Aug 05, 2020 Environmental Commission

IN DARK DAYS AND CONSTITUTE THE STORY OF US.

AT TEXAS STATE, UH, NICK WAS PART OF THE BOBCAT BUILD STUDENT PLANNING COMMITTEE AND HELPED TO ORGANIZE ONE OF THE LARGEST ONE DAY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDING 4,000 VOLUNTEERS, MORE THAN 250 DIFFERENT JOB SITES UPON GRADUATION.

NICK JOINED OUR WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 2014, DRAWN BY HIS GREAT LOVE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE IN OUR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS TEAM.

AND IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PLANNING TEAM, HE USED HIS TALENTS TO CREATE MAPS AND ANALYZE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AUSTIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES, INCLUDING OUR STREAMS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES.

HE WORKED ON SO MANY ASPECTS OF OUR GEOSPATIAL DATA THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.

HE WORKED ON TREE CANOPY LAYERS, INCLUDING HELPING BUILD OUR INDEX OF RIPARIAN INTEGRITY.

HE WORKED ON OUR WATERSHED BOUNDARIES ENSURING THAT OUR DRAINAGE AREAS WERE UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE.

YOU WORKED ON OUR CREEK CENTER LINES HELPING TO ESTABLISH ACCURATE CREEK BUFFERS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT PERRY IN AREAS.

HE SUPPORTED OUR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE ATLAS 14 RAINFALL STUDY INTO OUR FLOODPLAIN PROTECTIONS.

HE HELPED TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES FOR ACQUISITION IN THE BARTON SPRINGS ZONE FOR OUR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS PROGRAM.

HE RECTIFIED HISTORIC AERIAL IMAGERY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY FROM 1940 TO PRESENT.

AND HE DID.

IT PROVIDED A HUGE EFFORT TO HELP DELINEATE OUR DRAINAGE AREAS TO ALL OF THE STORM WATER CONTROL PONDS, WHICH DRIVES SO MUCH OF OUR ANALYSIS TODAY ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMS. ONE OF NICK'S MOST MEMORABLE CONTRIBUTIONS WAS THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CREEKS POSTER BELOVED BY AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT STAFF AND HUNG IN OUR OFFICES IN ONE TEXAS CENTER AND WIDELY SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.

HE WAS SO HELPFUL AND HARDWORKING AND ALWAYS PATIENT WITH HIS TEAMMATES.

HE WAS BELOVED EVEN BY THE HIPSTER BARISTA STAFF AT BENU COFFEE NEXT TO OUR BUILDING AT ONE TEXAS CENTER, WHICH IS A CLEAR SIGN OF HIS INFECTIOUS JOY IS SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES ARE MOMENTS THAT SLIPPED BY AND ARE FORGOTTEN IN TIME.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE CRAZY THINGS THAT CREATE THOSE MEMORABLE MOMENTS THAT SUSTAIN US

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NICK COULD GREAT THOSE STORIES AND BRIGHTEN OUR LIVES WITH HIS ACTIONS.

EVEN IN EVERYDAY MOMENTS LIKE CONVINCING HIS TEAMMATES TO GO GET GRAND DAY CAYENNE LATTES AT BENU AT FOUR 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, HE HAD RECENTLY MARRIED HIS BEST FRIEND, STEPHANIE, AND HE WAS SO PROUD OF SHOWING HIS TEAMMATES, THEIR WEDDING PHOTOS ABOUT WHICH HE BEAMED AND WHICH WAS CLEARLY A HIGHLIGHT OF HIS LIFE.

IT WAS ALSO A LOVER OF DOGS AND IS CERTAINLY MOURN BY HIS DOG OTIS.

HE IS SORELY MISSED BY HIS TEAMMATES TO WHOM HE WAS A CONSTANT COMPANION AND SOURCE OF LIGHT AND HAPPINESS.

AND IT IS ESPECIALLY HARD ON US WITH HIS PASSING DURING THIS WORK FROM HOME QUARANTINE PERIOD.

WHEN WE CANNOT GATHER PHYSICALLY TO SHARE OUR GRIEF, NICK AND HIS WIFE, STEPHANIE LIVED NEAR BATTLEBORN PARK AND VISITED THE PARK WITH THEIR DOG OTIS.

THIS YEAR, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED PROJECT TO DAYLIGHT AND RESTORE A SMALL UNNAMED TRIBUTARY.

AND BATTLEBORN PARK THIS PROJECT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SHERATON AND BATTLEBORN DRIVE OFF SOUTH CONGRESS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT REALLY SHOWCASES HOW AN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION CAN FIT WELL INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK SETTING.

THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS NOW COOPERATING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROPOSE THE RENAMING OF THIS NEWLY DAYLIGHTED TRIBUTARY OF WILLIAMSON CREEK WITHIN BATTLEBORN PARK TO BE DOWNSTREAM IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFEWORK CONNECT DOWN TO THE BENEFIT OF AUSTIN.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, WE DO HUMBLY ASK THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION JOIN IN RECOMMENDING THE NAMING OF THIS TRIBUTARY FOR NICK TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE.

EVEN IF WE DID LOSE HIM FAR TOO EARLY, WE DO HAVE WITH US ON THE PHONE LINE AND WISHING TO SPEAK TODAY, NICK'S WIFE, STEPHANIE, AND HIS SISTER.

LISA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL.

STEPHANIE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.

I'M STUFFING NICHOLAS, HIS WIFE.

UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING LISA AND I HERE TODAY.

UM, AND CONSIDERING THIS HUGE HONOR TO NAME THE BATTLE, THEN TRIBUTARY DOWNSTREAM AFTER HIM.

UM, NICK LOVED WORKING IN THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND ALWAYS ENJOYED POINTING OUT DIFFERENT CREEK BEDS THAT HE, MATT, TO ME WHEN WE WERE ON OUR, ON OUR WALKS, UM, HE'D BE SO PROUD TO HAVE A CREEK NAMED AFTER HIM, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A PERFECTLY PUNNY NAME.

UH, BATTLEBORN PARK IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMMUNITY PARK, AS CHRIS SAID, AND WE HAVE SO MANY FOND MEMORIES WALKING OUR DOG OVER THERE THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT WE, WE CALLED IT HOME.

UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TOLD NICK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND HIS LAST TWO WEEKS, HE SMILED AND SAID HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS WATERSHED FAMILY, UM, OUR FAMILY.

SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT HIS COWORKERS HAVE DONE THROUGH THIS TOUGH JOURNEY.

UM, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

LISA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNMUTE, YOU MAY ALSO SPEAK IF YOU WISH.

HI.

UM, MY NAME IS LISA AND I'M NICHOLAS'S SISTER.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD THAT STEPHANIE AND CHRIS HAS NOT ALREADY COVERED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING DIVISION OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT FOR SUGGESTING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO HONOR NICHOLAS'S LEGACY.

OUR FAMILY WILL FOREVER CHERISH THIS STREAM AS A PLACE TO REMEMBER NICHOLAS AND THE IMPACT HE HAD ON THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.

MADAM CHAIR, YOU'RE MUTED.

I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE, WE COULD NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FORWARD.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM THREE B THIS IS COMMISSIONER RAMBERT.

GOD MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE A MOTION IF YOU'RE READY.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GET A SECOND FROM ONE SECOND? ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR MOTION COMMISSIONER RAMBERT ON THE SUBJECT OF RECOMMENDATION OF A TRIBUTARY IN BATTLE BLEND PARK.

WHEREAS NICHOLAS NICK DOWN WAS BORN ON JUNE 5TH, 1992 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND WERE AS WELL EARNING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

NICK SERVED ON THE BOBCAT BUILD STUDENT PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY HELPING ORGANIZE ONE OF THE LARGEST ONE DAY COMMUTING AND SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

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WHEREAS UPON GRADUATION WITH DOING THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 2014, DRAWN BY HIS GREAT LOVE OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS NICK HAS PUT HIS IRREPRESSIBLE ENERGY TO TOWN AND TALENT INTO HIS WORK BY CREATING MAPS AND ANALYSIS USE TO UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT BOSTON'S ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES, INCLUDING OUR STREAMS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES.

WHEREAS ONE OF THE NEXT MOST MEMORABLE CONTRIBUTIONS WAS THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CREEKS.

POST POSTER BELOVED BY WATERSHED STAFF AND SHARED WIDELY WITH THE PUBLIC.

I'VE SEEN THIS ONE MYSELF, WHEREAS NICK AND HIS WIFE, STEPHANIE LIVE NEAR BATTLEBORN PARK AND VISITED THE PARK FREQUENTLY WITH THEIR DOG OTIS BEING ATTRACTED BY THEIR LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS.

AND WHEREAS THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT COMPLETED THE PROJECT IN 2022 DAYLIGHT AND RESTORE A SMALL UNNAMED TRIBUTARY IN BATTLE BEND, WHICH HELPED RESTORE THE NATURAL HEALTH AND BEAUTY TO THIS COMMUNITY.

GEM AIR FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE NEWLY DAYLIGHTED AND PREVIOUSLY UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF WILLIAMSON CREEK WITHIN BATTLE BEND PARK, BE KNOWN AS DOWN STREAM.

YOU CAMERA NATION OF THE LIFEWORK, A VICTIM TO THE BETTERMENT OF AUSTIN.

WELL, YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

I'LL DO GORDON.

ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER, GORDON SECONDS.

ALRIGHT, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

PLEASE MEET A COMMISSIONERS.

MR. THOMPSON.

COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.

YOU KEEP MUTING YOURSELF EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO TALK AND UNMUTING, WHEN YOU'RE NOT TALKING, YOU'RE DOING THE OPPOSITE YOU'RE MUTED RIGHT NOW.

COMMISSIONER WOULD BE GREAT.

THERE YOU GO.

COMMISSIONER MACIO COMBAT COMMISSIONER RANNEBERGER YES.

NOW YOU CAN MUTE MALE COMMISSIONER NEIL.

COMMISSIONER GUERRERO.

COMMISSIONER GORDON.

COMMISSIONER BEDFORD.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE APPROVAL AMENDMENT MINUTES FROM JULY 15, 2020.

COMMISSIONER MACIO.

DID WE LOSE HER? I'LL CALL THE VOTE.

NO, I KNOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT AND BEING A PART OF THIS WITH US TODAY.

OKAY, PERFECT.

UH, MOVING FORWARD AND GO BACK UP TO THE TOP OF OUR AGENDA.

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approval of the July 15, 2020 Environmental Commission Meeting Minutes (5 minutes)]

MADAM CHAIR IS CONDITIONER RAINBOW GUY MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND POINT SECOND COMMISSIONER POINT SECONDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE.

ANYONE ABSTAIN? LET ME KNOW NOW.

AND I SEE COMMISSIONER MACIO IS STILL ON, ON HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE 10.

OH, COMMISSIONER CREOLE IS HERE.

OH, IT WAS NOW 11.

TO ITEM TWO, A STAFF BRADY BRIEFING UPSTATE ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RE WEB PORTAL.

SO THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN PAST 11.

OH, PLEASE MUTE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT MUTED, PLEASE DO MUTE OD.

WE'RE GOING

[2. STAFF BRIEFINGS ]

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS AARON WOOD WITH WATERSHED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES.

SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN RESPONSE TO

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A 2017 COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON DEVELOPING A NEW WEB PORTAL THAT HELPS INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF BRINGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVES AS A STREAMLINED USER-FRIENDLY GATEWAY TO OUR, UH, CITY DATA AND RESOURCES.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEMO THE PORTAL FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I CAN LET YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE.

UM, AND WE CAN ALSO SEND IT OUT TO YOU SO YOU GUYS CAN CHECK IT OUT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM MY WAY.

THE WEBSITE IS DIVIDED UP INTO 11 MAJOR TOPICS.

THERE'S AN INTRODUCTION THAT TALKS ABOUT IMAGINE AUSTIN AND THE PRIORITIES AROUND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS, HOW IT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.

AND THEN IT WALKS THROUGH DIFFERENT KINDS OF, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR URBAN FOREST, OUR WATER RESOURCES, OUR PARKS AND WILDLANDS, UM, LOCAL FOOD HABITAT, LANDSCAPES, UM, TRAILS AND GREEN STREETS.

SO IT USES AN RGS ONLINE STORY, NOT FORMAT SO THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT MAPS OF THESE RESOURCES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT CITY PLANNING EFFORTS, OUR PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS.

I WILL NOTE, UM, ON THE PAST ITEM THAT NICK DOWN SOONER BRANDS ARE ALL OVER THIS MAP, AS FAR AS DATA, UM, OUR TREE CANOPY, OUR CREEKS WILDLANDS, YOU'LL SEE, UM, HIS HANDIWORK ALL THROUGHOUT THIS NEW AND EXCITING RESOURCE.

AND SO MANY THANKS TO HIM FOR THAT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE UNDER EACH TOPIC, A LIST OF WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED, UH, WAYS TO VOLUNTEER, UH, REBATES AND VARIOUS PROGRAMS, UH, NEWSLETTERS THAT FOLKS CAN SIGN UP FOR.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECT A LOT OF THE DOTS.

A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS SCATTERED ACROSS, YOU KNOW, DOZENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF CITY WEBSITES AND OUR PARTNER'S WEBSITES AT THIS POINT.

SO TRYING TO HAVE ONE GATEWAY FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.

UM, SO THE WEBSITE IS, UM, AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/ATX GREEN, UH, AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PORTAL.

UM, IT JUST WENT UP ON, UM, OUR WATERSHEDS, FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS ACROSS, UH, PARKS, WILDLANDS OFFICES, SUSTAINABILITY, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING ON THAT SOON.

UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN DEFINITELY EMAIL ME.

YOU CAN EMAIL CHRIS AND KAYLA, OR WE HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE ADDED TO THE PORTAL, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV THAT FOLKS CAN EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM THREE, A THERE WAS NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SOUNDS GREAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MS. WOOD.

[3A. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Update on the Environmental Commission Annual Internal Review—Linda Guerrero, Environmental Commission Chair (5 minutes)]

HOPEFULLY Y'ALL ALL HAVE, UH, IN YOUR BACKUP, THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW.

UH, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SUBMIT, UM, SOME MISSION GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

WE HAD SOME GREAT ONES AND UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEIR, UM, REASONS WHY THEY WANTED THIS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE HAPPY TO LISTEN.

I TRIED TO REFLECT EVERYONE'S CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD AND SENT IN BY KAYLA AND THEN COMMISSIONER COIN AND MR. COMMISSIONER ROMBERG AND MYSELF ALSO REVIEWED THEM TOGETHER JOINTLY.

SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A NEED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING SPECIFIC, PLEASE, PLEASE DO.

SO NOW IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO, I THINK IT'S THE END OF PAGE THREE, LET ME PULL THIS UP.

UM, WE HAVE THEM LISTED, UH, YEAH, THEY BEGIN AT THE PET IN THE PAGE THREE.

UM, IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THAT, UM, PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS AND THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

TO ITEM THREE C DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE VISION PLAN FOR THE JOHN TREVINO JR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THEN

[3C. Discuss and consider a recommendation for the Vision Plan for John Treviño Jr. Metropolitan Park at Morrison Ranch—Charles Mabry, Associate Project Manager, Parks and Recreation Department and David Malda, Principal, GGN (30 minutes)]

METROPOLITAN PARK AT MORRISON RANCH.

WE HAVE A S WE HAVE BACKUP VERY GOOD DETAILED BACKUP ON THIS PROJECT.

AND WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM PARKS HERE TO SPEAK TO US.

AND I'M JOINED BY DAVID MALDA, PETE, THE PRINCIPAL WITH GGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING US TODAY.

THIS IS CHARLES MABRY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT,

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AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION OF THE JOHN TREVINO, JR.

METRO CLARK AND MORRISON RANCH ENVISION PLAN.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVID, TO RUN THROUGH A PRESENTATION, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S PULLED UP FOR YOU.

UM, AND THIS PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE DRAFT MASTER PLAN ITSELF, DAVID, ALTHOUGH ALL THIS IS DAVID MALTA FROM GGM.

I, IF WE'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION UP, WE CAN START ON PAGE TWO AND I'LL JUST CALL OUT THE PAGE NUMBERS AS WE GO.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.

UH, THE PARKING CONTEXT, UH, WAS PURCHASED IN 2003 BY PART NAMED AFTER JOHN TREVINO JR.

IN 2006, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT AND HOW WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT APPROACHING IT, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

UH, FOR CONTEXT, THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 330 ACRES OF FORMER RANCH LAND, AND THERE'S ABOUT 5,000 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER SIGNIFICANTLY.

ALSO TWO THIRDS OF THIS SITE SITS WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, UH, WHICH DID A LOT TO ALSO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIVISION PLAN.

UH, AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF IT IS WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AND ITS LOCATION TO THE EAST OF ONE 83, UH, IS AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT HISTORICALLY HAS NOT BEEN AS WELL SERVED BY PARKS.

AND SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING, UH, THOUGH OF COURSE IT IS A METRO PARKING.

SO IT'S SERVING THE LARGER CITY AS WELL.

IF WE FLIP TO SLIDE THREE, YOU CAN SEE AN OUTLINE HERE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

SIGNIFICANT, I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE'VE HAD ENGAGEMENT AT MULTIPLE LEVELS AT EVERY STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VISION PLAN.

SO, UH, RATHER THAN JUMPING RIGHT INTO SPECIFICS OF DESIGN, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GATHERING INFORMATION AND STORIES, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUES THAT THE COMMUNITY HELD THAT ARE A KEY PART OF THE VISION PLAN AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK.

IF WE GO TO SLIDE FOUR, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT APPROACH AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MULTIPLE LAYERS TO THIS.

WE THOUGHT, CERTAINLY WE NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITIES, THE GOALS, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE PARK.

BUT WE ALSO SAW ENGAGEMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE SITE BECAUSE MUCH OF THIS LAND HAD NOT BEEN ACCESSIBLE PREVIOUSLY AND WAS UNFAMILIAR TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.

SO THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR US IS REALLY ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS TO THIS PLACE AND HELPING UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING LAND THERE, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY REFLECTED IN THE RESPONSES AND CONVERSATIONS THAT WENT FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.

ON PAGE FIVE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, ACCESS TO TRAILS, TO FISHING, ACCESS TO THE RIVER, UH, FAMILY SPACES, UH, NATURE, STEWARDSHIP EDUCATION.

THESE WERE ALL THE THEMES THAT CAME UP LOUD AND CLEAR, UH, AS WELL AS OPPOSITION TO THE IDEA OF A LARGE, UH, EVENT SPACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS REALLY ABOUT ACCESS TO NATURE AND KEEPING THE SITE BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS.

UM, BUT LETTING FAMILIES AND PEOPLE COME HERE AND ENJOY THIS PLACE.

IF WE GO TO SLIDE SIX, YOU SEE THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE THEN STARTED TO DEVELOP A VALUES THAT GUIDED THE REST OF THE DESIGN.

THESE THREE, WE'RE STARTING AT THE BOTTOM, UH, ENGAGING THE RIVER AND PRAIRIE LEVEL.

I MENTIONED TWO THIRDS OF THE SITE IS THAT THE RIVER BASIN ONE THIRD IS UP AND FORMER BLACK ONE PRAIRIE.

SO THERE'S A VERY UNIQUE, UH, UH, PLANTING CHARACTER PALETTE, GEOLOGY TOPOGRAPHY THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A PART OF THIS PLACE.

WE ALSO WANT IT TO SUSTAIN AND ADAPT THE HERITAGE OF THE SITE AS ITS FORMER RANCH LANDS.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN COMPONENTS OF THAT FORMER RANCH, THE STRUCTURE OF HEDGE ROWS BARNS, WHERE THERE ARE TREES VERSUS MAYBE SOME OPEN LAND, UH, THAT ARE CONTINUED AND ADAPTED IN THE PLAN.

AND THEN NUMBER ONE ON THE TOP SIGNIFICANTLY, HOW DOES THIS PLACE EMBODY AND ADVANCE THE COMMUNITY, UH, LEGACY OF JOHN TREVINO JR.

SO HOW IS THIS PLACE ACTUALLY ENACTING HIS WORK IN SUSTAINING HIS WORK AND IDEALS? THAT WAS IN A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

SO IT'S, IT'S AN EXPANDED REACH BEYOND THIS PLACE.

IT'S A, IT'S A BIGGER IMPACT.

IF WE GO TO SLIDE SEVEN, YOU'LL SEE THE BASIC FRAMEWORK OF THE VISION PLAN HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S DIVIDED ESSENTIALLY INTO WHAT WE CALL THE PRAIRIE LEVEL, WHICH IS OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN AND THE RIVER LEVEL, WHICH IS DOWN IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.

AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED A SERIES OF PLACES, UH, AND KIND OF FOCUSED ACTIVITY CENTERS WITHIN THOSE LARGER ZONES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE BIGGER IDENTITY AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE PLACE, UH, RATHER THAN SEEING THOSE ECOLOGIES

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AS INFILLS SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY TRYING TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THAT BIG LAND INTACT AS POSSIBLE AND ENHANCE IT WITH TIME.

IF WE GO TO PAGE EIGHT, YOU SEE AN EXISTING PHOTO OF THE FIELD, THAT'S THAT AREA CLOSEST TO FM NINE 69.

AND ON SLIDE NINE, YOU SEE A SKETCH SUGGESTING OF HOW THAT MIGHT EVOLVE.

SO REALLY THE PRIMARY IDENTITY IS A WILDFLOWER MEADOW TAKING THAT FIELD CONDITION.

THAT'S THERE TODAY, EXPANDING IT, LOOKING TO BRING SHADE TREES IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ALSO ACCESS TO SOME OF THE AMAZING HERITAGE TREES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

AND THEN ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME IN PICNIC HAVE ACCESS TO TRAILS IN A SMALL EVENT ARE REALLY MULTI-USE ACTIVITY, KIND OF LAWN CLOSE TO THIS, SOME MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FUNCTIONS, CLOSER TO THE ROAD, MORE ACCESSIBLE, UH, AND ON SLIDE 10, YOU CAN SEE A PLAN OF HOW THAT STARTS TO LAY OUT THINGS LIKE THE FIELD PAVILION TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OLD HOUSE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PLANTS AND TREES THAT GREW AROUND IT.

SO HOLDING ONTO THAT FOOTPRINT AND HERE, YOU ALSO SEE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP VEHICLES OUT TOWARDS THE EDGE AND KEEP THE CENTER UNENCUMBERED BY CARS AND REALLY FOCUS ON THAT RESTORATION OR ADAPTATION OF THE EXISTING FIELD ENHANCEMENT.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE 11, UH, AN EXISTING PHOTO OF WHAT WE CALLED THE RAVINE.

THIS IS WHERE THE TOPOGRAPHY STARTS TO TRANSITION IN THE STEEPER SLOPE DOWN TO THE FLOODPLAIN LEVEL.

UM, BEING SENSITIVE TO THE MOST CRITICAL STEEP SLOPE AREAS AND NOT CLOSING ANYTHING ON THOSE, BUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S A MIXED KIND OF TREE CANOPY AND OPENINGS HERE.

UH, AND ON SLIDE 12, YOU SEE A SKETCH THAT SUGGESTS THE CHARACTER OF THIS PLACE.

UH, WE WANT IT TO SAY THIS IS NATURE, PLAY DISCOVERY, MULTI-AGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS TO EXPLORE AND HAVE ACTIVITY IN THIS SLIGHT MORE SHADED AREA ALREADY.

THIS ALSO CONNECTS INTO A NETWORK OF TRAILS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TIE IN LARGER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT.

SLIDE 13, YOU SEE A PLAN VIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD CONSTRUCTION SITE COULD IN THE FUTURE BE ADOPTED AS A FITTING PLACE TO PUT A BUILDING FOR AN ECOLOGY CENTER, AND YOU SEE THEM THE SERIES OF TRAILS RUNNING THROUGH THERE.

THERE'S ONE POINT WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING A BRIDGE OVER ONE OF THE SMALL TRIBUTARIES.

UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CLEAR TO BE SENSITIVE THAT THE PLAN OUTLINES THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DELINEATION OF SOME OF THESE, UM, WATER.

IT'S FINE.

14, YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF THE EXISTING AREA WE'VE CALLED THE FARM.

THIS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S AN OLD BARN OUT ON THE SITE.

THERE IT'S A HIGH GROUND ALONG THE CENTRAL RIDGE THROUGH THE UPPER AREA, FIVE 15, YOU SEE A SKETCH OF WHAT THAT STARTS TO EVOLVE TO A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE, A PLACE WHERE FOOD EDUCATION GROWTH AND DEMONSTRATION CAN HAPPEN.

AND THEN TO THE NORTH IS THIS OFF OF THIS VIEW IS AN AREA FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATELY SCALED CULTURAL EVENTS, UH, AN OPEN FIELD THAT COULD BE MOWED.

UH, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BRING MULTIPLE AGES TOGETHER.

SO AREAS OF PLAY BY AREAS OF GARDENING, UH, EDUCATION, UH, GATHERING SLIDE 16, YOU SEE THEN THE PLAN OF THE FARM, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE KINDS OF SPACES THAT WOULD GROW WITH PARTNERSHIPS AROUND FOOD PRODUCTION OR AGRICULTURAL DEMONSTRATION FIND 17.

YOU SEE A PHOTO HERE OF WHAT WE CALLED HOME, AND THIS IS THE OLD HOUSE.

IF ANYONE WAS OUT FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS WE HAD ON THE SITE, UM, THE OLD HOUSE THAT LOOKS OUT OVER THE SKYLINE AND THE RIVER, IT'S AN AMAZING SPOT AS IT IS CALM.

IT'S QUIET.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UM, REALLY THE GOAL HERE IS TO KEEP IT AS MUCH AS IT IS AS POSSIBLE.

SLIDE 18.

YOU SEE A PLAN THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THAT BLUFF HOUSE IS LOCATED, BRINGING SOME VEHICULAR ACCESS IN A VERY CONTAINED WAY FOR A DROPOFF THERE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AGES, BUT THEN BRINGING IN A SERIES OF PATHS AND PICNIC OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT.

SLIDE NINE HIGHLIGHTS.

AN IDEA THAT WE DEVELOPED, UH, CALLED A COMMUNITY'S WALK.

THIS IS REALLY THE IDEA OF A ONE MILE TRAIL THAT'S FULLY ACCESSIBLE IN ALL AGES THAT GOES THROUGH THE HEART OF THIS UPPER AREA OF THE PARK.

AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO SERVE AS A MEMORY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE A MONUMENT, IF YOU WILL, OR A MEMORIAL TO JOHN TREVINO JR.

UM, THAT COULD TAKE, UM, COMMUNITY WALKS.

IT COULD TAKE ART AND CULTURAL INSTALLATIONS POP UP KIND OF INFORMATIONAL COMPONENTS, BUT IT REALLY TIES ALL THE ECOLOGIES AND ALL THE MAIN ACTIVITY CENTERS OF THE PARK IN MEMORY OF MR. JOHN TREVINO, JR.

AND WE DID A PORTION OF THIS WALK IN OUR LAST COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, WHICH WAS A REALLY MEANINGFUL MOMENT FOR THE TEAM AND THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

SO THIS IS A WALK THAT IS INTENDED TO BE A MEMORY TO JOHN TREVINO, JR.

IT'S NOT NAMED THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NAMING PRIVILEGES IN THE MASTER PLAN OR A VISION PLAN PROCESS.

UM, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT HIM AND HIS LEGACY HERE.

UH, FLIGHT 20, YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF THE FLOODPLAIN LEVEL, UH, ESSENTIALLY OPEN FIELD THAT STARTED

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GROW UP.

YOU CAN SEE THE TREE CANOPY ALONG THE FLOOD AREA DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.

AND THEN HERE, YOU ALSO SEE THE OLD FENCE ROWS WHERE TREES HAVE GROWN UP ALONG THEM ON FLIGHT 21.

YOU SEE THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS AREA, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, REALLY ADVOCATED BRINGING, UH, REFORESTATION AS THE PRIMARY PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL, OR IDENTITY AT THIS PLACE.

SO THE GOAL IS TO KEEP POWER ALONG SOME OF THOSE OLD FENCE ROADS, JUST TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT STRUCTURE AND ALSO CREATE CLEAR LEGIBLE PATHS DOWN TO THE RIVER.

UM, SO IT FEELS AS INVITING TO ALL AS POSSIBLE, BUT THEN ANOTHER SERIES AND HIERARCHY OF OTHER TRAILS THAT LOOP THROUGH, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE WATER ACCESS ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER AT THE RIVER'S EDGE IS THERE BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY HAS, IS MOST, UM, RESPONSIVE TO THAT, AND IT'S CLOSE TO THE ADJACENT A BOAT DROP, UM, OFF SITE, UM, THEIR TRAILS CONNECT BEYOND PLANT EXTENSIONS OF THE RIVER EDGE TRAIL.

THIS COULD BRING SOME AGRICULTURE DOWN INTO THIS AREA THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOP OVER TIME.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS REFORESTATION EFFORT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY EVEN USE THESE AS KIND OF PLOTS WHERE STRATEGIES FOR REFORESTATION COULD BE COMPARED AND DEVELOPED AND TESTED THROUGH TIME.

UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE DIVISIONS THAT ARE A PART OF WHAT WE FEEL IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE LEGACY OF THE PLACE.

EVEN THOUGH THEY'D BECOME MUCH MORE SUBTLE, UH, OVER TIME, UH, ON PAPER AGE 22, YOU SEE SOME OF THE ECOLOGICAL ZONES WE'VE WORKED WITH SEA GLOW GROUP TO DEVELOP A ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS FOR WHAT KINDS OF, UM, ENHANCEMENT OR RESTORATION COULD OCCUR.

AND REALLY THE FOCUS IN THE MASTER PLAN HIGHLIGHTS THAT AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS DONE AS A NEXT STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT RESOURCES ARE STRATEGICALLY USED AND IT'S ADAPTIVELY, UM, EXTENDED OVER THE LIFE OF THE PARK.

UH, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING A FIXED SINGLE OUTCOME, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF LAND, A LOT OF CHANGE WILL HAPPEN OVER TIME.

AND IT'S THE RIGHT KIND OF APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE RESPONSIBLY, UH, PAGE 23, YOU SEE HERE A SUMMARY OF THE OVERALL TRAIL NETWORK.

SO THERE'S A HIERARCHY, AS I MENTIONED, UM, LIMITED VEHICULAR ACCESS, A RANGE OF LARGER MULTI-USE TRAILS.

WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE NEED THAT SOME OF THESE WOULD BECOME DEDICATED BICYCLE OR, UM, ONLY BIKE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.

WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THAT.

UM, BUT THEN A LOT OF SMALLER FOOTPATHS AND EVEN THE MOST KIND OF LIGHT TOUCH PATHS BECAUSE SALES AND ACCESS IS A HUGE PART OF, OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS MOST IMPORTANT ON PAGE 24, YOU SEE RECOMMENDED PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE BASED ON THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE IS REALLY MORE OF A TRAIL HEAD AND INITIAL MANAGEMENT AND SOME ECOLOGICAL, UH, CARETAKING, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL, TO CERTAIN AREAS, REBATES, INVASIVE REMOVAL AND SOME REALLY ESTABLISHMENT TREE PLANTING IN AREAS.

SO THAT THEN A FUTURE PHASE HAS A GOOD BASE WORK UNDERWAY TO START TO BRING IN SOME OF THE LARGER CONNECTIONS OF TRAILS AND ACCESS DOWN TO THE RIVER.

AND THEN OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT ADVENTURE PLAYS ZONE OR THE AGRICULTURAL COMPONENT COMPONENTS COULD BE SEEN AS PARTNER PROJECTS THAT COULD DEVELOP DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES AND SYNERGIES COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH TIME.

AND ON PAGE 25, YOU SEE A PROTOTYPE, YOU'RE LOOKING OVER THE RANCH TOWARDS THE RIVER IN FLOOD PLAIN BELOW, AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.

DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES.

COMMISSIONER COIN QUESTIONS FOR THEIR STAFF.

UM, TO THE IMMEDIATE AREAS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SIZE AND ALSO MAILERS FOR EACH MEETING.

AND, UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

SURE.

UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LIGHT TOUCH AND THAT, THAT YOU REALLY LISTENED TO COMMUNITY AND SAID THEY WANT A PLACE TO CONNECT WITH NATURE.

I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS GOING INTO THIS PLAN FOR JOHN TREVINO THAT WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW THIS MIGHT BE A PLACE WHERE WE COULD SHIFT SOME, SOME LARGE EVENT PROGRAMMING.

AND SO TO SEE THAT YOU'VE REALLY HELD TRUE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND TO THE NATURE OF THIS PLACE IS, IS GREAT TO HEAR.

UM, I DID WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF FOLKS THAT YOU REACHED THROUGH SOME OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT METHODS AND ALSO, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF THE FOLKS YOU REACHED, WHERE YOU REACHING FOLKS IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY.

HOW DID YOU ENGAGE THEM? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SALES THERE? SURE.

I CAN TOUCH ON THAT A BIT TO LET DAVID ADAM, UM, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR FIRST MEETING OUT ON SLIDE HAD ABOUT 75 PARTICIPANTS ATTEND THE MEETING, UM, AT ABOUT, UM, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED AND WE, WE TRIED TO REACH OUT,

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WE SENT OUT ABOUT 4,000 DIRECT MAIL, UM, POSTCARDS TO THE IMMEDIATE ZIP CODES AROUND THE PARK TO TRY TO GET SOME, TO TRY TO GET THAT LOCAL, UM, INPUT, UM, FROM THE OTHER MEETINGS, UH, COMMUNITY THREE COMMUNITY MEETING NUMBER TWO IS MORE OF A FOLLOWUP NUMBER ONE, BUT MOVING ON, NUMBER THREE, WE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE AT THE MEETING ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE WERE FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

UM, FROM THAT MEETING WE HAD ABOUT 200 SURVEYS RETURNED.

AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE WERE ALSO, UM, FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA, UH, WITH COMMUNITY MEETING FOUR, WE HAD ABOUT 170 PEOPLE AT, UH, WHO ATTENDED THE ACTUAL MEETING.

AND THEN ABOUT 20% OF THOSE WHO ARE FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PARK.

AND, UM, AS WE, AS WE RECEIVED THE SURVEYS, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 430 SURVEYS FROM THAT LAST MEETING AND ABOUT 25% OF THOSE WERE IMMEDIATE AREA OF RESIDENTS.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE AS THE, AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MOVED ON, I THINK WE STARTED REACHING FURTHER OUT AND, AND SO SOME INTERESTS MORE FROM THE CITY KIND OF MOVING TOWARDS THIS PART.

THAT'S GREAT.

UH, CHARLES, I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US THROUGH THAT.

THAT'S REALLY GREAT TURNOUT AND GET TO HEAR.

AND ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE LONGTERM MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN, BUT I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING IS REALLY DIVING INTO DOING AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND I REALLY ALSO APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU'VE LAID OUT THE PHASING IN A WAY THAT, THAT SEEMS A LOT MORE FEASIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

MY LAST QUESTION, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ECOLOGY CENTER AND HOW MUCH Y'ALL HAVE EXPLORED WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHO MIGHT PARTNER ON PROVIDING PROGRAMMING OR, OR IF IT'S MORE RESEARCH ORIENTED, EDUCATION ORIENTED.

AND ALSO JUST ASK ACTUALLY MORE SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU HAD LOOKED AT PHIL HARDBERGER PARK IN, IN SAN ANTONIO AS, AS ANOTHER PRECEDENT EXAMPLE FOR THAT, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHAT THE VISION IS AND WHERE YOU SEE PARTNERSHIPS GOING THERE? I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE, THEN LET DAVID, UM, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

UM, THIS, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL ON WHAT THE ECOLOGY CENTER COULD LOOK LIKE.

WE, OUR, OUR, OUR PLANNING GROUP ACTUALLY TOOK A TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEE THE HARDBERGER CENTER.

AND IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

UM, THE, RIGHT NOW FOR THIS VISION PLAN, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT MUCH DETAIL.

WE'D CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK FOR PARTNERS TO HELP US, UM, TO BUILD AN ECOLOGY CENTER THERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, DAVID, JUST A SLIGHT BIT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PERHAPS SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, JUST THE OVERALL DRAWING OF THE VISION PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE RED DOTS NEXT TO THE WORD RAVINE IS WHERE THAT WAS LOCATED.

UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

THE REASON THIS WAS IDENTIFIED IS THAT ONE ROAD THERE IS THE ONLY PATH DOWN BETWEEN THE PRAIRIE LEVEL AND THE FOREST LEVEL.

IT'S A CONSTRUCTION SITE, AS I NOTED.

SO IT WAS A DISTURBED SITE AND ZONES THAT WERE LEVELED OUT IN, IT SEEMED LIKE IN TERMS OF A INTERMEDIATE POINT CONNECTION TO THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL GROUPS IS SOMETHING WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ORIENTING PLACE, ESSENTIALLY.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING AND INTERESTING.

SO PART OF IT WAS THE SITE SEEMED TO SUGGEST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCH A PLACE, UH, IT'S OUT OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO IDENTIFY IN THE VISION PLAN IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, UH, RESEARCH COLLABORATION.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN DEEPER.

AND I WOULD SECOND, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HARDBERGER PARK PLAN AND ACTUALLY WORKED ON A PORTION OF IT IN THAT LONG AGO, TIME OF LIFE.

AND, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE AND I THINK IT COULD BE A PHENOMENAL THING TO BRING INTO THIS PARK.

AND JUST, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE I PASS THE BATON, I DID JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S BEEN ALSO SOME CONVERSATION REGIONALLY WITH, UM, ONE OF THE URBAN BIOLOGISTS AT TEXAS PARKS, PARKS, AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A DESIRE TO, TO CREATE SOME PARTNERSHIPS FOR MORE URBAN FOCUSED ENVIRONMENTAL ED CENTER, ECOLOGY CENTER LIKE THAT.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT MIGHT BE A BIT OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP, AND USUALLY WE SEE THESE THINGS BEING CONSERVANCY MODELS, UM, THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME APPETITE AND SOME

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DESIRE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THAT COULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING PARTNERSHIP, UM, BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I WOULD ADD ONE SMALL THING TO THAT I FAILED TO MENTION, WE DO TALK ABOUT IN THE PLAN THAT THE IDEA OF STEWARDSHIP AS AN ACTIVE AND IMPORTANT PROGRAM COMPONENT OF THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF TIE INTO, IT'S NOT JUST EDUCATION TO COME PASSIVELY, LEARN AND THEN LEAVE, BUT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDING OF THIS PLACE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

COOL.

THANKS SO MUCH.

Y'ALL THIS IS GREAT WORK.

COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER THOMPSON PROCEED.

UH, COMMISSIONER, MR. NEELY, CAN YOU MUTE YOURSELF? YOU NEED TO MUTE.

I'VE TRIED FIVE TIMES.

I CAN'T SEEM TO GET IT OFF.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'VE TRIED IT A HUNDRED.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED.

SO AM I UNMUTED NOW? HELLO? OKAY, THANKS.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR ME.

THANKS A LOT.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE LONGTERM MANAGEMENT OF THIS THING.

I MEAN, WE HAVE ACL AND A FIELD AT SOPER.

IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT THAT LIMIT EVENTS TO, UM, A SCALABLE SIZE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE GET, LIKE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL HELP US SORT OF, UM, KEEP THIS SITE MANAGEABLE IN THE FUTURE.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT THAT? UM, AS FAR AS EVENTS SIZE, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE EVENTS AREA THAT, THAT IS PLANNED HERE WAS IT'S MORE ON THE SCALE OF, UM, THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ALONG HOLLY SHORES OR IN PANAMERICAN PARK REALLY MAXIMUM 2,500 PEOPLE, MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

UM, AND SO, SO MANAGEMENT ON THE SCALE OF, OF, OF A ZILKER, UM, WHERE WE HAVE LARGE EVENTS AND, AND DIFFERENT, UM, HIGHLY IMPACTFUL EVENTS, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE HERE.

UM, I THINK MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT HERE IS GOING TO BE THE ECOLOGICAL NATURE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING THIS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE MOVING MORE TOWARDS THAT.

UM, WE'VE WE HAVE SOME NEW LAND MANAGERS ON OUR STAFF WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE TO COMBINED WITH GREEN BELTS IN THE AREA TO, TO REALLY MANAGE THIS ON A LARGER SCALE.

UM, BUT WE ALSO CERTAINLY DO LOOK, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND HELPING MAINTAIN THIS PARK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT, UM, KEEP IT AND IMPROVE IT AS IT, AS IT AGES AND DAVID, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

OF, OF OUR TEAM COLLECTIVELY, IF THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT COULD BE FOLLOWING THIS OTHER MEANS BY WHICH TO DOCUMENT THAT AND HOLD ON TO THAT.

MY, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, UH, PROACTIVELY, LIKE IT WILL PREEMPT THE ASK IF THAT EVER OCCURS TO SOMEONE THAT WE WILL HAVE RULES THAT ARE MADE AND, UM, LIMITS OF PEOPLE THAT, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT EVEN IF THERE WAS AN EVENT IN THE FIELD AT THE STAGE PAVILION, THAT THE REST OF THE PARK COULD BE ACCESSED BY, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENING, INSTEAD OF SAY ZOCOR WHERE EVERYTHING IS JUST SHUT DOWN AND NOBODY GETS TO GO.

SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS AND THAT YOU WILL PUT THAT INTO THE MANAGEMENT CRITERIA.

IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE VISION PLAN, THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF A CERTAIN KIND OF EVENT, A MAXIMUM SCALE OF EVENT, THE BROADER, YOU KNOW, IMPACT NOT BEING APPROPRIATE FOR LARGE EVENTS.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD MOST LOUDLY AND CLEARLY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THIS TO BE THAT PARK.

AND WE'VE DOCUMENTED THAT IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, MAYBE FOR THE BENEFIT

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BUT I'VE DESCRIBED THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING TO RELY ON IF, UM, I MEAN THAT WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT AND WANT FOR THAT PARK, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARK PLANNERS AND WHAT IT CAN SUSTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, BE OKAY THROUGH.

SO I AM JUST SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, JUST TO DOCUMENT THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR, WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S EXCITING AND IT'S IN THE EAST SIDE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE WHEN W MY QUESTION IS WHEN WILL YOU START ACTUALLY DOING IT? AND WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT? AND WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE FUNDING FROM THE 2018 PARTS ON, SO WE DO HAVE THAT FUNDING FOR THE PHASE ONE THAT, UM, DAVID SHOWED ON HIS SLIDE.

AND, AND REALLY THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IS AROUND $5 MILLION.

SO REALLY THAT'S ONLY AN AMOUNT TO, TO MAKE THE SITE SAFE FOR PEOPLE AND TO, TO IMPROVE THE ENTRY INTO THE PARK AND PROBABLY BUILD A SMALL PARKING LOT, MAYBE SOME, A FEW NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES, UM, AND ALSO NATURE TRAILS.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY START SOME OF THAT ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT.

UM, I HOPE YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SWITCH, THE PLANNING OR THE, THE DESIGN OF THIS FIRST PHASE WOULD START IN 2021.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY THIS PART CAN BE OPEN 20, 22, 23, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

WE'VE ALSO ENDED RECOMMENDED IN THE MASTER PLAN.

WE'VE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE, UH, EVENTS OR, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS FREQUENTLY AS THE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, UH, LIKE WE'VE HAD THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TODAY, SO PEOPLE CAN GET FAMILIAR AND ACQUAINTED TO THE SITE AND LEARN ABOUT IT.

UM, EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S IN THE MASTER OR THE VISION PLAN, COMMISSIONER GORDON.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAIL, UH, FAN, UH, I TOO, AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR LOTS OF HIKING AND OTHER SORTS OF ACCESS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND I REALIZED THIS SORT OF CONCEPTUAL, I SEE THIS FAIRLY DENSE NETWORK OF TRAIL, AND I WOULD JUST, I GUESS, CAUTION AGAIN ON THE TREND TO BALANCE THE HUGE HUMAN ACCESS HERE AND PROTECTING THE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES THAT ULTIMATELY THE PARKLAND NOT GET DIVIDED UP BY TOO MANY TRAILS CRISSCROSSING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOT OF ADVERSE IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, MYRIAD EDGE EFFECTS THAT MIGHT RUN COUNTER TO TRYING TO PROTECT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO PROTECT.

SO I SAY JUST, JUST A CAUTION LONGER TERM, THINKING THROUGH THIS, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.

SO THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

I JUST HAPPENED TO BE SOMEWHERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I FOUND OUT AT A SMALL GROUP HAD BEEN INVITED TO THE MAC, ONE OF THE KICKOFF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND I HAD TO GO AND CRASH THAT STAKEHOLDERS GROUP, BECAUSE SEVERAL VERY PROMINENT MEXICAN AMERICANS HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED.

ONE OF WHICH WAS A FORMAL PARKS BOARD MEMBER AND WHO KNEW JOHNNY TREVINO EXTREMELY WELL, AND SOME OF HIS

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WISHES FOR THAT PARK.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS HAS CONTINUED TO GO IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT OVER THAT INITIAL KICK OFF WHEN SIGNIFICANT MEXICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE WITH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

THIS WAS BACK AT THE MAC.

UM, SO WHAT'S JUST MOVE FORWARD.

AND, AND I'M REALLY GLAD I UNDERSTAND YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAMILY, WHICH IS FABULOUS.

AND I'M GLAD THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A GIVEN.

UM, MY CONCERN WHEN I WAS CRASHING THAT STAKEHOLDERS GROUP WAS THAT, UM, THE CONCESSIONS, WE, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO LIMIT THE CONCESSIONS EXPRESSION AROUND THAT SENSITIVE AREA OF THE, THE COLORADO AND THAT WE DON'T START FILLING IT UP WITH CANOES AND PADDLE BOARDING AND ALL THESE OTHER WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES, IF WE COULD, OR MAYBE ROTATE THEM OUT? HAS ANYTHING BEEN TALKED ABOUT REGARDING CONCESSIONS? THE PLAN DOES, DOES LOOK FOR CONCESSIONS.

CAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, AS A PART, AS FAR, WE CERTAIN NEED TO FIND SOME OF THOSE REVENUE GENERATING, UM, AMENITIES, UM, AS FAR AS CAPACITY, UM, WE, WE'VE NOT DISCUSSED THAT TOO MUCH, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT THAT WE NEED TO, UM, REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS ONE DIFFERENTLY AND NOT, NOT OVERLOADED, UM, AND KIND OF THE WAY THAT BARTON SPRINGS IS OVERLOADED WITH, UH, STAND UP PADDLE BOARDS AND KAYAKS AND CANOES AND ALL OF THOSE.

CAUSE THIS IS A VERY, IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL ALONG THE RIVER AT THIS POINT AND THEN DOWNTOWN.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.

IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE.

GREAT.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND I RECALL WHEN I WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD AND THIS LAND DID COME INTO ACQUISITION AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS RUMORS OF THIS BECOMING A BIG SPLASH, SPLASH, AND WIDE KIND OF A FACILITY.

AND, UM, I'M JUST SO GLAD IT'S MORE, MORE TOWARDS WHAT THE, THE NATURE OF THIS AS A PASSIVE KIND OF RECREATIONAL ASPECT IS IN YOUR PLANS.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE PROCEED, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IS GOING TO SPEAK? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

NO, ONE'S HERE.

DO WE WANT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR. RAINBIRD SECOND, GO AHEAD.

AMBER SECONDS COIN ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES 11.

OH, NOT I'M SURE I HAVE A MOTION.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO READ IT, PLEASE, SIR.

I'M THE SUBJECT OF THE VISION PLAN FOR JOHN TREVINO JR.

METROPOLITAN PARK AT MORRISON RANCH.

WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A VISION PLAN FOR THE JOHN TREVINO METROPOLITAN PARK AT MORRISON RANCH, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE SITE ON THE COLORADO RIVER.

ADDITIONALLY, WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT THE PARKS AND REC BOARD RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF DIVISION'S PLAN.

THEREFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF THE DIVISION PLAN FOR THE JOHN TREVINO METROPOLITAN PARK AT MORRISON RANCH, JON TRIVINIA JR.

METROPOLITAN PARK AND MORRIS AND RANCH.

CAN WE ADD SOME CAVEATS? THE THINGS THAT YOU SUGGESTED THAT WE WERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED THAT THEY PRESERVED THE PASSIVE USE OF THE WATER? MMM.

THE CONSIDERATION OF IS IF THAT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO DO ARE CLAIMED IT IS, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN POINTS THAT WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT.

I THINK FOR ME, IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS THE STORY OF THIS CONCEPT PLAN.

AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE, UM, THE, THIS IS NOT ANY KIND OF REGULATORY, UH, OR, OR LIKE MANDATE THAT WE MIGHT MAKE NOW AT A CONCERT, LIKE A MASTERPLAN LEVEL FOR JOHN, FOR VIMEO.

I THINK

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LIKE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE THING THAT STOPS SOMEONE FROM SAYING, WE SHOULD CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE, IF THIS IS, I'M NOT EXPLAINING THIS WELL, BUT I, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT WILL BE.

AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE WAY IT'S BEING DESCRIBED.

I'M NOT SURE HOW EFFECTIVE IT WOULD BE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE DISCUSSED IT IS MY POINT AND THAT THE COMMUNITY PART AS WELL.

SURE.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED, PATRICIA RANDBERG YOU DID, THIS IS YOUR MOTION.

AND I DID SECOND.

IT, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES.

I ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS IS, IT'S SUCH AN INITIAL STAGE AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S SUCH LITTLE FUNDING TO REALLY DO ANY OF THE MAJOR PLANNING THAT HOPEFULLY IT WOULD COME BACK AROUND TO US WHEN THEY DO GET VERY SPECIFIC PART STAFF.

IS THAT A POSSIBILITY THAT Y'ALL WOULD COME BACK TO US AT YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AS YOU PROCEED? IT IS WHEN IT BEGINS TO DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND WE, WE ALWAYS, WE WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.

UM, WHEN WE, AS THIS GETS FURTHER ALONG IN YEARS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE START DEVELOPING PORTIONS OF IT, WE'LL REENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, IF THERE'S A NEED TO COME BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

WHEN THEY, WHEN THE DEEP POOLS OF THE PLANNING COMES FORWARD.

BUT HE, HE SAID, IF WE FEEL THE NEED, WE MAY COME BACK TO BRIGHTON.

WE'RE NOT THEREFORE REQUIRED TO COME TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER OR FORGET TO REQUEST TO COME THAT FAR MENTAL CONDITION, THEN THE PARSED HARM AT WILL COMMISSIONER RAMBERT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MA'AM WHAT IF WE JUST SAID THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFICS, UM, BEING REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR REVIEW SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE.

WHAT'S THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF, UH, AS THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPS OR THE NEXT PHASES OF THE PLAN DEVELOPS A ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND SEEK OUR INPUT.

I AGREE.

TARA MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN SECONDS, SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

SO WE HAVE TO KNOW EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

LET ME GET SOME TEXT HERE AND I'LL READ IT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU IN THIS CONSENT.

AND IF ANYONE IS TO JUST LET US KNOW NOW THAT YOU'RE OBJECTING, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE OBJECTING AS EVERYBODY ON BOARD.

YES, I'M SURE I WOULD ADD THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITION.

AND, UH, AS THE MASTER PLAN CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RE WE PRESENT THE PLAN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND SEEK ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

INPUT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO THERE'S A MOTION AND THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONER COMMISSIONERS THOMPSON? I THINK I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

COMMISSIONER KRILL? YES.

COMMISSIONER TALK SON.

COMMISSIONER MACIO YES.

COMMISSIONER RANDBURG.

YOU MENTIONED A BEDFORD.

MOTION CARRIES 11.

OH, CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND PRESENTING.

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COME UP BEFORE I JOINED COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON THOMPSON, I BELIEVE I'M SO SORRY.

THIS WILL NOW CONCLUDE ALL OF OUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND IT'S AT THREE, FOUR OH THREE.

AND SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, I CAN NOW, UM, CLOSE THE MEETING UP.

DOES IT

[4. COMMITTEE REPORTS ]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MEETING WE HAD THE OTHER DAY LINDA OR, UM, PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM CHRIS HARRINGTON, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.

UM, WE HAD A WORKING GROUP THAT MET, UH, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE COMMISSIONER MACIO, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, UH, COMMISSIONER NEELEY, AND MYSELF, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A NEW, UM, DSD HAS KIND OF RESTRUCTURED THEIR, UM, CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION REGARDING, UH, THE INSPECTION OF TREES THAT ARE ON SITE.

AND SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, WITHIN DSD AND WE'RE GETTING CHRIS HARRINGTON SUPPORT WITH THIS.

UM, AND, UM, SOON AS WE GET SOME INFORMATION BACK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAD PROBABLY NINE OR 10 QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING TO BE ANSWERED BY DSD.

CHRIS, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE MAN THAT SPOKE AND PRESENTED, UH, AT THAT MEETING.

SO IT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

RICK HOLLOWAY IS NOW THE PERSON OVER ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION IN CITY ARBORIST, A TREE INSPECTIONS.

AND SO, UM, WE WILL, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR THIS, SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO DISCUSSION, BUT DO KNOW THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WILL RECEIVE MINUTES OF CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE COMMISSIONERS WHO DID PARTICIPATE AND THEN, AND IN THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL BRING THAT EITHER, UH, IN ANOTHER WORK GROUP OR, UH, AS AN ITEM, BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A FULL DISCUSSION.