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CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026 TO ORDER.I START WITH ROLL CALL COUNCILOR WARNER.
[4.1. Discussion and possible action regarding the contract between Hutto Youth Baseball Softball Association (HYBSA) and the City of Hutto dated October 2, 2025.]
FOUR ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN HU YOUTH BASEBALL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, H-Y-B-S-A, THE CITY OF HU, DATED OCTOBER 2ND, 2025.HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TO GO OVER, JUST KIND OF AS A REMINDER, SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
UM, OKAY, LEMME SAID IT WORKS.
IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I COULD SEE.
UM, BASICALLY OUR, OUR ORDINANCE SECTION 1802 OUTLINES OUR YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION OF AGREEMENTS.
UH, WE MUST HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT IN THAT COORDINATE THAT OUTLINE.
THIS ASSOCIATIONS MUST REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR ELECTRICAL COSTS, UH, PLAYER FEES.
THE COACHES MUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS, UM, COACHES AND PARENTS MUST COMPLETE TRAINING AND MAINTAIN GOODS STATUS WITH THE IRS 5 0 1 I AM.
UH, THE CONTRACT TERMS, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WELL, THERE IT WENT ANYWAY.
THEY DEFINE OUR, DEFINE THE FEES, THE POLICIES, PROCEDURES OUTLINED, COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES, COVER LEAK MANAGEMENT OUTLINE, MAINTENANCE OPERATION STANDARDS.
UH, THEY RUN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND AGREEMENTS ARE RENEWED OR MODIFIED ANNUALLY.
UH, COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 20 25 2 9 4.
AUTHORIZED IN THIS AGREEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE RBSA EXPIRED ON EPTEMBER 31ST PARKS BOARD.
UH, RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL ON AUGUST THE 13TH.
AND THEN H-R-B-S-A HAD A CHANCE TO PROVIDE A COMMENTS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CHANGES.
THE FIELD THEY'RE LOCATED IN, THE, UM, MAJOR AND RE ARE LOCATED IN THE FLOODWAY, UH, FLOOD PLAIN.
I ALWAYS GET THOSE CONFUSED, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GONNA HOLD WATER LONGER, GONNA HAVE SLOWER DRAINAGE, WHICH IS KIND OF GONNA CAUSE SATURATION.
IT'S GONNA RETAIN MOISTURE LONGER, CREATING SOFT AND UNSAFE AREAS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S SOME GROUNDWATER RUNOFF ON WATER, WATER TREE THAT AFFECTS ME.
AND WE'RE GONNA PAUSE AND LET
CHARLES, YOU NOT BRINGING SNACK
THERE WE'RE, SO YOU GOTTA SEE WHERE THE, THE FEMALE, THE LINES ARE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE TASKS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOES FOR THE FIELD.
SO WE DRAG THE INFIELD, WE WATER, WE REBUILD THE, UH, BATTERY BOXES, REMOVE ANY ROCKS OR BREATHER HAZARD TO ENSURE THE BASES OF PROPERLY ANCHORED AND SECURED.
SEE, TO MAINTAIN THE HOME PLATE AREA, REBUILD THE SLIDE OR HIGH, HIGH WEAR AREAS, UH, WE HAVE TO MOW EDGE GRASS FERTILIZE, IRRIGATE, PLACE ANY DIVOTS, AND, UH, PROVIDE MAINTENANCE FOR HIGH TRAFFIC WEAR SPOTS.
UH, WE CHALK AND PAINT THE LINES, THE BATTER BOXES BEFORE THE GAMES, SET THE BASES AND SET SECURE ANCHORS AND INSPECT THE FIELDS, UH, FOR JUST GENERAL SAFETY HAZARDS.
IN 2026 YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE HAD 18.15, UH, INCHES OF RAIN.
THE AVERAGE IS 14 INCHES, SO WE'RE, WE'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE APRIL AND MAY REALLY SPIKED, ALMOST CLOSE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN.
UH, SOFT DIP BUILDS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANKLE OR KNEE OR LOWER LIMB INJURIES.
AND WET GRASS AND WET BASES WILL BE SLIPPERY.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN ON MAY 22ND BY OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
IT RAINED 2.32 INCHES ON MAY 20TH.
SO TWO DAYS LATER, YOU GET THE, UM, THE IMPRESSIONS IN THERE.
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A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DRYING AGENTS AND CONDITIONERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, MOTHER NATURE NEEDS TO DO IS THE BEST DRYING AGENT THAT WE HAVE.
WIND AND SUN WILL DRY THE FIELD.
THE PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT ONLY USES DRYING AGENTS IN SPECIAL CASES SUCH AS TOURNAMENTS OR MAYBE AN OPENING DAY.
AND IF THE FIELD WARRANTS IT, OVERUSE OF DRYING AGENTS WILL BE A WASTE OF MONEY, WILL BIND TO THE SOIL AND CREATE CONCRETE LIGHT SURFACES, PREVENT PROPER DRAINAGE AND HAVE THE WATER JUST SIT ON TOP OF THE FIELD.
UH, AND ONCE IT'S MIXED IN, IT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO GET IT OUT, YOU HAVE TO DIG ALL THE DIRT OUT, BRING NEW DIRT IN.
AND THAT'S, UH, QUITE A COSTLY REPAIR.
WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, ALL OUR SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS ON DEVELOPING A SOP FOR FIELD PLAYABILITY.
IT'S UN IN THEIR COURT FOR PROVIDE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S GONNA ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED OBJECTIVE AND DEFENSIBLE PROCESS FOR EVALUATING THE PLAYABILITY OF THE FIELD.
UM, THE CRITERIA THAT IS OUTLINED IN THIS IS VISIBLE STANDING WATER, UH, FOOTPRINT, DEPTH OF GREATER THAN ONE HALF INCH, WHICH YOU SAW IN THAT PICTURE EARLIER.
UH, THE SQUISH TEST, WHICH IS NOT A FORMAL MECHANISM, BUT IT'S KINDA INFORMAL.
IF YOU STEP ON IT AND YOU, YOUR BACKYARD, YOU, YOU HEAR THE SQUISH, THAT MEANS PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING GAMES.
UH, THE BASIS CAN'T BE SECURE OR IT'S JUST SPONGY OR SHIFTING SURFACES WHEN WALKING.
ALSO IN THERE, UH, SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSED, UM, FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE IS WEATHER.
IF SO, THERE'S A CLOCK IN THERE.
10 MINUTE MILE STARTS AT 30 MINUTE CLOCK.
UH, AND THEN AUTOMATIC CLOSURES FOR ANY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS SUCH AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, TORNADO, FLASH, FLOOD, HIGHWAY WIND, AND EXCESSIVE H-R-B-S-A HAS NEVER PLAYED IN A GAME OR THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROACTIVE AND CANCELED THOSE, BUT IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE IT IN A, UH, WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
ALSO, UH, IN, IN THIS DOCUMENT WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS AND COACHES ABOUT WHY FIELDS CLOSED.
UM, WHAT'S THE SCENARIOS THAT DO, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON THAT AS WELL AS A, A LIGHTNING SAFETY, JUST POLICY GUIDELINES.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IN TEXAS, THE WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE.
AND LAST NIGHT I WAS HERE, NO, YES, TUESDAY NIGHT I WAS HERE FOR P AND Z.
LIKE THIS ROLLED THROUGH AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, POUR IT DOWN AND THEN WAS GONE.
UH, AND WHEN THAT BRINGS LIGHTNING AND THUNDER, SOMETIMES WE DON'T REACT AS QUICK AS WE AS WE NEED TO.
SO STAFF IDENTIFIED SOME POSSIBLE WAYS WHERE WE COULD DO SOME COMMUNITY SUPPORT WITH H-R-V-S-A, JUST IN GENERAL.
UH, KEEP DUGOUT CLEAN BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAMES.
UH, PICK UP TRASH WATER BOTTLES, ANY GEAR LEFT BEHIND.
REATTACH ANY LOOSE WINDSCREEN.
UH, PUT BACK THE BASE PLUGS, UH, CLEANING AND WIPING DOWN SITTING AREAS.
UH, KEEPING THE CONCESSION STANDS FREE OF CLUTTER AND INFORMING STAFF OF ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES.
THE MORE, UH, PHYSICAL PART OF IT IS ON THE RED FIELD, THEY CAN ASSIST WITH, UH, DIGGING OUT A CHANNEL FOR WATER, PROPER WATER RUNOFF ASSIST WITH THE GRADING, THE INFIELD WITH SIDE CUTTING ON THE BLUE FIELD, UH, REINFORCING THE MOUND AREA ON THE BLUE FIELD.
THESE MAY NOT KNOW A LOT MEAN A LOT TO COUNCIL, BUT IT MEANS A LOT, I'M SURE TO H-Y-B-S-A.
SO THIS, SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT, UH, AND THE BLUE AND ORANGES MAKING REPAIRS OF HALO GENERAL LANDSCAPING AROUND THE COMPLEX.
AND THEN THE CONCESSION STAND.
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE EAVES THIS YEAR.
SO WE NEED TO REPLACE THE EAVES AND THEN PAINT THE PAINT THE BUILDING ARMSTRONG, UH, REPAIR FITTING IS AND NETTING, SO I SHOULD SAY.
UH, CLEAN UP THE DRAIN PIPES BEHIND, UH, BETWEEN THE DUGOUTS.
UH, CLEAN UP THE BULLPEN WARMUP AREA.
MAKE SURE THERE'S PROPER STORAGE OF THE MOUND, WHICH I THINK THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF.
AND NOT LEADING UP AGAINST THE FENCE.
AND THEN SET ASSISTING ANY RESETTING THE BASE PLUGS.
AND THEN AT CREEKSIDE IS REPAIRING ANY, UH, FENCING, BACKSTOPS, ASSISTING WITH GRADATING THE FIELD AND ASSISTING WITH CREATING, UH, BASE CIRCLES OUT THERE.
SO THAT WAY, UH, WHEN THEY PRACTICE OUT THERE, THEY CAN HAVE AT LEAST A, A DISTANCE OR AREA TO RUN TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I AM NOT GOING TO BEND ON PLAYER SAFETY, AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IF WE CANCEL FIELD, IT'S BECAUSE OF PLAYER SAFETY.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT OUR ASSETS.
AND LASTLY, UH, WE'RE TO ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT.
THOSE ARE OUR, KIND OF OUR NON-NEGOTIABLES, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE COORDINATE A MONTHLY WALKTHROUGH WITH H-Y-B-S-A TO IDENTIFY ANY CONCERNS DOCUMENTING FIELD CONDITIONS,
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AND HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPROVED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.IF WE KNOCK EVERYTHING OFF THE LIST, WE CAN COME UP WITH A NEW LIST.
UH, AND WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU AMEND THE 2026 AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW H-Y-B-S-A TO ASSIST, ASSIST STAFF WITH THESE, UH, SUPPORT TASKS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OR H-Y-B-S-A IS HERE TO, UH, AS WELL JUST GO BACK ON SLIDE.
WHEN IT SAYS ASSIST STAFF, IS THAT ON THEIR OWN OR WOULD STAFF BE, HAVE TO BE THERE AS WELL OR COULD THEY DO IT ON THEIR OWN? IT WOULD.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE TASK, WHAT IT IS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CASE BY CASE SITUATION.
IF IT'S JUST REPLACING THE FENCING, WE DON'T NEED TO, I MEAN, REPAIRING YEAH.
BUT IF IT'S GRADING THE FIELD AND DOING SOME STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH, WE PROBABLY WANNA OKAY.
FROM YOUR ALL'S SIDE, LIKE THOUGHTS, COMMENTS? UM, WE SAID WE WANTED YOU GUYS TO COME.
SO LIKE THAT WAS EVAN SAID, BRING ALL YOUR WANT HEAR AT ALL.
I THINK JEFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB TOUCHING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT LIKE, WELL, WHAT OUR ASSETS ARE, ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS, RIGHT? LIKE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE, CONTRACT COMING UP, WE GOTTA
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THINGS.
BUT I, AS FAR AS LIKE AMENDING THE 2026 CONTRACT, LIKE I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH WHAT JEFF HAS PROPOSED.
UH, GOING INTO 2027 THOUGH, IF YOU WANT TO SEGUE THAT REALLY RIGHT NOW.
UM, I THINK JEFF'S ALREADY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ALINI ON THIS ONE.
IT'S LIKE GETTING THAT, UM, UH, CONCESSION STAND, YOU KNOW, HOT WATER HEATER OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO US.
IS IT BROKE RIGHT NOW? UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT BROKEN.
IT ALMOST LIKE LAST, IT'S ON LAST LEG.
I MEAN, BECAUSE MY, I'M NOT A PLUMBER, BUT YEAH, LIKE IT WORKS.
IT WORKS AND THEN IT STARTS LEAKING AND THEN YOU FIX IT.
IT WORKS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK.
AND SO IT'S, IT IS JUST CALCIUM BILL.
IT'S 17 YEARS OLD AND IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT'S UH, SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SORRY, SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SO WE JUST GOTTA, I THINK WE ARE REPLACING THE OFF SEASON.
SO WE'RE GONNA WAIT TILL THE, THE SEASON'S OVER NOW.
SO THEY'RE, WE DIDN'T WANNA REPLACE IT DURING THE, WHEN THEY'RE USING CONCESSION STAND BECAUSE THAT PROBABLY PUT IN VIOLATION OF WILCO STANDARDS FOR HELP.
IT TOOK LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, OR WE COULDN'T GET THE PART OR THE SAME THING WE HAD WITH THE TOILET.
REMEMBER THE TOILET CAME, WE ORDERED IT IN THE WRONG TOILET AND NOW WE HAD TO WAIT.
AND SO I KNOW, BUT IT IS JUST A TANK OR TANKLESS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO A TANKLESS.
AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING ONE THAT'S LIKE UNDER THE SINK MOUNT, WHICH IS EASIER AND A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE TO DO.
UM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY WERE CHECKING ON THE WILCO STANDARDS RELATED TO YEAH.
IT'S SAFETY, UH, FOOD HANDLERS.
IT, IT IS OUR CONCESSION STAND.
SHOULD IT NOT BE ON US FOR LIKE, YOU TO CONTACT WILCO AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING X, Y, Z.
WHAT GALLON FLOW DO WE NEED? HOW MUCH HOT WATERS THAT'S ON US? BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR IT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT TO GET WELL AND THAT, THAT FALLS ON US, I THINK ANYWAY.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I HAD A RESTAURANT, YOU GUYS WERE THE ONES THAT TOLD ME SOME OF THAT STUFF.
I CALLED A
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? AND THEY SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM TO PUT IN A 80 GALLON TANK, SO YOU GOTTA GO TANKLESS.
BUT I DON'T WANNA BOG IT DOWN THAT, BUT I MEAN, I, YEAH, SOME THINGS I THINK GONNA STICK ON.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS I THINK IT'S US AND I REALLY WOULD NOT WANT THEM TO DICTATE WHAT EQUIPMENT WE NEED BECAUSE THEY MAY SAY SOMETHING CHEAP.
WELL, OR THEY MAY SAY THE CADILLAC.
IT WAS JUST THE QUESTION WAS, UM, AND MAYBE I DIDN'T CLEAR CLARIFY.
IS THAT WORKING? TO ME, THAT'S A HEALTH CODE VIOLATION.
IT JUST TOOK A LONG TIME TO HEAT UP JUST SO THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T GET HOT WATER OUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS AS LONG AS IT WORKS AND THE WA HOT WATER COMES OUT WITHIN 20 OR 30 MINUTES, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
TO ME, I THINK YOU'VE GOTTA LIKE TURN IT ON AND GET HOT WATER OFF.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME CHECKING ON ON THAT ONE.
THE NO, YOU GOT 15, 20 MINUTES TO GET HOT WATER AND PASS INSPECTION OR DO YOU THINK THEY MARK YOU OFF BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT POINT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL, IF YOU DON'T GET HOT WATER FOR 15 OR 20 MINUTES, NO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
YOU CAN'T, IT'S NOT LIKE A, THEY DON'T WAIT ON YOU.
YOU HAVE TO LIKE HOT WATER BECAUSE WASHING YOUR HANDS.
AND THEY TEST THE TEMPERATURE AND EVERYTHING.
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BUT NO, IT WAS TO FIX IT.WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE INTEND TO FIX IT.
THE QUESTION WAS WAS, UM, DO THEY NEED IT FOR BEYOND THE HAND WASHING SINK BECAUSE THEY NEED IT BEYOND THE HAND WASHING SINK.
WE DON'T, WE CAN, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TANK.
IF THEY JUST NEED A HAND WASHING SINK, THEN WE CAN DO THE UNDER SINK ONE.
AND SO THEY INDICATED THAT THEY NEED THE ONE, SO THEY'RE DICTATING THAT, LET'S SAY, 'CAUSE IT'S THEIR USE, THEY'RE USING THE FACILITY.
SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT PARTS OF THE FACILITY THEY'RE USING AND WHERE THEY NEEDED THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, BUT IF THEY CHANGED WHAT THEY WANT TO DO OR THE OTHER ORGANIZATION COMES IN, WE'RE DOING A WHOLE THING FOR WHAT THEY SAY AND NOT THE DO YOU GUYS, BUT YEAH.
YOU RESTAURANTS AND STUFF, HOW DO THEY KNOW? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I THINK WE AS A CITY, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR ASSET.
YOU SAID YOU'RE THERE TO PROTECT THE ASSETS.
TO ME, ASSET PROTECTION IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
HOW ARE YOU PROTECTING THE SNACK BAR? BY ASKING THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT, HOW THEY WANT TO USE IT.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY CHANGE IT AND YOU WANNA RUN A PROGRAM OUT THERE FOR DAY CAMP OR SOMETHING ONE DAY, WELL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S NOT EQUIPPED THE WAY YOU WANT IT.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, WE GOTTA HAVE A DISCUSSION AND GET IT TO WHERE IT'S PARKED, BUT I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS' QUALIFICATIONS, BUT IF THEY GET SHUT DOWN FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THAT'S GONNA MAKE US LOOK BAD.
AND THEN THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA SAY, YEAH, WELL THEY PARKS PUT THAT, THEY PUT THAT UNDER THE SINK THING IN.
LIKE, WHY DID THEY DO THAT? AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO, WELL, THEY TOLD ME THAT.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY, YEAH, BUT WHAT THE HELL DO I KNOW? I KNOW.
BASEBALL NOT NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WE'LL, WE'LL GET ADDRESSED QUICKLY.
OH, BUT IS THAT IN THE BUDGET OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO TRY TO GET MONEY FOR NOW? UH, WE, WE CAN ABSORB IT IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS WITH THIS LINE.
WE HAVE AT OUR, OUR, UM, OUR TREASURER TOO, IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT SHE CAN ANSWER.
WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE PRETTY MINUTES.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I, I'VE JUST HEARD BECAUSE LIKE I KNOW THAT AL'S ABOUT TO BE ANOTHER NEW PARENT AGAIN.
UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE NEW, GOT A COUPLE NEW PARENTS ON MY BASE'S BASEBALL TEAM.
UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME LIKE CHANGING TABLES, SOME SIMPLE CHANGING TABLES IN LIKE THE BATHROOMS. I THINK CO SESSION STANDS, UH, LIKE THE NEW PARENTS.
UM, AND UM, AS FAR AS LIKE FIELD CONDITIONS, RIGHT? LIKE JEFF HAS OFFERED, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER DAY, WHICH I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL ECSTATIC ABOUT PRIMARILY.
UH, WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT AF AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ALL STAR SEASON THIS YEAR.
UM, I THINK THAT THE BOARD AS A COLLECTIVE, WOULD I TO HAVE MULTIPLE OF THOSE PER YEAR.
UM, DUNNO IF THAT'S MULTIPLE, WHAT WAS IT? MULTIPLE VOLUNTEER DAYS.
PROBABLY GO OUT THERE AND DO LIKE A CAPEX, HELP Y'ALL DO A CAPEX PROJECT, HELP Y'ALL DO LIKE A, A BIG RENOVATION IF YOU HAVE
WHETHER IT BE EQUIPMENT OR, OR EXTRA, SOME LABOR.
AND SO LIKE I THINK THAT A LOT OF US ARE LIKE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING YEARS WE CAN GET MULTIPLE VOLUNTEER DAYS PER YEAR.
UM, THAT WITH EVERY SATURDAY, BUT YEAH, WE VOLUNTEER EVERY SATURDAY TOO, RIGHT.
BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS FIRST ONE, RIGHT, WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE IT AS LIKE A, A BASELINE, RIGHT? WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
LIKE THE UPCOMING ONES, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH X, Y, AND Z TOOK US X HOURS, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS SAME AMOUNT OF HEADCOUNT TO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? ON LIKE A, A BI-WEEK OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT AM I MISSING? SAME THING.
I MEAN, ULT ULTIMATELY WE, WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN IMPROVING OR MAINTAINING THE, THE FIELD, RIGHT? WE, AND SO WE, WE, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND TAKE A BIGGER PART OF AND HELP IT OUT.
AND I THINK PARENTS WOULD, WOULD APPRECIATE IT TOO.
UM, KIND OF KIND OF TALKING TO THE, TO, TO THE DRAINAGE ISSUE.
THEY, THEY, THEY COMPLAINED WHEN, WHEN WE CLOSE 'EM AND THEN WE LEFT 'EM OPEN AND OUR FACEBOOK IS FLOOD WITH PICTURES OF THE FIELD BEING WET.
AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, WHY ARE YOU LETTING US PLAY ON BUSINESS?
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT, WHICH ONE.
SO I THINK IT IT, IF WE COULD HELP EM IMPROVE IT, THEN PEOPLE WOULD, WOULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT AND BE LIKE, WELL I TOOK CARE OF THAT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT THIS ONE TIME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU BUILD BALL FIELDS, STUFF LOAD THAN FLOODPLAINS.
WHEN YOU'RE BUILD SOMETHING INFIELD IT PROBABLY, IT JUST HOLD WATER.
LET ME, UM, ASK YOU A QUESTION.
SO FOR THE VOLUN, I MEAN THE VOLUNTEER DAYS
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SOUND GREAT AS LONG AS Y'ALL HELP THEM TELL 'EM WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO, RIGHT? SO THE CITY DICTATES WHAT'S ALLOWED OR NOT ALLOWED.UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA ALSO TO GET MORE INTEREST.
I THINK IT'S GREAT AND COMMENDABLE THAT YOUR LEAGUE WANTS TO DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD CAUTION THAT WHEN Y'ALL MOVE ON AS PARENTS AND NEXT PEOPLE THAT COME IN MIGHT NOT BE SO GREAT, RIGHT? I'M A SOFTBALL MOM, I'VE BEEN A SOFTBALL MOM FOR YEARS.
AND SO I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE GREAT PARENTS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE NOT SO GREAT PARENTS OR PARENTS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE AVAILABILITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
WE CAUTION EXPECTATIONS OF HOW MUCH THE PARENTS AS, AS VOLUNTEERS CAN DO.
WHETHER IT'S TIME CONSTRAINTS OR INTEREST OR JUST AVAILABILITY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE COULD HAVE A REALLY BANNER HERE OF PARENTS WHO ARE VERY INVOLVED, WILLING TO HELP OUT, HELP WITH CONCESSION, THEY DO VOLUNTARY COACHING.
I MEAN, AND THEN SOME YEARS IT'S STRUGGLE TO GET ANYBODY TO HELP WITH ANYTHING.
AND SO I I THINK THAT THAT THAT GOES TO, TO THE CULTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE.
UM, UH, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WITH THE LEAGUE FOR OVER A DECADE AND I, IN THE BEGINNING IT, IT WAS ROUGH.
WE HAD SOME ROUGH PATCHES UP, UP.
AND SO THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WHERE, UH, WE'VE HAD TURNOVER ON THE BOARD, THE, THE BOARD IS NOW AT, AT A, WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD A CULTURE WHERE ALL THESE, WHERE ALL THESE PARENTS ARE STARTING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH COMING TO US AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE, WE, WE KEEP THE CULTURE AND KEEP A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT REALLY THAT CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE INTEREST FROM THE LEAD FALLING OFF.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE KIDS.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE AN INTEREST IN HAVING A PLACE FOR KIDS TO, TO PLAY, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTSIDE NONPROFITS TOO.
I MEAN, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OR FOUNDATION, ANY OF OTHER PARTNERSHIPS IS HELPFUL.
WELL, I WOULD ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DID THIS IN THE BOY SCOUTS.
IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU GOT A COMPLAINT.
LIKE, HEY, WE, WE ACTUALLY GOT A NEED.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE TOOK IT UP, SOMETIMES THEY STOPPED COMPLAINING.
AND SO WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT IS IF, IF WE PUT MORE ON YOU ALL TO DO STUFF, I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY EASY FOR YOU GUYS TO SAY, LOOK, IN ORDER TO HAVE YOU KNOW YOUR TEAM JOIN THE LEAGUE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE WHATEVER, TWO PARENTS OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO VOLUNTEER.
OTHERWISE, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE TELLING US WE HAVE MORE TEAMS AND PEOPLE PLAYING THAN WE HAVE SPOTS, WHICH THEN SHOULD ALLOW YOU ALL TO THEN SET HIGHER EXPECTATIONS WITH PARENTS AND COACHES TO SAY THAT IF YOU MAKE A PREMIER LEAGUE AND THE CITY SUPPORTS YOU IN PREMIER LEAGUE, THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT YOU COULD ALSO THEN RAISE THE LEVEL OF OUR, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
I MEAN, FOR, FOR NOW, I, MY MY VISION FOR THE LEAGUE IS TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE EVERY KID THAT WANTS TO PLAY TO PLAY, UM, WE, BUT WE DO HAVE, WE ARE KIND OF MOVING AND PARTLY YOU'RE KIND OF MOVING IN INTO THE SELECT OR, OR, OR PREMIER OR ORGANIZATION.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S GROWING.
I, I, EVERY SEASON I, I GET MORE AND MORE INQUIRIES ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO COME AND BRING A TRAVEL OR A SELECT TEAM TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, TO THE POINT TO WHERE, RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING ACTUALLY ABOUT TURNING SOMEBODY AWAY.
'CAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE.
UM, SO WE COULD SAY, HEY, IF YOU WANNA BE A SELECT A A A SELECT COACH, YOUR, YOUR TEAM, WHILE WE OFFER CHEAPER FEES COMPARED TO LONE STAR OR WHOEVER ELSE AROUND HERE, YOU, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS OR DO THIS OR DO THAT.
SO ARE ARE ALL THE BASEBALL FIELDS IN A, IN A FOOT PLANE? THE ONES IN CREEKSIDE, THE ONES OVER AT BAY? THE KICKBALL.
EXCEPT FOR THE KICKBALL? NO, THAT ONE.
NO, THAT ONE'S DE ONE'S PRETTY BAD TOO.
IT, I KNOW IT, IT FLOODED A FEW YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE CALLING A GAME WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN AND I'M JUST LIKE, OKAY, WELL WE GOTTA STOP.
WE TRY TO GET ON PLANE AND, AND DO ANOTHER ADULT THINGS AS FAST AS WE CAN.
JEFF, HOW MANY HOURS, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS HOW MANY, HOW MANY MAN HOURS ARE WE USING ON THE AVERAGE SATURDAY TO, TO SUPPORT THEM ON SATURDAY? UM, I MEAN IS THAT THE BULK OF THE DAY WHEN YOU GO NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING A LOT OF SUPPORTING ON SATURDAY.
IT IS MORE, UH, AS NEEDED ON SATURDAY.
SO IF THE, THE TOILETS HAVE ISSUES OR THEY RUN OUT OF TRASH BAGS OR, UM, THERE'S WASP OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT FOR SERVICE.
ON SATURDAY THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN TRASH.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF, OF TAKING THAT AND HANDLING ALL THAT.
IT'S JUST MORE IF THERE'S THINGS BEYOND THEIR RIGHT.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLSET OR, SO WHAT'S THE RAKE AND CHALK AND ALL THAT STUFF GOING ON THAT DOES THE THE DAY BEFORE.
SO HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU SPEND DOING THAT? IF YOU HAD TO GUESS? UM, PER EACH FIELD, I WOULD SAY, UH, 20 MINUTES.
THAT DEPENDS ON, SO THEY, IF YOU GOT TRASH CANS FULL, THEY CALL YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS GOTTA DUMP 'EM.
NO, THERE WAS, IF THEY RUN OUT OF TRASH BAGS, THEY CALL US RUN OUTTA TRASH BAGS.
SO WE STOCK THE CONCESSION STAND WITH TRASH BAGS AND TOILET PAPER.
THEY ROLL PAPER AND THINGS LIKE
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THAT.SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF MOST OF US THAT HERE ARE PARENTS, RIGHT? AND AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER A KID PUTS SOMETHING DOWN A TOILET THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT RIGHT? NO.
BUT LISTEN, IF THERE'S A TOILET OR OUR PORTA POTTY, WHICH ONE ARE YOU GONNA USE? RIGHT.
OUR BATHROOMS. I GO AHEAD AND TELL US PERSONALLY.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHEN THEY RESPOND.
IF THE TOILET IS OVERFLOWING OR THERE'S AN ISSUE OR OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, THAT'S WHEN THEY CALL, THEY CALL ME AND WE CALL THE OFF THEY CALL YOU.
I MEAN CERTAIN WAY, I MEAN IT IS NOT A SPECIAL TRASH BAG, RIGHT? UM, NO, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TO IS THAT THEY CAN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSUMABLES, LIKE TRASH BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, AS A LEAGUE, YOU GUYS HAD BROUGHT UP THAT TO ME.
I DON'T THINK REIKI AND AGAIN, SOCCER, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE, WE HAD SOME PRETTY FOUR FIELDS THAT HAD DIRT, BUT WE DIDN'T RAKE THEM.
BUT FROM A RAKING, EVEN TALKING LIKE I BROUGHT BEFORE, IF THE LION'S CROOKED AND YOU DID IT, WHY DOES THAT, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.
THAT'S YOU AND YOUR GUYS' LEAK PROBLEM.
AND SO TO ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHALK COSTS, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES OUGHT TO HAVE THE DAY OFF AND THEN I GET ON CALL FOR A TOILET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S LIKE TRASH BAGS, TOILET PAPER, IT'S YOUR CONCESSION STAND YOU'RE RUNNING.
AND SO TO ME THAT SHOULD BE ON YOU GUYS AND THEN YOU GUYS OUGHT TO RAKE THE FIELD AND IF THEY DAMAGE THE FIELD, I WANNA PROTECT THE ASSET.
BUT IF THEY'RE DOING A TERRIBLE JOB, YOU CANCEL THEIR CONTRACT AND OR WE MAKE THEM PAY FOR IT AND SAY, HEY, YOU DAMAGED THIS BILL AND TO ME YOU GUYS CHALK IT YOURSELVES.
WE ALLOW YOU TO HAVE LIKE SOME KIND OF STORAGE LIKE YOU USED TO HAVE.
I THINK THE SHED, THE STORAGE THAT STUFF IN.
TO ME, STUFF LIKE THAT MAKES SENSE TO WHERE IT'S LIKE WHAT DO WE GOTTA DO TO TAKE LIKE WE DO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY, WHAT DO WE GOTTA DO TO TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY FROM YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO? AND I DON'T SAY THIS IN DEROGATORY TERM, BUT TO ME THE MENIAL TASKS, THE ONES THAT DON'T TAKE A LOT OF SKILL AND YOU CAN'T GET HURT, I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO BE OUT THERE MOWING WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, 50 INCH MOW OR ANYTHING BUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN HE GETS TO JOIN THIS WEEKEND OFF AND THEN SET IT.
WE'RE HAVING, PAYING THE GUY TO COME OUT BECAUSE WE RAN OUT TRASH BAGS.
THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME LIKE THAT'S A WASTE OF GOVERNMENT TIME TO DO THAT WHEN IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU GUYS RUN IT, GO DOWN TO HOME DEPOT, GET SOME TRASH BAGS.
AND TO ME A LOT OF THAT STUFF, I WOULD THINK OUR CONTRACT OUGHT TO SAY THAT H-Y-B-S-A IS EXPECTED TO KEEP THE DUGOUTS CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.
AND ANYTHING SUBJECT TO THAT, TO ME IT WOULD BE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU COULD BE SUBJECT TO A FINE CLEAN THAT FEE.
AND THEN THAT WAY WHEN YOU GUYS LEAVE EVERY, AFTER EVERY GAME OR WHATEVER THE SERIES OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU GUYS DO YOUR THING, YOU GOT YOUR THING DONE.
AND TO ME, IF WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS FACILITIES EVEN CHEAPER, BUT WE'RE SAVING THE MONEY ON THE LABOR PART, THEN THESE GUYS AREN'T ON CALL.
'CAUSE I'M SURE THAT COSTS US PROBABLY OVERTIME.
IS IT OVERTIME? UM, IT DEPENDS.
YOU SOMEONE $45 AN HOUR TO DRIVE OUT, DROP YOU OFF TRASH BAGS.
IN REALITY IT'S LIKE YOU GUYS ARE FREE.
YOU GO DO IT AND IT'S IN THE TOILET PAPER.
AND THAT'S THE THING I'M HOPING TO GET TO, WHICH I KNOW EACH YEAR WE KINDA KIND OF BEAT UP ON JEFF AND TRY TO TAKE MORE GO AWAY TO WHERE MORE AND MORE TO YOU GUYS.
THAT'S WHY I GET FRUSTRATED WHEN YOU GUYS ARE UPSET BECAUSE I'M LIKE, AND I'M TRYING TO GET TO WHERE JEFF JUST SITS GOOD.
AND THEN HE COMES US AND SAYS, YOU GUYS TRK THE FIELD OR YOU GUYS DID THIS.
OR HOPEFULLY HE SAYS, MAN, THIS IS WORKING GREAT, THESE GUYS ARE DOING GREAT.
I THINK THEY CAN NOW TAKE ON SOME ADDITIONAL TASKS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING THAT TO GET OUTTA THIS IS WHAT DO YOU GUYS, WHAT CAN YOU GUYS ULTIMATELY TAKE ON FROM US TO TAKE AWAY FROM US AND WHAT IS HE OKAY TO WHERE IT DOESN'T HIT HIS NON-NEGOTIABLES MM-HMM
AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, BREAK HIS NON-NEGOTIABLES AND MAKE 'EM NEGOTIABLE.
BUT WHAT IS IT WE CAN REALLY DO TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT? AND THEN HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOU IN THAT? BECAUSE, WELL, WHAT'S OUR CHOP MACHINE? IS THAT A, IS THAT A YEARLY, UH, LICENSING THING? WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LEASE IS A THREE YEAR LEASE THAT WE HAVE.
WHAT WE PAY A YEAR ON THAT? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S $16,000.
SO SEE IN TWO YEARS WE CAN GET RID OF THAT AND THAT SAVES US WELL YOU DOWN PUT PAINT DOWN.
OH, FRAME PAINTS AND AFTER SECOND INNING IT'S GONE.
RIGHT? SO, BUT IF YOU BUT COULD YOU GET US A CHEAPER THINK Y'ALL BUY A CHEAPER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE RIGHT NOW, THEY ALL VOTED FOR LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST FOR BASEBALL.
IT GETS USED FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.
THAT'S THE REAL SAVINGS WHEN WE DO HAVE TEAMS THAT USE OUR FOOTBALL FIELD AND WE HAVE TO MARK THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE SAVINGS COMES IN.
BUT TO, TO MARK THE FIELDS, THE THE 30 MINUTE TIMER WE HAVE QUARTERLY TO DO THE FIELDS.
WITHOUT THE TURF TANK'S GONNA TRIPLE THE TIME EASILY.
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AN HOUR AND A HALF DOING THAT'S ON THEM.AND NOT, AND, AND, AND LIKE HE SAYS IT NOT TO BE MEAN.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE FIELD THAT WE HAVE, NO ONE USES THOSE FIELDS EXCEPT YOU GUYS.
I, I BELIEVE, UH, THEY'RE THEY'RE RENTABLE ON FRIDAYS.
FOR, SO ME S ROOM ON FRIDAYS TRO.
SO IF ANY CITIZEN CAN RENT THEM AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY GET RENTED? UH, IT VARIES.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S FRIDAYS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANNA PRACTICE ON FRIDAY.
SO I I I WOULD LIKE TO SIGNED UP BEFORE THEY GO TO TAYLOR.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TALKING TO FIELDS.
UM, JEFF'S PREDECESSOR WASN'T VERY FRIENDLY TO, TO THE LEAGUE, UH, HAD HAD THAT TORN DOWN.
UH, AND TO TOOK AWAY OUR ABILITY TO, TO, TO DO ALL THAT.
SO I MEAN WE STILL HAVE THE, WE STILL HAVE THE CHALKING STUFF IN IN OUR STORAGE.
WE, WE CAN GO BACK TO DOING THAT.
WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? WE WOULD PREFER DOING THAT.
THAT BECAUSE THEN WE, WE CAN, WHEN WE HAVE TOURNAMENTS, WHEN WE HAVE GAMES, WE, WE CAN CHALK IN BETWEEN THE GAMES SCHEDULE BREAKS.
BUT HOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T BRING THAT UP.
I'M THE ONE THAT BRING THAT UP AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S BEEN ON MY LIST FOR LIKE TWO YEARS TRYING TO SCALE SOME OF STUFF OUT.
FRIDAY NIGHT THEY COME OUT, ADRIAN DRIVES THE FIELDS, HE DRIVES THE TORO, HE DOES A GREAT JOB.
RIGHT? AND THEN LIKE, IT'S LIKE 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TILL TWO IN THE MORNING ON TOURNAMENT WEEKENDS.
SOMETIMES HE'S SETTING THE FIELDS UP.
SO THE NEXT MORNING WE START OFF BRIGHT AND EARLY AFTER THE FIRST GAME.
CHALKS A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT THEY USE THE SPRAY PAINT.
BUT THE CHALK IS GETTING LAID DOWN AND LIKE IT'S GONE AFTER THE NEXT GAME.
EVERY BIG GAME YOU GO TO THE SEVENTH INNING STRETCH GUYS GO OUT THERE AND RAKE REAL QUICK.
I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO RAKE AT THE END OF EACH GAME.
HE'S GOTTA LEARN RESPONSIBILITY, US TO RAKE TO GET IT STARTED YOU RIGHT.
DURING THE DAY OR YOU GUYS, I WANT YOU GUYS TO RAKE IT ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN WITH THEIR FULL PRACTICE TEACHING KIDS THERE ANY WAY MAKE THE KIDS WORK.
HE DRAGS MY YARD EVERY TIME I SAND IT.
IF WE'RE ASKING THE WORLD HERE, RIGHT, LIKE WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS SAME CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT NOW WHAT CAN BE DAMAGED? I WAS ASKING IF BREAKING CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FIELDS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA BE AWARE OF? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING THE ASSETS OF THE FIELDS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO I WAS ASKING IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE REAL DAMAGE TO THE FIELDS? YEAH.
THEN WE HAVE TO BE, AND ABOUT THOSE METAL DRAGS YOU SEE IN BETWEEN AND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL, THEY TAKE THAT DRAG.
YEAH, THE DRAG LIKE A MASTER SPRING.
THE DRIVE BETWEEN THE FOUL LINE, BETWEEN THE FAIR PLAY AND BETWEEN THE BASES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THEY WANT TO DO, WE WANNA AMEND THE CONTRACT.
WE COULD SUPPORT, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? INFILL DRAG, ACTUAL METAL DRAG BEYOND THE BASIS, UH, WHERE THE LIFT IS, WHERE THE TRANSITION, WHAT THEY CALL THE LIFT BETWEEN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE DIRT AND THE GRASS.
THAT IS, I PREFER WE MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU DRAG AND THE DIRT STARTS TO PILE UP THERE AND STARTS TO PILE UP THERE, PILE UP THERE, IT CREATES THAT BUMP.
AND SO THE BALL COMES AND SOMEBODY'S EXPECTING A GROUND AND IT POPS UP AND HITS 'EM IN THE FACE.
SO WE PREFER TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA.
BUT IF THEY WANNA DRAG BETWEEN GAMES WHEN I'M IN THE CONTRACT, WE, WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
NOW YOU GUYS, WE DON'T DO IT BETWEEN THE GAMES.
SO NOBODY'S DOING IT BETWEEN GAMES AND THEY WANNA JUST BE ABLE TO DO IT.
IF THEY WANNA, IF THEY WANNA THE CONTRACTS, THEY CAN PAY US TO COME OUT AND DO IT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING.
AND IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.
BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE NEGOTIATED? LIKE HOW MUCH FIELD MEANS THEY COULD DO THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH? ALIGN THEM TO DO? YEAH.
SO THAT WAY YOU STILL CAN PROTECT THE ASSET AND THEY CAN STILL GET THIS STUFF THEY NEED TO GET DONE.
UM, BECAUSE I, I CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE A TOURNAMENT GOING ON, YOU GOT 5, 6, 7 GAMES GOING ON THAT FIELD, I WANT BETTER CONTROL.
IT'S GONNA GET 12 AFTER THE, YOU KNOW.
WELL YOU GUYS WANNA PLAY OUT, YOU, YOU GUYS.
SO MY WHOLE THING WAS TAKING OWNERSHIP, RIGHT? ME TOO.
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS WANNA PLAY ON SANDLOT OR FENWAY, RIGHT? SO I IMAGINE YOU DON'T WANNA PLAY ON SANDLOT SAND WAVE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN WE WILL.
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S ON IT AND YOU WANT, I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU GUYS WANT A PREMIUM FIELD, RIGHT? MM-HMM
RIGHT? YOU WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK THESE GUYS ARE GONNA MALICIOUSLY TEAR THINGS UP.
YES, I THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT
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WE NEED TO DO, BUT MAN, I'M ALL, IF THESE GUYS WANT TO TAKE IT OVER, I SAY LET 'EM AND I MIGHT STARTING WITH THE INFIELD DRAGON IF YOU GUYS, BECAUSE YOU CAN TEAR ANYTHING UP.I MEAN EVEN PAINTING THE FIELD, YOU COULD PROBABLY DAMAGE SOMETHING IF YOU DID SOMETHING TOO.
SO I DON'T MIND STARTING OFF THAT YOU GO A YEAR, JEFF'S LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE GUYS AREN'T COMPLETE IDIOTS.
THEY, THEY, THEY'RE NOT TEARING UP THE FIELD.
MAYBE WE DO LOOK AT THE NEXT THING AND MAYBE WE TRY ONE FIELD AND SEE ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO KEEP IT UP? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK, UM, YOU GO BACK
I THINK IT WAS BEFORE GENERAL SUPPORT.
I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING YOU GUYS DO.
UH, SORRY, BACK THE OTHER WAY.
I DUNNO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UH, THIS IS THE SECOND TO LAST SLIDE, MR. MAYOR.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE BASIC STUFF LIKE CLEANING UP TRASH, WHICH WE DO THAT AT THE END OF EVERY WEEKEND.
WE HAVE TONS OF KIDS THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT PER SE.
THEY GO, THEY PICK UP TRASH, THEY GET A FREE LOLLIPOP, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
YOU BRING THE TRASH, YOU GET THE THROW OF ICE, YOU KNOW, ICE CREAM POP.
THEN THERE'S THE MORE FILLED TASK, WHICH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEY LOVE TO HELP WITH DRAGGING, YOU KNOW, NOT DRAGGING WITH THE BIG TORO.
THAT'S LIKE WHAT YOUR CREW NEEDS TO DO WHEN THEY'RE BREAKING UP THE DIRT.
I WANNA, I WANNA LIKE REGRADE, RE-LEVEL SAND, OVERSEE REAL MODE.
LIKE I LIKE YOUR STYLE LEGIT, BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING THE WORLD YET.
JUST LIKE NOW WE'RE NOT BUYING A 50,000 TO THE REAL MOST FIELDS REPAIR AND REBUILD A BATTERIES BOX.
IS THAT A COMPLICATED THING TO DO? IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE CAN THERE, THERE COMES A POINT IN TIME WHEN YOU GUYS ARE INSPECTING LIKE HEY, UH, LIKE CAN THEY DO THAT WEEKLY AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS ARE CHECKING ON THINGS YOU'RE GO, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET INTO IT THIS WEEK.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF, WELL I MEAN IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH KIDS USED.
DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH ACTIVITY THEY, KIDS ARE LIKE PLAYING, DIGGING IN LIKE YOU DOING THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND THEY'RE DOING THE, YOU KNOW, THE BERRY BONDS DIGGING IN THERE AND KNOCK ALL THE DIRT OFF.
AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS.
YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHERE THE UMPIRE STANDS.
ALL THAT AREA CONSTANTLY NEEDS TO BE FLATTENED OUT OR MEAN ROCKS, DEBRIS AND HAZARDS.
SO IF WE'RE REMOVING ROCKS IN WEEK, HOW MANY ROCKS DO YOU GET OUT THERE? I MEAN, A LOT.
I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN DO? BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M THINKING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
I'M SURE THEY LOVE TO FIND ROCK AND PICK THEM OUT AND THROW 'EM OUT.
YOU HEAR WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID, THEY COMING EARN IT.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE PICKING UP ROCKS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THE ROCKS HERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T NATURALLY OCCUR.
I THINK SOMEBODY WITH A LOAD OF DIRT, H-Y-B-S-A BROUGHT THE ROCKS THERE.
WE COULD SAY THEIR KIDS OR SOMEBODY.
THERE'S PROBABLY ROCKS NEARBY THAT ENDED UP SOMEHOW GETTING UP.
OCCASIONALLY YOU GOT SOME WATER THAT FLEW ONE IN, BUT IT'S, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S DEBRIS, ROCKS, IT'S ALSO DEBRIS THAT BLOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S WIND AND HOT AND SO THINGS ARE GONNA BLOW.
AND SO WHERE THEY CATCH MOSTLY ON A FENCE LINE OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF CLEANING UP.
BUT SOMETIMES
AS TO WHAT EVAN'S SAYING TO HIS POINT, I MEAN, NOT THAT YOU GUYS WOULDN'T DO A GOOD JOB, BUT IF YOUR, YOUR KID'S NOT PLAYING, MAYBE YOU CARE A LITTLE BIT LESS HIS KIDS ARE PLAYING, I CARE A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST NATURALLY.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S HAPPENING THAT WAY, BUT THEY WOULD CARE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE.
AND HEY, DID YOU GUYS DO THIS TO ME? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYTHING AND THEN WHEN THEY SEE HAZARDS THEY'RE LIKE, HEY JEFF, WE GOT A PROBLEM OUT HERE THAT STORM LAST NIGHT, IT CAUSED A WHATEVER, A 12 INCH LIMB TO FALL DOWN AN INFIELD.
I'M JUST THINKING THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING THAT COULD FREE UP YOUR GUYS' TIME PARK.
AND THEN MY GUESS IS YOU'RE GONNA SAY, HEY, WE NEED MORE MANPOWER AND WE'RE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
AND IF WE COULD SAVE MANPOWER AND HAVE THEM DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND AGAIN, DON'T TAKE MASSIVE SKILLS, THEN I WOULD, IF THEY WOULD BE OPEN, I WOULD START, I, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO START WITH THESE PROJECTS RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN GET THROUGH THIS THE COUNTER YEAR, UM, AND RENEW THE CONTRACT.
THEN WE KIND OF SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
UH, WE'RE DOING IT IN THREE MONTHS, RIGHT? WE TYPICALLY RENEW IN OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMELINE.
SO FIVE MONTHS FROM NOW, GIVE OR TAKE, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA SPEND THE TIME TO AMEND THE CONTRACT.
I THINK I JUST SPEND OUR TIME AND GO.
WELL IF THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT COUNCIL SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, UNDERTAKING THESE IDEAS BECAUSE A CONTRACT DOESN'T REALLY, DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO DO FIELD MAINTENANCE.
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PUT DOWN, UH, THEY GOTTA BRING NO TRASH BAGS AND TOILET PAPER AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THAT.UH, RAY KEEPS BILL TALKING, INFILL, DRAGGING.
I MEAN I'M BASICALLY, I WANT YOU TO GO TO GO LOOK, THIS IS ALL THE STUFF THEY CAN GO DO AND TO WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF.
AND IF THEY COG UP A, I'LL BE HONEST, IF THEY COG UP A TOILET, I THINK THEY OUGHT TO PAY FOR THE PLUMBER TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
THEY NEED TO PAY YOU GUYS TO COME OUT BECAUSE WHY ARE WE PAYING? THEY WANT OWNERSHIP OF IT.
THEN THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR TEAM MEETINGS AND THEY NEED TO MEET WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GO, GUYS, LOOK, WE JUST SPENT $2,500 LAST WEEK BECAUSE YOU GUYS JACKED UP A TOILET BY THROWING WHATEVER IN THERE.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH CHECKING AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S NOT FLUSHING YOU GUYS, TO ME, YOU GUYS OUGHT TO BE ON A HOOK BECAUSE THEN YOU GUYS OUGHT TO HAVE THE WHOLE LAYOFF.
AND THEN EQ,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S A, IT HAS, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND IF YOU GUYS ARE THE PREDOMINANT USERS OF THAT CONCESSION STAND OF THAT RESTROOM OR WHATEVER, THEN YEAH TAKING OWNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE STAYING THE WAY THEY ARE.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR AUDIENCE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.
YOUR YOUR PARENTS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR UH, YOUR PLAYERS AND YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES GONNA SAY, HEY, TAKE CARE OF THE BATHROOM.
THIS IS OUR BATHROOM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING.
AND UNLESS YOU DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, PEE BY THE, BY THE TREE OUT THERE, LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT KIND OF A THING.
I KNOW THEY DON'T
AND THEN IT KIND OF GETS THIS STUFF OFF OF, OFF OF JEFF AND HIS CREW.
AND YOU GUYS CAN MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS TO JEFF'S STANDARDS THOUGH, RIGHT? JEFF HAS A STANDARD OF THIS IS HOW THE FIELDS NEED BE TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU GUYS DO THAT AND IF THE FIELDS ARE DAMAGED IN THE CONTRACT, THEY'LL SAY YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT DAMAGE IF YOU DAMAGE IT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU GUYS ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS TO GO UP THERE AND JUST TEAR THE FIELDS AND FOR NO REASON, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANT THOSE FIELDS TO BE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
AND I THINK THOSE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP, UM, I WAS HOPING TO TO SEE HAPPEN EVEN TO THE POINT WHEN LOOK AT CREEKSIDE, RIGHT? IS IT CREEK? IS THAT RIGHT? CREEKSIDE? YEAH.
LIKE IF YOU GUYS HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE H-Y-V-S-A, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF BUILD THOSE FIELDS OUT TO THEIR ACTUAL FIELDS, RIGHT? YOU GUYS PUT THE MONEY IN AND INVEST INTO THOSE FIELDS AS YOUR KNOW, THEN AS A PARTNERSHIP, WE ALL USE THE FIELDS, PUT YOUR NAME UP THERE, WHATEVER.
RIGHT? THAT TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT I GET.
THE IDEA OF A CREEKSIDE IS JUST TOO FLIP FIRM FOR THAT.
THEY WASHED AWAY THE WHOLE FIELD ALREADY.
SO THIS IS WHERE I'LL KIND OF POLITELY, RESPECTFULLY KIND OF DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW H-Y-B-S-A SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF LIKE ANYTHING BROKEN AT THOSE BASEBALL FIELDS, RIGHT? WE PAY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE CITY TO UTILIZE THOSE FIELDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND SIMULTANEOUSLY OUR TAXPAYERS AS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY ALSO PAY FOR THOSE FIELDS, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP RIGHT, THEN I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF NEGOTIATION AS TO THE AMOUNT OF MONETARY VALUE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
FOR WHENEVER IT COMES TO ANY KINDA REPAIRS AT THE FACILITY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WAIT A MINUTE, YOU SAID REPAIRS.
'CAUSE IF YOU GUYS BREAK IT, LIKE WHY IF THE Y THAT THAT WE OWN THAT FACILITY, THE CITY DOES.
AND YOU PAY TAXES ON THE Y BUT IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT FACILITY, YOU GOTTA PAY THAT.
THE Y TEARS UP, IT PUTS A HOLE IN THE ROOF.
WHY IS IT POSSIBLE FOR IT? THEY FIX IT.
WE, OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM IS WE HAVE ZERO MAINTENANCE.
YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE PAYING FOR IT AND YOU GET TO PROP IT OFF OF IT, BUT YOU TEAR IT UP BUT YOU PAY FOR IT.
IF THE AIR CONDITIONER BREAKS, THE WIPE PAYS FOR IT IF THE WATER HEATER GOES OUT.
AND I'M NOT ASKING IF YOU GUYS DO THAT STUFF.
I'M JUST SAYING IF YOUR PARENTS CALLED UP THE TOILET, WHY SHOULD, WHY SHOULD WE HAVE THE BUDGET MONEY FOR TOILET CLEAN OUT WHEN YOU GUYS NEED TO TELL YOUR PEOPLE THAT, HEY GUYS, WE WE'RE, 'CAUSE HERE'S NO ONE IF I GO, IF I GO AND RENT THE GREEN ROOM AND JUMP TO ME IF I'M WRONG IS IF I RENT THAT GREEN ROOM AND TEAR THAT UP, DO I PAY FOR THAT OR DO YOU GUYS COME BY IT? WELL THERE'S A DEPOSIT THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO WE WOULD HOPE TO DEPOSIT IT AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT IT COSTS, WELL LIKE WHAT I READ THIS GIN BILLING DOWN HERE, IF I SCREW THAT UP, I GOTTA PAY FOR THAT.
RIGHT? WE OUT YOU TO PAY FOR IT.
I THINK ME, YOU GUYS GET TO USE THE BATHROOMS FOR FREE.
NOW AGAIN, TO ME, IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD WALK THE FIELD, EVERYTHING ON A SATURDAY MORNING, GET READY AND GO, HEY JEFF, SOMEONE CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND AND SCREWED THIS THING UP.
IT WASN'T US JUST FYI AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ON US.
BUT IF YOU GUYS CHECK IT OFF AND YOU START YOUR SATURDAY AND BY THE END OF SATURDAY YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT THIS TOILET'S COMPLETELY CLOGGED UP AND YOU GOT TO COME OUT HERE.
I DON'T THINK JEFF OUGHT TO BE HAVING HIS PEOPLE COME OUT ON OVERTIME 'CAUSE THEY'RE OFF ON SATURDAY TO COME OUT AND UNCLOG A TOILET, BUT THEN NEED FIND A, A HALFWAY, A MEDIUM.
IT'S A CAPITAL INVESTMENT LONG TERM.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BE YOU JUST WEAR OUT LIKE THE LOG BEAR.
NO, THAT'S A SMALL EXPENDITURE IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS.
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BUT, BUT IT'S A WEAR OUT MECHANISM.I MEAN MOST OUR YEARS ARE SEVEN YEARS OR WHATEVER.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HEY, THEY, THEY, UH, DID, THEY DIDN'T MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY, WHICH CAUSED IT TO, TO WEAR OUT SOON.
BUT THOSE ARE, TO ME, SOME OF THAT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM CAPITAL INVESTMENT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SOLVE HERE, BUT THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REAL TIME USE OR MISUSE MM-HMM
AS OPPOSED TO CAPITAL INVESTMENT LONGER TERM TO KEEP THAT ASSET, YOU KNOW, BUT WATER HEAT IS ON US.
I'M JUST USING THAT AS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
WATER HEATERS ON US OR I KNOW WHAT ELSE GOES OUT, GOES WRONG UP THERE, BUT, BUT THE FOUNDATION GOES OUT ON ONE OF THE BILITIES.
SO I THINK THAT'S, SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN THE MONETARY THAT YOU WOULD OWE TO THE CITY SHOULD BE ADJUSTED DOWN.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YES.
AND THAT, AND THAT SOUNDS FAIR.
I AGREE TOO BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE SAVING BECAUSE LIKE YOU'RE SAVING MONEY HERE.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I BROUGHT BEFORE IS I DON'T KNOW WHO HE'S GOT GOING OUT THERE, BUT IF JEFF GOES OUT THERE, HE, HE'S SALARY.
SO IF HE'S FIXING IT, NO BIG DEAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IT COULD HAPPEN ONCE A SEASON, BUT IF IT HAPPENS LIKE EVERY WEEKEND PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DOING STUFF, IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S NOT THAT COMMON.
IT'S THEY, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE ADDRESSED BEFOREHAND.
IT'S SOMETIMES THOUGH WHEN THERE IS A TOURNAMENT COMES ON OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE, MORE PEOPLE BACK CONCESSIONS, MORE PEOPLE MAKE TRASH.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE KIND OF ADJUSTED FOR OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE'RE NOT OUT THERE EVERY SATURDAY TO, TO BRING TRASH BAGS.
WE, WE DO RESPOND IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, I PICK ON THE SMALL CELL.
NOT SAYING, BUT I'M BIG ISSUE PROBABLY HAPPENED ONCE, YOU KNOW, IF THE POWER WENT OUT THE GYM, OUR STAFF WOULD STILL RESPOND.
YOU KNOW, OR IF THE A BREAKER CHIP, WE'RE STILL GONNA RESPOND.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF OUR SERVICE THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, IT'S INCLUDING YOUR RENTAL FEE.
SO I IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR, OUR, OUR COST GO DOWN, BUT IN TURN WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND AND INVEST THAT MONEY BACK IN, INTO, INTO THE FACILITIES THAT WE USE.
AND TO ME, I THINK MIKE, YOU WOULD AGREE, I AS, AS A TAXPAYER, I KNOW A BETTER WAY TO SPEND MY MONEY THAN THE GOVERNMENT DOES.
RIGHT? SO, UH,
AND PARENTS WILL LEAVE IF THINGS AREN'T UP TO PARK.
RIGHT? I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS WE LIVE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO CHASE HER FRIENDS TO YEAH.
OMA, YOU KNOW, MIKE, LET'S USE
THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST FIELDS IN THE AND ANYWHERE THAT WE'VE PLAYED, MY DAUGHTER'S DONE SELECT AND SHE'S DONE, UM, UH, ALL STARS IN THE SUMMER.
WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY BAD FEELS AND THEY'RE PRETTY TERRIBLE.
BUT THAT'S ONE THING I DO WANNA CAUTION.
LIKE I'VE NEVER, I DON'T WANNA DO IT SORT OUT ON THE LEAGUE, BUT JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WITH YOUR BEST INTENTIONS TAKING ON A LOT MORE AND MORE AS A LEAGUE, IT'S GONNA TURN PARENTS OFF AND AWAY.
'CAUSE THEY CAN GO PLAY IN HAMAD OR THEY CAN GO PLAY IN OTHER LEAGUES, UM, THAT ARE NEARBY, THAT ALREADY HAVE PRISTINE FIELDS.
AND WE DO NOTHING OVER THERE TO MAINTAIN THOSE FIELDS.
IT'S ALL DONE BY THE CITY NOW.
ACHS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE OF GROWTH THAN WE ARE AND THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO MORE THAN WE CAN AND HUG BECAUSE I LIVE HERE.
BUT I WOULD JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
YOU DON'T WANNA TURN FAMILIES AWAY BECAUSE THEY WALK IN ONE DAY AND YOU, IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT, BUT THE TO TOILETS ARE TORE UP OR SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, JUST PARENTS WOULD FIND SOMETIMES IN YOUR REASON TO GET STRESSED OUT OR UPSET.
'CAUSE I KNOW SPORTS FANS WERE VERY, VERY INTENSE AND VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT OUR KIDS.
UM, I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT YOU DON'T TAKE ON SO MUCH THAT WOULD CAUSE A HIT TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE HUDDLE LEAGUES GROW.
UH, I WISH MY DAUGHTER COME BACK TO HUDDLE.
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER ON OUR TIME.
BUT THEY'RE HEARD AND PLAY HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT WE HAVE TO BRING A BUDGET FOR FRIENDS BACK TOO.
SO WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM, FROM GETTING TO, TO THE AROUND ROCK FIELDS, RIGHT? THERE'S NO, YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY.
AND THAT THEY'RE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PHASE.
UM, BUT I'M SAYING ARE ARE OURS, IS OUR LEAGUE CHEAPER THAN ROUND ROCK? YES.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WANTED TO COME BACK AND OPPOSED.
SO YEAH, WE TRY TO MAKE AFFORDABLE, BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
YOU WANNA SURE YOU BALANCE THAT OUT BECAUSE YEAH, THE TRAVEL IS TERRIBLE.
THE COST IS EXPENSIVE, BUT THE FIELDS ARE AMAZING AND WE DO NOTHING AS PARENTS OR THE LEAGUE.
SO, BUT THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WE DO LOSE PEOPLE IS WE LOSE PEOPLE.
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OF THE REASONS WE DO LOSE PEOPLE I IS BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO GO PLAY IN IN ROUND ROCK WHERE THE FACILITIES ARE BETTER AND, AND THEY HAVE MORE FIELD TIME.LIKE RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR PRACTICES, UH, SOME TEAMS ONLY GET ONE FIELD PRACTICE A WEEK.
AND THEN YOU ONLY REALLY GET 45 MINUTES OF, OF, OF THE FIELD ALONE BECAUSE OUR PRACTICE OVERLAP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELD SPACE.
SO, SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR MEMBERSHIP, WE'RE, WE'RE TURNING PEOPLE AWAY.
EVERY, RIGHT NOW I HAVE A BANNER YEAR.
WE, UM, EVEN, EVEN IN INTO THE FALL, WE'RE NATURAL, WE'RE TRADITIONALLY, OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS FALLEN.
IT IS STILL THE, AT THE SAME LEVEL AS, UM, AS THE SPRING.
SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIP.
AND I THINK AS WE, AS WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND THE FACILITIES IMPROVE AND, AND MAY AND MAYBE WE, WE CAN, UH, YOUR PLAN PLAYS OUT WHERE WE CAN GET MORE FIELDS IN, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, OUR MEMBERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, AND THEN WITH MY VISION AND I, I THINK EVERYBODY, I, EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD SHIFT CHAIRS DIVISION WHERE I WANT HU TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE PLACE WHERE YOU COME FOR, FOR GOOD COACHING.
UM, SO THAT THAT'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE OUR, OUR MEMBERSHIP.
WE WE'RE, WE WE'RE ALREADY HAVE THINGS IN PLACE TO, TO IMPROVE THE COACHING.
THESE SHOULD BE, COULD, THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD COMPROMISE THERE.
UM, JEFF, ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH THE RANKING OF THE, OF THE BATTER BOX MAINTENANCE AND THAT INTER FIELD RAKING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
THAT CAN BE A GOOD COMPROMISE.
WE HAVE THREE OR PHARMACY TO, TO NEGOTIATE.
I THINK, EXCEPT SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT, THAT JEFF HAD ON, ON THE OTHER SLIDE, UM, WE, WE, WE CAN PROBABLY PARTNER AND DO THAT ON, ON ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE DAYS WHERE, WHERE WE GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND WE CAN START WORKING TOWARDS THAT SO WE CAN, HE CAN GAIN CONFIDENCE IN, IN OUR PILOT PROGRAM.
AND THEN PLUS WE GET TRAINING FROM HIS STAFF THAT WAY WE, WE KNOW WE'RE DOING RIGHT.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THE CONTRACT CAN'T BE AMENDED EVERY YEAR OR IT CAN'T BE REVISITED? YEAH.
THAT WHERE IT'S LIKE, SO IT'S LIKE A DYNAMIC.
IT'S NOT LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE LOCKING IN SOMETHING FOR IN, YOU KNOW, PERPETUITY OR EVEN FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS AN ANNUAL.
BECAUSE AGAIN, AS VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TURN OVER, SOMEBODY CAN HAVE GREAT PARENTS.
SOMEBODY ARE NOT GONNA HAVE GREAT PARENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP OUT AS TAX REP.
WRAPPING UP, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK ONE THING WE NEED IS TO GET YOU GUYS STORAGE SPACE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS.
SHED WAS THAT, THAT WAS THERE EARLIER.
SO THE, THE FORMER SHED THERE, THE FRITZ PARK, UH, START ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPENING CHRIS PARK, BY THE WAY, UM, INTERNET'S ALREADY ALL OVER.
WE'RE, UH, THE SHED WAS THERE AND WE, WE MOVED IT OVER THERE AS A, AS A PILOT PROGRAM.
AND AFTER THE SEASON'S OVER, NOW SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT, UH, FIND A DETERMINATION FOR THAT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME, UH, SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT AND PUT IN THE NEXT YEAR'S CONTRACT ALL THE CHANGES YOU HAD UP ON THE, ON THE DEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY STUFF.
PLUS WE ADD IN, THEY'RE GONNA START TAKING CARE OF THE PORTER SERVICE PLUS THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE RAKING, UH, THE, THE INFILL DRAGGING AND THE CHALKING EACH WEEK.
AND THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK IF YOU CAN'T HAVE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, YOU'RE GONNA TELL US HOW MUCH YOU NEED, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT, YOU'RE GONNA GET WITH THE, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND GET A HOT WATER HEATER IN BEFORE THEY HAVE ANOTHER GAME THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA ADD IN CHANGING TABLES INTO THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS ON ALL THE, WHEREVER WE GOT A BATHROOM, THEY OUGHT TO HAVE 'EM IN THERE AND YOU GET A STORAGE SHED AND WORK WITH THEM ON WHERE TO PUT IT.
UM, AND EITHER IT'S YOURS THAT YOU'RE USING NOW OR WE GO BUY ONE, WHATEVER IT IS, WE GO DO ALL THAT.
I KNOW THE BEST WAY TO PUT THAT BUT, OR IT'S STILL RIGHT.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS AND WHEN IT COMES TIME AND MY IDEAS, WHEN WE GET INTO THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, YOU GUYS COME UP, HEY, THIS ISN'T WORKING EXACTLY LIKE WE THOUGHT OR WE HAD SOME SECOND THOUGHTS.
WE REALLY DON'T WANNA WHATEVER.
WE DON'T WANNA BE IN CHARGE OF TOILET PAPER, WHATEVER THE THING IS.
OR YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE TALKED AS A BOARD, WE THINK WE CAN TAKE MORE ON.
I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT YOU GUYS SCREWING STUFF UP.
ONLY BECAUSE MY INVOLVEMENT BEFORE HAS KIND OF BEEN LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT FROM EITHER FROM SCOUTS OR FROM SOCCER.
IT'S ALWAYS I'LL WORK EXTRA BECAUSE I GOTTA HAVE IT.
AND YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE PEOPLE COMPLAINING TO YOU JUST LIKE, I DON'T LIKE IT.
AND YOU GUYS GOT WHAT, 300 AND HOW MANY PLAYERS? 3 26.
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YOU GOT 700 PARENTS CONSTANTLY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ON YOU.AND SO YOU GUYS ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT TOILETS ARE FLUSHING AND THE TOILET PAPER'S THERE AND ALL THIS STUFF GOING.
AND THEN I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATION SET RIGHT TO WHERE THE HOT WATER HEATER IS SCREWING UP.
AND SEE THAT'S THE PERSON I'M HEARING THAT SAID TO ME, THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE THAT IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT.
AND SO TO ME THAT SHOULD BE LIKE A 9 1 1.
HE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE IT FIXED AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO GET RED TAGGED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO SHUTS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY DOWN.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE RULES, BUT STUFF LIKE THAT, I WANT YOU GUYS TO GET EMPOWERED NOT TO DRAG A WHOLE STUFF, NOT TO USE FACEBOOK.
USE THE EMAIL AND IF HE'S NOT DOING IT, THEN COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT A PROBLEM OUT HERE.
THIS THING'S NOT WORKING THE WAY WE THINK IT SHOULD BE.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO BETTER.
SO I WANT TO GET YOU GUYS EMPOWERED WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, OUR PARENTS KNOW GOOD COACHING.
OKAY, FACILITIES GETTING BETTER, BUT DAMN SURE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE PEEING OUT IN THE WOODS AND ALL THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING AT ALL THIS.
AND SO COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, MAYBE IF THIS PASSES AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANT CHANGE, LET'S, LET'S GET REVOLUTIONARY HERE.
OKAY? I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT, TWO YEARS AGO THEY HAD TO, WE HAD TO PROVE FUND DIP AND STUFF LIKE THAT, RIGHT? THEY COULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE SNACK BAR WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION.
LONG WAY WE SHOULD TELL YOU IF YOU COULD HAVE A PIXIE STICK OVER THERE AND NOW IT'S LIKE WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA SELL, JUST FOLLOW THE HEALTH CODE.
EVERYBODY WANT TOWEL COMES DOWN THERE.
OH YEAH, I GET IT BECAUSE I WOULD HATE 'EM BUT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF JEFF SAID HEY WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BAN HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY? WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY? BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE, WE GOTTA CLEAN IT UP, CLEAN IT UP AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA CLEAN UP.
YOU GUYS GONNA CLEAN UP BECAUSE YOU DID WHAT? YOU DAMAGED THE FIELD BECAUSE YOU LEFT ALL THAT DEBRIS ON THERE.
AND THEN YOU GUYS GONNA SAY WE THEM SOMETIMES EATS ANYMORE.
SOUNDS GREAT THERE ME A CALL OR YOU GOT A CALL? WELL, SHE CALLED 'CAUSE I SCREWED UP LAST TIME.