[I.CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL]
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          ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL IT TO ORDER THE TRACK OF JULY. AT 630 FOR THREE. RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE. STAND OVER THERE, PLEASE? OCTOBER. PRESENT. HERE ARE PRESENT. AND WE HAVE. ARE NOT HERE ABSENT AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. STAFF LIAISON. DAVID CAMERON'S NOT HERE. AND CITIZEN COMMENTS. STAFF LIAISON REPORT PLEASE. THE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE 
          [III.1.  Routine reports from City Council Liaison]
OUT ON THE 4TH OF JULY, IT IS NOT A PARKS AND REC EVENT, BUT WE DO SUPPORT ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS. AND IF YOU ARE OUT FROM FRIDAY EVENING OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND SOME OF US GOT TO FLY IN A PLANE, THE OTHERS OF US GOT TO WATCH OTHERS OF US FLY ON A PLANE. BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THE PARACHUTISTS COMING OUT CARRYING THE FLAGS. TERRIFIC. THE PARADE WAS THE LARGEST TO DATE, I THINK, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY WELL HANDLED. AND THEN FESTIVITIES AT THE PARK CONCLUDING WITH FIREWORKS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS JUST A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EVENT. SO KUDOS TO JENNIFER SANDOVAL, WHO HEADED UP ALL OF THAT, WHO WAS CRAWLING BY MONDAY MORNING AFTER THE LONG WEEKEND, BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY CAME BACK ON SUNDAY TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANUP, DID SOME MORE ON MONDAY, AND THEN SOME OF US WERE OUT THERE ASSISTING HER ON TUESDAY MORNING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY OWN STAFF AND ALL OF THE PREPARATORY WORK THAT THEY DID. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY DO A GOOD DEAL OF THE PREPARATION FOR THAT. THEY DELIVER ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT SHE NEEDS. THEY MODE UP AND DOWN DAWN SO THAT SPECTATORS WOULD HAVE A SPOT. THEY SPENT THREE DAYS OUT AT THE AIRPORT GETTING THAT PLACE INTO CONDITION AND IT LOOKED REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO KUDOS TO THOSE GENTLEMEN AND THE OTHER TWO ON THE TEAM. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. WELL DONE GUYS. ACTION ITEMS WE. APPROVE 
          [IV.1. Approval of the May 13, 2026 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes.]
THE MINUTES OF ANYBODY READ THE MINUTES OF THE TO APPROVE. I WILL SECOND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM MAY 13TH MINUTES TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS 
          [V.1.July is Parks and Recreation Month.]
THE JULY IS THE PARKS AND REC. AND DO YOU DO. THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO ADVANCE FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. SO YEP. THAT'S ON. SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT JULY IS HISTORICALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS RECREATION ASSOCIATION AS PARKS AND REC MONTH. AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION. SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FIELD BUSTING THEIR BUTTS DAILY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HERE IN LAGOS SPECIFICALLY, WE DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE A BIT LEAN ON THE RECREATION SIDE AND THAT OUR OUR PRIMARY AREA OF PROGRAMING IS AT THE POOL. 
          BUT IN FACT, MANY OF THE FOLKS BEHIND ME ARE PARTNERS IN THAT EFFORT, THOSE WHO RUN YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES, ETC. SO ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT GOES ON IN TERMS OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCALLY, MOST OF US SEE PARKS AS PRETTY PLACES AND PLACES MERELY TO PLAY, BUT PARKS AND RECREATION CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT. AND SO THIS YEAR'S THEME OF THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION WANTS TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF CONNECTION THAT IS, THAT PARKS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DO THINGS IN A BROADER COMMUNITY CONTEXT THAN THEY OTHERWISE WHITE MIGHT. THE POWER OF PLAY FROM PLAYGROUNDS WHERE KIDS COME ALONG AND PLAY ON THEIR OWN, TO PASSIVE PARKS WHERE KIDS MAY COME IN AND THROW A FOOTBALL TO YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. BUT THOSE THINGS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN IN TERMS OF A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT, ESSENTIAL. I GREW UP AS A PARK RAT, AND IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING YEARS LATER THAT I THEN WORKED IN THE CONTEXT AFTER HARASSING THE FOLKS WHO SUPERVISED ME FOR SO LONG, BUT 
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IT MADE THAT GREAT OF AN IMPACT ON ME THAT I DECIDED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO TRY MY HAND AT AS WELL. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. AGAIN, PUBLIC PLACES AND SPACES BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER AT LEVELS AGAIN THAT THEY OTHERWISE OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT. PEOPLE STRIKE FRIENDSHIPS. THAT'S PARENTS OF YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES, THAT'S KIDS ON TEAMS, ETC. FOLKS WHO MEET AT THE POOL FOR AN AFTERNOON SWIM WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHES 97 DEGREES, THEY FOSTER COMMUNITY AND SUPER IMPORTANT, THE POWER OF NATURE. AND ONE OF THE THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME FROM FOLKS IN LARGO IS A DESIRE TO PRESERVE JUST BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACES. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND YOU SEE THE HILLS AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FORESTS OF CYPRESS TREES OR OF OAK TREES, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SETTING. AND PEOPLE WANT THOSE THINGS PRESERVED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY POWERFUL EFFECT ON ON PEOPLE POWER OF BELONGING. 
          AGAIN, WE FIND CONNECTION THROUGH RECREATION. SPORTS TEAMS AGAIN ARE ANOTHER PERFECT EXAMPLE. SWIM TEAMS JUST MEETING FOLKS FOR A WALK ON A PATHWAY AT THE PARK. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN A COMMUNITY, WITHIN FAMILIES, ETC. AND THEN FINALLY, THE POWER OF WELL-BEING. THERE REALLY IS A QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION MAKE IN THE WELLNESS, THE GENERAL WELLNESS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE THAT SORT OF THING SERIOUSLY. SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE AS PARKS AND RECREATION DO EVERY DAY? OBVIOUSLY, WE TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIC CENTER MAINTENANCE. NOW, MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE TWO PARKS THAT ARE SITUATED HERE LIBRARY, FRIENDS PARK AS WELL AS VETERANS PARK. IT'S ALSO THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE L, V, POA AND THE BUILDINGS HERE. ALONGSIDE IT IS THE SPACE SURROUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE CITY POOL IN TERMS OF NOT JUST THE MAINTENANCE, BUT ENSURING THAT IT ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD. AND THEN WE HAVE CONTRACT OVERSIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, LIFEGUARDS ARE PROVIDED VIA CONTRACT, AS IS POOL CLEANING, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS. AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF FAILURES THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR. AND SO FAR, WE'VE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE POOL THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S A BIG BOOST FOR US, A TRAIL UPKEEP. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRAILS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE TWO FORMAL TRAILS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A CLEANING PERIODICALLY FOR PROVIDING THE AMENITIES ON THOSE. AND THAT'S THE EAGLE TRAIL, WHICH IS LOCATED UP AT SUNSET PARK AND LITERALLY CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE WHOLE AREA. AND THEN THERE'S A TURN BACK CANYON TRAIL AT THE END OF FOOTHILL COVE, WHICH I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON, BUT HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOTH OF THOSE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE PUSHING THOSE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MONTH TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE THERE. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE TRAILS IS THAT THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE CANOPY OVER THE TOP. SO EVEN ON A 97 DEGREE DAY, YOU CAN FIND NICE, COOL, SHADY SPOTS TO WALK ALONG. JUST ENJOY EVEN PICNIC IF YOU WANT. EAGLES TRAIL HAS SEVERAL PICNIC TABLES ALONG THE WAY AND TURN BACK. CANYON HAS BENCHES ALONG THE WAY SO YOU CAN PAUSE AND JUST ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AREAS THAT WE MAINTAIN. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE THE WINDMILL PROPERTY THERE AT PASEO DE VACA AND LOHMAN, AS WELL AS THE CORNER OF LOHMAN AND BOGGY FORD. AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE JUST ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF. 
          AND THEN, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, SPECIAL EVENTS SUPPORT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE EVENTS COORDINATOR IS THE WHOLE OF THE EVENTS DEPARTMENT HERE AT LARGO. IT IS JENNIFER SANDOVAL, OLIVER LONESOME. SHE PLANS EVERYTHING. SHE PROCURES ALL THE MATERIALS, ETC. NECESSARY. BUT ONE PERSON CAN'T POSSIBLY DO EVERYTHING, EITHER IN PREPARATION FOR OR EVEN IN THE OPERATION OF AN EVENT. SO OUR TEAM HAS MADE ITSELF AVAILABLE TO HER FOR EVERY EVENT. AND WE SIMPLY TELL HER, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE DONE, AND THEN SHE GIVES US A LIST AND THAT WILL CHANGE OVER TIME, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP WORKING TO MAKE THOSE THINGS SUCCESSFUL. BUT WE LITERALLY HAVE BEEN A PART OF EVERY EVENT THAT SHE HAS HELD THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. EVERYTHING FROM MOVIES ON THE GREEN, SHE'LL HAVE A CONCERT ON THE GREEN LATER THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY LIBERTY DAYS EVENT, LARGO FEST. WE ASSIST IN ALL OF THAT. THEN WE ASSIST OUR PARTNERS AGAIN, YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS, BUT ALSO PARTNERS LIKE CLUB K, VB, THE. BECAUSE WHAT WE DO, WE DO IN CONJUNCTION 
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WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEY HELP US BEAUTIFY SOME OF THE SPACES THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS AFTERNOON. 
          AND IN TURN, WHEN THEY FACE ISSUES, THEY INFORM US AND WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY AS WE CAN. AND THEN THE DREADED OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. THAT'S NOT JUST A THING ON A JOB DESCRIPTION. THAT'S THE REALITY FOR US. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE AT CITY HALL, WE HAVE REPAINTED THE RESTROOM IN THE LOBBY. WE HAVE BUILT SHELVES IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S CLOSET SO THAT SHE HAS A PLACE TO STORE HER RECORDS. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND ADJUSTED DOORS THAT GET STUCK, ETC. SO LITERALLY IT'S WHATEVER THEY NEED FOR US TO DO. WE'RE HERE TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO WHAT DO I MEAN WHEN I SAY WE? IT'S THE FANTABULOUS FOUR. SO YOU'VE GOT JOSE JAMES DEAN AND MICHAEL. DEAN AND MICHAEL ARE HERE IN THE BUILDING, AND THOSE PHOTOS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THIS WEEK. AND THAT'S JUST A VARIETY OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. 
          IRRIGATION TO DEAN AND JAMES TODAY. IN FACT, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THE LAGO VISTA SIGN THAT EXISTED AT THE OLD ENTRANCE INTO SUNSET PARK. WE'VE REMOVED THAT. WE'VE SHIFTED IT. WE'RE RELOCATING IT TO ONE OF THE AREAS WITHIN THE PARK SO THAT AS YOU DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT, YOU'LL SEE IT THERE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND THOSE ARE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT I JUST KIND OF THROW AT THEM, OR THEY SEE THEM AS THEY'RE OUT IN THE WORLD AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT. AND SO WE JUST KNOCK IT OUT. 
          BUT THE INCREDIBLE THING IS WHAT LITERALLY THAT TEAM OF FOUR ACCOMPLISHES DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. AND, AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE UPKEEP OF PARKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I LISTED, IT'S THOSE FOUR GUYS WHO ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO AT SUNSET PARK, WE HANDLE SPORTS FIELDS. AND IT'S IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE LITERALLY HEARD NUMEROUS CRITICISMS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR BALL FIELDS AND THE GUYS WORK SO HARD OUT THERE THAT I, I DEFY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT DOESN'T COUNT TO FIND ANOTHER SPORTS FIELD IN THE COMMUNITY, ANOTHER BALL FIELD IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT LOOKS AS GOOD AS AS OURS DO. I THINK OURS ARE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE GOING ON. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A RENOVATION OF ALL OF THE SPORTS FIELDS. SO SOCCER FIELD, THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THE SOFTBALL FIELD ALL OF THEM ARE UNDERGOING. WE'RE DOING A WEED TREATMENT, WHICH GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CITY'S INTEGRATED PEST AND HERBICIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          MAKES IT SUPER COMPLICATED IN THAT WE HAVE TO EXPERIMENT WITH APPROPRIATE CHEMICALS ALL THE TIME. AND PEOPLE HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN SOMETHING SAYS ORGANIC, SOMEHOW THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED. EVERYTHING IS CHEMICALS. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A LESSER DEGREE, GREATER DEGREE, GREATER DEGREE. WHAT PEOPLE FORGET IS THAT ORGANIC CHEMICALS ARE HAVING TO BE APPLIED MORE OFTEN THAN USUAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE APPLYING THOSE RATHER FREQUENTLY. AND THAT MEANS THAT THOSE CHEMICALS ARE STILL BEING PUT IN THE SOIL, BUT THEY'RE RATED DIFFERENTLY. AND SO WE TRY TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE IN THAT REGARD AS WE CAN. THERE ARE AERATING FIELDS. THEY'RE DOING A WEED AND FEED. WE'RE DOING SOD PATCHING. WE'RE DOING ALL SORTS OF STUFF SO THAT WHEN THE FALL COMES AND THE NEW SEASON'S KICK OFF, THEY'LL BE READY TO GO. PLAYGROUND MAINTENANCE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE, BUT THAT'S A NECESSARY WEEKLY ACTIVITY. WHEN A KID GETS ON A SWING SET, YOU'LL FIND GENERALLY IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, THERE WILL BE A GULLY UNDERNEATH WHERE THEY WERE SWINGING. WE CALL THAT DISPLACEMENT. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT CHANGES THE FALL HEIGHT AND INCREASES THE RISK OF INJURY. SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND PUT THE THE MULCH BACK IN ITS PLACE. AND THAT'S TRUE OF OF MOST OF THE HIGH PEAK HIGH PLAY AREAS LIKE AROUND SLIDES ON THE SWINGS, THE MERRY GO ROUND, ETC. AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO CHECK THE CONDITION OF THE PLAYGROUND PRETTY REGULARLY BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH STANDARDS, PER THE PLAYGROUND HANDBOOK, WE TAKE CARE OF THE RESTROOM, WHICH IS A SOLAR POWERED RESTROOM. I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE NO POWER OUT AT SUNSET PARK, EXCEPT WHAT THE SUN PROVIDES VIA OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE A CHALLENGE. BUT THE GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF JUST MAINTAINING IT, KEEPING IT CLEAN, AND WHEN YOU GET ALL THREE OF THOSE SPORTS FIELDS IN USE AT A GIVEN TIME, THAT'S A LOT OF USE OF THE RESTROOM SYSTEM OF THE RESTROOM. AND AGAIN, IT'S ONLY SOLAR LIGHT AND IT'S A, A SEPTIC SYSTEM. SO THAT'S PRETTY CHALLENGING. SO WE'VE HAD A PLUMBER OUT TWICE TO CLEAR THE LINES ON THAT THING. BUT AGAIN, THE GUYS KEEP TABS ON THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS RUNNING 
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AS WELL AS WE CAN POSSIBLY KEEP IT. AND THEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE JUST FOR THE GENERAL GROUNDS, THE CONDITIONS OF PARKING, LOTS OF PATHWAYS, ETC. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT PATHWAYS ARE A BIT OF A MESS. AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO RECTIFY AT LEAST SOME OF THAT IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE STRETCH FROM THE PARKING LOT DOWN TO THE BALL FIELDS. THAT'S ABOUT 100 YARDS. SO THAT'S 300FT OF CONCRETE, SIX FOOT WIDE. THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID IN THERE, IN MY VIEW, BECAUSE THE THE WEATHER HERE, THE UNDULATIONS AT THE PARK, ETC. MAKE THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE JUST IS NOT WORKABLE OUT THERE. AND WE SEE THAT BOTH LEADING DOWN TO THE BALL FIELDS AS WELL AS LEADING UP TO THE SOCCER FIELDS. SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT SOME ATTENTION THIS YEAR. AND THEN TREE PLANTING DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL UNLESS YOU'RE OUT THERE REGULARLY AT SUNSET PARK, AND IT IS BARREN OUT THERE. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SHADE. SO WE'VE ALREADY ADDED, I THINK, 16 TREES OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 30 ON A TRAILER THAT WE INTEND TO ADD OUT THERE, AND WE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO INCREASE THE SHADE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE THERE YOU'VE GOT SOME CRAPE MYRTLES. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER TREES THAT WE ARE HOPING OVER TIME, WILL GROW UP OVER THE TOP OF THE PICNIC TABLES AND PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THOSE WHO ARE PICNICKING THERE. BUT ALL OF THAT ■IS, IS SUPER IMPORTANT, AND IT'S PART OF THE DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE TEAM HAS, HANDLES THE SPORTS COMPLEX, CITY POOL IN GENERAL, UPKEEP DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A REALLY BIG DEAL, BUT A THE POOL REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A MOVING PART. LOTS OF PEOPLE REFER TO SWIMMING POOLS AS MONEY PITS, AND I CAN GIVE YOU 25 REASONS WHY. THERE'S JUST NOTHING INEXPENSIVE ABOUT OPERATING THEM. AND SO KEEPING THEM FINE TUNED, KEEPING THEM CLEAN. ALL OF THAT HELPS TO DELAY AND PREVENT MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD. AND SO DEAN AND JAMES ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. AND THEY'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WHEN THE POOL CLEANER COMES OUT TO DO IT, THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT. AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OCCASIONS THIS SUMMER WHERE THE CLEANER HAS BEEN CALLED BACK OUT TO REDO IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT A SATISFACTORY JOB. AND IF WE'RE PAYING YOU TO DO IT, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT TO OUR STANDARDS. AND THE SAME IS TRUE WITH LIFEGUARDS. WE INSIST THAT THEY DO A GOOD JOB OUT THERE. THEY KEEP THE PLACE LOOKING PRESENTABLE AT ALL TIMES, BECAUSE WE ONLY GET ONE DAY A WEEK TO DO ANY MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE. SO WE THE REST OF THE TIME IT'S GETTING CLEAN IT UP, GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. THEN YOU'VE GOT AREAS THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE JUST KIND OF THE GENERAL AREA, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT NEAR UPPER FIELD. PEOPLE WHO GET OUT THERE FREQUENTLY MAY NOTICE THAT ACTUALLY, ALL OF THOSE TRIM TREES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY TRIMMED, AND IT'S ALL LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND WE WANTED TO DO THAT IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT FOLKS AREN'T SCRATCHING THEIR TRUCKS, ETC. YOU HAVE TWO PICNIC SHELTERS THAT ARE LOCATED OUT THERE. BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REPAINTED AND IMPROVED THE APPEARANCE OF THOSE THINGS VERY DRAMATICALLY. SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST STUFF THAT THE GUYS HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF ALL THE TIME. AND AGAIN, DEAN IS THE PRIMARY GUY OVER AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX TAKING CARE OF THAT. AND I DIDN'T SAY SO, BUT SHOULD HAVE AT SUNSET. THAT'S JOSE IS THE PRIMARY PERSON OVER THERE. TRAIL MAINTENANCE, AS I SAID, TURN BACK TRAIL AND EAGLE TRAIL. THE GUYS GET OUT THERE. THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO WALK THE TRAIL PERIODICALLY TO REMOVE DEBRIS, TO JUST GENERALLY CLEAN IT UP, TAKE CARE OF IT. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S AVAILABLE ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR. SO I HIKED IT WHEN IT DURING, WELL, THE MORNING AFTER THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, BIG SNOW WE HAD THIS YEAR. AND IT WAS BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BENCHES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY HANDMADE BY THE TEAM, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT NATURALLY IN THE SETTING. IT WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH ANYTHING. AND SO THE GUYS PULLED OUT SOME CYPRESSES AND THEY BUILT SOME BENCHES OUT OF THEM. SO IT'S, THEY'RE SUPER NICE. AND THEN IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE CROSSWALK ACROSS IT. SO WE PUT IN THAT NEW ACCESS ROAD INTO THE PARK. BUT NOBODY, NOBODY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE CONNECTION FROM ONE SIDE OF THE TRAIL TO THE OTHER. AND THAT ROADWAY CAN GET HIGH TRAFFIC. SO THE GUYS PAINTED THE CROSSWALK, THEY THREW IN THE REFLECTIVE GLASS, THEY PUT UP REFLECTORS, THEY PUT UP PEDESTRIAN SIGNS SO THAT PEOPLE HOPEFULLY ARE MORE ATTENTIVE TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS NOT USING THOSE TRAILS YET TO GET OUT THERE BECAUSE THE TEAM WORKS REALLY, 
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REALLY HARD TO KEEP THOSE LOOKING GOOD. AND ANDREW AND I WALKED THE EAGLES TRAIL A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT WALK. ALL RIGHT, CITY LIGHTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GET OUT TO SOME OF THE AREAS IN THE EVENING, BUT THAT'S VETERANS PARK ON THE RIGHT, LIT UP AT NIGHT. IN FACT, IT'S EVEN IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I TOOK THAT PHOTO AT A QUARTER OF FIVE THIS MORNING AT VETERANS PARK MONTHS AGO. A FEW OF THOSE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, BUT THE TEAM HAS GONE IN THERE AND REDONE MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL OUT THERE, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE IRRIGATION OUT THERE AT VETERANS PARK. SO THAT IT IS, IN THE WORDS, EVEN OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM KLB, THE GREENEST IT'S BEEN IN A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE. ELECTRICAL AND IRRIGATION ARE CONCERNED. MICHAEL IS THE PRIMARY GUY, AND THE LAGO VISTA SIGN HAD BEEN DARK, MY UNDERSTANDING, FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE PULLED THAT APART. WE FOUND OUT WIRES HAVE BEEN CUT AND IT WAS A MESS. WE. WE REPLACED ALL OF THE LIGHT FIXTURES, ETC. OUT THERE AND IT. 
          IT IS SPECTACULAR, LITERALLY WHEN IT'S LIT AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE PHOTO. BUT AGAIN, NOT UNTIL THE GUYS GO OUT THERE AND DO THOSE THINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT MY TEAM IS THEY, THEY TAKE TOTAL OWNERSHIP OF EVERY PROJECT THAT THEY DO, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT ALWAYS REFLECTS UPON THEM AS WELL AS THE, THE CITY AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AND THEY REALLY WANT IT TO LOOK AS GOOD AS IT POSSIBLY CAN. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENJOY THOSE SPACES AT NIGHT, EXPANDING THE CANOPY. SO I TALKED ABOUT US HAVING PLANTED SOME TREES AT SUNSET PARK, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ANY ATTENTION HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER, WE ACTUALLY PLANTED SIX FRUIT TREES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE WALL RIGHT HERE. THERE ARE TWO NECTARINES, TWO PEACHES AND TWO APPLE TREES OUT THERE. THERE ARE FIVE POMEGRANATE TREES OUT ON THE DRIVE ACROSS FROM PD ADJACENT TO L, V, POA, AND THEN WE WE PUT IN A CRAPE MYRTLE IN ONE OF THE RAISED PLANTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. SO WE'VE DONE, I THINK, A TOTAL OF 35 TREES THIS YEAR. AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE 30 PLUS MORE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST BECAUSE THEY SOFTEN AND THEY BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S PART OF THAT WHOLE THE POWER OF NATURE. EXCUSE ME. THE MORE THAT YOU GIVE PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL SPACES, IT IT HAS A CALMING EFFECT UPON THEM. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THAT REGARD. AND FINALLY, IT'S WE, WE DO THINGS ON THE CHEAP. WHEN I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THE VERY, VERY FIRST TIME, WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM, I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD TREAT BUDGETARY DOLLARS AS IF THEY WERE MY OWN. AND I AM ABOUT AS FRUGAL AS IT GETS. AND SO YOU SEE A LIST OF, OF PROJECTS AND YOU SEE THE COSTS ADJACENT TO THOSE. SO THE BLEACHER CANOPIES OVER AT SUNSET PARK, $85,000, THE POOL FURNITURE, $16,000. OKAY. THOSE WERE THE ACTUAL BUDGETED COSTS. SO WE DID THE CANOPIES FOR $47,000. WE DID THE POOL FURNITURE, AND THAT WAS REPLACING ALL OF THE POOL FURNITURE OUT THERE FOR $7,700. THE DAWN MEDIANS, THAT WAS AN ITEM FOR $22,000. WE DID THAT FOR LESS THAN $1,000 IN SUPPLIES AND TEAM'S TIME. THE SPORTS COMPLEX, TREE TRIMMING, THAT WAS A $10,000 QUOTE. THE GUYS DID IT THEMSELVES. SO AN IMMEDIATE SAVINGS OF $10,000, THE ACQUISITION OF TREES. FORTUNATELY, THEY WERE OFFERED TO THE CITY AND IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF $21,000. AND SO THAT'S THE 60 PLUS TREES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANTING. SO SAVED IN THEIR ACQUISITION. WE'RE SAVING IN THE PLANTING BY DOING IT OURSELVES. VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK WALKWAY. SO IN 2012, WHEN THE PARK WAS BUILT OVER THERE AND THE MEMORIAL WALKWAY WAS CREATED WITH THE GRANITE SLABS, ETC. THE BEAUTIFUL SETTING, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. BUT THEN FIVE YEARS LATER, THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP CREATED THE SPACE FORCE, WHICH IS THE SIXTH MILITARY BRANCH. WELL, HERE WE ARE NINE YEARS LATER, AND THAT BRANCH IS NOT RECOGNIZED AT ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WALKWAY, NOR IS IT RECOGNIZED VIA FLAGS. SO WE PUT OUT A. I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN WHO BUILT THE THE PLAZA INITIALLY, AND HE PROPOSED $15,000 TO DO IT, AND I SAID NO. SO THEN WE DID SOME WORK, DROVE OUT THERE TO GRANITE SHOALS OURSELVES, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COLD SPRING, ETC. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE GRANITE SLAB, THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE, IN ADDITION, WILL ALSO PUT UP AN ADDITIONAL FLAGPOLE WITH THE FLAG, ETC. AND WE WILL DO THAT WHOLE PROJECT FOR LESS THAN $5,000. SO LESS THAN A 
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THIRD OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED. AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF GENERAL MISCELLANY, AS I SAID, ELECTRICAL AND IRRIGATION, WE DO MUCH OF THAT OURSELVES. EVERY TIME THAT I'VE CALLED OUT THE ELECTRICAL COMPANY, IT'S BETWEEN 1200 AND $1500 FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND DO A SERVICE MORE, DEPENDING UPON HOW LONG THAT MAY TAKE. SO EVERY TIME WE DO THAT JOB OURSELVES, WE SAVE $1200 TO $1500 OR MORE. SAME WITH THE TREE PLANTING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. SO LAST YEAR, COUNCIL ADDED TWO STAFF TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY ADDED NO VEHICLES, NO EQUIPMENT, NO ANYTHING. SO WE HAD TO SCROUNGE ABOUT WE WE. AND WE MANAGED TO PULL TOGETHER FOUR TRUCKS, FOUR TRAILERS, FOUR MOWERS, ETC. THAT COST THE DEPARTMENT THE CITY NOTHING. BUT THE GUYS DID HAVE TO REPAIR MOST OF THOSE THINGS AND THEY HAVE DONE. SO WE HAVE SOME FRANKENSTEIN WEED EATERS THAT WE USE OUT THERE. AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S USE WHAT YOU GOT TO THE BEST THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN, SO LONG AS IT'S SAFE TO OPERATE AND IT'S STILL IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION AND THE GUYS WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. AND THEN IRRIGATION AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD YOUR IRRIGATION RIPPED OUT OR RESET GETS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND GOING BACK TO FRANKENSTEIN, OUR SYSTEMS ARE JUST THAT. THEY'RE ABSOLUTE FRANKENSTEIN SYSTEMS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MICHAEL IS HAVING TO DO AS HE FIXES ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS IS MAP THE WHOLE THING OUT SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT VALVES GO TO, WHAT HEADS, WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED, ETC. SO WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT. AND AGAIN, DOING IT IN HOUSE, AS I SAID, JUST ON THE PROJECT FOR VETERANS PARK AND DAWN DRIVE, WE'VE SAVED $22,000 THERE ALONE. SO WE DO THE ABSOLUTE BEST THAT WE CAN TO STRETCH EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE GET. THE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN TWO DIVISIONS PARKS AND RECREATION AND AQUATICS, WE GET ABOUT 1,000,000.1 ANNUALLY, AND WE STRETCH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE DOLLARS TO MUCH MORE THAN THAN MOST OTHER AGENCIES CAN GET. BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS ALL ABOUT SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO. THESE ARE HOW WE DO THEM. THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY GET OUT THERE AND PERFORM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND JULY IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEM. SO THANK YOU. 
          OH, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FINISHED NOW IT'S UP THERE. IT'S LIT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. SO THAT'S THE NEW MONUMENT SIGN, JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOLLOWS. AND THAT WAS THE RESULT OF GRANT WORK SIX YEARS AGO BY KALEB. BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T DO MONUMENT SIGNS PER SE, THAT IS. SO WE HAD TO THEN PUT THE LETTERING ON WHICH WE'VE DONE THAT. BUT THE REASON I'M SHOWING THAT IS BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS CLOSING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF MAINTENANCE PERIOD AND THEN WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DAVID. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I COMMEND YOUR STAFF. YOU ALL DO AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, NEARBY CITIES. I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH IT. YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE. WAIT. DO I WANT TO LET YOU SPEAK? YES. YOU BETTER LET ME SPEAK. YOU KNOW, DAVID, HE'S THROWING ALL THE KUDOS OVER HERE TO US. BUT WITHOUT DAVID, HIS THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND COMING TO US WITH THEM, A LOT OF THE STUFF HE SHOWED Y'ALL PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE COME ABOUT. SO THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS. RIGHT HERE. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. WILL THIS GO ONLINE SOMEWHERE? YES. IT WOULD JUST CONFUSE PEOPLE. 
          SERIOUSLY. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. NO IT WON'T. NO, THIS IS JUST AGAIN, JUST AN OVERVIEW SO THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THIS. YOU'RE ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT I TALKED ABOUT. I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE BEEN DOING WELL. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT A REALLY LONG TIME, OTHERS OF YOU FOR SEVERAL YEARS, JUST TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE. AND SO THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PASSION AND DRIVE THAT COMES FROM THAT DAIS AND A DESIRE TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN. AND THAT'S INFECTIOUS. 
          AND SO THAT SORT OF DRIVES, AS I SAID, THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO DAY, DAY TO DAY. SO. SO I FIND IT NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO JUST COME BACK AND SAY TO YOU GUYS, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. THANK YOU. DAVID. THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. DAVID. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU DO. IT REALLY IS. I 
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MEAN, YOU'VE BUILT A DEPARTMENT. THE GUYS ARE I MEAN, THEY'RE AMAZING WHAT THEY DO. I KNOW I SEE THEM OUT AT ALL, YOU KNOW, AROUND LARGO, THEY'RE ALL HAPPY. THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL SAY HELLO TO ME WHEN WE SEE THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, SUPER PROUD OF, SUPER PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE. SO VERY PROUD OF THOSE GUYS. RIGHT? SO NUMBER SEVEN 
          [V.6.Youth Sports Update]
WAS YOUTH SPORTS UPDATE. BUT SINCE WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY HERE AND WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO NUMBER TWO. SO AGAIN DAVID. OH, OKAY. ALL YOU. BUT I'LL DO IT FROM OVER THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES AMONG YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS RECENTLY. AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THOSE CHANGES TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. WE HAVE HAD CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP ACROSS MOST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN HAD THE FORMULATION OF AN ENTIRELY NEW ORGANIZATION HERE IN LARGO. ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED DEMAND IN THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE. AND YOU KNOW HOW LIMITED THOSE ARE. I'VE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE LEAGUES, AND IN JUST A MOMENT, I'LL INVITE EACH OF THOSE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR OWN LEAGUE IS DOING AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE FALL SEASON. BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED. SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEADERSHIP CHANGES. AND SO YOU'LL YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOW LEADING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THERE. I JUST KIND OF SOME SHIFTING IN TERMS OF WHERE PARENTAL PRIORITIES FALL. BUT AS I SAID, THE DEMAND WILL INCREASE REGARDING THE USE OF THE FIELDS. 
          AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IT. I'M ALREADY RECEIVING SOME FALL REQUESTS FOR USE OF THOSE FACILITIES, AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THOSE FALL SEASONS START IN AUGUST. AS I SAID, THE GUYS ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO GET OUR FEW FIELDS IN ORDER BY THAT TIME, BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF FAMILIES OUT THERE JUST WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO TO GET OUT THERE AND JUMP INTO THE SPORTS SCENE. SO I WILL INTRODUCE SO YOU'VE GOT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT CHRISSY BLYSTONE, WHO WAS THE SECRETARY, IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF LAGO VISTA UNITED BASEBALL SOFTBALL. YOU'VE GOT STEPHEN GUASTELLA, WHO IS RUNNING NOW, THE LAGO VISTA SOCCER CLUB. IT HAD BEEN UNDER LONG TIME. OTHER LEADERSHIP. AND THEN, AS I INDICATED, YOU'VE GOT A NEWLY FORMED LITTLE LEAGUE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, A NORTH SHORE, AND THAT'S HEADED UP BY BRIAN PANNELL. AND SO I WILL LET EACH OF THEM SORT OF STEP UP AND TALK ABOUT WHERE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING BEGINNING IN THE FALL. KRISTI, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MY NAME IS KRISTI BLYSTONE. I AM HERE REPRESENTING LAGO VISTA UNITED BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, ALSO KNOWN AS LVUBS, WHERE I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT. LVBS HAS BEEN PART OF THE LAGO VISTA COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. GENERATIONS OF KIDS HAVE GROWN UP PLAYING ON OUR LOCAL FIELDS, AND MANY OF THE PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED TODAY ARE WATCHING THEIR KIDS GROW UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM. OUR LEAGUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MORE THAN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. THE BALL FIELDS ARE WHERE OUR KIDS MAKE FRIENDS, WHERE PARENTS BECOME VOLUNTEERS AND COACHES AND WHERE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER. WE'RE PROUD OF THAT HISTORY, AND OUR BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY IT FORWARD. WE SAW THE IMPACT OF OUR LEAGUE FIRSTHAND THIS JUNE, WHEN OUR ALL STAR TEAMS WENT THROUGH THEIR TOURNAMENT SEASON. 
          OUR SIX BASEBALL TEAM EARNED TWO SECOND PLACE FINISHES AND ONE FIRST PLACE FINISH. OUR TEN NEW TEAM EARNED A FIRST PLACE FINISH AND A SECOND PLACE FINISH. AND ON OUR SOFTBALL SIDE, WE REACHED A REALLY IMPORTANT MILESTONE BY BEING ABLE TO FIELD OUR FIRST A-2 ALL STAR TEAM. THE SOFTBALL PROGRAM HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN MUCH SMALLER THAN OUR BASEBALL SIDE, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN BUILT UP A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. OUR A-2 GIRLS. THEY IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A TEAM. THEIR LOVE FOR PLAYING THE GAME WAS APPARENT EVERY TIME THEY TOOK THE FIELD. OUR 12 SOFTBALL TEAM FACED OUTSTANDING COMPETITION, ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINAL GAME OF THEIR FINAL TOURNAMENT, AND 
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FINISHED THE SUMMER AS A CLOSE GROUP OF GIRLS EXCITED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE TOGETHER. WE'RE PROUD OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR SPRING SEASON AND OUR ALL STAR SEASON BROUGHT CHALLENGES. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SCHEDULING WAS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND COMMUNICATION WAS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT DIDN'T MEET THE STANDARD THAT OUR FAMILIES, OUR COACHES, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THE LEAGUE DESERVE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE SHORTCOMINGS AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO LEARNING FROM THEM AND DOING BETTER. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT STEPPED UP WHEN THINGS WERE DIFFICULT. OUR COACHES, OUR PARENTS, OUR TEAM, VOLUNTEERS, OUR BOARD MEMBERS ALL PLAYED AN ENORMOUS ROLE IN GETTING OUR KIDS THROUGH THE SEASON. THEY ADJUSTED SCHEDULES, COMMUNICATED WITH FAMILIES, ORGANIZED TEAMS, TRAVELED TO TOURNAMENTS, VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS, AND STEPPED UP WHEREVER THEY WERE NEEDED. THE SUCCESS OF OUR PLAYERS THIS YEAR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT EVERYBODY THAT HELPED. AND ON BEHALF OF LV UBS, WE JUST WANT TO SEND A HUGE THANK YOU. WE SORRY LOST THIS. WE'RE PROUD OF TROPHIES AND TOURNAMENT FINISHES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY WE MEASURE SUCCESS. WE MEASURE SUCCESS BY WHETHER THE KIDS ARE IMPROVING WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAMS, WHETHER THEY WANT TO COME BACK NEXT SEASON, WHETHER WE'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE. IN LESS THAN A YEAR, OUR LEAGUE HAS PROVIDED $1,960 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY KID SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, AND A FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULDN'T STOP THAT. CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALSO REQUIRES PLACES FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY. SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY ON THE PARKS AND REC SUNSET FROM WHAT IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, YEARS AGO, AND WHAT IT IS NOW IS LIKE MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS. SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO USE THOSE FIELDS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ISD ON THE REHAB OF THE LOWER FIELD, WHICH IS THE FIELD THAT SITS ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDING A NEW OUTFIELD FENCE, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO BRING THE FIELD BACK INTO REGULAR USE. THE ISD IS PROVIDING A LOT OF THE MATERIALS AND SUPPORT WHERE THEY CAN, BUT OUR LEAGUE IS PROVIDING THE REMAINDER OF THE MATERIALS, THE EQUIPMENT, THE VOLUNTEER LABOR, SECURING FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS, AND PUTTING IN THE WORK NECESSARY TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. TO US, THIS PROJECT IS MORE ABOUT MORE THAN ABOUT JUST FIXING UP ONE FIELD. IT'S THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF YOUTH SPORTS IN LAGO VISTA, AND AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN ALL OF OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WORK TOGETHER. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IN LAGO VISTA ARE ENTERING A PERIOD OF CHANGE. WITH THE FORMATION OF NORTH SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE. OUR CONCERN IS NOT ABOUT COMPETITION BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS. OUR CONCERN IS THE IMPACT OF DIVIDING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PLAYERS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS AND RESOURCES IN A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE. SO BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE EFFORTS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH NORTH SHORE AND ANY OTHER LITTLE LEAGUES THAT ARE IN TOWN TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO WORK TOGETHER. WE BELIEVE THE KIDS OF LAGO VISTA BENEFIT MOST WHEN THE ADULTS AND ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH SPORTS ARE WILLING TO COMMUNICATE, COOPERATE, MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE CHILDREN NEED IN OUR CITY. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS WILL REMAIN. WE PLAN TO HAVE A FALL SEASON. WE'LL HAVE A SPRING SEASON. WE'LL CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN IN OUR LEAGUE, AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US. WE WANT TO BE STRONG PARTNERS WITH THE CITY AND THE ISD, AND AN ORGANIZATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF. THE PEOPLE SERVING OUR LEAGUE TODAY ARE JUST TEMPORARY STEWARDS OF SOMETHING THAT HAS BELONGED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS, AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE CARE OF IT, TO NURTURE IT, AND TO LEAVE IT BETTER FOR THE FAMILIES THAT COME AFTER US. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. STEVEN. I'M A LITTLE SHORTER. HI, I'M STEVEN GUASTELLA. I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LAGO VISTA SOCCER CLUB. WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TALK, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SOME BIG NEWS REGARDING SOCCER THIS WEEK. ACTUALLY ON MONDAY, IT WAS NOT THE US TEAM LOSING. CONGRATS. 
          CONGRATS ENGLAND YOU KNOW. YEAH YEAH. SO THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS IN PLACE. 
          AND THEN WE DECIDED TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE TWO CLUBS OUT HERE. AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. ON MONDAY THERE WAS A DECISION FROM THE OTHER CLUB THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING ON REGISTRATION SIDE, AND I WAS SITTING AT ABOUT 100 REGISTRATIONS, SO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO PULL OUT OF LAGO, WHICH I THINK IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY IN SOCCER, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LIMITED NUMBER 
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OF PLAYERS TO GIVE YOU GUYS KIND OF AN IDEA ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THEY DECIDED TO DO THIS PARTNERSHIP, THERE WAS 180 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR SOCCER WITH ZERO COACHES. IT WAS ALL PARENT VOLUNTEERS. SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT THEY DID THIS PARTNERSHIP. LAST SEASON. THEY HAD 60. THERE ARE REASONS AND I WON'T GET INTO THOSE, BUT SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A NEW DIRECTION OUT HERE. WHAT I HAVE DONE IS ALREADY I'VE OPENED UP TO YOU FOR ALL THE WAY UP TO U19, SO I HAVE PREVIOUSLY. IT BASICALLY STOPPED AT U11 AND THEN THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, YOU NEED TO GO INTO CEDAR PARK TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS RIGHT, CONSIDERING NOW THAT WE HAVE A BOYS AND A GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS, BOTH VARSITY AND JV, AS WELL AS A GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM THIS LAST YEAR. SO I HAVE OPENED THAT UP AND THERE WILL BE GROWING PAINS, BUT WE'RE AT LEAST OFFERING IT FOR THEM. I HAVE ABOUT 16 HIGH SCHOOLERS ALREADY THAT ARE READY TO PLAY. WE'LL JUST PLAY LOCALLY AT SUNSET PARK. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT HOURS. I PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS ORIGINALLY, LIKE 500 SOMETHING HOURS. I WAS YEAH, THAT WAS CRAZY. FIVE SEE I KNEW YEAH, YEAH. 531 I THINK OBVIOUSLY ONLY HAVING THE ONE FIELD WHICH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, HAS A BIG THING TO DO WITH IT. I'VE LOWERED IT TO 200 SOMETHING, 221 WITH TWO DAYS OFF, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE GIVE MICHAEL OR JOSIE A CHANCE TO DEAL WITH THE FIELD. ANOTHER BIG THING THAT I'M PLANNING TO DO IS WHAT I SAW WHEN I CAME IN, AND I WATCHED A LOT OF TRAINING SESSIONS. IT WAS VERY REPETITIVE ON THE SAME SPOTS OF THE FIELD. SO THE FIELD WAS GETTING DESTROYED. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, IT WAS DUMB ON THE PARTS OF THE FIELD THAT THEY WERE DOING IT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WHERE YOU DO KICKOFFS OR ON A GOALKEEPER BOX, WHICH ARE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE COMMONLY PLAYED AREAS ANYWAYS, BUT IT'S A BIG PLAY FACTOR FOR THE GAME. I WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, IF I DO SPEED AND AGILITY, IT'S GOING TO BE OFF TO THE SIDE WHERE NO ONE SHOULD BE BASICALLY PLAYING AND TOUCHING THE FIELD. SO IT'S JUST TO ME, IT'S BASIC COMMON SENSE OF, HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DESTROY THE FIELD, REPETITIVE DRILLS, YOU DO THEM OFF ON THE SIDE. SO I'VE ALREADY STARTED TO DO THAT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THAT FOR OUR KIDS. I WILL BE AT THE FIELD FOUR DAYS A WEEK. I HAD KIND OF TALKED TO HIM ABOUT A WATER LEAK WHEN WE WERE DOING TRYOUTS. SO CONTINUING TO GIVE HIM UPDATES AS WELL AS WHAT I SEE AND TRY NOT TO BE TOO NEEDY ON ON FIELD NEEDS. SO THE PROJECTION OF THE CLUB, THOUGH WE ARE CURRENTLY WE ARE A REC CLUB, SO EVERY GAME IS PLAYED IN LARGO. WHAT I AM TRYING TO OFFER IS A REC LEVEL AS WELL AS A COMPETITIVE LEVEL, SO THAT WE CAN START FORMING TEAMS FOR THOSE PLAYERS THAT WANT TO TRAVEL AND STAY. THOSE KIDS TRAINING HERE IN LARGO AFTER SCHOOL, RATHER THAN HAVING TO MAKE THEM DRIVE INTO CEDAR PARK AND BE PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR INVITING US OUT TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT MAINTAINS ALL THE ALL OF OUR PARKS. I, I DRIVE BY SUNSET PARK AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A DAY. MY KIDS USE IT 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK. SO YOU ALL ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH IT. EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU SORRY, CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME? BRIAN PARNELL, PRESIDENT OF NORTH SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE. WE ARE. THIS FALL WILL BE OUR INAUGURAL SEASON. WE DECIDED TO INTRODUCE A NATIONALLY CHARTERED LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM FOR THE LAGO VISTA NORTH SHORE AREA. WE BELIEVE IT WILL PROVIDE BETTER RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAN THAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THE NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE RULES AND SUPPORT SYSTEM ARE VERY STRONG, SO WE BELIEVE THAT AS A LEAGUE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT NATIONALLY. REGIONALLY, WE ARE ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH OUR REGIONAL AND DISTRICT DIRECTORS. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, JUST FIELD SIZES FOR YOUTH BASEBALL AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE RULES WE BELIEVE ARE BETTER FOR RECREATIONAL PLAYERS. IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO STAY WITHIN PLAYING RECREATIONAL BASEBALL LONGER THAN THE CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THEN IN THE SPRING, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING OUR CHALLENGER DIVISION, WHICH IS FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE 
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READY TO HELP US OUT ON THAT. YOU KNOW, IF WE DO GET SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PATH DOWN TO SUNSET, WE WE'D LOVE TO PARTNER WITH THAT, HELP FUNDRAISE FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IS A STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW AT SUNSET. YEAH. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO, TO BE HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIRST, FIRST SEASON. LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHEDULING THE, THE FIELD USAGE WITH DAVID. WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER PRETTY WELL. WE WILL BE FIELDING TEAMS FROM FOR FOUR YEARS OLD TO 12 YEARS OLD THROUGH MAJORS IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND FOR OUR LITTLE LEAGUE ALL STARS. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN GET GET GET BEHIND THE LEAGUE. ALL STARS IS THE WORLD SERIES IS NATIONALLY TELEVISED. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON ESPN ALMOST EVERY DAY AND LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST. WE JUST THINK IT'D BE FABULOUS FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS TO MAYBE HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THAT. 
          QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL. SO IF YOU, AS A COMMITTEE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE LEAGUES OR ANY COMMENTS, NOW WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME. BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE DESIRE OF THESE LEAGUES TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. YOUTH SPORTS CLEARLY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT IS OFFERED HERE IN LARGO, AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO REALLY HELPED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE WHEN THINGS ARE CHANGING, WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING THROUGH TRANSITION, OR EVEN WHEN NEW ONES ARE BEING ESTABLISHED, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME HERE IN LAGOS. SO AGAIN, IT WAS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE MADE AWARE OF THAT. SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? SORRY. SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO STOP MONOPOLIZING? YOU KNOW, SO ONE TEAM DOESN'T JUST COMPLETELY BOOK SOMETHING OUT FOR THE YEAR. SO SO WE HAVE A SET OF BASIC RULES GOVERNING USE. YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING UPPER FIELD IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT THING ALTOGETHER. THAT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE 25 YEARS AGO. AND SO THAT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE USE AS DEFINED. IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. SO LBUBS HAS BEEN USING THAT FIELD HAS BEEN MAINTAINING THE FIELD. 
          THEY THEY DO THAT EXCLUSIVELY. THEY PUT THE FACILITY IN PLACE, ETC. SO WHENEVER THERE'S A REQUEST TO USE THE FIELD, IT CAN BE MADE TO THE CITY. BUT WE WOULD THEN IN TURN REACH OUT TO US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AVAILABLE, NOT BEING USED BY THEM. WHERE SUNSET PARK IS CONCERNED, BOTH OF THE BALL FIELDS AND THE SOCCER FIELD. SO THERE IS HISTORICAL PRECEDENT THAT'S GIVEN TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR SOME TIME. BUT SO BUT PREFERENCE IS NOT EXCLUSIVE. AND SO IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY BE ACCOMMODATED TO THE DEGREE THAT IS POSSIBLE. AND SO AS ORGANIZATIONS COME TO ME AND WE TALK ABOUT A DESIRE TO USE FIELDS, I, YOU KNOW, AS NEW GROUPS ARE FORMED, ETC. I JUST SORT OF LAY IN THE GROUND RULES IN THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE CITY WILL NEVER ENGAGE IN ANYBODY'S DOG FIGHT. SO DON'T MAKE IT A COMPETITION. RATHER COME ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER, WORK COOPERATIVELY COMPLEMENTARY, AND FIGURE OUT HOW YOU MOVE THINGS FORWARD. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE DIRECTION GIVEN. EACH TIME I SIT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY, WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PREFERRING ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER. WE ARE INTERESTED IN KIDS BEING SERVED. THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL, AND I THINK THAT'S A SHARED GOAL WITH THE ORGANIZATION, EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO THAT'S WHY COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES AND AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT LINES OF COMMUNICATION STAY WIDE OPEN, THAT NEEDS ARE SET FORTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY USE. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT I RECEIVE ARE THAT, YOU KNOW, 
          [00:50:04]
THIS ORGANIZATION HAS RESERVATIONS FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK. I GO OUT THERE AND I SEE THEM TWICE. THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. AND SO I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THE LEAGUES. I'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN WHICH SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY TRY TO CROWD SOMEBODY ELSE OUT. AND MY RESPONSE IS THE SAME THAT I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO THAT. 
          SO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE IN A REASONABLE WAY, BECAUSE THE RESOURCES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED AND WE'RE ALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, TRYING TO SERVE THE SAME COMMUNITY, THE SAME CONSTITUENTS. SO LET'S BE SENSITIVE TO THAT. AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT STEVE AND I, STEVEN AND I HAD WHEN HE CAME IN WITH 531 HOURS OF USE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID IS, WHAT YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF IS NOT CONSUMING SO MUCH USE OF THE FIELD THAT YOU LITERALLY EXCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM ACCESSING FACILITIES THEY PAY FOR. AND SO HE TOOK IT TO HEART. 
          HE WENT BACK AND HE SAID, NO, TOTALLY GET THAT. TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND SO HE CAME BACK WITH A MUCH MORE MODEST PROPOSAL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE THINKS, AND I THINK WILL MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE LEAGUE WHILE STILL ALLOWING TIME AND SPACE FOR JUST THE GENERAL COMMUNITY TO ACCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S AN ELEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH LEAGUES MAY NOT CONSIDER, BUT THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT, AS A CITY, HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER. EVERYBODY HERE HAS TO BE SERVED. AND WHILE THERE IS THIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN LVPOS FACILITIES AND CITY FACILITIES, THE REALITY IS THAT THE LVPO HAS ONE INFORMAL BALL DIAMOND IN TERMS OF A BACKSTOP OUT AT BARQUET. ALL OTHER SPORTS FACILITIES ARE GOING TO BE CITY FACILITIES, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES. THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE. SO SUPER LIMITED RESOURCES AND THOSE ARE THOSE MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO RESIDES IN THE CITY. SO IT'S ALL A MATTER OF JUST STRIKING BALANCE AND BEING CONSIDERATE. AND SO WHEN I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF THE LEAGUES, I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS AMONG THEMSELVES BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS DEMAND INCREASES. YEP. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION TO DAVID. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT PARKING. SO WITH INCREASED POTENTIAL USAGE OUT AT SUNSET, INCLUDING SOCCER. ARE YOU SCHEDULING BETWEEN THE ORGANS? NOT JUST BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TWO BASEBALL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO SOCCER OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING OUT THERE? YEAH. THE ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. AND AND THE REALITY IS, UNLESS A THE CITY DECIDES AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR SUNSET PARK AND IS WILLING TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP IN PEOPLE'S MIND, THE PARKING LOT THAT IS OUT THERE NOW COST THE CITY HALF $1 MILLION. AND WE GOT 91 PARKING SPACES OUT OF IT. 
          LET'S DO THE MATH ON THAT. I MEAN, PARKING IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. AND ONE OF, IN FACT, I THINK HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS, BUT I HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL AS WELL. EXCUSE ME. ANYTIME SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, WE NEED TO DO THIS AT SUNSET OR WE NEED TO ADD THIS TO SUNSET. MY RESPONSE IS, ANY AMENITY THAT YOU DETERMINE YOU WANT TO ADD OUT THERE, YOU BETTER ADD SOME PARKING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. SO THERE IS AN ALTERNATE DESIGN. SO THE FIRST PHASE TWO DESIGN INCLUDED TWO ADDITIONAL BALL FIELDS. THERE IS AN ALTERNATE PHASE TWO DESIGN, WHICH WOULD TURN THAT SPACE INTO NOTHING BUT PARKING. THE CHALLENGE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE LEAGUES WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. THEY'D LOVE TO SEE POWER OUT THERE, SO YOU CAN GET LIGHTS OUT THERE AND TURN IT INTO A REAL PLAYABLE COMPLEX. THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE YEARS AND YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS RIGHT NOW, AS THINGS SIT, YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH. YOU CAN'T HAVE PARKING AND TWO ADDITIONAL BALL FIELDS. SO WHERE DO YOU GO WITH THOSE THINGS? SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUST CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH COUNCIL AMONGST LEAGUES, ETC. SO WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE PARKING. SO WE ALLOW WHEREVER THE AREA IS PAVED, YOU CAN PARK IN THOSE AREAS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE LONG STRETCH OF ROADWAY THAT LEADS BACK TO WHERE WE HAVE OUR SHED. WE HAVE GIVEN THE OKAY FOR THE LEAGUES TO USE THAT TO PARK ALONG. WE PROHIBIT THEM FROM PARKING UP ON THE GRASS WHEN IT'S BEEN RAINING ROCK, WHEN IT'S NOT BEEN RAINING AREA. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ACCOMMODATING THOSE FOLKS WHO NEED ACCESSIBLE PARKING, WE PARK THEM AS CLOSE TO THE BALL FIELDS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND THE REASON WE DISCOURAGE ALL OTHERS FROM DOING THAT IS 
          [00:55:02]
BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY ELSE GETS UP THERE, THOSE WHO NEED IT CAN'T. AND THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF OCCASIONS WHERE IT ONLY TAKES ONE. ONE CAR GETS ROLLING UP THERE AND THEN IT'S 47. AND AS SOME PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, COACHES ARE AS A BAD EXAMPLE AS ANYBODY ELSE. AND I GET IT, YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO AIM FOR CONVENIENCE. IT'S LIKE DRIVE UP AS CLOSE AS I CAN, OFFLOAD, DO WHAT I'M DOING, RELOAD AND GO, I GET IT. BUT AGAIN, IF IF EVERYBODY DOES IT, THEN THOSE WHO NEED IT CAN'T. AND SO THAT'S WHY I TRY TO BE REALLY A STICKLER ABOUT THAT. BUT MOST OF THE PAVED AREAS. SO YEAH, AND IT BECOMES A REAL CHALLENGE WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOFTBALL GOING ON AND BASEBALL GOING ON AND TEAMS WAITING IN THE WINGS. YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR TEAMS TRYING TO GET PARKING OR SORRY, EIGHT TEAMS TRYING TO GET. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOCCER GOING. YEAH, IT OVERWHELMS THE WHOPPING 91 SPACES WE'VE GOT. 
          SO YOU NEED CAPMETRO. YEP. YEAH. GO PARK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. WE'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGES AS A COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. AND ONE OTHER COMMENT WAS TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE THAT SPOKE IN GENERAL THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AFTER THEIR AGENDA ITEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THIS SURVEY THAT IS COMING UP. IF YOU'RE NOT STAYING, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR YOU TO GET THAT OUT TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FEW BASEBALL PEOPLE WE HAD INVOLVED IN THE SURVEY THAT WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME AROUND. IT WAS LIKE, IT'S LIKE YOU GUYS DIDN'T EXIST. THERE WAS JUST NO INPUT FROM THE SPORTS LEAGUES. SO YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP OUT THERE IN MAKING SURE THAT GETTING ONLINE AND DOING THOSE SURVEYS. SO WE HAVE INPUT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND THEIR SURVEY IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT, YOU KNOW, TO GET YOUR INPUT IN THERE. AND IT WILL ONLY GO OUT ONLINE AS WELL. AND IT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. SO PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE. SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND, WE'RE GETTING RIGHT TO IT. SO YEAH, SO THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I'VE GOT IS HOW'S THE, THE TREATING OF THE WEEDS GOING FOR THESE GUYS? HOW'S THE TREATING OF THE WEEDS? BECAUSE WHEN WE WALKED AROUND THE OTHER DAY, HE'D GOT HALF THE FIELD OF DAISIES AND HALF THE. SO OUR, OUR LATEST WEED KILLER ARRIVED TODAY, LITERALLY. SO I WAS CHATTING WITH MICHAEL. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE SPRAYING STARTING TOMORROW ON THE SOCCER FIELD. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE EXPERIMENTED. AND THIS IS BECAUSE HERE'S THE OTHER CHALLENGE. SO THIS IS A SELECTIVE WEED KILLER, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO KILL THE GRASS. SO SO FAR THAT'S PROVEN TO BE TRUE. BUT NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OUT AN ENTIRE FIELD. IF THAT DOESN'T GO RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IN A MONTH. BUT IF ALL GOES WELL THERE, THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO AERATE THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO OVERSEE THOSE. WE ARE WATERING THOSE. AND THIS IS THE THING THAT LOTS OF FOLKS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, THAT WHATEVER RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO RESIDENCES, THE SAME IS TRUE OF US. SO IN THE SAME WAY THAT I AT HOME ONLY GET TO WATER TWICE A WEEK AT SUNSET PARK, WE ONLY GET TO WATER TWICE A WEEK, SO IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE REASONS THAT WE ARE DESPERATELY HOPING THAT THE CITY CAN, AT SOME POINT, THE NEAR THE FUTURE, THE BETTER TRANSITION TO TYPE ONE EFFLUENCE BECAUSE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO RESTRICTION ON HOW OFTEN WE CAN WATER. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A WAYS AWAY BEFORE WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE THE WATER STATIONS ARE FILTERING ENOUGH TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LAY ALL THE PIPE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO, TO DISTRIBUTE THE WATER OUT TO THOSE LOCATIONS. BUT THAT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST GETTING TO THE HOT PART OF THE SUMMER. AND IT'S, IT'S A HARD TIME TO KEEP THOSE FIELDS WATER WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING SOME CHALLENGES. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MORE INFO? OKAY. ANYTHING I CAN SAY TO YOU LOT IS PLAY FAIRLY BETWEEN YOURSELVES AND THINK OF THE KIDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS, FOR TURNING UP THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ONE IS NUMBER TWO. TWO. 
          [V.2.Parks Master Plan Update and Community Survey.]
I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MARK. YEAH TWO THREE AND FOUR ARE VERY MUCH INTERTWINED. THEY REALLY ARE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AT THIS POINT. WE WERE CRUISING ALONG KIND OF GOING IN ORDER OF WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE. WELL, THAT GOT DERAILED AT THE 
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LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ITEM 333. YEAH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CLUB PRESENTED THEIR THEIR SIDE OF THE PROPOSAL. WE PRESENTED OUR SIDE OF DON CIRCLE AND THEY APPROVED. THEY BASICALLY ASKED US WHAT ARE OUR RESPECTIVE PRIORITIES. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, IF NOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE PRESENTED IT IS DON CIRCLE. SO IT GOT CONVOLUTED TO THE POINT WHERE COUNCIL THREW IT BACK HERE FOR US TO COME UP WITH OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES. SO AT OUR LAST MEETING OR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM THE HALF REPORT, WHICH IS NOW TWO YEARS, AT LEAST TWO YEARS, PROBABLY MORE LIKE THREE YEARS OLD. NO MENTION OF E-BIKES, NO MENTION OF BIKE TRAILS. THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SKATEBOARD PARKS MENTIONED. NOT SURE IF THAT, YOU KNOW, SHIP HAS SAILED. SO WE WERE WE REALIZED THAT WE'RE WOEFULLY OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT THE PUBLIC AND THE RESIDENTS DESIRE IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO DAVID DID YEOMAN'S WORK OF COMING UP WITH A, A VERY NICE SURVEY THAT WE KIND OF TWEAKED THIS LAST MEETING, AND IT'S GOING TO GO OUT AND BASICALLY ASK PEOPLE TO CHIME IN ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, THE AREAS OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. WHAT DO YOU USE? SOME DEMOGRAPHIC THINGS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MAINLY IT'S MAINLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES TO THE RESIDENTS? SO I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING TO HAND IT OFF BASICALLY TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO CHIME IN. YEAH. SO, SO THIS SURVEY, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF THROWN TOGETHER OR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED IT PRETTY DEEPLY. I MEAN, IT'S, AS WE SAID EARLIER ON, IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE BECAUSE IF WE WERE DEBATING WHETHER WE WANTED A, YOU KNOW, A ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTE SURVEY, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS EVERYBODY JUST TICKS NUMBER FOUR AND HANDS IT BACK. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, EIGHT PAGES. THERE'S SOME TEXTS AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRITTEN ON HERE, BUT IT, IT DELVES DEEPER INTO YOUR QUESTIONS AND IT GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS BECAUSE IT WILL ASK YOU. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT ONE OF THE EXAMPLES. IT WILL ASK YOU SOME A QUESTION WHERE YOU WHAT YOU FIND INTERESTING OR WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING UP QUESTION IS NOW PLACED THE TOP THREE IN THAT ORDER. SO YOU'RE NOW HAVING TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST TICKING. WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS NOW YOU'RE LOOKING WHERE YOU'VE PUT IT. AND ALSO THIS ACTUALLY THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED QUESTIONS THINGS TWICE. SO YOU SO LET'S SAY YOU WANT MORE BALL FIELDS. 
          AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO ANOTHER QUESTION AND IT SAYS BALL FIELDS OR NOW YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT THE BALL FIELD OR THE OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANTED. SO IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY IN DEPTH. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE DAVID ORIGINALLY GOT THE STUFF FROM, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A RECOGNIZED WAY OF DOING THIS SORT OF THING. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PUT SOME INCENTIVES TOGETHER TOO. SO YOU LOT WILL FILL IT OUT FOR US. YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND, I THINK WHAT'S DAVID PROPOSED ON HERE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ACTUALLY GOT THE APPROVAL FOR ANY OF THIS HAVE YOU DAVID OR. WELL THE THE INTERNAL STUFF IS EASY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THE INTERNAL STUFF. RIGHT. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU A WHILE TO FILL IT OUT AND IT'S GOING TO BE ONLINE. IT WILL BE. AND BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT ONLINE, IT'S TRACKED AND IT'S NOT TRACKED FOR YOUR PERSONAL DATA. IT'S TRACKED. SO WE CAN'T GET CAROLINE FILLING IT OUT 300 TIMES AND WINNING A WHAT IS A FOUR HOUR POOL PAVILION RENTAL OR A ROUND OF GOLF FOR FOUR. SO WE'VE PUT SOME STUFF IN HERE TO TRY AND PERSUADE PEOPLE TO FILL IT OUT, BECAUSE WE DO ACTUALLY KNOW IT'S A LITTLE TIME CONSUMING. BUT THE BETTER THE DATA, THE BETTER WE GET, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE ON THIS SURVEY IS WHAT 
          [01:05:01]
ARE THE MOST, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL? OR ARE YOU FULLY DO WE FULLY MEET MOSTLY MEET, PARTLY MEET, NOT MEET OR NO NEED BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL FIELDS OR BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS, BASKETBALL COURTS, DISC GOLF, DOG PARKS, EXERCISE STATIONS ALONG TRAILS. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS SURVEY. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SPECIFICS. 
          AND THEN AFTER YOU GO THROUGH LIKE 30. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THESE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO RATE THE TOP FOUR AS, AS ANDREW SAID. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY BIG ITEMS IN HERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT EVERYBODY'S IN LV POA AND I'M, I'M NOT REPRESENTING THEM HERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO. LOOKING FOR THE WHOLE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LIVE OUT IN THIS AREA OVER THE OTHER SIDE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY YOU CAN'T GET TO THE LAKE. SO THERE IS THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR A LAKE PARK? THERE IS THAT SORT OF THING IN HERE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY. PARK LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY POWER AT SUNSET PARK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE, YOU KNOW, MORE DATA. WE CAN GET BETTER. 
          WE CAN SERVE YOUR NEEDS. AND I'LL JUST TO ADD TO WHAT WHAT ANDREW WAS SAYING, SAME COMMENT. 
          I KNOW IT'S LONG. I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF IT BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO GLAZE OVER WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT COMPETING INTERESTS IN THE CITY AND THE PIE IS SMALL, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF MONEY THAT WE GET FOR PARKS, DAVID DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH A VERY SMALL PIE FOR PARKS. AND UNTIL WE GET THIS CITY TELLING COUNCIL, THIS IS IMPORTANT, WE WANT MORE PARKS, WE WANT ATTENTION TO PARKS, WE WANT MORE PRIORITY GIVEN FIELDS AND SUCH. IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL MONEY TO BE SET ASIDE FOR PARKS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE OPERATE WITHIN A VERY SMALL, LIMITED BUDGET. SO AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON WHY YOU DON'T SEE MUCH WITH PARKS IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE PIE IS SO SMALL AND THAT YOU'VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE COMPETING, COMPETING FOR THOSE SAME DOLLARS. SO THIS IS WHY WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS? AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH. I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT'S IT'S LONG, YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED THE DATA WE NEED BECAUSE SO WE CAN SAY, HEY, COUNCIL, LOOK AT THIS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE GOT BACK. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE ACTUALLY GET SOME FUNDS DIRECTED TOWARDS PARKS AND GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. YEAH. 
          AND DON'T, DON'T, YOU KNOW, HANG ON JUST A SECOND. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, JUST LIKE A MONTH AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO, THEY FINALLY, FINALLY REMOVED THE WORDING FROM THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. THOU SHALT BE ONLY SPENT ON POCKET PARKS. THEY FINALLY MOVED THAT OR REMOVED THE WORD POCKET. THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR TO TRY TO EXPAND IT. AND THAT TREE MITIGATION FUND IS NOT I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S 909 HUNDRED 000 IN CHANGE. AND THAT WILL RUN OUT VERY QUICKLY. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A BIKE TRACK, PUTTING IN A SKATEBOARD PARK, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE STARTING SMALL CLUB IS UNDER $100,000 FOR THEIR PROJECT. WE'RE JUST A TAD OVER $100,000, 120 ISH. I THINK FOR US STARTING OFF DAWN CIRCLE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE SOME SMALL ITEMS. IF YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, PUT LIGHTING INTO SUNSET PARK. WELL, THAT'S MILLIONS, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY PROBABLY MILLIONS TO GET PSC TO BRING THAT THAT WORK IN AND, AND ERECT THE, THE LIGHTING THAT'S SUITABLE FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AND SOCCER. IT'S GOT TO BE UNDER UNDER UNDERGROUND AS WELL. YOU CAN'T HAVE. YEAH, IT'S GOTTA BE UNDERGROUND TOO. I'M SORRY. KRISTY, YOU WERE YOU HAD A COMMENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SURVEY WOULD ALSO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR LIKE, THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN. 
          SOUNDS LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S COOL. TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IS THE PROJECTED TIMELINE THAT YOU'LL BE PUTTING THE SURVEY UP? WAS THAT DECIDED? SORRY. NO, NO. OKAY. AND HOW OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT DECIDED. DO YOU KNOW HOW WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE, THE, YOU KNOW, FRAME FOR THE SURVEY TO BE IN 2 OR 3 WEEKS, A MONTH? YEAH. IF IT'S ONLY ONLINE. SO THE, THE SO. RIGHT. IN FACT, I 
          [01:10:06]
HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO IS TRANSLATING IT INTO SPANISH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND HE'S INDICATING SHOULD HAVE THAT BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. AND THEN MY HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL BE POSTED ONLINE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. IT WILL ONLY BE UP FOR A FEW WEEKS, 2 OR 3 WEEKS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO. SO THAT'S THE IDEA. 
          WE GET IT UP BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH, GET IT OUT THERE FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS. IT'S ONLINE ONLY BECAUSE IT'LL TRACK APNS TO ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS BASICALLY ONLY DO THE SURVEY ONCE. AND SO NOBODY IS WAITING THE SURVEY IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER. BUT YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN AT THIS POINT. AND THEN EVEN ONCE THAT SURVEY IS DONE, WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK, COMPILE ALL THE STATISTICS AND PUT IT OUT AND MAKE IT USABLE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO WHO'S COMPILING THE DATA? IS IT SO IT'LL ACTUALLY BE DONE THROUGH MICROSOFT. OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION, IS THERE SOME KIND OF ENGAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL, GIVEN THAT IT'S A FAST TURNAROUND, THREE WEEKS, MAYBE GETTING THE WORD OUT TO DIFFERENT GROUPS TO DO ANY MORE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY? OH, NO, JUST PROMOTING THE SURVEY. 
          YEAH. NO WE WILL, WE WILL. YEAH. WE'LL GET IT OUT THERE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S ACTUALLY WHY IT'S BEING MENTIONED TO, TO YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM. WE WILL REACH OUT TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. THE. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE IN SESSION. THEN WE COULD REACH OUT THROUGH THEM. BUT IT'S NOT. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT OTHER AVENUES. BUT YEAH, IT WILL REALLY BE DEPENDENT UPON FOLKS SPREADING THE WORD. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU FOLLOW SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, WHICH I DO NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU'RE GOING TO NEED OTHER MECHANISMS TO DO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT IN THE CHAMBER, PAPER, NEWSPAPER, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO WHATEVER VEHICLES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY USE, WE WILL FLOOD THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WILL YOU SEND US AN EMAIL WHICH IS LIVE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. YEP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HOA COULD DISTRIBUTE OR LIKE MAKE SURE I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WITH HEINZ AND WITH JOE WHO REPRESENTS INVERMARK. YEP. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HERE FROM THE LONGER THIS SIDE OF THE HOLLOWS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THE SAME ISSUE. 
          ACTUALLY, I DO KNOW SOMEBODY THERE, SO AND I CAN FIND OUT WHO THE HOA IS THERE AND SEE HOW THERE'S A WAY TO, TO DO THAT TOO. YEAH. YEP. YEAH. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN GET IN AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST RECOGNIZING IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU 20 TO 25 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW TO PLAN THIS TEN YEARS OUT. IT'S JUST GOING TO REQUIRE PEOPLE ENGAGING WITH THE MATERIAL, READING, WRESTLING WITH, AND THEN RESPONDING TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE, IT'S A WASTE OF TIME FOR ANY OF US. 
          BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THE GOAL HERE IS TO PUT TOGETHER A MASTER PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE SPEND TIME WITH THIS, AND THE PRIZES ARE WORTH IT. A FREE FAMILY POOL PASSES 100 BUCKS. I WAS JUST GOING TO OFFER AN IDEA BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO ARE LIMITED WITH TECHNOLOGY AT THE MOMENT. ARE YOU GOING TO OFFER ANY, LIKE ON SITE PLACES WHERE FAMILIES CAN GO AND COMPLETE THE SURVEY? MAYBE LIKE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WHERE THEY CAN LOG IN WITH A COMPUTER, OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HARD COPIES OF THE SURVEY. YEAH, THE PLAN WASN'T FOR HARD COPIES. IF WE FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE TRULY FOLKS WHO NEED THAT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN MAKE THAT ACCOMMODATION. BUT I MEAN, THE LIBRARY ABSOLUTELY IS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE. THERE ARE PUBLIC STATIONS THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS AT ANY TIME. OKAY. YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW, THEN WE CAN BLAST THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I SURELY WILL OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COME. 
          YEP. YEAH. YEAH. NO THANK YOU. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS? YES. THE CONCERNED CITIZEN. OH. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. I CAN'T WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND WHY ARE WE 
          [01:15:01]
STARTING AND TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ANOTHER PARK WHEN OUR OTHER PARKS NEEDS SO MUCH ATTENTION? IS THIS NEXT PART GOING TO BE UNFINISHED? YOU KNOW, WHY IS NOT SUNSET A PRIORITY? SO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOME OF WHAT THIS IS GOING OUT FOR, TO SEE WHERE THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO GO. AND THEN I'M, I'M GUESSING, JUST GUESSING COUNCIL ARE GOING TO PICK OUT WHAT THEY THINK. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WORTH FOLLOWING BECAUSE AS WE SAY, I MEAN, ARE THEY GOING TO SPEND $100,000 DEVELOPING A NEW PARK OR ARE THEY GOING TO SPEND 2 MILLION PUTTING ELECTRICITY INTO A PARK THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED? THAT'S THEIR DECISION. THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OBSTACLES WITH SUNSET WASTEWATER, THE TYPE OF EFFLUENT PARKING, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE THOSE ARE YEARS OUT OR, YOU KNOW, VERY EXPENSIVE CHALLENGES. SO WE, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP LAST YEAR, WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANTED TO TACKLE, WE CALLED IT LOW HANGING FRUIT. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY STUFF THAT WE COULD GET DONE NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH IN TERMS OF PARKS IN THE CENTER OF LAGO WHERE YOU CAN GO AND HAVE A PICNIC LUNCH. THESE ARE THESE ARE FINE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE RIGHT HERE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S HIGH DENSITY HOUSING RIGHT OFF THE CIRCLE THERE. SO I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY, THE HALF SURVEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO BE A DECENT IDEA TO, TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THAT WE OWN THE LAND. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ZONING IT FOR PARK LAND. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PLAN. I MEAN, LITERALLY, IT'S IT'S A SIMPLE PLAN TO START IT AS A PARK THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO AND, YOU KNOW, WALK THEIR DOGS AND, AND, AND JUST, JUST, WELL, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH I WAS GOING TO ADD AND YES, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. AND THE QUESTION, I THINK AS IT WAS MENTIONED, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN, IT IS TRUE THAT FOR MANY YEARS THERE ARE AREAS THAT LACK PARKS AND RECREATION. OUR DEMAND IS GROWING EVERY DAY. 
          AND I THINK MAYBE THE MINDSET BEHIND THE COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS DAVID, IS TRYING TO CREATE MORE DIVERSIFICATION, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET, SOMETIMES YOU KEEP ON NEGLECTING OTHER AREAS. AND I THINK THIS ALSO KIND OF OPENS A QUESTION ABOUT AS IT'S GROWING IN THE AREAS WHERE IT'S GROWING, WHERE IT'S LACKING PARKS AND RECREATION, HOW DO WE TIE THAT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRYING TO DIVERSIFY AS WELL THE PORTFOLIO OF OUR CITY IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BRING IN OTHER GRANTS. AND THIS IS WHY THE SURVEY IS ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TODAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST SPORTS, SOCCER, BASEBALL. NOW WE HAVE BIKING AND WE HAVE KIDS THAT WANT TO DO OTHER STUFF, RIGHT? SO WHERE ARE THE APPROPRIATE PLACES WHERE WE CAN CREATE THAT AND AS WELL AS HOW DO WE TIE THAT LONG TERM AND REALLY DIVERSIFYING OUR FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO TO REALLY ACCESSING OTHER FINANCIAL MECHANISMS THAT CAN PAY FOR THOSE PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE ACCESSIBILITY RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, OKAY. THANKS. SO, I MEAN, WE ALL UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SUNSET'S GOT SOME ISSUES AND MY VIEW FOR SUNSET, AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL VIEW IS WE NEED TO GET THE UTILITIES IN THERE BEFORE WE BUILD ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE WE'LL BE RIPPING IT ALL UP TO PUT THE UTILITIES IN ONCE WE'VE BUILT IT. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT MY DECISION THAT'S GOT TO GO TO COUNCIL. ACTUALLY, IT JUST KIND OF IT ALL TIES IN WITH THAT PIE THING. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THROW SUNSET, THE PIE IS LIKE THIS BIG BECAUSE EVERYTHING OUT THERE IS EXPENSIVE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE FUNDS FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE PRIORITIES. AND, AND TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, IT WAS LIKE, WELL, WHY NOT DO SUNSET? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO SUNSET. OKAY, MAYBE IF WE GET MORE MONEY THROWN THAT DIRECTION, WE COULD. SO THE QUESTION BECAME KIND OF LIKE, WELL, WHAT CAN YOU GET DONE IN THE SHORT TERM? THIS LOW HANGING FRUIT IDEA THAT WOULD SERVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE RECREATIONAL, THEY MIGHT BE THEY MIGHT BE WANTING OTHER THINGS OUT THERE AT THAT PARK. IT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE, DIFFERENT AGE GROUP. EVEN. SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME PEOPLE UNTIL WE GET SOME MAJOR THINGS FIXED OUT AT SUNSET. DEFINITELY. 
          I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT GOAL OF MAKING SUNSET BETTER, BUT THERE'S SOME BIG ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE RESOLVED. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WAITING ON. YEAH. I THINK COUNCIL COUNCIL VIEWS THAT AS A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. SO, YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO GO ON A BUDGET AT LEAST TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT FOR FISCAL 27 I THINK IS THE NEXT ONE. IS THAT RIGHT, 
          [01:20:05]
DAVID. YEAH, IT'S YOU'RE TALKING 28 AND BEYOND TO GET ANY SERIOUS MONEY TO TO BE LOOKED AT OUT THERE. GOOD QUESTION. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE OR IN THE AUDIENCE. NOPE. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE ORIGINAL 
          [V.3.Discussion of June 4th Presentation to City Council.]
NUMBER THREE, THE DISCUSSION OF THE JUNE THE 4TH PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE PRESENTED, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE IT'S OVERLAPPING. OUR VISION FOR A NEW PARK DOWN IN DAWN, DAWN CIRCLE AT THE END OF HERE. THANK YOU. SO WE HAD. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN NOTED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND IN THE HALF ONE, WE NOTED IT PROBABLY FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THAT. SO THE, THE MOMENTUM WAS ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN THERE TO DEVELOP IT INTO A PARK. WE JUST NEVER GOT THERE. WE'VE HAD SOME IDEAS THERE BEFORE, BUT DAVID'S ACTUALLY GONE OUT, FOUND US SOME, YOU KNOW, PROPER DRAWINGS AND QUOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BUILT OUT AND THEN ALSO IN THREE STAGES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THREE STAGES. SO WE PRESENTED THAT TO COUNCIL. AND CAN I ASK YOU TO COME UP, JANICE, AND YOU SAY YOUR LITTLE PRESENTATION YOU DID. SO WE PRESENTED AT THE SAME TIME TO WITH JANICE FROM CLUB AND THEY ARE PRESENTED ASKING FOR. RIGHT. 
          WE DID A JOINT PRESENTATION FOR PARKS AND WE. CLUB HAS BEEN WORKING AT BOWDEN POINT FOR YEARS. TOOK IT FROM, YOU KNOW NOTHING TO THE PARK THAT IT IS TODAY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF FINALLY ENHANCE IT WITH A WALKWAY THROUGH THE PARK SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MORE EASILY ACCESS THE GARDENS AND THE ART PIECES THAT ARE THERE. SO WE PRESENTED THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED TO THEM A YEAR BEFORE, AND THEY APPROVED MONEY FOR A FOOTBRIDGE FOR THE WALKWAY, BUT NOT THE WALKWAY ITSELF. SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, SO WE HAVE GONE BACK WITH THE IDEA OF HOPEFULLY USING SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AS IT IS FOR WALKWAYS AND PARKS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHETHER IT WAS A POCKET PARK OR NOT. SO WE MADE THAT PRESENTATION AND THEY REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE PUT IT UP FOR BIDS FOR CEMENT AND A CRUSHED GRANITE, DECOMPOSED GRANITE, DECOMPOSED GRANITE. 
          YES. THANK YOU. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT IS NOW. THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE BIDS, AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THAT. I THINK, NEXT MONTH. OKAY. SO AND YOU YOU PUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY, IT WAS AN ADA PATH, WAS IT? YES. OH YEAH. 
          DEFINITELY. I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, ANYTIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING PARKS, IT'S GOT TO BE ADA. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE. THAT'S THE LAW. SO YEAH, I THAT TO ME THAT AT THIS POINT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU JANICE. SO AS WE SAY, WE BOTH, WE BOTH PRESENTED ON ONE SLIDE SHOW TO THE COUNCIL. AND THE COUNCIL DIDN'T FUND EITHER OF US. THEY. 
          THEY GAVE US SOME HOMEWORK INSTEAD. SO OUR HOMEWORK WAS. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SAID. WAS IT THE TOP 25? PAUL SAID THE ONE OF THE TOP 25 PRIORITY IDEAS FROM PRAGUE. AND THIS LED TO THE SURVEY BECAUSE THE DATA WE'VE GOT OVER TWO YEARS OLD OR THREE YEARS OLD OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO THAT IS WHERE WE WERE LEFT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO CHIME IN. MARK. CAROLINE. CAROLINE. THAT'S YEAH. PRETTY MUCH. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN DID THEY WANT IT? BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BY THE END OF. YEAH. SO YEAH. WELL BUT AGAIN IT'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. YES. AND THEY'D LIKE THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YES. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. TOMORROW PREFERABLY. I DO REMEMBER THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE OWNERS WHO LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO DAWN CIRCLE AND GETTING SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION THERE. OH YES, 
          [01:25:04]
THEY'VE GOT AN EASEMENT. SO THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IF YOU WANT TO TRANSITION. AS MARK SAID, THESE ARE ALL PRETTY CLOSELY. YES, YES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS CAME OUT THE SAME 
          [V.4.Dawn Circle Park Development Next Steps.]
MEETING. SO NUMBER FOUR WAS DAWN CIRCLE PARK DEVELOPMENT AND NEXT STEPS. YEP. SO. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, DAVID, FOR THE SO YEAH. SO THE, THE, THE, THE ONE THING THAT COUNTS. SO THERE IS A NEIGHBOR ON THE, IS THAT THE WEST SIDE PARK. YES, YES. OKAY. THE WHO THERE HAS BEEN AN AGREEMENT, A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, JUST A HANDSHAKING. THERE'S NOTHING FORMAL. WHEN THEY BUILT THE PROPERTY OUT THERE, THEY BUILT UNUSUALLY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE. AND SO THEY HAVE REQUIRED AN EASEMENT TO ACCESS THEIR GARAGES. AND SO AS I SAID, THERE'S BEEN SORT OF A HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT ABOUT THAT. IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN ANY FORMAL FASHION WITH AN EASEMENT, EVEN THEN, WITH REGARDS TO A PARK DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS SURVEY THE PROPERTY. SO WE ARE, IN FACT, REACHING OUT TO SOME CONTRACTED COMPANIES TO GET SOME QUOTES TO DO THAT. ONCE WE HAVE FORMALLY SURVEYED THE PROPERTY SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS BETWEEN US AND THAT PROPERTY OWNER, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROPERTY OWNERS ON BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST. AND WE NEED CLARITY ON THOSE PROPERTY LINES, BECAUSE I THINK ON THE EAST THERE'S SOME ENCROACHMENT THAT'S OCCURRING WITHOUT ANY EASEMENT. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THESE THINGS HAVE GONE ON FOR SO LONG. SO FIRST STEP IS A FORMAL SURVEY OF THE TWO PARCELS, WHICH ARE THE CITY'S PROPERTY, EQUATING ABOUT 2.2 ACRES. ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL DISCUSSION ABOUT CREATING A DOCUMENTED EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE ON THE WEST SIDE. AND SHOULD SOMETHING THEN SPRING UP ON THE EAST SIDE, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE NEXT TWO STEPS. AND THEN THE THIRD STEP WOULD BE A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO THE P1B STATUS, WHICH IS FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WHILE IT IS DESIGNATED AS PART PARKLAND, IT IS NOT ZONED PARKLAND. AND SO THAT WOULD BE STEP NUMBER THREE IN IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR DON CIRCLE. OKAY. SO BASICALLY THEY BUILT THEIR GARAGES WITH THE GARAGE DOORS FACING OUR LAND, NOT THEIR LAND. AND LITERALLY VERY, VERY CLOSE TO IT, SHALL WE SAY. OVER. YOU'RE BEING GENEROUS. I KNOW IT'S NOT OVER, BUT YOU DON'T THINK SO? IT IS NOT OVER, BUT IT IS CLOSE. 
          WHEN THEY LET'S JUST SAY WHEN THEY DRIVE UP THE DRIVEWAY, THEY'RE DRIVING ON BOTH PROPERTIES. SO AND THAT OBVIOUSLY LEADS ME TO THE NEXT QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS WHO'S DOING THE MAINTENANCE? WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON AN EASEMENT. YOU GIVING ME THE DEATH STARE? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. AND IN MY RESPONSE TO COUNCIL, I, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE THE BURDEN OF THE CITY. IF IT IS AN EASEMENT THAT FAVORS THE PROPERTY OWNER, THEY SHOULD HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. BUT THAT'S ULTIMATELY A POLICY DECISION AND NOT MINE. YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO BRING IT UP. OKAY. ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING ELSE ON DAWN CIRCLE DEVELOPMENT? NO. OKAY. NUMBER FIVE, TURNBACK CANYON TRAIL MARKERS. THIS WAS 
          [V.5.Turnback Canyon Trail Markers]
FROM STEPHEN. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S NOT HERE. HE'S WANTING SOME WAY MARKERS OUT THERE, TRAIL MARKERS. HE'S SAYING THE TRAIL FORKS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, WHICH I KNOW IT DOES. AND IT WILL ALWAYS DO THAT AS PEOPLE EXPLORE. SO HAVE WE GOT ANYTHING GOING OUT THERE? YEAH. SO THE LIKE WITH THE BENCHES, I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING THAT I'M PARTICULARLY SATISFIED WITH. SO EITHER WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT CREATING TRAIL MARKERS OURSELVES IN HOUSE, OR I WILL REACH OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR WHO BUILT THE TRAIL FOR US, INCLUDING THE STEPS AND THE BRIDGE AND SOME OTHER THINGS OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT IDEAS HE MIGHT HAVE. SO WE'LL DO THAT, AND WE'LL RESOLVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO AN UPDATE WITH BECAUSE THAT WAS BUILT WITH GRANT FUNDS. SO OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE IS DUE NOW, AND I WANT 
          [01:30:03]
TO INDICATE THAT IN THE NEXT QUARTER, WE WILL FINISH THE PROJECT AND BEGIN TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO WRAP THAT UP IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS. 
          SO COULD I. WHEN WE WALK AROUND EAGLE TRAIL, DID THAT HAVE MILE MARKERS ON IT? IT DOES. IT'S THERE ARE THERE'S SQUARE PEGS, EIGHT MILES. YEAH. I MEAN, ARE YOU THINKING OF SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THOSE LINES? MAYBE THAT'S WHY I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CREATE. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 8/10 OF A MILE TOTAL. SO PROBABLY EVERY EIGHTH MILE. YEAH YEAH YEAH. 
          WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING. SO WHERE THAT WILL HELP IS THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR THAT NEXT SIMILAR LOOKING. YES. AND KEEP GOING. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT MOUNTAIN BIKERS WHO USE THAT. AND SO THEY'VE MARKED STONES WITH WHITE PAINT AND THEY DEFINITELY VEER OFF IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. THE TRAIL ITSELF WAS BUILT ON A SYSTEM OF SOCIAL TRAILS THAT HAVE LONG EXISTED. AND SO YEAH, YOU'VE GOT VEERING OFF ALL THE TIME. 
          AND SO UNLESS PEOPLE REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING, IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING. AND EVEN NEAR THE END, IF YOU MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN PREMATURELY, YOU WILL END UP SOMEWHERE ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT FROM THE TURNBACK CANYON TRAIL. SO YEAH, MARKERS ARE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL TAGGED. YEAH. SO IF YOU JUST LOOK FOR THE TAGS, YOU'LL YOU CAN EASILY STAY ON IT. BUT YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE MARKERS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. AND SO COULD I SUGGEST WE DO HAVE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE EAGLE TRAIL. WHATEVER YOU DO ON THAT TRAIL, DO IT WITH THAT ONE. BE SIMILAR TO THAT. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A YELLOW TOP MARKER OR SOMETHING OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY WOOD POSTS. YEAH. ANGLED TOP. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU MARK IT YELLOW, YOU CAN SEE IT AND YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU GO ONTO THE EAGLE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE YELLOW POSTS AGAIN, JUST CONSISTENCY. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT. NO. AND THE LAST ONE. YEAH. YES. PARKS AND REC 
          [V.7.Parks and Recreation Director Position]
DIRECTOR POSITION. YOU'VE DECIDED TO STAY HAVEN'T YOU AFTER ALL DAVID. THERE IS A CHANGE ON THE BOARD. HONESTLY, DAVID, I CAN HONESTLY SAY YOU'VE BEEN THE BEST WE'VE HAD. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 100%. I CAN'T I CAN'T PRAISE YOU ENOUGH. I KNOW EARLY ON YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZED I WAS PRAISING YOU. SO. NO, YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. I MEAN, YOU'VE BUILT THE DEPARTMENT, YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE IRONED OUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT NEEDED IRONING OUT. 
          YOU'VE GOT IDEAS TOGETHER, YOU'VE THROWN THINGS. IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I MEAN, THE ACTUAL MOMENTUM WE'VE GOT GOING BEHIND, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE IS PHENOMENAL. I THINK I COULD SAY IT FOR EVERYBODY WOULD BE REALLY SAD TO SEE YOU GO. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF WE CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND I'D LOVE TO. I HAVE TO GO. OH, DEAN'S AFTER YOUR POSITION. IS HE? VISION AND CREATIVITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT EASY TO COME BY. 
          NO, I KNOW YOU'VE YOU'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS, HONESTLY. AND YOU'VE YOU'VE WORKED, YOU KNOW, LONG HOURS. I KNOW YOU HAVE. AND YOU'VE BENT OVER BACKWARDS. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE, DAVID. IT REALLY IS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY ARE THINKING, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF OVERLAP WITH YOUR NEXT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING RATHER THAN GETTING, YOU KNOW, JUST LANDING ALL THIS ON SOMEBODY'S DESK WITHOUT ANY BACK KNOWLEDGE OF IT. I, I REALLY IMPORTANT. YEAH. 
          IT IS. YEAH. AND I HOPE YOU GET THE CHOICE OR ARE INVOLVED IN PICKING YOUR, YOUR NEXT PERSON ON WHO'S ABOUT TO GET GRILLED BY US. I MEAN, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU AS A BOARD WANT TO MAKE, THEN I SUGGEST PUT THAT IN WRITING TO KAREN AS THE LIAISON AND ALLOW HER TO COMMUNICATE YOUR DESIRES TO THE BROADER COUNCIL. I DO NOT KNOW. WHAT THE CITY MANAGER'S PLAN IS FOR THE POSITION, NOR WOULD I STEP ON HIS TOES. AS I TELL HIM ALL THE 
          [01:35:05]
TIME, IT'S HIS TEAM. HE BUILDS IT THE WAY HE WANTS TO. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE. HE TOO HAS ASKED ME TO REMAIN. AND THAT'S. YOU GUYS MAY RECALL WHEN I INITIALLY SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION, I ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE JUNE 10TH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THINKING THROUGH THAT, I REALIZED THE BURDEN THAT THAT WOULD HAVE PUT ON THE ORGANIZATION IMMEDIATELY. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DETERMINED TO STICK AROUND THROUGH SUMMER TO GET US THROUGH THE AQUATIC SEASON, BECAUSE THAT WAS SUCH A MESS FOR THE CITY LAST YEAR. AND I WANTED TO SEE IT RUN REALLY, REALLY WELL. AND DEAN HAS HELPED TO DO THAT. AND LOOK, REALLY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE COMPLAINT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE SORT OF PERSON YOU ARE. DAVID. IT REALLY DOES. YEAH. THE SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS JUST SUPER IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE OF, OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN HELPING MY REPLACEMENT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE CONTINUITY. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR DOING THAT. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THAT BEFORE DEPARTURE. SO THOSE WERE THE REASONS FOR MY EXTENDING MY STAY AT THIS POINT THROUGH EARLY SEPTEMBER. BUT AGAIN, THE THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WHATEVER YOU AS A BODY WANT TO TO SET FORTH AS RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TRANSITION, THEN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT THAT IN WRITING TO KAREN AND LET HER CARRY THAT BALL TO COUNCIL AND OR TO CHARLES, BECAUSE SHE HAS ACCESS TO CHARLES AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, HE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION AS HE WANTS AS TO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED YET OR ANYTHING? THE POSITION HAS NOT BEEN. NO, NO. THE. HE IS CURRENTLY FLYING IN AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION AND THE HR DIRECTOR POSITION. SO HE'S GOT SOME ENORMOUS HOLES. SO. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE TO OBSERVE EVERYBODY. YEAH. SO DO YOU HAVE A SET DATE OR IS IT VERY. NO. SO NO. IN IN MY OFFICE ON THE THE WIPE ERASE BOARD. IT'S 910. OKAY. YEAH. SEPTEMBER 10TH. BUT HE DIDN'T PUT THE YEAR, WHICH I KEPT TELLING HIM BECAUSE YOU KEPT SAYING THAT I ADDED 26, NINE, 1026. DO YOU HAVE AN ERASER? RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER PEOPLE THING THAT PEOPLE SAY. SO ANYTIME SOMEBODY WALKS IN MY OFFICE AND SAYS THAT, I KEEP A SHARPIE RIGHT THERE HANDY. WELL, I'M LOOKING FOR A POSITION, DAVID. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? NO, NO, JUST I JUST YEAH, I'M JUST I'M. I'M STILL SHOCKED. DAVID, I REALLY AM. I IT'S JUST I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME AS WELL. I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS. YEAH. NOW WE'VE WE'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING. I CAN'T DO MUCH WITHOUT SUPPORT. 
          WE THROW STICKS AT YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO AN END AND ADJOURN IT. WHAT IS IT, 8:11. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.