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT? THE HOLE DAWN? YEAH.
WHEN WAS THIS TAKEN? THE DRUG FOOTAGE? JANUARY.
CAN YOU, CAN WE START THAT VIDEO? REAL? I JUST WANNA SEE IT THAT WAY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT HOLE THAT WITH THE YEP, THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON THAT RIGHT THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED.
YEAH, WHENEVER I WAS WALKING IT LOOKS LIKE IT, BUT FROM THIS IT DOESN'T, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAS WATER EITHER.
WELL,
ORIGINALLY I REMEMBER THEY HAD AN ISSUE PUTTING THE DRIVEWAY IN BECAUSE OF THAT WET AREA AND THEY HAD TO MOVE THE DRIVEWAY OVER BECAUSE THE SUBSTRATE, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? THE UNDER PART OF THE ASPHALT SUB WOULD NOT STAY SOLID BECAUSE OF THAT WET AREA, CORRECT.
WHO'S THE DEVELOPER? IT'S TOO HARD TO, THAT OWES THAT.
DO WE KNOW FOR THAT AREA, FOR THAT CLIFF? DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS THAT PIECE OF LAND? YEAH, WE KNOW.
WE'RE IS IT A DEVELOPER OR IS IT JUST LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL OR JUST PICKLE BALL GUY? NO, IT'S THE, THE SAME GROUP.
WELL THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH, I DON'T THINK IN THIS MEETING WE WOULD PUBLICLY BE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY, BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
LIKE I SAID, I, THE LAST TIME I WENT OUT THERE, IT WAS NOT FILLED, BUT THEY HAD EXCAVATED AND WE PUT A STOP WORK ORDER ON THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GRADING PLAN.
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STILL WAITING ON THAT.SO IF THEY FAILED IT, WE'LL WE WILL, UH, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THOSE TREES IN THE PARKING LOT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE THAT SHADE.
IT JUST MAKES IT LOOK SO MUCH BETTER.
YOU WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE A PARK AS WELL, NOT JUST A CONCRETE BASEBALL.
SO MIGHT WE MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER SOME AROUND THE EDGES WHERE THERE ARE OTHER PARKING SPACES BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PRIME PARKING.
BUT IF YOU PULL IN A PARKING LOT MM-HMM
IT ALSO PROTECTS OUT OF THE EAR HERE YOU LOOK FOR A TREE.
WHAT ARE WE PUTTING IN THE AREA WHERE THE WALKING TRAIL IS IN THE MIDDLE? WHERE THE, WHAT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU BACK THAT UP AGAIN? I DON'T BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THERE'S ANY SET PLAN FOR INSIDE THAT WALKING TRAIL.
BEEN CALLED, BUT THERE'S NO GRASS OR ANYTHING DOWN THERE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DETENTION POND.
OH, SEE THIS PART THERE? RIGHT THERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO PUT IN YET ANOTHER REQUEST ON THAT AREA THAT SOMEHOW WE PLANT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BLUE BONNET SEEDS AND MAYBE PUT STEPPING STONES THROUGH THERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU WILL LOOK AT ANY AREA WHERE YOU HAVE BLUE BONNETS IN THE SPRING, PEOPLE WANT PICTURES WITH THEIR KIDS AND IF YOU PUT STEPPING STONES THROUGH THERE, THEY WON'T DESTROY THEM AS THEY GO TAKE THE PICTURES.
AND IT WOULD JUST BE TWO MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND THE REST OF THE YEAR IT COULD BE GRASS.
BUT IF WE COULD SPEND QUITE A NICE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON BLUE BONNET.
SEE BLUE BONNET, WILD FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY BLUE BONNETS.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A, A REALLY NICE AREA FOR PEOPLE TO GO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND ALSO WHAT KIND OF GRASS ARE Y'ALL PLANNING? PLANNING THERE? THEY PUT BERMUDA AROUND THE NATURE TRAIL ROSE OF, SO WE CAN'T DO TEXAS NATIVE 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVE TO ROSA SPIN WATER.
DO Y'ALL HAVE IRRIGATION? I DUNNO IF WE TAKE NOT IN THAT AREA.
WE, BECAUSE BERMUDA TAKES SO MUCH WATER AND WE DON'T WANT, IT'S DROUGHT RESISTANT, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU GOTTA WATER IT.
SO IF, IF WE HAD A TEXAS NATIVE IN THERE.
I WAS LIKE, THAT'S CUT MY WATER OFF.
YEAH, IT'S DROUGHT RESISTANT BECAUSE IT'LL COME BACK DURING A DROUGHT.
BUT YOU GOTTA DUMP SO MUCH WATER ON IT.
SO THAT IS AN IMPORTED AFRICAN GRASS.
YOU TALKING ABOUT AUGUSTINE CARIBBEAN WOULD BE BETTER.
THAT'S AFRICAN, THIS IS AUGUSTINE, AFRICAN CARIBBEAN.
IF WE HAVE A NATURE TRAIL, WE WANT NATIVE PLANTS AROUND THE NATURE TRAIL.
AND AS WE KIND OF MENTIONED WHEN WE PUT THESE CONCEPTS ON THESE DRAWINGS TO Y'ALL DURING DESIGN PHASES, WE DEFINITELY WANNA HAVE THAT FEEDBACK SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITH THE CONTRACT OR THE ENGINEER AND WE CAN START WORKING WITH THAT TO SEE THE RECENT RATIONALE BEHIND IT.
AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AND THAT, THOSE AVENUES.
SO DEFINITELY ENJOY THE FEEDBACK.
WELL, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON BERMUDA GRASS THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR.
WOULD HOPE THAT ANY CONTRACTOR WOULD UNDERSTAND ON A NATURE TRAIL.
YOU DON'T PLANT AN INVASIVE GRASS
SO HAVE WE CAN PUT SOME TEXAS SAGE THERE TOO.
IT DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC GRASS? IT'S NOT PLANTED YET.
WE HAVE A NORMALLY A, UM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT THAT WOULD DO THAT PORTION FOR THE DESIGN FIRM.
AND IT IS THE SPECIES AND EVERYTHING IS CALLED OUT IN THE PLANT SETS WE NEED TO BRING, WE NEVER SAW THAT.
WE NEED TO SEE IT ON L LANDSCAPE DESIGN.
I WOULD, I WOULD'VE NOTICED THAT.
SO THOSE WERE IN, I WOULD SAY YOU WOULD'VE HAD THOSE EVEN AT THE 60% FOR PHASE TWO.
UM, SO WE ARE KIND OF IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE RIGHT NOW AND ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE CHANGING AS FAR AS GRASS TYPES TYPICALLY WOULD BE A TIME AND COST INCREASE.
WELL EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME PRICE, JUST TO MAKE THE YEAH, NORMALLY THIS LATENT CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S NO QUICK SHIFT.
THAT MEAN WE CAN BRING THAT UP AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE DESIGN FIRM AND THE CONTRACTOR.
AND, AND THE ONLY REASON, 'CAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M IN CONSTRUCTION SO SWITCHING OUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE CONCRETES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.
IT'S NOT GRASS THAT'S, IT'S ALWAYS DEPENDENT IF THE CONTRACTORS PURCHASED THE MATERIAL.
WELL SAME THING THIS FAR IN ADVANCE NATURE, NATURE.
JUST, IF THEY PAID FOR IT AND THEY'VE HAD IT, BILL, I MEAN WE CAN TALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE OPEN-MINDED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT, WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THE DESIGN FIRM TO KIND, AND I ALSO THINK IN THE LONG RUN, IF IT'S NOT GETTING WATER, IT'S GONNA DRY UP AND DIE.
SO IF UNLESS WE WANNA PAY TO PUT AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THERE, WHICH WE, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE MONEY.
IT MIGHT BE WORTH THE COST JUST TO PUT A NATIVE GRASS IN THERE THAT'S GONNA THRIVE.
I DON'T THAT'S A BIG CHANGE AT ALL TO IT.
WE DISCUSSED THAT DRONE FOOTAGE.
FULL LITTLE LEAGUE UPDATES FROM DAX REGARDING UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL IN REGARDS
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TO PRIMROSE PARK.SO LITTLE LEAGUE'S GONE ALONG GREAT.
I MEAN, SO FULL LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL.
IT'S GONNA BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT 50, 60, 70 YEARS.
AND SO, UH, PRIMROSE IS NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE US, I THINK THE UNOFFICIAL NOD TO BE ABLE TO BE, UH, THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT 50, 60 YEARS.
YOU MEAN KATIE RIGHT? I'M SORRY? KATIE GAVE US A NOD OR PRIMROSE PRIMROSE THE CITY FULL SURE.
GAVE US THE BUT KATIE, BUT KATIE GAVE US THE GO AHEAD, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I'LL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONE.
SO, SO KATIE AMERICAN AND, AND, AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, RIGHT? KATIE AMERICAN WAS NICE ENOUGH.
UH, BRIAN SILLS, HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
AND SO MAKE A LONG, SHORT, SHORT, THE WAY HE'S SET UP IS IF ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, BRAZO AND, AND, UH, KATIE AMERICAN, THEY OWN THESE TERRITORIES THAT BUTT UP AND THEY COVER OR THEY OVERLAP RE IF THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US ANY OF THESE TERRITORIES, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO.
HENCE ANOTHER, SOME SORT OF BASEBALL ORGANIZATION WOULD'VE WOULDN'T COME IN.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH AND, UH, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FOR BRIAN, WHICH IS KATIE AMERICAN, TO ALLOW US TO HAVE CROSS CREEK RANCH.
UH, SOUTH CINCO, DOWN FRY ALL THE WAY TO, TO 99 AND ALL THESE AREAS.
AND NOW WE'RE, CAMERON AND I AND KIM ARE IN TALKS WITH BARAS.
TO BE ABLE TO GET HUGGINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY AND PRIMROSE.
'CAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PRIMROSE, ISIS'S TERRITORY AS WELL AS HUGGINS AND HUGGINS HAS GOT A LOT OF KIDS.
THEY GO ALL THROUGH FULL SURE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LOSE, UH, KIDS AND AND WHATNOT.
I MEAN, WE, WE EXPECT THAT IMMENSELY, BUT IT'S ALSO THE FACT THAT IT'S RE IT'S IN THE HEART OF RE MM-HMM
SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE TALKS WITH THAT.
WE SHOULD KNOW BY NEXT WEEK IF BRA IS GOING TO, UH, EXTEND THAT COURTESY TO US AS WELL.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S MORE FAIR.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS, THAT LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, FULL BROOK, UH, UH, UH, WEST END, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND UH, THESE AREAS OVER HERE THAT GO TO HUGGINS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT, THEY WOULD'VE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE FULL LITTLE LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY GO TO HUGGINS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET.
OR THEY COULD GO TO BRAS BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY LIVE GOES TO BRAS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS OPTIONS.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON THE LOGOS FOR, FOR FULL SURE.
AND AND YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE HOW COOL THAT IS UNTIL YOU'RE ACTUALLY CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE SO MANY YEARS.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT CHAT.
GBT PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN THAT.
UM, AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS A BIG FAMILY ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE BASEBALL, IT'S GONNA BE FAMILIES.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE SPRINTING THEIR WEEKENDS AND THEIR TIMES AT THAT PARK RUNNING AROUND ON THAT GRASS.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, FISHING IN THAT, THAT UH, THAT, THAT POND THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND, UH, REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UH, AND FOR THE PEOPLE AGAIN AT HOME, UH, FALL WILL BE THE FIRST, UH, LEAD THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN FALL.
WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING, PROBABLY OFFICIAL BY MARCH.
I'M THINKING THE PAPERWORK, LIKE LEGIT 110% READY TO DO REGISTRATION, PASS OUT FLYERS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THAT'S WHEN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WILL COME INTO PLAY AND ALL THAT COOL STUFF THAT, UH, THAT SHE GETS TO DO.
SO, UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT GRAND OPENING? IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, I WANNA HEAR BASEBALL GOING OUTTA THE PARK.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS ON RECORD BRIAN SEALS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE HIM SOMEWHAT OF HONORARY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HIM PUBLICLY THANKING HIM.
'CAUSE WITHOUT HIM WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO, UH, AND WITHOUT EVERYBODY ELSE DOING THIS BEFORE US, I MEAN, WE JUST SHOWED UP KINDA LATE IN THE GAME AND, AND WE'RE GETTING TO JUMP ON THIS.
SO APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING ON THAT REGARDING PRIMROSE? UH, OH, THIS IS ONE THING I WANTED TO, WE NEED TO BRING THAT UP LATER THOUGH.
FIELD RENTALS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE GOTTA HAVE THE GRASS SET IN PLACE AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION UNTIL WE EVEN GET FURTHER ALONG ANYWAY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GET INTO IT.
MONTH FOUR, FOUR FIELD RENTALS THOUGH.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED TO REVIEW IT, WHICH WE SENT.
UM, WE ARE TAKING THAT TO COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 3RD FOR PRIMROSE.
SO ON FEBRUARY 3RD TO ACCEPT, UH, NOT TO ACCEPT JUST TO WORK UPDATING A POLICY LIKE HOW WE HAVE FOR EAGLE LANDING.
WE'LL HAVE ONE FOR PRIMROSE AS WELL.
I'LL KNOW WHAT TO TELL PEOPLE 'CAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EXCITED AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
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ON.MONTHLY PARK AND RECREATION BUDGET, FINANCIAL REPORT, DISCUSSIONS OF ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION
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MAY HAVE REGARDING SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST MADE A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.[Business - G]
AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PARKS, RECREATION RELATED TOPICS.I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PUT ON RECORD AND ON THE AGENDA THAT WE ASK CITY COUNCIL TO DO A WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN.
UM, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 15 YEARS AGO, BUT WE MIGHT STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LAND LEFT THAT WE JUST, WHILE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY I BELIEVE, BUT WE NEED TO MANDATE A WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WILDLIFE BEING, UM, DISPLACED.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE FEBRUARY AGENDA.
I HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS, UM, WHILE BACK, RAMONA AND I, I DON'T KNOW, 12 YEARS AGO WE'RE WORKING ON A TREE ORDINANCE AND IT JUST KIND OF WENT FLAT AND DEAD.
UH, HAS, HAS THE CITY TALKED ANYMORE ABOUT THAT? ABOUT TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING TO SAVE WHAT TREES WE HAVE LEFT, WHICH AREN'T A WHOLE LOT BUT, WELL THEY DID.
SARAH JOHNSON BROUGHT SOMETHING.
IT'S, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING.
THERE WAS SOMETHING, UM, LAST YEAR AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT SPECIFICS BUT I KNOW OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL ON UM, ESTABLISHING SOME ACTUAL FOUNDATIONAL RULES REGARDING THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.
THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THE DEVELOPMENTS BEING ALLOWED TO DNX OUT OF THE E OUR ETJ, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY OF OUR ORDINANCES.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, THE HEINZ DEVELOPMENT ON 10 93, UM, BACK WINTER FOSTER BACK THERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL.
THEY JUST HAVE TO ABIDE BY COUNTY REGULATIONS, NOT OURS.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO THESE TESTS, YOU COME THANK YOUR LEGISLATURE.
WHEN YOU DO ALL THESE TESTS AND THEY COME BACK GOING YEP.
WHEN YOU PUT A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, IT'S GONNA DISPLACE 'EM.
THAT'S 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
RIGHT? WHAT DOES THAT DO? YOU COME BACK AND GO, YEAH, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE WILDLIFE.
WHO'S GOTTA LISTEN TO THAT? DOES THAT STOP DEVELOPERS? WELL I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF STOPPING.
I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF COMING UP WITH A, A SOLUTION THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? KEEPS THE BALANCE AND KEEPS EVERYONE HAPPY.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP THE HOME AND I APOLOGIZE.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA.
BUT PLEASE KEEP THESE QUESTIONS FOR THE FEBRUARY AGENDA.
AND THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DIG INTO THAT MORE.
I'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THOSE SOLUTIONS 'CAUSE I'M ALL, I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? ADJOURNMENT? OKAY.
UM, I CAN JUST ADD ONE MORE THING.
MAYBE IT'S NOT, WELL IT'LL BE TOO LATE BY THEN.
WE DO HAVE A TREE GIVEAWAY WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS ON JANUARY 31ST AT THE SHORE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND UM, WE MIGHT WANT TO NAB A FEW TO PUT SOME MORE DOWN AT THE END OF PENN LANE ON THE TRAILS.
OR WE COULD TAKE A FEW FOR THE PARKING LOT AT PRIMROSE, BUT IT'S THE 31ST SO IT'LL BE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
LIKE FREE LIKE FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS.
WHAT KIND OF TREES? ALL KINDS THERE ARE NUT OAKS, LOB, LOLLY, PINE, COMMON PERSIMMON, CHICKASAW PLUM BUTTON.
YEAH, LET'S GET, LET'S GET, LET'S GET A BUNCH OF 'EM AND PLANT 'EM ALL OVER AROUND.
PRIMROSE WE WON'T ASK PERMISSION, WE'LL JUST GO STICK OUT THERE AND STICK 'EM IN THERE.
HEY, WE'LL DO SOME TREE BALLS.
UH, READY TO ADUR THE MEETING.
THANK CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING AT 9 46 ON FRIDAY.