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[CALL TO ORDER]
OR SEVEN, INCLUDING ME, SAMMY.WELL, I WONDER IF SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T I KNOW THAT SHE SENT OUT THE NEW LINK AND I JUST WONDER
I'M LOOKING AT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, UH, EIGHT P EIGHT BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING ME.
UM, MEMBER DECARLO MEMBER, MORGAN MEMBER, LUCA MASON MURPHY CAUGHT HIM SEIBEL DIPLOMA.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR QUORUM AND YOU'RE READY TO GO.
SO EVERYBODY'S HERE EXCEPT FOR KIM AND RUM TEAM, IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN, HAVING A PARKS BOARD MEETING, UM, VIRTUALLY AND TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 26.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT, UM, THE MEETING TO ORDER AND, UM, DO ROLL CALL.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST SAY AYE, OR JUST SIT HERE OR PRESENT OR WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT SAMMY, UM, IT'S RECOMMENDED THE BOARD MEMBER, UM, BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA.
WELL, HE'S HERE BOARD MEMBER TO CARLA HERE FOR MEMBER LUCA HERE.
GREAT BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, GREAT BOARD MEMBER.
MASON MURPHY HERE, A BOARD MEMBER IN THE LOBBY HERE AND BOARD MEMBER.
LET'S SEE, CUTTING CYBIL HERE.
AND I SEE THAT BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR IS HERE AS A GUEST SAMMY.
DO YOU SEE THAT SHE COULDN'T GET IN? WE'RE LETTING HER IN RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN, I THINK A BOARD MEMBER OR VICE CHAIR OR FAR SIDE IS NOT HERE.
SO I HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL AND WE ARE OFF TO THE RACES.
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
I THINK THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE, THE MEDS CHAIR LEWIS.WE DO HAVE GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND FIRST OKAY.
AND YOU TOLD ME THAT I APOLOGIZE.
SO WE DO HAVE GENERAL, AND I THINK WE HAVE, UM, BILL BUNS AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE ITEMS, BUT I THINK HE HAS ONE ITEM THAT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
SO HE WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, MR. BUNCH, ARE YOU HERE PLEASE? UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON THE ITEM THAT I THINK IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND WHEN WE, UM, AGAIN, OKAY.
UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.
UH, WE'VE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON OUR BARTON SPRINGS UNIVERSITY, THEN AT THE COOL AND THE POLAR BEAR SPLASH AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR STAFF TO WORK WITH US ON THOSE.
UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN, ONCE THE PANDEMIC'S OVER.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WORK A LOT ON WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION AND SEPARATELY TO, UH, KEEP THE WATER CLEAN AND FLOWING INTO BARTON SPRINGS.
UM, THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, UH, BOTH WITH THE CITY AND BEYOND.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL SERVING THE COMMUNITY ON THE PARKS BOARD AND IT'S SUCH IMPORTANT WORK.
UM, WE WANT TO WORK WITH Y'ALL THIS YEAR AND IN DOING ALL, WE CAN TO ASSURE THAT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS ADEQUATE FUNDING, UH, FOR ITS WORK AND TO EXPAND AND BUY MORE LAND, TO PROTECT BARTON SPRINGS, UH, OUT IN THE WATERSHED, MOSTLY IN HAYES COUNTY.
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A FEW, UH, ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH SOME OF THEM ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT.UM, UM, THE FIRST THING I BELIEVE IS YOUR EARLY ITEM.
UM, AND I ONLY DID THREE MINUTES FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MY CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, TIME TO JUMP INTO THAT ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ITEM.
ONE THING THAT'S NOT MENTIONED, UH, IN MORE THAN GENERAL TERMS INSTEAD OF THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE IS TO, UH, SUPPORT MORE FUNDING FOR, UH, CITY PROGRAMS AND HAVE THAT FUNDING, UM, INDEPENDENCE AND NOT CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
UM, I WORK ON THE TOURISM COMMISSION AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE FACE CONSTANTLY IS THIS, UH, ARGUMENT, UH, QUITE OFTEN UNFOUNDED THAT, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND VERY LIMITED.
AND THAT PART IS PART OF THAT IS TRUE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE, AND A LOT OF OTHER SETTINGS THEY'D GONE TO LEGISLATURE AND GOTTEN SPECIAL, UH, CITY CITY SPECIFIC LEGISLATION TO LET THEM USE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO, UH, MANAGE AND OPERATE THE PARKS THAT ARE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THEIR CITY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SAN MARCUS HAS A SPECIAL PROVISION TO TAKE CARE OF THE SAN MARCUS RIVER.
I BELIEVE NEW BRONX, ISABELLE AS WELL.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR BEACH BEACH COMMUNITIES HAVE SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BEACHES WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY LOSS AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO USE A PORTION OF ITS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PARKS THAT ARE TOURIST ATTRACTION.
SO LADY BIRD, LAKE BARTON CREEK GREEN BELL AND ZILKER PARK, DIDN'T BE AT THE TOP OF THOSE LISTS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY OTHERS.
SO IF YOU INCLUDE THAT ON THAT ITEM ONE, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UH, I PROBABLY WENT OVER MY TIME ALREADY.
HELLO, DID I LET IT TOO? TIME HAS EXPIRED MR. BUNCH.
WE'LL CALL YOU BACK WHEN IT'S THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
OKAY, SO, UH, MOVING ON, HOLD ON.
SO SEND ME, LET ME JUST ASK YOU WITH HIM.
CAUSE HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE, THREE, AND JUST, DO YOU WANT HIM TO SPEAK? AND YOU SAID THERE'S THREE MINUTES FOR HIM FOR THE ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS. DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO IT NOW OR BEFORE THE FIRST ITEM WAS SHE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON, I GUESS HE KIND OF ADDRESSED THAT CHAIR LEWIS, UM, ALREADY HEARD SPEAKERS ARE TAKEN AT THE START OF THE MEETING, NOT WITH THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UM, KAREN BREMBO, MR. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM SPEAK BEFORE EACH OF THE ITEMS. OKAY.
AND KAREN BREMBO, RIGHT? SHE'S GOT THREE MINUTES AGENDA AND B EIGHT, THE DISCUSSION AS DEPARTMENT, UH, PARTNERSHIP, WE'D LIKE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT THEY ENGAGE IN PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR OUR PARKS WITH DONOR RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE TASTEFUL AND DISCREET WITHOUT BEING EXCESSIVELY COMMERCIAL OR PRESETS.
MANY OF OUR EXISTING PARTS, SUCH AS ZILKER AND REED WERE ALL THE RESULT OF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO TAP PRIVATE DONATION, TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDING, BUT PARTS THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE ME ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING NEW REVENUE SOURCES TO SUPPORT AUSTIN PARKS IS IMPORTANT TO THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE PARTS THAT WE ALL LOVE FINDING AN APPROPRIATE AND DISCREET WAY.
THE RECOGNIZED PRIVATE, PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR THE PARK WILL HELP TAKE CARE OF OUR GREEN SPACES IN A WAY THAT THE CITY CANNOT DO.
WE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE PARTNERSHIPS EFFECTIVE FOR PART TWO DONORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO BACK TO, TO, TO BILL BUNCH, CORRECT? YES.
HE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE REMAINDER OF HIS ITEMS. OKAY.
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OKAY.UM, SO I'LL ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY BACKUP ON ITEM SEVEN.
IT SEEMS TO OVERLAP WITH ITEM EIGHT AND THERE WAS SOME LIMITED INFORMATION THERE.
UM, UH, I WANT TO SAY, YEAH, I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT YOU ASKED, UH, THERE'S SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR OUR PARKS TO BENEFIT FROM, UH, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AND THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ATTACHED TO A, FROM NUMBER EIGHT COUNCIL IN MARCH, CERTAINLY POINTS US IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I WANT TO STRESS EXPRESSING A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN THAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS DRAFTED TO ONLY ENGAGE THE CONCESSION PARTNERS AND THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS WITHOUT ENGAGING THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS NOW QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE STARTING WITH THE ZILKER PARK CONSERVANCY IN NEW YORK, WHICH IS SORT OF BEEN THE MODEL FOR A LOT OF THESE CONSERVANCIES, UH, UH, PEOPLE LOOKING AT HOW THE INTERESTS OF THE CONSERVANCY, UH, DO NOT ALIGN.
IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU HAVE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE GENERAL PARTIERS.
AND, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN AUSTIN, A BIG CONCERN IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC SURVEYS, PEOPLE WANT OUR PARKS TO BE WILD AND NATURAL NATURE SPACES IN THE URBAN CORE.
THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO DEVELOP.
AND YET ONCE A CONSERVANCY IS GO OUT IN FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES OR, UH, UH, PARTIAL MANAGEMENT PURPOSES, UH, THEY WANT TO DO PROJECTS.
THEY WANT TO BUILD THINGS AND, AND BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE DONORS.
AND QUITE OFTEN THAT CAN LEAD TO, UH, THE PUBLIC BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS OF HOW, UH, AND, AND MAKING DECISIONS ON APPROPRIATE, UH, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF PARKS.
AND SO ON THE CONVENING OF THE BILL.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT BEING A BATTLEGROUND AT BARTON SPRINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO I HOPE TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY, UH, MORE DETAIL, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS OR, UH, OVERALL PROCESS WITHOUT ENGAGING THE PUBLIC SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND NOT JUST YOUR VARIOUS PARK CONSERVANCIES AND FOUNDATIONS THAT YOU WANT TO MANAGE THESE, THESE, THESE PRECIOUS PUBLIC TRUST ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, CORRECT? SAMMY, YES.
WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.I HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES, NOW'S YOUR TIME.
AND IF NOT, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO APPROVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ALL SECOND.
DID YOU GET THAT SEMI REMEMBER MEMBER MORGAN MOVED AND A BOARD MEMBER DISCIPLES SECONDED? YES.
[B.1. Discussion and possible action regarding Recommendation 20210126-B1 supporting the City of Austin’s 2020 Legislative Agenda. Presenters: Kimberly McNeeley, Director, Parks and Recreation Department and Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Relations Officer]
MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.THE FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION A TWO ZERO ONE, EXCUSE ME, TWO ZERO TWO ONE ZERO ONE TWO 61, SUPPORTING THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S 2020 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND WE HAVE, UH, DIRECTED MCNEELY AS WELL AS BREE FRANCO.
WHO'S WITH THE INTER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICER OR Y'ALL, Y'ALL BOTH HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO FIX THIS KIMBERLY MCNEALY SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BRIEF FRANCO WHO I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY MET ONCE BEFORE, BUT SHE'S BACK FOR THIS ITEM AND SHE'S THE EXPERT ON THIS, SO I WILL BE QUIET AND ALLOW.
I, LAST TIME I CAME AND SPOKE TO YOU.
I TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY COMING BACK WITH THIS EXACT RESOLUTION.
UM, I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING THE UPDATES WE SEND OUT EVERY FRIDAY.
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HEADS NODDING.UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE ALREADY FILED THE LEGISLATION.
THAT'S, WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO ENGAGE LOBBYISTS TO, TO, UM, DEFEND CITIES INITIATIVES RELATED TO PARKS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE AND ALSO JUST YOUR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE CITY ENGAGING IN THESE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES THROUGH THE AGENDA.
UM, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE AS I'VE BEEN READING THESE IT'S REALLY CONCERNING.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, INFORMATION.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS AT OUR FINGERTIPS TO HEAR THAT, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS YOU WORK WITH OTHER EFFORTS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED AS MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AS AWARE AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE BROADNESS AND I HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAST MODS IN THE SCENE, BUT THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOOD UP UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING, RIGHT BEFORE SESSION STARTED.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND I LIKE HOW GENERAL IT IS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YEAH.
WE'RE SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY.
WE MIGHT, AS WE SEE ADDITIONAL BILLS, COME ON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REACH OUT DIRECTLY.
AND EVEN JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW RIGHT NOW, THE BILLS WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING JUST TEND TO BE THE BIG ONES AND THINGS START MOVING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT EMAIL HAVE AN ADDENDUM THAT KIND OF HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE MOVING AND WORK THAT WE CAN'T POSSIBLY RUN A LIST OF ALL THE BILLS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, THEY'RE ALREADY UP TO ABOUT 1600 SO FAR.
UM, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE HOUSE YET, SO I'M SURE WE'LL GET ANOTHER WAVE OF BILLS THAT COMES IN ONCE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE.
AND THEN REMEMBER, LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS, THE LAST 10 DAYS OF BILL FILING IS WHEN THEY DROPPED THE MAJORITY OF THEM.
SO WE STILL GOT SOME WAYS TO GO HERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE A BILL ON THERE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, PLEASE PINGA, I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND AND ASSIST WITH THAT.
I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S A FAR CHANGE THAN PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO, AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE TESTIFY AND WHETHER IT'S WRITTEN BEFORE, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ANY SORT OF VIDEO TESTIMONY OR WHATNOT IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE, I KNOW I'M SO FAR, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING THAT THEY ARE ALLOWING IT ON REDISTRICTING.
UM, AND THERE WERE NICE TO ME HEARINGS COMING ON THAT SOON.
UM, BUT NOTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BREE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO SINCE WE SAW YOU LAST, YOU HAVEN'T, THERE'S, HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY POPPED UP THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTING PARKS AND GREEN SPACES.
NOT YET, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE OPERATIVE WORD.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO, TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
ANYTHING ELSE HAVE ANY, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS FAR AS THIS, UM, RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THIS, UM, EFFORT AND SUPPORT IT.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO DO THAT BOARD MEMBER? UH, CON CYBIL YES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE THAT WE PUSHED THAT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR LOOKS LIKE IT IS UNANIMOUS SYDNEY.
WELL, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST AND WE'RE GONNA JUST FIGHT THE FIGHT.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THAT.
[B.2. Make a recommendation to the Planning Commission to deny the applicant's request to pay fee in lieu of land dedication for 4802 S. Congress (SP-2019-0600C). (PARD Long Range Plan Strategies – Relief from Urban Life, Park Access for All; SD23 Outcomes – Health & Environment, Mobility, Safety) Presenter: Scott Grantham, Principal Planner, Parks and Recreation Department]
WE HAVE ITEM TWO, WHICH IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO A FEE IN LIEU IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION FROM FOUR EIGHT ZERO TWO SOUTH CONGRESS.AND WE HAVE, UM, SCOTT GRANT IS A PRINCIPAL
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PLANNER.IS IT SCOTT? ARE YOU THERE? SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS KIMBERLY.
SCOTT IS MOVED OVER ALONG WITH THEM WITH AFRICANS.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS PARTICULAR WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TO, I BEG YOUR PARDON.
THIS IS THE AAV TICK, UH, UNDERSTAND THE SCOTT GREENHAM NEEDS TO BE MOVED OVER, BUT I CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE, HIS LOGIN.
I CANNOT UNMUTE HIM OR MAKE HIM A PANELISTS.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO WHAT Y X CALLS EXPEL HIM WITH NO HARD FEELINGS AND GO FROM THERE? UH, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LET HIM KNOW AND WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING.
YOU'RE FEELING THAT WHILE HE'S, WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, THEN I WILL PROVIDE THIS INTRODUCTION, BARBARA.
SO THE POSTING LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY, BOARD MEMBERS, IT REFLECTS THE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION OR THE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S APPROPRIATE.
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TELL YOU THAT THE APPLICANT, THIS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TODAY AND THAT THE APPLICANT IS, UM, IS PARTICIPATING IN, IN PART OF AN APPEAL PROCESS.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS, WILL PRESENT TO YOU SOME INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU SHOULD DECIDE IF IT'S THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT INFORMATION THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDES.
AND ABSOLUTELY THIS BOARD CAN ALWAYS MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT IS POSTED.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT THIS IS AN APPEAL PROCESS.
IT'S PART OF THE, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE APPLICANT ARE ABLE TO COME TO A RESOLUTION THAT, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL.
SO WHILE THE POSTING WADE WAS SPECIFICALLY REFRESH, REFLECTS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, POSITION OR RECOMMENDATION, THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING TO YOU INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
THEN WHAT IS POSTED? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MADE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT YOU REALIZE WHAT, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY AND THE OPTIONS THAT I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND I JUST, UM, AS SCOTT, SO SCOTT SAYS HE'S COMING BACK.
HE HAS MESSAGED US COMING DOWN.
I WISH I WAS LIKE A GREAT SINGER AND I WOULD SAY RENEE, THAT SHE IS NOT POSSIBLE.
YOU COULD STILL TRY, TURN ON THAT KARAOKE MUSIC.
AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'M PREPARED FOR THAT TONIGHT.
WELL, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO BREAK OUT INTO SONG, I GUESS WE'LL JUST, UM, CHAIR.
IF ANYONE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH SCOTT AND RANDOMIZE, I RECOMMEND HE CALLS IN.
CAUSE I STILL CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH HIS NAME.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? I'M COMMUNICATING WITH HIM RIGHT NOW.
AT CITY HALL, I SEE A FIVE ONE, TWO SIX ZERO EIGHT ON THE SCREEN.
MAY I ASK YOU THIS IS TODD GRANTHAM.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO SCOTT.
AND THERE ARE HARD FEELINGS BY THE WAY.
UM, AND UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, IS MY PRESENTATION PULLED UP? YES, YES, YES.
UM, I'M SO I'M PARTICIPATING BY AUDIO ONLY, WHICH IS FINE BY ME CAUSE I'M, I'M GOING TO BE SITTING IN
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FRONT OF MY, UM, MY PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT YOU'VE GOT IN SOME, SOMEONE FROM A V IS CONTROLLING THAT.GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY THAT GRANDSON WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS AN APPEAL OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 48 OH TWO SOUTH CONGRESS, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN.
SO I WAS UNDER UNABLE TO HEAR, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEILLY'S, UH, FULL EXPLANATION, BUT, UM, I WANT TO JUST PUT IN A FEW THINGS.
THIS IS, THERE MAY BE A LOT OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE HERE, BUT FOR YOU WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO THE LISTENING PUBLIC, UM, AS WELL AS THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS, UM, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THIS IS A, A CASE, A, A SITE PLAN CASE WHERE PART IS REQUIRING LAND DEDICATION, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS REQUESTED TO TAKE THE END LOOP.
UM, THIS IS A CASE THAT IS BEING APPEALED AND IT'S GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 9TH.
SO PARKS BOARD IS, THIS IS THE FIRST STOP AND PARKS BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING THIS.
SO, UM, THE, AN OVERVIEW OF THIS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME THE CODE CONTEXT, THE SITE ITSELF, UM, THE APPLICATION OF CODE CRITERIA.
AND, UM, THEN THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS BEFORE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THE CODE CONTEXT, UM, THIS IS, UH, IT'S MOSTLY FOUND IN 25, ONE SIX OH FIVE, AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE THE CRITERIA LIVE, UH, THAT DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S PARKLAND DEDICATION OR FEE AND LIEU.
SO, UM, WHICH, WHICH OF THOSE IS IT? AND, UM, THE SAME SECTION, THE ABILITY THAT THIS DECISION, WHICHEVER IT BE PARKLAND OR FEE AND LIEU CAN BE APPEALED TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND BEFORE THOSE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HARD SHELL FIRST PRESENT THE CASE TO THE PARKS BOARD.
SO THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS APPEALED THE DECISION AND HAS TAKEN ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BRING IT HERE THIS EVENING.
SO REALLY IN, IN GREATER CONTEXT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENBELT AND IT IS A GRAND VISION FOR A BEAUTIFUL CREEK THAT REALLY STRETCHES FROM THE WEST ALL THE WAY TO OAK HILL, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH CENTRAL AUSTIN, UM, TO, UH, WILLIAMSON CREEK CENTRAL WILLIAMSON CREEK EAST, WHICH CONNECTS TO DOVE SPRINGS AND ULTIMATELY TO MCKINNEY FALLS STATE PARK.
SO THIS IS REALLY A GRAND IDEA THAT THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.
WE'VE BEEN, UM, ACQUIRING PIECES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAP WITH THE DARK GREEN.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND THEN THERE ARE MANY GAPS WHERE WE ARE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONNECTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR POSSIBILITIES TO DO A GREENBELT, TO HAVE A TRAIL THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK, WHERE SOMEONE COULD, COULD WALK THIS ENTIRE STRETCH, OR THEY COULD JUST WALK A PORTION OF IT.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY A GRAND VISION AND WE'RE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.
UM, THE SITE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS IN YELLOW.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ZOOMING INTO WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY YOU SEE THE YELLOW A LOT IS THE ONE WITH THE SITE PLAN AND IT IS A VERY INTERESTING SHAPE.
UM, IT FRONTS ON SOUTH CONGRESS.
SO, UM, THIS IS SOUTH OF BEN WHITE A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, THE PART THAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE FRONTS ON SOUTH CONGRESS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS LONG PIECE THAT, UM, THAT WRAPS AROUND THE CREEK.
SO, UH, WILLIAMSON CREEK KIND OF DOES A BIG BEND HERE AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALSO THE, THE GREENBELT STARTING TO FORM UP AROUND THIS PARCEL.
SO YOU'VE GOT THIS BIG PORTION TO THE, TO THE LEFT AND YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE PIECE TO THE SOUTH AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE A, UM, A SOLID PIECE THROUGH HERE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ENABLE A TRAIL TO GO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP ALSO SHOWS ACCESS POINTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE'S ONE THAT'S ON SOUTH FIRST AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, WHICH IS ON SOUTH CONGRESS, A BIT SOUTH OF THIS PARCEL.
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SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE ABOUT A QUARTER MILE DISTANCE FROM THE, UM, FROM THE PARCEL AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IT'S THE, UH, THE CONTOUR LINES ON, ON THIS, UM, UH, PARTICULAR PLACE, BECAUSE THE, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF TERRAIN HERE, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THERE'S A HIGH SIDE OF A BLUFF AND A LOW SIDE.SO THE HIGH SIDE IS THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LOW SIDE IS THE LEFT SIDE.
AND SO WHERE IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE YELLOW OUTLINE, UM, AND ALL ALONG THAT, THAT, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU FOLLOWED THE YELLOW OUTLINE ALONG THE CREEK, YOU'D BE ON THE HIGH SIDE OF A BLUFF, YOU'D BE, UM, ABOUT, AND WE HAVE DONE THIS, WE'VE WALKED IT.
UM, YOU CAN, IT'S ABOUT A 20 TO 30 FOOT DROP-OFF TO THE CREEK.
AND SO IT'S FAIRLY TREACHEROUS RIGHT NOW.
SO IF WE WERE TO JUST COUNT ON HAVING THAT NARROW LITTLE PIECE OF, OF GREEN, UM, THAT IS BETWEEN THE YELLOW AND THE BLUE, IT WOULDN'T BE VERY PASSABLE.
IT WOULDN'T BE VERY ACCESSIBLE.
AND, UM, IT, IT DEFINITELY, UM, IN FACT, UH, WE WOULDN'T REALLY ADVISE THAT ANYBODY DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO, TO WALK THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A GAP TO THE SOUTH OF THAT.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'D BE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE IN THE FUTURE.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SKIP TWO SLIDES.
SO, UM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SKIP DOWN TO SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE APPLICATION OF CODE CRITERIA.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT THIS, THIS SITE, UM, THE MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS, UH, REPEATEDLY, BUT IT'S REALLY FIVE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO, IS IT LAND OR IS IT FEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, BE REQUIRING, UM, FIRST IS IT LOCATED WITHIN THE DEFICIENT PARK AREA MAP? UM, THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, UM, SHOULD HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY AND THANK YOU SAMMY FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND THANK YOU A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TOM ROWLANDSON, WHO HELPED ME WITH ALL OF THESE MAPS.
UM, EXCELLENT JOB TO, UH, TO SHOW, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO IS IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE, THE, UH, DEFICIENT PARK AREA MAP.
AND SO YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.
UM, THAT THAT MAP IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND IT IS ON THE PROPERTY PROFILE.
SO IT IS A PUBLIC, UH, MAP THAT, AND THAT IS THE OFFICIAL VERSION THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY PROFILE IS ADJACENT TO EXISTING PARKLAND.
SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU SAW THE PARKLAND THAT WAS TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH OF THIS, UH, HAS SUFFICIENT ACREAGE TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR DEDICATED PARKLAND.
UH, IT HAS ENOUGH TO GENERATE AND DEDICATE A QUARTER ACRE, WHICH IS THE STANDARD NUMBER FOUR IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL NEED FOR PARKLAND OR TO REMEDY A DEFICIENCY.
YES, IN THIS CASE, THE CRITICAL NEED IS THE ACCESS TO THE EMERGING WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENBELT, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH IS REALLY FOR, NOT JUST THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, SO IT IS A CRITICAL NEED TO REMEDY THAT.
AND NUMBER FIVE WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED CONNECTIVITY WITH EXISTING OR PLANNED PARKS.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED CONNECTIVITY TO THE GREENBELT.
UM, SO BASED ON THOSE CRITERIA, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL FIVE OF THOSE, UH, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE MUST REQUIRE LAND, WE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FEE AND LIEU.
IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE CODE.
SO NUMBER NINE, UM, BASICALLY ONCE WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S LAND, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF LAND AND WHAT, WHAT STANDARDS FOR THE LAND.
SO IT MUST BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, AND OPEN TO PUBLIC VIEW AND HAVE ON STREET AND OFF STREET CONNECTIONS, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
SO THOSE ARE KEY PARTS OF THE PARKLAND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
UM, THIS, UH, NUMBER ONE IS AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE THIS IS A GREENBELT, SO THAT MEETS THE EXCEPTION.
UH, IT, THE INTERIOR OF THE PARK DOES NOT NEED TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE PROPOSED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A GREEN BELT.
UH, BUT NUMBER FIVE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PARKLAND SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER BY WALKING OR THE PROVISION OF PARKING.
SO THAT IS ONE THAT, THAT, UM, IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT REALLY OPENS IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
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IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS, THEN YOU COULD JUST HAVE PRIVATE PARKS BACK BEHIND PARCELS, UH, EVERYWHERE.AND THERE, THERE WOULDN'T NEED TO BE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, THOSE COULD JUST EXIST.
UM, NOW THERE'S NOTHING, THE IDEA IS THAT, THAT THIS NOT ONLY BE A PARK, BUT IT BE EXTREMELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, IT MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, LET'S GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX.
SO SEEING THAT, UM, THE REAL VISION OF HOW THIS WOULD WORK AS PARKLAND IS THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENBELT.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE EXISTING, UH, STRIP THAT'S ALONG THAT'S BETWEEN THE YELLOW SHAPE AND THE CREEK IS VERY STEEP AND IN SOME PLACES IMPASSABLE.
AND SO THE VISION WOULD BE TO EXPAND THE PARKLAND AND TO CREATE A TRAIL THAT IS SHOWN AS THE PINK LINE.
AND THAT'S A RELATIVELY FLAT SPACE, AND IT'S A FLAT SPACE IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT MANY FLAT SPACES.
SO REALLY THIS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A, A TRAIL CONNECTION IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL LEVELS OF FOLKS WHO ARE DISABLED, AS WELL AS, UH, FOLKS THAT, THAT HAVE DIFFERENT ABILITIES.
AND, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A TRAIL THAT, THAT, UM, AND A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF THE TRAIL IN THIS LOCATION NOW.
UM, SO BASICALLY THAT PARK AREA WOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THAT PINK LINE.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER SEVEN, NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT SHOWS, UM, THE GREEN OUTLINE WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL PARKLAND THAT WAS REQUIRED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO PLAN THE TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH IT.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY WITHIN IT, BUT, BUT THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THE PUBLIC ACCESS CONNECTION.
SO IT'S THE BLUE, UH, THE BLUE OUTLINE THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
UM, THIS IS COINCIDENT WITH THE FIRE LANE AND IT'S COINCIDENT WITH THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, NOTICE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS.
IT'S ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BUILDING IS.
SO NONE OF THESE, UH, THESE REQUIREMENTS BY PARD ARE IMPACTING THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR THE PARKING, OR REALLY MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SITE.
UH, THEY'RE JUST, UH, THAT'S JUST A CONNECTION TO THE PARKLAND IN THE REAR.
SO LET US GO TO, UM, THE NEXT, LET US GO TO NUMBER 11.
SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER ASPECTS.
UM, THE FIRE LANE, WE'VE HAD SOME EARLY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S BEEN A, UM, IT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAY THAT THEY ACCEPT THE EASEMENT.
THEY ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT THERE BE A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT THERE, AS LONG AS THERE WAS NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE FIRE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, THAT IS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
UM, THIS IS ALSO AN URBAN TRAILS MASTER PLAN, UH, UH, IDENTIFIED TRAIL AS A TIER TWO TRAIL.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S BEEN THIS, UH, EFFORT WITH THE CENTRAL WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENWAY PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YES, THEY WANT ACCESS.
YES, THEY WANT CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE TRAIL.
AND, UM, LAST POINT IS THAT, THAT, THAT EXISTING STRIP THAT DID, UH, OCCUR AS A PARKLAND DONATION IN 1977, WHICH WAS PRIOR TO ANY OF OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION, ORDINANCES.
UH, THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE CASE WE HAVE, UM, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES.
UM, AND THREE OF THE FOUR OF THESE ARE APPROVED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE FOURTH IS 13, 11 SOUTH LAMAR, AND IT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY THE APPLICANT TO DO AN EASEMENT OF THIS KIND, TO CONNECT TO THE REAR OF A SITE WHERE THERE IS A THERE'S PARKLAND, THERE IS A, A GREEN BELT.
SO, UM, REALLY THAT IS MOVING FORWARD TOO.
SO, UH, WE, WE HAVE THIS SITUATION FAIRLY FREQUENTLY WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU NEED TO GET ACCESS BACK TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.
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AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.SO BASICALLY, UM, THIS IS, UH, STEPS RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, IS FOR PARKS BOARD TO RECOMMEND, TO PLANNING COMMISSION, TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, TO PAY FEE AND LU AND TO UPHOLD THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR THIS SITE PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
SO AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SAID, UM, THAT THE, THE APPLICANT ALSO IS GOING TO PRESENT.
DO WE, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST, UM, WHY DON'T WE HOLD OUR QUESTIONS AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, AND THEN WE CAN ASK BOTH.
SO DO WE HAVE, UM, I'M SORRY, PATIENT CARE LEWIS.
WE ARE BRINGING UP MR. MCKOWN AND HIS, UM, DOCUMENTS.
MR. MCKOWN IS CALLING ON THE LINE JUST LIKE SCOTT WAS, SO GIVE US JUST A SECOND TO GET HIM UN-MUTED AND THEN GET HIS DOCUMENTS PULLED UP.
I REPRESENT THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT AT 48 OH TWO SOUTH CONGRESS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO DONATE AND WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON THE PARKS BOARD.
I'VE BEEN A VERY BIG ADVOCATE OF PARKS AND EXTENDING THESE TRAILS.
UH, SINCE I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 1987, OUR SITUATION TODAY IS, UH, THAT WE HAVE A SLIGHT, UH, ORDINANCE ISSUE THAT, UH, PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR US.
AND I WILL GO THROUGH, UH, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND REAL QUICKLY.
UH, SCOTT TOUCHED ON IT AND TRY TO GET TO A, WHAT I HOPE WILL BE A COMPROMISE.
THAT WILL BE A SITUATION THAT IS A WIN FOR BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED HERE, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE DEVELOPER OF AN OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY AT 48 OH TWO SOUTH CONGRESS, SCOTT MENTIONED BRIEFLY, UH, THE, UH, DEDICATION OF THE PARKLAND BACK IN 1977.
THIS STARTED AS FROM, UH, THE, UH, CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE SLIDES SO THEY DON'T NEED TO READ BY, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SEEN ALL OF MY PRESENT, THE WRITTEN PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S GO TWO PAGES BACK TO PAGE NUMBER THIS GOT THE ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE, BLAZE.
THE FACT CATCHMENT NUMBER ONE SHOULD BE A MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, 19TH OF JULY FIRST, 1976.
BACK WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS DOING THEIR, UH, DEDICATION TO PARKS AND STRAINED WITH THE PARKLAND ALONG THE CREEK, THE CREEK TRAILS WERE TO BE THE BICENTENNIAL GIFT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO THE UNITED STATES AS A, UH, RECOMMENDATION, OR I SAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
THIS, UH, TO THIS WAS A TRACT OF LAND.
THAT WAS 7.9 ACRES THAT WAS, UH, OWNED BY HAZEL GOODNIGHT STARKEY.
SHE HAD INHERITED THIS PLAN AND AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER HOFFMAN, DURING THE ZONING CASE FOR MRS. GOODNIGHT, SHE REQUESTED THAT SHE DONATE LAND.
THE BOY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING TO THOSE SLIDES.
CAN WE GET TO THOSE SLIDES AT ALL? MR. MCKOWN WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON IT.
WELL, THE NEXT SECTION SHOWS YOU THE, UH, 2.4 ACRES AND THAT WAS DONATED.
AND IF, UH, WERE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT SCOTT WAS SHOWING YOU, THIS IS THE GREENBELT, AND IT WAS AN EXCHANGE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
THE OWNER FEELS THAT SOMEWHAT, THAT A CITY IS TRYING TO DOUBLE DIPPING HERE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY, THE SITE USED TO BE A LOT BIGGER.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FACT, THE, UH, SITE, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THIS 5.95 POINT IS
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5.5 ACRES, ESSENTIALLY.AND IT'S GOT POINTED OUT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IRREGULAR.
AND IT ONLY HAS 200 FEET ON THE FRONT OF CONGRESS AVENUE, AND THAT EXTENDS 150 FEET BACK.
AND THEN IT DROPS DOWN TO 175 FEET.
AND SO THIS IS THE ONLY PORTION ON THE SITE THAT IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPABLE.
AND IT'S THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PUT A BUILDING AND THE REST OF IT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR AMENITIES AND FOR PARKLAND, THE NEXT MAP, WHICH IS THE BOY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH EFFECT WITHOUT THESE SLIDES.
THE NEXT MAP SHOWS THE IRREGULARITY AND IT'S MARKED OUT IN RED, UH, SHAPE.
AND THE WILLIAMSON CREEK ALSO MAKES IT COMMEND THIS BEND HERE, AND IT IMPACTS THE FORMERLY PLANTED LOTS TO THE WEST.
AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEST.
I E THE LOW SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR ALL KINDS OF ACCESS AND ADDITIONAL TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SINCE THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, IT CAN NEVER BE DEVELOPED.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE THEN ATTACHMENT NUMBER FIVE IS THE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.
AND AS SCOTT HAS EXPLAINED, THERE IS, IT WILL NOT IMPACT THE BUILDING ITSELF.
ALL IT DOES IS IMPACT THE WAY YOU GET TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRING THAT SERVICES BE IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING BE NOT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WE HAD TO PUT A FIRE LANE AND OUR ONLY ACCESS TO WAY 25 FOOT ACCESS DRIVE DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, TURNING INTO THE BUILDING'S PARKING GARAGE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT WE DO NOT FEEL IT'S SAFE FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT TO THEN HAVE ANY KIND OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS THROUGH THAT AREA.
BECAUSE AT ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A HUNDRED OR A HUNDRED, AND TWENTY-FIVE CONDOMINIUM UNITS HERE, THE DUMPSTERS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, SERVICE PEOPLE COMING.
AND WE JUST DID NOT FEEL IT SAFE TO HAVE A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.
AND OUR ONLY DRIVEWAY, OUR ONLY ACCESS, WE HAD LOOKED AT THE A LIABILITY SITUATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT JUST CREATES TOO BIG OF A LIABILITY FOR THE CONDOMINIUM HUNTERS POTENTIALLY TO HAVE THIS, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DONATE THE LAND THAT IS NECESSARY TO WIDEN THE GREEN BELT, BUT WE THINK THAT THE TRAILS ITSELF AND THE ACCESS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FROM THE NEXT PROJECT DOWN, WHICH IS, WHICH WOULD BE THE 500 FEET ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE LIGANDS AND CREEK.
I MEAN, THE EAST BANK OF WILLIAMSON CREEK TO CREATE THE CONTINUOUS GREENBELT HAD AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY SHOULD ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY ALONG THE HEARTLAND.
UM, THE HEARTWOOD DRIVE, UH, AND THE SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST OF US, WHICH IS LAND.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WENT ON TO DO.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE WORKED HARD WITH THE STAFF.
WE HAVE AGREED ON THE AMOUNT OF LAND AND THE FEES WE WANT TO PAY THE FEE AND LOO UP FOR THE PAY, THE FEE AND THE PARKLAND AND THE TOTAL OF HER ALMOST $254,000.
AND WE THINK THAT WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON ANY KIND OF, UH, COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING THOSE LOTS ON HEARTLAND AND CREATE A REALLY NICE WIDE PARK THERE.
AND IT WOULD BE A CONTINUOUS CART AND BYPASS THE GAP THAT EXISTS, UH, CURRENTLY WAS THAT 500 FEET OF PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF US.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN AGREE WITH US, UM, AND MAKE A, SORT OF A MODIFIED, UH, RECOMMENDATION HERE.
UH, WE DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T PARTICIPATE AND GIVE THE PARKLAND.
WE JUST WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE LIABILITY OF A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT DOWN A DRIVE OF A 300 FOOT LONG DRIVEWAY THAT JUST CREATES TOO MUCH, UH, HAZARD AND LIABILITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE BUILDING, WE JUST THINK THAT THAT'S NOT A SAFE THING FOR THE CITY TO BE DOING, AND CERTAINLY NOT A SAFE THING FOR THAT DEVELOPER TO BE DOING, UH, AND SAYING THAT IT IS A REASONABLE ACCESS.
SO REMEMBER THAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS WHEREVER, WHENEVER PRACTICAL.
SO WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'S PRACTICAL.
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I'M SORRY.THE SLIDES DIDN'T COME UP AS AN ORDER IS I WOULD EXPECT OUT.
SO, OKAY, SO YOU'VE HEARD FROM SCOTT AND WE'VE HEARD FROM
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU.
UM, JUST THE WAY I SEE YOU GUYS, AND THAT IS ON MY LITTLE SQUARES.
SO WITH BOARD MEMBER DECARLO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING QUESTIONS YOU WANNA ASK OR COMMENTS? YEAH.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE HARD WORK ON BOTH PARTIES.
IT SEEMS TO COME TO A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTIONS INCLUDE, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE THE SAFETY ISSUE ALONG THE EASEMENT, UM, WILL THERE BE, OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD SOME KIND OF WALKWAY, A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND KIND OF SIDEWALK THERE? UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO MR. MCKOWN'S, UM, SUGGESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING THAT OTHER PARKLAND AND PROVIDING ACCESS THERE.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR PARK STAFF, LIKE HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE POSSIBLY PROVIDING ACCESS ELSEWHERE, OR IN THAT MAYBE NEWLY ACQUIRED PARKLAND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE GOES TO SCOTT.
HELLO? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? HELLO? YES.
SO IF I, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT DRIVEWAY, UH, SAFER? AND SO, AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
UM, WE, AND WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT AT HAVING SURFACING AND REALLY TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES THAT INDICATE TO DRIVERS, HEY, YOU SHOULD SLOW DOWN THERE'S THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS PRESENT.
UM, SO THAT EXAMPLE WAS, IS BEING FOLLOWED ON 1311, SOUTH LAMAR AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE LIABILITY QUESTION, UH, WE'VE CONSERVED, WE'VE CONSULTED WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM.
AND, UM, IF WE COULD, IF AVA COULD CUE UP MARY MARRERO AND SEE IF SHE'S, SHE CAN MAYBE ADDRESS THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, THERE IS A PRETTY STRONG, UM, I GUESS FIRST FROM AN URBAN PLANNING POSITION, UH, WE ARE IN INCREASINGLY INCREASINGLY COMPACT AND CONNECTED CITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT, THAT RUN EVERYWHERE, RUN CRISSCROSSED THE CITY, AND ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT FOR BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE CONNECTIVITY SO THAT, THAT PEDESTRIANS, FOR INSTANCE, DON'T HAVE TO WALK LONG WAYS AROUND, UH, TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, UH, MARY, UH, IS, IS, IS MARY AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT TEXAS STATUTE? UH, HE HERE CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, YES.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS MARY MARRERO.
I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
SCOTT ASKED ME TO, UH, LOOK AT THE LIABILITY CONCERNS THAT, UM, MR. MCKOWN HAD RAISED.
I WOULD JUST NOTE AT THE BEGINNING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIABILITY IS NOT ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT PART IS PERMITTED TO CONSIDER IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ALLOW DEDICATED WHETHER TO REQUIRE DEDICATION OR WHETHER TO ALLOW FEE AND LOO.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AS AN ASIDE, THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PERMITTED TO LOOK AT UNDER THE CODE.
UM, MORE GENERALLY THOUGH, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT, UM, THAT TEXAS LAW HAS, UH, UH, A RECORD WHAT'S CALLED THE RECREATIONAL USE STATUTE.
IT'S IN THE TEXAS CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE.
AND TO JUST SUM IT UP, UM, AS HIGH LEVEL AS I CAN, IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE A LANDOWNER AND YOU ALLOW, WHETHER IT BE ONE PERSON OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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ONTO YOUR LAND TO USE A LAND FOR A RECREATIONAL PURPOSE, THEN THE DUTY OF CARE THAT YOU OWE TO THOSE PEOPLE IS THE SAME DUTY OF CARE THAT YOU WOULD OWE TO JUST A TRESPASSER ON YOUR LAND, WHICH IS TO SAY A VERY LOW DUTY OF CARE.AND SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT ESSENTIALLY IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY AGAINST A LANDOWNER, WHO'S ALLOWED THEM ON HIS, ON HIS OWN PROPERTY FOR RECREATIONAL USE, THE LANDOWNER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING INTENTIONALLY BAD, UM, YOU KNOW, GONE OUT WITH A BIG LOCK AND HIT THE PERSON OVER THE HEAD.
THAT'S A SILLY STATEMENT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE SIMPLE NEGLIGENCE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST A LANDOWNER.
IN THAT SITUATION, THE LANDOWNER WOULD HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS DELIBERATELY AND INTENTIONALLY TO HARM A PERSON ON THE LAND.
ALL OF THAT, THE SHORT WAY OF SAYING ALL OF THIS IS THAT UNDER THE RECREATIONAL PROTECTION AFFORDED BY THE RECREATIONAL STATUTE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY AGAINST THE LAND, NOT THAT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY, UM, AGAINST THE LANDOWNER.
WHO'S ALLOWED YOU TO USE HIS PROPERTY OR HER PROPERTY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSE, WHICH IS WHAT KNOW THE PEDESTRIANS USING THIS DRY WAY TO GET BACK TO THE TRAIL WOULD BE DOING.
THEY WOULD BE USING IT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND, UM, AND Y'ALL, AND ESSENTIALLY TO GET THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, BOARD NUMBER DECARLO, UM, WE, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS TO THE TRAIL, UM, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE WOULD BE COMING.
AND YOU WOULD STILL HAVE SOME TERRAIN CHALLENGES IN GETTING FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS, THIS PROPERTY REALLY PRESENTS THE MOST, UH, POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF B HAVING A RELATIVELY FLAT SPACE THAT PEOPLE COULD ENTER THE GREENBELT.
DID I, DID I CAPTURE ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS? DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? YES, I THINK SO.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD MEMBER DECARLO.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST QUESTION WAS AROUND THE COMMENT THAT THE APPLICANT MADE EARLY ON THAT, UM, THERE WAS ALREADY LAND DONATED TOWARD FARC PURPOSES IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, UH, SUBDIVISION OR TRACK OF LAND.
AND I WAS ON CITY STAFF THAT COULD SPEAK TO THE FACT OF, UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS DOES EVERY GOING HOME, ARE THEY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MORE FEE IN LIEU? AND DOES THIS COUNTRY, HOW FAR DOES THIS CONTINUE NOW? OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS PROPERTIES ARE GETTING SUBDIVIDED, THEN AT SOME POINT THERE WILL QUALIFY AND THE DEDICATION, UH, IN THE SIZE REQUIREMENT FOR THE LAND ALLOCATION, BUT IN LARGE PIECES OF LAND.
UM, HAVE WE SEEN THAT IN THE CITY BEFORE? AND IF SOMEONE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, DID YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD OR I MIGHT JUST TEE YOU UP YOU UP VERY BY SAYING, UM, YEAH, WE'VE KIND OF, UH, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, IF I, IF I CAPTURED, IF I GOT YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT, IT WAS THAT, UH, IN SORT OF MULTIPLE, IF MULTIPLE SITES COME IN, UH, IS EVERY SITE IS EVERY SITE SUBJECT TO PARKLAND DEDICATION.
UM, IN THIS CASE IT SEEMS WE, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT CRITERIA.
UM, SO WE, WE COME BACK TO THE CRITERIA WE SAY, IS IT PARKED DEFICIENT? IS IT, UM, IS IT ADJACENT TO PARKLAND? AND, AND THOSE, THOSE WERE GUIDANCE.
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MARY HAD SOME NOTES PARTICULAR TO THE, UM, THE TRANSACTION THAT IT MIGHT REFER TO THAT HAPPENED IN 1977.YES, BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS MORE AROUND IF AN APPLICANT COMES AND, UH, THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A PORTION OF THEIR TRACK AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE LAND.
AND THEN SOMEHOW THE LAND, UM, CHANGES, OWNERSHIP, AND THEN THE NEXT OWNER WANTS TO DEVELOP THE LAND.
ARE THEY REQUIRED TO, AGAIN, UM, DEDICATE MORE PARKLAND TO DEVELOP THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, JUST IN ANOTHER, UM, UH, PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT? HMM, WELL, UM, WE WOULD START WITH THE CRITERIA AND WE WOULD LOOK AT, AT THE DEFICIENCY, WE WOULD LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND IF, IF, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A KIND OF AN ABSTRACT CASE, IF THE FIRST LAND OWNER DEDICATED PARKLAND AND, AND IT SERVED THE PARK PURPOSE, THERE WAS NO MORE CRITICAL NEED.
IT LET'S SAY IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THEN THE NEXT TIME THEY CAME IN FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THEN IT WOULD PARKLAND WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN SATISFIED IT'S.
BUT THE, BUT THEY MIGHT, THAT, THAT SECOND CASE MIGHT PAY FEE AND LOOP.
UM, IN, IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A, UH, A SITUATION LIKE THIS ONE WHERE YOU HAVE JUST A, A, UM, I THINK MAYBE THE BEST, BEST ANSWER TO THIS IS THAT EACH PROJECT IS DIFFERENT.
AND WE HAVE THE PLD ORDINANCE TO, TO GUIDE US WITH REGARD TO, UM, THERE BEING A PARKLAND REQUIREMENT THAT IS PARTICULAR TO THOSE TWO, WHAT IS COMING, WHAT IS PROPOSED ON THE LAND? SO IN, IN THAT OLD CASE, YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU HAD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH DOES NOT TRIGGER PARKLAND.
AND IN THIS, THIS NEW CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ACTUAL UNITS ON THE LAND, WHICH IS A, UM, WHICH DOES TRIGGER PARKLAND DEDICATION.
IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE KIND OF FEED OFF A LITTLE BIT, WHAT SCOTT JUST SAID, THE REQUIREMENT TO DEDICATE PARKLAND OR PAY A FEE IN LIEU TRIGGERED, UM, BY THE FILING OF A SITE PLAN OR A SUBDIVISION PLAN TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, UNITS.
AND SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, REMEMBER, LUCA, IS THAT IF IT, IF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SELL, IT IS CURRENTLY GOT RESIDENTIAL ON IT.
AND AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE LANDOWNER GAVE DEDICATED PARKLAND AT THE TIME THAT RESIDENTIAL WAS BUILT.
SO THEN LET'S SAY THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY COMES IN FOR REDEVELOPMENT, AND LET'S SAY IT COMES IN FOR ONLY COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANYMORE, OR THEY'RE ADDING RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO COMMERCIAL.
SO PARKLAND DEDICATION IS NOT TRIGGERED.
IF THE PLAN COMES IN AND THE PLAN IS ADD ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THINGS THEN POTENTIALLY IT IS TRUE THAT ADDITIONAL PARKLAND DEDICATION WOULD BE REQUIRED BECAUSE AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY, BY ADDING ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS, YOU'RE INCREASING THE NEED FOR MORE PARKLAND.
THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE.
SO IT DEPENDS IF THE ANSWER IS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ANY GIVEN LANDOWNER IS GOING TO DO ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS OVER AND ABOVE ONE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTY IS THAT I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? I THOUGHT YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.
YEAH, BUT, UH, UM, MARY BORRERO HAD ANSWERED WAS THAT DELTA, THE DELTA ON OUR PARKLAND, BASED UPON NOW, WHATEVER THE DELTA IS BETWEEN WHAT WAS RE RESIDENTIAL BEFORE RESIDENTIAL NOW.
AND THAT IS WHAT GETS CALCULATED AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT PARK DEDICATION ORDINANCE.
SO IN THIS CASE IT WAS COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO THERE WAS NOTHING RELATING TO THAT CALCULATION IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT PARKING, ESPECIALLY
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ON THAT EASEMENT AND WHETHER ACCESS TO THE, UM, TO THE TRAIL AND THE CREEK WOULD INCLUDE PARKING AND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD IT BE TO PROVIDE THAT PARKING THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, OR WOULD THAT BE APPLICANT'S OF RESPONSIBILITY? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.SO, UM, THIS IS SCOTT TO GIVE THE, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS HERE AND, UH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A FIRE LANE, SO ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING, NO PARKING REQUIRED AND NO MAINTENANCE OF PARKING.
NOW, UM, ONE THING IS THAT, THAT, UM, I SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT THAT BEYOND THIS DRIVEWAY, THERE IS, UH, THE, THE ACCESS EASEMENT WOULD GO BEYOND THE DRIVEWAY.
AND SO IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT PERIODICALLY TO BE ABLE TO GET A CITY VEHICLE BACK BEHIND THE DRIVEWAY, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL, BUT THAT WOULD BE A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE.
AND THAT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE, UH, A MATTER OF, OF, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF PARKING, ONE BIG TRUCK BACK THERE.
AND THEN, UM, I SEE THAT IT IS THERE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT'S CALLED A BACKSPIN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARK.
IS THERE PARKING FOR THAT PARK? THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING OUT THERE.
I, I SAW THAT WHEN I WENT WITH BOARD MEMBER MASON.
BOARD MEMBER, MORGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE MUTE, BUT I GOT IT.
UM, NUMBER, UM, MOVING ON TO BOARD MEMBER, UM, MASON MURPHY.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT SHE, UM, I WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS AND SHE TOOK IT OUT THERE AND SHE KNOWS IT REALLY WELL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD.
SO, AND, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, BOTH SIDES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DO KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL.
I'VE BEEN HIKING IN CENTRAL WILLIAMSON CREEK FOR ABOUT ALMOST 15 YEARS, AND I TOOK, UM, CHAIR LEWIS OUT THERE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MAP THAT THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER ACCESS POINT, OTHER THAN THAT TOP NORTHERN MOST POINT, UM, IT IS THAT THERE ARE STEEP GLOVES.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, FOR AT LEAST THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS WITH GABA, GLOSSED AND BOMB WAS AUSTIN FOR TRAIL ACTIVITY, UM, UH, CENTRAL LIAM SAND CREEK, UH, THROUGH DEV SPRINGS INTO MECHANICALS.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT LONG-TERM PROJECT INVOLVING MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES, MULTIPLE CONTACT TEAMS. IMAGINE AUSTIN, UM, PROCESSES, YOU HAVE CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO SAY THAT TO THE MR. MCADAMS COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROPERTIES ON HEARTWOOD, THOSE PART OF THE WILLIAMSON CREEK FLOOD BUYOUT, IT'S A VOLUNTARY FLOOD BUYOUT.
UH, THERE ARE STILL THAT SIDE AND SOMEBODY IS WATERSHED AND LAND, BUT THERE IS NO WAY FOR PEOPLE ON THE LAST SIDE OF THE CREEK TO ACCESS CONGRESS AT ALL.
AND THIS POINT RIGHT HERE, UM, IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY OR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET IS A NEWLY RENOVATED BATTLE BENT BAR AND BATTLE BEND HAS INCREASED THEIR, THEIR ACCESS POINTS TO THE WINSTON CREEKS.
SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS, ARE, IS ALREADY AHEAD FOR INCREASING IN XP COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, HE IS ALSO, UM, TO PUT IN A POINT THAT IT IS UPSTREAM, UH, PROPERTY, AND IT IS MOSTLY RIPPER.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY COULD CONTROL THEIR FLOOD WATER.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, IN D TWO THAT WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, REGARDING CO LOCATING, I THINK THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA TO CO-LOCATED ACCESS, RIGHT? THERE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW ST
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ELMO MARKET, WHICH IS JUST UP THE STREET.UM, AND THE BERGSTROM TERM SPUR, WHICH IS THE RAIL TRAIL THAT'S IN PROCESS FROM BASICALLY IT CROSSES CONGRESS RIGHT THERE AND GOES TO THE AIRPORT.
IT'S A RAIL TRAIL, CONVERSION CITY AVENUE, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS.
AND THIS REALLY CUTS OFF AND THIGH OF THE CITY WITHOUT HER GETTING ACCESS AND UTILIZING THAT PARK IN MY OPINION.
SO, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
THEY MAY KEEP REMEMBER MASON MURPHY.
TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE JUST ANSWERED ABOUT TWO QUESTIONS AGO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, UM, JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR MEMBER, UH, COTTON CYBIL YES.
ONE THING THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER DECARLO SAID STRIKES ME TOO, AND IT DID NOT GET ANSWERED IN THE, UM, IN THE, IN THE FOLLOW-UP.
WHAT IS THERE FOR A SIDEWALK NEXT TO THIS ACCESS THAT THEY'RE WORRIED? I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH TRAFFIC, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE, THE NEED FOR IT TO BE IN THIS LOCATION.
AND I WONDER, UM, YES, I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SIGNAGE AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT IS THERE ROOM FOR A SIDEWALK ASIDE NEXT TO THE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO THE 25 FOOT ACCESS OR WHATEVER IT IS? UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
UM, I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO IS REALLY NOT.
UM, IT'S MIKE MCKOWN IS RIGHT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A VERY, VERY TIGHT SITE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, THE BEST THING TO DO IS OVERLAY BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND TO, TO PLAN FOR IT SO THAT IT, IT CAN, IT CAN SERVE DUAL PURPOSES.
UH, WE DID LOOK AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE, WAS THERE ENOUGH WIDTH TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT? AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS, THANK YOU.
UM, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT, UH, AN ACTUAL, NOT JUST LIKE PAINT ON THE GROUND, I JUST RECENTLY WITNESSED PEOPLE JUST IGNORING THE PEDESTRIANS AND THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND NEEDING TO HAVE THIS TRAIL AND, AND IT STRIKES ME, UM, DIDN'T THE DEVELOPERS KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THIS ACCESS WHEN THEY PLANNED THIS.
AND THEN I, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THAT IS IF THE, IF THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO PUT IT, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT BARRIERS? SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A TRAIL THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT, SO THAT THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH TRAFFIC HITTING PEDESTRIANS.
UM, I'M SORRY, BOARD MEMBER OF THE, IT WOULD BE THE, IT WOULD BE ALONG THE DRIVEWAY, NOT THE, UH, NOT THE PARKING LOT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S AN EASEMENT, IT'S A DRIVEWAY.
AND THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS BOTH TO THE PARKING LOT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND TO SERVICES LIKE THE DUMPSTERS IN THE BACK.
SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE HAVE, IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A PATHWAY THROUGH THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CEMENT CURVES OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS THROUGH THAT AREA? SO SORT OF HAVING A, UH, A DIVIDED, A DIVIDED, UH, LANE, SO TO SPEAK.
NOT EVEN, I MEAN, I JUST PEDESTRIANS NEED TWO PASSING'S BASED, SO MAYBE IT'S A NARROW LANE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE A BICYCLE LANE SIZE.
IS THERE ROOM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SAY NO.
I THINK THAT THE, UM, THERE, THERE IS, THERE'S THERE TYPES OF PAVEMENTS PAVERS THAT CAN BE, THAT CAN BE INSTALLED.
UM, WE'VE USED THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
UM, AND, UH, THERE IS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, WORK ON DESIGNS LIKE THIS.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED SOMETIMES, UH, SOMETIMES HERE AND WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM SOME INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES AND ONE DESIGN IS CALLED A LUNAR WHERE BASICALLY IT'S A, IT'S JUST A VERY, IT'S A PEDESTRIAN, IT'S A SHARED, UH, PEDESTRIAN, UH, VEHICULAR
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LANE.AND, UM, BASICALLY IT, THERE, THERE ARE AS MANY SIGNALS IS THAT WE, WE CAN, UH, THOSE, IT BASICALLY SIGNALS TO THE, THE, THE CARS THAT, HEY, YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS HERE AND THIS, THIS WAS ALL IN PLACE.
IS THIS ALREADY BUILT THIS, UH, THE APARTMENT, THE, THE CONDOMINIUMS IT'S NOT BUILT YET? NO, IT'S NOT BUILT YET.
SO THE DEVELOPER IS AWARE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF ACCESS.
LIKE THERE COULD NOT, THERE COULD, I DON'T KNOW, IT STRIKES ME THAT THERE COULD STILL BE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE SITE TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS MY THOUGHT.
AND WE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SAFE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THEM AND FOR US.
AND SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE STARTED TO BRING UP IS WHERE, WHERE WOULD THE, WHERE WOULD THE SEPARATION BE? WHERE WOULD THE GATE BE FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEIR RESIDENTS WOULD BE, UM, HAVE SOME SECURITY AND, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT DRIVEWAY LOOK LIKE? UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT DESIGN OF THAT, THAT IT DEFINITELY NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE SITE PLAN.
SO THERE STILL IS ROOM FOR WIGGLE ROOM ON THIS, RIGHT.
THANK YOU TO BOTH, BOTH FOR PRESENTING.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UM, JUST RAISING THE REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE OF, UM, OVERALL, IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK SAFETY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE ENTERING THIS TRAIL AND USING THIS ACCESS POINT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I DON'T JUST WANT TO POKE HOLES IN THESE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME UP, BECAUSE I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, A LUNAR, UM, THAT'S, UM, A SPECIAL KIND OF STREET WEAR, REALLY THE CONCEPT IS THAT THE CAR IS THE GUEST.
SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, SAY, UM, SPRINGDALE AS A PEDESTRIAN, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU, THE GUEST AND THE STREET IS MADE FOR CARS BECAUSE IT IS.
AND SO A WOUND, OR IS INTENDED TO BE A VERY, VERY NARROW STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PLANTINGS, LOTS OF STUFF, UM, TO REALLY SLOW THE CARS DOWN TO A SUPER, SUPER SLOW SPEED.
UM, IT REALLY FEELS MORE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL MORE LIKE A PLAZA THAT SOMETIMES THE CAR DRIVES THROUGH.
AND SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE FURTHEST THING AWAY THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE FROM A FIRE LANE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A VERY WIDE CLEAR AREA WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU CAN GET BIG UTILITY AND FIRE TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF.
SO I AM CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT REALLY AN IDEA THAT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY IN THIS PASSAGE WAY, JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS.
UM, I DID, UM, I DID WANT TO ASK TOO, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ALMOST REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE LIABILITY ISSUE.
AND I WANTED TO ASK THE DEVELOPER IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR CALCULUS AROUND PROVIDING THIS, UM, UH, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS ACCESS POINT WOULD CHANGE IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN CARRIED THE LIABILITY RATHER THAN THE DEVELOPER.
UM, AND THEN A QUESTION FOR THE CITY STAFF IS WHAT IS THE GENERAL PRACTICE AROUND LIABILITY IN THESE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS? I MEAN, UM, CHECK, IF WE COULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT THE BOARD MEMBER ASKED.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ABLE TO EASILY TRANSITION OVER IF HE WANT BE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, HELLO, THIS IS MIKE MCKONE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, YES.
UH, YOU HAVE THIS QUESTION IS EXACTLY THE ONLY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS THE LIABILITY AND THE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE'VE USED HAS REAL CONCERNS ABOUT EVEN A, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU DESIGNING A GROSS NEGLIGENCE SITUATION IN WHICH YOU HAVE A FIRE LANE ALSO SERVING AS A PEDESTRIAN WAY? UM,
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AND ALTHOUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID YES, AS LONG AS THE FIRE LANE IS THERE, THAT'S OKAY.BUT THE LIABILITY IN THIS PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF IT FALLS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND WE'RE JUST REALLY CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, DOES IT LEAVE THAT THIS SITE IS SO CONSTRAINED THAT TO BUILD A PROJECT THAT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE IS IT'S ONLY 170 FEET WIDE AND THEY JUST CAN'T WORK TO GET THE NUMBER OF UNITS NECESSARY TO COVER ALL OF THE COSTS INVOLVED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, GIVEN THAT THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE SITE IS UNUSABLE.
AND SO IT, IT PAINS US AS WELL TO KNOW THAT WE JUST REALLY CAN'T MAKE IT WORK FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT IF THE CITY WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE LIABILITY.
UH, YES, BUT WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T.
AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR US APPEALING THIS, UH, TO YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH US TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT MAKES IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
AND ON SORRY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OTHER PROPERTIES ALONG THE STRIP AND IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND WHAT HE, UH, HAS CITED WAS 500 FEET WIDE, RATHER THAN 170 FEET WIDE, THIS WOULD NOT BE A DISCUSSION AT ALL.
WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP AND BY OUR PART, WELL, AND THEN SOMEONE FROM I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE CITY STAFF AS WELL, IF THAT, WHAT IS TYPICALLY DONE ABOUT LIABILITY AND OTHER PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS.
SO BOARD MEMBER, I BELIEVE MARY ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT LIABILITY.
SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, THE CITY, SO AS THE, AS THE PROPERTY OWNER, AS THE OWNER OF THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY OWNER, UM, THE LIABILITY WOULD BE ON THE, THE, ON THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS AN EASEMENT, BUT DOES NOT, WOULD NOT OWN THAT DRIVEWAY.
UM, THE CITY IS PROHIBITED BY OUR CHARTER FROM ASSUMING LIABILITY OF ANY OTHER PARTY OR ARE INDEMNIFYING ANY OTHER PARTY, UM, FROM, FROM LIABILITY.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION THAT THE CITY, THE CITY IS JUST PROHIBITED FROM DOING THAT.
IN FACT, THAT'S A STANDARD PROVISION IN EVERY CONTRACT THAT I EVER DRAFTED.
IT SAYS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T INDEMNIFY ANYBODY.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD GO BACK TO, UH, WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL USE STATUTE, WHICH DOES PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROTECTION TO THE LANDOWNER, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CONCERN IS ABOUT LANDOWNER OR THE LIABILITY OF THE LANDOWNER.
UM, IT PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROTECTION TO A LANDOWNER.
WHO'S ALLOWING PEOPLE ON HIS PROPERTY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S ESSENTIALLY VERY HARD TO, TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM AGAINST A LANDOWNER IN THAT SCENARIO BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, STATE STATUTE.
UM, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ALSO GO BACK TO ONE MORE, ONE MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE CODE PROVISION 25 ONE SIX OH FIVE THAT SCOTT STARTED OUT TALKING ABOUT DOES NOT INCLUDE LIABILITY AS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT PART IS PERMITTED TO CONSIDER PARD MAY ONLY CONSIDER THE CRITERIA THAT ARE LISTED IN THE, IN THE CODE IN DECIDING WHETHER TO, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW, UM, PAYMENT OF C IN LIEU OR TRUE, OR TO REQUIRE DEDICATION OF LAND.
THEY, THEY, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED TO CONSIDER.
AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND DONE AN ANALYSIS OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER UNDER THE CODE CRITERIA AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IF THERE IS NOTHING THAT SUPPORTS, UM, ALLOW NONE OF THE CRITERIA SUPPORT ALLOWING C AND LOU, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO.
SO IS IT THE CASE THAT, UM, THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE CODE THAT SAYS,
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UM, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, I THINK MR. MCKOWN MENTIONED THIS, THAT IF, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN APPLICABLE OR WHEN REASONABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN REASONABLY AVAILABLE, I MEAN, THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A SITUATION WHERE, UM, LIKE FUNCTIONALLY, UM, YEAH, MAYBE JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION.IT'S LIKE OUR OWN LAWS ARE PREVENTING US FROM DOING SOMETHING THAT WE WERE, WE WERE TRYING TO REQUIRE.
SO, UM, I GUESS IT WAS, THAT WAS THAT QUESTION FOR ME.
OR DID YOU WANT TO ASK THAT ECARD STAFF? UM, I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU AND MAYBE MR. MCKOWN, I THOUGHT THAT IN HIS PRESENTATION, HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT IN THE, IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE CODE, UM, THAT IT SAYS, UM, THAT IT SAYS THESE ARE THE FIVE, THESE ARE THE FIVE CONDITIONS, UM, WHERE PART IS NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, CONSIDER FEE IN LIEU, BUT THEN THERE'S, UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER LANGUAGE LIKE RIGHT BEFORE OR AFTER THAT, THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN REASONABLE OR, OR WHEN, WHEN APPLICABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT, UM, THOUGHT IS IT POSSIBLE TO PULL SCOTT'S, UM, PRESENTATION UP BECAUSE I BELIEVE HE HAD A SLIDE THAT HAD THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE, I THINK IT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO IF I MIGHT ADD TO THIS IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY.
IF I MIGHT ADD TO THE CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD IS RIGHT NOW, CONSIDERING WHETHER THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, RIGHT.
WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THE CODE LANGUAGE, BUT THAT WHAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS SAYING IS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE REQUIRING LAND BASED UPON OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM WE ARE REQUIRING LAND.
AND THE APPLICANT IS SAYING THAT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT LAND IS NECESSARY, BUT INSTEAD WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE AN APPEAL AND CONSIDERATION OF FEE IN LIEU OF INSTEAD.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
UM, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION AS A PRODUCTION RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL IS SAYING WELL, UM, WE WOULD, WE BELIEVE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
I HOPE THAT PROVIDES SOME CLARITY AND I'M SURE THAT THIS FANATICISM STATION MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT CODE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YEAH, I GUESS, UM, I GUESS TO, TO PUT A FINE POINT ON IT HERE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS THAT PARD STAFF WERE SAYING CODE PREVENTS US FROM BEING, UM, FROM BEING ABLE TO, UM, ACCEPT FEE AND LU FUNDING HERE.
THE APPLICANT SAID, NO, UM, YOU, UM, YOU CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION HERE.
UM, IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO ACCEPT THIS EASEMENT, AND SO THEN WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE WEIGHING IT ON, IS IT, IS THIS FEASIBLE? AND SHOULD WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION HERE? IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? AM I GETTING THE BIG PICTURE RIGHT HERE? UM, I, SO I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CODE PROVISIONS THAT SCOTT TALKED ABOUT AND, AND, UM, IN TERMS OF MAKING THIS DECISION.
SO THE FIRST ONE, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR THE FIRST ONE.
SO THIS IS 25 ONE SIX OH FIVE B.
THESE ARE THE FIVE CRITERIA FOR MAKING THE DECISION BETWEEN, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION OR PAYMENT OF FEE AND LU, UM, PARDES, PARDES, UM, OPINION AND ANALYSIS THAT I DON'T THINK MR. MCKOWN REALLY CONTRADICTED IS THAT THE ANSWER TO EACH OF THESE FIVE QUESTIONS WEIGHS IN FAVOR OF PARKLAND DEDICATION AND, AND DOES NOT SUPPORT PAYMENT OF FEE IN LIEU.
SO NOW, UH, SO THEN IF YOU'LL GO, UH, SAMMY D WHERE YOU GO TO NUMBER NINE, NOW THIS IS A SEPARATE CODE PROVISION THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE IN-GENERAL THE STANDARDS FOR DEDICATED PARKLAND.
SO THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLIES WHENEVER WHETHER OR NOT
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS APPLIES WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FEEDING LEW VERSUS DEDICATED PARKLAND, OR JUST TALKING ABOUT DEDICATED PARKLAND IS THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT LAND THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED AS PARKLAND HAS TO SATISFY.SO I THINK PERHAPS I THINK YOU TELL ME IF I'M, IF I'M NOT CORRECT THAT W W PERHAPS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO THAT MR. MCKOWN SAID IS UNDER NUM NUMBER TWO.
UM, IT DOES SAY ON-STREET AND STREET CONNECTIONS, UM, WHEREVER POSSIBLE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS TO PARKS IS THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO AGAIN, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WHEREVER POSSIBLE, BUT THIS DOES NOT, THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THOSE FIVE PREVIOUS CRITERIA, RIGHT.
THAT THOSE ARE THE FIVE CRITERIA TO DECIDE BETWEEN LAND DEDICATION AND BE IN LOO.
THIS IS JUST, AND IT'S NOT A REPEAT, IT'S NOT EVEN A REQUIREMENT, IT'S A WHEREVER POSSIBLE KIND OF THING.
THAT'S DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WAS RECALLING.
THANK YOU FOR GOING BACK OVER THAT.
UM, YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
I'M NOT SAYING THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER.
I I'M, I'M REALLY NOT DONE TALKING YET.
UM, I WANNA SAY BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE LAST THING, WHICH IS THAT, OH, WELL, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I WANT TO SAY MY PIECE AND THAT IS, UM, IT'S SEVEN 30.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE, UM, DO WE HAVE TO BE DONE BY NINE SAMMY? IS THAT CORRECT? CHARLES LEWIS HAD, IS ABSOLUTE HARD STOP AT NINE 30, NINE 30.
SO WE HAVE, SO WE SPENT, SO GO AHEAD, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT BOARD MEMBER, UM, MASON MURPHY WANTED TO SAY ONE QUICK THING AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO SPEAK.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST WRAP IT UP, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, I, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I SEE THIS AS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS PARKLAND THAT NEEDS TO BE DEDICATED.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE KINDS OF TRAIL AMENITIES.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS PARK, UM, ACCESS TO THE GREENBELTS WAS SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME IN MY, UM, LENGTHY QUEST FOR CLARIFICATION.
I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO BALANCE, SHOULD I DIG DEEPER UNTIL I REALLY UNDERSTAND IT? OR DO I JUST NEED TO SEE THE FLOOR BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, EVERYONE.
NO, AND I, I, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
IT'S JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE THESE TIME ISSUES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO, TO ASK.
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GENERATING A LOT OF, UM, GOOD QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
SO, BUT LET ME JUST SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH REAL QUICKLY BOARD MEMBER.
MRS. MURPHY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING REALLY QUICK BEFORE? PARDON? NICE FEET.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE TO CO LOCATE THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE CARS? I THINK IT'S LIKE 150 FEET.
DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR BACK IT IS? PARKING GARAGE ARE YOU ASKED? UM, I WAS ASKING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE SCOTT OR MR. MCKOWN OUT FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, HOW MANY FEET, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CO LOCATE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT WHOLE TRAIL.
IT'S JUST TO THE PARKING GARAGE FROM CONGRESS.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE ONLY ACCESS POINT.
AND SO, UM, AND SO THE HAZARD AND LIABILITY, UM, REALLY IS IN THE DRIVERS, SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY WORK ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR AROUND THAT.
THAT'S MY QUESTION, SCOTT, ARE YOU I'M HERE? I'M UH, I'M DOING A QUICK, AS YOU'RE MENTIONED ON DIANE.
MAYBE CAN WE JUST COME BACK TO THAT TOO WHEN YOU'RE, UM, AND GO AHEAD AND ASK A BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA IF HE HAS QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I'M PRETTY, I'M PRETTY GOLDEN, I GUESS IS JUST SOME QUICK STATEMENTS.
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AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, 60 CITY CODE, 25,605 B UNIT.NO, IT MATCHES THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY SIDE, I THINK IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAD, IF WE UP THE LIABILITIES AND THE DUTIES OF CARE ON EVERY PROJECT, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST ARGUMENT THAT ANYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE COMING FORWARD FOR SO MANY PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAST ONES OR THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THROUGH THE HOPPER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITNESS RECORDS AND RECREATIONAL USE, WE, WE HAVE THAT LOW DUTY OF CARE.
UM, I THINK WE HEARD SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT HEARING DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT COST DEVELOPMENT COST.
I DO THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF LIKE THE BIG, THE BIG ISSUE.
UM, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ACCESS, YOU KNOW, I THINK A BARTON CREEK TRAIL, THE VIOLET CROWN, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S WHOLE BUNCH OF PLACES AROUND TOWN, WHICH THEY'RE NOT IDEAL, BUT THAT'S HOW WE CREATE THE ACCESS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M EVEN LOOKING AT THE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THE PRIVATE AREA WITH 22,000 SQUARE FEET SPACE, JUST NORTH OF IT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE REALLY PRAYED ABOUT CREATING ACCESS, WE CAN CREATE ACCESS RIGHT THROUGH, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, REVISE THE PROGRAM PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, CREATE A THREE HERE.
I THINK THE SOLUTION USING THE FIRE LANE IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL ONE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS DOING A DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN, I THINK THAT IS REALLY GOING OVER BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT COMPROMISE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, FRANKLY, I THINK.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY, THOSE ARE REALLY MY STATEMENTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AGREEING AND VOTING IN SUPPORT OF, UM, THE DECISION MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN THE MOTION IS MADE.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA.
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, UM, SCOTT FOR A BOARD MEMBER? MASON MURPHY? UH, YES, MA'AM.
I I'D SAY THAT THE MEASUREMENT IS CLOSER TO 200, 225.
ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INPUT.
I WILL SAY MYSELF AND I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ONE EITHER BECAUSE I, I DO WANT TO MOVE ON, BUT I DID GET TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THAT.
AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED BORE MASON.
UM, REMEMBER MASON, MERCY MURPHY GIVING ME THE TOUR.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT IS REALLY PRETTY OUT THERE.
I'VE NEVER REALLY SPENT TIME AT WILLIAMSON CREEK BEFORE, AND IT IS REALLY LOVELY.
THERE'S A FEW HOMELESS, UM, ENCAMPMENTS, BUT IT IS REALLY PRETTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS YOU.
WE, THEY REALLY STAFF IS CORRECT.
YOU REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS LOCATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THIS IS MORE TO ME MORE ABOUT, I SEE THE STAFF DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IS IMPLEMENTED THE POLICY THAT'S SET.
THEN WHAT THE, WHAT, KNOW, WHAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE DICTATES.
AND THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY ABOUT LIABILITY BECAUSE I THINK AS BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA, UH, REFERENCE THAT EVERY PROJECT CAN FIND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIABILITY IS REALLY ABOUT A POLICY DIFFERENCE.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE STAFF DID WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND I FEEL LIKE AS A, AS SOMEBODY WHO IS AN ADVOCATE FOR PARKS AND GREEN SPACE AND FOR CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND REALLY PRESERVING THOSE SPACES FOR ALL AUSTIN, I SAID, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO, TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT.
SO I, UM, AGREE WITH WHAT BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA SAID IN I PLAN TO, UM, TO AGREE WITH STUFF AS WELL.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, UM, HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UM, BOARD MEMBER, MASON MURPHY, DO YOU WANT TO, UM, TO MAKE A MOTION? SO I MOVE THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION FOR ORDER 48 OH TWO SOUTH CONGRESS S P DASH TWO ZERO ONE NINE DASH ZERO SIX ZERO.
AND UPHOLD THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DEDICATION OF PARKLAND.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ALL SECONDS? SO WE HAVE TWO SECONDS FOR NUMBER, UH, WELL, I THINK WE'RE NUMBER MORGAN RAISED HIS HAND BEFORE YOU SECONDED, SO PERFECT.
SO, UH, WE GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND VOTE ON THAT.
EVERYBODY WHO'S IN FAVOR OF BOARD MEMBER, UH, MR. MURPHY'S MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OPPOSED WE HAVE JUST BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, YOUR OPPOSED AND BOARD MEMBER.
UM, THE CORAL YOU'RE VETTED IN FAVOR, CORRECT? I COULDN'T TELL WITH YOUR, OKAY, PERFECT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, IT PASSES, UM, UH, LET ME DO THE MATH 10 TO ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MCCANN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR, UM, PROJECT.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
I KNOW YOU'LL ALSO BE GOING TO THE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
[B.3. Discussion and possible action regarding a recommendation to the City Council regarding modifications to Austin City Code for naming or renaming a park facility or feature. Presenters: Anna DiCarlo and Francoise Luca, Board Members]
OTHER COMPUTER THAT'S GOT DIES.COULD SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF THEM READ THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE I CAN'T ACCESS IT RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND.
IT'S IT'S TO DISCUSS BEST DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE MODIFICATION OF THE AUSTIN CITY CODE FOR NAMING OR RENAMING A PARK FACILITY, OUR FEATURE PERFECT OR IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF CARLOS AND LUCA OR THEIR PRESENTERS.
YEAH, IF WE COULD GET OUR PRESENTATION UP REAL QUICK, I'LL GET STARTED.
SO AS MOST OF Y'ALL CAN RECALL, UM, AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, AND I PRESENTED OUR WORK GROUP FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'D PROPOSE, UH, PARTICULAR PARTICULARLY REGARDING, UM, THAT THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT PARKS AND PARK FACILITIES COULD BE NAMED FOR WOULD BE THOSE WHO ARE DONATING THE LAND OR THE MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THAT SAME PART.
UM, SO WE HAVE REGROUPED WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, A BOARD MEMBER, COTTON CYBIL AND BOARD MEMBER DEFAMA HELPED US KIND OF GO BACK THROUGH A RECOMMENDATIONS AND EDIT THOSE.
WE THINK BOTH OF THEM SO MUCH FOR THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE ON THIS.
UM, SO NOW I'M PRESENTING OUR SLIGHTLY EDITED RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'LL JUST TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH THIS SINCE YOU'LL KIND OF HEARD A LOT OF THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, SO THE Y IS, IS, IS STILL THE SAME, UM, AS FAR AS HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAME TO FORM THIS WORK GROUP, UM, AND I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE AT WE'RE NOW ADDING THE CONCERNS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, OUR RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE ARE MOSTLY THE SAME.
UH, THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT I INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE ARE GOING TO BE THE SECOND BULLET AND THE LAST BULLET.
SO INSTEAD OF PROHIBITING, NAMING AFTER INDIVIDUALS, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THOSE THAT DONATED THE LAND, UH, WE ARE NOW ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EITHER DECEASED OR RETIRED FROM WORK FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PARKS OR PARK FACILITIES NAMED AFTER THEM.
AND THEN, UM, IN THE LAST BULLET, UM, WE ALSO ADDED SOME KIND OF STATEMENTS OF INTENTION, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PART NAMING RULES TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE.
I REALLY, FOR US AS A PARKS BOARD ON HOW BEST TO EVALUATE A PROPOSED NAME, TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES HAVE, UH, A LASTING KIND OF LEGACY THAT IS WORTHY OF THAT HONOR OF HAVING A PARK NAMED AFTER THEM.
UM, AND WITHIN THE INTENTIONS,
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WE DID INCLUDE A THAT THE NAMING AND RENAMING PROCESS MUST BE TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS MUST ACTIVELY SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND MUST CONSIDER RACIAL, ETHNIC GENDER AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN THE NAMING OF A PARK OR A PARK FACILITY.UM, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS STILL THE SAME, UM, THAT THE BOARD WOULD, UM, RECOMMEND A CITY COUNCIL TO INCORPORATE THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR EVERYONE IN THE RED LINE DOCUMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU SEE IN RED IS TO BE CHANGED.
SO WHEN YOU THINK THAT'S RED AND UNDERLINED AS NEW LANGUAGE, ANYTHING RED INSTRUCT THROUGH HIS LANGUAGE, WE'RE REMOVING, UM, I DID HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING THAT CHANGED FROM OUR LAST MEETING TO THIS MEETING, JUST TO POINT THOSE OUT FOR Y'ALL.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, WE'LL TAKE, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION NOW.
THANK YOU, BERMAN WITH THE CARLO AND LET'S UM, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE BOARD MEMBER.
UM, MORGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO JUST A COMMENT TO SAY, I THINK THE, UH, THE CHANGES YOU MADE WERE, UH, UH, TIGHTENING ENHANCE, UH, THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE MOVED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THE THING TO STEP BACK AND REGROUP AND GIVE A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT AND EDITING WAS VERY HELPFUL, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDED CHANGE.
NUMBER, UH, TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS, AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS WELL.
THANKS FOR REMEMBERING ALL THESE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, NO, THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD TO ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THESE TOGETHER.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS ACTUALLY A CHANGE FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION, OR I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE IT BEFORE.
I THERE'S A RED LINE STATEMENT THAT RECREATION BOARD MEMBER MADE AGAINST HER RECOMMENDATION IF THE PROCESS IS FOLLOWED, BUT THE BOARD MEMBER HAS A CONCERN THAT THE NOMINATION MAY NOT STATUS BY 14 ONE 37 A UM, YEAH, THAT IS A NEW FROM, FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
UM, THE INTENTION OF THAT WAS TO, UM, KIND OF ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS FROM, FROM BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT FEELING LIKE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE, UM, A NAMING RECOMMENDATION OR A PROPOSAL, UM, KIND OF LIKE IF IT COMES TO THE BOARD AND, AND, AND IT MEETS ALL THESE CRITERIA, THEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
UM, SO WE ADDED THAT IN THERE KIND OF TO GIVE, I GUESS, AN OUT, SO TO SPEAK TO BOARD MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL DISAGREE, EVEN IF IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA IS, UM, SO YEAH, SORRY.
I HOPE THAT THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS SORT OF FROM A DRAFTING PERSPECTIVE, A PERSON APPROXIMATE COMMISSION BOARD MEMBER CAN PUT AGAINST A RECOMMENDATION FOR ANY REASON THAT THEY WANT.
I MEAN, THIS ISN'T A, UM, LIKE THERE'S DISCRETIONARY THINGS AND THEN THERE'S, UM, UH, OTHER KINDS OF ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, THE, UH, THE WORD IS A LEADING ME RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT ARE MORE PROCEDURAL WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE DISCRETION.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST, UM, IT JUST, IT STOOD OUT TO ME AS KIND OF A SH FOR ONE PLACE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, JUST TO SAY, UM, THAT THERE'S THIS ONE REASON THAT YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST IT.
LIKE YOU MIGHT BE ACTUALLY RESTRICTING THE DISCUSSION MORE THAN LIKE YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR THAT DISCRETION.
BUT I THINK THAT STATEMENT YOU COULD VOTE AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION, WHATEVER REASON YOU HAVE.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING, MAYBE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE REVIEWED THIS FROM A, UM, FOR ORDINANCE DRAFTING
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BOARD MEMBER POLICY.UM, TH THIS LANGUAGE WASN'T JUST TO SATISFY THOSE CONCERNS THAT YOU REFERENCED, AND I MEAN, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT WAS REFERENCED BY A BOARD MEMBER TO CARLOS, AND YES, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RUNNING A BOARD MEMBER COULD NOT, I MEAN, THEY COULD MOVE THAT TO VOTE FOR ME, BUT THIS WAS REALLY THE MOST REAFFIRMING, BECAUSE ONE, WE DO GET NEW NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND IT THAT'S ALL IT IS.
IT'S A, IT'S AN AFFIRMATION THAT SAYS, IF THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU DO IT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
AND SO, UM, DO YOU NEED TO HAVE IT IN THERE? WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IN THERE, BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY IT'S PUT IN THERE.
AND WE DON'T THINK THAT IT HURTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO RELY ON DURING THE COURSE OF WHAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A HEATED DISCUSSION RELATING TO, UM, AN APPLICATION.
RIGHT? AND SO, I MEAN, THIS SECTION IS BASICALLY ADDRESSING THE TIME IN WHICH THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD NEEDS TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN VOTE ON THE RECORD AND THAT IF YOU, IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THEN NO RECOMMENDATION GOES ON.
UM, AND THEN IF THEY DO VOTE, THEY MAY VOTE AGAINST YOUR RECOMMENDATION IF THE PROCESS IS FOLLOWED, BUT YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS I'LL SUPPORT ON THE I'LL SUPPORT HOUSE AND DISHONOR.
UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME OPINION FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
IT'S JUST KIND OF, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE REALLY TRADITIONAL ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE INTERRUPTED.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S INTERPRETED IN THE FUTURE AS ACTUALLY LIMITING REASONS YOU COULD VOTE AGAINST SOME THINGS.
SO, UM, BUT I'M NOT GONNA USE THAT AS A REASON, NOT TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.
I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS AND THE INTENTIONS.
THIS HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY VETTED BY THE PARKS, UM, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AT LEAST NOT THIS DRAFT.
UM, AND SO, AND IT'S LOTS OF GOOD COUNSEL AND, AND ALL THAT.
SO I'M SURE THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, FLOW WELL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, A BOARD FOR DEPALMA, UM, FOR DOING A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND HELPING US THROUGH THIS.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, SEVERAL TIMES, AND THANK YOU, UM, TO, TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED, THANK YOU TO BOARD MEMBER, UM, WHO, UH, GAVE US FEEDBACK.
UM, I THINK THROUGH MORE PARTICIPATION, WE ARRIVED BETTER PRODUCT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AM I CONNECTED? I'M GOOD.
I DID HAVE ONE GOOD THING QUESTION.
I JUST HAVE ONE THING AND I, AND I JUST, BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND, AND THAT HAS, UM, W WHERE YOU HAVE, WHERE IT SAYS A PERSON WHO IS DECEASED FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, OR RETIRED FROM WORK FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS, UM, A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER THAT YOU, WHETHER YOU CLASSIFY THAT AS YOU KNOW, AND THEY VOLUNTEERED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE, BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT, UM, MERIT RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR, SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? UM, ARE YOU ASKING, WHEN YOU SAY RETIREMENT, DO YOU MEAN RETIREMENT FROM, FROM WHAT I BELIEVE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE RETIREMENT FROM PAID WORK, ANY TYPE OF PAY.
SO THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DO THAT OBVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO OUR, UM, OUR GREEN SPACES AND PARKS.
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WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE ROAD.AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
SO I JUST WONDER IF THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? I DID.
I, I, I GUESS I MISINTERPRETED THAT AND WASN'T WAS ADDING, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST MEETING, UM, THAT, UH, FACILITIES ARE NAMED SOMETIMES AFTER FORMER PARKS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE TO RECOGNIZE SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAS ONE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO NAME THINGS AFTER INDIVIDUALS.
AND I GUESS I ASSUMED THAT THIS SECTION WAS REFERRING TO DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF BLASE.
BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DEFINE RETIREMENT FROM PAID WORK AND, UM, LEWIS IS RIGHT, THAT'S EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRE AND THEN DO A LITTLE BIT OF CONTRACT WORK HERE AND THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER DO, UM, PAID WORK, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE DECEASED CATEGORY.
I GUESS THAT, I THINK THAT STILL HAS SOME DRAFTING WORK TO GO ALSO, UM, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? WELL, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST SIMPLY SAY I'M THE ONLY PROBABLY RETIRED PERSON ON THE BOARD AND, UH, I DO SOME CONTRACT WORK, BUT I SEE MYSELF RETIRED.
I KICKED, I GET A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK AND A PENSION.
I THINK THAT DEFINES SOME, SOME WAYS OF BEING RETIRED.
UM, I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T SEE MYSELF.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I GET ASKED THAT QUESTION ON FORUMS, ARE YOU, ARE YOU EMPLOYED? NO, I'M NOT EMPLOYED THOUGH.
UM, I CAN SERVE IN VOLUNTEER CAPACITY AND IN SOME WAYS OF VOLUNTEER CAPACITY, I GET PAID FOR IT.
SO THAT'S MY WAY OF TRYING TO DEFINE HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I THINK RETIREMENT MEANS? ALL OF YOU WILL GET THERE SUNDAY.
I THINK THE INTENTION OF THAT CLAUSE WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE NAMING PROCESS ON TRANSPARENT AND THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE USED FOR, UM, GOAL OR, UH, PROFESSIONALS THAT THIS WAS TRULY MEANT TO HONOR SOMEONE FOR THEIR WORK AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE PARKS SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT CLAUSE WAS PUT IN THERE.
WELL, AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, UH, W W BOARD MEMBER LUCA WAS ALSO, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT, UM, YOU, YOU NEEDED SOME TIME GO BUTTON TO GO BUY ONE TO COOL OFF.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WANT HONOR THEM RIGHT THEN, AND THEN TO, TO LET THINGS COME FORWARD, LIKE MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PERSON, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW SHE TREATED EMPLOYEES OR HOW HE HAD TREATED EMPLOYEES AND, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE THREE YEARS WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE THAT SORT OF INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD TO LET PEOPLE COOL.
SAME THING WITH THE TWO YEARS FOR BEING DECEASED, YOU KNOW, CAUSE EVERYBODY'S PASSIONATE RIGHT WHEN THE PERSON PASSES.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE OTHER COMPONENTS TO IT.
SO I CAN NOT APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION RELATING TO RETIREMENT.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND IT DRAFTED UNDER THE, TO THE MEANS WHICH BOARD MEMBER MORGAN HAD SPOKE TO YOU.
AND SO WHETHER WE HAVE TO FURTHER DISCUSS INPUT RETIREMENT FROM FULL-TIME WORK, I GUESS THAT IS AS A POSSIBILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT, AND THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE IN ORDER TO GET SOME RIGHT.
AND I, AND I'M ACTUALLY NOT THINKING OF SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING ON RETIRES.
I'M THINKING MORE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED A AND SOMEBODY WERE PARTICULARLY IN MIND, BUT WHO ARE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS? AND THEY SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIFE BEING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND HAVE DONE AND PROBABLY MAY MERIT SOME KIND OF RECOGNITION BECAUSE HOW, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW WOULD THAT, IF THEY QUALIFY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE.
THEY WOULD QUALIFY UNDERNEATH THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T NEED TO CLARIFY THAT WE JUST COULD JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS.
AND THEN IF SOMEBODY IS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, WE COULD STILL SAY, WELL, THEY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STILL VOLUNTEERING, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
IT WOULD JUST SAY THEY'RE RETIRED.
I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL WORK, I MEAN, I GET IT.
I GET WHERE IT WAS AND YOU MAY WANT TO INCLUDE FOR RETIRED FROM FULL-TIME WORK.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH IT AS WE WORK THROUGH THE SOLUTION TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
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AGREE UPON, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN REALLY GET WITH, TO REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY.WELL, I, I DON'T, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DONE IT.
YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE DOESN'T EXCLUDE ANYBODY THAT IS DESERVING AND THAT'S, UM, AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LIMITING THIS EITHER, YOU KNOW, CEASED OR TWO YEARS.
I'M JUST AWARE OF THE CONTEXT OUT OF WHICH WE GOT INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT NAMING AND RENAMING.
AND I THINK THIS ADDRESSES, UH, THAT THIS WILL, WHAT THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO DO ABOUT RETIREMENT ARE DECEASED REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN THAT PREVIOUS SITUATION WE DEALT WITH.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, I HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MY MIND AS I THINK ABOUT HOW WE GOT INTO THIS DISCUSSION TO START WITH.
NO, AND I, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT, THAT BOARD MEMBER, THE CARLO AND LUCAS AND SPEND ON THIS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO CONTRIBUTED BECAUSE IT, I FELT JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IT WAS NEEDED AND THEY, YOU KNOW, DID WITH THE WELL, WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD COME UP WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
IT JUST, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT WAS WHAT JUMPED IN MY HEAD WHEN I, THAT PARTICULAR THING.
AND I GUESS IF IT, IF YOU CAN STILL HONOR SOMEBODY WHO'S A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AND JUST SAY, WELL, THEN IT'LL, I MEAN, IT'LL WORK.
I JUST, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT IT, LIMIT ANYBODY THAT I THOUGHT WAS DESERVING, DESERVING, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION.
I'LL UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UM, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL INCORPORATE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO ORDINANCE TWO ZERO THREE ONE SIX ZERO THREE TWO FOUR DASH ZERO TWO ONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NAMING AND RENAMING PROCESS MORE CURRENT, MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EQUITABLE, AND LESS COSTLY FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
DO I HAVE SECOND? WE'VE LOST THE SECONDS, BUT I'LL, I'LL LET FOUR MEMBER LIKE A SECOND SINCE SHE, UM, OKAY.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED AND YOU GUYS HELD IN THERE FOR THE LONG HAUL AND INTEGRATION.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE WORK GROUP AND FOR EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK.
[B.4. Discussion and possible action regarding the 2020 Annual Internal Review of the Land, Facilities and Programs Committee. Presenter: Fred Morgan, Board Member]
SO NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO A BOARD MEMBER MORGAN AND THE, UM, 2020 INTERNAL REVIEW, THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE.AND THIS IS THE FINAL VIEW BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE IS THE NO LONGER EXISTS.
SO YOU HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR, UH, UH, JANUARY ONE, 2020 TO BE SOME BIRTH 1231, UH, 2020.
UM, UH, MY COMMENT IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE SIX MEETINGS THAT, UH, DID NOT HAPPEN, WERE CANCELED FOR LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAD TWO MEETINGS THAT WERE CANCELED FOR LACK OF A QUORUM, AND WE ONLY HAD TWO MEETINGS.
WE HAD A MEETING IN JUNE AND WE HAD A MEETING IN NOVEMBER AND, UM, THE REPORT GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THE ACTION WE TOOK AND I WOULD MOVE THE REPORT BE APPROVED, RIGHT.
AND SECONDED BY A BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA, EVERYBODY, UM, IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A TOUR THAT YOU DID.
UH, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, IT WAS NOT HARD SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET VERY OFTEN.
WELL, THERE WERE WE, THE NOVEMBER WAS, IT WAS GOOD.
WE HAD SOME MEETINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO MOVING ON NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
[B.5. Discussion and possible action regarding the 2020 Annual Internal Review of the Contracts and Concessions Committee. Presenter: Francoise Luca, Board Member]
TO THE, LET'S SEE THE ANNUAL COMPANY OF THE CONTRACTS, THAT CONSENSUS COMMITTEE AND THAT'S YOU BOARD MEMBER DELUCA.[02:05:01]
HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, I GUESS THE REPORT, AND THIS IS THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR, JANUARY 1ST, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 30, FIRST, 2020.UM, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT WERE, UH, CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS. THE DETAILS OF THE MEETINGS ARE LISTED IN THE REPORT, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE STAFF, UM, AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT PRESENTED AT OUR MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE, UH, THESE MEETINGS DO REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF SUPPORT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE DETAIL AND THE THOROUGHNESS OF, UH, THE REPORTS.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE APPROVE THIS REPORT, BUT I HAVE A, UM, A MISSING WOMAN WITH TAYLOR.
THE ONLY THING ON THE DISCUSSION PART, LIKE I REMEMBER THESE DISCUSSIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW WAS I I'M MARKED ABSENT IN JANUARY AND AUGUST.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER THESE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE HE CAME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
I CAN'T SEE, I CAN'T THINK OF AS TO WHY I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSENT AUGUST.
I KNOW I HAD A FUNERAL IN SEPTEMBER AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN ABSENT IN JANUARY, SO THAT'S MY THING.
UH, WELL, COULD WE PASS IT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL REVIEW THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS AND UPDATE THOSE? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
START A CASE I GOT THERE LIKE FIVE MINUTES LATE, GO 10 MINUTES INTO THE MEETING AND SEE IF I'M THERE.
UM, NO, UH, AND YOUR DISCUSSIONS WERE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING.
SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED IF YOU WEREN'T THERE.
SO GETTING BACK TO, UM, PROVING WE HAD A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR, RIGHT.
SO CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? EVERYBODY APPROVED ANYBODY.
AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE, UM, AS CHAIR OF THE CONTRASTING AND CONCESSIONS.
WE, AGAIN, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP AND GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND THAT IS A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE NEXT ITEM
[B.6. Discussion and possible action regarding membership on the Contracts and Concessions Committee and Finance Committee. Presenter: Dawn Lewis, Board Chair]
ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS WE NOW, AS WE JUST SAID, WE SUNSETTED THE, UM, UH, LAND AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE.AND SO WE NOW ARE GOING TO HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE IN ITS PLACE.
AND SO, UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTS ON CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP ON CHUGGING ALONG, BUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REALLY PROBABLY NEEDS TO GET OFF AND MOVING BECAUSE BUDGET IS, YOU KNOW, COMES REALLY QUICKLY AND THERE'S, IF THE WORK THAT THEY HOPE TO DO, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT TO DO.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IS JUST AT THIS, AND IT'S DEFINITELY OPEN TO CHANGE, BUT WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND GET PEOPLE SET UP ON THESE COMMITTEES AND THEN WE CAN MOVE.
SO WE CAN PLAN TO ACTUALLY HOLD IT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND, AND FEBRUARY, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, WHICH SHOULD BE GREAT.
SO, UM, AND SO WHAT I'LL DO AT THIS POINT, I THINK WAS JUST TO KEEP THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS JUST ON THERE FOR RIGHT NOW, IF YOU EVER WANT TO, TO CHANGE, WE CAN, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF, I HAD REACHED OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE LAND AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND EVERYBODY WAS, UM, SOME PEOPLE WERE, UM, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE AND SOME PEOPLE, WE HAD AN INFRASTRUCTURE, ONE OF THE OTHERS.
SO I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AND SEMI, IF YOU CAN JUST GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS, I GUESS IF I CAN, I JUST LUMP EVERYBODY AT ONCE OR DO WE HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY? CHAIR LEWIS? I BELIEVE YOU CAN LUMP EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
THAT'S SOUNDS SO OOKY LUMPING, BUT I GUESS I'LL JUST PULL EVERYBODY UP AT ONCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST SO ON THE CONTRACTS AND CONSISTENCE COMMITTEE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA, UM, AND, AND AGAIN, IF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE AT SOME POINT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT I THINK THAT THIS TODAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE ON.
SO WE'LL JUST KEEP A COURSE BOARD MEMBER, UM, LUCA AND RINALDI AND DECARLO.
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UH, LET'S SEE.AND THEN I'M GOING TO, UM, TAKE BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, AND HE'S GONNA, UM, ROLL ONTO THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO VICE CHAIR, RON TEAM.
WHO'S NOT, IS NOT HERE, BUT HE ALSO WILL ROLL ONTO THAT COMMITTEE.
SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? YES, CHAIR.
SO ON THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR TEAM THAT YOU, YOU REALLY, UH, WHICH IS, UM, OR MEMBER DECARLO BOARD MEMBER, RETINOL, THEE, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET, UM, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN AND, UM, AND VICE CHAIR WILL BE ADDED TO THAT YET.
SO OFFENSIVE CAKE, AND THEN WE VOTE AND EVERYBODY, UM, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE THIS, THESE, UM, NOMINATIONS TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND IF I CAN GET A SECOND, I'LL SAY A SECOND, SECOND.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING EVERYBODY IN FAVOR.
STUFF FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE, UM, WOULD HAVE BOARD MEMBER FAUST BOARD MEMBER, UM, CON CYBIL BOARD MEMBER, THE PAMA BOARD MEMBER, MASON MURPHY, AND BOARD MEMBER.
SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THAT, THOSE NOMINATIONS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, BECAUSE WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND BECAUSE THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND THAT COMMITTEE WAS BOARD MEMBER FAUST.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE HER TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND CAN I GET A, UM, A SECOND FOR THAT SECOND ONE SECOND.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR MEMBER FAUST.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH, UM, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
[B.7. Discussion and possible action regarding a recommendation to City Council regarding strategic partnership agreements. Presenter: Richard DePalma, Board Member]
THE NEXT THING IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.AND WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE DIRECTOR MCNEILLY AS WELL AS, UH, REMEMBER DIPLOMA.
ARE YOU GOING TO START OUT FIRST, UM, BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA? YEAH, I DON'T SEE IT IN THE LIST OF PRESENTATIONS THERE.
OH, YOU MEAN ON THE LIST THAT WE GOT FROM? DID THEY GET YOUR PRESENTATION? NO, I SENT IT LATE BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LIKE, I THOUGHT I WAS PRESENTING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, SO I HAD TO REVISE IT TO MATCH THE, UM, LOUIS.
JUST GIVE US A SECOND BECAUSE IT CAME RIGHT AS THE MEETING WAS STARTING.
WE'VE GOT TO GRAB IT FROM ONE PLACE AND TRANSFER IT TO ANOTHER PLACE.
UM, I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I KNEW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE DOING A DISCUSSION ON, ON HEART PROFESSION SESSIONS AND IT TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY CAME TO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
WELL, THAT STILL WORKS, BUT NOT WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUS TALKED ABOUT ON SBA IS A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY ENTERS INTO WITH LIMITED DISTRICTS.
SO THIS IS FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON IT'S REALLY SHORT.
SO WE GET THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK.
IT JUST SOME INFORMATION, I THINK YOU WOULD FIND INFORMATIVE AND IT THERE'S NO ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT ALL.
UM, THE CONCESSIONS COMPONENT THAT I HAD ON THERE HAD MANY MORE SLIDES.
SO SINCE THAT'S NOT IN THERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN FOR A SHORT TREAT.
SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE ON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW WE HAVE A HIGHLY USED PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
THIS IS JUST FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, OUR NUMBERS, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY AND YOU KNOW, AND THOSE PROJECTIONS CONTINUE ON, WE STILL NEED, NEED THE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S IN PROGRAMMING OR FACILITIES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE DON'T FALL FALL BEHIND NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT YOU ALL TALK, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE SEEN IS THIS CONCERN REGARDING TAXES AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT PAYING FOR THESE W WHAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED OR REAFFIRMED IN 2020 ARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES IS AN
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ASSERT ESSENTIAL SOLUTIONS, UM, HAVING THAT ACCESS TO PARKLAND, AND THERE IS STILL A LIMIT INTO HOW MUCH PUBLIC WILL SUPPORT IT, DEDI DEDICATED TAX FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.WELL, ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UM, 34% WHO DO NOT SUPPORT OR SUPPORT AT ALL, YOU KNOW, USING TAXES FOR SPORT, LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THAT VERY TOP, YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS YOU GET OLDER, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, WE'RE, WE'RE LUCKY TO STILL HAVE YOU IN THAT TOP 9% THERE.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THE NUMBER GOES UP AS FAR AS THOSE WHO DON'T SUPPORT, UH, INVESTING IN OUR PARTS, NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO THIS IS WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE RANK, UM, THIS IS A LIST THAT I HAVE DATA THAT I CALLED TOGETHER, AND THIS IS FROM THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND BASED UPON LAST YEAR'S 2020, UH, PARKS SCORE.
AND THIS IS THE DATASET AND LOOKING AT THEIR PUBLIC SPENDING PER RESIDENT AND THE, UH, ALSO THE PRIVATE SPENDING PER RESIDENT, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.
AND SO YOU SEE WHERE AUSTIN RINGS.
I REMEMBER WHERE THE LARGER 11TH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES DOES IT MEAN THAT OUR PER SPENDING WILL BE 11TH.
UM, AND I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, I STARTED ADVOCATING FOR PARTS SPENDING BACK IN 2012 WITH A, WHAT WE USED TO HAVE AS GREAT, AWESOME PARTIES COALITION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN BACK THEN, WHEN WE WERE ADVOCATING, WE GOT UP TO $67 AND WE KEPT THAT ADVOCACY.
SO THERE'S BETWEEN INFLATION AND A COMMITMENT BY LAW.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE GETTING UP THERE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH SEATTLE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO, MINNEAPOLIS IN DC, WE'RE STILL FAR BEHIND THE SORT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND, AND HOW WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THEM.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS LIKE MINNEAPOLIS AND CHICAGO ACTUALLY, HOW PARK DISTRICTS.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, AND THEN YOU LOOK ON OUR PRIVATE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, PRETTY PRETTY WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY WELL.
THEY'RE 20, YOU KNOW, 20.7 MILLION FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
AND THAT IS REALLY A REFLECTION AND WHERE THIS COMES FROM IS THE NINE NINETIES FROM OUR CONSERVANCIES AND THE FOUNDATIONS IN AUSTIN.
AND THIS IS WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS, IS COMPILED BY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT BIT OF HELP AT THE TUNE OF $21 PER PRIVATE SPENDING PER RESIDENT IN ORDER TO BRING MONEY INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM.
WELL, I'LL LET YOU JUST KIND OF LOOK FOR THAT LESS FOR A GOOD MORE 15 SECONDS.
SO NOW WE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS OF COURSE IS HOW DO WE, HOW ABOUT TEXAS NOW? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THIS DATA SET, IT IS THE LARGEST 100 US CITIES.
SO THERE ARE CITIES IN TEXAS THAT SPEND FAR MORE ON PARKLAND, THEN EVERYBODY IN THE LIST, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT SPEND MORE FAR MORE ON PARKLAND.
UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE A HUNDRED LARGEST CITIES IN THESE INSTANCES, SO THIS IS WHAT THIS REFLECTS RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU SEE WHERE PLANO, UM, DOES A PRETTY DARN GOOD JOB FUNDING PARKLAND.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PARK, UH, PUBLIC SPENDING PER RESIDENT AT TWO 35 COMPARED TO OUR ONE 40 AND THAT, AND THEY'RE BRINGING VERY LIMITED PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN, INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
AND WHEN WE LOOK OVERALL, WE DO PRETTY WELL, EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING AT HOUSTON, WHICH IS MUCH LARGER THAN US, BUT WHEN WE STILL GO BACK TO THAT FIRST ORIGINAL AND DON'T DO THIS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ORIGINAL, ONE OF THESE ORIGINAL SLIDES, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FACILITIES, AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THE MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE YET TO BE APPROVED.
WE HAVE EITHER WONDERFUL, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE FINISHING UP A TWO YEAR A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT THAT IS LOOKING AT LIKE 170 PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPED PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 30 AND 50 BUILDINGS, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU QUALIFY AS A BUILDING, AND THEY'RE MAKING THIS ASSESSMENT AND WHAT THESE NEEDS ARE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR ROOFING, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FLOOR.
AND THEN YOU THROW IN YOUR ADA, WHICH WE HAVE EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS IN A SATISFACTORY WAY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONVERSION.
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IF I HAD ANOTHER SLIDE UP, IT WOULD BE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AND WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE ON PLAYGROUNDS PLAYGROUNDS, OUT OF THE TOP 100 CITIES, WE RANK 80.SO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF INVESTMENT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB SURVEYING, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR YOUTH AND OUR FAMILIES.
SO THIS GOES ABOUT HOW DO WE PAY FOR ALL OF IT, NEXT SLIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING CONCESSIONS TO KIND OF DO THE WORK, BUT THE OTHER ONE, YEAH.
OUTSIDE THE AD, WARM TAXATION AND YOU KNOW, IS OUR CONSERVANCIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE SEE CONSERVANCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER IT'S DISCOVERY GREEN OUT OF IT, OUT OF HOUSTON, UM, YOU SEE PIEDMONT PARK CONSERVANCY THE MOUNTAIN AND BROUGHT IN THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO ATLANTA.
AND JUST ONE, UM, AND YOU SEE THAT THE DIARY WITH JUST CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY, THAT'S RIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK.
AND THEY DID THE RESTORATION OF THAT, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL BUILDING.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL PARK.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT PUZZLE AND HOW TO GET THINGS DONE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE'RE NOT ALONE IN SEEING IT.
THIS IS A REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED THIS MONTH.
EARLIER THIS MONTH BY A NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION.
I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND DOWNLOADING IT.
AND IT HAS SOME GOOD OVERVIEW INFORMATION, BUT IT IS SPECIFICALLY ON PARK AND RECREATION AGENCY AND FOUNDATION RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY SHOULD GO.
BUT YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE QUOTES, I PUT THERE AS LONG AS HE, ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT QUOTES, I WANTED TO PULL OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU READ ALL THIS, THIS IS KIND OF, IT GETS THE JUSTICE, SOME MONEY.
SO MUCH OF IT, THE ROLE THAT NONPROFIT FOUNDATION, THE FRIENDS GROUP MAY ONLY BECOME MORE PROMINENT IN YEARS TO COME AS AGENCIES GRAPPLE WITH THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE GREAT RECESSION, COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FUTURE CRISIS SEAS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BONDS, AND THIS IS OVER THE WEEKEND AND INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN YOU FAIL TO MAKE INVESTMENTS OVER A YEAR OR TWO YEAR OR THREE YEARS, AND THEN YOU COUPLE THAT OVER A FEW DECADES, NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE REALLY SET BACK YOUR PARKS SYSTEM OR ANY OF YOUR EAT, WHETHER IT'S SCHOOLS IS THE SAME THING, BUT IN KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU CAN'T CATCH UP, YOU CAN ONLY START BACK UP, BUT YOU'LL NEVER CATCH UP WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS A SURVEY, AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE FOR YOU.
I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU TO DEATH.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, AND THIS IS LOOKING AT A SURVEY OF PARK LEADERS, AND WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE USING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS AND CONSERVANCIES.
AND IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, 28% AND YOU IMAGINE THEY MUST BE THE LARGER PARTS SYSTEMS ARE USING THEM FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, BUT THEN YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE MARKETING.
WE SEE A LOT OF THE LOBBYING, POLITICAL ACTIVITY, FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A MAJOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THING THAT PEOPLE ARE USING.
SO, SO THERE THERE'S A STRONG ROLE.
AND, UM, I, I JUST THOUGHT THIS DATA WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND I SAW, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR MCNEALY'S PRESENTATION AND I THOUGHT I WOULD HELP PROVIDE SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, DETAIL INTO IT.
AND, UH, I, AND I THINK THIS DOES, UH, WITH KEEPING, KEEPING RESPONSIVE TO, UM, OPEN MEETINGS AND SUCH.
AND SO THAT'S THAT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE DATA I PRESENTED.
WELL, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I WILL SAY EVER SINCE I'VE, UM, BEEN ON THIS BOARD FUNDING IS THE ISSUE THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S LIKE IT'S FROM EITHER LACK OF FUNDING OR NEEDS FUNDING NEEDS OR WHATEVER.
SO I KNOW THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UM, GO AHEAD, MORGAN.
SO, UH, SO I'M KNOWN AS DIRECTOR, UH, THE PALMA KEPT RESEARCH REESE REFERENCING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL RECREATION PARK ASSOCIATION.
IF I'M A MEMBER OF THAT ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE OF MY INVOLVEMENT WITH AUSTIN, THE HANDSOME BUILD ON THE DISTRICT AND HAD BEEN TO THEIR, SEVERAL OF THEIR ANNUAL MEETINGS.
I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR, MY CHAMELEON, IT'S OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY ADVOCATE FOR
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PARKING AND PARK LAND IN THIS COUNTRY.UH, AND, UM, IT'S, HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE? AND, UH, YOU'LL BE FASCINATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS HELPFUL AND IT CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO USE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS REALLY AN EXPENSIVE IT'S AROUND A HUNDRED BUCKS A YEAR.
AND, UM, I, I HAVE FOUND IT VERY USEFUL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, JUST PROMOTING THE, SUPPORTING THEIR MISSION.
UM, AND MATTER OF FACT, WE DID HAVE, I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION THIS WEEK WITH THE GRAY GROUP ABOUT THE NEED FOR A BOARD TRAINING AND A BOARD, UH, TRACK DURING THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
UM, GAINED A LOT OF THINGS WHEN I'VE BEEN TO THE ANNUAL MEETINGS.
UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS ONE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY WAS DOING? IT'S A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT'S A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I, UM, I'M THANKFUL THAT BOARD MEMBER TO FORMAT KIND OF GAVE YOU KIND OF A BIG PICTURE AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOCUS IN ON, ON AUSTIN THE NEXT ONE.
HOW THEY COMPLIMENT ONE ANOTHER.
SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMAS PRESENTATION? OKAY.
I MEAN, THE RECOMMENDED NEARLY YOU ARE, UH, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PARTNERSHIP PATHWAYS AS IT RELATES TO.
I THINK THAT BOARD MEMBER FAST MAY HAVE HEARD OF A QUESTION.
OH, YOU KNOW, I SOMEHOW SHE'S NOT ON MY SCREEN, SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
REMEMBER, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAD ANY, UM, SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SLIDE NUMBER, OR I GUESS THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND PARKS SCORE TOP 20 RANKING OF TOTAL SPENDING PER RESIDENT OF THE LARGEST 100 US CITIES.
AND, UM, I'LL SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I, I HAVE, UM, I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, AND THIS COMES UP IN THE LATER PRESENTATION TO COMPARING, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ISSUES TO CITIES AND OTHER STATES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES WE'VE ALREADY LAND USE PUBLICLY AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STATE LAWS REGARDING PARKS.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE COMPARISONS ARE REALLY THAT ACCURATE ALSO JUST DOLLAR VALUE ISSUES.
BUT I WAS CURIOUS ON THIS ONE, I SAW THAT DENVER, COLORADO HAS $2 OF PRIVATE SPENDING PER RESIDENT.
AND SO THEY CLEARLY DON'T USE A LOT OF FOUNDATIONS AND CONSERVANCIES.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY INSIGHT.
I, I HAVE ACTUALLY VISITED WITH THE DENVER PARK FOUNDATION AND THEY ACTUALLY, THEIR CON THEIR GROUP IS A COMBINED, UH, BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE HERE IS AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND A TREE FOLKS.
AND SO IT'S A JOINT GROUP AND IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEW, IT'S NOT A BIT, VERY LARGE STAFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SORT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE, WE HAVE.
UH, THEY DON'T HAVE A C3 WITH THE SORT OF EVENTS.
UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF MORE FOCUSED ON, UH, THE PARK CLEANUPS AND NOT MAJOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, NOT ON YOU PROGRAMMING, UM, AND SUCH LIKE THAT BY GREAT FOLKS.
I REALLY, I ENJOYED MEETING THEM.
THEY WERE VERY NICE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OUT, THEY WORK OUT OF AN OLD, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOUSE.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, SO THAT, IT'S, IT IS VERY LIMITED.
AND YOU ALSO, YOU NOTICED THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LIKE TREE-LINED STREETS IN DENVER, TOO.
WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS LIKE, SO WOULD YOU SAY, CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE SHOWN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WITH THE WALK SCORE AND THE PARK SCORE AND ALL OF THAT.
IS THERE A MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE EXPERIENCE IN DENVER? I THINK SO THERE IS THEIR MAJOR PARK WHERE THEIR MUSEUMS ARE AT NIGHT AND I'M FORGETTING WHAT THE NAME OF IT IS.
IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT PART.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE AND THEY HAVE THE NICE, THEY HAVE A NICE LAKE WHERE YOU CAN FEED THE DUCKS AND, UM, AND THAT HAS A LOT OF GREAT TREES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO PULL IN SOME ADDITIONAL DATA TO TELL THE BIGGER PICTURE, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.
I'VE HAD CONCERNS WE'RE ON PARK, UH, BASICALLY TPL SPARKED SCORE AND ERIC, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE ASSOCIATED WHAT THEY COUNT AS A PARK.
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UM, LIKE TRYING LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE 0.2 ACRE PIECE OF LAND TRIANGLES BETWEEN A ROAD WERE COUNTED AS A PARK IN THE PAST, WHICH IS WHY I THINK DC WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE, IN MY OPINION, IN 2019.AND I THINK THEY MIGHT'VE HEARD MY COMPLAINT AND MAYBE OTHERS IN WHICH IS WHY I SEE THAT AS NOW, NUMBER FIVE, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BUT YOU HAVE, THERE, THERE ARE THESE THINGS, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVEN YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF COMPARISON, SOME SORT OF FILTER, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WORD DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT IF YOU LOOKED AT WHO'S GETTING $60 PER RESIDENT AND BE LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU'RE YOU, YOU SEE, YOU SEE THE RESULT OF IT NOW.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO WHAT BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA WAS SAYING IN THAT YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BOARD MEMBER FAST IN THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT SORTS OF MEASURES OUT THERE.
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS ONE MEASURE AND THEY MEASURE CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT WE ALSO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ALONG WITH WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WALKABILITY OF PARKS, UM, THAT IS A NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION MEASUREMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, THE FIVE, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE MINUTE AND THE 10 MINUTE WALK, THE HALF MILE IN THE QUARTER MILE.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE CREATED MAPS, UM, THAT HELP US, UM, BE ABLE TO MAP THAT.
SO YOU TAKE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND INFORMATION, WITH OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US, THAT MEASURES DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PARTS TO SORT OF DETERMINE WHERE IS IT, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE OURSELVES AMONG OTHER PARTS, BUT IT'S NOT JUST TO ONE MEASURE.
UM, I THINK THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS, UH, IS A GOOD START.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PER, PER INDIVIDUAL PER CAPITA, THAT WE ARE SPENDING, BUT WE ALSO USE OTHER MEASURES.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE TOO.
AND I DO HAVE THE NRPA DATA, WHICH ACTUALLY DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT PRIVATE SPEND PER RESIDENT, BUT IT DOES TAKEN CARE OF IT DOES TAKE ACCOUNT, UM, THE OVERALL SPENDING AND ALL THAT HAS A LOT OF GREAT OTHER DATA.
AND IT, IT PRETTY MUCH LINES UP TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE SPENDING AND LIKE YOU JUST SAID THE SIZE, UM, I REALLY FIND THAT TAKING A TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU LOOK AT GEOGRAPHIC AREA, UM, POPULATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT STARTS MAKING MORE SENSE TO ME WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SPENDING PER RESIDENT, I SEE THAT I SEE THAT MORE.
AND THEN IT KIND OF REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO EARLIER ABOUT THE 80, YOU KNOW, RANKED 80TH FOR, FOR PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, W WE'RE IN A COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS AND THEN SOME REDEVELOP RETIRED FOLKS AND THEY LOVE THEIR TRAILS.
UM, BUT, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY TO GO ADVOCATE FOR TRAILS, WHICH TRAILS ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW, SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR MODALITY.
IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR NATURE AND THE WHOLE BIT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARDER FOR US TO HAVE, I THINK FOR HAVING YOUNG FAMILIES TO ADVOCATE FOR PLAYGROUNDS, UM, AND OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHT DATA LIKE THAT HIGHLIGHT IS HIGHLIGHTED.
BUT IN THIS SENSE, IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WAS POSTED ON.
THIS IS REALLY WELL ABOUT THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIPS ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES OR TO AT LEAST LOOK AT AND CONSIDER.
[B.8. Presentation and discussion of partnership pathways as it relates to Resolution No. 20200312-041. (PARD Long Range Plan Strategies –Operational Efficiency; SD23 Outcomes – Health & Environment, Culture & Lifelong Learning) Presenter: Kimberly McNeeley, Director, Parks and Recreation Department]
DR.MCMILLIAN, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, UH, CHRISTINE CANOE WILL ALSO BE JOINING US FOR, UH, PRESENTING FOR QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND WE JUST PUT THE PRESENTATION ON, I'LL BE PREPARED TO, UM, TO MOVE THROUGH.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE START? JUST CAUSE I WAS, I DON'T THINK I WAS READING THE AGENDA PROPERLY, BUT I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE ACTION IS WE'RE BEING ASKED TO TAKE ON THIS ITEM.
I DIDN'T, THERE IS NO IT'S INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE PUT IT DOWN PRESENTATION FOR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT IT DOWN AS A BRIEFING, THEN THERE'S LIMITED DISCUSSION.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD HAD, UM, AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY IN DISCUSSING AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PERHAPS GARNER THOSE QUESTIONS.
MAYBE THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PROVIDE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS ABOUT, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I'D LIKE TO USE A PHRASE THAT, UM, THAT CHRISTINE HAS COINED AND SHE'S CALLED A PARTNERSHIP PATHWAYS.
UM, I'M HOPING IN THIS PRESENTATION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORICAL
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OVERVIEW OF, UM, OUR, THE PROGRESSION OF HOW WE WENT FROM MAYBE NO PARTNERS OR INFORMAL PARTNERS ALL THE WAY TO, UM, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS.AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PORTFOLIO OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PATHWAYS THAT WE OFFER TO ALL ENTITIES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN BEING A PARKS AND RECREATION PARTNER.
SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY IN 2011, THERE WAS A KEY ADVANCEMENT IN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO UP UNTIL THAT POINT, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT PARTNERSHIPS DIDN'T EXIST, BUT THE KEY ADVANCEMENT WAS, UM, THE, UH, WATERLOO, I'M SORRY, IT'S CALLED.
IT WAS CALLED THE WATER WATER CREEK CONSERVANCY AND THE WALLER CREEK LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
IT HAS SINCE CHANGED TO THE WATER AND GREENLIGHT CONSERVANCY, BUT THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS INCLUSIVE OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL AND IT REALLY SET FORTH AND SOME PARAMETERS FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, HAVING AN LG, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION TO IMPLEMENT, UM, FOR CERTAIN FINANCING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATIONS, AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS CHAIN OF PARTS.
AND SO THAT WAS A, UM, THE VERY START, I THINK IT WAS THE CATALYST FOR US TO REALLY START LOOKING AT HOW CAN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BENEFIT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THAT THE WATER, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WATERLOO CONSERVANCY AND WITH THE LGC IS A VERY UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP, UM, DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AND IT ALSO INVOLVES, UM, IT ALSO INVOLVES A LOT OF, UM, INPUT AND DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY A FIVE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY, WHICH ONCE A WATERLOO PARK IS COMPLETED AND THE OTHER STRINGS OF PARKS ARE IMPROVED THAT, UM, THAT THE WATERLOO CONCERNS WELL WILL MAINTAIN OPERATIONS AND THEY WILL ALSO MAINTAIN THE PARK ITSELF AT A LEVEL THAT'S HIGHER.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN ALL OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS, THAT EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDS THAT NUMBER ONE, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF AUSTIN MAINTAINS OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, RIGHT.
WE DON'T EVER GIVE AWAY OUR LAND AND WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY OUR ASSETS.
ONCE THOSE ASSETS ARE BUILT, THEY BECOME PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S INVENTORY.
UM, AND THE PARKS AND REC, I'M SORRY, THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THIS LARGER, UM, AGREEMENT WITH WATERLOO GREENWAY.
SO THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO THINGS LIKE, UM, FUNDING, A PORTION OF, OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK, UM, RIGHT AWAY IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND SO THIS IS A, UM, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S NOT JUST THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BUT REALLY INVOLVED, UM, THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE CITY TO BE SORT OF GETTING ON BOARD WITH, WITH HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP WORKS.
AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ABOUT THE TUNNEL, UH, WAS BUILT, RIGHT, IF WE'RE WAR ON BEHALF OR WITH THE, UM, UH, PART OF THE REASON WHY THE TIP WAS PUT IN PLACES WAS TO HELP THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT BUILD THE TUNNEL THAT THEN DIVERTED THE WATER AWAY FROM, UM, BUSINESSES, WHICH ALLOWED NOW ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO THRIVE IN A WAY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE, UM, TOO CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING.
SO ALSO IN 2011, THERE WASN'T A, A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT HAPPENED WITH THE Y MCA.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE LATER, BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO KEY ADVANCEMENTS IN 2011, THAT GAVE US A CLUE TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO START LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIPS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO IN 2012 AND 2014, WE HIRED SOMETHING, A PERSON THAT WE, UM, UH, JOB TITLE, WHICH WAS CALLED THE DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, THAT'S THE POSITION THAT, UH, CHRISTINE CURRENTLY HOLDS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BUT IT WAS NOT CHRISTINE ORIGINALLY.
THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT POSITION IS IT PROVIDED SOME RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO WHAT SHOULD PARTNERSHIPS LOOK LIKE.
IT ALSO HELPED US INVENTORY, THE TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, A PATH, RIGHT, UM, FROM THE, UM, MOST ENTRY-LEVEL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO A PRIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE THE WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY, UM, AND ALSO THIS, UH, INDIVIDUAL HELPED, UM, US POST STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO DEFER THERE, TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND WHAT PARTNERS WERE LOOKING FOR OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEY ALSO WERE ABLE TO, UM, HELP US REALLY DEFINE, UH, HAVE SOME COMMON LANGUAGE AROUND, AROUND PARTNERSHIPS.
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AND SO THERE WAS A TIME, UH, WHEN THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AUTHORITY AS A PARTNER THAT ACTUALLY WAS AGAINST CITY CHARTER AND REALLY AGAINST PURCHASING RULES.AND SO THIS PARTICULAR POSITION HELPED US WORK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES, UM, AND ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A SET UP A VERY SIMPLE, BASIC SET OF GUIDELINES OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTERACT WITH PARTNERS WE'VE SINCE EVOLVED FROM THEM.
BUT THAT'S WHEN THAT'S WHEN THIS PROCESS OF BEGINNING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTERACT WITH PARTNERS.
THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED IN 2012 THROUGH 2014.
WE ALSO DID A LOT OF CULTIVATING OF RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THEN IN 2015, THERE WERE SOME OTHER ADVANCEMENTS WHERE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CALLED THE ONION CREEK METRO PARK DISTRICT IT WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND WHAT THAT DID IS IT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR, UH, THE, WELL, THERE WAS A PARKS DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS FINALIZED WHERE THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION HELPED TO FUND A VISION PLAN.
THAT VISION PLAN INCLUDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUR CONTRIBUTES $160,000 ANNUALLY TO THE BASE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR SPACE.
AND THEN THERE IS A, THE ONION CREEK PARK DISTRICT THAT THEN RAISES THE FUNDS THROUGH THEIR TAXING AUTHORITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SPACES BEYOND 160,000 AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDES.
AND SO, UM, THEY COVER ALL THE O AND M COSTS OF ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENTS IN THAT SPACE.
NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, IN 2017, UM, WE STARTED TO REALLY DEVELOP A SOPHISTICATION WITHIN OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND PROVIDE A CONTINUUM.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, WE ALSO DID, UM, MORE OPERA.
WE HAD MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, DO SOME MORE VISITS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO WE VISITED, UM, YOU STANLEY, UH, VISITED, WE VISITED, UH, EMANCIPATION PARK, THE BUFFALO, UM, MEMORIAL PARK.
WE SAT WITH THEIR CONSERVANCIES AND LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY DID.
UM, JUST LIKE BOARD MEMBER, A DIPLOMA.
I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY.
WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER RELATIONSHIP DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO BETWEEN THEIR BOTANICAL GARDEN AND, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCHING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT WERE WORKING WITHIN THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PERHAPS NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED IN ORDER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP TO BE SOLID AND FOR THERE TO TRULY BE A PUBLIC BENEFIT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT ONE OF THE, THE VERY, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, RIGHT, THAT THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO, TO HAVE IS THAT IF YOU ARE A PRIMARY WITH SOMEONE, UH, THEY USE THE WORD PRIVATIZATION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN ANY RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ENTERED INTO, THERE WAS ALWAYS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE TERMS, WHAT ARE THE CONSISTENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ENSURES PUBLIC BENEFIT IS ALWAYS TOP OF MIND.
SO IN 2020, THERE WAS A COUNCIL RESOLUTION, AND I'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE BACKUP.
AND BASICALLY THAT COUNCIL RESOLUTION, I'M JUST SUMMARIZING SAID, UM, THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS, BUT THEY NEED TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT ENSURES PUBLIC BENEFIT.
AND THEY NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER, UM, THAT IS IT APPROPRIATE THAT WE WOULD ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN KINDS OF BASE TERMS FOR LIKE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND SO PRIOR TO JUST RECENTLY, UNTIL, UNTIL THE WORK THAT CHRISTINE AND I WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WOULDN'T, WE HAD PARTNERSHIPS, BUT WE COULDN'T REALLY PUT THEM INTO CATEGORIES.
THEY WERE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BASE TERMS. IF YOU MEET THIS KIND OF CRITERIA AND YOU WANT TO DO THIS SORT OF THING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE THIS KIND OF, THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP.
AND THEN, UM, IN 2021, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO FORMALIZE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY ASKED US TO HAVE ALL THESE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS IN PLACE BY, UM, I THINK IT WAS JUNE OF 2020, AND THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
AND SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK ON FORMALIZING THE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THROUGH 2021.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER ITEM THAT INFLUENCED OUR, UM, WELL, WE WERE CONSIDERING, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO INFLUENCE THE, UM, THE COUNCIL WAS, THERE WAS A REPORT BY THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE AND THIS PARTICULAR REPORT WAS SPECIFIC TO AUSTIN AND IT, IT, UM, IT INTERVIEWED STAKEHOLDERS AND IT INTERVIEWED, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INTERVIEWED PARTNERS AND INTERVIEWS,
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PARKS, AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALS, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CONCEPTS, WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE WAYS IN WHICH WE SHOULD ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIPS? UM, THERE WAS A COALITION OF PARTNERS THAT PARTICIPATED.UM, AND THEN THEY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AS TO THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR REPORT AND THE REPORT, BASICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY FORWARD YOU THEIR REPORT, BUT THE BASIC RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE REPORT SAID, BUT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO INCREASE NON-PARTNER NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN OUR PARKS SYSTEM, AFTER THAT.
SO LIKE NEXT NINE THAT CAME THE RESOLUTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO I JUST VERY QUICKLY OUTLINED THE RESOLUTION IN 2020 THAT JUST SAID THAT, UM, PARTNERSHIPS ARE A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PARKS AT A HIGH LEVEL, A HIGH QUALITY, THAT PART, UM, WE'VE ESTABLISHED SOME RELATIONSHIPS, BUT, UM, WE NEEDED DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, MAKING THOSE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT OUR AGREEMENTS.
UM, WE HAD THE GOAL TO MAXIMIZE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO WE WERE NOT ENTERING ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT.
AND LAST WE CAN MAXIMIZE PUBLIC BENEFIT AT A MINIMUM COST TO OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND WE NEED TO, THEY EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT, IN THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, AND IT DIRECTED OUR DEPARTMENTS TO WORK WITH ONPRO, NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIPS, DELIVER STATUS REPORTS, AND THEN ANY AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND YOU, YOU MIGHT'VE REMEMBER THE MEMO THAT I RECENTLY SENT AND WE COPIED YOU ON, UM, ANY AGREEMENT HAS TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THERE WILL NOT BE AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PARTNERS THAT DOES NOT GO BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THERE FOR THEM TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, THOSE PARTNERS, IF THEY'RE LISTED HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN READ THEM YOURSELF, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA HERE IS THAT I THINK, UM, BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA ACTUALLY HAD A MUCH LARGER LIST, BUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN HIS LIST, UH, THAT WERE OUTLINED WERE ALSO BENEFITS ON, HE DID A MUCH NICER JOB WITH EVEN THE COLOR OF THE COLORED BAR GRAPH TO SHOW A GRAPH.
I JUST DID A MUCH BETTER JOB OF KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHAT THE BENEFITS THAT PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDE AND WHAT, AND WHAT MOST PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDE.
SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO SAY HERE IS THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA HAD ON HIS PLAN WAS STRATEGIC PLANNING, RIGHT? AND I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT, UH, AT, AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE IN OUR PRESENTATION, THAT WHEN WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT OR ANY KIND OF PROGRAMMING IN A PARKS IN A PARK THAT IS, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A CONSERVANCY THAT IS COMPLETELY BASED UPON AN ALREADY APPROVED PLAN OR EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT'S OUR INTENTION TO ENSURE THAT WITHIN OUR PARTNERSHIPS AGREEMENTS, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALWAYS, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
IF THERE IS NOT ALREADY A GUIDING DOCUMENT.
SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY IS BUILDING SOMETHING AT, AT, AT KINGSBURY COMMENTS, BUT THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED VISION PLAN FOR PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UH, BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY IS NOW TAKING THAT PLAN.
AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING IT BY THE FUNDRAISING DOLLARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE AND THE GRANTS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE.
THEY'RE NOW PUTTING THAT PLAN, THE CAPITAL PART OF THAT PLAN INTO ACTION, ANY OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS SAID WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR PLAN.
UM, THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, THEY IMPLEMENT CERTAIN PARTS OF A DESIGN PLAN ON ECO PLAN THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND HAD STAKEHOLDERS THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PARKS AND REC AND I MEAN, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE NEEDED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BY THE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS, BUT BY A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SAID, YES, RESTORATION OF THE SPACES AROUND THE TRAIL ARE A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THIS PLAN.
ANYTHING THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT PARTICULAR PLAN HAD TO BE APPROVED THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND ALSO
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INCLUDEDSO NEXT SLIDE HERE, OUR PARTNERSHIP AND FIGURATIONS.
UM, I HAVE, I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT IS, UM, THE CREATIVE IDEA OF CHRISTINE CHU CANOE, WHO WANTED TO PUT A NICE SPIN ON PARTNERSHIPS BY CALLING THEM APART YOUR SHED.
BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH WE'RE CALLING PARTNERSHIP A, THIS IS REALLY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES, BUT IT'S REALLY THE MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT KINDS OF AGREEMENTS.
MAYBE ONE STEP DOWN FROM THE WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY AND THE LGC WITH THE WALLER CREEK LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, BUT A VERY HIGH LEVEL PARTNERSHIP AND WITH A HIGH LEVEL PARTNERSHIP, THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE MORE AUTONOMY, YOU CAN HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND MORE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS BEING THAT THE SECOND PARTNERSHIP IS, UM, A NONPROFIT PARTNER THAT'S REALLY PROVIDING A PROGRAM, OR MAYBE I'M CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARTICULAR CAPITAL ASSET.
AND SO THEY'RE HELPING US BUILD SOMETHING OR THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING A PROGRAM THAT HAS A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO PARTNERSHIP TO SEE THESE ARE FRIENDS GROUPS AND ADOPT A PARK GROUPS.
AND SO THESE IS A WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BEGIN TO BUILD CAPACITY IF INDEED THEY EVER WANT TO, UM, TO, UM, MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP LEVEL.
THERE'S SOME SUPPORT THAT'S PROVIDED AT THESE PARTICULAR LEVELS SO THAT WE HAVE EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING WE ONLY ACCEPT PARTNERS THAT HAVE BIG BUCKS AND HUGE DONORS.
WE'RE SAYING WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE A PARTNER AND WE'LL EVEN PROVIDE YOU FACETIMED BUILDING AT THESE LOWER, AT THESE ENTRY LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS, I CALL THEM LOWER LEVEL, BUT THEY'RE REALLY MORE ENTRY-LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BUILD CAPACITY AND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, UM, ALL THE, ALL THAT, THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OR LOCAL BUSINESS, OR ART ORGANIZATIONS WANT A PARTNERSHIP ON A PARTNER WITH US IN A WAY BY EITHER GIVING US FEEDBACK, OR MAYBE THEY WANT TO DONATE AN ART PROJECT, OR PERHAPS THEY WANT TO PUT A PAVILION AND AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
AND THEY REALLY JUST WANT TO TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
OR PERHAPS THEY JUST WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLEANUPS LIKE, LIKE, UM, BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA EXPLAINED, OR THEY WANT TO PLANT SOME TREES.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN THE PARTNERSHIP D AREA, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THESE ARE THE, I PRETTY MUCH TRIED TO EXPLAIN.
WE ESTABLISHED RATES CRITERIA IS FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
WE ENSURE THAT THE PARTNERS HAVE STABILITY AND CAPACITY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WE DON'T WANT TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP, EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS OF THAT PARTICULAR PARTNER, IS NOT ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE STABILITY OR CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCY, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES LIKE THIS DURING PROBATE, RIGHT? AND I'M, I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT ALL OF OUR MAJOR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND HOW TO RESILIENCY PLAN THROUGH THIS COVID AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FUNDRAISE AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS OR WITH ADVOCACY OR DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE A PUBLIC BENEFIT EVEN THROUGH COVID.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT MANY OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE, UM, GREAT STABILITY AND GREAT RESILIENCY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S GOALS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN APPROPRIATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT THEY, UM, DEMONSTRATE EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY.
SO, UM, WE, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PARTNERS WHO ARE, WHO DON'T WANT TO ADOPT THOSE VALUES OF EQUITY, UH, AS PART OF THEIR PART OF THEIR STRUCTURE.
WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO, WE DON'T EVEN JUST, WE DON'T WANT THEM JUST TO DEMONSTRATE, BUT WE REQUIRE TRANSPARENCY.
AND SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S OPEN MEETINGS AND THERE'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF OUR PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND THAT THEY'RE TRANSPARENT IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND THAT'S BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED OF NONPROFITS AND ENTITIES.
IF YOU'RE A FIVE OH ONE C3, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ADHERING TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANS, WHICH I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY, THAT THERE'S A DEFINED PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO HERE'S THE THING, SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR, UM, ARAYA AGREEMENT, THIS AGREEMENT IS WITH THE IN-LAB.
I JUST NOTICED THE MAJOR FLAW IN MY, UM, IN MY PRESENTATION AND THAT I DON'T TELL YOU WHAT THE, WHAT, WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ON EACH SIDE, THIS IS THE SCULPTURE GARDEN.
AND SO AT THE END LEFT SCULPTURE GARDEN, THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND, UH, AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
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AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION.AND SO THEY MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THAT SPACE.
THEY HAVE EARNED REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY PROVIDE PROGRAMMING TO THE PROBLEM.
AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THAT PARTICULAR OF WHAT IT IS THAT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, AGREEMENT PROVIDES TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM YOUTH ACTIVITIES TO OPEN PUBLIC ACCESS, TO BEING ABLE TO HOST A PRIVATE, A PRIVATE CEREMONY AT THAT SPACE.
SO THIS IS I'M CALLING A MAINTENANCE OPERATION AGREEMENT CLASS.
AND SO THE REASON WHY I CALL IT PLUS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE TWIST TO THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT.
THE Y M C A, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WANTED TO BUILD THE
IT'S JUST, THIS HAPPENS TO BE JUST WEST OF, UM, LAMAR OFF OF, UM, RUTTENBERG.
I SAID, RUTHERFORD, BUT I MET RUNDBERG.
UM, AND IT ISN'T AN AREA THAT HAS, UM, AS LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR RECREATION CENTER, UM, IS A
AND WE HAD, I BELIEVE $9 MILLION AS A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THE COMMUNITY WAS TELLING US THAT THEY REALLY WANTED A SWIMMING POOL, THAT THEY REALLY WANTED CERTAIN AMENITIES THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WITH THE $9 MILLION THAT WE HAD BEEN GIVEN IN CAPITAL FUNDING ENTER THE YMCAS.
AND THE YMCAS SAID, WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE MORE NIMBLE IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, FOR A MINUTE AND CONSTRUCT THINGS.
THEY COULD PROBABLY BUILD YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, INCLUSIVE OF A SWIMMING POOL, WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY WANTED.
UM, FOR THAT 9 MILLION, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SO FAR, APPROXIMATELY 11, I'M SORRY, FOR APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY WAS BUILT $9 MILLION WAS FROM THE CAPITAL FUNDING AND THAT, UH, YMCAS CONTRIBUTED 2 MILLION.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY MANAGE AND OPERATE THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY, UH, FOR THE NEXT, I BELIEVE THE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE MINIMUM OF 25 YEARS WITH EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, UM, TERMS OF THEIR AGREEMENT THAT SAID THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT SPACE MUST BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING, UM, SPACE, COMMUNITY SPACE AND GYM SPACE.
THEY OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND I KNOW FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE YMCAS THAT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY, UM, IS SUBSIDIZED BY OTHERWISE YMCA FACILITIES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, ACCESS TO THE SPACE AT A, AT A VERY REASONABLE AND AFFORDABLE PRICE.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THEY PROVIDED HERE IS THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH WAS ANOTHER, UM, ELEMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
SO THIS DOES NOT THE OPERATIONS OF THAT, JUST TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THE OF THAT DOES NOT COST THE TAXPAYER ANYTHING BECAUSE THE YMCAS OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THAT SPACE ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE TO OPERATE REPUBLIC SQUARE.
THIS IS WHAT REPUBLIC SQUARE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.
AND NOW THIS IS WHAT THAT PARTICULAR REPUBLIC SQUARE LOOKS LIKE NOW.
SO THIS WAS ANOTHER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESS BECAUSE IN RELATIONSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE-WAY PARTNERS, I SHAVE WITH THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION.
THIS CON THIS, UH, CHAR WAS COMPLETELY REDONE AND THE PARK WAS COMPLETELY REDONE BASED UPON A DESIGN CONCEPT AND THE DESIGN PLAN THAT HAD STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, THAT WAS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, HELPED, UH, RUN, HELPED MANAGE THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS A BRUTE, UH, THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
AND THEN THIS WAS APPROVED PLAN BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS WAS THE AGREEMENT.
AND SO THEY HAVE, UM, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY OFFER FREE YOGA CLASSES AND FITNESS CLASSES.
UM, THEY'VE, UM, PUT IN SOME ART, THEY HAVE INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE.
OBVIOUSLY THE PARK IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE, UM, FOR PEOPLE JUST TO GO AND ENJOY.
AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN THE PARK IS CLOSED FOR EARNED REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTES TO PRAXIS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS PARK AND THIS PARK TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IT AND PROVIDE THE PROGRAMMING IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS THAT YOU GET THIS PARK MAINTAIN AT A HIGHER QUALITY, A HIGHER LEVEL, HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABLE TO.
AND WE'RE ONLY CONTRIBUTING $14,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
SO THIS AGREEMENT IS I'VE HAD COLONY PARK.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TAKE EQUITY INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THIS IS A PROJECT OR A PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH
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THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION.SO THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT WERE, THAT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE $750,000 THAT WE HAD IN BOND FUNDING AGAINST, UM, GRANT MONIES AND OTHER FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, UM, WAS ABLE TO FUNDRAISE FOR AND APPLY FOR GRANTS SO THAT WE HAD OVER $1.5 MILLION TO INVEST INTO THIS PARK.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE PARK LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UM, OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT BASICALLY JUST IMAGINE THIS SPACE BEING JUST A GREEN OPEN SPACE, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY AMENITIES OUT THERE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A BACKSTOP, A BACKSTOP, AND THAT WAS IT.
AND THEN WE OPENED THIS PARK, UM, AND FOR IT TO HAVE, UM, A PAVILION, IT HAS A MURAL ON THE SIDE.
IT HAS, UH, HAS, UH, AN ENTIRE PLACE SCAPE AREA FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PLAY ON.
UM, IT HAS THESE CONNECTING TRAILS THAT GO INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THIS SPACE FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY CAN WALK OUT THE TRAILS AND THEN THERE ARE BALL FIELDS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THE SPACE AND TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMING IN THE SPACE.
HOWEVER, IF IT WASN'T FOR THEIR ABILITY OF THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION TO LEVERAGE GRANT FUNDING AND FUNDRAISING, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE THIS PARK.
WE WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A PARK HALF OF THIS NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND HOW THEY'RE BENEFITING.
THIS IS ANOTHER EAST SIDE PLAYGROUND.
THIS IS AT THE, UM, ABP CANTU PAN-AM RECREATION CENTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE PLAYGROUND LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE WAS A, UH, UH, GARDEN THAT WAS USED FOR, UH, SENIORS, UM, RIGHT TO THE EAST OF THIS IS A, IS A SCHOOL.
SO THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT'S CONNECTED TO, WELL, THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER TO THIS PARTICULAR RECREATION CENTER.
AND THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND THAT THE KIDS USE FROM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLAYGROUND, BUT THEY PREFERRED TO COME OUT TO THIS PLAYGROUND.
SO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE THIS SPACE.
THERE WAS COMPLETE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THE DESIGN PLAN WAS VETTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR OWN INPUT.
AND, AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO ENGAGE THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE BACK, THERE'S RAISED BEDS THERE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY GARDEN.
THAT'S A SENIOR ENVIRONMENT, AND WE HAVE RAISED BEDS THERE SO THAT SENIORS DON'T HAVE TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO GARDEN.
THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT ON THE SIDE AND THE GRAND OPENING FOR THIS, UM, UH, INVITED ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO COME BY AND PURCHASE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COME BY AND PARTICIPATE, AND THE SENIORS WERE ABLE TO PLANT, UM, TO PLANT SOME PLANTS TO GET THEIR GARDEN GOING.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DID NOT INVEST IN THIS PARTICULAR, IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE.
THIS WAS FULLY FUNDED BY THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION.
AND YES, SOME OF THAT MONEY CAME FROM THE WORK THAT CAME FROM THE, THE EVENT THAT THEY HOST WITH, UM, ACL RIGHT THROUGH THE ACL FESTIVAL, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO INVEST IN THIS SPACE IN THE COLONY PARK SPACE AND MANY OTHER, UM, EAST SIDE PLAYGROUND SPACES THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS THE ASK OF THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.
AND I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE TRAIL FOUNDATION DID THOSE ECO RESTORATION, UM, DID ECO RESTORATION PROJECTS BASED UPON AN APPROVED PLAN THAT HAD, UM, BEEN VETTED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY WATERSHED PROTECTION PARK.
SO THE TWO PICTURES AT THAT, UH, ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? AND THEN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE ARE BOTH RESTORATION PROJECTS, UH, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN DEVELOP A, THAT BRIDGE IS UNDERNEATH THE CONGRESS BRIDGE.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER UNDERNEATH THE CONGRESS BRIDGE WAS A, UM, A VERY NARROW, UH, DIRT PATH THAT HAD BLIND WAS BLIND.
SO WHEN YOU CAME AROUND THAT PATH, IF YOU WERE A RUNNER OR A BIKER, YOU HAVE THE VERY, IT WAS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SOMEBODY.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T SLOW DOWN, YOU COULD EITHER CRASH OR YOU COULD HURT SOMEONE.
AND SO, UM, AS A, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH COMPLETE PERMITTING AND DESIGN APPROVAL AND ALL THE GOING THROUGH ALL THE STEPS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE, THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT SPACE SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD RUN IN AND BE SAFE.
UM, THEY CREATED A DESIGN, UH, I'M SORRY, A SIGNAGE PACKAGE THAT AGAIN, WENT THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE ON
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THE TRAIL.AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE IS A PICTURE OF A RESTROOM THAT LOOKS AT, UM, THE EDWARD WHEN JONES FIESTA, I'M SORRY, EDWARD RENDON FESTIVAL BEACH.
IT'S NOT A PARK ON THE EAST SIDE.
PART OF THE HOLLY SHORE, PROBABLY SHORE VISION PLAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR OUT OF BOND FUNDING, BUT INSTEAD THE AUSTIN, I'M SORRY, THE TRAIL FOUNDATION SAID THAT THIS IS PART OF THE TRAIL.
WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS PARTICULAR RESTROOM.
AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN TAKE THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND PERHAPS PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, YOUR, YOUR HOLLY SHORES VISION PLAN.
IT'LL BE A COMMUNITY ASSET, BUT THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE MONEY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND AND SPEND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE ROOM.
SO HERE'S THE, THE PARTNERSHIP PATHWAYS.
WE SORT OF OUTLINED THEM ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
YOU COULD BE A PARKLAND STEWARD.
YOU COULD HAVE PARKLAND STEWARDSHIP, YOU COULD HAVE AN ADOPTIVE PARK.
YOU COULD BE A COMMUNITY ACTIVATED PARK PROJECT WHERE YOU SUBMIT AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN IN YOUR PARK.
IT MIGHT BE BUILDING SOMETHING.
AND LIKE THE NEW PLAYGROUND NIGHT, THE, A PAVILION, IT COULD BE MORE PICNIC TABLES AND WE HELP, UM, WE HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS DESIGN THAT PROJECT, UM, GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, GET COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE HELP THEM BUILD CAPACITY TO HELP THEM FIND, UM, GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SOMETIMES THAT COMES THROUGH THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY GRANTS, AND SOMETIMES IT'S THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM AND SOMETIMES IT'S AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE HELP PROVIDE THEM THE CAPACITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITIES CONNECTING CHILDREN TO NATURE.
SO THESE JUST PICTURES OF THOSE OTHER KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS A PARTNERSHIP, A BUSINESS PARTNER THAT WE HAVE.
I'M GOING TO LET CHRISTINE, UM, TELL YOU ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE IT'S OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.
UM, SO ON THE, UH, UPPER RIGHT, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH KABOOM THAT WE DID LAST FALL, WHICH SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO.
UH, SO WITH KABOOM, THE DELL FOUNDATION, UM, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A PLAYSCAPE REPLACEMENT, UM, AT BROOKWOOD PARK.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF THAT PARTNERSHIP D THAT ONE TIME PARTNERSHIP WITH A NATIONAL, A NONPROFIT THAT CAME IN AND ALIGNED WITH PARDES PRIORITIES, UM, IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH ECOLOGY ACTION AT GUERRERO PARK.
AND THAT IS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NATURE TRAILS AT THE PARK.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO IMPLEMENT THAT PARTNER WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THROUGH TWD, WD AND ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION TO, UH, IMPLEMENT SOME NATURE TRAILS IN THE PARKS.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO, WITH THAT PARTNER TO DO THAT, UM, RILEY SCHOOL PARK IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDS THROUGH THE SAM DAVID'S FOUNDATION, HEALTHY PARKS, A GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING GARDEN, UH, THAT IS IN CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY, AND WILL BE, UH, UH, KIND OF FINISHING UP IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW WEEKS.
AND SO THAT WILL BE IT'S A SCHOOL PARK.
SO DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS, THE SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE GARDENS AND THEN AFTER HOURS, WE'LL BE OPEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE, UTILIZE THOSE GARDENS.
SO AGAIN, UH, THROUGH THE CAP, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARD ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROJECT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, EXAMPLES OF WILDERNESS SQUARE, SOME INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, THROUGH THE CAP.
AND AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARD, UM, WE HAVE THE EXAMPLE AT THE BOTTOM.
IT, UH, THAT'S A ZILKER AND THAT'S THROUGH, UH, A PLACE-MAKING EFFORT FOR, UM, IT WAS CALLED PARK SPACE.
AND THAT WAS EXAMPLE, AGAIN, A PARTNERSHIP D IT'S A KIND OF A NEW PARTNER THAT CAME WITH AN IDEA TO KIND OF, UH, DO SOME PLACEMAKING DURING THE TIME OF COVID, UH, TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF VISUALLY SHOW SOCIAL DISTANCING IN OUR PARK, BUT ALSO BRINGS SOMETHING FUN AND CREATIVE AND EXCITING AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE REALLY AT SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR HIGHEST LEVELS OF COVID NUMBERS.
SO, UM, PARK SPACE WAS REALLY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, A NEW PARTNER, AND WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO FOUR, UH, HARD SITES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUSTIN FC AND THEIR, UH, FOUNDATION TO IMPLEMENT TOO MANY PITCHES AT PARK SITES.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM AT THE DOVE SPRINGS DISTRICT PARK.
NEXT SLIDE IS JUST ALL ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE,
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WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE, OR IF THE BOARD PREFERS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NINE 11, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EMAIL QUESTIONS TO US OR, AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE FUTURE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.IT'S COMPLETELY AT YOUR, UP TO YOU.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN, I KNOW IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE TIME WE HAVE TO STOP THEM, BUT I'M SURE PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, PRESENTING IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY REAL QUICK COMMENTS? AND THEN IF THEY HAVE MORE COMPLICATED QUESTIONS, MAYBE THEY COULD EMAIL THEM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
I THINK THIS IS KIND OF AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT WHERE I WOULD BENEFIT FROM HEARING THE BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS.
SO I ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER NOT TO JUST DO EMAILED, WRITTEN QUESTION AND RESPONSE, AND IF POSSIBLE, LIKE IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS AND PUT IT ON ANOTHER AGENDA FOR DISCUSSING, UM, HOWEVER THEY NEED TO FRAME THE ITEMS I APPROACHED, THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PROCEDURALLY, I THINK THE WRITTEN QUESTION AND ANSWER KIND OF LACKS THE ABILITY TO SEEK FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
SO MAYBE WE COULD ADD IT TO IT, ANOTHER MEANING, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD GENERATE SOME, I KNOW I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT I KNOW THERE, THERE, THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO THESE KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS TOO.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND PERHAPS WE JUST, WE KIND OF TABLE IT AND THEN WE PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA AS A REQUEST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER FAUST.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY AS FOR ME, I HAVE A FEW SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, LIKE DURING THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE CAN, IF WE CAN ALSO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO REFERENCE AND YEAH, I'LL BRING THAT.
I'LL BRING THE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION NEXT TIME TOO.
YOU CAN JUST INCLUDE IT IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS TOO.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, BOTH YOU AND CHRISTINE.
[D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT ON PROGRAM AND PROJECT UPDATES AND EVENTS]
AND GIVE US THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING ON JANUARY 27TH AND THEN ALSO ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
AND THOSE ARE LAND ACQUISITION IS IN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, DISTRICT AND DISTRICT THREE.
UM, TWO OF THEM ARE IN COOPERATION WITH, UM, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, OUR, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COLLEAGUES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE, UM, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN SOME PARK SPACE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT.
UM, WHICH KIND OF GOES ALONG THE LINES OF SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR THE WALNUTS GREEN CREEK SPORTS COMPLEX.
AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF IDEAS ARE OUT THERE AND THEN BRING THOSE IDEAS TO THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF WHAT A SCOPE OF WORK MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH PERHAPS A BUSINESS PARTNER OR ANOTHER KIND OF ENTITY, A NONPROFIT PARTNER, UM, AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
AND SO THAT WILL BE, UM, GOING OUT JUST FOR INFORMATION.
THEN WE'LL GATHER ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THEN COME TO THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE TO DELIVER THAT AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT IN A SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE'VE STARTED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TODAY ON GIVENS PARK, AND I'M SORRY, GIVEN SWIMMING POOL, AND TOMORROW WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FELONY PARK SWIMMING POOL.
UH, WE'RE DOING OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST INITIAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO THAT, UH, WHAT THAT DESIGN MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP.
I'M SORRY, IN THAT KIND OF DESIGN, THAT KIND OF POOL.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING IN OUR COVID MODIFIED OPERATIONS, AND I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE LIKELY GETTING, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, COLLABORATES WITH AND CON AND RECEIVES GUIDANCE FROM THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED US THAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE AN APPROPRIATE BALANCE FOR BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE
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INTO THAT SOCIAL HEALTH.UM, I'M SORRY, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WHILE WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE DON'T MAKE THESE DECISIONS LIGHTLY, NOR DO WE MAKE THEM WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THEM EVEN TOMORROW TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION I, IN THE PROGRAMS ON BEN'S UPDATE THAT TELLS YOU KIND OF WHAT WE DID OVER THE HOLIDAYS, TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO BRING SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT VIRTUALLY OR THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION TO YOU IS THAT ON PAGE 15, THERE'S AN ENTIRE, UM, KIND OF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATED PROJECT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ALSO PART OF THIS, UM, VERY BRIEFLY PART OF THIS, BUT THERE'S A MUCH MORE DETAILED SET OF INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT COULD BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION ON THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DECIDE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, UM, OH, I THINK YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE BUDGET.
SO I'M AT PAGE 17 OF YOUR, OF THE DIRECTORS REPORTED OUTLINES THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO WE HAD, UH, A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT MEETING, UM, JUST A KICKOFF MEETING ON JANUARY 20TH THAT TOLD US ABOUT ALL THE DATES.
AND SO ALL THE DATES ARE LISTED AS TO WHEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO, UM, TURN IN INFORMATION TO THE BUDGET OFFICE OR THE LARGER INCLUSIVE SO THAT OUR INFORMATION CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE LARGER CITY WIDE BUDGET.
SO THE NEXT, UM, DUE DATE THAT WE HAVE IS MARCH 5TH AND THAT'S FOR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE INFORMATION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TURNED IN AND THE OVERALL BUDGET, THE ENTIRE BUDGET INCLUSIVE OF THE FIVE-YEAR CIP PLAN WILL BE DUE FROM DEPARTMENTS ON MAY 7TH.
SO, UM, THAT MIGHT GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW WE WANT TO, UM, HOW WE WANT TO ORGANIZE OUR, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THIS YEAR.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, A LOT 18 PAGES.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT, I THINK WE DID IT WHERE IT'S NINE 18 AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
SO, UM, I THINK, YES, I THINK WE CAN TURN, SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.