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YOU'RE OKAY.[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
UM, SO I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:01 PM AND THEN DON'T WE USUALLY DO LIKE AN ATTENDANCE THING? WILL WE SAY OUR NAMES? UH, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY OR WE'LL SAY OUR NAMES.YOU CAN START WITH DOWN THERE.
ERIC PROBST, JESSICA HAMILTON, AARON BANSAL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION ON LIBERTY.
[Community Announcements]
UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, CITY OF AUBREY HAS THEIR, UH, FIRST EVER TOUCH A TRUCK, UH, THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH.UM, SO COME OUT AND TOUCH A FEW TRUCKS AND SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND I HEAR THERE MAY BE A HELICOPTER.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, NIKKI NELSON, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
A DEDICATED MOTHER, UM, COMMUNITY MIND PROFESSIONAL WHO SEEKS TO BRING A UNIQUE BLEND OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
I HOLD A BACHELOR'S IN SCIENCE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH A BACKGROUND OF HR, CRIMINAL FORENSICS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND A COMBINATION OF THAT REFLECTS MY LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST A COM COMBINATION OF COMMITTING BOTH SAFETY AND THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HAVING RECENTLY JOINED THE COMMUNITY OF AUBREY, I'M EAGER TO GET INVOLVED, BUILD CONNECTIONS, HELP THE LOCAL PARKS AND REC PROGRAM WELCOME YOU, A SPACE FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.
AS A PARENT, I UNDERSTAND THE FIRSTHAND AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, ENRICHING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY.
I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ON THIS BOARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO HAVE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND PASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN BUILDING AND HELP SHAPE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE BRING TOGETHER.
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW,
[Consent Items]
UM, CONSENT ITEMS? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM CONSENT FOR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS? UM, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2025 AND JANUARY 10TH, 2026 MEETINGS.I I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE STAFF REPORT AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM THE DECEMBER 20 DECEMBER 2ND, 2025 PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING.
[Department Updates and Discussion]
AND THEN AN UPDATE ON THE PARKS PROJECTS.UH, SO VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, UM, WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON SOME OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. SO, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION THEY HIT ONE OF OUR BOLLARDS AND SO THEY ARE REPLACING ONE OF THOSE BOLLARDS.
UM, SOME OF THE STAINED CONCRETE HAS SINCE BEEN STAINED A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STAINED.
UM, IT JUST GOT INCREDIBLY DIRTY.
THEY WERE USING MORTAR AROUND THE NEWLY STAINED CONCRETE AND SO THAT KIND OF, UM, AFFECTED
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THE, THE FINAL OUTCOME.SO, UH, THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT PIECE OF IT, GETTING THAT, UM, CONCRETE ALL BACK TO WHAT IT'S ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A MARQUES SIGN THAT HAS BEEN, UM, ORDERED AND UM, WAITING FOR COMPLETION OF THAT MARQUES SIGN.
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S ONLY ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS OUT AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL TOUCHES OF VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED.
UH, WINDRIDGE FIRST RESPONDERS PARK, UH, ACTUALLY DID A FINAL WALK THIS AFTERNOON, UM, AND THAT PARK IS READY TO GO.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THAT TO THE APRIL CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACCEPTANCE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S COMPLETED AND LOOKS FANTASTIC OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE 30% PLANS, UH, THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING THOSE AND GETTING COMMENTS BACK TO THE ENGINEERS.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE, UM, AT THIS MOMENT TO RECEIVE THOSE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS BY END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS WE WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN EARLY 2027.
UM, BUT THAT'LL JUST KIND OF DEPEND ON, UH, HOW THE NEXT FEW MONTHS GO AS FAR AS GETTING, UH, PLANS COMPLETED.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE DOING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND THAT WENT OUT TO, OR AND THAT'S GOING OUT TO BID THIS FRIDAY FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT JUST MEANS WE'LL BRING IN A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT THE START OF THE PROJECT RATHER THAN BIDDING IT OUT.
UM, AT THE END, UH, WHENEVER THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE ARE CREATED.
SO THIS HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UM, AND KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE, UM, LEEWAY UPFRONT VERSUS RUNNING INTO ANY ISSUES ONCE WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, TO BUILD SOME NEW PRACTICE FIELDS, PRACTICE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.
UM, WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY SURE ON A LOCATION, BUT THE PLAN IS TO TRY TO GET THOSE BUILT, UH, THIS YEAR.
THAT WAY WE DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR, UM, OUR FOLKS TO PRACTICE ON WHILE THOSE FIELDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING BUILT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT IT ON PARK UPDATES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UM, ANY FUTURE ITEM OR FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS? THERE? NOT HERE,
I GUESS MAYBE WALK US THE OTHER PART.
PROJECT WAS THAT TI PARK? THAT'S THE FUN ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? MAYBE THAT, THE ONLY OTHER THING I CAN THINK OF MM-HMM
UM, SO THAT ONE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A MINUTE TILL WE START ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK ON THE ROAD MCNAT THAT ACTUALLY GOES UP TO BLACKJACK.
THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THE PARK.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER OF A ROLL ON THIS ONE JUST BECAUSE THE STREET THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN FIRST.
UM, IT IS STILL BEING WORKED ON.
WE ARE STILL HAVING MEETINGS ON THAT ONE.
UM, IT'S JUST THIS ONE'S GONNA TAKE A BIT TO GET GOING.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL ADJOIN A, WHATEVER THE WORD IS.