[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A WORK SESSION ON APRIL 23RD, 2024 AT 5:00 PM I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY BOOK IS.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO ONE ON THIS.
WE'LL GO TO PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THE ETC INSTITUTION STATISTICALLY VALID PARK SURVEY.
[3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN UPDATE]
ACTUALLY, THE, UH, THE AGENDA SHOULD BE AN UPDATE FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.UM, THE, THE LAST TIME WE DID THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WAS IN 2017 FOR A 10 YEAR PLAN.
IT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2018.
UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO THAT PARKS MASTER'S PLAN, A FIVE YEAR UPDATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UM, DEPARTMENT REQUIRES IS A FIVE YEAR UPDATE, SO WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE, UH, STATE GRANT FUNDING.
UM, CLARK CONDON HERE IS HERE TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KATIE GRI AND SHE'LL MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON OUR UPDATE.
CAN Y ALL HEAR ME? SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT ON, BUT, UM, SO AS CHIN SAID, UM, WE WORKED ON THE 2017 PARKS AND TRAILS PLAN.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AT CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME, YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL FAMILIAR WITH IT.
AT THAT TIME, THE PARKS AND THE TRAILS WERE SEPARATE PLANS, AND IN 2017, WE COMBINED THEM TOGETHER.
UM, SO FOR THIS FIVE YEAR UPDATE, AS CHIN SAID, TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE REQUIRES YOU, IF YOU WANNA GO AFTER PUBLIC RANS, THAT YOU NEED TO UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS, EVERY 10 YEARS, YOU NEED TO DO A FULL UPDATE.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MAIN PLAN, THIS IS MY VERSION FROM 2017 THAT I KEEP AT MY DESK.
SO WHEN CHEN CALLS TO ASK ME A QUESTION, I'VE GOT ALL THESE TABS HERE.
SO, UM, THE 2024 UPDATE IS ONLY THIS BIG.
SO IT DOESN'T REPLACE THE 2017 PLAN.
IT IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE 2017 PLAN.
WHAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ASKED YOU TO DO IS UPDATE SOME OF YOUR STATS, UPDATE SOME OF YOUR GOALS IN YOUR PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL VALID.
SO THEY WANT YOU TO GO BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, HEY, FIVE YEARS AGO THESE THINGS WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
ARE THEY STILL IMPORTANT TO YOU NOW? THANK YOU, JEN.
UM, AND SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE, OF THE PLAN, BUT WE DO HAVE A, YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT? OH, WHO'S CLICKING FOR ME? YOU'RE CLICKING FOR ME.
UM, AND SO WE DID GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO BOTH THE PARKS BOARD AND TO A PUBLIC MEETING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST AN OUTLINE.
UM, THE PARKS, PARSON TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE ORIGINAL ONE, JUST WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS IT ABOUT, WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
UM, A LOOK AT LEAGUE CITY TODAY, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AWESOME THINGS THAT YOU GUYS AS CITY COUNCIL WITH YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE REST OF YOUR CITY STAFF HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS.
UM, AND THEN PRIORITIZE SOME THINGS FOR THE FUTURE.
NOW, IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, THE CITY WILL, WILL NEED TO UPDATE THE PLAN FULLY, AND YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER VERSION THAT'S PROBABLY BIGGER THAN THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE.
UM, SO SOME OF THE GOALS, THESE WERE SIMILAR GOALS TO THE 2017 PLAN AS WELL.
DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE VISION.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
EVERY CITY, UH, CITY TRIES TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS ON THESE THINGS.
IT HELPS YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.
SO THAT'S WHY THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE IS SO CRITICAL.
UM, IF SOMETHING MAJOR HAD CHANGED, UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT I CAN SEE IN LEAGUE CITY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS ALL THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION.
WHEN WE DID THE 2017 PLAN, THERE REALLY WAS NOT MUCH OUT THERE.
IT WAS FARMLAND THAT IS CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN THE UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
UNDERSTANDING COSTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FROM 2017 TILL NOW, COSTS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO BUDGETING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THINGS AND ALSO THE MAINTENANCE OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, UM, TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN GUIDING YOUR FUTURE DECISION MAKING.
THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON A LOT OF PARKS AND TRAILS RELATED PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
BUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEXT MOVES WILL BE, UM, TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIES IN ESTABLISHING, UM, YOUR PHASING PLAN.
SO IN THE 2017, WE LAID OUT, UH, FOUR, UM, MAIN TARGETS AND THEY WERE KIND OF, UM, COMPLIMENTARY OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAD ON YOUR, UM, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I CAN'T READ THAT FAR, BUT, UH, PRESERVE AND ENHANCED NATURAL AREAS, DEVELOP GREAT PLACES.
THIS WAS SOMETHING FROM YOUR, UM, IT WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU HAD KIND OF THIS LIST OF COMMANDMENTS, I THINK FROM THAT, UM, INCREASED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY.
SO, UM, WE WANTED TO TEST THOSE AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE STILL IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC AND IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND OF, OF COURSE, THEY STILL ARE.
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OF OUR INFOGRAPHICS.THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD IN THE 2017 PLAN.
AND WE SHARED, UM, AT THE, UM, UH, TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UM, FOR THE 2017 PLAN, AND AS WELL AS THE ONE THAT WE JUST HAD FOR THIS PLAN.
UM, YOU GUYS ACQUIRED LOIT PARK, LOIT PARK, UM, SO INSTEAD OF 20 FACILITIES, YOU HAVE 21 FACILITIES.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
SO WE UPDATED THE TOTAL MILEAGE OF, OF TRAILS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE, BUT YOUR POPULATION ESTIMATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE GONE CRAZY.
SO, UM, THOSE HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
PROJECTS COMPLETED SINCE 2017.
YOU'LL SEE A FULL, UH, DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THOSE IN THE PLAN.
UM, WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN THE LIST HERE, BUT THE, THERE'S 26 TOTAL PROJECTS AND A LOT OF SMALLER, YOU KNOW, BENCH REPLACEMENT AND THINGS AROUND THE CITY.
BUT 26 TOTAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE SIX YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE COLOR CODED THEM TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, THE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WERE OUT OF THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, SO YOU HAD FIVE EXISTING PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE HERE IN A MINUTE.
SO THOSE WERE FACILITIES IN EXISTING PARKS THAT WERE BRAND NEW.
UM, TWO EXISTING TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
SOME OF THAT WAS THE WAVE FINDING SIGNAGE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, HAVE INSTALLED FOR THE PHASE ONE.
AND THEN EXTENDING THE CLAREMONT TRAIL, FIVE COMPLETELY NEW TRAIL PROJECTS.
UM, SO MAJOR TRA UH, TRAIL EXTENSIONS OR, OR, UM, CONNECTING DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE CITY.
AND THEN A LOT OF NEW REC PROGRAMS. WE HIGHLIGHTED EIGHT HERE, BUT UNDERNEATH THOSE ARE, ARE MULTIPLE, UH, MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. SO IN THE 2017 PLAN, WE ALSO ASKED PEOPLE WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR FROM A, A RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT.
AND, UM, THE CITY HAS WORKED TO ADD A LOT OF THOSE, UM, ESPECIALLY THE NEW COOL THINGS, UM, INTO YOUR PROGRAMMING, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, THAT'S THE ONE ON THE LEFT, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
PHASE TWO IS, UH, GETTING READY TO BE, UM, BID HERE SHORTLY.
THE FM FIVE 18 BYPASS HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
THAT WAS A BIG TRAIL, UH, TRAIL PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS COMPLETED OVER THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS, AS WELL AS THE CLAREMONT EX, UH, CLAREMONT TRAIL EXTENSION, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS.
UM, ADDING THAT CHAPTER AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, UM, I THINK WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS ASKING FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO INSTALLING THE FIRST PHASE, ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS.
UM, THEN, AND THEN, UM, THE EAST SIDE DOG PARK THAT WENT IN AS WELL.
SO LOTS OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR DOG PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, LEAK PARK, UH, WE WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE.
UM, THAT RENOVATION WAS COMPLETED IN 2021.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS A BIG, UH, SHOWCASE FOR THE CITY AT A, AT A BIG IMPROVEMENT THERE.
SO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT USUALLY HAS A LIFE OF 15 TO 25 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE MODEL, DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND HOW FREQUENTLY IT'S LOCATED IN ALL OF YOUR CITY PARKS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS EQUIPMENT IS HEAVILY USED.
THERE'S A LOT OF SHADES, NICE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO CHEN AND HIS DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE SET ASIDE, UM, UH, A GOOD PORTION AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS TO UPDATE SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT.
IT STARTS TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS TO PLAN.
SO A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, RENOVATED AND THE LIST IS THERE OF THE DIFFERENT PARKS.
ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT I KNOW
UM, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, DESIGN OF A PHASE ONE OF THAT PARK, SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING COMING SOON.
UM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD IDENTIFIED AND WAS STARTING TO WORK ON WAS A 5K LOOP IN THE HOMETOWN HEROES PARK WHEN WE DID THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, THAT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND INSTALLED AS WELL AS THE EAST SIDE DOG PARK THAT I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAD EVEN ENVISIONED WHEN WE DID THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, USING SOME OF THAT UNUSED PORTION OF HOMETOWN HERE AS PARK TO THE EAST.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED A LOT OF PROGRAMMING SINCE 2017.
WE HIGHLIGHTED JUST I THINK FIVE OR SIX PROGRAMS IN THE, IN THE CHART, BUT LOTS OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ADDED, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY, UM, Y'ALL HAVE ENJOYED AND I'M SURE YOUR CITIZENS HAVE.
AND THEN LOTS OF, UH, PROJECTS IN PROGRESS.
SO SOME OF THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT MAYBE HAVE TAKEN LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALONG CLEAR CREEK OR THEY'RE NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE JUST GOTTEN STARTED UP.
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR, THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON.
SO THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP RENOVATIONS, UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, THE CITY'S WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT OVER THERE ON MAGNOLIA CREEK TO ALSO, UM, INSTALL A LOW WATER CROSSING.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING RIGHT CHIN, UM, WITH THE MA UH, THE PHASE TWO OF THE MOUNTAIN, UM, BIKE COURSE AT LINGER POND.
UM, THE CLEAR CREEK CONNECTIONS, PADDLE TRAIL KAYAK LAUNCHES.
I THINK THOSE ARE UNDER DESIGN AND GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR.
TWO, TWO OF 'EM, TWO OF 'EM THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR THE CITY WAY FINDING SIGNAGE
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PHASE TWO, WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO BIDDING THAT.UM, SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING, ADDING MORE SIGNAGE AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO AND HOW FAR IT'S GONNA, UM, HOW FAR IT'LL TAKE THEM.
AND THEN BAY COLONY PARK, LIKE I SAID, THE MASTER PLAN OR THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, UM, HAS BEEN LAID OUT, BUT WORKING ON, UM, IMPLEMENTING A PHASE, ONE OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON.
AND THEN THE GILMORE ELEMENTARY CLAREMONT CONNECTOR TRAIL, UM, AND ADDING A BRIDGE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, YOU GUYS OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL THAT FIRST, UH, PHASE OF THE CLAREMONT TRAIL.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT'LL HAPPEN.
SO THOSE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, IN PROGRESS THAT WILL BE, UM, CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTED OR FINALIZED SOON.
UM, WE DID UPDATE YOUR TRAILS, TRAILS AND PARKS, UM, MAP.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT YOUR G Y'ALL'S GIS DEPARTMENT HELPED US ON.
UM, AND SO IT JUST OUTLINES WHERE YOUR MAJOR TRAIL CORRIDORS ARE, WHERE YOUR MINOR ONES ARE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY USES WHEN DEVELOPERS COME TO THEM, UM, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND SAY, DO WE REALLY NEED TO ADD A SIDEWALK? YES, IT'S PART OF A GREATER VISION.
UM, SO THIS MAP REALLY HELPS WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, FOR YOUR FIVE-YEAR UPDATE, UM, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT POPULATION TRENDS, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, PRIOR REPRIORITIZING PROJECTS AND KIND OF CHECKING OFF WHAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALREADY IN THE LAST, THE PREVIOUS FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
UM, SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, POPULATION, UM, PROJECTIONS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.
LIKE I SAID, THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY THAT'S BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT HAS REALLY PUSHED THOSE NUMBERS UP.
UM, AND THE 2017 PLAN WE HAD PLANNING AREAS, YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT DIAGRAM THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.
UM, AND IT KIND OF, THOSE ZONES WERE CREATED BASED UPON MAJOR BARRIERS LIKE MAJOR ROADWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ZONE A WAS THAT KIND OF UNDEVELOPED AREA.
UM, AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY GONNA CHANGE.
SO BACK IN YEAR 20, UM, 2020 CENSUS, THE TOTAL POPULATION JUST UNDER 115,000.
UM, AND YOU WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE LIGHTING, UM, YOU WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE OF IN 2026.
SO ON THE BOTTOM YOU GUYS PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT, BUT ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE THE CHANGES FROM THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE RAN IN 26 16 FOR THE 2017 PLAN TO NOW.
AND SO, SO ZONE A, AS I SAID, LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.
THAT'S A CHANGE OF ALMOST 300% IN POPULATION INCREASE FROM WHAT WAS PROJECTED BEFORE TILL NOW.
UM, AND ZONE B, THAT KIND OF CENTRAL, UM, WESTERN PORTION IS A CHANGE OF 193.
UM, AND ZONE C, THAT CENTRAL HISTORIC DISTRICT KIND OF AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALREADY PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED.
BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, ANOTHER JUMP IN THE POPULATION INCREASE THERE.
AND THEN IN ZONE D, THE SOUTH SHORE HARBOR AREA, AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT IS DEVELOPED, BUT STILL THERE'S ALMOST 130%, UM, PROJECTION, UH, INCREASE.
SO FROM THE POPULATIONS THAT WERE RUN IN 2016 TILL NOW, THEY HAVE CHANGED BY 238% CITY-WISE CITYWIDE.
SO PLANNING FOR THAT, I'M SURE YOUR PUBLIC WORKS AND YOUR CITY MANAGER CAN ATTEST TO, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, UM, WHEN PROJECTIONS CHANGE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER A VERY QUICK TIME.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT FROM A PARK STANDPOINT.
UM, FOR THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE, THE CITY WENT OUT AND HAD ANOTHER PUBLIC SURVEY RUN IT HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO WHAT WE DID IN 2016.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC PROJECT QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY WENT OUT.
WE REVIEWED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THEY ASKED QUESTIONS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UM, A DIFFERENT, UH, KIND OF ASKING THE SAME QUESTION BUT ASKING IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
UM, AND UH, SO WE REVIEWED THAT IN THE TOP 10 PREFERRED FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE FIRST ONE THERE IS PRESERVATION OF CRITICAL WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AREA.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR PRESERVATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.
UM, LARGE PARKS DEDICATED TO PASSIVE USE, PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES, MUSEUMS. THAT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME AS WELL.
UM, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON LEE PARK, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THEIR, THEIR FAMILY'S HISTORY TIED INTO LAKE CITY.
UM, NUMBER FOUR, OFF STREET PASS FOR HIKING, JOGGING, BIKING, ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE LANDS FOR PRESERVATION CONSERVATION.
LARGE PARKS DEDICATED TO BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE USES.
UM, REMODEL, EXPAND EXISTING PARK FACILITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT TOO IN 2016.
THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING A NATURE CENTER BUILT, UM, NOT JUST THE, THE, UM, DDY NATURE, UM, NATURE CENTER ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE LANDS FOR FUTURE PARKS AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS. SO I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRAM STILL ON THERE.
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IT WAS A LITTLE INTERESTING NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY, UM, TOO MANY RESPONSES ABOUT TRAILS ON THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.UM, THE NEXT ONE, SO THEY ASKED THE QUESTION IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY, AND THEY RATED, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR LAKE CITY? AND SO THE HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS, UM, OUTDOOR RECREATION COMMUNITY GARDENS WAS IN THERE.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
SO WE ADDED THAT, UM, IN SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIORITY PROJECTS, COMMUNITY PARKS, THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.
UM, SO LAKE CITY HAS A LOT OF SMALL PARKS AND THEN YOUR BIG PARKS ARE LIKE THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
AS THINGS GROW ON THE WESTERN SIDE, YOU KNOW, THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND POOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT BIG COMMUNITY PARKS THAT TYPICALLY HAVE SPORTS FIELDS AND A MIX OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE, UM, WILL PROBABLY FALL IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO PLAN FOR.
UM, PEOPLE WERE ALSO ASKING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UM, UH, MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON.
AND THEN PICKLEBALL COURTS, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN 2016 EVERYONE WANTED TRAILS TO EVERYWHERE.
NOW IT'S PICKLEBALL COURTS IS LIKE THE COOL THING.
AND IN YOUR LIST OF PROJECTS, UM, THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY, UH, STRIPED SOME OF YOUR TENNIS COURTS TO HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE BOTH FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SPACE.
UM, WE ALSO, ALSO, IN THAT SURVEY, THEY ASKED ABOUT HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS FOR INDOOR RECREATION AND PROGRAMMING, ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, SENIOR ADULT AND FITNESS PROGRAMS, INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, WHICH EVERY COMMUNITY WE WORK WITH ASKS FOR INDOOR SWIMMING POOL,
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UM, CITY SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH YOU GUYS DO HAVE SEVERAL, UM, FOLKS LOOKING FOR MORE.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, NEW TO THIS ONE.
AND THEN FOR THE MEDIUM PRIORITY NEEDS, UM, OUTDOOR RECREATION ADVENTURE FACILITIES.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE ASK FOR.
YOU KNOW, YOU UH, INSTALLED A NINJA COURSE, UM, OVER THERE AT HOMETOWN HERO HEROES.
BUT, UM, SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE ACTUALLY, UM, ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF ADVENTURE FACILITIES.
UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON ACTUALLY DID WANT IT AT BROCK PARK.
UM, IT WAS AN OLD GOLF COURSE THAT THEY COMBINED SOME NEAT ELEMENTS IN.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW FAR WILL WE PUSH THIS ENVELOPE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT SAFETY AND CONCERNS LIKE THAT? SO, UM, THEY'RE STARTING SMALL.
THEY STARTED WITH A PHASE ONE, UH, ORNAMENTAL INTERPRETIVE GARDENS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, HELEN'S GARDEN, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR MORE OF THAT.
THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, THING THAT WE SEE IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ASKING FOR ANOTHER MAINTENANCE AND SOMETHING, UM, TO KEEP IN MIND FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT.
UM, DISC GOLF COURSE, THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO INCORPORATE.
UM, THEY JUST IN INSTALLED ONE OUT IN FORT BEND COUNTY AT JONES CREEK PARK, AND THEY TELL ME THAT IT'S JUST HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED, UM, THAT PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE REGION TO USE THEIR, UH, DISC GOLF CORE, UH, COURSE.
UM, A BIKE PARK, YOU KNOW, CITY OF SUGARLAND INSTALLED A PUMP TRACK AND I HEAR THAT, THAT THEY DID THAT MAYBE AS LET'S TRY IT AND SEE.
AND THAT ONE'S REALLY HIS, UH, SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE LOVE THAT ONE.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU CAN SEE ARE BIG BUDGET ITEMS. GAME TABLES ARE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN, UM, YOUR PARKS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
AND THEN THERE'S A BIG LONG LIST OF MEDIUM PRIORITY NEEDS, INDOOR RECREATION AND PROGRAMMING, UM, THERE ON THE RIGHT AS WELL.
SO WE TOOK ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT.
A LOT OF IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN 2016.
UM, PEOPLE ASKING FOR MORE TRAILS, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WAS A NEW THING OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, DOG PARKS WERE STILL POPULAR AND THE NATURE AND PRESERVATION, UM, WAS STILL POPULAR AS WELL.
SO WE WENT BACK TO OUR 2017 PLAN AND WE LOOKED AT THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS.
WE CROSSED OFF EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WE KIND OF DID AN UPDATE.
SO IN THIS NEW COLORFUL CHART THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, WE WENT THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR GOALS IN THE 2017 PLAN.
AND THIS ONE LEAGUE CITY IS A BIG CITY AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPREADING THE WEALTH.
UM, AND SO YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE THE ZONES LISTED THERE AND THAT'S TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE THINGS ARE GOING.
IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE CITY AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE HOMETOWN HEROES PARK IS YET.
UM, BUT IT ALSO I THINK HELPS ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARIETY HERE.
WE'RE SPREADING THESE THINGS OUT.
WE'RE UPDATING EXISTING PARKS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING, YOU KNOW, NEW PARKS IN OUR, IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FOR THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS BUT NOT FINISHED, WE ADDED TO THIS LIST BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA HELP US EVEN MORE WHEN WE DO THE NEXT FIVE YEAR UPDATE THAT WE CAN SHOW THAT AS COMPLETED PROJECT IN TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFES LIKES TO SEE THAT YOU ACTUALLY COMPLETE PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS IN EXISTING PARKS, UM, UPGRADE NEWPORT PARK, UM, RENOVATE THE CITY BOAT RAMP, WHICH WE KNOW IS IS IS ALREADY GOING, UM, RENOVATE LA PARK.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE CITY KIND OF WENT IN AFTER YOU GUYS ACQUIRED THAT PARK AND DID SOME THINGS TO IT TO KIND OF UPGRADE IT, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT MORE, UM, THE CHESTER AL DAVIS FIELD CONVERSION.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
HOMETOWN HEROES PARK, THE EAST SIDE ACCESS, THAT'S, UM, ONE THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
UM, AND THEN NATURE CENTER IMPROVEMENT.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE NATURE CENTER WAS CLOSED DOWN FOR A WHILE.
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OPEN, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.UM, AS FAR AS A NEW FACILITY, LOOKING AT THE WESTOVER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND POOL, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HOMETOWN HEROES PARK, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EVEN, UM, HEARD A LOT OF ASKING FOR BACK IN 2016 WHEN WE WERE OUT OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG BUDGET ITEM, UM, FROM A MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT.
UM, ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A RECENT FIND IS, UM, THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PARK.
AND CHEN HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
YOU SAY NAMES? NO, NO, THEY'RE JUST THE CATEGORIES BY THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
SO, UM, GREEN IS EXISTING PARK AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT PROJECT TYPE, NEW FACILITY, NEW PARK, EXISTING TRAIL, NEW TRAIL ACQUISITION.
SO THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE 2017 PLAN, JUST UPDATED, UM, FOR NEW PARKS.
I JUST MENTIONED THE, THE FLOOD CONTROL PARK, THE BAY COLONY PARK, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON.
AND THEN, UM, DEVELOPED THE KILGORE TRACT PHASE ONE TRAIL.
YOU HAD THAT PIECE OF LAND ALREADY.
UM, IT WAS CONSIDERED PARK LAND, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCESS AND NOTHING WAS ON IT.
SO, UM, DEVELOPING, UM, THE PHASE ONE TRAIL, UM, CREATES THAT AS AN ACTUAL USABLE PARK SPACE.
UM, SOME OF THE EXISTING TRAILS, UM, THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON WITH EITHER THE KAYAK LAUNCHES OR THE SIGNAGE, EXTENDING THE PEDAL TRAILS TO THE NATURE CENTER, UM, TO KANSAS AVENUE, WHICH I THINK IS WHERE ONE OF YOUR KAYAK LAUNCHES ARE GONNA BE.
UM, EXTENDING THE CLAREMONT TRAIL TO GILMORE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.
UM, EXTENDING WEBSTER TRAIL TO LEAGUE CITY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BRIDGING THE GAP, EXTENDING, UM, TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN LOTS OF NEW TRAILS, UM, THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON.
THE HERITAGE SIGNATURE TRAIL, UM, THE HIKE AND BIKE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, PHASE TWO, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, THAT'S CLOSE TO BEING BID.
AND THEN SEVERAL TDOT PROJECTS THE TRAIL FROM FM TWO 70 TO TO SOUTH SH 1 46.
UM, THE TRAIL FROM HIGHWAY THREE TO WALKER STREET, THE TRAIL FROM ROSS ELEMENTARY TO PALINO ROAD.
SO THOSE ARE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WITH TXDOT.
UM, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING THE PHASE TWO OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COURSE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF MAGNOLIA CREEK.
AND THEN ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY, UM, WORKING ON IS THE ACQUISITION OF A HUNDRED ACRES.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE AS A PRIORITY PROJECT 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL PARK LAND.
SO WE KNOW AS OUR POPULATION INCREASES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WILL DECREASE UNLESS YOU ADD PARK ACREAGE.
SO WORKING WITH THOSE, UM, DEVELOPER PARTNERS TO LOOK FOR PARCELS OF LAND THAT THE CITY CAN DEVELOP FOR PUBLIC PARK SPACES, I THINK IS REALLY KEY.
WHAT ABOUT MYRTLE PARK? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THERE.
MYRTLE PARK, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN ONE TO FIVE YEARS.
MYRTLE PARK IS BEYOND FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE.
DO WE HAVE ALREADY THIS, UH, WESTOVER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE FIVE YEAR SIP? IT IS 16 ACRES THAT A CITY THE CITY OWNS AND OH, THE OFF 96 OFF OF LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
BUT, BUT THE ACTUAL DEVELOPING OF THAT IS A PARK IS NOT IN OUR FIVE YEAR STEP CURRENTLY.
IT IS NOT IN OUR, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY IN FIVE YEARS.
IT'S NOT IN OUR CURRENT FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A PRIORITY FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS.
IS IT ONLY 16? I KNOW Y'ALL WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES AS FAR AS DESIGNING TRAILS AND STUFF.
ARE Y'ALL MAKING SURE THAT, I'M SORRY.
ARE Y'ALL MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING OTHER ENTITIES AND OR LOOKING AT ANY KIND OF WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES ON THEIR PROJECTS TOO? SO WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, SOME OF THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCTS.
UM, WE HAD SOME PROJECTS AT CHALLENGER PARK AND SOME ADJACENT THINGS.
UM, SO THE NICE THING OF THAT IS WE, WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AREA.
YOU'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SOME MUDS, THERE'S SOME MUDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE Y'ALL ARE WORKING WITH YES.
THAT Y'ALL ARE DEVELOPING TRAIL PLANS AND PARK PLANS YES.
ARE Y'ALL MAKING SURE THAT ANYTHING WE'RE DOING IS NOT DUPLICATING? I MEAN, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING HERE, ARE WE GONNA DO IT AT THIS PARK OVER HERE? OR ARE WE LOOKING TO TRY AND WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND MAYBE OFFSET THE COST TO BOTH SIDES? DEFINITELY WORK TOGETHER.
UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL DO THEIR INTERNAL TRAILS AND PER THE MASTER PLAN, THEY'LL NEED TO PUT THE TRAILS IN THAT ARE ON THE MASTER PLAN.
AS FAR AS THE TRAIL STANDPOINT, UM, THE PARKS, I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT I'VE SEEN.
AND THE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, ARE TAKING THEIR TIME.
SO, UM, NOTHING'S SET IN STONE YET, BUT IT DOES HELP US.
UM, THEY LIKE TO ASK US, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS LAKE CITY LIKE AND WHAT DO THEY, I HAVE OTHER PROJECT MANAGERS YELL AT ME BECAUSE OF THE TRAILS PLAN THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO PUT IN THE 10, YOU KNOW, 10 FOOT, NINE
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FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS.SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, LIKE I SAID, IS, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEY COULD BE COMPETITIVE.
AND THEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND THE REC CENTERS THAT ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, LOCKED AND GATED AND RESIDENT NEWS ONLY.
UM, AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO FOCUS ON WOULD BE THE PUBLIC PARKS THAT EVERYBODY CAN USE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THE 2017 PLAN IS THAT WHEN WE HAD THE PARKS, UH, TRAILS PLANNED WITHIN OUR PARKS PLAN IS THAT AS NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OR ANYWHERE ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY, UH, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT REFERENCES THE, UH, PARKS TRAILS PLAN AND THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO PUT IN THOSE TRAILS.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROJECTS WHERE WE TRY TO LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS AND PUTTING IN TRAILS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT LAKE CITY, WHERE WE LEVERAGE HOA FUNDING, THE FOUR B FUNDS AND OUR SIDEWALK FUND TO PUT IN TRAILS WHERE IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED ALREADY, BUT STILL NEEDED.
I THINK THINK MAYBE WE HAVE IT.
CAN YOU KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH WHAT IS THE, UH, ADVENTURE FACILITY? AND THE THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL.
I, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF NEED FOR THAT AND THERE WAS A HOPE WITH SOME OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT PLAN B'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO IS THERE, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH HOW THAT WOULD WORK AS FAR AS INSTALLING A, AN INDOOR POOL FACILITY OR LIKE WHERE WOULD WE, SINCE YOU'RE KIND OF THE MATCH, WHERE WOULD YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD BUILD THIS INDOOR SWIMMING POOL? WHAT'S THE COST OF AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL? A LOT
UM, SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THE MOST, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT NUMBERS FROM THE PEARLAND AUDITORIUM, BUT THAT'S BEEN FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, OTHER THAN OUR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE DO LIKE SMALLER POOL COMPLEXES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY CURRENT NUMBERS OF AN INDOOR POOL FACILITY, BUT I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
DIDN'T CAROLINE SPEND UPWARDS OF $30 MILLION ON YEAH, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIONS, IT'S MAJOR.
SO, UM, SO THOSE POOL FACILITIES OBVIOUSLY NEED A LOT OF PARKING.
THEY MAKE SENSE IN A COMMUNITY PARK.
SO IF IT WAS A WESTOVER PARK, JUST LIKE HOMETOWN HEROES HAS DIFFERENT POOLS, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING, THAT'S THE KIND OF LOCATION THAT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR AN AUDITORIUM.
OTHER TIMES IT'S THE LAND THAT YOU HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE YOU COULD DO THE BUILDING AND DO THE PARKING AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT THE AUDITORIUM, THAT COULD WORK AS WELL.
I LIKE THEM MORE IN A COMMUNITY PARK WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON, UM, UNDER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ONE, ONE AREA.
YOU CAN POLICE IT BETTER, YOU CAN MAINTAIN IT BETTER.
UM, THAT SEEMS TO WORK BETTER.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ADVENTURE PARKS, UM, SO THEY HAVE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT THINGS IN IT.
THE ONE THAT, UM, THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON DID FOR BROCK PARK, THEY INCORPORATED A DIS UH, DISCOURSE IN THERE.
THEY HAVE A VERSION OF A NINJA COURSE IN THERE.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE THEY ADDED IN THERE.
THEY, THEY HAVE A BIG MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK, BUT THEY WANTED TO START SMALL AGAIN, SEE HOW IT WENT, SEE HOW POPULAR IT WAS.
UM, THEY HAVEN'T INCORPORATED IT YET, BUT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR MASTER PLAN THEY HAVE ROPES COURSE, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, IT'S LIKE AN UPDATED OR AN ELEVATED NINJA COURSE FOR LIKE ARMY TRAINING.
THERE'S A CERTAIN NAME FOR IT, I JUST CAN'T THINK OF IT AT THE MOMENT.
SO NOT TRADITIONAL PARK PLACES OR, OR PARK PROGRAMMING.
AND THEY CHOSE TO DO IT AT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PARK AND KIND OF KEEP IT ALL, ALL CENTRALIZED.
UM, TODAY'S IS JUST A, UH, AN EXCERPT, A PRESENTATION SUMMARY OF THE UPDATE.
YOU SHOULD ALSO, UM, SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LINK OF THE CHAPTER, UH, FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
AND IT HAS MORE DETAILS AND IT, THERE IS A MAP THEN IT IDENTIFIES FUTURE PARK LAND THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE POSSIBLY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED YOU MENTIONED THAT PUTTING ITEMS ON THIS FIVE YEAR PROJECT PRIORITY LIST HELPS IN GETTING, UH, STATE FUNDING BECAUSE YOU WANNA SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON IT.
UM, SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'VE SLIPPED THIS WESTOVER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER POOL ON THERE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T EVER TALKED THAT AS A COUNCIL AND PUTTING IN THE FIVE YEAR PRIORITY LIST WHEN WE HAVEN'T TALKED AT ONCE.
SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A, NOT GONNA GET THAT ONE DONE.
UM, AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO ONE, I JUST TYPICALLY OUR, OUR FIVE YEAR SIP IS PRETTY LOCKED IN BASED ON WHAT WE SEE AT BUDGET.
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BEST IT WOULD GET STARTED MAYBE IN THE FIFTH YEAR OUT MAYBE.AND THAT, AND THAT'S COMPLETELY WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AS WELL.
SO JUST LIKE WE UPDATED THE LIST FROM 2017 AND WE SHOWED PROJECTS IN PROGRESS.
THOSE WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES IN THE 2017 PLAN.
THE CITY'S WORKING ON THEM AND ADVANCING ON THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.
SO WESTOVER PARK I THINK IS AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THESE PROJECTS, JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS TOO.
SOME AREN'T PLANNING, SOME ARE BUDGETING FOR, SOME ARE WAITING ON TEXT OUT OR CENTER POINT OR SOMEBODY ELSE, SOMETHING ELSE.
SOME OF THESE ARE EXISTING PARKS THAT YOU ALREADY OWN AND CAN RENOVATE.
SO YEAH, I, AND, AND I GUESS WEST IS A LONGER TERM.
THE REST OF THESE ARE ALL ONES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE ALL MORE OR LESS AGREED TO SOME EXTENT ON THEM.
UM, AND HERE'S THIS NEW ONE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A, A SMALL BUDGET HIT, SLIPPED IN ON THE LIST AS A PRIORITY PROJECT THAT WE'VE NEVER TALKED.
AND I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH ADDING A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE PRIORITIES.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE A REINVESTMENT AT, UH, THE BALLPARK AT LEAGUE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S HANDLED VERSUS THIS VERSUS A ENTERPRISE FUND AND THEN SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE COUNTY TO IMPROVE SOME OF THEIR PARKS AND UH, AND RUN AND HELP WITH SOME OF THAT.
SO I, I WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE BOTH OF THOSE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE MUCH MORE NEAR TERM THAN, UH, THAN WESTOVER WAS THE FIRST ONE.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR WAS THE FIRST ONE.
THE BIG LEAGUE, LEAGUE DREAMS. WAS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS IS.
IT'S THE BALLPARK LEAGUE SEA
WANNA MAKE SURE I HAD THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU
WANNA SAY I HAVE BOTH OF THOSE.
SO DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WESTOVER AT ALL COMMENTS? YEAH, I, WESTOVER PARK IS IN THE 2017 PLAN.
UH, COUNCIL TRU, IF YOU ASK ME WHERE IT IS IN THE 2017 PLAN CURRENTLY, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT IS IN THE 2017 PLAN, UM, EITHER ONE TO FIVE YEARS OR FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, MOST OF THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2017 PLAN FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS, I THINK THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT STAFF TRIES TO WORK TOWARDS.
AND I WOULD SAY WE COMPLETED MAYBE 75 TO 80% OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE KIND OF, UH, SHIFTED THE ONES THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED YET OVER TO THE NEXT ONE TO FIVE YEARS.
AND WE INCORPORATED SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE IN FIVE TO 10 YEARS AND KIND OF MOVED THEM UP NOW TO ONE TO FIVE YEARS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I I I JUST DON'T, UH, WESTOVER PARK IS IN THE MASTER PLAN.
I JUST CAN'T ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD REMEMBER WHAT YEARS IT WAS ALLOCATED.
AND THEN JUST ONE MORE THING RELATED TO WESTOVER PARK, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BAY COLONY PARK AND KIND OF WHAT COULD WE AFFORD AND NOT AFFORD, YOU KNOW, WE AT LEAST HAD SOME SORT OF BIG INVESTMENT AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S IN ONE TO FIVE 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IN FIVE, CLOSER TO 10 AS TO WHAT WE COULD AFFORD USING, UH, FOUR B TAXES TO HELP BRING IT FORWARD.
AND I THINK WE PLUGGED THE NUMBER IN THAT WAS 40 MILLION OR $50 MILLION FOR, YOU KNOW, FACILITY THERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO, SO AGAIN, VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS RELATIVE.
DOES IT MOVE UP OR NOT MOVE UP? SO I THINK YOU'RE, I I JUST THINK IT'S A BIT OUT OF TURN TO PUT SOMETHING IN A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED YET.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD PARK ALSO.
THAT'S, I DON'T THINK I EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT YET.
WE DID THE PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE A HUNDRED ACRES THAT'S BEEN IN CONVERSATION EVER SINCE ALL THOSE PUDS WERE BROUGHT IN, UM, OR MUDS ON THE WEST SIDE AND, AND THE DISCUSSION WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS, UM, THAT WAS TALKED AT COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES THEN.
SO, UM, THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PARK IS ONE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN.
UH, THAT CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THAT, THAT ONE AND THE KILGORE TRACK PHASE ONE ARE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN.
AND 'CAUSE IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE PRIORITIZED ONE THROUGH ONE THROUGH FIVE YEARS.
UM, THE ACQUISITION OF PARKLAND IN 2017, UM, IT HAS ACQUISITION OF FUTURE PARKLAND IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO, UM, KEEP UP WITH OUR, OUR PARK ACREAGE AS POPULATION INCREASES.
WE HAD AN ACQUISITION OF A HUNDRED ACRES FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS, ANOTHER ACQUISITION, A HUNDRED ACRES, FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, THE STEADMAN WEST GIVES US THAT ONE A HUNDRED ACRES, UM, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
IT HASN'T BEEN DEEDED OVER THE CITY.
AT SOME POINT WE WILL ASK FOR THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL
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BE ABLE TO DEED IT OVER TO, UM, THE PATRONS OF THE PARKS AND ARTS FOUNDATION SO WE COULD LEVERAGE IT FOR FUTURE GRANT FUNDING.AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE AT WESTOVER PARK AND I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST AN AMBITIOUS PARKS PLAN.
I'M JUST SAYING DON'T SET YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE BY, BY PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE FIVE YEAR THING.
THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL BUDGET HIT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ONE LAST SLIDE.
UM, SO WE JUST, WE HAD THIS IN FOR THE, THE PUBLIC MEETINGS JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE ARE, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, FINALIZING THE PLAN, ADOPTION, UM, PROGRESS, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS ALREADY, I MEAN THE CITY IS WORKING ON THOSE.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE AND THEN BEGIN DESIGNING ADDITIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES.
I WAS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT'S JUST, UM, MASTER PLANNING FOR THOSE DIFFERENT SITES JUST LIKE YOU GUYS DID FOR THE CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED A MASTER PLAN FOR KILGORE TRACT, MOVING THOSE FORWARD, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN COMPLETE PLAN UPDATE IN AROUND FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT ONE WILL BE A BIG ONE.
LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, IT'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN DETAIL.
UM, WHEREAS THIS IS SORT OF A SUPPLEMENTARY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, YOU STILL HAVE SOME BUDGET MONEY IN THERE.
YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK ON.
UM, AND THAT THERE'S NOTHING MAJOR THERE.
AND AT 5 36 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.