Sep 14, 2023 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting

THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR

[1. Call to Order: The Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Sachse will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]

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TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.

WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.

SURE. I'LL GIVE THE INVOCATION.

LET US PRAY. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO GATHER BEFORE THEE THIS EVENING AS A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THESE THAT ARE SERVING DILIGENTLY IN THEIR CALLING TO HELP MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN THE CITY, THE PARK AND HERITAGE PARK SPECIFICALLY, THAT WE CAN GET AN UPDATE AND CONTINUE THE ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PARK.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY THAT ENABLES US TO DO THESE GREAT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE JUST PRAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD THE WORK AND HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND CONTINUE TO BE HELPFUL IN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. WE LOOK FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE CITY.

FATHER, WE ASK THEE TO WATCH OVER US THIS EVENING AS WE ARE AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES AND DO SO IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN. AMEN.

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THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT WILL TAKE COMMUNICATION COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.

OKAY. THEY WILL NOW CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 10TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.

[4. Consider approval of the August 10, 2023, Regular meeting minutes.]

A SECOND. THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND

[5. Discuss and consider approving use of J.K. Sachse Park volleyball courts for overnight use on Friday, September 22, through Saturday, September 23.]

WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING.

IT IS INTERESTING.

SO, THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTED THE USE OF THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS TO HOLD A TOURNAMENT, AND HE WANTED TO USE IT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING.

AND SO, I GUESS HE DIDN'T KNOW THIS, IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP THE POLICY.

SO, THIS IS IN OUR CITY ORDINANCES.

SO, OUR POLICIES FOR UNDER RULES, GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS ONE G DOWN THERE, ANY PERSON SHALL NOT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE CURFEW AT 1130 AND ON WEEKENDS 6 TO 12 MIDNIGHT, NO EXCEPTIONS SHALL BE ALLOWED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION OR BOARD. SO, WE IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD OVERNIGHT REQUESTS.

IT'S BEEN FROM THE RADIO GROUP RACES OR.

ONE OF THOSE GROUPS AND THEY WOULD HOLD THEIR ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS THING.

THEY WERE REALLY QUIET. THEY JUST HAD SOME TENTS, AND THEY WOULD BARBECUE.

BUT AFTER THE CURFEW TIME, THEY WERE LITERALLY QUIET ALL NIGHT.

BUT THEY HAD TO DO THIS 24-HOUR THING.

WHAT'S THAT? NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE HOURS ARE.

MIDNIGHT TO SIX ON THE WEEKEND.

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HE WANTED TO BE ON. YOU WANT TO BE ON THE AGENDA? I TRIED TO CALL HIM THE LAST FEW DAYS TO MAKE SURE HE'S STILL COMING.

HE DIDN'T, BUT I DID TELL HIM I'D BE ON THE AGENDA AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER IT BECAUSE HE'S NOT HERE TO REQUEST.

BUT THAT'D BE A GOOD TEACHING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO LEARN THAT.

THAT IS ONE AUTHORITY THAT DOESN'T GO TO COUNCIL THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS MAKE A DECISION ON FOR OVERNIGHT STAY IN THE PARKS.

IT RARELY HAPPENS.

IT USED TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.

YOU'D COME AND DO A PRESENTATION AND DO HIS RADIO STUFF AND BE APPROVED REGULARLY AT SALMON PARK.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE MORE TUCKED AWAY BACK THERE IN THE GREEN, GREEN, WAY BACK THERE.

AND IT WORKED OUT GOOD.

THIS ONE I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE AWFULLY CLOSE TO THE HOMES AND THE APARTMENTS IT IS.

AND THE LIGHTS DON'T I CAN'T SECTION OFF THE LIGHTS.

IF YOU TURN THE LIGHTS ON, THEY'RE ON IN THE VOLLEYBALL COURT, THE PAVILION AND THE PARKING LOT.

SO, THE PARK'S LIT UP.

BUT ANYWAYS, I THOUGHT I'D LEAVE IT ON THERE JUST IN CASE HE CAME.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSIDER ANYTHING.

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE I MEAN, IDEALLY, I THINK THAT SOUNDS FUN.

I MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT AS I SAID, I'M CONCERNED IT IS REALLY CLOSE TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS.

I CAN SEE THERE BEING SOME BACKLASH.

I WAS HOPING TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND SAY, LOOK, WHAT IF? WHAT IF YOU DID IT TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW? AND BECAUSE WE CAN'T RESERVE THE COURTS EITHER.

WE HAVEN'T WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR POLICY YET.

WE'RE GOING TO GET PERMISSION TO RESERVE ONE COURT, MAYBE TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW FROM 9 TO 12 AND CALL IT GOOD.

BUT IT WAS AGAIN, HE'S HIS GROUP GOES OUT THERE QUITE A BIT AND PLAYS.

BUT DO WE KNOW THE AGE GROUP? IT WAS IT WAS ADULTS LIKE IT SAYS OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN TALKING LIKE 9 TO 2 A.M.

WE WANTED 9:09 P.M.

TO 2 A.M.

OKAY. AND I GUESS IN ADDITION TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT, WOULD THERE BE SPECTATORS, TOO? IS THERE? YEAH, I'M SURE THERE'D BE SPECTATORS THEY WANTED TO CATER AND FOOD AND.

YEAH. SO, AND I THINK IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, WE COULD ASK THEM, OKAY, IS THERE GOING TO BE MUSIC? IS THERE HOW MANY DO YOU EXPECT? HOW MANY TEAMS, HOW MANY SPECTATORS? BUT WHY ISN'T HE HERE? IF HE WAS HERE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE DECIDED NOT TO DO IT BECAUSE I TOLD I WANTED TO GET I WANTED INPUT, TRY TO HELP HIM DO THE TOURNAMENT.

I WANTED TO HELP HIM BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TOURNAMENT.

BUT IS THIS GOING TO GET AHOLD OF HIM? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH.

MHM. YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH.

OF COURSE. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL CONSIDER THAT IF IT GETS BROUGHT UP AGAIN.

YES, IF HE WANTS TO COME BACK.

YEAH, BECAUSE THIS WAS IT WAS SEPTEMBER 23RD, SO WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

THIS IS THE ONLY MEETING HE CAN REQUEST THAT.

SO, BUT IF IT COMES UP AGAIN.

BECAUSE MY GUESS.

WITH SAND VOLLEYBALL, THEY GET USED.

I MEAN, YOU SAY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S USED ALMOST EVERY NIGHT OUT THERE.

IT IS. SO, IT'S WHICH IS GREAT.

I PASS BY THERE EVERY NIGHT.

YEAH. HOW'S YOUR SAND VOLLEYBALL GAME? ARE YOU PRETTY GOOD? OH, NO.

YOU DON'T STOP AND PLAY.

WHY ARE PEOPLE STARTING TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES? THEY'RE DOING MUCH BETTER. THAT FIRST NIGHT I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

PEOPLE ARE SLOBS.

YEAH. NOW THE SPLASH PADS ARE ANOTHER STORY, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

THE SPLASH PADS ARE ANOTHER STORY.

BUT THAT IS JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE EAT THERE ALL DAY.

AND SO, YOU GOT KIDS TREATS AND THEY CAN'T BE BOTHERED WITH PUTTING STUFF ON.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE LIKE A SPILL, YOU CAN'T REALLY CLEAN IT UP ON CONCRETE.

BUT SO, WE TRY TO POWER WASH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

THAT'S GOOD. NICE. THEY'RE USING IT.

THAT'S ALL WE WANTED. OKAY, THEN.

MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON HERITAGE PARK EXPANSION.

[6. Discuss and receive an update on the Heritage Park expansion.]

GOOD EVENING. IS HERE TO PRESENT BECAUSE WE HAD A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.

WHEN WAS THAT? A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

LAST MONTH? YEAH.

SO, WE DID A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING ON HERITAGE PARK.

SCOTT I'VE BEEN REFERRING TO HIM AS A PROJECT MANAGER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER, AND MY ASSOCIATE TANNER, IS THE PROJECT MANAGER.

SO, WE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING, AND SCOTT IS FULLY COMMITTED.

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HE COULD ALMOST CAMP OUT.

I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER, AND I CAN WALK 300FT TO THE JOB.

AND I DIDN'T. AND HE JUST LEARNED TONIGHT THAT WE SHOOT FIREWORKS AT HIS APARTMENT BUILDING.

SO, I'M RENTING OUT MY 4TH OF JULY 20 FOOT LONG BALCONY TO ANYBODY WATCHING WITH BYOB.

BUT I'LL HAVE THE I'LL HAVE THE PATIO, BUT I'LL LET SCOTT TAKE OVER.

HE'S GOT A VIDEO AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO PAUSE IT OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE.

I'M ACTUALLY BLESSED TO BE HERE.

I LOVE THE CITY.

I'M GOING TO BE HERE.

WE'RE OPENING MEACHAM.

WE'RE A THIRD-GENERATION COMPANY OUT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

ONE SECOND. DOES HE NEED TO DO WE NEED THE MIC TO GET HIM RECORDED BECAUSE THIS IS RECORDED.

OKAY, GOOD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. SO, I REPRESENT MEACHAM.

WE'RE A THREE-GENERATION COMPANY OUT OF HOUSTON.

WE'VE WORKED IN MOST EVERY CITY IN TEXAS, BUT WE'VE ALSO WORKED THROUGHOUT THE STATES.

ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES IS BUILDING THESE NEW LARGE LAKE SYSTEMS FOR RESORTS, WHICH THEY HAVE LAGOMAR DOWN IN GALVESTON OR LAKE CITY.

BUT WE DO A LOT OF WORK.

WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT $100 MILLION COMPANY, AND WE'RE MOVING HERE TO DALLAS FORT WORTH.

BUT WE DO A LOT OF WORK UP HERE BEFORE AND THEY ASKED ME TO COME UP AND BE THE OPERATIONS DIRECTION IN THE FIELD FOR THAT COMPANY.

SO, THAT'S WHAT THEY HIRED ME TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

SO, I MOVED INTO THE ALDINE AT THE STATION RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PROJECT SO I COULD KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

THEY LAUGH. THEY TELL ME THAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO USE MY BINOCULARS AND NEVER LEAVE MY APARTMENT.

I CAN TAKE A RIDE OUT THERE WITHOUT HIM SPOTTING.

YEAH. YEAH, LIKE I SAW YOU.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY IS I.

I SENSE THAT.

I SENSE THAT. I FEEL IT.

IT'S MY PROPERTY.

SO ANYWAYS, WE DO A LOT OF DRONE DOCUMENTATION FOR OUR PROJECTS.

I DO. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE COMPANY IS ADOPTING AND ADAPTING.

I'VE BEEN DOING DRONES FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN POPULAR.

BUT THIS PROJECT HERITAGE PARK, IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US TOO.

IT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IT TO BE ONE OF OUR LAUNCHING PROJECTS TO ALL OF OUR OTHER PUBLIC WORKS CITIES AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WORK FOR.

SO, WE'RE EXCITED AND WE HAVE 322 MORE DAYS AND TOMORROW WILL BE 321 MORE DAYS.

SO, WE'RE ON THE COUNT.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE DONE IN ABOUT 298.

BUT AND I WILL PROBABLY SAY THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD NOW, RAIN FORBIDDING.

BUT ANYWAYS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE VIDEO, WHICH I DID WITH THE DRONE, AND THEN I ADDED IN SOME PHOTOS OF THE AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE ON THE PROJECT.

AND I'LL STOP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AND GO THROUGH IT FOR YOU.

BUT HERE WE GO.

FORGIVE THE MUSIC.

I WAS. NOW THAT I KNOW THE GROUP, I CAN PROBABLY GO WITH A LITTLE CLASSIC ROCK.

OKAY. SAME OLD.

NO, I AM.

SO, THIS IS THE ENTRY TO THE PROJECT.

I'M GOING TO STOP IT REAL QUICK FOR A MINUTE JUST SO I CAN UPDATE YOU.

IT PAST THE FLOWERS.

WE HAVE A LARGE STOCKPILE OF DIRT RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S ABOUT 5000YD³ OF DIRT.

AND I SPOKE WITH PEMBE THE OTHER DAY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOSE THAT PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE OR THAT DIRT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT IT'S GOING TO USE AS A TOPSOIL KIND OF A PLACEMENT.

SO, NOBODY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FOR VERY LONG, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS PEMBE WAS THE DEVELOPER OF THE STATION.

THEY DEVELOP ALL OF THAT, THE COMMERCIAL, THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.

AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM.

THEY WENT. THAT'S WHO THEY HIRED.

YOU NEED TO DO THIS PROJECT.

EXACTLY. EXACTLY.

SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE PASSAGEWAYS.

YOU'LL COME FROM THE PARKING LOT THROUGH HERE.

THIS WILL BE A TURNAROUND.

IT WILL TAKE YOU ON A PATHWAY DOWN HERE AND THEN A PATHWAY UP HERE.

AND I'LL LET YOU SEE WHAT IT LEADS YOU TO.

THESE AREAS THAT ARE OPEN ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC ACTIVITY AREAS, WHETHER IT'S WITH GATHERING OR DOWN BELOW WILL BE THE KIDS AMENITIES FOR ALL THEIR TOYS AND FUN THINGS TO PLAY ON RIGHT HERE WILL BE A NEW BRIDGE THAT WILL BE GOING ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.

IT'S THE THEME IS, OF COURSE, THE STATION RAILROAD THEME.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF.

SHE CAN'T HEAR.

I GO, OKAY.

I KNOW THIS IS DIRT AND IT LOOKS KIND OF DIRTY, BUT AS I PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROJECT, I'LL BE DOING THESE VISUAL UPDATES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THIS OPEN AREA.

AND I WILL BE DOING MORE AND MORE WITH ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATES SO THAT YOU'LL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AS WE BUILD IT OUT.

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SO LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE.

SO THIS WILL BE WHERE THEY COME THROUGH INTO THE MAJOR AMENITY AREA FOR THE PLAY ELEMENTS FOR THE CHILDREN AND OFF OF THE TURNPIKE.

IS THAT CORRECT? NOW THIS IS COMING OFF A HUDSON.

THE ENTRANCE WILL BE THAT PARKING LOT.

THIS IS A TERRIBLE SENSE OF DIRECTION WITH THE BALLPARKS ARE RIGHT AS YOU COME OFF THE MAIN.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE BUILT THE NEW PARKING LOT OVER THERE.

THAT'S WHERE HE STARTED.

THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME IN. OH, THAT'S COOL.

RIGHT THERE. SLIDES A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR THE FAMILIES.

THERE'S GATHERING AREAS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ACCESS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TO COME OVER TO THIS SIDE.

NICE LITTLE PAVILION FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.

RESTROOMS. A PAVILION WILL HAVE RESTROOMS. EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE THAT'S KIND OF ROUGH LOOKING WILL BE FINISHED WITH FLORAL TREES.

TONS OF TREES. LANDSCAPING DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY KIMLEY HORN.

THEY'RE THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.

I'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON MANY OTHER PROJECTS AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD AT THEIR DETAILING.

THIS LITTLE AREA THAT WE'RE COMING UP ON NOW IS KIND OF INTERESTING.

IT'S THE AMPHITHEATER.

AND THAT AMPHITHEATER WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE WITH ONE OF MY DRAWINGS, ACTUALLY WILL GO OUT INTO THE WATER AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK AND THERE'LL BE A SMALL PLATFORM THERE FOR BANDS, FOR WHATEVER YOU ALL HAVE.

AND THIS WILL BE BENCH SEATING.

YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE BECAUSE IT'LL ACTUALLY INCORPORATE INTO THE WATER, WHICH KIND OF MAKES IT FUN.

I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WANTING TO GO SWIMMING AT SOME POINT.

YOU'LL SEE. IT COMES ON NOW IN A MINUTE FOR THE.

OVERLAY. IT'S AN INTERESTING AREA BECAUSE THAT LAKE IS GETTING CLEARER EVERY DAY.

AND I WAS KIND OF RELUCTANT TO SAY THAT'S A GREAT LOOKING LAKE, BUT IT'S GETTING CLEARER EVERY DAY.

I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE EROSION.

HERE COMES YOUR SEEDING.

IT'LL LOOK AT THAT LEVEL FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.

THIS WOULD BE SURROUNDING THESE BLOCKS WOULD BE SURROUNDING THAT WHOLE AREA THERE.

AND WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY SOLID STAGE, IT'LL BE OVER THE TOP OF THIS WATER.

I'VE BUILT PARKS, REC'S, GOLF COURSES, HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, AND THIS HAS GOT SOME VERY HIGH QUALITY AMENITIES AND DESIGN TO IT.

IAN NETZER.

AND IS IT IAN OR.

IAN. THAT'S WHERE THAT CROSSING WAS.

RIGHT THERE. YEAH, WE BLOCKED THAT OFF.

THIS IS PRETTY COOL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FACING THOSE HOMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.

IT'LL LOOK JUST ABOUT LIKE THAT IN REAL LIFE WITH A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND A LOT OF FLOWERS AND A LOT OF THE BROKEN LOOK FOR THE STEPPING BLOCKS UP TO THE TOP LEVEL.

AS YOU COME AROUND THIS PATHWAY HERE, YOU'LL COME BACK UP INTO THE AMENITY CENTER.

THERE'S PROBABLY MORE CHILDREN'S AMENITIES IN THIS ONE LITTLE AREA THAN I'VE SEEN ON ANY PARK.

AND THAT'S KIND OF REALLY COOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TIRED OR BORED WITH ONE LITTLE SWING OR ONE LITTLE UP AND DOWN SLIDE.

THEY GOT A WHOLE BUNCH.

THAT'S A VERY COOL LITTLE SLIDE FOR THE KIDS.

PARDON? IT IS, BUT IT'S A LITTLE IT'S.

IT'S NOT. IT'S GOING TO BE SHADY BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THE TWO, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT DESIGN WHERE IT'S DOESN'T ABSORB THE HEAT.

YES. YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A THERE'S QUITE A FEW LIKE THAT IN THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S COOL BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR MAIN CONCERN.

OUR MAIN CONCERNS.

YEAH. YEAH. IT'S SIMILAR TO THERE'S SOME BERM SLIDES UP IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA THAT THEY GOT THE DESIGN FROM.

AND THERE'S SOME I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO REFLECT THE THE HEAT THAT'S A LOT BETTER.

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A VERY ELABORATE SPLASH PARK THAT WILL BE ALMOST LIKE A TRAIN TRACK GOING THROUGH THE PROJECT AND IT'LL HAVE VARIOUS LITTLE SPLASHING AREAS, BUT. THEN THEY HAVE THE GENERAL GATHERING AREA, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, BRINGING THEM ALL OVER INTO THE PARK AREA. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON YOUR BASEBALL FIELDS ALL THE TIME.

SO AND THEN THERE WILL BE A PATHWAY WHICH WE'LL SHOW IN A MINUTE THAT COMES FROM THE BASEBALL ALL THE WAY INTO THE PARK.

THIS IS THE BOARDWALK RIVER WALK.

THIS IS THE BOARDWALK.

AND IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY WELL, YOU'LL SEE A REAL RENDERING, BUT IT'LL FIT RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE OF THIS GREEN FENCING RIGHT HERE.

AND WHERE THERE'S A BRIDGE GOING OVER, YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND THIS AREA WILL ALL BE INCORPORATED INTO A BOARDWALK SET UP ALONG THE TOP OF THE WATER.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'LL PRETTY MUCH.

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AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER BRIDGE THAT GOES FROM THIS SIDE DIRECTLY OVER TO.

THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AT THE APARTMENT AREA.

I'M GOING TO GET THAT BRIDGE BUILT PRETTY QUICK SO I CAN GET RIGHT TO WORK.

I DON'T WANT TO EVEN TELL YOU THAT, BUT THAT'S MY APARTMENT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.

SO ANYWAYS, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS OUT.

WE'RE PUSHING PRETTY HARD RIGHT NOW TO GET STARTED NEXT WEEK WITH THE FOUNDATIONS FOR ALL THE ABUTMENTS ON THE BRIDGES.

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING RIGHT THROUGH ALL THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING.

SO. IT'LL START COMING TOGETHER.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO BE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THE OPEN AREAS.

THE NON STRUCTURES IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE BUILDING THOSE GRASS AREAS AND PUTTING THE LANDSCAPING IN AS WE GO SO THAT WE CAN LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF OPEN DIRT. BEAUTIFUL PARK.

IT'S REALLY GOING TO TIE INTO THOSE BALLPARKS REALLY WELL.

SO THAT BRIDGE WILL GO.

FROM THIS POINT.

THERE WILL BE A WALL RIGHT HERE AND IT'LL GO STRAIGHT ACROSS TO ANOTHER ABUTMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE ALL TO THE LEFT OF THAT? SAY AGAIN? WHAT'S GOING TO BE TO THE LEFT ONCE YOU GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE? YOU GOT THE BOARDWALK TO THE RIGHT.

WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE BOULEVARD AND THAT BRIDGE THAT GOES? I HAVE NO IT'S PROBABLY A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? YEP.

I'LL HAVE TO. I THINK THAT'S STILL OWNED BY PMP COMMERCIAL.

OKAY. IS IT.

WHAT'S THAT? HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT? SO THAT'LL BE A 145 FOOT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT CROSSES OVER TO HERE.

WE'RE STARTING THE ABUTMENTS ON THAT NEXT WEEK.

AGAIN, THAT PUTS YOU BACK INTO THE BOARDWALK ALONG THIS RIVER EDGE.

AND THEN BACK UP INTO THE MAIN AMENITY AREAS.

AND WE WILL HAVE A MAJOR SIDEWALK WALKING FROM THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BALLPARKS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE PARK ITSELF.

DON'T MIND THE BALL. THAT'S DIRT FILLING IN THE CRACKS FROM THE FROM THE LACK OF RAIN.

SHORT AND SWEET, BUT TO THE POINT I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND IF YOU ALL REQUEST ANOTHER UPDATE AT THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE SOME THINGS STRUCTURE IN THERE AND IT'LL LOOK AS WE GO.

AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE DOCUMENTS READY IF YOU NEED THEM.

YEAH, I MAY HAVE YOU SEND ME YOUR AERIAL EVERY PERIODICALLY AND I CAN LOOK THROUGH YOUR EVERY UPDATE.

NOT A PROBLEM. RIGHT.

THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING. YOU DON'T NEED TO COME, BUT AT LEAST.

YEAH. NO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO.

AND I DO THOSE. I UPDATE EVERY OTHER COUPLE OF DAYS DEPENDING ON CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE TRY TO MEET EVERY MONTH.

BUT. PERFECT. I'LL SEND THEM TO YOU AND YOU CAN DIRECT THEM.

YEAH, PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS VIDEO? PARDON? CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS VIDEO? YOU CAN PASS IT THROUGH. ABSOLUTELY.

GREAT. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PARDON? 300.

NO, HE SAID 290 SOME DAYS.

I'M TRYING TO 321 DAYS LAST YESTERDAY AND I'M DOWN.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULE THIS AFTERNOON, 321 DAYS.

YEAH. THANKS SCOTT. IF CALL IF YOU NEED ANYTHING OR IF YOU EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME BY AND HAVE A WALKTHROUGH.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU UP ON IT.

I REALLY LIKE ALL GOOD.

I'M GOING TO COME SEE YOU GUYS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'LL BE IN LOVE TO RUN RIGHT PAST YOUR APARTMENT EVERY DAY.

HEY, SCOTT, THAT'S.

OH, YEAH. DO SOMETHING.

SURE. YES.

I WAS IN TO COUNCILMAN FRANKS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, NOW WE ARE GOING TO.

IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU LIKE THAT TURN OUT.

YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.

A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, ACTUALLY.

DID HE SAY WHEN HE WAS GOING TO HAVE RENDERINGS OF THE PARK? OH. TO PUT OUT THERE? YEAH. NO, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

DO WE HAVE PLANS TO LIKE.

I REALLY LIKE HOW THEY INCORPORATED THE GREENERY AND THE NATURE AND ALL THAT.

HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT POSSIBLY LIKE HAVING A PAVILION THAT PEOPLE COULD DO A CEREMONY? SO THERE'S A THERE IS A PAVILION GOING OUT THERE.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT.

IT'S LIKE NEAR THE BOARDWALK.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE A FANCY ONE.

IT HAS IT'S LIKE IT'S A COVERED PAVILION WITH RESTROOMS ON THE BACK END.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE AMPHITHEATER THAT HAS A STAGE THAT YOU CAN HOLD EVENTS THERE, MAYBE A CEREMONY OR SOMETHING.

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COOL STUFF. I THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING THE UPDATE, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A VIDEO LIKE THAT.

I'M GLAD WE GOT TO SEE THAT.

THAT'S REALLY IT'S GETTING EXCITING.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG NOW.

IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER.

NO, I KNOW. I KNOW.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON JC SACHSE PARK.

[7. Discuss and receive an update on J.K. Sachse Park.]

ONE IS WE DID SOME WORK ON THE ON THE PARK TODAY.

THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE PARK ON THE SPLASH PAD.

WE'VE HAD A DRAINAGE ISSUE FROM THE FROM THE BUCKET.

BACK SPLASHING OVER.

WE FIXED THAT TODAY.

WE DID THE COUNTERBALANCE AND WE DID A WE HAD TO PUT A TUBE IN TO LENGTHEN IT SO IT DOESN'T HOLD AS MUCH WATER.

THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE'LL DO REDO.

WE WILL REPLACE ANY VEGETATION THAT DIED DUE TO THE THE DRAINAGE ISSUE IN THE FALL NEXT YEAR.

IT WILL BE IT'LL BE GOOD TO GO, BUT IT'S FIXED.

ALSO, WE WE DID GET KYLE MURRAY WHO'S OUR PARKS FOREMAN.

HE GOT CERTIFIED IN THE AQUATIC FACILITY OPERATORS COURSE, WHICH ENABLED HIM TO TAKE THE SPLASH PAD CERTIFICATION COURSE WITH NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION SURVEY OR NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION AND OUR PR ASSOCIATION.

AND SO HE'S CERTIFIED IN ALL THINGS, ALL SPLASH PAD, WHICH WE WANTED, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PULL PEOPLE IN TO HELP US WITH THIS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE ONE UPDATE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE'VE MET WITH SEVERAL CONTRACTORS ON MOVING FORWARD ON PHASE TWO.

I GUESS THEY CALL IT TWO.

WE'RE CALLING IT TWO A OF THE PARK, WHICH IS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

AND SO I HAVE A RENDERING OF THE COURT THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS.

I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS CONTRACTOR, BUT HE PROBABLY HAS THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST.

HE'S PROBABLY OF ALL THE FACILITIES WE WENT, LOOKED AT OUTDOOR FACILITIES.

WE REALLY LIKE HIS, THEIR SURFACING A LOT BETTER.

THE FENCING SEEMS TO BE A LOT BETTER WINDSCREENS THE TOPPERS FOR THE FENCE.

SO, THEY'RE CALLED HELLAS CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'VE DONE PROJECTS IN DALLAS AND FARMERS BRANCH AND KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

SO, YOU KNOW, TO PULL THAT UP.

JENNIFER. THIS IS JUST THE.

WHAT? YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS.

GO TO THE PICTURE.

SOURCES. BID PROCESS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT RECTANGLE, THAT RECTANGLE AREA THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE SPLASH PAD WHERE WE SHARE PARKING WITH THE PAVILION, SPLASH PAD AND RESTROOMS, A TWO COURT FACILITY.

WE TRY TO SQUEEZE THREE COURTS IN THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE WE WANT TO KEEP THE TREES THERE.

THERE'S THREE LARGE TREES ON THE ON THE SITE.

PROBABLY MAKE A COUPLE ADJUSTMENTS.

WE'LL PROBABLY JUST HAVE BLEACHERS ON ONE SIDE.

PICKLEBALL COURTS AREN'T THAT BIG, SO ONE SIDE SEEMS TO BE THE MORE POPULAR AREA.

HAVE THE ENTRANCE GATES GOING INTO THE INTO THE COURTS BY THE BLEACHERS.

YOU'LL HAVE LIGHTS.

IT'LL BE A VINYL COATED CHAIN LINK FENCE.

IT'LL LOOK REALLY NICE ALONG WITH THE WIND SCREENS TO KIND OF BLOCK SOME OF THE LOCK THE WIND IN FOR PICKLEBALL.

AND. SO US DOING THIS IN HOUSE BECAUSE THIS WAS THIS WAS WE WERE GOING TO USE KIMLEY-HORN TO HELP DESIGN THIS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT NEEDED.

SO, DOING THIS IN HOUSE IS GOING TO SAVE US A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT.

WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THIS NEXT PHASE, I WANT TO SAY $800,000, BUT THIS BID CAME IN UNDER 400,000 FOR UNDER 400,000.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

LIKE I SAID, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT AND MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE TO TAKE THIS TO THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER FOR APPROVAL WITH WHOEVER WE SELECT AS A CONTRACTOR.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S LIKE A 90-TO-120-DAY PERIOD TO GET IT BUILT, SO.

NO. HOPEFULLY BY SPRING.

WE DO THIS BY SPRING.

IT'LL BE EXCITING.

IT'LL BE FUN. THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

YEAH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESERVE THEM.

AND THAT IS THE UPDATE ON JAKE.

[00:30:02]

THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE TODAY.

WE HAD TO ASK THEM TO WAIT WHILE WE WORKED ON THE BUCKET AND IT WAS 70 DEGREES, BUT IT'S USED REGULARLY.

THE PAVILION'S USED ALL THE TIME.

BUT SAND, VOLLEYBALL, COURTS IN THE EVENING, THEY'RE PACKED.

SO. SO, YEAH, A LITTLE TIDBIT OF INFORMATION ON THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS.

COUNCILMAN FRANK SON WAS ON OUR BOARD.

HE. HE'S A JUNIOR, OUR YOUTH ADVISOR, AND ALL HE WANTED WAS SAND VOLLEYBALL, COURTS.

RIGHT. EVERY MEETING YOU TALK ABOUT, WE ONLY GET SAND.

SO, WE PROMISED HIM WE'D GET HIM.

AND HE.

HE IS KIND OF.

CHASE'S LEGACY FOR THE SAND VOLLEYBALL.

BUT THERE USED TO NAME IT AFTER HIM.

YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME.

IT'S FUN TO SEE IT BEING USED LIKE WE DREAMED IT WOULD BE.

YEAH. YEAH.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT IT WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T.

I THINK IT'S LITERALLY TREATED AS A AS A CITY.

THE COMMUNITY PARKS.

SO. NICE.

ALL RIGHT. WE CAN RECEIVE STAFF UPDATES REGARDING CURRENT ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERSONNEL.

[8. Receive staff updates regarding current activities, special events, and personnel.]

IF IT GETS APPROVED, I'LL BRING IT BACK.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN PARKS AND LEISURE SERVICES.

THAT'S THE RESULT OF THE BUDGET.

IF IT GOES IF IT GETS FINALIZED ON MONDAY NIGHT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS JUST UPDATES ON EVENTS, WE DO HAVE THE PUMPKIN PROWL ON OCTOBER 21ST.

THAT'S REALLY IT. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS ON STUFF GOING ON? NOPE. NO. GREAT DEAL.

WHY DO WE WANT TO SET AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING DATE?

[9. Set upcoming Board meeting date.]

YOU WORK FOR WHAT IS THE 15TH? THE 15TH? YES. YES, IT'S FINE.

YOU'RE OUT ON THE 15TH.

NO, IN NOVEMBER. AM.

OCTOBER 12TH AND WE'LL HAVE AN MD BOARD MEETING THAT NIGHT ALSO.

WELL, I GUESS WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.