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TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION.FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS MAYOR PRO TEMP WESTBROOK WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PLEASE RISE, LET US BOW OUR HEADS AND GRATITUDE AND REFLECTION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY AS STEWARDS OF THIS GREAT CITY ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM IN EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, THAT OUR ACTIONS MAY REFLECT JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY.
WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE WORDS OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT WHO REMINDS US IT'S NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS, NOT THE MAN WHO POINTS OUT HOW THE STRONG MAN STUMBLED, OR WHEN THE DOER OF DEEDS COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
THE CREDIT BELONGS TO THE MAN OR WOMAN WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE ARENA, WHOSE FACE IS MARRED BY DUST AND SWEAT AND BLOOD WHO STRIVES VALIANTLY, WHO HEIRS AND COMES SHORT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHO KNOWS THE GREAT ENTHUSIASMS, THE GREAT DEVOTIONS, AND SPENDS HIMSELF IN A WORTHY CAUSE, WHO AT BEST KNOWS AN END THE TRIUMPH OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENT.
AND WHO AT THE WORST, IF HE FAILS, AT LEAST FAILS WHILE DARING GREATLY SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT.
GRANT US THE COURAGE TO BE IN THE ARENA, TO STRIVE VALIANTLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY, AND TO EMBRACE BOTH OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR CHALLENGES WITH HUMILITY AND RESILIENCE.
HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS FOSTERING UNITY AND PROGRESS FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON YOUR, OUR DELIBERATIONS TODAY, THAT THEY MAY BE GUIDED BY YOUR WISDOM AND OUR GENUINE DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD.
MAY OUR MAY OUR EFFORTS LEAD TO THE TRIUMPH OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AND THE FLOURISHING OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[ City Events and Announcements Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez) Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams) Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)]
ANNOUNCE, UH, CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
UH, JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, IS THE LAST FOUR DESIGN CLASS OF 2024.
THAT'S UP AT THE SHIRTS NORTH CENTER, SIX TO 7:00 PM AGAIN, YOU CAN CHECK THE PARK'S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UH, WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP, CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 23RD, 24TH AND 25TH, AND THEN AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JANUARY 1ST, NEW YEAR'S DAY.
OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS JANUARY 7TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH.
REALLY LOVE TO SEE FOLKS MOVE UP WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND REALLY CULTIVATE THAT HOMEGROWN TALENT.
SO WE HAD STARTLE BLAKE PROMOTED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR TO POLICE RECORDS MANAGER SARAH RODRIGUEZ, PROMOTED FROM PERMIT TECH TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
MARK MAZI MOVED FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO BUILDING INSPECTOR NATH.
NATHANIEL DE LEON WENT FROM EMT TO PARAMEDIC.
ALEXIS MARTINEZ ALSO WENT FROM EMT TO PARAMEDIC, AND FRANK TIO WENT FROM EMT TO PARAMEDIC AS WELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD A BIG ONE.
WE HAD MARTY TREVINO PROMOTED FROM SERGEANT UP TO LIEUTENANT.
AND MARTY, AS YOU KNOW, HEADS UP OUR SRO PROGRAM.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO JESSICA KERRS.
SHE EARNED HER SENIOR CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR HR ASSOCIATION, P-H-P-S-H-R-A.
AND THIS INCLUDED COMPLETING A THREE HOUR PROCTORED EXAM.
SO ALSO THE, UH, PD IS CONDUCTING A BLUE, THEIR BLUE SANTA PROGRAM AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND KUDOS TO THEM FOR HELPING OUT A, A WHOLE BUNCH OF WONDERFUL KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, HELPING A LOT OF KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, WELL, THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE, AND, UH, ON DECEMBER 5TH, WE HAD OUR TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
AND ON DECEMBER 7TH WE HAD THE PARADE.
AND WELL, WE BATTLED THE ELEMENTS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, UH, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, IT WAS, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE, THE COMPLEX LIT UP AND, UH,
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REALLY, UH, HAVE WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS REGARDING THAT.AND AGAIN, UH, THE HOLIDAYS, UM, MAY, MAY PEACE AND JOY AND HAPPINESS, UH, BRING YOU, UH, UH, THIS, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City property is protected from malware. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]
UH, NEXT IS THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL FIRST SPEAKER BEN GUERRERO.
MR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
HI, BENJAMIN GUERRERO, LIVING IN 5 0 6 CAPITOL COURT LANE.
WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS OF SHIRT WHO VOTED THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON 14 DECEMBER, 2024.
FURTHERMORE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CANDIDATES, TYRONE TAYLOR, HEATHER STAMPER, TIM DUSIK, AND PAULA DEL TORO FOR THEIR GREAT EFFORTS AND CONTINUOUS DETERMINATION FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
I AM ONE OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE FOUR, AND I WANT TO FULLY ALERT AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL THE REGISTERED VOTERS INSUREDS TO VOTE ON THE RUNOFF ELECTION, WHICH WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH IN JANUARY, 2025.
THIS IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY REGISTERED VOTER TO COME OUT AND VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO WILL BEST FULFILL THE VACANT POSITION DURING AREA CANVASSING THE FOLLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS, BELMONT PARK, CAROLINA CROSSINGS, NORTH AND SOUTH RIDGECREST, OAK FOREST, GREENS, SHIRE, WOODLAND OAKS, ASHLEY, SAVANNAH, JONAS WOODS, AND BRIDGEWOOD.
I SAW A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF UNITED STATES FLAGS POSTED IN HOMES.
THE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM HERE IN SHIRTS IS IGNITED AND I BELIEVE IT WILL REMAIN IGNITED.
ALL ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL.
THEREFORE, OUR, AS OUR CIVIL DUTY, AS OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, I PLEDGE TO ALL THE REGISTERED VOTERS TO COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM BY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE FOUR IN JANUARY, 2025.
IN CLOSING, I THANK THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHURCH'S LEADERSHIP FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
[ Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS. THEY ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SPECIAL DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 1 65.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL, UM, AIR PRO TEMP WESTBROOK.
ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON, UH, TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, I'M GONNA READ THESE OFF, UH, ALL, ALL FOUR OF THEM BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING ELSE I NEED TO, UH, REFER TO ALL, ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS.
[3. Resolution 24-R-162 - Approving a Resolution to canvass the returns and declaring the results of the December 14, 2024 Special Election, and other matters in connection therewith. (Mayor/Council/S.Edmondson)]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 1 62 APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO CANVAS THE RETURNS AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF DEC DECEMBER 14TH, 2024 SPECIAL ELECTION.IN OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THAT WITH, WITH THAT WE WERE PROJECTING MAYBE 50 PER, UH, SOMEONE WOULD RECEIVE 50%.
[4. Oath of Office - City Council Place 4]
THROUGH THE OATH OF OFFICE.[5. Resolution 24-R-163 Approving a Resolution to call for a Runoff Election on January 18, 2025, with Guadalupe County, Bexar County and Comal County and approving the Guadalupe County Election Contract stating that Guadalupe County will oversee the entire Runoff Election. (Mayor/Council/S.Edmondson)]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS RESO.RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 1 63 APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR RUNOFF ELECTION ON JANUARY 18TH, 2025 WITH GUADALUPE COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY, AND AL COUNTY IN APPROVING THE GUADALUPE COUNTY ELECTIONS CONTRACT, STATING THAT THE GUADALUPE COUNTY WILL OVERSEE THE ENTIRE RUNOFF ELECTION.
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FOUR, AND FIVE HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.GUADALUPE COUNTY HAD OVER 500 MAIL BALLOTS AND NOT ALL, ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN RETURNED AND APPROPRIATE TIME MUST BE PROVIDED TO ALLOW THEM TO RETURN.
THEREFORE, THE FINAL NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
THEREFORE, A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MUST BE SCHEDULED FOR EITHER DECEMBER 24TH, 25TH, OR THE 26TH TO CANVAS A VOTE AND CALL FOR A RUNOFF.
I SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR THESE TWO ITEMS ON DECEMBER 26TH AT 4:00 PM AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVES THE 26TH AT 4:00 PM TO HAVE THE, THE CANVASSING AND THE RUNOFF.
WITH THAT, UH, ANY COMMENTS, COUNSEL? SO WE'RE ALL SET, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT ON THE 26TH AT 4:00 PM IF YOU CAN PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
[6. Resolution No. 24-R-164 - Authorizing Professional Service Agreements with Freeland Turk Engineering Group, LLC, Halff Associates, Inc., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Unintech Consulting Engineers, Inc., and Utility Engineering Group, PLLC, for on-call engineering services. (B. James/K. Woodlee)]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 1 64.AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH FREEMAN TUCK ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC HALF ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED, KIMBERLY HORN ASSOCIATES AND INCORPORATED UNIQUE TECH COUNSELING ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED IN UTILITY ENG ENGINEERING GROUP, PLLC FOR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
MI MS. WOODLEY FLOOR IS YOURS, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.
I THINK YOU SAW EVERYTHING IN YOUR, UH, PACKET.
WE, UM, RECEIVE 27 RESPONSES TO OUR, UH, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR, UH, OUR NEW BATCH OF ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
UM, SEVEN OF THEM WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR TECHNICALITIES.
IT WAS NO EASY TASK, NO SHORT TASK.
UM, ALMOST ALL OF THE, UM, RESPONDENTS WERE, UH, COMPETENT AND WOULD CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR US.
BUT AFTER EVALUATION, UM, WE SELECTED OUR TOP FIVE FIRMS, WHICH INCLUDE FOUR FIRMS THAT WE HAVE HAD AS ON-CALL ENGINEERS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THAT BEING KIMLEY HORN, HALF ASSOCIATES, UN TECH, AND UEG UTILITY ENGINEERING GROUP, UH, WE'RE ADDING TO THAT FREELAND TURK, WHICH IS A SMALL, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME SERVICES TO US.
SO WITH THAT, WE REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THESE.
AND THEN AS PROJECTS COME FORWARD, WE DO SEPARATE TASK ORDERS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS, UM, SIMPLY AN MASTER AGREEMENT.
SO WE, UM, HAVE ALREADY VETTED THEM.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. WOODLEY.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, I MAKE A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RE RESOLUTION 24 R 1 64.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE COULD CA UM, PLEASE P UH, PUBLISH THE VOTE.
[7. Ordinance 24-M-164 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan by adopting the Parks, Recreation, Open Space & Trails (PROST) Master Plan. (S. Gonzalez/L.Shrum)]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN BY ADOPTING THE PARKS RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, MS. RUM.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, MR. WILLIAMS. UM, OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS ON OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
IT'S AN UPDATE THAT WAS LONG OVERDUE.
SO I'VE GOT OUR CO, UH, CONSULTANT HERE TONIGHT.
MRS. CAITLIN, ADMIRE TO GO OVER THE PROCESS WITH YOU GUYS.
LAUREN, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR, UM, HAVING ME BACK THIS EVENING.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ME LAST TIME, I THINK IN EARLY THIS YEAR WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING THE UPDATE TO YOUR LAND USE PLAN.
UM, SO THIS IS FOLLOW ON WORK FROM THE WORK WE DID WITH THE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN TOLD TO GIVE CLOSER TO THE FIVE MINUTE VERSION THAN THE 25 MINUTE VERSION OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA COME BACK TO DURING Q AND A, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FULL PLAN, PDF, UM, READY ON THE COMPUTER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY IN THE PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GO QUICKLY OVER THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN ARE.
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SO THE PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SLATE, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS PLAN, WHAT WE CALL A PRO PLAN.IT'S A 10 YEAR PLAN THAT ESTABLISHES A VISION FOR PARKS, UM, OUR CONSULTANCY FREEZE AND NICHOLS.
WE ARE AN URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WORKED WITH LAUREN AND HER TEAM OVER THE LAST ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, THE PARKS BOARD ACTED AS OUR STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS.
SO WE HAD THREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH THEM AS WELL AS A MEETING FOR RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN WE WERE AT P AND Z JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS PLAN IS REALLY TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND IDENTIFY BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS FOR PARKS.
UM, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THAT IT FOLLOWS THE LAYOUT THAT'S REQUIRED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR FUNDING.
SO IT HELPS YOU GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES.
UM, SO WE LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, ANALYZE BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.
WE ESTABLISH GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
UM, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU DO A FIVE YEAR UPDATE IN BETWEEN THEN TOO, BUT KIND OF A FULL UPDATE IN 10 YEARS.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE AN ACTION PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES IMPROVEMENTS AND AGAIN, AIDS IN SEEKING FUNDING.
SO THIS IS REALLY A PLANNING TOOL MOSTLY FOR LAUREN'S DEPARTMENT, BUT IS AS WELL AS ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, CITIZENS, AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, UM, THE CITY OF SHIRTS IS GOING.
AND ONE, UH, REALLY GOOD THING ABOUT PARKS PLANS AS WELL IS THAT COORDINATE LOCAL EFFORTS, BOTH BETWEEN SHIRTS BUT ALSO BETWEEN THE ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE DOING THINGS LIKE WIDER REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORKS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE STARTED THIS BACK IN MARCH, UM, JUST AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THAT COMP PLAN, UH, LAND USE UPDATE.
AND SO HERE WE ARE IN, THIS GOT PUSHED A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE WE ADDED THE P AND Z MEETING IN THERE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM THEIR CHANCE TO, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
UM, SO HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF 2024, READY TO ADOPT.
QUICKLY TELL YOU WHAT WE DID FOR ENGAGEMENT.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE STARTED BACK WHEN WE WERE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE UPDATE.
UM, WE INCLUDED QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION IN THAT SURVEY AS WELL.
SO WE START, WE KIND OF HAD THIS BASELINE INFORMATION THAT WE STARTED WITH.
WE HAD FOUR PARKS BOARD MEETINGS, FIVE SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
WE HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOUR PARKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE GREAT WORK THAT LAUREN'S TEAM DID TO KINDA GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PARKS SURVEY WE HAD ONLINE, UM, WEBSITE AND MAPPING TOOLS.
WE HAD A TABLE AT THE 4TH OF JULY JUBILEE EVENT.
AND WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, UM, HERE IN THE CHAMBERS ACTUALLY, WHERE WE INVITED THE PUBLIC TO COME CHAT WITH US AND ASK US ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS.
WE MET WITH A COUPLE OF THE YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, THE SENIOR CENTER, THE FRIENDS OF CRESCENT BEND, AS WELL AS KIND OF A FIFTH GROUP MADE UP OF MASTER NATURALISTS AND GARDENERS AS WELL AS TRAIL ADVOCATES.
AND A LOT OF THEIR PRIORITIES CAME DOWN TO BALANCING NEEDS.
WE WERE, WE WERE VERY SURPRISED WITH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THESE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE VERY FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC THINGS SUCH AS YOUTH SPORTS OR THE GARDENERS, UM, THEY WERE VERY GOOD AT UNDERSTANDING THE BALANCE OF NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO BALANCING, UM, PARKS WITH PLAYGROUNDS ALONG WITH PARKS THAT ARE MORE NATURAL.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND JUST BEING CONTEXTUALLY, UM, AWARE OF WHAT EACH PARK COULD PROVIDE AND PROVIDING KIND OF THAT BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TRAILS WAS A CONTINUOUS THING THAT CAME UP BOTH IN OUR STAKEHOLDERS, IN OUR SURVEY, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID HERE WAS INCORPORATE THE TRAILS PLAN INTO THE WIDER PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT NOT ALL PARKS PLANS ACTUALLY HAVE THAT TRAILS ELEMENT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEARD FROM LAUREN IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND THEN WAS REITERATED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL.
WE HAD 162 COMMENTS ON THAT TOOL.
UM, THE ONLINE SURVEY, UM, WAS A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.
THERE WERE 4,000 RANDOMIZED POSTCARDS SENT OUT TO HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD 426 RESPONSES AND ABOUT 31% OF THOSE WERE AS A RESULT OF THOSE POSTCARDS.
UM, SO AS A 3%, UM, RATE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED STATISTICALLY VALID.
UM, WE HAVE SOME OF THE RESULTS HERE.
I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF FLY THROUGH THESE, THESE ARE ALL IN THE DOCUMENT IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT DETAIL, ANY OF THE SURVEY RESPONSES.
BUT OVERALL, PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY HAPPY WITH THE PARKS AND THE WORK THAT LAUREN'S TEAM IS DOING.
UM, OUTDOORS IN NATURE CONTINUE TO BE A PRIMARY, UH, THING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
AGAIN, YOU SEE TRAILS COMING UP REALLY HIGH PLACES TO
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ENJOY NATURE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, RANKED REALLY HIGH IN QUITE A FEW OF OUR QUESTIONS.
UM, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TRAILS AND LINEAR PARKS.
PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN OPEN SPACE.
AGAIN, THESE RECURRING THEMES.
UM, WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE RECURRING THEMES 'CAUSE THAT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER BECAUSE IT MAKES IT REALLY OBVIOUS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
SO THE TOP 10 PRIORITIES THAT RESPONDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN SPECIFICALLY FROM THE SURVEY.
UM, AND THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC LIKE FACILITY NEEDS.
SO SHADING AND PLAYGROUNDS, AGAIN, TRAILS, NATURAL AREAS, PLAYGROUNDS GENERALLY SEATING, SWIMMING POOLS, ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, SO FOR LIKE SPECIAL NEEDS USERS COVERED PICNIC PAVILION, SPLASH PADS, AND INDOOR RECREATION SPACE.
UM, ONE THING WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PARKS BOARD WAS THIS IDEA THAT WITH THE SHAPE OF THE CITY, HOW IT IS HAVING THE NEED, YOU KIND OF HAVE THREE CLEAR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS.
AND SO PROVIDING A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF AMENITIES KIND OF IN THOSE THREE AREAS.
SO EVEN THOUGH MAYBE A COMMUNITY OF YOUR SIZE DOESN'T REQUIRE, SAY, THREE DOG PARKS OR THREE POOLS, SOME OF THOSE BASIC AMENITIES, UM, YOU COULD CONSIDER PROVIDING THREE IN YOUR COMMUNITY JUST SO THE KIND OF THAT GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OVER NECESSARILY THE QUANTITATIVE NEED.
UM, SO THAT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD QUITE A BIT.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT.
WE USE PARKS CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE PRETTY SIMILAR ACROSS MOST TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE PLANS.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOUR PLAN WAS THE ADDITION OF GREEN BELTS AND LINEAR PARKS AS WELL AS NATURE PARK AND OPEN SPACE.
UM, BECAUSE WE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THOSE, WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHICH PARKS FELL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES SPECIFICALLY.
SO OFTENTIMES MAYBE AN OPEN SPACE OR NATURE PARK WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED A REGIONAL PARK OR, UH, A LINEAR PARK MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY PARK.
BUT WE WANTED TO CALL THOSE OUT REALLY SPECIFICALLY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR YOUR PLAN FOR SHIRTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE PARKS, INCLUDING CITY PARKS, PRIVATELY OWNED PARKS, SCHOOL FACILITIES, JUST TO GET THAT IDEA OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE LIST ALL THE PARKS AND THEN ALL OF THE AMENITIES AND WE JUST KIND OF TAKE INVENTORY OF WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY.
UM, WE CHOSE 13 SPECIFIC PROFILES TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO, ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT YOUR PROFILES IS THAT WE DID COMBINE A FEW PARKS THAT, UM, TECHNICALLY LIKE IN YOUR CITY FILES ARE TWO SEPARATE PARKS OR EVEN THREE SEPARATE PARKS SOMETIMES.
BUT WE COMBINED THEM INTO A SINGLE PROFILE WHEN DOING THESE PARKS PROFILES BECAUSE REALLY AS A USER, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UM, THEY FEEL AND ACT AND ARE EXPERIENCED AS A SINGLE PARK.
SO LIKE LIVE OAK HILLS AND FOREST RIDGE ARE BASICALLY TWO CONNECTED SPACES THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AS ONE PARK, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TECHNICALLY KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT NAMED PARKS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME PLACES, UH, PARKS COMBINED.
THEN WE GO INTO OUR ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THREE PARTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, WAS THE COMMUNITY DEMANDING FROM THEIR PARKS, THE STANDARDS BASED.
WE LOOKED AT HOW SHIRTS COMPARES TO NATIONAL STANDARDS RELATED TO WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING.
AND THEN WE HAVE RESOURCE BASED, WHICH IS WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU HAVE NOW THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE FOR, UH, RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
SO STANDARDS BASED ASSESSMENT, YOU WILL SEE BOTH FIRST A LEVEL OF ACREAGE.
SO WE JUST LOOK AT THE QUANTITY OF ACREAGES AND HOW YOU COMPARE, UM, TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD BASED ON BOTH TODAY'S POPULATION AND THE PROJECTED FUTURE 10 YEAR POPULATION IN 2035.
SO WHAT ARE THE DEFICITS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY AND WHAT ARE THE DEFICITS THAT YOU'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE IN 2020, IN 2035 IF YOU DON'T ADD ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
SO THE SAME THING, WE DO THAT SAME THING FOR FACILITIES.
SO FIRST WE LOOK AT JUST QUANTITY OF ACREAGE.
THEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF THE AMENITIES IN THOSE PARKS.
SO HOW MANY SKATE PARKS DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY SKATE PARKS SHOULD YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE A DEFICIT TODAY? WILL YOU HAVE A DEFICIT IN 2035? SO THIS IS JUST ALLOWING THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY WE DO A SPATIAL LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO WE LOOK AT WHERE THOSE PARKS ARE AND HOW ARE THEY SERVING THE PEOPLE IN SHIRTS.
UM, SO THE LIGHT YELLOW COLOR IS EVERYWHERE THAT IS EITHER HAS TODAY OR IS PROJECTED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE FUTURE.
AND HOW ARE PARKS SERVING THOSE PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, SO ON THE LEFT SIDE IS KIND OF THOSE SMALLER PARKS.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE THOSE LARGER REGIONAL PARKS.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OVERLAP IN THOSE NEEDS AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, UM, DARK BLACK OUTLINE.
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SAME THING FOR TRAILS AND THE RESOURCE BASED ASSESSMENT.WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CREEKS AND GREEN BELTS, TOPOGRAPHY, UTILITY CORRIDORS.
YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DO A LOT OF THAT WORK.
SO THE DRY COMB MALL CREEK PARK IS ALREADY UTILIZING KIND OF A NATURAL WATER BODY.
HILLTOP PARK HAS, IS UTILIZING THIS TOPOGRAPHY THAT'S PRETTY UNIQUE IN THE AREA.
AND THEN OAK RIDGE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, IS UTILIZING A UTILITY CORRIDOR FOR MULTIPURPOSE TO INCLUDE A TRAIL AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SUMMARY TABLE.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, THAT IF TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS GOING TO LOOK AT ONE PAGE IN THE PLAN, THIS IS THE PAGE, THE PAGE THAT THEY LOOK AT.
WHEN SHIRTS COMES AND ASK FOR A GRANT FOR A NEW POOL, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WILL COME AND LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, IS THAT ON YOUR TOP 10 PRIORITY NEED LIST? UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S NEEDS BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ASSESSMENT, AND JUST SOME EXISTING OBSERVED CONDITIONS AS, AND THEN THE, THE CUMULATIVE NEEDS ARE THERE ON THE BOTTOM, BOTH FOR OUTDOOR FACILITIES AND INDOOR FACILITIES.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE COME UP WITH A SET OF SIX GOALS FOR THE PARKS IN THE CITY.
SO GOAL NUMBER ONE IS ABOUT ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PARKLAND.
GOAL TWO RELATES TO UPDATING EXISTING PARKS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
GOAL THREE RELATES TO SYSTEM-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS THAT KIND OF APPLY ACROSS ALL PARKS, UM, IN THE CITY.
GOAL FOUR IS FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. GOAL FIVE IS, IS THAT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UM, BOTH MAINING MAINTAINING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THOSE PARKS.
AND THEN GOAL SIX IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING.
AND THEN EACH GOAL HAS ACTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT THAT ARE THEN PRIORITIZED AND, AND COST RANGES ARE PROVIDED FOR SOME OF THOSE KIND OF CIP TYPE PROJECTS WHERE COSTS ARE APPLICABLE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND THE TIME IS 6 27.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, GOING THREE TIMES.
COUNSEL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, I LIKED THE PRIORITIZATION.
I LOOKED AT THIS, UH, UH, EARL EARLIER IN THERE AND I THINK HE GOT IT.
UH, UH, A LOT OF IT OR I THINK HE GOT IT ALL RIGHT.
UH, BUT I, I LIKED THE WAY THAT IT, UH, IT CAME OUT AND I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
BUT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, I'M NOT SURPRISED.
AGAIN, TRAILS AND, AND WHATNOT BEING EVERYBODY WANTS THEM, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA BE SHORT SOME PLAY FIELDS, BALL FIELDS, PICKLEBALL, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE GROWING LIKE CRAZY.
BUT, UH, IT GIVES US A, A PRETTY GOOD ROADMAP.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND APPRECIATE IT THERE.
MS. RUM, MAYOR PRO, TAM WESTBROOK.
THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, MAYBE FOR THE, UH, CITY STAFF, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE, UM, PRIORITY, PRIORITY PAGE, THIS ONE, OUT OF THOSE TOP PRIORITIES, WHICH ONES WERE ON THIS LAST YEAR'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND OR OUR BUDGET AND WHICH ONE WERE DROPPED OFF? I THINK THERE WAS A DROP LIST THAT WE WERE GIVEN BASICALLY JUST SORT OF SAYING IF THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THESE PRIORITIES ARE IF THEY DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF MAKING A BUDGET, RIGHT? SO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DOES HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A CRITERIA.
AND SO ALL THESE WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CRITERIA.
UM, AS FAR AS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE DO WORK WITH THE PARKS BOARD EVERY YEAR AND WE PRIORITIZE OUR FUNDS WITH, WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS.
AND SO THERE IS SOME TRAIL CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CIP PLAN, WE HAVE THESE SOCCER COMPLEX LIGHTS PROJECT APPROVED.
SO YOU SEE DOWN HERE, UM, THERE'S UM, SORT OF SPORTS FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DIDN'T, OBVIOUSLY WE KNEW WE ALREADY ADDRESSED CERTAIN THINGS, WE DIDN'T ADD IT HERE RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
UM, BUT THERE IS SOME OTHER CIP PLANS, LIKE THE HILLTOP PARK PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED IS GONNA GONNA ADDRESS A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS.
SO WHEN WE GO IN FIVE YEARS TO DO OUR UPDATE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK THESE ITEMS OFF THE LIST.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT INVENTORY TABLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY TODAY.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT'S, UM, PROJECTED TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE SOME PARKLAND, UH, DEDICATION PROJECTS COMING IN
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AND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, OUTDOOR COURTS AT THE PARKLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTHERN CHURCH.SO AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE BUILT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOCK SOME OF THOSE THINGS OFF THE LIST AND OUR, OUR DEFICIT WOULD GO DOWN.
YEAH, AND I, I MIGHT WANT TO JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE DEVELOPED THIS YEAR IS OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF DOING ALL KINDS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING PARKS.
SO THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS LISTED ON THERE THAT ARE SCHEDULED OUT AND THEY DO FALL IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
BUT THERE'LL BE SOME TWEAKING THAT THAT'S AS OF HOW WE UNDERSTOOD IT BASED ON PRIOR INFORMATION.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND WE WILL TWEAK OUR CIP TO, TO MORE BE IN LINE WITH THIS PRO, THIS INPUT AS WELL AS, UM, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRO AS WELL AS HOW WE DEVELOP OUR CIP MM-HMM
SO THIS IS KIND OF A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF A STARTING POINT AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES MOVING FORWARD.
OUR CIP PLAN WILL BE UPDATED EVERY YEAR AS STEVE MENTIONED.
SO WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE AND I WILL ADD TO IT.
SO YOU WILL SEE MORE PARK PROJECTS ON THE CIP PLAN THAT COMES OUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OR YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE A REPRIORITIZATION TRUE.
SO YOU MAY SEE SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE SOONER THAT MIGHT MOVE OUT OR SOMETHING THAT'S FURTHER OUT THAT MIGHT MOVE UP BASED ON THIS, UH, INPUT.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
IF, IF WE LOOK AT THIS LIST, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SAYS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.
IS IT BECAUSE WE, EVERYTHING'S CENTRALIZED IN THIS PART OF, UH, THE CITY AND NOT ON THE OTHER PART? IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS THAT THEY DID ON THE INVENTORY WITH OUR PROJECTED POPULATION.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, OUR TARGET IS ONE PER 3,500 RESIDENTS MM-HMM
AND SO OUR CURRENT LEVEL SERVICE, UM, WE HAVE A NEED AND WE HAVE A DEFICIT OF ONE AND 2035.
WE'LL HAVE A DEFICIT OF FIVE IF WE DON'T ADD ANY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
IT'S, UH, BASED ON THE POPULATION GROWTH.
AND IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IN OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT THERE'S, UM, LIKE A WAIT LIST FOR SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, IF WE CAN GET MORE FIELD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE KIDS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DEFICIT IN THE AREA TOO, RIGHT? SO BVYA COVERS SHIRTS AS WELL AS PEOPLE FROM S OAK CAN JOIN BVYA, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE ALSO SORT OF, AGAIN, BEING THE REGIONAL HUB FOR THE AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A DEFICIT OF FIELDS IN OUR GENERAL AREA COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO.
JUST ON THAT POINT THERE, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE SLIDES WAS, UH, PARK GOAL THREE WAS ENHANCED ACCESS.
AND I THINK, UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE A BIT DECEPTIVE ON THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS IN THE SOCCER FIELDS BECAUSE THE ACCESS ISN'T THERE AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY LOCKED UNLESS YOU'RE, UM, USING IT WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
UH, THERE, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE FIELDS AT THE MEYER PARK, YOU REALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE TO NO ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO USE, UH, A BALL FIELD.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIX.
I MEAN, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS DO RUN OUT FIELDS, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE, LIKE PEOPLE ARE BEING LOCKED OUT OF USE, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DO HAVE, THEY'RE FEE-BASED RESERVATION.
SO YEAH, WE, WE COULD LOOK INTO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UM, WELL WE HAVE MULTIPURPOSE COURT.
WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND ABOUT THE BACK BACKSTOP, I'M SORRY, BACKSTOP IS WHAT WE CONSIDERED FREE AND OPEN PLAY FIELDS, RIGHT.
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESERVATION.
AND SO YES, WE ARE AT A DEFICIT IN THAT AS WELL.
FREE AND OPEN FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN JUST PLAY A PICKUP GAME WITH YOUR KIDS.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S GOOD.
THERE'S JUST VERY, VERY LITTLE OF THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE JOHNNY MCDOWELL COMPLEX IS LOCKED UP FROM OCTOBER UNTIL, YOU KNOW, MARCH AND NO ACCESS.
SO REGARDLESS IF YOU WANTED TO USE IT OR NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY TO MM-HMM
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S OPEN FIELD DAYS OR SOMETHING, THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE TO ACTUALLY USE THOSE FIELDS.
SINCE THE SOCCER COMPLEX IS LOCKED UP TOO.
I BELIEVE SO, CORRECT? IT IS, YES.
YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED FIELD AND OPEN SPACE.
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TO MAKE THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE HAVE TO MOW, UH, AND, AND ALLOW THEM TO USE THESE OPEN FIELDS FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE OR SOCCER PRACTICE.WE JUST, JUST MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND MAIN, AND I GUESS IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO US TO, TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES BECAUSE THE OPEN FIELDS ARE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THEN IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YES IT RAINS, BUT IT DRIES UP WITHIN A WEEK AND THOSE, THAT OPEN FIELD CAN BE USED BY SEVERAL, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, WHETHER IT'S SOCCER, WHERE THERE'S JUST KIDS THAT WANNA PLAY AND THEY CAN'T GO TO THE SOCCER FIELDS OR, OR, OR EVEN PRACTICE BASEBALL.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER, UH, TO UTILIZE THOSE OPEN FIELDS.
WE, I THINK THE DEMAND FOR PRACTICE SPACE IS, IS STILL GREAT.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UM, I THINK THE EXPECTATION OF PEOPLE IS NO LONGER THAT PICKUP BIT IN THE FIELD PLAY.
UM, COACHES ARE MORE AND MORE DEMANDING ON WHAT THEY EXPECT.
YOU KNOW, WE, A LOT OF THE ROUGH MODE AREAS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR PLAY.
UM, THEY'RE NOT FINISHED MODE.
THERE'S HOLES, THERE'S CRACKS IN THE GROUND 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IRRIGATED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING NICE, UH, NICE FIELDS FOR PRACTICE.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO INCORPORATE PRACTICE FIELDS IN LIKE FUTURE PARKS.
SO PARKLAND DEDICATION PROJECTS, LIKE I SAID, THE PARKLAND'S ONE WILL HAVE A, UH, BACKSTOP, AN ACTUAL FIELD WITH AN INFIELD.
UM, THERE'LL BE A RESTROOM FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN USE FOR OPEN PLAY AND WE WILL START TO LOOK TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO FUTURE PARKS WHERE WE CAN UNTIL WE CAN GO FOR A NEW POTENTIALLY COMPLEX SOMEWHERE ELSE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 M1 64.
SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WESTBROOK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE FIVE AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[8. Monthly Update - Major Projects In Progress/CIP (B.James/K.Woodlee)]
IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR MONTHLY UPDATE AND MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS.THESE ARE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE, SHIRTS.COM.
WITH THAT COUNCIL, ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? ALRIGHT.
[ Requests and Announcements Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City Council agenda City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)]
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR PROTE WESTBROOK.I HAD THE, UM, GOOD FORTUNE TO GO TO THE RETIREMENT FOR TODD KAISER, UH, DECK TO CITY HALL HOL DAZZLE PARADE AND PRIZE PALOOZA WITH THE TRI-COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON WENT TO THE PD LUNCH, THE TREE LIGHTING, AND THEN THE HOL DAZZLE, AND THAT WAS ALL COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO.
WE HAVE THE TREE LIGHTING AND THE, UH, HOLLE, UH, GOOD JOB BY THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT UNFORTUNATE WITH THE WEATHER, BUT, UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, ALSO THE, UH, HOLLE PARADE.
AND AGAIN, UH, KUDOS TO THE STAFF AND THE, UH, UH, THE CITY CO HALL AREA.
WELL, UH, I JUST LIKE TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THE TIME IS NOW 6 39.