[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          MR. CHAIRMAN? I DID 30 MINUTES AGO. WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE. MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. 
          APRIL THE 9TH, 2026. WE'LL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND. WE PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE COME THANKING YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND DISCUSS IN THIS MEETING. WE PRAY THAT WE DO THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT FOR THE CITY AND THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. WE PRAY THAT AS EACH MEMBER AND EACH MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE, WE PRAY FOR SAFE TRAVEL HOME. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, ONE. OUR TEXAS PLEDGE. ALLEGIANCE. CITY, TEXAS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MALONE. SIR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VISITORS TODAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON. TO ADOPT. PLEASE READ, LOOK OVER THE MINUTES AND 
          [5. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS WHEN THE MOTION'S MADE, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SETS OF MINUTES IN THERE. YOU'VE GOT OCTOBER 9TH AND JANUARY THE 8TH, SO THERE ARE TWO SETS THAT WE'LL ADOPT TONIGHT. I'LL MAKE A SECOND. I SECOND THE MOTION MOVED AND SECOND, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES SET. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [6. NEW BUSINESS]
AT ITEM 5.161. OKAY. UPDATES. KING CREEK PARK UPDATES. THERE WAS NO KING PARK UPDATES TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. BREEZY HILL AND BEN GILL FACILITY RENTAL FEES. THERE WERE NO RENTAL FEES UPDATES TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. ARE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS THAT? YEAH. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL OF THE PARK PROJECTS THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE SAME REPORT THAT GOES TO PADDOCK. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE, WE'VE GOT THE SOCCER FIELD IRRIGATION PROJECT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED, THE LIONS CLUB, IT AND NUCOR TOGETHER ARE DONATING A PAVILION THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE MULTI-PURPOSE COURT AT BING GILL. AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON COORDINATION OF LOCATION AND CONCRETE SLAB, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN. BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BE FUNDED BY PADDOCK. WE'RE LOOKING AT BEN GILL LAKE DREDGING AND DRAINAGE CONTRACT. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FISHING DOCK THERE AT BENGAL LAKE MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL IS GOING TO OPEN VERY SOON. I KNOW SHERRY IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          BASEBALL FIELDS AT BINGO PARK FIELD RESTORATION WE'LL LOOK AT IN 28. WE HAD VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS OF FUNDING AND TIME FROM SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THE CONCESSION STAND AT BINGO PARK IS ACTUALLY GETTING UPDATED AND WILL BE READY BEFORE THE WORLD SERIES. 
          IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER, AND EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT THAT, IT GIVES ME CHILLS BECAUSE THAT PLACE WAS REALLY BAD. AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY. I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THEY'RE WRAPPING THAT UP. AND THEN SOFTBALL FIELDS, WE'LL LOOK AT DOING SOME MAJOR FIELD RESTORATION. BREEZY HILL, THE BIGGEST PORTION, WHICH IS CLOSING THE CLOSURE OF POLK STREET BETWEEN NEW HOPE AND DANIELS. WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS TAKE OUT THAT STREET, ADD SOME BOLLARDS AND DO SOME GRADING, JUST TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP SOME ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE THERE AT BREEZY HILL. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPLASH PAD PUT IN AND OUR COMPLETION DATE IS GOAL IS JUNE 13TH, WHICH IS IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE JUNETEENTH. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUT IN STONE THE JUNE 13TH GOAL. SO WE'RE 
          [00:05:06]
WORKING ON THAT STALLINGS PARK SOLAR LIGHTING TABLES, JUST SOME REALLY AUXILLIARY TYPE STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT DURING OUR NEXT ITEM ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THAT MAJOR PLANNING LOOKS LIKE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PARKS, OTHER PARK PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT KING'S CREEK WALKING TRAIL THAT WAS A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT. OUR PLAN SET IS AT 60% RIGHT NOW, SO WE PLAN TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN JUNE FOR KING'S CREEK, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. CROSSROADS PARK, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE MOBY'S RESTAURANT. NOW, MOBY'S IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE'RE HAVING TO REVISIT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE AS A CITY WANT JUST FOR THAT GREEN SPACE. SO Y'ALL WILL BE GETTING SOME NEW CONCEPT PLANS AND WE'LL WE'LL BE FLESHING OUT SOME IDEAS FOR THAT SPACE. BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL OF THE UPDATES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD ON ANY POLICY UPDATES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR. THE ONE THING THAT I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING IS SINCE WE OPENED UP OUR FIELDS FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS AND RENT OUR FIELDS. GOSH, IT'S BEEN FUN, HASN'T IT? BUT WE'VE DONE IT. WE'VE DONE IT. AND WHEN YOU CHECK THE SOFTWARE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY FIELDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE VERY HAPPY AND THERE ARE PEOPLE VERY UNHAPPY. BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO USE MULTIPLE FIELDS. WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS ANYMORE. SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF RELYING ON PEOPLE TO COME IN AND MAKE THEIR RESERVATIONS AND KEEP THOSE RESERVATIONS OR UPDATE OUR SYSTEM ACCORDINGLY. AND SO THERE'S SOME LEARNING CURVES, BUT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. 
          SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I'LL BE BRINGING YOU SOME OF THOSE ORDINANCE UPDATES. AS FAR AS SOME OF OUR POLICY UPDATES THAT WILL CHANGE IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. I KNOW, CHAIRMAN, THAT YOU HAD SENT ME A NOTE ABOUT AN EMAIL, SO NOW'S JUST A GOOD TIME FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF FEED TO STAFF ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN OUR NEXT ITEM IS KIND OF PROJECTING OUT THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT I'VE PROPOSED TO PADDOCK, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS OR IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY? THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET MONEY FOR CAMERAS? I THINK CAMERAS ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. YEAH. MORE CAMERAS FOR SURE. SPECIFICALLY BREEZY HILL, I'VE USED IT AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON OVER THERE THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE UNDER UNDER SURVEILLANCE. I THINK THERE WAS A CAMERA INSTALLED THIS PAST WEEK. ON MONDAY. I KNOW THAT THE PD YEAH, THEY HAVE CERTAIN CAMERAS THAT THAT THEY THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THEN THAT PICKS UP ON THE PD SIDE. AND THEN ANY OF THE OTHER CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S MORE JUST MONITORING, JUST BASIC MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE, THE PARK ITSELF. BUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE WHAT REALLY HELP AS FAR AS SURVEILLANCE OF AREAS. SO I KNOW ARLEY IS LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT. WHEN WE PUT IN THAT WATER FEATURES DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THAT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD GO ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S A PROBLEM AT THE PARKS WITH THE BACKPACKS. THERE THEY ARE TOTING WATER PISTOLS, REAL GUN LIQUOR. AND I DON'T SEE NO EASELS WHERE THEY EVEN THE GRAFFITI THEY BRING, THEY SPRAY IN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING TO ALLOW BACKPACKS IN THE PARK. I JUST DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE REST OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY 
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COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? I JUST NOTICED THAT GIL PARK NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, SO THE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT'S OVER THE MAIN PLAY AREA WAS DAMAGED AND NOT SURE IF THAT'S CHANGED WILL BE REPLACED. YES IT WILL BE. AND THEN OVER WHERE THE BIKE TRAIL STARTS, WHERE THERE'S A DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE SIDEWALK AND PLAY AREA THAT THERE'S A SIGN SIGN THERE REQUESTED AND IT OKAY, I THINK WE'VE GOT PRESSING FOR THAT DEDICATION SIGN, DON'T WE? THE STONEWORK. YEAH. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? I'M PROCESSING THE BACKPACKS. SO. IT WOULD BE HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS THAT GO THROUGH THE PARK TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THAT ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD. I GET WHY I DO. CAN WE JUST SAY THAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE PARK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR BACKPACK FOR ANY FUNCTIONS IN THE PARK. NOW WE'RE TELLING MAMAS THAT THEY CAN'T BRING THEIR DIAPER BAG AND SEE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE I, I'M JUST TRYING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE FOR LIKE HOW. BUT YEAH, I GET IT. YEAH. I'M JUST IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. IT WOULD JUST BE HARD. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY. YEAH. WITH IT BEING OPEN IN PUBLIC. BUT YES, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. MAYBE IT'S. AFTER DARK, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, BECAUSE LIKE DURING THE LIGHT, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR BACKPACK, LIKE AT LEAST EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU IF YOU'RE GETTING STUFF OUT OF IT, BUT LIKE AFTER DARK, YOU COULD SNEAK. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT ONE, BUT I WILL. WELL, I'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE'LL PROPOSE SOME. A CERTAIN AGE YOU CAN HAVE. YEAH. THERE'S A IF YOU'RE NOT NOT AT THE PARK WITH A CHILD WHO MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO. 
          RIGHT. IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO BE THERE AND WHAT YOU'RE UP TO. AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ALL BAGS LOCATED WITHIN PUBLIC PARKS OR SUBJECT TO SEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, BECAUSE IF YOU. IF YOU DETECT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, YOU WOULD CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANYWAY. AND SO MAYBE JUST ALERTING PEOPLE LIKE EVEN SIGNAGE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL BAGS ARE SUBJECT TO SEARCH OR. YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. AND. COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE CURFEW. YOU CONSIDER BRINGING IT TODAY. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE'S UP THERE VIOLATING THE ABILITY TO DETAIN THAT PERSON RIGHT AT THE MOMENT? I THINK POLICE PRESENCE, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND SOME OF THE BACKPACK AREA. HAVE TO BE REAL CAREFUL WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE UP THERE. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO. THAT CASE. DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR WHICH WE HAVE POLICE PRESENCE. IN THOSE DAYS. AND YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CURFEWS AT OUR PARKS NOW RECENTLY WE LIFTED THE CURFEW. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, IF WE WENT BACK TO THE STANDARD CURFEW, BUT ALLOWED SPECIAL EVENTS TO GO PAST THE CURFEW, THEN WE 
          [00:15:02]
COULD APPROVE THAT AS LIKE ONE OFF EVENTS, RIGHT? UNIFORM APPROVAL, ALL PARKS. OKAY. GOOD CALL. SO WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS WE'LL GET ALL OF THIS KIND OF WRITTEN UP AND PULL OUR PARKS SECTION OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND THEN BRING BACK TO YOU ALL SOME, SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE COULD MAKE. AND THEN I WILL GET YOU AN UPDATE. I'LL GET EVERYONE AN UPDATE ON THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND THE DEDICATION TIME FOR SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR? WERE YOU HAVING TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE NOT KEEPING THEIR RESERVATIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING FOR THE FIELD? LIKE PRESERVING? IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY'RE LIKE RESERVING AND THEN THEY'RE NOT COMING TO THIS SOMETIMES. 
          YEAH. AND SO. SOMEONE MAY, SOMEONE MAY GO TO THE FIELD AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THAT FIELD IS OPEN. AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THE ORGANIZATION WHO HAD THAT FIELD RESERVE WILL ASK PEOPLE TO LEAVE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT USING THAT FIELD. SO THEY STILL HAVE THE RESERVATION. BUT MAYBE THE TEAM DIDN'T SHOW UP. AND SO IN THEIR MIND, IT'S STILL RESERVED. AND SO WHERE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION IS NOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TEAM ON THAT FIELD, THEN YOU'VE GIVEN UP THAT FIELD. AND IF YOUR TEAM SHOWS UP LATE OR WHATEVER, THEN ABSOLUTELY THAT THAT'S YOUR FIELD. BUT NO, I THINK WE'VE WORKED OUT MOST OF THE KINKS. IT WAS IT WAS A ROUGH START, BUT BUT I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER. IT WAS A VERY ROUGH START. THE EASY FIX BE GETTING LIKE A CONE LIKE THAT HAS RESERVE ON IT AND PUT IT ON THE FIELD. SO THEY, THEY EVERYONE HAS THEIR LITTLE RESERVE PIECES AND ALL THE FIELDS ARE MARKED OFF AND YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST NEW AND IT'S CHANGE AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHANGE. SO I THINK NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR WILL BE SO MUCH EASIER. BUT, AND EVEN TODAY IT'S EASIER THAN YESTERDAY. SO EVERY DAY GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO WE'RE OKAY. BUT PLEASE GO OUT AND RESERVE A SOCCER FIELD IF YOU WANT IT. WE HAVE THEM. PLEASE GO RESERVE THEM. DO THEY HAVE A NUMBER TO CALL AND CONTACT SOMEBODY IF SOMEBODY'S VIOLATING? RULES? YEP. AND THAT'S ON THEIR RESERVATION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TELEPHONE NUMBERS POSTED IN THE PARK. YEAH. OH YEAH. WE HAVE A NUMBER. ON CALL 24 SEVEN. YES WE ARE. AND THEY'RE DONE THAT. PEOPLE LOVE THEM LIKE WAFFLE HOUSE. OH. YOU EITHER LOVE IT OR YOU HATE IT, BUT YOU'RE GLAD WHEN IT'S OPEN IN THEIR. OKAY, WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS YEAR, I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FORECASTING. SO THE PADDOCK BOARD MEETING TOMORROW IS A FORECAST FROM FISCAL YEAR 27 THROUGH 29. I LIKE TO KEEP PADDOCK IN A THREE YEAR OUTLOOK. SO AS WE WRAP UP FISCAL YEAR 26 IS THAT YEAH, THAT SAYS PARKS. OKAY, SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 THERE WAS $795,000 DEDICATED FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND A PORTION OF THAT IS ALSO WHAT WHERE IT SAYS TRANSFER TO INS NUMBER ONE, THAT WAS A $3 MILLION CO THAT THE PADDOCK TOOK OUT TO PAY FOR LIGHTING AT BINGO PARK. SO THAT PAYMENT I ALWAYS REFLECT AS PART OF A, A PARK EXPENSE. SO WE HAD 25,000 WIRED TO 255 AT BING GIL WAS FOR THE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THE 250 AT BREEZY HILL IS FOR THE SPLASH PAD. AND THEN WE HAD SOME MISCELLANEOUS AT STALLINGS. SO PADDOCK IS CONSIDERING A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE A DEVELOPER FOR DOWNTOWN. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS DEDICATE $150,000 FOR PARKS, WHICH WOULD MEAN 150,000 FOR WHATEVER CAPITAL PROJECT WE COME UP WITH TO SPEND THAT YEAR, $100,000 
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FOR ENGINEERING, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS IN FISCAL YEAR 28, WE DO A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT AND DO A COMPLETE PARK PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR STALLINGS PARK. 
          SO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS A 5050 GRANT. SO WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IS $750,000 RENOVATION OR PARK IMPROVEMENT AT STALLINGS. I'M BUDGETING ABOUT $100,000 FOR THE FULL DESIGN OF THAT PARK. SO WE WOULD GO INTO DESIGN IN 27, CONSTRUCT IN FISCAL YEAR 28, AND THEN ALSO DURING FISCAL YEAR 28, START DESIGN SERVICES FOR ARLEIGH WHITE. AND THEN IN ARLEIGH WHITE DO A COMPLETE $750,000 PARK UPGRADE TO ARLEIGH WHITE IN 29. SO YOU WOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION IN PARK PROJECTS FOR 27, UNLESS THIS BOARD HAS OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, KIND OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT IS BENGAL HAS A LOT OF UTILITIES AND STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE. THERE'S OTHER FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR BENGAL. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT BENGAL. BUT I'M GOING TO GO TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THAT FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND BREEZY HILL, WE BELIEVE IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED IN THAT WE CAN WORK THAT IN WITH JUST THE THE BLANKET FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE EACH YEAR. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A FORECAST OF PLANNING. WE KNOW THAT THE NEXT FEW PAGES IS A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ADD AT CHARLIE WHITE, SUCH AS THE MODULAR TILE COURT. WE NEEDED SOD SIDEWALKS. WE NEEDED UPGRADES TO THE PLAYGROUND, THE RUBBER MAT, FALL PROTECTION, DRINKING FOUNTAINS. AND SO THE WAY I EXPLAINED IT TO PATRICK IS ONCE YOU GET UP TO ABOUT 250, $300,000 THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO INVEST IN A PARK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, BECAUSE AT LEAST THEN THAT DOUBLES YOUR MONEY. SO LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY AND KIND OF GROUPING THOSE EXPENSES TOGETHER, IT KIND OF PUSHES OUT DOING MAJOR UPGRADES TO BOTH OF THOSE PARKS, BUT IT ALSO GETS ALL OF THE PARKS WITH VERY RECENT UPGRADES BY 2029. SO I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BOARD AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAD ANY HEARTBURN OR OTHER IDEAS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WHAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN OR HAVEN'T HEARD US TALK ABOUT BEING HANDLED. AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEXT FEW PAGES, THAT'S JUST SOME PROJECT DETAILS, SOME IDEAS THAT WE'VE PUT IN FOR EACH PARK. YOU'VE GOT ARLO WHITE, BENGAL, BREEZY HILL, AND STALLINGS. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ADDED. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW NEED TO STILL HAPPEN AT THAT PARK. 
          WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PHASE IN THE BUDGET FOR IT. AND THEN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE FORECASTING ALL THE WAY OUT TO 30. AND SO THAT WAY WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WHEN ARE WE SHUTTING DOWN THE ROAD FOR BRAZIL? POLK STREET, WE ARE IN FULL DESIGN FOR THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S PART OF PARKLAND DEDICATION, PART OF UTILITIES, PART OF STORMWATER. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT GRADING PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 27. SO THAT GREEN SPACE WILL BE THERE. AND THEN I'M ALSO BUDGETING FOR THE SORTING AND THE SEATING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT HAS GRASS. SO AT LEAST THE GREEN SPACE WOULD BE DONE IN 27. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M LOOKING AT AND CONSTANTLY TALKING TO THIS GROUP OVER HERE ABOUT IS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO TALKING ABOUT OUR FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WE HAVE 30 PLUS PARKS WAITING TO COME ONLINE. YOU HAVE AN ARBORETUM, WHICH IS A HUGE GREEN SPACE AND WALKING TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY AS SOON AS THE ARBORETUM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAKES OFF. SO RIGHT NOW I'M NEGOTIATING THAT THAT PARKLAND DEDICATION DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THEY AT LEAST GET TO PHASE 9 OR 10, MAINLY BECAUSE WE WANT THE DEVELOPER TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THAT 
          [00:25:04]
PROPERTY UNTIL THEN. LUCKILY, TERRA NOVA, THERE'S 26 PARKS IN TERRA NOVA, BUT THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE HOW THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOA MAINTAINED. BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE PARK BOARD, BECAUSE THEY ARE PUBLIC PARKS. SO IS THOSE AMENITIES AND PARK PLANS START COMING FORWARD. Y'ALL WILL SEE THOSE CREEKSIDE ESTATES, WHICH IS FOREST CREEK AREA. THEY THEY HAVE SOME MORE PARKLAND THAT'S HEADED OUR WAY. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND ACRES OF. 
          LUCKILY FOR YOU, CITY OF TERRELL HERE, WE'RE GIVING YOU PARKLAND. THAT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIDDEN IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR NOW IS THAT THESE THINGS ARE STARTING TO TAKE HOLD. AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT FORECASTING WHEN WE LOOK AT EACH FISCAL YEAR, IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW PARKS COME ONLINE AS WELL. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THREE YEARS. AND SO EVEN JUST GETTING PADDOCK TO WRAP THEIR BRAIN AROUND, WE'VE ALWAYS ONLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THESE TOP FIVE, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THEM THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM AND GET LIKE, LET'S GO BACK TO THE MASTER PLAN. LET'S BUILD EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID WE NEEDED TO BUILD TEN YEARS AGO, BECAUSE TEN YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S GOING TO ALL BE DIFFERENT. AND SO IT LET'S AT LEAST DELIVER WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK TO. IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO DO A MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND BE ABLE TO CHECK THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BOXES OFF. AND WE'RE CLOSE, BUT THE GOAL IS WITH OUR CURRENT DOCUMENT BEFORE ANYTHING GETS UPGRADED OR UPDATED THAT WE CAN SAY BETWEEN THIS BOARD AND THE PADDOCK AND CITY COUNCIL, WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PARK MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THE NEXT MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF MORE ACRES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A IT'S GOING TO BE A A BEAST OF ITS OWN, FOR SURE. SO ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT PADDOCK WILL HAVE TOMORROW IS LOOKING AT THEIR THREE YEAR. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE KIND OF LABELED THAT AS A DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH PARK MAINTENANCE ON THAT. BUT YES, THE CATHERINE PARKLET IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THEM. THEY'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING A BORROW, SO THEY HAVE A BORROW ON THE PARK SIDE, AND THEN LOOKING AT DOING A BORROW ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE. IF THEY APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THAT TOURS NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS ANOTHER FUND, THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO PULL FROM. THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO ALL COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BUT TOURS, NUMBER ONE WOULD PAY FOR THE FULL DESIGN OF THAT, AND THEN PADDOCK WOULD PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN THE CITY WILL PICK UP THE MAINTENANCE. 
          BUT WE COULD POSSIBLY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION MARCH OR APRIL OF 27. AND YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A 12 MONTH BUILD. IT REALLY WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH. AND THEN LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT TOWN SQUARE, WHICH IS 19 ACRES. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING ONE DAY TO WHICH IS NOT LISTED ANYWHERE BECAUSE IT'S WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET. IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN, IT'S NOT A PARK. IT'S JUST CITY OWNED PROPERTY. BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO GO IN AND GRADE AND LEVEL EVERYTHING AND CLEAN OUT ALL THE DITCHES AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WORK AROUND SOME OF THE DRAINAGE. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING FOR IS ONCE WE CLEAR OUT SOME OF THOSE TREES AND GET FLAT GRANT GROUND, THAT THAT WILL BE A PLACE WE CAN PUT A COUPLE OF SOCCER GOALS IN, LIKE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT LIGHTING THERE, BUT DURING THE DAY, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT THAT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY JUST OPEN GREEN SPACE. SO. LOTS OF MOVING PARTS, LOTS OF CHANGE. BUT I 
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THINK WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? TOWN SQUARE. IT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, SO IT IS BETWEEN ADELAIDE AND FRANCIS. SO CATHERINE IS THE MIDDLE ROAD AND IT GOES FROM BROAD STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEWTON. IT'S 19 ACRES, IT'S FOUR CITY BLOCKS. I'M SORRY, EIGHT, EIGHT, FOUR ON EACH SIDE, EIGHT CITY BLOCKS. IT'S SIX FOOTBALL FIELDS, IN CASE YOU WONDERED. 
          THAT'S HOW I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO THAT WAS THEY STARTED THE LAND ACQUISITION FOR THAT. 
          I GOT HERE IN 23. SO WE COMPLETED LAND ACQUISITION IN 23. AND SO IT WAS A TOWN SQUARE. 
          THE INITIAL VISION WAS, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS AND IT LOOKED LIKE RICE UNIVERSITY, LIKE BUILDINGS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND LIKE BIG GREEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE. BUT WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD ON THAT. BUT THAT IT'S, IT STILL HAS TO BE ON OUR LIST BECAUSE IT'S THERE. SO WE'LL BE THROWING OUT SOME IDEAS FOR THAT TOO, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT TO WHERE IT'S A GOOD OPEN SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN LARGER DOWNTOWN EVENTS OR WELL, IT SOUNDS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN. ABSOLUTELY. NO, IT'S, IT'S PRIME LOCATION. WE JUST, WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO START INTEGRATING SOME ACTIVITIES OVER THERE. AND THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN WALK ON LEVEL GROUND. SO. ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IDEAS? THINGS THAT ARE JUST BURNING HOLES IN YOUR HEAD THAT YOU WISH WE WERE WORKING ON? WELL, LIKE, SINCE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE AND TO BUILD ON, AND WE SPOKE BEFORE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OUTDOOR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION. HOW MANY BASKETBALL COURTS DO YOU NEED FOR HOW MANY BASKETBALL COURTS EITHER GROUPED TOGETHER OR IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS? WOULD YOU NEED TO RUN A TOURNAMENT FOR IT, MAYBE 4 TO 6, 4 TO 6 FULL COURT. BECAUSE THEN WE CAN BRANCH OUT TO THESE. THE NBA GUYS TOURNAMENTS TOO. SO IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM BEING IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS? IF IT WAS, WELL, SO KING'S CREEK WILL HAVE TILE COURT. BREEZY HILL HAS TILE COURT. BENGAL HAS TILE COURT. EVENTUALLY STALLINGS WILL HAVE TILE. SO AS WE ADD THESE COURTS, WOULD YOU EVENTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD RUN A CITYWIDE TOURNAMENT? I JUST KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY THEY DO THAT WITH BASEBALL FIELDS, LIKE YOU'RE ALL IN THE SAME TOWN AND YOU MAY HAVE TO GO LIKE DOWN THE STREET FOR YOUR NEXT ONE, BUT THAT WOULD BE JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. KIND OF SPREAD YOUR CROWDS A LITTLE BIT. YES. SO. JUST. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE BREEZY HILL, BEN GUILHE KING'S CREEK WILL BE DONE BY FALL. SO YOU'LL HAVE THREE TILE COURTS FOR SURE. AND THEN STALLINGS AND ARLEY WHITE WILL BOTH GET ONE AS WELL. SO WE CAN DO AT LEAST THREE KNOW. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE IF WE LOOK AT IS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THAT LAND OVER THERE, A PARK. AND IF IT IS, WHERE IS THE PARK? AND LET'S, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PLAN FOR WORK THERE. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET A DESIGN OVER THERE. BUT YES, FOR SURE. FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE THOUGHT THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE DUCKS. I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CROSS THE STREET AND THE PAVILION OVER THERE. OKAY. OR DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT THE. LIKE THAT. OUR 
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PAVILION NEEDS SOME SOME TIME ATTENTION AND SOME TLC. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE DUCKS AND HOW TO HOW TO LOVE THEM. WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME. YOU GET A DUCK. ANYBODY THAT CAN CATCH A DUCK CAN TAKE IT HOME LIKE I DON'T KNOW. BUT YES. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. I LIKE THAT IDEA. AND THE ONES THAT CHASE YOU JUST LIKE, LET THEM CHASE YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE CAR AND LIKE, TAKE THEM WITH YOU. YOU'RE LAUGHING. I ENDED UP WITH A GOOSE AT MY HOUSE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE MY MOTHER COULDN'T STAND. THEY WERE GOING TO THEY WERE GOING TO SHOOT IT WITH THE DART GUN OR WHATEVER. GEORGE HE LIVED AT, HE LIVED AT. OH, HE WAS MEAN. OH, DON'T DON'T TAKE PARK GEESE. THEY'RE MEAN. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S YOUR FISHING TOURNAMENT TROPHY. 
          YES. EVERYBODY WILL TELL THE CARNIVAL TO EVERYBODY WHO WINS. THEY GET TO TAKE HOME A DUCK. 
          ANY OTHER IDEAS? WELL, I PUT A MEETING SCHEDULE ON THERE BECAUSE, REMEMBER, WE JUST MEET QUARTERLY NOW. SO WE'LL BRING YOU UPDATES, ORDINANCE UPDATES. BY THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ESTABLISHED AT LEAST PADDOCK BUDGET WILL ALSO PRESENT TO YOU THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT BUDGET. SO YOU ALL WILL GET TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE AND ON THE O&M SIDE. SO WE WANT TO BE SURE AND SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. ONE MORE THING. SO I BROUGHT UP THE CAMERAS AND JUST FLASHED IN MY MIND JUST NOW. DO WE HAVE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS WHERE AN EMERGENCY CONTACTS, WHERE THEY HAVE A BUZZER OR PHONE THAT THEY CAN RUN TO IN CASE OF A SITUATION? I BELIEVE. SO DO WE HAVE EMERGENCY STATIONS? WE HAVE TALKED WITH? THEY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE, SO WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED INTO IT AND TALKED TO. OKAY. THEY SUPPLIED THE LIGHTING FOR. THE SYSTEM THAT WAS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST. 
          THANK YOU. EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A CELL PHONE ALL THE TIME. SO DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN GET TO THAT, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HELP. THAT'S A GOOD THING TO ADD TO OUR BUDGET. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO FOR YOU ALL? SO JUST FYI KELLY WENT AND KELLY KELLY HAS RESIGNED. SHE HAS MOVED OUT OF TOWN. SO WE DO HAVE AN OPENING. 
          SO IF YOU ALL KNOW ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE PARK BOARD, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS, JUST SEND THEM OUR WAY. 
          WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE DO HAVE ONE OPENING. YOU CAN TALK. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M LIKE, WHAT IS THE RENT? YOU WORK IN THE EMERGENCY. SO AT THE RECOMMENDED LAST DAY FOR. SO WE DID DISCUSS. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT ON THE FACILITY BUDGET. THIS. AND THEN IF THEY MISTAKENLY CALL. FOR US. PROGRAMING AND I HAPPEN TO BE THERE DURING THE SURVIVAL PROGRAMING, IT WAS REALLY COOL. I THINK MORE PROGRAMING LIKE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. WE ARE NOT. WE CHERRY. CHERRY IS DOING GREAT WITH THAT PROGRAMING. AND 
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I WILL SAY, AND I SHOULD HAVE OPENED WITH THAT. SHE DID HER FIRST. THIS WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT SPRING BREAK IN THE PARK AND HUNDREDS OF KIDS. I JUST. WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER THIS WEEKEND. WHILE YOU'RE IN. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO RAIN UNTIL AFTER ONE. COME GET YOUR KITE. THEY HAVE THE CITY OF TERRELL LOGO ON THEM. THEY'RE VERY, VERY CUTE AND THEY CAN COME FISH AND TAKE DUCKS DURING THE JUBILEE. THERE WE GO. INSTEAD OF. YOU KNOW. I LIKE IT. 
          JUST SAYING. YES. OKAY. HEY, SO WE HAVE MORE EVENTS COMING BESIDES THE FLIER EVENT. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST MOVIE NIGHT IN THE PARK ON MAY 23RD. WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS. THERE'S NO TEAMS COMING OVER, SO WE'LL HAVE JUST FAMILIES OUT THERE ENJOYING IT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A KID FRIENDLY BABY REACH OUT. I THINK IT'S JUST A SECURITY AND WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT THERE. THIS IS A TURNKEY EVENT SINCE OUR FIRST ONE THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID. AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL COMES UP. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE TUESDAY. WHAT TIME? I'LL WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE LIGHTS ON AROUND SEVEN OUT THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD FACING THE SOFTBALL. SO WE'LL HAVE IT RIGHT THERE AGAINST THE PRESS BOX WITH THE. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO PHASE OUT. AND THEN I WILL BE ON SITE FOR WHEN THE. IS OVER. AND THEN WE'LL TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND HELP FAMILIES GET BACK TO THEIR CARS. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL START INCLUDING YOUR AS PARK BOARD MEMBERS ON ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE EVENTS, BECAUSE YOU ALL CAN HELP SHARE THOSE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN THINGS COMING UP. AND THEN SHERRY'S GOING TO OPEN THE POOL ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, ONE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE POOL. AND TIGERS FANS COMING? YES, YES. THANKS TO MISS ROSEBERRY. YES, SHE HAS TAKEN A BIG CHUNK OFF OF OUR PLATE. YES, YES. BECAUSE ME AND MR. MALONE HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE SINCE DECEMBER, RIGHT? IF IT WASN'T FOR HER TRYING TO GET SCHEDULED FOR EVERYTHING, SHE'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR US. 
          SECOND GRADE TEACHER. SO SECOND GRADE TEACHER. SHE'S USED TO ORGANIZING THE CHAOS. AND THERE YOU GO. BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON ALL THINGS FUN IN THE PARK. Y'ALL LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE UNFUN THINGS GOING ON TOO. BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU. THESE ARE ALL GREAT. WE'LL BRING YOU UPDATES AND WE WILL HAVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A MR. PERCY BUTLER AND HIS CREW OF PROPS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. I KNOW YOU'RE UNDERSTAFFED, BUT YOU DO A GREAT JOB. IF YOU EVER NEED A VOLUNTEER, JUST CALL ON ME. MAN, I DON'T CHARGE MUCH. IF NOTHING ELSE, DOUBLE YOUR SALARY. HOW ABOUT THAT? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. 
          NOTHING ELSE. I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. SECOND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.