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[Work Sessions on June 17, 2023.]
UH, MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND WORK SESSION AT 5:00 PM I'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL.WHERE IS THE ACTUAL ROLL CALL? HERE WE GO.
HE'S RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
WE'LL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE ATC INSTITUTE STATIST STATISTICAL, STATISTICALLY VALID PARK SURVEY.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE, UM, THE DATA COLLECTED FROM THE SURVEY.
UH, WE'VE USED E TC BEFORE, UM, IN IN PAST COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, UM, SURVEYS.
UM, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK TO ASSIST US WITH A DATA AND SURVEY FOR OUR UPDATE FOR OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DAWN DAVIS WITH E T C.
UM, SHE'LL BE PRESENTING THE, UH, THE, THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, AND THEN WE'LL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AFTERWARDS.
AS JEN MENTIONED, UH, WE WERE, UH, PLEASED TO DO THIS YEAR'S, UH, SURVEY ON BEHALF FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE CONDUCTED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY BACK IN 2019 AND 2021.
UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN CASE YOU, UM, KNOW, KNOW ABOUT OUR COMPANY SINCE 2006.
WE HAVE, UH, CONDUCTED, UH, SURVEYS IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND CITIES AND 49 STATES AND SURVEYED MORE THAN 3 MILLION PERSONS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PARK, TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE FOR COMPETITIVE GRAND APPLICATIONS.
UH, OBTAIN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN, LOBIT PARK, WALKER POOL, AND WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND LIBRARY TO LEARN ABOUT THE NEEDS OF LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS AS PART OF THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO OB OBJECTIVELY ASSESS USAGE SATISFACTION AND NEEDS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS, AND TO HELP IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO BETTER SERVE THE LEISURE AND RECREATION NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE SURVEY, IT WAS A SEVEN PAGE LONG SURVEY, AND IT WAS CONDUCTED, UH, BY MAIL AND ONLINE TO A RANDOM SAMPLE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
EACH SURVEY TOOK APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.
SAMPLE SIZE WAS 421 COMPLETED SURVEYS WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR MINUS 4.8% AT THE 95% LEVEL OF COMPETENCE.
A FEW TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEY.
UH, MAINTENANCE, WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND WALKING, BIKING AND TRAIL CONNECTIVITY WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE ALONG CLEAR CREEK RESIDENTS ARE GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF CITY AND COUNTY PARKS AND ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. COMMUNITY PARKS AND SENIOR ADULT AND FITNESS PROGRAMS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS.
UH, TOP PRIORITIES BASED ON THE P I R ANALYSIS, P R BEING THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT RATING.
UH, FIRST ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, SENIOR ADULT AND FITNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, AND COMMUNITY PARKS.
UH, WHEN LOOKING AT THE CLEAR CREEK, UH, DATA, UH, WE ASKED RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PAST THREE MONTHS HOW OFTEN THEY HAD VISITED CLEAR CREEK.
UH, 38% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED THEY HAD NOT VISITED CLEAR CREEK DURING THE PAST YEAR.
UH, 23% VISITED, UH, MORE THAN SIX TIMES, UH, 14%, THREE TO SIX TIMES, AND 25% ONCE OR TWICE.
AND THEIR PRIMARY VIS, UH, PURPOSE OF FOR VISITING CLEAR CREEK, UH, ACTIVE RECREATION AND LEISURE, UH, WERE THE TOP PRIOR, UH, TOP PURPOSES FOR VISITING CLEAR CREEK.
UH, WHEN RESIDENTS WERE ASKED WHY THEY DO NOT VISIT CLEAR CREEK, LACK OF FACILITIES AND AMENITIES WAS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WITH 44%.
UH, WHEN WE WERE ASKED, HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG CLEAR CREEK MAINTENANCE, WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND WALKING, BIKING, AND TRAIL CONNECTIVITY WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, WHEN LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE AND CONDITION OF CITY AND COUNTY PARKS,
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THE TOP THREE HOMETOWN HEROES PARK, HELEN'S GARDEN AND HOMETOWN HEROES RECREATION CENTER RATED, UH, HIGHEST AMONG RESIDENTS, UH, NEWPORT PARK AND LOIT PARK, UM, WERE THE LEAST, UH, SATISFIED AMONG RESIDENTS.AND LOOKING AT THE COUNTY PARKS, CHALLENGER SEVEN MEMORIAL PARK AND WALTER HALL PARK, UM, THE SATISFACTION COMBINED, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE CITY PARKS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE, THERE WERE NO MORE THAN 8% THAT WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND CONDITION OF COUNTY PARKS.
YOU HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, NEUTRAL, UM, RATINGS ON THIS ONE, OR SOMEWHAT SATISFIED FACILITY AND PROGRAMMING PRIORITIES, UH, UNMET NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOR FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS RESIDENTS HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY PARKS, AND ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. I BELIEVE THERE WERE 53 CATEGORIES IN THIS QUESTION.
AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND CRICKET FIELDS WERE, UM, HAD THE LEAST NEED.
AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW WELL THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS IN LEAGUE CITY MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, COMMUNITY PARKS AND YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM PROGRAMS HAVE THE HIGHEST MET NEEDS.
AND THEN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL GAME TABLES AND ADVENTURE FACILITY HAVE THE HIGHEST UNMET NEEDS.
UH, WHEN THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO HOUSEHOLDS, ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY PARKS AND SENIOR ADULT AND FITNESS PROGRAMS ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND AGAIN, RUNNING OUT THE 53, UH, CATEGORIES, UH, GYMNASTICS AND TUMBLING PROGRAMS, MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND YOUTH ENRICHMENT CAMP PROGRAMS, UM, ALL RECEIVE LESS THAN 1%.
AND WE'LL, LOOKING AT THE, UH, TOP PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT, UH, BASED ON THE P I RATING, UH, THE TOP PRIORITIES, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES, ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, SENIOR ADULT AND FITNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS, AND COMMUNITY PARKS.
ANYTHING IN BLUE IS, UH, CONSIDERED MEDIUM EMPHASIS OR MEDIUM PRIORITY.
AND THEN THE LOWER PRIORITY ARE IN THE GREEN.
UM, SO WE HAVE, AGAIN, UH, GYMNASTICS, TUMBLING PROGRAMS, MARTIAL ARTS AND CRICKET FIELDS THAT HAVE A LOWER IMMEDIATE NEED.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS IN LAKE CITY, UH, THE PRESERVATION OF CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT AREAS AS THE MOST IMPORTANT FUTURE PROJECT TO RESIDENTS.
UH, WHEN THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE THEY WOULD PLACE ON, UH, THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES OF LAND ACQUISITION, UH, RESIDENTS BELIEVE LAND ACQUISITION FOR DITCHES, CANALS, AND DRAIN DRAINAGE WAYS IS MOST IMPORTANT.
AND POTENTIAL FUTURE SPORTS COMPLEXES THEY FELT WAS THE LEAST IMPORTANT.
UH, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR TOP FOUR CHOICES, UH, THEY WERE ASKED HOW THEY WOULD FEEL, UH, SHOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT AT LOBIT PARK, H HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, PRESERVATION OF GREEN SPACE AND PICNIC AREAS WHERE THEIR TOP PRIORITIES AT LOBIT PARK.
UH, WITH REGARD TO THE WALKER STREET POOL, UH, RESIDENTS WERE ASKED HOW THEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE RENOVATED.
UM, MOST OF THEM, 34% THOUGHT UPDATING THE EXISTING POOL, UH, TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FEATURES WAS, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT.
27% DID NOT PROVIDE A RESPONSE THAT MAYBE BECAUSE MORE EDUCATION IS NEEDED, MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED, UM, BEFORE THEY COULD REALLY SAY HOW IT SHOULD BE RENOVATED.
AND AGAIN, UH, SAME THING WITH WALKER OR WITH, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, RECREATION CENTER LIBRARY ON THE WEST SIDE.
WE HAVE ALMOST AS MANY DON'T KNOW RESPONSES AS WE DO, UH, YES.
AND, UH, AGAIN, MAY, THAT MAY BE BECAUSE OF, UH, NEEDING MORE INFORMATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC, OF THE RESPONDENTS? UH, YES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CENSUS, UM, TOTALS FOR THE MOST RECENT CENSUS THAT WAS TAKEN.
SO WE STRATEGICALLY PLAN WHO GETS THESE RIGHT, BASED ON, ON CENSUS.
SO WE, WE TARGET WHO GETS THE, THE, UH, SURVEY BASED ON CENSUS, CORRECT? YES.
IT'S, IT'S SENT OUT, UH, IT'S A RANDOM SAMPLE AND WE USUALLY, WE GENERALLY SEND OUT ABOUT EIGHT TIMES THE NUMBER THAT WE REQUIRE FOR THE, UM, THE GOAL.
SO IT'S ABOUT 3,200 SURVEYS ARE SENT OUT AND, UH, WE, AND WE ACTUALLY MEASURE THE DEMOGRAPHICS MM-HMM.
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YES, WE TRACK IT AS IT'S, AS THEY'RE COMING IN.AND, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS, WE'LL, UM, TARGET THOSE AREAS A LITTLE BIT HARDER, SO.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE, UH, TOP PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT WERE FORMULATED? MM-HMM.
AND THEN HOW, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IF IT'S NOT MET, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT MET WITHIN THEIR HOUSEHOLD, THEN THEY CONSIDER A HIGH NEED.
THE REASON I ASK UNDER HIGH PRIORITY RANKED FIFTH, YOU HAVE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL.
BUT WHEN WE GO TO QUESTION 18, GO BACK TO SLIDE, PULL THE SLIDE UP ON QUESTION 18.
THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL IS ALMOST FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM.
UM, SO HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THAT DISPARITY? AND YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL? YEAH.
YEAH, SO THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, UM, LET'S SEE, YOU'RE ON 21.
HIGHEST UNMET, HIGHEST UNMET NEEDS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE, UM, THE NEED FOR, I, I GET THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RANKING OUR PRIORITIES, IF NOBODY WANTS ONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT QUESTION 18, WHICH IS THE ONE WE'VE ASKED YOU TO BRING UP HERE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY HOW THE, THE RESPONDENT RANKED THE IMPORTANCE AN INDOOR SWIMMING FACILITY IS DOWN NEAR THE VERY BOTTOM.
SO HOW DOES THAT ADD UP? WELL, THE UNMET NEED, IT JUST, UH, IS REFLECTIVE OF, UM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, UM, FACILITY IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY WANT ONE, THEY COULD HAVE IT TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT.
UM, SO HOW THEY END UP SO HIGH ON OUR PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT LISTS, LET'S SEE, LEMME COME BACK DOWN HERE.
IT WAS ON THE TOP FROM THE TOP RIGHT SIDE.
SO THEY HAVE, IF THEY HAVE IT ON THE HIGH PRIORITY LIST, THAT THAT MEANS THEIR, THEIR HOUSEHOLD HAS A HIGH UNMET NEED.
AND, UM, A, THEY WOULD PUT A PRIORITY ON THAT AS WANTING ANY HOW AGGREGATE DATA TO ME, I'M LOOKING AT THIS NOT AS A INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT, BUT JUST READING THIS SLIDE, I WOULD THINK THIS IS TELLING ME THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HOW AM I TO INTERPRET THIS SLIDE? SO COULD IT BE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WANT IT REALLY WANT IT, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE? I MEAN, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALLOCATED POINTS SOMEHOW THE 200 POINTS, THE A HUNDRED POINTS MM-HMM.
AND THE, AND, BUT OVER 50% OF THE PEOPLE DON'T CARE.
BUT, BUT IF I WAS, IF WE WERE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO CITIZENS AND PRIORITIZING FUTURE PARK THINGS, WHICH THINGS SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT? THIS SLIDE? QUESTION 18.
WHICH ONE? WHAT, WHAT GUIDES US? IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT
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WHAT TO INVEST IN, IN PRIORITIES, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANNA LOOK AT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS LOOKING AT THE UNMET NEED FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD.AND THE, BUT, BUT IF THAT'S FIVE HOUSEHOLDS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT IT AND 5,000 COULDN'T CARE LESS, BUT 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS KINDA WANT, UM, ANOTHER KAYAK LAUNCH.
HOW DID THIS GET AGGREGATED? HOW, HOW DID THIS GET SUMMED UP? IS THAT MATH AVAILABLE? WELL, THE FORMULA IS JUST THAT WE TAKE THE, UH, LET'S SAY THE UNMET NEED IS A SCALE OF ONE TO A HUNDRED.
UM, THE PRIORITY IS ONE TO A HUNDRED.
THE HIGHEST WOULD BE 200 IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE UNMET NEED, BUT THEY, BUT IT'S NOT DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS FOR THIS SLIDE.
IT'S BASED ON HOW, HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A NEED AND HOW MANY, UH, WOULD INVEST IN THAT.
BUT THEN HOW DID IT END UP SO LOW ON QUESTION 18? I IT'S STILL NOT ADDING UP.
LET'S SEE, IS THE SUMMATION INCORRECT OR DID WE ASK QUESTIONS IN A POOR WAY THAT LED TO GARBAGE DATA? SO THIS SAYS 50% OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT STILL RANKED AT THE TOP, NOT IMPORTANT AT THE OTHER ONE.
AND IT'S ONLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO 18% OF PEOPLE.
YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE INSTRUMENT THAT THEY USE TO COLLECT THE DATA, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE WAY IT, THE WAY IT'S BOXED UP, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
AND IT'S, IT'S EXPLAINED IN THE REPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE.
SO, SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED THAT EXPLAINED SO THAT THIS MAKES SENSE TO US.
SO WE CAN TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS TOO, CUZ WHEN YOU SEE SENIOR SERVICES HIGHER THAN, YOU KNOW, FOR PARKS AND RECREATION HIGHER THAN THE, THE KIDS AND STUFF THAT ARE USING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS SKEWED IN THE MORE SENIOR RESPONDENTS, WHICH IS GENERALLY A CASE WITH MOST SURVEYS ANYWAY, HOW RANDOM ACROSS THE CITY? YEAH.
WHO'S GOT THE TIME TO SIT AND FILL OUT A SURVEY, RIGHT? HOW RANDOM WAS IT TRULY DONE? THE ONE THING I TAKE OUT OF THIS IS THAT PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE HABITATS OR OPEN SPACE OR HIKING AND BIKING, LESS INTRUSIVE PARKS LIKE HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, IT'S UP HERE LIKE SIX DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT IT'S UP AT THE TOP A LOT IN WHATEVER FASHION.
I THINK AT LEAST WE COULD TAKE FROM THAT, THAT THAT IS POPULAR AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR THOSE LESS DEVELOPED PARKS AND, AND PEOPLE PUT SOME KIND OF, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF RECREATION.
SO THAT, THAT WAS REALLY MY COMMENT THAT AT LEAST WE COULD TAKE IT OUTTA THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MORE THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS SET UP SO THAT WE CAN USE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
JUST KEEPING ON THE SAME APPROACH HERE.
WHERE IS BASEBALL FIELDS OR BASEBALL PARKS PART OF THIS, PART OF THIS CATEGORY? I GUESS I ASSUME IT'S UNDER THE LARGE PARKS DEDICATED TO ACTIVE USES.
WELL AND ALSO UNDER LARGE PARKS DEDICATED TO BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ABUSES.
AND THEN, UH, WE GO BACK TO ANOTHER PIE CHART.
BASEBALL WAS VERY LOW, SO I'M SOMEWHAT CONFUSED ON THAT, BUT, UH, THE ONLY REALLY QUESTION I HAD, I MEAN WE'LL TAKE THE INFORMATION AND STUDY IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT YOU SAID YOU HAD 421 COMPLETED SURVEYS BACK.
HOW MANY DID Y'ALL SEND OUT? I THINK YOU SAID IT BUT I I MISSED IT.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY SURVEYS DID YOU SEND OUT IN THE CITY? DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER WE SENT OUT, UH, FOUR TIMES THE GOAL NUMBER.
SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT 3,200.
HOW MANY? 3200 3200 3200 HOUSEHOLDS WOULD'VE BEEN SURVEYED.
UH, HOW WERE THEY, HOW WERE THEY SENT BY MAIL? UH, YES.
AND THEN, UH, FOLKS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION TO COMPLETE IT ONLINE AS WELL.
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I'M SORRY? WAS THAT A SHAREABLE LINK? THE ONE ONLINE? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GROUPS, THEY HAVE CERTAIN INTERESTS SHARE THE LINKS TO IMPACT SERVICE.YEAH, WE VERIFY ANYTHING THAT COMES BACK.
WE VERIFY THAT IT WAS, UH, SENT OUT TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
THEY HAD TO COMPLETE THEIR, UH, SO THE ONLINE, THEIR ADDRESS INCLUDED THE ONLINE SURVEY? CORRECT.
THEY HAD TO, UH, VALIDATE THE RESPONSES BY, UH, ENTERING THEIR HOME ADDRESS AND THEN WE MATCHED IT WITH WHAT WAS SENT OUT.
SO, SO THE ONLINE ONE DIDN'T COUNT UNLESS YOU WERE SENT THE ONE CORRECT.
EVEN 3,200 SEEMS KINDA LOW TO ME.
IF WE'RE DOING A, A GOOD SURVEY FOR, I MEAN, IS THAT HOUSEHOLDS OR IS THAT PERSONS OR, UH, HOUSEHOLDS.
DID ANYBODY UP HERE RECEIVE A SURVEY? NO.
AND WE HAVE 3,700 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, JOHN, DID YOU RETURN IT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE BASEBALL? THERE WAS A PIE CHART AND I'M SORRY YOU RAN THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE DID, UM, ALSO, UH, SEND THE LINK OR KEEP THE LINK ON THE, WAS IT ON THE CITY PAGE? ON THE CITY PAGE.
SO WHEN WE DID THIS, UM, STATISTICALLY ABOUT SURVEY, WE INCLUDED SOME COMPONENTS THAT DON KIND OF WENT OVER LO INFORMATION ON LOBIT PARK, INFORMATION ON THE WALKER POOL INFORMATION ON A CURRENT CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WHAT WE DID WANT TO DO IS SEND OUT MULTIPLE SURVEYS ALL WITHIN THE SAME YEAR.
SO WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR PARK AND MASTER PLAN TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS.
UH, BUT THE SURVEYS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS UNTIL ABOUT MID-JULY.
SO THAT GIVES ALL CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.
SO WHEN WE DID THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN, WE TOOK RESULTS FROM A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY FROM THIS, UM, DATA COLLECTION THAT DON HAS PROVIDED.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE, UM, SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED ONLINE FROM OUR WEBSITE AND WE COMPARED THE TWO AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY SIMILAR, UM, UH, DATA FROM, FROM BOTH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURVEYS.
AND FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT YOU SEE UP HERE FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE TO ABOUT MID-JULY.
BOTH SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE, UH, BRING BACK THE UPDATE TO OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN IN, IN A FEW MONTHS.
SO IF I, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT JEN, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN THIS SURVEY HERE YOU HAD MULTIPLE SURVEYS FOR MULTIPLE USES? CORRECT.
BUT WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE BASEBALL CHART REAL QUICK? UH, THAT WAS INTRIGUING WHEN I GLANCED AT IT.
I JUST, IT SEEMS YEAH, THE ONE ON QUESTION 24 WHERE HE TALKING ABOUT FOR LOGAN PARK? NO, IT, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS ANOTHER CHART.
I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT POINT POINTED TO THE RESULTS OF THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY.
I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP FOUR OR FIVE ITEMS ON THIS, THESE RESULTS.
AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE 1995 PARKS MASTER PLAN RESULTS.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO THE 2017 PARKS MASTER PLAN RESULTS WHEN WE DID SURVEYS ON THOSE TWO PARKS MASTER PLANS.
SO THE TOP FOUR TOP FIVE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY HAVE REMAINED THE SAME WITH THE OTHER TWO, UH, PARKS MASTER PLAN.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, IT'S FINE.
BUT LIKE COUNCILMAN BOWEN SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT DEPENDS ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS WHERE THE SURVEYS GOING TO.
CUZ IF YOU MAILED IT TO 3,700 OF THEM TO, YOU KNOW, 50 AND ABOVE, I'M SURE THE, I'M SURE THAT THE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE SWAYED A LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO SOME INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
WELL, CHAN WELL, TOMMY, SIR, JUST, HEY CHIN, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS, AS IT RELATES TO THE REPORT FOR THE SURVEY, IT SHOWS THE DEMOGRAPHICS, AGE GROUPS AND LOCATIONS.
DOES IT? NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY? YEAH.
SO, WE'LL, WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS REPORT.
WE'LL MAKE, WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL SO THEY CAN COULD WE GET A COPY OF THE COMPLETE REPORT MAYBE? YEAH.
AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO STUDY IT.
YEAH, IT, IT WAS A REALLY, UM, INTENSE SEVEN PAGE REPORT.
WE'D INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY SEND A LINK TO CITY COUNCIL, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
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IT, AND I ONLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE IN COLLEGE I HAD TO DO A LOT OF POLLING, YOU COULD HAVE GOT THE SAME RESULTS WITH 200 IF YOU SAMPLED IT CORRECTLY.AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RIGOROUS ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, THAT DELAYS AND, BUT MY QUESTION WAS THIS, AND IT'S KIND OF FOR CHIN AND FOR THE CONSULTANT, AND THAT IS, UM, THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL, I WAS SITTING IN A FOUR B MEETING AND THIS GUY COMES IN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO, WHO IT WAS NOW, AND HE STARTED TELLING US, THIS WAS A DECADE AGO, AND HE STARTED TELLING US ABOUT THIS HOT NEW THING, PICKLEBALL.
IT DIDN'T COST US HARDLY ANYTHING TO GIVE IT A SHOT.
AND I I WAS IT WHAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND BUCKS WAS THE INITIAL SHOT? I WANNA SAY IT WAS AT A FOUR B WAS ALMOST NOTHING.
BUT, BUT NOW PICKLEBALL IS PICKLEBALL AND YOU'RE N YOU WOULD NEVER CATCH THAT.
YOU WOULD NEVER CATCH THAT IN A SURVEY LIKE THIS.
ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT, WHAT CHIN SAID ABOUT, UH, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE CITIZEN SAID 10 YEARS AGO.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR Y'ALL IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU DO OTHER SURVEYS? DO YOU SEE THE OTHER THINGS WORKING OVER TIME? AND IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK, UH, IS THAT NEXT THING THAT PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT YOU SEE IT OVER HERE AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THE CITIZENS IN FRISCO LOVE, I DON'T KNOW, INDOOR SKIING OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST SOMETHING.
PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING SO CAPITAL INTENSIVE, BUT DO YOU SEE, YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, I REMEMBERED THAT MEETING FROM 10 YEARS AGO AND I THINK THAT GENTLEMAN WAS PROPOSING THAT WE BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS EXCLUSIVELY.
UH, BUT WE OPENED, WE TRIED PICKLEBALL AT HOMETOWN HEROES PARK, ONE GYM, THEN TWO GYMS, AND NOW THEY'VE TAKEN OVER.
SO, SO WE'VE EXPANDED OUT TO COUNTRYSIDE PARK CAMPAIGN, UM, AND THAT THOSE PICKLEBALL FOLKS ARE USING THE PAVILION AT COUNTRYSIDE PARK ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, SO IT'S BEING INCORPORATED WITH THE BAY CONLEY PARK PROJECT AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS AT LITTLE BIT PARK ALSO.
BUT DO YOU SEE THAT, WHAT IS THE NEXT PICKLEBALL THING? IS THERE ANYTHING HOT LIKE THAT COMING? THERE'S SPIKE BALL, THERE'S DISC GOLF.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT NOTHING THAT'S TAKEN OVER LIKE PICKLEBALL.
HUH? COUNCIL BOXY
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING FROM Y'ALL? NO SIR.
UH, WE'LL THIS, ALL THIS INFORMATION DATA WILL PROBABLY BE CIRCLING BACK AROUND WHEN WE BRING BACK THE, UH, PARKS MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
UH, WITH THAT, WITH THIS UH, SURVEY, WE WILL ALSO DO SOME, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WE'LL WRAP UP AN UPDATE TO OUR 2017 PLAN SO WE COULD BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE WHOLE REPORT AND LOOKING THAT OVER AND HEARING NOTHING ELSE AT FIVE 30.