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ALL RIGHT, IT IS NOW SIX THIRTY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'LL DO A VERY QUICK ROLL CALL. ROBERT RODRIGUEZ.
STEPHANIE PARKER. NOT PRESENT.
MAYA JONES. NOT PRESENT. OH, NO, TONYA JONES, I'M SORRY.
NOT PRESENT. MS. MAXINE ELLIS. HERE. AND MYSELF, DARION MCCOY, IS PRESENT. NEXT, INVOCATION. WE'RE HAVING A HARD ONE. THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER TO DO MAKE DECISIONS AND ADVISE ALONG DIRECTION OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE US THROUGH IN THE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND LEAD US TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND DECISIONS IN WORKING TOGETHER. WE ASK FOR YOUR GOOD GUIDANCE AND SAFETY TRAVELING TO AND FROM OUR DESTINATIONS AS WE LEAVE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ALL RIGHT, IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN ANY ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT IS NOT FORMALLY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC MIRROR, PUBLIC MEETING APPEARANCE CARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO CITY STAFF. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE BOARD IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT IS BROUGHT UP DURING THE PORTION THAT IS, THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY, WHAT YOU RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THEIR INQUIRY.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL ADDRESS THE BOARD DIRECTLY, NOT CITY STAFF OTHERWISE. BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL, AND CORDIAL, AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING, AND 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 MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS,
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SO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM G, CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM G ONE, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX DASH ZERO FIVE SEVEN, CONSIDER APPROVING AUGUST MEETING MINUTES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G ONE TWO ZERO TWO SIX DOT, OR DASH ZERO FIVE SEVEN.SECOND. OKAY. THERE WE GO. WE GOT ONE MORE. WHO'S MISSING? WHO'S ON? OKAY, FOUR, OKAY.
MOTION PASS FOUR ZERO. ITEM H,
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SPECIAL AGENDA H DOT ONE, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX, THAT'S ZERO FIVE EIGHT, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON MOVING PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH BEGINNING IN JANUARY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STAYING CONSISTENT WITH EACH MONTH WE'RE REALLY LIMITED ON THE DAYS AVAILABLE. WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE FIRST TUESDAY. HOWEVER, OUR COURTS RUN COURT ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE HAD TO DELAY A COUPLE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS PREVIOUS YEAR. AS PRINCETON CONTINUES TO GROW, THERE'S MORE AND MORE COURT CASES AS WELL AND MORE DOCKETS.SO WE'RE RUNNING INTO THE, THAT TIMEFRAME OF THIS SIX THIRTY, YOU KNOW, SIX, SIX THIRTY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WHICH IS AVAILABLE WOULD BE MOVING, STARTING IN JANUARY, ALL PARK AND REC BOARD MEETING MOVED TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY. AND WE CAN CHANGE THIS TIME DOWN TO SIX OR SIX THIRTY, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THIS BOARD'S DECISION, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT'S
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REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY CONSISTENT DAYS AVAILABLE. YOU START GETTING LATER IN THE MONTH, WE HAVE P&Z, WE HAVE CDC, EDCS. SO TO STAY CONSISTENT MONTHLY, IT'S RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO MOVE TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. CHASE ONE, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THIS, BUT BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS, CAN WE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TABLE IT TILL AFTER WE TALK ABOUT ITEM H7? BECAUSE I THINK H1, IT COINCIDES WITH ITEM H7. THEY KIND OF LINK TOGETHER, AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS BOTH TOPICS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT.UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS FOR MOVING A MEETING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT, TO MOVE IT WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITEM H SEVEN. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT ITEM, TO TABLE ITEM H ONE WITH ITEM H SEVEN. IF YOU WANNA, WE CAN JUST CLOSE THIS OPEN SEVEN FIRST, AND THEN COME BACK TO H ONE IF, IF THE BOARD.
NO, NO, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE ITEM H ONE AND OPEN ITEM H SEVEN FIRST. OKAY. AND THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND.
WOULD LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
AYE. OKAY. FOUR ZERO. SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY-SIX DASH ZERO SIX FOUR, CITY HALL COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING DOCUMENTS. CITY HALL EMAIL COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING DOCUMENTS. SO PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT MS. ELLIS JUST MENTIONED I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A CURRENT QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. HOWEVER, WHEN THE PARK STAFF IS SENDING OUT EMAIL AND COMMUNICATION FOR REQUESTED INFORMATION AND OR THE ATTENDANCE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE RECEIVE THOSE RESPONSES IN A TIMELY MANNER. A LOT OF THIS CAN'T BE AT THE DAY OF TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'LL BE A QUORUM OR NOT. WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUT THE EMAILS, DO NOT REPLY ALL, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SEND BACK A RESPONSE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN IDENTIFY WHETHER A WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FOR A QUORUM, AND WE NEED, OR IF WE DO NOT, AND WE NEED TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETINGS.
ALSO, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT INFORMATION SUCH AS THE TRAINING DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT, WE'RE HELD UP ALSO IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE HAVE TO GIVE RESPONSES BACK FOR SOME OF THESE CERTIFICATES AND SO FORTH. S-S- EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN ISSUED CITY IPADS, CITY EMAILS. PLEASE STAY ON TOP OF THAT STUFF. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE IN THIS POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, TO TELL THE BOARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE IN, IN OUR TIMES AS WELL. SO BE COURTEOUS TO STAFF, PLEASE RESPOND, LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL OR WILL NOT BE HERE. OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, JUST LET US KNOW.
CAN I JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THAT AS PART OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE? BEING ON PLANNING AND ZONING, WE HAVE HAD TO CAN-CANCEL THAT MEETING RIGHT WHEN WE'RE SITTING AT THE DAIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM. AND IT LOOKS BAD ON THE BOARD, LOOKS BAD ON THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND IF ANYBODY EVER LOOKS AT SOCIAL MEETING AFTER A MEETING IS CANCELED DUE TO NOT MEETING QUORUM, THEY'RE JUST BEATING UP THAT BOARD.
YOU KNOW, WHY DOES THE BOARD EXIST? WHAT'S THE POINT? AND THEY'RE BEATING UP THE CITY AS WELL FOR IT. SO IT, YOU KNOW,
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JUST SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT. AND THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSION, SO THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO BACK TO H1. BACK TO ITEM H1 0 20 26 DASH 0 5 08, UPDATING DISCUSSION ON MOVING PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, BEGINNING IN JANUARY, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. AND THIS WOULD REALLY JUST BE A, A MOTION AND A VOTE, OR DISCUSSION IF ANYBODY HAS CONCERNS. WITH THE MOTION, THOUGH THE ONE I WOULD RECOMMEND IS DISCUSS SIX OR SIX THIRTY, WHATEVER IS EASIEST FOR THE BOARD. YEAH, I THINK TO LET EVERYONE BE ABLE TO GET HERE IN A TIMELY MANNER, JUST KEEP IT AT SIX THIRTY.WITH THREE EIGHTY THE WAY IT IS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO LET'S JUST KEEP IT AT SIX THIRTY, AND I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE MEETING TO WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH IN JANUARY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I DO HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, DARREN, BECAUSE EVEN SOMETIMES I CAN'T GET OUT ON BEAUCHAMP, AND I HAVE TO GO DOWN TO MYRICK AND COME UP THAT WAY, AND TODAY THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, SO. I AGREE, SIX THIRTY IS PERFECT. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO OUT MONTE CARLO, COME AROUND, COME THROUGH. YEAH, I HAVE TO COME TO BACK WHERE MARK, SAME WAY YOU HAVE TO GET, IT, IT WAS RIDICULOUS. WEDNESDAYS I'M COMING FROM PLANO, SO. AND ALONG WITH THAT, PLEASE NOTE, NOVEMBER'S MEETING WILL STILL BE ON THE FIRST TUESDAY.
JANUARY, YEAH. AND THAT, NOVEMBER'S MEETING WILL BE THE LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
CORRECT. MOVING TO ITEM H DOT TWO, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX DASH ZERO FIVE NINE, PARK BOND UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO DRIVE FROM THIS SIDE. THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED, MS. MISS ELLIS THIS IS KIND OF THE PARKS BOND UPDATE, BUT IT'S REALLY IDENTIFYING A LOT OF THE, THE PROGRESS AND THE FINANCIALS. I WANT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. WE'LL KEEP THIS LIVE UPDATED MONTHLY, SO YOU WILL SEE THE, THE PROGRESS OF EACH. HOWEVER, CURRENTLY, THIS ISN'T ACTIVE FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT IS MORE SO ON THE DASHBOARD FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED AND KEPT UP ONLINE AS WELL. BUT I WANT YOU TO, EVERYBODY TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING.
WE DID HEAR YOU. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLATFORM AND PROGRAM FOR A WHILE. SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR WORK IN PROGRESS.
HOWEVER, IT'S OUR FIRST PASS AT IT. SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HUNDRED AND EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PARKS AND REC BOND KIND OF BROKEN DOWN FROM FINANCIALS, WHERE WE'RE AT, TWO TRANCHES, ONE SOLD IN 2025 FOR FIFTY-FOUR MILLION, THE OTHER IN 2027 THAT'S THE SECOND TRANCHE. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHERE THAT FIFTY-FOUR MILLION FROM PHASE ONE AND WHERE THE FIFTY-FOUR MILLION IN PHASE TWO IS REALLY IDENTIFIED AT. SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY BROKEN DOWN THEY ARE LINKED SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PERCENTAGE-WISE OF WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM CONSIST OF. SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE REC CENTER.
PORTION OF THAT IS OUT OF PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. SO IT'S REALLY TAKEN ALL OF PHASE TWO, SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE DEPTHS ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE SECOND TRANCHE, BECAUSE IT'S A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WITH FIFTY-FOUR MILLION BEING ALLOCATED. SO PORTION OF IT IS FUNDED OUT OF PHASE ONE. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS YOU HAVE THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING RIGHT AT FIVE MILLION. YOU'VE GOT THE SPORTS FIELDS AT A TOTAL OF FORTY-THREE. NOW THIS DOES CONSIST OF CALDWELL PARK, PHASES ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF BROKEN OUT HERE, THE SAME WITH THE 108, WHAT PERCENTAGE WAS BASED ON EACH PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE REC CENTER'S AT FIFTY-FIVE. CALDWELL PARKS AT SIXTEEN POINT TWO. AS I
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MENTIONED, THAT IS CALDWELL PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE.GTLC, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONTRACTORS AND SOLICIT FOR BIDS AT THE MOMENT. JJ BOOK PARK, NOW THIS FUNDING IS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THAT SIX PERCENT HERE, THAT'S REALLY NOT IDENTIFIED FROM THE BONDS BUT IT'S JUST SHOWING AS A PERCENTAGE WISE.
THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT IF IT WAS BROKEN DOWN, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT SIX PERCENT OF IT.
BUT THAT IS A D.R. HORTON CONTRIBUTION AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES, AND IT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER AS WE GO.
PARKS AND REC BUILDING AT FOUR POINT SIX PERCENT, AND THEN VETERANS PARK AT ROUGHLY AROUND FOUR MILLION AT THREE POINT SEVEN PERCENT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS THAT YOU SEE OVER HERE. SO THEN BREAKING DOWN, WE ALSO HAVE A ACTIVE MAP SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF EACH, SO I'LL ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LIKE DOWNTOWN, THIS ONE'S VETERANS AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO PULL UP THAT PROJECT DOWN HERE. SO YOU SEE THE LOCATIONS, CALDWELL PARK PHASE THREE, CALDWELL PARK PHASE ONE PARKS AND REC BUILDING, AND THEN CALDWELL PARK PHASE TWO, BECAUSE THOSE ALL ARE AT THE SAME LOCATION. MAXINE, YOU KNOW THIS ONE WELL, THIS ONE IS YOUR NEIGHBOR, J.J. BOOK. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE FUNDING FROM, BUT IT IS STILL A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR PARKS. THEN IF I MOVE ON A LITTLE FURTHER, THEN WE BREAK INTO EACH PROJECT THEMSELVES.
SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH, KIND OF SHOW LIKE J.J. BOOK, LET'S OPEN IT UP AND VIEW THE PROJECT. IN A WHOLE. SO THIS IS A, ONE OF THE CURRENT OVERVIEWS. I'LL SHOW YOU SOME MORE PHOTOS, BUT COLORING ON, YOU KNOW, THE COLOR COORDINATION AND PALETTES LOOK PRETTY SHARP FOR THE SKATE PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT PRETTY GOOD ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT THOSE, THOSE COLORS POP. SO WHAT WE HAVE DESIGN PROGRESS, HUNDRED PERCENT. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, WE'RE AT FIFTY-TWO POINT FOUR PERCENT COMPLETE.
CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A CONTRIBUTION OF D.R. HORTON ALONG WITH PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS PARK IMPACT FEES. TOTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS SIX POINT FOUR EIGHT MILLION AND WHERE WE BUILD TO DATE SO FAR IS THREE POINT EIGHT. NOW WHAT YOU ALSO I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IS A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, WHEN YOU START THEM, THEY'RE FRONT-LOADED ON SOME OF THE FUNDING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROCUREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO SECURE. SO BILLING ON THE FRONT END IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT ALWAYS CATCHES UP AROUND THIS MIDSECTION. SO NOW THAT WE'RE AROUND THIS FIFTY PERCENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER AHEAD OF THE BILLING.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ALREADY STORED ON SITE. THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS DELIVERED AND SOME OF THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEMS. IT IS COM- ANTICIPATED FOR COMPLETION ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST. HERE'S A LITTLE, SOMEWHAT OF A LITTLE TIMELINE BREAKDOWN, KIND OF SHOWS YOU EACH INDIVIDUAL START DATE, COM- DESIGN COMPLETION, WHEN COUNCIL APPROVE AS MENTIONED.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT'S BEING COMPLETED AND WHERE WE ARE OVERALL. SOME OF IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH. I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THE HVAC SYSTEM OR THE PLUMBING, OKAY? WELL, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT RESIDENTS DON'T SEE, BUT YOU DO, AS FAR AS THE BOARD, YOU CAN TELL THAT, HEY, WE'RE SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT COMPLETE WITH IT. SO A LOT OF THESE ITEMS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY COMPLETED, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT FENCING, GATING, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THINGS AROUND THE OUTSIDE THAT ACTUALLY WOULD KEEP KIND, THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE BACK END. SO JUST QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT PERCENTAGE-WISE, FOR EXAMPLE WE, LIKE THE, OH, GO BACK DOWN.
LIKE THE SKATE PARK SHAPING, I'M JUST GONNA USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT'S AT FORTY-FIVE PERCENT RIGHT NOW. YES. AND IT IS OCTOBER THE EIGHTH. DO YOU STILL ESTIMATE OR PROJECT THAT WITH THESE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING, THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR BEING COMPLETED ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST? I KNOW EVERYTHING'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON WEATHER, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, DO YOU FEEL WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE? YES. YOU KNOW,
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WE'VE HAD JUST A COUPLE OF BAD WEATHER DAYS, WHICH WE JUST TOOK THIS PHOTO THAT YOU KIND OF SEE HERE IN THIS BOWL OF THE RAIN FROM LAST WEEK.HOWEVER, THIS WAS I'M GONNA SAY THIS WAS WED- TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. BUT WHAT YOU ALSO CAN SEE IS THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT ALL THIS CLEANED OUT AND THEY'RE SHAPING THESE.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS, THE, ALL OF THE FLAT WORK, AND IF I GO BACK TO THIS VERY FIRST PHOTO UP HERE AT TOP. OKAY, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY A, A LOT OF THE SHAPING AND BOWLING. SO EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA AROUND WHAT YOU SEE AS IN DIRT, THAT'S ALL JUST ONE POUR ON ONE CONCRETE. SO ALL OF THE SHAPING, IT'S ALL FLAT WORK, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS WORTH OF WORK TO, TO FINISH OUT THESE AREAS.
IT'S ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROFILES THAT TAKE THE LONGEST, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW TO GET INTO THE FLAT WORK.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BEHIND SCHEDULE AT THIS MOMENT. NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THINGS CAN'T CHANGE, BUT CURRENTLY OUR COMPLETION DATE STILL IS SHOWING AROUND THAT DECEMBER 15TH RANGE, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING DECEMBER 31ST FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
CHASE, UPON THE COMPLETION ON DECEMBER 31ST, IS THERE A PLAN FOR A GRAND OPENING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THERE WILL BE, YES. IT TIP, WE'LL HAVE A SOFT OPENING AND THEN A GRAND OPENING. SOFT OPENING, AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JUST AS NORMAL, BUT WITHIN WE'LL HAVE A LARGE EVENT FOR A GRAND OPENING, PROBABLY LET'S JUST SAY IT FINISHED IN DECEMBER 31ST, IT'LL PROBABLY BE AROUND THAT FEBRUARY RANGE FOR A, A GRAND GRAND OPENING.
LIKE GRAND GRAND OPENING, MAYBE LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING? YES. OKAY. YES. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THEN, BUT YOU DO YOUR RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AFTER.
BUT THEN IF WE GO DOWN SO THEN LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S ONE PROJECT. I'M GONNA GO BACK, AND HOPEFULLY WEATHER PERMITS, CAUSE YOU KNOW IN FEBRUARY WE ALWAYS GET THAT BAD SNOW, SO. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW. I DON'T WANNA, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS. CALDWELL PHASE ONE WAS THE TURF INFIELDS, THOSE WERE COMPLETED, THE 2.5 MILLION, THE DESIGN, THE COMPLETION, AND THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN YOU KNOW, FULLY COMPLETED WITHIN BUDGET. IT WAS IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. WE NEVER WENT OVER. AND, AND I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE YET TO BE OVER ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS TO DATE. SO THAT'S GREAT. CALDWELL PHASE TWO, WE'LL HIT ON IT PRETTY QUICK. THAT'S THESE, WHAT'S TWO FULL-SIZE FIELDS, ONE'S RUNNING EAST AND WEST, THE OTHER ONE'S RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT YOU REALLY MISS ELLIS AND DARIAN, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TAKEN SITE VISITS AND YOU SEE HOW LARGE THIS SPACE ACTUALLY IS. BUT WHERE WE ARE WITH IT, WE'RE EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT IN COMPLETION. ALL THE FIELDS HAVE BEEN DONE, ALL THE LIGHTING IS COMPLETE.
THEY ARE IN OPERATION AND IN USE AT THIS TIME. WE STILL HAVE ALL OF THE PERIMETER IRRIGATION, SOD WORK, AND FENCING STILL TO COMPLETE, BUT THE FIELDS ARE IN ACTIVE USE AT THIS, AT THIS TIME. AND I WILL NOTE YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP TRYING TO KEEP E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OFF OF THEM. I KNOW WE MADE SOME POSTS, BUT AS SOON AS THE FENCING AND ALL OF THAT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE THEY WILL BE LOCKED YOU KNOW, AND AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL USAGE. OKAY, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DID SEE THE POST, BUT I KNOW WE JUST PUT THE TURF IN AND HAD THAT ISSUE, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR PROCEDURE FOR MAKE, ENSURING THAT NOTHING LIKE THAT COULD HAVE, CAUSE IT COULD BE ANYONE.
ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT'S A VERY COSTLY FIX, SHALL I SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR TEARING THEM UP, YOU KNOW, WITH WHEELED CARTS OR SCOOTERS OR WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE. YOU KNOW, AND, AND THOSE, THAT'S NOT FUNDED THROUGH PROJECTS, THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OPERATIONS. SO KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT FIVE POINT SEVEN, WE BUILD, YOU KNOW, FOUR POINT FIVE SO FAR. SO WE'RE TRACKING ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE IS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, MAYBE THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER.
ON THE THE SCOOTERS, IS THERE A
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CITY ORDINANCE CURRENTLY THAT BANS THEM FROM AREAS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN HELP OUT IF IT DOES BECOME A BIGGER ISSUE. YES. AND WHEN WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT, ONCE AGAIN, CAUSE IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE, IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD AT THIS MOMENT TO KEEP EVERYTHING JUST COMPLETELY MONITORED AND TRACKING, BUT ONCE ALL OF THE FENCING'S UP AND EVERYTHING IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE, IT, IT'LL BE MONITORED EVEN CLOSER.YEAH. AND JUST A NOTE, ANTHONY CHIEF WATERS AND THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST, AND THE CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED A CITY ORDINANCE REGARDING THE E-BIKES AND THE MOTOR SCOOTERS, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO, AND IT'S A VERY DETAILED ORDINANCE. AND IT DOESN'T DO RIGHT NOW US ANY JUSTICE CAUSE WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED ANY SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE YET. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CORRECT, AT LEAST KNOW WHO IT WAS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I KNOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET TO THAT POINT, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S JUST A PHASE THAT WE'RE IN WITH THE PROJECT, RIGHT? YES. AND SECURITY AND SO FORTH, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THIS BUT I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INITIATIVE BECAUSE SECURITY IS ONE OF THE HIGH PRIORITIES, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR SECURING VANDALISM ON THE FIELDS. IT'S SAFETY FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL RESIDENTS AND PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE OUT AT THE PARK. SO CALDWELL PHASE THREE, I'LL JUMP IN IT REAL QUICK. I MEAN, WE'RE AT NINETY PERCENT DESIGN.
WE'RE GETTING IN SOME PRICING NOW, AND IT'S ABOUT TO SOLICIT FOR CONTRACTORS FOR BIDDING.
WE'RE GETTING PERMIT PLANS REVIEWS AT THE, AT THE MOMENT FEEDBACK, AND THEN IT'LL BE PUT OUT FOR, FOR PRICING FOR CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT ANTICIPATED YOU KNOW, COMPLETION OF, IT'S PROBABLY A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE AROUND THAT EARLY. WE WANT IT TO BE IN THE SPRING OF 2027, MID 2027, BUT WE JUST HAVE A PLACEHOLDER RIGHT NOW, AND BY THE TIME YOU GET THROUGH CONTRACTS AND GET A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD. SO RIGHT NOW IT SAYS WINTER OF 28, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING IN EARLY 28 FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT. IS THAT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THAT STUFF? I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY PICKED A VENDOR FOR THAT. OH, WELL, FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, YES, BUT NOT THE CONTRACTOR TO BUILD IT. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. SO YES, ALL OF THIS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING, ONCE AGAIN, IS STILL IN THE BLACK AND WHITE, CAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T HIT TOO MANY FURTHER DETAILS, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PLAY WILL CONSIST OF.
SO THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
ASSOCIATED, BUT WE PICKED THE PLAY EQUIPMENT JUST, IT HAS TO BE COMPETITIVE BID THROUGH THE BID PROCESS, DESIGN, BUILD, BID, OR DESIGN, BID, BUILD GOING DARK. SPORT COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS, PICKLEBALL COURTS ALL OF THAT. AND BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE DESIGN IS AT NINETY PERCENT AT THIS POINT, SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE PUTTING THAT OUT TO THE STREETS. THANK YOU.
WE'VE GOT PARC, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE DETAILS ON IT. WE CAN IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN THROUGH DESIGN, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES AT THIS POINT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS ON IT, IT'S JUST STILL THROUGH DES- COMPLETION ON DESIGN PHASE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING PUT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION-WISE TO FOLLOW ALONG WHERE WE ARE WITH EACH PHASE. PARKS AND REC BUILDING, I'LL HIT ON IT.
WE'RE AT NINETY PERCENT COMPLETION.
HERE'S THE PROJECT SCHEDULE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON A LOT OF THESE.
ON PERCENTAGE-WISE, IT'S REALLY THAT LAST TEN PERCENT THAT SEEMS TO TAKE THE BULK OF THE TIME, ALL THE FINE DETAILS. I KNOW WE'VE WALKED THROUGH THEM, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE BUILDING, AND IT'S, IT'S CLOSE. SOME OF THESE ARE OLDER PHOTOS, BUT THIS IS THE, ONE OF THE MORE RECENT. WEREN'T YOU ORIGINALLY PROJECTED? I THOUGHT AT ONE POINT I HEARD THAT YOU WERE MOVING IN SOMETIME THIS MONTH. YES, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THAT LAST TEN PERCENT.
THE, THE COMPLETION SHOULD BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, FIRST OF NOVEMBER. SO. WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A, A NOVEMBER MOVE-IN. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS
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ON THIS ONE? I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE WATCHING IT BEING BUILT, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY THAT. IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, I WILL SAY THAT. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE IN IT. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET MOVING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A HURRY UP AND WAIT TYPE.GTLC, THIS ONE'S I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT THIS OUT ON THE STREETS FOR AN RF, PRFQ. THIS IS THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX THAT WILL BE OUT OFF 982 SECOND STREET BEHIND BUFFALO RUN APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE. SO THIS WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS ADJACENT, SAME PROPERTY AS PARC, THE REC CENTER, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK. AND WE, WE'VE GOT ALLOCATION WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT FIFTEEN, WE HAVE EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR THAT PROJECT BUT WE'RE TRYING, PUSHING FOR THE FIFTEEN, KNOWING THAT CONTINGENCY AND, AND COST WOULD BE, BUT AS FAR AS THE ENVELOPE, WE REALLY HAVE ROUGHLY AROUND EIGHTEEN MILLION EARMARKED FOR THIS BUILDING, OR FOR THIS PROJECT IN ITSELF.
AND RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY ALL WE HAVE IS JUST A SCHEMATIC DESIGN, SURVEYS AND TEST FITS. SO IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE A DESIGN BUILD, NOT A DESIGN BID BUILD. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGN THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL COMPLEX, A LOT OF TIMES IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND MORE COST EFFEC-EFFECTIVE FOR A BUILDER THAT BUILDS THESE EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHETHER IT'S POE CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SKY'S SYMMETRY OR HELLAS OR A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT SPECIALIZE IN SPORTS FIELDS, IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVE JUST TO HAVE THEM DESIGN IT BASED ON OUR CRITERIAS THAN IT DOES HAVING A, AN ARCHITECT DESIGN SOMETHING THAT IS AS SIMPLE AS FIELDS, RIGHT? AND THEN IT, IT ALSO SPEEDS UP THE PROCESS.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR DESIGNING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE VALUE ENGINEERING. SO THEY KNOW WHAT WILL AND WON'T WORK, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. SOMETIMES IN ARCHITECTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND IT'S AMAZING, BUT THE FEASIBILITY SIDE OF IT, IT'S VERY COST, YOU KNOW. SO WHEN EVEN, I'LL USE JJ BOOK AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND US ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO GET THE SAME LOOK, THE SAME FEEL, THE SAME PRODUCT, BUT FOR A LOT LESS. SO BASICALLY ON SOMETHING AS A BASEBALL COMPLEX THAT'S REALLY JUST FIELDS WE DECIDED WE WERE JUST GOING TO GO DIRECTLY WITH A GC INSTEAD OF AN ARCHITECT IN THE MIDDLE. HAVE YOU BY CHANCE LOOKED AT THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, SPORTS COMPLEX THAT'S IN PROSPER? YES, AND I WAS ACTUALLY THERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. I'VE, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THEM.
THEY HAVE FRONTIER, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR NEW COMPLEX WHICH I WAS AT RAYMOND, I BELIEVE IT IS. SO PROSPER HAS A NEW BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
I WILL TELL YOU AND, AND I'LL JUST BE FRANK ABOUT IT, IT'S ALREADY ALMOST DESTROYED.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT ARTIFICIAL, AND THEY JUST OPENED THIS NEW COMPLEX ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAD A HOT SUMMER HERE. WE HAD ALMOST SIXTY-FIVE, SEVENTY DAYS OF NO RAIN, AND THE BASEBALL SIDE OF THINGS IS NOT ARTIFICIAL, OKAY? SO IT'S NATURAL GRASS AND CLAY. THE PROBLEM IS THE SAND WITHOUT WATER, IT ALMOST TURNS TO A POWDER, AND THEN THE GRASS, EVEN IF YOU ARE WATERING IN THE HOT, HEAT OF THE SUMMER, I MEAN, WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC AND FOOT, FOOT TRAFFIC THAT'S ON IT WITH ALL THE BASEBALL TEAMS, IT, IT ALMOST, THE MAINTENANCE IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, I WILL TELL YOU IT WILL BE ARTIFICIAL, NOT. RIGHT. I WAS JUST, I THINK IT'S THE ONE THAT'S MAYBE OFF-CUSTER OR
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QUITE, I GO BUY IT MONTHLY TO GET SOME OF MY MEDICATION FROM CVS THAT'S OUT THERE. AND JUST THE WAY THAT IT'S LIKE LAID OUT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT AND I'M LIKE, WOW, THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FIELDS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, BUT... IT, IT IS.IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEX. I JUST DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, AND I UNDERSTAND FUNDING SOURCES, TRUST ME, OF ALL PEOPLE I DO. BUT PROSPER IS ALSO A CITY THAT IS SPENDING THE MONEY AND TAKING THEIR CURRENT FIELDS, CONVERTING THEM OVER TO ARTIFICIAL, BUT THEN THEY BUILD A WHOLE BRAND NEW COMPLEX THAT'S NOT ARTIFICIAL. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHAT, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND MONEY TO UPGRADE YOUR PREVIOUS COMPLEX THAT, TO AN ARTIFICIAL AND NOT JUST SPENDING ON THE NEW ONE AND THEN WORK TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER THOSE OVER? BUT ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT PART OF PROSPER AND, AND HOW THEIR FUNDING AND WHAT THEY LOOKED AT AS FAR AS WHAT WAS ALLOCATED AND NOT, BUT. I DON'T THINK I WAS REFERRING MORE TO TURF OR GRASS. I THINK IT WAS MORE JUST, HAVE YOU SEEN IT REGARDING MORE HOW IT LOOKS FOR MAYBE SOME IDEAS FOR HOURS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, MAXINE, THE ONE THAT YOU WENT TO IS THEIR NEW COMPLEX ON, I BELIEVE IT'S, I BELIEVE THE COMPLEX IS CALLED RAYMOND AND THAT WAS THEIR PREVIOUS PARK DIRECTOR. SO HE WAS HERE A LITTLE AFTER COVID. SO SO FOR THE NEW BASEBALL FIELD, SO THOSE WILL BE SYNTHETIC FOR BOTH INFIELD AND OUTFIELD.
YEAH. OKAY. YES WE'RE LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS AT CALDWELL PARK, AND IT WAS EXISTING, THAT'S THE REASON WE LEFT THE OUTFIELD GRASS, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT ALL BRAND NEW, IT JUST MAKES MOST SENSE TO, TO RUN OUR, YOU KNOW, SYNTHETIC TURF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING. YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU MADE THE DECISION TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT SAVES MONEY IN THE LONG RUN WITH LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION AND JUST TO UPKEEP BECAUSE THE, THE TURF LASTS, IT'S THE SAME TYPE THAT, THAT'S AT CALDWELL THAT WE PUT A, SO THAT LASTS ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN YEARS. YEAH. TURF TODAY IS LASTING ROUGHLY FIFTEEN, AND THAT'S EVEN WITH HIGH, THAT'S WITH HIGH TRAFFIC.
OKAY. THERE'LL BE AREAS THAT, OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE AROUND HOME PLATES AND THE FIRST BASE AND SO FORTH, BUT IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT OUR CALDWELL PARK YOU KNOW, AROUND THE BASES, WHAT WE'VE DONE ON PULL, ON PULL UP CALDWELL PARK PHASE ONE, JUST REAL QUICK. SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT GET BEAT UP THE MOST. RIGHT. SO WHAT ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THOSE IN A DIFFERENT COLOR. IT'S A GOOD LOOK ANYWAY, IT'S A BASEBALL DIAMOND, BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REPLACE THOSE INSETS, BECAUSE THESE TYPE AREAS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING A TON OF TRAFFIC. IT, IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE. SO THEN YOU JUST HAVE A SMALL SECTION TO REPLACE WHEN, WHEN THAT TIME COMES. AND AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS DOES KEEP UP WITH THE FINANCIALS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TRACKING-WISE AND WHERE WE ARE BILLED. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUE- ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE COVERED MOST OF IT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MAXINE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE SEEING? YEAH, THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. AND, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED MONTHLY.
OKAY, SO AS WE'RE UPDATING WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO KNOW, AS WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING OUR BACKEND ON THE PROJECT AND WE'RE UPLOADING EVERY PAY APP, IT AUTOMATICALLY IS ALLOCATED SHOWN ON THESE NUMBERS. SO IT'S A LIVE DOCUMENT THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO RECREATE THIS, IT AUTOMATICALLY OPENS. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. JUST ONE COMMENT.
I DO THINK THE, FROM THE TIMELINE UP IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GET ONTO THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE SITE, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH RESIDENTS SEEING THAT STUFF IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ON THE TIMELINE, SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME SORT OF DISCLAIMER ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S, PEOPLE CAN SEE THE, THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT WILL HELP. YEAH, AND, AND WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE THIS A LIVE DOCUMENT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL, OKAY? WE'RE USING THIS AS THE, THE PROJECT DASHBOARD ON OUR END RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS SAME INFORMATION PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC SOON. IF THERE'S
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NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.OKAY, ITEM H DOT THREE ZERO TWO TWO ZERO TWO SIX DASH ZERO SIX ZERO, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING SENIOR CENTER AND SENIOR PROGRAMMING IN PARC. SO THIS WAS REQUESTED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD TO KINDA IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE FOR SENIOR PROGRAMS. WHAT I WILL NOTE IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS AND CLASSES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IDENTIFIED FOR SENIOR PROGRAMMING AT THE PRINCETON AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT PARC.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC SENIOR CENTER, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT, BUT PROGRAMS ARE WHAT YOU MAKE THEM. WE'LL HAVE THE SPACE AVAILABLE, WE WILL HAVE DAILY ACTIVITIES AND DAILY CLASSES FOR ALL SENIORS. THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, IF THE NEW LIBRARY EVER COMES ABOARD, YOU KNOW COMES INTO FRUITION, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY POSSIBLY CHANGING THE CURRENT LIBRARY INTO A SENIOR CENTER.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE JUST DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THROWN OFF OF A WALL RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT YOU KNOW, THE, A LIBRARY AND A NEW POSITION AND THEN FUNDING FOR THAT BEFORE YOU CAN START LOOKING REALLY INTO THE DEPTHS OF WHAT THE CURRENT FACILITY WOULD, WOULD BE. BECAUSE AS PRINCETON IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND AT THE RATE THAT WE'RE GROWING, THERE MAY BE A HIGHER NEED FOR THAT BUILDING AT THAT TIME VERSUS WHAT A SENIOR CENTER COULD BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE RUNNING PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVITIES AT OUT OF PARC. THE SAME THING EVEN IN THE AQUATICS, WATER AEROBICS, STRETCHING YOGA CLASSES, EVERYTHING WILL BE HELD FOR SENIORS AT PARC AS SOON AS THAT IS CONSTRUCTED AND, AND AVAILABLE. YEAH, THANK YOU.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH THESE, COME UP WITH PROGRAMMING FOR SENIORS OR ANY PROGRAM AT PARC, IT IS VITAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN MEMBERSHIP, BUT THEN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAMS. SO TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT, WHICH PROGRAMS WILL GO UNDER WHICH CATEGORY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING, AND IT DEFINITELY WON'T BE ABLE TO BE JUST IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING. IT MAY HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING OR, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THE IDEAS FROM OUR CURRENT SENIORS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE A PRIORITY FOR WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY PROGRAMS DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE THE TARGET, IN, IN THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THE DAY THEM AND MOTHERS OR PARENTS THAT ARE AT HOME WORKING WITH SMALL YOUNG, YOUNG CHILDREN. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO SET UP SOMETHING THAT, OR WHETHER IT BE A SURVEY OR HOWEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEN KIND OF PUT THE TWO TOGETHER TO KIND OF DECIDE, OKAY, THIS WILL BE INCLUDED UNDER YOUR MEMBERSHIP, OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OFFERED IN ADDITION TO THAT WILL GENERATE REVENUE, SENIOR SNEAKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, DARIAN. I DEFINITELY WANT TO, BESIDES THE SURVEY, I THINK A TOWN HALL WOULD BE GREAT, WHETHER WE DO IT HERE AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE GET SOME SIGNS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, CROCHET, KNITTING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CROSS-STITCH, WATER AEROBICS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME, LIKE YOU SAID, THE STAY-AT-HOME MOMS, OR LIKE ME. I'M NOT A STAY-AT-HOME MOM, BUT I'M A WORK-FROM-HOME MOM, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING, I CAN TELL YOU WORKING FROM HOME IF YOU DON'T DO IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET PER SE THE WATER COOLER EFFECT. SO I THINK A TOWN HALL WITH SOME IDEAS, MAYBE THAT WE ALL COME UP WITH, BUT THEN A BLANK BOARD SAYING, HEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BUT
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IN-PERSON TOWN HALL I THINK WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT DOING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ARE WE GOING TO BE HIRING LIKE A, A SITE DIRECTOR THAT WOULD BE CREATING ALSO SOME OF THE, THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE SENIOR CENTER? CAN YOU SPEAK INTO IT? I'M SORRY, I WAS SAYING THAT TYPICALLY ISN'T THERE LIKE A SITE DIRECTOR THAT IS HIRED THAT DOES THE PROGRAMMING FOR LIKE SENIOR CENTERS? YEAH, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WHEN WE START GETTING INTO PROGRAMMING AND WHAT ALL IS GONNA BE OFFERED A LOT OF THAT, AS MENTIONED THEREIN, THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF STUDIES AND PLENTY OF COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE CLASSES AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO OFFER. I CAN'T SAY TODAY EXACTLY WHAT ALL CLASSES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT SPACES WE HAVE.YEAH. BUT I WILL ALSO TELL YOU WE'VE SITE VISIT THIRTY DIFFERENT REC CENTERS IN NORTH TEXAS, AND EVEN A LOT OF THE SPACES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED HAVE SINCE BEEN REMODELED INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MR. MCCOY, YOU KNOW VERY WELL FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, SOME OF THESE SPACES, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE MOST ACTIVE AND WHAT ARE THE MOST USED VERSUS WHAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE MAY NOT BE THOSE CASES. SO ONCE WE, ONCE WE GET INTO THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND WHAT CLASSES AND OFFERINGS WILL BE SERVED AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STUDIES WILL SHOW TO, TO WHAT WE OFFER, AND TO YOUR POINT, WHAT WOULD BE OFFERED IN A MEMBERSHIP AND WHAT WOULD BE AT ADDITIONAL COSTS. OKAY.
WOULD YOU, AND I'M SORRY, DARIAN, DID YOU HAVE, OKAY.
WOULD YOU POTENTIALLY LOOK TO RESIDENTS PER SE, LIKE OKAY, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOBODY KNOWS THIS ABOUT ME, BUT I ACTUALLY AM A KNITTING INSTRUCTOR.
SINCE I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD, I COULD TEACH ANYBODY HOW TO KNIT. SO WOULD YOU LOOK TO RESIDENTS TO MAYBE TEACH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HOLD A CLASS FOR YOU, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE CHARGES? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE A VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE THE LIBRARY DOES THAT.
THE LIBRARY HAS PEOPLE VOLUNTEER COME IN AND TEACH DIFFERENT THINGS.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE A MODEL LIKE ANY REC CENTER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAMS, AND WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, THAT'S, THOSE IDEAS WHETHER IT'S ROBOTICS CLASS OR BOOK, I MEAN, I KNOW LIBRARY DOES BOOK READING, I JUST DO THAT OUT THERE, BUT WHAT, WHATEVER IS OUT THERE THAT CAN GENERATE ANY TYPE OF REVENUE IS ALL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CO-WORKING SPACE AVAILABLE AT PARC PLENTY OF CLASSROOMS, PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHARRETTE HALLS AND SO FORTH, SO THOSE ARE GREAT PLACES TO, TO HOST SOME OF THOSE. YEAH, BUT I'M JUST THINKING THE PERSON MAY BE DOING THE TEACHING FOR IT WOULD VOLUNTEER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD STILL HAVE REVENUE GENERATED, BUT HAVE A VOLUNTEER. I THINK THEY WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED A CONTRACTOR WHETHER THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING OR WORKING TO GET PAID, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY STILL DO THE SAME CLASSES.
THE LIBRARY DOESN'T, THEY JUST HAVE SOMEBODY COME SO, SO, I MEAN, I'M SURE WE'D HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO IT WITH THE CHART AND ALL THAT STUFF. A LOT OF YOUR INSTRUCTORS ARE PAID WHATEVER THEY'RE INSTRUCTING.
WE, WE LOVE ANYBODY, ANY AND EVERYBODY TO VOLUNTEER. BUT SOME OF YOUR, ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, A LOT OF THE INSTRUCTORS, THEY DO GET PAID FROM THE PORTIONS OF THOSE CLASSES. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM H DOT FOUR, TWENTY TWENTY-SIX DASH ZERO SIX ONE, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY-OWNED GREEN SPACE IN WHITEWING. SO BASICALLY, THE AREA THAT YOU SEE THAT'S GREEN OUTLINED IN THE SOCCER FIELD, IS THE CITY PROPERTY WITHIN THE WHITEWING DEVELOPMENT.
IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA WAS BUILT AND DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY. HOWEVER, THE
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CITY OWNS THE SPACE BASICALLY IS THAT YOU, SHE JUST OUTLINED IN THE CURSOR. THE COMMUNITY POOL, THE PLAYGROUND, ALL OF THAT, THAT IS ALL WHITEWING HOA DEVELOPMENT. AND WE ACTUALLY ACTIVATE THIS SPACE ON, ON THE DAILY. ANY QUESTIONS? SINCE, IF YOU PULL UP THAT PICTURE, SINCE IT'S THAT GREEN SPACE IS CITY PROPERTY. OR MANAGE MY CITY. AND I KNOW COST HAS A, I DON'T KNOW, DETERMINING FACTOR WITH THIS, BUT TRANSITIONING THESE INTO SYNTHETIC FIELDS AS WELL. I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING ON ANY LONG-TERM CIP AT THE MOMENT. YOU KNOW, GRASS SPACES ARE WONDERFUL.NATURAL GRASS SPACES ARE, ARE GREAT. IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT. IT'S BEING ABLE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESS OFF OF FIELD TO FIELD VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE PUT ON AT CALDWELL FOR GAMES, PRACTICES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. EVEN LIKE RIGHT HERE, WHAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE DARK. THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE AREAS, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVATING THIS SPACE, LIKE I SAID, EVERY SINGLE DAY AND ON WEEKENDS WITH GAMES, BUT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU'RE AT CALDWELL. SO THE AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, JUST KIND OF WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE OBVIOUSLY RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF THE SOCCER FIELDS THOSE RECOVER AFTER SEASON. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN SYNTHETIC TURF, THAT'S REALLY MORE SO AN ENTIRE CITY PARK AND NOT REALLY ONE THAT'S SOMEWHAT SHARED BY AN HOA. OKAY. JUST ONE COMMENT ON THE, THE FIELDS OUT THERE.
WITH THE RAINS WE HAD RECENTLY, THE FIRE ANTS HAVE DEFINITELY POPPED UP ACROSS THAT FIELD.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW, SO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ITEM H DOT FIVE. ZERO TWO SIX DASH ZERO SIX TWO, UPDATING THE DISCUSSION FOR YOUTH SPORTS SURVEY AFTER EACH SEASON. BASICALLY WHAT THIS WAS MS. PARKER MENTIONED HAVING SOME YOUTH SPORTS SURVEYS. SO WE'RE IN THE FALL SEASON RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE THAT THE FIRST SURVEY WILL COME OUT AFTER THE FALL SEASON CONCLUDES. OKAY. SO WE WILL RUN SEASONAL, SO BASICALLY LIKE THREE A YEAR, REALLY. ONE AFTER THE FALL SEASON, WHICH WILL BE FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, OR FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND CHEERLEADING. AND THEN THE WINTER SPORTS, WE'LL HAVE ONE BASED ON THE WINTER BASKETBALL, AND THEN AGAIN IN THE SPRING FOR THE SOCCER AND SO FORTH.
SAME WITH THE SOCCER IN THE, THE FALL. SO WE'LL, WE'LL RUN SURVEYS ANNUALLY CAUSE THAT ENSURES THAT, HEY, WE'RE LISTENING AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? ALL FOUR IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER AREAS THAT IS, UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY AT ALL TIMES, BUT IF WE'RE SEEING A CONSISTENT ISSUE THAT WE CAN CORRECT, BY ALL MEANS, WE WANT TO CORRECT THOSE SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS. OKAY. AND, AND HOW WILL THESE BE, THESE SURVEYS BE CONDUCTED? IS BE POSTED ONLINE? IT'LL BE SENT TO EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY? SO IT WILL BE POSTED. MAJORITY, WHAT WE'LL DO IS EMAIL TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS, SO THAT WAY WE'RE GETTING AN ACCURATE SURVEY BASED ON THE PARTICIPATION. WE'LL POST WE WILL POST ONLINE.
HOWEVER, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED CORRECT. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE MY SON WHO PLAYS ON U10 FOR SOCCER PLAYED AGAINST A TEAM THAT HAD PLAYERS WHO WERE NOT IN U10. THEY WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND IT KIND OF GOT INTO LIKE THE KIDS WERE FIGHTING ON THE, ON THE FIELD. IS THAT HERE IN PRINCETON? YES. OKAY. I
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CAN, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NOBODY IS PLAYING OUT OF THEIR LEAGUES. YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE, IT'S, THEY'VE GOT... WELL, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JESSICA WHO INDICATED THAT THIS, THE TEAM DID HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT TEN, OR UT, U10.ON THE PLANE, ON THAT IN THAT GAME. AND SO THE...
CAN THEY FORCE A FORFEIT? YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MORE COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I MOVING ON TO ITEM H.6.20.26.063, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING CDC PARTNERSHIP WITH CITYWIDE WAYFINDING INITIATIVE. SO THIS IS BROUGHT UP. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY SOME OF THE WAYFINDING SIGNS. I'M SURE MOST EVERYBODY HERE HAS SEEN THEM AROUND MCKINNEY. A LOT OF CITIES ARE PIGGYBACKING OFF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S THEIR OWN IMAGE AND THEIR OWN BRANDING, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
PLANO HAS SOME, ALLEN, FRISCO PROSPER, MCKINNEY. CLEARLY, I, I'M IN LOVE WITH MCKINNEY'S. I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY, NOT ONLY FOR THE SENSE OF DIRECTION, BUT JUST THE FEEL AND THE LOOK.
YOU KIND OF SEE THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THEM BASED HERE. HOWEVER, THEY, YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE COSTLY, OKAY? AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SIGNAGE I WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST THROWING A SIGN UP BECAUSE THE ENGINEERING THAT HAS TO GO IN BEHIND THEM, THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THE, WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO PUT THOSE ON TXDOT RIGHTS-OF-WAY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF CERTIFICATIONS, AND THEN THE COST FOR CONSTRUCTION IN ITSELF.
ROUGHLY SOME OF THE SIGNS, JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE, TYPICALLY A SIGN IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWENTY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIFTEEN TO TWENTY THOUSAND APIECE.
IT'S NOT A, A WOOD POST ANYMORE, YOU KNOW, WITH A COUPLE SCREWS AND A FOUR BY EIGHT SHEET OF PLYWOOD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY COSTLY, AND YOU KIND OF SEE WHAT MCKINNEY HAS IN COMPARISON TO A HUMAN. SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE BEING TWENTY FOOT TALL. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING SIXTY MILES AN HOUR DOWN A ROAD OR A HIGHWAY, IT HAS TO BE SUBSTANTIAL WHERE YOU CAN READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AS I KNOW CDC IS LOOKING AT SOME WAYFINDING, BUT WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO RUN A SAFETY INITIATIVE ACROSS. CDC IS A FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH. AND LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO RUN THIS THROUGH THE BOARD, SEE IF THERE'S ANY HESITATION HERE.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A MORE WIDE, A CITYWIDE WAYFINDING, AND THEN AN ALSO, ALSO ANOTHER INITIATIVE, WHICH WOULD BE A SAFETY ACT INITIATIVE IT'S KIND OF SECURITY CAMERAS ALONG ALL THE PARKS SOME OF THE AEDS IN THE PARKS, AND HAVING A, LIKE I SAID, HAVING AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE WHICH THIS BOARD, WE DO HAVE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME GEO BONDS, WHICH IS ALL ALLOCATED FOR, BUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ALSO NEEDS INITIATIVES TO PUT BACK INTO THE CITY AS WELL, AND I THINK THESE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY HESITATION. NO, I THINK I'M I, I WILL SAY SINCE MCKINNEY PUT THESE UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I THINK IT'S WHEN THEY STARTED REALLY POPPING UP IT DOES MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO NAVIGATE AND FIND THE VARIOUS PARKS WHEN YOU'RE DOING STUFF IN MCKINNEY. SO I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT HELP TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN NOW, WE HAVE THE SYNTHETIC FIELDS.
YEAH. AND, AND A WAY FOR, AND I KNOW WE ALSO HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT MARKETING AND THE VISIBILITY, SO THIS ALSO HELPS TO KIND OF TACKLE THAT AS WELL. SO I'M ALL FOR FOR APPROACHING CDC TO SEE ABOUT FUNDING FOR THIS, BECAUSE I SEE US NEEDING AT LEAST ABOUT TWENTY, TWENTY-FIVE OF THESE MAYBE.
BUT I THINK THAT BUILDING OUT,
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I WOULD GO AHEAD AND BUILD OUT FOR FUTURE PARKS AS WELL THAT WE, THAT CAN ALL BE INCLUDED INTO ONE SPIEL, BUT YEAH, I'M ALL FOR GOING TO SEE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. NOT ONLY THIS, BUT FLAG POLL THE FLAGS FOR THE POLLS AS WELL. SO THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, I LOOK AT IT AS BEING SORT OF THE SAME FOR YOUR EVENTS, IT'S ADVERTISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD KIND OF TIE ALL THAT IN TOGETHER. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. THE ONE THING, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH OUR SIGNS IS WE BRAND THEM MORE WITH THE CITY OF PRINCETON. LIKE OUR CITY OF PRINCETON LOGO IS LIKE THE TREE, RIGHT? SO TRY TO BRAND OUR SIGNS TO MATCH OUR CITY. YEAH.THEY, THEY WOULD BE, I'M JUST SHOWING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MCKINNEY'S, BECAUSE MCKINNEY'S YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR LOGO IS UNIQUE BY NATURE, SO THEY, THEY WANTED TO GIVE THIS NATURE A NATURAL LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND, VERY SUBTLE, BUT THAT FOLLOWS ALONG WITH THEIR BRANDING. IT'D BE THE SAME FOR PRINCETON, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DESIGN, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD AND THE CDC, IF THE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GET THE INPUT, WORK THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR SELECTION BEFORE THEY WOULD EVER, YOU KNOW, BE PUT INTO PRODUCTION, BUT THE BOARDS WOULD HAVE CONTROL ON, YOU KNOW, THE LOOK AND THE LAYOUT THAT IS UNIQUE TO PRINCETON. AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, OVERALL BUILD-OUT, LOOKING AT TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE OF THEM, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE, WE BREAK THIS INTO PHASINGS OVER LIKE THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF 380.
SO NOTHING NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED ON 380 FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER CORRIDORS THAT YOU CAN PUT AHEAD OF 380, SUCH AS MONTE CARLO, BEAUCHAMP BORMAN OVER HERE MYRICK, A LOT OF THESE CORRIDORS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT BUILT OUT THOSE CAN BE SAY, MOVE UP INTO A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, OR YEAR TWO, BECAUSE IF, SAY, IF WE SAY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOING TO LAST WAY MORE THAN FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WELL, YES, YOU MAY NEED TWENTY OR TWENTY-FIVE OF THEM, BUT YOU'RE REALLY ONLY PUTTING SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THEM OUT EACH YEAR. YEAH, YEAH. AND I DO HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, DARIAN, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE SIGNS ON THE LIGHT POLES FOR EVENTS, YOU KNOW, PUT AND I KNOW I'M JUST MAKING IT SOUND SIMPLE, BUT YOU TAKE TWO PIECES OF METAL AND STICK A FLAG STRETCHING THEM OUT, BUT. JUST AS SIMPLE, YEP. YOU KNOW.
BUT WE DEFINITELY, WE DEFINITELY COULD USE THOSE NOW.
YOU'RE TALKING, THOSE COULD BE JUST ON OUR MAIN CORRIDORS, CAUSE THERE'S NO FLAGPOLES ON 380, I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT ALL DOWN BEAUCHAMP, DOWN MYRICK, AND MONTE CARLO AT LEAST COULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT.
YEAH, AND, AND THOSE ARE THE, THE CORRIDORS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED THE CDC, I TOOK A MARKETING INITIATIVE FOR SOME OF THE BANNERS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. THE CDC, WE WILL FOLLOW UP BUT WE ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING ON THAT, SO IT'LL ALL COME TOGETHER INTO A PHASING YOU KNOW, PROCESS OVER THE NE- WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT ALL IN YEAR ONE, BUT IDENTIFYING WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TODAY, WHAT COULD BE HELD DOWN AS A P2 AND A P3, SO THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING PRIORITY-WISE WHAT CAN BE STEP ONE, AND THEN WHERE CAN WE GO FOR STEP TWO. YEAH, AND I, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I, I THINK WITH THIS TYPE OF SIGN, IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM ALL UPFRONT, IT'S RETAINING THE LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL CUSTOM WORK, A LOT OF IT DONE BY HAND, SO YOU JUST NEED THE LONG-TERM.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK AT LEAST DOING THE WELCOME SIGNS AND THEN, LIKE, THE SIGNS THAT'S SHOWCASING, LIKE, THE HISTORIC AREAS OF PRINCETON WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO START. SO IT SEEMS LIKE I DO HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANY OBJECTION. IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS REALLY, WE LIKE TO SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, A STYLE THAT FITS PRINCETON, BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THESE AROUND THE TOWN. SO WE'LL, WE'LL START WORKING THAT ON OUR
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LEVEL. WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PRESENT TO THE CDC WITH SOME FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT'S APPR- IF THAT'S APPROVED BRING IT BACK FOR DESIGNS. AND WHILE WE'RE ON WAYFINDING SIGNS I DON'T SEE OF ANY OF OUR PLANS ON OUR PARKS THAT THERE ARE ENTRY SIGNS TO THE PARKS. IS THAT INCLUDED? THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. YOU WILL SEE SIGNS INCLUDED WITH ALL OF THESE NEW CONSTRUCTIONS. SO WITH THE NEW PARKS IN PRINCETON, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR BRANDING IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. SO JJ BOOK WILL HAVE A, A NEW SIGN THAT'S IN PRODUCTION, AND WE WANT TO COMPLEMENT THOSE AT ALL OF THE PARKS. SO EVERY PARK IN PRINCETON THAT YOU GO TO, YOU KIND OF SEE THOSE COLORS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY AND GIVE PRINCETON PLAYS YOU KNOW, ITS OWN BRAND. SO WHEN YOU'RE AT ANY PARK IN PRINCETON, YOU, IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THIS IS A PRINCETON, CITY OF PRINCETON PARK. THAT'S WITH THE COLOR SCHEMES, THAT'S WITH THE CHAIRS, THE SIMPLE AS RESTROOM RECEPTACLES ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE WANT TO BE, GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD SO YOU KNOW.AND THE SAME WITH THE, THE SIGNS, THOSE ARE COMING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES.
OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT LEAVES US DOWN TO ITEM H DOT EIGHT TWO ZERO TWO SIX DASH ZERO SIX FIVE. CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEM TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK, POSSIBLY BECAUSE YOU HAD BROUGHT UP WITH OUR PARKS, LIKE THE AED MACHINES AND THAT A LOT OF CITIES, PLANO, MCKINNEY, PROSPER, ANNA, A LOT OF CITIES ARE NOW PUTTING UP THESE DOG SCANNERS AT THEIR PARKS. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT SUBJECT BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE ABILITY TO POSSIBLY DO THAT. I KNOW AT CALDWELL, WE HAVE A DISC GOLF FIELD. I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASK. IF THERE ARE ANY DISC GOLF LEAGUES, SO IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE YOU COULD BRING BACK, SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST THAT THE CITY COULD MAYBE HAVE SET UP, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SET UP A DISC GOLF LEAGUE ON THE FIELDS. AND ALSO, ANY UPDATE ON LIKE OUR NAME TAGS, NAME TAGS? IT WOULD BE GREAT, ESPECIALLY IF LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PUMPKINPALOOZA. WE HAD A NAME TAG, SO PEOPLE KINDA KNEW WE'RE PART OF THE BOARD. BUT I KNOW PUMPKINPALOOZA'S LIKE AROUND THE CORNER. AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA CALL IT SWAG OR SH- T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THE PRINCETON FOR PROGRESS SHIRT, AND I'VE GOT ONE FROM THE DAY OF PURPOSE, BUT MAYBE LIKE SOMETHING FOR PARKS AND REC. TWO THINGS ON THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR DISCUSSION. I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE OUR BUDGET AND THE UPDATED FEE SCHEDULE, I DID INCLUDE A DISC GOLF LEAGUE FEE BECAUSE THAT IS ON THE HORIZON.
SO THAT WILL BE, WILL BE BROUGHT AND PRESENTED THIS YEAR, AND THE NAME TAGS, THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON REQUESTED US TO LOOK INTO I GUESS CREATING A HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMITTEE.
I GUESS LET'S BRING THAT BACK AND KINDA GET THAT, KINDA PUSH IT MOVING. IF HE COULD COME YOU KNOW, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT ON, AND GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT HIS VISION IS WITH THAT, SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD.
CHASE, I THINK, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IF YOU RECALL, I THINK WE HAVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM REGARDING THAT.
OKAY. BECAUSE I HAD POSED THAT QUESTION. OKAY. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE IT, SO IF YOU CAN FORWARD THAT TO THE SCREEN. WE'LL SHARE THAT AROUND. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGARDING THAT LEASE.
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OH, YEAH. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, YEAH. EXCUSE ME, ALSO I KNOW, LIKE, THE WEBSITE HAS, LIKE, A YOUR VOICE MATTERS FOR THE MAYOR, BUT I WAS WONDERING HOW ARE, LIKE, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM, LIKE THE PUBLIC THAT ARE SENT TO PARKS AND REC STAFF, HOW ARE THEY, HOW ARE THEY HANDLED? ALL[I. REPORT AGENDA]
RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR REPORT AGENDA. SO NEXT SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2026 AT 6:30 PUMPKIN BOOLOOZA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT 5 P.M. NEXT REGULAR EDC MEETING IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH AT 6:30 P.M. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 6:30 P.M.SPECIAL LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND 6:30 P.M. AND THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH AT 6:30 P.M. AND ITEM J FOR ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT, MEETING ADJOURNED 4-0.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
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