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[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
WE'LL CALL TO ORDER.UH, WHAT IS THIS? DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 AT SIX 6:18 PM OKAY.
WE CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEITHER PROBABLY WITNESS STATES NATION.
NATION, NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE.
LIBERTY, JUSTICE, ALL HONOR TEXAS.
AND THEN, UM, FOR OUR BOARD ATTENDANCE, WE'LL START WITH JESSICA AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THIS WAY.
WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE? JESSICA IC, JASON NOYCE, AMANDA LARSON, AARON BONSOL.
[Community Announcements]
UM, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST MAY INCLUDE RECOGNIZING CITIZENS AND STAFF OR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.A REMINDER ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS THAT ARE ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF AN IN I IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF THIS AGENDA.
YEAH, SO TOMORROW AT FIVE 30, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
UH, SO THE EVENT LASTS FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.
WE'LL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, BOUNCE HOUSES, SANTA REINDEER, RAIN STEER, UM, AND, UH, THE ACTUAL TREE LIGHTING ITSELF.
ANY PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD.
IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT UNTIL THE DISCUSSION OF THAT ITEM.
IF YOU PREFER ONCE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK.
UM, AT THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SPEC ADDRESS AND SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM CAN HEAR CITIZENS'.
UH, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS ON FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE OR NOT.
[Department Updates and Discussion]
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.UH, FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA GO OVER IS THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TTI PARK, MATTHEWS PARK, VETERANS PARK, AND HIGH MEADOW.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL GET INTO LESLIE PARK IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, BUT TO GO THROUGH THE OTHER PARKS REAL QUICK, MATTHEWS PARK, UH, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, UH, WAS SENT OUT AND THAT WAS ON DECEMBER 2ND.
UM, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ITSELF IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AROUND THE END OF JANUARY.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA START DEMOING AND GETTING EVERYTHING PREPARED AND READY TO GO FOR THAT NEW EQUIPMENT ONCE IT ARRIVES.
UH, THE HIGH MEADOW PARK, THAT'S THE POCKET PARK HERE IN THE, UH, HIGH MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE BOY, UH, THE BID WAS AWARDED AT THE NOVEMBER CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SO ONCE LESLIE PARK FINISHES UP, WE WILL HAVE THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, UH, AND GET STARTED ON HIGH MEADOW, UH, FOR VETERANS PARK.
UH, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY LATELY, WE FINALLY HAVE ALL THE SIDEWALKS POURED, ALL THE PARALLEL PARKING IS COMPLETED.
UM, SO WE'RE ONLY PENDING A FEW ITEMS LEFT.
IT'S PAVERS, UM, TREES, TREE GRATES, AND THE ELECTRICAL.
UM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN WORK FROM NOW UNTIL JANUARY JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE DECORATIONS OF THE PARK AND THE EVENT WE HAVE GOING ON TOMORROW.
SO TTI PARK, WE HAVE AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED.
SO, UH, WE'VE WENT AHEAD AND GIVEN THE OKAY ON THAT.
UM, NOW IN FRONT OF YOU, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN TWO COPIES OF THIS, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONCEPT DESIGNS.
UM, SO WE KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER THESE CONCEPT DESIGNS.
UM, TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT 'EM AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE, WHAT YOU THINK CITIZENS WOULD LIKE.
SO, UM, STARTING OFF WITH THE VERY FIRST PAGE, UH, YOU KIND OF SEE WHAT LOOKS TO BE A BULLSEYE.
AND, UH, WHAT THAT'S TELLING YOU IS THAT FIRST INNER CIRCLE IS A FIVE MINUTE WALK TO THE PARK, THEN YOUR 10 MINUTE WALK, AND THEN A 15 MINUTE WALK.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT TI PARK ITSELF, YOUR VERY DARK GREEN AREAS ARE THE FLOODPLAIN THAT CANNOT BE BUILT IN.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE BUILT ON.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHY THE LAYOUT LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES, ANYTHING IN THAT LIGHT GREEN CAN BE BUILT.
THEY JUST HAVE TO GRADE IT UP, UH, IN ORDER TO BUILD IT.
ALRIGHT, SO IF WE GO ONTO PAGE TWO, THIS
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IS YOUR FIRST CONCEPT.THIS IS AN ACTIVE OPTION CONCEPT.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ACTIVITIES, UH, A LOT MORE PLAY EQUIPMENT, THINGS THAT LOOK MODERN.
UM, AND SO IF WE START, UH, THEY'RE EXTENDING THE POND OUT, UH, MAKING THAT A BIGGER POND, UM, SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A FISHING PIER.
UM, AND IF WE GO OVER TO ITEM NUMBER 13, THAT'S GONNA BE A SMALL DOG PARK.
UM, ONE FOR SMALL DOGS AND ONE FOR BIG DOGS.
UH, AND THEN YOU DO HAVE THAT WALKING TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND THE LENGTH OF THE, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, IF WE GET OVER INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THOSE ARE RESTROOMS. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS GONNA BE AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL PLAYGROUNDS ARE MADE FOR A DA STANDARDS, BUT INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS IS FOR EVERYONE.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY AGE LIMITS ON IT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, OF WHAT CURRENTLY IS GOING IN THE PARKS.
UH, NUMBER SIX IS YOUR SPLASH PAD THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
NUMBER THREE IS YOUR SEATING AREA.
UM, SEATING AREA, STAGE AREA, UH, PAVILION.
UM, THAT'S WHERE FOLKS CAN GO AND THROW PARTIES, COOKOUTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN IS ANOTHER SEATING AREA, AND THAT'S A WALKWAY THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE ORANGE LINES THAT GO THROUGH THE PARK, THAT IS A NINE HOLE DISC GOLF.
UM, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, IT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO THE BIG PELICAN OVER ON THE LEFT, UM, WE ARE THINKING MORE OF A HORSE THEME, UM, FOR AUBREY.
SO HAVING SOME SORT OF LARGER HORSE.
UM, AND AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THESE PHOTOS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LOT MORE ACTIVE AND, UM, LOOKS LIKE AN ADVENTUROUS TYPE PARK.
MOVING ON TO PAGE TWO, WHAT IS THAT BIG PICTURE RIGHT THERE? LIKE A BIG BRIDGE LOOKING THING? WHAT, WHERE, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? UM, WELL THAT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN IDEA, UM, OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT OUT THERE.
UM, I DO LIKE THAT BIG BRIDGE.
I THINK THAT'S A WALKING A PRETTY COOL THING.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK TO THE ENGINEERS ABOUT AND SAYING WE WANT TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING OF THAT MATTER.
UM, AND IN YOUR PAGE TWO, IT'S JUST GONNA GIVE YOU DIFFERENT IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
SO IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU YOUR FISHING, UH, YOUR FISHING PIER, UM, RESTROOM DESIGNS.
YOU HAVE THE ENTRY PLAZA AND THE PAVILION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN THAT SEATING AREA.
UM, ITEM NUMBER, WHAT WAS IT? FIVE? YEAH, NO, THREE.
UH, AND THEN AROUND THE WHOLE WALKING TRAIL, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE.
SO JUST KIND OF LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT DIFFERENT PLANTS ARE IN THE AREA.
SO IT'S A KNOWLEDGE, UH, ITEM FOR THE KIDS.
YOU HAVE YOUR THEME SPLASH PAD, UM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
AND IF WE MOVE ON TO THE THIRD PAGE HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR NATURE OPTION.
SO A LITTLE LESS ACTIVE AND A LITTLE MORE KEEPING THE PARK AS IT IS IN ITS NATURAL, UH, STATE.
UM, SO A LOT OF YOUR PLAY EQUIPMENT, UH, YOUR WALKING TRAILS, IT'S ALL GONNA BE VERY NATURALLY THEMED.
SO ROCKS, TREES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, YOU HAVE VERY SIMILAR ASPECTS AS THE FIRST CONCEPT.
SO THE, YOU STILL HAVE THE LARGE POND, YOU STILL HAVE THE DOG, UM, THE DOG PARK, YOU STILL HAVE THE DISC GOLF.
UM, BUT THE LAYOFF'S JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, AND YOU'RE NOT HAVING THOSE LARGER, MORE UNIQUE FEATURES.
UH, EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE BIT MORE NATUREY.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE PICTURES AT THE BOTTOM KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND SO IF WE GO INTO THAT FINAL PAGE, THAT'S JUST GONNA GIVE YOU MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT NATURAL, UH, THEME WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, UM, THAT IS A PLAYGROUND, BUT IT GIVES YOU MORE OF THAT NATURAL FEEL.
IT'S A ROCK PLAYGROUND, BUT KIND OF BLENDS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS MORE OF A RUSTIC TYPE VIEW OF A PARK AND MORE NATURAL, UM, VERSUS HAVING THAT, UH, EXCITING TYPE FEEL LIKE THE FIRST, UM, CONCEPT WILL GIVE YOU.
UM, NOW THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE SHE CAN COMBINE BOTH CONCEPTS AND TRY TO COMBINE TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS INTO THE SAME PARK.
UM, SO WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, LIKE WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE, WHAT YOU THINK THE CITIZENS WOULD ENJOY.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS OUR MAINTENANCE ON THESE
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PARKS.UM, THIS IS A 26 ACRE PARK, SO THAT IS A LOT TO MAINTAIN.
UM, SO WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
DO YOU LIKE, WHICH ONE IN YOUR OPINION DO YOU THINK WOULD BE MORE MAINTENANCE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DECIDE, LIKE WHICH ONE WOULD BE MY THOUGHT IS OPTION TWO JUST BECAUSE IT IS MORE RUSTIC.
SO NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A RUSTIC FEEL ON SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.
SO WHEN YOU GO BACK AND HAVE TO FIX THINGS AND PAINT IT, YOU'RE HAVING TO PAINT IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT LOOK RUSTIC.
WHAT IS, UH, THE PARKING, LIKE COMPANY'S PARKING SPOTS WHERE ALLOTTED AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER ON, BUT IT IS A VERY LARGE PARKING LOT.
UM, I THINK YOU COULD FIT WHAT THAT 50 60 CARS IF NOT MORE.
AND YOU SAID, YOU SAID, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE THAT BE THAT THAT KELAND IS TAKING CARE OF THE ACCESS POINT OR THAT'S ON THEIR PRO THEIR SIDE.
IS THAT WHAT NO, UM, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY FROM KEELAND ALREADY BEEN DEDICATED, UM, HALF OF THE ROAD WIDTH AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE ON THE PARK SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT THAT TO THAT RED LINE TO THE, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? IS THAT A ROAD? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DEPICTING.
I REALLY, I LIKE OPTION TWO, BUT I'M WONDERING IF OPTION ONE WOULD BE MORE APPEALING JUST BECAUSE AUBREY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS A MOM OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
SO LIKE I SEE SPLASH PAD AND I SEE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND I SEE MY KIDS BEING ABLE TO GROW UP ON IT AND USE IT AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
SEEMS LIKE IT GIVES, IT OFFERS MORE FOR A, A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN JUST LIKE OPTION TWO.
I THINK YOU CAN MARRY LIKE THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF LIKE OPTION TWO.
LIKE MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE RUSTIC.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE ULTRAMODERN FEELING, UH, BUT NEW AND FRESH BUT WITH LIKE A NATURE THEME.
I THINK WE COULD LEAN NATURE FEELING WITHOUT LEANING INTO THE HIGH MAINTENANCE.
IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE LIST ON THE LINE ITEMS, A LOT OF THESE ARE IN BOTH OF THEM.
THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN, YOU'RE GONNA YEAH.
I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WAS MAYBE SPLASH PAD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EXCITES ME.
A LOT OF THE PARKS THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING LIGHTLY ARE VERY COLORFUL.
UM, AND SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING.
I THINK YOU CAN IT TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE OPTION ONE ALMOST DOES ALREADY MARRY THE TWO IDEAS.
AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING IT CUSTOMIZABLE TO LIKE, FEEL AUBREY THEMED WITH THE HORSE AND MM-HMM.
UM, AND I DO THINK THAT THAT, I DON'T KNOW, JUST WITH, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES THAT WHEN I, IT FEELS LIKE IT WOULD BRING IN MORE FAMILIES TO WANT TO COME AND BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE INVOLVED.
WAS UM, DISC GOLF HIGH ON OUR PRIORITY LIST? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE.
I THINK I KNOW IT WAS IN THE MASTER PLAN, LIKE I REMEMBER SEEING, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S JUST ONE THAT'S, IT'S EASY TO INCORPORATE.
OR YOU COULD PUT A ZIP LINE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER END
SO ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT TOO, KURT, WAS THE, UM, A BIKE TRAIL.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ONE, DOES IT? IT NO, THIS ONE DOESN'T INCLUDE A BIKE TRAIL.
UH, FROM HOW SHE EXPLAINED IT IS THE TRAIL ITSELF WAS I THINK A 10 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK.
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TRAIL.AND THAT IS, IS THAT PAVED OR IS THAT, SO IT'S, IT'S PAVED IN SOME PARTS.
UM, I BELIEVE YOUR SECOND OPTION, THE NATURAL FEEL, UM, DOES NOT HAVE, UH, ALL PAVED SIDEWALKS.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE WAS MORE, UM, GRAVEL TYPE, UH, TRAILS.
AND AT SOME POINT DID Y'ALL SAY THOSE WERE HARDER TO MAINTAIN THAT YEAH.
THE CONCRETE WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT LESS MAINTENANCE.
SO WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO DECIDE WHICH ONE WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO YET, BUT WE SPECIFICALLY, YEAH, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IDEAS.
WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON HERE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT, UM, WE CAN DROP THOSE, THOSE NOTES DOWN.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST SIMPLY KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR AND JUST SEEING WHAT WE LIKE.
SO WE NEED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME TO BE ABLE NO.
UM, WHAT THIS IS, IS OUR FIRST, UM, RESPONSE.
SO WE'LL SAY, HEY WE, WE KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT UM, WE WANNA MOVE THIS OR MOVE THAT.
OR, UM, WE LIKE PICTURE ONE, PICTURE TWO, BUT WE DON'T LIKE PICTURE THREE.
AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UM, AND EITHER A REDRAW OR, UM, JUST AS IS.
UM, FOR THE PARK PART ON FIRST, NUMBER ONE, IS IT, ARE WE LOOKING AT SOMETHING MORE LIKE WHAT'S ALREADY LIKE AT LESLIE'S PARK IN MATTHEW'S PARK? OR WOULD AN OPTION BE LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE EUREKA PARK THAT'S IN DENTON? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST PART.
THAT'S UM, ON OPTION ONE IS THE PARK SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE PLASTIC AND METAL.
SO LIKE, WHAT'S IT MATTHEWS PARK AND LESLIE PARK? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD OPTION IT TO MAYBE LOOK MORE LIKE EUREKA PARK IN DENTON? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARK, BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THIS MEDIA'S ABOUT.
UM, SO THAT WE, WE COULD, I THINK THE REKA ONE, IF I'M NOT WRONG, IS LIKE, IT'S WOOD, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKE MORE NATURAL FEELING.
THAT'S THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THEY'RE WANTING TO GET FROM US.
SO WE CAN LET 'EM KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE ALL THIS OLD METAL, WHICH METAL'S KIND OF GOING AWAY ANYWAYS.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE WOODEN INSTEAD OF PLASTIC AND THEY CAN GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES AND TELL US THEIR OPINION AND PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ENOUGH SPACE.
LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THAT THE PLAYGROUND SPACE IS GONNA BE 'CAUSE IT'S, SO AT THE OTHER PARKS IT'S LIKE ONE SETUP AND IT HAS LIKE THREE SLIDES OR HOWEVER IT IS.
BUT AT EUREKA IT'S LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S A CONTINUOUS AND IT ENDS UP TURNING INTO A BIG CIRCLE, BUT IT'S JUST A CONTINUOUS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
DO YOU WRITE THAT DOWN KURT? A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN GIVE THEM EXAMPLE PARKS, UM, AND THEN THEY'LL GO LOOK AT IT OR THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT ALREADY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE? MM-HMM.
TO HAVE A WOODEN KALEIDOSCOPE PARK IN FRISCO IS ALSO BRAND NEW AND REALLY, REALLY GORGEOUS AND SOUNDS SIMILAR TO EUREKA AND ACTUALLY HAS A REALLY, I LIKE THE HEIGHTS THAT THEY PLAY WITH IN KALEIDOSCOPE.
IT'S, THEY HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY COOL FEATURES AT KALEIDOSCOPE.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE I'D SAY TO LOOK AT.
ONCE WE KIND OF GET A COUPLE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS, THEN WE CAN GET THEM TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY ROUGH OPINION OF COST AND THAT WAY YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE COST DIFFERENCE AND WILL ALSO HELP US, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE NEXT DECISION WITH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
WOULD IT BE, WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO ALSO HELP WITH HELPING KIND OF EDUCATE US IN LIKE THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT TOO BECAUSE THAT WE WANNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? MM-HMM.
I DON'T MIND IT BEING MORE UPFRONT IF WE KNOW THE MAINTENANCE ISN'T GONNA BE, BUT I WOULD HATE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S BOTH, YOU KNOW.
AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN PROVIDE US THAT AS WELL.
THEY'VE ALREADY, UH, WANTING TO SCHEDULE SOME MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE VENDORS TO SHOW US THEIR, THEIR PRODUCT AND TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE ON IT.
KURT AND THIS WHOLE DEPARTMENT OF TWO
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UM, KURT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WITH ANY OF THOSE PARKS? NO.
WE JUST, UH, WANTED TO SHOW THESE, THESE CONCEPTS AND LIKE I SAID, SEE WHAT YOU LIKED AND UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING, SOME FEEDBACK I CAN TAKE BACK TO THE ENGINEERS AND WE CAN GET TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT IT.
I GOT, I GOT ZIPLINE WROTE DOWN.
HEY, IF IT'S A SHORT ONE, THERE'S ONE REALLY COOL ONE LIKE IN MCKINNEY THAT, THAT I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH PART IT'S, BUT IT'S A SHORT ONE.
I WAS JOKING ABOUT THE ZIPLINE.
NOPE, I HAVE IT WRITTEN THAT LIKE ONE THAT'S LIKE THE LENGTH OF THIS ROOM IS PRETTY HARMLESS, LOW THE GROUND, YOU KNOW.
OH, THEY HAVE THOSE IN PLAYGROUNDS NOW? MM-HMM.
THEY HAVE ONE OF THOSE AT EUREKA TOO.
AND IT'S LIKE A LITTLE SEAT THAT THEY SIT ON AND THEN YEP.
Y'ALL DID LIKE THE BRIDGE? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF HAVE THE TRACTOR, UH, THE WATER PARK AND MM-HMM?
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE AREA BECAUSE MM-HMM.
THERE'S TWO HORSE FARM RIGHT THERE.
KIND OF PAY HOMAGE TO THE AREA.
AND THEN KURT, WE CAN MOVE INTO LESLIE PARK IF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, SO LESLIE PARK, UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN IS, IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
UH, THEY'VE TORE OUT ALL THE OLD SIDEWALK, THEY'VE REPLACED THE SIDEWALK.
UM, THERE'S A FEW OUTSTANDING ITEMS FOR LESLIE TO BE COMPLETELY FINISHED.
UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE UH, HAD A FEW, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT FENCING AROUND THE BASKETBALL AND THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO WE ARE, UH, JUST WANTING TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL COURT.
UM, POTENTIALLY TALK ABOUT IF AN ADDITIONAL BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL COURT WOULD BE NECESSARY.
UM, AND THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T FENCE THE PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL COURT THIS TIME, UH, IS BECAUSE THAT IS BEING UTILIZED, UM, FOR SOME DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UH, SO THIS LAST HALLOWEEN, UM, THEY HAD A MOVIE IN THE PARK AND SO, UH, THAT HALF SECTION WAS UTILIZED FOR VIEWING THE MOVIE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY HAVE PORTABLE PICKLEBALL NETS.
THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE 'EM UP, MOVE THEM FOR ANY TYPE OF EVENT.
SO WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT WE THINK FUTURE NEEDS MIGHT BE, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IF WE FENCING MAY NEED TO GO UP OR IF WE MAY NEED TO BUILD A WHOLE NEW COURT ENTIRELY NEXT TO IT.
IN MY EXPERIENCE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WITH AREAS THAT ARE FENCED IN, IS EVENTUALLY THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE TO FIX BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIFTING IT UP TO GO UNDER IT OR CRAWL OVER IT.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ONE THOUGH, WHERE IT'S LIKE FENCED IN AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, MESSED WITH.
I JUST, TO ME THAT AND THEN THE, THE LOOK OF IT, IT JUST LOOKS RUN DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THAT FENCING AFTER IT'S BEEN BENT AND SHAPED SO MANY TIMES.
SO I JUST, I DON'T REALLY, WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF THE FENCE? ESSENTIALLY IT'S, IT'S BALL STOP BALLS FROM GOING CARDIO INTO UM MM-HMM.
SO YOU HAVE PICKLE BALLS THAT MIGHT BE GOING INTO THE BASKETBALL COURTS, BASKETBALLS THAT MIGHT BE GOING INTO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, AND THEN FOR SOME OF US WHO ARE BASKETBALL CHALLENGED, SHOOTING A MISSING THE BACKBOARD COMPLETELY AND HAVING IT ROLL OUT INTO THE FIELD.
SO KIND OF JUST HOLDING ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WITHIN THE COURT ITSELF.
ARE ANY OF THE I DON'T THINK SO.
NONE OF THEM ARE ROLLING OUT INTO THE STREET.
INTO A STREET OR PARKING LOT? NO, NOT SO IT'S NOT MORE OF, I'M MORE OF LIKE, IF IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN, THEN SURE.
BUT THE ONLY SAFETY CONCERN YOU MAY HAVE IS IF THERE IS PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL GOING SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE BALL ROLLS INTO YEAH.
WHICH CAN BE FRUSTRATING FOR THE PLAYERS.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY, I HAVE A BIT OVER THERE, Y'ALL HAVE PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE COMMENTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MORE OF THEY DON'T WANT TO CHASE THE BALLS WHENEVER THEY GO OFF TO THE SIDES.
AND WE HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THEY'RE BOTH WAYS.
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YOU CAN LOOK UP A DOZEN AND SIX F OF SIX DON'T HAVE FENCES.I GUESS WHAT DOES THE SPECIFIC AREA SERVICE, WERE YOU SAYING IN THE SAME SPACE YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT ADDING MORE COURTS IN THE SAME AREA? WELL, THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE FIX.
IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, WHAT'S THERE NOW COULD BE MADE ALL BASKETBALL AND THEN PICKLE CAN BE BUILT BEHIND IT.
AND IF YOU COULD HAVE, THAT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PLAN.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE, THE SOCCER PRACTICE AND THEN THE, AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY THAT SPACE 'CAUSE WE'RE SO LIMITED ON THAT OPEN FIELD SPACE FOR SOCCER AND OTHER PRACTICES.
WE WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE, WE WATCH FACEBOOK, WE, WE SEE WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE SAYING AND JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
SEE I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER DISCUSS LIGHTS THAN A, SO THAT WAS MENTIONED AS WELL,
UH, 'CAUSE WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT AND OUR ENGINEER SAID, NO, NO, NO, YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY BEING ENFORCED AND AT A LATER DATE WE MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
DO WE WANT TO SET DIFFERENT TIMES? THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GO WITH LIGHTS.
WELL WE CAN TABLE THAT AND PUT IT ON AN AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, IF YOU WANT WE CAN TO KIND OF, TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD PARKS.
AND THEN, UM, KURT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE PARKS? NO MA'AM.
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I HAVE.AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 1ST.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND TO VOTE ON THAT.
DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
ANYONE, ANYONE? A SECOND LINE OF MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT.
MEETINGS APPROVE OR WHAT IS IT CALLED? NOTES MINUTES APPROVED.
LIKE TRYING TO READ AND SPEAK AT THIS POINT.
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OKAY.UM, FOR ANY FUTURE AGENDA, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS TO PUT ON THERE FOR NEXT TIME, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS FEEL WE NEED TO PUT ON? I, I'VE BEEN OUT, SO YEAH, THAT WHAT, WAS THERE A DECISION MADE ON THE, THE PARK OF, WELL NOT THE PARK, BUT THE, THAT PROPERTY OVER THERE BY THE APART.
THE EMILY APARTMENTS CAN'T DISCUSS IT IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME TO GET AN UPDATE ON DID Y'ALL WORK THE PARKS OTHER THAN THIS? I KNEW IT WAS ON THE MONTH OR TWO AGO.
WE DID, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD IT ON OUR AGENDA.
SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME TO GO OVER, UM, THE OTHER PARKS AND LAND THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
THEY WANNA REOPEN SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO FOUR OF YOU WILL BE APPOINTED TO TWO YEAR TERMS. OKAY.
THREE OF YOU WILL BE APPOINTED TO ONE YEAR TERMS. UH, AND THEN WHENEVER YOU RENEW OR RE-UP, UH, IT WILL BE EVERY TWO YEARS OKAY.
UM, SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, DO WE NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS ALTERNATES? UM, OR JUST LIKE HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE OUR BOARD? CAN WE PUT THAT ON THERE FOR NEXT TIME? JUST IF WE NEED TO RE LIKE REDISCUSS ALTERNATES AND BOARD MEMBERS.
HOW MANY ALTERNATES? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS SUMMER, BUT CHANGE THE NUMBER BOARD MEMBERS.
I I THINK WE COULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND SEE WHAT THE DISCUSSION COULD BRING UP.
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I THOUGHT WE DID CHANGE OUR, HOW WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT, IT WAS NEVER AN ACTION ITEM.SO IF WE COULD PUT IT ON THERE FOR NEXT TIME, THAT CAN BE A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE ABOUT CHANGING THE BYLAWS.
COULD WE PUT ON THERE, UM, IF WE COULD GET A UPDATE ON WHATEVER THE PLAN IS OR THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY AND A OI SAY THAT MAY BE IT.