[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALRIGHTY. IT IS 6:32. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL. ANTHONY LYNCH. PRESENT.
STEFFANIE PARKER NOT PRESENT. TONYA JONES. PRESENT.
MAXINE ELLIS. PRESENT. ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. CRYSTAL JACKSON.
PRESENT. MYSELF. DARIAN MCCOY IS PRESENT. INVOCATION.
LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND OCCASION TO COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE. AS WE MEET HERE TODAY, WE ASK THAT WE ALL MAKE WISE DECISIONS TO COME TOGETHER AS THE PARK ADVISORY BOARD AND DO WHAT'S BEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY. AND WE ASK THAT YOU, THOSE THAT ARE ON MAYBE ON THEIR WAY HERE, THAT THEY TRAVEL SAFELY AND ASK THAT WE ADJOURN SAFELY BACK HOME TO OUR DESTINATIONS.
AND YOUR SON JESUS NAME. AMEN. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE OKAY. ITEM F PUBLIC APPEARANCE. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON 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 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 ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THE PORTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
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 AND DISPARAGING REMARKS AS TO MAINTAIN DECORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THE MEETING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ONE HERE FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM G. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM G.1 2026-066.
[G. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSIDER APPROVING OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G.1 2026-066. SECOND.
AND I WILL MAKE A NOTE. STEFFANIE PARKER IS PRESENT.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM H.1 2026-067.
[H. REGULAR AGENDA]
UPDATE ON THE PURCHASE OF PET SCANNER FOR DOG PARK LOCATED AT J.M.CALDWELL SENIOR COMMUNITY PARK. GOOD EVENING BOARD.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP. MISS ELLIS, AS REQUESTED ITEM.
IT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE DOG PARK. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE GAIN OTHER FACILITIES AND SO FORTH, WE CAN PLACE THOSE AT THOSE PARKS AS WELL, POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
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THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.WHEN IS IT EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED? TYPICALLY THAT TAKES ABOUT 2 OR 3 DAYS FOR THE SHIPPING. SOME OF THE PET SCANNERS WILL, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE I EVEN MYSELF WAS SOMEWHAT UNAWARE.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF MICROCHIPS. THERE'S SOME THAT ARE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY.
EACH BRAND SOMETIMES ARE DIFFERENT. SO SOME SCANNERS DON'T PICK UP OTHER BRANDS.
BUT THE PET SCANNER THAT WE'VE ORDERED IS UNIVERSAL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST YOUR CHEAPEST ONE THAT YOU CAN FIND.
IT DOES, YOU KNOW, SHOULD PICK UP MOST PET. NOW AS FAR AS PET SCANNERS GO, IT WOULD BE UPON THE INDIVIDUAL TO, TO LOOK UP THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE PROVIDED.
IT JUST GIVES THEM A SCANNER NUMBER, NOT OWNER'S INFORMATION.
WOULD THERE BE ANY INSTRUCTIONS LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED AT THE PET SCANNING STATION SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY USE IT? YES. WELL, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE ITEM H.2 2026-068. UPDATE ON U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR LITERALLY FOR YEARS NOW.
AS IT WILL, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE A PROCESS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON THREE CORE PROPERTIES TIKI CREEK PARK, CLEAR LAKE PARK AND TWIN GROVES PARK. ALL THREE OF THOSE WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AS THE PREVIOUS UPDATE HAVE GIVEN US, MICHAEL KINARD WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. HE SINCE RETIRED LAST YEAR. THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A REPLACEMENT THIS YEAR.
BUT WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS WANTING US TO SEE IS A MASTER PLAN FOR THOSE PARKS. SO ONCE WE CAN WORK IN A LEASE LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT WITH A.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY ARE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED.
FOR ME, IT YOU KNOW, AND THIS WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD.
WE'LL PUT OUT AN RFQ FOR OTHERS TO SOLICIT BIDS.
SO THEY BOTH TIE TOGETHER. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE ONCE WE PUT OUT AN RFQ.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM AS WELL. LOOKING AT AN OVERALL PLAN FOR THE PARKS.
AND ONCE THAT'S ESTABLISHED, WE CAN GET UNDER REVIEW.
THEN THERE'LL BE A LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
WITH WHAT NOW? HAVE YOU SEEN ANY IDEAS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY U.S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY? THERE'S NONE OF IT THAT'S OWNED BY THE CORPS, THAT'S MAINTAINED BY THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
OKAY. THOSE THREE PARKS, I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY TO I SAY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEM WITH THE LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE CAN AT LEAST START TO ESTABLISH OPEN TRAILS, THE BOAT RAMPS, THE ROADS. THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
THAT IS THE REASON THEY WANTED TO RELINQUISH THESE OVER TO THE CITIES AROUND THE LAKE.
THE CITY ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S HARD JUST TO THROW IN BUDGET DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T OWN, POSSESS OR MAINTAIN. BUT I THINK THAT BRIDGE WILL BE, YOU KNOW CONNECTED PRETTY SOON AND WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE FIRST STEP WITH THOSE PARKS WOULD BE NUMBER ONE IN ASSESSMENT.
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SO JUST SO I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE BOARD, A COUPLE OF THOSE PARKS ARE CLOSED DOWN TIKI CREEK PARK BEING ONE OF THEM.AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS. OUT ON THE LAKE HAS POTENTIAL TO BE.
RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO ASSESSMENTS, STRUCTURAL AND, YOU KNOW, QUALITY TO ENSURE THE NUMBER ONE SAFETY MEETS ALL STANDARDS. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE SAFETY STANDARDS AND INSPECTION COMES BACK THAT YES, IT IS SAFE TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
YEAH. I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, HAVE YOU SEEN ANOTHER CITY IN THE STATE THAT MAINTAINS A U.S.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPERTY? AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IF YOU'VE SEEN ANOTHER CITY MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY? OH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAVE RELINQUISHED THE PARKS OVER TO COVE AND LITTLE ELM BEING ONE OF THEM. AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEIR LARGE ATTRACTIONS FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ELM.
OKAY. LEWISVILLE HAS THE SAME ON THERE'S SEVERAL PARKS ON LAKE LEWISVILLE.
LAKE GRAPEVINE HAS. CORPS OF ENGINEERS OWNS THE THE PROPERTY, BUT THE CITIES MAINTAIN AND FEATURE PROGRAMING AND DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NEW OR SPECIFIC TO PRINCETON.
IT'S VERY COMMON. AS YOU GROW AS A CITY YOU KNOW, YOUR FINANCIAL STABILITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF YOUR REALLY SMALL TOWNS THAT HAVE, DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE FUNDING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. SO DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE APPROPRIATE TO, I GUESS, MEET WITH SOME PERSONNEL FROM THOSE CITIES JUST TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF HOW THEY WENT ABOUT TO MAINTAIN THIS PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH TO DECIDE ON HOW OR WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. ABSOLUTELY. AND SOME OF THAT THAT COMES INTO WHEN YOU MASTER PLAN.
AND HONESTLY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE PAY THEM TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING OTHER CONTROLLED PARKS BY CITIES AND BRINGING THOSE TOGETHER AND GIVING THOSE IDEAS. OKAY. BECAUSE I'M EVEN GOING TO SAY THIS AS WELL.
DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS EVOLVE AND ALWAYS CHANGE. SO WHO MADE THOSE AGREEMENTS 15, 20 YEARS AGO PROBABLY ARE NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, IN EXISTENCE WITH THOSE CITIES BECAUSE LEWISVILLE BEING A PRIME EXAMPLE, CITY OF LITTLE ELM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PARKS DIRECTOR, THAT OR THE CITY MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP IN LITTLE ELM THAT WORK, THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE STILL THERE, BUT THE PLANS AND THE IDEAS ARE.
WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE THIRD PARK? SO TWIN GROVES PARK, THAT'S JUST THIS BOAT RAMP DOWN HERE OFF OF 380.
ARE YOU SAYING TWIN GROVES? TWIN GROVES. AND REALLY, THAT'S THAT'S JUST REALLY A BOAT RAMP.
I MEAN, THAT'S A SMALL PARK, RIGHT ON 380. BUT WE DO HAVE PARCELS OF LAND ADJACENT TO IT.
SO YOU KNOW, IT MAKES FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS KAYAKING, HIKING, BIKING AND THOSE TYPES, IT'S VERY PASSIVE, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE FISHING, NOT TOO MUCH ON THE RECREATIONAL SIDE.
AND ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING ARE ANY OF THESE PARKS IN PRINCETON PROPER? OR ARE THEY OUTLINING COMMUNITIES? PROPER. LIKE RATHER THAN A SUBDIVISION OR A.
SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO ONES THAT LIVE LIKE IN THE ETJ.
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YEAH. SO MY QUESTION WAS, IS ARE THESE PARKS ACTUALLY IN PRINCETON PROPER OR ARE THEY PART OF THAT COMMUNITY? OKAY. SO THEY ARE IN PRINCETON ETJ. AND SOME OF THEM WOULD BE IN CITY LIMITS.SO IT'S ETJ. AND THERE'S SMALL BITS AND PIECES THAT ARE IN THE ETJ THAT ARE CITY STILL CITY LIMITS ALONG WITH THOSE PARKS. THOSE WOULD BE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. IS THE CDC OR EDC, ARE THEY A PART OF THIS PROJECT ALSO? BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE IN ONE OF THEIR PAST MEETINGS, THEY BROUGHT UP THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER PROPERTIES.
YES. EDC AND I MEAN REALLY NOTHING WITH THE EDC, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BOARD IS DESIGNED FOR GIVING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THIS, THAT THESE THREE PARKS ARE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE FUNDING IS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY NOT NECESSARILY.
IT'S DESIGNED TO PUT BACK INTO PARKS, ROADS, STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, INITIATIVES. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED FOR.
AND PARKS ARE A HUGE KEY COMPONENT OF THAT. SO FUNDING COULD COME FROM THE CDC ONCE A PLAN IS ESTABLISHED AND DEVELOPED. BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THAT IS UNTIL YOU DEVELOP A PLAN AND LOOK ON A TIER STEP, YOU KNOW, PHASING THESE PROJECTS OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO OVERALL MASTER PLAN THE WHOLE THING.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND $100 MILLION TO DEVELOP ALL AT ONCE.
IT MAY BE IN A, YOU KNOW, A 30 YEAR PHASE, BUT PICKING OUT YOUR BITS AND PIECES FOR PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. AND THESE THINGS ALWAYS CHANGE OVER TIME ANYWAY.
SO IT CAN ALWAYS EVOLVE AND GROW. BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A BASE CORE BASE MASTER PLAN OF WHAT YOU WANT EACH PARK TO BE AND THEN START TO BUILD ON THAT. SO JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, THE NEXT STEP IS GETTING THE RFQ SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON THE MASTER PLAN? YES, WORKING WITH THE CORPS, IDENTIFYING LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A MASTER PLAN.
SO THE LEASE AGREEMENT IS NEXT.
SO LEASE AGREEMENT AND THEN WE WORK ON THE MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING ONLINE AND I DON'T SEE TWIN GROVE. I SEE SISTER GROVE PARK. GROVES IS RIGHT DOWN OKAY. WELL THIS TWIN GROVE DIDN'T COME UP AS ONE THAT'S IN PRINCETON, BUT THE SISTER GROVE ONE DID SO. TWIN GROVES IS LIKE, RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. IT LIKE YOU KNOW IT NO LAKE FEEDS INTO IT.
IT'S JUST YOU COULD MISS IT NO, I KNOW WHERE IT IS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY ONLINE IT DOESN'T DISCUSS THAT, BUT IT DISCUSSES THE SISTER GROVE PARK AND THE SISTER GROVE WERE NOT ANY THING TO DO WITH.
NO. SISTER GROVE IS ACTUALLY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY THE COUNTY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. MOVING ON TO ITEM H.3 2026-069. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON EMAIL COMMUNICATION.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE, TO THIS BOARD.
YOU KNOW, THE EMAIL AND UPDATE COMMUNICATION WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUT THE AGENDAS INFORMATION REQUESTED ITEMS WE PUT TIMELINES ON THERE, WE DO NEED RESPONSES PROMPTLY EVEN LIKE ATTENDANCE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.
IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABSENT, THAT'S FINE.
WE UNDERSTAND. BUT THAT COMMUNICATION, PLEASE KEEP UP WITH THE COMMUNICATION.
EVERYBODY HAS IPADS THAT WE DEAL THROUGH YOUR CITY EMAIL.
SO PLEASE KEEP THAT UPDATED, KEEP CHECKING ON IT.
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BUT AS I MENTIONED, THIS JUST GETS BROUGHT BACK UP BECAUSE I WANT TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING PROMPT AND, YOU KNOW, RAPID RESPONSES BACK BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE ON TIMELINES AS WELL.YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO CITY LEADERSHIP.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RESTRICTED ON WHAT WE CAN DO ON OUR END.
I LOOKED AT IT SO I COULD RESPOND, BUT IT DIDN'T ASK FOR A RESPONSE THIS TIME.
USUALLY IT ASKS PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE.
THIS ONE JUST SAYS AFTERNOON BOARD DO NOT REPLY ALL ATTACHED IS PARKS AND REC BOARD AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD AT 6:30 P.M. WARMLY. SO THERE WAS NOTHING ON HERE THAT SAID I HAD TO RESPOND, SO I PERSONALLY DIDN'T RESPOND. UNDERSTOOD. AND I'LL ENSURE YOU KNOW THE BACK END. BUT IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABSENT, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.
AND EVEN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S AN EMAIL SENT OUT WITH SHIRT SIZES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE RESPONDED, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY'S RESPONSES YET.
SO. OKAY THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM H.4 2026-070 PARKS BOND UPDATE.
MISS PARKER. MISS JONES CRAIG. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE SEEN THIS, BUT THIS WAS AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO THIS WILL BE A A MONTHLY UPDATE FOR THE BOARD.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE IT, WE ARE UPDATING THIS ON A DAILY BASIS.
JUST KEEPING UP. SO I'M GOING TO TALK YOU THROUGH EACH ONE.
AND I'LL BE BRIEF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS THE 100. THIS IS THE HOME PAGE $108 MILLION PARKS BOND.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN HERE FROM THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK OF HOW THAT'S BROKEN OUT.
$54 MILLION WAS SOLD IN 2025. AND THEN WE'RE PROJECTING THE SECOND PORTION OF THE $54 MILLION IN 28. WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS A PERCENTAGE ON EACH PROJECT OF WHERE THAT $108 IS GOING TO $65 MILLION. IN THE REC CENTER, REC AND AQUATIC CENTER, $53 IN THE PARKS AND REC MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND THEN $37.7 IN THE OUTDOOR SPORTS AND PARKS RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN EACH PROJECT AS YOU SEE WHEN YOU SCROLL ON EACH ONE IN THE HIGHLIGHT TO GIVE YOU THIS, YOU KNOW, 100% OF THE $108. I'LL HIT ON EACH PROJECT REALLY QUICK.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF UPDATES FROM PARK.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN, WE'VE GOT THE DATES HERE, THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE AT 95% AND THEN WE'RE AT CD CIVILS GEOTECH SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FROM HERE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SITE AND CIVIL.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE UPDATED LAYOUT AND THE PICTURES OF WHAT WE'VE GOT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ON IT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION TO START THIS NEXT YEAR ON THE SITE AND CIVIL AND THEN PICKING UP AFTER THAT,
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WHICH WOULD BE IN THAT 28 BOND SALE FOR FINISHING OUT THE STARTING THE BUILDING.SO SITE CIVIL, ALL THE FLAT WORK, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE BUILT ON THE FRONT END AND THEN VERTICAL WITH THE 54, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SECOND PORTION OF THE $54 MILLION.
SO WE GOT CALDWELL. CALDWELL PARK PHASES ONE, TWO AND THREE.
LET'S BREAK THESE DOWN PHASES ONE THAT WAS THE TURF INFIELDS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE. THAT'S BEEN LONG COMPLETED.
PHASE TWO SOCCER FIELDS MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW.
WE'RE AT 95% COMPLETE IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, IT'S ALMOST DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS $5.07 AND BUILD OUT $4.92 SO FAR.
AND THIS SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE WHERE WE'RE BROKEN DOWN ON THAT TRACKING.
WAS THIS AN ATTACHMENT? AND IF NOT, CAN WE GET THESE UPDATES IN THE FORM OF AN ATTACHMENT SO THAT WE CAN SEE THEM BEFORE GETTING TO THE MEETING? SO THIS IS THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING.
THIS IS JUST THE INTERNAL DASHBOARD. THIS IS HOW WE'RE OPERATING.
AND IT'S RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT OUT FOR PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC VIEW.
IT IS MORE SO FROM A TRACKING LOG. WE ARE LOOKING TO GET THIS OUT AS A PUBLIC VIEW BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IS THE SAME INFORMATION ON OUR MAJOR PROJECTS PAGE.
CAN IT BE INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT IN OUR EMAILS WHEN WE GET THE AGENDA? ONCE AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED AS PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AND IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET TO OPEN THIS UP TO ALL RESIDENTS. IT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL TRACKING AT THIS MOMENT.
THANKS. BUT THE SAME INFORMATION IS PRESENTED OUT.
IT'S JUST NOT, AS I SAY, NOT AS DETAILED. IT'S JUST NOT SHOWING ALL THE PERCENTAGES ON EACH.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CALDWELL PHASE THREE.
THIS ONE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. SO WE'VE GOT 90% DESIGN.
THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING AROUND $11 MILLION TO THE PARK.
THIS WILL GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AT A HERE IN THE RECENT IN THE UPCOMING EVENTS.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE, YOU'VE SEEN THESE. WE WALK THROUGH THIS ENTIRE DESIGN.
I'M GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE NEWEST IMAGES THOUGH.
SO THESE ARE OUR NEWER IMAGES. I WENT THROUGH THESE LAST MEETING.
SO YOU WANT THOSE LIGHT TONES THAT YOU SEE THROUGH HERE, THE PASTELS AND.
I'LL GO INTO PARKS AND REC BUILDING. WE ARE ROUGHLY AT 95% COMPLETE. WE'RE ON PUNCH LIST. ROUGHLY AT PUNCH LIST ITEMS NOW.
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING'S CARPETS INSTALLED. CEILINGS ARE COMPLETE.
SO WHO WOULD HAVE. WHO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION? IS IT JUST BEING PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD OR IS IT BEING SHARED WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY OTHER BOARDS AT ALL? NO. THIS IS ONLY LIKE FOR INTERNAL STAFF WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TRACKING AND DOCUMENTING OUR LOGS WITH EPT.
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THIS IS HOW WE'RE KEEPING UP INTERNAL STAFF ALONG WITH PRESENTING THIS TO THIS BOARD.WHAT'S THE UPDATED MOVE IN DATE FOR THE PARKS? FOR THE WHAT? WHAT'S THE UPDATED MOVE IN DATE? THE END DATE? THE MOVE IN DATE FOR THIS FACILITY? SO COMPLETION IS WITH LESS THAN 30 DAYS OUT, WILL BE, THE COMPLETION IS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL START OUR PLAN IS KIND OF BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS FOR MOVE IN.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, I DID MENTION IN THE LAST MONTH THAT LAST 10% SEEMS TO TAKE ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THOSE LAST ITEMS ARE ALWAYS SEEM TO TAKE THE LONGEST.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE, J.J. BOOK. I REALLY LIKE THIS PICTURE.
NOW ALL OF THIS IS FILLED IN, BUT WHEN FROM AN AERIAL VIEW, WE'VE GOT A LOT.
I'LL SHOW YOU MORE PHOTOS. YOU REALLY SEE THESE COLORS.
THEY REALLY POP ON AN AERIAL VIEW. SO WE'RE AT 74% 75% COMPLETE ON CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AT 4.8 BUILD OUT $5.02.
TRACKING ALONG CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION IS DECEMBER 31ST, AND WE ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR THAT.
SO THAT PROJECT IS STILL MOVING AT A VERY GOOD RATE.
AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES, SOME OF IT I'M GOING TO, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, DON'T REALLY PERTAIN TOO MUCH INTO THE IT GETS INTO THE WEEDS.
AS I MENTIONED, MISS CRAIG, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, 99% OR THE ELECTRICAL WORK, YOU KNOW, THE PAINTINGS AT 97.5 CONCRETE. SO SOME OF THESE THINGS, WHEN YOU REALLY GET INTO IT.
OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S THAT LAST, YOU KNOW, SMALL PERCENTAGE? YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST FINISH UP MAYBE A SECTION A SIDEWALK POUR AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TRACKING AND WE'RE LOGGING WHERE WE ARE ON OUR PAY APPS AND WITH WHAT THE COMPLETION IS, IT'S CONSTANTLY UPDATING THESE NUMBERS BASED ON THE PAY APPS AND WHAT IS REMAINING.
SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING THESE NUMBERS IN JUST OURSELVES.
IT'S TRACKING BASED ON THE THE PROGRESSION AND WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BASED ON EACH PAY APPLICATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITS. SO THIS IS THE SPORT COURT.
WHAT YOU SEE NOW WHAT YOU WHERE MY CURSOR IS HERE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH I WILL TELL YOU IS SUPER COOL.
MISS ELLIS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S PRETTY TALL. IT'S VERY, VERY NEAT CONCEPT.
IT'LL HAVE TWO LARGE SLIDES, A LOT OF CLIMBING STRUCTURES UNDERNEATH.
THIS COMES OUT KIND OF CIRCLES AND WRAPS AROUND LANDS OVER HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT OF HERE THAT LANDS IN THIS VICINITY.
SKATE PARK. THIS IS THE PUMP TRACK. SPA SPA HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ON SCENE.
THEY'VE GOT ROUGHLY 12 GUYS WORKING AT A RAPID RATE.
SO AS LONG AS THE WEATHER HOLDS, THEY HOPE TO GET THIS ENTIRE AREA POURED OUT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS THAT FLAT WORK THAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL.
SO THIS IS ALL THE PLAZA AREA OF THE SKATE PARK.
LIGHTINGS. ALL LIGHTINGS IN. SO THESE ARE A COUPLE AERIAL PHOTOS WITH THE DRONE FROM THE NIGHT VISION. SO THESE LARGE POLES WERE INSTALLED LAST FRIDAY AND THEY WENT LIVE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT LIGHTS UP THE ENTIRE AREA.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING A SKATE PARK, IT, IT IS SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS TO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND PROPER LIGHTING ON AREAS. SO YOU SEE ALL THIS? YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S ALL CONCRETE. THEY STILL HAVE PLASTIC ON IT.
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AND THEN. REALLY THAT ABOUT NOT ABOUT HITS ON GTLC.HOPEFULLY WITHIN, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE SAME WITH VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING PARK BECAUSE I GET ASKED THIS QUESTION ALL THE TIME.
WHY? WHAT HAS BEEN THE TRUE REAL DELAY? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY.
WE'VE GOT THE BOND MONEY. WHY IS IT TAKING. AND I KNOW CONTRACTORS ALL THAT.
YEAH. THE FIELDS HAVE BEEN. BUT NOT EVERYBODY USES THE FIELDS AT J.
M CALDWELL AND THEY'RE STILL REALLY, TRULY NOTHING AVAILABLE YET FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT BASICALLY AN AQUATIC CENTER. AND NOW THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING UNTIL 2028. I MEAN, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING CONSIDERING THIS BOND MONEY WAS APPROVED.
HOW MANY YEARS AGO? YEAH. THE BOND WAS IN 2023.
RIGHT. SO WE ARE NOW THREE YEARS LATER STILL NOTHING AND NOW NOTHING UNTIL 2028.
SO IT'S JUST VERY DISAPPOINTING. YEAH. WE GOT SKATE PARK.
I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT THAT'S FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE GOT JM CALDWELL THAT'S BEEN REDONE FIELDS.
THAT'S FOR ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE. BUT TO HIT THE MAJOR RESIDENTS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING. OKAY, SO I APOLOGIZE YOU FEEL THAT WAY.
HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
SO IF THE ORIGINAL BOND WAS DESIGNED FOR 2023 FOR 54 MILLION, AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING WAS IN 2027, WHICH WAS DESIGNATED FOR THE REC CENTER.
AND THAT'S THE TIME FRAME. SO GETTING INTO THE DESIGN WAS THE FIRST PORTION.
THE LARGEST PORTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $60 MILLION.
SO WE CAN'T ALLOCATE $60 MILLION WHEN THE FUNDING ISN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL 2027, WHICH WAS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE FUNDED IN 27.
CAN YOU WALK OVER THERE? SO THE ORIGINAL BOND PLAN SHOWED ALL OF THESE OTHER PARKS AND LOOKING AT THE FUNDING SOURCES TO PUT THE PARKS WHILE THE DESIGN IS UNDERWAY, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH BASICALLY FALLS INTO THE SECOND PART. ALSO, WE WILL NOTE BASED ON OUR TAX RATE AND THE PROPOSED TAX THIS YEAR, FUNDING CAPABILITY FOR SUSTAINING THE PROJECTS, KEEPING THEM ONLINE. WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED, THE TAXES WERE DECREASED BY $0.10, WHICH ALSO MEANT THE REASON WHY THE BOND SALE HAS TO DELAY OUT EVEN FURTHER, BECAUSE WE'VE DECREASED THE TAXES AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE SOLD $108 MILLION DOLLAR WORTH OF BONDS.
COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE AND PRIORITIES WERE OKAY.
WE HAVE TO WAIT AND DELAY. WE NEED TO PUT THE PARKS AS A PRIORITY, THEN FALL INTO THE BACK END.
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CENTER ALONG WITH THE POLICE FACILITY ON THE SAME SITE.AND JUST, I'M SORRY, ANTHONY. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK PART OF THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR FUTURE BOND SALES IS WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO RESIDENTS, THERE WAS A SIGN OUT NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION TWO THAT SAID FUTURE AQUATIC CENTER.
AND SO IT WAS PRESENTED AS SHOVEL READY PROJECTS AS A WAY I FEEL WAS PRESENTED.
I KNOW THIS WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME, AND IT'S GOING FORWARD AS A CITY TO MAINTAIN TRUST.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE FUNDING ASK, WE'RE VERY OPEN ABOUT WHERE THINGS TRULY ARE.
SO IT'S JUST IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THAT BETTER.
YEAH. IN THE SITE NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION IT WAS DESIGNED FOR ROUGHLY A 30,000, 35,000 SQUARE FOOT REC CENTER. THIS HAS REALLY EXPANDED INTO A 64,000 SQUARE FOOT REC CENTER WITH A 20 PLUS THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, 24,000 SQUARE FOOT AQUATICS.
SO IT HAS GROWN, WHICH MEANS WITH THE PARKING AND THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, THAT SIZE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A SMALLER FACILITY, BUT NOT TO THE SIZE OF WHERE WE ARE.
PLUS, I CAN ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY, IT'S NO SECRET.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LEADERSHIP CHANGES. AND WITH LEADERSHIP CHANGES MEANS SOME PROJECTS GET THEY GET SLOWED UP, THEY GET PUT ON PAUSE FOR, YOU KNOW, CMO OFFICE TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN RESTRUCTURE AND REBUILD FROM THERE. AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ANTHONY ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN CHANGES, LEADERSHIP CHANGES.
BUT AND I UNDERSTAND NOW WE'RE GETTING A BIGGER PLACE.
BUT AGAIN, AS ANTHONY JUST SAID, IT'S NOT ME THAT IT'S RESIDENTS THAT FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY APPROVED THIS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT.
WHEN THE CITY MANAGER MICHAEL MASHBURN, WAS HERE, I THINK IT WAS EITHER LATE 2024 OR 2025. HE SHOWED US THIS AWESOME PARK AQUATIC CENTER WE WERE GETTING RIGHT AND SAID IT WAS COMING SOON, GROUNDBREAKING SOON.
AND AGAIN, WHERE ARE WE NOW? OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF THIS, THAT WELL, BUT ANYWAY, SO BUT I HAVE TO SAY I DO AGREE, ANTHONY, WITH YOU, IT IS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT.
AND I AGREE WITH WITH BOTH OF YOU AS WELL. I MEAN, AS FAR AS AND TO YOUR POINT, MISS ELLIS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE WERE SOME AMAZING PHOTOS OF SOME AN AMAZING REC CENTER AND A SITE THAT WAS SHOWN THAT WAS COMING SOON. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THAT'S WHERE ALL $108 MILLION WAS IDENTIFIED TO GO TOWARDS, WHICH MEANS NO OTHER PARKS WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR EVEN BEING IMPLEMENTED, BECAUSE THE DELAY ON ALL OF THE PARKS WAS FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING PARK, THE PRINCETON AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE FUNDS WERE BEING ALLOCATED TO COUNCILS.
DIRECTION HAS SINCE, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO GET THESE PARKS UNDERWAY TO THE RESIDENTS.
WE SCALED BACK WHAT IS PARK AND WAS ABLE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PARK AND INSTEAD TO INVEST IN THE OTHER SMALLER PARKS? JJ BOOKER AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THE BUILDING FOR THE PARKS STAFF.
THAT WAS A DECISION MADE BY THIS THIS COUNCIL THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.
YES. COUNCIL SETS OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT THE PRIORITIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WERE THE PARKS FIRST AND THE REC CENTER IS COMING IN ON THE BACK END BECAUSE AS I JUST AS I DID MENTION, THE DESIGN TAKES ALMOST TWO YEARS.
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SO EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, THE BONDS WAS APPROVED IN 2023, IN 2020, NOVEMBER OF 23, EXACTLY THREE, THREE YEARS AGO. SO YOU'RE STILL TALKING A TWO YEAR DESIGN BEFORE YOU COULD EVER EVEN BREAK GROUND ON A REC CENTER IF YOU WERE TO START THAT DAY. NOW, I CAN ALSO WILL ALSO NOTE WE HAD NEW MANAGER, CITY MANAGER LEADERSHIP COME IN.IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. SO THE BONDS WERE NOT SOLD IN 2024 FOR THESE PROJECTS.
THEY DIDN'T GET SOLD UNTIL 2025, WHICH MEANS THE DELAY ON THE DESIGN.
THE REC CENTER WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SECOND PHASE, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2027.
THE REASON IS, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS TO DESIGN.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS HIRED TO DO THE DESIGNING THAT WE ALL ACTUALLY, AS RESIDENTS SAW? WE SAW THE PRESENTATION. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS DESIGNING, BUT IT'S ONLY IRRELEVANT SO. YEAH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SHOOT ME AN EMAIL. YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A CALL.
THE CONTRACTOR IS STILL KINSLER IS OUR ARCHITECT AND DESIGN.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO GO BACK LAST OCTOBER FOR A CHANGE ORDER FOR HALF $1 MILLION BECAUSE IT GOT SCALED BACK FROM WHAT WAS GOING TO BE $100 MILLION FACILITY BACK DOWN TO 60 MILLION.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH REDESIGN. AT THAT POINT, AND THAT WAS AFTER MR. MASHBURN'S TENURE HERE IN PRINCETON. SO COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY, YOU SAID AFTER MR. MASHBURN'S TENDER TENURE HERE IN PRINCETON, WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY ON THAT? IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OR IS IT THE CITY MANAGER? THE CITY COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU CHASE. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM H.52026-071 MEETING UPDATE. NO MEETING WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 1ST OF 2026, AND A NEW MEETING WILL BE ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH BEGINNING JANUARY 6TH, 2027.
REGARDING ALL THE ACTIVITIES IN DECEMBER BUT NO MEETING IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN IN THE NEXT ONE WE'RE STARTING CALENDAR YEAR 27.
ALL MEETINGS WILL BE ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ITEM H.62026-072 BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND RE APPOINTMENTS PLACE TWO, FOUR AND SIX.
SO PLACES TWO, FOUR AND SIX TO KEEP CONSISTENT WITH ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ACROSS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF PRINCETON PLACES TWO, FOUR AND SIX ARE UP FOR RE APPOINTMENTS IF YOU GO ONLINE AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE DARIAN, STEFFANIE AND CRYSTAL.
THE THREE, THE APPLICATIONS ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU JUST NEED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, SUBMIT THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND THEN COUNCIL WILL REAPPOINT I BELIEVE IN DECEMBER. OKAY. I DID HEAR THAT IF THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION,
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I HEARD THIS JUST LAST NIGHT THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY CONTACT ERIN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WHOLE VIDEO AND EVERYTHING.AGAIN, NOT THE ONE THEY USED PREVIOUSLY. SO JUST SOMETHING TO POSSIBLY LOOK INTO CONTACTING ERIN AND CHECK WITH HER. THAT'S WHAT A COUPLE OF OUR MEMBERS WERE TOLD LAST NIGHT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM H.72026-073. CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF FITNESS EQUIPMENT FROM MARATHON FITNESS UTILIZING APPROVED FF&E FUNDING AUTHORIZED THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-04-28-R01 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION CHASE BRYANT.
THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE FINAL STAGES FOR THE PARKS AND REC OFFICE SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND WE'RE PULLING INTO ALL OF THE FF&E BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD PREVIOUS EXPENDITURES FOR FF&E, WHICH WAS A RESOLUTION 20250428R01 AND THEN R10 2024 020 THESE WERE THE TWO DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTS.
R01 AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT YOU SEE, YOU'VE SEEN THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING.
SHOWING THE FITNESS AND ROOM IN EACH. AND THEN WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE FF&E I'VE ACTUALLY GOT MULTIPLE QUOTES. ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE UPWARDS OF $50,000, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE ACTUAL QUOTES.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE QUOTES. MARATHON FITNESS 17,000 THAT DOES INCLUDE INSTALLATION AS WELL.
ONE OF THESE OTHER ONES, WHICH IS ROGUE FITNESS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY INSTALLATION.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT. PRICES ARE A LOT CHEAPER.
WHAT YOU SEE DOWN HERE BELOW US THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PROCURED FF&E OFFICE FURNITURE, THE INTERIOR NETWORKING, CABLING, ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIO VIDEO, AND THEN SOME OF THE SHOP EQUIPMENT, THE LOCKERS THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN CHEMICAL EXPOSURES, ENCLOSURE ENCLOSURES, NOT EXPOSURES, CHEMICAL ENCLOSURES. AND THEN TOTALING AT 373 WITH THE 17 DEDUCTED FROM IT WOULD PUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 257 REMAINING IN FF&E, AND THIS PRETTY MUCH COMES CLOSE TO WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP.
SO THERE WILL BE A SURPLUS GOING BACK INTO THE OVERALL INTO THE BOND.
SO THAT MONEY GOES BACK AND IS ALLOCATED INTO A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE $630,000 THAT WAS APPROVED.
CORRECT. RIGHT. THERE'S STILL A COUPLE SMALL THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO BE PURCHASED.
COMPUTER MONITOR. YEAH. COUPLE OF MICROWAVES AND A REFRIGERATOR, BUT REALLY OUT OF FF&E, I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE FINISH LINE.
YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS ALL THE LARGE MAJOR EXPENSE EXPENDITURES.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST OF THE LARGEST EXPENSE.
YES. ALL THE REST OF THEM WERE SMALL. YES. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, IT WASN'T CLEAR THAT THESE WERE THREE VENDORS WITH THREE BIDS.
SO I'M LOOKING AT WE'RE SPENDING $63,000 AND THINKING, WHY ARE WE SPENDING $63,000 ON FITNESS EQUIPMENT? BECAUSE A, I WOULD NOT KNOW THAT MARATHON FITNESS FIT SUPPLIER ROGUE ARE THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS.
I LOOK AT IT AS WE'RE PURCHASING FITNESS EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, A MARATHON FITNESS EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT THAT FITS APPLY IN SOME SORT OF ROGUE.
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IT DOESN'T CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS.SO I THINK WE JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION IN THE FUTURE ON THAT BECAUSE, YEAH, LOOKING AT IT FROM MY SIDE OF IT, NOTHING SAYS THEIR VENDORS AND I'M LOOKING THAT WE'RE SPENDING $63,000 AND WONDERING WHY WE'RE SPENDING $63,000 FOR THE FIRST VENDOR EQUIPMENT OR FITNESS EQUIPMENT WHEN WE NEED THE MONEY HERE FOR THE CITY.
IN CASE YOU ARE SAYING THAT THESE EXPENSES ARE WERE TIED TO THE 2023 BOND.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SORRY. THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT, THE FURNITURE, THE FIXTURES, THOSE THINGS WERE PART OF THE 2023 BOND. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? YES. OKAY. THANKS. AND THAT FALLS WITHIN THAT OVERALL WHERE WE IDENTIFIED 5.2 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE UNDER THAT WITH THE BUILDING AND THE FF&E, SO I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GOT WAS THIS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M BEING ASKED ABOUT.
LIKE, THERE'S A GYM FOR ALL PRINCETON CITY EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY, AND THEY'RE GETTING A SECOND GYM.
IS THAT NOT IS THAT INCORRECT OR ARE THEY MISINFORMED? WHAT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSE TO THAT? THIS IS THE FITNESS ROOM WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC OFFICE.
CITY EMPLOYEES. YES. CAN USE IT. IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR A LOT OF FACILITIES TO HAVE WORKOUT AND FITNESS ROOMS. SAME WITH PDFD ALL PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDINGS, THEY ALL DO HAVE FITNESS ROOMS WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I MEAN, NOT THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CODE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC, YOU KNOW, OFFICE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
BUT YES, OTHER EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, COULD UTILIZE IT AS WELL.
DOES THE CITY OF PRINCETON CURRENTLY HAVE A GYM THAT'S OPEN TO ALL PRINCETON EMPLOYEES? THERE IS A FITNESS ROOM HERE THAT IS INSIDE THE PD FACILITY.
YES. BUT IS IT OPEN TO ALL EMPLOYEES? I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.
YES. IT COULD BE JUST THE POLICE. SO ARE THESE GOING TO BE THE ONLY TWO FITNESS CENTERS FOR EMPLOYEES? OR BASED ON YOUR STATEMENT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, BASED ON YOUR STATEMENT, A FEW MINUTES AGO, YOU WERE SAYING VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR THEM TO HAVE A ROOM WITH EQUIPMENT IN IT.
YES. SO BASICALLY THE GYM HERE REALLY HOUSES ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT OPERATE OR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS FACILITY. YOUR FIRE STATIONS. EACH FIRE STATION HAS WORKOUT FACILITY.
THE NEW P.D. WILL HAVE WORKOUT FACILITY. SO IT IS.
I'M NOT SAYING STANDARD BUT HAVING A WORKOUT FACILITY WITHIN THIS FACILITY PARKS AND REC WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. IT WAS BROUGHT INTO WITH THE DESIGN BUILD COUNCIL APPROVED THE FITNESS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WAS ALWAYS FROM DAY ONE.
WHY ARE THEY GETTING A SECOND GYM? SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS DON'T REALLY HAVE A VERY YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A GYM HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A REC CENTER.
WHY IS IT I CAN UNDERSTAND MAYBE IF THE POLICE HAD THEIR OWN WORKSTATION AND MAYBE THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARED, BUT TO SAY THAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SMALL GYM, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S $17,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. I THINK THAT THAT'S A STRETCH WHEN CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE A REC CENTER.
WELL, I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT AND I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
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FITNESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT THAT TYPE OF SETUP.IT'S PRETTY MUCH A SMALL ROOM THAT HAS FITNESS EQUIPMENT IN IT THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK OUT IN. AND I CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $5.2 MILLION BUILDING VERSUS A $65 MILLION BUILDING THAT WOULD TAKE MUCH LONGER TO COMPLETE.
SO THESE SMALLER PROJECTS WOULD BE FINISHED EARLIER.
AND I KNOW THE OPTICS OF IT MAY LOOK NOT AS APPEALING.
AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THESE BUILDINGS AND GET THESE FACILITIES DONE, LIKE CHASE MENTIONED, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR ANY EMPLOYER TO HAVE FITNESS CENTERS OR A FITNESS AREA FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT ALSO, I WILL SAY, DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS ONE OF VERY, VERY FEW OTHER CITIES THAT THEIR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT HAVE A FITNESS CENTER.
MOST OF THEM DO NOT. THEY ARE IN A SEPARATE BUILDING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT GO TO. AND I ALSO WAS TOLD THAT THE FIRE STATIONS DO NOT HAVE FITNESS. THEY ACTUALLY COME AND WORK OUT HERE.
BUT EVEN IF THEY DO HAVE IT SO, AND WITH THE SITUATION THAT THE CITY IS IN RIGHT NOW WITH FINANCES AND FUNDING, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS BOND MONEY, BUT SOMETIMES SPENDING MONEY ON. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NECESSARY UNNECESSARY ITEMS DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD WHEN THE CITY'S STRUGGLING AND RAISE THEIR TAXES.
WELL, SO AND MY ONLY PUSHBACK WOULD BE THAT CHASE PRESENTED THIS TO US, TO THIS BOARD MONTHS AGO, AND WHICH WE WERE OKAY AND APPROVED THE FITNESS CENTER AND EVERY OTHER ROOM THAT WAS DESIGNED IN THE BUILDING.
SO NOW WE'RE COMING BACK SAYING, WELL, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN WE'RE APPROACHED BY TAXPAYERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO AT LEAST RAISE THE ISSUE AT A BOARD. WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND THE MEETINGS WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO WATCH THE MEETINGS AND THAT IF THEY ARE PLEASED TO COME IN AND OFFER THEIR KUDOS, AND IF THEY ARE NOT PLEASED, THEN THEY SHOULD BE SPEAKING UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO THE TO THE VARIOUS MEETINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO ATTEND, AND THEY SHOULD VOTE ACCORDING TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PLEASED WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE.
I JUST HAVE A COMMENT JUST TO KIND OF I UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY IS COMING FROM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OF HOW THE CITY IS GOING, RIGHT, CITY GOVERNMENT AND HOW THE PUBLIC VIEWS.
BUT I THINK IT'S LOGICAL THAT IF THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING THE BUILDING TO ADD THAT WORK OUT AREA IN THERE, AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT SPACE IN THE LOCATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND USE THE WORKOUT ROOM ALSO, BECAUSE THERE, THAT STATION IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKS BUILDING.
SO THIS WORKOUT AREA IS STILL OPEN TO THEM AND OTHER FIRE FIGHTERS THAT GO IN THAT STATION, RIGHT? LIKE THEY CAN COME OVER THERE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AS OPPOSED TO COMING OVER HERE TO THE PD TO WORK OUT IF THEY WANTED TO.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. BUT CHASE DID SAY THAT THAT FITNESS AREA WAS FOR PARKS AND REC ONLY.
NO, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS A QUESTION. I WASN'T MAKING A STATEMENT. OH SORRY. I WAS ASKING. SORRY.
AND IT IS FOR AND HE DID SAY IT IS FOR OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
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OKAY. YEAH. YES. AND ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE WORKOUT EQUIPMENT.THEY HAVE THEIR OWN. SO THEY DON'T. I THOUGHT THEY WERE SHARING WITH PD.
THEY'RE NOT. OKAY. WELL EITHER WAY HE SAID THEY WOULD EACH GET.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THAT TIME TO STAY FIT.
IF NOTHING ELSE, TO GET YOUR MIND OFF OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON TO GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING.
AND THEY HAVE THE FAMILY ROOM IN THERE TOO, FOR FUTURE MOTHERS AND EVERYTHING.
RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT THOSE SPACES ARE IMPORTANT FOR ALL FUTURE BUILDINGS.
AND TO MR. MCCOY'S, YOU KNOW WHAT HE JUST SPOKE ON.
WE HAVE A LARGE GYM HERE AT CITY HALL THAT IS A LARGER FITNESS ROOM.
EACH ONE IN THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FIRE STATION AND IN THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING.
IT'S A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. IT'S NOT A FULL GYM.
SO CHASE, WHEN YOU SAY IT'S JUST A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
DID WE AND I THOUGHT THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS LIKE $17,000.
CAN YOU AT LEAST SAY WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS? AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ASKING WHAT.
WHAT EQUIPMENT IS IT? WHAT ARE THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE ORDERING? SO WE HAVE A TREADMILL, A ROWER. AND THEN SOME FREE WEIGHTS AND A RACK, WHICH IS MULTI-PURPOSE FOR SQUATS, BENCH PRESS AND SO FORTH.
AND MEDICINE BALL. A COUPLE OF SMALL LITTLE, LITTLE PIECES.
17,000. ON WORKOUT EQUIPMENT IS NOT A LOT. I MEAN, YOU CAN SPEND FIVE GRAND ON A PELOTON SO.
RIGHT? SO. AND I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING THAT FROM WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID TO ME, IT'S JUST BAD TIMING. BASED ON BROKEN PROMISES. WELL, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT'S BAD TIMING.
I THINK THAT IT'S JUST AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS IN HAVING LARGE PROJECTS VERSUS SMALL PROJECTS. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS, BECAUSE WE ALL GET THOSE QUESTIONS AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT YES, DURING THE PROCESS, SOME THINGS COULD CHANGE AND IT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND TO BOARD, WHICH WAS THAT WE ALL APPROVED. SO WE ALL HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD.
YES, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S IS GOING TO BE PUSHING FOR THIS REC CENTER.
WE ALL DO. I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT FALL THROUGH AS BOARD MEMBERS.
WHICH I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WHAT DO THE RESIDENTS GET OUT OF THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING? BUT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE PLANS, THOUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND WE ALSO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT LIKE THE CITY IS ULTIMATELY AN EMPLOYER.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF TURNOVER EVEN WITHIN THE REGULAR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR US TO BE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES WITHIN REASON.
AND I DON'T THINK $17,000, IF YOU RETAIN ONE HEADCOUNT, YOU'VE PAID FOR THAT.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THIS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY ITSELF HAS NOT MADE PROGRESS.
AND YES, WE ARE HAVING GROWING PAINS. BUT AS AS TAXPAYERS ARE LISTENING TO THIS MEETING AND THEY HEAR, WELL, IT'S GOING TO HELP RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AS FAR AND ALL, AND IT'S GOING TO LOWER THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS.
AND I'VE WORKED IN BUILDINGS WHERE WE DID HAVE A GYM.
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SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN 380, TRYING TO GET TO WHEREVER THEY WORK AND TAKING AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS TO GET TO WORK AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS TO GET HOME, AND WE ARE NOT REALLY MOVING.I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOT MOVING BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN JUST DISCOUNT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND JUST GO WITH, OH YEAH, EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN FITNESS ROOM.
I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIT OF A STRETCH. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WORKED FOR A COMPANY AND WE HAD OUR OWN GYM THERE YOU KNOW, THERE WERE RULES. THE GYM IS NOT OCCUPIED 24 HOURS A DAY OR HOWEVER LONG THE BUILDING IS OPEN.
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK OUT IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE EVENINGS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACILITIES THAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO WORK OUT AT HERE, THEY'RE VERY LIMITED. SO THEY ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? AND THEN FOR IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OVER $17,000 FOR A TREADMILL AND A BAR I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND ALSO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THEM FIRST.
SO WE WANT GREAT EMPLOYEES, WE WANT RETENTION, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO VALUE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE BEYOND THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO VALUE EVERYONE.
AND THAT MEANS WE WANT TO OFFER SOMETHING TO EVERYONE.
AND I'M HEARING IT NOT JUST ABOUT THE PARKS BOARD I HEARD ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND OTHER THINGS.
YOU KNOW MIDLOTHIAN, THEY HAVE A CRICKET MACHINE AT THEIR LIBRARY THAT YOU CAN RENT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL, VERY DILIGENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOMEOWNERS HERE AND WHY THEY BOUGHT IN PRINCETON AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE.
YEAH. AND I THINK TO ANTHONY'S POINT, I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FIRST. SO IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PARKS, THE CITIZENS THE BEST PARKS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE THEM IS TO HAVE A PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT IS STRONG.
SO IN ORDER TO, TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME AMENITIES TO RETAIN STAFF THAT WILL BE WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS THAT MAKE THEM WANT TO BE HERE AND STAY HERE TO PROVIDE, MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PARKS AND AND EXPAND INTO OFFERING MORE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THE PARK DEPARTMENT ITSELF HAS TO HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S ALL PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND I KNOW THAT IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, AS A CITIZEN, IT MAY SEEM THAT I'M ON THE I'M CATCHING THE BACK END OF IT, BUT IN THE LONG RUN I'M, I GET MY BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THEN AS A CITIZEN. SO I THINK THAT JUST KEEP, I JUST WILL KEEP ASKING FOR A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE TO JUST STAY PATIENT BECAUSE IT IS COMING.
WE SEE WITH THE REPORT THAT HE JUST GAVE US ON THE PARKS BOND THAT WE SEE THAT WE'RE HERE, WE'RE STEADY, YOU KNOW. GAINING GROUND ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO JUST STAY PATIENT.
I GET THE FRUSTRATION. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
EVEN JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, JUST THIS BOARD BEING, YOU KNOW, A NEW BOARD THAT HAS COME BACK.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT TO YOUR EXAMPLE, I'VE NEVER KNOWN OF ANYONE, AND I'M SURE YOU MAYBE YOU DO WHO TOOK A JOB BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAD A GYM IN THERE OR LEFT A JOB BECAUSE THE BUILDING DID NOT HAVE A GYM.
WELL, IT'S NOT JUST THE GYM, IT'S JUST THE AMENITIES, PERIOD. THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO HAVING CERTAIN AMENITIES THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE AT YOUR JOB. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT JUST THE FITNESS CENTER.
IT'S THE MOTHER'S ROOM AS WELL. JUST WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO PEOPLE WHO MAY ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BEING EMPLOYED HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOT JUST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS EVERY EVEN WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BUILD THIS NICE CITY HALL HERE, IT WASN'T IT WAS IN THOUGHT OF A WAY TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN OUR STAFF HERE.
NOW, GRANTED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CITY TURNOVER AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TOO.
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OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER IT? WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE H.7202673. I SECOND.MOTION PASSED THREE TWO. ITEM H.8.02.
SORRY. ITEM H.8 2026-074 PRINCETON PLACE MEMORY MOMENTS UPDATE.
SO THIS IS AN UPDATE COMING UP FOR PRINCETON MEMORY MOMENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
WE'LL PULL UP THE CALENDAR HERE. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE PAST THERE WAS THE NORTH POLE CHRISTMAS, WHICH WE'VE SINCE CHANGED TO MERRY MOMENTS.
THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST PASS. THIS WILL BE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC OF WHAT EACH EVENT AND ACTIVITY IS.
STARTING ON FIRST YOU'VE GOT DECK THE HALLS. THAT WOULD BE HERE AT MUNICIPAL CENTER FROM 4 TO 6 THAT'S A FUN WALK RUN. ALL, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A MEDAL HOT CHOCOLATE BAR, GINGERBREAD COOKIE DECORATING HOME KITS. AND WE'LL HAVE STILT STILT WALKERS, AS YOU'VE SEEN AT SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
THEY'LL BE AT THAT AT THE FIRST ONE. COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH ERIN MOODY.
SHE HAS SELFIES WITH SANTA. THAT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
VERY SIMILAR. THAT'LL BE HERE. LOCATED AT MUNICIPAL CENTER.
THURSDAY HOLIDAY HERO HEADQUARTERS HERE AS WELL.
THAT ONE WOULD BE ROAMING SUPERHEROES. CRAFTS MAKE YOUR OWN SUPERHERO CAPE AND A HOT CHOCOLATE BAR.
WHICH ONE IS THAT? I'M SORRY. THAT'S THURSDAY THE THIRD.
OKAY, FRIDAY THE FOURTH. THE LIBRARY HAS PJS AND POPCORN POLAR EXPRESS SATURDAY IS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT IS HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN COLLABORATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
AND WE WILL HAVE AN EVENT FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. AT DOWNTOWN VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK THAT WILL BE THE LARGER OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. STILL, AS I SAY, A SMALL, INTIMATE, LITTLE INTIMATE ACTIVITY.
WHAT THAT IS, IS CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN BEANIE. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE.
SO IT'S JUST ARTS AND CRAFTS, HOT CHOCOLATE BAR AND A PHOTO OP.
COMMUNICATIONS ON THE NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE SELFIES WITH SANTA AGAIN.
REINDEER MAGIC. THAT ONE WILL BE HOSTED HERE THIS YEAR.
MOST OF ALL THE EVENTS ARE HOSTED HERE. WE WANT TO ADVERTISE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HAVE HERE, EXCEPT FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT IS RUNNING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN, SAME AS THE ISD PARADE. REINDEER MAGIC. IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR, IT'S A GREAT ACTIVITY.
WE HAVE A A REAL REINDEER. SO KIDS GET A PHOTO OP WITH A REINDEER ON THAT DAY.
HOT CHOCOLATE BAR AS ALL PRETTY MUCH ALL THE EVENTS.
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ACTIVITY. I KNOW THEY'RE DOING THE COAT DRIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BUT THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING ON FRIDAY THE 11TH.
SATURDAY THE 12TH IS BREAKFAST WITH SANTA THAT WILL BE HOSTED.
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AND THAT'S HOSTED AT FIRE STATION TWO. AND THEN ON THE 16TH, THAT WEDNESDAY THE WEDNESDAY REALLY PUBLIC WORKS WILL HOST AN EVENT AS WELL, AND THAT WILL BE AT, I BELIEVE, AT THEIR LOCATION. THEY'LL HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES AND A HOT CHOCOLATE AND A FEW DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.WE ALSO, FROM NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH DECEMBER 11TH WE WILL HAVE LETTERS TO SANTA.
YOU CAN PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT THE LIBRARY, CITY HALL AND PARKS AND REC OFFICE AND WE'LL HAVE A THE MAILBOX AT THOSE LOCATIONS FOR KIDS TO DROP OFF THEIR LETTERS WITH SANTA, AND WE SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE PARENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS I SEE THAT EACH EVENT IS FROM 4 TO 6.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE PARENTS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET DOWN 380 IN TIME.
YES. AND SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE EVENTS COULD BE HOSTED A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE LATER? SO FOR THOSE PARENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEIR KIDS, BUT DON'T THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT DUE TO TIME.
OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE.
YEAH, YEAH, 4 TO 6. THAT'S A IT TOOK ME. PUSHING IT.
SO LIKE, MAYBE EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A, INSTEAD OF 4 TO 6, MAYBE 5 TO 7.
YEAH. IT TOOK ME 20 MINUTES TO GET HERE TONIGHT FROM YEAH.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY 380 AND WALMART. YEAH. AND ANY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE COMING FROM MCKINNEY, ANY ACCIDENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK AT NEW HOPE ROAD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. SO ANTHONY YOU CAME FROM PLANO.
YEAH. RIGHT. SO YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE HOLDING THESE EVENTS ON A WEEKDAY, WE DO NEED TO KEEP PARENTS IN MIND BECAUSE THESE ARE GREAT FOR THE KIDS.
BUT I THINK 4 TO 6 FOR A PARENT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE DO.
WE ALSO. AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EVENTS OPERATIONS BUDGET IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THIS YEAR AS IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AND ALONG WITH THAT IS OPERATIONS AND STAFFING AND OVERTIME.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE TAKING A LOOK AT AS BALANCING BETWEEN THE TWO.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 5 TO 7, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBILITY THAT DEFINITELY.
OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION WAS THE ACTUAL PARADE.
HOW? OR IS THAT INFORMATION ALREADY PUT OUT FOR DIFFERENT AUXILIARIES ORGANIZATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE PARADE? OR IS THAT EVEN AVAILABLE? OR HAS EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE PARADE ALREADY BEEN SET? SO EVERYBODY IN THE PARADE HASN'T BEEN SET, BUT THAT'S A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE CONTACT BETH AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO AND DON'T HAVE.
BUT I KNOW SHE'S WILL ALWAYS BE LOOKING TO TO GROW THAT THE PARADE AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE.
AND I WILL SAY, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SAYING THAT.
HEY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE PARADE, PLEASE COME CONTACT X, Y, AND Z.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE CAN DO TO PROMOTE THESE EVENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE COMING? BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS PARADE COULD BE A HUGE THING AND IT MIGHT ALREADY IS.
AND ADVERTISING REALLY STARTS ABOUT 30 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT.
I GOTCHA. SO THE BOARD APPROVED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THEY'RE ABOUT TO REALLY START MARKETING THE PARADE AS THE SAME WITH US.
WE REALLY LIKE TO HIT THESE THINGS UP AROUND 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY BEFORE YOU START KICKING STUFF OFF.
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NOW THAT WE'RE FINISHED UP, THIS IS IDENTIFIED AND WE'RE GOING TO START HITTING UP ON ALL OF THE MARKETING.OKAY FOR EACH OF THESE EVENTS. AND DARIAN WHEN IT WAS TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THE PARADE BACK, I HAD ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO BETH AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I GAVE HER A GREAT IDEA.
AND I EVEN OFFERED TO HELP THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, LIKE MAYBE ARCADIA FARMS PUTS A FLOAT, BROOKSIDE PUTS A FLOAT, PRINCETON MEADOWS AND I UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A. YEAH. PRETTY CUTE, YOU KNOW, BRING THE CITY BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
SO THAT MAY BE AN OPTION. I WOULD JUST REACH BACK OUT TO HER AND SEE.
YEAH. NO, I KNOW, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SINCE YOU ASKED ABOUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN IDEA.
OKAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE CHASE.
AND LAST ITEM H.92026-075. CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. I WILL NOTE PLEASE REMEMBER, I MEAN, WE CAN ADD ITEMS NOW, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL JANUARY FOR THE NEXT. SO IF YOU HAD SOMETHING COME UP OVER THE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL.
YEAH. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET THESE ON THE AGENDA.
BUT KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY ISN'T COMING BACK TO THE BOARD UNTIL JANUARY.
I HAVE AN ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ON NEXT AGENDA IS I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TOTAL EXPENSES FOR PUMPKIN PALOOZA AND THE REVENUE, THE INCOME THAT WE MADE FROM OUR VENDORS AS WELL FOR PUMPKIN PALOOZA, PLEASE.
AND IF THAT COULD KIND OF BE LIKE BROKEN DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST $50,000 FOR EXPENSES, BUT IF WE COULD POSSIBLY BREAK THAT DOWN. SO THANK YOU.
IF WE COULD ALSO GET AN UPDATE ON THE POST FALL SPORTS SURVEY THAT WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. DID THAT GO OUT? ANYONE ELSE. OKAY. ITEM I REPORT AGENDA. SO WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS COMING UP.
[I. REPORT AGENDA]
THE SPECIAL LIBRARY MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH AT 6:30.THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 9TH AT 6:30.
THE ZBA MEETING WOULD BE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 10TH AT 6:30.
REGULAR P&Z MEETING IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AT 6:30.
THE EDC REGULAR MEETING IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, AND THE NEXT REGULAR CDC MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH. AND THEN THE NEXT REGULAR PARK AND ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS JANUARY 6TH.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH ON DECEMBER THE 1ST.
I JUST HAVE ONE THING. I GUESS IT'S KIND OF. THIS SATURDAY THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL TO RAISE MONEY FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
YES, A FUNDRAISER. IS THAT THE CAR SHOW? IT'S A CAR SHOW.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD TRUCKS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE VENDORS.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT, IT'S 8 A.M. TO 11 A.M.
IF YOU HAVE A CAR, BRING IT OUT. THERE'S NO FEE.
OKAY. FOR YOU TO BRING YOUR CAR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM J, ADJOURNMENT.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:02.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.