* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALRIGHT, [1. Call to Order: The Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, January 8, at 6:30 PM to consider the following items of business:] WELL FIRST LET ME SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. HEY, YAY. 2026. THAT'S ROCK AND ROLL. ALL RIGHT, CALL TO ORDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAXY. WE'LL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH AT 6:30 PM TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND THE TEXAS FLAG. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION. I GOT IT. YOU GOT IT. I GOT IT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HEARTS FULL OF GRATITUDE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF THIS MEETING AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER. WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE TO BE WITH US, GUIDING OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS. MAY YOUR WISDOM AND LOVE BE EVIDENT AND ALL THAT WE DO HELP US TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND OPEN WITH OPEN HEARTS AND TO SPEAK WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. GRANT US THE COURAGE TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND THE STRENGTH TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. GLAD YOU LEAD JESUS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OTHER FOR STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. 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 THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. THAT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? NO. SEEING NONE. [1. Consider approving the November 11, 2025, regular meeting minutes.] WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. I MOTION . AND A SECOND. DO I HAVE A SECOND HERE? SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DID YOU GET IT? GOT EVERYTHING ON THAT ONE. OKAY. CALLIE AND KEITH? YEAH. SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND GREG, IF YOU'RE NOT SIGNED IN YET, IS A YAY OR NAY. UH, YAY. OKAY. YEAH, MINE'S NOT EITHER. IT'S NOT POPPING UP. OKAY. UM, PAST SIX TO ZERO, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. DISCUSSION ITEMS [1. Discuss and review the role of the Parks and Recreation Board.] FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LANCE TO GET TO, UM, BE INTRODUCED TO EVERYBODY HERE SINCE WE, HE WAS NOT HERE WITH US IN DECEMBER. AND WE HAVE SOME NEW FOLKS ON THE PARKS AND RECS BOARD. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, BEING ON THE BOARD. THIS IS A SO, I I JUST A, A, A FACT, UH, INFORMATION I MISSED LAST MONTH, I APOLOGIZE. BUT THAT IS THE ONLY PART WHERE MEETING I'VE MISSED IN 22 AND A HALF YEARS. SO, , THANK YOU FOR THE GRACE . NO, UH, BUT, UH, I HAVE NOT MET GREG. GREG, GREG WOODCOCK, AND, UH, I DID MEET AURORA AND I MET, LET ME MAKE SURE I DON'T WANNA MESS UP ANYBODY'S NAME HERE. . I MET, UH, UH, JASON. JASON, YES SIR. AND I MET, UH, DANIELLE. SO THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT HERE I HAVE NOT MET IS LILLIAN. DID LILLIAN COME TO THE LAST MEETING? SHE DID. I BELIEVE SO. SHE DID. OKAY. UM, BUT YEAH, I'M LANCE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LEISURE SERVICES. THAT'S OUR DEPARTMENT'S NAME NOW. AND LEISURE SERVICES, JUST [00:05:01] SO YOU KNOW, UH, ENCOMPASSES, UM, SEVERAL DIVISIONS IN THE CITY. IT HAS PARKS, RECREATION. I HAVE A MAN MANAGER AND PARK, OR I HAVE TWO SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAVE TWO SUPERINTENDENTS IN PARKS RECREATION, WHICH CYNTHIA IS OUR MANAGER. RECREATION, THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE A MANAGER OVER THERE THAT'S ROBIN WOODWARD, THE LIBRARY, WHICH WE HAVE A MANAGER OVER THERE, WHICH IS RANDALL CROSS. AND WHAT AM I MISSING? ANIMAL SHELTER. OH, ANIMAL SHELTER. YES. ANIMAL SHELTER. ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH WE HAVE A MANAGER UP THERE. HUGO ESPINOZA. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 22 GOING ON 23 YEARS. CYNTHIA WAS MY FIRST HIRE. SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. UM, I, I ALWAYS LIVED GIVING FACTS. SO WHEN WE STARTED, I STARTED IN FEBRUARY. WE DID OUR FIRST PROGRAMMING IN THE SUMMER OF 2004 WITH 14 PROGRAMS AND ONE BROCHURE. AND NOW WE'RE UP TO, I DON'T KNOW, 300 PROGRAMS EVERY, EVERY BROCHURE. UM, I LOVE THE CITY OF SAXE, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CITY. I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE ARE, UH, AWESOME. LIKE WE GET SO MUCH SUPPORT. I'VE WORKED AT TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU'D BE LUCKY TO GET 50% OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. SUCCESS RATE HERE, IT'S ALWAYS 80, 90%. UM, OUR EVENTS, HAS EVERYONE HERE BEEN TO OUR EVENTS? RED, WHITE, BLUE BLAST CHRISTMAS EVENT, E STREET EVENT. YEAH. IT'S AMAZING THE SPORT THAT WE HAVE. SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD THIS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS MUCH TURNOVER IN A WHILE IN OUR PARK BOARD. UM, WE HAVE HAD A TRADITION OF LONGEVITY IN OUR BOARD AND SO IT'S AWESOME TO SEE NEW PEOPLE FILLING THESE SPOTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE. I KNOW IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY, BUT I PROMISE YOU THE BENEFITS OF BEING ON THE SPORT, UH, YOU'RE HELPING NOT JUST YOURSELF, BUT YOU'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. UM, SO YEAH. AND I KNOW I GOT TO, BUT IF, DO YOU GUYS MIND JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF SO I CAN KIND OF GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT AND THEN, UH, YEAH, THAT'LL, THAT WILL HELP ME OUT. SO, AR AURORA YOUTH ADVISOR. I LOVE OUR YOUTH ADVISORS. WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF 'EM. HI, MY NAME IS AURORA. NO, I'M A SOPHOMORE ATSI HIGH SCHOOL AND PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BECOME A YOUTH ADVISOR FOR THE CITY, UM, FOR PARKS AND REC IS BECAUSE I RUN CROSS COUNTRY AT OUR SCHOOL AND WE USE THE PARKS AND LIKE ALL THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY OF SAXE PROVIDES AND I JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF LIKE WHAT GOES ON BEHIND EVERYTHING. AWESOME. THAT IS FANTASTIC. OKAY. UH, MY NAME IS JASON KELLEHER, UM, GRADUATE OF TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 2008 WITH CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE. I WORK WITH, UH, UH, IN, I WORKED WITH DUNAWAY ASSOCIATES FOR THE LAST, GOING ON EIGHT YEARS AS A ENGINEER, MAINLY IN THE WATER WASTEWATER, UH, DESIGN SPACE. UM, MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO SAXE IN 2021 WHEN MY WIFE SAID, BETTER DELICATELY GET ME OUT OF MIDLAND. I SAID, YES MA'AM. MM-HMM UM, UH, I WOULD SAY WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE GOT TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, UH, SIX AND THREE AND SO HAVING A WONDERFUL PARK SYSTEM NEARBY HAS KEPT OUR SANITY WHEN THE BOYS NEED TO GET THE WIGGLES OUT AND JUST GO RUN AROUND AND PLAY. UM, AND MY WIFE IS A FORMER LIBRARIAN WITH MIDLAND COUNTY AND NOW STAYS AT HOME WITH OUR BOYS AS A STAY HOME MOM AND, UM, VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, CONTINUE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS GOING FORWARD. I'M KEITH CASEY. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR IN SAXY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW. UM, BEEN ON THE BOARD I THINK GOING INTO THE FOURTH YEAR. UM, IT'S BEEN AWESOME SEEING ALL THE CHANGE, THE NEW PARKS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY ROLLED OUT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO BE A PART OF THAT. UM, BUT YEAH, I REALLY ENJOY SERVING ON THE BOARD, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ME. I AM GREG WOODCOCK. I'M LOCKED IN. CAN YOU, CAN YOU TURN THE MIC ON GREG? I'M SORRY. JUST PUSH. YEAH, PUSH LIKE A BUTTON. KIND OF HARD. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. I'M GREG WOODCOCK. I, UM, HAVE LIVED IN SEXY FOR, IT'S ABOUT 30 YEARS. OKAY. I WAS ON THE TIFF BOARD THAT TIMED OUT, UM, RETURNS . UM, I JUST AM GOING WHERE THEY SAY THEY NEED SOMEBODY, SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PARTICULAR AGENDA OTHER THAN JUST BE INVOLVED AND BE HELPFUL. I HAVE A SMALL IT CONSULTING BUSINESS THAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING OUT OF MY HOUSE IN THE CITY, UH, FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. [00:10:02] GREAT. AND OF COURSE, I'M SUSIE WHITEHURST. I, THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR ON THE BOARD AND I MOVED TO SAXY SIX YEARS AGO AND I ALSO WORK IN THE CITY OF SAXY. HELLO. MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE. MY NAME IS LILLIAN BAKER. UH, I'VE LIVED IN SAXY FOR 20 YEARS THIS YEAR. UM, I AM RETIRED FROM AT AND T AND I, UH, FORMERLY JUST LEFT THE CITY OF WA UM, ANOTHER CITY MUNICIPALITY, PARK. THAT JK. DID WE VISIT? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M DANIELLE PARKER. I'VE LIVED IN SAXY FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD WHO IS CURRENTLY PLAYING BASKETBALL OVER AT THE REC CENTER AND LOVING IT. UH, NOW THAT HE HAS HIS OWN MEMBERSHIP SINCE HE IS 12, HE IS EATING IT UP. UM, YEAH, I'M EXCITED TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS AND, UH, I LOVE THE CITY OF SAXY AND EXCITED FOR WHAT WE CAN DO. MY NAME'S CALLIE SAFIE AND I'VE LIVED IN S FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS NOW. UM, I HAVE GROWN KIDS, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MY BRAND NEW GRANDBABY OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THOSE EVENTS. UM, SO THIS IS STARTING MY SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD AND I JUST ENJOY GIVING BACK AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, IN ADDITION, NUMBER ONE IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE. YES. WE'LL GO OVER THE, UM, ROLES OF THE PARKS AND REX BOARD. YEAH. I ASKED, UH, UH, JENNIFER TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. IT'S JUST A GOOD TO GET FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WHAT THE BOARD'S PURPOSE IS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAXE. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD SERVES AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WHAT DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN? WELL, WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU GUYS GIVE INPUT TO THE CITY. I'M THE STAFF LIAISON COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, BUELLER IS THE, UH, LIAISON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, WE ASKED FOR IDEAS, INPUT INFORMATION. UH, I WILL TELL YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'VE DONE A LOT AND HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN, UH, OUR PROGRAMS, OUR EVENTS, AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR FACILITIES DUE TO INPUT FROM THE PARK SPORT. UM, JUST TO NAME A FEW, ONE OF THE, UH, RECENT ONES, OUR YOUTH ADVISOR, UM, BRETT'S SON, UM, WHY CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME. CHASE. CHASE WAS WANTING A OUTDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT. YOU JUST BRING A, I'M TALKING EVERYONE TO HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SCHOOL. WE WANT, WE WANT SOME LIKE, UH, THEY HAVE IT WILEY. SO HE IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL. WHEN WE DID DEVELOP JK SACKS PARK, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID PUT THAT IN AND WE PUT IT IN A POSITION OR IN AN AREA THAT'S AWAY FROM THE, THE SMALL KIDS. SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL AS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN UP THERE AT NIGHT AND WARM EVENINGS, IT'S VERY BUSY. SO, UM, WE'VE HAD INPUT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ELLER WAS WE THE PLAYGROUND, UH, SURFACE MATERIAL. WE'VE DONE, UH, THESE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBERS EVERYWHERE ON ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUND. WELL, THERE'S A TRANSITION. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A POUR IN PLACE, THE SOFT SURFACE. AND SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT GOING AND GETTING IT TO THE COUNCIL. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE TRANSITIONED A LOT OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS TO THAT SURFACE. AND THE MOST RECENTLY RECENT ONE IS THIS, THE, UH, SMALLER KID AREA AT THE NEW SECTION OF, UH, HERITAGE PARK. ALL THOSE WOOD CHIPS WERE BEING REMOVED AND WE'RE PUTTING IN PIP IN THERE, BUT THERE'S JUST, I MEAN, ALL THE STUFF THAT WE DID AT JOE STONE, THE, THE RESTROOM THERE, THE FINISH, THE, THE WALKING PATH, THE COVER OVER THE PLAYGROUND, ALL THAT WAS INSPIRED AND, UH, BY THE PARK BOARD. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF INPUT, MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF SAXE. UM, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF THIS, OF THIS BOARD. THE OTHER THING I WANNA ADDRESS IS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MEET REGULARLY. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL MEET AND WE WON'T HAVE A TON ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, JUST MEETING AND TALKING REGULARLY HELPS, UH, FACILITATE IDEAS AND HELPS TALK ABOUT THINGS AND HELPS BUILD A COMRADERY UP HERE WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU FEEL, UH, THAT YOU DO SERVE A PURPOSE IN THE CITY. SAXE. SO I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT AND, AND USE THAT, THAT YOU COME REGULARLY. UM, I KNOW WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SIGNED UP TO BE ON THE BOARD, THERE'S SOME CONDITIONS THAT ARE MET FOR ATTENDANCE AND STUFF, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT ISSUE HERE. IT LOOKS, WE GOT EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, SO THAT'S AWESOME. UM, AND JUST TO BE A, UH, A VOICE TO THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE THE VOICE OF THE CITIZENS OF SAXE, THE COUNCIL, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS APPOINTED YOU AS BEING [00:15:01] VOICES OF THOSE AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE AROUND HERE TO REALLY HELP GIVE INPUT TO WHAT YOU, WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE IN OUR PARKS AND OUR CREATION SYSTEM. AND SO USE THAT AND, AND, UH, AND YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT. UM, BUT WE'LL ASK YOU TO HELP IN SOME EVENTS. WE GOT ONE COMING UP. I KNOW CYNTHIA WILL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT YOU GUYS HELP US OUT IN THE, UH, ARBOR DAY EVENT AND, UH, OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO, UM, YEAH, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND, UH, FOR A GREAT 2026. GOT A LOT GOING ON. THOSE THAT HAVE JUST BEEN HERE FOR, FOR FOUR YEARS. WE BUILT TWO MAJOR PARKS IN CITY OF SAXY IN FOUR YEARS. WE DID JK SAXY PARK IN THEN HERITAGE PARK. SO, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA, UH, ADD ON TO THE JK HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL DISCUSS [2. Discuss and receive an update on all ongoing Parks Department projects.] AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON ALL ONGOING PARKS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, LANCE. SO THIS IS THE, THE, THE BIG PROJECT. WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE AT JK SAXY PARK WITH OUR PHASING IN ALL OF THE AMENITIES THERE. UM, WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, COMPLETED THE PLAYGROUND, UH, AT JK WE HAVE A LITTLE LANDSCAPING WE WANT TO DO. UM, BUT RECENTLY, UM, OUR MDD BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF SOME LAND ADJACENT TO JK. IT'S THERE BEHIND THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL UP TO THE, UP TO, UH, NEXT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. UM, SO I CAN SEE THAT AS BEING, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING. I'M NOT, WE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. I'M JUST SAYING I, UH, WE BOUGHT IT REALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDED PARKING, BUT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE. SO, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND, AND GET SOME INPUT. NOT TO MENTION WE CAN'T DO SOME, UH, AMENITY ADDITIONS TO SOME AREAS AND SOME PARKS AND STUFF. SO, BUT AS FAR AS MAJOR PARK PROJECTS, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL RECEIVE AN [3. Receive an update on programs and activities at the Michael J. Felix Community Center.] UPDATE ON PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE MICHAEL J FELIX LS COMMUNITY CENTER. CYNTHIA, ALL RIGHT. SORRY, MY MOUSE IS NOT WORKING. IS THIS ON? OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FACES AND JUST WANTED TO GET UP HERE, INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN THE RECREATION DIVISION OF LEISURE SERVICES. BUT I'M CYNTHIA, THE RECREATION MANAGER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOUR SON USES THE BASKETBALL COURT. I'M NOT SURE IF I KNOW HIS NAME, BUT THAT SOMETIMES IS A GOOD THING. , HAS HE BEEN IN ANY FIGHTS WITH THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS YET? I HOPE NOT. , YOU'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR SPACE OVER THERE. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE, UM, THESE ARE OUR HOURS OF OPERATION. JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO SEE THOSE. WE'RE OPEN 66 HOURS A WEEK. OUR STAFFING OVER THERE, WE HAVE FIVE PART-TIME THAT HELP AT THE FRONT DESK. AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME THAT'S INCLUDING ME OF THOSE FULL-TIME. WE HAVE A RECREATION SPECIALIST THAT IS OVER PROG THAT DOES PROGRAMMING FOR THE KIDS, LIKE PICKLEBALL FOR THE KIDS, UH, TEAM PROGRAMS. UH, HE ALSO DOES OUR FAMILY NIGHTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE A RECREATION SUPERVISOR THAT'S OVER PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING ALL THE CLASSES LANCE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WE HAVE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, YES, WE HAVE OVER 300 A YEAR. WE DO AT LEAST 34 TO 40 CLASSES A WEEK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO WE'RE REALLY BUSY OVER THERE WITH CLASSES AND THEY ALL GO WELL, EVERYBODY JUST LOVES THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE THERE. UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE LIKE BALLET TUMBLING, ART, GUITAR. WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF LED PROGRAMS OVER THERE AS WELL. ALEX TEACHES A LOT OF THOSE TO THE TEENS. UM, ONE PROGRAMMING, SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S REALLY GONE WELL IS OUR TEEN PROGRAMS. UM, THEY REALLY SEEM TO LOVE IT. WE DO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TEENS. THEY GO OUT TO DIFFERENT FOOD BANKS, UM, SOMETIMES SENIOR LIVING AREAS, UM, TO HELP VOLUNTEER AT THOSE SPOTS. UH, THEY ALSO, HE ALSO DOES SOME CLASSES LIKE BASICS OF CAR CARE. AS YOU KNOW, OUR TEENAGERS ARE ABOUT TO START DRIVING AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CARS. [00:20:01] SO THAT WAS A REALLY POPULAR SESSION AND HE'S GONNA DO SOME MORE OF THOSE AS WELL. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TEEN NIGHTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, PREVIOUS THEMES WERE LIKE, URBAN AIR NIGHT, HARRY POTTER, NIGHT STAMPEDE. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE AGAIN THIS SUMMER. AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT WHAT THEY ARE, BUT YOU'LL, YOU'LL LIKE THEM. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY FUN COMING UP. UH, THE FAMILY FUN NIGHTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THOSE ARE JUST NIGHTS CENTERED AROUND FAMILIES WHERE THEY COME IN. WE HAVE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO DO, WHETHER THEY'RE CENTERED AROUND DODGE BALL, PICKLE BALL, UM, SOMETIMES WE MAKE S'MORES OUT ON THE BACK PATIO AT NIGHT. SO JUST LITTLE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME DO ONE EVENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HOST THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TODDLER GYM HOURS. SO WE HAVE TIMES WHERE WE PUT OUT LOTS OF FUN EQUIPMENT FOR TODDLERS TO COME INTO THE GYM. THEIR PARENTS COME WITH THEM AND THEY CAN PLAY ON THIS EQUIPMENT WITHOUT ALL THE BIG KIDS AROUND. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME FOR THE TODDLERS TO COME IN AND DO THAT. UH, NEXT THING WOULD BE OUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SO WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A TRAIN. IT'S A TRAILER AND WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN STUFF IN THERE. LOTS OF YARD, YARD GAMES, OUTDOOR GAMES THAT RESIDENTS OF SAXE CAN ACTUALLY RESERVE AND OUR STAFF WILL TAKE IT OUT, WHETHER IT'S LIKE YOU, LET'S SAY YOU RESERVE SALMON PARK, THE PAVILION. IF YOU WANNA ALSO RESERVE THE TRAIN, OUR STAFF WILL TAKE THAT OUT THERE, DROP OFF THE TRAIN FOR YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN USE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE IN THE TRAIN FOR YOUR RESERVATION. UM, IT'S, IT'S FREE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IT'S JUST A DEPOSIT THAT'S REQUIRED AND THEN YOU GET THAT DEPOSIT BACK ONCE, ONCE THE THIS, ONCE STAFF IS CHECKED IT AND MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S THERE AND ALL IN ORDER. THEN WE ALSO USE THE TRAIN STUFF FOR POP-UP PARKS. SO OUR STAFF GOES OUT TO PARKS DOING SAXE LIKE JK SAXE HERITAGE, AND THEY'LL SET UP THESE THINGS OUT THERE AND THE STAFF WILL RUN THESE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS THAT ARE AT THE PARKS JUST TO COME OUT AND PLAY AND HAVE FUN AT THE PARK IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE AT THE PARKS. OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, THESE ARE THE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THIS YEAR. UH, DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE IS COMING UP FEBRUARY 20TH. THAT'S OUR NEXT ONE. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EASTER EGG HUNTS. THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR IN ONE DAY, SO IT'S A DAY PACKED FULL OF EVENTS. AND I HEARD THAT WE MAY ALREADY HAVE AN EASTER BUNNY. HEY. ALL RIGHT. AND A WAITING. YES. OKAY, YOU'RE IN NATALIE. HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU DO IT? THAT'S IT. WELL YOU CAN DO IT. HOW ABOUT THIS YEAR TOO? JUST A, I CAN'T , SHE SAYS SHE'S AVAILABLE AS A BACKUP. ALRIGHT. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE AURORA HAS, HAS SAID THAT SHE, SHE'S GOOD TO GO. SO THERE'S THE DATE, MARCH 28TH, UH, ARBOR DAYS. YOU BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE THAT ONE OF THE ONES LANCE IS TALKING ABOUT. I WILL BE EMAILING EVERYONE, UH, INFORMATION ON ARBOR DAY HERE SOON. JUST TRYING TO GET VOLUNTEERS. THE PARK BOARD'S ALWAYS GREAT AT THAT EVENT. Y'ALL COME OUT, UH, SET UP AT OUR TABLE, BE TO CHECK IN THE GROUPS, HAND THEM THEIR BAGS BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO THEIR CLEANUP LOCATIONS TO CLEAN THE PARKS AND SAXE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. OUR SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES IS COMING UP THIS SUMMER. WE HAVE THREE BANDS, UH, READY TO GO FOR THAT EVENT. UH, RED WHITE AND BLUE BLAST ON JULY 3RD. ONE OF OUR, WELL PROBABLY THE LARGEST EVENT IN SAXY THAT WE HAD, UM, EVERY YEAR AT HERITAGE PARK, THE MOTHERS SON EVENT COMING UP THE FOLLOWING IN THE FALL, WHICH THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST DRONE SHOW IN SAXY AND THAT WAS AT THE FOLLOWING EVENT. UH, SAD THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THE REST OF THE EVENT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT WE WERE EXCITED TO AT LEAST GET TO DO THE DRONE SHOW AND THAT WAS REALLY, THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO WATCH. UH, AND THEN CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, OUR PROBABLY SECOND LARGEST EVENT IN SAXE IS RIGHT HERE ON THE CAMPUS. A HUGE EVENT. WE HAVE A PARADE AND THEN ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES ON THE CAMPUS GOING ON ONCE THE PARADE ENDS. AND THEN I JUST KIND OF THREW UP SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR THINGS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR TODDLER TIMES THAT WE HAD THIS, UM, PAST YEAR. IT WAS A SPECIAL GRANDPARENTS DAY EDITION. WE DON'T ALWAYS DO SPECIAL DAYS, BUT THIS ONE WAS, AND WE KIND OF COLLABORATED WITH OUR OTHER LEISURE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, THE ANIMAL SERVICES, THE LIBRARY AND THE SENIOR CENTER ALL TOOK PART IN THE ACTIVITIES FOR THAT, FOR THAT EVENT. AND THAT WAS A FUN ONE. UH, DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE COMING UP. THE, THESE ARE OUR EGG HUNTS AND THEN SOME OF OUR TRAIN ACTIVITIES THERE IN THE MIDDLE. THEN THE ARBOR DAY EVENT, RED WINE AND BLUE BLAST SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES. THAT ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS TAYLOR SWIFT, MOTHER SON'S SPACE ADVENTURE FOLLOWING AND THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA. [00:25:01] SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM. EXCITED TO START A NEW YEAR. WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO PUT OUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER BROCHURE. IT'S COMING OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, SO LOTS OF NEW STUFF COMING OUT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT BANDS WE HAVE FOR THE CONCERT SERIES YET? IS THAT JUST CURIOUS ? I DO. UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND. THERE WILL BE A CLASSIC ROCK BAND AND UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. THERE WILL BE A BOY BAND, FOR THE LAST CONCERT. SO GET READY. WILL Y'ALL BE USING THE DRONES MORE FOR OTHER EVENTS LIKE THE JULY 3RD? ARE Y'ALL GONNA INCORPORATE MORE DRONE EVENTS? OH, THE DRONE SHOWS, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT FOR THIS COMING JULY 3RD SHOW, I, THAT IS NOT, UM, IT'LL JUST BE FIREWORKS, BUT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE AGENDA TO CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WITH, WITH MORE DRONE SHOWS, EVEN IF IT'S AT THE FOLLOWING EVENT COMING UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CYNTHIA ANYMORE? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL [4. Receive staff updates regarding current activities, special events, and personnel.] RECEIVE STAFF UPDATES REGARDING CURRENT ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERSONNEL. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY STAFF UPDATES OTHER THAN, UM, WE WILL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CANCEL AFTER I GAVE THAT GOT ON MY SOAPBOX ABOUT MEETING REGULARLY. WE DO HAVE TO CANCEL NEXT MONTH'S MEETING BECAUSE IT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND THE STATE OF THE CITY IS, WELL THE MAYOR DOES, UH, KIND, WE DO AWARDS TO, TO ORGANIZATIONS, TO BOARD MEMBERS. WE RECOGNIZE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS. SO, UH, I DUNNO IF YOU GOT AN EMAIL YET, HAVE YOU GUYS RECEIVED THAT FOR ATTENDANCE? SAVE THE DAY. SAVE THE DAY. SAVE THE DAY. OKAY. SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN ATTEND THAT. 'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT EVENT. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SERVING. USUALLY IT'S MEXICAN FOOD, BUT, UH, UH, AND THAT'S THE SAME NIGHT. IT'S THAT, THAT THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE 12TH. SO, UH, THAT'LL, WE'LL COUNT THAT AS OUR BOARD MEETING THAT NIGHT. AND, UH, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE I HAVE. OKAY, WONDERFUL. WELL, UM, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT EXACTLY 6:59 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.