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WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, WHICH REMINDS ME, MARK LATE.
[Call to Order]
WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON MARCH 20TH AT 9:00 AM.ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS? I DON'T SEE ANY OUT THERE.
[APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 13, 2026]
OF THE MINUTES HELD ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026.HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE? UH, YES.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY MS. CRA, SECOND BY MR. POOL.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[WILDLIFE IMPACT Study]
WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY PRESENTATION BY JOSHUA BROTHERS.ALRIGHT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS JOSHUA BROTHERS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE WITH THE CITY.
UH, I HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH, UH, LOOKING INTO OR INVESTIGATING A WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO PRIMARILY IMPACT ONLY RESIDENTIAL NEW DEVELOPMENT, NOT COMMERCIAL.
UM, CURRENTLY WHAT I SENT Y'ALL, THE DRAFT THAT Y'ALL HAVE SHOWS, UH, THE MINIMUM ACREAGE TO BE 50.
SO KIND OF WANT TO OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
DO Y'ALL WANNA SEE THAT LOWERED A LITTLE BIT? MAYBE 2025.
UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT LEFT OF THAT SIZE LEFT IN TURE, SO IF WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMEWHAT MEANINGFUL, MAYBE WE DO LOWER IT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THE PERCENTAGE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO IS SOMEBODY WHO'S CREDENTIALED IS GOING TO COME OUT AND THEY'RE GONNA CONDUCT THIS WILDLIFE IMPACT ANALYSIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO ASSESS WHAT ADVERSE IMPACTS COULD TAKE PLACE, SHOULD IT DEVELOP.
UH, I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS STUFF, UH, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, IF THIS WERE TO COME TO US, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT SHOWS UP ON OUR DESK AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THEN WHAT? UH, SO THIS IS REALLY JUST THE FIRST PHASE, THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS.
UH, WE WOULD THEN NEED TO DISCUSS AT LENGTH WITH SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND SO IF THERE IS AN ADVERSE IMPACT, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO? UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS, LIKE MAYBE JUST AN EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A DEER POPULATION THAT GRAZES ON THIS PROPERTY AND DEVELOPING THIS WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THAT POPULATION.
UH, MAYBE WE CREATE SOME SORT OF GREEN SPACE THAT ACCOMMODATES THAT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO MAKING A CORRIDOR SO THAT THEY CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THAT PROPERTY.
UH, SO THERE'S MITIGATION EFFORTS LIKE THAT THAT COULD PROBABLY MEDIATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER LIGHTING.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT THOUGH.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, NOT A LOT OF STUFF LEFT.
WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THERE'S TONS OF PROPERTY BACK HERE.
THERE'S LOTS OF GROWTH AND IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE IS IS TODAY.
I MEAN THAT'S, SO 10 ACRES YOU CAN BUILD 40 HOUSES ON 10 ACRES.
TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, RIGHT? I MEAN YOU COULD PACK THEM IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO GO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT.
20 ACRES THAT THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME RANGE.
UH, ON HOW MANY ACRES WE SAT, 2010 ACRES.
I THINK PROBABLY THREE ACRES IS GOOD.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE 50 CONTIGUOUS ACRES LEFT TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY LIMITS.
I THINK YEAH, IT'D BE, IT'D REALLY BE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND I GUESS IT, YEAH, IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE ETJ BECAUSE THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE ALREADY SET.
UH, THIS REALLY WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT SOUTH OF 10 93.
ALL OF ALL THAT LAND AROUND BOAR, THAT WHOLE AREA.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS HAVING AN IMPACT.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING AND KEEP ALL 50.
THIS MEANS ONLY IF THEY WOULD DEVELOP 50 ACRES OR MORE THIS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT.
IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS 50, IF RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, UH, LET'S SAY WE MOVE IT TO 20, IF THERE'S A 20 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY, LET'S SAY DOWN BO DARK AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THIS STUDY AND SUBMIT IT WITH THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE STUDY? WOULD THE CITY BE PAID FOR? THAT WOULD BE ALL ON THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE SIZE PLOTS THAT WOULD FIT IN THOSE AREAS.
MY ONLY CONCERN WITH MAKING IT THAT SMALL IS, SO LIKE I SAID THIS IN, IT'S IN ITS INFANCY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THIS.
BUT MY IDEA WAS THAT IF IT DOES FIND, IF WE DO FIND THAT THERE'S AN ADVERSE IMPACT AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO MEDIATE OR TO MITIGATE WOULD BE TO CREATE A GREEN SPACE, LET'S SAY 5%, 10%.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THE PERCENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
OTHERWISE IT COULD, IT COULD LEAD INTO AN ISSUE.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT MAKES DEVELOPMENT IMPOSSIBLE.
I GUESS I COULD GO UP TO 20 AND THIS GOES TO COUNCIL 15.
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WE YOU WANNA FLIP IN 15? YEAH.15 I THINK ALL BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.
DO YOU THINK, I MEAN THAT'S STILL WELL AND WE'VE GOT A TWO ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BACK THERE.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE ALREADY HAVE GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE'D KIND OF, IT'D BE LIKE TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE KIND OF THING.
YOU ALREADY HAVE TO PROVIDE GREEN SPACE.
BUT NOW WE'RE, THIS IS KIND OF BEEFING IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE 5% GREEN SPACE.
NOW WE'RE TELLING YOU WHERE TO PUT THAT 5% ON YOUR PROPERTY.
AND ALSO TO HELP WITH THE TREES AND OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY CLEAR, MAYBE THEY DO IT OUTSIDE OF MIGRATION RIGHT.
PERIODS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO HELP IN THAT REGARD.
UH, LIGHTING COULD BE A GOOD THING.
IT, IT COULD BOLSTER THE DARK SKIES A LITTLE BIT.
UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS CREATING THOSE CORRIDORS.
SO NOT JUST THE SPACE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT ALLOWING THAT CORRIDOR FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH DEAL.
15 TO 20 ACRES, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE TOO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE CARE ABOUT.
WISH WE WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS 15 YEARS AGO, BUT WE DIDN'T.
SO BETTER, BETTER PLANET TREE TODAY.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE? DO THEY HAVE WILDLIFE? I MEAN LIKE, IS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WILDLIFE IN OBVIOUS RID COYOTES.
THEY KEEP THE RABBIT POPULATION DOWN HOG WELL, AND I THINK CROSS CREEK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY, THEY ON THEIR OWN PRETTY MUCH WOULD'VE SATISFIED THIS.
YOU COULD LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE PIPELINE EASEMENTS AS CORRIDORS.
THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB SO WELL, AND WESTIN LAKES HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB TOO.
THEY HAVE DEER THAT ROAM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KIND OF SEE THIS AS, AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM NOT TO JUST PRESERVE SOME WILDLIFE, BUT ALSO KIND OF THEME OUT THAT DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS IT MORE NATURAL.
UH, IT EMPHASIZES SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANT TO SEE, SO.
SO WE, DO WE AGREE ON A, ON A MAP? 15.
CAN WE, DO WE TAKE THAT ON THAT? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BRING 15 TO THE COUNCIL AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT.
I, I DON'T HAVE, YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY ISSUES WITH IT BEING 15.
SO DOES IT NEED TO GO TO PNZ FIRST OR YOU GO STRAIGHT? UH, IT WAS GONNA GO TO PNZ 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA PUT IT IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT NOW I'M PUTTING IT IN CHAPTER EIGHT, WHICH EXCLUDES PNZ.
SO IT'S GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL, UH, APRIL 21ST.
[AMERICA 250 IN FULSHEAR]
AMERICA TWO 50 AND SHORE.OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY DISCUSSION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA AND THE CITY OF SHORE LED BY CITY STAFF.
SO WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE IS HOSTING THEIR JULY 4TH EVENT THIS YEAR.
SO THEY WILL HANDLE LIKE A FULL ON CITYWIDE EVENT, BUT THE CITY IS WORKING ON A FEW CONTESTS FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
UM, WELCOME KIMBERLY, BY THE WAY.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CONTESTS THAT WE'RE GONNA OFFER FOR DIFFERENT AGE RANGES.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE A COLORING PAGE CONTEST FOR KIDS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO I BELIEVE, FIFTH GRADE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A POETRY CONTEST FOR KIDS IN THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL RANGE.
AND THEN THE EDC WILL HAVE THEIR, UM, ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST AND IT'LL BE THEMED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, AMERICA TWO 50.
AND ALL OF THOSE WILL BE GOING ON IN THE SUMMER.
WE'RE ANNOUNCING IT OFFICIALLY IN MAY IS WHEN THAT WILL START.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WON THOSE CONTESTS, UM, PRESENTED AT THE JULY 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS RECOGNITION.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE POSTING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR AMERICA TWO 50 THIS YEAR.
AND WE ALSO ARE SPONSORING THE DRONE SHOW AT THE CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE AS WELL.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? NO.
GOOD
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
I DO THINK THEY'RE MOVING IT BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM WHAT I HEARD LAST, BUT I, I AM NOT OFFICIALLY SURE YOU LOT OF SPACE.
[PARK SPONSORSHIPS]
SPONSORSHIPS, GENERAL SPONSORSHIPS.ALRIGHT, SO IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIPS, THREE OUT OF OUR FOUR SCOREBOARDS ARE CLAIMED.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE AMPHITHEATER AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF THE FIELDS.
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KNOW, THEY'LL ASK ME QUESTIONS LIKE, HEY, I GOTTA TAKE IT BACK UP AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.SO IT'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, WE ARE GETTING SOME TRACTION SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, WITH THAT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM IN HERE ABOUT A DISCUSSION OF A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM MEMORIAL HERMANN.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING THE MURAL ON THE CONCESSIONS BUILDING AT PRIMROSE, WHICH THAT ITEM IS 20 GRAND AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT THE COST FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND ONLY PAY $5,000 FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO Y'ALL TO DISCUSS AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
SO THOUGHTS ABOUT A SPLIT PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN DOING THE MURAL OR THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE INTERESTED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIKE, OH, WE WOULD REALLY WANNA DO THAT.
DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR ADVERTISING IS GONNA LOOK LIKE? NO.
THEY'LL SPONSOR AN ARTIST TO PAINT IT.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THEIR ADVERTISING.
THEIR NAME WILL GO ON A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THEIR NAME ON A PLAQUE.
THAT, I MEAN I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I MEAN THAT'S AS LONG AS WE CAN PUT THE MONEY UP, AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE BUDGET TO PUT THE MONEY UP FRONT TO PAY THE ARTIST.
WELL I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? A YEAH, IT'S BIG'S BIG.
IS IT GONNA COST $20,000? THE PAINT? YEAH, IT'S BIG.
SHE YEAH, THEY, THEY HAVE TO GO AND YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PAINT PAINTING HERE.
I IN THE WRONG LINE OF WORK, THEY'RE OKAY WITH WHAT WE WANNA PUT ON IT.
WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS IT AS A COMMISSION AND MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT THE CITY THINKS IS BEST.
UM, AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE THEY KNOW LIKE AHEAD OF TIME LIKE, HEY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT ON THE BUILDING.
SUPER EXCITED TO PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LIKE WE WOULD MOST LIKELY AS A CITY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MURAL UPFRONT AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD GET REIMBURSED FROM MEMORIAL HARMON WITH THEIR SPONSORSHIP.
HAVE WE, UM, ASKED THE METHODIST, SO HOUSTON METHODIST IS INTERESTED IN SOME OTHER ITEMS AND SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SOME OTHER ITEMS SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT THIS ONE.
DO WE HAVE ROOM IN THE BUDGET TO PAY THE ORDERS UPFRONT? WE SHOULD.
UNLESS IT'S A CRAZY, I THINK, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE ARTIST IS.
DO WE KNOW WHICH ARTISTS WE'RE GONNA CHOOSE? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET.
SO WE JUST, AT THIS PROBLEM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK IF PERHAPS THEY COULD FRONT SOME MORE AS THE FIRST PAYMENT.
IF THEY COULD POTENTIALLY PUT DOWN 10 GRAND FOR THE FIRST PAYMENT, 10 AND THEN SPAN THE 5,000 AND THE 5,000 FOR THE NEXT TWO.
'CAUSE I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS, IS FUNDS AND FINANCE ARE KIND OF THE ISSUE WE HAVE FOR SOME OF THESE PARKS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A PARKS BALANCE, YOU KNOW, BUT I'D RATHER SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
UM, IF THEY PUSH BACK, THEN I GUESS YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD HATE FOR THEM NOT TO SPONSOR IT, BUT I THINK WE COULD ASK THE QUESTION AND, AND EITHER THEY'LL SAY YES OR NO, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FRONT END IF THEY COULD.
AND, AND THOSE PEOPLE, THEIR JOB IS TO NEGOTIATE TERMS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
SO WE LOSE ON THAT DEAL BECAUSE WE PUT UP THE MONEY, THEY SPREAD IT OUT, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH INTEREST THEY CREATE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE 10 AND 10, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
'CAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TEN FIVE AND FIVE EVEN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE NEED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE HARDEST IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, COST BECAUSE I MEAN, WELL IT'S NOT COMPANY LACK MONEY AND JUST TO MAKE SURE LEGAL WILL TAKE CARE OF THESE CONTRACTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS? JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS, I, I HAVE FORMS THAT IT GET FILLED OUT AND APPROVED AND DENIED JUST SO THEY CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NEVERMIND WE CHANGED OUR MIND, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY.
I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND FIND OUT IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY ON THEIR END.
BUT CAN WE GET AN UPDATED LIST OF EXACTLY WHAT'S STILL NEEDED TO BE SPONSORED? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID ONE SCOREBOARD'S LEFT.
AREN'T THERE LIKE BLEACHERS AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH.
SO IN GENERAL, THE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE CLAIMED ARE THREE OUTTA THE FOUR SCOREBOARDS.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS AVAILABLE CURRENTLY.
THERE ARE TALKS WITH SOME DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OF CERTAIN ITEMS, BUT AGAIN, NOTHING HAS BEEN FINALIZED AT THIS.
WHO ARE THE THREE SPONSORS? UM, I GOT ONE.
WE ALSO MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
WELL I HAD TO, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANNA BE THE CREEP TO PUSH THIS THING SO HARD.
WE, WE ALSO HAVE GRY ORTHODONTICS AND WE HAVE LOCAL TABLE AS THE OTHER SCOREBOARD.
WE'RE GONNA START PUSHING THIS GUY RIGHT HERE CAN PUSH, PUSH THE NEEDLE PRETTY HARD TOO.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY GET HIM INVOLVED.
UM, WHEN YOU TALK WITH THEM, I THINK THE WHOLE POINT IS BEING ABLE TO, TO COVER THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST.
IT MAY BE 10, IT MAY BE 20, DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT 10 UPFRONT, THEN WE CAN PAY FOR THE COST AND YEAH, FOR SURE.
ONE, ONE THING TO NOTE ALSO IS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SPONSORED ARE ACTUALLY BEING PAID FOR OUT OF THE CURRENT
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BUDGET.SO THOSE DOLLARS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A, A LIKE A REIMBURSEMENT.
REIMBURSEMENT ON THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING.
SO THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS ARE KIND EXPENSIVE, LIKE, UM, SCOREBOARD.
AND WHY DON'T YOUR WIFE SAY TOO LATE? WHAT DID YOU SAY? MY DAUGHTER? YEAH, TOO LATE YOU.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TOO IS LIKE THE, UM, THE BATTING ON ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELDS, YOU KNOW, THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR SOME OF THAT STUFF TOO.
DO THOSE HAVE, DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK SOME OF THAT UP? SOME OF THE LARGER ITEM ITEMS AS WELL IN TERMS OF SPLIT PAYMENTS? WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
THIS ONE WAS JUST A BIGGER NUMBER.
AND SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WE KNOW THE MURAL'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, MAKING SURE IT'S DONE AND DONE CORRECTLY.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE BEFORE TAKING IT TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR DENY.
UM, WE HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF SPLIT PAYMENT OPTIONS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SMALLER IN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME, SO IT'S NOT YEAH, YEAH.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
WE ALSO HAVE OPTIONS FOR PARTIAL SPONSORSHIPS IF THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS OF WANTING TO DO THAT.
SO WE WE'RE FLEXIBLE, BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS A, THE, A BIGGER ITEM, SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO Y'ALL AND WE'LL WORK WITH TEXAS ART, UH, FUL ARTS ALLIANCE ON GETTING THE ARTIST AT THIS TIME.
I'D, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT OUR PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO LOOKING INTO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
SO THEY DID, THEY DID THE CONTEST FOR THE ART BOXES.
WELL YOU DON'T WANNA DO A CONTEST FOR LIKE, THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY CHARGE VERY MUCH.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOME ARTISTS THAT ARE PRETTY AWESOME, HUH? WELL, MANY HIGH SCHOOLERS.
I'M OUTTA MY, THEY'RE WELCOME TO TO CONTINUE.
I'M OUT ON ART SO I DON'T DUNNO HOW MUCH YEAH.
WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE YET.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA, WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING THAT UP.
THE THIRD ONE, DID YOU SAY IT WAS AN ORTHODONTICS? YES.
I JUST GO TO THE DENTIST TODAY, SO I WANNA BRING IT UP WITH HIM.
YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A, UM, OKAY.
[PRIMROSE PARK]
NEXT IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRAND OPENING MAY 9TH, 2026 FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM UH, WE ALSO HAVE UPDATES FROM MATTHEW ON PRIMROSE PLAY BALL.SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF PHASE TWO.
UH, WE DID OUR PUNCH LIST WALK ON TUESDAY.
SO, UH, THE CONTRACTOR'S NOW ADDRESSING THOSE ITEMS FROM THE PUNCH LIST THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT.
UH, SO ABOUT A MONTH LONG PROCESS TO GET ALL THE PUNCH, GIVE OR TAKE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT'S KIND OF GOT Y'ALLS ATTENTION.
UH, NOTHING IN PARTICULAR, JUST MANHOLE, UM, ADJUSTMENTS AND IRRIGATION.
SO THERE, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW SMALL LITTLE THINGS, NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF SMALL THINGS, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD BE LIKE GLARING.
LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO IT'S JUST, WE'RE KIND OF JUST DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T'S.
UM, SO THE INLET WAS A BIG ONE.
UM, ALL THE INLETS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT GOING FORWARD THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PROJECT THAT WITH THE CONTRACTOR AFTER IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME IF SOMETHING COMES UP TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND SAY, HEY, THIS WAS NOTIFIED AT THE BEGINNING, YOU, IT DIDN'T GET CORRECTED.
BUT WE JUST DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE UP FRONT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CLOSES OUT.
WAS THERE EVER, UM, A DISCUSSION OR A, ANY DECISION MADE ON THE GRASSES LIKE CHANGING THE BERMUDA TO A TEXAS NATIVE THAT I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN PHASE PHASE THREE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE CONCRETE, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CRACKS AND EVERYTHING, RIGHT.
THERE'S A FEW CRACKS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE SEALED AND THOSE ARE, UM, AND I THINK AT SOME POINT WE DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY, BUT TRYING TO IDENTIFY A AREA THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO PUT LIKE A MORE OF A COMMAND CENTER FOR.
WE YEAH, WE BLUE TAPED AND SPRAY PAINTING AND EVERYTHING, SO YEAH.
SO WE DID AN INFORMAL SOLICITATION FOR THOSE.
IT CLOSED YESTERDAY, WE GOT TWO, UH, BIDDERS.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
UH, BUT THOSE WILL, LOOKING TO HAVE THOSE IN, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PRICES CAME IN ON THOSE? THE PRICES CAME IN LESS THAN HALF
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OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL QUOTE WAS FOR BY THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, MILL CONTRACTOR.SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A COST SAVING AND WE GOT EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THE DESIGN SET.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE PRICING AND IT'S A FIRM THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND THAT THIS IS THEIR CUP OF TEA.
ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST THAT I THINK WE ENDED UP GOING A DIFFERENT DESIGN DIRECTION WITH, WITH THE TALLER FENCING IS JUST POTENTIALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SAFETY NET IN BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIAMONDS.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE ENDED UP GOING TALLER WITH THE FENCING, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT IF WE END UP GETTING FALL BALLS THAT ARE POPPING INTO THAT GENERAL POPULATION FOR THE CITY'S SAKE.
I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT A NET COULD POTENTIALLY COST.
UM, AND JUST KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO NUMEROUS BASEBALL GAMES.
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY WITH FENCING, THINGS STILL POP UP.
KIDS HIT 'EM IN WEIRD DIRECTIONS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THE, THE SPECTATORS SAFE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT BECAUSE THAT PLAYGROUND IS INTENDED TO BE IN THE CENTER ISLAND BETWEEN THE FIELDS.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT SOME GREAT NETTING ABOVE THE BACKSTOPS AND ALL THAT TO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED IT.
IT'S NOT A REALLY PRETTY LOOKING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY DON'T NEED IT, BUT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REAL 'CAUSE THOSE LITTLE GUYS ARE IN THERE AND JUST, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
SO BOB ALSO WENT OVER WHEN YOU START GETTING, WHEN YOU START GETTING UM, 11, 12 YEAR OLDS, THE VELOCITY'S ENOUGH TO HIT IT HIGH ENOUGH TO GO THE LITTLE GUYS NOW, BUT THE BIGGER THE BIGGER KIDS FOR SURE.
I GUESS WE'LL SEE FIRST SEASON WE'LL GET A GOOD IDEA HOW IT'S PLAYING OUT.
AND ANOTHER THING ON THAT TOO, JUST WHILE I'M THINKING OF LIKE LIABILITIES AND THINGS, CLEARLY ANYBODY THAT'S ATTENDED A BASEBALL GAME KNOWS THAT THE FRONT PARKING IS IN FOUL BALL TERRITORY.
AND IF YOU PARK THERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO POTENTIALLY GETTING A DINGER ON YOUR WINDOW.
UM, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD IF THE CITY ENDS UP PUTTING SOME, UM, TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SEE I'M JUST HERE TO REINFORCE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? SO WHEN IS THE FIELD OFFICIALLY OPENED? IS IT ON THE MAY 9TH? THAT'S GRAND OPENING AND THAT MEANS ANYBODY CAN JUST WALK UP THERE AND JUST, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS WANNA GO UP THERE AND SHOW MY KID AND I'M LIKE, DAMN IT, I GOTTA CALL DAM.
AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'LL DO IT ANOTHER TIME.
YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THAT FENCE A LOT HARDER TO GET THROUGH NOW.
DID THEY? I I KEPT MOVING IT FRIEND TOLD YOU RIGHT? YEAH, A FRIEND TOLD ME.
EX COMMISSIONERS ARE ALLOWED SO WE TAKE OUR DIRT THERE.
WELL AND I THINK ON THAT TOO, WHEN IS FIELD RENTALS GONNA GO LIVE FOR PRIMROSE IS PROBABLY THE QUESTION.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA TALK TO HER.
KELSEY'S OUTTA TOWN THIS WEEK AND PART OF NEXT WEEK, BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY NEXT CHECK-INS WITH HER IS FIGURING THAT DAY OUT.
OBVIOUSLY THE PARK WILL BE OPEN ON THE NINTH BECAUSE THAT'S OUR GRAND OPENING SO THE FIELDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE TO GO ON AT THAT PUBLIC DAY.
UM, BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN LIKE FIELD RENTALS WILL START.
DAX, I'LL ADD AFTER THE CONTRACTOR'S OFF THE SITE, IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION ZONE SO WE COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GO OUT THERE
WE JUST DON'T WANT Y'ALL, WE JUST DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL GETTING INTO THE FIELDS WHEN THE CONTRACTORS WERE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, YOU WALK ACROSS SOME FRESHLY POURED STIC AND WE'VE GOTTA GO BACK OUT AND TEAR THAT UP 'CAUSE YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
OR YOU KNOW, YOU WALK INTO A BEAM THAT'S BEING MOVED AROUND OR SOMETHING.
WE JUST FOR Y'ALL'S, FOR Y'ALL'S PROTECTION, BUT ONCE THEY'RE GONE, AWESOME.
BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE NEXT TIME.
ONE THING ON THAT FOR MAY 9TH, JUST FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING OUT IN VIRTUAL LAND, IT IS INTENDED TO BE A COMMUNITY EVENT.
SO I KNOW THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MAY 9TH TO INCLUDE.
I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A OPENING, UH, WIFFLE BALL, BASEBALL GAME, SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
SO ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE LISTENING THAT ONCE THEY'RE KID TO, TO PLAN THAT, JUST KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY FUN EVENT.
I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT MAY 9TH, 11 TO ONE PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS NOW.
LOT OF FUN EVENTS AND WE WANNA MAKE THIS KIND OF A HUGE DEAL.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA INVITE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING CULT MUSIC, LIVE BANDS, FACE PAINTING, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN IT CAN BE LIKE A REALLY HUGE YEAH.
I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK THE GUY WITH THE FLAG ON.
WE DO HAVE THE, WE HAVE A DIPPING DOTS, UM, TRUCK THAT'S GONNA BE COMING AS WELL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON AND SEEING IF THERE'S CERTAIN AVAILABILITY WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS FOR SURE CONFIRMED.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
BUT I'VE BEEN HAVING SOME PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME WANTING TO GET, DO ALL THIS 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THAT.
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WHY I SAID I SAID CALL MY GIRL KELLY.WELL AND I HEARD FROM A FRIEND THAT SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE WILL HAVE A TABLE, UH, THERE AS WELL.
SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON SHORE, LITTLE LEAGUE A BOOTH, UM, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEARN WHAT THE UPCOMING FALL SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND WITH THE RENTALS, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE MAY NOT BE PERFECT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, DISCUSSION OF TEMPORARY BUILDING.
BUILDING NEEDED FOR STORAGE AND FIRST AID.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE, THAT'S MORE OF A, A KIMBERLY THING AS WELL AS MINE TOO, BUT I THINK SHE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
YEAH, SO WE, IN ORIGINAL DESIGN CONCEPTS WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE, THE CONCEPT FOR PRIMROSE AT ONE POINT IN TIME DID HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED AS A NEED, A STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, THAT I THINK AT THE TIME WE WERE REALLY JUST TALKING THROUGH FOR FIELD MAINTENANCE, PARK MAINTENANCE SO THAT YOU DON'T, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO TRANSPORT THINGS EVERY, EVERY TIME THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
I THINK SINCE THEN THAT THE IDEA HAS ALSO COME UP AS A, A FIRST AID STATION FOR A PARK THIS SIZE.
I MEAN, CLEARLY THE CITY ALWAYS HAS, UM, AMBULANCES ON STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR LARGER EVENTS.
BUT KNOWING THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING BASEBALL IN HEAT, ALL OF THAT OTHER EVENTS TAKING PLACE, UM, IT, IT COULD BE A REALLY GREAT CONCEPT TO HAVE A MINIMAL STRUCTURE THAT THAT SERVES FOR STORAGE.
AND MAYBE ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS SOME AIR CONDITIONING, FIRST AID, THINGS OF THAT SORT COMMAND CENTER STATION FOR LARGE EVENTS.
IF A KID GETS LOST, THEY KNOW THEY CAN GO THERE AND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WITH WALKIE-TALKIES.
A PLACE TO CHARGE WALKIE-TALKIES FOR LARGER EVENTS.
AND AGAIN, JUST A PLACE THAT YOU CAN CALL COMMAND STATION.
AND I KNOW THAT IT, IT GOT VALUE ENGINEERED OUT AT ONE POINT AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF POPPED UP ON SOME OF THE DESIGN SUGGESTIONS AND IT'S KIND OF GONE AWAY ON SOME OTHERS.
AND I KNOW WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT SIMPLY MAKING SURE IT'S STILL IDENTIFIED THAT IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THAT, DONATE THAT, THAT IT'S STILL IN THE DESIGN PLAN SO SOMEBODY WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
AND THEN I SEE XS, UH, ON, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
SO MAYBE THOSE XS ARE SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SHARE WITH US.
SO WE HAD DISCUSSED POTENTIAL SPOTS WHERE IT COULD GO, UM, LOGISTICALLY JUST WITH HOW IT WOULD NEED TO BE AT THE PARK.
AND SO THE TWO SPOTS ARE WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED COULD BE POTENTIAL GOOD SPOTS.
I BELIEVE THOUGH WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THE BATTING CAGES COULD ALSO BE IN THESE SPOTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
UM, I PUT THE FIRST AID IN THE LOWER RIGHT AND PUT THE BATTING CAGES ON THE UPPER LEFT.
I MEAN THE UPPER OR RIGHT, SORRY, IN THE LOWER LEFT.
MY MILITARY GOT INTO IT THERE.
SO PUT THE, SO PUT THE STORAGE IN THE BOTTOM ONE.
I LIKE THAT IDEA AS IF KIDS ARE LOST.
IT'S GOT, IT'S CLOSER TO WHERE THE KIDS CAN YEAH.
I LIKE BOTTOM LEFT FOR THE, THE CONCEPT OF THE PARK IF YOU PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONLY DEDICATED TO PRIMROSE.
AND ALSO THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT UMPIRES BEING ABLE TO GET SOME RELIEF WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES AND HAVING A PLACE TO GO TO ESCAPE.
YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE HOPE ALL SHORE PARENTS ARE ARE VERY PLEASANT, BUT THEY NEED A PLACE SOME TIME TO GO AND GET OUT OF THE HEAT TIME OUT THERE.
I THINK THE BOTTOM UH, CORNER KIND OF REMOVES THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT.
IF THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
I MEAN EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF AT.
AND IF WE HAVE A FIRST AID STATION OR THE WALKIE TALKIE THING, WHO WOULD MAN IT? WELL I'M THINKING THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLACE THAT IT'S CHARGED AND IF IT'S IN THIS, THIS FICTITIOUS IDEA, YOU COULD HAVE 'EM CHARGED IN THERE AND THEN THEY'RE USED FOR THE LARGER EVENTS.
EVERYBODY ON CITY STAFF AS MAYBE GIVING OUT MY, OR YOU KNOW, THE WALKIE TALKIES TO STAY IN AND WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A FIRST AID KIT IN THERE FOR SOMEBODY TO USE.
I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE FIRE STATION.
ISN'T THE FIRE STATION GONNA PUT SOMETHING AT THIS PART OR IS THAT JUST THAT EAGLE LANDING A D SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ESD TO GET THAT A A ED TAKEN CARE OF AND IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN FIELDS THREE AND FOUR.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE PEDESTAL STANDING RIGHT THERE.
UH, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A A D THERE, A STATION THERE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THE PARK? WELL, BUT LIKELIHOOD, LIKE IF A KID GETS HIT WITH A BALL OR AN UMP OR THE HEAT, I MEAN THE WHOLE PRESENTATION FROM THE, THE FIRE CHIEF IS BASICALLY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN AND SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO IT AND GRAB IT.
I STILL THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AEDS THAT GO ON THE WALL WOULD BE GOOD DOWN IN THE FIRST AID KIND OF SECOND.
YEAH, I THINK SO TOO FOR THE OTHER PART OF THE PARK TOO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE DRINKING AT THE AMATOR.
WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY OLDER PEOPLE WALKING ON THE TRAILS.
I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO HAVE ONE.
I JUST THINK IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING AN ALL COMMUNITY
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EVENT DOWN BY THE AMPHITHEATER, IF WE HAVE A COMMAND STATION AND SOMEBODY WALKIES, HEY WE NEED THIS, YOU CAN GRAB AND GO FROM THAT LOCATION.OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE EMS ON STAFF I'M SURE FOR A LARGER EVENT.
BUT I JUST THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMMAND CENTER STATION AND A PLACE TO STORE STUFF.
AND WHETHER THAT'S LOCKED NORMALLY, BUT OPEN FOR LARGER EVENTS WHERE CITIES WORKING.
I MEAN WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE OPERATION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE MORE AND MORE THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED TO PLACE TO STORE CRITICAL THINGS.
YOU WILL BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE YOUR OLD LITTLE LEAGUE WHERE KIND OF PEOPLE PLAYING WHEN THEY LEFT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE BASEBALL'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL NOW.
LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE ALL DAY ON THE, ON SATURDAYS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND SO ALL DAY AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE SUN.
UM, YOU NEED A PLACE TO HAVE A LAPTOP, HAVE DESKS, HAVE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, UM, BE ABLE TO ALMOST LIKE A, LIKE A MINI WELCOME CENTER SLASH 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIDS EVERY TIME WE'RE OUT THERE, THEY GET LOST EVERY TIME THEY'RE LIKE THIS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LOOKING AROUND.
AND SO IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THOSE KIDS JUST LIKE SIT OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEED.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE, AT WHAT POINT WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET THAT KIND OF MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? UM, DO WE WANNA HAVE THAT MAN AND HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF? I MEAN, ADD ANOTHER STAFF POSITION.
SO I, I THINK FOR LARGER EVENTS IT'D BE A GREAT PLACE TO STAFF, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN AFFORD, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
SOMEONE RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THE PARKS THE CITY AND IS THERE WIFI IN THE PARK? WOULD WE WANNA PUT A STAR LINK OUT THERE? OH MAN, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
WE, WE'VE TALKED TO IT ABOUT, UH, WIFI AT EAGLE LANDING.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A WI WIFI AT THESE, AT THESE PARKS.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME LOGISTICS THERE JUST TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET IT OUT THERE.
BUT I DON'T SEE IT BEING A PROBLEM.
AND I, I, BACK TO THE A EDI AEDS ARE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE.
SO OF COURSE IF WE HAVE THE ZAP STAND THAT'S IN THE PARK, WE PROBABLY MOST LIKELY WOULD WANT ONE IN THE FIRST AID AREA AS WELL.
AND AS WE GET INTO PHASE THREE, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOCATION DOWN THERE WHERE AN A ED WOULD BE LOCATED AS WELL.
THE PARK IS GOOD IDEA 26 ACRES.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T WANNA RUN.
YEAH, CLEAN, CLEAN UP TO THE BALLPARK TO GET AN A ED WHEN YOU'RE, THEN YOU GOTTA RUN BACK.
WELL YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IT ON YOURSELF WHILE YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING THE TRACK.
MY KID GOT FIRST PLACE AT FIELD DAY IN HIS RACE, BUT THEN GOT VERY SICK AND ILL, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS, I WAS LATE.
SO I PICKED TO BE MOM FIRST, BUT I ALSO BACK TO THIS.
BUT I, I BROUGHT IT JUST SO WE, WE CAN SEE HE WON.
HE WON BUT HE ALMOST, HE'S OKAY.
UM, BUT BACK TO THE, THE TEMPORARY BUILDING.
I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S THERE TOO BECAUSE IT GETS YOU OUT OF THE NOISE FROM THE AMPHITHEATER THAT IF, IF, IF THERE'S A LARGER EVENT GOING ON, THEN THAT'S REMOVED SLIGHTLY SO THAT IF YOU NEED TO WALKIE TALKIE CALL, DO SOMETHING.
YEAH, I THINK THE LOWER ONE IS MUCH BETTER.
AND IT KEEPS OPEN SPACE FOR THE OTHER AMENITIES, THE BATTING CAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPOSALS FOR THE BATTING CAGES TO GO IN EITHER LOCATION.
WE CAN ALSO GET A PROPOSAL FOR THIS STORAGE UNIT.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE JUST ON FUTURE CONCEPTS THAT ARE SHARED OR FUTURE SITE PLANS THAT WE JUST KIND OF MARKET AS LIKE POTENTIAL FIRST AID OR OR FUTURE WHATEVER IT IS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT AND IT JUST DOESN'T KIND OF FALL OFF.
FUTURE STORAGE BUILDING BECAUSE THIS WHAT WE WOULD'VE PUT THIS IN PHASE THREE.
WE CAN COME UP WITH A CUTE NAME FOR IT.
THIS WOULD JUST BE, I MEAN WE COULD, WE COULD FUND IT.
WE CAN FUND IT OUTSIDE OF, SO ALL THE FUTURE RENDERINGS WILL BE FOR PHASE THREE.
SO THIS PORTION WON'T BE UPDATED IN THE RENDERING.
BUT I THINK WE'RE KIND OF AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN ADD THAT PROPOSAL, KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR JUST ON OURSELF AND SHOW THAT IN RENDERINGS THAT WHEN WE GET THE PLANS OR WE GET PROPOSALS.
OF WHERE THIS BUILDING'S GONNA BE UNLESS ON RENDERING FOR PHASE THREE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, I WOULD EVEN IF IT'S JUST TEXT, A TEXT THAT SAYS FUTURE FIRST AID STATION OR FUTURE STORAGE.
JUST SOMETHING THAT KNOW FIRST AID STATION, EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA WANT, WELL FINAL, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT SITE MAP OR SOMETHING? I GOT A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS BATTING CAGES.
I THOUGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCENE AT THE COST OF IT AND WE'RE TALKING, I WAS LIKE YOU DON'T NEED 50 FOOT LENGTHS, YOU JUST NEED THE SHORTER SLAB.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE KIND OF DISCUSSING.
BUT ALSO PLACEMENT WAS IN THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
IF THEY'RE GONNA BE BETWEEN THE FIELDS OR AT THAT X, SORRY, X ON THE LOWER LEFT
I THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT BAD CAGES OVER THERE.
NO, YOU WANT 'EM UP RIGHT THERE.
YOU WANT 'EM BUY THE FIELDS AND GUYS, I PROMISE
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YOU THEY DON'T NEED TO BE NEAR AS BIG AS YOU THINK.I'M OUT THESE THINGS ALL NO KID IS LIKE LITERALLY PITCHING ALL THE WAY DOWN IS ALL IT IS IS SOFT TOSS OF DAD'S.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE IT'LL CUT THE PRICE DOWN FROM 40 GRAND TO LIKE 20 GRAND DAD.
THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE GOT THAT CAME IN REALLY LOW FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURES ALSO DOES BATING CAGES AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES HAVE CAME FORWARD.
SAY THEY DO THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURES AS WELL.
SO NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE'RE WORRIED THAT THOSE BAD CAGES ARE GONNA BE REALLY HIGH.
'CAUSE THE PRICES CAME IN VERY HIGH FROM MILLIS AND THOSE CONTRACTORS, THOSE GOT, I THINK WE CAN KIND OF BRING THOSE BACK NOW THEY'VE GOT SOME OTHER CONTRACTORS COMING IN THAT ARE INTERESTED.
WE'RE GONNA TALK TO A FEW OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
SAME THING WITH ASTROTURF AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
YOU TALK TO ONE GUY AND YOU'RE LIKE UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR TRYING TO BUILD THIS WHOLE THING OUT.
THANK YOU FOR THE, I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS BE THE BATTING CAGES AND ONE OF THEM BE THE BUILDING JUST KIND OF WHICH YEAH.
WHICH IS WHICH? THE BATTING CAGES BETWEEN THE BACK, BETWEEN THE, OBVIOUSLY THE BATTING CAGES SHOULD GO BETWEEN THE FIELDS.
[MONTHLY PARKS & RECREATION BUDGET FINANCIAL REPORT]
MONTHLY PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET, FINANCIAL REPORT.DISCUSSION OF ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE REGARDING SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS WE MISSED YOU LAST MONTH,
WELL I DO, THIS REPORT IS, UM, DEFINITELY BETTER THAN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
AND I HAD A QUESTION ON THE FRONT OF WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS ON PARKS AND PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS FOR DRAINAGE FPT STREETS WATER.
SO YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS A MUCH BETTER REPORT.
I APPRECIATE OUR NEW FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DOING THAT.
I LIKE, I MEAN I'M SURPRISED THAT, I'M SURPRISED IT COSTS THAT MUCH FOR DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS DRAIN STREET.
WHERE IS WHAT IT IS FOR? IS THAT IN PRIMROSE? WHICH PARK IS THAT? IT'S DRAINAGE AND STREETS.
I THINK IT SAYS NO, NO IT DOESN'T.
I THINK IT IT, OH YEAH, WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHICH PARK THAT IS.
WHAT'S FPT? IT, FACILITIES, PARKS AND TECHNOLOGY.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF A, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF ALL LUMPED TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR DRAINAGE OR I THINK IT WAS FOR THE PARK.
FOR WHAT? AT THE PARK FOR, I MEAN JUST THE, THE THE PAY APPS FOR THE, THE THE BUILD OUT OF THE PARK.
IF I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT WE, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A ONE POINT, THERE'S A 1,028,000 $178 FISCAL ACTIVITY MM-HMM
SO OUR, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO DRAINAGE, FACILITIES, PARKS, TECHNOLOGY, WATER, WASTEWATER AND STREETS.
SO THAT CAPITAL PROJECT, IS IT JUST, IT HAS ALL OF THOSE THINGS LISTED IN IT? NO.
YOU'RE SAYING, SO IT WASN'T JUST FOR ONE THING, IT WAS FOR MULTIPLE THINGS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR SOME DRAINAGE IN THE PARK, BUT IT DIDN'T FALL UNDER THE DRAINAGE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATEGORY HERE.
COULD STREETS, WATER, ANY OF THAT TECHNOLOGY.
I, I WOULD IMAGINE AT THIS POINT IT WAS FOR, FOR FOR NONE OF THAT.
IT WAS PROBABLY FOR FENCING AND, AND TURF AND ALL OF THAT THAT THEY PUT OUT AT THE PARK.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE, THE PAYOUT FOR LAST MONTH THAT WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY, UH, TAKE A LOOK EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS FOR, BUT I'M KIND OF, IT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG ONE, BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND I MEAN, IF SHE COULD BREAK THIS DOWN, I, SHE DEFINITELY BROKE IT DOWN MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE, BUT IF SHE COULD JUST BREAK IT DOWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND ON THESE LARGE PAYMENTS, I MEAN, IF YOU SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS LIKE WE ARE, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO SEE THE CHECK, BUT A MILLION DOLLARS, WE MIGHT WANNA KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY WENT.
JUST GIVE A BREAK OUT TO PARK AND WHAT THE, WHAT'S DONE.
WE CAN LOOK AND SEE IF IT WAS ONE SPECIFIC ITEM OR IF IT WAS MULTIPLE.
WE'LL LOOK INTO OUR SOFTWARE AND KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT.
BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN 500 AT PRO ROSE AND 500 EAGLE LANDING, SO IT'S JUST THANKS CEMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING IS IF WE LOOK AT THE YEAH, I I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S A PAY APP THAT WENT THROUGH JUST FOR THE PARK.
UM, BUT IT, SINCE IT IS CIP IT JUST GOES UNDER THAT BUCKET.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY FIRM, IT COULD'VE BEEN PRIMROSE.
I, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD LEAN ON, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR SURE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT OKAY.
THAT'S KINDA MY INITIAL THOUGHT FOR PHASE TWO.
PARTIALLY FOR PHASE THREE RIGHT.
DESIGN THE DESIGN FEE VERSUS A CONSTRUCTION FEE.
IT'D BE NICE JUST TO KNOW THOSE.
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KNOW.[UPDATE FOR THE PARKS & PATHWAYS MASTER PLAN]
WANT TO, UH, SWITCH THOSE UPDATE FOR THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS MASTER PLAN AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SURE.I THINK FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WE USUALLY DO LAST, RIGHT? YEAH.
LET'S DO UPDATE FOR THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS MASTER PLAN, KIMBERLY BOW AND RAMONA RIDGE TO LEAVE DISCUSSION.
I THINK OUR THINKING WAS THAT WE'VE UM, WE'VE KIND OF GOT PHASE TWO DONE AND PRIMROSE PHASE THREE GOT IT PRETTY MUCH PLANNED OUT.
SO WE NEED TO START PLANNING OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND I THINK KIMBERLY CAN EXPRESS IT BETTER THAN I CAN.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WATER PARK, I THINK WITH NOT A WATER PARK.
UM, THE PATHWAYS MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BOND IN 25 IN MAY, WE ASKED VOTERS, UM, TO HELP FUND THE PURCHASE OF POTENTIAL LAND FOR PARKS.
AND I THINK WITH EAGLE LANDING WELL UNDER USE WITH PRIMROSE APPROACHING PHASE THREE, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR US TO KIND OF TAKE A PULSE POINT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND IF WE ARE TO USE THOSE DOLLARS TO BUY LAND, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE BUYING THE LAND FOR AND WHAT IS THAT LAND INTENDED FOR? AND SO I KNOW WITH WITH PRIMROSE, THERE'S ALSO SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO EXPAND WHAT THE FOOTPRINT IS.
SO IF WE DO WANNA EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT THAT IS, WHAT WHAT GOES THERE, UM, I THINK THAT IRENE STERN THEN WOULD KIND OF BE THE DOMINO EFFECT THAT IF WE DO, AND THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL, PUT MORE AT PRIMROSE THAN WHAT DOES IRENE STERN BECOME? AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT POCKET PARKS THAT ARE DESIRABLE, UM, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON LAND THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWNS WITH, WITH WATER, UH, PLANTS AND WHATNOT, TRYING TO USE DUAL PURPOSE.
SO PARKLET TO ME, YES, THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE PARKLET CONVERSATION AND, AND ALSO JUST IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LAND THAT ENDS UP BEING DONATED TO US OR GIVEN TO US, WHAT, WHAT'S THE NEXT PRIORITY IN LINE FOR THE CITY? AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, IT'S AMAZING.
BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT FOCUS MOVING FORWARD? SO I, RAMONA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT, IT'S PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR US TO UPDATE WHAT IS THE PLAN, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP, WHAT'S OUR NEXT, YOU KNOW, ENDEAVOR.
AND I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S, UM, ABLE TO PUT SOME SORT OF PLAN AND UPDATE TOGETHER.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US BRING ON SOME SORT OF CONSULTANT OR GROUP THAT HELPS IDENTIFY WHAT THAT IS, UM, RELATIVELY, UM, COST EFFECTIVE.
BUT I JUST THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS AND WITH THIS, THE DOLLARS THAT VOTERS APPROVED, WHAT IS THE INTENT FOR THE LAND PURCHASE? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROGRESS AND WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I FEEL AS THOUGH THE, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NOW BECOME, THE E-BIKE SITUATION HAS NOW BECOME A BIG ISSUE, RIGHT? YES.
THESE, BUT THESE KIDS, THIS IS NO, THAT'S GOOD.
THESE KIDS RIDING THESE E-BIKES, THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WERE LITTLE AND YOU'D SEE GROUPS OF KIDS RIDING THEIR BIKES DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT.
AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, LOOK AT THAT GANG OF KIDS.
THESE KIDS ARE JUST LITERALLY JUST BEING OUTSIDE AND THIS IS WHAT THE BIKES ARE NOW.
SO I FEEL LIKE IF THEY HAD A PLACE THAT THEY COULD GO AND RIDE THEIR BIKES OVER, YOU KNOW, HEELS OR DO PRACTICE THEIR LITTLE WHEELIES OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A DESIGNATED SPOT AND NOT BE SUCH AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A SKATE PARK.
WHERE WE HAVE ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IN A SKATE PARK MM-HMM
SKATE PARK OR BEING WELL, AND ALSO ON THAT LINE, I, I 'CAUSE AS A KID THAT HAS AN E-BIKE, UM, JUST A DESTINATION TO GO YES.
TO SAY, HEY, MEET AT THIS, THIS, UH, THIS PARKLET.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE PARKLET CONVERSATIONS KIND OF COME UP THESE LITTLE SMALLER AREAS THAT KIDS CAN RIDE TO.
OR IT'S A MEETING POINT OR A PLACE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE YEAH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF FOR SOME REASON A A MILLION DOLLAR CHECK LANDED IN OUR LAPS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH MM-HMM
AND I THINK A REFRESH AND AN UPDATE, UH, WITH SOME PLANS WOULD HELP US KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
JUST PLANNING OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR SURE.
UM, AND I THINK RAMONA CAN AGREE WITH ME 'CAUSE I KNOW SHE'S A BIG SPORTS PERSON, BUT, UH, FOOTBALL, THERE'S, THERE'S NO FOOTBALL OUT HERE.
AND, AND I DON'T GO BACK TO SPORTS.
I, I LIKE SPORTS FOR THE FACT THAT IT KEEPS KIDS BUSY AND IT KEEPS KIDS OUTTA TROUBLE.
IT GIVES FATHERS AND SONS AND STUFF TO TALK ABOUT.
IT'S JUST SUCH A SPORTS COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE
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SMALL TOWNS OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, IT JUST HAS SUCH A HUGE IMPACT.AND ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT ARE STILL SHOW UP TO GAMES TO COME SUPPORT IT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ASPECT.
SMALL TOWN FEEL IS WHAT I LIKE.
LITTLE TEXAS TOWNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO HAVING SOME SORT OF A FOOTBALL FIELD WOULD BE ANOTHER THING TOO.
IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY MORE THAN 10 ACRES.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LEAN TO IT.
I THINK SHE HAD A FANTASTIC IDEA.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE KIDS AN OUTLET.
E-BIKES ARE NOT GOING AWAY AT ALL.
NO CELL PHONES ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
THERE CAN BE DANGEROUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THERE'D BE RULES FOR WEARING HELMETS.
I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ALL THAT STUFF, BUT IT'S JUST A FACT OF THE WAY IT IS THESE DAYS.
AND SO, UH, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO.
UM, EAGLE LANDING HAS OPENED UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR SOCCER AND FOR FOOTBALL FIELD RENTALS.
BUT I FEEL LIKE SOON EAGLE LANDING'S GONNA BE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS OF PEOPLE BOOKING IT.
I THINK SOME MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS THAT COULD EITHER DO LACROSSE OR FOOTBALL OR SOCCER, IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SUPER BIG IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE PLAN.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME DOMINOES THAT ARE FALLING WITH, WITH EAGLE LANDING, COMPLETE PRIMROSE ENTERING PHASE THREE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND POTENTIAL FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AND WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND I KNOW RAMONA PROBABLY WILL, WILL TOUCH ON THIS, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE HEAVY INVOLVEMENT FROM PARKS AND REC KIND OF GETTING SOME, SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT AND SOME INPUT ON WHAT THAT COULD BE.
BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED A PROFESSIONAL THAT, UM, CAN KIND OF GET THAT STARTED FOR US.
AND I'D, I'D LOVE TO, TO SEE PART OF THE PARKS, UH, BUDGET THAT WE HAVE HELP OFFSET THAT COST.
WE THINK OF THINGS FOR GUYS A LOT, BUT GIRLS LOVE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, SAND VOLLEYBALL, THAT SAND VOLLEYBALL WOULD CROSS BE FANTASTIC.
THAT SAND VOLLEYBALL AND CROSS CREEK IS CONSTANTLY BOOKED.
I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
IT'S EASY TO MAINTAIN AND IT IS FUN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK THAT'S COOL.
GIRLS PLAY AND MUCH LIKE I SAID, EAGLE LANDING'S BURSTING AT THE SEAM.
I THINK AS SOON AS PRIMROSE OPENS, THAT'S GONNA BE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. MM-HMM
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT BASEBALL CURRENTLY AND SOFTBALL IN THE FUTURE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD BE AT CAPACITY AT, AT PRIMROSE QUICKLY WITH JUST BASEBALL.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S A TON OF DIFFERENT, UM, PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND YOU KNOW, YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS HOW TO YEAH.
SO I, I WOULD REALLY LOVE IF THIS GROUP WAS, WAS ABLE TO RALLY AROUND THE IDEA OF POTENTIALLY USING SOME OF OUR PARKS, UM, REVENUE THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST IN GETTING SOME OUTSIDE, UM, CONSULTANCY TO HELP, UH, UPDATE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.
WELL AND IF WE HAVE THE PARKS COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED IN CHOOSING THE CONSULTANT AND TALKING WITH THE CONSULTANT COME AND NOT JUST THEY GO, YOU GUYS GO DO SOMETHING AND BRING IT TO US.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD BE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, THERE WILL BE A LOT LESS STEPS, UNNECESSARY STEPS I THINK.
SO, UM, THIS COMING UP YEAR, YOU HAVE THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE UPDATED OR WE HAVE A PLANNED TO BE UPDATED IN OUR MASTER PLAN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS WHEN THE PATHWAY PLAN WAS SCHEDULED TO BE UPDATED.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE WAS A PROJECTED COST ABOUT $200,000 FOR FY 28 THAT WAS PROJECTED TO BE COMING OUT OF THE PARKS FUND.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM.
I MEAN IF THAT Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK, BUT MAYBE JUST UPDATE 'EM, UM, TO AND FAST TRACK THROUGH A FUTURE YEAR IF THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE PARKS FUND.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SELECTION PROCESS, TYPICALLY WE HAVE TWO WAYS THAT WE METHODOLOGIES WE GO WITH THAT.
WE CAN PUT OUT AN SOQ WHERE WE HAVE QUALIFICATIONS COME BACK FOR THE ENGINEERING OR DESIGN FIRMS THAT DESIRE TO PUT FORWARD THEIR, UM, THEIR SUBMISSIONS TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE DON'T GO THROUGH AND TYPICALLY JUST SELECT FIRMS UNLESS THEY'RE PART OF OUR MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT.
UM, AND THEY DESIGNATE THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THEIR EXPERTISE OF MAYBE HAVING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ON THEIR TEAMS. SO WE, WE DON'T JUST TYPICALLY GO WITH SELECT ONE, WE GO MORE TOWARD, UH, STATEMENT QUALIFICATIONS TO FIND THAT DESIGN FIRM.
BUT WE DEFINITELY, ONCE WE HAVE THAT FIRM ON BOARD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT DESIRE TO HAVE Y'ALL'S INPUT AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT BACK AND FORTH GOING, BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS A BIG COMPONENT OF ANY TYPE OF MASTER PLAN UPDATE, IS TO HAVE Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK AS Y'ALL ARE, UM, KIND OF THOSE, THE DESIGNEE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO GET THAT OUTSIDE FIRM TO DO SURVEYS AND SURE.
ADS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE FOR THAT MASTER PLAN GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THAT MINDSET RIGHT NOW, DESIRE TO UPDATE THE MASTER PLANS.
UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR CITY STAFF IS COMPLETELY AT THE POINT YET TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE A LOT OF THOSE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT AN OUTSIDE FIRM COMING FORWARD TO HELP US DO SOME OF THOSE SURVEYS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADD TO THAT BECAUSE DAVID, DAVID WAS NOT AWARE.
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WE, WE DO HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR A, IT WAS WORKED THROUGH ZACH, NOT THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SO, UM, GOT IT YESTERDAY.UH, SO IT, IT, IT CAME IN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO TWO SEPARATE PHASES, AS I THINK IS A PLAN AS OF NOW, UH, WITH TAKING A PRIMARY FOCUS ON A POTENTIAL REGIONAL PARK, AND THEN THE, THE, UM, THE BOND LAND ACQUISITION, WHEREVER THAT MAY LAND.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE FIRST PHASE.
IF, IF WE ACQUIRE SOME LAND AND WE WANT TO PUT TENNIS COURTS ON IT, THEN PRIMROSE, UH, UH, IRENE STERN WAS PROGRAMMED FOR SOME TENNIS FACILITIES, MAYBE THAT PART OF THAT NEXT PHASE WOULD BE TO RE-LOOK AT HOW THOSE, THOSE FIRST PHASES AFFECT THE OTHER PARKS AND THE PLANS THERE.
UH, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING VERY SOON KICKED OFF AND READY TO GO.
WHEN YOU SAY REGIONAL PARK, IS THAT LIKE A REGIONAL, LIKE SPORTS COMPLEX? IS THAT A, UH, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE TOO EARLY TO TELL WHAT ACTUALLY WENT THERE.
I THINK THIS MASTER PLAN WOULD PROBABLY KIND OF HELP US WITH THAT.
UM, STAND VOLLEYBALL, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ALSO, IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON WHERE THAT LANDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE LAND USE COULD POSSIBLY BE.
OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, PARK DEDICATIONS ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS, SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WHAT WE PUT THERE VERSUS IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A NICER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO BUILD A SPORTS COMPLEX ON MAYBE, I KNOW Y'ALL MUCH PREFER TO BUILD A SPORTS COMPLEX, RIGHT?
UM, WELL, AND WITH THE PURCHASE THAT WE HAVE, BEN, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE BY THE VOTERS WITH BOND 25, I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHAT THAT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD GO TO IF WE USE, USE THAT MONEY.
AND I KNOW WE WILL EVENTUALLY, I'M TALK TALKING A LITTLE BIT IN HYPOTHETICALS, BUT I THINK WITH PRIMROSE AND THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY A PLAN SO WE CAN VET, DO WE WANT TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, DO WE NOT? UM, IS OUR DOLLARS BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE? SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN, BUT IF IT'S GONNA BE BROKEN INTO TWO PHASES, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SMART.
SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THE BOND DOLLARS ARE GOING, SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD APPROPRIATELY.
IT'LL ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS STUFF IS VERY VAGUE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SECURED ANY OF THIS.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS ABOUT THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER.
AND UNTIL WE REALLY LAND ON WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE MM-HMM
WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH TOO HARD IN MAKING SURE, WELL, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE NEED TO VET IF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS JUST WITH LAND PURCHASE THAT IF YOU'RE EVALUATING IT, YOU HAVE TO SEE IF WHAT WE WANT TO GO THERE CAN FIT THERE, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM FOR THIS.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GET, UM, A CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD INTO UPDATING THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN.
WELL, AND IF WE CAN FIND SOME CREATIVE PEOPLE AND NOT GENERIC PEOPLE, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
WE DEFINITELY WANT IT TO HAVE A NATURE THEME WALKING TRAILS AROUND THE, THE COMMUNITY SPORTS COMPLEX AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
LIKE, WELL, AND LET'S, LET'S DO SOMETHING CREATIVE AND YEAH.
NO, WE'LL PUT PICTURES OF MURALS EVERYWHERE, NOT GENERIC LIKE EVERY OTHER PARK.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE SAID IT, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT AGAIN AND HAVE A MEETING WITH PARKS AND REC FOR OUR INPUT OR BRING IT TO PARKS AND REC FOR INPUT, BUT WE WOULD JUST REALLY LOVE TO HAVE SOME INPUT BE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING RATHER THAN HUNDRED PERCENT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTICE IS WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE AT CAPACITY VERY QUICKLY AT PRIMROSE.
THE WAY THIS LITTLE LEAGUE IS TAKEN OFF, IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME FIRST CLASS, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
SO, UH, IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT ON BEING ABLE TO SECURE OUR TALKS ABOUT MAYBE THE OTHER LAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT, MAYBE COMING UP? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE WORTH SHARING OR, OR MAYBE NOT AT THIS POINT? YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY'S BEEN LOOKING AT.
I KNOW THAT THE ONE RIGHT ADJACENT, UM, I, I, I THINK WE APPROACHED THAT OR LOOKED AT IT, BUT IT WAS KIND OF COST PROHIBITIVE.
WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT LONG TIME AGO.
UM, SO, UH, COST PROHIBITIVE FIRST FOR THE PURCHASE FIRST.
I THINK ONCE WE, ONCE WE FIND PROPERTY THAT WE BELIEVE IS A VIABLE OPTION, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THAT TO Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S INPUT AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PARKS AND RECREATION RELATED TOPICS.EVERYONE, UH, 9:00 AM AT, AT THE IRENE STERN.
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AT THE IRENE STERN ON KATY SRE ROAD.AND WE'LL HAVE A QUICK, UH, SNACK.
UM, GET A FREE VOLUNTEER T-SHIRT, PICK UP SUPPLIES, GET ASSIGNMENTS, GO OUT, AND, UH, LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY LAAS BACK AT THE IRENE STERN, STARTING AT NOON IN A COMPLETELY AVAILABLE PARKING LOT.
UM, MONDAY, MARCH 23RD I KNOW IS A, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING FOR LITTLE LEAGUE.
IF ANYBODY OUT THERE IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AT 6:00 PM AT PIER 36 BACKROOM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL WAYS YOU CAN VOLUNTEER, GET INVOLVED AND OR SPONSOR, UH, I KNOW THEY HAVE A GOAL OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO FOR FALL SEASON.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, MONDAY, 6:00 PM BACKROOM AT PIER 36 IS A FUTURE EVENT.
ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING MONDAY.