[1. Call to Order: The Municipal Development District of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]
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TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WELL, FIRST, WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO COME BEFORE THEE THIS EVENING AS A MDD BOARD.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THOSE THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD THAT ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS AND HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY THE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH STRIVE TO MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[3. The public is invited to address the Board regarding any topic not already on the agenda. The time limit is 3 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 comments under advisement.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA.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.
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSIDER APPROVING THE APRIL 11TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING
[4. Consider approving the April 11, 2024, regular meeting minutes.]
MINUTES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES.
CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR 505.
[5. Consider approving the May 21, 2024, Municipal Development District and Parks & Recreation joint meeting minutes.]
WE WENT OUT TO HERITAGE PARK AND I SKIPPED THAT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MAY 21ST, 2024 MUNICIPAL PARK DEVELOPMENT, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING MINUTES. I SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, ITEM NUMBER SIX.
I WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE I SAW ON THE INVESTMENT REPORT WE STILL HAVE INTEREST RATES OVER FIVE.
YES, YES, I THINK IT WAS 1 IN 583.
SO I WAS SO EXCITED I WANTED TO JUMP TO IT ANYWAY.
SO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2024.
[6. Consider accepting the Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2024.]
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.[00:05:05]
ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO.[7. Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on park project funding and the corresponding budget for the Municipal Development District to fund for the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget.]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON PARK PROJECT FUNDING AND THE CORRESPONDING BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO FUND FOR THE 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
YES, THIS THIS WE'RE ENTERING OUR 24-25 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.
WE ARE AN MDD BOARD, WHICH IS WE RECEIVE A QUARTER CENT SALES TAX FOR PARK PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
EVERY YEAR AT THIS MEETING IN AUGUST, WE APPROVE A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
LAST YEAR, WE APPROVED THE BUDGET WITH SPENDING AUTHORITY OF UP TO IF I REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY LIKE $760,000 $750,000 AT THAT TIME, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
OKAY, WELL, THE PICKLEBALL COURT IS STILL NOT DONE.
WE'RE STILL FINISHING THAT PROJECT WAITING ON THE SHADE STRUCTURE.
SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY MOVED ANY DIRECTION ON THE PLAYGROUND.
MIRACLE PLAY GROUP, AMERICAN PLAYGROUND AND KOMPAN.
AND YOU'LL SEE A PRESENTATION FROM THE VENDOR THAT WE WANTED TO TO SELECT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO MOVING INTO 24-25 WITH THIS, WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE HAD ON NOT SPENDING ALL OF OUR MDD FUNDS AND THE EXPECTED FUNDS THAT WE'LL RECEIVE IN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IT RAISES THE THE BUDGET IN THE ACCOUNT UP TO $1.44, ALMOST $1.5 MILLION.
AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE NUMBERS HERE ON ON THE WORKSHEET.
LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A GREAT IDEA, WE SET $50,000 OF THE FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE.
AND THAT REALLY HELPED US OUT.
AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A MINUTE.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE WHEN WE STARTED THE CONCERT SERIES OVER THERE.
WE HAD TO ADD ELECTRICAL OVER THERE FOR THE FOR THE SOUND AND FOR THE BANDS WE USE THAT WE USE THAT MAINTENANCE MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT.
OKAY. AS WELL AS WE'RE DOING SOME PLUMBING REPAIRS.
AND I GUESS WE'RE ADDING A SEPARATE LINE, ANOTHER LINE TO THE, TO THE RESTROOMS AT JK WE'LL USE THOSE FUNDS ALSO, AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN USE THE FUNDS ON. SO IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
WE WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN, SET ASIDE $50,000 FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, AND THEN WE ARE REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE FULL [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS $1,443,841 TO BE USED TOWARDS FINISHING JK SACHSE PARK.
AND WHEN I SAY FINISHED, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, COMPLETING THE THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS DESIGNED TO GO IN THERE, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS, BUT AT LEAST START ON SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE, MAINLY THE ENTRANCE SIGN FOR THE PROJECT.
AND I THINK. DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE THAT CYNTHIA? YES. UPDATED.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE YOU KIND OF GET AN IDEA WHERE THE PARK IS DESIGNED.
PHASE 2A WE DID THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEN 2B WE WANT TO DO THE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE IN THE IN THE BLUE, TURQUOISE AND ALSO GO TO PHASE THREE AND PHASE FOUR WITH THIS WITH THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, I'M NOT PROMISING EVERYTHING WILL GET DONE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN GET IT STARTED AND MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT LINE ITEM BUDGET.
WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN GO BACK TO THIS LINE ITEM FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET, IF YOU'D LIKE.
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LET'S DO IT. OKAY. COOL.SO, JOSE FONTANILLAS, I'M WITH KOMPAN PLAYGROUNDS.
AND WE WORK WITH SORRY [INAUDIBLE] TEAM TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR JK SACHSE PARK.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS OUR SOLUTION DESIGN PRESENTATION.
AND BEFORE HE STARTS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT OR I'LL PROBABLY COMMENT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED FOR THE PLAYGROUND, ALL OF THE PLAYGROUND COMPANIES HAD TO CATER TO WHAT WE HAD SIZE WISE, SHAPE WISE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONDITIONS THAT HAD TO BE MET TO GO IN THERE.
THIS IS A THIS IS A CUSTOM MADE TO OUR AREAS.
IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT? THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO SO THESE PIECES ARE SPECIFICALLY PICKED OUT TO FIT IN HERE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO JUST THINK OF THAT AS WE GO AS HE GOES THROUGH THE PROJECT.
SO WITHIN THE ACTUAL SPACE, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING IN TERMS OF ACTIVATING WITH PLAY EQUIPMENT. ALL THREE AREAS FIT WITHIN THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH WERE AS YOU'LL SEE.
THEN BECOME PART OF THE PLAY AREA.
SO MOVE FORWARD AND I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS CAN SEE MY PRESENTATION ON YOUR SCREEN.
I AM TAPPING, BUT IT'S NOT ALLOWING ME MAYBE.
OH, THERE WE GO. SO MAYBE NOW.
MY NAME IS JOSE I AM NOT AN ARCHITECT BY PROFESSION, LUCKILY, BUT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS IN OUR TEAM, SO KELLY, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T ABLE TO FLY IN TODAY. SHE'S AN ARCHITECT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BY DESIGN, BY TRADE.
AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT LOOKED AT THE SPACE, LOOKED AT THE LANDSCAPE TEAM'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPACE IN TERMS OF AGE GROUPS CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BUILT THERE.
AND SHE THEN ENVISIONED, YOU KNOW, A NEW PLAYGROUND FOR THE AREA SO IT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ARCHITECT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED THIS PARK, KIMLEY-HORN HELPED DESIGN THIS PARK, THE WHOLE CONCEPT AND IT, IT WENT FROM EVERYTHING THE SPLASH PAD, THE PAVILION, THE PLAYGROUND, THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS, THE LANDSCAPE, EVERYTHING.
BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS WHEN WE FINISHED THE FIRST PHASE AND WE WANTED TO MOVE INTO THE PHASE OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT, IS THE HELLAS CONSTRUCTION ALSO HAS A DESIGN TEAM.
SO WE DIDN'T USE KIMLEY-HORN ON THE DESIGN OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
WE USED HELLAS AND THE CITY TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT THE BEST DESIGN FOR THAT.
WE SAVED 10% OF THE PROJECT MONEY.
WE SAVED $30-40,000 JUST ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WHEN WE WENT IN MOVED INTO THE PLAYGROUND, I THOUGHT, WELL, WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO USE KIMLEY-HORN AGAIN BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PLAYGROUND COMPANIES HAVE THEIR OWN ARCHITECT AND CAN DESIGN IT THEMSELVES SO THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE SAVING SOME MONEY TO GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK ON THE, ON THE PLAYGROUND.
SECOND IS, OF COURSE, TO PREVENT ANY LIABILITY FALLING ON THE CITY, OF COURSE, AND ON KOMPLAN.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS BASICALLY BUILDABLE, RIGHT.
SO IF WE WERE TO START TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE TO BE DO A COUPLE OF MEASUREMENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THE SPACE, RIGHT? AND WE CAN BUILD ON IT.
SO YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREENS THE SITE PLAN.
AND WE'LL SEE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THIS AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT NORTH OF THE SITE PLAN, YOU HAVE TRIANGLE FACING DOWN AND YOU HAVE THE AREA OF THE PAVILION THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE SPLASH PARK AND SPLASH PARK SORRY. AND SOUTH OF THAT YOU HAVE A COOL BERM THAT WE INTEND TO ACTIVATE WITH SOME PLAY EQUIPMENT.
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IN TERMS OF AGE GROUPS, THIS PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND IS ADDRESSING THE FULL SPECTRUM THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR PLAY, WHICH IS 2 TO 5 AND 5 TO 12.5 TO 12 STARTING IN THE SOUTH.
CLOSER TO THE PAVILION WE WANTED TO HAVE THE 2 TO 5 AREA, RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE BUBBLE THAT CONNECTS TO THE NORTH AREA.
AND YOU MAY LOOK AT THIS LIKE, WHY IS THE TWO AND FIVE GETTING SO MUCH SMALLER SPACE? THEY'RE SMALLER KIDS.
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF FEATURES IN THAT RED AREA, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT HOW MANY FEATURES ARE IN THE BLUE AREA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE BIGGER AND THEY TAKE UP MORE SPACE.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. YEAH.
AND YOU'LL SEE HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THE EQUIPMENT SELECTION IN TERMS OF NUMBERS BUT ALSO PLAY TYPES IS QUITE ON PAR THROUGHOUT THE PLAYGROUND THAT ALLOWS FOR KIDS TO HAVE AGE APPROPRIATE PLAY AT BOTH AGE GROUPS.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP WE'LL KEEP 2 TO 5 KIDS WITHIN THE AREA.
WE SEE THEM ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY GRAVITATING TOWARDS OLDER SIBLINGS OR COUSINS AND AND PLAYING 5 TO 12.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE PLENTY TO DO THERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS CIRCULATION, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE PLAYGROUND.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, KELLY LOOKED AT THE SITE NOT ONLY FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THAT CIRCULATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THE BLUE ARROWS SHOW CIRCULATION WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND.
THAT IS WHAT WE CALL SIGNALING.
SO YOU'LL HAVE OF COURSE, KIDS WILL RUN THROUGH AS THEY WISH, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A PUT IN PLACE RUBBER SURFACING THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN FULL COLOR WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT KIDS WITHIN THE SPECTRUM, THEY RELY ON SIGNALING, RIGHT? SO SIGNALING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
SO SHOWING THEM A GREEN PATH VERSUS A YELLOW PATH COULD HELP THEM STAY WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS SLIDE IS REPRESENTING.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? [INAUDIBLE] SO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WE'RE UTILIZING A DIFFERENT SAFETY SURFACING.
I THINK EVERYONE DID YOU GO ON THAT TOUR, CHRIS? YEAH. ON THAT.
YEAH. THE SAFETY SQUISHY STUFF.
CORRECT. AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PLAYGROUND OVER THERE THAT HAS THE TURF.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT'S UNDER THIS PLAYGROUND.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL GREEN TURF THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, LOOK LIKE A HILL.
SO BASICALLY ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S ONE LARGE ONE.
THERE'S REALLY NO DIRECTIONAL.
THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
SO I CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT IF YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREENS, YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES IN THE PRESENTATION.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 2 TO 5 AGE GROUP, STARTING WITH THE UNIVERSAL CAROUSEL.
SO ACCESSIBILITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO, ALLOWING FOR KIDS AND PARENTS WHO USE MOBILITY DEVICES TO ACCESS THE PLAYGROUND AND MOVE THROUGH THROUGH IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S JUST DEDICATED FOR KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE LIKE TO DESIGN FOR EVERYBODY ABLE BODIED AND THEN KIDS IN THE SPECTRUM, FOR EXAMPLE. SO WHAT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE AND MOST OF OUR EQUIPMENT ALLOWS IS FOR EVERY KID TO PLAY ON IT TOGETHER AND NOT SEPARATING THEM, WHICH IS REALLY
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IMPORTANT. SO THIS PARTICULAR UNIVERSAL CAROUSEL ALLOWS FOR KIDS TO ACTUALLY ROLL ONTO IT.RIGHT. IF YOU WERE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND SPIN WITHOUT ANYTHING LOCKING YOU IN IN PLACE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DOING IT SAFELY.
IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR WHEELCHAIR AND SIT ON THAT LITTLE BENCH, YOU CAN TOO.
RIGHT. SO IT WILL ALLOW FOR EVERYBODY, KIDS, PARENTS GRANDPARENTS TO PLAY TOGETHER.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SCALE IS NOT THE SAME.
THE UNIVERSAL CAROUSEL LOOKS BIGGER THAN THE MINI DOME, BUT THE MINI DOME IS MASSIVE.
IT'S A REALLY COOL CLIMBING STRUCTURE FOR 2 TO 5, THINKING ABOUT PLAYER RETENTION AND AGE APPROPRIATE PLAY. CLIMBING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE A MEGA DECK WITH A BUNCH OF SLIDES.
TRIPLE PLAY PANEL FOR PRETEND PLAY.
AND THEN THE MULTI SEESAW, WHICH IS ALSO LIKE THE UNIVERSAL CAROUSEL, VERY MUCH INCLUSIVE.
AND ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS SLIDE? ON THE UNIVERSAL CAROUSEL, IS THAT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND? YES, SIR. SO THERE'S NO GAPS FOR RAILS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH VERY FLUSH.
CORRECT, SIR. AND THAT PARTICULAR IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE WE CAN ONLY INSTALL ON WHAT WE CALL UNITARY SAFETY SURFACING, WHICH IS PUT IN PLACE OR RUBBER SO THAT YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FLUSH ENTRY AND EXIT FROM IT.
AND OF COURSE WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH, YOU KNOW, SHOES OR SHOELACES OR ANYTHING.
SO IT'S VERY FLUSH SO THAT YOU HAVE A VERY EASY EGRESS AND AN ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AND WHEN JOSE AND I TALKED, THE MINIDOME WE WANTED, I WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE 2 TO 5 BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE BIGGER KIDS ON THIS, ON THE ONE ON THE TURF JUST SOUTH OF THAT.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MINIATURE ONE OF THOSE FOR THE LITTLE GUYS BECAUSE THEY'LL WANT TO GET ON.
I MEAN, YEAH, YOU JUST NAILED IT EARLIER THAT YOU WANT TO BE LIKE THE OLDER KIDS.
SO IS THAT A TRAMPOLINE? MINIATURE TRAMPOLINE IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S HANGING? ON NUMBER 20 ON MINI DOME.
SUSPENDED IN THE AIR. IS THAT A MINIATURE LIKE TRAMPOLINE SO WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT ROLE PLAY IT'S NEVER STATIC.
SO IN THE MIDDLE THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF A SAUCER.
YEAH. WHERE KIDS CAN CONGREGATE AND JUMP AND WHATNOT.
BUT YOU'LL SEE AS WE ADD MORE KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, KIDS LEAVE, IT WILL BE ALWAYS MOVING.
THIS PARTICULAR. IT'S NOT A TRAMPOLINE.
YEAH. SORRY. IT'S A HARD SURFACE.
YEAH. IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A MEMBRANE THAT'S VERY THICK.
BUT IT HAS, IT'S QUITE GRIPPY.
RIGHT. SO GREAT. GREAT OBSERVATION.
UNDERNEATH THAT STRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL FIND IN WITHIN THAT SPACE, UNDERNEATH THAT MEMBRANE.
YES. THAT'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU SEE THIS DASHED LINE THAT IS ABOUT SIX FEET FROM THE STRUCTURE? THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A USE ZONE.
EVERY STRUCTURE WILL HAVE A USE ZONE TO, YOU KNOW, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN DEPTH OF RUBBER TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT CUSHIONING MATERIAL. RIGHT. SO WE'RE ABOUT IN THAT CASE I WOULD SAY ABOUT EIGHT FEET FROM FROM THE CURB.
SO IF THE REQUIREMENT IS SIX FEET, YES, THE FALL ZONE IS SIX FEET.
YEAH. AND WE LOOK INTO THAT A LOT, OF COURSE, FOR YOU TO JUMP, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STRUCTURE, YOU MIGHT BE HAVING TO JUMP FROM THE SAUCER, I THINK YOU'LL BE ABOUT TEN FEET, BUT, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
YOU WILL SEE. IT'S PRETTY SAFE.
OKAY, SO THE LITTLE BLACK THING THERE WITH THE RED AND YELLOW, IS THAT LIKE A CLIMBING WALL?
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YES, MA'AM. AND SO IS THAT HOW YOU GET ACCESS TO THE SLIDES? YES, MA'AM. WELL, THAT'S ONE WAY.BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER FIVE ON THE IMAGE, ON THE ON THE RIGHT, I'M POINTING RIGHT THERE.
THERE IS A STAIR STAIRCASE RIGHT THERE, OR STEPS.
ALL THESE STRUCTURES WILL HAVE A WHAT WE CALL A NOT ALL OF THEM.
BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME MORE CHALLENGING PLAY FOR KIDS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY CLIMB UP.
AND THEN YOU HAD SAID THE CAROUSEL THAT THAT'S WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ON THE PATHS, BUT LOOKING LIKE WITH THE MINI DOME AND THE TRIPLE PLAY PANELS, ARE THOSE ABLE TO GET A WHEELCHAIR TO THEM? YEAH. SO, OKAY.
SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR SURFACING, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL, YOU KNOW, YOUR WHEELCHAIR.
AND ONLY WE THINK ABOUT PARENTS.
WE TYPICALLY ONLY THINK ABOUT KIDS.
THIS PARTICULAR SITE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE FLUSHED WITH THE CURB OR THE SIDEWALK, I SHOULD SAY YOU WILL HAVE, YOU COULD ENTER FROM ANYWHERE AROUND THAT PLAYGROUND INTO THE FROM FROM THE CURB INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
IT'S GOING TO BE FLUSH. BUT THE MULTI SEESAW, YOU CAN SLIDE FROM THE WHEELCHAIR ONTO THAT THE TRIPLE PLAY PANEL, YOU CAN ROLL UP TO THAT AND ENGAGE.
YEAH I CAN SEE THAT. THE MINI DOME IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT YES.
YOU CAN STILL YOU CAN HAVE SOME UPPER BODY ACTIVITIES EVEN WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING HOW ACCESSIBLE TO GET TO IT.
IT'S CALLED FLAGPOLE HILL PARK.
AND IN 2019, HE WON AN AWARD FOR INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY.
YEAH. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SURFACING.
SO WE DID NOT PUT LIKE A RAMP STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE USED TO BECAUSE OF THE SURFACING IN THE WAY WAS DESIGNED, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ROLL YOURSELF INTO EVERY STRUCTURE AND PLAY. AND SO IT'S THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS HIGHLY INCLUSIVE.
I LOVE THAT BECAUSE NOT TO MENTION YOU HAVE RAMPS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM EXTENDED.
YEAH. SO IT'S MORE SPACE I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND [INAUDIBLE] I WAS GOING TO ASK ON THE MINI DOME, HOW TALL IS IT? I WANT TO SAY ABOUT FROM MEMORY, MAYBE TEN FEET.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LESS.
SO IF A TODDLER HAS CLIMBED UP THERE, CAN A PARENT COME UP TO IT AND GRAB THEIR KID TO GET THEM DOWN? IN A SENSE, FROM THAT.
SO OVERALL STRUCTURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DOME AT THE TOP MIGHT BE RIGHT.
EIGHT, TEN FEET. BUT THE SAUCER IS PROBABLY, I'M ASSUMING, ABOUT A GOOD FIVE FEET, MAYBE.
SO, YES, YOU KNOW, PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO REACH FOR THE KIDS.
NO WORRIES. ON INCLUSION AND I'LL WRAP THAT SUBJECT HERE.
WE LOOK MORE, WE LOOK BEYOND THE PLAYGROUND.
SO IF YOU HAVE ADA PARKING ACTUALLY NEXT TO IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE EASY FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE A SHELTER, YOU HAVE BENCHES.
YEAH. SO MOVING FORWARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 2 TO 5? AS WE MOVE FORWARD NOW 5 TO 12 EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE TOP PART WITH NUMBER ONE.
THAT IS THE GIANT WITH BRIDGE.
I DOUBLE CHECKED THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT IS ABOUT 20FT AS A WHOLE, RIGHT.
SO THE TOP OF IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 20FT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SLIDING FROM ABOUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 15, 16FT DOWN.
PRETTY COOL. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
YEAH. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. VERY EXHILARATING.
AT HERITAGE PARK IS 30, THAT ONE IS 34FT.
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SO YOU'RE SLIDING FROM ABOUT 30.YEAH, I WAS JUST TAKING PICTURES AND I ALWAYS GO AND LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE TALLEST SLIDE.
AND YOU, I MEAN, I'M 6"2 ABOUT 220 AND I WAS ABLE TO GET UP THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, LIKE, IT'S STILL LIKE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCALE, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GET WITH KOMPAN SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR GIANT A PERSON MY SIZE OR A 15 YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW FOOTBALLER WILL BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THE SLIDE NO WORRIES.
SO YOU HAVE VERY COOL, THRILLING PLAY.
WHEN WE LOOK INTO DESIGNING PLAYGROUNDS, WE LOOK AT THREE FACTORS, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO WOW YOU GUYS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN.
ONCE THEY COME HERE, WE WANT THEM TO STAY SO KIDS WILL GET TIRED.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT THEM LIKE WANDERING AWAY FROM THE PLAYGROUND.
SO WITHIN THESE STRUCTURES, YOU'LL SEE PLACES FOR KIDS TO HANG OUT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR GIANT AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL HAVE LIKE SOMEWHAT LIKE HAMMOCKS FOR THEM TO STAY.
AND ONCE THEY STAY, THEN THEY DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, OUR CORE PLAY VALUES.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
NUMBER TWO IS INCLUSIVE TWISTER.
NOW IT'S INCLUSIVE AND EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO APPARENT FROM, FROM THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, IT'S INCLUSIVE BECAUSE THE BASE AT THE BOTTOM OR THE PLATFORM IS AT A HEIGHT THAT YOU CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM A WHEELCHAIR.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HANDHOLDS, OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN, OR A CARETAKER CAN PUT YOU THERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIT THERE, HOLD YOURSELF, AND SPIN WITH OTHER KIDS. IT'S PRETTY COOL.
SO DYNAMIC PLAY SPICA, WHICH IS SPINNING.
SPINNING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR [INAUDIBLE] PERCEPTION.
WE ACTUALLY LOSE THAT AS WE AGE.
BUT FOR KIDS THEY'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP THAT.
SO UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THEIR BODY.
FOUR IS THE COCOWAVE MASSIVE SWING.
AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT SWINGING EXPERIENCE.
RIGHT. SO YOU WILL HAVE THAT WITH THE COCOA WAVE, WHICH IS A MASSIVE SWING OF HIGH CAPACITY.
YOU CAN SIT, YOU CAN STAND, OR YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SWING WITH FIVE OTHER KIDS.
I THINK LANCE'S MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FAVORITES IS NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE BLOQX.
BLOQX. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE COCOWAVE? SO SWINGS TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE.
WHAT KOMPAN'S DONE IS THEY'VE DONE SOME CREATIVE THINGS TO TO HAVE THE SWING FEEL, BUT NOT TAKE UP THE SPACE OF A SWING, THAT MAKE SENSE.
AND THERE'S ONE AT AT HERITAGE WHERE YOU SIT IN A SWING LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SWING, BUT IT, IT'S LIKE A MERRY GO ROUND THING. [INAUDIBLE] SO, YEAH, THESE DAYS IF THE TRADITIONAL SWING, IT JUST TAKES UP SO MUCH SPACE IN THE PLAYGROUND. SO AGAIN, WE'RE LIMITED ON SPACE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET CREATIVE AND GETTING SOMETHING IN THERE.
A GREAT POINT. AND THEN BLOQX IT'S OUR I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS STORAGE VEHICLE.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, DESIGNED BY A ROCK CLIMBER HIMSELF.
AND WE MOLD THAT INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
IT'S BASICALLY ROCK CLIMBING THE PLAYGROUND, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR KIDS TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES.
IT'S ACTUALLY, TO BE HONEST, IT'S THIS IS NOT THE EASIEST PLAY FEATURE HERE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT ONCE KIDS, YOU KNOW, MASTER IT, THEY'LL WANT TO SHOW OFF AND YOU'LL SEE THEM AT THE TOP.
AND NUMBER SIX IS THIS MASSIVE NET.
YOU KNOW, WE WE THINK OF IT AS OF JUST ONE STRUCTURE, BUT IT'S IT'S A MASSIVE AREA, IN FACT.
IT COVERS ABOUT SO THAT AREA IS ABOUT 3100FT².
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY DECENT SIZE PLAYGROUND BY ITSELF.
SO THE NET IS IS PRETTY BIG AND PRETTY COOL.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON ON THIS AREA? I HAD A QUESTION ON ON THE COCOWAVE.
WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE ON TOP OF? WHAT IS THAT [INAUDIBLE].
WHAT IS THAT? WE CALL IT LIKE A COCO ROPE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A MASSIVE ROPE FROM FROM FROM A SHIP, ACTUALLY.
YEAH. SO IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, I WOULD SAY MAYBE NINE INCHES THICK.
YEAH. IT'S SOMEWHAT FLUID, BUT IT'S SO BIG, IT'S RIGID.
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IT ALLOWS FOR KIDS TO SIT ON IT SO IT HAS ENOUGH SURFACE FOR FOR THEM TO KIND OF SIT AND SWING OR USUALLY JUST STAND UP.IT'S PRETTY NEAT. IT'S PRETTY COOL.
GOTCHA. AND THEN ON NUMBER THREE, WHEN THEY SPIN, CAN THEY SPIN THEMSELVES.
IT'S IT'S SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR KIDS.
IT'S. YOU'RE TRYING TO KIND OF, LIKE, MASTER YOUR BODY MOVEMENTS, RIGHT? WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE WAY YOU SPIN ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'LL START WITH THE KICK AND HAND.
THE WAY I USE IT NOW IS AN ADULT, ALTHOUGH IT'S FOR KIDS, IT'S BASICALLY YOU PULL YOURSELF IN AND YOU GET YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY VERY CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE AND YOU START SPINNING. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO STOP, YOU JUST GO OUT.
THESE PARTICULAR STRUCTURES ARE ABOUT YOU KNOW, FIVE FEET TALL FROM THE GROUND.
RIGHT. SO TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE 3 OR 4 KIDS ON IT.
IT'S PRETTY COOL. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE THE BUCKET SPINNERS WHICH ARE TILTED ON AN AXIS.
AND PRETTY COOL. YOU'RE SITTING DOWN.
I LIKE ALL OF THEM, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SPINNING IN THE PLAYGROUND.
HOW BIG IS THE BLOQX? HOW TALL DOES THAT GO UP? I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT TEN FEET TALL.
IT'S ABOUT A BASKETBALL HOOP, I THINK.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY TALL.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE RENDERINGS A GOOD IDEA.
SO LET ME LET ME MOVE THROUGH THE RENDERINGS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IMAGES.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO STOP ON THIS.
SO TO YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM, YOU COULD SEE THE STAIRCASE HERE LEADING TO IT.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE A SCALE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS YOU A TRANSFER MEMBRANE.
SO ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL POSTING PLATFORM, THERE'S A MEMBRANE TO WHICH A WHEELCHAIR COULD ACTUALLY TRANSFER AND START HIS OR HER JOURNEY UP.
THIS IS THE GIANT WITH BRIDGE.
THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ACTUALLY ONE ONE OF A KIND WE DID FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT IN SPECIFIC.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CROSS FROM ONE AREA OF THE PLAYGROUND ABOVE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH YOU.
IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S ALL ROPE TOO, RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT? THE ROPE. THE BRIDGE IS MADE OF ROPE.
YOU'LL YOU'LL FEEL SOME MOVEMENT.
RIGHT. BUT YOU START TO ADD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR KIDS, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST.
AND IT'S THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE WE'RE DOING IT'S I THINK THE APERTURES ARE ABOUT FOUR INCHES OR 4X4.
SO, YOU KNOW, SMALL ENOUGH FOR FOR, FOR A KID'S SHOE TO BE BIGGER THAN THAT.
RIGHT. AND THEN KIDS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE PREQUEL MOUND PLAY.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE'RE USING WHAT'S ON THERE.
SO THERE'S A REALLY A BIT OF A MOUNTAIN IN THAT SPACE.
AND YOU HAVE CLIMBERS, YOU HAVE HAMMOCKS OR HAMMOCKS ARE AGAIN, IT'S LIKE WE WANT THEM TO LIKE PLAY GUITAR AND STAY HERE IN THE MIDDLE IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT CENTRAL LAYER.
NET. ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, WEIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS GOING TO MAKE IT SOMEWHAT OF A I WON'T CALL IT A TRAMPOLINE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOME FLEX, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL SEE KIDS JUMPING.
YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE HANGING OUT.
I SEE ALREADY GROUPS OF PEOPLE JUST ON IT TAKING PICTURES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY THERE IN TERMS OF PLAY.
QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THAT.
SINCE ALL THOSE ROPES ARE KIND OF CONNECTED.
SO IF ONE KID'S ON ONE END, IS IS EVERYTHING KIND OF SWAY TOGETHER SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF A VIBRATION? YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMEWHAT INTENTIONAL, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, THIS POST WILL BE ABOUT 3 OR 4FT, MAYBE THREE FEET IN THE GROUND WITH A MASSIVE FOOTER, AND THEY'RE CONNECTED.
SO THERE'S TENSILE STRENGTH AND LOADS THROUGHOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S THE IDEA, RIGHT? SO LIKE HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE LITTLE TIMMY ON THE TOP AND JOHN AT THE BOTTOM.
LIKE AS THEY'RE PLAYING 20 30FT APART.
THEY CAN FEEL THAT PLAY RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAKES THE WHOLE STRUCTURE MOVE A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF DIGITAL ARTISTS.
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AND PLEASE STOP ME AS AS YOU WISH.I WANTED TO ADD, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TOUCH, BUT YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THOSE GREEN TRIANGLES, RIGHT? SO WE ALSO ARE PROPOSING SHADE OVER THE PLAYGROUND.
RIGHT. SO SPECIFICALLY AT THE 2 TO 5 AREA.
SO WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM A BIT MORE.
SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME SHADE.
OVERALL YOU KNOW, WITH PAVILION AND THESE SHADES, IT'S GOING TO BE STILL GOING TO BE HOT, RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE TOLERABLE.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, JUST STOP THEM.
HERE YOU CAN HAVE A BIT OF A VIEW OF PERHAPS THE SCALE OF THE MINI DOME.
AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 4 OR 5FT IS WHERE THAT SAUCER IS THEREABOUTS.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE TRY AND MITIGATE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY ON THESE PARTICULAR STRUCTURES ON 2 TO 5, BUT ON 5 TO 12 WHERE YOU HAVE THIS REALLY BIG STRUCTURE.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND A BETTER RENDER OF IT.
THE TALLEST STRUCTURE HERE IS THE GIANT WITH THE BRIDGE.
AND WE LOOK FOR DIFFERENT AREAS COMPONENTS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A FAST EGRESS.
SO AT EVERY TURN, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO HIGH.
MAYBE THAT'S THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] COMFORTABLE OR A SLIDE.
AND THEN AT THE TOP YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET OUT TOO.
SO WE THINK ABOUT EGRESS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
GOING BACK TO THE SCALE, IF A KID WERE TO GET STUCK THEN AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN STRUCTURES LIKE THIS SIZE MYSELF, I KNOW ADULTS LIKE MYSELF CAN GO AND GET THEIR KIDS, SO THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PLAY UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE COCOWAVE IN ACTION, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THIS IS A PENDULUM, RIGHT? SO IT HAS A FIXED TWO AND FRO MOTION.
KIDS CLIMBING THE INCLUSIVE TWISTER.
AND THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE IS NOT IT IS ADA ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT PERHAPS A WHEELCHAIR PIECE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT METAL BEING OUT IN THE SUN.
IS THERE ANYTHING I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT SHADE TO KIND OF COOL THOSE THINGS DOWN, I'M ASSUMING.
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HAVE THE SHADE SPECIFICALLY.YEAH, AND MYSELF INCLUDED TOO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
RIGHT. SO SO FAR AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
I HAVE SOLD, I THINK, ABOUT SEVEN MEDALS LINES.
ALL OF THEM ARE COVERED IN SHADE.
IN ADDITION TYPICALLY WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT IS WHEN IT'S A METAL FLAT SURFACE.
IT WILL GET WARM, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HOT TO THE TOUCH.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, COLOR MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S REALLY TOUGH.
I MEAN, OUR SUMMERS ARE GETTING A BIT HOTTER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, FORTUNATELY.
WE LOOKED INTO IT, AND I DON'T SELL, YOU KNOW, IN TEXAS.
AND WE DON'T JUST LIKE WE WERE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT WARRANTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO INTO THAT OR I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
OKAY. AWESOME. I WILL SAY ONE THING ABOUT MIC].
I HAVE A QUESTION ON SO LIKE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE I'M IF I'M READING RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SPENDING THE $1.4 MILLION ON IS COMPLETING THE PARK.
YES. THIS THIS THIS IS ABOUT $1 MILLION FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THEN WE'LL WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME LANDSCAPING AND ENTRANCE SIGN.
SO WHAT DOES, LIKE DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE? I KNOW YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED WARRANTY.
WE DON'T NEED AN IN-DEPTH BUT LIKE MAINTENANCE FOR THIS AND THEN WARRANTY AS WELL.
YEAH. AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
KOMPAN IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE EQUIPMENT I THINK WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN DESIGN, BUT ALSO HIGHER QUALITY MATERIALS PROVIDE, BUT ALSO PROVIDING PLAY VALUE. SO YOU'LL SEE MOVING PARTS.
WE'LL SEE THINGS ARE A BIT MORE DYNAMIC.
JUST BECAUSE WE TRUST OUR QUALITY, OUR EQUIPMENT IS WARRANTED.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE, EVEN THE RUBBER HAS WARRANTY.
IN TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, OUR EQUIPMENT IS NOT INFALLIBLE, RIGHT? IT'S GREAT.
BUT IF SOMETHING DO HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MEANS TO EITHER WARRANTY THAT.
RIGHT? IN CASES OF YOU KNOW, VANDALISM.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HERE.
BUT OVERALL, YOU KNOW, OUR EQUIPMENT, WE'RE COMMERCIAL GRADE MANUFACTURER OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THE EXPECTATION IS FOR IT TO LAST 20, 25 YEARS WITH PROPER CARE.
THE TURF ITSELF COMES WITH WARRANTY, TOO, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THE POURING PLACE AS WELL.
SO TURF HAS ABOUT 15 YEARS WARRANTY PUT IN PLACE ABOUT 7.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS WARRANTED.
ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US OR ANY OTHER VENDOR FOR A TURNKEY JOB LIKE THIS, AT LEAST WITH KOMPAN, WE WILL BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT.
SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS YOU KNOW, LANCE CALLS ME WITH ANYTHING THAT WE DID, RIGHT?
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SO WE'LL WE'LL FIX IT.WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICE INSTALLATION.
RIGHT. SO ONE THING IS TO PROVIDE YOU A COMPONENT.
THERE'S PLASTIC THERE THAT YOU KNOW, WILL LAST FOREVER.
BUT WHAT IF IT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S ON US. RIGHT. SO TYPICALLY WITHIN TO BE HONEST, WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO, LIKE WE SEE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T INSTALLED CORRECTLY, WE'LL SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST APPARENT.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO GO BACK MYSELF.
I DON'T FIX IT, BUT MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
AND I LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THAT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.
AND NOW WITH HERITAGE PARK, I LIKE TO SAY THAT'S WHERE OUR RELATIONSHIP STARTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS, RIGHT? I MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT KOMPAN WILL.
RIGHT. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 55 YEARS.
IN THE STATES, I THINK WE'VE ABOUT 25 NOW.
GREAT QUESTION. THE WARRANTY IS IT'S PART OF THE ANNEX OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO IT'S IT'S PART OF THE PACKAGE.
YOU GUYS WANT TO EXPLORE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AWESOME. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE RECOMMENDATION, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ON THE BUDGET SO WE ALLOCATE 50 K AGAIN.
THAT'S THAT'S ALL THAT WAS THAT WAS THE ELECTRICAL FOR JK SACHSE PARK FOR THE CONCERT SERIES.
NO, THAT THAT WAS THE SHADES IS PART OF THE THE BUDGET FOR THE THE PICKLEBALL.
PICKLEBALL COURTS. NO. THAT'S PICKLEBALL.
WITH PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL AT THE RESTROOM AT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.
I THINK PROBABLY TO BE HONEST WE MAY HAVE TO INCREASE IT PROBABLY NEXT YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR.
MIC] SO LOOKING AT THAT, THOUGH, IF AM I READING CORRECTLY? WE'RE USING $673,000 THAT'S IN THE FUND BALANCE.
YES. TO HELP COVER THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
YES. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL WITH THE EXCEPTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD A GRANT IN 22-23.
SO IT WAS FOR YEAH, WE GOT A WE GOT A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
YEAH. AND SO THIS [INAUDIBLE].
APPROXIMATELY. WHAT WE BRING IN EVERY YEAR FROM SALES TAX IS RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S ESTIMATED ALMOST NINE $900,000 $836,000, I GUESS. SO I GUESS YOU'RE ASKING, DO WE SAVE THAT?
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WELL, I SEE, THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GETTING INTO YOUR BUDGET.YOU'RE ONLY EXPECTED TO HAVE $820,000 IN REVENUE, BUT YET WE'RE SAYING OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE ONE POINT ALMOST 5 MILLION BECAUSE WE ONLY SPENT $400,000 LAST YEAR.
OKAY. AND IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO EACH.
SO LIKE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.
I HOPE I'M I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
I WILL SAY THIS THIS AS FAR AS THE BOARD, THE MDD BOARD MADE JK A PRIORITY WITH THE FUNDS UNTIL IT GOT COMPLETED.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF A KNOWN GRANT THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR, LIKE THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FUND? WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
AND THE EXACT WORDING WOULD NEED TO BE I GUESS APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25 TO APPROVE $50,000 FROM PARK MAINTENANCE AND THEN $101,443,841 FOR COMPLETION OF THE JK SACHSE PARK PHASE 2B PHASE 3 AND IF WE CAN DO PHASE FOUR, THE SIGNAGE WITH THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT'S A LOT. DID YOU EVEN CATCH THAT? FOR THE PARK EXPANSION.
AND YOU COME DOWN THERE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT $820,000 INCOME, WE'RE SHORT $673,000.
AND THEN YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD $287,000.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY $300,000.
WE'RE STILL SHORT $300,000 IN OUR BUDGET.
WHERE'S THAT COMING FROM? YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, LANCE? WHAT IS THAT? SHOW ME.
AND WE COME DOWN THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A $1.4 MILLION FOR JK SACHSE PARK.
AND THAT COMES DOWN THERE A LITTLE BIT.
AND WHEN YOU THEN SUBTRACT FROM IT THE $820,000 WHICH IS UP ABOVE.
YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS QUESTIONING.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR FUND BALANCE IS COMING IN.
SO THAT 827,000 OUT OF THE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND.
SO IF YOU TAKE SEE THAT NUMBER ON YEAR TO DATE ACTIVITY, THE $632,000 JUST LEFT OF THE $820,000.
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YES. YEAH. THAT'S CARRYING OVER FROM.OKAY. SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE $632,000 AND THE EXPECTED REVENUE FOR 24-25 FROM OUR SALES TAX, THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE, THE $1.4.
BUT THE MONEY'S NOT YOU'RE CORRECT, THE MONEY'S NOT THE $820,000 IS NOT IN THERE.
AND AS THE MONEY CAME IN, WE WERE ALWAYS IN THE BLACK.
WE'RE ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE OKAY.
SO THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO FOR INSTANCE, JOSE, WE WENT OVER THE CALENDAR TODAY.
JOSE, LET'S SAY IT GETS APPROVED BY YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
IT GETS APPROVED BY THE OVERALL BUDGET IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER WITH COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAYGROUND SAY MID OCTOBER.
THEN THAT STARTS THE CLOCK TICKING WITH HIM.
THE BILL FOR US TO TO KOMPAN ISN'T UNTIL THE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES HERE, WHICH IS 5 TO 6 MONTHS.
WELL, THAT WOULD GIVE US $632,000 AND THEN TWO QUARTERS OF THE $820,000.
SO YOU'RE GETTING ANOTHER $410,000 BEFORE THE EQUIPMENT EVEN ARRIVES.
SO OVERALL, WE'D BE $1.2 MILLION IN OUR IN OUR FUND BY THE TIME THE PROJECT'S DONE.
WELL, MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
THE PLAYGROUND PROJECT, AND THEN ANYTHING AFTER THAT THE 200 EXCESS OR WHATEVER ELSE COMES IN WE CAN USE TOWARDS THE OTHER LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE. HERE'S MY CONCERN, LANCE.
OUR INCOME STREAM IS BASED OFF THE SALES TAX REVENUE.
AND SALES TAX REVENUE COMES FROM PEOPLE GOING OUT AND BUYING THINGS, BUYING HAMBURGERS OR BUYING TACOS, PRODUCTS AT THE SCHOOL, AT THE STORE, WHATEVER.
WHAT'S CONCERNING ME IS THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE ECONOMY, AND I GUESS I'M CONCERNED THAT WE COULD BE WE COULD HAVE LAID ALL THIS OUT, STARTED BUILDING IT, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE INCOME STREAM.
IF WE ONLY COLLECT HALF OF THE SALES TAX THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THIS PROJECT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THIS $820,000 IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.
YES, VERY CONSERVATIVE FOR ALL FOUR QUARTERS MOVING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
MIC] I MEAN, IT ALL MAKES SENSE AND ALL.
IT'S JUST. I'M A BELT AND SUSPENDERS KIND OF GUY.
YEAH. I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT UNDER MY CONTROL, AND I'M MAKING DECISIONS UPON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT UNDER MY CONTROL.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING QUESTIONS.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I MEAN, WE JUST HAD OUR BUDGET MEETING WITH COUNCIL AND THE CITY BUDGET WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS ENTIRE CITY BUDGET, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS 6% OF THE BUDGET WAS FROM SALES TAX.
BUT IF SALES TAX TOOK A DRAMATIC HIT, IT WOULD IMPACT THE ENTIRE BUDGET OF THE CITY.
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I GUESS THERE'S THE CITY HAS RESERVES.OKAY. AND IF SO, IF THE THE BROWN STUFF HIT THE CIRCULAR CIRCULATORY DEVICE AND SALES TAX FELL, SALES TAX INCOME FELL.
BUT THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE HARD WORKING ON BUILDING THAT PARK.
AND THEY FINISHED IT UP AND THEY COME AND THEY LAY THIS BILL ON US.
WE'LL PAY IT. YES, THE CITY WILL COUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHERE ABSOLUTELY FIND IT.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT JK PARK IS THAT ENTIRE PROJECT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH SALES TAX.
SO I WOULD HATE TO GO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO USE PROPERTY TAX, LIKE YOU SAID, THE RESERVE FUND, BUT THE BILLS WOULD GET PAID.
WE JUST NEED A LONG RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION. A RECOMMENDATION TO A MOTION IT'S GOT TO BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE $50,000 IN MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND THEN THE $1.443841 TOWARDS JK SACHSE PARK FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
THANK YOU GUYS. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
IT IS BY FAR OUR MOST POPULAR PARK.
IF YOU GO THERE ANY TIME DURING THE DAY OR EVENING EVENING, THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS ARE PACKED, PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE PACKED, THE SPLASH PARK IS BUSY ALL DAY EVERYBODY'S LEAVING THE VOLLEYBALL COURT NOW AND GOING OVER TO THE SPLASHPAD.
PICKLEBALLERS OUT THERE AT 3:00 AND 4:00.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PHASE TWO OF JK SACHSE PARK PROJECT.
[8. Discuss and receive an update on Phase 2 of the J.K. Sachse Park project.]
THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS HIS UPDATE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE. CAN I COMMENT ON THAT? THAT TO RESOLVE THE HOT SAND.
HAS ANYBODY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING A LITTLE WATER SOURCE OUT THERE TO SPRAY DOWN THE SAND WHEN IT'S HOT? WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT AS I MEAN, IT'S STILL COULD BE ON THE TABLE SOMETHING THIS BOARD OR THE PARK BOARD WANTS TO SEE.
I KNOW THAT TALKING TO OTHER CITIES, IT BECOMES MORE OF A HINDRANCE AND A MESS AND A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM RATHER THAN A HELP, I DON'T KNOW. SO WE DECIDED NOT TO DO IT, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
OR SOME AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM COMES UP AND SPRAYS IT DOWN.
OR WE CAN PUT SOME WHITE SAND OUT THERE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, I GET THE IF YOU PUT A WATER SOURCE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO THERE.
BUT I HEAR SPRINKLER THING IS NOT A BAD IDEA.
YEAH. MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THE SURPLUS AND DO THAT.
OR WE CAN TRUCK IN SOME WHITE SAND, WHICH THEY HAVE THAT THEY DO HAVE WHITE SAND.
EXCUSE ME, NEW MEXICO WHITE SANDS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.