Jul 07, 2026 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY, I HAVE 6:58. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

HAVE A QUICK ROLL CALL. MISS CRYSTAL JACKSON.

PRESENT. ANTHONY LYNCH. PRESENT. STEPHANIE PARKER.

PRESENT. TONYA JONES. PRESENT. MAXINE ELLIS. PRESENT.

AND MYSELF DARIAN MCCOY AND ROBERT RODRIGUEZ IS NOT PRESENT.

NEXT ITEM IS THE INVOCATION. LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE. TODAY.

WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THAT GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF TO LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE DIRECTION THAT IS FIT FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, OF THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON. AND WE ASK FOR YOUR TRAVELING GRACE BACK IN TWO FROM OUR DESTINATION.

IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TEXAS. ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS. INDIVIDUAL.

[F. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]

SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE BOARD IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO THE TWO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS PORTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO SPEAKERS IN INQUIRY, OR TO TAKE OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL ADDRESS THE BOARD DIRECTLY, NOT CITY STAFF OR OTHERWISE.

BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL AND CORDIAL AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING OR DISPARAGING REMARKS AS TO MAINTAIN DECORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THE MEETING.

AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK. NEXT ITEM.

[G. CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSIDER APPROVING JUNE MEETING MINUTES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THAT. MY I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS MISSPELLED IN THE MEETING MINUTES, SO I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE CORRECTED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UPDATING TONYA'S NAME ON THE MEETING MINUTES. SECOND.

ALRIGHT, MOVING TO ITEM H. REGULAR AGENDA H.1 2026-041 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN PRESENTED BY OLSSON

[H. REGULAR AGENDA]

THEY WERE TASKED WITH THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN ALONG WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT TONIGHT, HE'LL GIVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE FINAL DRAFT FOR THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.

MAKING SURE IT WORKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

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EXCITED TO BE HERE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING AND WALK YOU THROUGH JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF THE, OF THE PLAN AND AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HERE THIS EVENING.

UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED IT A LITTLE BIT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HIGH LEVEL HERE MOVING FORWARD, BUT REALLY WANTED TO START OFF LOOKING AT WHAT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND MOTION AND REALLY SOME OF THE BIG CHALLENGES.

IT'S ONE OF THE FUN ASPECTS OF WORKING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS PROJECT IS THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE EXCITING BUT CHALLENGES HERE IS WITH THE WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT YOU'VE HAD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD BONES HERE ON YOUR PARK SYSTEM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, YOU HAVE FALLEN BEHIND ON THE TYPES OF AMENITIES AND FACILITIES AND OTHER AREAS THAT REALLY MAKE A COMMUNITY, A COMPLETE COMMUNITY, OR A WHOLE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES ALONG WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE EXISTING FACILITIES, HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND MODIFY THOSE AND MOVING FORWARD ALONG WITH BUILDING NEW FACILITIES AS WELL? AND THEN REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON HERE A LITTLE BIT IS REALLY KIND OF CHANGING THE MINDSET A LITTLE BIT AS IT RELATES TO PARKS AND TRAILS AND RECREATIONAL SPACES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND FOCUSING THEM BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I SAY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, I CONSIDER WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS YOUR ROADS, YOUR SEWER, YOUR WATER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, PARKS SHOULD REALLY BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND PATRONS THAT EITHER LIVE HERE OR WORK HERE OR COME TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF A PLACE AS PART OF IT.

AND SO AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, CALL OUT A COUPLE TIMES.

WE LOOKED AT YOUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY LOOKED AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE AREAS OF WHERE, AGAIN, YOU MAY BE DEFICIENT, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT LOOK A STEP AHEAD.

I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, SOME FAST GROWING, LIKE THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

I'VE ALSO WORKED IN COMMUNITIES THAT IN, IN ON THE, THE FIRST AND SECOND TIER GROWTH CITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY LANDLOCKED.

AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPURPOSE THEIR PARK SPACE AND REDEVELOP IT.

AND SO IT'S TAKEN THOSE TWO MINDSETS TO REALLY POSITION YOU ALL IN A PLACE THAT AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW, YOU ARE FOSTERING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ABILITY FOR, FOR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY TO HAVE GREAT AND WONDERFUL PLACES AND SPACES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO NOT OVERBUILDING THAT DOWN THE ROAD, IT BECOMES A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE.

I SPENT 15 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, RAN A COUPLE DIFFERENT PARKS DEPARTMENTS, AND USUALLY IN CITY BUDGETS GET TIGHT, THE FIRST THING THAT GOES IS PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND SO UTILIZING THAT MINDSET A LITTLE BIT WAS REALLY WHAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE, THE MINDSET THAT WE WANTED TO SHIFT TOWARDS HERE IS, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING WHY PARKS MATTER, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON. IT'S REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND OR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S REALLY THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AGAIN, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, THEIR GATHERING PLACES, YOU KNOW, EVEN PLACES LIKE YOUR CITY HALL HERE, YOUR NEW REC FACILITY THAT'S BEING BUILT, AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT MAY BE BUILT INTO THE FUTURE.

THEY'RE REALLY YOUR GATHERING PLACES THAT SHOULD BE CONNECTED TOGETHER THROUGH A VERY WELL CONNECTED SYSTEM.

AND ALSO, PARKS OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VENTURES HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME POTENTIAL ARMY CORPS PROPERTIES AND WHAT THAT COULD DO FOR THE COMMUNITY IN IN THE LONG TERM AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I THINK PARKS DO PROVIDE ANOTHER LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES AND YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. AND THEN JUST FOCUSING ON THOSE SOCIAL SPACES AND THOSE AREAS.

I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH COVID, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THE VALUE OF PARKS ARE.

AS IT CAME AS WE CAME OUT OF COVID AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL.

AS CHASE MENTIONED, THIS WAS, THIS PLAN WAS BUILT IN TANDEM WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY YOUR CITY COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

BUT WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PARK MASTER PLAN. AND SO BECAUSE OF THIS DUAL EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM OF PLANNERS AND OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER DISCIPLINES TO REALLY BUILD A PLAN THAT TIES THE TWO TOGETHER.

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AND THEN PLANS LIKE YOUR PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN THAT WE HAVE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF THE, THE MAJOR IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS IS REALLY THE GUIDELINE FOR HOW YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD GROW AND ENHANCE YOUR, YOUR SYSTEM INTO THE FUTURE.

AND SO THROUGH THAT, WE, WE HOSTED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VISIONING WORKSHOPS AND STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

WE DID, WE HAD SEVERAL SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT, A COUPLE DIFFERENT PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES AND WORKSHOPS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON VACCINES. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

WORKING THROUGH THAT AND, AND THROUGH IT ALL, AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL NUMBERS OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY'S PLAN.

IT'S NOT OLSSON'S PLAN. IT'S NOT CHASE'S PLAN, BUT IT'S REALLY ONE THAT'S BUILT ON CONSENSUS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OVER 1400 SURVEY RESPONSES AS PART OF THE THE PLANNING EFFORT.

AND AGAIN, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD DURING THE WORKSHOPS AND MULTIPLE DAY TRIPS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WERE HERE SO EXCITED TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE APPENDIX THAT'S PART OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

YOU WILL SEE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE FACILITATED THROUGH THAT PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL.

FOUR KIND OF CONSISTENT THEMES EMERGED AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROVIDING KIND OF THE GUIDANCE HERE.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARKS ARE FOR EVERYONE.

YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE A GROWING COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES AND PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE BACK END, THE AGE IN PLACE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SPACES AND THE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT WANT TO AGE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME HERE.

FOR THE COMMUNITY PLANNING FOR GROWTH, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO, THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONSISTENT THEME FOR A WHILE YET FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, BUT WANTING TO REALLY STAY AHEAD OF THAT GROWTH THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENT. AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER CONNECTIONS.

I THINK, AS I MENTIONED, I COMMEND CHASE AND MEGAN AND THE TEAM FOR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEY MAINTAIN RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR EXISTING PARKS AND YOUR FACILITIES AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALKS AND THE TRAILS, BUT DEFINITELY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO EXPAND THOSE TRAILS AND MOBILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN ALSO TO PROTECT YOUR OPEN SPACE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDORS AND ASSETS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO HOW DO WE, OUR HOW ARE WE ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT AND, AND CREATE THOSE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT COULD BE FOR RECREATIONAL STANDPOINT OR JUST THE PRESERVATION ASPECT AS WELL.

AND SO WHEN WE STARTED TO BUILD YOUR PLAN, REALLY, THESE ARE KIND OF THE THE HIGH LEVEL CHALLENGES.

I CALL THEM CHALLENGES, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS WITHIN THE PLANNING PROCESS.

AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE POSITIONED YOUR PLAN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND AS WE GET INTO KIND OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE HERE, WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON KIND OF A CATCH UP SCENARIO HERE A LITTLE BIT.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE GENERAL FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PAYING FOR EXISTING FACILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY AND, AND THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT AND A CAPITAL STANDPOINT, YOU'RE STILL VERY LIMITED.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU'RE WORKING OFF OF A LOT OF ONE TIME REVENUES RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WORKING WITH THE TEAM HERE AND UNDERSTANDING THE SHORT TERM TO LONG TERM INVESTMENTS, WE WANTED TO POSITION YOU IN A MANNER THAT WAS FINANCIALLY AND FISCALLY, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AS I MENTIONED, HAVING WORKED ON IN, IN PARKS OR IN THE CITY ROLE BEFORE AND LOOKING AT PARKS AND OTHER SYSTEMS AS WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET YOU OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS GLORIOUS PLAN THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD OR YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE OR YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN LONG TERM.

SO WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE ADDRESS IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH THAT IS STILL CONTINUING TO SEE HERE? HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THE DEFICITS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? ONE CHALLENGE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT CHASE AND HIS TEAM WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH YOU ALL, HOPEFULLY SUPPORTING THIS IS IDENTIFYING THE STAFFING CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE MANAGING IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE TOO. AND SO HOW DO YOU CHANGE THAT OVER TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT YOU'RE ALSO BRINGING ON NEW FACILITIES. AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE, YOU KNOW, THE NEW FACILITIES YOU HAVE COMING ON BOARD AS WELL.

BEING PROACTIVE IN, IN LAND ACQUISITION. I THINK THAT'S KEY HERE.

AND WE'LL GET INTO WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

BUT IDENTIFYING FUTURE SHARED SHARED RESOURCES OR SHARED PARK SPACE THAT COULD BE OTHER ELEMENTS AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S SHARING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S SHARING IT WITH MAYBE A FUTURE FIRE STATION ALONG THOSE LINES.

BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE, THE ELEMENT HERE OF NOT SILOING THE DIFFERENT CIVIC PIECES THAT ARE OUT THERE,

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THEN AS I MENTIONED, FUNDING STABILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT ASSETS YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, IS TO LEVERAGE YOUR LAKE LAVON ASSETS IN THE LONG TERM ON THAT SIDE OF IT AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL VISION MAP HERE THAT WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY KIND OF ENCOMPASSES IT'S THE OVERALL, I WOULD SAY, A MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THE FUTURE PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEM FRAMEWORK.

THIS IS IN THE REPORT AND IS BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN THERE.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS THAT ARE THERE. BUT IT STARTS TO IDENTIFY THE FUTURE MULTIMODAL MAJOR SPINES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFYING THAT FROM A MOBILITY STANDPOINT, ALONG WITH FUTURE PROPERTY ACQUISITION TARGETS, AND THEN ALSO AREAS OF INTEREST FOR ENHANCED INTERSECTIONS OR TRAILHEADS. THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALSO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE FUTURE ROADWAYS MAY BE, AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL.

SO THERE IS A TIE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS PART OF THIS AS WELL.

BUT REALLY, THIS IS REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS A KIND OF A SYSTEM THAT'S CONNECTED, THAT'S INCLUSIVE, HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND THEN AGAIN, COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

I WANT TO GET INTO FOUR YEAR, FOUR YEAR PLAN, WE DID NOT CREATE A VISION STATEMENT.

WE, WE PURPOSELY LOOKED AT IDENTIFYING MORE OF YOUR YOUR COMMUNITY ANCHORS.

AND THIS WAS REALLY GATHERED THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WELL.

BUT THIS WAS REALLY GATHERED THROUGH THE INITIAL FEEDBACK.

WE DID HOLD A VISION WORKSHOP IN THE SURVEYS, AND WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS KIND OF WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PLAN, THEY'RE REALLY TIED BACK TO THESE FOUR COMMUNITY ANCHORS AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING DECISIONS AROUND CIVIC PRIDE AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY, FOCUSING ON DECISIONS AROUND PARKS AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER.

NUMBER THREE, AGAIN, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP ELEMENT.

AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, CHASE AND HIS TEAM, AND YOU ALL CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS GOING TO TAKE PARTNERSHIPS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE COLLECTIVE PLANNING TO REALLY IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS OVERALL PLAN AS A WHOLE. BUT, BUT AGAIN, THESE ANCHORS REALLY SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FUTURE INVESTMENTS AND DECISION MAKING AS YOU WE MOVE FORWARD. IT HELPS GUIDE NOT ONLY CHASING HIS TEAM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE PLANNING TEAM AS WELL WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SPACES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT WITHIN IDENTIFIED.

WE ALSO, AS PART OF THIS, REALLY WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TACTFUL APPROACH HERE AS IT RELATES TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, THE SPACES, THE PLACES AND THE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY'RE ALL LINKED TOGETHER.

AS YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING TO GO OUT AND GO BUILD TEN NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS TOMORROW.

REALISTICALLY, PROBABLY CAN'T AFFORD IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT OR FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. AND SO WHEN DEVELOPMENTS COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN CHASE AND HIS STAFF ARE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CITY LEADERSHIP ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME IN, WE PURPOSELY IDENTIFIED BASICALLY A PALETTE OR A TOOLBOX OF DIFFERENT SPACES AND PLACES THAT WE WANT DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER AND INCORPORATE INTO THEIR PROJECTS, WHETHER THAT IS ON A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUBLIC SPACES, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WHETHER THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GREEN SPACE ALONG THOSE LINES, THE ACTIVE PLACES AS WELL. HOPEFULLY, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR KIND OF P3 PARTNERSHIPS OR OTHER AMENITIES THAT COME IN FOR FUTURE RECREATION FACILITIES OR DESTINATION PARKS. AND THEN REALLY, THE HEALTHY CONNECTIONS IS KIND OF A TWO FOLD.

IT HELPS ON A YEAR BY YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS, WORKING WITH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM ON FUTURE ROADWAY WIDENINGS OR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTIONS, WHAT TYPE OF FACILITIES SHOULD BE BUILT WHERE, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE A SIDE PATH THAT IS TEN FEET BECAUSE IT'S MULTI MODAL AND IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR SPINES, OR IS IT MORE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK IN, OR IS IT ENHANCING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTORS WITH SHARROWS OR BIKE LANES ON ROAD? WE'VE PROVIDED THIS TOOLBOX FOR YOU OF ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE.

AGAIN, AS A REFERENCE TO WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, YOU CAN POINT TO THESE ARE THE FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING REQUIRED.

WE PROVIDED THE MATRIX WITHIN THERE AND THE GUIDING DOCUMENT OF HOW TO SELECT AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, AND ALSO PROVIDED THE TOOLS TO YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS AT ALL.

YOUR BEST PERSON AND ADVOCATE IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE CHASE AND HIS TEAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, FROM A PARKS SPACE PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS REALLY THE TOOLBOX REALLY PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND BUILD CONSENSUS WITH THE

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YOU KNOW, SOME PARKS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DESTINED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OR A LITTLE BIT FOR A YOUNGER AGE WHEREAS AGAIN, YOU MAY HAVE A PARK DOWN IN THE SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NATURE.

AND SO UTILIZING THE TOOLS HERE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT COHESIVE NETWORK OF RECREATIONAL AND PARK SPACES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM VISION TO ACTION. HERE, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE PURPOSELY DID NOT WANT TO FILL THE ACTION PLAN.

AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR GUIDING DOCUMENT AS WELL AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE FUTURE.

BUT WE DEFINITELY DID NOT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE YOU 100 OR 200 ACTIONS OR POLICIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

SO WE REALLY BROKE IT DOWN TO WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE BIG PLAYS OR THE FIVE PLAYS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. BUT EACH OF THESE PLAYS KIND OF HAVE A SHORT TERM MEDIUM TERM.

AND THEN I WOULD SAY A THREE YEAR PLUS TERM. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS MORE AS A 5 TO 10 YEAR PLAN.

IT STILL SETS OUT A 20 YEAR VISION FOR YOU ALL.

BUT THE REALITY IS WITH HOW FAST PRINCETON IS GROWING AND HOW MUCH IS, I WOULD SAY NEEDED TO BE CAUGHT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT.

WE FELT GOING DOWN THIS ROAD WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR WHERE PRINCETON SITS TODAY AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

SO POINT NUMBER ONE IS REALLY STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM ENGINE.

AND THIS IS REALLY FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, STAFFING MODEL THAT SERVES, YOU KNOW, THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING COMMUNITY.

LONG TERM SUCCESS REQUIRES THE PEOPLE FUNDING FACILITIES.

AND SO WITHIN THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE PROVIDED THE CITY AND YOUR TEAM HERE WITH KIND OF A SCALABLE STAFFING MODEL, WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH YEAR. SO CHASE CAN, IN HIS YEARLY BUDGET REQUEST AND THE SUPPORT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON AS YOU HAVE NEW FACILITIES COMING ON BOARD, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OR NEW PARKS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MAINTENANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED STAFF IN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO WE BUILT OUT THAT MODEL HERE TO UNDERSTAND FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE IN ORDER TO START MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED, YOU ARE, YOU CAN ONLY LIVE ON ONE ONE TIME REVENUES FOR SO LONG BEFORE SOMETHING HAS TO GET CUT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS KIND OF AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH HERE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS TO REALLY GET YOU GUYS CAUGHT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT'S NEEDED TO REALLY STRENGTHEN YOUR SYSTEM AND BRING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU HAVE NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

THE SECOND ONE IS TO SECURE THE LAND THAT SHAPES PRINCETON'S FUTURE.

AND THIS ONE IS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND, AGAIN, LARGER PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE LONG TERM.

YOU MAY BE THINKING, DO WE NEED 100 ACRES RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE AREAS, I THINK YOU DO. LONG TERM.

AND AGAIN, PRIORITIZING LOOKING NOW BEFORE DEVELOPERS COME IN, BEFORE OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT COME IN, IT'S MORE OF A HOLDING PATTERN. AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LEVERAGE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED.

THAT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I USE THE EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IN COMMUNITIES LIKE PLANO, WHERE THEY'RE STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START SHARING THOSE RESOURCES IF A SCHOOL GETS BUILT, AT SOME TIME, IT WILL NEED TO TRANSITION TO SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN, POPULATION, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GROW OUT, AND SO DOES THAT SCHOOL MAYBE BECOME A COMMUNITY CENTER INTO THE FUTURE WITH A PARK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON SHAREABILITY AS PART OF IT, WHETHER AGAIN, IT'S WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S OTHER CITY FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED INTO THE FUTURE.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS, AS I MENTIONED, IS UTILIZING MORE OF A PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC SPACES PROGRAM OR POPS.

WE PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE IN THAT IN YOUR REPORT OF HOW TO START THAT PROGRAM UP.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPERS BUILDING THE PARKS AND AND AS THOSE COME IN, IN LIEU OF PUTTING THAT THAT BURDEN ON THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS REQUIRING THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING.

AND AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, OR IT COULD BE A A LARGE TOWN CENTER, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT JUST THE SMALL CIVIC PLAZAS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT IN GREEN SPACES WITHIN THERE, OR ENHANCING THE STREETSCAPE AS PART OF THOSE ELEMENTS.

THE PLAN KIND OF PROVIDES THE GUIDANCE ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.

PLAY NUMBER THREE IS REALLY FOCUSING ON WEAVING THE CITY TOGETHER.

AND AS I KIND OF MENTIONED HERE, IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON YOUR GREENWAYS AND AND YOUR HEALTHY CONNECTIONS.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT, I THINK, BUILDING OUT YOUR TRAIL NETWORK THAT YOU HAVE STARTED AND SOME OF YOUR PARKS WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, TICKEY CREEK GREENWAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY, THE WAY THAT YOUR COMMUNITY LAYS OUT RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES,

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AND WE'VE SEEN GREAT EXAMPLES, AND WE PROVIDED A COUPLE CASE STUDIES IN YOUR REPORT OF HOW TO MONETIZE THAT AND REALLY CREATE THAT AS THE BACKBONE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT REALLY STARTS TYING IN THE REST OF YOUR FACILITIES.

I MEAN, THAT GOES PAST YOUR EXISTING SPORTS COMPLEX ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WILL CONNECT INTO YOUR NEW AND FUTURE RECREATIONAL FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 380.

AND SO HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THAT AND, AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS THERE? SO CREATING SOME FORM OF CONSERVANCY CONSERVANCY THAT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THAT OVER.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY A LOT OF GREAT MODELS THAT ARE OUT THERE AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF BUILDING OUT A CITY WIDE TRAIL AND GREENWAY FRAMEWORK.

AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALKS OR YOUR SIDE PATHS.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CONNECTIVE TISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER, EVEN DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTORS AND THE, AND THE GREEN SPACES ALONG THERE AS WELL.

PLAY NUMBER FOUR IS REALLY ELEVATE EVERYDAY SPACES.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON, YOU HAVE GREAT BONES IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE BOND FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND ENHANCING THOSE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND NOT FORGETTING ABOUT THOSE, AND THEN BUILDING UPON KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS HERE AND REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE PUBLIC REALM. WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL AS PART OF THIS REPORT AND THIS PLANNING PROCESS TO REALLY FOCUS ON KIND OF THE PUBLIC REALM IS REALLY ANOTHER ELEMENT OF WHAT TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER, I THINK IS OFTEN LOST IN A LOT OF PLANNING PROCESSES AND ESPECIALLY IN PARKS.

AND SO WE WERE, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS KIND OF THE, THE PLANNING TERM IS THE CIVIC COMMONS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

BUT AGAIN, REALLY JUST THOSE GREEN SPACES AND THOSE CORRIDORS ALONG THE STREETS, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN, WHETHER IT'S KIND OF SOME OF THOSE MAJOR SPINES AS WELL.

AND THEN THE LAST PLAY IS REALLY LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE POWER.

AND THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK YOU HAVE SOME A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LONG TERM HERE FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS AND OTHER AGENCIES.

TEXDOT AND, AND THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY, THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN ALSO LEVERAGE TO HELP BUILD SOME OF THESE NEW FACILITIES AND MAINTAIN THEM AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

AGAIN, THE CITY SHOULD NOT TAKE ON THE FULL BURDEN OF THIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

AND SO REALLY LEVERAGING THOSE ASSETS AND, AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK WILL BE KEY IN ORDER TO SEE THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS OVERALL MASTER PLAN LONG TERM.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FINISHING UP HERE THIS AFTERNOON IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THIS PLANNING PROCESS AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A JOY AND HONOR AND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND THE TEAM HERE AT THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO BUILD THIS PLAN FOR YOU ALL ALONG WITH, OBVIOUSLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE LAND USE SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT REALLY, WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND YOU BUILD THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE PLAYS, YOU'LL BE, YOU KNOW, YOU BUILD THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT YOUR ONGOING PROJECTS AND, AND PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.

I REMEMBER, I THINK THE FIRST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH CHASE AND MEGAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALREADY EXCEEDING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCHOOL'S CAPABILITIES AND CHASE IS LOSING MONEY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BRING, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROGRAMS ARE ARE EXPANDING SO WELL, BUT BRINGING TOURNAMENTS IN, YOU CAN'T DO BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES.

SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT CAN DO HERE. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY YOU SECURE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OUT YOUR, YOUR TRAIL SYSTEM.

AND THEN AGAIN, CREATING AN EXCEPTIONAL PARKS AND RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER, AGAIN, IT'S YOUR PATRONS HERE OR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LEVERAGING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF WHAT PARKS CAN MEAN TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON. AND WITH THAT THANK YOU. AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GREATLY APPRECIATE.

IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE AND INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AS A STAKEHOLDER. I WILL SAY THAT THERE WAS, I THINK, 50 OF US STAKEHOLDERS CLOSE TO THAT AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE FOR YOU OR THEY'RE MORE FOR CHASE.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS YOU, YOU DID REFERENCE SOMETHING ABOUT APPENDIX. YOU SAID IN THE APPENDIX WHERE THE COMMENTS FROM THE SURVEYS.

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NOW, ME PERSONALLY, I DID GET THE COMP PLAN ON JUNE 10TH FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT FROM A PARKS AND REC SIDE OF IT, I MYSELF AND I'VE SPOKEN TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

WE DIDN'T GET IT TO REVIEW. SO, SO. I WILL, I GUESS, ANSWER ONE THING.

I BELIEVE THAT THE COMP PLAN AND THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS ONLINE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE WITH ALL THE APPENDICES AS WELL.

SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOU, BUT THE APPENDICES ARE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT ADDRESS BOTH PLANS.

NO, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT AS A BOARD, WE DIDN'T.

AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE TRAILS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PARKS GROW.

BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN'T THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEEDED TO REVIEW PRIOR TO THIS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS.

MAYBE THAT'S A BETTER SOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN.

THIS WAS SENT OUT LAST MONTH. THIS WAS AN UPDATE LAST MONTH, AND IT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT EVERYBODY THAT EVERYBODY HAD A MONTH TO REVIEW TO SEND OVER.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PROVIDED TO MR. KANE? CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH AGENDA? BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH AND I APOLOGIZE, I WENT THROUGH OUR AGENDAS AND EARLIER TODAY AND I DIDN'T SEE IT. SO IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHEN IT WAS SENT JUST SO I COULD FIND IT.

THE PARKS, THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN WAS UP IN JUNE'S MEETING. OKAY, I'LL REVIEW THAT. THANK YOU. MY OTHER QUESTION. SO ARE WE GOING TO BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED TONIGHT TAKING A VOTE, BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND TALK, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEIR THOUGHTS AND THAT TO THE BOARD.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS PLAN WILL BE DISCUSSED. IT IS POSTED ONLINE.

IT WILL BE OPEN FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL GO THROUGH P&Z AND THEN INTO COUNCIL.

THIS PLAN COMPLEMENTS AND CORRESPONDS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BUT IT'S NOT A LEGISLATIVE.

THIS IS A GUIDELINE THAT COMPLEMENT COMPLEMENTS LIKE I SAID, THE THE COMP PLAN.

THANK YOU. IF I CAN I THAT AS YOU ARE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO I BELIEVE THE ACTION THAT CHASE THE TEAM WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THIS AFTERNOON WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS.

AND THEN JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE WE WILL BE PRESENTING.

MICHELLE IS BEHIND ME THAT I, WE CAN GET THE DATES TO YOU ALL THAT I WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR BOTH PLANS FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEN AS CHASE MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

THAT WILL BE THAT WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THANK YOU.

I HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL LET OTHERS.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE DETAILED AGAIN FROM ALL THAT WE DID ALL THE PAPERS THAT WERE UP, ALL THE STICKY NOTES, ALL THE LITTLE DOTS AND THAT, DO WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION THAT CAN BE REVIEWED AS WELL? SO THAT WOULD BE APPENDICES C WHICH IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY THAT HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE.

YOU MAY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT SPECIFIC DOCUMENT AS PART OF YOUR PACKET.

YOU HAVE THE PARK MASTER PLAN, BUT THE APPENDICES C I KNOW BECAUSE IT'S A SHARED DOCUMENT BETWEEN BOTH THE PARK PLAN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN UPLOADED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THAT DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING. EVERY SINGLE COMMENT, EVERY SINGLE POST-IT NOTE.

SO YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE STILL DOING THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS IN THAT YOU COULD CLICK THE WEB LINK AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THAT AT

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AND JUST TO NOTE, THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN WAS ITEM H.3.

I'M SORRY, H.2 2026-033 FOR JUNE. AND THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WITH THE FULL DOCUMENT ATTACHED. THANK YOU. I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT.

SO THANK YOU. SO IN THIS ONE CASE I THINK IS FOR YOU.

I KNOW WE HAVE A PRIOR COMP PLAN. I THINK IT'S FROM LAST YEAR, MAYBE FOR PARKS AND TRAILS OR I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE LAST COMP PLAN WAS, BUT. 2018. OKAY. BY CHANCE, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT TELLS US WHAT WAS ON THAT COMP PLAN THAT WE COULD SEE COMPARED TO WHAT WAS DONE FOR THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ITEMS WERE COMPLETED AND MAYBE COMPARE IT TO THE COMP PLAN NOW.

AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY MORE RESIDENTS, BUT IT WILL AT LEAST SHOW WHAT WAS THERE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW.

A LOT OF THAT, BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE HAVE OUR CURRENT ADOPTED PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2018.

IT WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, AND THAT DOCUMENT IS UNDER THE PARKS AND REC PAGE ONLINE.

AS FAR AS THE COMPARISON OF SO, AS MR. KANE MENTIONED, WITH THE RAPID GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY, THESE PLANS ARE ANTICIPATED TO, YOU KNOW, RUN 10 TO 15 YEAR PLANS.

BUT THE REALITY IS, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING A TEN TO A 15% GROWTH ANNUAL, THAT REALLY CUTS THAT TIME FRAME DOWN INTO ABOUT A FIVE TO A SEVEN YEAR PLAN IN ALL ACTUALITY. I'D LOVE TO SAY IT WOULD LAST LONGER NOW THE BONES AND THE STRUCTURES ARE THERE FOR LONG TERM, BUT OVERALL, THIS DOCUMENT ACTUALLY IS MORE SO ISOLATED INTO IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND LEVERAGING THE LAND USE AND THE CONNECTIVITY TO PROVIDE BACKUP INFORMATION.

SO WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO IDENTIFY THE OPEN SPACES IN THE PARK SPACES AND THE TRAIL CONNECTIVITIES LONG TERM VERSUS THE, THE PREVIOUS PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, IT PROVIDED SOME OF THOSE SPACES, EVERYTHING AS WELL.

BUT WE ALL KNOW OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS NOW, 8 TO 10 YEARS, THAT'S WHEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH HAS HIT PRINCETON.

SO A LOT OF THAT LAND WHICH WAS INCORPORATED WAS SHOWN AS STILL AS AN UNINCORPORATED PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW IN THIS PLAN, WE'RE MORE SO IDENTIFYING THOSE SPACES FOR LONG TERM.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. GO. RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

I'M LOOKING AT THE JUNE AGENDA AND I'VE CLICKED ON THE PLAN FOR THE PLAY PRINCETON PARKS AND TRAILS.

IT'S A DRAFT DATED FEBRUARY THE 13TH, 2026. IT APPEARS TO BE A 48 PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT WHEN I LOOK ONLINE, WHEN I JUST GO AND SEARCH, I AM FINDING A DRAFT THAT'S DATED JUNE OF 2026.

SO IT APPEARS TO BE AN UPDATED DRAFT THAT CONTAINS 87 PAGES.

SO I WANT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY, I WOULD I WOULD GUESS THAT WE'RE GOING WITH THIS JUNE DRAFT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE ALMOST TWICE AS LONG AS, OR AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 40 PAGES MORE THAN WHAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE JUNE AGENDA.

SO I'D AT LEAST LIKE A SECOND JUST TO KIND OF GLANCE THROUGH IT BECAUSE I'M WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.

IT'S TWO SIDED. OKAY. BUT THE PAGE NUMBERS, IF IT'S TWO SIDED, THEY COUNT BOTH SIDES.

SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S 87, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE 87 PAGES.

EVEN IF BECAUSE IF YOU GO IN AND YOU'RE CREATING A DOCUMENT AND YOU'RE NUMBERING EACH PAGE.

THE PAGE IS. THE COUNT IS THE COUNT. IT DOESN'T CHANGE.

YES, THE INFORMATION IS ALL IDENTIFIED FROM THE DRAFT TO THE FINAL DRAFT.

A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE MORE PICTURES, BUT THE INFORMATION IS ALL IS ALL PROVIDED FROM THAT ORIGINAL DRAFT.

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CORRECT. FROM 11 TO 1 FOR RESIDENTS. COME IN HERE ABOUT THE COMP PLAN.

THAT IS SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOCUSED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ELEMENTS OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN PRESENTED DURING THAT TOWN HALL.

REALLY? OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT THANK YOU.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

VERY INSIGHTFUL. I HAVE MY QUESTION IS MORE INTO THE MEAT OF THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF.

YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS. LAND ACQUISITIONS.

HAVE THAT LAND ALREADY BE PART OF THE PLAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT IS PART OF THE PARKS PLAN, DIFFERENT LAND THAT WE MAY HAVE OUR EYE ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL SYSTEM MAP, WE DID IDENTIFY SOME LARGER PARCELS OF LAND.

AND AGAIN THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THAT.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS, I WOULD SAY BASED UPON WHERE FUTURE GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN.

WE ALSO DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS AND OUR WORKSHOPS, WORKED WITH THE ISD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE EITHER POTENTIALLY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED SOME LAND FOR NEW SCHOOLS OR WHERE ADDITIONAL LAND COULD BE ACQUIRED AS WELL AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINGENT TO THAT. SO YES, THE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY AREAS.

I, I WOULDN'T SAY WE WENT DOWN TO THE PARCEL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, BUT AREAS WHERE WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT ACQUIRING SOME, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PARKLAND AGAIN, FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION OF THOSE SPACES.

OKAY. AND IN WORKING IN OTHER CITIES THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL ON, HOW DID THEY COLLABORATE IN ENSURING, WHETHER IT BE TAKING OVER A SCHOOL AND CONVERTING IT TO A COMMUNITY CENTER OR REC CENTER? WHAT TYPE OF THINGS HAVE YOU SEEN DONE? YEAH.

I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, HAVING WORKED WITH, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF, I'M GOING TO SAY PREDOMINANTLY BUILT OUT CITIES RIGHT NOW.

AGAIN, I USE PLANO BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN THE IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU COULD LOOK AT, I THINK COLLEYVILLE AND FORT WORTH. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME OTHER CITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY HAVE EXPANDED AND ARE BASICALLY BUILT OUT CITY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AGING IN PLACE AND THEY'RE NOT MOVING. AND SO THE TYPES OF SOME MORE OF THE, I'M GOING TO SAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE BEING SOLD OFF OR BEING RECONSIDERED, WHAT TO DO FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. AND SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME PARKS DEPARTMENTS ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES AND HOLD THEM FOR FUTURE.

JUST AGAIN, THE LAND ITSELF. YEAH. POTENTIALLY MAKES SENSE.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE, I THINK COLLABORATION, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MY PREVIOUS WHEN I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I ACTUALLY DID A, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL FACILITY AND AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, WORKPLACE AND BUILT ON TO THEIR FACILITY AS WELL FOR SCHOOL AND FOR RECREATION SIDE OF IT. SO I THINK THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I USE THE, I THINK OBVIOUSLY A COMMUNITY SPACE, YOU KNOW, IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT I'VE SEEN, I THINK SUCCESSFULLY DONE BECAUSE IT REALLY BECOMES, AS I MENTIONED, REALLY REPRIORITIZING AND REFOCUSING WHAT PARKS AND THESE FACILITIES MEAN TO A COMMUNITY AS MORE SOCIAL SPACES AND COMMUNITY HUBS.

AND SO WE'VE SEEN IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT LIBRARIES INTO THEM OR REGIONAL LIBRARIES, IT COULD BE A CO-WORKING SPACE. WE'VE SEEN TIMES WHERE CHAMBERS AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE GONE INTO IT AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND SO I DON'T THINK YOU ARE THERE OBVIOUSLY, YET, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, POSITIONING PRINCETON JUST FOR THAT LONG TERM, I SAY LONG TERM VISION, YOU KNOW, AS NEW FACILITIES ARE BEING BUILT.

AND BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES I'VE WORKED WITH AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT AND I THINK I AS WE WORKED THROUGH YOUR PLANNING PROCESS YOU HAVE, I THINK, A PRETTY PHENOMENAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW AND UTILIZING THE GYMS AND THE FACILITIES FOR YOUR PROGRAMS. BUT YOU'RE AT A POINT WHERE YOU'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS OR THE SCHOOL IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AND NEEDS THOSE FACILITIES AFTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS PUSHING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR FACILITIES NOT BEING ABLE TO BE USED ANYMORE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IN, IN SOME OF THE PAST PARK PLANS THAT I'VE WORKED ON, WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU OPEN UP THE SCHOOL YARD AFTER 3:00, YOU KNOW, HAVING KIND OF JOINT, JOINT AGREEMENTS ON THAT SIDE OF IT.

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BUT I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SHIFT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL IT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CO-LOCATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN BLEND THINGS TOGETHER SINCE WE DON'T NEED A DUPLICATION OF TEN DIFFERENT PARKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE SERVICING THE SAME NEED. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS PLAN WAS MORE OF LIKE A CATCH UP SCENARIO.

SO ONCE WE DO CATCH UP, LIKE IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR WHAT'S TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER WE CATCH UP? YEAH. THERE IS. I MEAN, AGAIN, YOUR PLAN, AS CHASE MENTIONED, I MEAN, IT IS REALLY SET TO BE A 20 YEAR VISION.

SO IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO BUILD OUT THAT MASTER PLAN TODAY OF ALL THE NEW, YOU KNOW, MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, BIKE TRAILS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALONG THOSE LINES, THAT WOULD BE YOUR 20 YEAR VISION, BUT YOUR VISION LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AGAIN, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WILL BASE IT ON LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE PER RESIDENT? WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE EVALUATED THAT AS A METRIC.

THAT'S PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION SIDE OF IT, AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMPLIANCE ON THAT SIDE OF IT AS WELL.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CORE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS REALLY A PRIORITIZATION, I THINK, OF THE LARGER PARCELS OF LAND OR THE, FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAY THE FUNDING AVAILABLE YET TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU HAVE NOW OR WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD WITH YOUR BOND AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU DO YOUR, YOUR NEXT PARK MASTER PLAN, IT CAN BE A REEVALUATION AT THAT POINT OF, OKAY, WHAT NEW PARKS HAVE COME ON BOARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND MOVING FORWARD, BUT PUTTING THE EMPHASIS AND PRIORITIZATION ON DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE OF YOUR MORE SMALLER SOCIAL SPACES AND YOUR SMALLER PARKS, I THINK IS GOING TO BE KEY.

YEAH, WE DID PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN THERE TO TALK ABOUT, COULD THIS BE A TEN YEAR OR 15 YEAR OR 20 YEAR TYPE OF AGREEMENT THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY TAKES OVER THOSE PARKS? WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT.

YOU KNOW, OR THE CITY CAN, CAN CONSIDER THAT AS AN OPTION WHEN THEY ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLEAR YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE SEPARATING PARKS.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY PRIVATIZED AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE CITY LEVERAGING AND PUSHING FORWARD AND MAKING THE REQUIREMENT.

AND AGAIN, HAVING THIS PLAN IN PLACE ALLOWS CHASE AND HIS TEAM, ALONG WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, CITY LEADERSHIP, TO SAY, HEY, YOU'RE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF YOUR YOU'RE DEVELOPING 300 ACRES OF LAND, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN FIVE OR 8 OR 10 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN PROVIDES YOU FOR THE GUIDANCE MOVING FORWARD THAT YOU CAN PUT, THAT YOU CAN BACK YOURSELF INTO AS THAT REGULATORY DOCUMENT SO THAT YOU HAVE IT AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS THE STAFFING MODEL.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU PROVIDE AS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR, OF COURSE MORE STAFF.

BUT HAVE YOU WENT INTO DETAIL ON, HEY, THIS SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY X, Y, AND Z AND MOVING FORWARD, THREE, FOUR MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HERE BY THIS DATE? SO WE HAVE WITHIN THE WITHIN THE OVERALL REPORT AND PROVIDED TO CHASE KIND OF A YEAR BY YEAR SCENARIO FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS BASED UPON YOUR EXISTING FACILITIES YOU HAVE TODAY EXISTING CONTRACTS, EXISTING STAFF LEVELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT THEN AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S COMING ON BOARD, YOU HAVE A LARGE FACILITY COMING ON BOARD HERE IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFFING POWER IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHICH AGAIN, IS YOU'RE PRIORITIZING WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE DOING THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF STAFF IS GOING TO GO TO THAT FACILITY FROM A PROGRAMING STANDPOINT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU STILL HAVE MAINTENANCE OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH MAY OR MAY OR NOT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONTRACTED, YOU KNOW, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. BUT WE HAVE KIND OF PROVIDED THAT TEN YEAR FOCUS SO THAT CHASE CAN GO WHEN HE PREPARES HIS BUDGETS ON A YEARLY BASIS, UNDERSTAND, HERE'S THE PROGRAMS. HERE ARE THE NEW PROGRAMS WE WANT TO DO. HERE'S THE STAFFING THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO DO IT.

AND THEN HE CAN MAKE THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT WILL NEED SUPPORT, AND I WOULD SAY FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD TO SUPPORT CHASE AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AT THOSE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT THE BUDGETS CAN SUPPORT THAT AND, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HIS TEAM IS MAKING WITH YOUR SUPPORT GOING TO FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. I WILL SAY, I DO AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK MORE DEVELOPERS IN THE LARGER COMMUNITIES DO NEED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

AND I KNOW IT IS IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SET LAND ASIDE FOR PUBLIC PARK.

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AND I CAN TELL YOU, OUR PARKS ARE USED ALL THE TIME.

SO THAT MUCH I GREATLY APPRECIATE AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT FOR SURE.

AND I, AND I KIND OF WANT TO FILL IN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT IS I THINK IT'S A TWO FOLD, YOU KNOW, SITUATION IN WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM HERE AND UNDERSTANDING, I THINK YOUR RECREATIONAL PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS KIND OF DIRECTED TO US A LITTLE BIT AND FROM A GUIDANCE STANDPOINT IS CONSOLIDATION SPORTS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ACQUISITION OF LARGER PARCELS OF LAND IS REALLY FROM A MAINTENANCE AND TRAVEL STANDPOINT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE YOUR SPORTS FACILITIES KIND OF CONSOLIDATED AT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER ONE, IF NOT TWO COMPLEXES THAT THAT ENABLE TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON WHAT YOU GET AS YOUR POPULATION GROWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND CHASE AND I HAD HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING WHERE I CAME FROM, WHERE I GREW UP, I, I PLAYED BASEBALL AND I WOULD GO TO KIND OF MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE THAT GOES INTO THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAVEL TIME. AND WITH, WITH, WITH HOW SPREAD OUT YOUR CITY IS.

IT'S A STRAIN WHEN IT COMES TO, AGAIN, IT'S THAT TRADE OFFS HERE, IT'S THAT BALANCE OF DO WE, HOW WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS FROM A STAFFING LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, FROM AN EQUIPMENT LEVEL STANDPOINT? I REMEMBER MY SUMMERS DOING 16 TO 20 BALL FIELDS A DAY AND DRIVING ALL OVER MY COMMUNITY TO DO IT.

SO IT'S A STRAIN ON THAT SIDE OF IT. SO I THINK AGAIN THERE IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LARGER ACQUISITIONS, BUT 100% AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT WE RECOMMENDED AND BUILT INTO THIS PLAN IS AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING FORWARD, IS ENSURING THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE, NUMBER ONE, BUT ALSO THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING SOME FORM OF SOME PUBLIC NOTE, SOME PUBLIC MEETING IN ORDER TO GAUGE WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT PARK.

AND SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU IN THE SENSE THAT SOME PARKS MAY JUST NEED A BACKSTOP AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PLAY KICKBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TOOLBOX OF ELEMENTS THAT WE PUT INTO HERE, WORKING WITH JASON AND HIS TEAM AS NEW FACILITIES DO COME ON BOARD TO IDENTIFY AGAIN, NOT EVERY SINGLE PARK NEEDS A BASKETBALL COURT.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT HAS BEEN MISSED FOR SO LONG, IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT YOUR POPULATION IS 20,000 PEOPLE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU NEED TEN BASKETBALL COURTS. IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHERE. AND THE BEST PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THAT IS YOUR STAFF THAT WORK HERE IN DAY BY DAY BASIS AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPERS BUILDING THAT. SO WE'VE PUT THAT GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE PLAN AS WELL.

SO THAT, AGAIN, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE FACILITIES THAT THEY NEED FOR SOME OF THESE SMALLER PARKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD. QUESTION.

WHEN YOU MENTIONED SPORTS COMPLEXES, ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING LIKE A PSA, YOU KNOW, THE PLANO SPORTS WHERE IN THERE THEY'RE JUST TRULY BASKETBALL COURTS, VOLLEYBALL COURTS? WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, OR? BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WHEN YOU SAY A SPORTS COMPLEX, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN INDOOR SOCCER FIELD. YOU HAVE BASKETBALL.

VOLLEYBALL? YES. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT PARTS.

WHETHER IT'S INDOOR COURTS VERSUS OUTDOOR COMPLEX WE ARE IN NEED OF ALL, RIGHT? HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS IN THE PAST WITH PSA.

WE'RE JUST NOT THERE AS THE GROWTH OF A CITY PSA ARE, YOU KNOW, WITH PLANO SPORTS AUTHORITY.

THEY'RE INTO POPULATIONS OF THE QUARTER MILLION, YOU KNOW, 250,000 RANGE, WE'RE PUSHING AT THAT 50,000 OR 50,000 RANGE, RIGHT?

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HOWEVER, OUR OWN REC CENTERS WOULD SUFFICE FOR SOME OF THE INDOOR RECREATIONAL USAGE.

LEVERAGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS MR. KANE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SOME OF OUR REC LEAGUES AND SO FORTH, WHICH IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HOST. AND IN TERMS OF SPORTS COMPLEXES, THOSE ARE REALLY YOUR OUTDOOR SPACES, YOUR SOCCER FIELDS AND YOUR BASEBALL COMPLEXES, WHICH MULTI-USE OUTDOOR FIELDS, WHETHER IT'S SOCCER, FOOTBALL, CRICKET, YOU KNOW, MULTI-USE FLAG FOOTBALL THERE'S AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN PLAY.

THOSE ARE THE SPORTS FACILITIES THAT HE'S IN REFERENCE TO.

WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE FOUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS AS A CITY CURRENTLY AT ONE COMPLEX, REALLY BASED ON THE POPULATION AND THE NUMBERS, WE SHOULD BE ROUGHLY OVER, OVER 12.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HE'S. YEAH. AND I WASN'T SAYING BRING PS A HERE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING. I WAS USING THAT AS A COMPARISON BECAUSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THAT'S A SPORTS COMPLEX. SO IT WAS JUST A YEAH, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A PSA, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

TRUST ME. I MEAN, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRINCETON.

IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE OR A COMPLEX OF A FACILITY OF THAT MAGNITUDE, WHETHER PSA OR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE IN TOTAL NUMBERS.

AND I WILL NOTE THE LINE ITEM H.2 FROM LAST MONTH.

IT IS THE FULL DOCUMENT. IT IS THE FULL 88 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT AGAIN. WHEN I OPENED IT, IT DIDN'T OPEN UP AND SHOW THAT AND IT HAS A DIFFERENT DATE ON IT.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THEY JUST CHANGED THE DATE? YES, IT'S. IT'S A DRAFT. SO THE DRAFTS ARE COMPLETED AT CERTAIN DATES AND CERTAIN TIMELINES.

SO THAT DRAFT, THE INITIAL DRAFT IS COMPLETED, SAY FEBRUARY.

AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ALL BUNDLED UP.

BUT IF YOU PULL, IF YOU WERE TO. SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE WERE NO CHANGES SINCE THE INITIAL DRAFT IN FEBRUARY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SAYING. I'M SORRY? THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE JUNE MEETING THAT I OPENED HAS A DATE ON HERE OF FEBRUARY.

I'M SORRY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026. WHAT I'M FINDING ON LINE HAS A DATE ON HERE.

LET ME GO BACK TO THE TOP BECAUSE I WAS COMPARING.

IT THEY CHANGED THE DATE ON THE DRAFT. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.

ONE IS DATED FEBRUARY THE 13TH, 2026, AND IT HAS FEWER PAGES BECAUSE IF PAGE ONE IS PAGE ONE, AND EVEN IF YOU'RE USING FRONT AND BACK, WHEN YOU FLIP THE BACKSIDE OVER, YOU'RE GOING TO MARK THAT BACKSIDE AS PAGE TWO.

SO THE COUNT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE DIFFERENT. BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME, THAT WOULD BE AN INDICATION THAT ALL THEY DID WAS GO IN AND CHANGE THE DATE OF THE DRAFT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE EXACT SAME.

NO, BUT THANK YOU. WHAT I AM SAYING IS IT IS THE FULL 88 PAGE DOCUMENT, WHICH ALL THE SAME INFORMATION, SOME OF THE LAYOUT COULD BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN FEBRUARY'S DRAFT AND TODAY'S FINAL.

BUT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DRAFT, IS TO GET THE FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE BOARD TO ADD OR TO ADJUST AS WE'VE BEEN EVOLVING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, YOU BROUGHT UP IT BEING BUILT OUT FOR THE FUTURE, AND ALL OF THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE NEW HIGHWAYS AND ALL THE NEW ROADWAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE ON TEXDOT? SO THE PLAN DOES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE IN TANDEM WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT DOES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR FUTURE ROADWAY NETWORK, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE PLANNED FOR TEXDOT, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST YOUR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROADS AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MULTIMODAL SPINES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, THOSE ROADS MAY NOT BE THERE TODAY, BUT THEY ARE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND AGAIN, WHETHER IT IS A COLLECTOR ROAD OR AN ARTERIAL ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MAY BUILD, OR IF IT'S A FUTURE TEXDOT ROAD,

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IS THERE ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN FIND OR ATTRACT OR WIN SOME OF THESE BONDS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AT THE BOARD OR WITH PARKS OR WITH THE CITY, SO THAT WE CAN WIN SOME BONDS FOR FUTURE? FOR THE, FOR THE GRANTS, YOU MEAN? YEAH. GRANTS. I'M SORRY. MY BAD.

NO NO NO NO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THE WORD CORRECTLY.

SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKS AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, WHICH IS THE STATE ORGANIZATION HERE FOR ANY TYPE OF GRANTS, IS TO HAVE A PARK MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'VE WE'VE ACHIEVED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT ALLOW YOU TO PROCEED AND GO OUT AND LOOK FOR GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

SO HAVING A PARK MASTER PLAN, ONCE IT DOES GET ADOPTED IS YOUR FIRST KEY STEP.

WE HAVE AND CAN PROVIDE KIND OF A LIST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OF DIFFERENT PARKS, YOU KNOW, GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY, WHETHER IT'S FOR TRAIL DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FUTURE BOAT LANDINGS, IF IF IF IT DOES COME TO FRUITION WITH THE ARMY CORPS PROPERTIES ALONG LAKE LAVON AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STATE AND NATIONAL AND STATE AND REGIONAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SOME ARE 50/50 SPLIT, SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, SIDE OF IT, I THINK IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. AND AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, WE'VE KIND OF IDENTIFIED WITH SOME OF THOSE KEY PRIORITIES.

AGAIN, WITH THE BIG STEPS HERE, WE'RE WE SHOULD MAKE THE INVESTMENTS FIRST AND ESPECIALLY ON THE TRAIL SIDE, I THINK TRYING TO MAKE THE LINKAGE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOME OF THAT TICKEY CREEK PARKWAY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE GREAT.

FIRST STEPS TO LOOK AT AND, AND IDENTIFYING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP WITH THE DESIGN.

AND THEN ALSO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE AS WELL.

AND HONESTLY, YOU ARE FORTUNATE HERE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO HAVE A TYPE A AND TYPE B CORPORATION FOR YOUR EDC, WHICH ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, I WOULD SAY PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ACTUALLY BUILD OR LEVERAGE ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIKE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS IN THE SENSE OF, CAN YOU LEVERAGE SOME FUNDING FROM THAT SIDE OF IT FROM, FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION.

CAN IT BE CITY BONDS? SURE. AGAIN, I THINK THAT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE THE, WHERE THE CITY IS RIGHT NOW AND IN THAT CYCLE, AND THEN LEVERAGE THAT AGAINST GRANTS AS WELL.

AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE GRANTS. SO WHEN WE ADOPTED THE 20 IN 2019 AND WE HAD PLANS FOR THIS FACILITY.

WITH THE NEWLY UPDATED, LET'S SAY NEWLY, IT WAS STILL A CURRENT AND RECENT PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY AND RECEIVED A $356,000 GRANT FOR MUNICIPAL PARK RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WALKING OUTSIDE AND YOU WALK THE TRAIL WITH THE BRIDGES AROUND, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS SITE SPECIFIC, ALONG WITH THE TEXDOT GREEN RIBBON INITIATIVE.

THAT'S A $1.25 MILLION THAT WE WERE APPROVED FOR WITH THE WIDENING OF 380.

SO WITH THESE ADOPTED MASTER PLANS LONG TERM, IT GIVES US LEVERAGE TO REACH OUT AND LOOK AT MORE OF THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COLLIN COUNTY OPEN SPACE AND EVEN SOME OF THE SMALLER INITIATIVES CABELA'S HAS, YOU KNOW, SOME GRANTS AS PONDS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND THIS ACTUALLY GIVES US SOME SUPPORT LONG TERM.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. THANK YOU. AND IT WAS GRANTS, NOT BONDS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. THANK YOU. I FIGURED IT OUT.

I WAS LIKE, BOND? WITH OUR WITH THE PARKS AND REC TRAILS.

AND I MIGHT NOT BE SAYING IT CORRECTLY, BUT THIS DOCUMENT WILL KIND OF BE LIKE A CHANGING DOCUMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE? AM I, IN REGARDS TO LIKE MAYBE ADJUSTING AN ITEM OR, YOU KNOW, OH, WE GOT THIS ONE ITEM COMPLETE.

NOW WE CAN BRING THIS ITEM UP. IT MOST DEFINITELY, IT SHOULD BE A WORKING DOCUMENT.

IT SHOULD BE YOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY KIND OF WHY WE CALLED IT A PLAYBOOK.

IT SHOULD BE THE YEARLY, YOU KNOW, GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT CHASE AND HIS TEAM LOOKS AT WHEN THEY'RE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS.

AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE BIG PLAYS THAT WE THAT WE BUILT INTO THE BACK END AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.

IT IDENTIFIES BASICALLY YEAR 0 TO 1 AND WHAT SHOULD BE WORKED ON IN ORDER TO START ACHIEVING THOSE FIVE BIG PLAYS.

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AND SO IT REALLY DID PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE PURPOSEFUL IN PROVIDING THAT, THAT GUIDING THAT GUIDANCE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FIVE BIG PLAYS. BUT THERE ARE STILL, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM A STANDPOINT OF THE, I WOULD SAY THE 10 OR 20 YEAR VISION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE ARE OTHER PIECES AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A BIG PARTNER COMING HERE TOMORROW THAT BUILDS OUT 2020 FIELDS.

AND SO NOW YOU HAVE TO REIMAGINE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

AND SO THESE ARE GUIDING PLANS, JUST LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY SHOULD BE ONES THAT DON'T SIT ON THE SHELF, BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY CHANGE OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ADAPT AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS.

SO, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH OUR ONE FROM 2019.

WHAT, YOU KNOW. I'D LIKE IN MY MIND. I GUESS I HAVE TO SEE WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH FROM THAT? THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ME THE WARM FUZZY THAT, HEY, NOW WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE AND NEW PLAN.

I CAN SEE THIS VISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A, B, C YOU KNOW, AND I GUESS TO CHASE, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, POWERPOINT, EXCEL SPREADSHEET WHITEBOARD THAT'S GOT YEAR ONE YEAR THIS AND WHAT THE PLAY FIVE PLAYS ARE? THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A GOALS, WHAT YOU ENVISION ON YOUR SIDE FOR THOSE FIVE PLAYS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK. I MEAN, AS FAR AS I CAN'T JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THROWING THINGS OUT ON THE WHITEBOARD. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR FOCUS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE WORKS.

MR. COUNCILMAN LONG, YOU KNOW, KNOWS THESE WERE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WERE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE PARKS FROM A DEVELOPER BUILDING SOME OF THESE SPORTS COMPLEXES FOR US MOVING FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE COMING UP COMING UP.

SO SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM OUR ORIGINAL PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN ARE IMPLEMENTED.

IT'S JUST AT A TIMELINE OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIME FRAMES, WHAT YOU HAVE TO, TO THINK IS WHEN A DEVELOPER PURCHASES A PIECE OF PROPERTY, 200 ACRES, 500 ACRES, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, AND THIS PLAN IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE NEEDS IN THAT VICINITY.

WELL, WE LEVERAGE THAT TO THE DEVELOPER. HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT IN PHASE ONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE HOUSES, AMENITIES, AND POTENTIALLY MAYBE THE RECS, THEIR RECREATION CENTER, RIGHT. BUT IN PHASES TWO OR 3 OR 4, ONCE THEY ESTABLISH AND RECOUP SOME OF THEIR UPFRONT COSTS FROM ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS WORKED IN, WELL, IT MAY TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS TO TO BUILD OUT TO PHASES 3 OR 4.

AND THEN THOSE AMENITIES ARE NOW COMING INTO FRUITION CURRENTLY.

AND WE'RE AND WORKS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND DEVELOPERS CURRENTLY FROM ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BACK FROM 2020.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING A STAKEHOLDER FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND DEDICATION THAT YOU AND ALL THE RESIDENTS PUT INTO THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. IS, DOES THE PLAN ADDRESS THE COMMUNICATION PLAN ON THIS AND HOW IT'S BEING COMMUNICATED TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH RESIDENTS IN PRINCETON IS THEY'VE HEARD THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THE RUMOR MILL. THERE'S VERY FEW, IT SEEMS LIKE OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE HELPING TO DISPEL THE RUMORS HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S SOME VERY ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS.

SO AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION GOES, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNICATION MARKETING DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS PUT OUT THERE ON ALL SOCIAL CHANNELS.

IT IS ADVERTISED. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO AS A CITY.

YOU KNOW, SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTERS, GET INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, THESE BOARDS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCHING LIVE ONLINE RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM TOMORROW. WE'LL ALL SEE IT. BUT GET INVOLVED.

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BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ON SOME, THE RESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ACTIVELY SEARCH AND LOOK IN FOR THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO PULL UP THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND THIS DOCUMENT IMMEDIATELY, BUT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO PUT IN SOME EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, TO RUN A SEARCH.

SO I MEAN, THAT THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I COULD REALLY TAKE THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S A TWO WAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE OUR MARKETING DIRECTOR DOES A FANTASTIC JOB BY GETTING EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION.

AND MISS ELLIS, I THINK YOU CAN AGREE TO THAT.

I DO AGREE. MARKETING DIRECTOR'S GREAT. I WILL SAY I PERSONALLY, JUST FROM BEING ON THIS BOARD AND GOING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THE MARKETING DIRECTOR PUTS OUT THERE I SHARE WITH MY COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, GRANTED, THERE'S STILL THE RUMOR MILL, BUT I DO SHARE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION POSSIBLE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND I'M SURE CHASE WILL AGREE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LONG WILL AGREE. IT TAKES US AS A BOARD TO KIND OF SHOOT THOSE RUMORS DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, SHARING THE INFORMATION AS WELL. I HAVE FOUND THAT TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

AND THEN ON THE THE LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY, DOES IT IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT? SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES? WELL, THE LAND ACQUISITION MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE TO BE THROUGH SOME FORM OF A BOND OR UTILIZING YOUR EDC IN ORDER TO, TO FUND PROBABLY THE SIZE OF PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THAT.

SO, BUT AGAIN YOU CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT AUGMENTING THAT WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS AS WELL FOR FUTURE PARK SPACE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

OR AGAIN, LOOKING AT YOUR P-3 PARTNERS AS PART OF THAT.

AND MR. LYNCH, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS WHEN I SPOKE TO FROM DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TALKING ABOUT OUR ORDINANCE OF WHAT WE HAVE FROM A DEVELOPMENT AND DEDICATION, THOSE FEES CAN BE ALLOCATED INTO LOOKING FOR LAND ACQUISITION AS WELL.

SO WHEN DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN AND THEY HAVE TO PAY IMPACT FEES PER HOME.

THAT MONEY CAN BE USED AS FAR AS ACQUISITION.

OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY RIGHT IN THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY AREA. NO, IT IS NOT SPECIFIC JUST INTO THAT COMMUNITY, BUT IT HAS TO GO INTO PUBLIC PARK SPACES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE DID A BOND ELECTION A FEW YEARS BACK ONCE, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR THOSE BONDS.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO GET APPROVED FOR MORE BOND MONEY.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE COULD IN THE FUTURE DO SOMETHING TO GET MORE BOND.

YES. YOU'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENTS AND THAT BASICALLY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETING THE CURRENT BOND PROJECTS. RIGHT NOW, THIS BOARD SEES ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MONTH I'VE BEEN BRINGING CALDWELL PHASE TWO AND THREE TO THE TABLE SHOWING UPDATES AND WHERE WE ARE. SO JJ BOOK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE ALL SEEN PARK, THE REC CENTER, CALDWELL PHASE ONE, CALDWELL PHASE TWO, AND CALDWELL PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE PLAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN, THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING AND THEN GTLC AND DOWNTOWN, THE VETERANS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE RISE WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR COMPLETION OF EVERYTHING.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT EXPANDING AND GROWING INTO OTHER AREAS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. AS I LOOK AT THE THE DOCUMENT UNDER ENDURING AMENITIES, THERE'S A LISTING FOR A CAFETERIA.

WOULD THAT BE JUST FOR LIKE WHEN SPORTS TEAMS ARE COMING OUT? WHAT WOULD THE CAFETERIA BE? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? LET ME SEE IF IT TELLS ME WHAT PAGE I'M ON. PAGE A 64, THE PLAN THAT'S OUT THERE ON THE WEBSITE,

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WOULD THAT BE FOR SPORTS TEAMS OR WHAT WOULD THE CAFETERIA BE FOR? I MEAN, AS FAR AS INDOOR CAFETERIAS, ANYTHING, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST REVENUE SOURCES LIKE CONCESSIONS OR OPEN SPACE.

YOU KNOW, MR. MCCOY RUNNING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE HAVING A CAFETERIA OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT, LIKE WHETHER IT'S IN A REC CENTER OR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT JUST REVENUE SOURCES IS ALL THAT WOULD BE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR A SPORTS TEAM. BUT AN OPEN SPACE FOR AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE. SORT OF LIKE A SPACE THAT COULD BE RENTED OUT, USED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH. YEAH. IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY CENTER TYPE OF FACILITY TO THAT WOULD HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE.

THEY COULD RENT OUT. YOU ARE CORRECT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

ONE COMMENT. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT ANTHONY WAS SAYING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FUTURE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE MAIL FLIERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JJ BOOK OPENING OR COMING SOON OR A PRINCETON PLAYS MAGAZINE THAT SHOWS WHAT WHAT OUR CITY IS OFFERING WHAT'S HERE NOW, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S COMING SOON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE THINGS COME IN THEIR THEIR MAILBOX STILL.

YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WENT TO THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, BUT AS YOU WENT INTO THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, NO MATTER WHICH GATE YOU WENT IN, THEY WERE HANDING OUT A FLIER THAT HAD A QR CODE TO SCAN TO GET TO THE COMP PLAN TO READ ABOUT THIS. AND IT ALSO DID ADVISE ABOUT THE TOWN HALL, IF I'M CORRECT, FOR THE 11TH. YES. SO IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS EVEN GREAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EVENT, RIGHT. SO IF WE COULD FIND SOMEWHERE TO PUT.

JUST SENDING IT WOULD BE FINE. LIKE SENDING IT TO EVERYBODY IN 75407 ZIP CODE, JUST THE LITTLE MAILERS THAT HAVE THE SAME KIND OF FLIER JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, WHAT'S COMING. JUST TO GET THEM EXCITED.

YEAH, MOST OF IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE TRASH RECYCLE BIN.

BUT SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE TO HAVE THINGS IN HAND TO READ AND FLIP THROUGH.

SO I THINK WHAT FROM AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK FREELY, I THINK AN AGENDA ITEM FOR BRINGING UP POSSIBLE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GETTING INFORMATION OUT WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK.

MISS PARKER, I WILL SAY WE I WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THEIR NEWSLETTER ALONG.

WE HAVE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND I KNOW THAT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA.

HOWEVER, THERE'S HANDOUTS THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES.

I RUN A TWO PAGE AD IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S FLIER AND GIVE OUT ANNUALLY SO THAT THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR PARKS WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THAT'S A HANDOUT. THAT'S A MAILOUT. THAT'S A DELIVERABLE THAT EVERY NEW HOME IN PRINCETON GETS.

SO. THERE'S ONLY LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, LET'S BRING BACK A MARKETING INITIATIVE, WHAT WE CAN DO AND LOOK AT THAT AS A BOARD COLLECTIVELY.

BUT AS FAR AS TONIGHT, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FINAL RESOLUTION OR IDEAS FROM EVERYBODY.

THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK WHAT ANTHONY BROUGHT UP SO WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO FOR THE FUTURE.

ONE LAST QUESTION. I ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN, A SENIOR CENTER ON HERE.

AND EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN, TEN YEAR PLAN, 20 YEAR PLAN.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE THE CENTER OR SOMETHING FOR SENIORS? WE SEEM TO HAVE A, WE'RE FOCUSED A LOT ON. OF COURSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS HERE.

SO DO WE. IS THAT IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE THE TEN YEAR PLAN, THE 20 YEAR PLAN WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE NEXT REALLY NEXT 3 TO 5 YEAR PLAN FOR MORE SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND A MORE ISOLATED, STABILIZED FACILITY

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YES, IT WILL NEED A VOTE TO FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR COUNCIL.

I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND FOR APPROVAL.

I SECOND.

ITEM APPROVED SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. ON BEHALF OF OLSSON. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND WORKING WITH US.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT DONE HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT AGAIN, MAXINE AND THE ENTIRE ADVISORY BOARD. CHASE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HELPING YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT THIS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM H.2. THAT'S THE ITEM THAT NONE OF US COULD OPEN.

CHASE. ITEM 8.2 THE PRESENTATION. THAT ITEM WON'T OPEN.

IT'S TAKING US TO A GRANICUS PAGE ASKING FOR A USERNAME AND PASSWORD. SO. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BEFORE WE BRING UP THE TOPIC.

YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S OUR LINKS. WE'LL. GO. DO YOU HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS? YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS ITEM H.2 2026-042. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER SPECIAL EVENTS FOR FY 26-27 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND AS WE'RE MOVING INTO BUDGET SEASON, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS FAR AS IDENTIFYING EACH FISCAL YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M WORKING THROUGH THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH, BASICALLY I WANTED TO GIVE A FULL BREAKDOWN IN COST. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TOO MUCH AS FAR AS IN THE DETAILS.

I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATE RELATED TO COST.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS A FULL PICTURE OF EACH EVENT AND WHAT IT TAKES FROM A PERSONNEL ASPECT ALONG WITH THE COST ASSOCIATED BETWEEN THEM ALL. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE FY 26-27. SHOULD THIS BOARD AGREE, BASICALLY FOR LARGE EVENTS. FISHING FRENZY, FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS.

JULY PARK AND REC MONTH, WHICH IS ALL MONTH LONG.

PUMPKIN BOOLOOZA, AND THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED 12 MORE SO POP UPS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER VERSUS ONE LARGE EVENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FISHING FRENZY.

AND I'M GOING TO START BY CALENDAR YEAR INSTEAD OF REALLY BY FISCAL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START FISHING FRENZY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN THE END OF APRIL.

AND SOME OF OUR EVENT PARTNERSHIPS, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

CABELA'S THIS YEAR WE GIVE OUT FREE FISHING POLES.

WE HAD ROUGHLY 1500 IN ATTENDEES STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, ALL OF PARKS AND REC STAFF.

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THAT'S OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES AND PERSONNEL COSTS.

I WILL NOTE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR INTO SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AS FAR AS CUTTING SOME OF THE COST DOWN WHILE MAINTAINING THAT HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY.

BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.

AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, COMING TO COUNCIL, LOOKING AT SOME SPONSORS AND SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES.

FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS. NOW, THIS IS OUR LARGEST, MOST EXPENSIVE EVENT OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR.

SO I WANT TO HIT WE'VE GOT OUR THE NEWEST NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR TURNOUT.

LAST YEAR WE HAD 6500 ATTENDEES. THIS YEAR WE PROBABLY HAD OVER 14,000.

A MASSIVE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S TO THIS YEAR'S TURNOUT.

SO AND THERE WAS STILL SOME POST, YOU KNOW, SOME DIDN'T KNOW, SOME DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

THE MAJORITY OF PRINCETON FOUND IT. SO WE HAD ALMOST 14000 PEOPLE THERE THIS YEAR, MAYBE EVEN MORE.

BUT THAT'S PRETTY THAT'S OUR ROUGH, ROUGH ESTIMATES BASED ON CELL PHONE PINGS.

FIREWORKS, DRONES, CARNIVAL RIDES, FACE PAINTING.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT 14 PLUS THOUSAND PEOPLE.

IT REALLY TAKES AN ARMY. SO IT TAKES THE ALMOST THE ENTIRE CITY FOR OPERATIONS, PARKS AND STAFF.

16 THAT'S SET UP THE DAY BEFORE AND TEAR DOWN EVEN AFTER POLICE DURING THE EVENT, WE HAD 24, 27 POLICE OFFICERS 6 TO 10 FIRE PUBLIC WORKS, ROUGHLY 40 EMPLOYEES.

ALL OF PUBLIC WORKS WAS THERE. AND THEN OTHER 20 VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, WORKING GATES AND STAFFING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

TOTAL EXPENSES. WE WERE AT 243.9. SO THAT'S PERSONNEL COST AND ALL OF OPERATIONS OPERATIONS BUDGETED TO COUNCIL APPROVED BUDGETED WAS 175.

PERSONNEL IS A BIG HIT WITH ALMOST 70,000 PERSONNEL COSTS FOR THAT EVENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

JULY PARKS AND REC MONTH. WE HAD. AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT FROM TODAY, BUT THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE TOUCH A TRUCK WE HAD TOUCH A TRUCK TODAY.

WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

TODAY WE HAVE 20 POP UP ACTIVITIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH.

AND THIS REQUIRES PRETTY MUCH ALL STAFF AT VARIOUS TIMES.

SO I'M NOT SAYING EVERY EVENT THAT WE HAVE NECESSARILY REQUIRES ALL STAFF MEMBERS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STAFF THROUGHOUT. AND OPERATIONS, WE, FOR THE COURSE OF THE MONTH OF 20 DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, THAT'S ROUGHLY 50,000. PUMPKIN BOOLOOZA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MY FAVORITE EVENT.

BUT THIS ONE'S A GREAT KID ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW, WE COLLABORATED IN THE PAST, PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOVE MORE TO INTO AN UPSCALE TRUNK OR TREAT, SHALL I SAY.

AND THIS IS WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS. SO EVERY DEPARTMENT CREATES THEIR OWN BOOTH WITH THE ISD.

UP TILL JULY, THE FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS THAT WE JUST HAD TWO, TWO WEEKS AGO, A WEEK, A WEEK AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS WAS OUR LARGEST EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON WITH 8500 ATTENDEES LAST YEAR.

SO WE KIND OF SEE THE GROWTH AND WE FEEL IT. THIS ONE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE OF ROUGHLY 160 168,000, ROUGHLY. I HAVE A QUESTION.

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ARE WE PREPARED FOR IT TO BE MORE THAN 8500 ATTENDEES FOR THE PUMPKIN BOOLOOZA? I DON'T SEE THAT BEING. OKAY. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

4TH OF JULY EVENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES AROUND US THAT HAVE CANCELED THEIR EVENTS THIS YEAR, AND THIS WAS THE 250TH. SO IT IS A LARGER SCALE.

PLUS, AS A CITY, WE HAVE OUR EVENT THE WEEK BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY.

A LOT OF THAT COMES INTO THE THE RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES TO MANAGE THAT EVENT.

ALSO THE RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES FROM A POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL ON 4TH OF JULY, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE OFFICERS IN YOUR FIREMEN IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE, ESPECIALLY A LARGE SCALE EVENT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S ATTENDING, AS WELL AS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREETS AND AT HOMES DURING A 4TH OF JULY.

SO THOSE TWO EVENTS HAVE THOSE TWO DATES HAVE TO BE SEPARATED WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

IF YOU'RE A LARGE CITY, AS IN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AT. BUT NOT IN PRINCETON, NOT AT THIS TIME.

AS FAR AS PUMPKIN BOOLOOZA GOES, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING OVERALL MUCH LARGER THAN THAT 8500, MAYBE AS MANY AS 10,000 THIS YEAR JUST FROM THE GROWTH AND THE PERCENTAGE, BUT NOT WHAT FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS WAS.

RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING AROUND 10,000.

BUT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT. WE'RE PREPARED FOR TEN.

YES. SOME OF THE POP UP EVENTS THAT WE HAVE FROM FY 25-26 TO FY 26-27. COUPLE THAT WE HAVE REALLY IS, AS MENTIONED, ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHRISTMAS AND HAVING A HOLIDAY MONTH HOLIDAY SEASON FOR 12 POP UPS AND THEN LITTLE HOPPERS AND THEN ALLOCATING FUNDS OF, FOR COUNCILS CHOOSING FOR AN ADDITIONAL POP UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DECEMBER POP UPS. ARE WE GOING TO STILL TRY AND PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER AND MPISD TO GET A PARADE BACK? THAT IS ONE. YES.

IT, IT IS. I'M NOT SAYING 100% CONFIRMED BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING ON LIVE TO SAY THAT IT IS.

BUT YES, THE CHAMBER IS 100% ON BOARD FOR THE PARADE AS WELL AS THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER AND BETH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE LARGE EVENT THAT WILL BE THE LARGEST EVENT, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A POP UP.

RIGHT. AND IF WE CAN AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE MARKETING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA, BUT MAYBE A WAY OF GETTING THE HOA COMMUNITIES, THE DIFFERENT HOME COMMUNITIES INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, ARCADIA, DO A FLOAT, BROOKSIDE, DO A FLOAT, PARK TRAILS, DO A FLOAT, YOU KNOW, TRY AND GET THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, AND I CAN BRING BETH TO THE TABLE. SHE ACTUALLY IS THE ONE THAT HANDLES THE PARADE WILL HANDLE THE EVENT SIDE. SO WHEN I SAY THE SET UP THE DOWNTOWN, THE ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN WHILE BETH WILL BE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SHE'LL HANDLE THE PARADE ITSELF, BUT WORKING TOGETHER IN A PARKS BOARD AND HOAS, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE, THE HOME OR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE WAS A GREAT PASS.

EVEN COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO PUT A FLOAT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL.

WHAT ABOUT PARKS AND REC BOARD? EXACTLY. WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT THING.

MAYBE ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS CAN. YOU KNOW, SANTA WILL, HE'LL BE ON THE BACK OF A FIRE TRUCK, SO. EXACTLY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU SOMEONE THAT WENT TO LAST YEAR'S HOLIDAY EVENT AT CALDWELL.

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THANK YOU. SO CONCLUSION. NEXT STEPS IS THE BOARD CONTENT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THE THE BUDGET APPROVED BUDGET.

THAT IS A COUNCIL'S DECISION. ON THE OVERALL WE WILL WORK AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR JUST TO KIND OF FORESHADOW BEING CREATIVE AND LOOKING AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO SPONSOR SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OR THE EVENTS THEMSELVES.

WE'LL WORK WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY AS A, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR FROM THIS BOARD WOULD BE A VOTE TO APPROVE WHAT YOU JUST SEEN AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT EVENTS MOVING FORWARD FOR FY 26-27.

QUICK QUESTION. WHAT IS ENVISIONED FOR THE RUNNING DAY POP UP IN JUNE FOR THE WHAT FOR THE GLOBAL RUNNING DAY IN JUNE? WHAT'S THE VISION FOR THAT EVENT? WE'VE HAD THAT WE'VE SO I WANT TO SAY, JUNE, WE'VE HAD IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OUT AT CALDWELL PARK.

YOU SHOW UP, RUN, YOU KNOW, A WALK OR RUN AROUND THE TRAIL.

WE GIVE OUT ICE CREAM AND SOME SMOOTHIES. YES.

SOME SMOOTHIES. THOSE ARE SMALLER SCALE. JUST LITTLE POP UP ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE.

OKAY. BUT YEAH, NOT LIKE A FIVE K OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN RUN A FIVE K. I'LL WATCH. REGARDING THE PRINCETON PROMISE WALK, SINCE IT IS OCTOBER, IT IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

CAN WE MAYBE PARTNER WITH BAYLOR OR TEXAS HEALTH TO MAYBE GET A MAMMOGRAM TRUCK TO COME OUT OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY DO MOBILE FOR COMPLIMENTARY MOBILE EXAMS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME BOXES OUT FOR DONATIONS AND THOSE FUNDS GO TO THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.

I WILL PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG. I DO KNOW WE LOOKED INTO THAT AS WELL LAST YEAR, SO I WILL RESURRECT THAT CONVERSATION AND PASS IT ALONG.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE FOR A LOT OF THE WOMEN AROUND.

I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD AN EVENT RIGHT OUT HERE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO BRING OUR PETS TO GET VACCINATIONS AND YOU ABLE TO ADOPT PETS AS WELL.

COULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A POP UP OR SOMETHING THAT'S ON A LARGER SCALE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS NOW.

I'LL ADD THAT AS FAR AS LOOKING INTO IT, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, VACCINATIONS AND SO FORTH.

LOW COST FACTS HERE AT MUNICIPAL CENTER. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE CAN ADD THOSE THINGS. THOSE AREN'T REALLY AT COST TO THE CITY.

RIGHT. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

JUST A SUGGESTION FOR THAT. ANGELA LAWRENCE, SHE DOES A LOT FOR IT'S CALLED [INAUDIBLE].

PERFECT. I FORGET THE EXACT NAME OF HER GROUP, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF THOSE TYPE OF HELPING HIM. SO THEY MIGHT, SHE MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD REFERENCE FOR US TO TALK TO, TO GET SOMEBODY THAT COULD DO THE LOW COST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ALSO, DARIAN, IN REGARDS TO YOUR IDEA WITH LIKE ADOPTIONS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL VETERINARIANS IN TOWN NOW.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

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AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, ARE THERE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO HELP WITH THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS? OR IS THIS DONE SOLELY BY CITY STAFF? YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM.

I HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM. AND THE EVENTS DEPARTMENT'S A WONDERFUL TEAM OF ONE, BUT YES, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT.

BUT I DO HAVE ONE EVENT COORDINATOR THAT ACTUALLY ORCHESTRATES AND ORGANIZES ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT NOW, IT IS WORKING INTERNAL WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S OUR OWN TEAM, PARK STAFF OR OTHER STAFF FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS IS FROM ONE PERSON.

SO WHEN WE START GETTING INTO MORE EVENTS AND MORE ACTIVITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COST MONEY AND THEY ALSO COST, YOU KNOW, TIME AND PERSONNEL.

AND WHEN WE'RE OPERATING ON A FISCAL BUDGET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR FUNDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, BASICALLY WITH SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW REVENUE SOURCES STAFF IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE'RE VERY LIMITED ON ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF IF WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY OVERALL.

SO.

I THINK THE THE WHOLE BOARD, LIKE I SAID, HAS SEEN THIS.

AND IF EVERYBODY IS CONTENT, IF IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IF WE COULD JUST GET A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM H.2 2026-042.

I SECOND THAT.

SO APPROVE SIX ZERO. OKAY.

MOVING TO ITEM 8.3 2026-04 3 JULY PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH CALENDAR.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP. JULY IS IDENTIFIED AS PARKS AND REC MONTH NATIONALLY AND WHAT WE HAVE CREATED. RAQUEL, DO YOU HAVE A.

KIND OF THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY AND LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, TODAY, TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, TOUCH A TRUCK. TOMORROW WE ACTUALLY HAVE PRINCETON.

WE HAVE ROCKS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE PARKS ACROSS TOWN.

AND YOU BRING A PARK UP TO OUR OFFICE. IF YOU FIND ONE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE PARKS, YOU WIN A PRIZE.

WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES AND, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS TO GET OUT AND WALK THE TRAILS AND ENJOY THE PARK, WHAT THE PARKS OF PRINCETON HAVE TO OFFER. THURSDAY IS WATERMELON DAY.

IT'S HOT. SO STOP BY VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK FOR, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF WATERMELON.

AND THIS RIGHT HERE, JUST DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

SMALL POP UPS. SOME OF THEM ARE LARGER, BUT NEXT MONDAY'S SNOW CONES AND SIRENS.

SO YOU GOT COLLABORATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

BRING YOUR KIDS OUT. LET THEM PLAY ON THE FIRE TRUCKS, SPRAY SOME WATER, USE A FIRE HOSE, AND INTERACT WITH OUR FIREMEN. I BRIEFLY SPOKE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS UPDATE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AS JULY PARKS AND REC MONTH.

AND HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES FOR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

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BLOCK NEXT YEAR FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE A LOWER TURNOUT, WOULD YOU LOOK AT DOING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT FOR THAT POP UP? SO SOME OF THESE ALSO, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON FUNDING.

CHALK THE BLOCK. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PURCHASE AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, JUST SOME PIECES OF CHALK.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE CAME UP TO THE PARK, GOT A PACKAGE OF CHALK AND ENCOURAGED CHALKING THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR, ALL, ALL OF OUR PARKS. SO THEY'RE TAKING SOME, YOU KNOW, FOUND SOME OTHER AREAS AND, YOU KNOW.

USING THAT ONE AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT WE DO WANT THIS TO CONSTANTLY EVOLVE INTO NEW ACTIVITIES YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT WE ARE ALSO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE A LOW COST VERSUS LIKE TOUCH A TRUCK TODAY.

REALLY, WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S PROVIDING SOME LEMONADE FROM A VENDOR AND ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS TO COME OUT WITH THEIR KIDS AND SEE WHAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DO HAVE.

YOU KNOW, FISHING DAY. ONE OF THESE ENJOY A DAY FISHING.

WELL, THAT'S ON YOUR OWN TIME AND YOUR OWN LOCATION.

SO IT'S AN ACTIVITY, BUT IT'S AT NO COST TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

BUT I'M ALL FOR CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND CHANGING THE ACTIVITIES YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SOMEONE WE DO FIND HAVE GREAT TURNOUTS AND WE LIKE TO BRING THOSE BACK.

OH OF COURSE. YES. RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I SEE THAT SOME OF THESE EVENTS, WELL, MAJORITY OF ALL OF THEM OR IN THE MORNING. HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD SOME OF THE EVENTS IN THE EVENING TIME OR CAN THESE BE.

I'M NOT SAYING FOR THIS ONE, I KNOW THIS IS ALREADY SET IN PLACE.

MOVING FORWARD, CAN WE ALTERNATE SOME OF THE EVENTS TO BE IN THE EVENING FOR OTHER PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY AT WORK DURING THIS TIME. SO TO GET MORE OF A TURNOUT, MAYBE ALTERNATE SOME OF THESE EVENTS TO BE HELD IN THE EVENING. WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE PREVIOUS YEAR HAD SOME IN THE AFTERNOON.

THEN YOU START RUNNING INTO STAFFING AND OVERTIME VERSUS DURING THE DAY.

AND, AND I KNOW FUNDING I'M GOING TO GO BACK INTO THIS.

BUT AS A WHOLE, WHEN IT'S WHEN YOU'RE REQUIRING STAFF OVERTIME.

BUT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT MORE SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE LATER IN THE EVENING BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT AT 5:00.

THAT'S THE REASON WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WHILE IT'S STILL COOLER, BECAUSE UNLESS WE WERE RUNNING SOME OF THESE EVENTS AT 8 OR 9:00 AT NIGHT, IT'S 104 DEGREES NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AT NINE TO, YOU KNOW, 09:00 IN THE MORNING, 8 TO 10 OR WHATEVER WE'VE GOT VERSUS 5 OR 6:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN IT'S 104.

AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE ON THIS. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THAT. MOVING ON TO NEXT ITEM H.4 2026-044.

UPDATE ON CORPS OF ENGINEERING PROPERTY. I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF BRIEF THE BOARD AND ANYBODY LISTENING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE THREE PARKS.

I KNOW MR. KANE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ON IT AND LOOKING AT TO SOME GREAT POTENTIAL FUTURE ECONOMIC DRIVERS BETWEEN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE CITY OF PRINCETON. WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY FINALIZING SOME TYPE OF LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO I WOULD LOVE TO TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS, BUT WITH THE

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AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENTS, THEN WE CAN START LOOKING INTO LONG TERM PLANNING. OKAY. AND I NEED EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST THIS ANYBODY LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE WE TAKE A LEASE AGREEMENT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN HAVE A PLAN IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING THESE PLANS, THESE ARE 25 TO 50 YEAR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLANS THAT DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

SO WE PLAN TO UTILIZE THE PARKS AS THEY ARE, MAINTAIN THEM AT WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY IS HIGHER QUALITY THAN CURRENT, BUT STILL AT A BARE MINIMUM STATUS.

UNTIL WE IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN OF ACTION AND MASTER PLAN FOR EACH ONE OF THE PARKS.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WASN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT THE EDC WAS ALSO LOOKING AT PARTNERING IN WITH BUILDING UP THE PARKS AND THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THE CDC ACTUALLY HAS ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING SOURCE THIS YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE BASICALLY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M, I'M SAYING IT'S, IT'S AT A MINIMAL LEVEL HIGHER THAN WHAT IS CURRENT, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO BASICALLY KEEP THE YARD MOWED AND THE DOORS UNLOCKED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. MOVING TO ITEM H.5 2026-045 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR LOWRY CROSSING TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT GRANT UPDATE WAS WHICH WAS SENT ON JUNE THE 17TH. SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER UPDATE.

IT WAS DISCUSSED FROM THE LOWRY CROSSING. THE CITY HAS INITIATED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR LOWRY CROSSING FOR THEIR PICKLEBALL COURTS.

THEY HAVE A WORKOUT FACILITY JUST AS WE HAVE DOWNTOWN.

AND WE'RE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS.

AND THIS IS THE LETTER THAT WAS, WAS SENT TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR LOWRY CROSSING.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H.6 2026-046.

IT'S A CEREMONIAL ITEM PROCLAMATION FOR JULY PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AT THE JULY 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I WANT TO INVITE EVERY BOARD MEMBER HERE TO MONDAY'S JULY 13TH AT 6:30 P.M.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MISS ELLIS, I KNOW YOU'LL BE THERE.

NOT EVEN A QUESTION. RIGHT. BUT AS MENTIONED, PREVIOUS JULY IS IDENTIFIED AS PART NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND WE ANNUALLY WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THAT IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

SO I WOULD LIKE THIS BOARD MEMBER, WHATEVER BOARD MEMBER HERE THAT IS AVAILABLE CAN BE THERE FOR A CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION DURING THAT TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AS WELL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR TIME THAT YOU VOLUNTEER.

THANK YOU. WILL THERE BE MATCHING T SHIRTS? I'M SORRY.

YEAH. WHERE'S OUR T SHIRTS? WHERE'S OUR NAME TAGS? PUT THAT ON. FUTURE AGENDA. RIGHT. I GOT YOU.

BUT HONESTLY, CHASE, THANK YOU FOR THE PLANNING AND DOING THE WHOLE JULY PARKS AND REC MONTH.

AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING I SHARE OUT TO MY COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF THEM DO ATTEND AND THEY ENJOY IT A LOT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THANK YOU.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM H.7. 2026-047 DISCUSSION ON PARKS BOND PROJECT SITE TOUR.

ON JULY THE 15TH AT 4 P.M. AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SO NEXT TUESDAY AND I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND THIS IS THE TIME THAT THAT WORKS, WHICH IS JULY 15TH AT 4 P.M.

TO TAKE A SITE TOUR OF ALL OF THE CURRENT PARK PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND KIND OF THE FUTURE PHASES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I WILL EMAIL OUT AN ITINERARY BASED ON EACH LOCATION, WHERE TO MEET, BASICALLY JUST, I WOULD SAY WOULD DRIVE OURSELVES AND MEET AT EACH LOCATION.

WE'RE TALKING HALF MILE DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START AT JJ BOOK.

SO IS THIS TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY? YEAH. YOU MENTIONED TUESDAY, BUT THE 15TH IS ON WEDNESDAY.

THEN WE'LL MAKE A CORRECTION. I'M SORRY. IT IS JULY 14TH.

AND DO TUESDAYS WERE MAINLY WORK FOR THIS BOARD OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MEETINGS.

SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT ON A TUESDAY. SO WE'LL BE TUESDAY, JULY 14TH AT 4 P.M..

OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR IT TO TAKE THE TOUR ON TUESDAY, JULY THE 14TH AT 4 P.M.

I SECOND. OKAY. MOTION APPROVED SIX ZERO.

THE ONE THING THAT I, I WILL HAVE PROPER PPE FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

HOWEVER, WE WILL NEED EVERYBODY TO WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT NOTE. OKAY. ITEM H.8 2026-048. CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.

I HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR MARKETING. FUTURE MARKETING.

AND I HAVE ONE. CAN YOU BRING THE ITEM. IT WAS ON THE JUNE 8TH AGENDA FROM COUNCIL M8.2026-06-08-R05DEPT CONTRACT. CAN YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR BOARD FOR REVIEW, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. CAN WE REVIEW WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS PLANS FOR US AS FAR AS THE THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD IN JUNE, THEIR SUMMER MEETING.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. CAN YOU. I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU WHAT? NOW, CAN WE DISCUSS CAN WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM COUNCIL, OUR LIAISON, DISCUSS WITH US WHAT HAPPENED AT YOUR SUMMER MEETING AND WHAT VISIONS YOU HAVE FOR, LIKE, PARKS AND REC BOARD.

THE MEETING THAT THAT THAT THEY JUST HAD IN JUNE.

LET ME SAY IT WAS JUNE 16TH OR SOMETHING. THEIR SUMMER RETREAT.

I DON'T THINK THEY DID. DID YOU GUYS DO THE SUMMER RETREAT YET? THAT'S ON JULY 24TH OF THIS MONTH. OKAY. THAT'S WHY.

WELL, EVEN STILL, BY THE TIME WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, IT'LL BE AUGUST.

SO CAN WE DISCUSS FROM THE SUMMER RETREAT ON THE AUGUST MEETING? YES WE CAN. WE CAN ADD AN ITEM FOR ANYTHING PARKS RELATED.

I MEAN, THE BUDGET. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

I'M SORRY. JUST AS FAR AS IT GOES FOR PARKS. WHATEVER THEY DISCUSS IN THEIR VISION AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO AS THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AUGUST AGENDA.

[02:00:01]

I WILL NOTE THE JULY 24TH IS A BUDGET RETREAT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. BUT YES, A PARKS IS A PORTION, SO ANYTHING PERTAINING TO PARKS RELATED TO THE BUDGET RETREAT I WILL BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. SO REGARDING THE BUDGET FOR PARKS.

WE'RE NOT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THE RETREAT SO WE WON'T SEE THAT INFORMATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON HERE WERE BRINGING UP, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, SPECIAL EVENTS IN REFERENCE TO FY 26-27, THAT THIS BOARD IS IN FAVOR AND APPROVES THE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE NEXT BUDGETED YEAR.

BASICALLY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANKS, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM I, I.

[I. REPORT AGENDA]

AND I WILL NOTE MONDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 13TH AT 6:30.

THE PROCLAMATION. RIGHT. YES. AND THEN CDC'S WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH.

EDC'S. TUESDAY, JULY 21ST, 6 P.M. P&Z MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 6:30.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THIS MONTH IS JULY PARK AND REC MONTH.

CORRECT. P&Z ACTUALLY HAS A MEETING ON JULY 20TH.

P&Z DOES TWO MEETINGS A MONTH. SO JUST A NOTE, WE HAVE ONE ON MONDAY, JULY 20TH.

AND I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. A SECOND. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 09:01. CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? I'LL TAKE. YES. SORRY.

IF I VOTE AGAINST. DO WE HAVE TO STAY LATER? NO, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THAT WAS THE QUICKEST VOTE ALL NIGHT. THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:01.

GOOD NIGHT GUYS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.