Jun 13, 2024 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting

[INAUDIBLE] THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024

[1. Call to Order: The Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]

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TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.

WE HAVE AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.

YES,PLEASE. LET US PRAY.

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO GIVE OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MEET TOGETHER AS A PARK BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.

WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND DISCUSS ITEMS PERTAINING TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ADVANCEMENTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PART OF IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE JUST ASK AT THIS TIME THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, THAT WE CAN BE OPEN AND HONEST IN OUR DISCUSSION, THAT WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE ENGAGING RHETORIC AND DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN DO SO WITH RESPECT AND HUMILITY.

FATHER, WE ASK TO WATCH OVER US THIS EVENING, WATCH OVER OUR FAMILIES AS WE'RE AWAY FROM THEM TO CARE FOR THEM.

THAT WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME TO SEE THEM.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

ALLEGIANCE].

PLEDGE].

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

I DON'T BELIEVE I'M DISCUSSING.

WE WILL NOW CONSIDER APPROVING THE APRIL 11TH, 2024 MEETING.

[INAUDIBLE]. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER APPROVING THE APRIL 11TH, 2024 MEETING

[4. Consider approving the April 11, 2024, meeting minutes.]

I'LL SECOND.

[INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. SORRY.

I'M FIGURING OUT HOW TO FINISH IT.

THE MOTION HAS PASSED.

WE WILL NOW CONSIDER APPROVING THE MAY 21ST, 2024 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD JOINT MEETINGS.

[5. Consider approving the May 21, 2024, Municipal Development District and Parks & Recreation Boards joint meeting minutes.]

IT'S THE LITTLE BOTTOM.

THERE YOU GO. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MAY 21ST, 2024 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD'S JOINT MEETING MINUTES.

I SECOND. [INAUDIBLE].

THE

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON DAMAGE AND CLEANUP EFFORTS AT ALL THE CITY PARKS DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

[6. Receive an update on damage and clean-up efforts at all the city parks due to extreme weather events. ]

WE DID RECEIVE DAMAGE TO TWO OF OUR PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES, ONE AT JOE J.

AND PATRICIA D. STONE PARK UP THERE OFF OF LAUREL CREST LANE IN WOODBRIDGE AREA, AND ALSO THE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR THE WHICH PARK? DAVE SANFORD.

SORRY. DAVE SANFORD PARK.

NOT ONLY WERE THE WIND TARPS BLOWN OFF AND RIPPED, BUT THE CONNECTION OF THE FRAMING OF IT ALSO DETACHED.

SO RIGHT NOW, THOSE TWO PLAYGROUNDS ARE ARE SHUT DOWN.

THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.

WE HAVE CONTACTED THE PLAYGROUND VENDOR THAT WE'VE USED FOR THOSE AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND GIVE US AN ESTIMATE AND GET ALL THAT.

THAT'LL BE PART OF THE INSURANCE CLAIM THAT WE'VE, WE'RE SUBMITTING THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DAMAGED.

THE BLEACHER COVER, ONE OF THE BLEACHER COVERS FOR THE RED FIELD AT HERITAGE PARK.

SIMILAR THING DAMAGE THE WHOLE FRAME AND THE TARP AND THE WINDSCREEN FOR THAT.

WE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO SOME FENCING.

IT, I GUESS.

NOT NECESSARILY THE PARK, BUT THIS FACILITY, WE HAD FENCE DAMAGE AT PUBLIC WORKSHOP.

WE DO HAVE FENCE DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN'T GET TO RIGHT NOW.

SALIMAN. PARK IN THE GREENWAY BEHIND THE PARK WHERE WE DO THE HAUNTED HAYRIDE.

THERE'S A TON OF TREES DOWN IN THERE.

MARIO, OUR PARKS MANAGER, WALKED THAT AREA EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND HE THOUGHT THERE'S 40 OR 50 TREES DOWN IN THERE AND A LOT OF THOSE BORDER HOUSES THAT THEIR FENCES BACK UP TO THAT GREENWAY.

WE JUST CAN'T GET IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL, NOT LOCAL.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH A TREE PRUNING CONTRACTOR.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE BACKED UP RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL GET TO THAT SOON.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY PROMISES, BUT THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO IS MUDDY CREEK PRESERVE OFF OF PLEASANT VALLEY.

THAT'S COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.

THAT WAS UNDER WATER FOR ALMOST A WEEK, AND A LOT OF DEBRIS WAS COLLECTED.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US PROBABLY THE ENTIRE FALL AND PROBABLY INTO THE WINTER TO GET CLEANED UP SO THAT THAT TRAIL IS THAT NATURAL PRESERVE WE WALK THROUGH.

SO BE UNAVAILABLE FOR A WHILE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED OUR HR DIRECTOR, WHO'S OVER THE INSURANCE CLAIMS FEELS LIKE WE GOT OFF PRETTY LUCKY, CONSIDERING SOME OF THE DAMAGES WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE TREES AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE HAD AND IT'S BEEN TOUGH. BUT YEAH.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE TO GET THOSE RESOLVED.

THIS IS LIKE A TORNADO WITH STRAIGHT LINES.

YEAH. WE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK.

I HEARD 70 MILE, 75 MILE PER HOUR WINDS HERE.

SO YEAH.

EVERY STREET YOU GO DOWN.

I THINK I HEARD A REPORT.

THAT OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACTOR CWD HAS BEEN THROUGH ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY SO FAR.

SO. IF YOU THINK I'M THE TIMELINE [INAUDIBLE] TWO WEEKS? THEY'RE HITTING 10% PER WEEK.

GOING TO TAKE THREE MONTHS TO GO THROUGH.

AT LEAST HIT EVERY CITY ONCE EVERY STREET.

ONCE IN THE CITY.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS PATIENCE AND.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE PEOPLE ON MY END OF MY STREET THAT IS THEIR FENCE HAS BEEN AN EYESORE SINCE IT'S BEEN A RENTAL PROPERTY JUST FOREVER.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE HOA ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE PIECE OF CRAP FENCE.

IT'S GONE AND NOW THERE'S A BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL FENCE THERE.

YEAH, SO I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE ADDRESS AGAIN?

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SO THE INSURANCE CLAIM ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.

WHAT'S THAT? AS THE INSURANCE CLAIM HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE.

NOT YET. WE'RE STILL GATHERING.

WE HAVE A WHILE TO GATHER BECAUSE THERE'S AREAS WE CAN'T GET TO RIGHT NOW, BUT, YEAH, WE'RE JUST KIND OF COLLECTING ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE IT GOES TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.

SO. OKAY, SO FOR MUDDY CREEK, RIGHT.

THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING OTHER THAN THERE'S SOME DEBRIS CLEANERS, THERE'S SOME TRASH CANS, THERE'S SOME GATES, THERE'S SOME LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, WELL, WE COULD GET IN THERE AND PROBABLY BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE PRETTY QUICKLY.

WOULD THAT YOU CAN DO THAT AS PART OF THE CLAIM AS WELL AS FAR AS CLEANUP.

ALSO NOT JUST DAMAGE OKAY.

WELL THE I'M SORRY THE CLEANUP.

GREAT QUESTION.

THE CLEANUP IS KIND OF SEPARATE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE EMERGENCY FUNDS FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS WILL HELP US WITH THE CLEANUP.

SO, YEAH, LIKE ALL THE TIME, LIKE, LITERALLY OUR PARKS GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING CLEANUP FOR TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS, AND THEY'LL JUMP OFF AND MOW A PARK OR CITY HALL WHILE THEY STILL CLEAN UP THE AREAS.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOME OF THE AREAS WE HAVEN'T HIT YET, BUT THE AREAS THAT WE WANT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, WE'VE CLEANED THOSE UP AS BEST WE CAN AND THAT'S SEPARATE.

THAT'S A SEPARATE SUBMITTAL BY THE OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

A SPECIALIST AND HE WORKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HE'S COLLECTING ALL THAT, ALL THE CLEAN, ALL THESE ROLLOUTS THAT WE'VE SET OUT, ALL THE EXTRA DEBRIS CLEANUP THAT WE'RE ASKING CWD TO DO ALL THE STUFF OUR GUYS HAVE DONE, ALL THE STUFF THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE, ALL THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED ON A DIFFERENT REIMBURSEMENT WITH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.

HOW DID THE [INAUDIBLE] PARK, THE SPLASH PARK, THE BUCKET.

DID THAT SURVIVE THE IT? IT DIDN'T. I SAY IT DID SURVIVE, BUT IT TWEAKED IT, AND WE GOT IT ALL FIXED YESTERDAY, FINALLY, BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT TIPPING CORRECTLY SO YEAH.

WHICH YEAH TO SOME THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT NEEDED TO GET FIXED.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE MY PARK VOLLEYBALL COURT VOLLEYBALL COURT.

YEAH IT DID SET OUR, I'LL REPORT ON HERE IN A MINUTE.

BUT IT DID SET OUR PICKLEBALL COURT CONSTRUCTION BACK A LITTLE BIT.

SO BUT MOST OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OVER THERE AT THE STATION ARE THAT HERITAGE PARK.

IT'S I THINK SCOTT SAID IT DELAYED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THEM LONG TO GET BACK GOING, SO.

NOW REMEMBER THAT DATE, THAT COMPLETION DATE IS IN OCTOBER, MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

I JUST MEANT THAT THEY HAD DAMAGED SOME THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY UP THERE.

YEAH, I THINK HE WAS HOPING TO GET IT DONE SOONER.

BUT WITH THAT STORM AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I THINK IT'S VERY WEIRD LIKE OUR TREES, WE HAVE SEVERAL RELATIVELY NEW TREES OR THEY JUST AREN'T AS BIG AS SOME OF THE OTHER TREES AND THEY JUST UNSCATHED AND THEN MASSIVE TREES, A STREET OVER LIKE THE ROOT BALLS COMPLETELY UP.

LIKE I THINK IT'S THE FLEXIBILITY, LIKE THE YOUNGER TREES CAN BEND WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND, BUT THE OLDER ONES ARE LIKE, REALLY? YEAH, THE BIG TREE JUST LIKE A BIG WIND SAIL.

JUST CATCHING ALL THE WIND AND THE.

YEAH. IT'S CRAZY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, EVERYONE ELSE SURVIVED, ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES? YOU HAD SOME.

KEITH? YEAH, I LOST TWO POOL UMBRELLAS, SO THAT WAS.

OH, AND A PEACH TREE BRANCH.

THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

BUT EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD GOT HIT PRETTY GOOD.

YEAH, SOME BRANCHES BROKEN.

FORTUNATELY, ALL THE TREES STAYED.

WE'RE GOOD. YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT. THEY WERE PRETTY BIG.

[INAUDIBLE] FORTUNATELY. WHAT ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? TOOK SOME DAMAGE. DEFINITELY TOOK SOME DAMAGE.

ACROSS THE STREET ONE OF THE TREES UPROOTED? WOW. THAT'S CRAZY.

YEAH, UPROOT LIKE THAT.

UPROOT OVER.

LIKE YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE ROOT BALL.

IT'S LIKE. YEAH. IT'S AMAZING.

THIS IS HUGE. MASSIVE.

YEAH. PLENTY OF HUGE BRANCHES THAT WERE BROKEN AS WELL.

WE HAD JUST TRIMMED OURS.

SO I THINK THAT HELPED.

SO IT KIND OF HELPED THE WIND JUST KIND OF GO STRAIGHT THROUGH IT, AS OPPOSED TO IF YOUR TREE WAS FULL WITHOUT BEING TRIMMED, THEN.

YEAH. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.

BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THAT CALL CITY HALL WITH GETTING TREE LIMBS AND EVERYTHING PICKED UP.

I JUST IF YOU'RE JUST PATIENT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.

IT WAS A LOT. IT'S A LOT TREES.

IT'S A HUGE TREES TOO.

PEOPLE HAD TO CUT DOWN HUGE TREES SO I COULD.

THEN YOU KNOW THE.

BECAUSE I SAW THEM COME BY AND PICK UP THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME OUT.

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YEAH AND SOME OF THESE, I THINK THERE'S STILL TWO HOUR WAIT AT THE LANDFILL TO DUMP.

OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT'S THERE TO BE IMPATIENT ABOUT? THERE'S ROADWAYS AREN'T OBSTRUCTED.

YEAH, I THINK THE I THINK JUST SEEING LIMBS PILED IN THEIR YARD JUST WAITING TO GET SOME FOLKS, IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE LIKE ON THE.

SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT PEOPLE PARKING TRYING TO GET OUT AND WELL, THAT NASTY FENCE THAT CAME DOWN IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE ON THE CURB, I'M SURE, FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS.

YEAH. WE HAD SOME FENCE DAMAGE TOO, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

YEAH. I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ROOF DAMAGE.

ROOF? WE DID NOT THANKFULLY.

YEAH. HAD SOME FOLKS ON THEIR ROOF DAMAGE ALSO JUST THE TILES.

YEAH. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE POOLS? ARE THEY OPEN OR ARE THEY WHATEVER WAS DAMAGED.

YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS AND STUFF.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE CLOSING.

OH THAT'S HOA ANYWAYS.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE SPLASHPAD EVEN DURING THE STORM. SO WE NEED ELECTROCUTION LIABILITY ON HAND.

OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON INSTALLATION OF A PREFABRICATED RESTROOM AT JOE STONE PARK IN WALKING TRAIL.

[7. Receive an update on installation of a prefabricated restroom at Joe Stone Park and walking trail. ]

THE BASE OR THE FOUNDATION IS ALMOST COMPLETED.

THE RESTROOM IS A PREFABRICATED RESTROOM IS SCHEDULED TO COME IN MIDDLE OF JULY.

WE PUBLIC WORKS WAS HELPFUL IN GETTING BORING ACROSS THE STREET TO TIE IN THE SEWER LINE, BECAUSE SEWER LINES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. SO WE GOT THE SEWER LINE OVER THERE.

WE'VE GOT THE WATER LINE NEXT TO IT.

THE POWER IS ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY ACCESS TO THE POWER, BECAUSE WE HAVE POWER THAT WAS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SIGN. SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST GOING TO REMOVE THE SIGN AND EVERYTHING AND ATTACH THE POWER THING ONTO THE BUILDING.

THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY RUNNING OF DIFFERENT LINES FOR POWER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SMOOTH.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE TO GET THAT GOING AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT RESTROOM, WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO GO COMPLETELY AROUND THE POND.

SO IF YOU KNOW THE PARK VERY WELL JUST BEYOND THE SHELTER THERE'S A TRAIL THAT GOES KIND OF INTO WOODBRIDGE. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO, BUT THEY'LL CONNECT THAT TRAIL OVER AND GO BACK INTO THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE HOUSES ACROSS THE LITTLE LOW WATER CROSSING TO COME UP ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND AND CONNECT UP THERE AT THE STREET, I JUST SAID. [INAUDIBLE] HISTORY.

JUST UP THERE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS.

SO JUST LOOP ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO THE WEATHER DID SLOW THAT DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO START DIGGING AND I THINK THEY JUST THEY PULLED OUT AND HAVEN'T BEEN BACK. BUT I THINK THE TIMING WAS I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING IN BY THE END OF JULY.

GREAT. SO OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND DISCUSS THE HERITAGE PARK EXPANSION IN PHASE TWO OF THE JK SACHSE PARK PROJECT.

[8. Receive an update and discuss the Heritage Park expansion and Phase 2 of the J.K. Sachse Park project. ]

THEY'VE DONE THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL RUFF IN ITS COMPLETELY DONE.

ALL THE ELECTRICAL, THE ROOFING FOR THE ELECTRICAL IS DONE UP THERE.

THE FOUR FENCE GRAVITY WALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

NOT ONLY ALONG THE AMPHITHEATER, BUT ALSO ALONG THE WHERE THE PERGOLA IS BY THE LITTLE POND WHERE WE KIND OF HUNG OUT THERE.

THAT'S ALL DONE.

THE SPLASH PAD ROUGH IN FOR ALL THE PLUMBING, ALL THE.

AND IT'S ALL THE BACKFIELDS IN THERE NOW THAT'S GETTING READY TO DO THE SURFACE OF THE SPLASH PAD AND PUT THE FOUNTAINS IN OR THE FEATURES IN.

THE BOARDWALK RAILING IS.

I JUST WENT BY THERE YESTERDAY.

THEY STARTED IT AND IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

THE PLAY EQUIPMENT CONTINUES TO CONTINUOUS PROGRESS.

I SAW THEY PUT ONE OF THE BERM SLIDES INTO THE LITTLE HILL THERE TO GET READY TO DO THE OTHER ONE.

THE SIDEWALK.

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THE FORMING UP IS DONE.

THEY WANT TO GET. IT'S STILL TOO WET TO BRING THE TRUCKS IN, BUT THEY'RE READY FOR THE TRUCKS TO COME IN AND DO THE FINISH THE SIDEWALKS THERE AND IF YOU NOTICE THE SITE LIGHTING IS BEING INSTALLED, THE OVER THE WALKING TRAIL GOING IN LOOKS REALLY NICE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT AGAIN I MENTIONED THEY'RE STILL ON PACE TO FINISH WHEN THEIR CONTRACT OF OCTOBER. SO EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING SMOOTHLY AND ON JK SACHSE PARK, I MENTIONED THAT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS HAVE THEY KIND OF HIT A DELAY.

WE INSTALLED THE IRRIGATION.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND PUT SOD IN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, LIKE THE WEEK OF THE STORM GOT PUSHED BACK.

SUPPOSED TO GO IN TUESDAY.

IT RAINED AGAIN.

SO NOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO IN ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY NEXT WEEK.

ALONG WITH THE WINDSCREENS.

THE PADDLE HOLES ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN ON THAT SAME DAY, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE BLEACHERS.

WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF SOFT OPENING, LETTING PEOPLE PLAY ON IT.

THERE'S BEEN TALK OF HAVING SOME KIND OF.

I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A GRAND OPENING, BUT YOU KNOW, HANDING OUT SOME CITY STUFF OR SOMETHING WHEN IT, WHEN WE OFFICIALLY OPENED.

BUT WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THAT.

BE FUN TO HAVE, LIKE, A LITTLE TOURNAMENT OR SOMETHING.

JUST A GRAND OPENING TOURNAMENT.

SO I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION OF THAT.

IT'S JUST HARD BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE ARE TRYING TO DO IT ON A SATURDAY.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING EVERY SATURDAY IN JUNE, SO.

BUT IT'S COMING ALONG.

I MEAN, WE JUST KIND OF HIT A WALL WITH THIS THING.

STORM AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE, BUT SHOULD BE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE MICHAEL J.

[9. Receive an update on programs and activities at the Michael J. Felix Community Center.]

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE UP.

CYNTHIA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

SO SUMMER IS HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.

FIRST THING WE'VE DONE IS ADJUSTED OUR GYM SCHEDULE TO.

SINCE THE KIDS ARE AT A SCHOOL A LITTLE BIT MORE BASKETBALL HOURS.

YES, THERE'S LESS PICKLEBALL HOURS, BUT WE'LL GET I DID.

THERE WERE LESS PICKLEBALL HOURS DURING THE SUMMER THAN THERE ARE DURING THE FALL, BUT WE'LL GET BACK THERE.

ONE THING WE NORMALLY DO DURING THE SUMMER IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR GYM SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE OPEN PLAY HOURS FOR BASKETBALL, OPEN PLAY HOURS FOR PICKLEBALL.

BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT'S THE ONLY SPORT THAT CAN BE PLAYED DURING THAT TIME.

BUT WE ALSO NORMALLY HAVE A THING CALLED FREE PLAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE TWO COURTS OF PICKLEBALL GOING AND ONE COURT OF BASKETBALL.

GENERALLY DURING THE SUMMER, WE JUST TAKE FREE PLAY OUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT TO HAVE THE KIDS ON ONE END PLAYING BASKETBALL AND THEN ADULTS ON THE OTHER SIDE PLAYING PICKLEBALL. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MAKE DURING THE SUMMER.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OUR CAMPS STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD 106 KIDS COME THROUGH, SIGNED UP FOR CAMPS.

SO REALLY EXCITING. WE HAVE COOKING CAMP THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THIS WEEK, MAKING ALL OF US HUNGRY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALL DAY LONG SMELLING THAT FOOD.

WE'VE HAD PRESCHOOL CAMP, BASKETBALL CAMP, AND PERFORMING ARTS CAMP.

ALSO, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST TEEN NIGHT ON MONDAY.

IT WAS A CARNIVAL THEMED TEEN NIGHT WITH ZORB TRACK, CRAZY CONES, SOCCER DARTS.

WE HAD SNACKS AND WATERS FOR THE KIDS, A PHOTO BOOTH SETUP.

WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT.

WE HAD ABOUT 60 KIDS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR TEENS GETTING THEM ALL INTO THE BUILDING TOGETHER.

SO I THINK THEY ALL HAD A GOOD TIME AND WE HAVE A SECOND ONE COMING UP IN JUNE AS WELL AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WILL BE COMING UP IN JULY.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OTHER THINGS GOING ON.

PARKS AND REC MONTH IS IN JULY, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME POSTS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THAT.

THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR FOLKS.

THEY CAN GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES AT OUR PARKS.

THEY'LL GET ENTRIES INTO A RAFFLE, AND WE'VE GOT A HUGE BASKET THAT WE'VE GOT A TON OF DONATIONS FOR.

SO THAT WILL BE GIVEN AWAY AT THE END OF JULY AND ACTUALLY ON THIS COMING MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT THE PARK.

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SO IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, PLEASE DO SO ON MONDAY.

I THAT.

OH, WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL OUR FIRST FAMILY LUAU NIGHT FOR PICKLEBALL.

THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS OUT OF POWER ONE DAY.

THE FIRST DAY DURING THE STORM WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED AND THEN WE HAD POWER AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE OUR LUAU NIGHT STARTED, OUR POWER WENT OUT AGAIN.

SO WE HAD TO CANCEL IT.

BUT WE DO PLAN ON RESCHEDULING IT.

WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN AUGUST.

WE JUST HAVEN'T SET A DATE YET.

MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE BACK TO SCHOOL TYPE PICKLEBALL FAMILY NIGHT.

SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT DATE TO COME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR HAPPENINGS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I'LL STAY UP HERE, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK I'M ON THE NEXT ONE, TOO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

CYNTHIA. WE WILL NOW RECEIVE STAFF UPDATES REGARDING CURRENT ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERSONNEL.

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

THE TRAIN, HOW RECEPTIVE THAT'S BEEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT ELSE? YEAH, A COUPLE OF THOSE.

RED, WHITE AND BLUE BLASTS COMING UP.

YEAH. COMING UP. RED, WHITE, BLUE BLAST.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

WE HAD OUR SECOND SUMMER CONCERT.

I THINK A LOT OF YOU CAME OUT.

IT WAS THE 80S MIX TAPE BAND, WHICH THIS THE SECOND CONCERT WAS, I WOULD SAY, ABOUT DOUBLE THE ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAD FROM THE FIRST CONCERT.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.

WE HANDED OUT FREE GLOW STICKS AND, LIKE, BLOW UP INSTRUMENTS SO THE KIDS COULD, YOU KNOW, AIR GUITAR IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WHEN WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SUMMER CONCERT COMING UP ON AUGUST 2ND, THE TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND REPUTATION WILL BE THERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.

YEAH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.

THEN JULY 3RD.

RED, WHITE AND BLUE BLAST.

THAT ONE IS COMING UP AS WELL, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL COME OUT TO THAT ONE.

WE'VE GOT.

YOU KNOW, OUR PETTING ZOO PLAN.

LOTS OF FOOD TRUCKS, LOTS OF VENDORS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WE HAVE A TON OF VENDORS THIS YEAR, SO THEY'LL BE THERE OUT THERE.

NINJA NATION WILL BE THERE, SET UP FOR THE KIDS TO DO.

WE'LL HAVE A COOLING AREA AGAIN WITH THE COOLING FANS AND STUFF FOR PEOPLE TO GET UNDER TO COOL OFF, AND LOTS OF YARD GAMES AND AND LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS TO DO.

SO IT'LL BE FUN, A FUN TIME.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING YOU WANTED ME TO TALK ABOUT? THE TRAIN. OH, THE TRAIN.

YEAH. SO THE TRAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT OUT HERE.

IT'S A TRAILER.

IT HAS LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITIES IN IT.

LIKE GIANT JENGA, SOCCER DARTS.

JUST A LOT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

IT'S AVAILABLE TO RENT FOR HOA'S AND SACHSE RESIDENTS.

THAT RESERVE SACHSE RESIDENTS.

THAT RESERVE A PAVILION WILL DROP IT OFF AT THE PARK THAT THE PAVILION IS AT AND THEY CAN CHECK OUT CERTAIN ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE FOR THEIR PARTY AND IT HAS BEEN UTILIZED.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD WE'VE HAD A BLOCK PARTY THAT'S USED IT OVER THERE, ACTUALLY NEAR JK SACHSE PARK.

WE'VE HAD THAT ONE AND WE'VE HAD THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS USED IT FOR ONE OF THEIR EVENTS, AND I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT HAVE RESERVED IT. IT JUST HASN'T GOTTEN IT, JUST HADN'T GOTTEN TO THEIR PARTY YET TO RESERVE OUT.

BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN USING IT FOR OUR EVENTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE IT OUT AT THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF EVENTS WE'VE DONE.

POP UP PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WILL COME, GO OUT TO A PARK AND SET UP THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS TO JUST PLAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S GOING REALLY WELL AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP UTILIZING IT.

I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT OFFER.

THANK YOU. SO JUST TO ADD TO THAT IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND LEISURE SERVICES IN GENERAL AND USING THAT SURVEY THAT THE CITY DID TO KIND OF JUSTIFY REQUESTS FOR THE BUDGET AND IN THAT BUDGET, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS OVER $1 MILLION FOR LEISURE SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDED THE LIBRARY.

MOST OF IT WENT TO LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THE HOURS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD DO SOME OF THESE NEW EVENTS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, TEEN NIGHTS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE ADDED THE TRAIN IN THERE AND EXTENDED

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SO 5 OR 6000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE CONCERT SERIES, WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS THAT HAVE USED THE TRAIN.

YOU MENTIONED, LOOK, OF ALL THESE NUMBERS, I'M SAYING THE ONE THAT'S BY FAR THE MOST IMPRESSIVE IS 60 TEENS GETTING TOGETHER ON A WEEKNIGHT.

I AGREE THATS [INAUDIBLE].

THIS DAY AND AGE, I'M LIKE, HOLY COW, WHAT DID YOU DO? GO DRAG THEM FROM THEIR HOUSE? PRETTY MUCH. YEAH. SO IT'S THE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS JUST TO ME UNBELIEVABLE AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE IT. THAT'S REALLY COOL.

GREAT TO HEAR. SO WITH THIS REAL QUESTION.

SO WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS, IT THAT'S ALL WORKING OUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF EXTENDED HOURS AND THEN WE HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY.

YEAH. WE HIRED SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO IT'S BEEN ENOUGH.

IT'S BEEN ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO KEEP.

OH IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.

YES. OKAY. GOOD. YES AND WE CYNTHIA ADDED 16 HOURS TO THE WOULD YOU ADD YOU HAD QUITE A BIT IT WENT FROM LIKE 54 TO.

[INAUDIBLE]. I'M TRYING TO THINK I CAN'T REMEMBER HERS.

HERS WAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT.

IT WAS. WELL WE ADDED MONDAY.

MONDAYS WAS THE BIG THING.

WE ADDED MONDAYS, WE WEREN'T OPEN AND WHEN WE EXTENDED HOURS, WE OPEN NOW FROM 9 TO 9 ON MONDAYS.

SO THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST ONE RIGHT THERE.

[INAUDIBLE] 12 HOURS RIGHT THERE.

YEP AND THEN WE ADDED HOURS IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY AND HOURS IN THE MORNING ON SATURDAYS AS WELL.

WE EXTENDED OUR SATURDAY HOURS.

[INAUDIBLE] HOW RESIDENTS CAN RENT THE TRAIN AGAIN.

IS THAT ON A WEBSITE? IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

THERE'S A PAGE AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO JUST CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION NUMBER AND ASK FOR ALEX.

ALEX? YES.

ASK FOR ALEX.

YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE ALSO, RIGHT? [INAUDIBLE] ONLINE.

YOU GET ONLINE, YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION ONLINE.

YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY RESERVE IT ONLINE.

CALL. YOU DO HAVE TO CALL TO RESERVE IT.

YES AND THEN BUT IF YOU ARE DOING A BLOCK PARTY THERE'S A FORM ONLINE FOR THE BLOCK PARTIES AND THERE IS A BOX YOU CAN CHECK THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE TRAIN, AND THEN IT GOES DIRECTLY TO US, AND THEN WE GIVE YOU A CALL TO SEE WHAT DATE IT IS THAT YOU WANTED IT.

JUST. THANKS AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, CYNTHIA AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.

SO I BELIEVE WE ARE ADJOURNED.

ANYBODY ELSE, ANY OTHER BUSINESS? WE ARE ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE]. NO, THERE'S NO COUNCIL OR BOARD MEETINGS THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY.

OKAY SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTED TO RE-EMPHASIZE.

MAKES SENSE.

SO TAKE A VACATION.

[INAUDIBLE] I'LL TAKE ANOTHER ONE.

[INAUDIBLE]. WE'RE NOT HAVING AN MD TONIGHT, ARE WE? OKAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.