* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. YES, I HEAR MYSELF. [00:00:01] OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL [Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present] THE MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 PM UH, EACH, UH, BOARD MEMBER, IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR NAME. I AM COURTNEY KELLY AND I AM PRESENT AMY KRAMER. AND I'M PRESENT, UH, MARKOWSKI. PRESENT. JESSICA EK. PRESENT. ERIC PROBES PRESENT. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL STAND FOR THE IMPLICATION IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE P ALLEGIANCE NATION JUSTICE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE FOR ONE. AND, OKAY. UH, [Community Announcements] COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST MAY BE INCLUDED, RECOGNIZING CITIZENS, UM, AND STAFF ARE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND REMINDER ABOUT ANY UPCOMING EVENT THAT IS ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF THIS AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? JULY 19TH IS GONNA BE THE LAST, UH, SUMMER MUSIC SERIES, UH, FEATURING THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT. SO WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. CITIZEN INPUT, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD. IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT UNTIL THE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. IF YOU PREFER. ONCE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO SPEAKER'S PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM CAN HEAR COMMENTS AND SEE PRESENTATIONS. CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, UNLESS ADDITIONAL TIME IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW. NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ANY OF THE ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN INPUT AT THIS TIME? NOTHING. FIND OUT. OKAY. UM, ONTO THE NEXT, [Consent Items] IT'S CONSENT ITEMS. ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSIDERED AGENDA BY THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL, BOARD MEMBERS, OR STAFF. CONSIDERATION. AND ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NUMBER ONE, APPROVED MINUTES OF THE MAY 6TH, 2025 MEETING. AND THEN TWO, APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM BOARD MEMBERS IDENTIFIED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM REGULAR MEETINGS. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THESE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? SECOND. OKAY. UM, ARE YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE? MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, FIRST AND SECONDED. UM, THE CONSENT ITEMS. OH, ALL IN FAVOR, . AYE. AYE. UM, THE CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UM, DEPARTMENT UPDATES [Department Updates and Discussion] AND DISCUSSIONS. UM, WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PARK CONSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE SAME. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, UH, CONSTRUCTION HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED FOR PHASE ONE. UH, WE COMPLETED THE FINAL WALKTHROUGH ON JUNE 18TH, AND WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON THE FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS TO GET THAT, UM, FINISHED UP AND AND ACCEPTED FOR THE CITY. UM, WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY DID A BID OPENING FOR VETERANS PARK PHASE TWO. UH, WE DID THAT YESTERDAY. UM, AND SO WE'LL TAKE THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY, UM, TO START THAT SECOND PHASE OF VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. UM, SO THAT'S JUST GONNA INCLUDE A RESTROOM, UM, PAVILION STRUCTURE, STORAGE STRUCTURE, ALL IN ONE BIG PAVILION. UM, SUNSHADES AROUND THE SIT, UH, AROUND THE STAGE. UM, CONCRETE, UM, SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE PARK, UH, AS WELL AS A PARKING LOT. UM, THERE BEHIND THE STAGE ON SYCAMORE, WHERE IT'S THE GRAVEL ROAD, UH, WIND RIDGE FIRST RESPONDERS PARK. THE BID WAS AWARDED TO THE CONTRACTOR AT THE JUNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, SO WHENEVER WE GET THE CONTRACT FINALIZED, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT, UH, PARK STARTED HERE IN JULY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. UM, [00:05:01] RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON RFQ FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF THE FUTURE SPORTS COMPLEX. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. UM, WE, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS, UH, AWARDED THE RFQ TO WESTWOOD, UM, TO DO THE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX. UH, SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UM, ON BLACKJACK AND MAGNOLIA. UM, SO CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO GET A SCOPE OF SERVICES PUT INTO PLACE, UH, JUST FOR THE DESIGN PHASE, UH, OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX. UM, THAT IN ITSELF IS, IS GONNA TAKE A BIT TO GET EVERYTHING DESIGNED. UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE CONSTRUCTION ANYTIME SOON, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THE ACTUAL DESIGN PHASE. SO I HAVE A MEETING WITH WESTWOOD TOMORROW WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. ONCE THAT GETS APPROVED AND WE GET THAT FINALIZED, UH, WE WILL START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN, UH, OF THE BALL FIELDS. UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I DO HAVE, UH, KIND OF A PICTURE HERE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF. UM, PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE DESIGN OR THE CONCEPT. THIS IS JUST A VERY, VERY ROUGH DRAFT OF THE, UM, OF WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE PUT IN THIS PROPERTY. UM, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO SHOW UP ON THE MOUSE, KIND OF WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT. UM, EVERYTHING OVER HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL. UM, THEN THIS RIGHT HERE IS GONNA BE THE EASEMENT. UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MORE COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE PROPERTY. UH, THEN ON THE MOST NORTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UM, GROUND STORAGE TANKS. AND UM, IS IT JUST A PUMP STATION? I BELIEVE LIFT STATION, UH, LIFT STATION. UM, SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BELOW THIS, THIS LINE RIGHT HERE, UH, THIS EASEMENT PATH IS THE ROOM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH. UH, SO WHENEVER THEY OVERLAY THESE BALL FIELDS ON HERE, THESE ARE THE SAME SIZE AND SPECS AS SALINA'S BALL FIELDS. SO YOU DO HAVE AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF KIND OF HOW MANY BALL FIELDS WILL FIT IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY, THEY THREW IN ABOUT 400 OR SO PARKING SPOTS IN THIS AREA. UH, AND THEN THESE ARE SOCCER FIELDS, UM, SOME OF 'EM OF A MORE, UH, OLDER KIDS SIZE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIKE YOUTH YOUTHS, UH, OVER HERE. UH, THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE THAT'S SHOWING THE PUMP STATION AND THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE, THAT WILL BE UP HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SO THIS IS ALSO OPEN SPACE FOR US, UH, TO UTILIZE AS WELL. UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF ASK YOUR OPINION OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. UH, THIS ISN'T STRICTLY JUST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, THIS IS A SPORTS COMPLEX, SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET AT LEAST BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND SOCCER IN HERE. BUT WE MAY HAVE ROOM TO FIT A FEW MORE ITEMS. SO I FIGURED WE'D KIND OF ASK AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL WANNA SEE OUT THERE. MAYBE LIKE A SPLASH PAD OR KIND OF LIKE ANOTHER SETUP I DON'T HAVE BEHIND THE LIBRARY WITH PICKLE BALL AND BASKETBALL. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY BASKETBALL FOR SURE. DO WE HAVE A, UM, ETA IN TERMS OF HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE THEM, UM, TO DESIGN THE PLAN? I WOULD ESTIMATE DESIGN IS GONNA BE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF YEARS. OKAY. HOPEFULLY SOONER, BUT IT'S A LARGE SCOPE OF WORK. DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS FOR LIKE A SKATE PARK? WE DO NOT. UM, NOT CURRENTLY. AND I'D HAVE TO REFER BACK TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. UM, IF IT IS IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, IT IS A LOWER PRIORITY. OKAY. RESTROOMS OUT THERE? YES. UM, SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A CONCESSION STAND WITH RESTROOMS AND MATTER OF FACT, THIS LITTLE BLUE AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO INDICATE A, UH, CONCESSION [00:10:01] STAND IN RESTROOMS. BUT THE PLAN IS TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THOSE IN THERE BECAUSE WESTWOOD IS THE, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT SHOWED US THE TTI PARK TTI. YES. YES MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEP. IS THE, UM, SCHOOL ADMIN BUILDING AND LIKE THE EGG BARN AND ALL THAT STUFF, IS THAT GONNA BE STAYING THERE FOR A WHILE THEN? IT'S THAT, I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON THAT? I'M NOT SURE. LIKE ANY FUTURE EXPANSION THEN INTO THAT PART? IT'S STRICTLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S THEIRS AND THEY'RE KEEPING IT. OKAY. UM, AND DOWN HERE I DID FORGET TO MENTION THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, THEY DO SHOW A LITTLE PLAYGROUND. UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO WANT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE AS WELL, IS PUTTING A PLAYGROUND IN THE SPORTS COMPLEX. UM, A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HAD FROM PARENTS IS THAT YES, THEY ARE THERE TO WATCH THEIR KIDS PLAY BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL, BUT THEY'VE GOT OTHER KIDS WHO WANNA PLAY ON A PLAYGROUND. SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THEN [Future Agenda Requests] MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS, COUNCIL OR BOARD MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND CITIZENS MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED ON, UH, FUTURE AGENDAS. DISCUSSION IS LIMITED TO WHAT THE REQUEST IS FOR AND IF AND WHEN IT CAN BE PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I WOULD JUST SAY TO KEEP, UM, THIS, UH, ON THE AGENDA AS WE, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THE PROGRESS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WELL THIS WAS A QUICK ONE. WE'RE GONNA ADJO THE MEETING AT 6:13 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.