[I. CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL]
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          JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL CALL. EVERYBODY'S JUST ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME. STEVE BECKER HERE. 
          DON. NOW'S HERE. ROBIN. BURKHART HERE. CAROLYN DALGLISH HERE. HI. CORONA'S PRESENT. 
          MARK DOUGLAS HERE. OKAY, SO WE'VE NOTED THAT START OUT BY NOTING I DIDN'T. DID WE RECEIVE 
          [III.1. Routine reports from City Council Liaison.]
ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO STAFF AND COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. AND SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE ONE. YES. OKAY. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE. OKAY. SO PAUL, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES? I DON'T THERE'S NOTHING FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY ASKED ME TO PASS ALONG TO YOU. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON IN STAFF WISE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR STARTED. YES. 
          SO. HOW'S THE BUDGET PROCESS GOING? THE BUDGET PROCESS WAS, I WOULD SAY, HECTIC TOWARDS THE END. BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL IT WAS A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR. COOL. AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THE END. GREAT. SO I THINK I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. AND WE DID DO A EVER SO SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE THE TAX RATE. IF YOU ALL SAW THAT I'M DOING THIS FROM MEMORY. SO I'LL GET IT RIGHT. THE MULTIPLIER LAST YEAR WAS 0.4231. AND WE ROUNDED OFF THOSE LAST TWO DIGITS. SO WE'RE NOW AT 0.420. SO YOU KNOW ALMOST FLAT BUT SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM FROM WHAT WE HAD THEN. ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY. I KNOW THAT SHANE HAD PROPOSED A AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE EMPLOYEES. DID YOU GUYS GET AROUND TO DISCUSSING THAT? I HAVE DISCUSSED IT A BIT. YEAH. AND WHAT WE AGREED ON WAS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PROGRAM PUT IN PLACE THAT WORKED. RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THE WAY THE DISCUSSION WENT, YOU COULD CERTAINLY HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. RIGHT. IN ORDER TO GET A, YOU KNOW, A PAYBACK OR WHATEVER. AND SO WE INSTRUCTED THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE ACTUALLY WAS IT WASN'T LIKE HE DIDN'T HE WAS IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. WE INSTRUCTED HIM TO TO START DISCUSSING WITH HIS STAFF AND AND WHAT, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO THERE'S NOTHING IMPLEMENTED AT THIS POINT. BUT THE IDEA IS WE MAY IMPLEMENT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. 
          [III.2. Routine reports from City Staff]
OKAY. AND DAVID AND REPORTS FROM CITY STAFF. YEAH, ACTUALLY I WILL RESERVE ANY COMMENTS FOR 
          [IV.1. Approval of Minutes from September 10, 2025 Regular Meeting.]
PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL DO. OH, AWESOME. OKAY. FANTASTIC. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE ACTION ITEM THEN. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 10TH WERE SENT OUT EARLIER. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I WOULD MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PASS APPROVAL. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THOSE AND MOVE ON. ZOOM THROUGH TONIGHT. OKAY. DID YOU CATCH THAT? I GOT IT, OKAY. OKAY, 
          [V.1. Discussion of sales of City-owned parcels to verify none are designated for future trails.]
OKAY OKAY. SO DISCUSSION ITEMS, NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION OF SALES OF CITY OWNED PARCELS TO VERIFY. 
          NONE ARE DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE TRAILS. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING ANDREW HAS MENTIONED IN THE PAST. I WISH HE WAS HERE. DAVID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HIM, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD, YOU KNOW, OR BEEN APPROACHED TO BE SOLD. AND I THINK HIS CONCERN WAS THAT THEY ARE NEXT TO CITY TRAILS OR POSSIBLY IMPACTING FUTURE PARKS. 
          ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY? SO ANDREW DID NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME. OKAY, SO I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PARCELS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SOLD OR ANY DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE SELLING PARCELS. OKAY, THERE'S THE GUY, EVERYBODY WHO WAS HERE IN THE PAST 2022 DOCUMENT WENT OUT. HAVE YOU HAS ANYONE HERE SEEN ANY OF THOSE PARCELS BEING IMPACTED? THE ONLY ONE WAS ANDREW WAS ANDREW. AND HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO WE MAY HAVE TO PAUSE THE. IS THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT THAT THAT BEFORE THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON SELLING PARCELS. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN NO BRAINERS. BUT ARE THEY AT LEAST AWARE OF THAT WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ON THE CITY. WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES TO YOU AND ASKS FOR A PIECE? SO THERE'S THERE 
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HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CASES COMING UP RECENTLY WHERE THESE HAVE ALL BEEN IN THE VEIN OF RELEASING OF EASEMENTS. RIGHT. AND SO AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE A PERSON OWNS TWO LOTS. THEY OWN BOTH LOTS THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE. AND THE CITY HAS AN EASEMENT FOR BETWEEN. THEY WANT TO RELEASE THAT TO TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A FENCE OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO THERE. AND AND SO THAT'S IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO SELL THE LOTS. IT'S RESPONDING TO CITIZENS WHO ARE ASKING US TO RELEASE EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW, A NUMBER OF THESE. THERE'S MAYBE 10 OR 12 OF THEM. YEAH. AND HAD THE, THE HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE 2022 PARKS AND REC REPORT TO SEE IF ANY OF THESE CURRENT PROPERTIES ARE ON THAT REPORT? I WOULD SAY NO. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS NO ONE ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT I'M AWARE OF HAS DONE IT, AND NO ONE ON COUNCIL HAS DONE IT, AND I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE STAFF. YES. YEAH THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. PART IS I THINK ANDREW'S IN THE KNOW ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I WISH HE WAS HERE. WELL HE HASN'T LOOKED AT IT EITHER. YEAH. YEAH. HE SENT ME A NOTE AND I, I TOLD HIM WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU OKAY. AND HE HE'S BEEN SO BUSY OF COURSE. AND HE HASN'T HE HASN'T LOOKED AT IT EITHER. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NOBODY THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT HAS ACTUALLY COMPARED THAT REPORT FROM PARKS AND REC FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. YEAH. TO SEE IF ANY OF THESE CURRENT EASEMENT RELEASE REQUESTS ARE IN THAT REPORT. I MEAN, IT'D BE GREAT IF LOGICALLY, IF YOU ALL WOULD, WOULD DO IT. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE THE IDEAL THING, I GUESS. COULD WE THEN MAKE AS PART OF THE SYSTEM WHEN REQUESTS CAME IN THAT THAT BE PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS? I'LL LOOK AT THE 22 REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WEREN'T PARCELS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR PARKS IN SOME VEINS. SOME OF IT WAS IT WAS TRAILS. I REMEMBER LOOKING THROUGH IT RIGHT AND POCKET PARKS. RIGHT. AND IT WAS THIS THING AND CONNECTING THINGS. IT WAS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT. WELL, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. SO I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE OF IT. AND YOU HAD FOUND IT AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT IT. SO IT'S IN YOUR STACK, RIGHT. OKAY. SO I JUST NEED TO COMPARE THAT REPORT TO THE RECENT ONE. RIGHT. AND AND AND AND THE TRICK WHAT MAKES IT TRICKY DAVID, IS THAT. 
          THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN ACTING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. AND AS THESE EASEMENT RELEASE REQUESTS HAVE COME IN, THEY THEY IT HASN'T BEEN REALLY WELL ORGANIZED. AND AND SO MAYBE. YOU KNOW A GOOD A GOOD TACTIC MIGHT BE FOR YOU TO GET WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. MAKE SURE SHE'S AWARE OF OF THAT THAT REPORT AND AND YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, YOU SEE, IF THERE'S ANY OVERLAP BETWEEN THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT REPORT BECAUSE AS AS ROBIN WAS SAYING, THAT REPORT HAS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE THAT SAY, OH, THIS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE LINKED INTO THE OVERALL TRAIL SYSTEM. SO YOU COULD IMAGINE ONE OF THESE EASEMENTS MIGHT BE, YES. OKAY. 
          I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS MORE TO A SYSTEM OR A PROCESS INVOLVED IN THOSE REQUESTS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT REPORT IS REVIEWED BEFORE APPROVAL IS GIVEN TO TO A PARCEL, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY KIND OF FORMAL PROCESS. NOW, THE CITY MANAGER IS JUST SAYING, WE DON'T NEED THAT EASEMENT. GO AHEAD, GIVE IT TO HIM. WELL, A FORMAL PROCESS IS THAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EASEMENT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT IT WHEN THEY COME IN. AND SO FAR WE'VE HAD TWO THAT ACTUALLY GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK, BUT THERE WAS NO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION THAT SAID, OH, WHAT IS IT? DOES THIS PROPERTY HAPPEN TO BE ON THAT PARCEL? RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. SO I MEAN, I CAN'T GIVE THAT DIRECTION. I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK INTO CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE THAT A FORMAL DIRECTION? ALTHOUGH DAVID WROTE HIMSELF A NOTE. SO THEY WILL GET THERE INFORMALLY SOONER. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT I THINK THAT'S GOOD. GOOD POINT TO BRING UP, STEVE. SO OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE DAVID YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK ON THAT. AND YEAH I'VE MADE A NOTE OF THAT OKAY I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND SHE AND I WILL BE CHECKING IN PERIODICALLY. OKAY. YEAH. BETTER YET, I DON'T HAVE HER 
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NAME COMMITTED IN MEMORY. WOULD YOU? YEAH, I'M. I'M PRETTY NEW. WELL, REALLY NEW. I WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH. THANKS, PAUL. AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM. NO, IT'S VERY NEW. 
          VERY NEW. YEAH. AND JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR ME, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAD SOME MENTION OF TRAILS AND SUCH IN THERE. SO BEFORE ANY EASEMENT WOULD GET SOLD, I WOULD IMAGINE PART OF THE PROCESS WOULD BE ALWAYS TO CHECK AGAINST COMPARISON. AGAINST. YEAH, AGAINST. YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PLAN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET. SO. CORRECT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. SO SO WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO REFERENCE. BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT APPROVED, WE CAN CLEARLY SEE IF SOMETHING'S IN THE PLAN. YEAH. CHECK IT. YEP. SO YEAH OKAY OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON THAT. NUMBER TWO 
          [V.2. Discussion of Planning and Zoning Commission action regarding proposed changes to tree fines.]
DISCUSSION ITEM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO TREE FINES. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT PARKS COMMITTEE HAD SENT FORWARD TO TRY TO INCREASE CALIBER, SIZE AND INCREASE FINES SO THAT SO MANY TREES DON'T GET JUST CLEAR CUT BECAUSE IT'S SO CHEAP FOR THESE FEES FOR DEVELOPERS. SO DO WE KNOW IF THEY'VE HAD THAT MEETING YET? SUPPOSED TO BE A PLANNING AND ZONING PLANNING ZONING. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT HAD A DISCUSSION IN PLANNING AND ZONING. YEAH. SO WE KNOW WHEN THAT MEETING ENDS, HOW DO WE GET ON THEIR AGENDA THEN TO PUT IT ON? YEAH, THIS SHOULD BE ON THEIR AGENDA. I IRONICALLY, LINDA AIRD, WHO IS A MEMBER OF PLANNING AND ZONING, SAW THE PARKS AND REC AGENDA AND SHE SENT ME A NOTE AND SHE SAID, WHAT'S THIS? PLANNING AND ZONING IS NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THIS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          OH, GOD. AND SO I'M HOPING IT'S ON THERE. AND I COPIED MR. WEST ON THAT AS WELL. GOOD FOR LINDA. 
          SHE WAS CHECKING. YEAH. OKAY. WELL. AND AND WHEN WHEN IS IT THEIR MEET. IT'S ON THEIR AGENDA. SO IF ANY OF US WANT TO MEET TWICE A MONTH, ATTEND THE NEXT, THEIR NEXT MEETING, DO WE KNOW IT'S ALWAYS ON A THURSDAY? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHICH WHICH ONE I'M LOOKING TO SEE. 
          THURSDAY MAYBE. OKAY. EASTERN. YEAH. YEAH. THEY HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW. TOMORROW? OKAY. AND LET ME SEE. I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA. IT'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REFERRAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FEE IN LIEU OF TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, AND DEFINE THE ALLOWED USES FOR THOSE FEES. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S ON THERE. IT'S ON THERE. YEAH. SO SOME OF US GO AND TALK. CAN'T HURT. YEAH PROBABLY IT'S. 6:00 TOMORROW IN THIS ROOM. YEAH. 
          IT'S PRETTY FAR DOWN THEIR AGENDA. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL HAPPEN AT SIX OR 7 OR 930. YEAH. YEAH. SO DID IT MENTION CALIPER SIZE IN THERE. ANYWHERE IS STRICTLY FEES I MEAN IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THERE IN THE TITLE. AND MY NOTE BACK TO LINDA, I SAID, I MENTIONED THE THREE THINGS THAT WE HAD ASKED THEM TO DO WAS LOOK AT THE USE OF THE MONEY. 
          THEN SHOULD THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE BE CHANGED TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. AND NUMBER THREE IS THE CALIPER SIZE. YEAH. OR PROTECTION. OKAY. TEN TEN INCHES IS A HUGE TREE. YEAH YEAH YEAH. IT'S EIGHT EIGHT. OH I HEARD TEN. NO I THINK WE HAD SAID I THINK WE HAD MOVED IT TO EIGHT I BELIEVE. YEAH I BELIEVE IT'S. OKAY. SO IF ANYBODY CAN GO I CAN'T GO I THINK I MIGHT I'M, I WOULD, I THINK I MAY TRY TO GO BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS CLEAR CUTTING. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE UNLESS IT HURTS JUST A LITTLE. YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO MAKE THEM THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE CHAMBER. PAUL. YEAH. OKAY. 6 P.M. HERE IN THE CHAMBER. SO YES, ANYBODY WHO CAN ATTEND PLEASE DO SO. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CLEAR CUTTING IN THE AREA AND MAKING SIGN UP TO TALK. YEAH. WALK IN. YEAH. YEAH. DEFINITELY SIGN IN AS CITIZEN COMMENT COMMENTER AND YOU'LL GET YOUR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. THREE MINUTES I GUESS. TO 
          [V.3. Update on pickleball and golf ball safety.]
DISCUSS THAT. SO OKAY SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS THE UPDATE ON PICKLEBALL AND GOLF BALL SAFETY. SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE BALLS ON THE 
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COURT RIGHT. YES. YEAH. WOW. SO SUGGESTION WAS MADE LAST TIME FOR THEM TO YELL FOR OR SOMETHING. BUT I DON'T KNOW. IS THERE ANYTHING DAVID THAT CAN BE DONE. YEAH. SO I CONTINUE TO GO OUT THERE TWICE A WEEK TO CHECK THE SHEER QUANTITY OF BALLS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          PERSONALLY, I'VE ONLY FOUND ONE BALL ON THE COURT, BUT I DID HAVE REPORTED TO ME BY ONE OF THE REGULAR PLAYERS THAT ON A RECENT SATURDAY THEY FOUND AS MANY AS SIX ON THE COURT, WHICH MEANS THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL, WHICH ISN'T SURPRISING. SATURDAY WOULD BE THE MOST HEAVILY. IT'S THE WEEKENDS. IT'S THE WEEKEND HACKERS OUT PRIOR TO AND SO SO. 
          AND THEN I SPOKE WITH GREG AT THE GOLF COURSE, AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE HAS ORDERED SIGNS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE USING THE RANGE WILL IN FACT YELL FOR. SO HE SIMPLY WAITING FOR THOSE TO ARRIVE. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE STATUS OF WHERE THINGS ARE. AND I, I DO CHECK WITH THE FOLKS OUT THERE ANYTIME I'M OUT THERE. YEAH. AND I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANOTHER INCIDENT OF SOMEBODY BEING HIT BY A BALL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOT SURPRISING THAT THERE'D BE MORE ACTIVITY ON AN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A CONFLICT. 
          CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOST PART. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING OUT THERE 730 TO 8 A.M. AND SO FOLKS ARE HITTING THE DRIVING RANGE BEFORE THAT TIME. THEY'RE GETTING OUT THERE BEFORE THE FIRST TEE TIME. OKAY. YEAH. SO BUT I AM SEEING WHERE I DO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF BALLS IS WHERE THEY CLEARLY HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY THE NET. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS OUT THERE TODAY AND THREW 14 BALLS BACK ON TO THE DRIVING RANGE THAT LITERALLY WERE AT THE BASE OF THE NET. SO THE NET IS CLEARLY KNOCKING SOME DOWN, BUT CLEARLY AT THE HIGH PEAK TIMES, SOME ARE COMING OVER. OKAY. WELL, AND SO LONG TERM I KNOW EVERYONE WOULD LIKE SOME KIND OF MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE USE OF A DIFFERENT PICKLEBALL COURT. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. THERE'S ONE OVER AT THE BAR, THE SPORTS PLEX. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT. IT'D HAVE TO BE RESTRIPED. AND OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE CONSIDERING OR. WELL, R.K. IS NOT US. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING. 
          OH THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S. THERE'S ONE. YEAH, YEAH. BY THE JUNIOR 31 I GUESS THAT'S THAT'S THE SPORTS COMPLEX AT 1431 THAT IS OURS. AND THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THAT'S A COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS TO CONVERT COURTS EACH COURT. SO IT'S DOABLE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING FUNDING SOMEWHERE. YEAH. AND THERE ARE TWO TENNIS COURTS THERE NOW. THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. YEAH. WHICH WOULD BE WHICH WOULD BE PICKLEBALL COURTS. YEAH. DAVID. THE. YOUR PREDECESSOR SAID HE HAD BEEN CHECKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR AND THAT THERE WERE SOME LEGAL BINDING COMMITMENTS BOTH WITH THE SCHOOL AND GROUPS. A LOT OF THESE WERE HANDSHAKE AGREEMENTS BUT BINDING. HE SAID HE WAS WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS TO CLEAR THE ROAD FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. ON WHAT SEAT? WORKING ON THEM ON THIS. OH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE THE COURTS AT 1431 AND BARQUET. OKAY. SO THERE IS AN EXISTING AGREEMENT. IT'S THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THE TENNIS COURT IS IN FACT NAMED IN THAT AGREEMENT. SO THE QUESTION IS AGAIN, JUST TERMS, BUT I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY WITHIN THE TERM. BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT. THANK YOU. BUT AT THIS POINT WE HANDLE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THAT THOUGH THERE IS VERY VERY LITTLE USE UP THERE. RIGHT. 
          YEAH. THEY HAVE PRETTY NICE COURTS OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I DON'T THINK I EVER SEE IT USED WELL. THERE'S VERY RARE. I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ON A BUSY WEEKEND, SHIFTING SOME USE TO THOSE TO AVOID THE BALLS, YOU KNOW, ON A BUSY WEEKEND. IF SO, MAYBE. WELL, I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS WE DON JUST JUST OPENED UP A A BEGINNER'S NIGHT. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE IN OVER A YEAR. AND SHE PUT OUT A POST ABOUT WE WERE GOING TO HELP THE NEWBIE START. WE HAD 24 PEOPLE SHOW UP. THAT IS SIX FULL COURTS OF BRAND NEW PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT. SO WE NEED MORE FACILITIES. SO TO HAVE TWO FACILITIES AVAILABLE BE TREMENDOUS. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT NO ONE'S NO ONE'S TALKED ABOUT THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO START RENTING OUT THEIR FACILITIES. WE USED TO USE THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD. MY TEAM WAS ON IT TONIGHT. I WONDER IF I WOULD ASSUME THE TENNIS COURTS ARE IN THE SAME BALLPARK. WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE OWN IT AND 
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WE ALLOW THEM USAGE. CORRECT. WELL, YOU CAN SPEAK AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. NO, NOT THE HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH. SO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SAID. YES. YEAH. WE HAVE AGREEMENT TO USE THOSE COURTS. AND THERE WAS, THERE WERE SOME DOLLARS THAT WERE INVOLVED AND THE USE OPERATION OF THEM TURNED OVER US. ONCE DEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLETED, WHICH I WANT TO SAY WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 2005. AND THEN THE AGREEMENT WAS FOR 25 YEARS OR SOMETHING. CAN I JUST CLARIFY? WE Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS. NO. ACCORDING TO 1431 I GOT YOU. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE. AND I THOUGHT, Y'ALL. I THOUGHT YOU REFERRED TO THOSE. I SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD. YOU'RE LIKE, HAVE TWO NEW COURTS, I GUESS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I GOT CONFUSED. MY FAULT. OKAY. MAY NOT BE SO WILLING TO. IS ANYBODY ARE ANY OF THEM PICKLEBALL. NONE. NO. 
          THEY'RE ALL A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE PICKLEBALL. NOW CAN WE FIND OUT IF THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WOULD RATHER TEACH PICKLEBALL THAN PRINT THAN TENNIS AND MAKE THEM ALL INTO PICKLEBALL? MAYBE THE COACHES WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN TEACHING. WELL, THE FACT THAT NOBODY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HERE TO SPEAK. PUT ON HOLD. THAT'S EXACTLY GOT A VERY ACTIVE TENNIS. VERY ACTIVE, I DON'T KNOW, THEY EVEN USE IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YEAH, I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN KIDS ON THERE ONCE. YEAH. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS A NEW YORK COURTS THAT I THINK THEY'RE FOCUSED OVER AT THE BIG HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T EVER SEE THOSE LIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, OR SEE PEOPLE. A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TEACHING PICKLEBALL NOW. SO WE MIGHT FIND OUT FROM THE COACHES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE COACHES FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, AND THEN. MAKE THEM INTO PICKLEBALL, SOME OF THEM PROBABLY A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          PEOPLE HATE PICKLEBALL, BUT LOOK HOW MANY THERE ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S SO MANY COURTS NOW, THEY COULD DO HALF OF THEM OR THE NEW ONES BE PICKLEBALL. I THINK YOU'D HAVE A WAR. I THINK YOU'D HAVE A WAR ON YOUR HAND. THAT'S WHY I WAS PETITIONING FOR 1431 IN BAQUET BECAUSE THOSE AREN'T BEING USED. YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT. I WOULD LET'S GO TO THE EASY FISH. 
          THAT'S THE EASIER SHORT TERM SOLUTION. IF WE CAN GET IT RESTRIPED AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT, ASK THE COACH IF THEY TEACH IT. YEAH. WELL, IF YOU COULD CHECK JUST TO SEE WHAT OUR STATUS IS ON THAT, BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD EVERY TIME I CHECKED WITH HIM HE'D SAY, OH, IT'S WITH THE ATTORNEY. IT'S WITH THE ATTORNEY. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT. SO I THINK THE CONSENSUS HERE IS DAVID, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IF WE COULD CHECK TO SEE IF THOSE COURTS AT BAR K 1431 COULD BE USED FOR PICKLEBALL. CORRECT. MAYBE ALLEVIATE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC ON A WEEKEND, BUT ALSO GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL COURTS TO USE. IF WE COULD CHECK ON THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A WORTHWHILE THING TO DO. IF I CAN SIDESTEP OFF OF PICKLEBALL SUBJECT. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DAVID. IN OUR LAST MEETING. I BROUGHT UP SOME. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GUY. WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THE UPPER FIELD. I MADE MENTION OF THE THE PICNIC TABLES BEING DAMAGED. THEY WERE FIXED THAT HE WE MET UP THERE THE NEXT DAY. THE VERY NEXT MORNING, SEVEN ONE, 730 IN THE MORNING. WE JUST HAPPENED TO RUN INTO EACH OTHER. PICNIC TABLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. SEVERAL ALL OF MY ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT TO, BROUGHT TO THE MEETING LAST TIME HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. GREAT POINT. 
          TWO NEW BENCHES SHOWED UP. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. YEAH. AND THEN? AND THEN WE HAD A HELICOPTER LAND AT SUNSET PARK. SO THAT'S A WHOLE STORY. WELL, THAT DAVID AND I HAVE ALREADY MET ABOUT THAT LATER. YEAH, IT'S FUN TIMES. AND I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE'S WAYS TO COMMENT ON CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY DO A GOOD JOB. AND PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YEAH. 
          SO THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR ALREADY MAKING THERE ACTUALLY IS THERE IS THERE IS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN PAUL. WELL, DAVID, YOU MIGHT KNOW BETTER. ISN'T THERE A DROP BOX WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN A LIKE BASICALLY A SHOUT OUT. YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE. THERE'S ALSO A KUDOS ONLINE. 
          YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO YES, THANK YOU FOR MAKING AN IMPACT ALREADY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH. YEAH. THE THE BIG THING THE BIG THING LIKE LIKE STEVE SAID THE, THE THE URGENCY TO THE THAT YOU KNOW SIMPLE THE LIKE WE SAID IT IN OUR FIRST MEETING AS A COMMITTEE IS THE LOW YOU KNOW THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. HANGING FRUIT RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S BEEN OUR PLAN AS A COMMITTEE. WE PRESENTED THESE SIMPLE THINGS. RIGHT. WHAT WE FELT IS SIMPLE. AND DAVID JUMPED ALL OVER IT. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. YES. VERY MUCH. 
          DEFINITELY. AND I THINK WE AS A COMMITTEE ALSO, JUST TO REITERATE AND FOLLOW UP WITH 
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WHAT I SAID, IS THAT A RECOGNITION THAT PARKS AND RECREATION ARE IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS OF LAGO VISTA? IT'S, IT'S AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS SOME MOVEMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND START DOING THINGS THAT PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS HERE APPRECIATE. SO LET'S KEEP DOING IT. SO OKAY, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON ON THAT. AND DAVID, MAYBE WE CAN GET A DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING. AND OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR PARKS 
          [V.4. Parks and Recreation Budget Overview and Discussion.]
AND RECREATION BUDGET OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION. SO I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CITY COUNCIL IS EVALUATING THE BUDGET AT THE MOMENT AND POTENTIALLY INCREASING PARKS BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS DONE. IT IS DONE. SO THE WAY THE WAY THE BUDGET WORKS, AND THIS IS REALLY STATE LAW IN ACTION. WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO SET OUR TAX RATE EVERY YEAR, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET IN ORDER TO SET THE TAX RATE. AND SO WE MET OUR STATE REQUIREMENT OF COMPLETING THE BUDGET. SO THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S NO MORE CHANGES EXPECTED ON THE BUDGET. THERE IS A PROCESS FOR MAKING CHANGES TO THE BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, MID YEAR CYCLE. BUT AS A GENERAL RULE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T DO. SO THE BUDGET THAT DAVID WALKED US THROUGH IS WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED OKAY. SO IN FACT WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A COPY OF THE VERY ONE THAT I HAVE AT MY DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET. SO YOU LITERALLY I COPIED THAT BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS INDICATED, THIS IS THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. SO WE'LL JUST COVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS. SO PARKS AND RECREATION INCLUDES TWO SECTIONS, THAT IS PARKS AND RECREATION AND AQUATICS. 
          AQUATICS LITERALLY IS AT THIS POINT JUST THE POOL THOUGH MY HOPE SOMEDAY IS IT MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE THE SPLASH PAD. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CROSSING OF THE FINGERS. YEAH, REALLY. THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS HERE. THERE ARE PRIMARILY TWO OF THEM IN PARKS AND RECREATION. SO THE IF YOU GO DOWN TO SO THE FIRST SECTION, PERSONNEL SERVICES DOWN TOWARDS THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT YOU'LL SEE PR MAINTENANCE, YOU'LL SEE A POSITION THAT'S CALLED CREW LEADER. AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE THAT ACTUALLY BETWEEN THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TWO POSITIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. 
          YEAH, YEAH. AWESOME. YEAH. TRUST ME, THE TEAM OF THREE IS SUPER EXCITED. THE SO ACTUALLY THE THE JOB FLIER WENT OUT TODAY. SO IT'S POSTED. AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS IS WE WILL HIRE TWO ADDITIONAL WHAT WE'RE CALLING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS THAT WILL GIVE US A TEAM OF FOUR. WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS AND SEE IF A LEADER RISES TO THE TOP, BECAUSE THE INTEREST IS ALWAYS TO TRY AND PROMOTE FROM WITHIN, IF YOU CAN. AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT A CREW LEADER WILL MAKE THEMSELVES EVIDENT OVER THOSE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE WILL DO AN INTERNAL RECRUITMENT AND FILL THAT POSITION INTERNALLY. 
          BUT SO THAT'S HUGE FOR US, LITERALLY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF OF MAINTENANCE FOLKS BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO THINK, OH, ALL WE TAKE CARE OF IS, IS THE PARKS. AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. THE THEY LITERALLY HANDLE ALL THE MEDIANS ALONG DAWN AS WELL AS UP HIGHLAND. WE HANDLE THE PARKWAYS IN ADDITION TO THAT STUFF. AND THEN WHATEVER ELSE COMES UP, SOME OF WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN A SLIDE PRESENTATION. BUT YEAH, AND YOU'LL JUST SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN. IT ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF TAKING CARE OF THE CIVIC CENTER, SUNSET PARK, THE SPORTS COMPLEX. YOU GOT FOUNTAIN POINT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE GOT LIBRARY FRIENDS, THE WHOLE AREA AROUND PD, THE VACANT LOT BETWEEN LIPOA AND BUSINESSES HERE, RIGHT ON DON DRIVE, VETERANS PARK, ALL OF THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. AND AS I SAID, WE DO THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF OF DON DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ROUNDABOUT. AND THEN A NUMBER, THE BOGGY FORD AND LOWLAND FORD CORNER THERE THE CLUB DID WORK ON THAT'S NOW BEEN TURNED OVER TO US FOR MAINTENANCE. SAME WITH PASEO DE VACA. AND SO YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAT'S A LOT. YEAH IT IS. YEAH, IT'S A TON. YEAH. THE GUYS ARE DYING ON THE VINE. 
          IT'S AN AIRPORT MAINTENANCE IN HERE. OR IS THAT IN THE AIRPORT? SO THAT IS IN AIRPORT OKAY. 
          HOWEVER. YEAH. SO AIRPORT HAS A STAFF OF ONE PART TIMER. AND SO THEY WERE HAVING AN EVENT TWO 
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WEEKS AGO SATURDAY. THE PARKS CREW WENT OUT THERE AND DID ALL THE MOWING FOR THE AT THE AIRPORT. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. WE GO AND SUPPORT WHOEVER NEEDS. SO YEAH, SO IT KIND OF FALLS TO US. WHEN MARK BECAME A PART TIME PERSON IN AIRPORT REPORTS TO YOU, HE NO LONGER HE REPORTS DIRECTLY TO CHARLES. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT THAT IS A THE BIG HIGHLIGHT. 
          THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE UNDER ON THE NEXT PAGE. THERE WILL BE. ESTABLISHMENTS THAT. ARE LEASES. 
          FOR POLICE. YEAH. IT'S IT'S FOR. ANOTHER I TOTALLY MISSED IT. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'LL SEE I'M LOOKING AT SHADE STRUCTURES FOR BLEACHERS AT SUNSET PARK. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. SO WE'LL GET THERE. SO RENTAL LEASES YOU'LL SEE THAT DOLLAR FIGURE IS UP. THAT'S BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH ADDITIONAL BODIES WE'LL NEED TO LEASE SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. SO MOST OF THAT IS IS JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT GAITERS MOWERS THAT KIND OF THING. BECAUSE THE GUYS ARE ON THOSE 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK. WOW. YEAH. IT SAYS YEAH. SO THERE ARE ALL THE TIME. AND THEN ON THAT THIRD PAGE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. SO FIXED ASSETS IS TYPICALLY YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          YOU'LL SEE A BUDGET OF $85,000 THERE. AND IT INDICATES FOR IRRIGATION ON DOWN DRIVE AND SHADE STRUCTURES FOR BLEACHERS AND SUNSET PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD THIS BODY, BUT I, I DID MAKE COUNCIL AWARE. SO THE $85,000 WAS ACTUALLY A TWO YEAR OLD QUOTE. AND WHEN I GOT A REVISED QUOTE FOR SHADE STRUCTURES, IT WENT FROM 65,000 TO 25,000, WHICH WHICH TOOK THAT ENTIRE LINE ITEM. HOWEVER, I HAVE FOUND A VENDOR THAT IN FACT WILL DO US BETTER THAN THAT. SO MY HOPE IS STILL TO GET SOME IRRIGATION. AND THEN IF I CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE CAN STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST WE'LL WE'LL SEE. WHEN YOU SAY SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU SHADE STRUCTURES FOR THE BLEACHERS, THAT WOULD INVOLVE BOTH BOTH OF THE BOTH OF THE FIELDS. CORRECT? YEAH. EACH ONE HAVING TWO BLEACHERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES, HOME AND VISITORS. SO THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FOUR SHADE STRUCTURES. ALL RIGHT. SO COOL. AND GREAT. THEN BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE A FIGURE OF $65,000 UNDER TRAILS. SO AS YOU KNOW. SO TURN BACK TRAIL TURN BACK CANYON TRAIL. PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR. SO IN FACT TOMORROW WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO DO OUR FIRST CURSORY WALK FOR PHASE TWO. ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE WILL HAVE A MORE FORMAL WALKTHROUGH. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN JUST A MOMENT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH ANYTHING THAT MAY BE OUT THERE. ALL OF THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT THAT WILL BE THE START OF PHASE TWO AND PHASE TWO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE JUMPING OFF POINT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS PHASE ONE. PHASE ONE. YOU GO DOWN THE STEPS TO THE LEFT. PHASE TWO YOU'LL GO DOWN THE STEPS TO THE RIGHT. THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EASEMENT FOR FOOTHILL COVE TO CONTINUE, AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY PRIVATE PROPERTIES ALL ALONG THAT STRIP THERE. I THINK THE CITY OWNS EIGHT OF THOSE PARCELS. AND SO WE'LL GO UP THE EASEMENT, CUT ACROSS ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, AND THEN HEAD OUT ALONG THE RAVINE. SO SO THIS WILL GET US A FAIR PACE DOWN THE ROAD AND POSITION US. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE THEN TO CUT THE TRAIL FORMALLY NEXT YEAR. I CAN FIX THAT STREET. FOOTHILL, FOOTHILL. 
          TALK ABOUT THAT I THINK IN MY PRESENTATION. I TRIED TO DRIVE DOWN THERE ONCE. LET ME TELL YOU, DON'T DRIVE DOWN THERE IN A LOW CAR. WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR YOU, DAVID. OH, YEAH. NO, NO, NO, I GET IT. TOTALLY GET IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN YOU SEE, FOR SUNSET PARK 301 OTHER QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, ON THE, ON THE TURN BACK IS DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT A GRAPHIC WITH THE. I'M THINKING YES. WITH SUNSET PARK WITH THE TRAIL AROUND IT TO SHOW WHERE IT IS. WHEN YOU SAY THE TRAIL AROUND THE TURN BACK CONSERVANCY TRAIL, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT CONNECTING, BUT DO WE SEE IT? CAN WE SEE ON A MAP? YEAH. CAN WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RELATIVE TO SOME PHASE TWO. NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF DO A CASUAL WALK AND WE WILL GPS THAT TOMORROW MORNING. OKAY. AND THAT WILL GIVE US A SORT OF SENSE, BUT WOULDN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING UNTIL A WE GET A MORE FORMAL WALK AND B THE ARCHEOLOGICAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL 
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STUDY IS DONE BECAUSE AS WITH PHASE ONE, IT MIGHT SHIFT THE TRAIL. SURE. SO SO WE DON'T WANT TO FORMALIZE ANYTHING. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT HOPEFULLY FOLKS CAN SEE PHASE ONE WHERE THAT IS AND WHERE THAT'S RUNNING, BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET THEIR BOATS OUT ON THE TRAIL. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. IT'S IT'S SPECTACULAR. YES. SO YEAH, PHASE TWO WILL BE A NICE ADDITION. AND YES, THAT WILL TAKE US FROM FOOTHILL COVE ALL THE WAY TO SUNSET PARK. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A NICE TRAIL THAT ALMOST COMPLETELY CIRCUMNAVIGATES SUNSET PARK. SO. SO ONCE THAT LINKAGE IS MADE, THERE ACTUALLY ARE QUITE A FEW MILES THERE. AND PHASE ONE, AS YOU KNOW, TAKES US ALL THE WAY TO TESSERA. SO IF YOU WERE TO START IT TO SARAH ON PHASE ONE AND THEN CUT OVER TO PHASE TWO, TAKE YOURSELF OVER TO SUNSET. ONCE THAT PHASE TWO IS COMPLETED, OVER TO SUNSET PARK. DO THE LOOP THERE. YOU'LL ACTUALLY COVER SEVERAL. YEAH. THIS IS I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ON A LITTLE TRAIL MAP FOR PEOPLE. YEAH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO. SO SUNSET PARK IS FORMALIZED, AND I CAN SHOW I CAN SHOW YOU A MAP OF THAT. OKAY. AND THEN PHASE ONE IS DONE SO WE CAN SEE A MAP OF THAT. OKAY. OKAY. CAN I CHECK IN WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          NO, NO. ABSOLUTELY. THEN SO THE 327,150 IS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW DRIVEWAY AND THE ENTRY TO THE PARK. SO YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT RECALL THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $542,000. 
          SIMPLY TO SHIFT THE ENTRY OF THE PARK ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY, SO THAT IT'S BEFORE THE CHURCH, NOT AFTER THE CHURCH. AND THERE WILL BE A CENTER LANE TURN POCKET GOING LEFT INTO THE PARK, RIGHT. SO THAT SHOULD IMPROVE THINGS A LITTLE BIT. BUT, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCLIMATE TO THE NEW ENTRY, AND DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY OVERSHOOT IT AND GO TO THE NORMAL ONE. AND IN IN CASE YOU AREN'T AWARE, THE EXISTING ONE WILL SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY. SO THERE WILL ONLY BE A SINGLE ACCESS AND IT WILL BE THE NEW ONE. I'M. I'M ASSUMING THE SIGN, THE SUNSET PARK SIGN WILL BE MOVED TO THE NEW ENTRANCE. YEAH, IT WILL BE MOVED SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD WAYFINDING SIGN. NO, NO IT'S NOT. IT'S VERY TINY. IT'S TINY. YEAH. SO IN FACT, WE TALKED TO TEXAS DOT TWO DAYS AGO ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PUT SIGNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. NICE. YEAH. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL IMPROVE ALL OF THEM. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I MEAN THEY'RE NOT LIT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN SO IF THEY'RE DUSK AND YOU KNOW AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS WINTER IT GETS DARKER YOU KNOW. SO HOPEFULLY I MEAN I DON'T KNOW REFLECTIVE OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S NO LIGHTS ON THE FIELDS ANYWAY. YEAH. SO BUT I GUESS IF YOU WERE USING THE TRAILS YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. YEAH. PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND IT'S, AND IT'S DARK, SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT. YEAH. SO THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOLAR LIGHTING. WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES BECAUSE THERE'S ZERO POWER OUTSIDE. YEAH, RIGHT. SOLAR LIGHTING IS PRETTY PREVALENT ON IN A LOT OF PARKS NOW. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM THEY'RE UNDER FIXED ASSETS IS $15,000 FOR POCKET PARKS. AND I MADE A COMMITMENT TO COUNCIL NOT TO STAY WITHIN 15,000 BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT'S PLAUSIBLE. BUT TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR A POCKET PARK. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU FOLKS ARE AS INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS COUNCIL IS. SO I AM WHOLLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THIS BODY SEES SOMETHING, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD. WELL, THE THE COMMITTEE DID EVALUATE THAT. AND AND THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LOW HANGING FRUIT WAS DONE. CIRCLE PARK FOR SOME MINOR, YOU KNOW, BENCHES, TABLES, CLEARING OUT MULCH TRAIL PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT THAT WAS THE ONE THE COMMITTEE HAD COME UP WITH AS THE NEXT. YEAH. SO AND SO AND SO SOME JUST SOME THINGS TO SORT OF KEEP IN MIND. YOU MAY RECALL THE DISCUSSION ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS ANDREW WHO INITIATED DURING THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE SWING SET AT BOWDEN POINT BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY, BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO TWO MAJOR STREETS, SOME WAY, BARRING THE ABILITY FOR KIDS TO RUN OUT INTO THE STREET. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT PLACES LIKE DAWN DRIVE, THE SAME KINDS OF ISSUES NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. AND THEN EVEN AS WE TALK ABOUT LOW HANGING FRUIT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I PROVIDED ALL OF YOU A COPY OF CPSC'S PUBLIC PLAYGROUND HANDBOOK IS BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO BE AMONG THE MOST LEARNED PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS OUT THERE AND UNDERSTAND, HEY, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR ANYTHING, RIGHT, BUT 
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RATHER UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL CITE AND I WILL REFERENCE THIS BOOK AS WELL AS ADA OR IN THIS CASE, TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. WHEN I COME BEFORE YOU WITH AN ISSUE. BECAUSE AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH BOWDEN POINT, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES, THERE ARE ISSUES OF COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY THAT ARE ALWAYS RELEVANT TO ANYTHING YOU DO IN PUBLIC SPACES. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN SOMETHING SEEMS SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE AS WE THINK. BUT AGAIN, I WILL NOT MAKE A PROPOSAL WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I'M BRINGING THE DETAILS TO YOU THAT I AM, AND NOW YOU'LL HAVE A POINT OF REFERENCE. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SURFACING PAGE NINE, WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SWINGS, PAGE 37. SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE AND WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THOSE STANDARDS, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING SPACES FOR PUBLIC USE. ONE THING I WOULD ASK AND TO HELP, MAYBE YOU CAN EDUCATE ME, AND MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ELSE THINKS THE SAME WAY, BUT A NATURAL PARK WITH A WITH BENCHES AND PICNIC TABLES VERSUS A PLAYGROUND ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WOULD THE RULES FALL THE SAME? BE THE SAME FOR SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? DAWN CIRCLE, WHICH WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PLAYGROUND, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIMPLE WALKING TRAILS. 
          NATURAL. SO SAME THING. YOU COULD STILL LOOK IN THERE. YEAH. SO WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THE MOMENT YOU PUT AN AMENITY AND SITE FURNISHINGS OR AMENITIES. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A PICNIC TABLE OR YOU TALK ABOUT BENCHES, THEN THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IS HOW DOES SOMEBODY GET THERE? AND WHEN WE SAY SOMEBODY, WE MEAN EVERYBODY. AND SO EVEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JUST DROPPING BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES, ETC. THE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY PER ADA TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THOSE AMENITIES, WHATEVER THOSE AMENITIES ARE. 
          OKAY, EVEN FOR SOMETHING CONSIDERED MORE NATURAL VERSUS A PLAYGROUND TYPE THING. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO SO BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYBODY WE ALL NEED TO READ IT. SO YEAH. YEAH. AGAIN IT'S THAT'S THAT'S I MEAN THEY CALL IT A PLAYGROUND, BUT IT'S NOT JUST RELEVANT TO PLAYGROUND BUT IT REALLY IS PUBLIC SPACES IN GENERAL. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID WE'LL BE REFERENCING BOTH THE CPSC PLAY HANDBOOK, BUT ALSO TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY. SO THAT EXPLAINS IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. 
          WELL I LOOKED AT THAT ONLINE AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED NOT REQUIRED. YEAH. THIS IS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE PUBLIC. YES. THESE ARE THESE ARE ACTUAL STANDARDS. SO SOMEBODY FIGURED IT OUT PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE CONSUMER PRODUCTS. SO YEAH, THERE THERE ACTUALLY IS A TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THE BUSINESS. THEY'RE CALLED CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE SPACES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT MANUAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION. 
          YES. THANK YOU. SURE. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. SO THAT HELPS OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO FLIP IT ON TO THE AQUATICS SIDE, THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T ANY REAL CHANGE IN THERE. I'LL SIMPLY POINT OUT ON PAGE TWO UNDER FIXED ASSETS THERE'S $16,000 THAT'S INCLUDED THERE. THAT IS SIMPLY TO REPLACE THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIND OF A HODGEPODGE OF THINGS. 
          AND SO WE'D LIKE TO GET A MORE CONSISTENT LOOK JUST ACROSS THE BOARD. SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S LOUNGE CHAIRS, UPRIGHT CHAIRS, TABLES, THERE SHOULD BE A CONSISTENT LOOK AND FEEL. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON OUT THERE. SO YEAH, IT'S JUST FOR AGAIN IT'S ABOUT GENERAL ESTHETICS AND IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE OF THINGS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE TO THAT BUDGET. WE WILL PRESUMABLY BE UNDER CONTRACT AGAIN FOR LIFEGUARD POOL CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT AND POOL CLEANING, AS WE WERE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR THREE BIDS FOR NEXT SEASON SUMMER 26 AND ONLY ONE OF THEM SO FAR FALLS UNDER OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT. SO WE'LL SEE IF I FIND ANYBODY ELSE. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE BUDGET AGAIN. SO YOU ALL NOW HAVE A COPY OF THE VERY SAME BUDGET THAT I AM OPERATING FROM. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE POOL. YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE WE USE IT A LOT. MY FAMILY DOES. AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO AND A LOT OF LADIES THAT DO THE WATER AEROBICS, AND THEY ARE I MEAN, NOT TO BE RUDE, BUT THEY WERE VERY UPSET WHEN IT CLOSED BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN WAS OVER, LIKE A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE. 
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IS THERE ANY WAY FIVE SCHOOL DAYS? IS THERE ANY WAY Y'ALL CAN LOOK INTO HAVING IT OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR? WELL, WHEN YOU SAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, MY DIRECTION TO ALL THREE OF THE CONTRACTORS PROPOSED CONTRACTORS WAS THAT THE INTENTION SHOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE OPEN THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT CAN BE CHANGED? IS WHAT I'M ASKING. CHANGE TO BE OPEN. OPEN BEYOND THAT? YES. WELL, IT STAYS OPEN FOR WEEKENDS. BEYOND THAT, DAILY ONLY UNTIL LABOR DAY, WASN'T IT? LABOR DAY? I THINK IT WAS LABOR DAY. YEAH. LABOR DAY. SO. SO IT'S OPEN TECHNICALLY MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY, BUT SO ONCE SCHOOLS OPEN WEEKEND CEASE BEING IT CEASES BEING OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND THEN IT'S ONLY OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS. AND IT WAS THIS YEAR OPEN THROUGH MONDAY, LABOR DAY. I KNEW THAT, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO CHANGE THAT TO BEING OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK THROUGH SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAT HERE. I MEAN, IT'S STILL HOT. PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING IN THE POOL NOW. THE POOL STAYS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST EVERY YEAR AND PEOPLE GO THERE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YEAH. IS THERE A WAY TO CHANGE THAT TO FIND MORE LIFEGUARDS THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE HIGH SCHOOL? THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ISSUE. THE YMCA, IS THAT CORRECT? THE ACTUALLY THE LIFEGUARDS NO LONGER PROVIDES THOSE SERVICES. THEY HAVE NOT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE SO THAT'S THAT THE QUESTION CAN BE ASKED. BUT YEAH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS 90% OF LIFEGUARDS ARE HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS. AND SO THAT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED FOR ANY OF THE VENDORS THAT I'VE TALKED TO. IT GETS REALLY TOUGH. YEAH. BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE BUDGET AMOUNT, WHICH THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO PAY THEM. YEAH. YEAH. PAY THOSE FOLKS. THE OTHER IS. JUST TAKE IT PRETTY DRAMATICALLY SO THAT EVEN OVER THOSE FINAL WEEKENDS, YOU'RE LITERALLY SEEING 35 TO 40 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN HOURS. SO, SO IT'S PRETTY COSTLY PER PERSON TO KEEP THOSE OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR LIFEGUARDS THERE. NO, WE THREE TYPICALLY FOUR ON HOLIDAYS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE BUDGET LINE ITEM. YEAH, IT'S UNDER OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE PAGE TWO OF THE PARKS AND REC. ITEM 534 4700 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY LARGE MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR ITEM TO JUMP FROM 14,000 BUDGETED TO 27,000. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS? I KNOW IT HAPPENED BEFORE YOUR TIME HERE. SO YEAH. SO OFFHAND, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS BECAUSE THE POOL WAS CLOSED. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE REPLASTERING. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT WAS THAT WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING. YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN I THINK THAT WAS FISCAL YEAR 2324. SO NO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT EXPENDITURE WAS. IT'S NOT GOING TO GUESS. BUT I MEAN EDUCATED GUESS. BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE POOL LEAKING OR SOMETHING. I DO RECALL THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS TO FIND AND FIX THE LEAK. AND SO MY GUESS IS THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY WAS OF I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT WAS CLOSED. THAT'S WHY IT WAS RIGHT. IT WAS CLOSED FOR A FULL YEAR. RIGHT. 
          A SEPARATE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ITEMS IN THE PARKS. AND THAT WAS ONLY. YEAH, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD THINK THAT LINE ITEM WOULD BE UNDER AQUATICS IF IT IF IT REFERRED TO THE POOL. I WAS JUST YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVIL. NO NO NO NO. YEAH. NO. YEAH. NO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THAT'S FAIR. I WOULDN'T EXPECT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU JUST KNEW IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SO. AND I HAD ONE MONTH WITH THE OLD BUDGET. YEAH. YEAH, I USED EVERY PENNY I COULD, BUT, YOU KNOW, DROPS AN EXTRA TO 15,000. SO. AND IT HAS BEEN UNDER 15,000 FOR, FOR YEARS. BUT THAT'S JUST THE LAST YEAR, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, SOMETHING SOMETHING HAPPENED. 
          YEAH YEAH YEAH I'M SURPRISED IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET. OH THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. AND REALLY INTERESTING IN EXCITING TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT. YEAH. YES. 
          THANK YOU. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. YEAH. BOTH WITH THE CITY MANAGER BUT ALSO WITH COUNCIL. AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SIGN THE CHECKS. FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY. SO IF DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DO WE. OKAY I THINK 
          [VI.1. Overview of Parks and Recreation Facilities--Current Condition]
THOSE ARE VERY VERY INFORMATIVE. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OVERVIEW OF PARKS AND REC FACILITIES. CURRENT CONDITION. LET'S SEE IF WE GET MORE INFORMATION YET 
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OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. CURRENT CONDITION I'M SEEING CRACKS. CRACKS ON COURTS OKAY. RIGHT THERE. OH YEAH I WONDER WHAT I DON'T KNOW. HEY, DAVID, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, LIKE THE POOL REPLASTER HAS ITS OWN LINE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. YEAH, 7000 SEEMS WAY TOO SMALL FOR THAT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS. I DIDN'T GET TO THE LAST PAGE. 
          THE FULL REPLASTERING. THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS TO FIND AND FIX LEAKS, I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA. YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS FALLING LIKE SIX INCHES A WEEK OR MORE. AND SO LET'S SEE IF THIS WAS GOING TO WORK OR IF I GOTTA SHUFFLE BACK OVER THERE. OKAY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ULTIMATELY GETTING FROM HERE. AM I HERE REMAIN CURRENT CONDITIONS TO THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE MEAN BY IDEAL CONDITIONS OR AS CLOSE TO IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING. AND HOWEVER WE MAY EXPAND. SO A LESSON FROM MY GRANDDAUGHTER, WHO IS AN ENORMOUS ANIMAL ENTHUSIAST, ONE OF THE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE ARE WHO ARE THE SMARTEST ANIMALS ON THE PLANET. AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS CORVIDS. CORVIDS, WHICH ARE CROWS, MAGPIES, JAYS AND RAVENS, ALWAYS FALL IN THE TOP 25%. IN FACT, IN SOME LISTS, RAVENS ARE AS LOW AS NUMBER TWO AND SOMETIMES AS HIGH AS 21. 
          THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THEY USE TOOLS. CROWS, FOR EXAMPLE, ACTUALLY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RATIONALIZE AND THINK THAT THE LEVEL OF A SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD. 
          SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE ANIMALS. SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO US? WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS A REALLY SMART BIRD SAY? HE SAYS CAR. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE REALLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. THE FIRST IS COMPLIANCE. THE SECOND ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE THESE ARE HUGE ISSUES FOR US. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY IN A MOMENT. AND THE FINAL IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE WOW FACTOR. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WORKING ON WHATEVER COMES BEFORE US BEING PREPARED FOR ANY EVENTUALITY. 
          YES. SO COMPLIANCE. SO I DIDN'T SAY MUCH EXCEPT COMPLIANCE ULTIMATELY IS THE FACTOR OF COMPLYING WITH LAWS, REGULATIONS OR STANDARDS. SO THAT'S WHY THIS EVENING I'VE SHARED WITH YOU TWO THINGS. THE FIRST IS THE CPSC'S PUBLIC PLAYGROUND HANDBOOK. BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK STANDARDS, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT COMING FROM ME, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO POINT YOU TO THOSE STANDARDS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE MAKE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS. THE OTHER THING THAT I PROVIDED WITH YOU WITH IS AN ACTUAL THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT PROVIDED TO US BY A VENDOR WHO PERFORMED A TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD SURVEY OF SUNSET PARK. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT PACKET, I THINK THAT WAS 16 PAGES. YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE AREAS OF CONCERN. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CITES THE VARIOUS RULES, LAWS, STANDARDS, ETC. THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THOSE THINGS AND WHAT WE WILL WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT WE LACK COMPLIANCE IN MANY AREAS. SO HERE BEFORE YOU ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE DON'T CURRENTLY COMPLY. SO ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE WHAT IS SUNSET PARK'S PLAYGROUND. NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT COMPLIANCE ISSUE IS AN EASY FIX. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IN HIGH USE AREAS ON A PLAYGROUND. SO THE EXITS OF SLIDES, THE CIRCLE AROUND A MERRY GO ROUND UNDERNEATH SWINGS. THOSE ARE THE SURFACING. UNDERNEATH THOSE IS ALWAYS DISPLACED BY USE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THAT SURFACING IS DISPLACED, YOU NOW CHANGE WHAT THEY CALL THE FALL HEIGHT. AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO MINIMIZE THE EXPOSURE BY COVERING THOSE GAPS UP. SO LITERALLY STAFF HAS TO GO OUT THERE A MINIMUM OF TWICE A WEEK AND HAS TO SHIFT ALL OF THAT SURFACING BACK INTO PLACE SO THAT WE ELIMINATE THE EXPOSURE. SO BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE EASY ONE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL COME A TIME SOON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY SURFACING TO THAT PLAYGROUND. AND THAT IS NOT CHEAP TO DO. ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE THERE IS THE INFAMOUS SWING POINT. AND I ONLY BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WHILE IT IS A GREAT AMENITY AND OBVIOUSLY KIDS LOVE SWINGS, I CERTAINLY DID. I CAN LITERALLY POINT TO A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT EXIST BECAUSE OF THAT, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT'S OWN ADMISSION, HE BOUGHT IT AT COSTCO AND DONATED IT. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF YOU GO TO PAGE 37 IN YOUR MANUAL, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE 
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SPECIFIC WHAT THEY CALL ASTM, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TESTING MATERIALS. THEY DETERMINE THE DEGREE TO WHICH ANY PUBLIC USE APPARATUS IS TO BE MANUFACTURED. THAT'S MANUFACTURED FOR BACKYARD, NOT FOR A PUBLIC PARK. SO THAT'S PROBLEM NUMBER ONE. SECONDLY, IF YOU GO OUT AND YOU USE THE SWING, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS IT JUMPS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ADEQUATELY ANCHORED. THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THEY CALL A MIXED BAY. A BAY ON A SWING SET IS IS THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO UPRIGHTS WHERE YOU TYPICALLY HANG A SWING. THE STANDARDS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU SAY YOU CANNOT MIX THAT BAY. SO IF YOU LOOK THERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TWO WHAT THEY CALL SLAT SWINGS. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT IS A TRAPEZE BAR AND GYMNASTICS RINGS. THAT'S A MIXED BAG WHERE YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SWINGING APPARATUS. THAT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE. WHY IS IT NOT PERMISSIBLE? BECAUSE YOUR USE OF THE TRAPEZE BAR WOULD DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM YOUR USE OF A SLAT SWING. AND SO THOSE WILL COME INTO CONFLICT AS AS KIDS USE BOTH OF THOSE APPARATUS. AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR SLAT SWING VERSUS WHAT YOU CALL A 360 SWING, BECAUSE SCHOOL AGED KIDS SWING DIFFERENTLY THAN TODDLERS SWING. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO MIX THE BARS. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE LOWER PICTURE THERE THE THAT THE SLAT SWING IS OFFSET. THAT'S BECAUSE THE CARABINERS ARE USED TO AFFIX THE THE CABLE, THE CHAIN TO THE SYSTEM ITSELF. CARABINERS ARE NOT A LEGITIMATE CONNECTING DEVICE. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THAT'S NOT COMPLIANT. AND WHILE THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE OUT THERE EVERY DAY IT SITS OUT THERE. WE'RE EXPOSED IN TERMS OF LIABILITY. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE USE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SPACES. THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO PHOTOS IN THE CENTER. YOU HAVE THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S LOCATED AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. BENEATH THAT PLAYGROUND IS WHAT YOU CALL DG OR DECOMPOSED GRANITE. 
          THAT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SAFETY SURFACING. THEY CALL IT DECOMPOSED GRANITE BECAUSE IT HARDENS SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN IT COMPACTS. SO IF A CHILD WERE TO LAND ON THAT, IT HAS NO ATTENUATION. THERE'S NO GIVE WHATSOEVER. IT'S A THUD. AND THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SAFETY SURFACE. SO AGAIN JUST IMMEDIATE ISSUE. THEN YOU SAY WHY IS THE POOL UP THERE. WELL I LEARNED RECENTLY. SO WE HAVE TWO TOYS OUT THERE. WE HAVE THE BUCKETS AND WE HAVE THE MUSHROOM WATERFALL. SO THERE IS A LAW IN TEXAS THAT REQUIRES THAT WHEN WATER GOES AIRBORNE, YOU NOW NEED WHAT THEY CALL A SECONDARY OR A SUPPLEMENTAL SANITATION SYSTEM. SO MOST POOLS RUN OFF OF CORONATION SYSTEMS. THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP THEM CLEAN. HOWEVER, CHLORINE DOESN'T ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, WHICH ARE COMMONPLACE IN SPLASH PADS AND THOSE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE CREATED BY HAVING THOSE TOYS THERE. SO THAT MEANS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE COMPLIANT, NOW, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL OR SECONDARY SANITATION SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE POOL, BECAUSE IT'S ALL A SINGLE BODY OF WATER. THEN MOVING OVER TO THE SPLASH PAD AREA, YOU'LL NOTICE VERY AGED PUMP, VERY AGED MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS. AND THEN EVEN THE THE SAFETY SURFACING WHERE THE SPRAY HEADS ARE, ALL OF THAT IS CRUMBLING APART. SO ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AND SO I'VE ACTUALLY GOT THREE VENDORS LOOKING INTO THE DETAILS OF HOW WE DO THAT. SO FIXABLE. THE QUESTION IS AT WHAT COST. SO COMPLIANCE IS AN ENORMOUS ISSUE FOR US. AND AGAIN THESE ARE EXISTING FACILITIES. THESE ARE THE THINGS THESE ARE THE PLACES PEOPLE GO EVERY DAY ALREADY. SO WE NEED TO GET COMPLIANT SO AS TO AVOID EXPLOSIONS. NEXT IN IS ACCESSIBILITY. AND SO AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO REFERENCE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. AND THOSE ARE BY THE WAY JUST INCOMPLETE CONJUNCTION WITH THE 1990 ADA ACT. AND SO WHAT WE DID, AND THAT'S THE PACKET I GAVE YOU WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR A VENDOR CAME OUT AND THEY ASSESSED SUNSET PARK. AT THAT TIME, THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE PARK THAT WAS ACCESSIBLE, NOTHING AT ALL. BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THERE WASN'T A PARKING LOT. WE HAD A PLACE WE HAD TO PAY SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND TELL US THAT. IT'S SORT OF MOVED THE DIAL. YES, 
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ACTUALLY, YOUR FIRST STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF COMPLIANCE IS TO SAY WE'VE HAD THIS ASSESSED DOCUMENTATION EXACTLY. DOCUMENTING IT. SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE IN THE FUTURE. SO AT LEAST WE'VE TAKEN STEP ONE. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS ACTUALLY WE'VE TAKEN STEP TWO. WE PUT IN THE PARKING LOT. AND SO THAT MADE THE PARKING LOT ACCESSIBLE. BUT IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY IS THE PARKING. IT IS THE PARKING LOT LEADING TO NOWHERE BECAUSE NOTHING IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE PARKING LOT. SO THAT'S THE NEXT ISSUE THAT WE ARE FINDING OURSELVES HAVING TO ADDRESS. AND SO THERE I'VE SHOWN YOU THE RESTROOMS. YOU CAN SEE THAT LONG STRETCH OF ROAD THAT I WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL FIELDS. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PLAYGROUND, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PICNIC AREA, AND THEN IN THE UPPER LEFT YOU HAVE WHAT IS A DOG PARK LEADING UP TO BOTH THE SOCCER FIELD AND THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT. NOW, DG IS ACTUALLY AN ACCEPTABLE ACCESSIBLE SURFACE. THE PROBLEM AND YOU CAN SEE IT VISIBLE IN THAT PARTICULAR PHOTO, IS THE RIVULET THAT IS FORMED ANYTIME HEAVY RAINS FALL. OR IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AFTER A WINDSTORM, YOU'LL NOTICE TO ONE SIDE WHICHEVER DIRECTION THE WIND WAS BLOWING, THERE WILL BE A PILE OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BLOWN OFF. AND SO THAT CREATES A ALL OF A SUDDEN A LACK OF LEVEL SURFACE. 
          AND IT'S NO LONGER AN ACCESSIBLE SURFACE. SO THAT'S WHERE DG BECOMES VERY, VERY CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING IT AS AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL. SO CAN I CAN I ASK FROM THE FROM THE PARKING LOT? WE HAVE NO PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT. CORRECT. 
          WELL, I GUESS THE EASIEST WAY TO ANSWER IT. I HAVE SEEN TWO DIFFERENT PHASE TWO DRAWINGS FOR SUNSET. OKAY, ONE INCLUDES TWO ADDITIONAL BALL FIELDS OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY EXIST CURRENTLY. THE OTHER DRAWING DOES EXCLUDES BALL FIELDS AND HAS ADDITIONAL PARKING. I GUESS KIND OF THE POINT TO MY QUESTION IS SO OBVIOUSLY FROM THE PARKING LOT UP TO THE SOCCER FIELD, SEEMS LIKE KIND OF THE EASIER OF THE TWO FIXES. IT'S PUT IN. I, I SAY EASY PUTTING IN STEPS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION UP TO THE SOCCER FIELD. WHAT'S THE PLAN TO GET DOWN FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS? THAT SEEMS I MEAN, THAT'S A IF SOMEBODY GOT WAS OUT THERE IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE DOWN THAT HILL. RIGHT. SO WHAT IS WHAT'S WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ON A ON A PLAN FOR THAT. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. OKAY. YOUR COMMENT ABOUT BUILDING STAIRS. THOSE AREN'T ACCESSIBLE EITHER TO SOMEBODY. OH FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH. SO YEAH. SO AT THIS POINT, AT LEAST WITH THAT BG PATH, SO LONG AS WE MAINTAIN A LEVEL SURFACE THAT AT LEAST IS ACCESSIBLE AND AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THIRD LETTER IN OUR ACRONYM WOW. AND AS I SAID THAT'S WORKED ON WHATEVER. SO WHATEVER WE FIND, WHEREVER WE FIND IT, WHATEVER'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH THE GOAL OF DOING IT SO WELL THAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE, WOW, GREAT JOB RELEASED. THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. I'LL TAKE EITHER OF THOSE. AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THREE AREAS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. THAT'S TIME. THAT'S TOOLS. AND THAT'S TRAINING BY THE WAY. ALL OF THOSE COST MONEY. BUT THEY'RE IMPERATIVE BECAUSE THOSE REFLECT OUR INVESTMENT IN WHAT WE OWN AND OUR CARE AND OUR MAINTENANCE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SECONDARILY IS ATTRACTIVENESS OR ESTHETICS. WE OUGHT TO BE AIMING FOR THINGS TO LOOK REALLY ATTRACTIVE. AND SO I PUT UP. SO YOU'VE GOT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THREE SPACES. SO YOU'VE GOT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK UP IN THE UPPER LEFT, THE UPPER RIGHT. THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT VACANT SPACE BETWEEN LIPOA AND THE BUSINESSES HERE, LITERALLY JUST ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE EXPANSIVE AREA. THAT'S THAT COMPRISES MUCH OF LIBRARY PARKING, PARK. AND SO YOU LOOK AT THOSE SPACES AND YOU COMPARE THEM WITH THESE ARE TWO SPACES THAT CLD DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAINTAINING. ONE OF THOSE IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. IT'S THE FLOWER BEDS HERE. THE OTHER IS IS BOWDOIN PARK. 
          WHAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTICE OF IS THE LUSHNESS, THE DENSITY OF THE FLOWERS, AND THE DIVERSITY OF WHAT'S THERE REALLY, REALLY ATTRACTIVE AS COMPARED TO THESE OTHER SPACES. 
          AND SO THE QUESTION IS, AS SOMEBODY WHO COMES REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS HERE AT CITY HALL, TO GO TO THE LIBRARY OR COME TO EVENTS LIKE LAST NIGHT'S 
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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER SEE? AND THEN FINALLY, RESIDENT RESPONSIVENESS. AND WHEN WE SAY RESIDENTS, WE REALLY MEAN STAKEHOLDERS. AND WHO ARE OUR STAKEHOLDERS? LITERALLY THEY'RE EVERYBODY. IT CAN BE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IT CAN BE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE APPOINTED OFFICIALS, IT CAN BE ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT CAN BE JOE, SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE HAVE NEEDS EVERYWHERE. AND OUR JOB IS TO RESPOND THAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO HOW DO WE DO THOSE THINGS? I WOULD SAY WE'RE ALREADY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. SO REMEMBER THE PICTURE OF SUNSET PARK AND ITS LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY? THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE LITERALLY TODAY. SO THE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE COMPLETING THE SITE. SO DURING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS COUNCIL SAID NO, THE $15,000 NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON ON POCKET PARKS. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE. BUT I SAID WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES OUT THERE. AND SO THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT THEY LET ME USE LAST YEAR'S MONEY. 
          THAT IS THE FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER TO MAKE THE RESTROOM AT SUNSET PARK ACCESSIBLE, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL FOR 2526 FOR AN ACTUAL POCKET PARK. NOW, I'LL CONFESS, EVEN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE SITTING HERE, THAT I SPENT MORE THAN $15,000. BUT I DID THAT BECAUSE I GOT MORE THAN A SINGLE AMENITY MADE ACCESSIBLE IN ONE FELL SWOOP, AND I SOFTENED THE ENVIRONMENT BY PUTTING PLANTERS ALONG THAT AREA. THAT LOOKS GREAT. YEAH, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. WELL DONE DAVID. YEAH, SO COMPARE THE PICTURE ABOVE. WHAT WE HAD WHERE NOTHING WAS ACCESSIBLE TO WHAT YOU SEE BELOW, LITERALLY AS OF TODAY. AND IT'S IT'S SO IT'S ONE WE GET COMPLIANCE. WE GET ACCESSIBILITY. WE ALSO GET AN ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE. AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP BUILDING ON THAT. EXCELLENT. THAT IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE THAT THAT SUNSET PARK SUFFERS FROM A CASE OF UGLY. YOU KNOW I MEAN IT REALLY DOES. IT REALLY DOES. IT'S THERE IS NOTHING. AND YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. IF WE AS A CITY WANT TO MOVE INTO SPONSORING BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS SOMEDAY, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING, THAT KIND OF FORWARD THINKING AND BEAUTIFICATION. I'M WORKING. I'M WORKING ON IT. YEAH. HARSH AND BRUTAL ENVIRONMENT. IT IS. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK WELCOMING. IT IS HOT. YEAH. IT IS BARREN. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. SO WHEREVER WE CAN MAKE ENHANCEMENTS. SO ACTUALLY MY THANKS TO JANICE BECAUSE I CALLED HER AND I SAID, WHO DO YOU GOT? WHO CAN RECOMMEND SOME TREES? SHE PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH MARY ELLEN. MARY ELLEN, NOT A PARTICULAR FAN OF CRAPE MYRTLES, BUT SHE SAID, YOU GET WHAT YOU GET. SO I ENDED UP GETTING A HALF GREAT MYRTLES AND HALF MOUNTAIN LAURELS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE THE NURSERY HAD. HOW ARE YOU WATERING THEM? WHAT'S THAT? JUST TAKING A WATER TRUCK. WATER TRUCK UP THERE. WOW. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY RUN A HOSE BIB OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE CLOSET, WHICH IS THE CENTER OF THOSE THREE DOORS. 
          AND SO TWICE A WEEK, THEY'LL JUST SOAK THEM. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN MULCHED. SO YEAH, WE'LL SOAK THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK. THE GOOD THING IS BOTH OF THOSE ARE DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS. YEAH. THEY GET REALLY WELL. CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT ALREADY IMPROVEMENT. SO REMEMBER I SAID RESIDENT RESPONSE. SO A MONTH AGO A GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND HE SAID YOU HAVE A BROKEN DOWN FENCE THAT ABUTS MY PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE TREES THAT ARE PUSHING THAT FENCE OVER AND BREAKING THAT FENCE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT. SO THE TEAM OF THREE WENT OUT YESTERDAY AND WE TRIMMED UP ALL OF THE TREES. WE REPAIRED THE FENCE AND WE HAULED AWAY FOUR TRAILERS FULL OF BRUSH. WOW. SO A OUR RESPONSIBILITY. B RESPONSIVENESS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. AND C IT DID. IT MADE HIS PROPERTY LOOK MUCH BETTER. AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO THAT WHEN OUR PROPERTY CHANGES THE APPEARANCE OF HIS PROPERTY. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE AIM TO DO. AND I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. WAS THIS IN A PARK AREA OR DO YOU JUST YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. SO IT IS ADJACENT TO A PARK AREA. OKAY. WHERE. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY ONLY BECAUSE IN DEFERENCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL. SURE, SURE. YEAH. YEAH. THE BUT BUT YEAH. SO LITERALLY WE SPENT A FULL DAY OUT THERE, BUT WE DID WHAT THE RESIDENT ASKED AND DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED THE AREA WITH THAT. OH THAT'S GREAT. CONTINUING FOOTHILL COVE. HEY. YEAH, THERE WE GO. NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER PRINCE CAN ATTEST TO WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. OH MY GOD. YEAH, IT LITERALLY WAS IMPASSABLE. TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS ENCROACHED OUT TO THE CENTER OF THE STREET. THERE WERE WEEDS 
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GROWING UP TWO, TWO AND A HALF, THREE FEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND ON BOTH SIDES OF IT. 
          AND AND THE REAL MISFORTUNE IN THAT IS THAT PEOPLE COULD BARELY GET TO THE TURNBACK CANYON TRAILHEAD, BECAUSE THAT'S ITS ACCESS POINT. SO WE HAD A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE ON MONDAY WHO TRIMMED UP THE TREES. THE GUYS WERE OUT THERE ALL DAY TO DAY, WHACKING DOWN ALL THE WEEDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AND SO YOU WENT FROM WHAT'S UP THERE? WHICH LITERALLY WERE PILES OF GARBAGE TO PEOPLE WERE DUMPING THERE AND IMPASSABLE STREETS TO EASILY PASSABLE. THAT IS GREAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS OUT THERE, IS TO GET OUR FOLKS FROM THE STREET CREWS TO GO OUT THERE AND FILL IN SOME BUBBLES. OKAY, COOL. AND OTHERWISE IT'S PASSABLE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK, BUT IT'D BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING. I DID DRIVE AROUND THE PODCAST. YEAH, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THAT. SO WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PASSING RECENTLY IN CITY COUNCIL WHEN VICTOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE OF THE STREET PLAN. HE CONFIRMED FOOTHILL IS NOT ON IT. RIGHT. AND WHAT I, I ASKED OF HIM AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME WAS BECAUSE FOR, FOR FOR THE COMMITTEE'S BENEFIT, THERE IS A THIRD PHASE OF THE STREET PLAN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. RIGHT. AND YOU MAY HAVE JUST SEEN RECENTLY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS STARTED PHASE TWO B, WHICH IS THE COMPLETION OF PHASE TWO, PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED IN PHASE THREE. BUT THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY VICTOR OR WHATEVER HIS TITLE IS THIS CFP MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU. THEY ARE COMING BACK AND SAYING, WELL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH MORE STREETS IN PHASE THREE, ALL THE STREETS IN PHASE THREE ARE STREETS WITH ZERO PROPERTIES ON THEM. AND SO IS IT A REALLY GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REPAVE ALL OF THOSE STREETS. 
          AND SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND PROPOSE A CHANGE TO THE PLAN TO TAKE A LOT OF THOSE STREETS OFF THE PLAN. AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S GREAT, BUT FOOTHILL COVE IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO GET TO TURN BACK CANYON TRAIL. SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS MY MY PERSONAL REQUEST TO THEM OKAY. PAT ON THE BACK PAUL. THANK YOU. YEAH YEAH WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND I WAS I WAS JUST LOOKING BECAUSE SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT THAT THE CITY OWNS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ON FOOTHILL COVE. AND SO I WAS GOING TO HEAD OVER HERE SEARCHING AND RIGHT AT THE WHERE THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN, IF I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE, DAVID, THIS PICTURE, THE BOTTOM LEFT IS AT THE END OF THE PAVED STREET AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. 
          RIGHT. AND I BELIEVE LOOKING AT TCD FROM WHERE THIS PICTURE IS TO THE LEFT, THE CITY OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT WE DO OWN SEVERAL PROPERTIES ALONG FOOTHILL THERE. WELL, FURTHER ON DOWN. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A NUMBER MORE BUT BUT I MEAN, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE COULD PUT IN PARKING FOR THE TRAILHEAD ALONG THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. WOW. SO FOR WHAT? IT'S. PLEASE. YES. THESE ARE FANTASTIC IDEAS. YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST THE NECESSITY OF OPENING THE ACCESS TO TO REALLY A SPECTACULAR TRAIL. AND ACTUALLY THE OPENING SLIDE AND THE LAST SLIDE, THE IMAGES THAT YOU SEE ARE FROM THE FOOTHILL OF THE SORRY, THE TURNBACK CANYON TRAIL. I TOOK THOSE PHOTOS UP THERE ON THE TRIP MYSELF. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE'S A BRIDGE BACK TO IT'S ON THAT TURNBACK CANYON TRAIL. SO IMPROVED BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE 2.5FT HIGH WEEDS ALMOST DAMAGED THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAR DRIVING THROUGH THERE. YOU KNOW, I DROVE IN YESTERDAY. IT WAS EXACTLY. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. GOOD, GOOD. AND REMEMBER I SAID THE GOAL WAS FOR WOW IS TO GET HER. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. THE GENTLEMAN YESTERDAY. YEAH. WHEN I IDENTIFIED HIM, THE JOB DONE, HE SAID WOW. AND THANK YOU. SO THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR. WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE. WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE, AND WE WANT TO HAVE A REAL IMPACT WHEN WE SPEND THE TIME AND THE EFFORT OUT THERE TO DO THINGS. SO WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING BECAUSE THE WORK CONTINUES. SO I TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A SECONDARY OR SUPPLEMENTAL SANITATION SYSTEM ON THE POOL. SO THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THAT. THE LEAST EXPENSIVE IS AN AOB SYSTEM. AND SO I SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY YESTERDAY. AND HE BELIEVES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT SYSTEM INSTALLED EITHER BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. 
          SO THE POA HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM. AND SO THE POINT IS WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE TODAY. WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE BY NEXT WEEK. WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT 
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SECONDARY SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE SAME STRUCTURES OVER SUNSET PARK AS I INDICATED, THEY ARE IN THE BUDGET. I ALSO TOLD YOU THAT THE BUDGET REQUEST WAS FOR $85,000, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REVISED QUOTE. I WILL GIVE KUDOS TO ANDREW WHERE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE. HE SPOKE TO A GENTLEMAN BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SOME SHADE STRUCTURE WORK, SO I DRUG THAT INDIVIDUAL OUT TO SUNSET PARK, AND HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT THE FIRST GUY CAN DO FOR $85,000. 47 WOW. NICE, NICE. 
          OKAY. WOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. TO DO OTHER THINGS. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, SO YEAH. MY MY THANKS TO ANDREW FOR THAT THEN. SO YOU'VE SEEN WHERE WE PLANTED THE TREES IN FRONT OF THE PLAYGROUND. THOSE ULTIMATELY THE AIM THERE IS TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR THE PICNIC TABLES THAT ARE WITH US. MY GOAL WOULD BE TO SEE SHADE TREES BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH WOULD AGAIN SOFTEN THE GENERAL APPEARANCE AND PROVIDE SOME SHADE ON TO THE SYSTEM ITSELF. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S WHERE DO WE FIND THE DOLLARS TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN? THE TREE FUND. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT TREE FUND. YES. THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION AS TO WHERE THIS TREE MITIGATION FUND MONEY SHOULD, BUT THE THE ORIGINAL USE OF TREE MITIGATION FUNDS IS PLANTING TREES. YEAH. AND SO SO CRAZY TALK PLANTING TREES. YOU SHOULD. THAT'S A PRETTY EASY ASK. YEAH. GET ACCESS TO THAT MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY IS WAY BEHIND ON PLANTING TREES. AND WE COLLECTED MONEY FOR THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT. SO THAT THAT'S A GREAT. POSSIBILITY TO CONSIDER THAT THEN AN ACCESSIBLE PATH FOR THE BALL FIELDS. SO THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT IT'S A VERY LONG STRETCH. AND FOR ADA THE THE MAXIMUM SLOPE ON THAT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN ACCESSIBLE WALKWAY IS 5%. TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, THAT MEANS OVER A DISTANCE OF 20FT, THERE CAN ONLY BE A RISE OF ONE FOOT. WOW, THAT'S A LONG STRETCH. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO GO. WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE THE ROLLER COASTER. DOES THAT MEAN WE BUILD UP, YOU KNOW, THE AGGREGATE UNDERNEATH THAT INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THE SURFACE? ET-CETERA WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE ROAD OUT THERE. SO THAT IS SO AGAIN, THESE ARE KIND OF A LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE WE CAN FIND FUNDING THE END OF SEASON MAINTENANCE ON THE BASEBALL DIAMOND. SO WE DID SOME JUST BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED FOR SOFTBALL. AND THE RESPONSE ACTUALLY FROM TEAMS, COACHES, ETC. HAS BEEN GOOD. IT WAS INTERESTING. GEO, YOUR VICE PRESIDENT WHEN THE RAIN LAST WEEK, HE SAID THEY WENT OUT THERE EARLY TO SEE WHAT THEY'D HAVE TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE FIELD ALWAYS HAD DIVOTS AND THERE WAS WATER COLLECTION AREAS THEY HAD TO MAKE. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY HAD TO DO BECAUSE WE HAD GONE OUT THERE. WE'VE LEVELED THE FIELD. WE'D ADDED BRICK DUST TO IT. WE DROPPED THE LIPS BETWEEN THE INFIELD AND THE OUTFIELD. THE GUYS ACTUALLY SPENT THREE DAYS OUT THERE DOING THAT, WHIPPING THAT INTO SHAPE. SO IT'S BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL AIMING FOR AN INCREASED QUALITY AND WE WANT TO GET THE BASEBALL DIAMOND AT LEAST TO THAT LEVEL. SO WHEN THE SEASON IS OVER, ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER, WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THAT FIELD AS WE'VE DONE WITH THE SOFTBALL. YES. COOL. THEN AN EVALUATION OF THE CIVIC CENTER. SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT EXISTS NOW VERSUS WHAT COULD BE. SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THE AREA LITERALLY RIGHT OUT HERE IN FRONT OF LIBRARY TRENDS PARK. IS THAT A ROCK GARDEN? IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE TURF? NOT QUITE SURE. SO WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE TO MAKE IT BACK. AND MY GUT IS THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING GREEN, BECAUSE THIS REALLY OUGHT TO BE A PREMIER LOCATION. AND SO WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU LOOK IN THIS PARKING LOT, WHEREVER YOU'RE STANDING, YOU SHOULD SEE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND MEMORABLE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE. CAN I, CAN I PLANT A SEED IN THE BACK OF YOUR BRAIN? ABSOLUTELY. THOSE THOSE AIR CONDITIONERS FROM THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE RIGHT BEHIND HER, THAT ARE SO UGLY AND SO LOUD AND, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF BUFFER AGAINST THAT WOULD BE REALLY AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A NICE ROW OF CANOPY TREES THAT WOULD SERVE AS A BEAUTIFUL BUFFER FOR THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THERE ARE SOME TERRIFIC DROUGHT TOLERANT ONES OUT THERE. SO YEAH, THINKING THE SAME WAY OKAY. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO SEE THOSE AREAS ENHANCED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE, COME HERE, ENJOY SPENDING A LITTLE TIME HERE FOR A BIT OF RESTAURANT. NEXT UP IS 
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PLACING. SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE STAIRWAY AT THIS POINT CAN'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. BUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY IS FOR US TO DIRECT FOLKS NOT TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THAT ROCKY SLOPE, BECAUSE I'VE LITERALLY SEEN PEOPLE SLIP AND FALL BACK AS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT. 
          IT'S NOT MADE FOR THAT. SO WE WILL DROP SIGNS LITERALLY TOMORROW. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PRINTED FOR US AND WE'LL PUT THEM WHERE THE STAIRS ARE DOWN THE STAIRS. LISTEN TO ME, BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPENING, A LITTLE ROCKY HILL THING. PEOPLE THINK THAT'S THE ENTRY WAY TO THE SOCCER FIELD. SO WE WANT TO REDIRECT THEM FROM ALL SIDES TO GO TO THE ACCESSIBLE. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE PEOPLE PULL STROLLERS UP THERE, RIGHT? WHERE'S THE REAL OPENING? WHERE IS IT IN THE MIDDLE OR WHERE IS THE. YEAH, IT'S IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING AND YOU LOOK UP, IT LITERALLY IS THE CENTER OF THAT SOCCER FIELD. THERE'S JUST A SMALL OPENING IN THE GATE, WHICH WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY IN. SO NOT SURE WHO DESIGNED IT THAT WAY. IT'S KIND OF LATE TO CLOSE IT, SO WE'LL AT LEAST PUT SIGNS IN AND REDIRECT. FOLKS, AS YOU GUYS ARE FOND OF SAYING, LOW HANGING FRUIT. LET'S MAKE IT EASY. YEAH, YEAH. THEN AS I INDICATED EARLIER. SO FIRST WALK OF TURNBACK CANYON TRAIL PHASE TWO. 
          WE'LL BE DOING THAT TOMORROW. I WILL THROW IN THERE'S ONE COMPLICATION AND THAT IS THAT VICTOR REPORTED THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THE AFFLUENCE AREA BY ABOUT 90 ACRES. SO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND STILL GET THAT TRAIL IN THERE? NOT ENTIRELY SURE. EVEN WHERE PHASE ONE IS CONCERNED, THEY'RE ACTUALLY RESTARTING SOME OF THE THE SPRAY HEADS THAT ARE OUT ALONG THAT WE'VE AT LEAST WALKED AND TALKED THROUGH, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME SIGNAGE ALL ALONG THE TRAIL JUST TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THEY'RE NOT FAR FROM AN AFFLUENCE AREA, BUT THEY'RE ALSO AIMING TO TO SPRAY THAT OVERNIGHT. SO THERE'S REALLY NO CONFLICT BETWEEN DATA USERS. YES. SO AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE SAME KIND OF THING CAN BE WORKED OUT FOR PHASE TWO. BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHERE THOSE 90 ACRES END UP. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. OKAY. AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD QUOTE I'M STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE. AND SO I'M HOPING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK I WILL HAVE A QUOTE. THERE'S ZERO FUNDING FOR THAT. BUT YOU CAN'T START UNTIL YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO COST YOU TO DO THAT. THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING THAN TO GO OUT THERE DAY AFTER DAY AND SEE AN AMENITY THAT HAS HAD ZERO USE SINCE. I LITERALLY CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO TELL ME WHEN THE LAST TIME THEY SAW WATER COMING OUT OF THAT. SO WHO KNOWS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ONCE YOU GET A QUOTE, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU CAN TALK TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT FUNDRAISERS AND SUCH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO I AGREE. YEAH. SO BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL AT LEAST FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD COST. BUT YEAH, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT WE KNOW OH EVERYTHING'S GOT TO BE REPLACED. YEAH. SO NOW IT'S ONE COST AS COST EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN FINALLY AS, AS I COMMITTED TO DOING FOR TWO COUNCIL AND I COMMITTED TO DOING FOR YOU IS I WILL BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR A POCKET PARK THIS FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE ADD TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'D INDICATED THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY COME OUT AND DO A PTAS FOR SUNSET PARK. WE RECENTLY HAD TO DO IT AT THE SORRY SPORTS COMPLEX IN THE POOL AREA, AS WELL AS THE CIVIC CENTER HERE. THINGS DON'T LOOK GOOD FOR US. LOTS TO DO. YEAH, THIS PACKET IS WELL, I THINK IT WAS 49 PAGES. WOW WOW WOW. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THAT'S ACTUALLY CITY POLICY IF IT WORKS IN SPORTS. OH WOW WOW. YEAH. SO I, I LITERALLY JUST GOT THESE YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY JUST DID THE SURVEY LAST THURSDAY. SO I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THOSE. BUT I DID TALK TO THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE HE LEFT ON THURSDAY AND HE BASICALLY SAID, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO. SO DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE? IF YOU WANT COPIES I CAN GET, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. YEAH, DEFINITELY. FOR THE, FOR THE FOR THE UPPER. YEAH. FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX. WHATEVER. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TO TO HELP OUT. I MEAN WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MAINTAINING. OH YEAH I DID, I DID WANT TO. YEAH I MENTIONED THE PICNIC TABLES EARLIER ALSO WE HAD MULTIPLE WE THOUGHT WE HAD ONE TRIP HAZARD. AND YOU FOUND ABOUT TEN. AND THEY GRINDED DOWN THE, THE CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING, THE SIDEWALKS AND AND MADE IT ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, ELIMINATED THOSE TRIPS. YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL IT OR SOMETHING TO THE COMMITTEE. YEAH I THINK YEAH. YES, YES. WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA OR A 
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BAD IDEA TO PUT THOSE AS ATTACHMENTS UNDER THE REC MESSAGE BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GOT PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT. ANYBODY CAN I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT THE WHOLE ALL THE DETAILS JUST I MEAN BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE JUST NOT EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A FIRST GLANCE AND START THINKING ABOUT PLAN OF ACTION BEFORE WE START SHARING TOO MANY DETAILS WITH THE PUBLIC. YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT WE DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF READING, SO WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, PLEASE. THIS POCKET THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR THAT. YEAH. YES I'M READY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE IS WHEN YOU ARE EVALUATING WHERE TO PUT THE $15,000 IN WHICH PART, WHAT FACTORS GO INTO THAT DECISION. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO BE BASING IT ON? WHAT IS THE WORST SAFETY ISSUE AND GO AFTER IT THERE? IS IT OH, WAIT A MINUTE. MAYBE WE SHOULD SHUT DOWN THIS PARK UNTIL WE REALLY HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS IT, YOU KNOW? OR IS IT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, USAGE THIS AGE GROUP USES THIS. I MEAN, WHAT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS YOU'LL PUT INTO THAT DECISION FOR POCKET PARK? YEAH. WELL OBVIOUSLY I WILL ABSOLUTELY SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE. BUT JUST SOME FACTORS THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. AREAS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY DEVELOPABLE, THAT IS WITH WITH MINIMAL EFFORT WE CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT. OKAY. SAME YOU KNOW, SO IF IT'S LEVEL THAT MITIGATES HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT SLOPES AND RAMPS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER AMENITIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AGAIN, $15,000 DOESN'T GO VERY FAR. SO HOW DO WE GET THE MOST OUT OF THAT $15,000. AND THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF USING STAFF TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE COSTS, AS WE'VE DONE WITH A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT WERE THERE USING VENDORS MINIMALLY TO HELP US WHERE TO DO THE STUFF THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DO. AGAIN, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF WHERE CAN WE PROVIDE EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY DON'T EXIST ALREADY. IT'S THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH GOING ON IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREAS. AND THERE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LOTS GOING ON. AND SO IT PROBABLY WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO JUST DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF PLAY EXPERIENCES OR PARK EXPERIENCES. SO I'D SAY JUST OFFHAND, THOSE WOULD BE SOME CONSIDERATIONS. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S DEFICIENCIES EVERYWHERE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU WOULD TACKLE THIS PART VERSUS THIS PART. YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD SAY PART OF I MEAN, WHAT WHAT HE DELIVERED TO US PREVIOUS AND DEFINITELY IN OUR IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT ADA COMPLIANCE IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. LIABILITY FOR THE CITY IS TOP OF THE LIST. THERE'S A WALKWAY. AGAIN, WE WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE BASEBALL FIELD, THE SPORTS COMPLEX, AS FAR AS TRIP HAZARDS, THAT WALKWAY IS THAT THAT SHOULD BE CITY RESPONSIBILITY. SO THERE'S WHAT I CALL THE BRIDGE THAT GOES TO THE FACILITY. THERE'S ANOTHER GRAVEL AREA THAT'S GOT RAILROAD TIES, I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE HAVE, I THINK. SO THAT RIDE DOWN THAT AND LIKE YOU WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, THE RAIN AND WIND AND EVERYTHING LIKE, AND IT'S HAD ZERO ATTENTION FOR YEARS. THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE I THINK MARK. 
          MARK CAN AGREE TO THIS IS IT'S IT'S AN ABSOLUTE TRIP HAZARD. AND THE FACT THAT BOTH OF US WALK THE PROPERTY AND NEITHER ONE OF US. I DIDN'T THINK TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. YOU FOUND SO MANY MORE THINGS THAN I FOUND AND THAT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T CATCH MAYBE, MAYBE THE BIGGEST TRIP HAZARD ON THE PROPERTY. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO PUT YOUR EYES ON AND SEE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND IF WE CAN HELP AS A LEAGUE TAKE TAKE MY COMMITTEE HAT OFF AND PUT MY LEAGUE HAT ON, WE'D BE MORE THAN IF WE CAN HELP. WE WILL. SO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY DIDN'T GET THEM TO TODAY, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR HANDICAP SIGNS UP TOMORROW. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ON THE GROUND? YES. RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE TEXAS LAW MANDATES THAT BOTH EXIST. ONE OTHER THING FOR JUST EYES ON STUFF IS WHEN THE BASEBALL GAMES ARE GOING AND WE'RE BEHIND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS GOING ON OVER THERE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS PLACE. 
          YOU'RE JUST SEEING KIDS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THAT STREET PARKING. AND IT'S LIKE 
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THERE'S JUST AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT NIGHT. OH, DURING ANY LIKE AROUND 6 P.M. AROUND SEVEN, YOU KNOW. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU AS A, AS A, AS, AS A PARENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STUDENT. THEY, THEY, THE PARENTS LOVE TO USE THE BASEBALL FIELD PARKING LOT, WHICH AGAIN IS IS SUCH A IT'S A IT'S A STRANGE SITUATION THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SIDE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT IS SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY AND PROPERTY. SO THE PARENTS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO PARK THERE. THE BASEBALL SIDE IS THE CITY AND AND OR OCCUPANT, WHICH IS US AS A LEAGUE RESPONSIBILITY. SO THEY LIKE TO PARK THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A GAME ON WE HAD A BASEBALL GAME ON MONDAY, AND WE HAD A BUNCH OF PARENTS PULLING UP TO PICK UP THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM CROSS COUNTRY. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM WHEREVER THEIR CROSS COUNTRY MEET WAS, AND THEY'RE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT PLACE IS JAM PACKED FULL, AND THEY SIT ON THAT SIDE. THEY GET DROPPED OFF. I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T. JUST AS A RESIDENT DRIVING THROUGH THERE. YEAH. HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING THROUGH THERE. IT'S NERVE RACKING. IT'S IT'S NERVE RACKING. IT'S A LIABILITY WAITING TO HAPPEN. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S NO SIGNAGE REALLY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE CROSS ANY PART OF THAT STREET AND IT'S JUST IN THE MORNINGS. IN THE MORNINGS THEY HAVE A FOR THE FOR MY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS DROP OFF. THEY HAVE A, A CROSSWALK, THEY HAVE A CROSSING GUARD. BUT. LIKE NOT AT I GUESS AT PICKUP THEY DO AS WELL. JUST TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SIGNAGE. YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T I'M NOT I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT COULD BE DONE. I'M NOT EITHER. I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, SOMETIMES SIGNAGE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CROSSING AREA. SORRY. I MEAN, THERE IS. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S, THERE ARE, THERE ARE FLASHING LIGHTS. 
          YEAH. MARKED CROSSWALK. RIGHT. YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT USED MUCH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, ANYWAY JUST SOMETHING TO. NO NO NO I TOTALLY YEAH. YEAH. SO ANYWAY THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. AND I'M CERTAINLY I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS. IT WAS IT WAS EXCELLENT. WOW. WOW. IN DEPTH. IN DEPTH. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH DAVID AND I AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT FOR ME AND DAVID I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE. ONCE WE GET NUMBERS, WE START GETTING ESTIMATES, WHAT WE COULD DO AS A COMMITTEE AND AS AN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY START TO HAVE THESE THINGS WHERE WE, HEY, LET'S TARGET, LET'S TARGET SOME SPONSORSHIPS. LET'S HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE GET, YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO SPONSOR THIS OR THAT AT THE BALL FIELDS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS FOR THE POOL EVEN, YOU KNOW, AND FUNDRAISERS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE COMMUNITY START TO DRIVE TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE ONCE. ONCE THEY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS IMPROVED, I THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE PEOPLE EXACTLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED. AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, AND SOME PEOPLE MAY EVEN SAY, HEY, I WANT TO DONATE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN MY SPOUSE'S NAME OR MY KID'S NAME OR WHATEVER. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I THINK THIS COMMITTEE COULD PROBABLY HELP WITH IN THE FUTURE, IS GETTING AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AND WHERE YOU'RE HEADED. YEAH. YOU KNOW SO WELL. YEAH. IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S A RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP OF US ARE SORT OF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR WHAT WE PROVIDE IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU. INVITATION. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ALREADY OKAY. THAT IS TURN BACK ON YOUR TRIPS. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN ON IT GO GET ON IT. YEAH OKAY OKAY. WELL UNLESS WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THE CURRENT CONDITION AND DAVID'S PRESENTATION, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. 802
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