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WE'LL START THE CITY[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]
COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, 2023.UH, WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL.
[3.1 Discussion regarding the findings of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Survey (Jeffrey White)]
ONE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FINDINGS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN SURVEY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JEFF WHITE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
JUST A LITTLE BACKSTORY ON THIS.
SO THIS IS OUR, UH, GUIDING DOCUMENT, THAT GUIDE, THAT HELPS, UH, PARK PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
OUR GOAL THIS YEAR WAS A THOUSAND RESPONSES.
UH, LAST TIME WE DID THIS IN 2019, WE HAD 667, SO WE WANTED TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WE ENDED UP WITH 1,251 RESPONSE.
INTRODUCE MARY TYLER'S WITH CON'S.
EVENING EVERYONE? HMM, NOT NANCY.
UM, SO TO START OFF, I WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO START OFF THE, UM, PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND SO, UM, THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER TONIGHT IS FOR BOTH OF THOSE MASTER PLANNING PROCESSES BECAUSE THE SURVEY THAT WE, UM, ISSUED TO THE COMMUNITY WAS COVERED BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, SO TO BEGIN WITH ON THE PARK SYSTEM, UM, THE WAY THAT WE ADDRESS THESE PROJECTS IS TO START WITH AN INVENTORY OF WHAT THE EXISTING SYSTEM IS.
WE WENT TO EACH PARK THAT IS IN YOUR INVENTORY, THE DEVELOPED ONES, AND ALSO LOOKED AT THE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS, UM, TO SEE HOW THEY COULD FIT INTO, UM, THE PROGRAM FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THEN FROM THIS, WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S GATHERED IN THE FIELD AND WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL RECREATIONS PARK ASSOCIATION'S BASELINE METRICS.
SO WHAT'S INTERESTING, UM, ABOUT THE CITY OF HODO IS TODAY YOU ARE IN THE 20,000 TO 50,000 CATEGORY.
AND WITH THE POPULATION PROJECTION THAT IS PLANNED, UM, BY 2030, ABOUT, UM, SHIPPED YOU INTO THE 50 TO, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND CATEGORY.
SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THESE METRICS, WE WENT AHEAD AND STUDIED BOTH TO SEE HOW YOU COMPARE TODAY AND WHAT, UM, FACILITIES WOULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THAT, UM, NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKED AT THIS, UM, FOR WHERE YOU NEED TO POSITION YOURSELF WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH, UM, BY 2030.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UM, THE COLUMNS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITSELF, UM, TABLE.
AND THEN THE ONE THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE ONE THAT'S SHOWN IN GREEN.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE THE QUANTITIES OF FACILITIES THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD TO YOUR CURRENT PARK SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BE, UM, AN AVERAGE PROVIDER, UM, FOR, UH, AGAINST OTHER CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OF A SIMILAR SIZE THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE USE TO KIND OF SET THE BASELINE AND THEN FROM THERE WE GO AND TAKE THE INFORMATION FROM THE SURVEY, UM, TO BUILD UPON THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS SHOULD BE PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN.
UM, ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE NRPA STANDARDS THAT, UM, THEY STUDY IS THE NUMBER OF ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
TODAY, YOUR ACREAGE PER UM, 1000 IS, UM, EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
YOU ARE AN AVERAGE SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH, YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD ACREAGE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, UM, THAT AVERAGE SERVICE PROVIDER.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, UM, 4.9 IS WHERE YOU WOULD BE, UH, WITH THE POPULATION CHANGE.
SO OVERALL, THAT IS AN ADDITION OF 407 ACRES OF PARKLAND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE, UM, AVERAGE SERVICE PROVIDER THAT YOU ARE TODAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ELEMENT THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, WHEN WE'RE ASSESSING THE PARKS IS HOW ARE THEY ACCESSED? AND THIS ALSO PLAYS INTO THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN AS WELL.
UM, AND THE BLOBS ON THE PURPLE, UM, SHOW, UH, FROM THE ENTRANCES OF THE PARKS TODAY, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO WALK TO THOSE SPACES.
THE AVERAGE PERSON IS WILLING TO WALK AND CAN WALK, UM, 10 MINUTES, A HALF MILE ROUGHLY TO ENTER INTO THE PARK.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP.
AND THE BIG THING TO POINT OUT AS THERE ARE ONE, THERE ARE AREAS, UM, THAT ARE GRAY.
SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE NOT LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF A PARK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS AND ADD PARKS IN SOME OF THOSE ZONES SO THAT THERE'S BETTER ACCESS TO RECREATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT THE TRAIL SYSTEM OF HOW WE CAN BRIDGE THE GAP BECAUSE THIS MAP IS BASED OFF OF YOUR STREETS, UM, AND BY ADDING
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TRAILS ALONG CREEKS, UM, AND TURNING THOSE INTO GREENWAYS, IT IMPROVES ACCESS TO THE PARKS AS WELL.SO THAT WAS THE BASELINE KIND OF INVENTORY THAT WE DID.
AND THEN AS JEFF MENTIONED, WE, UM, RELEASED THE SURVEY.
SO ALL OF THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE SURVEY RESULTS, UM, SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UM, THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS HAVE LIVED IN HEDO, UM, FOR LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT, UM, GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN, UM, RESPONDED TO THE LAST SURVEY.
UM, ALSO ON THIS, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS LEAGUES WAS, UH, ONLY 23 OR 24%.
SO THERE WAS LESS PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY FROM THAT.
HOWEVER, THE FIELD ATHLETICS SURVEY AND, UM, OUTREACH WAS ONGOING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT STUDY INFORMATION INTO THIS ONE.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A NICE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT ARE NEEDED DESPITE HAVING A LOW TURNOUT ON THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AND, UM, SPORT LEAGUES IN GENERAL.
THE HOUSEHOLD RANGES, THEY'RE, UH, FAIRLY EVENLY DISPERSED.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE, UM, RECEIVED A BROAD RANGE, UM, OF PARTICIPANTS WITH VARYING AGES, CHILDREN AND UM, ADULTS.
AND THEN, UH, LUCKILY 56% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED ARE STILL PARK USERS.
SO, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, WE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE TOP RECREATION ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARKS.
AND WE DIVIDED IT INTO TWO CATEGORIES, ACTIVE RECREATION AND PASSIVE RECREATION.
UH, SO WHAT YOU SEE ON HERE ON THE TOP ARE THE TOP FIVE RESPONSES.
THERE WERE OTHERS AS WELL, BUT THESE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE, UM, PRIMARY AND THE TOP ONE ON ACTIVE RECREATION WAS TRAILS.
AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE AS WE GO THROUGH MORE OF THE, UM, SLIDES THAT IS A TREND.
TRAILS WAS THE HIGHEST RATED, UM, ACTIVITY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, FOLLOWED BY SOME TYPE OF SWIMMING SPLASH PAD AND EXERCISE STATION.
AND THEN THE PASSIVE RECREATION, ONCE AGAIN, TRAILS, UM, WAS THE TOP ONE, BUT NATURE TRAILS, SO ANY OF THE EARTH AND PATHS GOING THROUGH FORESTED AREAS ALONG THE CREEKS.
UM, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WAS THE TOP, UM, RATED PASSIVE RECOGNITION ACTIVITY FOLLOWED BY INCLUDING, UM, NATURE SURE AND OPEN SPACES AND A DOG PARK.
SO WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR INVENTORY OF YOUR FACILITIES, WE NOTICED THAT MOST OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE OF THE SAME CHARACTER AND STYLE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHAT TYPE OF PLAY FEATURES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THAT MIGHT DIVERSIFY THAT PLAY EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THESE WERE THE DIFFERENT STYLES, PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE, UM, USED WITHIN, UH, PLAYGROUNDS TODAY.
AND THIS IS HOW THEY RANKED OUT, UM, ONCE YOU RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THIS WILL HELP, UM, GUIDE US SINCE 48% PLAYGROUNDS, SOME OF YOUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE AGING AND ARE, UM, COMING TO THE POINT OF THEIR LIFECYCLE AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT.
AND THAT RESPONSE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US, UM, DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF PLAYSCAPE CAN GO, UH, IN THE FUTURE IN THOSE SPACES.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, UM, WE ASKED TWO QUESTIONS.
THE ONES IN GREEN, UM, RESPONSES ARE BOTH, UM, IN REGARDS TO TRAIL SYSTEMS. SO THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THE FIRST ONE, UM, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, VOTED AS MOST NEEDED.
UM, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY FOLLOWED BY AQUATICS, SPORTS FIELDS, AND THEN NEEDING SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THE QUESTION ON THE RIGHT WAS INTENDED TO HELP GUIDE OUR PRIORITIZATION.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN, TRAILS IS THE TOP RATED ONE, UM, FOLLOWED BY RENOVATING, UH, PARK SPACES.
WE HAD A QUESTION AT THE END THAT WAS OPEN-ENDED, AND SO THAT REALLY HELPED FILL THE GAP.
SO WHAT THAT MEANT BY RENOVATE THE PARK SPACES.
UM, SO, UH, THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED LIKE THE HUDDLE LAKE PARK PLAYGROUND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THERE WERE SOME, UM, REQUESTS FOR IMPROVING, UM, TRAIL SURFACING IN SOME LOCATIONS, REPLACING SOME DEBT, ADDING BETTER ACCESS TO, UM, THE POND AT, UM, H LAKE PARK.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WERE LISTED ON THERE AND WE ARE, UM, CONSIDERING THOSE ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE RENOVATION, UM, CATEGORY.
SO IF WE KEEP GOING, UM, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED AS PART OF THIS, UH, PROJECT TO DO A FEW SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLANS THAT WILL GO DOWN TO THE DETAIL LEVEL, UM, OF LOCATING PARKING, PLACE STRUCTURES, THINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE PLAN.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF THOSE SITES IS THE, UM, ADAM ORAIN PARK.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, ARE THE AMENITIES THAT WE ASKED, UM, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS SPACE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, TOP TWO ARE RELATED TO ACCESS AND TRAILS.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE WALK TRAILS AND THEN AN ACCESS PATH DOWN TO THE CREEK.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, PLAYGROUND OF COURSE WAS HIGHLY RANKED.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE START TO SEE THE CORRELATION IN THE, UH, RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY.
AND THERE WERE A FEW SUGGESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM IN THE,
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UM, SMALLER TEXT, UM, FOR SOME AMENITIES THAT WE DID NOT LIST ON THIS, UH, PROGRAM.AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WILL BE UP FOR SOME CONSIDERATION.
BUT IN GENERAL, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE SPACE TO ADD NEW AMENITIES AND FACILITIES TO THE PARK.
THE OTHER PARK THAT, UH, WE PLACED IN THE SURVEY IS THE LIBERTY STREET AND E STREET PARK.
UM, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE MOST SUITABLE AND, UH, WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AT THIS SPACE.
THIS IS ONE OF YOUR ONLY, OR IT IS YOUR ONLY PARK SPACE THAT IS ENTIRELY OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS MOST SUITED FOR, UM, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
SO WHETHER THAT BE PARK HEADQUARTERS, AQUATIC FACILITY, COMMUNITY CENTER, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A BUILDING INSIDE THE PARKS, THIS IS A SITE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT.
UM, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE ON THIS IS THAT THE, UH, PARK ITSELF, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S SMALL.
SO SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU'VE RECEIVED IS MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE PLACE HERE DOESN'T DUPLICATE WHAT'S AT SPRITZ PARK.
SO WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THINK OF THESE TWO AS COMPLIMENTARY ON THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT ARE PLACED AT 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
UM, IN GENERAL, THE OVERALL RESPONSE WAS TO, UH, TURN THE PARK INTO A PASSIVE PARK, UM, FOLLOWED BY SOME OF THESE OTHER, UH, MORE PASSIVE AMENITIES.
AND THEN, UM, POTENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS SHOWN AT 34%, UM, HERE AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PARK PORTION OF THE SURVEY.
WE ALSO ASKED, UM, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE TRAILS AS WELL.
UM, SO NO SURPRISE, 91% OF, UH, RESPONDENTS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO THE PARK.
UM, AND MANY OF THEM ALREADY USE THE TRAILS TO RESPOND TO THIS SURVEY.
SO WE KNOW WE HAVE A CONSTITUENT BASE WHO, UM, ENJOY TRAILS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS.
UM, INTERESTINGLY, YOUR, UH, RESPONDENTS ALSO ARE LOOKING, UH, TO GO LONGER DISTANCES, SO TWO TO FOUR MILES AND FIVE TO 10.
SO THAT'S THE BULK OF THE RESPONDENTS.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN LOOPS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WALK LONGER DISTANCES.
UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE ASKED, UM, OR WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT FEATURES WOULD, UM, HELP MAKE THE TRAIL EXPERIENCE MORE ENJOYABLE.
SO YOU SEE HERE, UM, A LIST OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, THAT WE INCLUDED THERE.
UH, THE TOP TWO ARE IN REGARDS TO SHADE.
UM, WE SOLVED THIS COMMENT ONE ON THE TRAILS AND THEN ALSO ON THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS, UM, MANY WRITTEN IN RESPONSES THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SHADE IN THE PARK, UM, THAT THERE IS, UM, CONCERN THAT THE SPACES ARE TOO HOT.
UM, SO PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALSO STARTING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL, UM, NATURAL FEATURES AND HOW WE CAN ENHANCE VEGETATION AND ALSO POTENTIALLY, UM, PROVIDE, UH, FIXED SHADE STRUCTURES LIKE PAVILIONS, UM, OR REST STOPS THAT MAY OFFER SHADE FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAIL USERS.
AND THEN THE, THE ROMANIAN AMENITIES THAT YOU, YOU SEE HERE, THE NEXT HIGHEST ONE IS PARKING.
SO THAT GOES TIES BACK TO THE IDEA OF HAVING GOOD ACCESS TO THE TRAILS, UM, AND BENCHES AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS, UM, NEED TO BE NEARBY.
UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, UM, IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPE OF FUNDING METHODS, UM, THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE OPEN TO SEEING.
UM, MOST OF THEM RESPONDED, UM, FOR THE USE OF USING THE EXISTING BOND FUNDING.
AND THEN THE VOTES FOR INCREASING DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND OR ESTABLISHING SOME TYPE OF SPONSORSHIP WERE, UM, VERY CLOSE AS WELL.
UM, WHAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE IS A RAISE, RAISING UP ANY USER FEES.
AND WHEN WE SAY THAT THAT MEANS RENTAL FEES WERE PAVILIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT, SO THAT'S, UM, COVERS ALL OF THE BASELINE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHERED, BOTH KIND OF THE INVENTORY AND THAT PROCESS AND THE METRICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, SURVEY INFORMATION.
SO ONCE WE HAD ALL OF THAT, WE, YOU KNOW, STEPPED BACK, LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PARK SPACES AND CAME UP WITH SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO, UM, PART OF WHAT, UM, OUR GOAL IS TODAY IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GET A LITTLE FEEDBACK ON WHERE WE STAND ON THOSE.
SO THIS IS, UM, RIGHT NOW OUR FIRST DRAFT.
SO OVERARCHING THEMES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS BACK TO THE IDEA OF RENOVATING THE EXISTING PARKS, ENHANCING THE TYPE OF FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE, REPLACING THE ONES THAT ARE AGING.
UM, AND JUST IN GENERAL DIVERSIFYING THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE PARK SYSTEM TODAY.
UM, THAT ALSO GOES FOR DIVERSIFYING THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIENCES.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED, UH, PEOPLE IS WHAT PARK DID THEY GO TO MOST OFFICE OFTEN AND IF THEY WENT TO ANOTHER PARK, WHICH ONE WAS IT THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF, UM, THE CITY OF PODO? UM, THE PARK SET WERE HIGHEST RANKED, WERE, UM, OLD SETTLERS PARK AND THEN ROUND ROCK.
SO THAT KIND OF SETS A BASELINE FOR WHAT WE KNOW PEOPLE
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ARE LEAVING THE TOWN FOR, UH, TO GO TO AND SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ADD TO THE SYSTEM TO ENHANCE, UM, THE PARK SYSTEM AND KEEP PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY.SO, UM, A BIG FOCUS WILL BE KIND OF DIVERSIFYING THAT PLAY EXPERIENCE.
UM, ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY JUST FOR MORE COMMUNITY RECREATION, UM, PASSIVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESTORING THE NATURAL HABITAT TO NATURES FUTURE TRAILS.
UM, AND THEN TRYING TO CREATE A PROGRAM, UM, FOR ALL OF THE UNDEVELOPED PARK SPACE.
'CAUSE YOU DO HAVE A NUMBER, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED INTO THIS OVERALL MASTER PLAN AND, UM, HAVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO HERE ARE, UM, ALL OF THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO WE'VE, THE FIRST GROUP ARE ALL OF THE DEVELOPED PARKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THEM IN THREE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE ARE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING, UM, FACILITIES.
UM, THE NEW FACILITIES ARE IN THE SECOND COLUMN.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THAT NATURAL ENHANCEMENTS.
AND SO THE NATURAL ENHANCEMENTS ARE ELEMENTS THAT, UH, HELP INCREASE THE TREE COVER.
UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF WRITTEN IN COMMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SEE JUST MORE NATURAL AREAS, MORE HABITAT ECOLOGY INTEGRATED INTO THE PARK SYSTEM.
SO PART OF WHAT WE DID WAS LOOK AT THE PARKS AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES OF THOSE WOULD BE SUITABLE TO HAVE THOSE, UM, TYPE OF ENHANCEMENTS ADDED IN.
SO WE'LL SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME LOOKING AT THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS, BUT, UM, THAT IS WHAT THE INTENT OF THE THIRD IS.
SO MAKER FIELDS, THE IDEA IS TO ADD A RESTROOM SINCE THERE IS A TEMPORARY FACILITY THERE NOW.
UM, BUT THERE IS A PERMANENT ONE.
BUT, UM, JUST TO EXPAND 'EM SO THAT, UH, THERE'S ADEQUATE, UM, FACILITIES NEAR THAT.
UM, NEAR THE FIELDS, THE RECOMMENDATION ON FRITZ PARK, ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, UM, IN LINE WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE FOR FRITZ PARK.
NONE OF, THERE ARE NO NEW ELEMENTS SUGGESTED FOR THAT SPACE SINCE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANNED OUT.
UM, CREEKSIDE PARK, UH, WE THINK WITH THE, UM, CONNECTION FROM THE PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK THAT IS HAPPENING, THAT'S ONE OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS.
ONCE THOSE TWO ARE CONNECTED, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THAT SPACE INSTEAD OF AS TWO PARKS, AS ONE PARK.
SO WE'VE LISTED 'EM, UM, BOTH ON HERE SEPARATELY, BUT THE IDEA IS YOU START TO CREATE A MORE CONNECTED SPACE.
UM, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THIS PARK IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN, WE ARE FOCUSING ON, UM, AMENITIES THAT, UH, ARE FLOATABLE, UM, REALLY, UH, ALLOW FOR, UM, SOME NATURAL FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS IS HERE, NATURE TRAILS.
AND SO THE NEW FACILITIES INCLUDE, UM, A FITNESS STATION WHICH ARE TYPICALLY, UM, ONES THAT WE WOULD LOCATE ALONG, UM, TRAILHEAD, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDING IN A DISC GOLF, UM, SPACE PICNIC PAVILION.
AND THE ONLY ACTIVE RECREATION WE'RE CURRENTLY SHOWING IS BASKETBALL AND THEN RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES.
UM, SO THE PLAYGROUND IS AGING, IMPROVING THE PARKING LOT AND JUST SOME OTHER MINOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO START LOOKING AT THAT AS A MORE OF A COHESIVE, UM, PARK SPACE BETWEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'LL BE DOING THAT SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN FOR RENOVATION WISE.
UM, THERE WAS ONE OF THE PICNIC, UH, PAVILIONS THAT IS AGING, SO, UH, IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR.
AND THEN AS FAR AS NEW FACILITIES GO, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE HUBS ON THE FUTURE BRUSHY CREEK TRAIL CORRIDOR.
WE SEE THIS AS A PRIMARY TRAIL HEAD.
THERE IS ALREADY A MAJOR PARKING LOT THERE.
SO ADDING A SPACE, UM, FOR RESTING, UM, FITNESS STATION THAT STARTS TO SUPPORT THAT TRAIL USE WE THINK IS IMPORTANT AT THIS SITE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE ELEMENTS, ALSO ADDING IN, UM, A PLAYGROUND IN THE SPACE, UM, POTENTIALLY A SPLASH PAD.
UM, ADDITIONAL PICNIC PAVILION, IT'S SO LARGE, IT'S UH, IT'S VERY PASTORAL IN NATURE, SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PICNIC AREAS IN THAT SPACE.
AND THEN ALSO ADDING IN, UM, ACCESS DOWN TO THE CREEK.
IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A VERY NARROW SET OF STAIRS THAT REACH YOU DOWN.
BUT TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE THAT ACCESS, UM, TO THE WATER, THE HU LAKE PARK.
UM, PRIMARILY RENOVATIONS AT THIS SITE, UM, INCLUDING REPLACING THE DECKING THAT'S WARP REPLACING, UH, THE PLAYGROUND AS WE KNOW.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, UH, MENTIONED BY THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS.
UM, THERE'S SOME MINOR REFINISHING ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AND A FEW MINOR RENOVATIONS REQUIRED ON THE RESTROOM.
UM, GLENWOOD SPOUT SPLASH PAD, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S LOCATED KIND OF TUCKED AT THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT THE, UH, PARK SYSTEM OVERALL, IT WOULD LAND ON WHAT, UH, WOULD BE PART OF WHAT WE SEE AS A FUTURE OF THE GRAIL CORRIDOR.
SO IN LIEU OF IT CONTINUING AS A SPLASH PAD, WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN, UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND TURNING THAT SPACE INTO A TRAIL HEAD WITH A PAVILION AND A FITNESS STATION AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, AND CONVERTING ITS USE, THE HO COMMUNITY PARK, UM, HAS RECEIVED MANY, UM, IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE LAST MASTER PLAN.
THE ONE THING THAT IS STILL OUTSTANDING IS REPAIRING
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THE PAVILION AND REPLACING IT.UM, SO WE, UM, HAVE LISTED THAT ON HERE TO REPLACE THE PAVILION, UH, THE RIVERWALK SOCCER FIELDS.
UH, ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE EXCEPT FOR TWO, UM, WERE THE ONES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, ATHLETIC FIELD STUDY.
UM, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ADDED IS THE CONNECTION TO THE BRUSHING CREEK TRAIL CORRIDOR.
AND WE ALSO THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR A FITNESS STATION AS WELL.
AND IT COULD SERVE AS THE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, WITH THE SOCCER.
SO, UM, ALL OF THAT SEEMS TO GO WELL TOGETHER.
THE CROSS CREEK PARKLAND, AS I SAID, THIS IS THE ONE, UM, THAT WORKS WELL WITH CREEKSIDE PARK THINKING OF THAT AS AN INTEGRATED SPACE.
AND SO YOU SEE HERE, ONCE AGAIN, THE DISC GOLF CARRY OVER TO THIS SIDE.
UM, CONTINUATION OF THOSE NATURE TRAILS, UM, SHADE STRUCTURE AND TRAILHEAD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK.
UM, THE CARROLL CREEK PARKLAND IS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SEE THE GREENWAY BUILDING OUT, UM, WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, IT ALREADY HAS THAT LINEAR NATURE, BUT WHAT IT IS MISSING ARE ALL THE SUPPORT FACILITIES.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A BETTER CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY, POTENTIALLY HAVING A FITNESS STATION, SHADE STRUCTURE, BENCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT INTEGRATED INTO THAT SPACE.
SO ON THIS SLIDE WE START TO SHIFT, UM, TO THE PARKS THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED AND THEN PARKS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IN ORDER TO HELP YOU GET TO THAT 470 ACRES, UM, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, TO MEET THAT, UM, AVERAGE SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE UNDEVELOPED PARKS, UM, THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE ARE, UM, PARKING PAVILION, WALKING LOOP, UM, SEATINGS.
ALL OF THESE ARE THOSE PASSIVE AMENITIES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN NEED OF A NEW PARK HEADQUARTER LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT AT THIS LOCATION, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SIDES THAT YOU CAN PLACE A BUILDING ON SAFELY.
UM, THE EMORY PARKLAND, UM, THIS SITE IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH, UM, OF 79.
ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE HAD IN THE SURVEY WERE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS TO HAVE MORE PARKS NORTH OF 79.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE WELL SUITED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THAT.
AND SO WE ARE THINKING OF THIS SITE AS ONE OF THOSE PHASES TO START TO FILL OUT, UM, THOSE BASELINE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND METRICS FROM NRPA.
AND SO YOU SEE ON HERE, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS HIGH WERE TENNIS COURTS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
SO WE'VE LOCATED THESE AT THIS LOCATION.
THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS ARE MOVING FROM FRITZ PARK, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THEM HERE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST GENERAL OTHER, UM, PARK AMENITIES INCLUDING PARKING TRAILHEAD, UM, UM, AND PAVILIONS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED JUST WITHIN THE PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN THE MUSTANG CREEK PARKLAND IS INTERESTING.
UM, IT IS, UH, STEEPLY SIDED AND, AND WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF IT, IT'LL HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS ON HOW IT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
SO WE TRY TO IDENTIFY FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SPACE.
UM, AND THOSE INCLUDE, UM, TRAIL AND PLAYGROUND AND PAVILION, UM, AND SOME SITE FURNISHINGS JUST BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS TO THE SITE.
YOU CAN'T, UM, RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL EASEMENT, THERE'S NO PLACE TO ACCESS THE SITE WITH THE VEHICLE.
SO WE SEE THIS AS A SPACE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, WALK TO FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON TRYING TO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS, SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S PRIMARILY, UM, ACCESS BY FOOT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, UM, THE NEW SPORTS COMPLEX IS ANOTHER OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE ATHLETIC FIELD STUDIES.
I WON'T GO OVER THOSE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE OTHER PART FACILITIES, UM, SHOWN ON HERE.
SO, UM, THESE ARE THE ROUGHLY THE AVERAGE ACREAGE THAT, UM, WE THINK YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON ACQUIRING IN THE COMING YEARS.
AND IF YOU ADD ALL OF THESE UP, IT'LL START TO SHIFT YOU TOWARDS THAT 407 ACRES THAT YOU NEED.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THOSE, IF THE GREENWAY CORRIDORS ARE BUILT OUT IN THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE, ARE, UM, WERE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED COMBINING THESE PARKS AND THOSE GREENWAY CORRIDORS WOULD GET YOU TO THAT ACREAGE THAT, UM, WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BE AN AVERAGE SERVICE PROVIDER.
SO THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
'CAUSE IF YOU ADDED ALL THOSE UP, IT'S NOT 407.
UM, SO ON THESE FACILITIES, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE, UM, ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, RESTROOM PARKING, UM, OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
I MEAN, COMMUNITY SURVEY IS THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER POOL SPLASH PAD SHOWN HERE.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT, UH, I KNOW IS IN TALK IS POTENTIALLY ADDING A SKATE PARK.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG AMENITIES AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT ELEMENTS INCLUDED WITH THOSE AS WELL.
UM, SO HERE ARE THE TRAILS RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO IN GENERAL, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WE LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS COHESIVE, PROVIDING LOOPS ACCESS TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY, ACCESS TO SCHOOL AND ACCESS TO PARKS.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE DEVELOP THE TRAIL MAPS, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS.
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WE ALSO STUDIED, UH, YOUR MOBILITY PLAN AND THE REGIONAL, UM, TRAIL PLAN AND TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION, OVERLAYED IT AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WHERE THERE'S NEED, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL CORRIDORS TO BE PLACED.AND SO THE TRAIL SYSTEM HERE, UM, IS SHOWN IN A SERIES OF DIFFERENT COLORS.
THE YELLOW IS THE EXISTING NETWORK.
UM, THE TEAL COLOR IS THE OFF STREET, UM, PROPOSED TRAIL.
AND THOSE WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD, UM, CONSIDER THE GREENWAY CORRIDOR, SO THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PARK SPACE AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, SHOWN AREAS WHERE WE THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME NEW ON STREET, UM, TRAILS, UM, AND AREAS THAT CURRENTLY AREN'T CAPTURED IN THE MOBILITY PLAN.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE MOBILITY, UM, TRAILS SHOWN IN THE RED AND THE ORANGE.
THE ORANGE ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, IN THE PLAN THEY HAVE A FULL ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION, SO THEY'RE ALREADY CAPTURED.
THE COST OF THE TRAIL IS ALREADY IN THAT OTHER PLAN.
SO YOU START TO SEE THE COHESIVE PLAN TOGETHER AND THE RED ONES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LONG TERM OUT.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW THOSE ON HERE SO YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW THE NETWORK, UM, BEGINS TO COME TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS, UM, THE TRAIL NETWORK, UM, PRETTY WELL NORTH OF 79.
UM, SOME THINGS TO NOTE, UH, WE HAVE A TRAIL, UM, SUGGESTED IN ONE OF THE POWER LINE EASEMENTS TO KIND OF PROVIDE A BETTER EASTWEST CORRIDOR.
SO YOU START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A GRID FORMING HERE.
SOME OF THE TRAILS ARE ABLE TO BE GREENWAYS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, UM, EASY, UH, A LITTLE EASIER TO ACQUIRE OR YOU ALREADY OWN THE PARKLAND.
WE UNDER UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME ACQUISITION CHALLENGES.
SO LIKE THERE'S A GAP, UM, IN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE WHERE, UM, THE TRAIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ALONG THE CREEK.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND JUST TRIED TO FIND, UM, ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO STILL CONNECT THOSE SPACES INTO THE OVERALL NETWORK.
AND THEN HERE ON THE, UM, SOUTH OF 79, UM, PAGE, UM, THE PRIMARY TRAILS ARE REALLY EXPANDING THOSE GREENWAY NETWORKS ALONG BRUSHY CREEK AND THEN ALSO, UM, ALONG COTTONWOOD CREEK.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE BEGIN TO CONNECT AND THOSE BECOME, UM, THE PRIMARY SPINES TYING YOU, UM, ACROSS, UH, TOLL ROAD INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, CONNECTING ALL OF THE GREAT PARKS THAT ARE ALONG BRUSHY CREEK.
AND THEN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, UM, POTENTIALLY AT ONE DAY BEING ABLE TO COME ALL THE WAY FROM DOWNTOWN TO ADAM MORGAN PARK VIA A TRAIL, UM, AND PRIMARILY OFF STREET, UM, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GOALS OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM, REALLY BUILDING UPON, UM, THE EXISTING PLANS THAT ARE THERE AND UM, AND FILLING WHERE WE THINK WE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE NETWORK.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW, UM, WHERE WE WERE, WE MET WITH THE PARKS BOARD THIS PAST, UM, APRIL.
UM, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE MORE OUTREACH AT THE SCHOOLS IN MAY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO THE SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLANS.
AND THEN THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE MASTER PLAN ALL COMPILED AND ASSEMBLED BY OCTOBER.
AND I'LL STOP TALKING NOW AND OPEN IT UP FOR OUR QUESTIONS.
SO, SO ONE THAT I HAVE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DECOMMISSIONING THE, UM, LINWOOD SPLASH PAD.
MM-HMM
ONCE THAT GETS COMMISSIONED, YOU HAVE THE YMCA, UH, FRITZ'S GONNA HAVE A SPLASH PAD.
YOU TALKED ABOUT PUTTING AN EMORY FARM SPLASH PAD AND THEN DECOMMISSIONING THE ONE THAT'S SOUTH OF 79, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF GROWTH IS GONNA BE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING THESE OTHER LOWERING PARKS, I DIDN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING A SPLASH PAD ANYWHERE SOUTH EXCEPT FOR THE ADAM ORAIN PARK, BUT ADAM MORGAN.
UM, SO I WAS, SO I'M TRYING TO THINK IS WHEN WE DECOMMISSION ONE, MAYBE IT'S AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'VE GOT, NOW HALF THE CITY HAS NOTHING.
SO, UM, THE, WE, I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT DECOMMISSIONING THE GLENWOOD FLASH PAD UNTIL THE TRAIL CORRIDOR IS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT IN TURNING IT INTO A FITNESS STATION IF YOU HAVE NO ONE COMING ON A TRAIL CORRIDOR.
SO YES, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE THAT ACTIVE UNTIL SUCH A TIME CAME ABOUT THAT YOU COULD CHANGE IT.
UM, THE PARK IS QUITE NARROW IF IT'S, UM, AND SMALL, BUT THERE WOULD STILL POTENTIALLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IT IF YOU GUYS FELT THAT IT ADDED QUITE VALUE, A LOT OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST IN THE REALM OF SPLASH PAD FEATURES TODAY.
IT IS NOT ON PAR WITH THE CURRENT TYPE OF, UM, SLASH FACILITIES THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND WHEN WOULD YOU GUYS USE IT? MM-HMM,
DOES ANYONE USE IT? YEAH, IT'S USED, IT'S USUALLY WE DID A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THE RESIDENTS USUALLY USE IT LIKE IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIKE POCKET PARK, BUT IT'S CITY OF PATO, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO LOT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT PRETTY WELL, LIKE BY YOUR NEIGHBORS.
NOT MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVEN KNOW IT'S THERE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOW IT'S THERE.
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OR SOMETHING, UM, TO FIND THE SPLASH PAD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD ABOUT ADVERTISING WHERE WE HAVE WORKS.YEAH, I BET SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE HAVE A HU LAKE PARK AND KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE LAKE, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN THE ISD DOES THEIR LIKE SUMMER BUS TOUR, I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT UM, THAT WILL BRING RESIDENTS TO, 'CAUSE THEY GO TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT'LL, THEY, THEY LIKE SHOW UP IN THE GLENWOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA WHERE THE SPLASH PAD IS.
AND SO THEN PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS GREAT.
SO, BUT LET'S BE HONEST, IF YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO GET THERE, YOU'RE GONNA PICK A BETTER SPLASH PAD TO GO TO.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT, I MEAN IT'S IT'S JUST NOT VERY GOOD FOR WHAT IT'S, IT, IT IS WHAT IT'S MM-HMM.
SO, SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS STUFF, ARE YOU TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT HOA AMENITIES ARE ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL? BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE PUTTING A PARK, YOU HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LIKE HAVE TWO POOLS IN THEM.
YOU HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NO POOLS AND OR YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE A WATER DESERT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE RIVER WALKS GOT TWO POOLS AND LINWOOD HAS POOL AND UM, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A POOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF EMORY FARMS DOES.
SO GREEN FARM DOESN'T LIKE, UH, THE LEGEND PUDO DOESN'T, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NOW JUST OFF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO I, I'M JUST WONDERING IF Y'ALL LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE INVENTORY THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES BECAUSE WHAT WE FIND, UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE THE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, IT WAS ONE THAT NEEDED, I CAN'T REMEMBER LIKE 13, 14 NEW PLAYGROUNDS WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO STAY ON PAR.
BUT THE REALITY IS MOST HOAS OUT A PLAYGROUND.
SO WHEN WE DO OUR INVENTORY, WE COUNT THE QUANTITIES, BUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY GO AND INVESTIGATE ALL OF THE HOA PARKS, LIKE ON FOOT LOOKING IN 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE OF A PRIVATE FACILITY, UM, WE DO THE, THE COUNT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, UM, CONSIDER LIKE THE ADDED VALUE, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO, UM, WE, THAT HELPS FRAME WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO ADD PLAYGROUNDS OR TENNIS COURTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT UM, AS FAR AS THE EXACT POOL LOCATIONS THAT WE DIDN'T LOOK INTO, WE JUST KNOW THE, THE QUANTITY THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU GET ONE MORE SLIDE FORWARD.
WHAT WAS EMORY? THERE WAS THE ONE THAT EM, OKAY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, ON THAT ONE, THAT'S A, I REMEMBER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THERE'S A MASSIVE, UH, PARK STRUCTURE THAT THEY BUILT.
I MEAN, IT'S BETTER THAN IT'S NICE IN ANY PARK THAT WE HAVE OR ANY KIND OF PLAYGROUND AND THEY HAVE A PICNIC SHELTER AND EVERYTHING.
SO I THINK TO CUSTOMER CLARK'S POINT, I MEAN THERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A PLAYGROUND, BUT IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN A PLAYGROUND, MY GUESS IS THAT EMORY PARKLAND IS GONNA CATER TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THAT AREA.
BUT IF THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EQUAL OR BETTER MASSIVE PARK, TO ME THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU PUT A PLAYGROUND.
MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT, UH, SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO, WE DO LOOK AT ALL THE AMENITIES THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AND DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OURSELVES IN A WAY.
SO, UM, I KNOW NOT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE THE SAME, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND THEN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WENT TO THE GLENWOOD ONE, THERE WERE PLENTY OF SIGNS THAT TOLD YOU YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO USE THE SPACE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE THE OTHER COMPONENT IS LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE THERE, IT MAY NOT BE WELCOMING TO THE CITIZENS OF HUTTO.
RIGHT? YOU SEE, YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE SAYING NOW? NO, I, I SEE I, IF YOU BUILD A, IF YOU BUILD A COMMUNITY PARK AND IT IN 2000 HOME NEIGHBORHOOD, 'CAUSE IT IS, I FORGET THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S, IT'S 14, 1500 HOMES.
NO ONE FROM SOUTH OF 79 IS DRIVING UP THERE TO GO TO IT.
SO IT'S GOTTA BE CATERED, I WOULD THINK TO THE PEOPLE NORTH.
BUT IF THE PEOPLE NORTH ALREADY HAVE A 10 ACRE PARK THAT'S GOT EVERYTHING WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE LITERALLY BUILDING A PARK NEXT TO A PARK THAT'S ALREADY CATERED EVERYBODY.
BUT THEN IN ANOTHER AREA WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT TO WHERE AGAIN, YEAH, IT'S PRIVATE, IT'S ONLY FOR THE HOA MAYBE YOU GOTTA HAVE A LOCKING KEY TO GET INTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND THERE, BUT WE'RE CONNECTING EVERYTHING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO SPEND MILLIONS BUILDING A PARK NEXT TO A PARK CATERED TO THE SAME PEOPLE, BUT WELL, I THINK IT'S LIKE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THOSE AMENITIES ARE USUALLY PITS, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE THE NICE, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, AND WE'RE CONNECTING THESE TRAILS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE LIKE, OH, YOU WALKED HERE, YOU CAN'T GET ON THIS PLAYGROUND.
BUT IF IT'S, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOB THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC PARK, RIGHT? I MEAN I THINK THAT'S USUALLY, UM, THE BATTLE WITH THESE FACILITIES IS, UM, SIGNING THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE CITY SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO THOSE PRIVATE HOA PUMPS.
AND SO, UM, WE INVENTORY 'EM, WE CONSIDER THEM, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, IF YOU TOTAL THEM ALL UP, THEY DO NOT EQUAL.
UM, WHAT, UM, WOULD TAKE YOU TO THAT BASELINE METRIC BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED, BUT EVEN SO
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WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED ON HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT GETS YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT IT DOESN'T, UM, TAKE YOU ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY HAVE.SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN GO BACK AND I CAN ADD IN, WE LOOKED AT THE METRICS, UM, TOTALED WITH YOUR EXISTING FACILITIES, WITH THE NEW ONES.
I CAN PUT IN THE HOA NUMBERS IN THERE AND SEE HOW FAR WE OFF IF IT ACTUALLY PUTS YOU AT THE BASELINE, THE NRPA BASELINE OR IF IT TAKES YOU ABOVE.
UM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DISTINGUISH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT ARE ACCESS ACCESSIBLE TO, TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE LIMITED.
SEE, I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU SAY ACCESSIBILITY TO EVERYBODY, BUT MOST OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WE'RE PUTTING IN ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE LIKE ONE PLANNED ALL ACCESSIBILITIES PLAYGROUND.
AND SO IF YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY, THEN YOU GOTTA MAKE IT FOR EVERYBODY INSTEAD OF, HEY, IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY, YOU HAVE TO GO SOUTH OF TOWN, YOU GOTTA GO TO PL PARK.
SO WE KIND OF DO THAT ANYWAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE TELL PEOPLE BASED ON WHAT YOU WANT.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WHAT IS A, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THE MODE OF FITNESS HERE.
WHAT IS A FITNESS STATION? WHAT IS THAT? UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PHOTO IN THERE.
UM, SO A FITNESS STATION IS, UM, THEY COME IN DIFFERENT STYLES.
SO IF YOU WANNA THINK OF A CLASSIC, UM, JUST BARS FOR PULL-UPS, UM, BENCHES FOR SIT-UPS, THAT KIND OF THING THAT ARE INTEGRATED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CLASSIC.
AND THEN THEY GO AS FAR AS HAVING ONES THAT HAVE HYDRAULICS, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUTDOOR BIKES AND STAIR STEPPERS.
SO LIKE THERE'S A FULL GAMUT OF THE RANGE OF WHAT THOSE STATIONS ARE.
AND IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON, UM, MAINTENANCE ABILITY AND DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW LIKE WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY THEY WANT TO DO OUTSIDE.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO CAMP MABRY? IF YOU GO NEAR THE MUSEUM, THE TEXAS MILITARY MUSEUM, THEY'VE GOT A, THEY HAVE A, A, UH, OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION THERE, FITNESS STATION AND WITH THE WALKING TRAIL PASS LIKE THE TANKS AND STUFF.
I NEVER HEARD OF FITNESS STATION OLD SCHOOL.
CAN YOU BRING UP THE CARMEL CREEK ONE OR YEAH.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING MORE FOR THE CITY SIDE.
SO WE'RE DOING GOOD NOW WHERE WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE PUT IN, PUT IN TRAILS MM-HMM.
BUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO CARMEL CREEK, LET'S MAKE THE DEVELOPERS PUT THOSE IN TO START WITH.
PUT MAKE THEM PUT IN THE, YEAH, ON THE, THE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.
THE TRAIL HEAD WITH SHADE STRUCTURE, THE BENCHES, THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT A FACILITY THAT PEOPLE CAN USE.
THOSE ARE NOT, EXCUSE ME, A HUGE AD.
SO LET'S GET THE DEVELOPERS PUTTING THOSE IN FROM THE BEGINNING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND TAKE A TRAIL AND THEN MAKE IT MORE USABLE FOR PEOPLE.
JUST HAVE IT IN, I WOULD LIKE IF WE, I I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COMES BACK IN FRONT US, BUT I'M TOLD THERE'S A 30 PLUS ACRE PARK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS SHORTLY THAT'S OUT, UM, ON THE EDGE OF STAR RANCH BY BRUSHING CREEK.
SO I DON'T KNOW, THEY, THEY THINK THEY'RE DONATING US AND THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SOMEHOW INCORPORATED BECAUSE AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 10 OR 15 OR 20 YEARS, UM, WE OUGHT TO, OUGHT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO EVERYTHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GET SURPRISED WITH, OH YEAH, THERE'S A 35 ACRE PARK.
WHY DIDN'T, WHY DID WE GO BY 5 MILLION IN PARKLAND FOR 30 ACRES RIGHT NEXT TO A 30 ACRES.
UM, I MENTIONED ALL ACCESSIBILITIES OVERALL THE NEW FACILITIES PROPOSED DON'T SEEM TO MATCH YOUR SURVEY IN, IN MY OPINION BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TRAILS BEING ADDED.
AND THE SURVEY MENTIONED A POOL AND THAT'S AT THE VERY END ON SOME FUTURE PARKLAND WE ACQUIRE LATER ON.
UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THINGS.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING IN THE SURVEY DON'T REALLY SHOW UP IN, IN MY MIND TO THE NEW FACILITIES.
THE NEW FACILITIES SEEM TO BE KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THE ROUTE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GOING.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE A SURVEY, WE DO THIS A LOT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A SURVEY AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INPUT AND THEN WE GO DO WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY.
THE SURVEY SAID TRAILS IS THE TOP TWO AND THEN PLAYGROUND, SHE'S TALKED ABOUT THE INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ALL OF THESE DEVELOPED PARKS BY TRAILS THAT WE HAVE.
CLARK, I'M JUST TELLING YOU IN MY MIND, OKAY, JUST MY OPINION.
I GO THROUGH AND I LOOK AT NEW FACILITIES AND I SEE A LOT OF STUFF THAT I SEE A LOT STUFF THAT DOESN'T HIT THE TOP.
I MEAN WE GOT THE SURVEY, WE GET THIS SURVEY AND WE TURN AROUND, WE SPEND 10 MILLION ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE SURVEY.
AND SO I LOOK AT THIS AND I GO TO THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS WE'RE DOING SURVEYS.
IF WE'RE GONNA DO SURVEYS, WE NEED TO BE PUSHING LIKE A HELL OF A LOT OF TRAILS, A HELL OF A LOT OF WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A POOL AT SOME FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED YET IN THE LONG TERM, THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS PEOPLE
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WANT AS A POOL.INSTEAD WE'RE SPENDING ALL OF OUR MONEY ON LIKE NONE OF THE SURVEYS SAY THEY WANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.
I TALK TO PEOPLE THAT WANT 'EM, BUT THE SURVEYS AREN'T SHOWING MORE ATHLETIC FIELDS.
BUT WE'RE PUSHING ATHLETIC FIELDS AHEAD OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING.
WE NEED TO STOP WASTING OUR MONEY ON SURVEYS IF WE'RE NOT GONNA COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW DO WE GET A POOL PUT IN HUDA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PER THE SURVEY RESULTS.
JUST MY OPINION, I DON'T MIND BEING THE ONLY PERSON THAT THINKS THAT WAY, BUT NO ONE'S ASKING FOR A SKATE PARK OR PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF SKATE THING AT FRED'S PARK.
WE GOT ANOTHER SKATE THING COMING IN.
I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE THINGS IN THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING FOR.
I DON'T THINK SHE, SHE SET A PRIORITY OF WHEN YOU DO THESE THINGS.
SO THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WITH THE POOL MAY BE THE FIRST THING THAT GETS DONE IS PROPOSED PARK.
SHE JUST WENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPED ONES AND THE UNDEVELOPED ONES AND THEN HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU ALSO NEED TO BUILD.
WHERE'S THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AT? IT HADN'T BEEN ACQUIRED YET, SO DON'T HAVE ROOM.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE PLACE TO PUT UP, I'M JUST SAYING IT DIDN'T SAY OPINION.
I'M USED TO THAT AND THAT'S FINE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEHOW THE POOL BE A TOP THREE THING ABOVE EVERYTHING ABOVE A CONCESSION STAND AT THE SOCCER FIELD.
IT WASN'T THE TOP THREE IN THE SURVEY.
YOU WENT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
IT WAS NOT IN THE TOP THREE AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 80, WASN'T IT 86? NO, 77.
OKAY, SO WHENEVER A DEVELOPER, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AGREEMENTS ABOUT PARKLAND AND THEN JUST LIKE LAND THAT, LIKE THE BAD LAND LIKE THE FLOOD PLAINS AT WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT YOU COULD, WHAT THE CITY CONSIDERS LIKE USABLE PARKLAND AND THEN THE LIKE JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEFTOVER STUFF THAT'S SURE, GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, THIS BODY APPROVED OUR PARKLAND IMPROVEMENT LANGUAGE LIKE LAST YEAR.
AND IT SAID IN THERE THAT UM, THE MIDDLE MAKERS THAT WE CONSIDER AS 15 ACRES AND IT HAS TO HAVE CERTAIN, WE CAN ACCEPT FLOODPLAIN BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE FLOODPLAIN PARK FLOODPLAIN IN OUR PARKLAND, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PARK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THE FLIP TANK EXCEPT THE ONE OVER HERE.
SO, UM, THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE, SPECIFIC OUTLINES WHAT TYPE OF LAND WE CAN ACCEPT IF KNOW, UM, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEN MAKE THE LAND REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY THE FEE.
SO IT'S A MINIMUM OF 15 ACRES, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
WAIT, THE THING I MENTIONED EARLIER.
RIGHT NOW YOUR ONLY PARK PLAN THAT'S ENTIRELY OUT OF, UM, THE FLOODPLAIN IS LIBERTY AND EAST AND THEN THE REST OF 'EM IT'S LIKE SLIVERS ALONG THE BACK OF FENCE.
SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF MAJOR FACILITY.
SO THE CHALLENGE WITH MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE LIBERTY AND EAST IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PARK PROPERTY FOR YOU.
IT COULD FIT A COMMUNITY CENTER, IT COULD FIT A AQUATIC FACILITY, IT COULD FIT A PARK HEADQUARTERS POTENTIALLY THAT GETS WRAPPED IN, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE AQUATICS FACILITY.
BUT DOING BOTH OF THOSE ISN'T SUITABLE REALLY FOR THAT SITE.
SO IF THAT REALLY IS A PRIORITY FOR YOU GUYS, I THINK IT COULD GO THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DECIDING WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE.
THE POOL IS LIKE NUMBER THREE, RIGHT? SO THE POOL, UM, VOTED AS MOST NEEDED.
IT WAS SECOND, UM, FOR SOME TYPE OF AQUATICS FACILITY, BUT THEN FROM A PRIORITY STANDPOINT IT WAS VOTED AS UM, NUMBER THREE AFTER THE TRAILS AND THE UM, CURRENT PARK RENOVATIONS.
AND RENOVATIONS ARE NOT RENOVATED PARK.
IT'S RENOVATE EVERYTHING BECAUSE I MEAN WE'VE GOT SOME
I THINK WE SINCE REPLACED IT, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY OLD OUTDATED FACILITIES.
RIGHT? SO I IMAGINE PEOPLE DO THINK LIKE, YEAH, I'D RATHER, WELL THE THING YOU NEED, THE THING WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION TOO, AND THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ATTENDED THE CITIZEN BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY, THEY RANKED EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WANTED VERSUS WHAT THEY DIDN'T WANT.
AND THEN AFTER THEY DID THAT, THEN YOU ADDED A PRICE TAG TO IT AND THEY SAID, DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING? THEY'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, IF I CAN GET THESE 10 THINGS, IF I MOVE THIS ONE REALLY EXPENSIVE THING DOWN THE LIST, BUT I CAN TRADE THAT IN FOR 10 OTHER THINGS, YEAH I'M GONNA DO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY DID.
AND SO AN AQUATIC CENTER IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU'VE GOT UP THERE AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN, NOT JUST BUILD, BUT MAINTAIN.
AND SO I THINK IF YOU, YOU, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT, IT'S KIND OF HIGH HERE BUT THEN IT'S LOWER HERE BECAUSE I THINK THE CITIZENS REALIZE IF I CAN GET A BUNCH
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OF MORE STUFF THAT MAYBE I WANT LESS THAN AN AQUATICS, BUT I CAN GET THOSE NOW I'M WILLING TO MAKE THAT TRADE.AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO REALLY ASK IT TO THE CITIZENS THAT WAY TOO IS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT AN AQUATIC CENTER WOULD COST, HERE'S WHAT THE TRAILS WOULD COST, HERE'S WHAT ALL THESE WOULD COST, NOW WHAT DO YOU PRIORITIZE THEM? AND I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP INFORM US REALLY WELL BECAUSE WHAT AM I WILLING TO PAY FOR NOW VERSUS WHAT AM I WILLING TO TRADE IF I AM WILLING TO PUT IT OFF? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF WE ENDED UP DOING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REALLY NICE BIG COMMUNITY CENTER MAYBE RUN BY THE YMCA THAT HAS AN AQUATIC CENTER AND WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO, TO PLAN FOR IT.
I'D LIKE TO ONE DAY HAVE A, AN ITEM ON A BALLOT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY YES OR NO, I'M WILLING TO PAY AN EXTRA $200 A YEAR FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE TO HAVE THIS.
AND IF THEY SAY NO, THEN TO ME WE CHECK IT OFF AND GO, WE ASK WE'LL COME BACK IN FIVE YEARS.
BUT THEY SAY YES, BUT, BUT YOU'RE ONLY ASKING 2% OF THE POPULATION.
DO IT NOVEMBER WHEN 9% OF PEOPLE.
BUT, BUT I DON'T CARE WHEN WE PICK IT.
ALRIGHT, 6 46 WE OKAY TO ADJOURN.