City of Laredo, Texas Parks & Leisure Services Advisory Committee, 8 Feb 2023

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Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting, 02/08/2023

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Good afternoon College meeting order today is month: Wednesday March, 8th uh 2023. The time is 5 34 P.M uh we're meeting here at the uh for the parts and Leisure Services advisory committee. Here at City, Hall.

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uh Can I like to call this amazing order and then we'll like to proceed with the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Absent Mr Victor.

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Vasquez myself, president.

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Robert Ortiz absent.

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And Mr Rodolfo Morales, who.

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Did mention that.

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He either might be late or might.

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Not be a roommate.

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We do have a form.

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Thank you, chair.

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You want to go ahead and.

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I'm gonna dive into bullet point four approval of.

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The minutes for the meeting of.

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February 15.

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Think the motion that we approved the minutes, as stated there's.

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A motion on the floor if I have an emotion, there's second by Mr, Luis.

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Motion carries minutes for the February.

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15Th meeting uh 2023 approved I'd like to also jump into some of the comments. If.

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There's any citizens here that are to provide any comments.

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To the parks Community today and I believe nobody signed up correct, so we.

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Have no no public comments.

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Number five Communications and announcements uh here with us is Park staff and Mr.

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Director JJ Gomez will have some Communications around the coach okay um good afternoon. Everyone good afternoon. Everyone.

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Thank you for being here um taking time out of your busy schedule to come to this meetings.

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um We we had a good discussion last uh last meeting, all.

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Right so you kind of you know you: we met the new staff, I know Mr Martinez last.

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Year, I'm sorry.

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Last month, you.

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For the me all right, but let me just introduce everyone again: Mr Ramirez is assistant new assistant, director, Ramirez.

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uh You know Anita, so um you.

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Know I want to just uh make sure we make sure we all you.

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We're here we're here to improve our department and.

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With your own feedback uh with all of yours, I know one.

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Of the concerns with example, last year last month last year, last.

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Month, I was about yet questions on the field and I think these meetings are very important.

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So we can give you the information of. What's going on there, you hear a lot of stuff positive.

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And negative uh well.

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Is going on there's a great thing.

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About it, well, there's a reason behind we try to.

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Do you know we want to make sure that we follow our ordinances, make sure we follow our um uh our our.

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Guidelines that we found okay, um so you.

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If you at any time, you have any questions or feel free to contact us get, your Gloria has.

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A liar songs, I.

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Got this question and.

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Then uh myself, foreign.

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Before everyone I am going to.

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My personal, my dad has.

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To wait two years ago, so we have a math room.

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So I am going to excuse myself, but I do want to go over towards.

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With it uh once we and then after that, Tommy and Anita will start taking it.

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Over from there, okay, so um when we want to move on to the next.

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One yes, uh so we'll move on to Willis Point bullet point: seven, which is Staff reports and yeah coach you're.

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Going to discuss again number one: the parks organization, that's correct, yeah and.

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Then so we can, we can discuss uh bullet point six after we've, we've gone through the step before.

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Yes, sir, please really appreciate that let's go ahead and do that.

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You all right so I want to show you guys in late three everyone how our party department is set up. Okay, because.

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Everybody thinks parks and everybody thinks.

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Is just the parts? Well, we all are have a bigger division that we than people understand. We have once we're in full.

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Staff we got 225 employees close to it part time, full-time, seasonal, all.

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Right, seasonal employees being like the Live cards, the lifeguards were starting to hire.

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uh We hired those two. If everybody we get everybody else on uh over.

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100 people, foreign.

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Contracts, presentations.

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Her she's my money.

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And they say, can we do it? Can we not do it? Do we have money? This is.

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Like she has a checkbook and uh if she says we're about you know we're.

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We're good to go, then we're good to go. We operate. Our budget is about 50 million dollars. Is that about right over a little bit over 50 million dollars to.

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Give you an idea and I might be out: I think it's 8 million on this side and about seven million on.

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This side, okay,.

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50 million dollar budget that we drink with that we we have to make everything work course all right under.

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Her we have our parks.

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And uh our Recreation events uh I'm, not amazing regulations who pretended a.

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Big old event, which you'll see here in just a bit, we had a.

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Big successful Saturday we had a family fest at Independence, Park.

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Is get out there and.

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Not just be well, you know we're going to clean Parts. You know that just not even I want to you know. We want to bring out events to do in the city to the.

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To the community, so they can.

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They can enjoy. We had a lot of good positive remarks with that on on social media. That.

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I've been telling me that I've talked that told me here personally, so you know that's good, you know that's that makes us proud. That's when we know that hey, you know, our department is doing a I know. We are challenges, but.

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Into anybody else, but.

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That's where you feel him, you know what we're making a difference to our community so and.

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Those those events, those.

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Be through Europe.

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Throughout the city.

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Rec centers, we.

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Have eight rec centers and the fitness and the boxing gym all right.

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Just got inside the gym, there's.

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Centers I appreciate your order, familiar with um the first further started, which is in district one. uh Then we have uh ddhr, which.

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Is in District three, no! Is that correct? Yes,.

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Haynes Rec.

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Is in District.

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Three: uh we move up a little bit.

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Further north, we.

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Are ready to Benavides on Vine Street, which is District Four and.

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Then, as we keep on going further, we have Hillside Rec Center.

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Is that's on District Five by one of the prison and then, as we go further West Northwest, we have uh Baskin.

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Rec Center, which is uh just in District Seven and then.

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Six we're going down the rec center.

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But there's a number between this.

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Gym where we provided in with a bull that uh has been used and has been used in uh I.

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Know, uh there's always a question you have to put it on rec centers.

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Over there in the north, um mainly on it's mainly because of funding a lot of these rec centers that are being built, they get because of CBG money, CBG cbgd.

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Money that are funded and are are pretty much. Ninety.

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Percent of it being funded through the through the through the through that program, okay,.

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What on Direct the other side? Also, we have Aquatics, uh we have six pools.

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People use this. This is immersive water slide and my Nexus, which is ready to see a raw okay and then just just added I, think some of you are met. Her is.

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Her name is: this: is a park Planet. This is a position that is very, very important to us, because.

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Think we are going to discuss this whenever there's new subdivision.

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Being built whenever.

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Going on, let's.

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Go to a park here well.

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I'm going to be honest, I'm, not the expert on it and.

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No one or else was the world: let's put a bench, let's put swings, you know, and let's put your typical limits, come with a lot of experience and you work in Austin said you know what this part I think is suited to put these kind of amenities and then she'll come around and draw the plans for that part. Okay and.

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Also for developments.

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She's also working with uh we're, building and planning, and she attends.

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Is coming in apart is going to be built, do you do does.

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The party Department have any objections or any suggestions so that and they achieve China I.

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Assume that this part needs.

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To you know this, this part needs to have this amazing.

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Don't need a part there just get that money and go put it on.

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The park that's a mile and a half away, the room is about and a half away from the uh from that subdivision.

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Just to kind of brief you on that, as you all know, right now we pay it.

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Whenever the subdivision, we they pay up 314.

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Dollars per lot.

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An ordinance back in 2008 is that.

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Correct anything, correct uh we're a little bit behind on that McAllen.

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Turns 500 per month and that money which we're looking at to change the ordinance that.

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Money goes back to that.

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Subdivision has 108 loss.

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Then we're gonna get a 318.

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That's 318 000, then that money goes to the part that needs to be within a mile and.

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A half we're.

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Trying to get away with the pocket parts that.

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We've talked about because they.

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Are very hard for the MMO maintenance and operation all.

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Right so we try to put.

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That money into a more bigger Park, uh Independence Hills Slaughter uh North Central Park further manageable. To put that money into.

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Those apart as long as it's within the model and a half.

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Radius has Pro ordinance.

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Okay, so this position uh I.

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Think she said it hasn't even been here in a year. Has she no yeah? She hadn't even been here a year, but you know we've I.

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Need and I've been.

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Trying to shuffle foreign.

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Operation uh Mr.

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Does all the maintenance.

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Anything to do with.

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Parks any issues called him just kidding.

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We have 125.

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Parks, it goes to 125 parts.

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You know it's it's, it is very challenging. It is very challenging to.

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Maintenance and upkeep now we.

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Are working and we're going to push for this year's budget.

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To get more Staffing, okay, this is where I need your videos to help here so National Parks and Recreation Association, which is nrpa request.

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Or suggest that.

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Be what maintenance worker for every 10 acres apartment? Okay? Currently we have one maintenance worker for every 20 acres.

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Know split our time and try to take care of a lot of.

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Parks with half of the staff that is making men.

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All right I would like to make excuses. I hate, making excuses all right, but it is that.

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We're pushing to hopefully- and the next budget cycle will get more Personnel.

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So that we can be able to operate and maintain the parks.

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I know, there's some challenges. I know, I, know, there's you know we. If we fix something.

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And then, when.

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We get graffiti and then they break or something happens, but.

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Our guys are doing the best that they can. We equipment and supplies I make sure they have the important they have that. But it's just more. Our biggest challenge is Manpower.

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Right now, okay and.

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For the budget, we will be asking for more people.

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I would like to get to that.

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One for every ten in.

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The united in the real world- but uh you know I'd like to get at least 15 to 20 more employees to help remove help.

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Me with that, how was it when you entered in the among employees comparison.

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It's pretty much the same money referring.

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To her, but from the three years that I came in here to.

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Three years ago, it's.

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Never the only thing.

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We added was the five position for.

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The special events.

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Correct but we have added more property and.

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More properties.

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Right and I think that's something that needs to be looked at, that if you're building.

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Subdivision but.

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You're gonna need the people to maintain that part that that's right, that goes there so right. So if you were the ordinance where we're putting more money where it's 500 or whatever, where we got to replenish the Personnel, that's.

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Correct that's correct and that's.

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Where that's, where our council members need to you know, understand.

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That and I know that we had also coach, and we had a discussion a few years ago that we weren't going to do away with the recommendation.

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Of the the development of pocket Parts is that has.

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Has that been the case? um Have any pocket Parks been built within the last? Maybe.

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Three years.

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But now especially Liz knows that hey, let's know yeah, let's no more parking, Parks all.

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Right and I know it's very convenient for right. I like to walk down and have a slide or and I'll have a, but it is very hard to maintain and those.

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First, people that complaining.

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Know when we can really put that money and to make really nice great parts that that.

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Imagine San Antonio is trying to do.

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The same thing as well they're trying to get away as a matter of fact, Corpus Christi, all the pocket parts sold them to private to private companies.

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I, don't want no market parts, they sold.

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Them to private companies to maintain if.

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I can make another comment on the people I.E. During my campaign, I talked to a few people that were leaving the city and.

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That would live in parks.

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And they were leaving because they were getting 20 more in Brownsville, so I mean that's something for us to look at. You know, try to get them a competitive pay. So only because you.

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You know you find.

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The guys you train them, you do all the hard work and then they meet somebody else.

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What's happening.

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Now, just for your information, the minimum paid right now is where the new study is it. Is it 14 now I think it's 1438 14.

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Right 13, 28, 13.

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Over a dollar I think it was in 1236 yeah, so.

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That's kind of helping us now, but.

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It was uh before then.

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Evaluating that to to having um not only recommending that you know those positions, how you're saying it's: one maintenance worker for every 20 acres that you have maybe right something maybe put in.

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One business working for every.

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Ten, every time.

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None of my group work for every.

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15 this budget cycle in the next. But it's like I'm honor that because.

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Know but it's very very challenging.

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Again, I would like to make.

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Excuses, but especially during the rainy season again all the time, montage and.

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We just cut it two days ago, yeah, you know and.

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Guys, these guys on the average on the Caribbean are wrong. Each crew probably had about what eight eight parts of maybe one.

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Average coach more.

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Than that they're.

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Smaller pocket parts that we're.

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Talking about but.

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The travel distance to go from there to another.

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Maybe Outsourcing the.

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We actually, uh we have what a company that does eight.

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Eight of our Parks.

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We have outsourced them to.

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Do eight of our parts.

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uh A couple of rec centers as well, and that has helped us tremendously- uh that is.

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Coach realistically and said you know what coming up with with both plans are writing Council doesn't want to move the direction of giving you more staff. Well then allocate.

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Money to do Professional, Services or contractual.

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Correct but sometimes sometimes the work they're doing is not worth the price either I mean you'll, see them, leave everything yeah. That's.

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It's like, yes, you might.

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Get the cheapest price but you're not getting a great part.

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Because I mean I.

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Walk the parks and you're like no and.

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I know it's outsourced, and, and now, if we were, maybe we were to sit on it and as.

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You're familiar with with a lot of the parks as.

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Well, that may be looking at identifying some parts where maybe like we've said pocket Parks, you know maybe starting off there and and.

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No problem there yeah right right, yeah.

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Has this bad sprinkler, but yeah.

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That I think HR.

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Or management budget will probably lean more to Outsourcing because of the benefits and the you.

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Don't have those guys you don't have to pay.

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Don't know if you.

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Guys have a medium and tell.

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Them exactly what you need.

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Yeah sometimes they.

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Maybe I mean the same to say: you pay.

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Get right, I mean that's.

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Better but yeah yeah they have one One lawnmower right here: yeah yeah.

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Every year, every every year.

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Yeah, okay, so uh also.

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As well athletic sports and meets uh that we've just about to hire an.

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Athletic superintendent, thank goodness he will be, he will be if he accepts he will come with a lot of experience. uh We'll recommend you from Tammy you.

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He worked there with the sports with his leads, and his support from time of you right now is getting ready to be our busy.

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Season because the leagues are just about to start, and of course, you know all the recommendations- I'm not going to go through the whole thing. As far as all the requirements I have to have.

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The biggest thing, gentlemen, and, of course the biggest thing is that they don't understand.

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Is that the field belong to the Sea.

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They think those fields belong to them to.

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The league well I've, been here for 20 years and I, think that's the mindset that we're trying to change to them is that.

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Hey guys, you guys are.

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Belongs to the city.

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It's everybody's so right now, as we speak uh other than maybe one league is already cleared to uh one of the biggest pushbacks in.

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The beginning, well, the fields.

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Aren't ready will because we have to maintain them as.

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We all know remember youth here, yeah yeah, right, we're maintaining just Monday.

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We're pretty much.

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Ready to go so um the needs is a this.

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Is my position.

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Before I came, I became the director.

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I live in Exodus.

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Because it is a big big.

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Is that the eyes and yours to the leagues, yeah I will review the.

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um The agreements and and all that yes, so let me give.

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You the process.

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They check everything they bring it up to City Hall legal, make sure that hey if we.

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Got everything in.

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Line have we had problems with.

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This league before because.

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Just because you had a greenhouse submissions with.

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Another link said the city can refuse it right not to investigation.

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Continuous headache, why do you want to keep giving it to them? You know all we get calls two.

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Or three times a week, so they have to be a good standing with the city which I think is fair right in the new contract. This.

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Year we got Keith that we could do that now. We.

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Met as a comedian and I think we gave us that option because.

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There are some things that are very, very shaky and there's nothing they're.

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Not they're not no good, they want this. You know they worry about this. So.

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uh This this gentleman here with Harvest that he will coordinate between the leagues and and believe that I go between the leagues and the city. And then, after that, we'll report to Tommy and then I will end up with the funnel. But so.

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He will be, you know, we got a lot of work as.

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It is but right now is the time that the leagues are just coming around to get all the paperwork in right. Now we wake up. One soccer league, that's fulfilled all their requirements.

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Right now everybody else is, you know whenever you get up doing some paperwork as well.

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Okay, one quick question: yes, sir I noticed from the reading the article they said that they can call in now and Reserve or feel how does that work? We're gonna be service for the year.

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For a day, or how does the word.

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Know um rental.

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Was it a rental? What is that.

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They could call it to reserve funerals.

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I might be ready because.

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I, don't I, don't think I saw.

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That word red okay, so we don't reserve.

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A few because of that reason.

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Okay, yeah buddy.

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Everybody just come now.

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If you want exclusively for that, feel at first certain time, then when they call us them because they come and they rent the field up, then from seven to ten.

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Send me paid, then they have exclusive right for that field. Well,.

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I would recommend looking into it because that's.

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Question because I said: do you reserve the field for let's say Tuesday.

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Or we say I want to have a service for that: oh yeah, every Tuesday. No, it makes sense yeah.

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The contracts once the leads when the contract gets there, it gets their.

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uh Their contracts, okay, then the league does.

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The scheduling as who plays good practices and all that on.

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The field on that field again.

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Answer contract is approved, yeah.

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Well, you have to work through your league to for them to schedule your your practice time and game time. Okay,.

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Okay, so moving.

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Down there are two superintendents, uh the part superintendent.

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He throws all the all.

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And, and uh and out of the field and.

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Mr Russo is our Consortium superintendent.

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Which we do have.

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Prizes, we don't have the big projects, uh for example, replacing playgrounds.

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uh A slide broke something.

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Least something of minor detail. We.

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Got a lot of projects going on which Tom is going to talk about here in just a minute about one of them that.

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We just outsourced.

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That! Because that's a total.

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Big animal that we try not to touch coach.

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The same the same Crews that give maintenance to the parks with the.

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Landscape and all that, is it Synchro that keeps the fields that make that gives them.

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Yield maintenance. Yes, yes, hearts and Fields yeah, that's great! So.

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Repeal and had to go to the apartment, Park that same.

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Group went to go to the parking Park, which.

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I'm trying to oh my God I'm on.

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The ideal rule I would like.

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Few people, because.

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Cutting a private part and coming to Bank of a whole different.

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All right as a totally different and that's what I.

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Asked because I know that.

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At the county, they have parks and grounds and they.

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Have a crew just specifically for uh landscape and.

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Just cutting grass but I.

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Understand I mean here, you know you have over. You know hundreds of parks right, but if.

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If maybe allocating, when vouching to council and what you want to bring in these positions, maybe bring in either.

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Landscaping or maybe just for for also for treating the fields where.

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We have these guys and they're cutting the baseball field when.

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The weed eater yeah.

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And that's one thing that we need to I'll: try to change their mentality. That's a good point in the store. Okay,.

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Then also we have the.

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Next, one is of Harvard Horticulture forestry, which will have a division of five people. Work in that excuse.

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um They do the planting they're.

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They work as far as um go to the parks. We have a big tree planning.

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uh Event coming up on March 25th 25th uh at.

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North Central.

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Park so they'll go prepare everything with the auger do all those and then that way, whenever that event happens and all right, that's.

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One of the example they do. We have a little farm where we put trees in case some trees, get knocked.

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Down or the wind to put them in the park, then we do that they do the irrigation. That's right.

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And then we have unique Drake Stadium, which leads me to the next day near me. But.

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They just hired a management company, okay,.

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Which is called Asm globalizer.

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That is another name or the same: the same company that runs the arena right now, so SMG is now ASM. They got bit I think we have. Probably you were about four people that.

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Four companies I wasn't here: Tommy.

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Was the one that was in the committee? uh We have what they put.

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And they're the ones that got the big they will be starting, hopefully in the next in.

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About a month.

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Running in the trade, the tech position was going to come up that they will be working with.

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The tacos, as far as doing the schedule for this year, okay, that's another.

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Different topic all right, but um the management company will help us alleviate. I, have Tuesday right now, I'm going to trade parts Crews that knows about fields.

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Once the managed vehicle company comes in and they take over I'm gonna pull those guys out and.

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Help me with the feels, because you're talking about specialization, they know how to work the field. So if I had three more of those guys, three more crews of those guys that.

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Total big game game.

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Changer for us, you.

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Think long term I think long term going speaking about. If, if the.

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If, if it's finalized that Parts.

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Be upkeeping the the uh sports.

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Stuff like that, oh.

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You know yeah, that's.

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A you know, that's a conversation, part.

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Another day, but I think that thinking long term is something that is worth planting right now, right right.

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And then uh I myself, I.

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Look I hope they reported that they were reported.

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To me, I oversee the max Mandel.

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Have a maximum death committee and.

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We're like we have parks and board, we have a maximum deal that we that we make and.

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Then any special events which they will talk about here in just a minute. uh It.

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Comes to us that says: oh that's! Another different.

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Animal there, with all the events that we have.

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Kind of an organizational chart want.

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To go to the next one: real, quick, Mr, Solomon and.

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Are just kind of the people.

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With the name, as far as where they go and and who and who goes underwear, so this is kind.

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Of hard for and their work assignments, when they we.

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Make sure that they have their.

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Work assignments and what they do they're doing a couple sure.

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On their email, you can yeah.

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I'm sorry, our.

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Special events meeting.

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Wednesday we have.

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A project meeting, and that has been very beneficial for us and like.

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Like anything else, communication is big in our department. Okay,.

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Coach real quick I know you got a book um going back to that uh one person for every 20 acres right where.

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I will give her 25 guys.

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I will make three crews of four of just baseball, Specialties softball, specialty stock expressions.

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Those fields of.

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Because and that's our City's.

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Friend, better.

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They need to really look at that. Yes, because when, when you're on the negotiating table, talking in Council.

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Goes out in in the hotel, motels.

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Is back on this and our restaurants and the way that we promote this business is like that, but.

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They won't come in and we don't have a field.

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Meeting the requirements, whether they be on the tournament, that's my biggest.

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When we're addressing that um and you.

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Know by you, may you all get in there and you know putting that on the table. I said Hey in.

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Order for them to come in, we need to have.

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Was hired whatever I was hired, but.

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Because we had a.

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Big pony tournament coming in okay, softball girls, National.

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Attorney we had the first year we had 80 85 teams, I think you were there. We had there at the at.

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The base vehicles.

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And they looked.

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At the fields on the base, our.

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Apartment, they said a party hard parking.

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Lot is better than that, so we had, we didn't, have a turnout that we thought we were going to have the 80 to 85.

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Came back and we put those eight Fields, immaculate, guess what then work that out? You can work that out.

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Hey man remember got some nice feels that they put the money into it. They got you.

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Know and then you know the best, the.

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Best ever time in the word.

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Of mouth right he has the federal policies.

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I'm not going to go to another city because you have great concession stands: you're gonna go play some nice.

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Field right so.

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Second year we were up to 135 teams, because you asked everybody.

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Like these skills are nice, there's nothing that we saw on Google Maps. We had that Google Memphis buddy, but that's what they that's. What we're looking for.

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You're right Mr.

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Hotels sold out and.

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There we are, there were things about that: huh yeah.

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Know so I have to share that with you, because it is very important numbers.

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To be able to have.

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That good type of tournament to win the.

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The sports conference- that's another, that's another! That's another thing!.

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Right but I think.

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That's very important for us right. I'm gonna have to step up all right and.

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One of the things that I don't know is: there's companies that specialize in fields that they can come down and kind of train the maintenance guys like hey. This is how maybe bring some of those in there. So that way they meet. Some of the guys will pick it up because it's different like if you watch a.

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Video and it's like I, don't care, but if.

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Someone's there on site and they're telling you this is a way because everyone I guess, assumes oh yeah, but.

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It's totally, um let me add to that. There's also uh trainings clinics that they put on in San Antonio I've personally been to some.

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Oh I know that our staff from the city have been there because I was working for another entity when I was there and City personnel was there so we'll make efforts to send um Key Personnel to those events, um I think what you mentioned right now is bringing them down to Laredo I.

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Think that's even a better idea.

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Because they come and get to work.

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On some of our deals.

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And I didn't received yeah.

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Write that down- and let's put that into the budget- that's that I mean I. Think that especially like you said this is our the city's bread and butter is gonna. What's gonna, do it.

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Martinez is adding, is that also I know.

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That, for example, some of these leagues are run by either some.

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Of these tournaments are run by.

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A certain League or or.

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They're hosted by uh and I know that they might have some of their requirements and, and some of them might be so strict to having well so you know.

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We, like our Fields this way or anything like that. So when we're bidding is that we're well prepared.

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To make that to.

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Make that band into host host.

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These these uh folks.

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Over you know, because I.

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Know that for the most part, there's none of them that we have turf right like it's all. You know they're all.

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I think the best way to get get get to the you know the council and when we're requesting that budget is making making that uh making that pitch is.

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Like hey, you want these people to come in here. We need to have uh Chris Christmas, clean Fields.

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Big big problems, yeah.

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There's two companies right off the top of my head: that.

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I know would do a great job with that.

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One of them is Texas multicam.

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And another one is.

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um Fields games, Texas fieldscapes, so.

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Those two were really good companies. We worked with them before I think the city has worked with them before so yeah. This.

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A great soccer field, the.

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Concession style will work perfect right, but but I just think that they actually see what they're working with and you have the you're training the people on the actual vehicle, but I think it's a win-win for everyone. You'll take.

L

That advisory does the city bring in the the tournament or the leagues that would bring them in that that holding the pony league. That's.

F

A joint effort, that's a joint effort with the league and the city am I career. Okay. Can we set the Border Olympics yeah? The board? Olympics is a joint effort.

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Again, with the lead with.

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The with the organization which is border.

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Olympics and the city uh when we do that I'm part of that board as well, and we do that jointly all the time. It's all the.

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Only you don't even know that my only regret.

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To put the little morning times and occasion, is they don't call anything anymore.

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They don't cover what effects.

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Border Olympics High, School, Division and and.

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Baseball score high school and God.

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I believe you're right because I I don't.

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Know who who won that either I.

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Know that that's an issue with them.

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There, like um one sports reporter, because the other one just left, so um they.

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Have the same issue as the city: they leave because of you know, there's higher paying job somewhere else and I. Think.

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And speaking of Border, Olympics and stuff um I think it'd be good to advertise, because I know that we scheduled a training at work and I think it was when borer Olympics was in the beginning of December and uh I. Guess it was a basketball like border event, basketball, basketball and the thing is it's great because you go to La Posada and it's filled and I'm like what's happening in a lot of the board. Members were asking us what's going on and and I just think that if we publicize it more or like.

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You're also able to change dates.

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I just think it worked out well because it kind of opened their eyes that hey border Olympics are still breathe and a lot of teams are still they're still. But.

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Thripping off.

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This year also was the college. Golf is usually this weekend or the past weekend. There's.

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Us already about two weeks, but it was like a Monday through Tuesday. Even better practice, I mean everything English.

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A board member for board Olympics and we'll communicate.

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Any other questions.

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Regarding the parts organization chart.

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Wrote that down Circle.

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And uh we have bullet point two under staff reports who have status on the main pitch system.

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Water support solution as the mixing with.

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Trough part and Mr stronger I'll.

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Present a little bit on that I'm going to pass out some different.

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Little package.

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That we have here these are just dryers, but you can pass those around and.

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Just rotate them around.

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um Here's a an actual.

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Binder for some with some information, and so is that one right there so um here's.

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The one we're gonna be about Martin, High, School I. Remember.

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It's actually Rabbi Nixon High School.

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Right next door, baseball field, so Troy baseball field.

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There's a little uh area part there there's some tennis courts, there's some racquetball courts, um some benches, an open area that we consider a soccer field, slash multi-purpose field, so in that area there's also a playground set and a basketball court in that area. It.

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Was decided to actually complement office had.

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A big impact on this. um He decided that uh he was going to Build A New Path. These people came in hey, they approached us and they said. Can we look at some underused basketball courts that you guys have Outdoors that are not being used so much and we would like to build one of these um mini.

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Pitches there, so it's actually.

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Small hard surface.

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uh I guess pitch for lack of a better word like it says, they're a mini pitch. It's a soccer ring to play soccer on a hard surface and they were looking for one around the city. We suggested some different areas: councilman.

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Look stop looking I'm going to build it here. Let's.

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Do it here blah blah blah? Okay, let's go to work, sir, so we went ahead and communicated with uh with um with.

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The mini pitch organization.

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Which is U.S.

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Soccer Foundation, if you'll notice, I think U.S soccer Foundation is on there as well, and that's what it looks like everybody. This is what it looks like. So is this a good representation of this this one? You can see all the framework.

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What uh what was decided to be built is a 50-foot plane, surface 50 foot by 104 foot uh playing surface. So what we're going to need to do is we're going to need to build an apron around it. So all of this stuff can be in place on the concrete pad, so we're going to build a pad of 60 feet by 115 feet on that pad. All of this is going to fit in there they're going to do all of this extra thing.

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The only thing that they're requiring us to do is just the pat, so the city is going to build the pad they're going to come in they're going to surface all of this they're going to add all of this ratings on the side, they're going to add lights, muscle lighting, which is the best. There is right now.

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um You just did one too, with muscle leggings right somewhere. Yes,.

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There are no Heats going to use those.

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Guys, the radio Heat this building, there's over there off the loop I know that and I saw those lights go up. Muscle lighting went up there. The other place that we just installed muscle Lighting in is that Divine Mercy at the flag football fields that are out there, uh map outline of the park. I don't, but we can take a look at it right now. Chris, if you can help us.

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I know we have a.

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Baseball park, which was there in we have games there, I love winter.

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Since Nixon.

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Is closed off now.

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Did anything stuff they accept not too far? Yes, but next time now.

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Is so one of the things councilman bonus.

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Would like to do as well is add some parking right so because I'll show you what the what the plan is right now and and what we're hoping to accomplish are.

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They thinking of putting a roof as well or no. uh No, we haven't talked about a roof at all, sir.

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Know I was in Austin.

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We're 80 degrees, hotter than Austin all the time. It was eight degrees.

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There are 98. and we're at 106. every time. There's.

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A huge difference, I mean.

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I can ride my bike. I would just wait for the Dormer to hit 101 and below anything 101 and above you can so and that's what we're facing so yeah. That's.

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Why you know they don't think.

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About rules, what do we need to think about rules.

J

Well uh again, since it is a donation, we haven't really talked about it.

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But it's something that we can certainly look into um and and then at that time we can exclude the lighting underneath the the the roof um in the package. Hopefully it'll get donated okay. So this is the area that we're talking about right here.

F

This area right here so I need to figure out whether it's going to be in this thing that, like in this like just right in the center or we're going to try to push it because the goal actually at the beginning was to build too many pitches together, and um so the U.S soccer Foundation didn't really go for that. So they did say We'll build one.

F

So then we accepted that so we just haven't figured out if it's going to go right in the center here or if we're going to put it on one side or the other to maximize whatever other space. We.

L

Have so you're gonna you're, never going to fish tennis, courts, basketball court, no sure put it up. No.

F

So the parking yeah right- okay, so the parking is going to be. We are trying to use some of this area here. To use it as an angle. Parking going, uh West right, that's headed west can.

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You put it up a little bit how.

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High School right here next door: okay, enchanting just park at the t-shirts parking lot.

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Well, no, they mix it right and.

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F

Now, with the with the safety issues, the way they are during school yeah, everything is slowed down and we all understand that after school, um you know, we haven't approached the city, the the district on that, but maybe we can approach the school district on using some of that parking, because if you zoom this way a little bit Chris, please originally the parking lots.

F

Well, no, the other way, okay. So this is what I wanted to show them. The tennis courts are down here all.

C

Right these are the tennis courts. That's okay! These.

F

Are the tennis courts and there's big area parking spaces here now from what I heard lazy doesn't want to do anything with that building right now? They want to use it as a spare building here. Four different.

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So the ROTC.

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Is moving to another building.

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Of this parking could be available that could actually be shut off from the main campus. This is the band hall, and that has a big fence right there. So we could literally use this for.

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About doing schooling, hours nobody's going to be using the the field anyway,.

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The the yes correct so.

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It would be cool.

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After hours, so you don't even have.

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So we would, we would simply communicate or not simply, but that would be our angle to communicate with Laredo Independent School District and see if we can work on an mou or you for a hard time. Space now.

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Now see the the only thing is: that's the interest where it says ethos. That's the.

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Interest of farcala this.

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Is the entrance to the parking.

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Lot you're looking at two blocks of being away from the.

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They would have to walk.

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Over there yeah.

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Good! That's good! That's not that there's.

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Is there's a some.

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The entrance is here that you can see the centers it's at an angle.

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Right and it's at an angle because it's only an entrance, it's not an exit once.

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Exit is not until the north side of that football field right over there.

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The only entrance, so it's a it's a one-way Street, basically and right here right here.

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But remember: okay, here's the part! This is where that little girl got killed right here. They found the body. That's.

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Where they found the body.

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That corner yeah this.

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Is two-way traffic I, don't know you're spraying on I believe for the side. It's.

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Like it would it would our.

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Plan is to build.

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Parking now you can enlarge this Chris a little bit. Please well.

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It's still sweetness, you can see the street.

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You know right there.

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See that's that parking space here is right now, so.

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These are, these are four handicap parking spaces that are there, so what we would do is hopefully incorporate as much area as we can, which is within our property language and from here all the way to the end. Just.

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This is where the.

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Young, the poor young lady was going.

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To be interested.

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We would try to plan parking to two years.

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Ago that would run a diagonal all the way here and obviously we would accommodate our handicap position somewhere here, either right in the middle or somewhere over here. Whatever is best convenient for I.

K

Haven't been to.

F

A baseball game in years, but I remember I, used to be parking on both sides, so it was very. There still is yeah still crazy, especially.

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During morning, Olympics.

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That's one of the fields that's used for Border Olympic,.

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This street is.

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Plan include to possibly have some parking by the time that it opens, because I think that was.

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The timeline I think so I think.

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I think the councilman wanted wanted everything.

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Done so I think it's possible and you can start off. You can start off.

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With you know, with that area you mentioned benefits.

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F

Bring it down Chris so.

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These are the neighborhood and it's a. This is an entry.

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Or exit yeah? Yes, that's.

L

Correct, who is that, right there, this.

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Is the playground okay? This is the.

L

Playground- and this is the basketball court.

F

That I mentioned so actually there's no parking, no there's no parking here. People find perfect.

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Yeah, you know people partner.

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L

Then you have the police.

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Calling Hey Kevin so.

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We met with them, ISD and, and uh their goal was.

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Area a little bit safer after school and before school. Obviously.

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This is this: is this.

F

Is a big traffic area? uh Their concern was safety uh in in this area. So that's why they called it us into the meeting coach woman said myself went into the meeting, so there are some plans right now to add to make sure security from LASD. They even talked about building a substation. They said that there was a substation here at one point: I, don't remember a substation in this area.

F

However, they said that they could build something use the concession stand area over here for LA, dpd or even City PD, or we might think of converting one of of those racquetball courts into a small.

L

Substations, it used to be a substation, but it was inside that root, but somewhere in there, then that's what they were.

J

Talking about I.

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Yes, I think it's okay.

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That's probably it.

F

It would be really really nice and and I know that people are going to be really excited about it. um But again there are plans to do to help with the parking and with the security they. We talked about cameras, cameras, security, cameras being there as well and better lighting. So when that comes come to more things, let me tell you a little further about portrait. He.

K

Was a wonderful man, I coached with him.

L

I don't want you. People knew that actually Albert brought in montesfield originally.

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Well, football field.

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L

I did not know that originally it opened up baseball field.

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They should be a bit I'm going to call it, whereas they write.

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A description so whether it's Marvel, the Marvels.

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Know I don't know if that happened to it, but eventually they just started.

L

Calling it Nixon feel it wasn't even want this field.

F

Anymore, that that's right, because once this it wasn't dedicated I want just until after his accident right and uh we're going back to quarter truck when.

L

They were building everything Dr Fiora.

K

Came up to culture join it coach.

L

What do you need.

K

uh For the baseball field as well, do you want me to put some.

L

Hospital stuff.

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Was the big thing at that time.

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I don't know if anybody knew he was.

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Be very special, so do you have a picture Chris of one that is or shows us everything I.

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Dude I really just got the.

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That you had coached.

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These are the options that that's the one that we're going with right. There 50.

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That's kind of going to look like right there so.

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This one just has that footing around it. This looks to be maybe 10 to 15 feet or so so right. There is very much what we're going to be looking at.

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F

Stance at all, no.

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C

Just have uh little benches.

F

For for the players there, okay, there's no stand included and there's your one light pole with lights that are aiming straight down right. That.

F

It looks to be the same concept, however. I know that this is a hard surface and over there they're playing on Turbo too. It's a turtle and there's one on um Clark, no, not Clark, Carlton I'm from Colton there's one that has a netting all the way around it as well.

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It's a fast pace, but it's a little accidents. You'll see really yeah because.

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You know we had.

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Know we had playing with.

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Firecrackers and guns and stuff and tomorrow didn't make it yeah.

A

um So anything else regarding the status on the mini Peach system, good job. Thank you again appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Status report of the Ada park at North, Central, Park and I know that this is something.

B

That was brought up at the previous meeting I'm going to recall who specifically.

E

Had to make the request.

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Or the 88 park at North, Central Parkway, yes,.

N

I wanted to show you all what the design of the Ada Park.

C

Is this project.

N

Started in 2020 one started with a donation: the donor was purple Robert Gutierrez owner of armadillo. He came in with 300 000 for this project. This project is a total of about 1.1 million dollars, playground alone, which is right here. uh It was 500 and just under 550 000.. The turf was about 200 000, the floors the foreign face. So this is an extremely expensive project. This is the first one that we've got not that has Ada. We've got other parks that have Ada equipment. This is the first one that is fully Ada and all-inclusive.

N

So very proud of this.

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O

Added to the project which.

N

Is another increase the cost? um So if you, what we're able to do first of all, if you'll notice, this is a settlement.

N

Architects did this design on 2021 and the reason they did a salamander is because salamanders are extremely adaptable and because this was an ADA Park. They wanted to send that word out, because you have a disability, we adapt.

C

N

That is life, and so that is the reason for the design. These are the swings these. This is shade over the various amenities. There's a playground here, there's another system, two other systems here for children to play. Then in these areas here this is going to be phase two. This is partly Incorporated. This is the entrance to one of the entrances one here and one over here when we get to that um portion.

C

N

Project, so this is the first phase that we've got in this. This is we're hoping to do this since the second phase and then continue on to this third phase. Can you go up a little bit so that they can see what the numbers are? I'm.

M

Confused, so where is this in North Central Park? This.

N

Is a North Central Park um no.

D

If you're going to the main parking lot? Okay, if your.

O

Point will be that you're right up to your left. It.

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C

Be if you're facing.

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The swimming pool isn't.

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The right, okay, like.

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Behind the bathrooms they clear that.

M

Area, Ah that's the area, that's already been cleaned.

N

Yeah, okay, so these are some of the amenities that the architect. This is something of what we did. We did incorporate some of these. uh This is the playground. We did incorporate some of those amenities, but this is also what they wanted to do is um have well. This is the entry signage go down.

N

N

Okay, sensory place is something.

C

Else that they want to incorporate.

N

And that's also included in one of the sections it's in number 10 and 11. They wanted to have some sand elements so that kids can actually sensory again simply play is something that we really like to incorporate with the next phase as soon as possible, and then this is just the next morning.

O

The neighbors, without the same place.

N

We don't have speakers, so this is this little bit of you know wanted to share with you. These elements are not done yet. Obviously, you've got the nature cap, the dunes uh and you know, an area where they're going to walk. This is the this. Is the Ridge area, the portion that they have so these are some. These were some options that we've got this. These aren't solid, but this is kind of the thought process that went into the design of the part.

N

So we are going to incorporate these elements in one way or another, but this was a thought process behind it. So.

M

With those other sensory instruments, we see how they've lasted over here in other Parks like Slaughter and like otherworth, the investment and then you know.

N

M

I'm just saying how long the.

K

Lights have to be changed and stuff like.

M

That yeah I play with them.

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But it'll be a good thing to keep track of how long the.

M

Hello equipment.

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That's a good point, a very good point.

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Bumped into that.

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Would you have to replace them or everything.

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That's across the street I.

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Think it's probably even like a year and a half going to chill with that one I they haven't told it.

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And is that before Slaughter.

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N

Think it was about the same.

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Time, oh, okay! So on either of them, you.

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Run into those well, the sensory rooms inside the rec.

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Center yeah so great.

G

My brother Richard has two.

D

Toys and both of them have autism and they keep saying that.

G

We're leaving we're leaving because there's nothing for them here. This is this would be amazing to help these kind of boys well,.

N

I know that coach mentioned it last meeting. This is what we're definitely implementing a lot more of. He mentioned that we were implementing another division within our department, which is special needs, and so we're working on hiring, creating the position of a coordinator of special needs coordinator and incorporating a lot more special events that are for a special needs, and the interesting thing is, you can't have the same type of special event, all right. Somebody's autistic and.

C

It just depends on what the disability is, because their needs are different. Yes, and so you don't want to have somebody as autistic and a loud.

N

Room or have loud music, and so these are things.

E

To teach and if I can add, because the autism committee for the city made a good presentation at last council meeting with their uh pushing on on having not only these types of amenities available but services, so families don't have to leave sometimes so so there are not committee, there's already an assigned committee uh designated for that and and and what I've seen is that it's individuals that know directly how to add how to address the needs of um autistic individuals.

A

E

Committee and and if you know you all, can look into that we're looking into that.

M

Yeah, they only met twice, I. Think.

E

They had a presentation at the last council meeting where they were making suggestions on on things that they that they want to work in, but I think it's a fairly new community.

M

My sister's a autistic teacher good night.

N

So so this part was obviously supposed to be a time ago, but because if the.

C

N

Started during the year of covid and then there was issues the contractor. This playground was purchased complete from Craftsman, so they had the subcontractor had issues with employees staff. You know to install it, and um so we had definite issues with Supply team. So um can you put that in me? Is.

C

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Open already, it's.

N

Not open so we wanted to thank.

N

You that is the that is the. This is the concept um this is where they Incorporated the first.

O

So that's what's done right now! This.

N

Is what's done right.

O

Now look at phase one.

N

uh Except without this we have this, and this we don't have anything I.

L

Think the round the round left left arm is: is this the.

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Little circles that are right there.

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At the top Anita right here, yes,.

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Yes, those two and so.

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N

And the bottom one right there right, that's where.

C

N

Entry is um so what took us once the playground was complete. We did a walk through. We asked risk to do a walk through with us and Chris made some recommendations, and so then the last step was what are we going to name this park? So we had a transition between council members, and so he didn't want to make the decision as he was going out and he left it up to Dr, King and so I think it was a collaboration, but this is what was decided. So this is the name of the park.

N

The dedication because of Robert dedicated I donated so much money. We wanted him to do a dedication to the park. This is the second part that he's done. Divine was the first one Divine Mercy we donated 350 000 to that part, and so he is donating it to the dedicating it to Oscar and Patricia.

N

O

N

Are his foreign.

L

H

N

H

K

The reason is because if it's the same oscar but I just finished talking to you soon,.

N

Is his son-in-law.

L

Okay, I'm not talking about Oscars.

N

Oh okay, I'm not familiar yeah.

K

Well, we're in school.

L

Together, it doesn't look like.

D

N

Bill Hunter is his um son-in-law.

C

Wonderful people, yes,.

N

So I wanted to let you all know we are having our ribbon cutting ceremony on the 15th next Wednesday we're doing it on that date, because now that it's been built, we've adhered to all the recommendations at our risk, Department stated recommended to us uh we're ready to open. We just needed to get the plaque done. The plaque is going to take us four to six weeks.

N

If I'm not mistaken, we could not wait any longer, so we're creating a temporary plaque that we can put on there do the dedication and when the brass plant comes in we'll just replace.

E

It, but is that the day of the Kite Festival and.

N

So that was one of the biggest reasons we were concerned. We been getting so many comments and people are anxious to have this heart open, and so we were holding it up together. I.

E

Was I was about to ask that because I said well, there's going to be a flood of folks there at the so so now, with with this Park opening up everybody's everybody's going to be welcome.

J

Everybody should be happy.

N

E

N

Was that was exactly the thought process, so our opening is Wednesday morning 10 o'clock. These are Central Park uh at the trailhead next to the transit.

F

J

If you're available, please join us okay,.

L

But then we should be sending out invitations, correct, yeah,.

C

N

C

Me one absolutely.

N

N

Do y'all have any questions great.

C

D

Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

L

D

B

And any events that are going to be communicating, communicated.

A

To us that are coming by the parts department, okay,.

G

Before you before you, after that, I just wanna pass off to you all for the wbca run. It was fantastic that the staff was out there. They they, we headed out there at um trade, Parks and Rec, was out there.

K

From my friend yeah he says those were in Spanish.

N

Is on the phone with his family yeah.

K

I know his sister already.

N

N

um Today, actually, so that's why we're trying.

J

C

N

Know it's extremely fast notice. We don't.

C

K

K

E

N

Get it yes, okay,.

L

Okay, should we move on yes, go ahead, perfect.

F

All right, so this one already.

L

Happened on March the 4th family day out, like coach mentioned, we've got a lot of compliments on that I know: Anita. Was there Anita? You want to talk about.

F

N

Go ahead very good, it was extremely successful. There was a lot of people wear a lot of smiles. People were stopping to ask. um So how much do we? How much you know? Where can we pay because they saw the line? What they were, what they were doing was asking people for bracelets because asking people to get the bracelet, because that means that they were signing a waiver because we had archery, we had paddle boats, we had the fishing so.

C

N

Was fabulous? You also have an adopt a adopt a pet. So all my stuff scared me away from that station.

N

K

Was a fabulous event? I got seven cats.

N

N

This was a fabulous event. uh The smiles on the faces, the kids were in your scooters uh because they had to park at North at um uh independent Independence at the parking lot across the street right and about a block away, but it was really cool. The way it was laid out is they came out on the sidewalk under the overpass under the bridge and then went into the pond area. So uh I staff did a fabulous job. Everything was extremely organized risk was there uh risk is starting to come to all our events.

N

We've invited him to that department. They.

L

N

Check they keep us in check, they keep our keep our community safe, and so they were very impressed, uh but the palatables was a blast. It's harder than it looks like you all see.

K

N

You gotta have a lot of the experience, but the train was a huge um attraction and if you've never walked this Trail. This Trail is amazing, another Jam another gym in our city, so yeah this was fabulous event.

N

L

M

Part of it was amazing prep and that helped a lot to you. Well.

N

We actually also just stopped yeah.

B

On Friday yeah.

N

K

N

Was really cool.

K

Those paddle boats and everything they've been off to the city of the river. Now they.

N

K

N

To have we purchased five of them, one is down, so we're probably gonna get another three, because we do events like this across.

M

Bikes too, we go get a bike when you go yeah.

O

L

Are some of the events that are coming up, sir? Yes, sir? So the next one that we're going to talk a little bit about is the Kite Festival in concert. We.

F

Kind of joined them, and that is the same day that we're doing the uh the uh the ribbon cutting at the Ada Park that we just started.

F

That's going to be on Wednesday of next week on the 15th, so we have everything planned. The ribbon cutting will be at 10 A.M. The Kite Festival will start at 12 noon sharp and then the concert around six-ish in the afternoon somewhere around there. Hopefully everything can blend in and we can keep people there for the for the concert in the park that that that's our.

G

Hope it's still going to be because I don't know if they used to have it they're, I, guess behind the old Best Buy, okay,.

J

F

Noise, no we're going.

L

To keep it over.

C

F

Right, where we're doing the Kite Festival now, okay, once it gets dark.

L

Pipe Festival people kind of you move away, or they.

F

Just transfer into put.

J

Their different.

F

Shirts on and now we're in party mode and we're going to be at the concert right.

L

Now the 15th should we already being at daylight.

K

Saving time because I know what it is so.

A

F

Weekend we moved that's what I thought: yeah yeah.

A

This weekend, we move.

B

J

Same bus is going.

C

To be with the concert, y'all are going to allow the food trucks to.

K

Become amazing and doing all that stuff.

E

B

Food trips up, uh let me know that they're.

A

Very appreciative of that that.

E

They're able to be included now they like that, so so uh you know there was even one food truck in particular that that you know would dedicate their whole day just to just go. Do that and work so.

L

A

F

Goal is really to.

C

Have them there all day, because.

L

It's going to be like an all-day event there in.

F

North Central, Park, yeah, so I know that we just had a meeting about that and we were talking about that with Ramiro Ramiro Ramos. He is our organizer for these special events and he's the one directly in contact with the food truck. So they'll be they'll, be spring.

L

Break also, you had his spring break. That's right, that's correct! So all kids are out yeah.

O

E

They know that the Kite Festival brings in the good a good, uh a good chunk of folks.

L

F

Will be my first experience.

A

On the other side, I've been there and playing.

C

A

Kites but I haven't been.

F

A

This side, that's.

C

J

N

Okay, the next event is our concert. uh We're having this as.

E

April, the 1st right.

N

April I'm sorry April first.

E

K

N

Gonna happen, I just want to make sure this was because we had to change these around so the concerts. We do eight of them a year. We do one in each district. We have different sound based on the.

P

N

What people like to listen to so we are going to be doing.

C

M

F

C

The part that's right right over here, yeah.

H

I

N

Go into the other one real quick: it's a concert, the next, the next April 29th for district. Seven, there are about seven to ten. We like to keep them that way and we don't have the music yet I think she was looking at countries if I'm not mistaken a country or Rock, but we'll definitely keep everybody posted.

F

So those are the two concerts that we have scheduled already. I know that we have some some other ones later on down the year, but these are the more uh the ones that are going to appear on our schedule quicker. The other thing.

L

Go ahead, does somebody have something it.

B

Is a concert going to? Is it now going to be a thing rather than uh movies that the park used to be done, or is that you know well.

N

I, don't know that we're gonna do away with movies in the park. All together, we purchase the projector hours, but a lot of people with the ease of what people are watching in are accessible in people's houses.

C

N

It's kind of we started seeing that the numbers started lowering a lot.

E

N

And so it's a lot of work to put a movie in the park together. uh If we did it in conjunction with something else, then yes, but to do just a movie in the park. We went to second dance and there was like 10 to 12 people in the.

M

Park the things.

C

N

It's hot, you know. Normally we did.

L

F

L

Used for anything.

F

I I haven't been here long enough to see it to see anything on there, but I, don't know because I know it's just there on and that's the one on.

L

F

That's a beautiful place.

J

F

About that, because not just the amphitheater and the lab or that one is awesome, good.

J

Little cooking, yes, oh yeah! Yes,.

F

Like like overlooking the river, it's a beautiful point up there, it's kind of Paradise, Point and I say that, because.

F

Yeah, because right now there is none you're, exactly right um so but yeah. That area is beautiful, I I'd love to to bring that back to life. Somehow you know talk a.

M

Little bit about it, you remember with all the bikes when they did that whole bike ride. They all took.

I

A picture yeah, but it's mountain bike, I didn't do it because it's on the same way. What.

M

The hell all these mountain bikes, guys.

O

Yeah you guys yeah, they.

M

All took a picture down.

O

There yeah Thanksgiving GoPros.

I

I

So the last event.

L

That we're going to talk.

F

About today is the the night out that we have and councilman Gutierrez area on April the 22nd at home. That's uh Bartlett, Park and.

C

That's an all-day.

F

Eventually, what this one was similar.

K

To the same thing as well,.

F

J

Know what is it right now.

A

B

Encourage the the tents.

A

B

Fishing yeah I think, is that the one that really sleepovers I'm not exactly.

N

C

Want to say that is.

O

Yeah so it starts in.

C

N

Afternoon, it's uh it.

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L

Afternoon it goes to the.

N

Early early in the morning.

L

N

Right, we do breakfast tacos it'll.

M

Be clearly scare, the kids at night, that's.

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B

L

P

From the blackheads.

G

N

Our board member said that's.

J

Why we've got coming up.

B

And please watch Europe y'all suppliers just finalize.

A

Everything please share it with the rest of the board. So, okay.

E

K

M

H

Cool foreign, yes,.

L

K

M

An update, I, know, I know if I learned aside, but if you give me an update of all the parks, a lot of districts like where they are not trying to totally compete so.

B

We're moving on to uh bullet point eight and that's items.

E

For next meeting and Mr Nummies can go ahead and request that uh that he'd.

B

Like that report, I.

E

Know that, because of the redistricting, a lot of the parks did go from one District to the other, so Mr I mean this is requesting a.

D

O

You want to see what.

D

O

K

C

They're not updated, oh okay, so I was asking for an updated yeah yeah.

M

Because I was like look I said: do something like this I'm going by what the parks has yeah like.

B

Updated this for.

M

uh Just a paper like okay, these are the 13.

F

By the way, thank you for, for all of that.

M

F

M

Like about it, the young kids, uh Mary Help, wants to get to do a cleanup too. So I told him to find the park and we'll.

K

Organize something like that, but with the communication with uh Mary Hill about.

L

K

M

You go to college stuff, you.

K

Know what um coach.

F

Asked you know if this was I remember a conversation with Coach somewhere, yes, that we could jointly use those fields, um but there was nothing, but it's so separately. Thank you. He talked about an.

A

F

That is adjacent to the fields, the pickle. What.

M

Is that called what'd you guys? How did that pickle tournament, a.

L

Pickleball tournament.

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O

Of the new designs.

N

um That our planner is incorporating into one of.

C

The main pools.

N

And we're also going to be converting the planets to convert one of the tennis courts at Nixon into.

M

Oh nice, when flowing so, they have tournaments it'll, be cool to bring a tournament for the people from the valley over.

C

B

F

A

Items for next meeting, which will I like to proceed with scheduling a tour of.

E

The parts I know that many of you are very familiar with also most of our Parks, but is that something that y'all want to get together and.

A

Kind of go out and see that way for the next term that we're here uh you're, you know we're making more better educated decisions. How about how about we build an.

M

Own city, council, member I do the parts because if you ever go to the parks, it's not a one-hour thing, correct.

K

Yeah, because all the time I already talked to Mr Gonzalez.

M

I'm, like let's pick one Park a month and it's walking and look at all the things and stuff like that, because.

C

Yeah to be more educated, he could.

M

Be more educated on.

C

How that works yeah, but for us all together, though,.

G

But like some of the the rec centers.

O

That have you will regret that next next month,.

A

Rec Center, sometimes.

B

And stuff, but maybe getting the uh the the.

E

City ITV up there and just them during their recording time.

N

We talked with it uh in getting another system so that we can really bring these meetings to our home, which is the Park's office on piano. And so we have to purchase a whole system and able to do that to enable online.

K

L

Union is going.

K

To donate all the money you want, but that's what we're doing on the endless report: I.

M

Said hey at least go visit the park. You know one part at a time and that's why I.

B

M

The new planet will give you what we see and stuff like that, so it should be removed and and um in.

B

Looking into the possibility of acquiring the the park for.

E

uh Concord Hills I know that miss you, Ottawa and I have had that conversation before and because.

B

E

Calls from individuals that how that's nhoa part now the the.

A

Delta on it is that there's a big little sign in front that says Parks and Rec. So people believe that that's it's from.

E

From the city but.

B

It's actually by the HOA.

M

E

So uh we want to look into the possibility of that and then um I'll I'll do that item for the next uh meeting meeting, but for the time being, I'll communicate with Mr Arora. That way, um she's she's also aware that how how she want to proceed with that um and.

A

E

Is for the requirement because I know it wouldn't be? um A decision of this board probably be a.

A

Decision of the council, but um with some kind of recommendation or what would be the process.

E

Of us to look into it uh and we have to meet with some of the HOA Representatives or is that.

N

We actually have um I spoke with the HOA uh Miss Martinez. um They want to to maintain the ownership of the property and have it be adjusted.

N

I asked if it was possible for because the playground is damaged right, and so that is how all of this came tonight, um and so I asked her if she would consider uh deep in the property giving us a warranty deed for the property and then it would be under the City of Laredo Parks Department, and she said that their um HOA bylaws I, don't know what they're called.

O

N

So the bylaws stipulate that either it's like 99 or 100 of the owners in the subdivision have to agree before property is actually released, sold. What have you that would be this and she said I can guarantee you. I won't get.

O

Yeah 99 yeah.

N

B

E

Yeah, it's open right now, I mean in a sense it's a it's very accessible by individuals that do not live there and here's another thing. One of the big.

B

Reasons, it's called it's like.

E

B

E

Know what my kids go play there all the time the lighting is bad and then two there's no restroom, so they all have to walk up to the stripes to use the restrooms and stuff like that. I said: well, it's because it's not the cities. You need to talk to your HOA. We.

M

Take off the sign up with the age later, yes,.

A

B

A

Remove the second is.

O

99 or not the nightweed to it, so what even yeah.

N

Denying property.

M

Yeah there's something like that: yeah, because you can't do anything right. It's not available.

N

B

E

Any other ones uh tell me that you would like to discuss for next for.

M

Me I do want to bring up what you said last time about the naming about.

K

D

Name of the parks.

O

If we could push that.

M

O

D

New part comes around you.

M

Guys giving me, but.

D

Stop changing the name yeah.

K

He says how do you say, but the way he said.

M

It was right and I talked to a lot of people they're, like man, yeah he's like that's our park and now it's another name. We used to call Hillside Park, guys.

K

Another name right: yeah that'd, be up to the.

L

I

O

A

Stating that it not only.

E

Creates confusion, but most of all money is needed, for such change are very costly. The funds usually come from the.

B

Parks department, they recommend saving those.

A

Names for new park.

E

Structures and new.

A

B

C

B

Like maybe the item that we can address is is have a consensus that we send over to to.

A

F

City council, because.

A

Years ago they established a committee, basically just.

B

To focus on naming things around our city and I, my.

A

Personal belief.

E

Is that Community should only operate once every five years for six months when there's things to rename anything like that, you know um that's my personality.

B

But you know it's.

A

Not like, if we.

B

A

C

G

C

B

Then there should be a.

A

Application process for.

B

A nomination process, and then and then we take it from there- you know um just like you do in Awards, just you do in in uh recognitions and all of that it should be, though it should be the way so I think that the best approach that we can get is moving forward is.

A

That we can send some kind of.

C

You know it's uh yeah.

M

It's like hey, okay, we still.

C

Want to hear what I mean I think we should have also award is like is.

M

This name correct is.

C

Oh yeah, we like the name.

M

For the reason stuff like raccoon, even though they're in the naming committee they're just these are the suggestions we come up in the research and we still need to get involvement on that. So.

B

An item pertaining to that maybe a a.

E

Letter uh or some kind of something that we can send.

A

E

M

Our council members say hey, this is what we're pushing, because you have to make sure they're on the same, that's happening so.

C

K

A

Proceed with that item, maybe maybe on on a joint.

D

I want to call it resolution.

A

By this board, I mean what would be our Authority, maybe.

F

We recommended a recommendation.

J

A

Letter of recommendation from this board to council and then all.

E

Those that vote in favor of that will then we'll then sign, and then we can, you know we can be sent over to council and then they.

C

Can have that discussion.

D

There's nothing, that's all. We can do just recommend.

O

Correct and the you know the naming committee, you know it's just.

O

I'll show you some examples from other countries that have done that and.

N

O

Name gets all the votes, my Ferry, something like that. I mean these. Were your names.

G

um I know some of them: they didn't donate the land or whatever, but I I know that there's some where the city purchased the park, but I think part of this I was like you have to have my name, but usually.

D

G

P

G

Letter to your.

P

P

C

I agree with that, because.

O

B

O

Nothing they're not getting anything for themselves.

D

And my thing is: if you're gonna name a park after someone, let's say the person that donates it says you know what I don't want my name on it because you get somebody that's been.

O

Involved with Parks somebody, that's been involved with kids that has to do with Parks.

D

Yeah and that's something to do something that contributed something in their life to sports.

P

M

He was a big part of the what they said about the tennis and stuff. It's.

O

M

But now we're coming.

O

P

M

It that's it I mean it might have a big New Parkway one day, I, don't know.

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