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I THINK SO.

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OKAY.

WE'RE

[Call to Order]

GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, COMMISSION MEETING AT 9 0 2 IN SESSION.

UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM YET, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING A QUORUM.

WE HAVE QUORUM.

DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? OH YEAH, WE DO.

OKAY.

WE DO LOOK FOR HIM.

, UM,

[Citizen's Comments]

CITIZENS' COMMENTS? DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? HI, WELCOME.

COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LETTING ME SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS THIS MORNING.

UM, MY NAME IS ASHLEY GARDNER AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF ASPEN TENNIS ACADEMY.

WE HAVE, UM, I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, EACH OF YOU.

WE HAVE.

FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING MANY SRE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT CROSS CREEK RANCH AND THE CITY OF SRE.

DURING THAT TIME, WE HAVE TAUGHT OVER 4,000 FAMILIES HAVE WA AND, AND WE HAVE WATCHED TENNIS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS.

TENNIS IS MUCH MORE THAN A SPORT.

IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE, TEACHES DISCIPLINE, PROMOTES HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND CREATES LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.

EVERY DAY I SEE CHILDREN GAINING SELF-ESTEEM, ADULTS, FINDING COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES SPENDING QUALITY TIME TOGETHER ON THE TENNIS COURT.

TODAY I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A GROWING NEED IN THE CITY THAT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED.

THE CITY OF RE'S OWN SURVEY IDENTIFIED TENNIS AS THE NUMBER ONE RECREATIONAL DEMAND AMONG RESIDENTS.

THIS MESSAGE FROM OUR COMMUNITY WAS CLEAR.

PEOPLE WANT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY TENNIS.

THE CHALLENGE IS, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TENNIS COURTS THAT MEET THE DEMAND.

RE IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN TEXAS, I'M SURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS OUR POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW, PARTICIPATION IN TENNIS CONTINUES TO GROW AS WELL.

YET OUR AVAILABLE FACILITIES HAVE NOT KEPT PACE AT, AT ASPEN TENNIS ACADEMY ALONE, WE CURRENTLY SERVE APPROXIMATELY 250 JUNIOR PLAYERS A WEEK, 200 WOMEN EVERY WEEK, ALONG WITH MEN'S PROGRAMS, ADULT LEAGUES, COMPETITIVE PLAYERS.

WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF TEACHING, UM, ONE OF OUR JUNIORS.

IT'S 25, 20 RANKED 25TH IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

UM, AT RIGHT HERE FROM CROSS CREEK RANCH, WE HAVE 18 TEAMS PARTICIPATING REGULARLY WITH MORE RESIDENTS WANTING TO JOIN THAN WE CAN COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATE OUR HOA FACILITIES.

WE, OR HAVE WORKED HARD TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND, BUT THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

IN ADDITION, BEGINNING AUGUST 1ST, K-D-I-S-D WILL NO LONGER ALLOW TENNIS ACADEMIES TO OPERATE OUT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES, WHICH WILL CREATE AN EVEN GREATER PRESSURE ON LIMITED COURT SPACE AND AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS.

THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE CITY OF SHORE TO INVEST IN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS.

PRIMROSE PARK PRESENTS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A FACILITY THAT WE WOULD SERVE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ALL SKILL LEVELS.

A PUBLIC TENNIS FACILITY WOULD NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE CURRENT DEMAND, BUT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OUR CONTINUE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, TENNIS IS ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST LIFETIME SPORTS IN THE WORLD.

IT WELCOMES PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL CULTURES, ALL AGES.

WHETHER YOU'RE FOUR YEARS OLD WITH OUR LITTLE GUYS ON OUR LITTLE RED BALL TO 80 YEARS OLD.

TENNIS PROVIDES A PLACE OF EXERCISE, SOCIAL COMPETE, AND BELONGING.

IT'S BEEN SO NEAT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, ROB BAMFORD WAS A BIG, UM, HELPED ME A LOT, UM, IN CROSS CREEK RANCH.

HE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH ASPEN TENNIS ACADEMY 12 YEARS AGO.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE THE CROSS CREEK RANCH COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF RE FOR THESE PAST 12 YEARS.

AND WE'VE JUST SEEN SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH.

US AS ME PERSONALLY AS A TENNIS COACH AND OUR, AND OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE SO MUCH PASSION AND LOVE FOR THE GAME OF TENNIS AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO SERVE.

IT'S AN AMAZING SITE.

WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE LOCAL FAMILIES, CITY COUNCIL, MEMBER FAMILIES, UM, THE CITY MANAGERS AT LANDER AND HIS FAMILY COME OUT.

IT'S JUST AN AMAZING, IT'S AN AMAZING SITE TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES COME TOGETHER SUPPORTING ONE EACH OTHER, UPLIFTING ONE EACH OTHER, UPLIFTING EACH OTHER.

UM, AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SHORE TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY.

I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS.

UM, THE COURTS IN MCKINNEY AND DALLAS IS KIND OF MY ROLE MODEL IN WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE CITY UP THERE.

UM, AND I FEEL TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A FACILITY THAT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, SUPPORTS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTES HEALTHY LIVING AND STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TENNIS AND THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ADDITIONAL COURTS WOULD BE ON OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF RE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

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ALRIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU'D GIVEN ME THE, UM, OKAY.

NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK.

WE HAVE UM,

[Council Comment]

COUNCIL COMMENT, CITY COUNCIL UPDATE PROVIDED BY LIAISON COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD RUSSELL.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

NEW MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, UPDATES FOR, UM, OBVIOUSLY META FIELD NAMING RIGHTS, UM, AT EAGLE LANDING HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

THAT IS NOT THE LARGE META THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.

IT'S THE SMALLER META, BUT STILL GOOD TO GO FOR US.

UM, CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH LAND NEAR PRIMROSE PARK.

SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY 4.14 ACRES AND THE APPROVAL OF FULL SHEAR LITTLE LEAGUE AS PRIMROSE PARKS RSA BEGINNING JULY 15TH, 2026.

ANY QUESTIONS? PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

YOU NEEDED THAT EXTRA 4.1422 ACRES TOO.

.

ALL

[Business - A]

RIGHT.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING HELD ON MAY 8TH, 2026.

HAS EVERYONE HAD, I KNOW OUR NEW MEMBERS KNOW KENT, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH IT? NO, I HAVE.

YEAH, I VOTE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FOR MAY.

I'LL SECOND ANYBODY.

I'LL SECOND IT.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL UM, MOTIONS APPROVED

[Business - B]

MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

WELCOMING OF NEW PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS.

INTRODUCTION OF BRIAN LAD AND JASON HARVEY.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

YES.

THANK YOU.

VERY.

THANK YOU.

YES.

WELCOME.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS STAFF.

UM, I'LL INTRODUCE REAL QUICK.

I'M KELLY ROBSON, THE RECREATION EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY.

THIS IS MATTHEW RILEY, ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, AND THEN DAVID LACAN JR.

UM, OUR ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OVER PROJECTS.

SO, UM, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST IS WELCOME TO GO AHEAD, JASON.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS JASON HARLEY.

UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SHORE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER FOR 10 OVER 10 YEARS NOW.

SO I'VE BEEN IN THE AREA FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

UM, SEEN IT COME AND GROW.

UH, I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS.

I HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD SON NAMED CAMERON AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NAMED HARPER.

UM, CAMERON WAS BORN DURING COVID TIME, SO WE OFTEN VISITED PARKS AND DID A LOT OF RECREATIONAL THINGS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HELPING EVERYBODY GROW AND DO GOOD THINGS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

MY NAME'S RYAN LAD.

UM, I'M ALSO A SHORE RESIDENT.

UH, MY WIFE TAYLOR AND I LIVE HERE.

WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

UM, I DO HAVE ALSO HAVE TWO KIDS, UM, SOER AND BLAKE.

THEY'RE SIX AND SEVEN RIGHT NOW.

WOO-HOO.

GO AHEAD .

UM, I AM IN THE AGRICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY.

UM, I WORK FOR AN ORGANIC FERTILIZER MANUFACTURER, PARKS, SOIL HEALTH, NATIVE PLANTS, UH, COMMUNITY PARKS, PUBLIC PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT.

THOSE ARE ALL IN MY WHEELHOUSE AND THINGS THAT I HOLD CHERISH TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE BEING ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP CREATE A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL TOO.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME.

I THINK MIGHT WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR, SOME OF THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.

KELSEY IS OUR, UM, KELSEY LEE IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND YOU MET RICHARD RUSSELL, KIMBERLY BOW AND RANDY CONNOR ARE ALSO OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WELL, GREAT WELCOME.

WE'RE EXCITED HERE.

ANOTHER, OH, I DIDN'T SEE OMAR OMAR'S HIDING BEHIND.

DAVID OMAR .

I HAVE OMAR IN, I MEAN I HAVE, THERE'S A BACKSLIDER BACK THERE, SORRY.

OMAR IS ALSO ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY.

UM, OKAY.

PRIMROSE PARK.

UM,

[Business - C]

ITEM C, PRIMROSE PARK UPDATE FROM CITY STAFF REGARDING PRIMROSE PARK WEBSITE RENTAL PROCESS.

OKAY, SO THIS WAS A REQUEST.

UM, I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST CURIOUS HOW THEY CAN GO ABOUT RENTING FIELDS AND WHEN THEY CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT PRIMROSE PARK SPECIFICALLY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL THE WEBSITE, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY KIND OF KNOWS ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOU LOOK TO ONE OF THE MANY SCREENS, UM, THIS IS OUR SHORE WEBSITE, SO SHORE TEXAS.GOV.

UM, THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU CAN GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO.

YOU CAN EITHER SEARCH IN THE SEARCH BAR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION OR PRIMROSE PARK SPECIFICALLY, OR YOU

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CAN GO TO ABOUT US.

AND THEN YOU CAN SCROLL OVER TO PARKS AND RECREATION.

HERE YOU'LL SEE ALL OUR SUB PAGES.

AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRIMROSE PARK, YOU'LL JUST SELECT THAT.

YOU'LL SEE AN IMAGE OF SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE PARK AS WELL AS THE ADDRESS.

AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE TO RENT FROM MAY 11TH TO AUGUST 7TH CURRENTLY.

UM, AND THEN WE DO NOT ALLOW RENTALS ON FRIDAYS.

THAT IS OPEN PLAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE NO ORGANIZED PRACTICES, GAMES OR RENTALS, BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN FALL RENTALS WILL BE OPENING UP ON JUNE 29TH, 2026 AT 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE AN ONLINE PORTAL NOW FOR RENTALS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY USER FRIENDLY.

YOU JUST CLICK HERE TO RESERVE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO A WEBSITE CALLED GOV WELL, WHICH WE ALSO USE FOR OUR PERMIT SYSTEM.

RIGHT NOW.

IT'S VERY USER-FRIENDLY WHETHER YOU'RE TRYING TO RENT A FIELD AT PRIMROSE OR EAGLE LANDING OR IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO RENT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

ALL OF IT'S LISTED THERE.

AND WE DO ALSO HAVE THE PAVILION FOR EAGLE LANDING AND IRENE STERN.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO RENT ONLINE.

AND THEN IF ANYONE'S EVER CURIOUS ABOUT THE POLICIES, THEY'RE RIGHT HERE.

YOU CAN CLICK IT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO ALL THE POLICIES OF THE PARK.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FEES HERE.

SO AGAIN, VERY EASY TO SEE RIGHT THERE AND CALCULATE REAL QUICK.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIELD MAP.

AND AS THE PART GROWS, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO WE HAVE FIELDS A, B, C, AND D WITH FIELDS A AND B BEING OUR BIGGER FIELDS OF 225 FEET VERSUS C AND D ARE 200.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE OUR AVAILABILITY CALENDAR.

SO ANYTHING THAT HAS A RENTAL MEANS A FIELD IS BEING BOOKED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY WOULD'VE BEEN FIELD A RENTAL AT SIX O'CLOCK.

IF YOU EVER ARE CURIOUS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU CAN CLICK ON IT, USUALLY AND IT WILL TELL YOU, OH, JIMMY ECONOMY HAD IT BOOKED FROM SIX TO EIGHT O'CLOCK FOR FIELD A.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ANY OTHER FIELD WOULD'VE BEEN AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WEBSITE.

NOTHING TOO CRAZY, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? THAT LOOKS GREAT.

GOOD JOB.

OKAY, AWESOME.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, WEATHER PORTAL WEB? YES, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A WEATHER STATION, UM, PUT AT PRIMROSE, BUT WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED IT YET.

SO ONCE IT IS, IT'LL BE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE.

IF SO, WE HAVE A WAY TO PUT ON THERE THAT, THAT THAT DAY IS CANCELED 'CAUSE OF WEATHER.

YES.

TYPICALLY I GO IN AND PUT IF THE FIELDS ARE CLOSED ON THE WEBSITE.

GOOD.

BECAUSE WE GOT A STORM COMING THROUGH, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

YES, I'LL BE PLAYING WEATHER WOMAN SOON.

, I HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW SOON CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A RENTAL? LIKE IF THE FIELDS WERE AVAILABLE TODAY, COULD YOU GO RENT TODAY? SO, OR IS THERE SO THE CURRENT RULE FOR ALL RENTALS ACROSS THE BOARD IS 21 DAYS OUT.

UM, WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE LESS DEPENDING ON, UM, WE OPEN RENTALS IN MAY AND THEN WE HAD MAY RENTALS.

UM, BUT IN GENERAL THE DAY IS, IT IS 21 DAYS OUT IN ADVANCE NOTICE FOR RENTALS.

SO IF IT'S AVAILABLE AND WE CAN'T RENT IT OUT, IT'S STILL AVAILABLE TO GO AND PLAY.

OKAY, COOL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALRIGHT, GENERAL UPDATES FROM STAFF REGARDING PRIMROSE PARK PHASE THREE.

SO I THINK I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, UM, IF YOU GO OUT TO PRIMROSE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE GRAND OPENING COMING UP ON SATURDAY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT, A LOT OF FRE TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF COMING IN.

SO RIGHT NOW, UM, A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE STILL PENDING IS WE'RE DOING THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

THE CONTRACTOR'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, HE'S TAKING CARE OF THAT.

WE GOT THE BALLARDS IN.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO PRIMROSE TO SEE ARE AWESOME BALLARDS THAT ARE SHAPED LIKE BASEBALLS 'CAUSE THEY NATURALLY SHOULD BE LIKE BASEBALLS BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COLORED LIKE BASEBALL'S TOO.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING THOSE TODAY.

SO IT'S GONNA GIVE A WHOLE NEW AESTHETIC TO THE ROUNDABOUT.

WE HAVE THE, THE FLAGS INSTALLED.

SO IF YOU LOOK FROM ANYWHERE IN PRIMROSE, YOU CAN SEE THE FLAGS ARE NOW REALLY UP HIGH VISIBLE FROM ALL THE FIELDS, REALLY EVEN VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THOSE FLAGS GETTING IN AND PUT IN.

UM, THE BLEACHERS ARE ALMOST ALL DONE.

SO BLEACHERS, THERE WAS JUST A BIG LIFT ON BLEACHERS AND IF Y'ALL AREN'T AWARE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A QUOTE FROM THE CONTRACTOR, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 25 GRAND TO INSTALL BLEACHERS.

SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WAS ABLE TO HAVE TO HAVE SPENT DAY AFTER DAY TO GET THEM DONE.

IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HOW MANY NUTS AND BOLTS ARE IN A BLEACHER, IT'S INSANE.

SO THERE'S A LOT.

SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEAM TO KIND OF REALLY STICK OUT THERE IN THE HEAT AND A BIT OF RAIN TO KINDA GET THESE BLEACHERS TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT THEY LOOK GREAT, THEY REALLY DO.

SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE COMING TOGETHER FOR TOMORROW'S GRAND OPENING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER'S HOLDING.

I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT TOO LOUD, BUT IT'S HOLDING.

SO, UM, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW AND I HOPE Y'ALL ARE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE, I KNOW Y'ALL PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS, SO I'M REALLY, UH, APPRECIATIVE OF Y'ALL PUTTING THAT FORWARD AND ALLOWING US TO KIND OF GET THIS PROJECT MOVING AND I THINK IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER.

SO MOVING ON TO PHASE THREE.

UM, WE ARE GONNA BE PUTTING, WE HAVE A AGENDA COMING IN FOR COUNCIL

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FOR THEIR, THEIR CONSIDERATION FOR TUESDAY FOR AN AMENDMENT TO HOUSE CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE WET POND.

'CAUSE AS WE KIND OF DISCUSSED, THE DETENTION POND IS BECOMING NOW MULTIFACETED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS FOR LIKE ENGINEERS THAT JUST WANT GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ME, WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS ON TOP OF THAT.

SO IT WILL STILL BE FOR STORM WATER DETENTION, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA USE IT FOR IRRIGATION.

SO SOME ENGINEERING NEED TO GO INTO THAT TO MAKE THAT WORK.

SO HOW WE CHANGE THAT TO PUT A PUMP IN THERE MIGHT NEED AN AERATOR SO FORTH.

SO WE CAN HOLD WATER IN THERE FOR ALL THE OTHER TIMES IT'S NOT RAINING, BUT ALSO USE THAT TO IRRIGATE PHASE THREE.

IT'S NOT GONNA IRRIGATE PHASE TWO JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICS OF IT WAS ALREADY KIND OF PUT IN.

BUT WE ARE WANTING TO PUT THAT FEATURE IN SO THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO THE MINDSET OF REUSE AND NOT JUST FOR PRIMROSE BUT ALMOST ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING IN THIS DETENTION THAT WE HAVE THAT OPTION TO DO REUSE BUT ALSO FOR STORMWATER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATE.

WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENTS WITH UM, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES WITH THE, WITH THE PLAY STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND THE EDUCATION GARDEN.

BUT MORE SO FOR THE ENGINEERING, FOR THE DETENTION POND.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT FOR PHASE THREE.

DO WE, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, ARE WE GOING TO STOCK IT WITH FISH? ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW FISHING THERE? THERE'S GONNA BE THAT OPTION TO DO.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE PART OF THIS CONTRACT, BUT I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD PROJECT THAT WE CAN KIND OF BRING TO YOU'ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I THINK NOW WE HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ON HOW WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT VEGETATION AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

SO THAT CAN DEFINITELY, IT'LL BLEND ITSELF FOR IT.

LET'S PUT THE FOUNDATION DOWN THERE.

WE HAVE ALL THE AERATORS, WE HAVE ALL THE FLOWS IN PLACE AND NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE VEGETATION LOOKS LIKE AND IF WE'RE STOCKING FOR FISH, MAYBE PUT A FLOATING DOCK OR SOMETHING.

WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR BUT , THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPTIONS ONCE WE GET THIS ONE INSTALLED.

YEAH, YOU HAVE ME THINKING ALREADY .

UM, I DID ALSO WANNA SHOW WE, I PUT THIS IN THE AGENDA PACKET BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW RENDERINGS FOR THE PLAYGROUND AREA IN PHASE THREE.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THE VOTE THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST MEETING.

AND SO THAT FEATURE RIGHT HERE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA.

SO AND WHERE'S THAT AT? AT THE PARK? PULL THE, LIKE THE MAP, YOU'LL HAVE TO PULL UP ALL THE MAP.

UM, YES.

ONE MOMENT.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT AS AWARE OF IT AS WE ARE.

OH, YOU'RE GOOD.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

OKAY.

WE CAN SEND THOSE RENDER.

OKAY.

PATIENT IN FACT MAYBE IF WE COULD SEND THEM, SEND OUR NEW MEMBERS A PACKET THAT SHOWS ALL THE PARKS WHERE THEY ARE.

OKAY.

SO THIS RENDERING WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS WILL BE PART OF PHASE THREE.

SO THIS IS THE FOOD TRUCK AREA AND THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND AND THE EDUCATION GARDEN.

SO IT'LL BE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE-ISH OF THE PARK AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT SPOT, THAT'S BLANK RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE 4.127 ACRES THAT WAS ADDITIONALLY BOTTOM RIGHT? OH YES, THE BOTTOM RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.

OH, BOTTOM RIGHT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT'S THE, THIS IS THE NEW LAND THAT LEADS TO MY QUESTION.

OKAY.

WHEN ARE WE GONNA START DISCUSSING WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT ? NOT YET BUT WE'LL GET THERE.

OKAY.

IS THE INK DRIED? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE BACK THERE.

OH YES, WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

BUT UH, TO REALLY, ARE WE GONNA WORK ON A NEW MASTER PLAN? WE ARE.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WE NEED TO WITH BETTE.

SO UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT WE NEED TO ALSO CONCERN IT IS BROUGHT INTO, WE CAN CHANGE THINGS UP AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AT IRENE STERN.

WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE.

'CAUSE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING THERE THAT WOULD TAKE THE SAME THING WE WOULD DO THERE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

YEAH BECAUSE WE NEED WE TO MOVE OUR CUPS AROUND A LITTLE BIT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO, YES.

OKAY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TENNIS COURTS AT THE IRENE STERN.

YEAH, I WAS THINKING, CAN I TELL YOU MY OPINION OR IS THIS NOT A GOOD FORM? SO WE STICK TO AN AGENDA ON PRIMROSE SPECIFICALLY.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.

BUT ALL GOOD.

SO YES ON PRIMROSE THOSE WERE THE GENERAL UPDATES.

ARE THERE ANY PRIMROSE, ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT UM, PHASE THREE OF PRIMROSE? NOT INCLUDING THE NEW PARKLAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE RYAN? JASON, YOU GOOD? DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED LOCATION OF BATTING CAGES.

MATT, DAVID.

SO DAVID, DAVID PUT TOGETHER THIS RENDERING FOR US.

SO YOU CAN SEE JUST TO THE, JUST OUTSIDE THE FENCE OF FIELD C IS WHERE WE'RE THINKING OF PUTTING THE TWO BATTING CAGES.

UM, IT'S A GOOD SPOT WE THOUGHT BASED ON UH, SPACE, AVAILABLE SPACE AND THE UH, A AC UMPIRE BUILDING.

UH, YOU KNOW IT.

ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.

SO WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED WHERE THE BUILDING IS GOING QUITE YET, BUT THE BATTING CAGES, WE WALKED THE SPACE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND AS A STAFF WE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE BATTING CAGES

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WILL GO.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON QUOTES OF WHAT THE BATTING CAGES WILL LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PRIORITY TO THE TEAM AS WE KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR TOURNAMENTS COMING OUT AS WELL AS ALL THE GROUPS WHO ARE PRACTICING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS THE SPACE THAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN.

UM, THIS WILL STILL BE CLOSE TO THE FIELDS BUT NOT FAR AWAY.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS A PROPOSED ROAD THAT WILL MOST LIKELY GO THROUGH THE PARK AT SOME POINT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE IT CLOSER TO THE FIELDS AND NOT FARTHER AWAY LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

WHAT ROAD YET TO BE NAMED YET TO BE NAMED? I'M NOT SURE.

IT'S JUST PROPOSED ON THERE AND WE DID IT JUST FOR SPACING.

MM-HMM UM, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THERE.

BUT IS THAT GONNA ENCROACH ON THE PARKLAND? IT'S NOT ENCROACHING AS IT WAS GONNA BE DEDICATED TO.

SO THERE'S, THAT'S THE FUTURE DISCUSSION LIKE I SAID, BUT I WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATED THAT AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE.

RIGHT.

'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO MOVE THESE.

AND THE PLAN WITH THE BATTING CAGES IS, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT IMAGES OF BATTING CAGES WHEN YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT THIS AESTHETIC FOR THESE BATTING CAGES TO LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS THERE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A ROUND PIPE THAT GOES IN THE CIRCLE.

SO WE ARE WANTING TO KIND OF MIRROR EITHER THE SHADE STRUCTURES OR THE DUGOUTS TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE OF A PERMANENT FIXTURE.

BUT WE, WE ALSO CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE UH, SET FEATURES TO Y'ALL TO KIND OF SEE WHICH, WHERE WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO GAUGE ON SOME OF THOSE? LIKE THE COLORING IF WE'RE GONNA GO WITH SQUARE TUBING VERSUS ROUND TUBING.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA, ONCE WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THIS DESIGN SET, WE CAN BRING THEM TO YOU TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE WHICH DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE TO GO.

YOU JUST ASK KIMBERLY BOW IS IS WITH SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE AREA YOU, HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT? GOOD MORNING.

UM, FROM THE SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN THE BATTING CAGES ARE JUST INTEGRAL TO ACTUALLY HAVING AN UP AND RUNNING LEAGUE AND ALSO FOR COMPETITION PLAY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS, WE KNOW THERE'S SOME HINDRANCE IF WE PUT 'EM IN BETWEEN THE FIELDS OF SOME PIPES AND THINGS THAT ARE EXISTING.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO HAVE THE BATTING CAGES IN BETWEEN SO THAT WHILE WARMING UP YOU CAN SEE IF THE GAME'S WRAPPING.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, BETTER IN TERMS OF AWARENESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE GAMEPLAY, BUT I THINK HAVING IT CLOSE TO THE FIELD, YOU'RE STILL HAVING A SIGHT LINE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK HAVING IT BE AN INTENTIONAL STRUCTURE THERE, UM, IT'S KINDA THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION I KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BETWEEN ALL OF THE FIELDS.

AND SO I THINK GIVEN THAT THAT MIGHT BE A HIGH AREA OF PEDESTRIAN, UM, IT, IT KIND OF THEN HELPS REMOVE SOME OF THAT CLUTTER THAT WOULD THEN BE IN BETWEEN THE FIELD.

SO LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING LOOKS GOOD, GREAT.

SO WE PUT, DO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE UH, UMPIRE RESTROOM AND ALL THAT STUFF? THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET, BUT WHEN IT IS WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW.

GREAT.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW BIG IS THAT ROAD GONNA BE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK TOO.

SO STILL PROPOSED, IT'S STILL VERY EARLY ON AND SO HOW MUCH SPACE HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? THE ROAD'S GONNA TAKE UP WITH THE BATTING CAGES OVER THERE.

SO LIKE I SAID, EVEN THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD HASN'T EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED.

THAT'S WHY I KIND OF DID THE UH, JUST A MEANDERING JUST TO GIVE KIND OF PERSPECTIVE.

UM, SO, BUT ONCE THESE STRUCTURES ARE IN, THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD ACTUALLY GOING IN, THEN WE DEFINITELY CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT THAT ALIGNMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE ROAD.

AND SO IT'S GONNA GO BEHIND WHAT, THAT'S WHAT FIELD B OR FIELD THAT'S C FIELD C AND AND SO IN BETWEEN THERE AND THE DUMPSTER AND THE CONEX THAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY SOMEWHERE IN THAT GENERAL AREA? YES.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL SPACE TO PUT A ROAD AND BATTING CAGES.

SO JUST JUST THAT TO GET THROUGH THAT OUT, THROWING THAT OUT THERE TO THINK ABOUT A LIFT STATION OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, WE DEFINITELY ARE AND THERE'S A LOT MORE KIND OF THAT VARIABLES ACTUALLY HAPPENING STATION BEFORE WE SAY THAT THAT ROAD IS FOR SURE GOING IN THAT EXACT LOCATION.

I WOULD ALSO JUST THROW OUT, YOU KNOW, A TOURNAMENT SEASON HAS HAPPENED WITH BASEBALL, UM, OTHER LITTLE LEAGUES AROUND BEL AIR FIRST COLONY RICHMOND.

THEY HAVE THINGS SET UP LIKE THAT THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT WORKS BEST.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR SITUATION MAY BE DIFFERENT BUT GETTING A GLIMPSE AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MAY PUT A BETTER IDEA IN OUR HEAD OR WHAT HASN'T WORKED OR EVEN BETTER WHAT HASN'T WORKED.

CORRECT.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO CORPORATE LOOK AT DIFFERENT CITIES, UM, ONES THAT HAVE DONE IT AND THERE'S KIND OF A, I MEAN IT'S A MIXED BAG BETWEEN IF YOU HAVE THE, THE BATTING CAGES BETWEEN THE FIELDS VERSUS ON THE CORNER.

REALLY OUR, OUR IDEA AND OUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT WAS THAT WE KIND OF ELIMINATE SOME OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC KNOWING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TIGHT SPACES BETWEEN THE FIELDS.

I MEAN MOST OF THE OTHER FIELDS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACED OUT BETWEEN THE FIELDS, BUT WE'RE KIND OF TIGHT ON THAT ONE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE BLEACHERS ARE NOW INSTALLED.

WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE AND DID SITE VISITS WITHOUT THE BLEACHERS, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SPACE.

YEAH IT DOES.

ONCE YOU PUT BLEACHERS AND SAY SHADE STRUCTURES, IT CHANGES THE GAME ON ALL OF IT.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST WE MEET THE ADA A REQUIREMENTS RIGHT FOR SPACING.

UM, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH UM, FLOW TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT AND I JUST, OUR INITIAL THOUGHT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONFINED SPACE, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY KIDS THAT ARE GOING JUST FOR WARMING UP AND FOR BATTING CAGES PLUS

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THE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING, PLUS THE PARENTS THAT ARE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA, IT BECOMES VERY, VERY CONGESTED.

AND ALSO KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING BULL PINS ON ALL, ALL THE FIELDS KIND, KIND OF BRINGING THAT ALL BACK.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND THINGS GOING ON SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO ISOLATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC FLOW.

COOL.

BACK TO THE ROAD, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR IT? SO I THINK THE ROAD IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

UH, I THINK ON THIS ONE IT DOES.

SO UM, THAT WAS OKAY.

WE HAVE A DISCUSSION KIND OF FURTHER ON THAT ONE BUT LIKE I SAID, I REALLY JUST PUT THAT ONE IN JUST FOR GENERAL IDEA OF LIKE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF AND WHEN WE KIND OF GO.

THAT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST IT WOULD BE.

UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE OFF TOPIC FOR THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

IT'S STILL AN IDEA RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO PUT A BIG CORRECT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY CENTER OR SOMETHING NOT ROAD ALSO MIGHT BE A LITTLE GENEROUS.

UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS BEING LIKE A MULTI-LANE CONNECTION BUT REALLY THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS THAT THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF PRIMROSE PARK IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR MIXED USE OR ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE.

AND SO JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, HAVING THAT CROSS ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PARK AND PARK.

UM, IN THE FUTURE WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME DISCUSSIONS OF SHARED PARKING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S LIMITED AT PRIMROSE.

SO IF WE HAD SOME PARKING MAYBE ON OUR NEIGHBORING UH PROPERTY, WOULD THEY ALLOW THAT? AND THEN HAVING THE ABILITY TO GET BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES.

SO THAT'S REALLY, IT'S INSTEAD OF A ROAD, IT'S MORE OF A VERY NICE DRIVING AISLE TO GET BETWEEN UM, THE TWO PROPERTIES.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S SO PRELIMINARY.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MORE THAN JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T PROVIDE ANYTHING CONCRETE NOW.

BUT THAT'S REALLY THE INTENTION IS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CROSS ACCESS BETWEEN BOTH SIDES.

THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T HAVING SOME PUBLIC WORKS THINGS GOING CORRECT.

NOPE.

NO.

AND I KNOW YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT LIFT STATION AND OTHER THINGS.

UM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT PART SO IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANYTHING UP HERE ON THAT SIDE.

OH AND THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE ANNOYING THAN GETTING IN SOMEWHERE AND SEEING SOMETHING NEXT DOOR YOU WANNA GO TO AND YOU'VE GOTTA GO OUT AND THEN BACK IN.

YES.

YES.

IT'S GOOD FORWARD THINKING.

GOOD.

ONE LAST THING REAL QUICK.

ARE WE HAVE, WE ALREADY PICKED WHERE THE PLAYGROUND'S GONNA GO FOR PHASE TWO.

WE HA AND SO HAS IS WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO IN RELATION TO WHERE THE BATTING CAGE ARE GONNA GO, CORRECT? YES.

YEAH, THEY'RE FAR AWAY FROM YOU.

WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? WHERE'S THE PLAYGROUND GONNA GO? WHERE SHE SHOWED US ON THE BACK FLOOR? YEAH WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE.

YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS PHASE TWO DOWN THE BOTTOM.

SO PHASE TWO IS ACTUALLY THE PRIMROSE PARK PLAYGROUND AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT COMING.

SORRY IS THE BASEBALL FIELD PHASE THREE IS WHAT MS. STON WAS SHOWING EARLIER.

SO THAT'S FARTHER SOUTH AND SO PHASE TWO HAS NO PLAYGROUND POTENTIALLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S STILL GOING ON WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST AID AND UMPIRE STADIUM AND ALL THAT.

ORIGINALLY A PLAYGROUND WAS LOOKING AT BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, RIGHT.

WHERE KIND OF THAT GRASSY AREA IS.

UM, HOWEVER, THEN THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF WOULD THAT MAKE A GOOD SPOT FOR AN UMPIRE STAND OR WHATEVER.

OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE STILL RESERVING, THAT'S WHY IT HASN'T BEEN PLANNED YET.

'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE ABOUT WHERE THEY NEED THEIR BUILDING TO BE.

THAT WILL THEN INFORM IF WE CAN DO A PLAYGROUND AND WHERE THE PLAYGROUND WOULD BE.

OKAY.

AND IT WAS KINDA TALKED ABOUT TO PUT IT IN BETWEEN THIS FIELD AND THAT FIELD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

WASN'T THAT THE DISCUSSION LAST? ONE OF THAT'S BEEN SOME OF THE OPTIONS? YEAH.

OKAY.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT UP NEAR THE FIELDS THEN AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF MAYBE HAVING, WANTING, WANTING THE FIRST AID AREA TO BE FARTHER SOUTH SO IT'S CLOSER IN BETWEEN THE AMPHITHEATER AND BASEBALL IF THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE ONE.

SO THAT'S HAD US GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS WHY WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TODAY ON IT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

BUT SO WE WILL FUTURELY PUT A PLAYGROUND IN PHASE TWO.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T BE A PART OF PHASE TWO AT THAT POINT BUT WE ARE LOOKING BASED OFF OF THE BUILDING WHERE THAT WOULD GO.

SO ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT.

OKAY.

WHEN IT'S ALL DONE IT'LL BE SEAMLESS , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ROCK ON.

YOU'LL BE RIGHT THERE IN THE FIELDS.

YOU'RE GONNA BE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA KNOW THERE'S NOT A LINE THAT SAYS PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE.

YEAH.

GOT IT.

TRUE .

IT'S BEEN A LONG AND I HEAR, I KNOW IT HAS.

I KNOW IT HAS.

ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.

OKAY.

MONTHLY

[Business - D]

PARKS BUDGET, FINANCIAL REPORT.

DISCUSSION OF ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS? YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THE BUDGET REPORT? I HAVE WHERE ARE WE AS FAR? TWO.

TWO.

SO MILLIS THE CONTRACT FOR PHASE TWO IS WRAPPING UP.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THERE'S WARRANTY ITEMS MORE SO.

UM, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ON THERE, I WOULD KIND OF INCORPORATE THAT INTO PHASE TWO.

SO REALISTICALLY, I MEAN WE'RE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO KIND OF CLOSE OUT PHASE TWO.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION OR A KELLY QUESTION.

THE NEW, ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS

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WE'RE GETTING, ARE PEOPLE TENDING TO DONATE LAND MORE OR JUST DONATE INTO THE PARKS FUND OR IS IT EQUAL? JUST I HAVE THE MICROPHONE .

IT'S A VERY SHORT ANSWER.

UM, I WOULD SAY WE'RE STILL SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH DEPENDING ON UM, THE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK SOME OF OUR MORE OLDER DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING MORE PARKLAND DEDICATION LIKE BESSIE'S CREEK OR SOME OTHERS AND SOME OF THE NEWER UM, ONES I THINK TALKING WITH MR. BROTHERS HAS BEEN MORE OF OUR REGIONAL PARK FUND DONATIONS, WHICH, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE LAND TO WORK ON OF COURSE 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT MAKING MORE OF IT AS THEY ALWAYS SAY.

BUT THEN YOU ALSO NEED THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ON THE LAND.

SO I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD MIX GOING RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEIR FINANCIAL REPORT? DO YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I DON'T THINK WE DO.

NO.

[Business - E]

OKAY.

ITEM E, ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PRIMROSE PARK.

GRAND OPENING OF BASEBALL FIELDS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM YAY.

YAY.

WE'RE SO EXCITED.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA RAIN .

I KNOW, I KNOW.

IT'S GONNA SPRINKLE.

WE'RE GONNA BE THERE REGARDLESS.

OKAY.

I'M COMING OUT.

OKAY.

I DO NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENS.

I'M GONNA BE THERE.

YES, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT NO MATTER WHAT.

UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS EVENT.

IT'S 11 TO ONE TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING CEREMONIES, UM, STARTING AT 11:00 AM AND UH, WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE SPEAKERS AND THEN, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PITCH FROM THE MAYOR AND A OUR FIRST SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE GAME.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE HAVE A FEW VENDORS COMING OUT AS WELL.

SO WE HOPE TO SEE LOTS OF YOU THERE.

YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

ALL

[Business - F]

RIGHT.

ITEM F, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PARKS AND RECREATION RELATED TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

I WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE.

SPEAKING OF BESSIE'S CREEK PARK.

UM, ON THAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE? IS THAT SIGNED? AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA PLEASE.

, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME FOR SURE.

HOW ABOUT A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE FOUR POINT WHATEVER ACRES OF LAND ON PRIMROSE PARK? PHASE FOUR? I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO.

SORRY.

NO, THAT'S FINE.

SHOULD WE CALL THAT PHASE FOUR? PHASE FOUR NOW WE'LL CALL, IT'S NOW PHASE FOUR NOW TO BE TALKED ABOUT ON PHASE FOUR .

ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA, BRIAN? NO.

ALSO TALK ABOUT DO WE NEED TO BRING UP HAVING A NEW MASTER PLAN? UH, WE DID DISCUSS IT RECENTLY.

WE DID.

SO IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

IT'S IN THE WORKS.

SO, SO LET'S HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

CAN WE PUT AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR UPDATE ON THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE? YES.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

GIVE ME AN UPDATE FROM THE UPDATE.

UH, ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

WELL IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 9 35? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTION MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.