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MORNING.[Call to Order]
OKAY.I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 9 0 1, THE REGULAR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NOPE.
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ALL RIGHT.CITY COUNCIL UPDATE PROVIDED BY LIAISON MEMBER RICHARD RUSSELL, JUST IN TIME STORY OF MY LIFE.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, ON THE 9 15 20 26 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A HOUSTON METHODIST TO BE THE NAMING RIGHTS, UH, SPONSOR FOR THE PRIMROSE PARK AMPHITHEATER.
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TO ITEM FIVE.BUSINESS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026.
EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THOSE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MR. LAD? SECOND.
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ART BOX PROJECT PHASE THREE, UPDATE ON LOCATIONS OF THE ART BOX, BOX PROJECT, PHASE THREE AND THE CALL TO ARTISTS.ALRIGHT, SO FOR PHASE THREE OF THE ART BOX PROJECT, WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS OF UTILITY CABINETS THAT WE WILL PLAN TO GET ARTWORK FOR AND WRAP.
SO THESE ARE THE THREE LOCATIONS ON THE TVS.
SO WE HAVE, ALL OF THESE ARE ALONG 10 93, UM, ONE ON CHARGER WAY, ONE ON TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND ONE ON CROSS CREEK.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE LOCATIONS.
UM, WE WILL, WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING A CALL TO ARTISTS IN JANUARY AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH THE SHORE ARTS ALLIANCE, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID THE MURAL SUBMISSIONS OF REVIEWING THOSE AND GRADING THEM AND THEN PRESENTING, UM, FINALISTS FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW AND SELECT FROM THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ART BOXES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, PAINTING THE BOTTOM MM-HMM
THE, THE CONCRETE PART OR SOMETHING, OR DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT.
WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? YEAH, WE, WE PUT THAT ON OUR SCHEDULE HERE COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND ARE THESE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 10 93 OR THE NORTH SIDE? I GUESS THE SOUTH SIDE, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE MEDIANS IS KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON GOOGLE MAPS.
WELL, THE FIRST ONE, SO IT'S ON THE CORNER OF CHARGE YOUR WAY.
THE BOX IS IN FRONT OF THE FARMER'S MARKET OFFICE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE, I MEAN IT'S BEEN THERE.
THE TRAFFIC CABINET IS UNDER THE TOLL WEIGHT ITSELF.
THAT'S AN AT T OR ELECTRIC BOX THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER.
DID THEY MOVE IT? I'M NOT SURE.
WE'VE HAD A BOX OUT THERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I KNOW OF.
THERE'S THE ONE THAT WE'LL BE PAINTING IS THE ONE THAT'S THERE UNDER IN BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND.
BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS DOING THE ONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF THAT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER BECAUSE THERE IS ONE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
ARE YOU SURE IT'S DONE BY? PRETTY SURE IT'S A TDOT ONE.
IT MIGHT BE, IT'S NOT A, I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT BE LIKE AN AT T ONE OR SOMETHING.
BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS AT AND T BUT WE'LL CONFIRM.
ARE WE NOT DOING THE AT T BOXES? MM-HMM.
AND WHY NOT? WE WOULD NEED TO REACH OUT TO AT OH BOY, DON'T WE? WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM, BUT WE WERE JUST FOCUSING ON THE ONES THAT WERE KIND OF THE ONES THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE, WHICH WAS TECH DOT AND THE OTHER CABINETS.
SO, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO AT AND T OR AT LEAST FIND SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO
SO I HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH SEAL.
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION OF PROPOSED RSE REQUEST AND REDESIGN OF FIELD D AT EAGLE LANDING PARK.PROPOSED BY SHORE YOUTH SOCCER HAWAII FYS DISCUSSION OF A REQUEST TO BE ADDITIONAL AND ADDITIONAL RSA FOR EAGLE LANDING PARK
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AND DISCUSSION OF FIELD LAYOUT CHANGES FOR FIELD D AT EAGLE LANDING PARK.UM, SO WE DO HAVE JAMES SPRING, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF FULL YOUTH SOCCER HERE WITH US TODAY.
UM, FOR THESE DISCUSSION POINTS, UM, ONE IS TO BE POTENTIALLY AN ADDITIONAL RSA AT EAGLE LANDING PARK.
RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT RSA THAT WE HAVE AT THE PARK IS HDX SOCCER.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE RSA AT THE PARKS.
UM, SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL RSA AND THEN, UH, LAYOUT CHANGES FOR FIELD D.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR FIELD D WERE TO HAVE EIGHT IDENTICAL FIELDS AND WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES AND HAVE FOUR FIELDS THAT ARE THE SAME SIZE AND FOUR FIELDS THAT ARE A DIFFERENT SIZE THAT ARE SMALLER.
UM, AND NOW THERE'S A REQUEST TO ADJUST THAT LAYOUT COMPLETELY IN TERMS OF ORIENTATION AND SIZING OF FIELDS.
SO IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FIELD LAYOUTS FIRST, I'LL PULL THAT ONE UP.
I ALSO PRINTED IT OUT FOR Y'ALL TO SEE AS WELL, SINCE IT'S KIND OF BLURRY.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY A LOT OF THESE FIELD SIZES, UM, WE'LL WORK BEST FOR YOUTH SOCCER'S, UH, PROGRAMMING IN TERMS OF LEAGUE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, JAMES, DO YOU WANNA COME AND KIND OF TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT? HI, JAMES.
UM, SO A LOT OF THESE FIELD SIZES ARE ACCREDITED THANK YOU, UM, BY TISA SOUTH TEXAS YOUTH SOCCER.
UM, THE CURRENT FIELDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW DON'T REALLY MEET THAT OBLIGATION.
SO IN ORDER TO HOLD TOURNAMENTS, FIVE E FIVE TOURNAMENTS, THREE B THREE TOURNAMENTS.
UM, AND, AND THEN JUST TO KEEP OUR ACCREDITATION, WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S APPROVED WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES.
SO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT PLAN FOR KEEPING THE TURF AS IT IS AND REDUCING THE SLOPE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD SHORT TERM PLAN.
I THINK LONG TERM WE SHOULD DISCUSS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS A GOOD SHORT TERM PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFIC LAYOUTS? AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AT EAGLE LANDING RECENTLY, THE FOUR FIELDS THAT ARE OVER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY ARE CURRENTLY ORIENTED GOING NORTH TO SOUTH VERSUS THIS ORIENTATION IS EAST TO WEST VERSUS THE SMALLER FIELDS THAT WE HAVE ARE GOING EAST TO WEST, NOT NORTH TO SOUTH.
AND THE, THE CURRENT NORTH SOUTH, UM, GOING INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH CREATES PROBLEMS AS FAR AS GAMEPLAY, KIDS RUNNING INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON OVERSHOT BALLS.
A LOT OF SPECTATORS ARE GOING THROUGH THE DITCH AND SOMETIMES THAT GRASS CAN BE EIGHT FEET OR EIGHT, UH, INCHES TALL.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE, IN BETWEEN FIELD C AND FIELD D, UM, THERE'S A PASSAGE RIGHT THERE.
THAT, UH, SPECTATORS CURRENTLY SIT, SO THE FIELDS GOING NORTH SOUTH, THEY CURRENTLY SIT THERE AND THEIR BACKS ARE TWO FIELDS.
C AND SO ANY OVERSHOT BALLS HIT PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE HEADS.
SO THIS WAY ALL OF THE SPECTATORS ARE ON THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOUR FIELDS.
YOU'VE GOT TENTS THERE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE TEAMS, UH, COACHES, UM, AND PLAYERS, UH, RESTRICTED THERE ON THE, THE, UH, THE FIELDS TOWARDS THE, UM, THE EAST.
THOSE FIELDS ARE FOR LIKE OUR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS, WHICH IS A MASSIVE PART OF OUR PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE 30, UH, 24 TEAMS RIGHT NOW IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE LIKE A 25 BY OR 20 BY 15, I BELIEVE, UH, FIELD SPACE.
AND WE CAN'T ASK THE PARENTS NOT TO BE WITH THEIR CHILDREN ON THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE LITTLE KIDS.
AND SO WE CAN'T DIVIDE THE, THE, UH, THE PLAYERS AND THE, THE PARENTS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT LARGER SPACES IN BETWEEN THEM.
UM, THE NORTH FIELD, UH, ON THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
THAT ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE SO FAR INTO THE DITCH THAT INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH.
IT'S, IT'S, IT WON'T BE A PLAYABLE SURFACE, BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE PRACTICES ON OR, OR KIDS CAN USE PUBLICLY.
BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING REALLY, UH, I MEAN, ONE THIRD OF THOSE NORTHERN FIELDS, IT, IT SLOPES DRASTICALLY INTO THAT DITCH AND, AND IT CAUSES HUGE PROBLEMS. SO AT LEAST IF WE CAN GET IT ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE, WE CAN CONDENSE EVERYTHING ONTO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE FIELDS.
IT CREATES A, A SAFER SPACE, UM, NOT ONLY FOR SPECTATORS, BUT FOR FOR KIDS AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.
AND IS FYS GOING TO, TO HELP PAY FOR THIS TO PAINT? I WOULD, I WOULD HAPPILY GO REPAINT THOSE LINES.
MARK, IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT IT, LIKE WHAT L DOES IT INVOLVE? DOES IT INVOLVE JUST REPAINTING LINES FOR THIS? YEAH, ALL IT DOES.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST REPAINTING LINES, THAT'S ALL.
THIS IS A, LIKE AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO FIX.
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IT'S JUST PAINT, LIKE YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN, IT'S JUST REPAINTING LINES.WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT GOING THROUGH A DITCH AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.
THINGS THAT'S A DIFFERENT PHASE.
LIKE, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOTTA FINISH OFF THE SEASON AS PROBABLY AS IT IS, UM, BECAUSE THE PAINT THAT HAS BEEN USED HAS BEEN USED WITH ROUNDUP IN IT.
SO IT'S KILLED GRASS AND IT'S CREATED A DIVOT IN THERE, WHICH WE'VE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE THAT DONE, BUT IT'S, IT'S HAPPENED.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO REPAINT THE LINES GOING, GOING IN THIS, UH, ORIENTATION, UM, IT WOULD BE A, IT'D BE A CHECKERBOARD OUT THERE.
SO YOU HAVE DEAD GRASS, LIKE THIS PATTERN OR THE, THE PATTERN IS THE OLD PATTERN.
SO, SO IMMEDIATELY UNTIL, I BELIEVE, UNTIL THE FIELDS CLOSE, UH, IN NOVEMBER, WHICH WE FOUND OUT, UM, I THINK WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT AT LEAST IN THE VERY, VERY SHORT TERM FOR NEXT SEASON, THIS SHOULD BE THE LAYOUT GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY ASKING FOR THE, YOU WOULD WANT THE PERMISSION TO GO OUT THERE AND REPAINT THE LINES? YES.
SO CITY STAFF WOULD BE DOING THIS WORK.
THE PAINTING, THIS IS JUST ASKING IF THIS REDESIGN IS OKAY MOVING FORWARD.
BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THE PERMANENT LOOK OF WHAT THESE FIELDS LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING SEASON OF SPRING.
SO ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT RENT FIELD D FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING ELSE, THIS IS WHAT THE ORIENTATION WOULD LOOK LIKE.
STAFF IS SUPPORTED OF THIS, BY THE WAY.
AND WE WOULD GO OUT WITH JAMES ON SITE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MEASURES UP CORRECTLY, UM, AND ADJUST AS NEEDED SINCE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE JUST LIKE PLAYING THROUGH A DITCH, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE MEASURE EVERYTHING ON SITE.
AND IT WOULD BE FOR THE SPRING SEASON THAT THIS LAYOUT WOULD HAPPEN.
SORRY, KELSEY, ISN'T THE, UM, KELSEY, WAS IT, IS THAT THE DITCH THAT WE WERE TALKING TO THE, UH, EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT KID? NO, NO MA'AM.
HE'S GONNA BUILD A BRIDGE TO SEAL THE GAME.
I DO LIKE THIS LAYOUT BETTER WITH THE 'CAUSE YOU, HOW YOU CAN PUT THE TENTS AND THEN THE PARENTS, THE WAY THAT THE PARENTS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SPECTATOR PROBLEM OUT THERE WHERE THE PARENTS ARE, ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE BACKS TO THE FIELD.
SO I DO, I DO LIKE THIS BETTER.
I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS.
I WILL CAVEAT BY SAYING THAT THIS IS, WELL THIS IS, YES, I AGREE.
THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION FOR THE SPRING SEASON.
THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A FINAL SOLUTION FOR THIS FIELD.
IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE REGRADED, IT NEEDS TO BE, BE PROPERLY FIXED.
IT'S, UM, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S ON RED CLAY AND THE GRASS THAT'S BEEN GROWING ON THERE OR TRYING TO GROW ON THERE, CAN'T GROW ON THERE.
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BETTER MAINTENANCE ON IT NEEDS TO BE WATERED BETTER, CUT MORE CONSISTENTLY.
BUT THE BIG ISSUE THERE ON THAT FIELD SPECIFICALLY IS DRAINAGE AND, AND THAT DRAINAGE DITCH TAKING SO MUCH OF THAT SLOPE.
SO IF WE CAN BRING THAT UP, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT, THAT'S A MASSIVE CAPITAL PROJECT AND WE'RE HAPPY, ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO HELP CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THAT.
UM, IF WE WERE TO GO AND DO THAT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE PARK, WE WOULD PROBABLY PUSH, UM, FOR SYNTHETIC TURF, WHICH IS LOWER MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF GRASS, WHICH ISN'T BEING MAINTAINED THAT MUCH.
MY DAUGHTER PLAYED SOCCER AND LOOKED LIKE SHE PLAYED ON A CHEESE GRATER WHEN SHE CAME HOME FROM PLAYING ON TURF.
WE HAVEN'T GOOD EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE WITH THE TURF.
UH, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN THE, TO PUT IN THE TURF UNDER AND THE, AND THE IRRIGATION.
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THE TURF.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOALIES GOING ON.
I AM NOT A FAN OF THE TURF THEN THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE A MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE FIELDS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE FIELDS AREN'T BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
WELL, WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH A VERY HEAVY DROUGHT.
WELL, I, I, I DON'T FIELD, I THINK NOBODY'S ASKED GREAT.
FIELD AREA THAT LOOKS GREAT RIGHT NOW AFTER THAT DROUGHT, A BRIEFING THAT I CAN GIVE YOU OVER THE LAST, UM, SINCE THE SPRING OF THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, UM, OTHERWISE, UM, WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE, WE'VE SEEN IT THE, EVEN IN THE SUMMER DURING OUR RESERVATIONS, THIS, SO THIS PRECEDES ANY OF THE RECENT, UM, WEATHER.
IT'S GRASS REACHES EIGHT INCHES CONSISTENTLY.
THE THE FIELDS AREN'T PAINTED.
UM, THERE'S ANTHILLS EVERYWHERE.
UM, THESE, THESE FIELDS AREN'T BEING MAINTAINED AND THE CITY STAFF HAS, HAS, UM, HAS, HAS TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FIELDS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AS AN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
SO EITHER WE CAN, CAN HELP OUT AND START TAKING CARE OF THESE FIELDS.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE RSA OR WE NEED TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION.
WHAT KIND OF GRASS IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? DO YOU KNOW IT'S BERMUDA GRASS, A FREAKING FOREST.
SO IF WE PUT A NATIVE IN THERE, THAT WOULD HELP SOLVE A LOT OF IT.
AUGUSTINE DOES BETTER ON, ON RED CLAY FOR SURE.
BUT IT'S NOT A NATIVE PUT A NATIVE IN THERE.
YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN AN IRRIGATION.
PUT SOME THUNDER TURFS, SOME BUFFALO GROUNDS.
THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM WITH THAT THOUGH, IS THERE'S NOT NATIVE SOIL THERE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S RED CLAY, LIKE BROUGHT IN OTHER STUFF UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT, BUT I WANT, I I JUST WOULD THE CITY STAFF THING, I THINK YOU WERE GONNA YEAH, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
I DEFINITELY WANNA JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT.
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WE DO REGRADING, THAT WAS AS PROPOSED.IT WOULD BE A CIP PROJECT BECAUSE THE GRADING WAS DONE IN A SPECIFIC WAY FOR SHEET FLOW TO HAPPEN TO GO TO THAT DITCH.
SO IF WE RAISED ALL THE GRADE TO MAKE THE SOCCER FIELDS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WE'D HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO MAKE THAT WATER FLOW OUT.
BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU POSSIBLY HAVE IT HAVE A STAGNATION IN THE MIDDLE OR GOING BACK TOWARD THE REST OF THE PARK.
SO I JUST WANNA DEFINITELY PUT THAT IN FRONT OF Y'ALL THAT IT WOULD BE A LARGE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DRAINAGE HAPPENING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING SO WE DON'T HAVE FLOODING IN THAT AREA.
SO STORM CHANNELS COULD THEN ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S A MAJOR PROJECT.
IT'S A MAJOR PROJECT TO KIND OF REDO THIS WORK.
IT CAN BE DONE, BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT THE MONEY THAT'S GONNA COME WITH THAT FOR IT TO BE DONE AND ONLY THE RED CLAY, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT GONNA ABSORB ANY OF THE WATER THAT WE'RE DIVERTING AT THAT POINT.
SO IT'S GONNA SET, IT CLAY'S NOTORIOUS FOR NOT, IT'S JUST GONNA SET WATER, IT JUST SITS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A CLAY NOW WE COULD GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, BRING NATURAL SOILS BACK INTO THIS AND DO BACKFILLS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A LARGE PROJECT.
TO KIND OF REGRADE ALL OF THIS PORTION AND A LOT OF MONEY BRING IN SOILS TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND I THINK Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LARGE COST THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ABSORB A MAJORITY OF THAT PROJECT.
SO JUST MAKING YOU AWARE OF THAT PORTION.
NOW, I THINK ABRA YOU WANT TO KIND OF TALK TO THE MAINTENANCE OF WHERE IT'S BEEN AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING.
WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE, WE'RE THERE TODAY AND WE'RE THERE ON A CONSTANT, UH, WEEKLY BASIS.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A SERVICE TRACKER THAT WE KEEP UP WITH AND, UH, IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED.
SO I MEAN, THEY'RE BEING, IT'S BEING MOWED.
MAYBE THE DITCHES ARE EIGHT INCHES TALL.
BUT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHY, UH, MAKING IT SOUND SO, UH, SO BAD.
I MEAN, WE HAVE STAFF THAT DOES TAKE CARE OF THAT PARK RESPECTFULLY.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
WE HAVE NEWS REPORTERS COMING AT US ASKING US WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
UM, WE'VE HAD THREE COUNCIL PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US ABOUT WHY THESE, THESE FIELDS AREN'T BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
SEAN, I THINK IT MAY BE JUST AN EXPECTATION COMPARED TO WHAT THE REALITY OF WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE PARK UP TO NOW, IF THERE'S AN EXPECTATION FOR IT TO BE ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL OR EVEN TO EVEN SEMI-PROFESSIONAL WHERE IT'S MANICURED.
TO THAT POINT, OF COURSE, THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF SO WE CAN START WORKING TOWARD THIS.
BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT PARKS AND REC IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING WITHIN THE CITY, AND IF WE NEED STAFF AUGMENTATION AGAIN, WE COME BACK $2 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
SO, UM, THERE CAN, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON, BUT I THINK IT IS A BIT OF A STRETCH TO SAY THAT IT ISN'T BEING MAINTAINED WHEN WE DO HAVE A DOCUMENTATION TO SAY THERE IS NOW EXPECTATIONS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
WE WANNA TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE AND WE CAN SHOOT FOR AND TO GROW IT TOWARD IS ONE THING.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST, I JUST WANNA KIND OF THROW THAT OUT THERE, THAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER ON OUR PARKS.
BUT WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS AS WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PARKS AND REC AT THIS BOARD KIND OF MENTIONED AT THE VERY ONSET.
THESE ARE BRAND NEW FOR THE CITY.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OF THESE GROWING, SOME GROWTH PAINS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO BETTER.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION TO THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
SO WHAT ELSE DO WE DO BESIDES MOWING? AND YOU, DO WE OVERSEE, DO WE AERATE DO WE DO ANYTHING OVER THERE? BECAUSE I YES, WE AERATE.
AND, UH, WE ARE DOING, UH, ANT CONTROL.
WE DO, UH, STRIPING TRASH, YOU KNOW, CLEANING THE RESTROOMS, DOING, DOING EVERYTHING'S INVOLVED WITH THE GROUND MAINTENANCE.
I WOULD THINK THAT 4,000 PEOPLE OUTSIDE ON A FIELD, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOPPING WET, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, A PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE COMING UP WHEN WE CLOSE THE FIELDS TO DO SOME, UH, TOP DRESSING AND, UH, SOME SEATING, SOME UH, RIGHT.
SO SOME OF THAT MAINTENANCE HAS TO BE PUT OFF.
AND SO YOU CAN CLOSE THE FIELD.
WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSING THE FIELD.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW TOO, WE AS CITY STAFF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIELD C AND D ARE NOT IN THE BEST, UM, CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY USED AND WE ARE AWARE OF THE, THE AREAS THAT NEED FIXING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A FALL CLOSURE TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT, IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS NOT PERFECT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CLOSURE COMING UP AS WELL.
AND I KNOW JAMES WORKS VERY HARD WITH THESE KIDS, SO HE OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA HAVE A HIGH STANDARD FOR WHAT HE WANTS FOR HIS PROGRAM AND HIS KIDS AND YEAH.
I MEAN THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TOO.
SO YOU, I MEAN, I KNOW HE PUTS A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS WITH THESE KIDDOS.
A LOT OF WHAT ABRA WAS SAYING WAS IN RESPONSE TO A MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY ON THE 21ST, UM, AFTER WEEK ONE, UH, WHERE WE SHOWED UP AND THE FIELD WASN'T CUT, IT WASN'T PAINTED.
AND SO EVERYBODY COMING FOR THE BRAND NEW SEASON, WEEK ONE EXPECTED CERTAIN THINGS.
AND, AND WE GOT RESPONSES BACK THAT, THAT KIDS WERE BEING EATEN UP BY ANTHILL.
UM, SO, SO ALL OF THIS IS GREAT AND, AND, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH, WITH THE CITY AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND CONTRIBUTE AND YEAH, WE DO HAVE HIGH STANDARDS, BUT THIS IS FULLER.
AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, UM, HAVE THOSE HIGH STANDARDS
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AND WE JUST TRY TO MEET THEM.AND, AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT BEING MET AND WE'VE TAKEN HITS ON OUR BUSINESS, UM, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT TO, UM, TO OUR REPUTATION BECAUSE OF THIS, THE, THE IMPROPER MAINTENANCE ON THESE FIELDS.
THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE UP TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS A PRIVATE FACILITY, WHICH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE USED TO.
UH, MY EMPLOYEE PLAYED WITH KATIE 20 YEARS AGO.
IT IS STILL LIKE THAT UP KIDS.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE NO DIFFERENT.
WE GOT SPRINKLER HEADS IN CERTAIN PLACES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, IT'S A DYNAMICALLY WONDERFUL NEW PARK.
IT'S FANTASTIC, BUT IT ALSO HAS ITS LITTLE PROBLEMS HERE AND THERE TOO.
BUT, SO I THINK WE, WE ALL LEARN AND, AND THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS CONVERSATION OPENING I THINK IS WHAT STARTS THAT AND, AND KIND OF GETS THAT GOING.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS WHAT'S HAPPENED HAS HAPPENED.
BUT WE'D LOVE TO HELP AND I HOPE YOU GUYS GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
SO I THINK THE IMMEDIATE THING WE COULD DO IS WE COULD FIX AND GO OUT THERE AND REACH OUT THESE LINES AND THEN, THEN COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR POTENTIAL REGRADING AND THEN A FUTURE PLAN AFTER THAT.
LIKE THE TWO OF YOU WERE, WELL, THE RETALKING WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE CLOSED SEASON, CORRECT? I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT DONE BE, I MEAN, WE'RE IN OCTOBER, SO, SO IN NOVEMBER.
'CAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR WHEN IT'S CLOSED, SO WE COULD DO THAT REPAINTING SURE.
AND THAT WOULD, WOULD THAT, WOULD IT FACTOR IN CORRECTLY THOUGH WITH ALL OF YOUR OTHER PLANS SURE.
THE PLAN IS STARTING IN NOVEMBER TO, TO GET ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO TO, TO GET THIS IN SHAPE.
SO I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE NEW TO THIS AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL LEARNING AND THEY'RE, I'M SURE THAT THE MAINTENANCE STAFF IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE THERE AS WELL.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE MM-HMM
WE'RE GOOD MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS REDESIGN OF FIELD D.
IS THAT THE CONSENSUS? THAT'S OUR REPAINTING, THE REPAINTING OF FIELD D THE RE YES.
ESSENTIALLY THE ORIENTATION AND THE, THE RYING OF IT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THE RSA WE SHOULD PROBABLY HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND YEAH.
UM, WHO DOES WHAT AND UM, I THINK ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT AT THIS POINT WHEN WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET STARTED IS PUSHING A LITTLE TOO HARD.
WELL, AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS TOO, 'CAUSE YOU DID SAY THAT Y'ALL WERE PARTNERED WITH HGX.
WHO HAS THE RSA, ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO JUST OPERATE UNDER THEIR RSA SINCE YOU HAVE THE AFFILIATION? SO I THINK KELSEY LEE COULD, KELLY GAVE THE MICRO YEAH.
LEGAL HAS TOLD US THAT THEY ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES.
WE COME INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKLE WITH THAT BECAUSE UNDERNEATH HT X'S RSA, THEY DO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL SOCCER.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW UNDER THE RSA, THEY DON'T, BECAUSE WE DON'T FALL UNDER THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE, TO PLAY ON AN SOCCER UNDER AN RSA PROGRAM IN FULL SHARE COSTS AT MINIMUM $1,800 MM-HMM
AND YOU HAVE TO BE EIGHT YEARS OLD.
SO I DID SEE ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THEY DO HAVE PROGRAMS FROM THREE.
THAT'S THAT'S, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE THE AFFILIATES BELOW THAT DO THAT? IS THAT WHY? WELL, WELL WE ASSUME THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THEY, YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A, A SHAKE UP IN THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE IT STRUCTURED.
AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, MAYBE I'M JUST A LITTLE DUMB HERE, BUT WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE BENEFIT OF Y'ALL HAVING THE RSA OVER HOW Y'ALL CURRENTLY OPERATE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DO SEE, LIKE ON Y'ALL'S WEBSITE THAT YOU LANDING EACH Y'ALL'S HOME, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING LIKE THIS IS, IS WONDERFUL, BUT WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS CURRENTLY? IS IT THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S MORE OF THE PROBLEM? OR DO YOU WANT CONTROL OF FIELD SCHEDULING OF WHATEVER COMES WITH IT? WELL, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, AS FAR AS SCHEDULING, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT OUR DATES AS FAR AS SATURDAY GAMES ARE, ARE RESERVED.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK.
LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO HELP BUILD THIS INTO A FACILITY.
UM, LIKE WE DO A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS, UM, WITH ALL STAR TEAMS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT TRAVEL TO, TO THE WOODLANDS OR CAMP SIENNA, DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
UM, AND WE SEE HOW, HOW WELL THOSE ARE MAINTAINED, WHICH ARE A LOT OF TIMES PUBLIC FIELDS AS WELL.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE WANT THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE THAT, UM, PROBABLY FASTER IN OUR OPINION THAN HT X SCAN.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STILL A RECREATIONAL PROGRAM AND LIKE HAVING ACCESSIBLE, UM, AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR SOCCER LIMITS US AS FAR AS LIKE, WE'RE NOT CHARGING $4,000 A YEAR TO PLAY.
SO WE ARE REALLY USING, UM, THE MASS AMOUNT OF PLAYERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND, AND INVEST INTO THE COMMUNITY, INVEST INTO THE SPARK.
SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, OVERSIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES WITH US.
UM, AND THERE'S EXPERTISE THAT COME WITH US.
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AND, AND THERE'S A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RECREATIONAL PROGRAM SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE WITH FULL STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE A SPOT FOR KIDS TO COME PLAY, UM, ON PUBLIC LANDS.AND, AND I THINK, UM, ONE OF OUR HESITATIONS ON NOT PROVIDING A DOLLAR VALUE RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE'D LIKE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WE ARE GETTING, BECAUSE OUR EXPERIENCES RIGHT NOW HAVE NOT BEEN GREAT.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ARE WE GOING TO GO TO PRIVATE LAND OR ARE WE GONNA STICK HERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE, ARE USED APPROPRIATELY FOR US AS WELL.
AND SO THERE'S A BUSINESS SIDE OF THIS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I THINK IF WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO CREATE, UM, WHAT OUR FINANCIAL INPUT WOULD BE, AND THEN WHAT WE GET OUT OF IT AS WELL, I THINK IS, IS SORT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING TO COME TO A, A TABLE WITH A, UM, AN ADMISSION PRICE.
THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE CALL TICKET SYSTEM? LIKE WE'RE REALLY HAVING AN AN PROBLEM, WE HAVE THIS HUGE HOLE.
IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY TO REPORT IT? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY BAD? YEAH, WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND AS OF, AND WE DID SUBMIT A TICKET AFTER OKAY.
THE FIRST, UH, SATURDAY, UM, AS OF OUR LAST RESERVATION ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER, UM, THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF THOSE WERE STILL OUTSTANDING.
SO AS PART OF THE EAGLE LANDING ATHLETIC FACILITY USE POLICY, IT DOES LIST FOR ANY PARK USERS TO REQUEST ANY SORT OF MAINTENANCE OR ISSUES AT THE PARKS.
UH, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE TO EMAIL PW REC@SHORETEXAS.GOV.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE IT.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE REQUEST OF ALL OF OUR PARK USERS, UM, TO KEEP TRACK.
AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE OUR, UM, SERVICE REQUESTS THAT ARON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS IN CHARGE OF CITY PARKS AND STREETS, UM, THE LIST OF THINGS TO DO IS LONG.
AND SO WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING SO WE CAN SEE WHEN THE LAST TIME WE DID SOMETHING IS, BUT OUR TEAM IS SMALL AND SO WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
AND THAT DOES MEAN CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST DON'T GET DONE EVERY WEEK.
AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON THAT, UM, EAGLE LANDING AT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE GRASS MIGHT BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL OR MAYBE CHALKING DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WEEK.
UM, WE'RE JUST DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF TURNAROUND GOAL? LIKE, WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO THESE PEOPLE WITHIN A WEEK, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE WITHIN A MONTH.
DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE GOAL? I DON'T OVERSEE THAT EMAIL IN PARTICULAR, SO I'LL LET THEM SPEAK TO THAT.
YES, WE, UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT TRIES TO REACH OUT WITHIN, I'D SAY A COUPLE OF DAYS IF, IF, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN RSA FOR THE SPRING SUMMER, UM, UH, FOR THE SPRING.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE RSA TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE SPRING SUMMER? UM, IDEALLY, YEAH.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE IN THE SPRING.
HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT, UM, THAT WITH THE COLLABORATION, THAT, THAT MAY MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP WORKING AND UNTIL WE CAN FINALLY ACHIEVE, UM, UH, WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, IF WE CAN DO IT SOONER GREAT.
AND IF NOT YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT IT FOR THE FALL.
UM, BUT YEAH, HOWEVER THAT, HOWEVER THAT PLAYS OUT FOR SURE.
LISTEN, I'D LOVE TO HAVE, IT FEELS LIKE THE WOODLANDS TOO, BUT CHER IS, CHER IS NOT THE SAME REVENUE ENGINE.
THAT THE WOODLANDS ARE, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, JUST EVEN THE SALES TAX THAT THEY COLLECT IN THE WOODLANDS, I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOTTA BE AT LEAST TRIPLE WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK HAVING A PATH FORWARD IS A GOOD IDEA.
IS THERE ANYTHING, DOES THERE EXISTS AS A CO RSA, I MEAN, LIKE HAVE WE EVER RUN INTO THE SCENARIO BEFORE WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE AN RSA AND THEIR FRIEND IS KIND OF TRYING TO USE IT TOO, BUT THEY CAN'T? I GUESS SO WE, THIS IS ALL NEW TO US IN GENERAL.
THESE PARKS ARE NEW, RSAS ARE NEW, BUT YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE RSA, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T.
CONFLICT OBVIOUSLY IS THE BIG PART.
UM, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE SCHEDULING THAT'S HAPPENED WITH HT X VERSUS, UM, FULL SHOE SOCCER HASN'T BEEN CON CONFLICTING.
UM, SO IT WOULD JUST BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF WHAT THOSE KEY DATES ARE AND STILL MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ONE FIELD OPEN AT ALL TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC AND, UM, MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT ANY WEIRD SCHEDULING THINGS, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE WE CAN MAKE WORK ALREADY WORKING WITH HGX TOO.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND A LOT OF THEIR PROGRAMMING, BECAUSE IT'S EIGHT AND OLDER, IT DOESN'T SUIT FIELD C AND V JUST, JUST PLAY WISE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE BIGGER, LARGER FIELDS.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS INTO THEIR MOUTH BY ANY STRETCH, BUT JUST, UM, LIKE WE DON'T REALLY USE THE 11 V 11 FIELDS.
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DID FOR OUR ADULTS, WHICH WE'VE CANCELED AND MOVED TO KATY BECAUSE OF THE FIELD CONDITIONS, UH, THIS THIS WEEK.UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE, UM, A SMALL DIVISION THAT PLAYS ON THERE THAT WE USE, UM, OUR, UH, HC X'S UH, RESERVATION SLOT FOR THAT ON SATURDAYS, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH JUST A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UM, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF IT IS THE PARK IS SORT OF DIVIDED BY AGE GROUP AND SO WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING REALLY DOESN'T GO AFTER FIELD D AND FIELD C AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE NOT TOO INTERESTED IN TAKING CARE OF THAT FACILITY OR THAT PART OF THE FACILITY EITHER THEY'RE LOOKING AT AT FIELD A AND FIELD B PRIMARILY.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS INTO ANYBODY'S MOUTHS REAL QUICK.
I BROUGHT UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
DO Y'ALL PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES EAGLE LANDING PARK? YEAH, WE, UM, OUR PRACTICE FIELDS ARE AT HUGGINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, OUR TRAINING FIELDS, WE HAVE CENTRALIZED TRAINING.
UM, WE, THIS LAST WEEKEND WHEN IT GOT RAINED OUT, UH, WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS WITH, UH, KATY INTERNATIONAL, ISC, UM, AND WE, WE JUMPED THERE.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN TALKS WITH ALEX RIGHT NOW TO MOVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR PROGRAMMING OVER THERE, UM, BECAUSE OF EQUAL LANDINGS, UM, UH, CONDITIONS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PLAYED, UM, AT, UM, MEMORIAL HEALTH, UM, AND WE, WE ARE UH, UH, WE'RE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF BECOMING A PA FOR THE CITY OF KATY ON THEIR NEW TURF MULTI, UH, USE FIELD.
AND I DID, I DID BRING IT UP TO THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE MY SON CAME IN FROM ME AND HE'S LIKE, THIS FIELDS ARE PRETTY BAD.
SO I DID BRING IT UP, BUT I ALSO REMINDED HIM, I LIKE, YOU'VE GOTTEN USED TO THE BOUGIE A AND F BUILD, I'M SAYING.
SO HE SAID HE FEELS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT, KELLY? NOT NECESSARILY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIELD D REDESIGN AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH JAMES ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON SITE.
UM, DURING THE CLOSURE WE ARE DOING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE CLOSURE WHEN WE DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND THEN, UM, POTENTIAL LOOKING INTO WHAT AN RSA LOOKS LIKE, UM, AS A PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH OUR, UM, OUR CURRENT RSA WITH HDX AND WHATNOT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT TOPIC.
THAT IT'S MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP THAN A YEAH.
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ITEM D, MONTHLY PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET, FINANCIAL REPORT, DISCUSSION OF ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC BUDGET LINE ITEMS? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL CORE CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT'S JUST FROM THE BUDGET, CORRECT? THAT'S JUST REGIONAL PARKS CONTRIBUTION.IS THAT PLA FROM PLATS? YEAH, THAT'S JUST OUR MONEY THAT WE GET.
UM, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT I'M NOT SURE YOU MEAN BY FROM THEIR REGULAR BUDGET.
BUT WHAT THAT IS COMING FROM IS WHEN THERE'S NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A PORTION THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY PER LOT THAT GETS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PARK FUNDS.
ARE WE STILL AT 1400, DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, POSSIBLY.
BUT I DO NOT WANNA BE ON RECORD SAYING THE WRONG NUMBER, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON AN EMAIL WITH THE EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU ALL.
AND THIS IS, IS THIS THE LAST, UH, Y'ALL'S FISCAL YEAR STARTED? NINE ONE, CORRECT.
SO THOSE, OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE MORNING.
WE'LL GET SEPTEMBER AT THE NEXT MEETING.
TEN ONE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAD ANY COME IN, UH, FOR REGIONAL PARK CONTRIBUTIONS, WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT 46 OR 49,000.
AND THE PARKLAND ACQUISITION WAS THE FOUR ACRES AT UH, AT DIXON? YES.
JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF WHERE CURRENT PRIMOS PARK IS.
AND THEN SPONSORSHIP, WHERE DO WE GET 80? SO THAT IS A RUNNING TOTAL FROM THE SCOREBOARDS AT PRIMROSE PARK.
UM, AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST A RUNNING TOTAL.
BUT IT'S A RUNNING TOTAL, I WAS HOPING.
AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE METHODIST, RIGHT? NOT YET, NO.
AND WHAT, WHAT'S THEIR INITIAL CHECK GONNA BE? THEY'RE GONNA DO HALF, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO HALF.
SO IT'S 10 GRAND ONCE AND THEN 10 GRAND NEXT YEAR ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO PHASE THREE OPENING UP.
LEAH, YOU SEE ANYTHING STANDS OUT FOR YOU? NOPE.
DAWN, YOU GOOD RYAN? YEAH, LOOKS GOOD.
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OF INTEREST OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FULCHER FOLEY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, FOUR TO 8:00 PM AT THE CITY OFFICES.KEITH SHORE, BEAUTIFUL SEMI-ANNUAL EVENT ON NOVEMBER 7TH, NINE TO 1:00 PM AT THE IRENE STERN COMMUNITY CENTER.
KELLY, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE FULCHER FOLLIES? YEAH, FULCHER FOLEY IS CURRENTLY GETTING SET UP IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, IT'S A REALLY NICE TENT.
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UM, SO DEFINITELY BRING YOUR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT INFLATABLE, UM, LIKE KIND OF NOT AMUSEMENT PARK, BUT SOME OF THOSE SORT OF GAMES.
I THINK WE HAVE A MECHANICAL BOWL THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, DIAMOND WEST PERFORMING AS WELL AS ORIGINAL REMNANTS.
I BELIEVE ORIGINAL REMNANTS WAS HERE THIS LAST YEAR, SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN.
HAVE SOME GREAT VENDORS, SO DEFINITELY COME OUT AND BRING YOUR FAMILIES.
AND THEN KE RE BEAUTIFUL ON NOVEMBER 7TH, WE WILL, UM, PLANT NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDFLOWER SEEDS ALONG THE MEDIANS OF CHARGER, WAY ALONG WITH THE USUAL ELECTRONIC RECYCLING DRIVE THROUGH AND TRASH PICKUP, LITTER PICKUP ALONG THE SIDES OF THE ROAD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OF IT? ALRIGHT,
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YEAH.ITEM F, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PARKS AND RECREATION RELATED TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
DO WE WILL THE ART BOX PROJECT? DO ARE WE, WE'RE DOING A NEW CALL FOR ARTISTS, SO THE OTHERS THAT WE DIDN'T USE THE LAST TIME WE'RE JUST NOT USING, I BELIEVE BECAUSE THAT WAS A SEPARATE CALL.
WE'LL JUST NEED TO DO A NEW ONE.
SO SOME PEOPLE COULD POTENTIALLY STILL SUBMIT, BUT OKAY.
AND DO WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT MAINTENANCE ISSUES OR WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP? IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GONNA GET THAT UNDER CONTROL IN NOVEMBER.
MAYBE A LITTLE RAIN WOULD HELP.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
BUT EVEN TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRASP, LIKE MS. MCCRAY SUGGESTED, UM, AND COME WITH A PLAN JUST IN PREPARATION TO GUIDE, UH, AND, AND GIVE CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE.
UM, EVEN IF IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PRESENT IT A LITTLE MORE FORMALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST PUT SOME THINGS AT EASE AND, UH, CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO WE CAN KNOW WHERE WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
SO WE KNOW WE SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA DO THAT.
OH, WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
SO THAT WAY WE ALL HAVE A KIND OF CLEAR, ALSO NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE TICKETS UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, MONTHS AGO.
NOW WE KNOW, NOW WE KNOW HOW TO PUT THINGS IN.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE.
UM, AND THERE'S A PROCESS KINDA ALREADY IN PLACE, SO MAYBE I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHENEVER NOVEMBER COMES AROUND, WE CAN DO THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NOPE.