Nov 14, 2024 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. CALL TO ORDER.

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

SO NUMBER TWO, WE'LL DO THE INVOCATION.

SO, LANCE, IF YOU CAN DO THAT FOR US, AND THEN WE'LL ALL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS, AND LET'S PRAY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE WANT WE WANT TO COME BEFORE THEE AT THIS TIME AND JUST GIVE GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MEET AS A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT SERVE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CALLING AND THAT THEY MAKE DECISIONS BEST WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME BUSINESS ITEMS. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS IN THIS FINE CITY THAT WE THAT WE ARE IN.

FATHER, WE JUST ASK YOU ALSO TO BLESS THOSE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, AND WE WISH THEM HEALTH AND STRENGTH AS PAT'S RECOVERING FROM SICKNESS.

IF SHE CAN GET HER STRENGTH BACK AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

WE ASK, AS WE MAKE THIS DECISIONS AND DISCUSSION, THAT WE DO SO WITH RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND JUST WE HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AS WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE SAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

AMEN.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS REGARDING ANY DISCUSSION-ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

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 TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

[1. Consider and elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary for the Parks and Recreation Board.]

CONSIDER AND ELECT A CHAIRPERSON, A VICE CHAIRPERSON AND SECRETARY FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND GENERALLY, HOW WE DO THIS IS WE GENERALLY KIND OF MENTION SOMEONE FOR ALL THREE POSITIONS.

SO WE GET A MOTION FOR SOMEONE FOR ALL THREE OF THESE, A PERSON FOR EACH ONE, AND THEN WE ALL VOTE ON IT AND THEN WE, WE GO FROM THERE AND THEN THAT STARTS OUR NEW YEAR.

DOES ANYONE KNOW VALERIE RESIGNED? NO, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T THINK.

I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY, SO.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE VALERIE HAS STEPPED DOWN AS THE CHAIRPERSON.

SO I GUESS WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER HER AS PART OF THE VOTE.

SHE SAID HER WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT, AND SHE DOES VERY IMPORTANT WORK WITH TAXES.

YEAH, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THE FOUR OF US ARE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, PAT, RIGHT? PAT AND IAN AND IAN.

SO THERE'S SIX.

WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE OPEN SEAT.

WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE OPEN SEVENTH SEAT.

SO THERE'S SIX CURRENT MEMBERS AND THE FOUR OF YOU, AND THEN PAT PORTER AND THEN IAN BAILEY ARE STILL ON THE BOARD.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS IN THE CURRENT POSITIONS ARE, OF COURSE, VALERIE WAS THE CHAIRPERSON, I THINK I WAS THE VICE, AND THEN SECRETARY WAS PAT, WAS IT OR WAS IT PAT? PAT. SECRETARY WAS PAT.

SO THAT'S THE CURRENT SETUP.

SO VALERIE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, BUT THE OTHER, YOU TWO, ARE STILL AVAILABLE? YES.

YEAH, I'M STILL AVAILABLE. YES.

NOW, REMEMBER, I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE MDD.

REMEMBER THAT? SO SAY THAT AGAIN.

I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE MDD.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MDD, SO CONSIDER THAT ALSO IN YOUR.

OKAY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU CAN MAKE A

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SWITCH IT IF WE NEED TO.

I KNOW WHAT OUR MOTION. LAST TIME I SURPRISED VALERIE WITH IT.

[CHUCKLING] IT WORKED.

YEAH, IT DID. YEAH.

FOR SURE. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

HE'S GOING TO SURPRISE HIM. SURPRISE! I WAS SURPRISED. I WAS SURPRISED.

SO I WOULD MOTION AND GENERALLY A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT LONGEVITY, AND SUSIE HAS BEEN HERE QUITE A BIT OF TIME, SO IT WOULD BE RIGHT.

SO I WAS GOING TO MOTION THAT FOR SUSIE BEING THE PRESIDENT OR THE CHAIRPERSON.

I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT MOTION AND KEEPING PAT AS THE SECRETARY STILL, AND ALSO MOTION YOU, KEITH, AS THE VICE.

OKAY. SO WE CAN DISCUSS.

WE CAN CHANGE IT.

THAT WAS JUST GOING TO BE MY MOTION.

YEAH, I SECOND THAT.

I GUESS THAT WORKS. WOW.

THERE YOU GO. [INAUDIBLE] ALSO KNOW THAT THE POSITIONS WILL CHANGE ONCE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE OWING HIM IS NOT STEPPING DOWN, RIGHT? EXACTLY. SO ARE WE GOOD? WE GOOD? YES. WHAT JENNIFER SAID IS ONCE THE MOTION, THE SECOND YOU VOTE, IF IT PASSES, YOU ACTUALLY SWITCH.

YOU GO INTO YOUR POSITIONS.

OH WOW. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO RE-SIGN-IN AND EVERYTHING, WHICH YOU'LL DO THAT HERE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SIGN OUT OF YOUR STUFF AND THEN HAVE TO SIGN BACK IN.

OH, WHAT IF WE. WHAT IF WE JUST LEAVE IT AND THEN WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME.

WE CAN STILL REFERENCE HER AS THE CHAIR TONIGHT.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU.

IF THE VOTE PASSES.

IF THE VOTE PASSES.

IF THE VOTE PASSES.

WHO WAS IT MOTIONED BY? KEITH? KEITH. YES, AND THEN, PAT.

YES. SO YOU WANT TO READ THAT OUT REAL QUICK? I HAVE IT AT THIS.

I HAVE IT AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO ELECT SUSIE WHITEHURST AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

A MOTION TO ELECT KEITH CASEY AS THE VICE CHAIRPERSON OF PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND A MOTION TO ELECT PAT PORTER AS THE SECRETARY OF PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND JERMAINE MADE THE MOTION, AND THEN.

YEAH, SO I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

WHO SECONDED? KEITH.

[INAUDIBLE] TRYING TO NAVIGATE IT, SORRY.

GOTCHA. HEY! YEAH! WOO-HOO! SAME THING VALERIE DID.

OKAY. TECHNICALLY, YOU TAKE OVER THE MEETING NOW AND GO TO.

OKAY. AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.

[2. Consider approving the September 12, 2024, regular meeting minutes.]

WAS IT? SORRY. SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024 MEETING AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MEETING MINUTES.

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NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

TO VOTE ON THIS. YES, I DO.

OH, THE VOTE HAS PASSED.

ARE YOU DOING STUFF TONIGHT? A LITTLE OJT. YES, EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FIRST BEING TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE HERITAGE PARK GRAND OPENING EVENT.

[1. Discuss and receive an update on the Heritage Park Grand Opening event.]

THANK YOU. YOU CAN JUST TURN IT OVER TO ME.

OH, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS THING OFF.

I JUMPED AHEAD. HE'S LIKE, WAIT.

I APOLOGIZE. I GOT TO GET USED TO IT, TOO.

OKAY. YOU GOT IT.

SO ALL OF YOU WERE AT THE GRAND OPENING, RIGHT? YEP. YES, AND THEN I SAW PAT WAS THERE AND IAN WAS THERE.

YEP, AND VALERIE.

SO WE HAD THE ENTIRE PARK BOARD THERE.

THAT WAS AWESOME, AND YOU WERE AS YOU SAW.

WHAT A FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL PARK.

EXPANSION TO HERITAGE PARK WITH THE PAVILION PLAYGROUND FOR OLDER KIDS, PLAYGROUND FOR YOUNGER KIDS.

AMPHITHEATER, PONDS, TRELLIS OPEN FIELD, WHICH WE HOPE WILL GET ESTABLISHED A LOT BETTER HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.

JUST JUST AN AWESOME PARK, AND SINCE THEN, SINCE THAT GRAND OPENING, I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE MULTIPLE, MANY TIMES AND HAVE JUST SEEN AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE USING THE PARK REGULARLY.

THE. I'LL TELL YOU PROBABLY THE MOST MAIN ATTRACTION THERE RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, KIDS LOVE THE PLAYGROUND.

THEY LOVE THE LITTLE SPLASH PAD, BUT MAN, PEOPLE USE THAT WALKING TRAIL LIKE CRAZY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY EVENING.

IT SEEMS LIKE I SEE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE USING IT.

AS A CITY STAFF, WE'RE STILL ADJUSTING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.

WE HAVE OUR STAFF GO OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE HAVEN'T GO OUT TWICE A DAY.

ON THE WEEKENDS. THEY GO MID-MORNING AND THEN MID-AFTERNOON FOR THE TRASH AND FOR THE RESTROOMS. CLEANING, AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH WHEN IT'S NICE LIKE THIS LAST WEEKEND SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

BY THE TIME THEY CLEANED THE SECOND TIME BY THAT BY THE EVENING TIME IT WAS IT WAS TRASH OVERFLOWING.

I GOT A COUPLE TEXTS AND PICTURES, SO WE ADDED WE'RE ADDING TWO TRASH CANS.

THE TRASH CANS ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE ROTUNDA NOW, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT.

IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH A FULL SEASON TO SEE WHAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK, BUT IT'S AMAZING PLACE, AND WE CANNOT BE HAPPIER FOR THE YOU WERE THERE AT THE GRAND OPENING.

I THINK WE ESTIMATED 2500 THAT FULL DAY.

SO YEAH YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO MAKE COMMENTS ON IT, BUT I KNOW MISS WHITEHURST ACTUALLY LIVES OR RUNS A FACILITY OUT THERE, SO SHE BACKS UP TO IT AND SEES THE ACTION OVER THERE ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE THE OLDER PORTION OF HERITAGE PARK KIND OF HAS, IT'S NOT AS UPDATED.

SO BUT YEAH, GREAT GRAND OPENING.

I THINK IT'S BEEN, AND YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH PNB WHO WERE THE DEVELOPERS OF THE STATION, AND IT WAS A A COOPERATIVE PROJECT.

SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WERE INVOLVED.

THE CITY WAS A STRONG PARTNER IN IT, AND IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE WERE IN CHARGE, BUT WE WEREN'T IN CHARGE, UNLIKE LIKE JK SACHSE WHERE WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THAT, AND THAT WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT PARK.

THIS ONE WAS KIND OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT WE GOT GOT THROUGH IT AND IT'S COULDN'T BE HAPPIER, AND JENNIFER JUST SHOWED YOU A BUNCH OF PICTURES FROM IT, BUT DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PARK BOARD IN THERE? I DIDN'T SEE IF WE DID.

OH. HOLD ON.

WHILE SHE'S PULLING THAT UP.

JUST THE TRANSFORMATION OF THAT PART.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I MEAN, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO SACHSE, MAYBE NOW 14 YEARS AGO.

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RIGHT. OH, YEAH, AND THEN IT WAS JUST PASTURE PASTURE TO GEORGE BUSH, AND YOU NEVER KNOW KIND OF THE POTENTIAL OF AN AREA UNTIL, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS A VISION FOR IT AND THEN PUTS SOMETHING ON IT, AND IT'S JUST TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION, TO SEE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT LARGE, ISN'T THAT THE LARGEST? IT'S THE LARGEST TRAIN THAT KOMPAN'S MADE IN THE US.

LIKE IT WAS A CUSTOM BUILT TRAIN FOR THAT PARK.

THAT'S AMAZING, AND ALL THE EVENTS NOW.

RIGHT SO WE HAVE, LIKE A COUPLE OF PARKS, RIGHT, REALLY THAT WE CAN RUN EVENTS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, NOW.

HEY. GOOD LOOKING. THERE IT IS.

YOU EVEN HAVE A PASSPORT MEMBER IN THERE.

YEAH. THE MAYOR.

YEAH, THE MAYOR. YEAH.

OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBER.

OUR CURRENT LIAISON WAS IN THERE.

YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, LIKE I SAID, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PARK THAT IF WE WANT TO HAVE LARGER EVENTS, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE A PLACE NOW THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO FIT 500 PEOPLE OUT THERE.

YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

YEAH. FOR SURE, AND EVEN I'M INTERESTED TO SEE NOW 4TH OF JULY, RIGHT, WHAT THAT WILL TURN INTO.

THAT'S A GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

IT'S BECAUSE NOW WE GOT STUFF.

STUFF, AND IT'S GETTING TIGHTER OUT THERE.

YEAH. CYNTHIA IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET CREATIVE ON HAVING FIREWORKS WITHOUT FIREWORKS.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE ROOF OF MEDICAL CITY SACHSE.

WE'LL JUST SHOOT THEM OFF THE ROOF OF MEDICAL CITY SACHSE.

DID YOU HEAR SUSIE? THE DRONE SHOW. YEAH, I THINK IT'S.

YEAH. THEY'RE ONLY LIKE, FOUR TIMES MORE THAN FIREWORKS.

OF COURSE. THEY LOOK AWESOME.

WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THEM, SO THEY'RE WAY COOL.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A HUGE SUCCESS.

YEAH IT IS.

EXCITING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.

THANK YOU LANCE.

APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE JK SACHSE PARK PROJECTS FROM LANCE WHITWORTH.

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

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS NOW COMPLETE OVER THE BLEACHERS OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT.

SO THAT'S DONE. FINALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE, BUT IT LOOKS IT'S A NICE LITTLE SHADE STRUCTURE THERE.

SO THE NEXT PHASE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING TWO B.

TWO A WAS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

TWO B WILL BE THE PLAYGROUND.

IF YOU REMEMBER, JOSE WAS HERE WITH KOMPAN.

HE WENT THROUGH A PRESENTATION.

I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU A FEW SLIDES FROM THAT.

JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT WE WHAT HE PRESENTED TO US AND WHAT WE TOOK TO CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FROM KOMPAN FOR A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES INSTALLATION AND THE SURFACING, THE POUR IN PLACE SOFT SURFACE FOR THE PLAYGROUND.

IT DOES COVER THOSE THREE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WE MET WITH HIM LAST WEEK.

CYNTHIA AND I MET WITH WITH JOSE TO KIND OF NARROW DOWN THE COLORS.

WE WANT THE COLORS TO BE MORE CLOSELY MATCHED TO WHAT THE SPLASH PAD COLORS ARE.

SO HE'S GOING TO SEND ME THE RENDERINGS FOR THAT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JENNIFER KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE LAYOUT.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF IT AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO SIT ADJACENT TO THE PAVILION JUST WEST OF IT, AND WE'LL TAKE UP THOSE THREE UNDEVELOPED AREAS, JUST GRASS AREAS IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION.

THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS KIND OF ISOLATED, NOT ISOLATED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN OBSTACLE COURSE.

WE HAD THE NETTING A LOT OF CHALLENGING PLAY STRUCTURES IN THERE, BUT IT'S REALLY IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A NEAT LITTLE ADDITION TO THAT PARK, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THIS PROJECT IS CONSIDERED TO BE, AND THAT'S THE TURQUOISE OR BLUISH AREA THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, AND THEN YOU THIS BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVED, IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU APPROVED WHAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE MDD POINT FOR SOMETHING MILLION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE PLAYGROUND FOR CLOSE TO A MILLION, AND THEN THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE LANDSCAPING PORTION OF IT THIS YEAR, AND ALSO THE SIGNAGE, WHICH WOULD BE AN, I GUESS, PHASE THREE, AND

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SO I MENTIONED THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT TO YOU IN THIS MEETING, BUT ORIGINALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS A I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE A SIX YEAR PROJECT THAT WE WERE GOING TO JUST TAKE STEPS HERE AND THERE, BUT WITH REVENUES AND SALES TAX BEING COLLECTED AT THE RATE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE UP TO ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR THAT IT CUT TWO YEARS OFF ON COMPLETING THIS PARK, AND WE COULD BE, IF EVERYTHING GOES CORRECTLY AND TIMING. THIS COULD BE THIS CAN COMPLETE THE PARK, PLAYGROUND, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE AND COULDN'T BE A BETTER TIMING THAN THAT.

I CAN'T GO INTO IT, BUT I DID GO TO A DEVELOPER'S MEETING TODAY AND THE OWNER OF THAT LOT RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

WE MET WITH THEM AND THEY WANT TO PUT SOME STUFF THERE AND INCORPORATE THE PARK LIKE LIKE HAVE SOME ACCESS OPENINGS AND TIE INTO THE TRAIL, AND SO AND THEY WANT TO MOVE ON THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.

WOW.

THAT'S EXCITING. SO ISN'T THIS THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS RELUCTANT INITIALLY TO.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME LOT, THE PRIVATE LOT TO SELL TO THE CITY.

YOU'RE SAYING DID WE TRY TO GET IT? YEAH. I THINK THERE'S A LOT ADJACENT TO THE PARK THAT'S NOT.

OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL SITE? YES. YEAH, THAT ONE, HE WANTS OVER A MILLION FOR THAT ONE, TOO, AND THAT'S INDUSTRIAL THAT YOU, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS INDUSTRIAL, BUT HE WANTS TO DO A PD PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE IT COMMERCIAL, WHICH WOULD HELP IF HE WORKS WITH US.

THERE'S SOME INCENTIVES THAT WE CAN KEEP IT COMMERCIAL BECAUSE INDUSTRIAL.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

SOMEBODY CAN BUY IT, BUT AUTO REPAIR SHOP RIGHT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A PAWN SHOP, YOU KNOW, NOT A PAWN SHOP.

I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER AN UNATTRACTIVE BUSINESS COULD GO IN THERE, BUT IF WE WORK WITH THEM, THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S THAT FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FITS THE PARK, INCLUDES THE PARK.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY TALKED ABOUT YOU SHARE PARKING USAGE WITH THAT LOT.

SO. YEAH.

SO, YEAH, YOU'RE SAYING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YEAH, THAT'S I THINK I WAS THINKING THE OTHER SIDE.

YEAH, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT. YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT.

WE WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS ONE, BUT WE JUST AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT. WE DID CHECK ON IT AGAIN EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT BECAUSE I THINK IF IT WAS STILL AVAILABLE, WE WOULD HAVE CAME TO THE BOARD AND ASKED TO USE THE FUNDS THIS YEAR TO BUY THAT LAND, BUT WE JUST MISSED OUT ON IT.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU THAT BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE LIKE, DANG IT, ALL GOOD, I FORGOT SOMETHING.

CAN YOU PUT THE CAN YOU PUT IT BACK UP REAL QUICK? I HAVE A QUESTION. IF WE WANT TO RECONSIDER SOMETHING.

SO THE MAZE.

RIGHT. WHICH IS A COOL IDEA, RIGHT? YEAH. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WHEN WE PUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THAT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF THE SPACE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC, RIGHT? AND IF WE PUT THE MAZE IN, THAT REALLY SQUEEZES US OUT.

SO IT ALMOST PUTS US IN A POINT TO WHERE WE ALMOST CAN ONLY USE HERITAGE FOR THAT.

YEAH. SO I'M WONDERING, DO WE RECONSIDER? WE WILL. I THINK WHAT THE NEXT STEP FOR STAFF WILL BE IS TO GET A COUPLE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS INVOLVED TO COME TO THE MEETING AND SHARE THEIR VISION OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

I AGREE WITH JERMAINE, 100%.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE LANDSCAPE MAZED IN THERE.

WE NEED IT MORE FOR SPACE, BUT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S DUAL.

YEAH, I'M NOT SEEING WHAT IT COULD BE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THERE BETWEEN THE PICKLEBALL COURT AND ALL THAT, AND THEN THOSE THREE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OBSTACLE COURSE YOU KNOW, OBSTACLE COURSE HERE, AND THEN THE 2 TO 5 AND THEN THE 5 TO 12.

YOU TAKE THAT OUT.

I MEAN THAT. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROGRAMING SPACE.

IF IT'S A MAZE, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AND WE'LL GET INPUT FROM THIS BOARD ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD GUESS OVER $100,000.

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OKAY. WONDERFUL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OTHER THAN THANK YOU, LANCE, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND HAVING YOUR GOALS MET WAY AHEAD OF TIME.

THAT'S AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT. ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[3. Discuss and receive an update on the May 2024 storm cleanup and the after effects.]

IS THIS YOU, LANCE? YES. OKAY. SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT THE PARK BOARD ACTUALLY ALSO SERVES AS OUR TREE BOARD FOR THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT, AND WE APPLY FOR TREE CITY USA RECOGNITION EVERY YEAR, AND PART OF THAT IS THAT AS A TREE BOARD THAT WE HAVE ITEMS TO DISCUSS. WE HAVEN'T REALLY GONE THROUGH THE STORM CLEANUP BECAUSE THAT WAS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST I GUESS, MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR AS FAR AS LOSING A LOT OF LANDSCAPE TREES IN ALL OF OUR PARKS.

SO THE UPDATE AND THAT'S BEEN A THAT'S BEEN A COMMON CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS.

WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR CLEANUP FOR MONTHS, AND AS THAT'S COME IN, AS YOU KNOW, THAT THING TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS FOR WORKING WITH CWD JUST TO DO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN UP.

JOE STONE PARK.

THAT IS COMPLETELY DONE.

HERITAGE PARK IS COMPLETELY DONE.

WE HAVE STARTED AT SALMON PARK BUT THAT GREENWAY ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK IS DECIMATED WITH, WITH TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE.

WE PROBABLY HAVE CLEANED UP HALF OF THAT, SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER.

DOES ANYONE LIVE IN THAT AREA? YOU DO KIND OF? A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T KNOW; WE'VE BEEN OVER THERE.

YEAH. SO THERE'RE JUST TREES EVERYWHERE, AND IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE US ALL THROUGH WINTER AND SPRING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP, AND THEN THE MUDDY CREEK PRESERVE, WE DID OPEN THE TRAIL BACK UP.

WE GOT ALL THE TREES, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS DOWN ON THAT DALLAS COUNTY TRAIL.

MUDDY CREEK OFF OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.

IT'S AGAIN, IT'S WALKABLE PARKING LOTS THERE, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DEBRIS AND TREES DOWN THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING DURING THIS WINTER TIME.

THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR WINTER PROJECTS.

WE HAVE ASSIGNMENTS TO DIFFERENT CREWS TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE.

SO YEAH, THAT WAS QUITE THE STORM, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON CLEANUP FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO.

EXCUSE ME. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR CURRENT PARK PROJECTS.

[4. Discuss and receive an update on all current park projects.]

WE'RE DOING SOME LITTLE THINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME VEGETATION AROUND THE JOE STONE.

NEW RESTROOM OVER THERE.

JUST TO KIND OF BORDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM IT.

THAT'S A WINTER PROJECT ON OUR LIST.

WE ADDED A NEW WATER LINE TO JK SACHSE PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS WHEN WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ENOUGH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT.

ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE BUILDING, TO THE RESTROOMS WHEN THE SPLASH PAD IS ON, AND THEN WHEN THE IRRIGATION WOULD COME ON, THERE WOULD BE LIKE HARDLY ANY PRESSURE.

SO WITH PUBLIC WORKS' HELP, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUILDING, AND WE RAN A LINE SEPARATE AND JUST KEPT THE BUILDING SET ON A SEPARATE LINE.

WORKED OUT GREAT, AND WE GOT THROUGH THE YEAR DURING THIS THIS WINTER PROJECT IS ANOTHER ONE.

PUBLIC WORKS IS INSTALLING A SEPARATE LINE JUST FOR THE RESTROOMS IN THAT BUILDING, AND I THINK I THINK THEY SHOULD BE DONE HERE IF NOT THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL GET IN AND WE HAVE SOME PLUMBING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

SO THAT PROJECT WILL BE DONE.

WE HAVE SOME LANDSCAPING THINGS TO ADDRESS AT THE NEW HERITAGE PARK EXPANSION. IF YOU'RE OVER THERE, YOU'RE WALKING, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S BEEN TWO PATHS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, GOING UP FROM THE LOWER SECTION OF THE PLAYGROUND UP TO THE PAVILION, AND THEY JUST TRAMPLE DOWN THE SHRUBS.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CLEAN.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CLEAN ONE UP, FIX THE ONE AND CLEAN ONE UP, AND MAYBE PUT SOME DECOMPOSED GRANITE IN THERE, OR MAYBE SOME BOULDERS, AND THEN MAKE THAT A WALKWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND.

NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE CAN'T FORCE THEM.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

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SO JUST A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE GET DONE IN THE WINTERTIME.

SO. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.

OKAY. FANTASTIC.

NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE NEW FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BUDGET.

[5. Discuss and receive an update on the new fiscal year 2024-2025 budget.]

LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, WAS A HUGE YEAR FOR LEISURE SERVICES, PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARY.

THIS YEAR, NOT SO MUCH.

WE JUST KIND OF THE BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, STABLE THROUGH THIS BUDGET FISCAL YEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO WE CALL IT A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, AND WE HAVE ONE TRUCK IN PUBLIC IN PARKS THAT'S BEING REPLACED, TWO MOWERS AND A TRAILER.

SO WE'RE GETTING THAT IT'S ON ORDER, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT.

WE ALSO GOT SOME EXTRA FUNDS THIS YEAR TO START PHASING OUT SOME OLD TABLES AND TRASH CANS IN OUR PARKS.

$10,000 TO GO TOWARDS THAT.

WE ORDERED WE DID ORDER SOME TABLES ALREADY FOR THAT FUND.

HOW MANY TABLES WERE WE ABLE TO GET? EIGHT. EIGHT. SO THAT FUND'S DEPLETED ALREADY, AND THEN ALSO RECREATION GOT SOME FUNDS TO REPLACE SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LIGHTS.

SO THAT'S REALLY NOT AGAIN, NOT A WHOLE LOT BOOK BUDGET.

EVERYTHING AT THE LIBRARY PRETTY MUCH STAYED UNCHANGED, AND SO, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU. I CAN SEND IT TO YOU OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAD POSITIONS, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES MULES.

I MEAN, WE DID A LOT, SO, AND THAT BUDGET IS FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE MICHAEL J.

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

MS. WISEMAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I EXCITING TIMES ALWAYS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN SACHSE.

I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOLLOWING, WHICH WE JUST HAD IN OCTOBER.

I HOPE EVERYONE HERE HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

IT WAS ON OCTOBER 19TH, ALL DAY FROM 10 TO 6:00.

I HAVE TO GET MY MOUSE UP HERE, WHICH I CAN'T.

SORRY. I WAS I MEANT TO SCROLL THROUGH SOME PICTURES HERE, BUT SO WE HAD SOME ENTERTAINMENT ON THE STAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THIS WAS OUR UKULELE PLAYER.

THIS WAS OUR ZOMBIE MAZE, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING.

I KNOW EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME IN THIS.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE HAD.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE.

IT WAS LIKE A SCARE-O-METER.

SO AS THE DAY WENT ON, THE MAZE GOT SCARIER INSIDE.

WE HAD SOME ACTORS FROM THE WYLIE ACTING GROUP THAT CAME IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEY WERE IN THE ZOMBIE MAZE DOING SOME SCARE ACTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AGAIN, THE ZOMBIE MAZE AND WE HAD A CARNIVAL AREA THAT STAFF RAN WHERE WE HAD CARNIVAL GAMES.

THERE WAS PUMPKIN DECORATING IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THAT WAS HOSTED BY FIVE LOAVES.

SOME MORE CARNIVAL GAMES BUT JUST OVERALL HAD A GREAT, GREAT EVENT, AND WE ENDED THE EVENT WITH OUR PUMPKIN HUNT, WHICH IS ALWAYS CRAZY.

WE HAD ABOUT 4000 PUMPKINS ALONG WITH CANDY ALL OVER THE FIELD, AND IT TAKES ABOUT TEN, TWENTY SECONDS FOR THEM TO ALL GET GATHERED UP.

OH, ALSO, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK I'VE GOTTEN TO THOSE PICTURES.

THERE THEY ARE. YES. PONY RIDES, PETTING ZOO.

JUST LOTS OF ACTIVITIES. WE HAD A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.

WE HAD ON STAGE EVENTS, WITCH CACKLING, HOWLING CONTESTS, COSTUME CONTESTS ON THE STAGE WHERE THE KIDS GOT TO DO, LIKE, A COSTUME PARADE ACROSS THE STAGE.

WE EVEN HAD CATEGORIES FOR ANIMALS.

SO THOSE WERE REALLY CUTE, BUT JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.

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WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

STAFF'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IDEAS AND THINGS WE CAN ADD, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I HAVE A FEW MORE PICTURES.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU WOULD ADD FOR NEXT YEAR? SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING THAT I COULD JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS, BUT WE'RE A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST PLANNED THIS EVENT, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE NEW PART OF HERITAGE PARK WAS GOING TO BE COMPLETED.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY PLAN A WHOLE LOT IN THAT AREA.

WELL, WE DIDN'T PLAN ANYTHING IN THAT AREA, SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN.

MOST OF OUR TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON IS HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS EVENT.

SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THAT WILL TAKE STAFF SOME IDEAS.

I CAN SHARE WITH YOU SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT OF.

WE DO WANT TO EXPAND ON THE, ON STAGE PARTICIPATION.

I THOUGHT THE LIKE THE HOWLING AND THE CACKLING AND THE COSTUME CONTEST COULD REALLY BE, COULD REALLY TAKE OFF.

I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL, AND JUST BY CALLING PEOPLE OUT AT THE EVENT.

WE GOT A REALLY GOOD PARTICIPATION.

DID YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAD BOHO MARKET THERE? NO, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT.

NO. YOU KNOW WHO BOHO MARKET IS? YES I DID.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ALMOST SEE MORE OF THAT.

IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WERE ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS.

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

SO OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR BOHO WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BRING 40 TO 50 BOOTHS, VENDORS WITH SOME REALLY ATTRACTIVE STUFF I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TEN, MAYBE 15.

WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR OWN VENDORS.

WE'LL RECRUIT OUR OWN, AND WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE STAGE, AND NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO MOVE IT MORE TO WHERE IT BLEEDS INTO THE EVENING.

IT SEEMS LIKE I THINK THE PUMPKIN PROWL AND THE HAUNTED HAUNTED STUFF MAY GO OVER BETTER IN THE EVENING TIME, LIKE EARLY EVENING BECAUSE IT GETS DARK EARLIER.

SO WE GOT SOME IDEAS.

SO I COUNTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVERY HOUR OR TWO, AND WE HAD ABOUT THREE, 350, 400 CARS THERE CONTINUOUSLY ALL DAY, AND I FIGURED IF EVEN IF THEY ROTATED OUT EVERY TWO HOURS AND SO YOU'D SAY, THAT'S YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES FOUR, THAT'S 1600 CARS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND IF YOU HAVE 3 OR 4 PEOPLE.

SO I THOUGHT THE ATTENDANCE WAS ACTUALLY STEADY AND GOOD ALL DAY LONG, BUT YEAH, I THINK THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT WAS BOHO MARKET FOR SURE AND I'M NOT TAKING SHOTS AT BOHO.

I HEAR THEY DO AMAZING STUFF AT OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT YEAH, WE WON'T DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD TO HEAR THAT. SO NEXT EVENT, THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, THE PARADE AND THE EXTRAVAGANZA.

IT STARTS. IT'S ON DECEMBER 4TH, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY, STARTS AT 6:00 WITH THE PARADE DOWN MILES ROAD, AND THEN IT ENDS HERE AT THE CITY COMPLEX, WHERE FROM 7 TO 830 WE DO A TREE LIGHTING.

WE HAVE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SANTA IS HERE.

LIBRARY DOES CRAFTS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE GYM IS FULL OF BOUNCE HOUSES, GAMES.

WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT COMES IN AND THEY LEAD SOME OF THE KIDS IN COOKIE DECORATING.

WE HAVE A SNOW GLOBE.

OH, YEAH. ALEX, WILL YOU BE HERE? MOST LIKELY. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

WE HAVE SNOW OUTSIDE.

WE'LL HAVE A SNOW SLIDE, A SNOW TODDLER AREA, PETTING ZOO.

WE HAVE LOTS OF VENDORS COMING.

SO FOR THIS EVENT, WHAT WE DO IS WE ALLOW VENDORS TO COME, BUT THEY DON'T SELL ITEMS DURING THE EVENT.

IT'S JUST KIND OF A COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT FOR THESE VENDORS.

THEY COME, WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE A FREE ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS TO DO OR HAND OUT CANDY, THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THEIR BOOTH.

SO IT'S JUST A TIME FOR THEM TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE SOMETHING FUN FOR EXTRA FOR THE KIDS TO DO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF STUFF.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING S'MORES AGAIN.

SO THEY LEAVE THE KIDS ON DOING MAKING S'MORES.

THERE'LL BE HAYRIDES THROUGH THE FIRE STATION BAYS THAT WILL BE DECORATED, AND HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR?

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YEAH. THIS IS A BIG EVENT.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS THAT COME THROUGH.

THE PARADE ITSELF BRINGS A LOT AS WELL, AND MANY ENTRIES DO WE HAVE ON THE PARADE SO FAR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY? I KEEP SEEING THEM COME IN. YEAH, I THINK NOT.

INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE MAY BE UP TO 18 LIKE OF OUR OWN, AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ADDED ONTO THAT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER AT LEAST 20 PROBABLY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT.

YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DRIVE-THRU LIGHTS AGAIN.

LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE].

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YEAR THAT WE HAD THE WHOLE CAMPUS.

WE HAD A COMPANY COME IN AND DECORATE THE CAMPUS.

WE HAD THE TUNNEL THAT YOU COULD DRIVE THE LIGHTS.

THERE YOU GO. YEAH, I KNOW IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING.

THAT WAS THE COVID YEAR.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CAME TO OUR CHRISTMAS THING? NO. WELL, YEAH, BUT I HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER PLACES, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT I'VE SEEN IT, AND I'VE SEEN IT MORE THAN JUST COVID YEAR I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PRICE OF THAT, BUT MAN, WE PUT IT WAS I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER PLACES, LIKE IN OTHER CITIES AND OTHER STATES.

SO I WAS LIKE, OH, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A DRIVE-THRU.

YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I GUESS THAT WAS JUST FOR COVID.

OKAY. WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT MORE DECORATIONS ON THE CAMPUS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PARKS GUYS.

THEY'VE BEEN OUT ALREADY.

EVERY DAY THEY'RE OUT THERE PUTTING UP LIGHTS, AND I'M BUYING MORE STUFF EVERY DAY AND SAYING, HERE, CAN YOU PUT THIS UP? CAN YOU PUT THIS UP? THE TREE AT THE ROUNDABOUTS GOING UP PROBABLY BE FINISHED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OKAY. HOW MANY? I TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONE YEAR.

GUESS THE NUMBER OF TREES ON THE CAMPUS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CONTEST.

YOU NEED TO DO HOW MANY MILES OF LIGHTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD, I MEAN, THEY WRAP ALL DAY EVERY DAY FOR.

YES. WELL SO FAR A WEEK AND A HALF, SO.

WOW. SO THERE'S A TREE ON FIFTH STREET.

THERE'S A TREE IN CITY HALL.

THERE'LL BE A TREE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A TREE DECORATING CONTEST WHERE PEOPLE CAN ADOPT A TREE, AND SO WE HAVE 12 TREES INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALONG THE HALLWAY THAT ARE LIT AND BUSINESSES CAN ADOPT A TREE, OR EVEN JUST NONPROFIT GROUPS OR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE HAD A FAMILY ADOPT TREES, AND THEY COME IN AND THEY DECORATE THE TREE, AND THEN THAT'S PART OF THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

YOU CAN VOTE ON THE TREE THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST AND WE HAVE TROPHIES.

SO EXCITING.

THAT ENDS OUR YEAR.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

WE HAD A GOOD YEAR.

YEAH, A FULL YEAR OF EVENTS.

THERE'S. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THERE'S ONLY TWO MONTHS NOW OUT OF THE YEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE EVENT.

WE HAVE OTHER STUFF IN BETWEEN, LIKE STAFF'S DOING A PICKLEBALL FOOD DRIVE THIS MONTH.

NEXT MONTH, THEY'RE DOING A HOLLY JOLLY FAMILY FUN PICKLEBALL NIGHT.

SO THERE'S THINGS IN BETWEEN.

WE'VE GOT DODGEBALL NIGHTS.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT, BUT WE'VE HAD DEFINITELY A FULL YEAR OF EVENTS.

EXCITING.

FABULOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT WILL RECEIVE UPDATES REGARDING CURRENT ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERSONNEL.

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

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE, WE'VE HAD THIS OPENING FOR MONTHS.

SO YEAH, CYNTHIA KIND OF COVERED THE CURRENT EVENTS, AND YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

ALL RIGHT.

IT IS BETTER THAN THIS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.