[00:00:03]
WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. THE TIME IS 6:33PM.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
THIS WILL CALL TO ORDER OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PRINCETON ISD JOINT SPECIAL MEETING.WE WILL GO AHEAD ON THE CITY SIDE AND DO A ROLL CALL.
. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS PRINCETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024 AND STATE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO OUR INVOCATION.
WE HAVE MR. KELLY CARR HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
BEFORE WE PRAY, LET ME JUST SAY A QUICK WORD THAT, AS YOU KNOW, VETERANS DAY WAS LAST MONDAY, AND I WAS SO BLESSED TO BE THERE AND HEAR KIDS FROM OUR PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL PLAY AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PLAYED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
OUR CITY OFFICIALS WERE THERE.
AND POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE WHEN OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT, WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN MEET TOGETHER IN FREEDOM.
[E. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
WE CAN MEET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT ISSUES AND COME AND WORK AROUND THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER TO OUR COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD.WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND WE ASK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND BLESS THEM AS THEY TRY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE VERY MANY ISSUES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A GROWING COMMUNITY AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE AND FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY.
TONIGHT WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS.
AMEN. GO AHEAD AND STAY STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGE.
. AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
PARDON? NOT FROM THE SCHOOL SIDE.
CITY MAYOR, COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD.
SO I DID SAY THIS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT AGAIN HERE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL PRESENT.
BUT WITH THE ELECTION WE JUST HAD, I TRULY HOPE THAT OUR CITY CAN CONTINUE TO BE A CITY OF ONE AND ALL THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STAY TOGETHER, AND THAT WE HAVE KINDNESS FOR ALL AND WE STOP ALL THIS MUDSLINGING.
BUT THE MAIN REASON I WANTED TO TALK TONIGHT IS THE NEW SCHOOL THAT'S BEING BUILT BEHIND ARCADIA FARMS. GLAD IT'S BEING BUILT.
[H. SPECIAL AGENDA]
ARCADIA FARMS ALONE, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, HAS 996 HOMES ITSELF.IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THE SCHOOL.
[00:05:03]
OUT TO HOLBROOK AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE'LL TALK TO OUR DRIVERS.SEQUOIA LANE, POPLAR STREET, PEPPER BARK AVENUE, JUST TO NAME A COUPLE OF STREETS.
WE GET ONE MORE TRUCK SPEED BY.
I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE 996 HOMES WITH OVER, I'D PROBABLY SAY 75% WITH CHILDREN AND WE HAVE LOWE'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
AND HOLBROOK IS NOT DOING ANYTHING.
WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING.
COUNCIL. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED TONIGHT.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY NEEDED TO TAKE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY, IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR SPECIAL AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM H.1 2024-236.
DISCUSS THE STATUS OF UPCOMING JOINT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FOR THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES, IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF UPCOMING JOINT CAPITAL PROJECTS AGENDA. A GREAT THANK YOU, MR. MASHBURN. MAYOR, COUNCIL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL BOARD AND ATTENDEES.
THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE ALL GETTING TOGETHER.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK DONALD MCINTYRE OVER HERE.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY AND CERTAINLY CINDY DARLING OVER HERE AND THE MAYOR, THE FOUR OF US HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER, AS WELL AS JOHN AND ALISON COOK, TO JUST KIND OF BRING SOME UNIQUE ASSETS TO THE CITY THAT MAYBE NEITHER OF US COULD HAVE DONE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT TOGETHER WE COULD DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
SO THE FIRST OF WHICH THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF IS THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL FACILITY THAT WE INTEND TO BUILD ON THE GEORGIA, TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE SITE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING AN ARCHITECT TO BUILD THAT.
AFTER THAT, WE CAN START DESIGNING THIS FACILITY.
WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT UNIQUE IS THAT IT WILL HAVE AN AQUATICS COMPONENT TO IT.
SO WE CAN HAVE OUR FIRST EVER SWIM TEAM IN PRINCETON.
SO I KNOW THAT'LL PUT A SMILE ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FACES, BUT IT WILL ALSO PUT A SMILE ON KIDS FACES TOO, BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE A KIND OF A RECREATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.
SO NOT ONLY WILL IT HAVE THE LANES FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS TO SWIM IN, BUT ALSO A FUN COMPONENT TO AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL RESOURCES FROM A FUNDS PERSPECTIVE AND BUILD A JUST OUT OF THE PARK AND OUT OF THIS WORLD MULTI-GENERATIONAL FACILITY.
SO SUPER EXCITING AND THIS BOARD CHAIR.
DARLING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE AQUATICS COMPONENT? I'M JUST SO EXCITED.
WE NEED A SWIM TEAM, A DIVING TEAM, AND WATER POLO AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AND GO INTO A NEW GENERATION OF SPORTS, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
AND MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE YOUNG KNOW HOW TO SWIM, SO IF THEY FALL INTO A BODY OF WATER, THEY WILL NOT DROWN AND I SEE THIS AS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ON LEARNING HOW TO SWIM AND SAVING THEIR LIVES.
I HATE IT EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE NEWS AND SEE THAT A TWO YEAR OLD OR A THREE YEAR OLD HAS FALLEN IN THE WATER AND DROWNED BECAUSE THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO SWIM AND SAVE THEIR LIVES. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT KIND OF DEATH AND SO I REALLY AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT THEN, FOR THE CITY SIDE, I KNOW ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I'M NOT INTENTIONALLY LOOKING AT YOU.
OF COURSE. THAT'S WHERE MY EYES LAND.
BUT NO. BUT TO BE ABLE TO NOW I AM.
BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT DOES SUPPORT OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT LACKS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
[00:10:06]
WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF ALL AGES AND REALLY EMBRACES THAT.SO THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM, FOR THE ISD, FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS.
WE'RE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS AND YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS INITIATIVE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING THIS OUTSTANDING WITHOUT YOU.
THE ISD IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST AND STRONGEST STAKEHOLDERS.
SO TO BE ABLE TO MARRY THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S EXCITING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU ALL. WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE WANTED TO DO IN THE DISTRICT FOR A WHILE TO EXPAND.
[INAUDIBLE] . SO THAT'S THE FIRST PROJECT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A NEWS FLASH, BUT BOTH COUNCIL AND BOARD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY, OUR LIBRARY IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST PLAYERS IN THAT SPACE.
AS NATIONAL TRENDS DECREASE, OUR ATTENDANCE GOES UP.
SO WE TALKED INTERNALLY FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS ON WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT A REVOLUTIONARY SPACE COULD BE THAT COULD ANCHOR PRINCETON AND FORCE PEOPLE TO HAVE TO COME HERE TO SEE IT. AND SO THE CONCEPT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE CALLING IT A LIBRARY NAME MAY CHANGE, BUT IT FOCUSES ON TECHNOLOGY AND INTRODUCING KIDS AND ADULTS TO LEARNING IN THE WAY THAT THEY LEARN BEST AND SO IF IT'S THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, IF IT'S THROUGH A REPOSITORY, IF IT'S THROUGH A LEARNING LAB, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT.
BUT WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMES IN IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMING CAN WE OFFER THE KIDS FROM A ROBOTICS STANDPOINT, PERHAPS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR STANDPOINT, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERS WITH THE EDC AND CDC TO MAYBE SPONSOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS? AND WHAT KIND OF SPACE CAN WE BUILD? AND SO THE MAYOR, MYSELF SUPERINTENDENT MCINTYRE AND PRESIDENT CINDY DARLING OVER HERE, WE TOOK A LITTLE EXCURSION AND WE MET WITH GARNER HOLT PRODUCTIONS WHICH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THEY MAKE THE ANIMATRONICS FOR DISNEY AND A LOT OF OTHER THEME PARKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BUT THEY HAVE A SEPARATE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT TEACHES KIDS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE ON HOW TO MAKE ROBOTS AND SO THEY DID A MAKERSPACE.
IT'S JUST REALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD AND I THINK I SAW MR. MCINTYRE LIGHT UP LIKE A KID.
SO DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A PASSION FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS TO CONTINUE TO OFFER SOME PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN THOSE SKILLS THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T COLLEGE BOUND CLASSES ALL THE TIME, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUAL HANDS ON PRACTICAL SKILLS.
AND SO WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE AND WE GOT TO SEE THE LAB AND SEE THE 3D PRINTERS AND THE SEWING MACHINES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ANIMATRONICS, IT REALLY JUST LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AND SO I KNOW I WAS SUPER EXCITED IN THERE.
I WANTED TO PLAY WITH ALL THE TOYS, BUT IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND ALL THE REAL LIFE SKILLS THOSE KIDS WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GAIN FROM THOSE AND SO BEING ABLE TO CREATE THAT AND BRING THAT TO PRINCETON WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE IN THE AREA ANYWHERE AND SO IT'S A NEW EXPANSION TO A PATHWAY THAT I THINK IS VERY UNIQUE AND WILL DEFINITELY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM OUR STUDENTS AND BE A GREAT AVENUE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU SAID.
SO WHEN HE SAYS IT IS A PATHWAY, IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE SAW 40 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT CAN COME OUT OF THIS ONE ROBOTICS PROGRAM AND SO YES, IT'S ROBOTICS THEMED BUT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO BRING THAT TO OUR STUDENT BODY THAT WE HAVE 40 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OUT OF ONE THING.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THAT.
[00:15:02]
AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN LEAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKE GOOD MONEY RIGHT AWAY.THIS IS SUCH A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AND SO I AM BEYOND EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE PARTNERING TOGETHER TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU. YEAH, AND IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE.
SO JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TESTIMONIAL PER SAY ABOUT IT.
THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, STUFF SITTING AROUND THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WAS REALLY HANDS ON AND THERE WAS A LITTLE ROBOT WHO STOOD ABOUT THIS TALL, AND HE WAS A MINI VERSION OF IT AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WENT INTO THAT, IT HAD TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
IT, YOU KNOW, HAD TO BE PROGRAMED.
THERE HAD TO BE THE COMPUTER ASPECT OF IT.
LIKE THAT'S BEYOND MY SCOPE OF WHAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AND THIS WAS DONE BY A SEVEN YEAR OLD.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE IN OUR REGION IS DOING.
SO TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT HERE TO THE METROPLEX, SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CITY, THAT'S PUTTING US ON THE MAP FOR EDUCATION AND OUR CITY IS ONLY STRONGER WHEN WE HAVE A STRONGER SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BETTER TOGETHER.
SO BRINGING THAT FOR YOU GUYS IS AMAZING.
YEAH. SO I KNOW THE NEXT QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU IS WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE BUILT? WHEN CAN WE USE IT? THAT'S. I WISH I COULD SNAP MY FINGERS.
PENDING APPROVAL WILL GET STARTED AND WORK ON THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO BUT WE HAVE THE SITES FOR IT.
WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE HAVE THE WILL AND WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE'LL WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THIS GOING AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR COUNCIL AS WELL AND I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS COUNCIL, BUT DURING THAT THREE YEARS THAT IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL STILL OPERATE A LIBRARY, SO WE'RE NOT LOSING THAT COMPONENT OF IT.
THAT WILL STILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR OUR CITY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS.
YOU'VE WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED OUTSIDE, PEOPLE LIKE GARNER, HOLT AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH AND THEIR DESIRE TO REALLY GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND GIVE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT TO GET OVER SOME HURDLES THAT USUALLY MAKE THIS MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DID IN GETTING US CONNECTED WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
I ALSO LOOK BACK ON THIS AND SAID, FOR THE MOST PART, MR. MASHBURN AND MR. LAND AND MISS COOK, YOU THREE HAVE COME IN AND I KNOW YOU WORK WITH MR. MAPP AND ALL THE OTHER STAFF HERE AT CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR THE MOST PART, RESIDENTS DON'T SEE WHAT YOU DO, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE DONE, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE NOW SEE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE EVEN YET TO VERBALIZE IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I AM REALLY AND AS A RESIDENT, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR PRINCETON, AND I AM HOPING THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE PATIENT AND THEY WILL REALIZE THAT IT'S A PROCESS TO GET IT FROM IDEA TO REALIZATION, BUT IT'S COMING AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY PUT PRINCETON IN THE POSITION WHERE WE ARE.
MAYBE THE CITY THAT WILL BE THE TALK OF NORTH DALLAS AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ARE PUTTING IN AND ALSO THE EXPERTISE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU BRING.
IN FACT, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A BOX AND THAT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, GROUNDBREAKING THINGS THAT NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN TEXAS BEFORE, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING ALL OF THAT TO FRUITION RIGHT HERE IN LITTLE PRINCETON.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL BOARD, ANYBODY WANT TO CHIME IN ANYBODY.
[00:20:01]
WE TALKED A LOT. ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF A LITTLE BIT.BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR CITIZENS ARE.
SO THAT WAY THE CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT OR THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT COMING TOGETHER, AND I REALLY THANK THE CITY FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS AND ACTUALLY ALLOWING US TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY DEEP FACILITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS, AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU'VE PUT INTO THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAD A QUICK I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD CLAP AT THIS POINT.
YEAH. SO I WAS GOING TO ADD SOMETHING AS WELL.
THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED ARE AMAZING.
I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF A THIRD PROJECT.
SOMETHING THAT I THINK COULD BENEFIT US VERY SOON, BOTH CITY AND ISD AND IF WE COULD SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT HOW TO PARTNER POOL RESOURCES, BECAUSE WE HAVE FACILITIES ALREADY IN PLACE.
BUT UPGRADING THOSE AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TURFING A FIELD AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP AS A COACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I SEE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SOME OF THOSE FOOTBALL TEAMS, SOCCER TEAMS ON RAINY DAYS, THEY'RE GOING OUT AND THEY MAY NOT GET TO GO OUTSIDE AND PRACTICE ON THEIR GRASS FIELD.
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A THE COMPONENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER, THEY'RE PRACTICING ON A GRASS FIELD, BUT THEY PLAY THEIR GAMES ON A TURF FIELD. I THINK TO GET THAT EDGE THAT WE WANT AS WE'VE MOVED INTO SIX A, WE'VE GOT TO PRACTICE ON THE SURFACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY ON AND I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EDGE THAT WE NEED.
HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO CITY USE? WELL, IF WE PULL RESOURCES, WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT HOPEFULLY, WHERE IT'S A DUAL USE FACILITY THAT OUR YOUTH LEAGUES CAN THEN USE THOSE FIELDS, AND THAT OPENS UP JUST THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR IF WE'VE GOT THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF FIELDS, TWO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN FUTURE TURF FIELDS AT CITY PARKS, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MASSIVE TOURNAMENTS THAT CAN COME IN SOCCER EVEN.
I MEAN, WE CAN THINK WAY OUT OF THE BOX LACROSSE, ALL THINGS THAT OPERATE ON A BIG, LARGE TURF FIELD AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT US GREATLY IF WE CAN GET OUR YOUTH PLAYING ON TURF AND WE CAN GROW THEM INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TURF.
AND THEN NOW THEY'RE PERFORMING AT A SIX, A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ON THE SAME SURFACE.
I THINK THAT GIVES US THAT EDGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT IF WE COULD PULL RESOURCES SOMEHOW I THINK THAT WOULD BE PHENOMENAL FOR EVERYBODY AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'D BE OPEN TO. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CITY USE FOR YOUTH LEAGUES.
THAT'S BEEN PRIMARILY BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AND THE GYMS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR PRACTICE FIELDS, WE'VE TRIED TO OPEN UP FOR THE CITY USE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE NOT HAVING SCHOOL USE ON THEM.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE MOST USE OUT OF THOSE WE CAN AND PARTNERING WITH THE CITY FOR THOSE OPERATIONS IS A GREAT PLAN AND SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD PATH FOR US TO LOOK AT AND SOME GOOD OPTIONS FOR US FOR SURE AND SOMETHING I MAY NOT HAVE MENTIONED ON THE CITY SIDE FOR YOUTH LEAGUES, IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RAINOUTS AND RESCHEDULES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
WELL, IF YOU HAVE TURFED FIELDS, RIGHT, YOU MAY NOT BE OUT THERE WHEN IT'S ACTIVELY RAINING OR THUNDER STORMING, BUT THE NEXT DAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FIELD BEING SOGGY OR TOO WET.
I LIKE THE IDEA. I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE IT FOR SURE.
WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR ANY POTENTIAL UPCOMING JOINT CAPITAL PROJECTS? YEAH. MAYOR JUST A FEW THINGS.
JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT FIRST, THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
I KNOW MR. MASHBURN AND MR. MACK. IT'S NOT JUST YOU TWO.
IT'S ALSO THE SUPPORTING STAFF.
SO EVERYBODY INVOLVED, IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL.
[00:25:02]
WE CAN ALREADY SEE THAT BENEFIT.I DO LIKE WHAT I SAW AT THE PUMPKIN EVENT.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT SEEING CITY STAFF OUT THERE SO HEAVILY INVOLVED.
THEN ALSO THE YOUTH FROM THE SCHOOLS SO HEAVILY INVOLVED AND IT'S REALLY NEAT SEEING THE YOUTH TAKE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS TYPE OF EVENT. IN SCOUTING, WE TEACH THE SCOUTS TO OPERATE THE TROOP THEMSELVES WITH JUST THE GUIDANCE OF THE THE ADULT LEADERS.
SO THE MORE WE CAN INVOLVE THE STUDENTS IN THE CITY EVENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THAT ACTIVE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN HOW THEY PARTICIPATE, THE BETTER, THE MORE THEY'LL PROBABLY SEE THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THESE PROJECTS.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENTS I'VE SEEN SINCE BEING IN THE CITY, IS CREATING ALL THESE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN EVERYBODY THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN FIND TO GAIN MORE BENEFIT ALL AROUND THE CITY.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
DISCUSS SPECIAL EVENT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND AGENDA B ITEM WILL BE TO DISCUSS SPECIAL EVENT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. ALL RIGHT.
FOLKS, WE HAVE MEGAN, PETER HERE WHO WILL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON VARIOUS SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE PUMPKIN PALOOZA PROJECT THAT YOU DID THAT SPECIAL EVENT WAS AMAZING.
IT HAD OVERWHELMING SUCCESS ON THAT AND THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ISD AND THE CITY.
YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU BROUGHT A NEW TRADITION HERE.
I AM ONE WHO IS BEHIND THE SCENES.
I DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT ON THINGS, SO I HAVE TO GIVE THAT THANKS TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS ON OUR TEAM, WHO DID THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO SHOWED UP AND THE ISD FOR SHOWING UP.
I CAN'T TAKE ALL ALL THE THANKS, AND I'M NOT ONE WHO'S GOOD IN THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT THANK YOU.
YOU STOP ME WHEN YOU SEE FIT SO WE CAN DISCUSS OR WE CAN DISCUSS AT THE END, WHATEVER YOU LIKE OF WHAT OUR CONTINUED SPONSORS, OH MY GOODNESS PARTNERSHIP CAN LOOK LIKE BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES.
MAYBE. I THINK EVERY TIME I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
SO AS WE'RE GROWING AND EVENTS ARE CHANGING, WE'RE REIMAGINING THINGS, LOOKING TO MAKE THEM SPECIAL EVENTS, BIG FAMILY ORIENTED, COMMUNITY BASED AND PUMPKIN PALOOZA, I THOUGHT WAS AN EXTREME HIT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE ON FROM THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW WE HAD OVER 4000 ATTENDEES, WHICH WAS HUGE, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ISD FOR TRUNK OR TREAT STATIONS, AS LONG AS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT AS WELL.
SO JUST A FUN LITTLE PICTURE WE HAD WITH PUMPKIN PALOOZA, THE CHARACTERS.
AND THEN AS WE START TO LOOK AT THE NORTH POLE CHRISTMAS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PARADE IN PLACE WHERE THE PUMPKIN PATCH WAS IN THE HAYRIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT NORMALLY GOES THROUGH TOWN.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT IN PLACE SO THAT PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE.
DO I GO TO THE PARADE? DO I GO TO THIS? NO, YOU CAN DO IT BOTH AND IF THE ISD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW GROUPS HAVE A PARADE IN PLACE TRAILER, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO RUN HAYRIDES THROUGH IT, GIVE IT THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL AS YOU PASS THROUGH THE VARIOUS PARADE LOCATIONS AND THE
[00:30:06]
CHAMBER IS READY TO BRING IN GROUPS AS WELL.SO IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN NEW ELEMENT TO OUR CHRISTMAS EVENT.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIREWORKS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRONE SHOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN A DRONE SHOW, BUT WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A 150 DRONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ON FACEBOOK OUR TEAM IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE DRONE SHOW, SO IT'S BEEN FUN LETTING OUR TEAM GET TO DESIGN THAT AND THEN EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA KIND OF BRING THIS BACK DOWN TO A SMALLER SCALE AND LOOKING TO MAYBE PARTNER WHERE THE ISD WOULD PROVIDE 500 BASKETS, THE CITY PROVIDES 500 BASKETS, AND THEN WE HOUSE THEM AT THE LIBRARY FOR CHILDREN TO GO PICK UP AT THE LIBRARY.
IT BRINGS FAMILIES, MAYBE, WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE LIBRARY, INTO THE LIBRARY, AND JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE INTO OUR FACILITIES. FISHING FRENZY.
SO I CAME ON LIKE TWO DAYS AFTER THIS EVENT HAPPENED.
SO THIS WOULD BE JUST A COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION OF WHERE DO YOU THINK THE ISD COULD FIT IN WITH THIS EVENT, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK? IT'S STILL IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I WOULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
KIDS GO ON VACATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ANY EVENT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO THIS ONE'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR THE SPRING OF 2026, WHEN EVERYONE'S FINANCIAL BUDGETS ARE READY TO MAYBE BRING ON AN ADDITIONAL EVENT? MAYBE. SO HOW DO WE MAKE THESE A REALITY? WE AS THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO INCREASE AND THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT IF THE ISD COULD GIVE A MONETARY WITH THAT AS WELL, AND THEN ASSIST WITH STAFFING.
WE DO HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND STAFF.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT WE COULD HAVE WORKING WITH US ALONGSIDE US AT SETUP, CLEAN UP DURING THE EVENT AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S KIND OF THE FUN, LIKE JOB DUTIES AS DETERMINED, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW WHERE WE NEED SOMEBODY.
SO JUST ANY OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE NEED YOU HERE.
CAN YOU HELP US WITH THAT? SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE A REALITY AND WITH THAT, WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION AND SEEING HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THIS.
DID ANYONE GO TO THE FISHING FRENZY LAST YEAR? I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WENT.
Y'ALL MISSED OUT. IT WAS SUPER FUN.
BUT NO, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EVENT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE GOING INTO THAT.
BUT MY KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
I'M NOT INTO IT. BUT GET THE LINES READY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS WELL AND I KNOW MISTER BRYANT, YOU DID THAT EVENT LAST YEAR.
PLEASE WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL.
DIDN'T, YOU KNOW? HE FISHES THIS POND OUT HERE QUITE OFTEN.
IN FACT, HE WAS THE ONLY PRINCETON PARKS AND REC FACEBOOK FOR ALL THE FISH HE'S CAUGHT OUT THERE.
SO HE REALLY HAS ENJOYS THAT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO GET THEM HOOKED ON FISHING AND ANYTHING ELSE AND IT'S A GOOD FAMILY THING ALSO TO BRING THE FAMILIES IN.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE SOME MORE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SAFETY BOOTHS AND THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AS FAR AS BEING AROUND WATER.
CINDY BROUGHT UP A GOOD THING ABOUT SWIMMING.
IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO ADVERTISE ABOUT ABOUT TEACHING KIDS TO LEARN TO SWIM AND BUT ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF PARKS IS PARKS.
[00:35:01]
ARE THEY THERE? OKAY? YES.I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE THERE.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO HAVE THEM THERE ALSO, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER LITTLE CLASSES ABOUT FISHING AND TYPES OF FISH THERE. BUT IT IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
NOW IS THERE CAN I DISCUSS SOMETHING ELSE? I THINK THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO.
IS IT FOR FISHING FRENZY? NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT FISHING. LET'S STAY ON FISHING FRENZY FOR NOW.
YEAH. CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS FOR THOSE OF US THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT? SURE. START THERE. SO WE HOSTED IT HERE, OUTSIDE, AROUND OUR POND AND HOW MANY FISHING POLES DID WE END UP HAVING? YOU GIVE THE OVERVIEW, YOU JUST DO THAT.
CHASE BRYANT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH ZEBCO DIRECTLY.
WE GIVE OUT 500 FISHING POLES TO THE CHILDREN.
WE GAVE OUT ALMOST ALL THE POLLS THIS PAST YEAR.
SO 500 KIDS, ALL AGES, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP.
WE HAVE WE ACTUALLY SET UP A COUPLE SMALL KIDDY POOLS RIGHT OUTSIDE.
SO THE KIDS GET TO SEE THE FISH.
IT IS FULLY STOCKED, SO EVEN THE LITTLE KIDS GET ENJOYMENT OUT OF IT.
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS ON BOARD.
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIFE SAFETY.
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HAVE A FISHING TEAM.
IT'S KIND OF IN AND OUT HERE AND THERE.
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE ISD DOES HAVE THE HUNTERS AND FISHING EDUCATION CLASSES.
SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK INTO AND START THAT COLLABORATION BACK AND FORTH IN THAT DIALOG TO INCORPORATE THOSE CLASSES. YOU KNOW, INTO THE OUTDOORS.
IT'S THE MAY 3RD IS THE THE DATE FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE OPENING OF SEASON REALLY FOR BOATING EDUCATION AND SO FORTH.
MEMORIAL DAY IS TYPICALLY THE THE BEGINNING OF BOATING SEASON.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE FISHING FRENZY IS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD LOVE TO JOIN IN.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I DO KNOW THERE ARE OUTDOOR CLASSES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOSTS, SO MAYBE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE CAN BRING THOSE IN TO, TO HELP ASSIST.
SO WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, I HAD SOME IDEAS.
WE COULD USE THE NHS FOR SERVICE HOURS.
THEY NEED SERVICE HOURS AND THEY COULD BE DOING THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE BASKETBALL TEAM INVOLVED, BECAUSE THE LITTLE KIDS LOOK UP TO THESE PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM THERE AND BE, YOU KNOW, ROLE MODELS AND CAN HELP WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE HAD SOME GROUP THAT COULD BRING IN SOME OTHER ANIMALS, THAT WOULD BE FUN FOR THE KIDS TO SEE, LIKE PARROTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO MAYBE A PETTING ZOO AND MAYBE EVEN PONY RIDES.
SO I'M JUST THINKING A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE BOX AGAIN.
SO THIS LAST YEAR I WILL HIT ON.
IF ANYBODY HASN'T SEEN MINNOW RACING, IT'S TWO CHUTES AND YOU HAVE A STRAW.
YOU RELEASE THE MINNOWS AND THE KIDS BLOW THE THE WATER TO RACE THE MINNOWS DOWN A TRACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OF THE ISD, ANY OF THE GROUPS THAT NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND SO FORTH ASSIST.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THE TRUSTEES COULDN'T GET INVOLVED AND HELP.
I NOMINATE YOU FOR THE MINNOW RACING.
SO YES, A VOLUNTEER FOR MINNOW RACING WOULD BE AWESOME.
[00:40:01]
ANY SENIOR FISHERMEN OR THEY.I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THIS COULD BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TO COME TOGETHER AND WE BRING ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS IN, AND IT WILL TRULY BE A CITY EVENT.
I'M THINKING THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
CHASE. WHAT TIME DID IT START LAST YEAR? WAS IT AT NINE? SO IT STARTED AT NINE.
BUT WE SERVED HOT DOGS AT NINE IN THE MORNING.
SO MAYBE CULINARY COULD THINK OF A MUFFIN OPPORTUNITY THERE OR SOME TYPE OF BREAKFAST OPPORTUNITY AND NOT HOT DOGS AT 9AM [INAUDIBLE] . SO WAS WAS THERE AN ISSUE ANY ISSUES WITH AS FAR AS LIKE, I GUESS THE SIZE OF THE POND AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS? I'M JUST THINKING OF ALL THOSE FOLKS FLYING BY.
IS IT SPREAD OUT ENOUGH? YEAH. SO LINES DO GET TANGLED UP.
BUT WE ACTUALLY KIND OF WHEN WE DO A REGISTRATION, WE TRY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 500 TO GIVE OUT.
WE DID, YOU KNOW, HAVE 30 OR 40 POLES LEFT OVER, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM OUT DURING THE MONTH OF JULY FOR PARKS AND REC MONTH, BUT WE TRY TO NAVIGATE IT DURING OUR TIME SLOTS JUST TO KEEP AROUND 100 PLUS 150 PEOPLE AROUND THE POND.
I'M GETTING [INAUDIBLE] TO SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS AMAZING WHEN WE DID THE PUMPKIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS REAL EASY ON MY PART.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE BARN FEST UP AT THE SCHOOL THAT MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON SOMETHING THERE TO BRING OUT SOME OF THE SHOW ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AT THAT EVENT, TOO, WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA THAT CAME FROM THE GROUP OVER HERE ON THE SIDE.
YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF KIDS AND I KNOW, MR. BRYANT, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THIS IN THE PAST, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE]. I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENT.
BEFORE I STARTED WITH THE CITY, I WAS LOOKING AT PICTURES ON FACEBOOK JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE DO, WHAT IS OUR CITY LIKE? AND WHAT I FOUND WITH THIS EVENT WAS IT WAS THE MOST DIVERSE EVENT.
IT BROUGHT FAMILIES OF ALL ETHNICITIES OUT, AND IT'S A TRUE PARKS AND RECREATION EVENT.
IT'S GETTING THEM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO JUST KNOW, LIKE AS WE GROW, LIKE WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME.
BUT I DID FIND THAT SO SPECIAL AS I WAS PERUSING THE PICTURES.
SOME OF THEM I DON'T BELIEVE UP TILL TODAY, BUT IT WAS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME FOR THE ENTIRE VILLAGE TO COME TOGETHER [INAUDIBLE].
[00:45:12]
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.BUT OUR TEAM OVER HERE HAD A GREAT IDEA TO JUST STOP SPONSORSHIPS AND COMMERCIALIZING OUR EVENTS AND HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE TO KIND OF HUMANIZE AND MAKE THAT COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
I KNOW MEGAN RECEIVED A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND CHASED IT AS WELL.
THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU SHOULD DO IT. LIKE PRINCETON.
I GO, OH, WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING COOL.
WE'RE ABLE TO DECORATE OUR CARS.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS IT A POSSIBILITY FOR PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED? LIKE, YES, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE INVOLVED.
MAYBE THEY HAVE TABLES, BUT THE PARENTS HAVE GAMES.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP MORE THAN IF WE DON'T WRITE OR IF OUR KIDS HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
SO IF THERE'S SOME OTHER PERFORMANCE FOR THEM TO DO TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CAUGHT OR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT WOULD BRING THE COMMUNITY OUT MORE, JUST ALLOWING THEM TO BE INVOLVED TOO.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
COMPETITION TO SCALE THE FISH.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? [INAUDIBLE].
THAT WOULD RAISE ALL KINDS OF MONEY AND BE TONS OF FUN FOR THE ADULTS THERE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT MIGHT BE FUNNY TO HAVE A COUNCIL BOARD DUNKING BOOTH TYPE THING.
CERTAINLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MAYBE EVEN A TUG OF WAR.
YEAH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THE SUPERINTENDENT IN THAT.
ARE WE WRAPPED UP ON FISHING FRENZY? MOVING ON. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANY AREAS THAT YOU FEEL THE ISD COULD PARTNER WITH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARADE? RIGHT NOW, SINCE THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE EVENT GOES IN THE LAYOUT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PARADE IN PLACE WITH THE CHAMBER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE ISD HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE BEFORE AND SINCE WE WILL NOT BE DOING THE PARADE, IT WILL BE AT THE EVENT.
THEN WE CAN FIND THOSE AREAS OF HEY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT THE GATE HELPING.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN KIDZONE AREA WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY SPECIFIC NEEDS, BUT I THINK THE PARADE IN PLACE WOULD BE WOULD BE FUN SINCE THEY ARE USED TO MAKING FLOATS ALREADY FOR THE PARADE.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE THE GROUPS ARE INTERESTED IN, MISS SHARP, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO.
IS THE BAND GOING TO BE THERE? COULD IT BE KIND OF A CHRISTMAS CONCERT, SO TO SPEAK, NOT ONLY THE BAND, BUT ALSO THE CHOIR I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION, VERY GOOD ADDITION.
I HAVE WORKED WITH GROUPS WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE WE BRING IN AND HAVE THE.
[00:50:01]
WE CALLED IT AN ELF STAGE, AND IT WAS IN A LOCATION WHERE THE SCHOOL GROUPS DID THEIR LITTLE CHOIR PERFORMANCES FOR THE EVENING OR FOR THE SEASON AT THAT.THIS EVENT HAS BECOME SO BIG AND SO FUN THAT WE HAVE TAKEN EVERY SQUARE INCH OF CALDWELL PARK FOR PROGRAMING, AND AS WE SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR, WE CAN SCALE BACK ON THINGS AND ADD OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE SEE FIT.
BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AND BRING TO THE TABLE.
OTHER CHURCHES INVOLVED IN THIS.
OH, THIS IS JUST NOW ONLY THE CITY AND NOW WANTING ISD TO BE A PART OF IT.
YES, MA'AM. JUST THE CITY AND THE ISD, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART.
THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE IN PLACE.
SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE HEY, HERE'S MY MY FLOAT.
AND IF WE SEE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WORKS.
THE CHAMBER WE WE HAD MAYBE LIKE A MONTH AGO, THE CHAMBER BROUGHT THIS TO US AND SO WE GOT CREATIVE WITH OUR PROGRAMING ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS, THIS ELEMENT WORK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT THIS YEAR.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE GOING TO GET CREATIVE AND TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP TRYING TILL WE GET IT RIGHT.
IS THERE A THEME AT ALL FOR THE PARADE? THE THEME IS JUST A NORTH POLE CHRISTMAS [INAUDIBLE].
MAYBE IT WAS THE BAND, MAYBE IT WAS THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
KIND OF LIKE THE HOMECOMING PARADE, THE THE THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE PAST, THE REGISTRATION AND ALL OF THAT WENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER.
IT WOULD STILL GO, BUT I WOULD BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS PART AS WELL.
SO JUST TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE MISS DAVID GRAVES SAID SHE ASKED ABOUT THE CHURCHES OR THE CHURCHES PERMITTED TO HAVE A FLOAT WHEN THE STATIONARY FLOATS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST AND THE OTHER PARADES.
I MEAN, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A CHAMBER DECISION, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING THAT PART OF IT.
YEAH. SO THAT'S IT'S ADVERTISED ALREADY.
[INAUDIBLE]. MOU WAS APPROVED TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE ARE NOW IN FULL CONVERSATION WITH WHAT THE PARADE IN PLACE CAN CAN LOOK LIKE.
SHOULD START COMING OUT SOON FROM BETH.
AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE PARADE CONVERSATION WAS NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO BOTH AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT CAME TO LIKE, HEY, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS TOGETHER. AND SO MY EVENT PLANNER BRAIN, I'M ALREADY PLANNING THINGS FOR 2025.
I DON'T PLAN 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
SO YES, WE CAN BE IN CONVERSATION EARLIER.
[00:55:01]
[INAUDIBLE] I T IS A LONGER TERM GOAL OF AN EVENT.SO THIS IS JUST THE THE FIRST INITIAL STAGE OF THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE SPRING, OR IF WE JUST KEEP SEEING WHAT THESE EVENTS EVOLVE INTO WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S JUST AN AN OPEN DOOR TO EXPLORE.
AND I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF THE CARNIVAL A COUPLE OF TIMES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, GETTING THAT ATMOSPHERE WITH THE RIDES AND THE KIND OF COUNTY FAIR TYPE ACTIVITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT AND FIND SOMETHING THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND THAT'S THAT'S FUN.
AND I KNOW WE WE TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY TO GO TO A LITTLE CARNIVAL WITH MY FAMILY, AND I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW MANY PRINCETON I SAW THERE WHILE I WAS THERE HAVING THOSE EXPERIENCES.
AND SO I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT BECAME A THING.
AND I THINK WE COULD GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CHIME IN THERE.
IT IS JUST A LARGER COST FOR THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE, CAN WE AFFORD THIS FOR THAT? PLAYING WITH OUR BUDGET TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THINGS WORK, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BIGGER RIDES THAT FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS NEXT YEAR, AND THEN JUST TO START EXPLORING WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
WHAT ABOUT A COMMUNITY GARAGE SHOW? WE'VE HAD THOSE IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO ANSWER THAT ONE, SO I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON WHAT THAT COULD, COULD LOOK LIKE TO TO FOR ME, WHEN I THINK COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE, I THINK WHAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR HOA PUTS IT ON, IT'S NOT THE CITY WHO DOES IT.
SO I WOULD JUST HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND KIND OF START BRAINSTORMING OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
MY FIRST YEAR HERE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE AND WE HAD IT IN THE PARKING LOT.
IN FACT, I GOT TO MEET MR. PHILIP ANTHONY THAT AT THE GARAGE SALE.
SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO JUST LOOK INTO IT.
LOOK INTO IT. I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT, IS MY HOA DOES THAT.
[01:00:04]
SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL I KNOW.BUT I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE AND LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT.
[INAUDIBLE]. I WILL TELL YOU THAT ON LIKE RIDES ALONE FROM FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS, WE SPENT ABOUT $21,000. AND THAT WAS NOT LIKE THE CREAM OF THE CROP RIDES.
THAT WAS WHAT WE COULD GET TO CONTINUE, LIKE WITH OUR FIREWORKS SHOW AND ALL THE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS.
I THINK MEGAN AND FOR THE TWO BOARDS HERE IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
IS THIS A FREE EVENT FOR EVERYBODY OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT AS A FUNDRAISER TO OFFSET THE COST TOO? BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD BE AN OPTION WHERE YOU HIRE A COMPANY, COME IN AND SET UP ALL THE RIDES, BUT THEN YOU'RE PAYING A TICKETED FEE.
SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT AT ALL.
THAT'S A BIG BURDEN FOR BOTH OF US TO TAKE ON.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
OF COURSE. YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
ANOTHER GREAT SUGGESTION FROM THE CROWD OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE CITY'S ONION FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRINGTIME, TOO.
SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT SOME WAY OF COMBINING AND AND TAKING WHAT THE LIONS CLUB AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE WORKING ON AND HOW CAN WE EXPLODE THAT INTO SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER BY ADDING THESE KIND OF EVENTS TOGETHER AND IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL EVENT FOR THE LIONS CLUB, BUT IT IS A FUNDRAISER EVENT FOR THE LIONS CLUB.
THAT'S HOW WE FUND MOST OF OUR ANGEL TREE AND OUR EYEGLASSES THAT WE DO, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SPRINGTIME AND MAYBE KIND OF COMBINING SOME OF THOSE EVENTS TOGETHER COULD MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL AND WE COULD IF WE WENT THAT ROUTE, WE COULD LOOK AT PAYING TO HAVE CARNIVAL RIDES OR THINGS AT THAT EVENT TO JUST HELP ENHANCE THAT FOR YOU, VERSUS TRYING TO BRING IN A BUNCH OF CITY RESOURCES.
I USED TO WALK UP THE OTHER ROUTE AND COME DOWN FOURTH STREET IN PLACES LIKE THAT, AND OUR STUDENTS AND THE KIDS THAT RIDE BICYCLES OR THESE LITTLE CARTS, MOTOR SCOOTERS, WHATEVER THEY ARE [INAUDIBLE] . AND BUT EVEN WALKING ON FOURTH STREET AND AND I SEE THE, THE TRACK TEAM DURING THE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN THE LIKE AUGUST THINGS AND THEY'RE RUNNING AND THEY I GUESS IT'S CROSS COUNTRY AND THEY RUN WITH THE TRAFFIC INSTEAD OF AGAINST THE TRAFFIC LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO IF YOU'RE WALKING OR IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN, IF THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK, BY LAW, YOU HAVE TO BE ON IT.
BUT THEY RUN WITH THE TRAFFIC VERY HAZARDOUS.
AND THEN THEY USUALLY WEARING DARK COLORED CLOTHING.
IT KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH THE ASPHALT OR THE CONCRETE AND THINGS.
AND I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT ALSO THE BICYCLISTS, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE RIDING BICYCLES OR THESE SCOOTERS, NO HELMETS.
THEY WHIZ BY ME ON THE SIDEWALK RUNNING ABOUT.
I GUESS THEY'RE 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR AND JUST SCARES ME QUITE A BIT [INAUDIBLE].
NOW, WHENEVER I WAS MR. LONG WAS INVOLVED IN THE SCOUT TROOP.
[01:05:06]
WHERE WE ACTUALLY SENT OUT FLIERS OR WHATEVER TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.WE GOT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY INVOLVED.
WE GOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVOLVED, FIRE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.
THEY'D COME UP, THEY'D DO BICYCLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
THEY'D RUN THEM THROUGH A COURSE AND THEN GIVE THEM CERTIFICATES ON BICYCLE SAFETY.
[INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO PATE REHAB IS.
IT'S A HEAD INJURY FACILITY LOCATED IN ANNA AND THEY REACHED OUT TO ME, AND WE.
THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, WE DID A CLOWN PRESENTATION.
WE HAD A CLOWN GROUP, AND WE'D GO INTO THE SCHOOLS DURING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
BUT THAT PARTICULAR YEAR WE ACTUALLY DID ONE ON BICYCLE SAFETY AND PATE REHAB REACHED OUT.
NOW, WE'VE SEEN DURING THAT TIME, WE PROBABLY SEE, YOU KNOW, 15,000 KIDS DURING THAT WEEK.
BUT PAINT REHAB WAS A GOOD PARTNER FOR THAT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME, BECAUSE THESE KIDS I SAW ONE THE OTHER DAY, IF THEY'RE ON A BICYCLE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING WITH THE TRAFFIC, SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC RULES.
HE'S ON COLLEGE STREET, RIGHT? KIND OF THE CURVE THERE AT THE NEAR BEECHAM AND HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AND HE WAS ON THE EASTBOUND, I MEAN, THE WESTBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC. AND HE'S TRAVELING EASTBOUND AND HE NEARLY HIT A CAR HEAD ON, WASN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION.
AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, IF YOU WALK AND YOU SEE THESE THINGS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME SAFETY THINGS, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT, OUT ON THE ROADWAY DOING THESE THINGS.
AND ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THINGS TO PUT ON SOME TYPE OF A SAFETY FAIR TO TEACH THESE KIDS PROPER SAFETY THINGS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE VERY COST EFFECTIVE.
DPS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS.
PROBABLY FURNISHED A COUPLE TROOPERS TO COME OVER AND ACTUALLY DO THESE INSPECTIONS ON BICYCLES TO LOOK AT THE TIRES, YOU KNOW, THE CHAINS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PROPER HELMETS ON, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD THING AND IT'D BE A PLUS FOR OUR CITY.
I KNOW THE ONION FESTIVAL HAS A FUN RUN FOR LIKE A FIVE DAY RUN AND FUN RUN AND FUN RUN.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SAID THAT WE CAN'T DO.
LIKE A BIKE RUN THAT MAYBE EVEN LED BY CHIEF WATERS AND THE BIKE UNITS ARE THERE, BUT THEY HAVE A BIKE UNIT AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO HELP WITH THAT? I'LL VOLUNTEER. I'M GOING TO SEE YOU OUT THERE ON A BICYCLE.
YEAH. I LIKE THE IDEA OF JOINING IT WITH THE INDIAN FESTIVAL.
I THINK IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRADITIONAL THING THAT WE'VE DONE YEAR OVER YEAR HERE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND THAT IS GENERALLY LIKE APRIL 10TH.
YEAH, IT'S USUALLY THE THIRD WEEKEND.
IT IS SCHEDULED THIS YEAR FOR APRIL 26TH.
OKAY. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT FOR 2025.
YES. IF I CAN TRY TO LOOK AT BUDGET TO SQUEEZE SOMETHING TOGETHER, BUT [INAUDIBLE].
SO IDEALLY I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT 2026 IF YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOU.
BUT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ONION FESTIVAL WILL THE CAR SHOW BE REINTRODUCED? I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB OVER THERE, BUT THE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD THE CAR SHOW.
IT IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR US.
THE CAR SHOW WAS A MAJOR LOSS OF FUNDS.
[01:10:09]
SO THAT'S WHY IT WENT AWAY.WE HAD TRIED TO SUBSIDIZE THAT.
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO EVER TURN THAT INTO A PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT WAS TAKEN OFF THE ROSTER.
BUT SO MAYBE WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THAT AS A PARTNERSHIP.
MAYBE CDC COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS TO OPERATE THAT THAT WOULD OFFSET THAT.
BUT IT MIGHT BE AND MAYBE WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY WITH A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE TO COME HELP OUT WITH THAT AND THAT CAN RUN IT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS DONE IT BEFORE AND CAN AND DO IT AT A BETTER METHODOLOGIES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A BETTER WAY TO DO EVERYTHING SO THAT.
BUT THAT IS THE REASON WHY IT WAS TAKEN OFF IN THE PAST AND SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE CLUB, BUT I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE WILLING TO DISCUSS AND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN IF SOMEBODY HAD SOME IDEAS.
OKAY. ANOTHER IDEA WITH THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF A MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY, IS PARTNERING THE MOTORCYCLE RIDE WITH A MOTORCYCLE AND CAR SHOW, AND THAT DOES BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A FEE THAT PEOPLE THAT ENTER, THEY GET A T SHIRT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE 50, 60 CARS OUT THERE AND THEN MOTORCYCLES.
SO IT HELPS THEM BUT THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AS FAR AS GIVING PRIZES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PRIZE, YOU KNOW, $500 GIFT CARD OR $1,000 GIFT CARD IS NOT NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BUY HARLEY DAVIDSON PRODUCTS, WHICH IS NOT BAD BUT IT'S GREAT.
WELL, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS THERE FOR THIS SHOW, AND IT'S AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND WE USE IT AS OUR MARINE CORPS LEAGUE IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISERS.
SO IT'S A I MEAN, WE MAKE GOOD [INAUDIBLE].
ONE THING I'LL ADD WITH THE CAR SHOW, MY SON AND I WILL SPEND OUR WEEKENDS SATURDAY MORNINGS GOING TO CAR SHOWS ALL OVER DFW AND THE ONE PLACE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE ALL THE GEARHEADS ARE GOING.
NOW TO FIND OUT WHERE THESE CAR SHOWS ARE, THERE'S AN APP, IT'S CALLED PARK UP FRONT, AND IT LITERALLY HAS EVERY CAR SHOW IN DFW ON IT. AND YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU WANT TO ENTER THE CAR SHOW, YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT CAR SHOWS.
NOW TO FIND OUT WHERE THE LOCAL CAR SHOWS ARE.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUR SPRING ONION FESTIVAL COMBINED EVENT NOW? ALL RIGHT. LET'S [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY, LET'S OPEN IT UP THEN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF ANY OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE MIGHT DO, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE FUN, GOOD GRADES. I MENTIONED IT AT COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, BUT I'M THINKING IT PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP IF FOR VETERANS DAY THE SCHOOLS, THERE'S THE ROTC AND WE HOPE THAT THE ROTC WOULD BE THERE, MILITARY TRAINING OR THOSE WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY GO INTO THE ARMED FORCES AND OF COURSE, IF THE CITY PARTNERS WITH THE VFW, THERE'S THEIR FESTIVAL OR THE CEREMONY THAT WAS HELD ON VETERANS DAY.
[01:15:03]
IT WAS MOSTLY ATTENDED BY FIRE AND POLICE.MANY OF THEM MAY HAVE SERVED, BUT IT WAS NOT VERY WELL ATTENDED AND SO I REALLY AM ADVOCATING AND I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WOULD PARTNER WITH THE VFW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT THEN ALSO CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS THE ROTC AND THEN THEIR POTENTIAL THOSE WHO WOULD BE RECRUITED OR WOULD THEN WANT TO GO INTO THE ARMED FORCES IN THE SCHOOLS, THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MAYBE THREE ENTITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE VERY OFTEN A GOOD VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY.
I UNDERSTOOD, BASED ON A CEREMONY THAT MCKINNEY HELD THAT QUITE A NUMBER OF PRINCETON KNIGHTS OF PRINCETONIANS WERE KILLED IN THE WARS, WORLD WAR ONE AND TWO AND THEY WERE NOT ADEQUATELY HONORED DURING THAT TIME AND THEN ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL SERVING. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AS WELL TO EXPLORE THAT.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE TIMING ON THAT EVENT.
THE WITH OUR COMMUNITY BEING A LARGE WORKFORCE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, I THINK THE TIMING OF THAT EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IS SOMETIMES A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO.
I THINK THE PROBLEM [INAUDIBLE].
DO YOU KNOW THAT? DO YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY VETERANS DAY IS HELD ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED ON THE 11TH MONTH, 11TH DAY, 11TH HOUR.
SO IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT IT BE HELD ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
I KNOW SOME CITIES DO IT ON A ON A SATURDAY AND THEY DID OTHER THINGS.
BUT BUT IT'S TO HONOR VETERANS WHO SERVED AND IT'S YOU KNOW THEY MADE IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A CITY AND IT'S A CITY HOLIDAY.
IT'S NOT A SCHOOL HOLIDAY, THOUGH THE SCHOOL WOULD PROBABLY LIKE IT TO BE, OR THE STUDENTS WOULD.
NOW, WE DO HAVE AS I BROUGHT UP THAT THE OTHER DAY, WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY.
ARMED FORCES DAY, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT.
BUT THAT'S TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS TO TO TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.
AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING AROUND IN ALTERNATE TIME OR ANYTHING.
THEY ALSO HELP US FROM TOYS FOR TOTS AND HELP MAN THE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AT OUR TOYS FOR TOTS TOY RUN ON DECEMBER THE 7TH PROVIDING THE COLOR GUARD FOR THAT AND THEN ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
OF COURSE, THE STUDENTS DON'T MIND BECAUSE THEY GET OUT OF CLASS, YOU KNOW BUT THEY, THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPETITION SOMEWHERE IN THE AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE YOU CALL THEM.
ANY OTHER IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR PARTNERSHIP.
I MIGHT OFFER A SUGGESTION ON THAT TOO BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A FINE BALANCE AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING IN GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND THERE'S SOMETHING VERY TRADITIONAL AND SPECIAL ABOUT THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HONOR VETERANS WHEN THEY COULD BE THERE.
AND THERE MIGHT BE AN ALTERNATIVE WHERE YOU CAN DO BOTH AND THERE MIGHT BE A CEREMONY AT 11AM ON NOVEMBER 11TH AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS YEAR IT WASN'T TERRIBLY WELL ATTENDED AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BACK TO COUNCILMAN GRAVES POINT IS, SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EVENT WHEN MORE PEOPLE WERE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND.
[01:20:02]
THAT STILL HONORS VETERANS, BECAUSE A LOT OF VETERANS ARE WORKING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHOSE PARENTS WERE VETERANS, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO AND HONOR THEIR PARENTS THAT ARE WORKING, TOO. SO MAYBE THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE THERE WHERE WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING.I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VETERANS CEREMONY THAT OUR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS PERFORM EVERY YEAR, AND WE'VE HAD TO SPLIT THAT TO TWO SEPARATE CEREMONIES THIS YEAR AND OUR FACILITY WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED AND BUT AGAIN, IT SPEAKS TO THE AVAILABILITY.
I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO SPEAK TO THAT POINT, TOO, YOU KNOW? I JUST THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET THAT DAY OFF AND CAN'T BE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
SO BUT I DO AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE.
THAT THEY DO A PROGRAM ON THAT DAY.
IT'S NOT THAT DAY WAS THE THURSDAY PRIOR.
OKAY. THE DAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO I WAS THINKING IF THEY DID IT ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND EVERYONE TO TO MAYBE GO TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT AT A SCHOOL OUTDOORS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE ALWAYS NEEDING HELP WITH IT.
OKAY. NOW IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THE CHAMBER THEY DO.
YEAH. SO THE CHAMBER DOES THAT.
AND THEN OUR CITY, CDC AND EDC, MR. MASHBURN THAT SPONSORS THAT OR I THINK IT'S BOTH CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THEY BOTH MADE DONATIONS THIS LAST YEAR TO IT.
YEAH. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL HELP DONATE FUNDS TO THAT.
SO AND I KNOW THAT OUR LIBRARY ALSO WORKS ON A BACK TO SCHOOL BASH.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET YOU ALL CONNECTED TO MAKE THAT EVEN BETTER.
THE LIBRARY FALLS UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO WE CAN BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MERGE.
I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT TO MERGE THOSE TOGETHER AND NOT HAVE TWO COMPETING EVENTS, BUT HAVE ONE.
SO ON THE CITY SIDE, WE HAVE A TRAILER AND IT'S A BLOCK PARTY TRAILER.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS EXISTS.
THIS IS FREE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND YOU CAN RENT IT, AND IT'S AN ENTIRE BLOCK PARTY IN A TRAILER.
AGAIN, IT'S FREE. WE DROP IT OFF FOR YOU.
BUT WE COULD UTILIZE THAT AND THEN BRING IT TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL AND BOARD AN COME TOGETHER AND IT'S A MEET AND GREET TO REALLY GIVE OUR CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH US MORE ONE ON ONE AND HAVE THOSE FACE TO FACES.
WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHEN WE VISIT OUR HOA COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S VERY WELL RECEIVED THAT THEY SEE US DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN A MEETING WHERE WE'RE KIND OF INTERACTING WITH THE CROWD THAT WAY, BUT IT'S MORE ONE ON ONE.
IT MAKES IT PERSONAL AND I THINK THOSE OPPORTUNITIES REALLY HELP US AS INDIVIDUALS BRIDGE THOSE GAPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING THOSE LIAISONS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR PARENTS THAT THEY DO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROACHABLE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT THERE JUST PLAYING GAMES WITH THEM.
SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER ALL OF US JOINING IN TOGETHER? DEFINITELY. ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, WELL, THEN MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE ALL WANT TO GO TOGETHER AT THE SAME ONE, OR IF WE WANT TO ROTATE AROUND WHERE SOME COUNCIL GO, SOME SCHOOL BOARD GO IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE ROTATE IT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
BUT MAYBE WE COULD FEATURE IT.
SO BUT I THINK IF YOU GUYS LIKE IT, MAYBE STAFF, WE CAN START WORKING ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PARKS AND REC, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THAT TRAILER, BUT I LOVE IT.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO INCORPORATE THE SCHOOL, SO.
SO WHAT DOES THE TRAILER CONSIST OF? LIKE, WHAT DOES IT HAVE? ARE THEY JUST MEETING? I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS INSIDE THAT TRAILER, MR. BRYANT. YOU WANT TO GIVE US A RUNDOWN OF WHAT'S ALL INSIDE OF IT? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE JUST WANT TO MEET US.
HONESTLY, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TONIGHT.
MISS ELLIS, YOU'RE HERE WITH ARCADIA FARMS. IT'S VERY, WELL RECEIVED THAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT TO MEET, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
[01:25:02]
THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER.YEAH. SO IT'S ACTUALLY WE'VE HAD IT OPENED UP FOR HOA'S.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF GAMES, OUTDOOR GAMES, CORNHOLE POPCORN MACHINE AND COTTON CANDY MACHINE.
IT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO BE RENTED BY THE HOA.
IS IT? I SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT MARKETING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT KIND OF EXPAND ON IT.
WE CAN LOVE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT OUT BETWEEN BOTH DIVISIONS.
WE LOOKED AT OPENING UP TO RESIDENTS FOR USE FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND SO FORTH.
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR HOA, IT WAS JUST A DEPOSIT.
BUT WE'LL LOOK AT EXPANDING ON THE HORIZON FOR WHAT WE CAN DO TO TO PROGRAM THE TRAILER.
AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR DIFFERENT CLUBS.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY HAD BANQUETS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE THIS.
TABLES AND CHAIRS WE PROBABLY HAVE, I BELIEVE, 8 TO 10 TABLES, 5060 CHAIRS.
SO IT THERE CAN BE A PURPOSE FOR IT.
WE JUST NEED TO FIND THAT RIGHT FIT IN AND MARKETED IT AND GET IT OUT THERE.
SO THAT WAY DIFFERENT GROUPS CAN UTILIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO YOU JUST DROP IT OFF AND SET IT UP AND THEN JUST PICK IT UP, OR DOES HOA DEAL WITH IT? WELL, WE DON'T SET ANYTHING UP.
PICK IT UP. THERE'S GENERATOR.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS PORTABLE LIGHTS ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO THAT WAY, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FLIP ON THE SWITCH AND YOU CAN LIGHT IT UP FOR IN THE DARK AND SO FORTH, BUT WE DROP IT OFF, AND IT'S THE GROUP'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS PUT BACK IN THE LOCATION AND WE PICK IT UP AND WE DO, OF COURSE, OUR INVENTORY CHECK.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
I'VE HEARD THE TERMS FOR RENT DEPOSIT, BUT THEN YOU'VE ALSO USED THE WORD FREE.
SO THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THAT PROBABLY RIGHT NOW IS SCREAMING IS IT FREE OR DOES IT COST MONEY? SO CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT REAL QUICK THAT THE WORD IT'S FREE, BUT THEN IT'S FOLLOWED UP WITH DEPOSIT AND RENTAL AND SO JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING.
SO THEY'RE NOT THINKING, WELL THIS IS FREE.
I DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANY MONEY TOWARDS THIS.
WELL I WILL ABSOLUTELY CLARIFY.
IT IS UTILIZED RIGHT NOW AND AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.
WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO RENT.
WE EXPLORED THAT OPTION AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
SO THAT WAY IT IS IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND SO FORTH.
WE'LL EXPLORE THAT WITH LEGAL WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, WHETHER IT IS FREE, WHETHER THERE IS A CHARGE.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR JUST ANY RESIDENT.
NOW FOR GROUPS SUCH AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
BUT FOR ANY RESIDENT RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
WE CAN MAKE IT THAT AND WE'LL EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT WAS ONLY IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CDC BOARDS FOR HOA GROUPS.
SO WOULD THE HOA USE DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT? BECAUSE I'M THINKING IF WE LOAN IT TO AN HOA FOR A BLOCK PARTY, THINGS GET LOST OR BROKEN.
HOW IS THAT? I MEAN, HOW IS THAT PROCESSED? SO WITH THERE IS A DEPOSIT, AND THE DEPOSIT COVERS ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT COME BACK OR IS BROKEN OR MISPLACED AND SO FORTH.
WE UNDERSTAND WEAR AND TEAR, ENTIRE CORNHOLE BOARD BREAKS OR YARD GOLF, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THOSE BACKYARD ACTIVITIES, BUT THE DEPOSIT IS REFUNDABLE.
THAT DEPOSIT IS RETURNED, MAKING IT FREE.
THEN WE CAN START EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS AND JUST KIND OF FINALIZE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
[01:30:01]
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING WILLING PARTICIPANTS TO GO DO IT AND HANG OUT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PARENTS.ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHILE WE ARE HERE FOR ANYTHING UPCOMING FOR PARTNERSHIPS? ANY FINAL WORD FROM YOU GUYS? CHILI. COOK OFF.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD INCORPORATE INTO THE INDIAN FESTIVAL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, ON THE CITY SIDE.
COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? BEFORE WE WRAP UP AND MOVE ON.
OKAY. WELL, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULAR ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 AT 6:30PM THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PARTICIPANTS WITH US AND TRUE PARTNERS WITH US.
IT REALLY DOES MAKE EVERYBODY SO MUCH STRONGER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE REALLY MAYBE SIX MONTHS THAT WE'VE STARTED MEETING, JUST HOW FAR WE'VE MOVED ALONG AND JUST THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU GUYS BEING WILLING AND OPEN TO DO IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING COUNCIL.
THANK YOU GUYS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE'LL JUST SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Y'ALL READY? [INAUDIBLE] . YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, COUNSIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION BY CARLOS, SECOND BY DWAYNE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.