[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE MEETING THIS DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 6 P.M. DO I HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE INVOCATION? MR. LANCASTER, HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN. PLEASE GOD, I ELECTION THAT WE MAKE SOUND AND PRUDENT DECISIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS AS THIS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE HERE. REMARKS FROM VISITORS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY. SO MOVE ON [4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES] TO NUMBER FOUR. ADOPTION OF MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE APRIL 16TH MINUTES? IF SO, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE CITY FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE ON APRIL 16TH, 2026. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I GET. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO 5.1 DISCUSS. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION [5. DISCUSSION ITEMS] 2313 UPDATING THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE POLICY RESOLUTION 2313. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE. THAT COUNCIL TOOK ACTION. AND NOW THE. THE BOARD IS NO LONGER APPOINTED FOR ONE YEAR TERMS. THEY ARE APPOINTED FOR THREE YEAR TERMS, BUT THEY'RE STAGGERED. WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER I THINK SOMETHING GOT SORTED INCORRECTLY. I THINK THE DISTRICT THE APPOINTING DISTRICT IS NOT CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THAT UP. SO THAT YOU HAVE IT. THERE'S A AN EXPIRATION YEAR. AND THEN THE CURRENT MEMBER TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU WOULD ROLL OFF. AND AGAIN, WE'LL WE TYPICALLY DO THAT EVERY DECEMBER FOR REAPPOINTMENT, BUT WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, THERE IS NOW. A. ANOTHER WORD I WANT TO USE EMBARGO ON RENAMING HISTORICAL STREETS. SO THE COUNCIL HAS AGREED THAT THE HISTORICAL STREET HISTORICAL STREETS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR RENAMING. WE'LL PROBABLY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE HISTORICAL STREETS ARE. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS INCLUDED IS YOU NO LONGER, AS A COMMITTEE, HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CHARGE FROM CITY COUNCIL. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON NAMING, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THEM ADD IT TO THE CHARGE FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, AND THEN TAKE IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THAT POINT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO GET THE CHARGE FROM THE COUNCIL. BUT THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WERE ON THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU SIR. MOVING ON TO 5.2. DISCUSS PARK FACILITIES AND AMENITIES. POWER POINT. THANK YOU NICOLE. METER. YES. CREDIT. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. METER. PUT THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS STILL NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR RENAMING BECAUSE YOU HAVE STREETS AND BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THESE ARE ALL OF THE AMENITIES AT THE PARKS. SO WE WANTED TO AT LEAST START WITH THAT TO GIVE YOU ALL KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT REALLY IS OUT THERE. BEN GILL IT'S 100 ACRES. WE HAVE A TALL BASKETBALL COURT THAT WAS UPDATED IN 2025. OLD TENNIS COURTS UPDATED IN 2025. A TALL PICKLEBALL TILE PICKLEBALL COURTS. WE HAVE A DISC GOLF COURSE THAT'S OUT THERE, A LIGHTED PAVILION. WE HAVE OUR SWIMMING POOL. WE HAVE LIGHTED WALKING TRAIL AND NATURAL AREA ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WALKING TRAIL. A POND WITH A FOUNTAIN THAT IS ALSO A FISHING POND. CATCH AND RELEASE, AND THEN FOUR SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS. THERE'S ALSO A BASEBALL COMPLEX WITH FOUR FIELDS, A [00:05:02] SOFTBALL COMPLEX WITH FOUR FIELDS, A YOUTH FOOTBALL FIELD WITH LIGHTS, YOUTH FOOTBALL, CONCESSION STAND, YOUTH FOOTBALL PRESSBOX SOCCER FIELDS, SOCCER CONCESSION STAND, A GAZEBO, SHADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THEN A VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT IS. AT ARLEIGH WHITE PARK. THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT, A GAZEBO, LIGHTED WALKING TRAIL, MULTI-PURPOSE PRACTICE FIELD WITH BACKSTOP SHADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND AN OUTDOOR WORKOUT STATIONS. THE BREEZY HILL. WE HAVE A BASEBALL FIELD THAT'S LIGHTED, WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED. WE HAVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE NAMED. WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED LIGHTED WALKING TRAIL, WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED. THEN YOU HAVE AN AREA, AN OPEN AREA WITH GRILLS, A PAVILION, SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, SHADED PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN, AND THEN A SPLASH PAD, WHICH IS COMING THIS JUNE. STALLINGS PARK HAS BASKETBALL COURT LIGHTED WALKING TRAIL, A PAVILION AND SHADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. KINGS CREEK HAS A BASKETBALL COURT AND A SHADED, SHADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THEIR UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE A GRANT FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. IT'LL INCLUDE A ONE MILE LIGHTED WALKING TRAIL, PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES, A NEW BASKETBALL COURT, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY DO NOT WISH TO NAME. BUT THAT'S THE ADA ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS. UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT HAS MADE YOU MAD. SO WE HAVE THE THE BODY OF WATER AT CROSSROADS. THERE'S A WALKING TRAIL THAT SURROUNDS IT. IT'S LIGHTED, INCLUDES SOLAR LIGHTS LOCATED NEXT TO THE MULTIFAMILY OUT AT CROSSROADS. AND IT ALSO HAS A FISHING PIER AND THEN FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, TOWN SQUARE, TOWN CENTER. WE'LL HAVE SOME PARK FEATURES TO IT. DOWNTOWN PARK, POCKET PARK. WE HAVE A POCKET PARK GOING IN WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE OFF KATHERINE AND TURN THAT INTO A PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY HIGHWAY 80. YES, SIR. TOWN SQUARE IS NINE FOOTBALL FIELDS WORTH OF LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED INTO TOWN CENTER. IT IS ADELAIDE AND GROVE EAST AND SOUTH. AND THEN IN IN BRITAIN. NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. WILDWOOD NATURE PRESERVE BEHIND TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL, BRUSHY CREEK NATURE PRESERVE OFF OF NORTH SPUR. ARBORETUM ESTATES PARK OFF OF FM 148. AND THEN TERRA NOVA IS GOING TO BRING ROUGHLY. I THINK IT WAS 27 PARKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED IN THE NAMING OF THOSE THAT WE WOULD BE BARONOVA MAE AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT NAME. THOSE. THEY'RE BRINGING IN A GREAT NUMBER OF PARKS TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE AT THE PARK. THE PARKS THEMSELVES AND WHAT WE HAVE AT THE PARKS. SO NOW YOU HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SO YOU HAVE THAT GOING FORWARD. WE'LL ALSO WORK ON FACILITIES, NOT STREETS OBVIOUSLY. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, WE CAN GET YOU INFORMATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. THAT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN I THOUGHT WE HAD. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RESEARCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR ASKING, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS WISE TO HAVE A BETTER INVENTORY FOR YOU. YES. SO A LOT OF THE STAFF. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THE BASKETBALL COURT. THE COMMUNITY CENTER. RELATED WALKING TRAIL AND THE BASEBALL FIELD. SCOREBOARD. SCOREBOARD TWO. THAT'S PART OF THE FIELD, RIGHT? I THOUGHT WE PUT THE NAME ON THE SCOREBOARD. THAT'S THE FIELD. THE FIELD? YEAH. IT'S COMPLEX. SO THE NAME GOES ON THE SCOREBOARD, BUT IT'S THE WHOLE FIELD. YES, SIR. SO I HOPE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME. IF IT'S NOT, I APOLOGIZE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES. BUT THERE WAS AN IDEA BROUGHT TO ME AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE IT TO YOU GUYS FOR SOME THOUGHT. SO WE HAD THE DISCUSSION MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NAMING CERTAIN THINGS ARE VERY APPROPRIATE TO THE PERSON AND THE PLACE. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST SLAP A NAME ON THINGS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THE IDEA WAS BROUGHT UP BY AUTUMN, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER TO FURTHER DESCRIBE YOUR WELCOME. AND BUT THE IDEA OF THE WALKING TRAIL AT BEN GILL CREATING SOMETHING TO THE IDEA OF LIKE A [00:10:01] TIGER TRAIL WHERE WE CAN PUT THE COACHES AND, YOU KNOW, THE GILLS AND ALL OF THAT. SO AS YOU'RE WALKING THE TRAIL, YOU GET A PLAQUE AND YOU READ ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT MADE ALL THESE THINGS POSSIBLE, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEIR NAME ON A SPECIFIC FACILITY. SO THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LESS CONCERN AND EVERYONE GETS A FAIR REPRESENTATION. SO I WILL. YEAH, NO, BASICALLY WHAT JESSICA SAID, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE HAVING A WALKING TRAIL WHERE YOU GIVE EACH PERSON THE SPACE TO KIND OF SAY, HERE'S WHAT THEY DID FOR TERRELL, HERE'S THEIR STORY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN EVERYBODY USES THAT TRAIL. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE MYSELF LIKE IT'S A HAPPENING PLACE. SO TO ADD THAT KIND OF CONTEXT AND HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE AMAZING PEOPLE HERE, LET'S LEARN ABOUT THEM AND CELEBRATE THEM. SO AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I KIND OF JUMPED ON THE IDEA, WHICH THE WALKING TRAIL AT BREEZY HILL IS ALREADY NAMED. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY GO BACK AND ADD OTHER NAMES ALONG THE TRAIL, RIGHT. AND KIND OF FIT THE NAMES TO EACH OF THE PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY AND ALL THAT. SO YOU HAVE IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY COOL IDEA. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WOULD BE LIKE, NOPE, THAT'S NOT THE JOB. OR THEY COULD EVEN ACT AS LIKE MILE MARKERS, RIGHT? LIKE EVERY QUARTER MILE, YOU KNOW, SO IT, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AN IDEA SO THAT THE REST STATIONS WOULD HAVE THE BENCHES ON. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL IDEA THAT SHE HAD. AND I WAS LIKE, YEP, NOPE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST EVERY PARK WE HAVE HAS SOME FORM OF A TRAIL OR WILL HAVE. SO. THAT'S WHY I HIRED HER. SO NO, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT, KIND OF AS WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIST OF NAMES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR NEXT BULLET .6.1, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE ADDITION OF NAMES. AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADD TO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD TO IT, WE CAN ADD MARKERS ALONG THE TRAILS OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. I GUESS THAT'S TO THE 6.1 [6. BUSINESS ITEMS (ACTION ITEMS)] DISCUSSING. CONSIDER THE ADDITION OF NAMES TO THE NAMES RESERVE LIST. HERE IS YOUR CURRENT NAMES RESERVE LIST. AND WE WOULD ENTERTAIN THE ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF ANY INDIVIDUAL FROM IT. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR REMOVAL? THOUGHTS. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. MR. NICE GUY. AND. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. SO IT HAS LIKE A COMPLETE STORY. OKAY. I WILL ASK. IT. RIGHT. BUT I FOR THE MUSEUM HERE LATELY I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT NAMES. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AT THIS MOMENT TO ADD, BUT AS THEY COME UP, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP AND I CAN ADD THEM TO MY THING AND GET THE RESEARCH AND, YOU KNOW. SOMETIMES WE FIND THINGS, SOMETIMES SOMETIMES WE DON'T. SO I AM TRYING TO KEEP A, A LIST OF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. SO IF ANYTHING COMES UP, JUST LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL HEARING NO MOTION TO ADD OR REMOVE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ALL WE HAD ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NEEDED. IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO YOU NEED A SECOND TO ADJOURN? NO. OKAY, COOL. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.