[2. Public Address Citizens who desire to address the Parks and Recreations Board with regard to matters on the agenda or having to do with the City’s policies, programs, or services will be received at this time. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes. The Board may not discuss items not on this agenda, but may respond with factual, established policy information, or refer to staff. The Board may choose to place the item on a future agenda. (Texas Attorney General Opinion JC-0169.)]

CITIZENS WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD WITH REGARD TO MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OR HAVING TO DO WITH THE CITY'S POLICIES, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS ITEMS NOT ON THIS AGENDA, BUT MAY PROCEED WITH FACTUAL, ESTABLISHED POLICY INFORMATION OR REFER TO STAFF.

THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH THE PUBLIC ADDRESS? CRAIG ALTIER. I LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO.

I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE A BRIEF TALK ABOUT A I SENT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PICTURES TO YOU, MR. REID, AND DON TIPPS AND VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BACK ON APRIL 9TH IS WHEN I SENT ALL THOSE PICTURES. THE ISSUE THAT WE'D HAD THAT I'D HAD IS IT SEEMED LIKE THE WATER WAS NOT TURNED ON.

AND THEN KIND OF FAST FORWARD TO NOW, THE WATER HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN TURNED ON BECAUSE THERE'S MANY SPOTS.

THE PARK LOOKS, I MEAN, ALMOST TWICE AS BETTER THAN WHAT IT DID.

IT STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON IS, IS LIKE ALL THE MEDIANS, THERE'S FOUR AND A HALF MEDIANS THAT ARE NOT TURNED ON OR NOT FIXED.

THE IRRIGATION IS NOT WORKING. ALSO, THERE'S PARTS AROUND THE PARK WHERE THERE'S GOOD GRASS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WATER HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AGAIN BECAUSE NOW THAT GRASS IS STARTING TO DIE AGAIN.

I DID GO BY THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS GOING BY, RIGHT, RIGHT BEHIND THE DISCOVERY CENTER.

IT WAS ON AND THE GRASS IS GREEN AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S SOME PARTICULAR SPOTS AROUND THERE WHERE THEY HAVE SOME SNOW FENCING, WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, AND THAT'S BEEN UP FOR NINE MONTHS OR MORE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN STILL CURRENT REPAIR OR WHATEVER. BUT I GUESS MY, MY BIG WORRY IS, IS THAT IF WE DON'T GET CREWS OUT THERE TO WORK ON THEM, IF THERE'S IRRIGATION PROBLEMS, WHICH CLEARLY THERE IS, IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT GRASS.

THAT'S THAT'S VIABLE GRASS. THERE'S PARTS IN THAT ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE IT'S ALL THE WAY DIRT.

SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE HYDRO MULCHED OR SOMETHING.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE'S SOME VIABLE GRASS OUT THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND ADDRESSED.

SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUSY. THIS IS SUMMERTIME, BUT THIS IS NOT A, A PROBLEM IN REGARDS TO THAT WE'VE BEEN DRY.

BECAUSE OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK ARE JUST FINE.

THEY STILL NEED SOME WORK. BUT THEY'RE, IT'S GREEN, IT'S LOOKING GOOD AND THERE, AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WAYS TO GO, BUT THERE'S SOME AREAS AROUND THERE THAT ARE GOOD GRASS THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS RUDY PRECIADO, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING EAST PARK.

AS YOU REVIEW THE APPLICATION FOR EAST PARK ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

I URGE YOU TO CHANGE THE GENERIC GEOGRAPHICAL PLACEHOLDER NAME TO A PERMANENT HONOR.

A LEGENDARY HERO BORN AND RAISED IN THE EXACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY UNCLE, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, GABRIEL CHAVEZ.

ON APRIL 29TH, 1945, DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA IN WORLD WAR II, MY UNCLE'S INFANTRY UNIT CAME UNDER DEVASTATING FIRE WITH TOTAL DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SINGLE HANDEDLY CHARGED THE ENEMY.

HE COMPLETELY GUN NEST, THEN HURLING GRENADES AS HE ADVANCED.

HE LAUNCHED HIS FEARLESS, FEARLESSLY BODILY CHARGED TOWARD FIVE ENEMY SOLDIERS, NEUTRALIZING THE THREAT BEFORE LOSING HIS LIFE.

FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM, OUR NATION POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED HIM THE DISTINGUISHED CROSS, SERVICE CROSS. FOR DECADES, THE PARK IN HIS HOME NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SIMPLY BEEN CALLED EAST PARK.

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THAT IS NOT A HISTORICAL NAME. IT'S A DIRECTIONAL MARKER.

IT REFLECTS NO COMMUNITY IDENTITY, NO PRIDE, AND NO HERITAGE.

BY CHANGING THE NAME TO HONOR PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CHAVEZ, THE BOARD IS NOT ERASING HISTORY.

YOU ARE FINALLY ESTABLISHING IT. AMARILLO HAS A BEAUTIFUL, PROUD TRADITION OF NAMING FACILITIES AFTER THOSE WHO SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY, JUST AS THE CITY DID IN RENAMING MEDICAL PARK TO HONOR JOHN WARD, MY UNCLE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE VERY FREEDOM THAT ALLOWS US TO GATHER IN THIS CHAMBER TODAY. NAMING THIS PARK AFTER HIM WILL PROVIDE OUR LOCAL MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WITH A HISTORIC ANCHOR AND INSPIRE EVERY CHILD WHO PLAYS THERE TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF VALOR.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION AND RECOMMEND THE PERMANENT RENAMING OF EAST PARK TO GABRIEL CHAVEZ PARK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR UNCLE GABRIEL.

GABRIEL CHAVEZ. MY NAME IS BENITA CHAVEZ GUERRERO.

I WAS ONE OF HIS NIECES, ONE OF THE OLDER NIECES.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR UNCLE ACTUALLY GREW UP.

THE HOUSE THAT MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER OWNED, BUILT AND OWNED IS LOCATED A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM EAST PARK ON THE CORNER OF 5TH AND WILLIAMS. PRIOR TO THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, AND OUR OLDER COUSIN WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

HE IS IN GARLAND, TEXAS. ANYWAY I HAVE TWO UNCLES AND AN AUNT THAT RESIDED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EAST PARK AND ALL OF MY COUSINS, THEIR CHILDREN. THEY LIVED ON 8TH STREET FACING THE PARK AND I LIVED THREE BLOCKS AWAY ON 4TH, AND ALDREDGE AND THE GRANDPARENTS HOME WAS KIND OF IN BETWEEN OUR HOME AND THE PARK.

THE PARK WAS REALLY OUR PLAYGROUND. THAT IS WHERE WE GREW UP IN THE SUMMERTIME WE WERE THERE EVERY DAY.

THAT WAS OUR ENTERTAINMENT. IT WAS FREE [LAUGHTER] AND WITH OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS LIVING ACROSS THE STREET, WE WERE RUNNING OVER THERE TO DRINK WATER OR USE THE BATHROOM.

BACK TO THE PARK. WE HAVE SO MANY FOND MEMORIES.

THERE ARE MANY PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN OF EVEN OUR MY DADDY, MY UNCLES THEY ALL WENT THERE.

THIS IS DURING THE 50S. AND THEY ALL WENT THERE TO RELAX.

I HAVE A PICTURE. WHERE THEY'RE DRESSED UP IN DRESS SLACKS, WHITE SHIRTS, MY UNCLE'S WEARING A HAT, AND THEY'RE LEANING BACK ON THE GRASS. THIS IS WHAT WE DID.

AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THESE WERE HIS BROTHERS.

MY FATHER WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE BOYS. MY UNCLE GABRIEL WAS OLDER, AND DURING THE WAR, MY DAD BEING THE YOUNGEST, HE WAS STILL IN TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO.

HE HE JOINED THE NAVY. AND HE HAD ANOTHER BROTHER, BALBINO CHAVEZ, THAT WAS ALSO SERVING.

SO MY GRANDPARENTS HAD THREE SONS FIGHTING IN THAT WAR.

AND MOST OF OUR COUSINS OR SEVERAL OF THE MALE COUSINS SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS WELL.

LET'S SEE, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION.

WELL, JUST THE RENAMING OF THE PARK, AS MY COUSIN RUDY STATED.

THE PARK HAS JUST BEEN. IT WAS KNOWN AS EAST PARK, I GUESS FROM THE DAY THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED.

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AND WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD REALLY IT'S A WAY OF HONORING OUR UNCLE.

HE WAS MARRIED. HE WAS 23. HE WAS MARRIED. HE HAD NO CHILDREN.

BUT HE HAS LOTS OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT LOVE HIM.

AND THAT'S OUR WAY OF HONORING HIM. SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD.

GIVE US A FAVORABLE DECISION AND AND RENAME THE PARK FOR US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH EAST PARK AS I SHOULD BE, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE PARK ARE HISPANIC? SIR, I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW 6TH STREET, EAST 6TH STREET IS A STREET THAT WAS PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC. THERE WAS A LARGE.

OKAY. GREAT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BARRIO WHERE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THE SIGN UPDATES, MURALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY CLOSE TO 100% THE AREAS AROUND IT, 10TH STREET IS WHERE THEY'VE ERECTED A LOT OF THE BARRIO NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS AND DONE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS GLORY DAY AND, AND BRING MORE PRIDE IN THE AREA THAT'S BEEN KIND OF OVERLOOKED. AND SO THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF MURALS AND ALL THAT TO KIND OF REFLECT THE HISPANIC, LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE. BEFORE WE GO FORWARD.

I'D BE REMISS WITHOUT WELCOMING OUR NEWEST PARK BOARD MEMBER, EDDY SAUER.

DOCTOR EDDY, COME. WELCOME BACK. THANKS GOOD TO BE BACK

[3. Approval of Minutes This item is for the Board to discuss and consider the approval of the minutes of the Board meeting held July 7, 2026.]

ITEM 3. ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

THEY'RE IN YOUR PACKET. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THEM.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SHELBY MAKES THE FIRST.

RONNY MAKES THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

[4. Administrative Updates This item provides an opportunity for the Board to discuss administrative updates related to the parks.]

ITEM 4. ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. PARK BOARD I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A COUPLE UPDATES.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST BUDGET MEETING WITH COUNCIL.

THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK.

AS A DEPARTMENT WE HAVE PUT IN SOME DIFFERENT SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE PUT IN EVERYTHING FROM IRRIGATION, ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION FUNDS.

THAT LINE ITEM IS BASICALLY DOUBLE RIGHT NOW WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SOME GRASS SEED, SOME IRRIGATORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'VE PUT IN A BUNCH OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL HAS TO VET THROUGH THOSE. THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO VET THROUGH THOSE AND DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.

BUT WE HAVE PUT IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

WE'VE ALSO PUT IN MULTIPLE PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING FROM SOME PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE FALLING APART TO REPLASTERING WARFORD POOL SOME IRRIGATION PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'VE PUT IN QUITE A FEW SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND ALSO SOME CAPITAL REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION AS A PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

SO THOSE BUDGETS ARE ONGOING. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN WATCH THEM LIVE.

YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT. YESTERDAY THE COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE AQUATIC FEASIBILITY STUDY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THAT 146 WHICH THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDED.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING THE PHASING OF HOW THAT IS APPROACHED.

I THINK THE INITIAL APPROACH WAS LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE FIRST TO SEE IF THERE WAS A REPAIR OPTION BEFORE CONSIDERING REPLACEMENT.

I THINK THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL WAS TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY FIRST, AND THEN LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE IF NECESSARY, OR ALONG WITH THAT. SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S AN OPTION FROM THEM.

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THE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP IN ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS THAT I WAS NOT HERE WAS THE LIGHTING DISCUSSION, PUBLIC SAFETY DISCUSSION. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE NEW LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE PARK, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH APD ABOUT HOW THEY WANTED THE LIGHTS TURNED ON.

SO WE HAVE PARK CURFEW HOURS FROM MIDNIGHT TILL 5:00 A.M.

SO NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PARK. WE HAD ASKED THEM, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON DURING THAT TIME, OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS OFF? IS IT BETTER FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT? AND THEY SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS BURNING 24/7.

SO ALL OF THE LIGHTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN, ALL OF THOSE NEW LED LIGHTS ARE RUNNING FROM DUSK TO DAWN, SO MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE ON.

IT ALLOWS APD TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH A PARK OR BY PARK, AND QUICKLY SCAN TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ACTIVITY IN THERE THAT MAY BE OCCURRING AFTER CURFEW OR BEFORE CURFEW. SO THOSE LIGHTS ARE CURRENTLY BURNING, SO WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM A SWITCH TO TURN ON AND OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ON FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. SO WE TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THEM ANY TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT LIGHTING OR OTHER THINGS THAT REGARD PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THAT WAS THE GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED FROM THEM.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH THE LIGHTS. SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE UPDATES FOR TODAY.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE. I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN YOU. REGARDING THE AQUATIC FEASIBILITY STUDY.

CAN YOU KIND OF LAY OUT THE EXPECTED LIKE PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS BOARD'S POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT? YEAH. SO INITIALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS DOING A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, CHECKING THE FACILITY, MAKING SURE IT WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND, AND THEN FROM THERE DETERMINING KIND OF NEXT STEPS, DO YOU REPAIR IT? DO YOU REPLACE IT? I THINK THE GUIDANCE YESTERDAY FROM COUNCIL WAS, LET'S TAKE IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

LET'S LOOK AT FEASIBILITY. ARE THE CURRENT LOCATIONS.

DO THEY MAKE THE MOST SENSE? SO I THINK LOOKING AT KIND OF THE FEASIBILITY PIECE FIRST, AND THEN IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT, SAY SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST IS IN A GOOD LOCATION, THEN LOOKING MORE AT THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS TO SEE, COULD WE REPAIR, COULD WE REPLACE IT? SO I THINK PART OF IT IS IT'S KIND OF A SWITCH.

WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING THE STRUCTURE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE FEASIBILITY DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE STRUCTURES REVEALED.

COUNCIL, I THINK DIRECTED US TO DO THE OPPOSITE. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY PIECE FIRST, AND THEN WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO AS MUCH OF THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT SO.

I THINK WHAT I'M WONDERING IS. WILL. WILL THOSE FINDINGS COME BACK TO THIS BOARD FIRST OR WILL IT GO TO COUNCIL? CORRECT. IT'LL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD. SO OUR GOAL IS TO ENGAGE THE BOARD.

HAVE YOU GUYS KIND OF REVIEW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE? IF YOU AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD TAKE TO COUNCIL WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR WITHOUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

YOU KNOW THAT. THAT'S THE KIND OF THE WAY WE WOULD PROCEED. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO ENGAGE THE BOARD.

HAVE YOU, AS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDING IS, WHAT YOU, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEE, AS BOARD MEMBERS SEE.

AND THEN FROM THERE, TAKE THAT TO COUNCIL. SO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL ON ADMINISTRATIVE? OKAY. ITEM 5. DISCUSS, CONSIDER, ACTION ON PARK MASTER PLAN IN EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

[5. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Park Master Plan in the Eastridge Neighborhood. This item is for the Board to consider action on the proposed Park Master Plan for a park in the Eastridge neighborhood area. The Board will present an overview of the master plan, including the proposed vision, improvements, and recommendations.]

SO WE HAVE LAYNE OLIVO FROM HALF HERE TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL. IT KIND OF GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER WHILE WE WERE ADDRESSING SOME OTHER ISSUES.

AND I'LL LET LAYNE WALK THROUGH IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THIS IS AGAIN, THE SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN FOR THAT LOCATION.

IT'S NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED. AND PART OF THE REASON WE WE WANTED TO DO A MASTER PLAN FIRST WAS IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK FOR GRANTS.

IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK FOR OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY WANT TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.

SO THE PROPERTY HISTORY, IT WAS 28 ACRES THAT THE COUNCIL PURCHASED FOR $5,000.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA FOR A SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN CAME FROM.

AGAIN, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THE MASTER PLAN, AGAIN, IS FOR THAT SPECIFIC SITE AND CURRENTLY IS UNFUNDED.

SO ALL THAT LAYNE WALK THROUGH IT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY FIRST.

GOOD AFTERNOON. AS MICHAEL SAID, MY NAME IS LAYNE OLIVO.

I'M WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES AND WE WERE. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND OUR FINDINGS ON DEVELOPING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AREA. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROJECT PURPOSE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS. WE'LL WALK THROUGH WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE.

WE'LL WALK THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW WE DID THAT AND RESULTS.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE CONSIDERED. AND WE'LL COME BACK, WE'LL FINALIZE WITH A, THE, THE FINAL MASTER PLAN THAT WE ENDED UP WITH, AS WELL AS PHASING AND ESTIMATED COSTS.

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BEAR WITH ME. WE GOT. I GOT TWO THINGS TO CONTROL HERE.

FOR OUR OVERALL PURPOSE, WE STARTED WITH THE 2021 AND 2022 PARKS MASTER PLAN AND EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AS OUR BASIS AS A START PLAN AND OUR PURPOSE FOR THE FOR THE MASTER PLAN FOR THIS PARK IS TO DEVELOP A LONG RANGE PLAN, AS MICHAEL SAID, FOR TO HELP DEVELOP.

SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN MEETS THOSE NEEDS, AND THEN TO COME UP WITH A PREFERRED PROGRAM FOR THAT PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS IN.

A PROCESS CONSISTED OF FOUR PHASES. DATA COLLECTION AND BASE MAPPING PREPARATION.

A PRE-DESIGN COORDINATION PHASE WHERE WE TALKED WITH CITY STAFF AND WE TOOK A SITE VISIT AND WE TALKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

WE HAD A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE WHERE WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, AND THEN WE HAD CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE DEVELOPED THE CONCEPTS THAT WE ENDED UP WITH EVENTUALLY.

PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 WERE MOSTLY CONCURRENT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP INTO PHASE 3, PHASE 3 AND PHASE 4 ALSO HAD SOME OVERLAP.

AND SO AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MAYBE OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE TIMELINE AS TO HOW THIS WORKED.

SO FOR CONTEXT EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF AMARILLO BETWEEN WHITAKER.

16TH, 12TH AND THE EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A TOP STAR.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO. NO, I CAN'T. SO THE EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THAT TOP STAR.

THE BAPTIST CHURCH IS THAT LOWER STAR BELOW THAT.

AND AS WE CAN ZOOM IN, A LITTLE CLOSER TO THIS IS THE BASE MAP THAT WE DEVELOPED.

AND WE PUT WE TOOK IN AERIAL DATA. WE TOOK IN PROPERTY DATA, WE TOOK IN.

WE LOOKED AT LAND USE PLANS AND THOROUGHFARE PLANS.

WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING GIS UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA.

WE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARKS MASTER PLANS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. AS PART OF OUR DATA COLLECTION PHASE.

I'LL GO THROUGH THESE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT I'LL GO THROUGH REALLY QUICK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THEM.

BUT WE, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA.

WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT ARE IN THE AREA. WE DEVELOPED SOME GOALS FROM THE PARK MASTER PLANS TO BRING PEOPLE OF MULTIPLE CULTURES TOGETHER.

I WANTED TO BRIDGE LANGUAGE BARRIERS. I WANTED TO CREATE A SORT OF FRONT YARD GATHERING SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAD DEVELOPED SOME PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. THERE'S 40 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE AREA.

THEY MAKE KIND OF A MAJOR THEME THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IS THAT THE RESIDENTS DESIRE A PHYSICAL SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEIR CULTURES.

NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT ALSO THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THEIR CULTURES.

FROM THOSE TWO PLANS. A LOT OF WHAT CAME OUT OF IT WAS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPHIC THERE WALKING, EVERYBODY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND WALK AROUND, THEY WANT SHADE.

THEY WANT ACTIVITIES WITH THE KIDS. THEY WANT SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY WANT PLACES TO HAVE RECREATION AND JUST GENERAL GATHERING SPACES.

SO OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WAS A THREE STAGE PROCESS.

WE HAD STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS WHERE WE TALKED WITH CITY PARKS, WE TALKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES, AND WE SAT DOWN TOGETHER AND DEVELOPED PRIORITY AMENITIES.

WE LOOKED AT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WE KIND OF WE DID A SWOT ANALYSIS OR STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND, AND ISSUES ANALYSIS OF THE SITE.

THEN WE HAD PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES WHERE WE HAD TWO MEETINGS AT EASTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND GIVE US FEEDBACK, BOTH ORIGINALLY ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. AND THEN SECONDLY, ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AS TO WHAT THEY LIKED ABOUT OR DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES. AND IN ADDITION TO THE OPEN HOUSES, WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WENT OUT.

SO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO TO THE OPEN HOUSES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.

THIS IS A. THIS IS WHAT OUR SWOT ANALYSIS CAME UP WITH. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN IF YOU WANT TO.

BUT GENERALLY WE HAVE A NATURAL PASSIVE AREA, WIDE OPEN AREA IN THE SOUTH, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF ROOM FOR SOCIAL SPACE.

IT'S A FAIRLY WIDE OPEN AREA, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME EXISTING VEGETATION THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NICE.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN CORRIDORS AND WALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT DOES HAVE A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS A LOT OF EXISTING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT ARE ALL OVER THE SITE AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME COORDINATION AND, AND USE. AND THEN WHITAKER CAN BE A FAIRLY FAST STREET.

SO WE HAVE SOME SPEED THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

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WE'RE GOING TO NEED LIGHTING FOR LATE SHIFT WORKERS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THERE'S SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE AREA OR HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE AREA.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL. SO WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS TOLD US? THERE ARE FOUR, FOUR KIND OF MAJOR THINGS THAT WE GOT FROM THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. THEY LIKED GATHERING AND CELEBRATION SPOTS.

THEY WANT SOME EVERYDAY RECREATION. THEY WANT COMFORT AND SAFETY WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE.

AND THEN THEY WANT A CULTURAL IDENTITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND A SPACE THAT DRAWS CULTURES TOGETHER DOESN'T DIVIDE THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CULTURES IN THE AREA, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CULTURAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE CULTURES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF BRING OUT AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS.

SO THE BIG IDEA WAS THAT WE WANTED TO DEVELOP A NEIGHBORHOOD FRONT PORCH, A SAFE, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, A SAFE, SHADED, MULTIGENERATIONAL PLACE WHERE THE MANY CULTURES CAN GATHER IN COMMON GROUND.

SO OUR PROCESS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. WE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING IN APRIL AND THAT WE HAD WE INTRODUCED THE PUBLIC DIVISION TO THE PUBLIC, THE OVERALL VISION. WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANTED.

AND WE GATHERED A LOT OF INPUT THAT WAY AT THAT TIME.

WE CAME BACK AND FROM, FROM THAT MEETING AND THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED, WE DEVELOPED A COUPLE OF PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS.

WE THEN TOOK THOSE BACK OUT IN JUNE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND EVALUATE AGAIN.

WE ALSO TOOK OUT POLLS AND SURVEYS THAT WERE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY IN ALL THIS, AND WE SYNTHESIZED ALL TOGETHER AND DEVELOPED THE FINAL CONCEPT. SO AS A RESULT OF THE THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES, THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS.

THE HIGHEST DESIRED ACTIVE USES WERE THE PLAYGROUNDS AND SOCCER FIELDS.

THE HIGHEST DESIRED PASSIVE USES WERE FISHING PONDS AND TRAILS.

SOCIAL SPACES WAS PAVILION OUTDOOR COOKING AREAS OR A STAGE AND AMPHITHEATER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BLUE IS THE TOP ONE IS THE ON SITE VOTING OR FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT.

AND THE SORT OF ORANGE UNDERNEATH IS THE SURVEY RESULTS.

SO WE GOT A REALLY GOOD, A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FROM, FROM BOTH OF THOSE.

FOR EVENTS AND SAFETY. THE TOP TWO WERE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S EVENTS AND THEN FESTIVAL AND HOLIDAY EVENTS.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF CONSISTENT. EVEN THE NUMBERS WERE DIFFERENT.

IT WAS CONSISTENT ACROSS BOTH SURVEY AND IN-PERSON FEEDBACK.

SAFETY WAS THE HIGHEST IN HIGHEST DESIRE WAS FOR LIGHTING AND SECURITY CAMERAS AND THOSE, AND THOSE WERE PRETTY SIMILAR TO BOTH IN-PERSON FEEDBACK AND SURVEY FEEDBACK. SORRY.

THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO AFTER ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK, WE CAME UP WITH ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT KIND OF CARRIED THROUGH EVERYTHING.

THEY WANTED GATHERING SPACES, THEY WANTED ACCESS AND WALKING TRAILS, THEY WANTED SHADE, THEY WANTED SAFETY AND LIGHTING, AND THEY WANTED SOME MULTI-GENERATIONAL SPACES WHERE EVERYBODY COULD GET TOGETHER. SOME OF THE POTENTIAL AMENITIES THAT CAME OUT OF IT ARE OPEN SPACE, PLAY SPACES AND WALKING TRAILS, SPORTS FIELDS FOR SOCCER AND MULTI-USE.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CONSIDERATIONS THAT CAME OUT WERE THE IDEA THAT TRAVELING THROUGH EASTRIDGE, LIKE GOING AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY. THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE IN THE AREA RANGE ANYWHERE FROM NORTH AFRICA TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO THE FAR EAST IN VIETNAM. SO THERE'S A VERY WIDE RANGE OF CULTURES IN THE AREA.

WE HAD EIGHT THEMES TOTAL FROM ALL OF THE PARTICIPANT POLLS, EXCUSE ME, SURVEYS AND STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION TRAILS AND WALKING LOOP.

LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SPORTS FIELDS, SAFETY, LIGHTING AND ACCESS, LONG TERM MAINTENANCE.

AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AN OVERLY LARGE BURDEN ON THE CITY TO MAINTAIN.

FAMILY PLAY AND SHADE, WATER PLAY WAS ACTUALLY A FAIRLY HIGH GETTER GO GETTER AS WELL, OPEN TURF AND FLEXIBLE SPACE.

AND THEN AGAIN, COMFORT. WE ARE HOT AND WINDY OUT HERE AND WE NEED TO MITIGATE THAT.

WE TOOK THOSE THEMES AND DEVELOPED A SERIES OF PROGRAM ELEMENTS.

PROGRAM ELEMENTS, ACTIVE RECREATION, PLAY AND GATHERING TRAILS AND CIRCULATION, SPORTS FACILITIES, AND COMFORT AND IDENTITY. AND THEN WE DEVELOPED THE PLANS FROM THOSE.

SO WE DEVELOPED TWO PLANS TO BRING BACK TO THE SECOND MEETING TO GIVE SOME CHOICES.

IN BOTH THE PLANS THE OVERALL PARKS LAYOUT TEND TO BE FROM A PASSIVE AREA IN THE NORTH, AN ACTIVE AREA IN THE SOUTH, AND A SOCIAL AREA IN THE MIDDLE. THAT KIND OF BRIDGES THE GAP AND ACTS AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO. AND THESE ARE THE TWO CONCEPTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S A LOT MORE LINEAR AND HAS FEWER ORGANIC ELEMENTS TO IT

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IN TERMS OF FORM AND SHAPE. IT HAS A LARGER HAS MORE OF A LARGER POND AT THE BOTTOM AND A LARGER NATURE AREA AT THE TOP.

OPTION TWO ON THE RIGHT OR CONCEPT TWO ON THE RIGHT IS FAR MORE CURVILINEAR CIRCULAR BASED FROM A PLANNING POINT OF VIEW, BUT IT ALSO HAS A SMALLER FISHING AREA. IT'S GOT A LARGER SPORTS AREA, THE SPORTS AREA AND SOCIAL AREAS ARE A LITTLE MORE INTEGRATED.

THE SOCIAL AREAS AND THE AND THE PASSIVE AREAS TO THE NORTH ARE ALSO A LITTLE MORE INTEGRATED AS WELL.

SO WHEN WE WENT TO THE MEETING, WE HAD A VISUAL VOTING FORMAT WHERE AS THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP TO THE TABLE, THEY TOOK A COIN OR A SMALL ROUND AND DROPPED IT IN THE JAR THAT THEY LIKED BEST.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO GAVE THEM STICKERS THAT THEY COULD PUT ON EACH CONCEPT FOR ELEMENTS THAT THEY LIKED OUT OF THAT CONCEPT.

AND SO THAT WAY WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AND KNOW WHAT THEY LIKED OVERALL, AS WELL AS WHICH ONES THEY LIKED INDIVIDUALLY BETTER. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK AND SYNTHESIZE IT INTO AN OVERALL PLAN THAT MET THE MOST DESIRES.

SO WE TOOK OUR INPUT, RECEIVED WE DEVELOPED A DESIGN RESPONSE, AND OUR FINAL CONCEPT RESULTED FROM AN WE APPLIED REVIEW COMMENTS, WE APPLIED FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE DEVELOPED A ON.

AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AS WELL, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO LATER.

AND THIS IS THE FINAL MASTER PLAN. WE CAN GO OVER THE BUTTONS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO AT THE MOMENT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BUT IN GENERAL WE HAVE ACCESS, WHICH IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF FIVE THEMES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH ACCESS AND VARIOUS PLACES IN THE PARK.

WE HAVE ACTIVE AREAS. WE HAVE GATHERING SPACES WITH SPORTS FIELDS, AND WE HAVE OVERALL COMFORT FOR THE OVERALL.

OVERALL THE WHOLE PARK. IN DETAIL A LITTLE BIT THE.

TO THE. EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND. TO THE RIGHT OF THE PLAN, WHICH IS NORTH ON THIS PLAN.

IT'S WE'RE TAKING THE EXISTING NATIVE VEGETATION THAT'S OUT THERE AND ENHANCING IT AND PRESERVING IT, OR ADDING TRAILS TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO IT AND WALK IN THE SHADE AND HAVE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

AS WE GO TO THE SOUTH OR TO THE LEFT. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND GREEN SPACE AREA.

NEXT NUMBER 6. NUMBER 7 IS A SORT OF AMPHITHEATER/STAGE/SHADE STRUCTURE.

IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS. WE HAVE OPEN SPACE IN AT NUMBER 9 AND THEN AROUND THE OPEN SPACE, WE HAVE LARGER PAVILION PICNIC PAVILIONS FOR LARGER GROUPS.

WE HAVE SMALLER FAMILY SIZED PICNIC PAVILIONS AROUND THE SMALLER CIRCLES.

AROUND 15 IS A PLAYGROUND AND OR WATER. WATER SPACE.

16 ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND ARE SHADE STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THOSE PLAYGROUND AREAS.

10 AND 12 ARE YOUR BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, WITH 13 BEING YOUR SOCCER AREA.

17, OF COURSE, IS THE FISHING POND AND THEN PARKING SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR THE SITE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A SMALL MAINTENANCE AREA AS WELL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN AERIAL BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL.

SO IMPLEMENTATION AND PHASING CONSIDERATIONS WERE THE NEXT THING WE LOOKED AT AS WELL.

AND FROM A PHASING POINT OF VIEW, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE START WITH CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE GRADING, THE DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICE. THEN WE COULD ADD IN ACCESS AND PARKING.

WE COULD ADD IN A TRAIL LOOP AFTER THAT. AND ANY OF THESE WE COULD DO SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT WE COULD IF WE WANTED TO DO IT IN SOME SORT OF PHASED OPERATION.

THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD DO. ONCE YOU'VE GOT THE TRAIL LOOP IN, THEN YOU CAN ADD YOUR FAMILY DESTINATIONS LIKE YOUR PLAYGROUNDS AND YOUR SPLASH PADS, YOUR PICNIC AREAS. ONCE THOSE ARE IN, YOU CAN ADD YOUR SPORTS COMPLEX AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE PHASES LATER.

SOME OF THOSE, LIKE 4 AND 5, COULD BE REVERSED.

YOU COULD HAVE THE SPORTS COMPLEX FIRST AND THEN DO FAMILY DESTINATIONS. BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD PROBABLY BE THE FAMILY DESTINATIONS FIRST.

AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? RIGHT? IT'S.

IT'S A LOT. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE NEARLY 30 ACRES OF HIGHLY, HIGHLY DEVELOPED SPACE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOOKED AT PHASING IS BECAUSE WE COULD, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD PHASE IT IN. WE ALSO IN THIS, WE HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION.

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IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION AND, AND WHAT PRICES ARE GOING TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO THIS AT LEAST GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD, SOLID BALLPARK TO HELP START RAISING MONEY FOR.

AND WITH THAT, THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO DATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE. WE. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

MICHAEL'S OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.

HOW MANY PARKS ARE NEAR THIS AREA? EASTRIDGE SCHOOL PARK IS THE ONLY PARK IN THE AREA.

AND IT'S ABOUT JUST OFF THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW TO THE LEFT.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF. YEAH, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER CLOSE ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE FOREST HILL.

I MEAN, THAT'S IN THE GENERAL VICINITY, BUT I THINK EASTRIDGE, THE SCHOOL PARK IS OBVIOUSLY THE CLOSEST ONE.

I KNOW THEY FENCED AREAS OF IT. SOME OF IT IS, I THINK, CITY CONTROLLED.

SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE FENCED, BUT NOT THE ENTIRE THING.

I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE LAND LAST WEEK. THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE.

I MEAN IT'S A GREAT BIG OPEN AREA RIGHT NOW AND BORDERING ON WHAT IS IT? WEST. WESTFIELD? WHITAKER WHITAKER. WHITTIER.

THERE'S NO FENCING. SOME OF THE ROADS ARE. WOULD NEED TO BE REDONE.

IT'S ON THE VERY EASTERN EDGE. SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF EASTRIDGE.

I MEAN, IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG OPEN AREA RIGHT NOW.

IN A. IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, TO SAY THE LEAST.

YEAH. I'LL SAY THIS AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA.

I DO THINK THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS SOME COMMUNITY SPACE.

THE CHILDREN AROUND THERE NEED SOME AREAS TO DO THINGS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE AREA TO HAVE A PARK.

IT IS A BIG PRICE TAG. BUT I, I LIKE THE PLAN AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN ON SOME OF THE EARLIER TALKS AND I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BRING SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER THAT MAYBE DON'T MESH RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMONALITIES THAT I THINK A GATHERING SPACE FOR THEM WOULD CREATE A GOOD COMMUNITY OVER THERE. WELL, AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID A MASTER PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT A LARGE SPACE.

IT'S VERY EASY TO START JUST DROPPING THINGS AT RANDOM AND REALLY MAKING AN INCOHESIVE SPACE.

I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO DO THE MASTER PLAN WHERE WE COULD SEE THE BIG PICTURE VISION.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED, BUT THEN WE COULD START LOOKING AT PIECES OF HOW WE PHASE THIS, DIFFERENT GRANTS WE COULD APPLY FOR, WHETHER IT'S TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE OR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AMAZON IS ALMOST ADJACENT TO THIS. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT WE COULD AGAIN, START LOOKING FOR FUNDING LOCATIONS OR FUNDING SOURCES.

IT MAY NOT BE THAT WE CAN DO THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE.

IT MAY BE THAT WE DO A LITTLE PIECES OF IT. AND IF YOU GO OUT THERE, THAT NORTH AREA IS BEAUTIFUL.

THERE'S A LITTLE TREE AREA. IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TERRAIN TO IT.

THE SOUTH PART IS PRETTY WIDE OPEN, BUT UP THERE AT THE NORTH OF THE SITE, THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD TERRAIN AND SOME GOOD MOVEMENT.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE GOAL IS WE WOULD RATHER HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT WE CAN WORK FROM, AND THEN WE CAN PUT PIECES IN AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

SO I THINK WE WANTED TO HAVE THE BIG OVERALL VISION AND THEN WE START FINDING THE PIECES AND PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER.

SO AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO GO AND APPROACH SOMEBODY FOR A GRANT IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLAN.

SO THAT'S WHY WE STARTED WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS AND START HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE LARGER EMPLOYERS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA THAT A LOT OF THOSE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY WORK AT. SO I THINK HAVING A MASTER PLAN THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THEM IS, IS A GOOD THING.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE A TOTAL ON THAT FIGURE. WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT? JUST UNDER $20 MILLION. TOP, TOP LEFT IN THE BLUE.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT SO, MICHAEL, YOU. YOU CAN'T GO AHEAD AND LOOK FOR FUNDS TILL WE APPROVE TO DO THAT? NO, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK FOR PLANS. BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT KIND OF LAID OUT THE PROGRAMS AND THE SITE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING MOVING FORWARD. SO, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, WE COULD GO LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S WE COULD PUT IN SOME TRAILS,

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WE COULD PUT IN SOME PARKING, BUT THAT WAY WE'RE NOT MESSING UP THE OVERALL VISION BECAUSE WE COULD GO PUT A PARKING LOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE.

AND THEN IT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN DO WITH FUTURE USES.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE MASTER PLAN SO WE KNEW WHERE THOSE PIECES COULD FIT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IF THE HIGHEST NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY IS SOCCER FIELDS.

NOW WE KNOW THERE'S SOCCER FIELDS GO AND WE CAN GO LOOK FOR FUNDING TO PUT THOSE SOCCER FIELDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHILE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING TO BUILD OUT THOSE OTHER PIECES. SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A PLAN SO THAT WE DIDN'T PUT SOMETHING WHERE SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD LOGICALLY GO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND WITH THE LAKE, IS THAT LIKE A NATURAL DRAINAGE AREA OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CREATING? OR IS IT KIND OF SOMETHING EXISTING THAT KIND OF RETROFIT INTO A FISHING POND? IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH. THE OVERALL SITE SLOPES TO THAT CORNER.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET A AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT RUNS IN THAT AREA ANYWAY.

BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT DOES NOT HOLD LOTS OF WATER ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A POND LIKE YOU'VE DONE IN A COUPLE OTHER PLACES, I BELIEVE. I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THAT WOULD BE THE MARTIN LAKE.

THAT WAS THE FISHING AMENITY THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN WE'VE BEEN OUT AT THE SITE, THAT NORTHEAST 12TH ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.

THERE'S TIMES WHERE IT'S A MUD PIT IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THERE IS A NATURAL DRAINAGE FLOW KIND OF THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK.

SO AGAIN, I THINK YOU COULD CAPTURE SOME OF THE RAINWATER, BUT OBVIOUSLY I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT.

SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM THIS BOARD? WELL I THINK WE WOULD LIKE A RECOMMENDATION. IF THE BOARD SUPPORTS THIS VISION, A SITE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION.

THAT WAY WE CAN GO AND I KNOW TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LIKES IT WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, GENERALLY A PARKS MASTER PLAN OR A SITE SPECIFIC PLAN, IT ALLOWS US TO THEN GO APPROACH THEM FOR SOME DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A BIG PROJECT. IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT GETS FUNDED ALL AT ONCE. IT COULD BE WE DO THE TRAILS THROUGH ONE GRANT AND ATHLETIC AREAS THROUGH ANOTHER OR PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I THINK HAVING A SITE SPECIFIC GIVES THEM THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE THE BOARDS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND THEN THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY PUT IT'LL, IT'LL WAIT HIGHER FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

THROUGH. THROUGH THE PAST EXPERIENCE, WHAT PERCENT GETS FUNDED BY GRANTS AS OPPOSED TO TAX DOLLARS? IT WOULD JUST DEPEND. I MEAN, I THINK MOST PARKS.

IT JUST DEPENDS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR AMARILLO. I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE PROBABLY FUNDED BY THE CITY.

I THINK THERE ARE PORTIONS OF IT THAT ARE FUNDED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND CERTAIN GRANTS.

BUT I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC NUMBER. BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE WANT TO HAVE THE PLAN SO THAT WE COULD GO LOOK FOR THOSE FUNDS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, THEN WE'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING FROM BEHIND.

SO I THINK IF WE HAVE A PLAN, THEN WE CAN GO APPROACH THEM AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S SOME OPTIONS, HERE'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. ARE YOU ABLE TO FUND THIS OR PORTIONS OF IT? AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER PART IS THERE MAY BE GRANT MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH TYSON, YOU KNOW, JBS, AMAZON, SOME OF THOSE BIG EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THEIR THEIR WORKERS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TOO.

SO AGAIN, WE WANTED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WE COULD THEN TAKE TO THOSE DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN HELPING TO DEVELOP THIS SPACE? I THINK THE VISION IS GOOD. IT'S JUST WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THAT WOULD COST.

AT A TIME THAT WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO BE THE, THAT, THAT PERSON THAT, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT AREA OF TOWN IS. IS NOT SUPPORTED BY WHAT WE DO AS A CITY IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.

SO THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A HAPPY MEDIUM SOMEWHERE TO.

WELL, ARE WE ABLE JUST TO GO FORWARD AND LOOK FOR FUNDING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO? COULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO, TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH WE COULD? AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS BOARD IS NOT MAKING FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DECISION. I THINK THE GOAL IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE PARK BOARD WOULD SUPPORT? IF THE PARK BOARD SUPPORTS THIS, THEN WE CAN GO APPROACH BUSINESSES.

WE CAN GO APPROACH DIFFERENT GRANTING AGENCIES.

IF THE PARK BOARD SAYS, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN DO AND GOING AND LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A COMMITMENT TO US BUILDING AND FUNDING THIS THING.

IT'S JUST IF. IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS IS A GOOD PLAN FOR THE SITE AND THEN WE CAN GO LOOK FOR FUNDING.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE APPROACH WE WOULD TAKE.

SO WHEN WAS THE LAST PARK? NEW PARK FOR AMARILLO.

AND ARE MOST OF THOSE NEW PARKS GENERATED THROUGH DEVELOPERS AND FUNDING THROUGH THE DEVELOPERS MAKING THE PARK?

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I GUESS JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW THAT WORKS.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST ONE THAT WAS BUILT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, I'M GUESSING PROBABLY CITY VIEW.

THE WAY A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, THOSE COMMUNITY PARKS WERE DEVELOPED WAS THE CONCEPT OF A DEVELOPER WOULD GIVE TEN ACRES FOR A SCHOOL SITE, AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE THE CITY FIVE ACRES ADJOINING THAT PROPERTY TO BUILD KIND OF A SHARED PARK.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IN MOST CASES, THAT PROPERTY WAS NEVER DEDICATED OVER TO THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH THOSE. NOW WE DO HAVE SOME DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE OTHER APPROACH AND THEY WILL BUILD SOMETHING AND MAINTAIN IT PRIVATELY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT GREENWAYS WOULD BE ANOTHER FAIRLY RECENT ONE.

WE MAINTAIN A PORTION OF IT AND THEN THE HOA MAINTAINS A PORTION OF IT.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN APPROACH WHO MAINTAINS THE SITES AND HOW THEY'RE FUNDED.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EITHER CITY VIEW OR GREENWAYS WOULD BE ONE OF THE OBVIOUSLY THE NEWER ONES. AND GENERALLY THEY'RE DONE THROUGH THE DEVELOPER, IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY THE CITY BOUGHT FROM, LIKE I SAID, FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR $5,000.

SO THAT LAND IS JUST SITTING THERE. SO WE JUST WANTED, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT SITE.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GREAT AMENITIES IN THAT, THAT AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE VISION BEHIND THIS COMMUNITY PLAN.

I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEED, BUT TIM KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP AS WELL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE $19 MILLION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S THE WILL YOU GUYS HAVE STAFF TO MAINTAIN IT FOR THE FOR THE YEARS TO COME, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES THAT BE PUT IN PLACE? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

THE OTHER ONE IS, IS WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WE GO OUT TO THOSE PLACES, IS IT YOU? YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES DOING THE GRANTS, BUT AS FAR AS GOING TO AMAZON AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IS THAT YOU GUYS MAKING THAT PRESENTATION? YEAH.

SO WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY DO IS OBVIOUSLY THE GRANT, THERE IS A THERE ARE SOME STAFF IN THE CITY THAT LOOK FOR CITY GRANTS.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A GROUP THAT WORKS WITH DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE AREAS SO THEY COULD IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES OR GRANTS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE.

AND THEN I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOING OUT AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THAT LEAD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE BIGGER EMPLOYERS.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, THAT ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE POTENTIAL.

AND I THINK COULD BE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH JBS AS WELL, OR AMAZON OR YOU NAME IT. SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING IT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SOME OF THE GRANT DEPARTMENTS OR GRANT WRITING STAFF AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR DEPARTMENT. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY AT SOME POINT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS COME INTO PLAY.

I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS ON PAPER YET, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW OFFICIALLY WHAT THE DESIGN WOULD BE.

SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND THEN GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

FROM THERE, WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT COSTS WOULD BE OUT THERE, AND THEN WE COULD START PUTTING IN BUDGET REQUESTS.

I KNOW IN THE. IN THE DRAWINGS, ARE ANY OF THESE TURFED AS OPPOSED TO NATURAL GRASS? ANY OF THOSE AREAS? AT THIS POINT IT'S, IT'S OPEN.

IT'S FLEXIBLE. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF NATIVE GRASS AREAS INDICATED BY THE NUMBER 4 BUTTON IN THERE.

A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT EITHER TO FIELDS OR TO THE AMPHITHEATERS ARE SORT OF A NO MOW, OPEN, OPEN GRASS TYPE AREA THAT I KNOW AMARILLO IS STARTING TO KIND OF DO IN SOME OF THEIR PARKS.

SO THOSE WOULD BE, THOSE WOULD BE LESS INTENSIVE MAINTENANCE AREAS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING A LOT OF WORK SURVEYS, REALLY GOING OUT AND REALLY DEVELOPING A NICE, A NICE PLAN TO SHOW US, I MEAN, AN EXCELLENT PLAN.

DO I HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE, FROM OUR BOARD ON [LAUGHTER].

ON A DIRECTION? YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD AND LOOKING FOR FUNDING.

I THINK THERE MAY BE LIKE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR THIS TO BE MORE FUNDED BEFORE WE GO TO TAX BASE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WELL AS ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT, IN FACT, IN AMARILLO AND THE WORK THAT'S DONE BY THE COMMUNITY THERE.

SO I WOULD BE REALLY HEARTENED TO SEE TO SEE YOU GUYS GO AND NOT ONLY APPROACH THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS, BUT SOME OF THE PREEXISTING CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT EXISTS IN THAT COMMUNITY AND SEE, SEE WHAT SUPPORT YOU GET.

BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT BE QUITE THE ARGUMENT TO TAKE TO COUNCIL ONCE YOU SHOW WHAT SUPPORT YOU GUYS KIND OF BRING UP.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR, I WOULD MOVE FOR, FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF RUN DOWN THAT PATH.

SKYLAR ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD?

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ANY SECOND? SO WHEN YOU SAY MOVE FORWARD, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE MASTER PLAN? OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND YES. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I WOULD SAY I THINK WE'VE PUT THE WORK INTO THIS PLAN. WE'VE DONE ALL THE WORK. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME NOT TO AT LEAST EXPLORE OUR OPTIONS FURTHER.

I AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD ONE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS A BIG, A BIG TAG.

PRICE TAG. BUT I, I THINK THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS IT, AND I THINK WE WOULDN'T BE DOING OUR JOB AS A BOARD IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR JOB IS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY PLACES THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

AND IT'S THE CITY'S JOB TO FIND FUNDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I GUESS I THINK WE WOULD BE DOING OUR BOARD OF JUSTICE FOR NOT PURSUING THIS FOR FURTHER.

SO SKYLAR MADE THE FIRST. ALAN MADE THE SECOND.

IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

OR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO IF THE BOARD IS RECOMMENDING THIS MASTER PLAN FORWARD OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE COULD START LOOKING FOR FUNDING SOURCES AND TAKE IT TO COUNCIL ONCE WE FOUND THE FUNDING. THE OTHER OPTION IS WE COULD TAKE IT TO COUNCIL NOW AND JUST SAY, THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FROM THE BOARD, SO WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS LET US EXPLORE SOME FUNDING BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.

IF THE BOARD IS IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THIS AS THE SITE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN, THEN WE AS STAFF CAN GO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LEGWORK, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS, START APPLYING FOR GRANTS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN, WE CAN INCLUDE THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDED SITE PLAN BEFORE WE GO HAVE THOSE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH WE WOULD TAKE IS START GOING, LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, LOOKING AT PURSUING GRANTS, SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE.

AND THEN AS THOSE FUNDING SOURCES COME AVAILABLE, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU? COUNCILMAN SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 6. MICHAEL. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON

[6. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on the Park Renaming Application for East Park. This item is for the Board to discuss an application to rename East Park. The Board will review the application and provide a recommendation to City Council, which will make the final decision.]

THIS ONE? YEAH. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NAMING POLICY. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS CONSIDERED.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS A CONVERSATION YOU'VE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET UP AND SPEAK.

I THINK AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM PARK BOARD.

IF THE PARK BOARD DECIDES THIS IS AN AVENUE THEY WANT TO TAKE, THERE ARE SOME POSTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PURSUE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO POST SIGNAGE AT THE SITE BEFORE THE PARK BOARD TAKES AN OFFICIAL ACTION.

AND IT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE POSTED BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION.

SO IN THE CASE OF JOHN WARD, BASICALLY WE HAD A JOINT SIGN.

THE TOP ONE SAID PARK BOARD MEETING. THE BOTTOM ONE SAID COUNCIL MEETING.

SO THAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL NAMING DISCUSSION AND COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PARK BOARD AND ALSO COUNCIL.

SO AS PRESENTED TODAY, THAT POSTING HASN'T OCCURRED.

SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER ACTION.

WE CAN DISCUSS IT. WE CAN GET DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AS TO IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO PURSUE.

IF IT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS TO PURSUE, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH POSTING THOSE SIGNS.

FOLLOWING KIND OF THOSE, THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN WE WOULD BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING FOR AN OFFICIAL ACTION.

AND THEN IF THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDED FORWARD, IT WOULD GO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE WOULD SEE. SO AGAIN, IF THE BOARD IS AND WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY SOME RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE WILLING TO SPEAK.

SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS IF THE BOARD GIVES SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD POST SIGNS, WE'D HAVE IT AT ACTION FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING SO.

IS THE SIGNAGE OUR ONLY COST? SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNAGE, I'M TALKING ABOUT LITTLE YARD SIGNS.

YOU JUST HAVE TO POST THEM AND WE CAN PRINT THOSE IN HOUSE.

ANY OTHER MONUMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD? NO, THE ONLY THING WOULD HAVE TO BE WOULD BE THE, THE BIG SIGN, THE BIG WOODEN SIGN THAT WE WOULD PUT AT THE PARK WHERE GENERALLY YOU WOULD

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SAY EAST PARK. IT WOULD HAVE TO SAY OBVIOUSLY THE NEW NAME.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY COST. AND WE CAN GET THE LUMBER COST FOR THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE SIGNS ARE BUILT IN HOUSE.

SO WE HAVE BONES HOOKS PARK. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MINORITY PARK? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. NONE THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I MAKE A MOTION. WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS. MARY HAZELRIG.

MARY HAZELRIG AND TO HONOR ONE OF THEIRS. I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE IT. WE CAN'T APPROVE IT TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO POST SIGNAGE.

THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND POST THE SIGNAGE THAT'S REQUIRED.

AND THEN AT THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING, YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR OFFICIAL ACTION AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.

I KNOW IN OUR TWO MEETINGS AGO, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF THE HISTORY, THE BACKGROUND OF THEM.

I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO COME OVER TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAR MEMORIAL.

HIS PURPLE HEART IS ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IN FRONT OF THE, IN THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.

SO HE IS SOMEBODY THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED OVER THERE AS ONE OF OUR LOCAL HEROES.

BUT AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COMMITTEE, THEY WEIGHED IN ON THIS AT ALL THEY HAVE NOT. WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM, THOUGH.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

WHETHER THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COMMITTEES ARE KIND OF ALL OVER THE TOP OF THIS TOO.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THEY HAD MADE ANY COMMENTS UP TO THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMENTS, BUT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY REACH OUT TO THEM.

SO RONNY MADE A PROPOSAL OR TO POST THE SIGNS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. EDDY MADE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT SEEING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND POST THE SIGNS AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO GET IT QUEUED UP FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND TALKING TO US.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND SO NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCEDURES THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEAUTIFULLY SAID. WHAT A TRIBUTE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON ITEM 7. PRESENT AND

[7. Present, and Discuss the Safety of the Rick Klein Complex. This item is for the Board to discuss safety concerns and conditions at the Rick Klein Complex.]

DISCUSS SAFETY OF RICK KLEIN COMPLEX. THIS WAS A ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US FROM THE PUBLIC LAST MEETING.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT. YEP. THIS WILL JUST BE A REALLY QUICK UPDATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED ABOUT THE RICK KLEIN COMPLEX AND SOME COMMENTS ABOUT IT NOT BEING AS SAFE FOR ATHLETIC USE.

SO JUST A QUICK HISTORY. SO RICK KLEIN, WE ACTUALLY HAD LEASED IT OUT TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION.

WE HAD ALSO ENTERED INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE FOR BASICALLY ONE YEAR.

THAT WAS AS THEY WERE INITIATING THEIR PROGRAM.

WE WORKED WITH THEM TO BASICALLY GET FIELDS TWO AND THREE READY SO THAT THEY HAD A PLACE TO PRACTICE AND EVEN DO A FEW GAMES KIND OF WHILE THEY LOOKED AT NEXT STEPS.

DURING THE, THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY WERE THERE, WE NEVER HEARD ONE COMPLAINT, NEVER ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE FIELDS.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED, TEXAS PANHANDLE YOUTH SPORTS. THEY'D NEVER HEARD ANY COMMENTS ON THIS AS WELL.

SO FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'VE NEVER HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT FIELD SAFETY FROM AMARILLO COLLEGE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. SO WHO'S USING THE FIELD NOW? IS AMARILLO COLLEGE USING THE FIELD? THEY ARE NOT.

SO TEXAS PANHANDLE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION WAS THE GROUP THAT WE HAD INITIALLY LEASED IT TO.

WITHIN THE LAST YEAR THEY KIND OF FOLDED IN UNDER KIDS INC.

SO CURRENTLY AND COUNCIL HAD TO APPROVE THAT LEASE AGREEMENT.

SO KIDS INC IS THE CURRENT LESSEE. THEY LEASE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.

THAT INCLUDES THE CONCESSION STAND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FIELDS.

THEY DO THE MAINTENANCE, THEY DO THE IRRIGATION, THEY PAY FOR THE ELECTRICAL.

SO ALL OF THAT IS A PART OF THAT LEASE, WHICH IS NOW WITH KIDS INC.

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ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

[8. Present and Discuss Summer Programs and Events. This item is for the Board to discuss the summer programs and events that have taken place and review participation and outcomes.]

SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM 8. DISCUSS SUMMER PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND I GUESS BECKY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN OF SOME OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING.

AND THEN I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON RED, WHITE AND BOOM.

SO FIRST TENNIS, TENNIS HAD A MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT.

THEY HAD 84 PARTICIPANTS IN TENNIS AND 68 IN PICKLEBALL.

THEY ALSO DID A SUMMER CAMP, WHICH IN WHICH THEY HAD 139 KIDS PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR JUNIOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS EVERY, EACH MONTH THEY RUN A JUNIOR PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 40 TO 60 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE A SUNSET YOGA IN THE PARKS.

WE HAD CERTIFIED ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SHE WAS DOING FREE YOGA CLASSES.

WE WERE OVERWHELMINGLY SURPRISED WITH THE TURNOUT.

WE ROTATED IT TO THE DIFFERENT PARKS IN DIFFERENT QUADRANTS EACH MONTH.

AND THEN SHE HAD BETWEEN 25 AND 50 PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME OUT EACH WEEK FOR THAT.

FOR SENIORS. THEY DID A FIRE SAFETY TRAINING WITH CAPTAIN LOVE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.