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GOOD EVENING. WELL, GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE UNORTHODOX BECAUSE IT'S
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IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH AND SO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT.BUT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN HAVE IT ON THERE TO HAVE A CHAIRPERSON.
AND SO IT'LL TAKE THE THE ONUS OFF ME, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.
AND SO ANYWAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR ME TO TAKE THE LEAD, BUT ABSENT ANY FORMAL STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF OFFICERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT I'D LIKE TO IF IT'S OK FOR PUBLIC EDIFICATION AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT IN CASE EVERYONE DOESN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
IF WE COULD START WITH COUNCILWOMAN ALMENDAREZ AND JUST IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF YOU DO REPRESENT A BOARD, IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT BOARD YOU WERE APPOINTED FROM, PLEASE. SO I'M CINDY ALMENDAREZ.
I'M CITY COUNCIL PLACE ONE AND I'M ON THE PARKS BOARD CURRENTLY OR THE NEW ONE NOW.
I'M GLENN MIZELL BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
I'M DONNA HANSEN WITH THE PARK BOARD.
I'M SARA WEAVER, AND I'M PART OF THIS AD HOC GROUP.
THIS IS NORMALLY YOURS, ISN'T IT? I'M ROB GAGLIARDI, I'M ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I AM ALSO THE CULTURAL, NO CULTURAL, CULTURAL ARTS LIAISON AND NICE.
NICE TO MEET EVERYONE. RUTH CULVER CITY COUNCIL PLACE FIVE.
I SERVE ON 4B, ANIMAL SHELTER.
I DON'T KNOW THERE'S THREE OR FOUR, BUT YES, AND ON THE AD HOC NOW.
AND I'M JIMMY STATHATOS, CITY MANAGER, AND I WORK FOR YOU ALL, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME, OBVIOUSLY FOR BEDFORD, BECAUSE THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO REALLY HELP SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL SEE IN TERMS OF A PROPOSED MASTERPLAN WITH TRAILS AND AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND SO THIS IS THE KICKOFF COMMITTEE MEETING, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE HOW MANY MEETSS WE NEED.
BUT I ENVISION THREE OR FOUR AT LEAST.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE CONSULTANT'S THUNDER.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS THAT WE'RE LEGALLY WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN, AND PART OF THE ISSUE IS WITH OUR MASTER PLAN, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR A STATE GRANT IN IN THE FALL.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOUR MASTER PLAN HAD TO HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITHIN THE PRIOR FIVE YEARS. WELL, IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS.
AND SO NOT ONLY IS IT TIMELY BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT IT'S ALSO SO WE CAN CHECK THE BOX FOR POINTS FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GREAT PARKS AND BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRAILS, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT ACTIVATING SOME OF THE TRAILS IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S ART, WHETHER LITTLE WORKOUT FACILITIES LIKE LITTLE PASSIVE, SOMEWHAT ACTIVE WORKOUT FACILITIES ALONG THE TRAILS, AND, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT CONNECTIVITY? ARE THERE PARKS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE MORE PASSIVE INSTEAD OF ACTIVE? YOU KNOW, MAYBE BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT PARKS LIKE THE THE BASKETBALL COURT IS THAT FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE, IS THAT CENTRAL PARK, THE NEW NANCY LIEBERMAN-CLINE BASKETBALL COURT. AND IT FITS IN PERFECTLY.
BUT MAYBE IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A GOOD FIT FOR STORMIE JONES PARK.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS.
AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL INTRODUCE THE CONSULTANT.
THIS IS DENNIS SIMS. DENNIS HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT HE ALSO CANDIDLY NOT TO PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM.
HE HAS A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN SECURING STATE GRANTS FOR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
BUT DENNIS, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE GIVE IT BACK.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO HAVE THIS POSITION.
BUT MOST EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND ANYONE LISTENING KNOWS THAT I AM GOING OFF OF COUNCIL AT THE END OF APRIL.
I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR A SECOND TERM.
SO IN MY PLACE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AMY SABOL COME UP AND SIT AND BE A PART BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE ONGOING MEETINGS THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
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AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT I TAKE THIS SPOT AT THIS TIME.MOTION DIES LACK OF SECOND? OK. I'M JUST KIDDING.
THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY AND NO ONE SAID A WORD.
HELLO. SAVED YOU A SEAT, IF YOU COULD.
IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN THE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES YOU SERVE, PLEASE.
I'M ON STREETS, WHICH WOULD BE 4B.
I HAVE SERVED ON BUILDING AND STANDARDS, CAC AND CULTURAL AND.
AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU, EXCEPT THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE, I KNOW DONNA JUST BY SIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW YOU, SARAH, BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR.
THANK YOU, RUTH. SO CAN I ALSO SWITCH WITH SOME OF THE. YEAH, BRUCE.
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OK, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE SWITCHES DENNIS I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU.AND IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO JUMP IN, IT'S VERY LAID BACK.
THANKS, JIMMY. APPRECIATE THAT.
AND YES, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LAID BACK, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE POWERPOINT ON YOUR SCREEN. THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE TV.
SO HE'S GIVING ME A HARD COPY AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT WAY SO THAT WE CAN DO THE PRESENTATION AND GET STARTED WITH THIS.
MY NAME IS DENNIS SIMS, IS THAT A HARD COPY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THAT.
MY NAME'S DENNIS SIMS. I'M WITH DUNKIN SIMS STOFFELS.
WE'RE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PARK PLANNERS BEEN IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA FOR 40 YEARS. ALL WE DO IS PARK PLANNING FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
WE DON'T SERVE PRIVATE CLIENTS.
WE DON'T DO WORK SOMETIMES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR UNIVERSITIES.
BUT IT'S ALL PUBLIC WORK AND IT'S ALL IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION FIELD.
IF IT'S A PARK MASTER PLAN OR A GRANT OR DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION, THEN WE'RE INVOLVED WITH IT, WHICH I THINK MAKES US A LITTLE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED BECAUSE WE HAVE A HANDLE ON ALL PARTS OF THAT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
COST OF PARKS, HOW THEY'RE PLANNED, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS EXERCISE AND WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE ARE UPDATING YOUR 2016 PARK MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.
AND IF YOU ARE, ARE YOU IN THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL GO TO THAT ONE.
JUST A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS A PARK MASTER PLAN.
PARK MASTER PLAN IS A DOCUMENT THAT MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES OR STATES CAN USE TO PLAN THEIR PARK SYSTEM IN A SYSTEMATIC AND LOGICAL WAY SO THAT YOU FIRST ARE SERVING YOUR CITIZENS. SECONDLY, YOU'RE MAKING GOOD EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT FACILITIES IN.
YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BUYING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ACRES, THE NUMBER OF ACRES TO SERVE YOUR CITIZENS. SO IT'S A PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY USES.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS IS A SPIN OFF AND IT ADDRESSES PARKS AND RECREATION.
ALMOST ALL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ONE, I WOULD SAY, ALMOST NINETY FIVE PERCENT, NINETY NINE PERCENT HAVE A PARK MASTER PLAN.
YOURS WAS COMPLETED IN 2016 AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE DATE ON IT THAT IT'S 2016 TO 2026.
NOW, WHEN YOUR MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETED, IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, THE REASON THAT IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IS BACK IN 1995, THE STORY IS THAT THE STATE HAD A PLAN AND THEY DID IT BY COG DISTRICTS.
AND SO IN AUSTIN, THEY WERE TELLING PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COG, IF YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THAT CITY OR A CITY WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, WHICH THAT'S A BIG DISTRICT THAT'S WEST OF FORT WORTH, ALL THE WAY EAST OF DALLAS IN AUSTIN, THEY WERE TELLING YOU WHAT THE NEEDS WERE AND THEY WERE TELLING YOU HOW YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED TO BUILD RECREATION WISE TO SCORE POINTS IN THEIR GRANTS.
WELL, THE PARK DIRECTORS KIND OF GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, I DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS A TIDDLYWINK COURT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SAID, I DON'T NEED A TIDDLYWINK COURT IN BEDFORD I NEED SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THE STATE SAID, OK, FAIR ENOUGH, DO A PARK MASTER PLAN AND PROVE TO US WHAT YOU NEED.
AND WE'LL USE THAT IN THE SCORING CRITERIA WHEN YOU SUBMIT A GRANT.
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SO THAT'S HOW IT GOT STARTED AND THAT WAS IN 1995 WHEN THEY MADE THAT CHANGE.THE PARK MASTER PLAN, THE REASON YOU SEE THAT DATE ON THERE, WHAT THE STATE SET SOME GUIDELINES FOR A CITY DOING A PARK MASTER PLAN.
NOT REAL STRINGENT GUIDELINES.
THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALITY AND CREATIVITY.
AND THEY SAID, OK, YOUR PLAN IS GOOD FOR 10 YEARS, BUT 10 YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE WANT YOU TO UPDATE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT JIMMY WAS REFERENCING.
SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, YOU NEED TO UPDATE RIGHT NOW, AS JIMMY SAID, YOUR PLANS OUT OF DATE.
SO WHY IS THAT KIND OF IMPORTANT? WELL, IF YOU APPLY FOR A GRANT RIGHT NOW, YOUR PLANS OUT DATE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT TO SCORE, YOU WON'T BE ELIGIBLE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PREPARING THAT UPDATE TO YOUR PARK MASTER PLAN.
ONCE THEY ACCEPT IT, THEN YOU'RE GOOD UNTIL 2026.
PART OF I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO IS THE STATE AS WELL AS BEDFORD AND MOST CITIES AND MOST JURISDICTIONS.
THEY WANT TO GET A PULSE OF WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT IN YOUR CITY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE METHODS TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE AND YOU WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH CITIZENS.
AND WE'LL, AS JIMMY SAID, THERE WILL BE MORE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE CITIZENS HERE THE NEXT TIME. AND I WILL BE CONDUCTING THOSE AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THE BOARDS ARE HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO I KIND OF WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS AND WHAT IT'S FOR.
SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THIS SIDE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING IN THIS UPDATE IS REDOING AN INVENTORY OF YOUR PARKS TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE BUILT OR IF YOU TAKEN THINGS OUT MOST TIMES IT'S ADDING TO.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING, AS I HAVE MENTIONED, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR WHOLE PARK SYSTEM FROM EACH PARK WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND HOW IT'S BEING SERVICED NOW, WHEN I SAY WE LOOK AT THAT, WE LOOK AT WHERE IT IS AND THEN WE COMPARE THAT TO YOUR 2016 PLAN.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING A COMPLETELY NEW PARK PLAN.
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THAT SO THE STATE CAN ACCEPT IT.
BUT IT'S THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE AND IT'S WITH CITIZEN INPUT.
I TALKED ABOUT THE TEN YEAR REQUIREMENT AT THE END OF 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. THEN YOU GOT TO DO A NEW PLAN.
THEN YOU START WITH A NEW PLAN.
WE WILL PROBABLY I SAY PROBABLY, I CAN'T SAY DEFINITELY WE WILL COME UP WITH A NEW PRIORITY LISTING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IF OUR NEEDS TELL US THAT WE NEED TIDDLYWINKS COURTS AND A SOCCER FIELD AND A BASEBALL FIELD, OUR PRIORITY LIST AS THAT THEN WE WILL HAVE A NEW PRIORITY LIST.
IF YOU HAVE A NEW PRIORITY LIST, COUNCIL HAS TO ADOPT THAT BY RESOLUTION.
OUR BOARD CAN'T DO IT, AND NOR CAN THIS BODY, SO IT WILL END UP, AND OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL WILL SEE IT IF THEY APPROVE IT, WHICH THEY WILL BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE AND THE NEW RESOLUTION WILL BE ADOPTED.
THAT PLAN WILL BE SENT TO AUSTIN.
THEY'LL REVIEW IT AND PUT IT BACK ON FILE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE WE'RE HERE AND THERE'S THIS IS THE PUBLIC INPUT PART, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO BE REVIEWING WHAT YOU BUILT, WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I'LL BE LISTENING TO YOUR CITIZENS.
I HAVE TO UPDATE DEMOGRAPHICS.
THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE 2020 CENSUS.
THEY LIKE TO USE THAT AS A BAROMETER OR A CHECKMARK.
IF WE HAVE TO UPDATE MAPS OR STANDARDS, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A BIG PARK IS IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT'LL BE COMPLETE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT TONIGHT WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO I'VE TALKED ABOUT OUTDOOR FACILITIES.
WE WERE ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT INDOOR FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR RECREATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE. AND THEY HAVE A FUND FOR OUTDOOR FACILITIES AND A FUND FOR INDOOR FACILITIES.
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AND THE FUND FOR OUTDOOR FACILITIES RIGHT NOW IS AT SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND THAT THEY'LL GRANT AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A MATCH FOR THAT.AND I'M EMBARRASSED, I THINK MAYBE THAT THE INDOOR HAS GONE UP TO 1.2.
IT'S UP THERE. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT IF YOU WANT TO DO AN INDOOR PROJECT.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT YOUR YOUR INDOOR FACILITIES.
THIS PROCESS WILL PROBABLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO SEE ON HOW LONG OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS GO.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW IT AND I'M NOT SURE AND APPROVE IT, AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL MAKE, WILL THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
YES, SIR. OK. SO YOU'LL REVIEW IT, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IT'LL GO UP THE CHAIN.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE PARK BOARD WILL THEY LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE THAT LATER? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF WHY I'VE BEEN HIRED, AND I'M GLAD THAT I HAVE LIKE BEING HERE TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT I'VE EXPLAINED TO THIS POINT FROM THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE WHEN I EXPLAIN TO BOARDS, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE PUBLIC INPUT, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. JUST ONE QUICK ONE.
SO YOU SAID WITH THE OUTDOOR FUND, THAT'S WHAT THE MATCH.
I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT THE INDOOR AS WELL.
YES, IT IS. YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR MATCH.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET YOUR MATCH.
IT CAN BE CASH AND IT CAN BE LABOR.
IT CAN BE SOMETIMES IN OUTDOOR, IT CAN BE LAND VALUE.
SO THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO GET YOUR MATCH.
BUT THE COUNCIL WILL AUTHORIZE JIMMY TO SIGN A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THAT HE HAS THAT MATCH.
MR. SIMS, WHAT ABOUT YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE UPDATING THE CURRENT MASTER PARK PLAN AND WHEN WAS THE ORIGINAL DONE? I BELIEVE 2016 IS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE COVER.
NOT VERY LONG AGO. AND SO IF YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, YOUR YOUR WORK WILL BE GOOD THROUGH 2026.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD REALLY DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT YOU DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO UPDATE OR LOOK AT YOUR PLAN, ANY CITY, WHETHER IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR STUDY, YOU KNOW, EVERY FIVE YEARS, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY DUST IT OFF AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT'S DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, A LOT OF TIMES CITIES DON'T UPDATE THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY DO. BUT THEY PREFER YOU TO SO THAT YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR GRANTS.
I ASSUME. THAT'S THE FIVE YEAR IS A REQUIREMENT OF TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, NOT THE CITY. OKAY, OKAY.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, YOUR PLANS OUT DATE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET.
I'M SORRY, I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT.
YEAH, IT'S THEIR REQUIREMENT THAT YOU DO THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, YES, MA'AM.
THERE WE GO. YES, SO THIS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS JUST THE UPDATE, AND YOU SAID EVERY 10 YEARS IS WHEN YOU DO LIKE A FULL RE HAUL OF THE PROPOSAL.
YES, MA'AM. OK. THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, WE'RE NOT DOING WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH FOR A NEW ONE.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT SCOPE OF SERVICES IN A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PROJECT TO REDO YOUR WHOLE PLAN. SO YES, MA'AM.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE DID THIS IN 2016, AND DON WOULD HAVE TO CORRECT ME, BUT WE HAD A VOLUNTEER, THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS RETIRED FROM THE PARK.
AND HE HE DID THIS FOR US VOLUNTARILY, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE HE'S A RESIDENT OF BEDFORD.
WE SENT OUT SURVEYS AND COLLECTED ALL THE DATA AFTER HE DID ALL OF THE LEGWORK, THE CENSUS AND COUNTED THE NUMBER OF BENCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S INCLUDED.
BUT WE SENT OUT SURVEYS THE PARK BOARD OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SENT OUT SURVEYS.
IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE OR ARE THERE THE OPEN FORUM MEETINGS GOING TO BE EQUAL TO THE SURVEYS? YEAH, WE'RE NOT SENDING OUT SURVEYS THAT THAT KIND OF GETS INTO A NEW PARK PLAN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE ANOTHER CONSULTANT TO DO THAT, TO DO IT ONLINE NOW. AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT SCOPE OF WORK.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT WE SEND OUT SURVEYS TO UPDATE THE PLAN.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST UPDATE THE PLAN AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING SURVEYS, BUT WE ARE DOING PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH IS REQUIRED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT, THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY ACTIVE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GAUGE PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH SOCIAL
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MEDIA. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO DO THAT AS WELL.SO THAT WAY, IF SOMEONE'S NOT PHYSICALLY AT A MEETING, THEIR VOICE CAN STILL BE HEARD.
AND AND PART OF THE REASON ALSO THAT WE'RE JUST DOING THE THE UPDATE IS BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN TEN YEARS, BUT ALSO IT TAKES SO MUCH LONGER THAN IF WE WERE DOING THAT NOW INSTEAD, THEN WE WOULDN'T. WE'D MISS THE WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT.
SO BUT. CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT GRANT, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET? YES, MA'AM, IT WOULD BE.
IT'S ONE OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE OUTDOOR GRANTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO DECIDE WHAT PROJECT THAT THEY'LL APPLY FOR, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE. I THINK IT'S FUNDED BY THE SALES TAX ON SPORTING GOODS.
AND BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE ON. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT THEY'LL WANT INPUT FROM THE VARIOUS BOARDS.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'LL SELECT THE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE ME THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT. SO.
MY NAME IS BRUCE EMERY, I LIVE HERE IN BEDFORD.
SO MR. CONSULTANT AND PARKS BOARD MEMBERS, A QUESTION IS, CAN WE GET SOME GUIDANCE ON GIVEN THAT THERE'S AN EXPIRED MASTER PLAN, WHAT THINGS IN THAT PLAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE CHANGED? YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE IS AN UPDATE.
WE ALL THINK ABOUT IT AS BEING AN ADDITION, BUT AN UPDATE CAN ALSO BE A SUBTRACTION WHEN YOU'RE DOING PARKS MASTER PLANS.
SOME OF OUR PARKS HAVE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY IN THOSE FIVE YEARS WHERE WE'D WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THE INTENT FOR THE PARKS.
SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CHANGED.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE GENERATIONS PARK THAT CHANGES THE CONCEPT OF THE ENTIRE CITY, SO IT'D BE GOOD WHILE THE CONSULTANT'S GETTING THIS KICKED OFF TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA, WHAT CAN WE TAKE OUT? WHAT CAN BE CHANGED TO THE CURRENT ONE IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'D WANT TO ADD? THERE'S A GRAY AREA THERE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD NEED TO EXPLAIN, BUT I DO KNOW FROM PAST EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CAN ELIMINATE PARTS IN AN EXPIRED PARK PLAN AND ALMOST TAKE IT DOWN TO ITS BARE ROOTS WITHOUT INITIATING THE ENTIRE GENERATION OF A BRAND NEW MASTER PLAN DURING THE RENEWAL PROCESS OF AN EXPIRED ONE.
THANK YOU. IF I UNDERSTOOD THIS QUESTION, IS REMOVAL OR ADDITION? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE BOARDS, WE'VE COVERED THAT.
AND YOU WILL WANT WE WANT THAT INPUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANT SPECIFIC PARTS NAMED, YOU KNOW, AS. ARE THEY STILL VIABLE, WHICH THEY ARE AND HARDLY EVER RECOMMEND GETTING RID OF PARK LAND. MATTER OF FACT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION TO DO IT, BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE ENGLISH ISN'T CORRECT IN WHAT I'M FIXING TO SAY, BUT THEY AIN'T MAKING ANY MORE LAND.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU NEED TO HANG ON TO IT.
WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AND DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. [INAUDIBLE] BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
I DID, I SAID, TWO TO THREE MONTHS ON THE TIMELINE.
JIMMY, MAYBE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETE BY MIDDLE OF JULY. YES, SIR, I KNEW I KNEW IT WAS EARLY TO MID-SUMMER.
WITH THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S DUE.
THE GRANTS [INAUDIBLE] AUGUST, I MEAN, OCTOBER 1ST.
YOU HAVE 60 DAYS PRIOR, SO WE NEED TO GET IT IN THAT LAST TWO WEEKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO OVER THE BOARDS? NO. OK.
THE WAY THAT WE DO THE PUBLIC INPUT AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT NEXT TIME, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE HERE.
WE HAVE THREE BOARDS AND WE TRY TO MAKE IT.
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OPPOSED SOMETIMES PEOPLE KIND OF FREEZE UP WHEN THEY COME UP TO A MICROPHONE WITH A BOARD OF FOLKS AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK AND WE TRY TO DEFUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, GET THEM DOWN TO THIS LEVEL. AND TRUST ME, I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF EARFULS.WHEN YOU GET DOWN ON THAT LEVEL, JUST LIKE ALL YOU DO ON YOUR BOARDS AND HOW YOU SERVE.
YES, MA'AM. FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE GOT SOME PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE RECLAIMED BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER IN FLOOD PLAINS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE ESSENTIALLY TURNED INTO A POCKET. YOU EVALUATE THOSE TO IT AS FAR AS FAR AS AFFORDABILITY FOR THE CITY.
IF IT'S WORTH IT FOR US TO TRANSFORM THAT INTO SOME TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR.
WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF IT.
THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE BUILDING ON BECAUSE OF FLOODPLAIN, BUT THEY ARE USABLE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
RIGHT? YES, WE CAN EVALUATE THAT.
I GUESS IN 93 OR SO I DID THE PARK MASTER PLAN FROM FLOWER MOUND.
SOME FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
AND IT WAS FROM A PLANNING FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STANDPOINT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF WHEN ALL THE BOOM CAME IN AFTER 87.
THEY WERE TAKING IN ALL THESE SUBDIVISIONS.
AND WHEN YOU DO A SUBDIVISION, YOU MAY HAVE ONE ACRE ACRE AND A HALF TWO ACRES WHERE THEY CAN'T BE USED. AND SO THE TOWN IS TAKING THOSE IN AS PARK PROPERTIES.
AND AT THAT TIME, THEY HAD LIKE TWENTY FIVE TWENTY THREE PARKS THAT WERE UNDER TWO ACRES, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY WERE ON DRAINAGE SLOPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S NOT A KNOCK AGAINST FLOWER MOUND.
THEY WERE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TAKING.
PROBLEM IS WHEN THE CITY TOOK IT.
NOW THEY'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN IT. THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF POCKET PARKS, BUT IT'S COSTLY.
THEY ARE. THEY WERE SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, LOADING UP LAWN MOWERS AND EDGERS AND GOING TO TWO ACRES AND THEN TWO ACRES AND THEN AN ACRE AND A HALF.
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AND IT WAS A BIG BUDGET STRAIN.POCKET PARKS, I THINK, HAVE THEIR NEEDS.
YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AT FIVE ACRE MINIMUMS. OKAY. SO THAT YOU CAN GET THINGS ON IT SO YOU CAN MAKE IT VIABLE.
ANYTIME YOU GET A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FIVE ACRES AND ATTACH IT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT'S A WIN WIN.
BUT FIVE ACRES IS A GOOD NUMBER TO TAKE BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT A PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE OR SOME TRAIL FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON.
YOU START GETTING INTO TWO ACRES AND IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE TOPOGRAPHY, SO YEAH, IF YOU HAVE PROPERTY, WE WILL EVALUATE IT.
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ON THAT SAME NOTE, I KNOW THAT WITH SOME CITIES LIKE FOR THE GRANT COUNCILWOMAN ALMENDAREZ, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE MATCH AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE CASE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.
BUT LIKE MEADOW PARK, IT'S TECHNICALLY OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT WE WOULD WORK WITH DENNIS AND SAY, OK, WHAT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALREADY ONE OF OUR PARKS.
BUT DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TRY TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THIS? OR MAYBE WE COULD TALK THEM INTO DONATING SOME OF IT? BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S DONE IS, SAY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREES TO GIVE US FIVE ACRES.
WELL, THEY'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE COST IS.
THEY'LL DO AN APPRAISAL ON THE PROPERTY AND SAY THE LAND EQUALS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR WHAT HAVE YOU THEN THAT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GOES TOWARDS OUR SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND MATCH.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER BUYING, THAT DENNIS WOULD HELP EVALUATE IT DURING THIS PROCESS SO WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH SOME ALBATROSS.
IT'S NOT DEVELOPABLE FOR PARK AMENITIES, SO I JUST WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT.
SO ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S REALLY I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, FLOWER MOUND, I MEAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ENDED UP GETTING RID OF THOSE BACK IN 93, YOU COULDN'T GET RID OF TWO ACRES. THE LAW WAS YOU HAD TO HAVE A VOTER REFERENDUM TO GET RID OF TWO ACRES.
I THINK THEY'VE CHANGED THAT AND IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT WHERE A CITY CAN GET RID OF IT AT A CERTAIN SIZE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE SIZE.
YOU KNOW, TO ME, ONE OF THE NEATEST THINGS UNIVERSITY PARK SOLD A PARK ACROSS THE LAND WAS ACROSS FROM SMU.
IT'S WHERE THE BUSH LIBRARY SITS.
SO THE CITIZENS SAID, YEAH, WE'LL SELL THAT PARK FOR THE BUSH LIBRARY.
I MEAN, MOST OF THE TIME CITIZENS ARE NOT GOING TO TURN LOOSE THEIR PARK, EVEN THROUGH A VOTER REFERENDUM. AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING THIS PARK.
AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SO. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROCESS THAT WE USE.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, I'LL GO GET IT AND FIND IT AND GIVE IT TO YOU.
FROM HERE TONIGHT, JIMMY, DO YOU.
DO WE WANT TO DO THIS AS FAR AS THE INPUT AND.
IT'S UP TO ALL. WELL, I'LL DEFER TO THE BOARD, JUST MY THOUGHT IS MAYBE WE DO IT AT THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE SINCE THIS WAS THE KICKOFF MEETING, CANDIDLY, WE DIDN'T REALLY PROMOTE A LOT OF PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, COME TO BE HEARD TYPE THING.
IT WAS MORE LET'S KICK OFF AND THEN AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST BY THE NEXT MEETING, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, HAS APPOINTED THE CHAIRS.
SO WE'LL HAVE WE'LL ASK THEM TO APPOINT A CHAIR FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S LESS AWKWARD WITH ME TALKING SO MUCH.
BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S MY THOUGHT, THOUGH. SURE.
ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, WE CAN.
YOU GUYS ARE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD OR YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING UP THERE.
WOULD IT HELP IF WE MAYBE GOT EVERYBODY A COPY OF THE CURRENT PLAN? SO MAYBE IF WE COULD BE I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG A BINDER THAT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT YEAH, MAYBE SO WE CAN MAYBE FLIP THROUGH THAT.
SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IN THE HANDS.
I THINK IF I MAY REGARDING THE EXERCISE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH GENERATIONS PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT NOT BEING USED FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE EIGHT PARKS THAT BASICALLY ONLY HAVE SWING SETS AND A WALKING TRAIL.
SO OUR OPTIONS CURRENTLY WOULD BE LIMITED FOR WHAT WE USE IN OUR PARKS.
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OKAY. IS THAT FAIR? AND SO WHILE IT'S A WORTHY EXERCISE FOR THE FUTURE, I THINK OUR CURRENT WOULD JUST BE EITHER TAKING THE KIDS TO SWING OR WALKING.WELL, BREKALO HAS A BASKETBALL COURT.
[INAUDIBLE] WHAT IS IT? I THINK I THINK IT HAS BASKETBALL GOALS.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT NECESSARILY HAS A COURT.
OK, BUT THEN DOESN'T STORMIE JONES HAVE SOCCER FIELDS? YES. SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY THE CASE.
AND SO WELL, YEAH, WE DO HAVE THAT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO JUMP AHEAD HERE, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, IF THAT'S THE INPUT I GOT THAT THAT'S ALL THEY DO IN THAT PARK.
MAYBE IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THAT PARK AND PUT SOME OTHER THINGS IN IT.
I AGREE. YEAH, ALL THAT WE CAN DO IS SWING AND WALK ON THE TRAILS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE THINGS ON THERE THAT PEOPLE WRITE THAT DON'T RELATE, BUT THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL SORT THROUGH THAT.
SO, DENNIS, YOU GO AROUND AND YOU TAKE AN EVALUATION OF WHAT ALL OF OUR PARKS HAVE IS BASICALLY. SO THEN YOU COME BACK AND TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE.
SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU HAVE AN INVENTORY IN YOUR CURRENT PLAN.
OK, SO A VERY DETAILED INVENTORY.
OK, SO WE'LL GET THAT COPY AND YOU'LL GET THAT COPY.
NOW WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THOSE PARKS SINCE 2016 WILL BE UPDATED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WITH THE MASTER PLAN, YOU RECOMMEND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS POSSIBLE IN CERTAIN PARKS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PARKS.
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THAT NANCY LIEBERMAN BASKETBALL COURT IN STORMIE JONES.
CENTRAL. THANK YOU, CENTRAL PARK BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY.
WOULD THAT BE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT'D BE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'D ADDRESS, LIKE TENNIS COURTS? IF WE THINK MAYBE TENNIS COURTS COULD GO SOMEPLACE BESIDES GENERATIONS PARK TO SPREAD OUT THE GOOD NEWS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
I HATE TO SEE IS EVERYTHING BEING JUST A GENERATIONS PARK.
I'D RATHER HAVE THINGS SPLIT UP AROUND THE DIFFERENT PARKS IF IT'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? TO TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY ON THAT YET, BUT TOPOGRAPHY, MOST OF TIMES BASKETBALL COURTS AND TENNIS COURTS ARE FLAT.
SO IF YOU START DOING TOPOGRAPHY, YOU START TALKING, YOU DO A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT'S PART OF THE SITE EVALUATION.
YOU KNOW, I'LL LOOK AT THOSE SITES, OKAY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SITE LIKE THIS, IF SOMEBODY ONCE PUT A SOCCER FIELD ON IT, IT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.
I KNOW MRS. CULVER'S HAD SEVERAL IDEAS THROUGH THE YEARS.
RUTH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? IT'S KIND OF FUNNY TO BE SITTING OUT HERE.
YEAH. AFTER THREE YEARS OR SO, YOU KNOW, IF MANY OF YOU WILL RECALL THE MEETING THAT WE HAD ACROSS THE STREET FOR GENERATIONS PARK FOR PHASE NEXT, IT WAS A WE HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 80 TO 100 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT MEETING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, I DON'T KNOW HOW I DON'T KNOW YOUR FORMAT, BUT THESE BOARDS, THEY'RE LOVELY.
BUT IN THIS SITUATION, RIGHT HERE IS INTIMIDATING.
SO I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH DON.
I'M SORRY, DON, I AM GOING TO MENTION YOU.
I ASK HIM IF HE WANTED TO MAKE THE STATEMENT.
AND SO ALL AROUND THE, ALL AROUND THE WALLS OF ALL OF YOU ALL RECALL, WE HAD THE POSTY LARGE POSTY STICKERS AND EVERYBODY WAS GIVEN THE LITTLE DOTS WHEN THEY CAME IN AND IN ORDER. AND RATHER THAN HAVING THEM COME TO A MIC AT A STAND AND SPEAK WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE AUDIENCE, SO TO SPEAK, WE PASSED THE MICS AROUND AND WE HAD A HUGE IMPACT OF STATEMENTS FROM PEOPLE.
I THINK, CINDY, YOU WERE EVEN THERE.
YEAH. SO IT'S A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT SITTING OUT HERE VERSUS SITTING UP HERE.
AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HOSTING FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC INPUT.
I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT MEETING.
LIKE I SAY, COME SIT OUT HERE AND THEN SIT UP HERE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I AGREE. I WAS THERE WITH 10 KIDS AND THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN THAT FORMAT BECAUSE WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME LEVEL.
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THE KIDS COULD LOOK AT IT.THEY WERE VERY OPINIONATED ABOUT THE HOCKEY RINK.
AND SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEN THAT PROMPTED THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, TEENAGERS AND YOUNGER DON'T REALLY SPEAK UP OR FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND IF THEY'RE THE ONES USING THE PARKS THE MOST, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MORE COMFORTABLE. RIGHT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THIS FORMAT IS NOT INTIMIDATING TO ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IF IT'S MORE LOOSE, WHICH IS EACH ONE OF THESE BOARDS WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT AREA AND YOU CAN DO THAT OR THE LIBRARY.
AND YEAH, WE USED ALL THOSE WALLS TO DO THAT, AND SHE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS STANDING BY THE BOARDS. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO DO IT IN HERE, THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN TELEVISE IT AND RECORD IT.
BUT NO, WE ABSOLUTELY THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF A KICKOFF.
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO SOLVE ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, BUT I LOVE THE FORMAT IDEA.
I'M TOLD. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, AND I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.
I WASN'T HERE BACK WHEN THAT WAS DONE.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
SO WE'LL I THINK UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, WE DEFINITELY WILL DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR DENNIS? OR THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS? DO WE HAVE.
JUST SO THAT WE STAY ON SCHEDULE? WE PROBABLY MAYBE YOU NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND BACK THIS THING BACK FROM JULY.
YEAH, YEAH. WHENEVER YOU MEET, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN YOUR COUNCIL MEETS TWICE A MONTH.
AND THEN BACK IT BACK. AND THEN WE COULD SET THE FUTURE DATES FOR THIS.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. SIMS. I AM REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE GAP THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT PARK SYSTEM WITH GENERATIONS PARK BOYS RANCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IT IS SUCH A CENTERPIECE FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY THAT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE.
IN ADDITION TO YOUR THREE BOARDS, MAYBE A BOARD THAT SHOWS THAT FOCUS IS STRICTLY ON THAT PART. WHAT ARE YOUR ANTICIPATED PLANS? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM IT? SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M AFRAID WE'RE JUST AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE CAPTURING, BUT IT'S ALL WHAT'S IN USE. WHAT'S CURRENT? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? BUT THAT IS SUCH A HUGE FOCAL POINT FOR THE CITY.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO, BECAUSE YOUR REPORT IS GOING TO HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY INDICATE THAT THIS PARK IS RIGHT OUT OF SERVICE FOR A REALLY GOOD REASON.
I WILL ADDRESS THAT IN THE UPDATE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S GOING, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE IN OCTOBER.
THE GRANTS DO OCTOBER 1ST, SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY COUNT THOSE FACILITIES AS DONE WITH A NOTE SAYING PLUS 60 DAYS OR WHATEVER.
AND SO BASICALLY, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WE COULD HAVE SOME ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHOW WHAT THE AMENITIES ARE AND JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON CHEEKS [INAUDIBLE] TRAIL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE HEARD AT SOME POINT THAT THAT IS PARK LAND AND AT OTHER POINTS THAT IT'S NOT.
AND IF IT IS TO BE INCLUDED IN PARK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE FINALLY LANDED ON WHETHER IT'S PARK LAND OR NOT, BUT IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PARK LAND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND OUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE NOVEMBER ROAD ELECTION FOR TARRANT COUNTY, FUNDS WERE APPROVED FOR A CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN LANE ON [INAUDIBLE], AS WELL AS THE TRAIL AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BEDFORD SIDE. SO THAT'S ALL FUNDED.
SO BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PARK LAND.
I THINK IT'S RIGHT AWAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS IT OK? BUT THE TRAIL WILL BE PUT IN THROUGH THAT PACKAGE, SO.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THE TRAIL IS DEFINITELY ON THE ON THE UPDATE, THOUGH.
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BEFORE IT WENT ON THE BALLOT WAS THAT HALFWAY FROM THE ROAD OVER IT, THEY THINK IT'S IN BEDFORD. THEY DIDN'T SHOW US A SURVEY AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL RELATIVELY NEW AT THE TIME, STILL NEW, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT.AND SO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN IT AND STUFF, BUT YOU MAY VERY WELL BE CORRECT.
SO. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OR ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
SARAH WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, I THINK., SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE PROFOUND STATEMENTS.
SO NO, IT'S GOOD. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS THAT YET, DON, IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING THE TOUR OF ALL THE PARKS TO INVENTORY THE AMENITIES.
BUT IF ANYONE NEEDS ANYTHING, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING TO REACH OUT, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU ALL ON ACCEPTABLE MEETING DATES FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SO ANYWAY, I GUESS WE STAND ADJOURNED.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT GUYS. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.