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AT 5:45 PM AND THEN WE CAN DO ATTENDANCE.JESSICA HAMILTON, ERIC PROBES, MARK BINOWSKI, AND THEN RANDY JONES.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
[Community Announcements]
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE PATRICK DUKES.HE'S, UM, OUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER.
WE BROUGHT HIM ON ABOUT WHAT, THREE MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM, BUT JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU AND I'M EXCITED TO, TO HAVE HIM HERE.
AND THEN WOULD ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
[New Business]
NEW ITEMS REQUESTED FOR CONSIDERATION.CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON I APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 7TH, 2026 PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 7TH, 2006 FOR THE PARKS AND REC RECREATION BOARD.
IS THIS ALL IN FAVOR? ALL FAVOR,
RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE AUBREY SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT.
YEAH, SO, UM, THE CITY OF AUBREY HAD POSTED AN RFQ, UM, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
UM, WE HAD 21 QUALIFICATION PACKETS, UM, SUBMITTED, UM, OVER THOSE 21, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS, RIGOROUS PROCESS OF, UM, GRADING AND, AND KIND OF LOOKING AT ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, UM, FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
UM, AFTER EVERYTHING WAS GRADED, WE UM, ACTUALLY MADE SOME SITE VISITS TO THE TOP, UM, SCORING CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS.
UM, AFTER THAT WE REEVALUATED AND, UM, CAME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
UM, SO THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS DEAN CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING SPORTS COMPLEXES.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
UM, DEAN CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY BUILDS, UM, PARKS FOR MUNICIPALITIES, SO THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, WITH THAT WE UH, ALSO RECEIVED 60% PLANS, UM, AND WE DID ACTUALLY A PAGE TURN ON MONDAY.
UM, GOT PLANS THAT ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE INCHES THICK ON, ON PAPER.
SO, UH, WE'VE WENT THROUGH THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA SEE AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, I BELIEVE IT WAS OCTOBER FOR 90% PLANS AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE FINAL PLANS, UM, AROUND DECEMBER.
UM, SO JUST TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN, A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WE BRING THEM IN, UM, BEFORE THE PLANS ARE COMPLETED AND THEY ACTUALLY HELP ASSIST THE ENGINEER AND THE CITY, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
UM, AND THEY HELP TO GUARANTEE PRICING ONCE WE GET THE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS AND WE BUILD A BUDGET SO THEY CAN HELP US, UM, VALUE ENGINEER DIFFERENT ITEMS TO HOPEFULLY AND POTENTIALLY SAVE US MONEY IN SOME AREAS.
SO WE REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR BUDGET FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT TO QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, RECEIVE A GENERAL UPDATE FROM THE PARKS AND
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RECREATION DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION OF THE SAME.SO, UM, VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, WE ARE DOWN TO JUST OUR FINAL PUNCH LIST.
UM, WE DID HAVE THE DIGITAL DISPLAY SIGN INSTALLED, SO THAT IS, UH, IN AND READY TO GO.
UM, FINAL PUNCH LIST SHOULD ALL BE COMPLETED, UM, AUGUST 14TH.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE IT, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL, UM, IN AUGUST.
SO JUST DEPENDING ON IF THEY FINALIZE AND FINISH OUT THAT PUNCH LIST.
UM, UM, SO LAND PURCHASED THE CITY OF AUBREY'S CONTINUE TO PURCHASE LAND FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, FUTURE PARKS AND PROJECTS.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THOSE AREAS ARE 500 BLOCK ON DANE STREET, ADDITIONALLY, UM, FM 29 31 AND BLACKJACK.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT POTENTIAL WAYS TO UTILIZE THESE PROPERTIES.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO TRY TO PURCHASE LAND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN OF PURCHASING LAND.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THE DOWNTOWN PHASE TWO PARKING LOT WITH THE TRAIL AND LANDSCAPING PROJECT IS UNDERWAY CONNECTING VETERANS IN THE FUTURE FARMERS MARKET SIDE.
UM, SO THAT'S RIGHT THERE BEHIND FIRE STATION ONE IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, YOU CAN DRIVE BY AND SEE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DIRT, BUT THEY ARE ABOUT TO START LEVELING EVERYTHING AND EXTENDING OUT THAT PARKING LOT.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAD FROM, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FUTURE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND WITH THAT WE DO PLAN ON HAVING LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND UH, I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING UP STATUES AND DIFFERENT ARTWORK ALONG THAT TRAIL.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRENT PARK ITEMS? NO.
UM, DISCUSSION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 56 DASH 26 PARKS AND REC AND KEEP OF AUBREY.
UM, ON JUNE 25TH, UH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 9 5 6 DASH 26 AMENDED ARTICLE ONE POINT, UH, ONE ZERO PARKS AND REC, UH, OF THE CHAPTER ONE, PRETTY MUCH DISSOLVING YOUR OLD, UM, KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL AND THEN MAKING THE NEW, UM, THE PARTS BOARD AND KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL ALL IN THE SAME, UH, REALM.
UH, THE, UH, REC, UH, THE RECREATION, THE PARK BOARD AND THE RECREATION PART OF IS ADOPTED A NEW SECTION, 1.1 0.033 DUTIES TO IDENTIFY DUTIES OF THE PARK SLASH KEEP.
AUBREY BEAUTIFUL BOARD, THE INDEPENDENTS, UH, KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL, UM, ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DISSOLVED AND HAS BEEN REOPENED UNDER THE CITY OF AUBREY'S PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE ORDINANCE EXPANDS THE BOARD'S DUTY TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION, LITTER PREVENTION, WASTE REDUCTION, AND, UM, ENVIRONMENT STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES.
THIS EXPANSION RESPONSIBILITY ALIGNS NATURALLY WITH THE BOARD EXISTING FOCUS OF THE PARKS, TRAILS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT, UH, GOALS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SET FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.
SO THEN IF WE'RE KIND OF ABSORBING OR TAKING OVER, ARE WE ADOPTING OLD STANDARDS SET BY THE OLD KEEP AUDREY BEAUTIFUL BOARD? IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW STUFF OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'LL BE LAID OUT LATER? YEAH, WE'LL ACTUALLY IN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE, UM, KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, WHAT'S THAT YEAH, DESIGNATION.
SO, UM, PATRICK HAS WORKED ON SUBMITTING THAT APPLICATION WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, UM, TO
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KIND OF REESTABLISH THAT, KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL PORTION.UM, BUT YEAH, THERE IS CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DO IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT DESIGNATION.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF WHAT KEITH AUBREY BEAUTIFUL DOES JUST ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE DO IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
UM, SO WE'LL KIND OF OUTLINE SOME OF THOSE DUTIES AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, LITTER, UH, WHAT WAS IT? UM, WHAT WAS THAT SPECIFIC THING? IT SAID UM, THE BEAUTIFICATION.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFICATION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO LITTER.
UM, WASTE REDUCTION, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND, AND KEEPING EVERYTHING NICE AND PRETTY.
AND AUBREY, SO YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, UM, THEN WE CAN CONVENE INTO THE KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL BOARD MEETING AT 5 56.
UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT? THANK YOU.
OH YEAH, YOU'LL OH, RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM STAFF
NOW THE COMBINATION OF KEEP AUBREY BEAUTIFUL AND THE PARKS BOARD, UH, WAS ESTABLISHED TO CON, UH, CONSISTENT OF SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, A MAJOR OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND OTHER MEMBERS SHOULD BE RE RESIDE IN THE ETJ.
ADDITIONAL, THERE SHALL BE TWO TO TO FOUR ALTERNATE MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND ONE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS THAT THEY'RE GONNA ASK FOR WITH, UH, KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
KIND OF IN THAT FRAME OF THAT, UM, WITH THE DUTIES AND THE PEOPLE.
AND THEN WHAT THEY'LL DO NEXT, UM, WILL GIVE US SOME GUIDELINES, UM, FOR SOME GRANTS THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR THAT WOULD HELP OUR CITIES GROW AND SOME, SOME, UH, OTHER MATERIALS THAT WOULD HELP.
UM, EACH SPORT RECREATION ASSOCIATION THAT HAS CONNECTED, UH, THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY TO USE OUR PROPERTY MAY APPOINT ONE XO MEMBER TO THE BOARD WHO IS, UH, ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE AND ASSIST IN THE BOARD WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES, TWO IN THE CITY AND ONE EETJ.
SO IF Y'ALL, I BELIEVE, DO THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT OR DO THE BOARD APPOINTS? NO, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS THROUGH, THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY, BUT IF Y'ALL KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA TRY TO ENCOURAGE TO, TO APPLY, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE MORE POSITIONS.
SO THERE'S A LOT COMING WITH SPORTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO WE REALLY NEED A, A FULL BOARD TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS MM-HMM
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THE REC ASSOCIATION THAT HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, THEN THAT BOARD WOULD THEN JUST APPOINT A MEMBER OR WOULD THEY STILL HAVE TO APPLY? YES, THEY WOULD JUST APPOINT, YES.
SO LIKE A YSA IF THEY WANTED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM THEIR BOARD TO BE ON THE KEEP AY BEAUTIFUL PARKS BOARD MM-HMM
UM, BUT WE WOULD STILL DO THE APPLICATION THROUGH JENNY.
BUT Y'ALL COULD DECIDE WHO THAT PERSON IS OR THAT BOARD.
SORRY, I'M I KNOW YOU'RE ON THAT BOARD.
SO, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE FROM THEIR BOARD WHO THEY WANNA APPOINT, BUT THEN THAT PERSON WOULD FILE THE APPLICATION WITH JENNY.
WE HAVE APPLIED, UH, TO BE AFFILIATE TO, UH, OF KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, WHICH ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR GRANTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO ASSIST IN SOME OF THE BLUEPRINT ON SOME OF THE LITTER PICKUPS AND SOME OF THE NATIONAL THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR, UH, FOR KEEP TEXAS.
UH, THERE WE DO HAVE A PERSON THAT SOON AS WE GET EVERYTHING RUNNING AND, AND, AND, AND OUR BOARD ESTABLISHED AND THE PEOPLE THAT Y'ALL WANT, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FROM AN ADJACENT TOWN IN GRAPEVINE THAT'S WILLING TO COME UP AND
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TALK AND HELP GUIDE, UH, US THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.AND SHE'S REAL, REAL, REAL GOOD, REAL GOOD.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ANNUAL, UH, EVENT, UH, FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARD WASTE AND HOPE TO INCLUDE SOME TRAILS AND WATERWAY CLEANUPS IN THE FUTURE.
OTHER AREAS WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD, SIGNAGE WAY, FINDING AND BEAUTIFICATION.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME BIG GOALS FOR SO WE CAN, UH, KEEP, UH, AUBREY.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL.
[Reconvene into the Parks and Recreation Board Meeting]
WE CAN RECONVENE INTO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING AT 6:01 PM UM, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO DISCUSSIONS? NOTHING.IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL JOIN THE MEETING AT 6:01 PM.