* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ Call Meeting to Order] [00:00:07] I CALLED A MEETING TO A LAWYER AND THEY STAND ON. I FLAG ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, [ EXECUTIVE SESSION Closed (Executive) Session of the Addison City Council pursuant to: Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City Council has received from a business prospect or business prospects that the City Council seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the Town of Addison and with which the City Council is conducting economic development negotiations, and/or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to such business prospect or business prospects: Project Jet Discuss master developer proposals for the Town’s Transit Oriented Development Project] THAT'S IT. EXECUTIVE SESSION CLOSE TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR THEY ASK THE CITY CONSOLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 1, 0 87, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEES BUSINESS PROSPECTS OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE TO STATE OR EXPAND OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND WAY. THE WAY THE CITY CONSOLE IS CONDUCTED TO NOT MAKE INVOLVEMENT IS NEGOTIATIONS OR TO DELIVERY. THEY OFFER ALL THE FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A SUBJECT BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS. THE FIRST IS PROJECT JAZZ. THE SECOND LINE DISCUSS MASSIVE DEVELOP, DEVELOP PROPOSALS FOR THE COGNOS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS 6:05 PM. WE ARE ENTERING INTO THAT SESSION. ALL RIGHT, 6:41 PM. [ Reconvene in to Regular Session: In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council will reconvene into Regular Session to consider action, if any, on matters discussed in Executive Session.] WE ARE EXITING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION TAKEN. UH, WE SAYS, WAIT, PAUL SAID TOGETHER FROM 6 30, 6, 6 O'CLOCK ZEST EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WOKE SESSION. SO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS SESSION. SO I [1. Present and Discuss the Planning and Zoning Commission Annual Report for Calendar Year 2021.] CAN REMEMBER ONE PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND BOARD CONDUCT HERE. 21, WHICHEVER PRESIDENT Z OR YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE ON BEHALF OF MY FEDERAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE IN THE BACK. I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO PRESENT THE 2021, UH, PLANNING ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ADDISON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I'M TOM SOUR WITH RECENTLY ELECTED CHAIR OF THE BNZ FOR THE 20 20, 22 TERM. AND IF I CAN JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND INTRODUCE THE COUPLE OF FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE IN HERE IN THE ROOM, YOU GOT DENISE FANSLER AND BOB KENT DELANI, AND ALSO FROM TOWN STAFF OF KEN SCHMIDT. AND WE'VE GOT OUR FORMER CHAIR BACK THERE, EILEEN RESIDENTS. THANKS EILEEN. SO IT'S A BIT OF A BACKGROUND. THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THIS REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONS BY CANNON JENNIFER. UH, DIEDRICH UH, AT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON JANUARY THE SIXTH OF THIS YEAR, DISCUSSIONS ENSUED ON THE CONTENT AND REVISIONS WERE SUGGESTED TO STAFF. UH, THEY WENT AND ATE. THEY WENT BACK AND MADE NECESSARY EDITS AND THEY RECOMMENDED. AND THEN THE FINAL VERSION, WHICH IS WHAT I HOPE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THEIR REGULAR JANUARY 18TH MEETING, IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A FEW MOMENTS, I NEED TO GET SOME LEGAL DISCLAIMERS OUT OF THE WAY. AND I REALIZED THIS IS A WORK SESSION NOT BEING RECORDED. IT'S STILL JUST FROM MY OWN JOKE. OH, NO GOOD FEELING HERE. THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IS GOVERNED BY ITS ADOPTED RULES, REGULATIONS, AND PROCEDURES. THESE RULES STIPULATE UNDER ARTICLE THREE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION OR GRANT J THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT EACH YEAR PROGRESS REPORTS AND THE CITY COUNCIL SUMMARIZING HIS ACTIVITIES MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND PROPOSED WORK PROGRAM FOR THE COMING YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL CONTAIN FOR THE YEAR, THE ATTENDANCE RECORD OF ALL MEMBERS IN THE IDENTITY OF THE COMMISSION OFFICERS. THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL SERVE SHELL WE'LL SERVICE, COMMISSIONS PROGRESS REPORT. AND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD OF ALL MEMBERS IS INCLUDED FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW. NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF, IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEIR FORM FOR THIS EVENING, YOU'LL SEE IT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE NOT TYPICALLY BEEN INCLUDED IN PRIOR REPORTS. NOW WITH THE NEW STAFF ADDITIONS WITH ED, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR CAME NEW IDEAS AND NEW APPROACHES AND THEY CAN, AND JENNIFER HAS DONE OUTSTANDING JOB NOW IN PREPARING THIS REPORT WITH YOUR REQUIRED DATA, BUT ALSO A VISUAL RECORD THAT ANY, AND OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ENHANCE THIS REPORT SIGNIFICANTLY. I TRUST YOU TO AGREE TO SAY THE LEAST 2021 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITION. [00:05:01] I KNOW I'M TALKING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT THE, UH, THE EVOLVING PANDEMIC CONDITIONS ALONG WITH PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS ON TOWN STAFF, I SHOULD END A YEAR IN 2021 ABNORMAL TRANSITION COMMISSION. FIRST, WE HAD CATHERINE WHEELER TRANSITION TRANSITIONING OFF FOLLOWED BY AN EIGHT BY DENISE VANS WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED TO TAKE CATHERINE'S PLACE IN JANUARY OF 2021. THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THEN ELECTED A NEW CHAIR, EILEEN RESNICK AND VICE-CHAIR AND MYSELF TO SERVE FOR 2021 IN FEBRUARY OF 2021. KATE SCHMIDT JOINED THE TOWN STAFF TO SERVE THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND IN JULY JENNIFER JOINED THE TOWN STAFF SERVICE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, OUR ABILITY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC IMPROVED FROM THE ZOOM ONLY PHASE DURING 2020 AND IN THE EARLY 2021. UH, SO THE COMMISSION FOLLOWING COUNSEL'S LEAD TRANSITIONED TO THE HYBRID FORMAT IN MAY OF 2021 WITH COMMISSION AND TOWN STAFF MEETING HERE AT THE TREE HOUSE WITH MEETING PARTICIPANTS, HAVING THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR IN ZOOM, WOULD THIS CHANGE IN THE MAIN FORMAT HERE TO THE TREEHOUSE, THE COMMISSION ALSO MOVED ITS MONTHLY WORK SESSION FROM THE MONDAY BEFORE THE REGULAR SESSION TO NOW IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING THE TUESDAY, MEETING THIS MOVE ISN'T ON WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSED BY THE COMMISSIONERS. NOW WITH ALL THESE CHANGES, THEY CAME, SOME BECAME SOMEWHAT INTOXICATING AND SOMEWHAT ADDICTIVE. SO JUST TO KEEP THE CHANGES GOING, THE COMMISSION DECIDED LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND REVIEW AND UPDATE THE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND PROCEDURES. THAT DOCUMENT IS LAST UPDATE 2004. SO THE REVISIONS WERE OVERDUE ANYWAY, BUT WE HAD FUN CONTINUING THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, TO CHANGE MOTIF AND SPIDER OVER, MAYBE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES, COMMISSION MEETING ATTENDANCE WERE MADE VERY STRONG IN 2021 WITH ONLY ONE ABSENCE ACCRUED FOR THE YEAR THAT COMMISSIONER WILL REMAIN ON NAMED THAT. I CAN SAY THOUGH, IT'S SEVERAL SIDEBAR DISCUSSIONS THAT COMMISSIONER HAS PLEDGED TO DO BETTER IN 2020, THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONERS AT PERFECT ATTENDANCE DURING THEIR TENURE ON THE COMMISSION IN 2021, ROBERT , UH, DENISE FANSLER, UH, JOHN MALIKI, EILEEN RESINATE, NANCY CRAIG, AND MYSELF WILL COMPS HOURS. YOU'RE GONNA REFER TO THE TABLE TITLED 2021 MEETING IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS AN EXHIBIT INCLUDE ON THE FOURTH PAGE OF THE REPORT FOR DETAILED ATTENDANCE INFORMATION FOR EACH COMMISSIONER. IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, COMMISSION MEMBERS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THREE JOINT MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND REINITIATED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROJECT. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE 2021 CASE SUMMARY. OVERALL, THE COMMISSION EXPERIENCE INCREASED WORKLOAD THAT WAS MORE REFLECTIVE OF PRE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. THIS CAN LARGELY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASED RESTAURANT ACTIVITY, FOLLOWING THE GARAGE DOWN AT PANDEMIC DRIVEN OCCUPANCY AND SERVICE RESTRICTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF NINE REGULAR MEETINGS. AND ONE SPECIAL MEETING HELD IN 2021 PLAN ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED 25 CASES. THE CASELOAD'S COMPRISED OF NINE REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS REQUESTS, 15 SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS AND ONE PLAT APPROVAL AS SHOWN ON THE CHART TO PROVIDE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF REPORT. THESE 25 CASES REFLECT A 56% INCREASE FROM THE 2020 CASELOAD, BUT THAT CHART DOES NOT TELL ALL STORIES. SO IF YOU'RE DRAWING, IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION NOW TO THE PROJECT REVIEW HISTORY EXHIBIT, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE FIFTH PAGE OF THE REPORT, YOU CAN VIEW A COMPARISON OF THE ANNUAL CASE BY PROJECT TYPE WHEN THE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS PLATT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM EACH YEAR, HIS DAD, THE OVERALL CASE LOAD FOR 2021. YOU SEE THAT ALL PREVIOUS YEARS, EVEN THE 2016 FIVE-YEAR PEAK, IN OTHER WORDS, 2021 WITNESSED THE HEAVIEST DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN WORKLOAD OR ANY OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS. AND ALL VERY DEFINITELY MANAGED BY KEN AND HIS STAFF. PLUS THE JOINT LEADERSHIP WHO OUR PAST CHAIR OR THE RESIDENT. I LAUGH. I NOW LIKE TO HIDE SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS THAT TOOK SHAPE IN 2021, THERE WAS STRONG RESTAURANT DEMAND AND BELTLINE ROAD CORRIDOR, AND IT WAS THE DOMINANT TREND OF 2021 WITH SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT CONTINUING TO BELTLINE ROAD AND MONFORT WHICH ENCOMPASSED THE PRESTON WOOD PLACE AND VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, SHOPPING AREAS, NEW CONCEPTS, SUCH AS LAURA IS ASIAN, ASIAN SMOKEHOUSE, JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS, PRESSED LA LAND CON CAFE, AND TEACAKES PLACE TO HIM. JUST A FEW ADDITIONAL [00:10:01] INVESTMENT OCCURRED AT THE WESTERN END OF THE BELT CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF WAYNE BOSS AND POKEY WORKS. SOME OF THE TRENDS ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TOWNHOME SUPPLY. MOST NOTABLY ASHTON GROVE HAD TRIVIUM THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ADDISON GROVE HOME. SO WE'LL BRING 33 ADDITIONAL FOR TOWNHOMES WITH 17 OF THESE HOMES BEING LIVE WORK, ALLOWING THE HOMEOWNER TO OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS ON THE GROUND FLOOR. IN ADDITION TO HAVING A RESIDENCE IN VITRUVIAN, THERE'S 85 FOR RENT TOWN ON UNITS UNITS, WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TRIVIAN WAY AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD. THESE NEW TOWNHOMES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE TOWN'S HOUSING, HOUSING INVENTORY. AND FINALLY, THE GRAND HILLS SCHOOL AND TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CAMPUSES CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND EVOLVE THEIR CAMPUS. MASTER PLANS, CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING ON THE TCA CAMPUS IS ONGOING AND WILL BE COMPLETED FOR THE START OF THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR CONSTRUCTION OF GREENING, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MATH SCIENCE, AND INNOVATION BUILDING WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED BY FALL OF 2023. THE DIVERSITY OF THESE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, NOTABLY EATING, LIVING IN EDUCATING UNDERSCORES. WHAT MAKES THAT A SENSE? IT'S SUCH A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IF YOU CAN. AND IF YOU WISH YOU REFER TO THE PROJECT MAP 2021 CASES EXHIBIT ON THE SIX PAGE REPORT, AND YOU SEE THESE AND ALL THE OTHER LOCATIONS OF EACH OF THE CASES THAT THE COMMISSIONER VIEWED THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE SORTED BY PROJECT TITLE. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO FINISH UP BY SUMMARIZING THE COMMISSION GOALS FOR 2022. THESE WERE, WERE PREPARED BY COMMISSIONERS AND PAD CO COLLABORATION WITH STAFF AND ARE INCLUDED ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEY INCLUDE EXECUTION OF THE 2022 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRAM. MAJOR AREAS OF FOCUS WILL INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE AND REVIEW OF THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PILE. THERE'LL BE RENEWED FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, ADDRESSING ISSUE ISSUES SUCH AS RECYCLING SIDEWALK, CONNECTIVITY, PRESERVATION OF TREE CANOPY AND REPLACEMENT ON THE BLOCKS LANDSCAPE PLAN ON DEVELOPING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, TARGETING PRE MEETING, STAFF COMMUNICATION, THE AGENDA AND PACKET PROCESS AND COMMISSION MEETING PROCEDURES. PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED DISCUSSED IS A DATABASE ALLOWING FOR QUICK REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS CASE. SO WE CAN COMPARE THEM TO CASES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AND FINALLY DEVELOPING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMISSION SET UP. THIS IS ACTUALLY CODE FOR ROAD TRIPS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED AT THE CHANCE OF GETTING A ROAD TRIP OR TWO ON OR A BELT THIS YEAR. THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AS WELL AS YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AS WE BEGAN THAT BNZ 20, 22 TERM. ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE TO SAY THIS, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S YOUR ATTENDANCE IS ALMOST PERFECT. YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU HOW DEVOTED YOUR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST ALMOST HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONLY QUIZ, UH, MISSED ONCE, BUT IT'S JUST PERFECT BESIDES, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING IS KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL. SO YO GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I CAN TELL YOU. YEAH, IS A TEAM EFFORT, TOM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT BEFORE I ASK, I WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, GREAT WORK. IT REALLY HELPS ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO WATCH, UM, WATCH THE RECORDED MEETINGS AND LISTENED TO THAT CONVERSATION AND, UM, SOMEWHAT PUT MYSELF IN YOUR SHOES. SO IT HELPS ME VET OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF IDEAS. I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT YOU ALL MET UP FOR US. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED. UM, BUT THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE, UM, TOM, KEN, ANYBODY WHO CAN COOK, THEY CAN FEEL THE ANSWER IS, UH, UH, THE, THE PART WHERE THE COMMISSION HAS MOVED THE MONTHLY WORK SESSION TO IMMEDIATELY PROCEED THAT, UM, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVE THAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TAKE ANYONE'S TAKE ON THAT, HOW THAT HELPS, UH, THE WORK PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EVOLUTION WAS HAVING THE MEETING ON MONDAY TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS A WORK SESSION, THIS ONE PRECEDING ITS REGULAR MEETING. AND SO PART OF, I THINK GOING, GOING TO THAT WAS IF IT WORKED FOR COUNCIL, IT'S DRIED OFF FOR P AND Z, BUT MY GUESS IS BACK WHEN CHARLES WAS HERE AND THEY WERE DOING THE MONEY, IT WAS TO REVIEW THINGS AND THEN LET THE PZ COMMISSIONERS [00:15:01] HAVE A DAY TO MAYBE GO ONSITE, LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED. UM, BUT WE FOUND THAT AT THAT WITH EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULES BEING SO DISRUPTED THE PANDEMIC, SOME PEOPLE WERE, WERE GOING TO WORK. SOME PEOPLE WERE ON ZOOM, SOME PEOPLE WERE AVAILABLE, SOME WERE NOT, SOME JUST DID NOT WANT TO BE IN A MEETING AT ALL. W W WE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER, LET'S GET EVERYTHING DONE AT ONCE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK THEY EVOLVED TO THE WORK SESSION AND THEN THE REGULAR MEETING. UM, AND, AND SINCE WE STARTED DOING IT AND, AND, AND KEN BROUGHT UP, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MONDAY, UH, SESSION? AND PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAID, NO, WE PRETTY WELL LIKE THAT. IT HASN'T SEEMED TO INTERFERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOB HAS ADJUSTED THAT KEN IS, IS DOING, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS I BROUGHT UP IS, IS BETTER PRE-MEETING COMMUNICATIONS. UM, IT USED TO BE THAT WHETHER IT WAS CHARLES OR, OR, AND THEN KEN AND ERIC, THAT WE'D GET OUR PACKETS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, AND WE'D HAVE THE WEEKEND TO LOOK AT THINGS BEFORE THE MEETING ON TUESDAY. NOW WE'RE GETTING THEM LIKE A WEEK AHEAD. AND SO WE'RE HAVING PLENTY OF TIME. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BIGGER ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP AND GET THOSE IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AHEAD OF TIME. AND EVEN THOUGH THE FINAL PRODUCT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT SLIGHTLY COME TUESDAY, THEN WHEN WE GET A WEEK OR SO BEFORE, UM, IT GIVES US A HEADSTART ON, ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE MONEY. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT DOES AT LEAST FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. IT GETS US ALL IN A ROOM TOGETHER ONE TIME. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HELPED ALL OF US. I THINK WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, ANY BLIPS, UM, MAYBE MAKING A FALSE ASSUMPTION ON THIS, BUT I WAS THINKING THE WORST SESSION WOULD BE ONLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP AT THE NEXT P AND Z MEETING. UM, IS THAT THE CASE, OR IS IT, ARE YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT PROCEDURES IN ALL KINDS OF AREAS, THINGS THAT YOUR WORK SESSION, I WOULD SAY 98% OF IT IS WHAT'S COMING UP AT THAT IMMEDIATE PNC MEETING, REGULAR MEETING. UH, IF THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP, WE WILL MAKE FULL, WE'LL MAKE, UH, KEN AWARE OF THOSE, AND THEN WE'LL POSTPONE THOSE UNTIL THE NEXT NEXT BURGLAR MEETING OR THE NEXT WORK SESSION. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROCEDURE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS ASK CONSOLE MEMBERS, SEND A QUESTION TO CITY MANAGER, THEN GIVE THEM A WHOLE TIME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND TO FONT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN, UH, I THINK WE WILL FIND A CANDIDATE ON THE SAVE THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING. SO IT WON'T BE VERY PRODUCTIVE. SO THEY HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING BEFORE THEY OFFICIALLY TALLY ADVISE IN FRONT OF VIDEO STREAMING IN THE MEETING, MAKING THEM HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND LOOK BETTER AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S QUITE, I JUST HAVE ONE THING, THE NEW ENHANCEMENT, THE REPORT FORMAT WAS A REAL TREAT WITH THE PHOTOS. AND I MEAN, THIS REPORT IS SLICK TO BE ABLE TO SEE, YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS FANTASTIC AND MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SEE THE DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THE FINISHED PRODUCTS. UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE THAT I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOUR TEAM. YOUR GROUP IS SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO THOROUGH AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO. YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU ALREADY, YOU KNOW, JOINED THE MEETING, WE KNOW YOUR STUDY BY HEART, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE MEETING. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE INFORMATION THAN WE GOT, YOU KNOW, SO EVERYBODY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MARTIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB. ALRIGHT. [2. Present and Discuss Matters Related to the Les Lacs Park Outdoor Fitness Court.] NUMBER TWO, PRESENT DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO THIS WAY LONG BEFORE ALL DO ALL FITNESS FOR JENNA [00:20:26] THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHANTED, WELL DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THE ITEM THAT I'M BRINGING FOR YOU, THE EVENING NAME FOR DISCUSSION, UM, IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR CHOW AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, WALDEN IS, UH, ABOUT THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT, THAT ONE POST FOR LES LUX PARK AND SOME HISTORY ON THIS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR TWO ITEMS. ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WAS TO ACCEPT A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM WAS FOR TO PURCHASE OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT, UM, TO BE LOCATED AT LIVOX PARK. SINCE THAT ITEM WAS, UH, RESOLUTIONS WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, STAFF AND COUNCIL HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A GROUP OF RESIDENTS, UM, AT OUR, AT THE DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WERE THREE RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE. ONE THAT FILLED OUT A CARD THAT SPOKE AGAINST THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT TO BE LOCATED AT LAYLA PARK. UM, AND ONE RESIDENT HAD, UM, CAPTURED 108 SIGNATURES INDICATING THAT THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT, LOOKING AT IT WAY PARK. THE GROUP THAT CAME AND SPOKE, UM, SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT. THE CONCERNS THAT THEY SHARED WAS THAT THE LOCATION OR THE USE WAS NOT APPROPRIATE GREENSCAPE WOULD BE LOST. UM, MAY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF WHAT THE EQUIPMENT LOOKED LIKE. UM, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE, UM, CRIME OR A NUISANCE SITUATIONS. UH, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT MATERIALS COULD DETERIORATE AND REQUIRE MAINTENANCE. UM, THE LOCATION BY THE PLAYGROUND MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ADJACENT TO, UM, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WHERE THE COURT WAS A CONCERN. UM, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT IT WOULD NOT BE WELL USED AND THAT, UM, THIS EQUIPMENT APPEALS TO A YOUNGER AGE GROUP, WHICH IS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE AREA IN THIS PRESENTATION, STAFF IS GOING TO PRESENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIES HOW THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT AND THE LOCATION WAS IDENTIFIED REALLY LOCKS PARK IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE DISCUSSION IN COUNSELING IN APRIL, 2019, THE PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE, OR THAT WE CALL IT. THE CROWS PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AND THE PLAN AND THE PLAN RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION OF OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT IN LAY BOX PARK. THIS WAS ALL BASED OFF OF AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING. UM, THERE WAS A SPECIAL PROJECT COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED. THIS COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF 10 ADDISON RESIDENTS AND THEY PROVIDED CONSISTENT INPUT REVIEW AND DIRECTION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THERE WERE ALSO ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS THAT WERE CONDUCTED WITH COUNCIL TO CAPTURE THEIR INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCING ABSENCE, PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM STAFF DID POP UP. INTERSECTIONS ARE INTERCEPTS. WE WENT TO 10 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, IN OUR PARKS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT INCLUDED LAY WALKS PARK, THE APPS AND ATHLETIC CLUB HORN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, PEENING SQUIRREL PARK, AND THE SPRINGTOWN MEETING FEEDBACK. UM, FOR THESE INTERCEPTS FROM 215 RESIDENTS WAS GATHERED. OUR CONSULTANT ALSO PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION AIR QUIZ THAT WAS A SEVEN WEEK ONLINE PLACE-BASED PROCESS THAT ASKED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY LOCATE THEIR FAVORITE PARKS AND ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW IDEAS FOR ADDISON'S PART SYSTEM OVER 900 MEMBERS PARTICIPATED AND THEY PLACED OVER 4,000 DIGITAL COMMENT PINS ON THE MAP. UM, PART OF THE INPUT PROCESS WAS ALSO TO DO A PRIORITIZATION STUDY. UM, PARTICIPANTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY WHERE THEY WERE ALLIED. THEY WERE GIVEN SO MANY FUNDS AND THEY WERE ASKED TO DISTRIBUTE THAT THERE WAS AMONGST THE NEEDS AND ADDISON IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE. THERE WERE 161 RESPONSES IN THAT SURVEY. AND THEN THE DRAFT PLAN WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY COUNCIL, THE SPECIAL PROJECT COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY FOR [00:25:01] FEEDBACK. UM, CAN YOU REMEMBER RECENTLY, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A DRAFT REVIEW WITH THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN. AND ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS IS WE PUT THE PLAN OUT THERE, UM, AND THEN RESIDENTS AND ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL REACH OUT AND SHARE WITH US THEIR CONCERNS. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN. WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. WE HAD 50 RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT THROUGH AN EMAIL PROCESS WHERE THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK. AND THEN WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE PLAN BEFORE IT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, JUST TO SHARE SOME OF THAT BACKGROUND OR THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE LEARNED WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PARKS MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, UM, ACTIVE RECREATION WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES BY ABSENT RESIDENTS. SO WHAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS THEY WANTED MORE TRAILS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE RECREATION. AND OUR CONSULTANT IDENTIFIED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG CHALLENGE FOR US IN ADDISON TO PROVIDE ACTIVE REC RECREATION, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY DENSE. WE'RE VERY BUILT OUT. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPEN LAND. ACTIVE RECREATION TYPICALLY REQUIRES A BIGGER FOOTPRINT AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE, HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE FIT THOSE NEEDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UM, I'VE SHOWED SOME EXCERPTS FROM THE PLANS, BUT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXERCISE AND ACTIVE RECREATION AND OUR PARKS PROGRAMS THAT OPEN SPACE IS A KEY PRIORITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY SEEK TO IMPROVE HEALTH, FITNESS, AND OVERALL WELLBEING. THE BOARD THAT YOU SEE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR PARK, UM, INTERCEPTS THAT DID, UH, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD SHARE BY VOTING WITH DOTS, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT THEY ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE IN, UM, ELEMENTS THAT THEY WANTED. AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WE DID HAVE RESIDENTS RIGHT IN OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT. UM, AND THIS, IN ADDITION TO THIS, OUR CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT IN THE FIRST PLAN GOALS WERE DEVELOPED, UM, AND THOSE GOALS WERE RELATED TO VARIOUS SECTORS IN THE PARKS SYSTEM. AND THE ONE RELATED TO RECREATION, I ESTABLISHED THIS LIST OF GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE. OBJECTIVE ONE A IS PROVIDING MORE RECREATION FACILITIES TO SUPPORT OUTDOOR EXERCISE, FITNESS AND ACTIVE RECREATION. AND ADDISON'S PARKS CONSIDER A VARIETY OF SPORTS COURTS, SPORTS FIELDS, LOOPS, TRAILS, LIVE TRIALS, ACTIVITY SPACES, AND THEN IMPROVE THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND THE SURROUNDING PART TO SUPPORT INDOOR OUTDOOR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS RESPOND TO CHANGING RECREATION TRENDS AND BETTER ADDRESS COMMUNITY AND FAMILY NEEDS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS ALL AGES. OKAY. AND THEN MASTER PLAN. SO AFTER I MADE THOSE GOALS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT EVEN DIVES IN DEEPER AND MAKE SOME MORE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED AS OUR INITIATIVE PROJECTS. AND SO FOR LAY BLOCKS, NORTH ATHLETIC CLUB, UM, THE RED BOX HERE PROVIDED SAYS PROVIDE SHADED OUTDOOR FITNESS STATIONS. SO THAT WAS A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION OF THE MASTER PLAN. AS A RESULT OF THAT, UM, STAFF MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE THAT WAS COMPRISED OF 28 RESIDENTS, UM, IN BUSINESS OWNERS. AND BASED ON THIS INFORMATION THAT STAFF PROVIDED, UM, THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT ADJACENT TO LAYLA PARK AND BELTWAY ARAPAHO CONNECTOR TRAIL IN THEIR RECOMMENDED ON PROJECTS OR IN THE BOND PROJECT THEY RECOMMENDED. UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY THE, THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS A SCREENSHOT FROM THE BOND ELECTION WEBPAGE, UM, WHERE IF YOU CLICK ON PARKS, IT DIVES INTO THE PROJECTS AND UNDER TRAIL REHABILITATION. ONE OF THE BULLET ITEMS IS ADD SHADED OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, ADJACENT TO WEIGHT-LOSS PARK. UM, THE PHOTO THAT YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM, IT'S ACTUALLY A PAGE, UM, FROM THE DOCUMENT REPORT, THAT INCLUDES A PHOTO OF THE RECOMMENDED OUTDOOR FITNESS SPORTS. AND THEN, UM, WE'VE INCLUDED THE BOND ELECTION RESULTS, UH, 825 RESIDENTS VOTED FOR, UM, THIS PROPOSITION, ONCE FUNDING WAS IN PLACE, UM, STAFF BEGAN TO WORK WITH SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE SITE FOR THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURTS. UM, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN DID RECOMMEND LAY LOG SPARK, BUT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT THIS PARK IS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE WE PLACED THAT FITNESS COURT WITHIN THAT PARK WAS VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IS TO NOT IMPACT RESIDENTIAL AREA, [00:30:01] IT WOULD BE BEST LOCATED CLOSER TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT BORDER IN THE PARK. UM, IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT IT HAD ENOUGH SPACE. SO WE NEEDED 1400 SQUARE FEET. UM, IT NEEDED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND TRAILS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK TO FITNESS, SPORTS, UM, AND THEIR PLACE RIGHT OFF OF A TRAIL SYSTEM. UM, IT NEEDED TO BE SHADED AND IT NEEDED TO HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS, UM, ON THE LANDSCAPE. UH, IT NEEDED TO BE LOCATED MORE CENTRAL TO LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ATHLETIC CLUB IN ORDER FOR US TO FACILITATE FITNESS CLASSES AND IT NEEDED TO BE VISIBLE, UM, FROM THE ATHLETIC CLUB. SO WE COULD KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND MONITOR IT. UM, IN OUR THOUGHT PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THIS LOCATION, UM, VISUAL IMPACTS TO THE PARK WERE IMPORTANT TO US. UM, THAT'S WHY THE LOCATION ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A PLAYGROUND IN THE PAVILION AND THAT HAVE MULTIPLE VERTICAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE THE SAME MATERIALS, STEEL, UM, PLASTIC COMPONENTS, UM, MADE SENSE THAT WE WERE NOT VISUALLY DISRUPTING THE MORE SERENE AREAS OF THE PARK FOR THE, LIKE THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE TO EASE THAT UP WITH THE LINE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO PRESERVE. UM, AND IT WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO WHERE KIND OF OUR COMPLEX OF ACTIVE, ACTIVE RECREATION IS WE HAVE A SAND VOLLEYBALL, WE HAVE TENNIS AND WE HAVE BATH BASKETBALL AND PICKUP, AND THAT LOCATION OUT OF SOME PARKS AND REC. ONCE WE LOCATED OUR, UM, THE LOCATION, THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION IN THE PLAYOFFS, WE WERE OFFERED A $25,000 GRANT FROM THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY TO APPLY TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT. THE LOCATION MUST BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE GRANT COMMITTEE AND MEET THEIR CRITERIA. THEIR CRITERIA IDENTIFIES THAT IT MUST BE CLOSE TO AN ICONIC SITE AND WHAT THEY CLASSIFY AS ICONIC IS SOMETHING THAT HAS HIGH VISIBILITY. SO IT'S NOT HIM. PEOPLE SEE IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE. UM, SO VISIBILITY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN BRINGING THE POWER OF A SITE EXCITEMENT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR KEY THINGS, ACCESSIBILITY. UM, THE COURT NEEDS TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO SUPPORT, UM, WORLD-CLASS FREE FITNESS FOR ALL, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN IT NEEDED TO BE CONNECTED TO PARKS, TRAILS AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AS PART OF THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS AND ACTIVITY ANALYSIS MAP IS CREATED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND LAY LOCKS HAD A HIGH LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT NOW THE MAP I'VE PROVIDED SOME PICTURES OF HOW THE CONCRETE PAD FITS WITHIN THE PROPOSED SPACE. UM, THERE IS ONE ORNAMENTAL TREE IN THAT AREA THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED, BUT THERE IS SHADE AROUND THE FITNESS COURT. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT IN ANOTHER VERTICAL SHADE STRUCTURE AND IT'S CLOSE TO THE PARKING LOT AND CLOSE TO THE TRUCK. ONCE THE LOCATION WAS IDENTIFIED, WE DID PUBLIC INPUT, UM, FOR BECAUSE THE FITNESS COURT CAN HAVE A MARY'S DEGREE OF GRAPHICS, THE, UM, TOP GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE THAT CYAN COLOR THAT IS THEIR STANDARD PACKAGE. UM, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THAT. THE OTHER THREE PACKAGES HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CHARGES. WE ASKED, UM, NFC TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAD A LOT OF GREEN COLOR. SO IT WOULD BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING VEGETATION. WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE US AN OPTION FOR AN ARTWORK, UM, WHILE THAT COULD INCLUDE PHOTOS. THIS ACTUALLY HAS PHOTOS OF TULIPS AND PHOTOS OF WHEELOCK'S BOND. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT COMBINED THE TWO COLORS. UM, AND WE SHARED THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER THEIR INPUT ON WHAT WAS THE PREFERRED LOOK FOR THE FITNESS COURT. UM, AND WE HAVE A HUNDRED AND, UH, SO OPTION NAME WAS THE SELECTED OPTION. THE CYAN COLOR WAS FAVORED BY 64 RESIDENTS, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 126 RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY. UM, WE DID HAVE ONE RESIDENT THAT POINTED, UM, MADE A COMMENT THAT NONE OF THE, NONE OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. UM, SO FOLLOWING THE INPUT, WE BROUGHT THE PROJECT TO COUNCIL COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE GRANT AND ACCEPTED THE PURCHASE OF THE, UM, THE EQUIPMENT. AND SINCE THEN SOUTH HAS PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT AND IT HAS [00:35:01] BEEN DELIVERED AND IT IS AWAITING INSTALLATION. AND JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THERE WERE TIMES THAT WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE WITH THEM, UM, THAT WE WERE GATHERING FEEDBACK REGARDING THE OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, WE HAD AN ENGAGEMENT OF 3,477 PEOPLE. UM, THERE WERE 94 LIKES AND 18 HEARTS. SO WE WOULD CATEGORIZE THAT AS POSITIVE FEEDBACK. AND THEN WE HAD A GROUP THAT TOOK TIME TO EVEN MAKE A COMMENT TALK TYPE OF COMMENT THAT SAID THINGS LIKE NICE, AWESOME, GREAT ADDITION. THIS IS COOL. UM, AND I WON'T READ ALL OF THOSE, BUT THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK AS WE WERE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON THE CURRENT CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD FROM, UM, THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT REACHED OUT, WE DID REACH OUT TO AREA PARKS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THIS EXACT EQUIPMENT, AND WE ASKED THEM SOME QUESTIONS. WE ASKED THEM HOW LONG THEIR EQUIPMENT'S BEEN INSTALLED. UM, HAVE THEY HAD ANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES? HAVE THEY HAD ANY NUISANCE ISSUES? UM, WHAT'S THEIR USAGE LIKE? UM, WHAT'S THEIR USE BY AGE GROUP. AND DO THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UM, WE DID HAVE ONE GROUP THAT TOLD US THAT THEY HAD A TEEN TWEEN CLIMBING EQUIPMENT. THEY HAD AN OCCASIONAL TEEN TWEEN CLIMBING EQUIPMENT. UM, BUT IT WASN'T A COMMON PROBLEM OR SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH. I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP THAT HAD, UM, SOME VINYL FOR RUNNING SOME EQUIPMENT AND THEY EASILY REPAIRED IT. UM, WE'RE HEARING THAT THEIR USES, UM, LOW TO AVERAGE, UM, MECHANI IS ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING HIGHER USE. UM, AND MIDLOTHIAN IS TELLING US THAT IT'S NEVER CROWDED, BUT CAN, BUT CONSISTENT USE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH, UM, THE ONES THAT WERE LIKE IT'S LOW TO AVERAGE USE, THAT WAS MORE, WHAT THEY MEANT IS IT'S JUST CONSISTENT. IT'S NEVER SO USED THAT IT'S OVERWHELMED, BUT THEY'RE GETTING CONSISTENT PERIODIC USE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. UM, THEY GAVE US SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. THEN IT'S BEEN A GOOD BENEFIT TO THEIR COMMUNITY THAT HAS PROVIDED LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID FOR PEOPLE TO WORK OUT IN OPEN AIR. UM, AND, AND SO I'VE PROVIDED ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE GATHERED FOR YOU TO REVIEW. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK I SKIPPED OVER IN OUR PRESENTATION, BUT IN SELECTING THIS EQUIPMENT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT ROSE TO THE TOP FOR STAFF IS BECAUSE IT HAD COMES WITH AN APP THAT PEOPLE CAN DO, UM, FITNESS PROGRAMMING ON THEIR OWN. SO IF YOU WANT TO DO A WORKOUT WITH A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, YOU CAN FIND OUT IN THE APP AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. IT ALSO GIVES THE RECREATION CENTER, UM, BECAUSE OUR WALLS ARE LIMITING THE ABILITY TO PUSH OUR PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND DO FITNESS CLASSES ON THE FITNESS COURT. SO THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GUIDED US IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE. SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, UM, WE SHARED WITH YOU THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, AND WE PROVIDED SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HOW THE SITE SELECTION WAS, UM, PROCESS WAS DONE, HOW THE EQUIPMENT WAS SELECTED, UM, HOW WE GATHERED, UH, PUBLIC INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GATHERED FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. SO AT THIS POINT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE DISCUSSION IN ORDER FOR US TO DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE PURCHASE. THANKS. JANNA, GOT A QUESTION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE SIX, PLEASE? THANK YOU. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFICULT TO READ, BUT I'VE ENLARGED IT. AND, UM, INSIDE THE RED BOX, IT SAYS, PROVIDE SHADED OUTDOOR FITNESS STATIONS AND CHALLENGE ELEMENTS FOR OLDER CHILDREN AND TEENS CONSIDER ROCK CLIMBING, STRUCTURE, ZIP LINES. AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT SAYS LATE LOCKED NORTH, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAYLA PARK SLASH ATHLETIC CLUB. UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE VISUAL, I GUESS, OF, OF THIS, UH, ROCK CLIMBING STRUCTURE. DO YOU ENVISION US HAVING OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND A ZIP LINE AT LANDMARK PARK? SO THERE ARE ZIPLINES THAT ARE INTEGRATED IN THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WHICH YOU AND I PROBABLY ARE ENVISIONING DIFFERENT SENSORS. I'M ENVISIONING SOMETHING FROM THE ATHLETIC CLUB. WE CAN JUST SHOOT A PICK RIGHT INTO THE ROCK CLIMBING [00:40:04] UM, BUT THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE CHILDREN, THAT WE HAVE A POPULATION OF CHILDREN THAT ALL STARTED STAYING IN ADDISON AT ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND THEY'RE TRACKING ALONG. AND AS THEY GET OLDER, WE, WE KEEP GOING THROUGH HURDLES WITH THIS AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB, EVEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THERE USED TO BE THINGS FOR ME, BUT NOW THERE'S LOT THINGS FOR ME. UM, AND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT EVENTUALLY THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE WILL NOT SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE IN ADDISON, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO START TO, UM, HAVE MORE ACTIVE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS A ROCK CLIMBING WALL, UM, OR SOME OTHER SORT OF PLAYGROUND FEATURES. AND THERE ARE ZIPLINES THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN BETWEEN PLACE STRUCTURES, UM, NOT ACROSS, YEAH, IT'S HELPED ME CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, THAT HOW HIGH OFF THE GROUND. AND THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY, I WOULD SAY SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET OFF THE GROUND. UM, SO YOU'RE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY OFF THE GROUND AND YOU'RE JUST ZIP LINING IN BETWEEN TWO METAL COMPONENTS OF A OKAY. SLOW TO THE GROUND. AND SO YOU ARE, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU ARE ENVISIONING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN LAY LOG PART. UH, EVENTUALLY THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND WHEN WE REPLACE IT, WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT PROVIDING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT REACHES OUT TO A BROADER AGE GROUP OF CHILDREN AND ELEMENTS. LIKE THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UM, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, WHEN YOU DEVELOP PLAYGROUNDS, IT'S ALWAYS BENEFICIAL TO INVITE CHILDREN TO COME PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. WE CAN BRING UP THE GROUND VENDORS OUT TO SHARE WHAT THOSE IDEAS ARE. AND THEN WE CAN START TO DEVELOP THOSE IN A ROW ON THE MALL THAT OUR KIDS WANT TO DO. THEY WANT TO SIP WINE AND WE CAN START TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE. WELL, A COUPLE THOUGHTS I HAD WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THIS, IT JUST, IT, IT LOOKS REALLY COOL AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN, BUT, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS ROCK CLIMBING THING, RIGHT? THAT, THAT TO ME LOOKS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND AS A MUNICIPALITY AND JUST KIND OF FRIGHTENS ME TO SEE, UM, TO THINK OF A CHILD FALLING AND GETTING HURT. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAVE IS WHETHER WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR CURRENT PLAYGROUND OR THIS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH THIS OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION TO BE PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO IT. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. UM, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION AND, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE CALL A CHILD PLAYGROUND. IT WAS ALL MY PLAYGROUND. AND SO I, ONE OF MY CURRENT THOUGHTS IS, UH, IS THE, UH, THE RISK MANAGEMENT CONCERN AND CHILDREN GETTING HURT PLAYING ON OUTDOOR FITNESS STATIONS. SO JUST, JUST A THOUGHT I WANTED TO SHARE ANY COMMENT ON OTHER COMPANIES. WELL, I THINK THE OBVIOUS THING IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THIS, IT WAS BASED ON, UM, AS JANET WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS IN THE PROCESS, WE MADE OUR DECISION BASED ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. AND SO THIS PRESENTS ITSELF AS A SITUATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TASKED TO DO IS SOMETIMES OUR WORK IS NUANCED. AND, UH, WITH THE ADVENT OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE A CONCERN, UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT. AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE SOLVED HARDER, BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN THIS. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, CONTINUE OUR TRADITION OF LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS THAT, UH, ARE, UH, HIGH IMPACT RESIDENTS. AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S A LOT OF LIKES, UH, AND THERE'S AN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT, A GREAT RESPONSE. OFTENTIMES THOSE LIKES ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT AREAS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE, SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, I'VE BEEN READING THROUGH THIS AND, AND I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IF OTHERS HAVE IDEAS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, [00:45:01] THE, THE REQUESTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND, AND WHAT SOME CREATIVE OPTIONS WOULD BE. I'M NOT OFFERING ONE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SORRY, I I'M OPEN. AND I THINK IF WE CAN TALK THROUGH IT, MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING JANA. CAN YOU, UH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT YOU HEAR FROM, OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LARGE GROUP LARGER GROUP, YOU MAY HAVE REACHED OUT WHERE THEY HAVE REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO YOU. UM, WE, WE DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTS, UM, THAT CALL AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS AFTER THEY WERE ASKED TO SIGN A PETITION AND THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION. UM, THERE WERE ABOUT 10 RESIDENTS THAT CALL, UM, A GROUP OF, I GUESS, ABOUT, WELL, WE HAD THREE THAT ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION. THAT WAS THEIR BIG CONCERN, UM, BECAUSE THEY HEARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE OPEN SPACE AND THEY CONVEYED TO US THAT THE LAWN AREA BY THE RABBIT SCULPTURE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE. AND THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS WHERE THE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT WAS GOING TO GO. UM, WHEN WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THAT WASN'T THE LOCATION, THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE WERE PROPOSING. I ALSO HAD A GROUP OF RESIDENTS I WAS MEETING WITH YESTERDAY THAT VOICED SIMILAR CONCERNS. AND WHEN THEY WERE LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT GOING THERE. IT'S BY THE PARKING LOT OF, HAVE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THEY DID ASK IF WE COULD DO SOME ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, JUST SOFTEN IT AND DO SOME SCREENING. UM, SO OUT OF THOSE, HOW MANY BREASTS THAT'S ABOUT, I HAD 10 RESIDENTS CALL AND MET WITH ANOTHER 10. UM, THERE WERE THREE THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THEIR OPINION IF THEY HAD THE LOCATION. RIGHT. UH, THE TWO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON THE QUESTION THAT ORIENT POSED THE THOUGHT AND WAY. UH, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS QUESTION MAPPING THERE IS THAT STRICTLY FOR RESIDENTS OR IS THAT OPEN-ENDED, THAT ACTUALLY WAS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE DID SPECIFICALLY ASK, ARE YOU AN ADDISON RESIDENT, WE ASKED FOR YOUR ADDRESS. UM, WE ASKED IF YOU WORKED IN ADDISON OR LIVED IN ADDISON, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, ALTHOUGH WE GOT 900 COMMENTS, UM, 95% OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE OUT OF SOME RESIDENTS AND THE OTHER 5% THAT WE GOT COMMENTS FROM WORK, PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN ALISON AND WERE CONSIDERING OUR DAYTIME RESIDENTS. SO THE MAP OPTION THERE WE'VE USED BEFORE. AND HOW DOES THIS, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT, HOW DOES THIS RESPONSE OF 900 COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE HAD? UM, SPEAKING FOR THE PARKS PROJECTS, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH 900 IS THE LARGEST GROUP OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK. HOBBINS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN. WE HAD A SURVEY THAT WE GOT CLOSED, AND THEN IT WAS 750. UM, BUT AT THE TIME USING THE MAP SNARE, WE'VE GOT, WE CAPTURED THE MOST INPUT FROM RESIDENTS THAT WE EVER HAVE. WE, WE HAD SOME GOOD COMMENTS FROM THEM THAT IT WAS EASY FOR THEM TO DO, UM, IN PARTICIPATE IN. AND THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. IT WAS A HELPFUL TOOL. SO USUALLY USING THIS QUESTION MANNER, WE EVEN ELIMINATE SOME OF THE RANDOM, IT'S KIND OF RANDOM PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT OUR, THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE, BUT WE CAN SEPARATE THEIR DATA AND LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE THEIR INPUT IS MORE VALUABLE. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ATLAS THAT COME AND USE OUR PARKS, AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HEAR THAT FOR THAT PART. BUT, UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AND ADDISON, THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WERE GIVEN IN, AND LOOK AT THAT THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT THAT MEANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ENHANCED LANDSCAPING? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND FROM LOOKING AT THE MAP, THE CLOSEST RESIDENT WITHIN VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT IS ABOUT 500 FEET TO THIS LOCATION. SURE. SO, UM, THE FITNESS COURT WOULD FIT IN THIS SPACE, JUST NORTH OF THAT VERY FIRST PARKING LOT OR PARKING SPACE THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THE DOOR OF THAT ATHLETIC CLUB. AND IT'S AN OPEN LAWN SPACE RIGHT NOW. UM, WE WERE AT REQUEST WAS MADE BY A RESIDENT GROUP. COULD YOU PUT SOME SHRUBS AROUND THIS AND SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO SCREEN IT? AND WE DEFINITELY COULD, ESPECIALLY ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE AND THE STREETS, THE STREET SIDE, THAT WE COULD COME IN WITH LANDSCAPE BEDS THAT WRAP AROUND THAT AND ADD LANDSCAPING THERE TO HELP. [00:50:02] SO THE LANDSCAPING WOULD BE TO SCREAM FROM THE STREET. IT WOULD BE AN ASSAULT. IT'S NOT GOING, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST WE SCREEN IT CAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP GOOD VISIBILITY OF OUR GATHERING SPACES FOR PEOPLE FOR SAFETY. UM, BUT IT WOULD JUST SOFTEN THE METAL ELEMENTS IN THE VERTICAL ELEMENTS. IT WOULD, IT WOULD GIVE IT MORE OF AN ATMOSPHERE AND LOOK LIKE, WELL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT, THEY'RE, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, I WANT TO LOOK AT A COMMENT FROM A RESIDENT THAT ASKED US THAT RECOMMENDED AND SUGGESTED THAT WE ADD A NONE OF THE ABOVE. I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK WE SHOULD, AS A REGULAR PRACTICE, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION ON ANYTIME WE GO TO THE PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM MULTIPLE CHOICE, OBJECT SELECTION. I, UH, I ALWAYS BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE EQUIVALENT IN THAT AREA, THEN YOU'LL MIGHT ATTRACT SOME PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN, ON NEIGHBORHOOD ADDISON TO COME TO USE IT. AND FOR ELDER PEOPLE VERY FEEL, THEN WHAT DID YOU USE IT? YOU KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE THAT, UH, CLOUD RATHER THE OTHER COMMUNITY LIKE CANEY AND BOX SPRING, ALL THOSE SIX CDS WHO USE THAT MOST COMMENT IS PEOPLE USE THAT IS BETWEEN 30 TO 50 YEARS OLD. SO OLDER THAN THAT, I'M NOT GOING TO USE IT, UH, PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE LABEL, BUT POP PLACE, LAYLA, QUITE A BIT ELDERS, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT TO THE SLAB CLUB. SO I BELIEVE THE CONCERN IS PEOPLE COME FROM OTHER COMMUNITY TO USE THAT A FACILITY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, LOW, BRING SOME TRAFFIC AND NOW THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AMONG ALL THOSE CONCERNS, I THINK THIS PROBABLY NUMBER ONE BIGGEST CONCEPT. SO, UM, I'M JUST THINKING IN ANY WAY, THEY'LL OTHER BETTER LOCATIONS. NO, NO CRAVING THIS KIND OF CONCEPT UNDERSTAND, I, THIS IS NOT A FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE PUT A DOG POD ON THE BEATEN AWAY OFFICE. GOOD. IT LASTS UNTIL LIKE, WOW, O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TWICE. SO YOU'VE GOT A PUPIL FOYER. ALSO PEOPLE OPPOSE THEM. UH, UM, WE STILL DID IT BECAUSE, UH, SUPER SIMPLE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE DOTS, BUT THEIR CONCERN IS PEOPLE THAT TRESPASS THE AREA OR PARKING VENDOR. SO WE RESTRICT THEM PARKING OVER. THERE WAS A SPECIAL SIGN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY GENERATE A LOT OF CARS SINCE THE INSTALLATION. SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS HOW CAN WE REALLY MAKE THIS KIND OF A CONCERN? AND IT STILL, YOU'RE ONLY A GOOD COMMUNITY CAN REALLY PROVIDE THIS KIND OF, ALTHOUGH EQUIPMENT ADDING A MORE, YOU KNOW, SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS. ACTUALLY, EVENTUALLY IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT THE QUESTION IS LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. JUST LIKE IF YOU BUY A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, LOCATION, NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A GOOD LOCATION FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM GENERATING RIGHT NOW? I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. SO HOW CAN WE, DO WE HAVE OTHER POSSIBLE LOCATION WITHIN EVEN LOOKING INTO IT? SO THE NFC, UM, FITNESS FOR COMPANY, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO LOOK AT SCIENCE AND THEY LOOKED AT SITES AND ADDISON TO SEE WHAT SITES MET THEIR CRITERIA AND, UM, WE, AND LAY LOGS WAS ONE OF THEM. AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT, THAT WAS THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN. UM, SO THAT'S THE ONE WE PRESENTED. THEY ALSO INCLUDED BEGGAR PARK, UM, AS BEING A LOCATION THAT GETS A LOT OF MEETS THEIR CRITERIA FOR PARK, UM, VITRUVIAN PARK. AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, AND TOWN PARK IS AN OUTLIER. TOM PARK WAS THE LOWEST, IT GOT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FOOT TRAFFIC. [00:55:02] UM, BUT THOSE WERE THE LOCATIONS, BUT TRIVIA, UM, FIT A LOT OF WOULD FIT A LOT OF CRITERIA FOR STAFF. I JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF SPACE I HAVE BETWEEN ME AND THE, WE CAN PUT THAT HAT ON. I KNOW IT'S 1400 SQUARE FEET, BUT WHAT THE TOWN OWNS IS FROM THE TRAIL DOWN TO THE WATER. SO WE OWN THE STEEP PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE, UM, OF THE PLACES YOU LISTED VITRUVIAN PARK FROM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION, THERE WOULD PROBABLY VIEW IT AS AN AMENITY, A FEATURE, A DRAW, A RETENTION TOOL FOR FOLKS TO, TO, TO, TO STAY THERE AND MOVE THERE. UM, BUT YOU HAVE THE, THIS, THE, UH, INCLINED CHALLENGE. UM, THE OTHER, JUST THE ONE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT IF IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ATHLETIC CLUB, WE CAN EASILY PROGRAM THAT. SO WE CAN USE OUR FITNESS INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE FITNESS CLASSES, AND WE DO HAVE PLANS TO EVEN PROVIDE SENIOR PROGRAMMING ON THE FITNESS SPORTS. SO, UM, BEING IN VITRUVIAN, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT'S TRUE. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT, YOU KNOW, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO HAVE IT, IT JUST PRESENTS A BIG CHALLENGE WITH, WITH WHAT TO DO HERE. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES? SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE GOT THE GRANT FROM, UH, WHAT WAS THE ENTITY THAT WE GOT THE GRANT FROM, UM, TRAPS AND NFC. SO TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY, AND THEN NFC NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN, ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS ON THE SITE SELECTION AND THE CHALLENGES OF NOW LOOKING TO CHANGE IT AFTER IT'S BEEN, UH, ESTABLISHED BY ALL OF THESE SOUND PROCESSES, THAT THE MOST SOUND PROCESSES THAT YOU CAN, THE TOWN COULD COME UP WITH, WHICH I THINK WAS WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I MEAN, I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IS, IS AS ADEQUATE AND SOUND AS YOU CAN GET. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE NUANCES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE GRANT FUNDING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO I DID CALL IT A NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN WHO ADMINISTERED THE GRANT AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION AND ASK THEM WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS ARE. ARE WE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY THE GRANT BACK, UM, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH US, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SEE THAT WHEREVER WE PICK DOES ITS BEST JOB OF MEETING THE CRITERIA THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED. UM, SO THEY, THEY SOUND LIKE THEY WILL WORK WITH US, BUT UNTIL WE START, YOU KNOW, PICKING LOCATIONS AND, AND THEY START APPLYING THEIR CRITERIA, UM, I CAN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT SAY THAT, BUT THEY DID SEEM APPROACHABLE. JANET. ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS HAD WAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE CRYING OR NUISANCE SITUATIONS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OTHER THAN THE, THAN THE MATRIX? SURE. SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THE OTHER PARKS DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND WHAT THEY REPORTED TO US SINCE THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SEEN ARE THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, WHERE RANDOMLY, SOMEBODY WILL CUT A CORD ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT THE PLAYGROUND OR SOMETHING, AND WE'VE GOT TO GO IN AND REPLACE IT. AND IT'S JUST MINIMAL STUFF. UM, ONE OF THOSE, IF YOU READ THROUGH THOSE COMMENTS, YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE THERE BY A VERY RAMBUNCTIOUS BASKETBALL COURT AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY NUISANCE ISSUES. AND I THINK THEY ANTICIPATED, IF YOU, JUST BECAUSE OF THE BASKETBALL COURT. UM, WHEN WE DID SITE VISITS AROUND THE METROPLEX, WE, WE DROVE AND VISITED THESE. UM, WE JUST SAW PEOPLE ACTIVELY USING THEM EVERY TIME WE WERE THERE. AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THINGS GET USED, IT ALSO HELPS DETER THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS, UM, VISIBILITY WHERE IT BEING SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON IT, UM, IS I THINK WORKS IN OUR FAVOR. UM, AND THEN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES DEFINITELY HELPS US WITH MORE COMFORTABLE. SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS THIS LOCATION WOULD GIVE IT THE HIGHEST VISIBILITY AND PERHAPS CAUSE THE LEAST POTENTIAL CRIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT REMOTE OR NOT SEEN OR HIDDEN, UH, HIGH VISIBILITY LOCATION WILL HELP. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT PER MINUTE. UM, THIS LOCATION IS HIGH VISIBILITY, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS ARE LISTED FOR ALL THAT WE LOOKED AT, OR [01:00:01] WE COULD ALSO CALL THOSE HIGH VISIBILITY LOCATIONS. UM, IN THAT GROUP THAT, UM, NFC HAD IDENTIFIED TOWN PARK TO BE AS ONE OF THE LOWER VISIBILITY LOCATIONS. WE HAVE SOME ISSUES AT THAT PARK. UM, AND, AND SO THAT WHEN I, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT GOING THERE. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK OF AN EXAMPLE OF A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOG PARKS EARLIER, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A DOG PARK AND, UH, CALLED WAGGING TAIL DOG PARK THAT'S DOWN. UM, IS IT KELLER SPRINGS? YEAH. DOG IT'S IN DALLAS. YES. AND THAT PARK IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS REMOTE. AND THEY HAVE MORE ISSUES THAN ALL OF OUR PARKS, ALL OF OUR DOG PARKS COMBINED BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF THE WAY. THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE VISIBILITY WE'LL EXCLUDE. YEAH. I'LL GET TREATS. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF HIDING PLACES AND THEY DO HAVE ISSUES WITH CARS PARKED THERE THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S ISSUES AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE. AND WHEN I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ATHLETICS CENTER BEING RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE THE TOWN VISIBILITY, LITERALLY TOTAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE THAT CAN SEE WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE VIPER CAR PARK AND ALL OF THAT TOO, IS THERE'S DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THERE? THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXTRA SPACE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE A CONFLICT POTENTIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WE JUST DON'T. IT'S A BIG QUESTION, MARK. SO I'M STOPPED DOING, UM, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PAGE, YOU'VE GOT ICONIC SITES, YOU'VE GOT ACCESSIBILITY, CONNECTIVITY. I MEAN THAT, TO ME SCREAMS THE TRULY IMPORTANT AND IN MY MIND IMMEDIATELY WENT OVER TO THE, THE LITTLE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT CROSSES OVER A FARMER'S BRANCH CREEK. UM, AND TO THE, TO THE EAST OF THE CRICO, BY THE LITTLE PARKING, UH, OUTDOOR PARKING, I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THAT LAND OR NOT. BUT TO ME THAT, THAT SEEMED IDEAL. I MEAN, VITRUVIAN PARK IS ICONIC. IT'S ONE OF OUR ICONIC PARKS. UM, IT'S ACCESSIBLE. I MEAN, THAT, THAT THE TRUE BEING A TRAIL GETS PROBABLY MORE TRAIL USAGE THAN ANYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE SILVER SILVER LINE TRAIL LATER. UM, AND IT'S VERY CONNECTED WITH, WITH A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS WITH OPTICAL CAMERAS. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T, IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE AN OPTICAL CAMERA PLANNED OVER THERE, WHY WE COULDN'T ADD, IF YOU ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, SINCE I LIVE IN EDISON CIRCLE. SO MOST, EVERY DAY, JUST A SPECIAL WEEKEND, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OLD CAMP, 20, 30 PEOPLE EXERCISING. SO IF THE EQUIPMENT OVER THERE PROBABLY YOU CAN GET HIRED USE. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, IT SAYS WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS OVER THERE, SO IT WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE. AND YOU'VE GOT, UH, WITH TLD IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OPEN SPACE AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE, OKAY. BUT IT'S STILL MANY YEARS LATER DOWN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT BE TRUVEN IS A RATHER GOOD ASIDE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, 1400 SQUARE FEET IS NOT SMALL SPACE. SO LOTS POSSIBILITY WEST. WE DISCUSS THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OTHER SUGGESTION YOU'LL HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHATEVER IT IS THOUGH THAT WE'VE GOT TO THINK THROUGH WHAT IF WE MOVE IT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS. WELL, YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT THIS, RIGHT. THAT AS JANET MENTIONED, THE KIDS ARE OUTGROWING THE LITTLE BITTY PLAYGROUND AND HAVING IT ADJACENT TO THE ATHLETIC CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE YOU GO TO DO FITNESS IS AN EXTENSION OF WHERE YOU GO TO DO FITNESS. AND IT'S A LOGICAL, IMMEDIATE IMPACT AREA THAT JUST SORT OF FITS. AND SO THEN IF WE MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT VOTED FOR IT AND SAY, WE WANT HER TO, YOU KNOW, WELL, LET'S, LET'S SAY THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE A MIDDLING. YEAH. YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE, BUT LET'S SAY THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT SAYS, NO, WE DON'T WANT IT THERE. WHEN DOES IT STOP? RIGHT. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT [01:05:01] SAYS NO. AND THAT DRIVES THE CONVERSATION. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE, BUT, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE THROW OUT ANOTHER LOCATION, POTENTIALLY WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WE ARE LISTENING TO PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY IT'S THAT'S. YEAH. RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD POINT. BUT, BUT, BUT THE, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THERE, THERE MAY BE, IF WE LOOK AT OTHER LOCATIONS, THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE THAT SAY, NO, WE DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER. WELL, IT WOULD SEEM THAT, WELL FIRST LET ME ASK THIS, THIS HEAT MAP RIGHT HERE, WE'LL CALL IT. THAT FOR IS, IS THERE ON THE, THE OTHER LOCATIONS, ARE THE HEAT MAP SIMILAR OR THIS ONE IS THE, I CALL IT WHEN IT LIGHTS UP, YOU GET THE WHITE YELLOWISH COLOR. THIS ONE'S THE BRIGHTEST. THIS ONE LIT UP THE BRIGHTEST, UM, VITRUVIAN PARK. AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS ODDLY CORN PARK TO ME. OF COURSE THEY WERE JUST LOOKING AT TRAFFIC AND CONNECTIVITY. THOSE TWO WERE PRETTY EQUAL, UM, BEING BELOW THIS ONE. SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE, IF, IF WE WERE GOING TO START OUT, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR START. AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO THINK OF TWO, THREE OR FOUR, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE WE WOULD BELIEVE THAT WE GET MORE SUCCESS WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH IT BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE FEELING. I WILL SUGGEST BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. SO YOU MIGHT CONSIDER PUTTING VITRUVIAN PARK. THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS. AND LET'S JUST START IN THE TRIAL. IF IT'S GOOD IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE WILL ASK, CAN WE HAVE THAT? IT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND, BUT IT'LL WORK OUT JUST FINE. YEAH. I CAN RECALL COUNSEL ALONG WITH MARY ASKED HIM THIS REVISITED. CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK AT KIND OF LIKE A FOOTBALL GAME AND YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE A CALL, RIGHT. AND THEN THE COACH, THOSE THE CHALLENGE, WE HAVE CHALLENGED FLAGS AROUND US. AND SO LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT LIZARD. WELL, LET'S LOOK, LET'S LOOK AT THE LIGHT AT THE REPLAY. SO THE REPLAY HERE Y'ALL IS LET'S REMIND OURSELVES HOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE THAT CARE THE, THE PROACTIVE SENSE OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE, UH, THE FACT THAT THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOND COMMITTEE. I MEAN, THIS IS ALL CITIZEN CITIZENS. THIS IS NOT COUNSELING. IT'S ALL CITIZEN DRIVEN. THE CITIZENS VOTED TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THIS, NOT US, THE CITIZENS. SO IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERTURN THE CALL ON THE FIELD, THEN WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS, IS, IS, IS NO GOOD. IT WAS WRONG. IT WAS A MISTAKE. NOW IN THE NFL, IT HAS TO BE CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE. SO I DON'T FIND CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO OVERTURN THE CALL ON THE FIELD. NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MY POSITION HERE. AND IF WE HAD THE PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH THAT, THEN WE MOVE ON. AND, AND, UH, SO, UM, I I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA SAY THAT, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO RETURN THIS CALL BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS FINE. WHAT'S HIS POINT? ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW, WHEN MOVING SOMEBODY ELSE WON'T LIKE IT. AND I'M ALL FOR MITIGATING THE METAL OF GNA AND PUTTING IN APPROPRIATE THINGS AND MAKING IT LOOKS LIKE, LOOK LIKE IT BELONGED THERE. IT WAS ALWAYS THERE. I'M ALWAYS FOR THAT. I MEAN, WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT. WE'RE PROUD OF, NOT SOMETHING HERE THAT THAT IS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER THING THAT REMINDS ME OF THIS, AND I FORGET WHO ALL WAS ON COUNCIL WITH ME WHEN WE HAD MOVED APART, THE MEMBER OF THE PARK EQUIPMENT FROM THE, FROM THE PHONE. YEAH. REMEMBER ALL THAT. AND THE OUTRAGE, THE OUTRAGE OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE TEENAGERS SMOKING POT. THEY DON'T PARK AT A, AT A, AT A, AT A FACILITY THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD KIDS. IT COULD BE TEENAGERS SMOKING POT, AND THEY WERE ALL GOING TO DRIVE IN THERE. AND THIS IS IN MY NAME WHERE Y'ALL AND I WALK THERE EVERY DAY. I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, [01:10:01] A RIDICULOUS HYPERBOLE SCENARIO HERE. AND OF COURSE, HERE WE GO AGAIN. WHAT I HEARD WAS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T MAINTAIN IT. IT'S WASTED MONEY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S THROWING MONEY AROUND, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE FACT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HISTORY HERE, ALL THIS IS CITIZEN DRIVEN, ALL OF THIS AS CITIZEN REVIEWED AND REVIEWED AND REVIEWED AND REVIEWED AND REVIEWED. NONE OF THAT WAS, BUT ANYBODY WHO HAD THE OPINION HOW BAD IT WAS, BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO TAKE. AND, AND WE'VE HAD FACTS PRESENTED TO US. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS PUT IT ON THE RECORD AND LET'S LOOK AT IT AT A VERY DETAILED, GRANULAR LEVEL AT ALL THE THINGS WE DID HERE AND HOW MUCH THIS MAKES SENSE. SO IF YOU DON'T THINK, IF YOU DON'T THINK ALL THIS PROCESS MAKES SENSE, THEN DIDN'T TELL THEM, THEN VOTE TO TELL HIM WE'D BE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. SO LET'S, I HAVE CALLED A USE YOUR ANALOGY OF THROWING THE CHALLENGE FLAG IS, IS A COUPLE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THAT CHALLENGE FLAG IS THROWN AT THINGS GET CHANGED, CORRECT IT, WHETHER I'M JUST, I'M JUST ANSWERED IT. AND GO AHEAD. IF IT'S CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, LET ME GET THAT. IT WAS WRONG. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE REPLAY. OKAY. SO, SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND OPEN THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHALLENGE THE THING SOMETIMES. AND THE REFEREE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE JUMPING IN THERE AND THEN YOU'RE WALKING, UM, AND, AND, AND THE REFEREES, AREN'T ALWAYS PERFECT. IT'S HARD TO BE PERFECT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I CAME UP WITH WITH YOUR, AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US AS A MUNICIPALITY TO BE PERFECT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO THESE THINGS, LIKE THE BOND ELECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THIS PETITION THAT WAS FORWARDED TO US FOR OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE, SIGNED IT, AND I THOUGHT, CAL-WOOD, WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHY ARE WE JUST GETTING THIS NOW? SO I STARTED TO BACKTRACK TO FIGURE OUT WHY, WHY ARE PEOPLE, WHY DIDN'T WE GET THIS PETITION SOONER? SO WHEN I BACKTRACK AND DO MY RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, I FIND OUT THAT WE MAILED THIS, THIS VOTERS INFORMATION BROCHURE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, NOWHERE IN HERE, IS THERE AN OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, NOTHING. AND, AND, AND I'M JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR. AND SO WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE'VE GOT EIGHT, EIGHT PAGES. UM, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE. UM, BUT I'M THINKING IF I GO THROUGH THESE EIGHT PAGES OF ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT I'VE GOT TO COVER, NOW, I'M SURE SOMEBODY DID GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT IT. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, DO YOU SEE A LOT OF REDUNDANT INFORMATION TO THIS? UM, I'M JUST KINDA, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PERSON WENT THROUGH THIS. LOOK THROUGH, LOOK TOOK ALL THE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THIS, THEN FURTHER GOT ON THE BOND WEBSITE AND, AND COMPARE WHAT WAS ON THAT, TO WHAT THEY WERE MAILED AND REALIZED AHA, THE OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAILER. SO, SO THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T COMPLETELY PERFECT ON, ON THE MAILER. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN I LOOK THROUGH EMAILS, WE, WE EMAILED THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT RECEIVING THE NEWSLETTER. BUT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE WERE CASES, AND THIS WAS SHARED WITH COUNCIL EARLIER TODAY. HE'S SEEN IT. UM, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REDDING TRAIL DRAINAGE PROJECT, PUBLIC INPUT MEETING. SO THAT'S THE THING THAT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER. AND MAYBE IF YOU CLICK THE LINK, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT MORE OR, OR IF YOU SHOWED UP FOR THAT, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S INTUITIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT TO ME IS WHY WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS PETITION SOONER. SO I THINK WHEN FOLKS FINALLY DID GET WORD OF IT, UM, AND VISUALLY SEE IT IN THE TOWN NEWSLETTER CLEARLY TO ME, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED 108 PEOPLE TO SIGN A PETITION. AND TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY TIME, UH, TRACKING COUNCIL WORK OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE RUN INTO THIS ONE OTHER TIME AND THAT WAS WITH DON'T PARK. UM, SO TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL. SO I, YEAH, I USE YOUR ANALOGY. I DON'T THINK WE WERE [01:15:01] PERFECT. I THINK WE WERE PERFECT. IT WAS A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO THIS BIG BOND PROPOSITION, JUST NOT, NOT THE OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, UH, MARLIN, I, I HAVE FINE. REMEMBER I ASKED TO HAVE THIS REVISITING, I'M FINE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND AT A REAL GRANULAR LEVEL. WHAT PERFECT. IF, IF IT IS YOUR CONSIDERED JUDGMENT THAT THAT'S FAILED TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE THIS PLACE, THEN YOU NEED TO VOTE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU THINK THAT'S FINE. SO, UM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR CALL TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU THINK YOU'RE TO YOUR POINT, AND THAT'S A FAIR POINT, IT'S A FAIR POINT THAT, THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER OR WHATEVER, BUT MY POINT IS HERE AND WHAT JAN HAS IS DETAILED. AND I MEAN, THIS IS GOING THROUGH SO MANY ITERATIONS AND SO MANY STEPS AND SO MUCH CITIZEN INPUT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING THAT WOULD OCCUR TO ME IS THAT CITIZENS HAD NO, NO, NO, NO INPUT ON THIS. THAT'S THE VERY LAST THING THAT OCCURS TO ME. NOW, IF YOU THINK, BECAUSE OF THAT DOCUMENT IN THAT, AND THAT, THAT AMBIGUITY IN THAT LACK OF SPECIFICITY, THAT IT'S FATAL THAT THEN, THEN, THEN, THEN THE RIGHT, THEN LET'S GET A CONSENSUS TO GIVE, TELL JANET TO GO START CLEAR ON YOUR POSITION, ON WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYWHERE I CAN HEAR FROM TOM AND COUNSELOR. UM, I JUST WONDER, DO WE HAVE CAMERAS IN THIS PARK AREA? AND WE HAVE CAMERAS. WE, WE JUST INSTALLED CAMERAS IN THAT AREA. UM, WE MAY HAVE TO RE ANGLE ONE TO PICK UP THAT LOCATION, BUT THAT FRONT DOOR AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB, IF YOU JUST TURNED OFF YOUR BIKE, SORRY, THE, UM, THE FRONT DOOR, THE CAMERA AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB ACTUALLY LOOKS AT THAT ALSO. SO WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT TWO CAMERAS ON IT. AND THEN I ALSO WONDER, IS THERE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS AT THE TENNIS COURT BASKETBALL COURT AREA? WE, WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AT THE BASKETBALL COURT THIS PAST SUMMER. IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THIS LAST SUMMER, PLEASE DEFINE PROBLEMS. SURE. UM, WE, THE PROBLEMS ARE RELATED TO, UH, A GROUP OF KIDS THAT HANG OUT THERE, PLAY OR TEENS PLAY BASKETBALL. UM, THERE'S A TRASH CAN RIGHT THERE, BUT THE TRASH GOES ON THE GROUND REPEATEDLY AND THEY PLAY MUSIC THAT DOESN'T HAVE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN IT. WHAT STEPS DID WE TAKE WITH THAT ISSUE? WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PUT PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND SO WE'RE REPLACING THE BASKETBALL COURTS WITH PICKLEBALL, BUT THEY WAS FILLING THAT NEED AND ALSO HELPING WITH THAT PROBLEM. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WHAT CAMERAS. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO SOMEBODY AT THE ATHLETIC COACH CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, THAT'S ALL GOT TO SAY, UM, WELL, UH, CAMERA'S IS ONE. I ASSUMED THAT WE HAD THEM OVER THERE. SO I LIKED THE ORIENTATION. YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING AT THE PLACE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY THIS ONE, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A PARKING LOT ON THE WEST SIDE AND LAND BIG ENOUGH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PATROL PARKING LOT THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS OURS OR SPACE THERE AND GET THE, PUT ONE RIGHT OFF THE TRAIL, THAT'S OWNED BY THE ASS. CAUSE THAT'S, IT'S REALLY LESS THAN A 40, ABOUT 40, WHERE THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, SUPPOSE THIS THING GOES FORWARD. I MEAN, OUR, OUR INVESTMENT OTHER THAN EQUIPMENT IS WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND AS A CONCRETE PAD, 1600 SQUARE FEET, 14, SORRY, 1400 SQUARE FEET, WHATEVER IT IS, 37 OR 48 BY 38, WHATEVER, THE THINGS THAT'S A SQUARE, RIGHT? IF THERE WAS, IF WE PUT IT IN AND IT WAS SOME HUGE PROBLEM, OUR EXPENSE TO MOVE IT SOMEPLACE ELSE WOULD BE THE COST OF THAT PAD AND GET SOMEBODY TO PICK THAT STUFF UP, ATTACH IT BACK DOWN SOMEPLACE ELSE. I WONDER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS PROBABLY NOT A TON OF MONEY COMPARED TO WHAT THE EQUIPMENT COST IS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S AN OPTION THERE. IT ACTUALLY BECOMES, AND IS A PROBLEM TO MOVE, MOVE AWAY AT HOME. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS. UM, I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT IS WHY [01:20:01] THE ATHLETIC CLUB. AND I GOT A, I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS ON A BUSY STREET, RELATIVELY BUSY STREET IN TOWN. I'VE NEVER HAD HAD, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WOOD. WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH COAL PROJECT. NEVER HAD ANY INCIDENTS OF ANYTHING THERE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S HEAVILY TRAFFIC STREETS, BUT I HAD OTHER JOBS, GOOD PARTS OF TOWN. AND INEVITABLY, AS SOON AS COPPER GOES IN THERE, SOMEBODY IS IN THEIR DRYWALL OFF THE WALL AND THE COPPER OUT OF THE BUILDING, SALVAGE OF COPPER. SO BUSY-NESS CREATES SAFETY SOMETIMES. SO, AND I GET THAT. I GET THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROGRAM AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, FITNESS PEOPLE GO OVER AND UTILIZE THAT FOR CLASSES. AND SO THERE'S SOME SYNERGY THERE. I, YOU KNOW, I, I TEND TO, I TEND TO TYPICALLY, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THERE'S LIKE TEND TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY SOMETHING. SO I, I, I, WHEN I'M WEIGHING STUFF, IF SOMEBODY THAT'S 10 MILES AWAY, DOESN'T LIKE IT OR WANTS IT AND SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THEIR BACKYARD DOESN'T WANT IT. I KIND OF LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHERE THAT'S CLOSER TO. SO IT'S, IT'S KIND KINDA HARD TO, I DON'T, I KNOW IT WAS 108 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE IN THAT AREA. UM, NO, I DON'T KNOW. I, I, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE ORIGINALLY THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S A SET UP KIND OF WAR FOR TEEN KIDS THAT COULD BE USING IT. MEANING LIKE AS A FILLER BETWEEN SMALLER PRINT, LIKE YOUNG CHILDREN PROGRAMMING WITHOUT THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND ADULTS THERE'S THAT NEED THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, WHAT MOVES FORWARD. THE, UM, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. IT WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTIVE, PROVIDING MORE APP ACTIVE RECREATION AND THINGS FOR, SO THIS IS REALLY NOT BE A TEAM ROSTER. CORRECT. UM, WE WILL GET SOME TEENAGERS THAT ARE, THAT WILL USE IT. WE'VE HAD TEENAGERS THAT USE THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT, THE ATHLETIC CLUB. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT AGE GROUP THAT WE'RE TARGETING. CAN YOU GO OUT, UH, WHAT WAS THE LOCATION THAT YOU MENTIONED, OR, OH, IF THIS ROOM THAT WE CAN REMEMBER, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD THAT PARKING LOT, THAT PEOPLE WERE PARKING OVER BY VITRUVIAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF, RIGHT, RIGHT. BEFORE YOU CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE, IF YOU WALKED DOWN THE TRUE MEDIAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK, AND THERE'S A ONE MAIN BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER TO THE EAST SIDE THAT GOES ACROSS THERE THERE'S A PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE. BUT SOMEHOW IT'S PART OF THE TOWNS. THAT'S OUR PROPERTY. AND THERE'S FRASS AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PARKING LOT THAT I'M SURE ALL WALKS. SO THERE'S PARKING THERE. AND THERE'S, I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE I SAID, THIS MIGHT BE STATIONED NUMBER TWO, BUT THERE WAS A SPOT OVER THERE THAT WE WOULDN'T BE GIVEN THE UDR PROPERTY AND IT'S RELATIVELY FLAT, OR IT COULD BE, IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S NOT WHERE THAT CREEK AREA, WHERE IT TURNS INTO THE CREEK. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF REDUCTION THAT VISIBILITY OVER THERE IN TERMS OF, OF GOING BACK TO THE ANALOGY OF WAGON, DOG PARK. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU PUSH IT TOO FAR OUT AND NOBODY SEES IT. NOBODY'S LOOKING. AND THAT WOULD, TO MY MIND WOULD INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF LITTLE INCIDENTS OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT OKAY. MY PHONE IS, YOU KNOW, UH, MOST PEOPLE SEND THE PETITIONS, UH, NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO LAYLA PARK. SO IF MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ELDERS, THEY DON'T WANT IT AT ALL. THAT'LL PROBABLY WANT TO DO IT, PUT IT THERE. SO THAT'S MY POINT. UM, A GREAT WAY TO WHATEVER PAUL SAID IN ABOUT HOWEVER YOU WANT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS EMBRACE IT. YEAH. IF YOU DON'T, IT'S JUST LIKE EDISON GROWTH, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, IF ALL THE 500 NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW, JUST HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT. WELL, YOU'LL GO THROUGH LESSON. I AGREE WITH THE TONGUE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO DO IT, DO IT A RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT. THE PATIENT THAT VITRUVIAN AREA, LET'S TRY IT OUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE PURCHASES, TRY THAT OUT. AND THEN A LOT OF MORE YOUNGER GENERATION, YOUNGER PEOPLE IT'LL BE TRUE. THEY WILL USE IT. THEY WILL APPRECIATE. SO THOSE MACHO GUY WANT TO GO THERE EXERCISE AND THEN, UH, TO SHOW OFF THEIR MACHO. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE DO IT? WE CAN USE THAT AS A TEST LOCATION. IF WHATSAPP IS GREAT, [01:25:02] MAYBE THOSE NEIGHBORS CHANGED MINE. THEY PROBABLY COME TO YOU AND THEN SAY, CAN YOU BUY ONE FOR US OVER THERE? BUT THEN THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO, TO COMPARE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL WANT SOMEBODY LIKE IT, YOU HAVE THE SORORITY NAME OR DON'T LIKE IT. WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? OH, WAIT, DID THE DOG PARK IS SO DIFFERENT. WE'VE GOT 90% OF PEOPLE WANT IT. EVERYBODY HAS DOGS. NO ONLY 10% PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. JUST YOUR LOOK BACK LIKE A STANFORD COURT. THERE'S TOP HOMES. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT AFTER WE DID A SURVEY, I'D KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR TO ASK THEM HOW THEY FEEL. BUT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAID THEY WILL BE RATHER HAS A TOM HOME INSTEAD OF THOSE, ONE OF THE SCHOOL. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FACT. SO, AND, UH, THIS IS STILL RATHER GOOD PROJECT CLEAN UP THAT AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU LISTEN, THEN YOUR LISTEN GATHER ALL THAT WISDOM THAT RESOLVE THE ISSUES. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND MOST PEOPLE, WHEN YOU DO THE SURVEY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ELECTION, WE DID A SPECIFY THE DETAIL. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN SPECIFY AS DETAILED THEN PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT. AND IS BURNING BY NEXT DOOR NOW. SO, OH, OKAY. I THINK GOING BACK TO, UM, TO PAUL'S I AGREE WITH WHAT PAUL SAID, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT US DOING THE HARD WORK OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH IT IS, UH, I THINK WE TAKE PRIDE IN THIS TOWN AND BEING SMALL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE A, A CHANGE, A LOCATION CHANGE, WHICH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, THAT'S MY MIND, THIS DOES NOT KNOW THE FIRE OR NEGATE THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. IT JUST WHAT IT IS. IT'S REALITY, REALITY PRESENTS ITSELF. AND IF IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME CARE AND ATTENTION AND DOING SOME RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY ON THE TAIL END OF THIS PROCESS, THEN I, I SAY, WE DO IT. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN OF MADISON IS ABOUT. AND LISTENING TO THE INPUT AND SAYING THAT YOU'VE GOT, LET'S SAY OF THE 108 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED IT THREE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITION. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THREE TO SEVEN OR EIGHT OR 10 MORE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITION. YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT 90 PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO SIGN A PETITION. UM, AND, AND I, TOM SAID WE DID, WE COULD PUT UP A TRIVION AND SEE HOW IT DOES. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT MY POINT WAS, LISTENING TO HER EXPERTISE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THE FITNESS AREA I DON'T USE. I DON'T GO THERE FOR THE CLUB. SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THAT, ALL THE STUFF THAT WE DID, THE PEOPLE THERE, THE PROXIMITY AND ALL THAT, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, BE MORE OF, I'D BE WILLING TO SAY, LET'S PUT IT THERE. AND WHAT'S OUR MISSION. WHAT'S OUR MAJOR. IF, IF THERE IS PROBLEM, WE'LL GO PRETTY QUICK. IF IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, WE CAN WANT TO MOVE IT ANYWAY. RIGHT. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S NO, IT'S $30,035,000, $30,000. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S MONEY, BUT YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND STICK IT SOMEPLACE ELSE. IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, IT IS SORTA LIKE THE DOG PARK. SO LIKE A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS LIKE, THERE IS A LOT OF WORRIES AND I GET IT. IF I LIVED THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT, I MIGHT AGREE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SIGN THE THING. RIGHT. BUT A LOT OF IT'S THE UNKNOWN, BUT KNOWING FOR ME, I'D BE WILLING TO SAY, IF WE STICK IT THERE, I'M ALSO WILLING TO MOVE. IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. RIGHT. AND TO SPEND THAT MONEY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING. SO TRYING TO SAY THAT THE VITRUVIAN LOCATION DOWN BY THE CREEK THAT HAS THE FLAT AREA THAT WE OWN WOULD BE A SECONDARY LOCATION. IF THIS ONE BOMBS OUT FOR WHATEVER OR, OR, OR STEP NUMBER TWO, SUPER SUCCESSFUL, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, MAN, WE WANT, WE WANT MORE OF THESE IN TOWN. THAT'S A, THAT COULD BE NUMBER TWO. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT COULD BE A SECOND ONE. SO I, I, UM, MY POSITION IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WE, UM, THAT WE FIND ANOTHER LOCATION. [01:30:01] THAT'S MY POSITION. AND I, I'M NOT, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE MYSELF CHANGING THAT POSITION. SO I'M GOING TO BE QUIET AND LISTEN TO HIM WHEN SHE KEEPS GETTING, UH, LAURIE, I'M GOING TO THROW OUT MY POSITION RIGHT AWAY. I'M GOING TO, UM, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT, BE, STAY WITH THE DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE BY THIS GROUP. AND THE REASON BEING MOSTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT TOM JUST SAID, THIS IS NOT A REVERSIBLE DECISION. WE ARE NOT SINKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS LOCATION. IF WE, IF WE, UH, WHEN WE DO PUT IT THERE AND WE FIND THAT IT'S NOT WORKING, WE'D WANT TO GET RID OF IT. WE WOULD GET RID OF IT. WE CAN CHANGE THIS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT WE WOULD BE ERODING THE CONFIDENCE IN THE BOND REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE'VE SET FOR AND REVERSING THE DECISION THAT'S BEEN. THAT'S BEEN MADE BY A RECORD NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. WE WANT PARTICIPATION IN THIS TOWN. YOU DON'T WANT LESS OF IT. WE WANT MORE OF IT. NOW, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS REVERSE A DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE THROUGH, UH, THROUGH A WALL PROCESS THAT HAS A LOT OF MERIT TO IT. AND, UH, HE WROTE, COULD PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN THE DIS THEM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A DECISION IT, BUT BY A MAJORITY FAIR PROCESS, TRANSPARENT, WE DON'T HOLD YOUR HAND. WHEN YOU GO TO THE VOTING BOOTH, YOU'RE, THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR. SO I THINK I GET, I THINK IT'S A, WIN-WIN IT CAN PLACE IT BASED ON CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN REMOVE IT. IF IT'S A PROBLEM, WE DON'T WANT IT. IF IT'S JUNK, WHICH IT'S NOT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THAT, A LOT OF, UH, OF, OF, UH, OF INPUTS. SO THAT'S THE WORLD. IT'S A FAIR POINT. AND I, THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT IN THE LAST MILE, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE VOTE WAS NOT TO PLACE THIS EQUIPMENT AT LES LOCKS PARK. THAT WAS NOT THE VOTE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT ANY ROADS, UM, VOTER CONFIDENCE, IF, IF THE LOCATION IS IN ONE PLACE VERSUS ANOTHER, THAT WAS ALL REVIEWED. THEY WERE ALL REVIEWED AS BEING CONTENDERS FOR BEING THE PLACE OF THE PARK. NO, IT WASN'T THE BOND LANGUAGE AT LAYLA. YEAH. YEAH. SHE'S GOING TO PULL IT OUT. BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE BOND LANGUAGE WAS FOCUSED ON OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT. THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WAS IDENTIFYING LAY LOCKS AND THE LAY LOCKS PARK AS THE PREFERRED LOCATION. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLEAR. SO THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS A SCREENSHOT FROM THE BOND ELECTION WEBPAGE. IT'S THE BOND ELECTION WEBPAGE. SO CAN YOU, IF YOU CLICK ON PROPOSITION C, THEN IT TAKES YOU TO THE MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE PARKS PROJECTS. AND THEN THE LAST BULLET ITEM IS ADD SHADED OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION ADJACENT TILL WE LOCKED THE DOOR CORRECTLY. SO THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY. OH, JUST THE WORD. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ADJACENT TO LAYLA? SO WE WERE THE ONES THAT WORDED IN WHAT WE, AND WHERE ARE APPLYING, WAS THE PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO THE PLAY ELEMENTS, THEN VOLLEYBALL COURT PLAYGROUND. SO NEXT ACTIVE RECREATION. THE REASON I ASK IS THAT NOT TO PROCEED THAT QUESTION A LOT. AND I MEAN, I DON'T, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANSWER. I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE, SO THE BOTTOM LANGUAGE DOES SAY NEXT TO LAYLA, THE WEBSITE. YES, JAN, DO WE HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION? SO THIS WOULDN'T BE THE SAME AS THE COLOR. IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE PARKS. OUR PARKS ARE FIVE TO 11. IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE THIS GOES THROUGH AND IT'S PLACED THERE? IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE, UH, THE CHALLENGES THAT THE COMMUNITY, SOME SUDDENLY COMMUNITY HAVE FOR THIS WEATHER? UM, THE GREEN SPACE BEING LOST, I GUESS YOU CAN'T REALLY MEASURE THAT IN AESTHETICS. BA HAVE PEOPLE SAY THAT'S UGLY, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. UH, IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE THAT, THAT WE CAN TRACK THAT AND DOWN THE ROAD, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO THAT WAY WE GET THEM ALL IN PLACE, WHICH WE CAN DO HERE. WE CAN DOCUMENT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR RESIDENTS, BUT WE CAN ALSO, UM, SET SOME ESTABLISHED [01:35:01] TIMES THAT WE USE PERIODIC COUNTS AND WHO'S USING IT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO SEE WHAT KIND OF USE WE'RE GETTING OUT OF IT. CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS. AND I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION AROUND LOOKING AT THE BULLET POINTS AND BEING A DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AND SORT OF OVER CHALLENGING BULLET POINT BY BULLET POINT BY BULLET POINT. MY POSITION IS THIS. I LIVE IN ADDISON CIRCLE. I DO NOT LIVE IN LAY LOX AREA. MY RESIDENTS AND MY QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS DECISION. SO, UH, AS TOM MENTIONED, I DEFER A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MY DECISION-MAKING BASED AROUND THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT AREA. AND FOR WHATEVER REASONS, PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THE BOND AND MAYBE EVEN VOTED, YES, HAD NOT DRILLED DOWN TO THE WEBSITE LEVEL THAT THE MARLON HAD PULLED THIS. UH, YOU HAD SAID SOME THINGS EARLIER POSING THESE QUESTIONS. AND SO IT'S A LAST MILE THING. THIS IS NOT A MAJOR IMPACT THING. IT IS A, IT IS A NUANCE THAT WE, AS THE COUNCIL AND THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL CAN FACILITATE A PROCESS THAT WOULD PROTECT THE, LET'S SAY IT'S 85 PEOPLE. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT IS THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT THEY WILL. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL BULLET POINTS. IT'S ABOUT THE WILL OF THOSE 85 PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US LIVES IN MY LAW. I, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. AND, AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL TO MOVE IT. IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU START AT A LOCATION WHERE THEY DIDN'T MAKE A PETITION NOT TO PUT IT THERE. WE WON'T GET A PETITION IN FRONT OF VITRUVIAN WOULD BE MY ATLANTA A HUNDRED DOLLARS BILL. WE WON'T GET A PETITION FROM VITRUVIAN RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ABOUT PROGRAMMING OR THEY WANT FITNESS PARKS, ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, ACTION, YOU KNOW, AND SO, NO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, JENNA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, FLOOD THE TRAIL SYSTEM PARK SYSTEM AND RECREATION. YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY PRAISE HER SO MUCH. SHE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, AS LAURIE SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN THEY VOTE FOR THE DIRECTION, THEY DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL, YOU KNOW? AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S THE FAULT, BUT NOW, AS LAURIE MENTIONED, THAT'S JUST 800 PEOPLE IMPACT BY LIVING IN THE VERY NEAR AREA. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WANT TO DO A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, YOUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T EMBRACE IT. DON'T LIKE, IT IT'S LIKE, THIS IS LIKE SMALL SCALE, BUT ADDISON GIRLS, YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT. IF I WANT TO DO SOMETHING, I WANT TO, PEOPLE LIVE THERE. FIRST OF ALL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T PLAY, YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU'RE SUSPENDED. THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE YOU. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN ALISON BROWN. YEAH. THERE WERE, THERE WERE, THIS IS A SMALLER SCALE, SMALLER SCALE ON A SMALLER SCALE. YEAH. BUT THE WELLS OF THE COUNCIL TRUMPS THE WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. I DO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STORE THIS SOMEWHERE AND IT'D BE TRUE. THEN LET ME TRY IT OUT, YOU KNOW, AND TO SEE HOW IT WORKS. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO INSTALL JUST LIKE WAY AHEAD OF THREE DOGS, PARKS, THREE DOG PARKS. SO THE FIRST ONE, EVERYBODY USE IT AS A LINEAGE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE TRAIL. THEN YOUR SECOND ONE, WE'VE GOT SOME CONTROVERSY. AND THEN THE SORT OF ONE, NO CONTROVERSY AT ALL. PEOPLE LOVE IT BECAUSE OF THAT. MOST, MOST OF THE YOUNGER LIVE OVER THE, UH, UH, SPOOL PARK. SO WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING YOU WANT TO, PEOPLE LIVE THERE, LOVE IT. THAT'S WHAT MY POINT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND [01:40:01] MONEY, WE WANT TO PEOPLE LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY. PEOPLE LIVE AROUND THOUGH. APPRECIATE. SO I UNDERSTAND STAFF. WE'RE SO HARD. I MEAN, I WAS READY ANKLE. TOM'S MAYBE TRIAL AND IT'D BE IN BARRY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. SO ONE OTHER THING IS JUST A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I THINK, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE SAID, HEY, YEAH, WE CAN JUST PUT THIS AT THE TRUTH. WELL, WE BETTER MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT THIS IN A TRUE, I'M NOT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, LIKE, WE MAY HAVE SOME LAND, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO BEFORE WE GO DOWN ANY PATH, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T WE PAUSE THIS DISCUSSION? AND WE CAN GO DO SOME RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE ARE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CONVERSATION CAUSE, CAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS A VERY CLOSE AND HARD DECISION, RIGHT? GIVE US, GIVE US SOME TIME TO JUST AT LEAST PROVE UP THAT THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE AT VITRUVIAN. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE CAN PUT THIS ON AS AN ACTION ITEM SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE, WE WANT TO DO IT AT THE LOCATION THAT WAS PROPOSED THROUGH THE PROCESS, OR WE WANT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE. AND I, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID WAS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. IT'S IT'S, THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND US, AND, AND, AND, AND THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE. UM, I'M OPEN TO HEAR WHAT YOU COME BACK WITH, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION. AND YEAH, LET'S HEAR, LET'S HEAR WHAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH. HMM. WELL, I I'M SORRY, BUT I CANNOT LET THE ANALOGY TO THE EDISON GROWNUPS TO NOT DEAL WITH THAT. UM, THE ANALOGY HERE IS DON'T PARK. THAT'S THE ANALOGY. AND, AND THAT WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW WHAT, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY AND THEN SHE JUST FINE. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT EQUATE THIS AT ALL TO, TO ADD A, SOME GROSS. I MEAN, THAT IS THERE, THERE IS, THERE IS NO COMPETITOR SCENARIO. UM, AND, AND I'M ALL FOR LISTENING AND RESPOND. I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I AM TRYING TO NOT LISTEN TO PEOPLE OR, OR THAT I RESIST AT ALL, QUITE THE CONTRARY. SO I, I WANT THIS TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE THAT HONEST AND OPEN DISCUSSION, BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE PROCESS HERE. AND I AGREE WITH GQ. IF, IF, IF YOU THINK THE PROCESS IS PIT, THEN WE GOT, THEN THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION. AND, AND YOU KNOW, TOM'S GOT AN EASY ANSWER, PUT IT THERE. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, MOVE IT. MY GOODNESS. THAT'S EASY. I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY EASY. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, IF, IF, IF ALL THE THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED AT DOME PARK REALLY HAPPENED, OH MY GOD LET'S MOVE IT. IT WAS GREAT. OH, BUT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAD A DOVE BAR. IT WAS, I DISAGREE WITH THAT ENERGY YOU'LL USE BECAUSE THAT'S USED TO BE BEHIND THE DAY. NOW THEY MOVED TO THE SIDE. SO IF THE SITUATION IMPROVED, SO IT'S DIFFERENT, YOU CAN COMPARE A PEBBLE TO APPLE. IT'S NOT JOE, THE APPLE TO ORANGE BEFORE THE, THE COMPARISONS OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE A GUY, BUT IT'LL BE A NUISANCE. IT WILL BE A PLACE FOR, FOR TEENAGERS TO GO SMOKE POT. IT'S THE SAME THING. THEY SAID THE SAME THING. AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSEST TO HER OR THE ONES THAT WERE POSTED. YEAH. WE CAN GET A PETITION. WELL, NO, WE DID NOT GET A PETITION. WE HAD PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST IT AT THE COUNCIL. WE DIDN'T GET A PETITION, UM, UH, GROWTH ON ADDISON GROVES. YEAH. THAT, THAT 600 THAT PEOPLE SUPPORTED DON'T PARK. YEAH. THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY RESIDENTS IN SUPPORT OF DON'T PARK. AND THEN I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER, BUT THEN THERE WAS PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE PEOPLE WERE AFFORDED [01:45:01] THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE RELOCATION. AND IF I RECALL, WE'RE UPSET THAT WE WERE BEING BULLIED, BASICALLY BULLIED OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THE SPOT WHERE WE HAD THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE CORNER THERE, THAT WASN'T OUR LANE. SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A CHALLENGE THERE TOO. WE DID, WE HAD THE HEARING AND THE CHILDREN OF THE PARENTS THAT LIVED THERE CAME AND SPOKE TO THE PARENTS, ALLOWED THE CHILDREN TO SPEAK. AND IT WAS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THE PETITION TO HAVE THE PARTY, YOU KNOW, OFF WHEN IT GOT ENOUGH CONVERSATIONS, SPENDING ENOUGH TIME ON THIS ITEM. BUT I UNDERSTAND ALL OF US TRYING TO DO YOUR BEST, DO OUR BEST, UH, TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE THIS ITEM. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK LEAVE TWO STAFF TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH, MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME BETTER IDEAS, MAYBE A FEW MORE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. HOW'S THAT. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON ANYTHING. IT'S JUST DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS GOOD TOGETHER. EVERYBODY'S WISDOM. SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIND THE BEST SOLUTION FOR AWAIT THAT YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, NOW [ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Meetings / Events] WE STARTED REGULARLY AND I LIKE TO INVITE ALL CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SOME OF THEM ALL SPLIT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MARY AND COUNCIL. UH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION THIS EVENING. UH, JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. UH, NUMBER ONE, THE SPRINGTOWN MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 14TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL. UH, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT POSTCARDS IN THE MAIL, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE SHARE THE DATE. SO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING CAN PUT IT ON THEIR CALENDAR ALSO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, WINTER WEATHER LAST WEEK, UH, THE DARK SILVER LINE MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 3RD HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 24TH. THAT'LL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM. THAT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING. AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO UPDATE PEOPLE, UH, AROUND THE ADDISON PART OF THE SILVER LINE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. UH, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE DETAILS OF THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL SHARE THAT, PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY VIA OUR NORMAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEW GATE FOR THAT. UM, ALSO AS A REMINDER PACKETS TO FILE FOR THE MAY, 2022 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT TOWN HALL, 5,300 BELTLINE ROAD. THEY CAN PICK THOSE UP MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM OR PACKETS CAN ALSO BE DOWNLOADED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET, AND THE LAST DAY TO FILE FOR A PLACE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, TO RUN FOR COUNCIL TB IS FEBRUARY 18TH AT 5:00 PM. SO IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, I THOUGHT I SAID FEBRUARY 18TH, BUT I SAY SOMETHING ELSE. I'M SORRY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 5:00 PM. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE? CONTACT CITY, SECRETARY EARL PARKER AT 9 7 2 4 5 0 7 0 1 7 OR I PARKER AT ADDISON, TX.GOV. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, JUST, UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, LAST WEEK'S WINTER STORM, UH, ESPECIALLY IN MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF. NOW, CERTAINLY WE WERE SPARED FROM THE, UH, UH, REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S A WEEK LONG EVENT. UH, BUT AS OUR STAFF ALWAYS DOES, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WORK 24 7 SANDY ROADS, UH, ADDRESSING TREATMENTS AND MONITORING ROAD CONDITIONS OR GENERAL SERVICES, STAFFS, UH, STAFF, UH, MADE SURE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS CLEANING SIDEWALKS AND ET CETERA, PARKING LOTS WERE TREATED. SO STAFF WHO NEEDED TO COME INTO THE OFFICE COULD DO SO SAFELY. OUR PARKS TEAM WERE ON CALL TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND TO GENERAL SERVICES AS WELL. THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND OF COURSE OUR POLICE AND FIRE, UH, FOLKS WERE RESPONDING AROUND THE CLOCK TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WEATHER EVENTS OFTEN REQUIRE A TEAM EFFORT AND A LOT OF DEDICATION FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS. UH, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HER ENTIRE TEAM, FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO DELIVER SERVICES VIRTUALLY. AND ALSO, SO THAT IS ALL FOR TONIGHT. UH, AS FAR AS MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, THANK YOU. NOT ONLY OUR STAFF IT AT WAGE OUT, BUT ALSO ENCORE PERFORMANCE. SO THERE'S THE WHOLE POWER OUTAGE, GOD, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THIS AT A METRO REQUEST, NATURAL PLANTS MAY HAVE ASSOCIATION. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A BETTER JOB, BETTER PREPARE THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. UH, [01:50:02] I SEE A CARD ABOUT APPRENTICESHIP LEFT. SO THE QUESTION WALLACH SHE LEFT ALREADY. SO, UM, ALL RIGHT. CONSENT [ Consent Agenda All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.] AGENDA ITEM IS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING NEED TO BE BOLD FOR QUESTION? NO, NO. IT SAYS NO ONE. ANYTHING DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 5, 6, 7, 8. SO PAUL MADE A MOTION AND THE CATCHER WINNER. SECOND. SO ON THE FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. [9. Present and Discuss the 2022 Special Events Preview. ] HI, YOU HAVE NY PRESENTED DISCUSSING 20, 22 SPECIAL EVENTS, GRAVY, JASMINE, JASMINE, YOU COULD HAVE DONE A LUDICROUS IMPERSONATION. YEAH, SHE KNOWS THAT. SO I MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT, OH, SHE KNOWS SHE HAS GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JASMINE LEE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS. AND I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE A PREVIEW OF OUR SPECIAL EVENT PLANS FOR 2022. SO AS YOU ALL RECALL, VERY WELL, 2020 WAS NOT THE BEST YEAR AND WE HAD TO CANCEL EVERYTHING. UM, AND SO LAST YEAR WAS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE VARIOUS TRANSITIONS AS WE CAME OUT OR WENT THROUGH COVID AND MADE A LOT OF ADAPTATIONS. SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO 2022, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO TAKE THE BEST OF THE ADAPTATIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTERED THIS PAST YEAR, AS WELL AS BRINGING BACK THINGS THAT WE'VE MISSED. AND HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SINCE 20, 19 AS WELL AS ROLLING OUT SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD PLANS TO INTRODUCE IN 2020 BEFORE COVID INTERRUPTED THEM. SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT NEW AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU KNOW, WELL, FIRST OFF IS ADDISON. AFTER DARK OUR EVENT SERIES, THIS'LL BE THE THIRD YEAR FOR THE EVENT SERIES. AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY SAW THE AVERAGE MONTHLY ATTENDANCE INCREASE FROM 2019, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST YEAR DOING IT. WE HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT 440 PEOPLE. AND THIS LAST YEAR IT WAS 969 PEOPLE. AND SO THAT THE INTEREST HAS REALLY GROWN. WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS IT BUILDS ITS OWN IDENTITY. AND PEOPLE GET USED TO COMING OUT AND PARTICIPATING EACH MONTH WILL HAVE ITS OWN THEME. SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT WE'VE DONE EVEN SINCE THE VERY FIRST TIME OTHERS ARE NEW. SO FIESTA, NO CHECK. UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL ACTUALLY BE DOING OUR TAPE ON RIO CARNIVAL AND ACTUALLY THE OFFICIAL RIO CARNIVAL HAS BEEN DELAYED AND POSTPONED DUE TO COVID AND WILL ACTUALLY BE HAPPENING AFTER HOURS. SO WE'RE KICKING OFF THE OFFICIAL CARNIVAL SEASON. NOW, UM, BEFORE IN MAY, WE'LL BE DOING BUTSUDAN, WHICH WILL BE A LOT OF FUN COUNTRY MUSIC LINE, DANCING LESSONS, AND JUNE WE'LL BE DOING EIGHTIES NINE. NOW IT IS NIGHTTIME EACH JUNE. WE FOCUS ON A DIFFERENT DECADE. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BRINGING OUT THE BEST OR THE WORST OF THE EIGHTIES AND JULY. WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW CONCEPT PARADISE PARTY. SO EACH YEAR WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON A DIFFERENT PARADISE LOCATION, BUT TO KICK IT OFF, WE'LL BE DOING A HAWAIIAN WITHOUT BEING IN AUGUST PINTS AND PUPS. WE'LL BE BACK WITH LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE DOGS AND SAMPLING WITH LOCAL BREWERIES AND HARVEST TUBE. MANNY USED TO BE IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING IT TO OCTOBER. IT'LL STILL BE A FALL FESTIVAL, BUT WHILE ALSO, UM, INCORPORATING COSTUMES WITH HALLOWEEN, IT GETS DARK SO MUCH SOONER IN NOVEMBER, AND IT'S SO MUCH COOLER THAT BEING A VERY FAMILY FOCUSED EVENT, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MOVE THAT A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE YEAR. AND THEN FOR NOVEMBER, WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW THING, WHICH IS HOLIDAY CHEER. AND SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOLIDAY MUSIC, SOME SHOPPING TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH LOCAL WINERIES TO DO WIDE SAMPLE. THE WAY WE COULD DO YOUR SAMPLING TASTE. ADDISON WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 3RD AND JUNE 4TH. THESE ARE, I APOLOGIZE, CAUSE THERE'S A TYPO. IT'S FROM 2:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT, [01:55:01] NOT NOON TO MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 4TH. AND THESE ARE THE SAME HOURS THAT WE DID IN 2021. UH, THE TICKET PRICE IS THE SAME AS 2021, $15 FOR ADULTS. $5 FOR YOU IN AGES FIVE AND UNDER ARE FREE. WE ARE BRINGING BACK VIP THIS YEAR. AND SO WE'LL BE HAVING VIP FOR $50. VIP PLUS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE LEAVING. IT IS VIP WITH THE ADDITION OF A RESERVED PARKING SPACE AND OUR CONFERENCE CENTER PARKING LOT. AND SO THAT IS THE EXTRA COST IS TO HAVE A RESERVED UP CLOSE SPOT. SO THE VIP EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO BE IN A NEW LOCATION. UM, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO AT COMPUTER, SO IT WILL BE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER, INSIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THERE WILL BE AN AIR CONDITIONED LOUNGE AREA WITH SEATING AND TELEVISION SCREENINGS THAT WILL SHOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE MAIN STAGE. WE'LL HAVE UNLIMITED PACKAGE SNACKS, WATER STATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR RESTAURANTS TO DO FOOD AND BEVERAGE SAMPLING INSIDE OF THE NP AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE LAWN OUTSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, THIS IS THE SECTION BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE CONFERENCE CENTER, NOT WHERE THE STOLEN COTTAGE LAWN IS. UM, WE'LL HAVE AN, UH, RESERVED OUTDOOR SEATING AREA AS WELL AS PEOPLE CAN ALSO SIT OUTSIDE AND SEE THE STAGE AND SEE EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITHIN THE VIP AND HAVE A RESERVED SPACE FOR THAT. VIP ALSO INCLUDES TWO BEVERAGE TOKENS, GOOD AT ANY OF OUR FESTIVAL BARS. AND TWO TASTES BITES AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. OTHER FEATURED AREAS WILL INCLUDE OUR WINE GARDEN AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. WE'LL HAVE COMPLIMENTARY WINE SAMPLING, SOMETHING WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE IN 2020, BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO IS THE GROVE, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY FEATURE SPIRITS SAMPLING AS WELL AS A FULL SERVICE BAR THAT WILL ALSO SERVE MIXED DRINKS. UH, OUR FAMILY FUN LAWN IS GOING TO BE ON THE LAWN OF THE CONFERENCE. AND I KNOW THAT'S A POPULAR . UM, OUR FAMILY FUND LINE IS GOING TO BE IN THE STONE COTTAGE LAWN OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND THEN WE'LL FEATURE FREE CRAFTS ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS FOR KIDS. AND THEN OUR MARKETPLACE WILL BE BACK AS ALWAYS FEATURING LOCAL VENDORS ON OUR MAIN STAGE, OUR FRIDAY HEADLINER APPROVED THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. IT IS, UM, IS LUDICROUS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM OUT. HE'S WON SEVEN GRAMMY AWARDS IN ADDITION TO BEING A MUSIC ARTIST. HE ALSO STARS IN THE PAST AND FURIOUS MOVIE FRANCHISE AS WELL AS OTHER MOVIES. AND ACTUALLY NOW HAS HIS OWN CHILDREN'S SHOW. UM, THAT STARTED THIS PAST YEAR. I BELIEVE IT'S A NETFLIX SHOW WAS AN ANIMATED CHILDREN'S SHOW. AND SO, SO HE'S GOT A LOT GOING ON AND HE'LL BE JOINING US FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, OUR HEADLINERS OR THE STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, UM, POPULAR ROCK BAND FROM THE NINETIES AND EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE WON SEVERAL GRAMMY AWARDS AS WELL AS OTHER BILLBOARD RECOGNITIONS. AND THERE'LL BE SUPPORTED WITH A FULL DAY LINEUP, INCLUDING CANDLEBOX AND LIVING COLOR, WHICH ARE BOTH ALSO POPULAR NINETIES ROCK ON OUR LEGEND STAGE. WE'LL HAVE TRIBUTE BANDS LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST OR PRESENTING A VARIETY OF GENRES FROM COUNTRY ROCK R AND B POP ALL THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT GENRES. WE, UM, WE'LL HAVE, OF COURSE OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. THE APPLICATIONS WERE DUE LAST WEEK, WE ARE, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RESTAURANTS. WE HAD A FEW THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THAT DEADLINE, BUT WE OF COURSE WORKED WITH OUR RESTAURANTS TO GET THEM INVOLVED. AND SO WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH THE RESTAURANTS TO CLARIFY DETAILS. BUT, UM, WE LOOK TO BE HAVING THE TOTAL OF 20 RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATING AT 16 THAT ARE PLANNING TO BE FULL CONCESSIONS IN THE PARK AND SEVEN THAT WE'LL BE DOING SAMPLING IN OUR VIP AREA. AND THERE'S SOME DUPLICATION, SOME ARE DOING BOTH. SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 20 RESTAURANTS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO PARTICIPATE. UH, MY QUESTION IS COMMENT. DID THE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU APPROACH AN IDEA OF WHO LIKE BE HEADLINING OR IS IT, IS IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE TO THEM, A PLEASANT SURPRISE. IT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHARED THAT AT THE RESTAURANT MEETING. SO IT WOULD BE A SURPRISE TO THEM. WE DID SAY THAT IT WAS A SIMILAR TYPE OF MUSIC LINEUP TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. SO THEY SHOULDN'T BE SHOCKED OR ANYTHING WITH THE SPECIFIC ARTISTS, BUT NO, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. THE MORE PARTICIPATION. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SIGN THEM, NOW, WE WOULD CERTAINLY STILL WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THE US LABOR SHORTAGE, IF YOU ALREADY WANT TO DO IT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A LOT OF BOND CUES. OTHERWISE YOU [02:00:01] CAN DO IT. SO I ENCOURAGE THAI AUDIENCE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. THE KIDS DON'T WANT TO DO IT. SO BASICALLY YOU DON'T NEED YOUR KIDS. DO YOU NEED TO GET A VOLUNTEER IS HARD. YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH STAFF IN THE RESTAURANT, HOW YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH YOUR METAPHORS, RIGHT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THEIR RESTAURANTS. AS WE SPOKE TO THEM AS CONCERNS ABOUT STAFFING SHORTAGES. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE, UM, OFFERED THE VIP LOUNGE SAMPLING OPTION. IT ONLY TAKES THEM ABOUT AN HOUR. IT'S ESSENTIALLY VERY SIMILAR TO CATERING DELIVERY WHERE THEY CAN FIX FOOD AND THE RESTAURANT COME AND HAVE SOMEONE DELIVER AND PASS OUT SAMPLES FOR AN HOUR. UM, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE RESTAURANT AND WE'LL STILL INCLUDE THEM IN OUR PRESS RELEASES AND OUR MEDIA COVERAGE. AND THEY'LL STILL GET EXPOSURE TO OUR VIP GUEST, WHICH IS ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE, UM, OUT OF THE TOTAL. AND SO IT'S A CHANCE TO STILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFITS WITHOUT ALL THE STAFFING ISSUES. AND SO WE DO HAVE SEVEN RESTAURANTS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT LESS IN THE FUTURE. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU HAVE FIVE UM, I AM, UH, ENTERTAINING NAMES FOR RESTAURANTS. THIS PLACE ON THIS TWO DAY BOOTS, THIS, THIS FEE SET UP, NO COMMISSION FEE ON SALES. HAVE WE EVER DONE THAT BEFORE? YES. WE STARTED THIS LAST YEAR, UM, TO HELP THE RESTAURANTS. WE STOPPED TAKING A COMMISSION FROM THEM AT THIS EVENT. IT WAS JUST A FLAT FEE. THEY PARTICIPATE AND THEY KEEP 100% OF WHAT THEY MAKE AT THE END. THE, WE TOOK THAT $600 FEE, BUT WE DID NOT TAKE A COMMISSION ON THEIR STATE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND THEN YOU SAID WE'VE GOT THESE RESTAURANTS LINED UP. DO WE HAVE A BEVERAGE PROVIDER ON, UH, AS FAR AS SOMEONE TO SELL THE JURORS OR A SPONSOR AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND? YEAH. ASKING ABOUT RESPONSIVE THE WORST. I'M ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE CONFESSION. ERIC, WHO'S GOING TO SELL THE BEVERAGES, BUT I AM WORKING RIGHT NOW ON SPONSOR A SUPER SPECIFIC. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO ALISON COULD BE IN TOWN AS ALWAYS. WE'LL TAKE PLACE ON JULY BETTER, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BECAUSE THAT WAS A SUNDAY, NOT A SATURDAY. SO MY APOLOGIES. UM, BUT WE'LL BE TAKING PLACE ON JULY 3RD FROM FIVE TO 11:00 PM. UM, IT IS AGAIN, FREE ADMISSION. OUR PLANS ARE TO CONTINUE THE TICKETING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. UM, THE REASONS FOR THAT MEETING TO MANAGE THE CAPACITY, THE CROWDING AT THE FRONT GATES, WHICH WE SAW GREATLY REDUCED LAST YEAR THROUGH THE TICKETING, AS WELL AS JUST PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR THE RESTAURANTS AND THE HOTELS, UM, BY DOING THE TICKETING PEOPLE KNOW IN ADVANCE, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE PARK OR NOT, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET TICKETS TO MAKE PLANS, TO GO TO OUR WATCH PARTIES, WHICH WE ALSO HEAVILY PROMOTE THROUGH OUR MARKETING AND ON OUR WEBSITE OR TO BOOK THE HOTEL RESERVATION SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO THE EVENT AS WE DO GUARANTEE ADMISSION FOR ANYBODY WITH THE HOTEL RESERVATION. UM, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT GET THOSE TICKETS, THAT WE'LL ISSUE. UM, JUST SAY JULY 30TH, SUNDAY, RIGHT? YES. UM, SO MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT AND, UM, WHERE ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE WE'VE PAID ATTENTION TO HOW, WHAT THE REDEMPTION RATE WAS THIS LAST YEAR WITH THE FREE TICKETS AS WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW HSA. AND SO WE ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TICKETS TO, UH, TO MANAGE FOR THAT. AND THAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER EVENT PLANNERS HAVE SEEN, UM, THAT I'VE CONSULTED WITH AS FAR AS FREE TICKETED EVENTS AND THE REDEMPTION RATE, UH, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED, WE'LL TRY IT IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'VE ALL EXPERIENCED. AND SO WE'RE USING THAT INFORMATION TO ISSUE A NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT SHOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A MUCH HIGHER ATTENDANCE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD TO REDUCE, UM, WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO THE EARLY TICKET RELEASE FOR ADDISON RESIDENTS. SO THE PLAN IS TO GIVE OUT US AND RESIDENTS AT TWO WEEK HEAD HEADSTART, BEFORE WE RELEASE TICKETS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND WE'LL DO THAT. LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, GIVING THEM, UM, A SPECIAL CODE TO BE ABLE TO GET LOOKS TICKETS IN ADVANCE. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE, UH, THE LIVE JAZZ BAND AT THE ENTRY GATES, WHICH WE STARTED THIS PAST YEAR. IT WAS VERY POPULAR AND IT MADE THE WEIGHT A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASANT ON THE MAIN STAGE. WE HAVE COMPLIMENTARY PERFORMANCES, WHICH WERE VERY BIG BEFORE BY THE WALTON STOUT BED AND JORDAN KAHN ORCHESTRA WILL BE PERFORMING. UM, JORDAN KAHN ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THE FIREWORKS. THEN [02:05:01] WE'LL TAKE A BREAK FOR THE FIREWORKS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER HOUR AFTER THE FIREWORKS TO PROVIDE BOTH POST FIREWORKS ENTERTAINMENT AND HELP SPREAD PEOPLE OUT AT THE END OF THE EVENING AS THEY WOULD SLIP. SO SAY THAT AGAIN. THEY'LL, UH, WALTON, STOUT BAILED OVER FORM FIRST. THEN JORDAN KAHN ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE THE FIREWORKS AND ANOTHER HOUR AFTER THE FIRE. SO JORDAN CONDO WILL START WHAT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THEN YES, THEY'LL START AT ABOUT EIGHT 30 TO NINE 30, TAKE A BREAK FOR THE FIREWORKS AND THEN BACK TO CONTEND TO THAT'S A GREAT PIECE OF CRAP. YES. I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU SAW THEM JUST RECENTLY AT PATREON, THEY PROMOTED, UM, SOMETHING ELSE WE WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE IN 2020, AND DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO, AS THE SPLASH ZONE, WE WILL HAVE INFLATABLE WATER SLIDES, SLIP, AND SLIDES, AND OTHER WATER ATTRACTIONS. AND THE CARNIVAL FIELD PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE AN UNLIMITED RIDE WRISTBAND AND THEN ENJOY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT. THAT IS ALL AGES. SO IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO CHILDREN. ANYBODY CAN ENJOY IT. AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE ADDISON AIRPORT AIR SHOW WILL BE RETURNING. AND SO, UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT RHINO, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A NIGHT FLIGHT AGAIN WITH A SPECIAL, UM, PYROTECHNICS ON THE PLANE AND, UM, PARACHUTE JUMPERS AND ALL OF THE GREAT PLAINS THAT WE HAVE HAD HISTORICALLY. THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO IS THE FLIGHT PATTERN MORE SUBJECT TO X OR WILL WE TRY? YES, IT WILL BE WHAT IT WAS BEFORE LAST YEAR WAS DIFFERENT WHEN WE DID THE FLYOVERS ALL AROUND, BUT IT WILL BE BACK TO, SO WE DO HAVE FLY OLD. WALBERG FLYING WITH US LAST YEAR, BUT NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ECHO BATEK FLIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO I REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO, GINA SEARCY TIED HERSELF ON THE, ON TAIL, GOT A FIREWORKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY. SO WE WILL HAVE THE CLAIM WITH FIREWORKS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S TIED. , LET'S TRY IT OUT WITH MARLON THIS YEAR, OCTOBER DOVER FESTIVAL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH, THE HOURS ARE THE SAME AS THEY WERE THIS LAST YEAR, 2021. ADMISSION IS ALSO THE SAME $10 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FREE ADMISSION ON THURSDAY AND SUNDAY AND FREE ALL WEEKEND FOR AGES NINE. AND THEN THERE, WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL PACKAGES THAT PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE OUR ITEMS IN OCTOBER, UH, OCTOBER FEST PACKET AND THE PARTY HEALTH DECK, WHICH WAS OUR NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR, WHERE PEOPLE CAN RESERVE TABLES FOR THEIR GROUPS. AND SO THAT WILL BE BACK. THAT WAS VERY POPULAR. SOME OF THE FEATURES WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE PARTY HALL OPENING AIR LAYOUT THAT WE DID THIS PAST YEAR, THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING THAT WE ARE EXPLORING AND RESEARCHING SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS FAR AS FANS AND COOLING AND, AND HOW BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHIN THE SPACE. UM, THE OTHER AREAS WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE DID THIS PAST YEAR WITH OUR TWO BEER GARDENS, OUR CLIENT HALL INSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER WITH ADDITIONAL LIVE MUSIC AND TABLE SERVICE, OUR KINDERS OUT WITH ACTIVITIES AND GAMES FOR THE KIDS AND OUR PLACE. UH, WE WILL HAVE THREE STAGES OF ENTERTAINMENT UNTIL THE FESTIVAL, IN ADDITION TO OUR BEER GARDEN, WHERE ALL OF OUR BEER PEOPLES WILL BE PLAYING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ANY QUESTIONS ON INDIAN PETS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE CRACK THE KIT. THE FAUCET. SO WHAT'S DRY. IT SHOULDN'T BE OPEN TWICE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. UM, CAN YOU, ONE OF THE, UM, I WAS GOING TO SEE ON TASTE ADDISON IF WE COULD, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU GO BACK TO THE CUSTOMERS TO KIND OF SYNC UP ON, I'M SORRY, THE VENDORS FOR THE VIP EXPERIENCE, [02:10:01] BUT JUST, UM, AND I KNOW IT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THEM AND IT'S, IT'S A STRAIN ON THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY BRING ENOUGH FOOD, I KNOW SOME OF THEM ON THEIR FIRST TIME, THEY CAN SOMETIMES MAYBE MISCALCULATE. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS, BUT I THINK THE FOCUS, MAYBE IF YOU, UM, POSTURE IT AS FOCUSING ON THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. SO THE PEOPLE THAT COME, THEY BUY TICKETS, VIP TICKETS, AND THEY WANNA FEEL, UM, LIKE A, AND, AND JUST GOING BACK AROUND TO REINFORCE WHAT THE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU KNOW, AND THE VIP EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME BACK UP FOOD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. CAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UH, I'VE JUST, I HEAR THINGS WHEN I'M THERE AND THAT WOULD BE NICE. THE OTHER THING TOO IS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT IT WAS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THE VIP'S GET THEIR PACKETS, THAT THEY'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THAT THEY GET AND THAT THE VENDORS ARE CLEAR. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY GET TOKENS, YOU KNOW, WHERE FROM THE DOVE IS BE USED AND MAKING SURE THAT THE VENDORS THAT ARE A PART OF IT KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE TOKENS. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A DISCONNECT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PACKET DOES, MAKING SURE THAT THE VIP KNOWS HOW TO USE THE PACKET. ABSOLUTELY. YES. ME TO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROGRAM THAT WE DID LAST YEAR ON FRIDAY AT DAYS WHERE NOT ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS BROUGHT THE REQUESTED NUMBER OF SAMPLES. AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CLEAR TO THEM WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO AND SIGN ON TO DO. AND THEN I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL EXECUTE TO THAT AGREEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UH, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH OUR VIP GUESTS IS, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO VIP, THE CHECK-IN, THEY ACTUALLY GET A LITTLE ENVELOPE THAT WILL HAVE THEIR TOKENS INSIDE, ALONG WITH A LITTLE SHEET THAT JUST GIVES A LITTLE QUICK, THIS IS WHAT YOUR TOKENS ARE GOOD FOR AND WHERE YOU CAN USE THEM JUST TO EXPLAIN THAT. AND SO WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES, YOUR AUDIT, JASMINE, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, IF YOU HAVE A PLANS TO LEVERAGE THE, UH, ELECTRONIC SIGN, MORE HOW YOU BLEND IT, PLANTED LEVERAGE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST WHOLE EVENT SEASON THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SIDE, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR HOW IT MIGHT BE. UH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, UM, MARY AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THE PLAN FOR THAT SIDE. SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE OUR EVENTS, OBVIOUSLY, ANY EVENTS THAT ADDISON PRODUCES WILL BE UP ON THAT SIDE, BUT WE ALSO OPEN THAT UP AND HAVE THREE CATEGORIES OF USE FOR THAT SIGN. ADDISON PRODUCED EVENTS, ADDISON SPONSORED EVENTS. THOSE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THE EVENTS AT MATURE VION OR SOMETIMES WE HAVE THIRD PARTY EVENTS HELD AT A PARK THAT WE SPONSOR. AND SO ANY SPONSORED EVENT IS THE SECOND CATEGORY. AND THEN THE THIRD CATEGORY WOULD INCLUDE EVENTS THAT ARE PERMITTED IN OUR PARKS OR THAT TAKE PLACE INSIDE OF OUR THEATER CENTER. AND SO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES ALL HAVE ACCESS TO PROMOTE THEIR EVENTS ON THE SIDE FOR VARYING LENGTH OF TIME, DEPENDING ON WHICH CATEGORY THEY FALL IN. AND IT ALSO HELPS US PRIORITIZE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH GOING ON THE SIDE. AND THAT THOSE, THOSE MESSAGES ON THE SIGN CAN BE SEE, AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE BELTLINE TODAY, YOU WILL SEE THE, YEAH, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED. SO WE'VE GOT A TASTE STATUS. IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BOOMTOWN, OCTOBER FEZ AND INVITING EVERYBODY TO ADDISON FOR VALENTINES, THAT SIGN IS SPECTACULAR. IT'S SPECTACULAR. IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH. I RECEIVED SO MANY GOOD COMMENTS, BUT ONE SET OF, OH LOOK LIKE LAS VEGAS SO I'D HAVE HIM BACK AS A, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS APPROVED BY CITIZENS IN TUCSON 12. I SAID, NORMALLY WE HAVE GUYS SITTING IN THE BUCKET OF CHALK SO RISKY AND THEN PUT IT UP, TAKING IT DOWN. I SAID, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FULLY UTILIZE THE TECHNOLOGY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS EASY, SIMPLE, FEASIBLE, SAFE. SO THEN YOU STOPPED JASMINE. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE COMMENT AS SYMMETRIC DARK. IT'S QUITE QUITE A CHUNK. UM, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? WELL, SOME OF THAT IS COMING OFF OF THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE [02:15:01] JUST ANXIOUS TO GET OUT. UM, OUR EVENTS STARTED IN APRIL OF 2021 AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVING RESUMED THEIR EVENTS, A LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING. AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE CAME, THEY REALIZED, OH, THIS IS FREE. PARKING IS FREE. AND THIS IS REALLY GOOD. SO WE SAW A LOT OF REPEAT ATTENDANCE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TELLING THEIR FRIENDS. AND SO THAT BUILT UP, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO AS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IT, THEY BECOME REPEAT CUSTOMERS. BUT INITIALLY I ATTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO LACK OF OTHER OPTIONS AND PEOPLE JUST BEING REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE AS WELL AS OUR VERY FIRST ONE THAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS ACTUALLY ON SELENA'S BIRTHDAY AND RECOGNIZING SELENA WITH THE SELENA TRIBUTE BAND AND A SELENA LOOK, LIGHT CONTENT HAS BEEN SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WE HAD A VERY STRONG ATTENDANCE THAT FIRST ONE ACTUALLY SAW ABOUT 12 TO 1300 PEOPLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT KICKED US OFF STRUCK. YEAH. YES, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT SIDE OF THE CAR, JUST ESPECIALLY WITH THE CROWDS GROWING AND BEING MONITORED IS THE SIDE. THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. YEAH. IT'S GOT A QUESTION. UM, JASMINE OFF ON OCTOBER FEST, I KNOW WE START THAT IN THE PAST. WE'VE STARTED THAT NEAR THE SAME TIME THAT MUNICH IS STARTING THERE. AND WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE IDEA OF ENDING IT, UM, AROUND THE SAME TIME, UH, LIKE VERSE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER, THIS YEAR ACTUALLY RUNS FOR THREE WEEKS, SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH OCTOBER 3RD, THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 35TH OCTOBER. SO IN 35 YEARS, NO, WE'VE NOT DONE THAT. OKAY. WELL, WE, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD. UH, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS TWO REASONS, UH, WHETHER IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UM, AND IT MIGHT GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO, UH, TO SEE WHAT OUR COMPETITION IS DOING. ACTUALLY, I JUST A NOTE ON THAT, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER OCTOBER VESTS THAT I POPPED UP ACTUALLY TO PLAN AROUND US. SO NOBODY ELSE HAS TOUCHED OUR OKTOBERFEST WEEKEND. THEY ALL HAVE BEEN THE WEEK AFTER TWO WEEKS AFTER, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATE FAIR, BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHERS THAT IS OCTOBER THAT'S ACTUALLY AVOID HOURS. AND SO IF WE WERE TO MOVE, THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ENDED UP CONFLICTING WITH SOME OTHERS. BUT I THINK IT SAYS A LOT FOR OUR OCTOBER BEST THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE ON THE SAME WEEKEND. YEAH. THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD IS THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER LARGER EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING OTHER THAN OCTOBER FEST AT THAT TIME. UM, I JUST REMEMBER ALL THE OPEN AIR, THE HANDS AND COOLER STUFF. JUST A THOUGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, ADJUSTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU ARE VERY INNOVATIVE, SO ALL SPECIAL EVENTS AND DOING BETTER. ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ITEM [10. Consider Action on a Resolution Accepting the Board of Zoning Adjustment Place 2 Member's Resignation and Appointing a New Place 2 Member to Fill the Unexpired Term.] I'D GIVEN THEM A CHANCE TO CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ONE ZONING ADJUSTMENT IN PLACE TO MEMBERS, RESIGNATION AND APPOINTING A NEW STUDENT MEMBER TO FILL THE TANKS AND EXPIRED TO HER. UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, EARL PARKER CITY SECRETARY, OUR CHARTER STATES IN SECTION 8.05, A THAT A 50 BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER FILES FOR A COUNCIL SEAT. THEN THEY AUTOMATICALLY, UH, RESIGNED THEIR POSITION ON THAT BOARD OF COMMISSION ON JANUARY 18TH, UH, ARE ONE MEMBER AND PLACED TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, MEMBER DARREN GARDNER SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY, HE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A PA PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR THAT POSITION FOR A POSITION ON OUR COUNCIL ON, UH, JANUARY 26, I SUBMITTED TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRINT TIM, UH, GUILLERMO KING TINEA TO NOTE A MEMO, UH, NOTIFYING HIM THAT MR. GARDNER HAD RESIGNED HIS POSITION AND THAT POSITION WAS APPOINTED BY OR NOMINATED BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM CONTINUE. AND, UH, I SENT HIM INFORMATION, THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR, UH, B VCA, UH, MEMBERSHIP IN DECEMBER. AND SO, UM, MR. KENT TINEA, UH, SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO REPLACE MR. GARDNER, THE RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED FOR YOU TO REVIEW AS WELL AS THE EMAIL THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD APPLIED. AND THE LETTER, THE EMAIL FROM MR. GARDENER, UH, MAYOR PRETEND KENTON. NIA IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPOINT ANYONE THAT [02:20:01] FILED, UH, FOR A PLACE, UH, ON ANY OF THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS IN DECEMBER IS SOLELY HIS, UH, APPOINTMENT. OKAY. SO GO AHEAD, MAYOR, MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THIS TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MANAGEMENT OR SO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BZA, UH, WE NEED, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS. UM, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS AFTER REVIEWING THESE AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. AND I THINK FOR THAT, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. DANIEL, DANIEL, THE CEO FOR THE UNEXPIRED JOB REMAINDER AS EXPIRED. AND THAT WOULD BE MY NOMINATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ALONG WITH THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AGENDA, RIGHT. WHICH IS TO ACCEPT, ACCEPT LETTERS, FIRST OF ALL, ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION. AND THEN THE OTHER IS A POINT DEADLY SEAL TO BE THE NEW, EASY. YEAH. UM, WE'VE GOT TWO MINOR TYPOS ON THIS RESOLUTION. UM, OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION AND TO INTEGRATE THESE TYPOS INTO IT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL AND I'LL RUN THIS BY THE CITY MANAGER PREVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF, UH, UH, DEAR GUARDIAN AND TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION THAT GQ HAS MADE, UH, UH, DANIEL, THE CEO, UM, AND, AND TO MAKE SOME MINOR EDITS ON THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS THE SECOND, UH, WHEREAS PARAGRAPH AT THE VERY END, UH, THAT SAYS DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO THE, IT SHOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022. AND THEN ON SECTION ONE, UM, OR IT SAYS, WE ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF DEREK GARDENER PLACE. TWO OF THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 19TH. IT'S ACTUALLY JANUARY 18TH, 2022. SO THAT'S THE MOTION. ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE RIGHT. SO I HAVE MOTION FOLLOWING MODERN WATSON, SECOND PHONE LAWYER AWARD ALL IN FAVOR TO ACCEPT. FIRST OF ALL, GARNER'S RESIGNATION WITH AMENDED DATE OF JANUARY 18TH AND ALSO CORRECT. UM, THE DATE EXPIRATION DATE FOR DEVIN GARNER'S EXPIRED TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, THEN ALSO WE'LL ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, DAN NACIO TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS X BY TRUCK. SO EVERYTHING'S FINE. MOTION. THE SECOND ONE IS FAVOR JOB. WHAT WAS THIS RESOLUTION SAY? AYE. AYE. OPPOSE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LAURA. IT WAS A JOURNEY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.