City of Laredo, Texas Parks & Leisure Services Advisory Committee, 11 Jun 2020

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Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee 061020

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And do all call oh.

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Girl, let you do the roll call just just give me a second okay.

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Hello, everybody, yes,.

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Awesome. Thank you.

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Richard Charles Kahn.

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Monica Milano air Orlando, Deena marrow present.

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Are those if you do that? Second.

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We have a quorum so.

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I a motion to approve the minutes of February 19, its 2020 meeting.

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The park Advisory Committee meeting communications of the.

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You want to raise our hands if we would that be easier than waiting for us to say. Yes, yes,.

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Yeah, you can raise your hand, but I can't see you managers you have to Disney verbally okay,.

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Feature on the program, so each person can click and raise their hand. Okay,.

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Alright, first of all, I wanna thank everybody. Here we haven't met in three months or so I think it's been.

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Phoenix village.

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We can use this money to the parks to improve the parks, whatever needs to be done to the part.

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At this point, right now, what you're looking at is on the city. Mayor I mean madam chair. If you don't mind, but you know it's, the allocation of the funds per area.

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Are you gonna come back with with maybe like an update of how what's this money gonna be used for specifically at a later date, after the councilman kind of reviews, it.

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We put in the parks.

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Particular parks.

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They gave us the parts pretty much what 90% done it's already done. It still give us money, but some things in there break up with dr. Martha wants some basketball, I'm, thirsty new soccer balls. You want some fencing to protect the neighbors from the ball going over. He wants to put new irrigation. He wants to put sod, so those 88 thousand will be used, particularly for those two subdivisions. Those two quarks in those two subdivisions over there.

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Follow-Up question on this is: is any of this money gonna be money? That's gonna be reimbursed back to the city for things that have already been put in.

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Turns into glances I'm sorry Marty. Can you say it again? Yes, gonna get you.

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Know like let's say the city has already done some improvements is any of this money going to be reimbursing some expenses. The city has done already, or is this free and clear starting now.

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For new for new items for new facility for new amenities, any anything that we've done is everything. This is gonna, be added to these parks. Thank you.

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Is there any more discussion.

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Do I need to say mr. Reese has joined us for the record. Oh.

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Man we already got if you're doing.

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Some park improvement cash in lieu of park land, the communication that we share twice and I think we're answered, and now is there any more discussion or a motion.

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Madam chair I'd like to make a motion that we approve the the allocation of funds. Read it cash in lieu of man, funds to be utilized. Excuse me for acquisition, development or improvement of parkland within the service area originating vision. As noted.

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All those in favor.

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All those opposed motion carries.

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There any items for next meeting.

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The the parks right now, for example,.

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So hopefully on Monday we have the possibility of opening.

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They're closed right now,.

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People we have.

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Actually, all the some direction, there's no staff in the Aquatics, but we went ahead and assign them to program. So what we did was, for example, we got the staff said rec center and we four to six parks and they're going out there and painting and fixing the parks up, and you live a lot of TLC that we have don't have a chance throughout the year, because I prosecute guys are cutting going school. If you drive the parts, they look a lot better. Look, they look like parks. Now it's beautiful work.

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Openness, you know, paint paint the benches or whatever is needed, they're doing a live everything. Oh so they're there we're there being used when our department table the Aquatics top. What is what is it? The? What are they doing so will believe me: there's not enough work to get her soul. We've got a mana beautification program. That's been working really really! Well, your compliments for it.

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This board has been very actively always every summer. Looking at the graffiti and all of that, the vandalism going on our parks. That's gonna, come this summer. I think we're gonna see a deep vandalism, because they're gonna see the activity of the entire parts out there. So I commend you all for doing that. A great job.

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It is challenging for us, but I think we put it we'll put it to use everybody's bite into. It really happened because I never seen the park look so beautiful, so we still got some work to do. Hopefully we can get.

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Madame, chair I saw you as far as the dc50. We will ask that question. We just wait, slides and playscapes to see if they.

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Keep on disinfecting them! That's what the questioner is going to be brought up.

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To see if the fumes can be used with practices and all that I know this pros and cons so that that's gonna be the agenda as well. So let's see what kind of direction we get from the medical experts on that, okay, also to report. Mr. Caan was selected weeks ago. Two weeks ago we selected the firm to build the water water park and hopefully that's gonna be moving along pretty fast. Thank you for joining us rivers of caves for seven of us, BB they'll be starting up there pretty soon.

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Also on Monday TV, he was in the Committee for the Sports Complex. Are we selected the firm it's gonna, be it's gonna, be on Monday.

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Mistaken, that's what they told us around there that correct.

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Sorry, what was the question again.

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If I'm not mistaken, the time frame or the water park was around two to two and a half years, complete I was thinking. I, don't want to get you confused with with this committees.

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Is that the City Council is going to put on hold for I, don't know six months to a year before they actually start going forward? That's what I was told.

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I know that discussion might be coming up as well, so what that happens, and it was busy I asked what it's worth complex. Looking into making them. I said the question where I am looking into making them some and some feels natural grass or we can make playable tournaments for soccer baseball. Softball volleyball courts will be there as well.

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Because we're about to host the big Pony tournament and the next eaters that we've had a couple years back and we you got the bid. So hopefully we can have those those fields ready to go in two years from now. So that one is that one is also a priority.

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Like all those departments, we are kind of like a 17 we're at 75% about working capacity. We got some people working it from home, some people working out. We bring them every other day.

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Bringing all the crews or all the crews back into full capacity, so.

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If I may Richard, you were talking about a delay there. So what happens at that point because I don't know what your girl's Committee meeting did, but that could change everything that could change the the bidding price. It can change a lot. So is that a council driven thought to to delay it for a year and a half or so.

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So I think what we selected was the firm that is going to start the process of doing the studies and getting the feedback from the public and eventually starting the design process. But I don't know. I was I was told by Cody Martinez that some portion of it was delayed. I, don't know if it's the design and they're still going forward with. You know the public opinion and the feasibility study and all that or what portion they're there.

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But I wanted to know if the city has any plans to incorporate fruit trees and any of the landscaping I know we have the urban gardens and but I don't think we have any fruit trees.

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Great what happened with that? Birdie Museum, that was in marks district I, think what.

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We're working with he's doing with risk, which is under.

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Control trying to coordinate because there's a building there they want to work together with.

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It's tough, but there was discussions and work is working on it. He brought that up about two three weeks ago and hopefully moving forward with that with with risk as well, but it's still there.

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And another question: how is the website coming? I, don't think I'm looking at the website now and I, don't see anything where I can search the parks near me or the amenities near me. I know we had talked about that and I know you guys were gonna go back to the web designer just following up with that mistakes of people who are not from Lolita.

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Those of us who've been here for a long time, can you know, go to the website, put their address and say you know fine.

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Or you know find sponge pad near me, but search the amenities.

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We don't have some repairs to do on that website. Some upgrades to do that is definitely one of them were working with the person we need to work with is Andy who helped us with the GIS to identify perimeter.

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So it's going to be a in-depth project if you will even.

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Just is there where's the map? I didn't love that map that had all the parks on it, but I don't see any more on the website.

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There madam chair I, think I actually started a couple of weeks ago when I got on there.

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Got some ribbons that come up, and so it slows the website down. We've been noticing.

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But to see, maybe if it's not there, I can get mr. Milan or ATM Ilana are ya our website to see what, if it's not there, what happens? We added some page take some things off now. It was all these announcements, don't know where to go so we'll go back and you can't go back first thing in the morning. Hopefully we can put that up again. If it's not there.

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Any other questions for staff for our staff before we go see what I didn't want to put next week next week, question.

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For the Sports Complex was there gonna be an indoor facility with turf like for soccer games, so they could be year-round or everything else. One.

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Of the one of the ideas is to do a multi-purpose in facility.

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Okay, multi-purpose beam, you can play soccer, you play like football inside, that's one of the things that they are looking for and and they are looking, that's gonna- be we're looking at about 15 to 20 baseball fields, five-six soccer fields, four to five said: volleyball volleyball courts and one multi-purpose facility that I'm talking about right now and some splash pads around as well, and a nice Waukee trail that connects the three legs there and share some little bit there as well. There's also how I didn't know about happen.

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Lake there, the hopefully we could connect the trail, there's a lake that is about half a mile away. If we want to correct the trail to make it by two controls go. So all this will take into consideration when we build this compost.

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I have a question for Gracie from a Gracie. What is what are you gonna categorize this this park? It's going to be a regional park.

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Community and the reason, the reason is that question is because, if it's a regional park, then the landowners are rounded up to a certain distance, wouldn't be putting parks in their developments. They'll be putting the cash in lieu into the into the regional park. In my correct in saying that.

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Developers can.

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Around a neighborhood.

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You were referring to something different, that I ain't missed no.

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I, you know what I'll do is I'll, formulate my question and I'll email it to you. So by the next meeting you can have an answer because I got to read the ordinance so I apologize to everybody.

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We're just looking at the website the points are there Jon balls park amenities, but do you want the one that has all the one has a map with all the parts in the city? Looking for well.

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There used to be a map and it was a little unwieldy, but it was the map of the whole city and it was it had all the parks on it and it didn't have any amenities or anything. It was just a map with the parks, and so you could kind of find your neighborhood and at least sort of search. That way you couldn't search them enemies, but you could see what was around and it wasn't my favorite. It was something.

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Because it was Andrew circle Park, thank you for his video I was by there. It was completely dark. I know. Maybe maybe I was there, that the life were not on. Is that something needs to be I.

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Mean probably that we were not turning on the lights, we had the curve. You.

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We be that we go back and we open the parks now.

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Okay questions our manicure because we go to any items: I.

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Do have a request, maybe for the next board, an item I. You wish to move forward and approve the proposed 2019 parks, rec and open space master plan I want to see. Maybe we can improve that as we're coming along with the water park and we're coming along already with the complex there's something we can already send off to council that so they can put the final stamp on it.

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We are currently finalizing some data that we needed to update.

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We have the inventory that needs to be needed to be updated with the new amenities, I think added to some parts and also or charts or the orange apartment, so we're currently working on that, but hopefully for it for the next meeting, we have it ready for your blessing.

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There was supposed to be a wishlist I, don't see that I.

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Wish news like June 10.

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Crepe myrtle trees or this park sign up uncle donations for people.

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Or give back something it.

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Was going to be, it's actually there's a if you look at tab for donation and what you'd like to and that's something that the park still is working on, because for that process we needed to the park itself identifying each and every part what was necessary to go.

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Donate it was going to be like a registry, if you will so the.

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Part of the stat that we're doing right now with the rec center staff and the aquatic staff and the office staff they're driving around and identifying what's there but isn't on those parks, that's part of their that's another yeah. We got them doing out of these 100 eleven's of parks that we have to see that so that we can do a little inventory for each part.

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About the smart sprinkler system has there been any updates on that? Well,.

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As you know, we are a hiring freeze, brought the whole city, and one of the things that I had requested was called as a master. Every.

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To my wish list, hopefully, when it comes around or budget time in October right now, we're not we're not hiring anyone. Unfortunately, so I request that I did as far as for personnel I did put there that we're looking for a master master or to help us with all this stuff, because we did have. We had fries I, think January, but I was thinking in January February when we hit this hiring freeze and before the corporate stuff. In my in my presentation for our budget next year, that position is is on the wish list. Thank.

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That's it for me. Does anybody else have any questions or discussion or their motion to adjourn.

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Can I get a copy of that master, pants incentive.

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The next meeting, if I, can get a copy of that.

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Lining if we see something different so we want to, we can add, delete or whatever. So that way we can give you take a look at.

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Are we supposed to do something with the master plan additional.

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I know that, prior to you know the year we had proposed, we approved the master we owned it, but then, after all the common situation we haven't been able to meet or so proven. So that's my request is that we finally get something approved, so we're able to send it off already.

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So that was my request.

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Came in so possibly we can do that our next meeting, so we can set up a webinar or things will change by then or have access to webinar or in person. If you come in meditation of the of the, we can give them feedback also for the I.

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Guess I'll make them Chintu to adjourn.

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Sir, a second second.

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Those in favor opposed motion passes.

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So hopefully, next month is the same way. But if you have any other contractors and.

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Everybody: okay. Thank you.