[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A WORK SESSION ON JULY 14TH, 2026 AT 5:00 PM UH, ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOBODY.
NOBODY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING WALTER HALL PARK]
THREE, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING WALTER HALL PARK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.UM, HERE TO TALK ABOUT WALTER HALL PARK AND, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF WALTER HALL PARK BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE COUNTY TO THE CITY.
UM, WALTER HALL PARK IS A COMMUNITY ASSET WITH SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY.
I LISTED, UH, SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT YOU COULD FIND OUT THERE AT WALTER HALL PARK.
IT HAS AN AIR CONDITIONED PVE BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1994.
UM, IT'S A HISTORIC COMMUNITY ASSET SERVING RESIDENTS FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, IN THREE YEARS, THAT PARK WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD.
IT PROVIDES A MIX OF RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, AND PUBLIC GATHERING SPACE.
WHY CITY STEWARDSHIP? BENEFITS OF CITY STEWARDSHIP.
LOCAL DECISIONS MAKING, MAKING BASED ON COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, UH, CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE STANDARDS.
SIMILAR TO ALL THE OTHER PARKS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
INCREASED INVESTMENT IN PARK FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAKE CITY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN REINVESTMENT MEANS MORE USE, INCREASED PARK VISITATION AND MAXIMIZING THE COMMUNITY'S RETURN ON THIS PUBLIC ASSET.
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
I LISTED HERE A FEW OF THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE CURRENT AMENITIES.
DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS, A MAJOR PORTION OF THIS PARK LIES WITHIN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN LIMITING PERMANENT, PERMANENT VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? OPPORTUNITIES TO REINVESTMENT RATHER THAN INVEST IN, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF MORE AMENITIES, LEE CITY CAN REINVEST IN AMENITIES THAT INCREASE PUBLIC USE WHILE RESPECTING FLOODPLAIN CONSTRAINTS OF THE CURRENT AMENITIES.
WALTER HALL PARK OFFERS THE SPACE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT LARGER COMMUNITY EVENTS WHILE REDUCING IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, I LIST SOME OF THE CITY EVENTS THAT CONTINUE TO GROW AND CURRENTLY MAXIMIZES CURRENT FACILITY.
THESE ARE SOME OF EVENTS THAT CAN MOVE OUT THERE TO WALTER HALL PARK.
SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF WALTER HAR PARK.
IT HAS LARGE OPEN EVENT SPACES, OUTDOOR INDOOR PAVILION FACILITIES, FUTURE OVERFLOW PARKING.
IT HAS A LARGE OPEN GREEN SPACE FIELD THAT CAN USE AS OVERFLOW PARKING, FLEXIBLE EVENT INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
CURRENTLY, THE PARK OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S OUTGROWN AS EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.
WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE SHOP ON THE WEST SIDE AT LINK GROUP ON PARK AT COUNTRYSIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE A MAINTENANCE SHOP AT CHESTER L DAVIS SPORTSPLEX.
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE ON OTHER THAN THOSE TWO FACILITIES ON THE EAST SIDE IS A STORAGE BUILDING OUT THERE.
AT HOMETOWN HEROES PARK, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 13 STAFF MEMBERS THAT START OFF THE MORNING AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
THERE'S ONLY 10 PARKING SPACES.
THERE'S ONE OFFICE AND ONE RESTROOM AT THAT FACILITY.
WALTER HALL MAINTENANCE SHOP PROVIDES MANY SOLUTIONS.
RELOCATION OF OUR HORTICULTURAL CREW FROM SPORTSPLEX TO WALTER HALL.
RELOCATION OF OUR PARK FACILITY MAINTENANCE FROM SPORTSPLEX TO WALTER HALL.
EXPANDED EQUIPMENT STORAGE, BETTER FLEET PARKING ANNUAL BUDGET TO, FOR THE CITY TO OPERATE.
AS YOU ADD UP THE STAFF AND CONTRACT MOWING, THAT'LL BE, UH, THE MOWING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT.
AND SEVERAL SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS. IT'S ABOUT $490,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN.
YOU NOTICE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS. I HAVE 50% AT ATHLETIC FIELDS.
THERE'S A BASEBALL FIELD OUT THERE, THERE'S A SOCCER FIELD OUT THERE.
IF WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE AS PRACTICE FIELDS, WE CAN CUT OUR STAFF BY HALF AND CUT OUR, UM, GROUNDS OF MAINTENANCE COSTS BY HALF.
SO INSTEAD OF $490,000 A YEAR, IT WOULD BE $375,000 A YEAR.
IF THEY MAINTAINED AS CURRENT PRACTICE FIELDS.
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ONE TIME INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT, A TOTAL OF $64,000.A, A UTILITY VEHICLE, A MAINTAINER, A TRUCK, AND A PAINT SPRAYER.
IF WE JUST MOVE DOWN TO PRACTICE FIELDS WITHOUT, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS FOR GAMES AND PRACTICES, ALL WE WOULD NEED IS A $23,000 UTILITY VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE OTHER.
UM, CAPITAL, UM, EQUIPMENT STAFFING PLAN.
THIS KIND OF OUTLINES WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS FOUR STAFF MEMBERS.
AGAIN, AS I ITERATED, UH, IN THE SLIDE BEFORE, THAT WOULD BE CUT IN HALF IF WE DON'T DO GAMES, UM, FOR THAT BASEBALL FIELD OR THAT SOCCER FIELD.
AND SOME OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, LONG TERM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT VISION, REINVESTING WALTER HAR PARK.
I VISITED A PARK BACK IN 2004.
I WALKED IT WITH STAFF, ALSO WALKED IT WITH A CONSULTANT.
WE CAME UP WITH A BUDGET FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE AIR CONDITIONED INDOOR PAVILION, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP.
SO WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS OF THOSE TWO AREAS.
BUT THE REST OF THE PARK, WE SPENT QUITE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE BROKE DOWN A PHASE ONE COST AND THE PHASE TWO COST AND ITEMS FOR EACH, AGAIN, 1.52, WHICH INCLUDES THE BASEBALL FIELD.
IF YOU ELIMINATE BASEBALL FIELD, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PHASE ONE.
IN PHASE TWO, WE ADDRESS THE SOCCER FIELD.
IF YOU ELIMINATED SOCCER FIELD FOR GAME PURPOSES, IT DROPS DOWN TO 2.3 INSTEAD OF 2.77.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, AND YOU'LL HAVE, YOU ALSO HAVE A MAP IN FRONT OF YOU.
IT KINDA SHOWS YOU THE OUTLAY OF THE PARK AND IDENTIFY THE AMENITIES AND THE COST FOR PHASE ONE ITEMIZED ITEMS AND PHASE TWO ITEMIZED ITEMS. EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THE GREEN IS ACTUALLY IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MAP, YOU CAN ALSO SEE CLEAR CREEK RUNNING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THAT MAP BETWEEN THE CREEK.
AND THAT GREEN AREA IS ACTUALLY THE FLOODWAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPOSED AMENITIES IN THAT AREA.
BOTTOM LINE, UM, COMMUNITY VALUE AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT.
WATER HALL PARK REPRESENTS MORE THAN A PARK ACQUISITION IS A LONG TIME INVESTMENT AND RECREATION.
UM, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT WILL MAXIMIZE THE COMMUNITY'S RETURN ON A TREASURED PUBLIC ASSET.
AND FUTURE FUNDING SOURCE COULD COME FROM PARK DEDICATION FUNDS.
MR. RESLER, UM, FIRST I WANNA START WITH, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HERE.
UM, ONE THING THAT, THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION, AND I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T, BUT I CAN SAY IT.
UM, WE, WE, BEING THE CITY, TAKE THE LUMPS FOR THE CONDITION OF THAT PARK REGARDLESS OF, OF WHO MAINTAINS IT.
UM, THE, THE FACT IS, UM, CREDIT TO OUR STAFF.
UM, THE CITY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF MAINTAINING PARKS BETTER THAN ANYWHERE.
UM, ANY OTHER PUBLIC PARKS I'VE BEEN TO, UM, THROUGHOUT TEXAS, TO BE HONEST.
AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS HAVE COME TO EXPECT PARKS TO LOOK LIKE THAT, TO BE THAT CLEAN, TO BE THAT MAINTAINED.
UM, AND WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE CARE OF WALTER HALL, PARK
THE FIRST ONE BEING, UM, ALONG WITH STEWARDSHIP, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S NOW OURS TO, UM, SECURE? I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE TO PARKINSON'S ENTIRETY.
THAT WOULD BE THE CONVERSATION WE'D HAVE WITH THE COUNTY.
WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING IT.
I ONLY ASK BECAUSE THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO WHERE, WHERE FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED INCIDENTS, UM, WITH THE BATHROOMS AND SO FORTH THERE.
UM, SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD TAKE OVER SECURING IT AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE, UM, SINCE YOU BROKE OUT THE COSTS OF, OF WHETHER WE MAINTAIN THE FIELDS FOR PRACTICE FIELDS OR, UM, GET THEM GAME READY, UM, WHERE DO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE ON SCHEDULING RIGHT NOW WITH REX SPORTS? IS IT, IS IT JUST PRACTICE? IS IT JUST GAMES OR IS IT FOR BOTH? WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WAITING LISTS FOR ALL OUR PROGRAMS FOR PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS. SO ANYTIME WE CAN GET A FIELD, IT WOULD JUST EXPAND OUR FACILITIES FOR MORE PROGRAMS. BUT THE
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HIGHEST DEMAND SEEMS TO BE PRACTICES.UM, I THINK THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE COVERED BY THE SPORTSPLEX AND NOW WITH THE ADDITIONAL PAT POLICY PARK.
UM, BUT LOBO PARK, WHEN WE HAD IT BEFORE WE STARTED, UH, CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS HIGH DEMAND FOR RESERVATIONS FOR SELECT TEAMS. CONSTANT DEMAND.
AND THAT WAS MORE FOR PRACTICE THEN? SO YES, SIR.
SO IF WE WERE LOOKING TO SAVE SOME MONEY, THAT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT JUST DELAYING SOMETHING NECESSARILY.
WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THIS COUNCILMAN TRESSLER, THERE'S TWO TYPES OF PRACTICE FIELDS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT NEWPORT AND BAY RIDGE, THOSE ARE PRACTICE FIELDS.
AND ANY TEAM CAN SHOW UP AND IT'S AN OPEN FIELD.
THERE MAY BE SOME LUMPS OUT THERE, BUT OUT AT
AND THERE IS IRRIGATION AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF PRACTICE FIELD.
UM, AND THE, THE LAST QUESTION I I HAVE FOR YOU, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS, UM, THEY'RE IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
ARE, IS THERE A RESURFACING OF THIS INCLUDED? IT'S IN, UH, I'M NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE RESURFACING.
WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE WITH THE CONSULTANT, WE WALKED THE TENNIS COURTS.
WE FEEL THE SURFACING IS GOOD ENOUGH.
IT NEEDS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE FENCING WITH THOSE TWO COURTS.
SO WE COULD TURN 'EM INTO FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO THAT, THAT WAS THE NEXT THING.
SO YOU WOULD PAINT AND STRIPE, DO ONE ON EACH HALF FOR PICKLEBALL AND THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY, YEAH, WE WOULD REMOVED THE TWO 10 SQUARE REPLACE WITH FOUR PICKLE BALLS.
WE PROBABLY COULD SQUEEZE IN FOUR.
SO YOU WOULDN'T KEEP IT AS TENNIS AS WELL? NO, SIR.
MY, THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP, UM, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD LEAVE THE TENNIS AND YOU COULD HAVE PICKLEBALL ON EACH HALF OF THE TENNIS.
THOSE ARE ABOUT THE ONLY LIGHTED, UM, PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS.
WE HAVE TWO AT RUSTIC OAKS ON THE WEST SIDE.
THERE'S NONE ON THE EAST SIDE.
YOU, YOU CAN GO OUT TO KEA AND THERE'S ONE COURT.
COULD WE DUAL IF, IF, IF IT'S JUST CONFUSING WHEN YOU HAVE DOUBLE STRIPES, ESPECIALLY THE STRIPES ARE GONNA BE PERPENDICULAR AND PEOPLE POP TO BRING THEIR PORTABLE NETTING.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU WOULD'VE TO BRING PORTABLE NETTING.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THE FITNESS CENTER AT SOUTH SHORE DOES IT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS ON THE SAME COURTS, UM, WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL ISSUE AND THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO REDO THEIR PICKLEBALL LINES.
UM, IT, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE A, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THERE.
UM, THE CHALLENGE IS THEN FOLKS WOULD HAVE TO BRING THEIR OWN, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A WAY TO SECURE PORTABLE, UM, NETS FOR, FOR THE PICKLEBALL.
WE HAVE, UH, PICKLEBALL AT COUNTRYSIDE PARK P EVERY MORNING, THEY BRING THEIR OWN PORTABLE ONE AND IT'S VERY ACTIVE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF AN ISSUE.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW A NUMBER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, UM, UTILIZE THE TENNIS COURTS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIT.
UM, AND I WOULDN'T WANNA LOSE THAT.
SO HERE'S, I GUESS HERE'S MY KIND OF THOUGHT ON THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO THE PARK AND AS DO ALL THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON COUNTY.
UH, AND, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE LEAGUE CITY CITIZENS ARE ALREADY PAY, HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE PARK THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH THEIR COUNTY TAXES, WHY WOULD LEAGUE CITY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THE, YOU KNOW, NEGLECTED MAINTENANCE FROM THIS, FROM THE COUNTY FOR, TO ME, THE CITIZENS SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARK TO WHERE IT WAS ALL IN COUNTY USE OF THE COUNTY PARK.
I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD COME BACK, SHOULD COME BACK, BRING IT UP TO OUR STANDARDS, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT OVER SO THAT LEAGUE CITY CITIZENS THEMSELVES AREN'T, AREN'T SADDLED WITH THE TAXES RATHER THAN WE CAN SHARE THE WHOLE TAX BASE TO THE COUNTY TO WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND, AND NEGLECTED.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE 'EM DO THAT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION BEFORE WE TAKE THE PARK.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T, IF IF WE WERE BUYING A PARK OR WE'RE BUYING A PIECE OF LAND, WE WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
WE'RE NOT BUYING IT, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING THIS AND THEN WE'RE SAYING, HEY, LEAGUE CITY CITIZENS, YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THIS, SO NOW LET'S GO BACK AND FIX ALL THE COUNTY ON YOUR DIME.
PLUS THE COUNTY, EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY STILL
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GETS TO USE IT.IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
OH, YOU CAN LOOK PUZZLED, BUT HOW IS IT THAT CITIZENS, A GALVESTON COUNTY, SHOULD NOT SHARE THE BURDEN OF GETTING THIS WHOLE PARK FIXED BACK UP SO THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE IT AND FIX AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE KIND OF PARKS THAT, THAT WE'RE USED TO.
ONCE CITY TAKES IT OVER, WE DO A FANTASTIC JOB WITH PARKS.
AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA OF US TAKING IT.
WHAT I HATE IS SPENDING THE, UH, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD WE HAVE TO SPEND TO GET, UH, ALL THE REPAIRS DONE? I SAW, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, WE HAD FENCES.
UH, IF YOU ADD PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO, CLOSE TO 4 MILLION.
SO, SO, SO THAT WOULD BE LEAK JUST TO BRING IT UP, NOT ADDING NEW STUFF, BUT TO BRING IT UP, WE WOULD INCUR $4 MILLION THAT WOULD SHOULDER ALL IN LEAGUE CITY RATHER THAN SHARING IT WITH THE COUNTY.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT THOUGH, RIGHT? SO THEY, THEY'RE UNWILLING TO PUT THE $4 MILLION INTO IT.
SO THE OPTIONS ARE, WE TAKE IT, WE TAKE THE PARK AND WE RUN IT AS A CITY PARK AND WE GET THE EXTRA FIELDS AND WE RUN IT IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM OR WE DON'T TAKE IT.
UH, AND THEN WHEN WE NEED EXTRA FIELDS, WE GO BUY LAND AND THEN DEVELOP THE PARK OURSELVES.
WE JUST SPENT $50 MILLION, UH, ON A PARK.
THIS WOULD GIVE US MORE LAND AND MORE PARK AND MORE FIELDS FOR $4 MILLION.
AND IT'S ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, 80 SOMETHING ACRES? WHAT'S THE 80 ACRES? 86.
WE JUST SPENT 50 MILLION AT A HUNDRED MILLION, UH, 50 MILLION AT A HUNDRED ACRES.
SO IF WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THESE, THESE LAND SEPARATELY, IT'S GONNA BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TAKING THIS OVER.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND WE DON'T.
UH, IF YOU LET, IF YOU'LL LET ME FINISH THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN LOBIT PARK COME ON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THAT BALL FIELD COMING ON.
WE'VE GOT PICKLEBALL FIELDS AND I, ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT ANTI PARK.
I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY, WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS WHEN WE TOOK OVER LOBERT PARK, WE HAD THEM MAKE CERTAIN, UH, CONCESSIONS BEFORE WE WOULD TAKE IT DUE TO ITS STATE OF DISREPAIR.
SO WE, WE ASKED FOR THOSE CONCESSIONS.
WE ACTUALLY DID NOT GET THE CONCESSIONS.
SO WE TOOK IT OVER AS IS AND THEN PUT THE MONEY IN TO DEVELOP IT.
SO, SO IN LOGAN PARK WE GOT NOTHING.
WE GOT THE PART, WE, WE GOT CARD.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR DISREPAIR, BUT NOTHING'S WRONG.
SO MEAN, SO YOU'RE EITHER OUGHT TO TAKE IT AS IT IS OR NOT TAKE IT.
LIKE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE OUT OF A PARK.
WE'RE NO WORSE OFF THAN WHERE WE WERE.
IT'S JUST NOT A PARK THAT YOU CAN USE TO PRACTICE ON PRACTICE.
WHAT SPORTS, WHY CAN'T YOU PRAC? WE, BECAUSE THE FIELDS ARE, THE FIELDS ARE NOT EVEN THERE.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO BASEBALL FIELD.
THERE IS A BACKSTOP AND GRASS.
THERE IS NO, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BESIDES THAT.
SO YOU CAN'T PLAY BASEBALL ON THAT.
SO, AND THE SOCCER FIELD IS LIKE NOT A F THERE'S NOT A SOCCER FIELD.
YEAH, THERE'S A RUGBY CLUB THAT USES IT AND THEY COME OUT MEASURE TAPE AND PAINT LINES THEMSELVES EVERY TIME THEY USE IT.
SO THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO FACILITIES OUT THERE.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO, GO OUT THERE, BUT THERE IS NO FACILITIES AT ALL FOR, FOR YOUTH SPORTS.
AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE USUALLY SPEND MOST OF THE TIME WAS WHEN WE USED TO HAVE THE LIONS CLUB THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE PARKING WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, THE BIG PART OF THIS BASEBALL FIELD HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS GONNA BE NEW.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH THE MONEY.
YOU CAN STILL PLAY THERE IF YOU'VE GOT THE BACKSTOPS.
IT MAY NOT BE IDEAL, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO ASSUME, I'M NOT SURE WHY OUR CITIZENS AREN'T PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON THE COUNTY TO USE THE TAX DOLLARS WE GIVE THEM FOR THE COUNTY TO FIX IT UP.
THE COUNTY IS UNWILLING TO PUT THE MONEY IN THERE.
BUT YOU SHOULD, UH, YOU SHOULD ASK THEM.
THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO US TO THEN TURN IT INTO A CITY PARK FOR THEM.
AND IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY A MUCH BETTER DEAL THAN FOR US TO GO FIND OTHER LAND IN LEAGUE CITIES.
BUT YOU, YOU'RE, YOU KEEP SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND BUY MORE LAND.
WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING WE GO OUT AND BUY ANOTHER PARK.
SO JUST NO PARK THEN, BUT, OKAY.
BUT THE LEAGUES, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF WE DO NOT TAKE THIS UP, IF WE DO NOT COMMIT TO $4 MILLION, THIS PARK JUST GOES AWAY? NO.
SO THEN THE COUNTY JUST KEEPS IT.
I'M SAYING IF WE DON'T COMMIT TO $4 MILLION, THEN THERE IS NO FIELDS OUT THERE.
WHY DOESN'T THE COUNTY COME THROUGH?
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WHY DO WE HAVE TO FIX THEIR MESS? WHY DO, I MEAN LEAGUE CITY'S ALREADY PAYING FOR IT.LEAGUE CITY'S ALREADY PAID FOR A LOT OF THIS TO OUR TAXES.
WHY IS IT SO, OKAY, JUST TO KEEP SADDLING THEM AGAIN WITH THIS.
EVERYONE'S STILL GONNA USE IT.
THE COUNTY'S STILL GONNA USE IT.
SO WHY IS IT JUST THE COUNTY? THE COUNTY HAS HAD IT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
THERE IS NO SOCCER FIELD OUT THERE.
THERE IS NO BASEBALL FIELD OUT THERE.
THE COUNTY IS NOT PUTTING IN SOCCER OR BASEBALL FIELDS.
IF WE WOULD LIKE SOCCER AND BASEBALL FIELDS, WE CAN PUT THEM OUT THERE.
WE ARE SPENDING, WE JUST SPENT $50 MILLION FOR, HOW MANY FIELDS WAS IT? 10.
SO ABOUT $5 MILLION A FIELD OUT THERE.
WE CAN NOW GET MULTIPLE FIELDS FOR $5 MILLION.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ADD THE FIELDS, THAT'S FINE.
AND IT CAN STAY AS JUST GREEN FIELD, WHICH MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING EITHER.
I THINK WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL PRACTICE FIELDS.
I THINK THERE IS THE DEMAND FOR IT.
WE TURN KIDS AWAY FROM LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, LAST YEAR THERE WAS SEVERAL, I MEAN, I THINK THERE WAS A HUNDRED KIDS SIGNED UP THAT COULD NOT PLAY LEAGUE CITY LITTLE LEAGUE.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FIELDS.
SO IS THIS A LITTLE, IS THIS A LITTLE LEAGUE PARK? IT IS.
SO, BUT IT'S NOT LITTLE LEAGUE? NO, IT'S LITTLE BIGGER PONY.
IT'S JUST THE, IT'S JUST THE STEP UP FROM LITTLE LEAGUES.
SO YOU CAN THEN TAKE THE PONY LEAGUE FIELDS AND PLAY MAJORS BALL ON THE PONY LEAGUE FIELDS AND USE THIS PONY FIELD.
SO IT RELIEVES THE STRESS TO DO IT.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED MORE FIELDS.
I THINK WE NEED MORE SOCCER FIELDS.
WE HAVE A NEW FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION COMING INTO LEAGUE CITY RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED MORE SOCCER FIELDS, WE NEED MORE FOOTBALL FIELDS.
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT KIDS CAN'T PLAY RECREATIONAL SPORTS IN LEAGUE CITY AND THAT THEY'RE FORCED TO THE OTHER, OTHER LITTLE LEAGUES NEARBY.
SO THIS WILL GIVE US AN ECONOMICAL WAY OF ADDING A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO, SO THIS ONE PARK HERE, AND SEE YOU'RE, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE PULLING THIS INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I'M NOT DEBATING, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A BASEBALL FIELD.
I MEAN, THIS ONE FIELD IS NOT GOING TO FIX OUR BACKLOG PROBLEM.
WE'RE FIXING THAT ALREADY THROUGH THE PAT HALLEY PARK.
WE'RE FIXING PART OF IT THROUGH THE LOBIT.
IT WOULD BE A 50% EXPANSION TO WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, AND NOW WE'VE ALSO, NOW THAT WE'RE TAKEN BACK OVER THE, UH, THE, UH, USED TO BE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, I MEAN THROUGH THOSE FIELDS, THOSE ARE, THOSE WERE NOT PARKS AND REC FIELDS.
SO I THOUGHT THE LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE WERE SPOKEN AND YOU WANTED US TO TAKE OVER THIS FIELD BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SELL THE, UM, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST PULLING THAT IN AND, AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE, THAT SHOULDN'T MIX IT TOO.
SO I CAN
I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD BRING IT UP.
I, ONCE WE GET IT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST US ASK THE COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A COUNTY COMMISSIONER OUT HERE, SO MAYBE HE'S LISTENING AND HE'LL COME BACK AND, UH, AND AT LEAST IF WE CAN DEFER SOME OF THE COSTS THAT HAPPENED UNDER THEIR WATCH.
UM, BE HONEST WITH YOU, AFTER SEEING WHAT WENT THROUGH ON PAT ALLISON PARK AND THE COST FOR THAT, GETTING 86 ACRE PARK WITH ADDITIONAL FIELDS FOR $4 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD DEAL.
I MEAN, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY NO TO THAT.
IT, UH, CHIN QUICK QUESTION THOUGH.
UM, WITH THE FLOODPLAIN LIMITING VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, I, I'M LOOKING AHEAD AND I JUST SATISFY MY CURIOSITY HERE.
I SAW AN AMPHITHEATER IN PHASE THREE.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT AN AMPHITHEATER OUT THERE FOR OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUE WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WHERE'D YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR THAT TO GO WITH THAT FLOODPLAIN? I THINK WHEN, MANY YEARS WHEN I ATTENDED THE, UH, THE LIONS CLUB, UH, MUSIC FESTIVAL, THEY HAD A STAGE RIGHT AND IT WAS FURTHER, UM, SOUTH OF THE PARK WHERE THEY HAD THAT STAGE.
UM, IT'S BETWEEN, IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE PARKING LOT AND SOUTH OF THE POWER OUTLETS.
SO I WOULD THINK IT WAS SOME SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE OPEN GREEN AREA 'CAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOUR OVERFLOW PARKING WOULD BE.
I, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ASKED, UM, ABOUT THIS PARK AND ABOUT NUMEROUS OTHER PARKS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SAYING SPENDING ON PARKS IS NOT THEIR PRIORITY.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE DISAGREES IT WITH YOU IN THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM FIX IT UP, BUT THE FACT IS THAT'S NOT HAPPENED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO OUR OPTIONS ARE ALLOW THE, THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO RUN IT, WHICH
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MEANS IT WILL BE EXACTLY AS IT IS NOW.YES, WE INCUR 'EM UPFRONT AN EXPENSE.
YES, WE INCURS THE MAINTENANCE, BUT IT BECOMES SOMETHING WITH MUCH HIGHER USEFULNESS THAN WHAT IS NOW.
UM, THE, THE, THE FENCES AT THE, THE TENNIS COURTS ARE, ARE FRANKLY A, A SAFETY ISSUE AT THIS POINT.
THE, UM, THE BATHROOMS BETWEEN THEIR LACK OF MAINTENANCE THAT KEEPS GOOD PEOPLE FROM USING THEM.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE AREN'T PROGRAMMED USE SPORTS FIELDS HERE, WHILE BEING A LARGE AREA HIDDEN BEHIND TREES SET BACK OFF THE ROAD, UM, MAKES THOSE FACILITIES A SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, NONE OF THAT WILL CHANGE IF IT STAYS WITH THE COUNTY AND IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF ASKING.
SO, UM, WOULD WE LOVE TO SEE THE, THE REST OF THE FOLKS OF THE COUNTY KICK IN FOR IT? YEAH.
IN LIEU OF THAT PIPE DRAIN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT GOOD AT JUST THE COST OF FIXING IT OFF.
AND THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING AT IT.
UM, WHEN I, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES A PARK SAFE OR NOT, THE, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS, UH, THE SAME THING THAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
UM, THE EYES OF GOOD PEOPLE AND LIGHTING AND WE'RE ADDING LIGHTS, WE'RE ADDING GOOD PEOPLE BY HAVING PROGRAMMING OF THE FIELDS, UM, THAT MAKES THE ENTIRE REST OF THAT PARK SAFE FOR THE FOLKS WHO CAN CURRENTLY USE IT.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN USE IT TO GO CATCH POKEMONS.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, THERE, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND BACK IN THE, THE SHADE AREA BY THE ONE BATHROOM.
UM, YOU CAN WALK OUT TO THE, THE UM, UH, BOARDWALK THAT NEEDS SOME WORK ITSELF, OR MAYBE THAT'S CLOSED DOWN NOW.
UM, YOU CAN USE, UM, THE BOAT RAMP.
YOU CAN USE THE WALKING TRAIL THAT KIND OF GOES, UH, BACK THROUGH THE, THE WOODED AREA.
BUT AGAIN, FOLKS DON'T DO THAT A LOT OF THE TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF IT.
UM, SO I LOOK AT THIS AS IMPROVING THE USEFULNESS OF IT FOR OUR LEAGUE CITY CITIZENS.
AND WHEN YOU MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE COUNTY CAN USE IT WELL, YEAH.
AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY CAN MAKE USE OF ALL OF OUR PARKS ALREADY.
UM, AND THE, THE NED AND FAY DUNNEY NATURE CENTER IS USED BY FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THIS REGION.
IN FACT, I THINK IT'S USED BY FOLKS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY NOW THAT WE ADVERTISE IT TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO LOOK AT BIRDS FOR SOME REASON.
UM, NOT MY THING, BUT IT IS USED TO THAT AND IT DOES DRAW IN PEOPLE FROM NOT THIS AREA.
UM, THAT BECOMES A POINT OF PRIDE FOR OUR CITY.
UM, YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO SHARE THE BILL.
UM, BUT THIS IS STILL CHEAPER THAN TRYING TO GET THE ALTERNATIVES ELSEWHERE OURSELVES.
AND, AND THAT'S I THINK THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE CITY FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS PARK.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY EVEN REQUESTED GALVESTON COUNTY MANY, MANY YEARS AGO TO GIVE US THE PARK, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY AND IT CAN BE A, A BETTER ASSET ONCE WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY INTO IT.
I THINK ONE THING THAT WE'RE OVERLOOKING HERE IS THIS IS A GIFT TO THE CITY FOR ZERO FOR NOTHING.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LARGE PAVILION OVER THERE THAT PAVILION IS FAIRLY NEW.
I THINK THE THE OLD ONE BURNT DOWN.
YEAH, THIS ONE WAS BUILT IN 94.
SO THEY HAD AN OLDER BUILDING THAT BURNT DOWN AND BUILT A NEW ONE JUST IN THE PAVILION ITSELF.
I THINK WE COULD RAISE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR HAVING DIFFERENT, UH, EVENTS OUT THERE.
AS WE, WE ARGUED UP HERE A WHILE BACK AT LEAGUE PARK AND PEOPLE USING LEAGUE PARK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE MARKETS TO HAVE, UH, ALL KIND OF STUFF AND REALLY PUT IT TO GOOD USE.
UH, YES, IT'S GONNA COST US A LITTLE MONEY TO IMPROVE IT, BUT AGAIN, IN THE PHASES, PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE DONE NEXT YEAR.
I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE PHASE ONE AND SOME LIGHTING, SOME THINGS AND THAT'S, THAT COULD BE A DEBATE ON COUNCIL AT A LATER TIME.
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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER A PARK THAT THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO GIVE TO US FOR ZERO COST.AND I WOULD BE, I WOULD JUMP AT THAT AT ANY TIME.
UH, IT'S JUST LIKE SOMEBODY WALKING UP TO ME SAYING, HERE'S A HOUSE, BUT IT'S IN NEED OF REPAIR.
DO YOU WANT THE HOUSE OR FOR FREE OF CHARGE? OF COURSE IF IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME REAL ESTATE, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE OVER THE PARK.
I THINK WE CAN DEBATE ON PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE WHEN IT HAPPENS OR WHAT, WHAT TIMELINE THAT WE, WE PLAN TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, MAN, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE GREAT ITEM AND I'M, I'M SURPRISED THAT THE COUNTY IS REALLY GIVING IT TO US AND NOT ASKING US FOR SOME MONEY IN EXCHANGE.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT COMMISSIONER.
SO, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY WE, WE ARGUE SO MUCH UP HERE ABOUT MARKETS AND, AND THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT LOCATION TO HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET, TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, TO HAVE EVERYTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN DEBATE LATER ABOUT THE PHASES AND UM, HOW MANY BASEBALL FIELDS WE NEED OUT THERE.
I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY ADD ANOTHER ONE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BUT UH, I'M ALL FOR IT.
YEAH, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NO BRAINER TO ME.
IT'S MIND BOGGLING TO OPPOSE THIS WHATSOEVER.
UM, THIS IS AN A CHANCE TO SECURE 86 ACRES WITH WATER FRONTAGE AND A TON OF GREEN SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY.
UH, I'M A GUY WHO HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE COACHING TEAMS IN THIS TOWN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SECURE PRACTICE FIELDS.
I HAVE COACHED A FOOTBALL TEAM OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BIG GIANT GREEN PASTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PARK, UH, IN TALL GRASS DODGING ANT BEDS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND PRACTICE FIELDS.
UH, WE HAVE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS OUT THERE WITH NO BACKSTOP.
WE JUST WENT AND FOUND A CORNER 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T GET PRACTICE FIELDS.
WE WERE PRACTICING AT NINE O'CLOCK ON MONDAYS TO GO TO THE SPORTSPLEX WITH A BUNCH OF NINE YEAR OLDS.
SO TO ME, UH, WE CAN DEBATE LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN COHEN SAID, AND I THINK TRESSLER, WE CAN DEBATE ON MAYBE HOW TO SET THIS UP.
DO WE DO THE FIELD? DO WE NOT DO THE FIELD? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? BUT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND UM, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HERE.
UH, UH, GREEN SPACE AND PARKS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUALLY WE HEAR WE NEED MORE OF.
YES, WE CAN GO STAND THERE RIGHT NOW AND USE IT.
I'VE DONE THAT HADN'T BEEN THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS TO ANOTHER LEVEL FOR THE RESIDENTS AND UH, SO I AM ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF THIS AND WILL DO ANYTHING I CAN TO HELP PUSH THIS FORWARD.
UH, SO I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR 12 YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, THE ENTIRE 12 YEARS ABOUT HOW TO GET THIS PARK, HOW TO IMPROVE IT, WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT A LITTLE BIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE FUND OUR PARKS AND THE COUNTY FUNDS OUR PARKS.
SO THE COUNTY HAS TO FUND THEIR PARKS DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, JUST LIKE THEY FUND THE ROADS, JUST LIKE THEY FUND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T FUND OUR PARKS THAT WAY AND WE'RE NOT GONNA FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAY.
WE'RE GONNA FUND THESE OUT OF PARK DEDICATION FUNDS, WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PARKS.
THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THAT SAME MECHANISM.
WE'RE GONNA FUND THE MAINTENANCE THROUGH THE FOUR B AND WORK WITH THEM TO FUND PART OF THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE RECREATIONAL SPORTS OUT THERE.
THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THESE DEDICATED PARK RESOURCES.
THAT'S WHY OUR PARKS ARE SO MUCH NICER BECAUSE ANY DOLLAR THAT THE COUNTY PUTS INTO IT TAKES AWAY A DOLLAR FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TAKES AWAY A DOLLAR FROM THE ROADS AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
OURS JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
WITH THOSE DEDICATED SOURCES OF FUNDING, WE CAN MAKE BETTER PARKS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO HAVE CONTROL OF IT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FULL STAFF TO MAKE THE PROGRAMMING, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE PARK GETS NICER WHEN PEOPLE USE IT.
PARKS AREN'T GREAT IF NOBODY'S USING IT.
THEY'RE GREAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING IT.
IT'S GREAT WHEN THE PROGRAMMING'S OUT THERE AND IT LEADS TO MORE PEOPLE OUT BEING OUT THERE AND IT JUST LEADS TO A BETTER COMMUNITY OVERALL.
I SEE THE UNIQUE PARTS, I MEAN THE FIELDS ARE GREAT.
I THINK THE FIELDS ARE THE MOST NEEDED, BUT I SECOND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE PAVILION AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THE THE PICNIC AREA, BEER GARDEN, WHATEVER THAT IS CALLED OUT IN THE BACK, THAT'S ANOTHER NEAT AMENITY THAT CAN BE USED FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF EVENTS.
LIKE, UH, LIKE THE MARKETS LIKE, LIKE PUTTING FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE AND THEN ALSO THAT THEN NATURALLY SPILLS OVER TO USE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND BACK INTO THE, TO THE WOODED AREA AS WELL.
SO IT'S A PARK THAT I GREW UP IN.
UH, IT USED TO HAVE PONY LEAGUE FIELDS IN IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE UH, THAT'S WHERE WE HAD IT IN THERE.
AND SO I GREW UP IN THAT PARK AND IT'S NO LONGER KIND OF THE CROWN JEWEL THAT IT USED TO BE.
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CAN PUT IT BACK TO IT.AND I DO KIND OF LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO WITH IT.
THE JULY 4TH FIREWORKS I THINK WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH PARKING, BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY NEAT.
SO I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THIS MOVING ALONG.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER DOOGIE, THE JUDGE, AND ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN WITH ME AND KIND OF GOING OVER WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THIS.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STARTING TO GET ON THE, UH, GET ON BOARD TO, TO LETTING THE CITY RUN THIS.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT TESTAMENT TO PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS AND THEN MAXIMIZING TAX DOLLARS IN THE BEST WAY FOR A RETURN TO THE TAXPAYERS.
I AM HAPPY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE THIS BARK AND MY, MY ISSUE AS I'VE SAID WAS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT LEAGUE CITY SHOULD BE, UM, HOLDING THE COST OVER.
SO THAT WAS, THAT'S MY ARGUMENT.
UM, I DID WANNA TOUCH ON, YOU SAID THAT THE, THE FOUR THREE B, IF THAT'S JUST NOT FREE MONEY THOUGH.
I MEAN, YOU MAKE IT SEEM LIKE, LIKE WE'VE GOT A, A GREAT DEAL THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO THAT TONIGHT WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT LOCKED IN 35% PLUS SOME OF THE, UM, OTHER COSTS COMING OUT.
SO, BUT THAT US USING THAT MONEY DOES HINDER US FROM DOING OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
IT HINDERS US FROM DOING OTHER PARKS PROJECTS.
ALRIGHT, WELL I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR, FOR DOING THIS AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FOR A TIME TO BRING IT BACK OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE WEEKS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK FORWARD, AS WE KIND OF, I THINK THAT THE DECISION HAS TO BE MADE THIS WAY.
DO WE ACCEPT THE PARK AND THEN THE SECONDARY DECISION CAN BE MADE DURING BUDGET TIME? WHAT'S IN PHASE ONE? WHAT DO WE WANT, WHAT'S IN PHASE TWO, WHAT YEARS WE PUT THOSE IN? SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A TWO, TWO STEP PROCESS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUR B AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, YOU KNOW, UH, MR. CRUZ IS RIGHT, OF COURSE WE SPEND MONEY FROM THE FOUR B HERE, IT'S GONNA DELAY FUTURE FOUR B PROJECTS.
I THINK THE BIG ADVANTAGE OF THIS LAND FOR FREE, $5 MILLION FOR MULTIPLE FIELDS, IT'S GOOD VALUE FOR THAT FOUR B USE, UH, USE OF THAT FOUR B MONEY BETTER VALUE THAN WE WOULD GET STARTING IN GREENFIELD AND BUILDING UP FROM THERE.
AND SO JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS MAKE THAT DECISION WHETHER THE CITY WANTS IT AND THEN WORK THROUGH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MAKE SURE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THEIR VISION AND THAT THEY'RE READY TO MAKE THAT DECISION ALSO.
MR. DO WOULD YOU LIKE TO? OKAY.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.