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MEETINGS AT THE REGULAR TIME AND FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL, OR MOST OF US I'M SURE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO ARE WE GOOD TO GO TO START? THEY, THEY TAKE SIN IS WITH US AND WE ALREADY IN HERE.
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VIDEO CONFERENCE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING.AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, SEE WHO IS HERE AT TAKE ROLL.
SO WE HAVE A FOUR MEMBER DIPLOMA OR MEMBER RINALDI, SO THERE'S OKAY.
S BOARD MEMBER, UH, THE CARLO RESIDENT BOARD MEMBER.
SO FOR MR. MURPHY, IF I DON'T SEE YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO JUST BE VOCAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE A RECORD OF ALL THE BOATS AND ALL, AND THE ROLL CALL I'M HERE ON ROLL CALL.
BOARD MEMBER MORGAN JUST EMAILED ME.
HE'S UM, HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING IN, SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND TROUBLESHOOT WITH HIM SO HE COULD BE JOINING US, UH, IN A FEW.
UH, AND BOARD MEMBER, COTTON SEIBEL.
AND I THINK, REMEMBER TAYLOR, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE.
DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? OKAY.
WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION TONIGHT.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Parks and Recreation Board special meeting of September 23, 2020.]
MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THE MINUTES.EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS, IF NOT, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO APPROVE THOSE I'LL MOVE APPROVAL, MOVE TO APPROVAL BY BOARD MEMBER FAUST.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ALL SECOND BOARD MEMBER, UM, CAUGHT ENSEMBLE SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE YOUR PICTURE UP, YOU CAN JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS FOR SAMMY TOO.
SHE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE VOTES.
SO MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND THESE ARE ITEMS FOR PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
[B.1. City of Austin legislative agenda for the 87th State legislative session. Presenter: Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Relations Officer]
HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 87TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.AND DO WE HAVE BRIEF FRANCO? WE'RE NOT HERE.
IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T MUTED ME.
CAN YOU ALL SEE ME AND HEAR ME NOW? YES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE AN OPTION IT TO SHARE MY POWERPOINT, SO I'M HOPING YOU HAVE IT, MS. FRANKLIN.
MY NAME IS BREE FRANK ON THE INNER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, SUCH AS, UH, ELECTIONS IS A WEEK AWAY.
EARLY BILL FILING WILL START SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND SESSION IS STILL I'M EXPECTED TO START IN JANUARY AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AND WHERE WE ARE.
SO I USE THIS CHART TO SHOW EVERY SESSION A TEN-YEAR COMPARISON OF WHERE THE BILL FILING IS IN THAT TOP LINE.
ROW IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN 1999 AND BOTTOM LINE ROW IS 2019.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN THERE IS THERE'S BEEN ABOUT A 1500 BILL INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS FILED AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL.
UM, TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED, AND THE NEXT COLUMN HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY ABOUT 200 FROM 10 YEARS AGO.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CITY RELATED BILLS INTRODUCED, THERE HAS BEEN AN, UH, 1100 BILL
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INCREASE IN TOTAL BILLS RELATED TO CITIES.SO OUT OF THAT TOTAL 1500 BILL INCREASE, 1100 OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO CITIES.
AND OFTEN THOSE BILLS ARE ABOUT LIMITING CITIES, AUTHORITY OF WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO.
UM, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY RELATED BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED, UH, THE TWO BULLETS ON THE RIGHT BREAK THAT DOWN BY FIVE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A 54% INCREASE IN THE CITY RELATED BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED.
AND IN 10 YEARS WE'VE SEEN 182% INCREASE IN THE CITY RELATED WELLS THAT HAVE PASSED.
AND AGAIN, USUALLY THESE BILLS RAMPED OR LIMIT OUR AUTHORITY ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW TO SHOW YOU THAT BILL FILING, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL START IN JANUARY, IT'LL GO UP TO THE FIRST WEEK OR SO OF MARCH AND OUT OF THOSE 7,000 BILLS.
THE LAST SESSION THEY'VE DUMPED OR THOUSAND OF THEM IN THE LAST BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE BILL FILING.
SO THAT'S BETWEEN APRIL 20, 8TH OF MARCH EIGHTH IS WHEN WE GOT 4,000 OF THOSE BILLS TO FINALLY LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHEN HEARINGS ARE GOING ON.
AND SO IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM MY OFFICE, FROM THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND SUCH TO REVIEW, ANALYZE THESE BILLS QUICKLY AND PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION IN TERMS OF ELECTIONS.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S FOR INSTANCE, THAT THE GOVERNOR IS NOT ON THE BALLOT.
AND WE KNOW THAT HE HAS, UH, DURING HIS TIME AS GOVERNOR TAKEN A VERY STRONG ANTI CITY APPROACH, THIS IS A POLL FROM HIM IN 2017 THAT HE THINKS PREEMPTING LOCAL REGULATIONS IS A SUPERIOR APPROACH.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT IT'S PUT INTO PRACTICE WITH THE ONLY SPECIAL SESSION THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS CALLED SO FAR.
REMEMBER WE HAD, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SPECIAL SESSION WHEN WE HAD HURRICANE HARVEY.
WE DID NOT HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION WHERE WE HAD THE SHOOTINGS, SO THAT IN SANTA FE AND IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT HAD THE CHURCH SHOOTING SOUTH OF AUSTIN, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A SPECIAL SESSION ON COVID, BUT THE ONE TIME HE DID HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION, UM, 10 OF THE 20 ITEMS WERE RELATED TO CITIES, INCLUDING BILLS RELATED TO, UM, THE TREE, UH, ORDINANCE, IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS.
SO HE HAS TAKEN A STRONG LIMITING LIBERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY APPROACH.
AND WE ALSO KNOW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DAN PATRICK IS COMING BACK AS OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND HE ALSO HAS TAKEN A STRONG ANTI CITY APPROACH IS QUOTE FROM 2017 WHERE HE POLITICIZED, UM, HOW, HOW HE VIEWS CITIES ON A PARTISAN LEVEL.
AND SOME OF THIS WILL SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU.
CITIES ARE CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE HIGH CRIME TAXES AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS NATION.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A NEW SPEAKER BECAUSE A SPEAKER BOUGHT IN DID, UM, RESIGN.
HE, IN OTHER WORDS, WILL DIDN'T RESIGN, BUT CHOSE NOT TO RUN AGAIN, IN FACT, SO HE'S NOT EVEN COMING BACK AS A, AS A MEMBER.
UM, HE, THE REASON FOR THAT IS HE WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE ASKING A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TO GO AFTER SOME FELLOW REPUBLICANS WHO ACTUALLY VOTED, UM, WITH CITIES AND COUNTIES ON A CERTAIN BILL.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON TAPE SAYING SOME THINGS ABOUT CITIES, SUCH AS SAYING THAT ANY MAYOR COUNTY JUDGE THAT MET WITH HIM WAS A DUMB ASS TO DO THAT.
AND, AND SO HE, HE ALSO HAD A STRONG ANTI CITY STANCE.
WE WILL HAVE A NEW SPEAKER, UM, NONETHELESS, BECAUSE AS I SAID, HE'S NOT GONNA BE BACK NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO GOING INTO THE NEXT SESSION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALL AWAIT THE ELECTION RESULTS NEXT WEEK AND SEE WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WHO'S WHO OUR NEW MEMBERS ARE.
WE'LL BE ELECTING A NEW SPEAKER, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS THE HOUSE.
I THINK EVEN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSING PROCESSING EDUCATION GOING ON ABOUT WHETHER DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE OVER THE HOUSE OR WHETHER IT WILL BE REPUBLICANS.
AND, AND THE TRUTH IS IT'LL, IT'LL JUST BE A MORE MODERATE HOUSE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER THE HOUSE, IT'LL BE BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THAT MIDDLE, THAT CROSSOVER AND VOTING ON ISSUES THAT DON'T ALWAYS VOTE STRICTLY ALONG PARTY LINES.
SO IT'LL JUST BE A MORE MODERATE HOUSE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE FILED FOR SPEAKER AND THAT'S ALREADY STARTING TO HAPPEN.
MARTIN IS FISHER FROM, UH, SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE DONE.
SO WE WILL HAVE, WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, REDISTRICTING IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL SESSION ITEM ORIGINALLY BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE INVOLVED WITH, UH, REDISTRICTING.
WE'RE NOW HEARING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE RESULTS IN TIME TO HANDLE IT DURING SESSION.
WE'LL SEE WHETHER THAT IS TRUE OR NOT, OR WHETHER THEY WILL NEED TO COME BACK FOR A SPECIAL SESSION ON REDISTRICTING.
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SO THAT'S STILL LEFT OUT THERE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN, GET EVERYTHING DONE DURING SESSION, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL FINANCE, UH, BUCKET TO FILL.THEY PASSED A BILL LAST SESSION THAT REQUIRED THEM TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THIS COMING SESSION.
BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IS THAT THEY'D HAVE THE BUDGET THAT THEY DO DUE TO COVID AND THEY'RE HURTING.
UH, THE STATE IS PARTYING, UH, FROM, UH, THE SLOWER SALES TAX REVENUES AND ALSO ON OIL AND GAS.
AND THEN THE THING THAT WE KNOW THE LEAST ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS HOW THIS SESSION'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF COVID RIGHT NOW, THE CAPITOL IS CLOSED.
WE CAN'T, I CAN'T GO DOWN TO THE CAPITOL TO VISIT WITH MEMBERS OR WITH STAFF LIKE I COULD.
UM, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY PLAN TO OPEN THE CAPITOL.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL ALLOW THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAPITOL.
IT BUILD OUT, UH, MEMBERS CAN HAVE RULES ABOUT WHO'S ALLOWED IN THEIR OFFICE AND HOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE IN A LAB, PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT HEARINGS.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A LESS TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
I THINK ALSO KNOW THAT THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE BOTH GET TO SET UP THEIR OWN RULES ABOUT THESE THINGS.
WE ARE HEARING, THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS HEARINGS ACTUALLY HELD ON BILLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOMS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE PROPER SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO WE AREN'T HEARING THAT, BUT WE, THEY STILL THEMSELVES DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAN TO, UM, FORMULATE THE PROCESS FOR SESSION.
AND SO WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT'LL BE LIKE.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE DO STILL ANTICIPATE HAVING CALMED DOWN TO US FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, THESE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TOP ROW, FOLKS SHOULD JUST BE A PREEMPTION ACROSS THE BOARD.
I BROKE IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PREEMPTION.
UM, THEY'RE SUPER PREEMPTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE COME FROM THE SENATE, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT IT WAS, UH, CITIES ARE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO LEGISLATE IN AN AREA THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BASICALLY TURN THE AUTHORITY OF CITIES OR THE ORDINANCE MAKING AUTHORITY THAT CITIES HAVE INTO A COUNTY LIKE AUTHORITY.
IT IS BASICALLY A STATUTORY RUN AROUND HOME RULE AND THE CONSTITUTION YOU'VE ALL HEARD.
I'M SURE IN THE NEWS ABOUT GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S PROPOSALS RELATED TO POLICE REFORM AND PREEMPTING CITIES AND DOING THINGS IN TERMS OF MOVING BUDGETS AROUND OR MOVIE DEPART OR MOVING DIVISIONS OUT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE COVID PREEMPTION.
THERE ARE STILL A GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY JUDGES, THE MAYOR'S EXECUTED TOO MUCH AUTHORITY WHEN THEY DID SO IN RESPONSE TO COVID AND THEY WANT TO LIMIT THAT AUTHORITY.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUES YOU ALL ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE EMPLOYEES, RIGHTS AND BENEFITS HAVE TO DO WITH PAID SICK LEAVE OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, KEVIN OR ABBOTT HAS, UM, RE GOVERNOR RABBIT.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK HAS FILED THE BATHROOM BILL IN THE PAST LAST SESSION.
WE ALWAYS END UP DISCUSSING OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH THEM.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN BILLS ABOUT ATTACKING THE CITY SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, THE NO CITY LOBBY BILL.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE HERE.
THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WITH SPEAKER BON IN THIS BILL, WHAT IT DOES IS IT SAYS THAT CITIES CAN EXPEND FUNDS TO HIRE LOBBYISTS.
WE DO HAVE A STATE LOBBY TEAM AND A FEDERAL LOBBY TEAM, LIKE, UH, ALMOST ALL LARGE CITIES DO.
UM, W I NEED THEIR HELP IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE 180 MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS, OUR THOUGHTS BILLS, AND THE BILL WENT FURTHER TO JUST NOT SAY WE COULDN'T HIRE LOBBYISTS.
IT ALSO SAID THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND LAST LITTLE MEMBER REQUESTED THAT INFORMATION.
SO RIGHT NOW I VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR DELEGATION OF OTHERS, OF CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
AND I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT ACCORDING TO THIS LEGISLATION, UNLESS THEY REQUESTED THAT INFORMATION ON ME, WE ALSO WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY MAYBE UNLESS WE WERE REQUESTED TO TESTIFY AT THE COMMITTEE.
SO RIGHT NOW, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, WE GO UP AND TESTIFY AND TAKE A POSITION ON BILLS.
AND THIS WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
IT APPLIED NOT ONLY TO CITIES AND COUNTIES, IT INCLUDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT DIDN'T INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOLS.
UM, BUT IT INCLUDED MOST GOVERNMENTALLY.
UH, IT WAS KILLED IN THE HOUSE.
UM, I MADE IT ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE SENATE.
IT, UH, GOT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND IT WAS KILLED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND INCLUDED SOME REPUBLICANS CROSSING OVER TO VOTE TO KILL THE BILL.
AND THAT'S WHY BONNIE WANTED TO GO AFTER THOSE MEMBERS.
DURING THE INTERIM, WE ANTICIPATE SEEING BILL AGAIN FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, UM, GOING TO THE BOTTOM ROW.
WE ALWAYS HAVE AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO DEREGULATE TO PRIVATIZE
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THOSE MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES, REVENUE COUNTS.PART TWO HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE RAISE REVENUE THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX AND ANNEXATION PART TWO.
UM, THERE IS A CHARGE IN THE HOUSE BY FORMER SPEAKER, TOM CRADDICK ABOUT THAT SINCE CITIES CAN NO LONGER, UH, ANNEX THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ASKING THOSE PEOPLE TO VOTE, THAT WHY CAN'T, WHY DO WE NEED TO REGULATE THE ETJ? AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AUSTIN BECAUSE OF OUR WATER QUALITY REGULATION.
AND SINCE WATER DOESN'T RESPECT THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY AND COUNTY LINES, WE DO REGULATE IN OUR, YOU TJ ON WATER QUALITY.
AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE SEVERELY IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO DO SO.
UM, SO YOU KNOW HOW WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE AGENDA? THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ADOPT THE AGENDA STATE AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.
THE AGENDA CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME.
AND SO IT'S A, WHAT I CALL IT REFERRED TO AS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DO TAKE ALL THE COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS PASSED THROUGHOUT THE INTERIM AND INCLUDE THEM.
THE ENGENDER GETS DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND INPUT ME COMING TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL AS PART OF SEEKING INPUT.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
AND WE CONSULT WITH OUR DELEGATION TO ESTABLISH OUR PRIORITIES.
THE AGENDA COVERS A NUMBER OF AREAS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THEM.
THERE'S A LINK ON THE LAST SLIDE TO THE AGENDA THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT COVERS A BROAD RANGE OF, OF ITEMS. AND THEN WITH EACH E WITHIN EACH HEADER, THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPINS, MORE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT COVERS AS WELL.
UM, WE TRY TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE AND THE AGENDA BROAD PURPOSELY IT'LL INCLUDE BROAD STATEMENTS JUST GENERALLY ABOUT, UH, THAT WE HAVE STATEMENTS THAT SAY WE SEEK TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES.
YOU KNOW, I USE THE, WHEN I'M EXAMINING A BILL, DO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON IT IF WE DO, AND THAT BILL WOULD CHANGE THAT ORDINANCE OR PREEMPT THAT ORDINANCE.
I SEE THE INSTRUCTION BEING THAT I NEED TO DEFEND THAT ORDINANCE UNLESS COUNCIL DIRECTS ME OTHERWISE.
AND THEN IT INCLUDES MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THESE BULLETS ARE JUST SOME OF THE BULLETS RELATED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD THAT COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSS IN AS PART OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
SO, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO ASK TOO, SO DOES TO YOU ALL, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE AGENDA UP, IT'S BEEN ADOPTED, BUT IF THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, I, MY OFFICE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL OR TO A COUNCIL MEMBER TO ASK FOR THAT CHANGE.
UM, WE WOULD ALL POSSIBLY COMING BACK TO YOU, I'LL ASK YOU FOR A RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF THE AGENDA AND CITY'S USE OF A LOBBY TEAM TO SHOW THAT THE CITY DOES SEEK A BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT SESSION, LAST SESSION, WE PROVIDED REGULAR UPDATES ON HOW LEGISLATION WAS MOVING, AND WE SENT THAT OUT THROUGH YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAILS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LINK RIGHT THERE TO THE AGENDA FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING PARTICULAR, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'LL JUST GO AROUND AND SEE IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND I'LL START WITH, UM, REMEMBERED THE, CARLA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE.
UM, THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD DURING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME.
UM, I GUESS I WAS WONDERING, UM, AS FAR AS THE LAST SESSION GOES, THE GRAPHIC YOU HAD ABOUT ALL THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED AND, UM, WERE INTRODUCED, UM, AS FAR AS THE CITY RELATED BILLS GO.
UM, DO YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE THOSE TRENDS? WHAT WERE THOSE BILLS, CITY BILLS KIND OF FOCUSED ON? UM, DURING THE LAST SESSION, LAST SESSION, IT WAS A BRUTAL SESSION FOR US LAST SESSION.
IT WAS THE REVENUE CAP BILL THAT, THAT REALLY LIMITED OUR AUTHORITY.
THERE WERE A LOT OF BILLS THAT LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL A DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATE THAT IN THE CITY.
UM, IT WAS SO, AND MOST OF THE BILLS WHERE THE CITY OF AUSTIN LOST OUT ON WERE ACTUALLY APPLIED TO EVERYONE, THE BILLS THAT TARGETED JUSTICE CITY, WE ACTUALLY, UM, DID BETTER ON, BUT THE BILLS THAT HAD EVERYBODY KIND OF WENT DOWN WITH EVERYONE ON THOSE PEOPLE'S, BUT LAST SESSION WAS A VERY ANTI SESSION.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA PROGRESS IN THAT SAME KIND OF TREND WITH THIS STUDY.
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NO, ARE DONE THE OUTCOME OF THE SPEAKER.I SHOULDN'T BE FOR THAT WAS, UH, WE HAD SPEAKER STRAUS AND, UH, FROM SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO HE REJECTED A LOT OF, FOR INSTANCE, ON REVENUE CAPS.
UM, AND SO WE DIDN'T SEE THAT GO THROUGH, SO IT'LL DEPEND ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I CAN RECALL A COUPLE THAT, THAT WERE RELATED TO, UM, LIKE PARKS AND WILDLIFE LAST SESSION, BUT DO YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LIKE WHAT, WHAT MAYBE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PATHS WERE RELATED TO PARKS AND WELL ON THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE? I, I VAGUELY REMEMBER A BILL OR TWO THAT PASSED CAUSE THEY HAD SOME MONEY TO HAND OUT, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN A SESSION.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY TO HAND OUT FOR DEFINITELY THEY HAVE TO PUT TWO TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE STATE OR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THEN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR GOALS THERE RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT HEARING YOU, YOUR SPEAKERS A LITTLE BIT MESSED UP.
UH, SO TH THE QUESTION WAS, DID THEY STILL DID PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT STILL GET, UH, THERE'S 40 GOOD STACKS.
YEAH, THE SPORTING GOODS TAGS.
I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND I CAN FOLLOW UP THROUGH EMAIL WITH YOU ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S FINE BECAUSE THEN THERE'S, NO, I DON'T REMEMBER THERE BEING A SET ASIDE PART OF THEIR LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM.
SO, I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I THINK I'M PRETTY SURE THAT, THAT THEY, THEY DID, WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS, BUT, UM, SOMETHING TO BE COGNIZANT OF FOR US, I GUESS, THE PARK LOVERS.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS, UM, SINCE, I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ANYONE, BUT, UM, FOR THE LAST SESSION, DID THE PARKS BOARD, UM, DO A RESOLUTION AT THAT TIME TO, TO ADD TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? NO, NO, NO, WE DID NOT.
UM, YEAH, I DID CHECK OUT THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LIST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ALL VERY IMPORTANT AND WARRANT ATTENTION.
UM, BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS PART WAS LIKE A LITTLE SAD TO LOOK AT FOR ME.
UM, CAUSE IT WAS JUST THE ONE THING.
SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN ADDING OR EXPANDING ON THAT.
UH, WHAT WAS THAT, ANNA? UM, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING UPON WHAT WAS IN THE WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WAS IN THAT LINK.
UM, BECAUSE JUST, JUST THE ONE BULLET SEEMED LIKE MAYBE WE COULD EXPAND ON IT OR ADD SOME THINGS TO IT, SO.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT THE PROPER WAY.
YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER COTTON.
CIBO I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PART YOU TALKED ABOUT.
THE I'M NOT ABLE TO GO IN AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY DO, DID THAT ACTUALLY GET PASSED THAT THE, THAT YOU COULDN'T GO AND LOBBY THE MEMBERS? I WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO THE BILL DID NOT PASS AS THE SENATE AND IT CAME DOWN TO VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, WHICH WAS THE LAST POSSIBLE PLACE YOU COULD KILL IT.
AND SO YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION.
AND IT, IT WAS, IT WENT, IT DIDN'T PASS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
UM, BUT WE EXPECT IT TO COME BACK.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION ON THIS IS IF, SO YOU, WE ALREADY HAVE A TEAM THAT LOBBIES FOR THE CITY, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMISSION MEMBERS COULD CONTACT OUTSIDE OF THAT AND, AND WORK LIKE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE WOULD GET INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD CONTACT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, DEFINITELY IN TERMS OF SPEAKING TO OUR DELEGATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, SO THERE ARE DELEGATION IS REALLY WITH US, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, REALLY THE HELP THAT WE NEED BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG DELEGATION IS, IS TRYING TO GET OTHER COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN TO TALK TO THEIR MEMBERS AS WELL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
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OF THIS.UM, AND GOING TO THE ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT WITHOUT, I DON'T KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO ASK IF WE CAN NOT, IF THE CITY CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR PARKS FUNDING.
CAN YOU KEEP US IN THE LOOP ON THIS? CAN WE GET IN THE LOOP ON THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA.
NOW I APPRECIATE IT EVERY GREAT JOB.
AND YOU'VE REALLY GOTTEN SOMEBODY UP IN FRONT OF SO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE SAME THING WITH ANNA PECAN, LAURA.
BECAUSE NOW I CAN KIND OF FOCUS IN BACK IN TO IT REALLY KIND OF SPEAKING TOWARDS LAURA AND HANNAH IN 2017 WAS MY FIRST SESSION AS A BOARD MEMBER.
UM, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING AFTER PARKLAND DEDICATION AND I WAS JUST PART OF THAT EFFORT.
AND I KNEW THAT SOME OF THE RHETORIC THAT WAS BEING USED IN ORDER TO KILL PARKLET AT DEDICATION, BUT SPECIFICALLY USING AUSTIN AS AN EXAMPLE, AND IT WAS INCORRECT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, RANDY SCOTT WAS TESTIFYING ON LIKE THE ACTUAL COMPONENT AND THEN I, THE GUY, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK THAT UP, JUST COINCIDENTALLY.
AND THEN, UM, IT WAS ALSO THE HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE THEY'RE GOING AFTER THAT.
AND, AND THAT WAS MORE OF A CONCENTRATED EFFORT, NOT WEARING A PARKS BOARD HAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WEARING A TREE HAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND FOLLOWING SOME OF THE LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH TEXAS, UH, MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF ANYTHING, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE PARKS.
UM, I THINK THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
AND, UM, IF FOR SOME REASON, I MEAN THIS RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BOND AND, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATION, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE ABLE TO LOBBY AS THE CITY RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ABLE TO AS BOARDING COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SETTEE, GO AHEAD AND TESTIFY.
AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE SENSE BECAUSE AUSTIN HAS A, YOU KNOW, A RED BULLS-EYE.
UM, AND SO IT'S VERY STRATEGIC.
AND SO I COULD APPRECIATE YOU BRI, WE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS COMMUNICATION MAY BE WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T SPEAK ENOUGH TO ANOTHER OTHER CITIES.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT W YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN MAYBE START FOCUSING ON, IS THERE ANY OTHER LIKE, ORGANIZED STRATEGIC EFFORT THAT WE CAN DO VERSUS US, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, I'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU GUYS KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS, WE WORK A LOT FOR INSTANCE, WITH, UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE GROUP.
IT'S DEFINITELY WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, UH, TO YOUR POINT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, LET'S GO BACK TO THE TREE LEGISLATION.
YOU WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT THAT BILL.
IT BASICALLY DOES FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCE IS WHAT IT ENDED UP DOING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT IT WORKED THE PROBLEM FOR THE HOME BUILDERS.
IT WAS REALLY OTHER CITIES THAT WERE MORE PROBLEMATIC.
UH, OFTEN THOUGH PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S AUSTIN, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH AN EASY TALE TO, AT A TIME OLD, TELL THE TALE, RIGHT.
BUT TO YOUR POINT ON PARKLAND DEDICATION, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME FINDING WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO ALERT THEM THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM AS WELL.
AND WE NEED THEM TO COME FORWARD AS WELL.
UM, SO I WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER TO, YOU KNOW, IF THE I'M KNOCKING ON WOOD, THAT WE DON'T HAVE IDENTIFICATION THIS SESSION.
UM, AND LUCKILY WE WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT A LOT LAST SESSION.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL, TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN A BILL'S MOVING ALONG, OR AS YOU SEE IT, I NEED YOU TO ALERT, UH, STARTED ALERTING, YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES AND SIMILAR SITUATED PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES AND COMMUNITIES.
CAUSE I THINK WHAT WHAT'S HARD IS IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES WE DO.
I GROW OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP THEM IN THESE MATTERS AND KNOW THAT THEM MAKING SOME PHONE CALLS TO THEIR STATE REP AND SENATOR CAN BE INVALUABLE.
CAUSE THERE'S STILL, SO YEAH, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS I HAVE LATER ON IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I WAS IMPACTED BY THE BILL LAST SESSION RELATING TO ANNEXATION.
THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LINKAGE, RIGHT.
PARTICULARLY ON, ON WHAT THE SBAS THAT AREN'T IN PLACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING WAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF A CHAIR IS ANY GROUP THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THIS POST ELECTION, MY VIEW, BECAUSE I'M DROWNING ON OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN A ONGOING ISSUE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN,
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UH, INVESTING.AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM A BREWERY, BUT AT SOME WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST AND IT'S HOT, LOTS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE.
THE CITY SPENDING, UH, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PROJECT DOLLARS ON, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN, HAD LIKE A LINE IN THE SAND.
AND SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH 23 OR 24, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS AISD SCHOOLS WE HAVE THIS PARTIAL OWNERSHIP WAS, WAS REALLY AWKWARD.
IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING WHEN WE DO MODERNIZATIONS, WE'VE DONE, THE DISTRICTS HAD DONE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONETIZATIONS, UH, THIS KNOW OUT OF THE 2017 BOND, PROBABLY BE MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, GOD-WILLING AGAIN, THE 2022, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THERE'S A 22 BOND.
AND SO LIKE HOW WE CAN FREE THAT UP.
AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BIGGEST ONE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S ALSO SAY IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A FUTURE BOND AND WE WANT TO, AND WE GET PERMISSION FOR AGREEMENT TO BUILD ON TEXTILE RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, SKATE PARK.
AND SO JUST TRYING TO FREE UP, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE, BECAUSE I JUST HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THESE ARE ISSUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I I'M PRETTY GOOD.
OR WITH LEGISLATION OR NOT LEGISLATORS, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE, LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, OUR STATE CODES AND I CAN'T PINPOINT WHERE THE ISSUES AT, OKAY.
I FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AT MY FOLLOW UP WITH THE NEWS GETS MORE CLARIFICATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK I HAVE, I HAVE ENOUGH, UH, KNOWLEDGE IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO BE DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW.
WELL, AND THEN I GUESS IN THE BIGGER PICTURE MAKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEEING, I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD SHAPE IF WE EVER GET IN A FINANCIAL POSITION IN THE CITY, I GUESS, NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WHERE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR LAST, YOU KNOW, UH, ASSIGNMENT WITH EL PASO AND THINKING ABOUT EL PASO AND LIKE, I THINK MAYBE 2013, WHEN I THINK IT WAS, MIGHT'VE BEEN 13 WHEN, UH, THE CITY AND COUNTY WERE TRYING TO DO A PARKS DISTRICT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS SESSION, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS AND, UM, COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL GAME PLAN IN THE FUTURE, IF, IF IT BENEFITS THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND THE CITY.
QUESTIONS FROM ME, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION BRIEF.
IS HE STILL HERE? CHAIR LEWIS.
HE WAS ON, AND THEN HE POPPED OFF.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM HIM.
WELL, I'LL JUST, UM, SO, WELL, THANK YOU.
THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION AND I, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR GOING DOWN THERE.
AND I KNOW LAST SESSION WAS, I'M SURE VERY, VERY STRESSFUL AND I, AND YOU GUYS KEPT ON GOING DOWN THERE DAY AFTER, DAY AFTER DAY.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL WHAT YOU, UM, YOU DID.
I HOPE THAT THIS UPCOMING SESSION WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I HOPE WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS YOU SAID, WITH THE ELECTIONS AND THE SPEAKER.
HAVE YOU, I KNOW NOW THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE STARTING TO REALLY FINALIZE, FINALLY, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT DOESN'T LOOK, I'M SORRY.
DO THEY? IT DOESN'T THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT? WELL, I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF ELECTION OUTCOMES, I MEAN, THE GOVERNOR STILL HAS TAKEN SUCH A LINE IN THE SAND ON HIS POLICE REFORM IDEAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO, HE'S GOING TO FILE THEM.
I JUST, I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.
AND, AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF CLAIRE, THAT ONE OF THEM WAS, WELL, IF A CITY D FUNDS, AS HE CLAIMS THAT WE DID THEM, THEN PARTS OF THIS CAN JUST FIX.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS OR JUST BLOCKS OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT JUST CYBER OUT.
UM, AND SO DEFINITELY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT, HOW A CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PARKS SERVICES AND THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT FOR A LIGHT OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM AND SAY, WELL, DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OR NOT? AND HERE YOU PAY THIS FEE, IF YOU DON'T, WE HAVEN'T SET THAT SYSTEM UP IN A PARK SYSTEM IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
AND WE JUST ALLOW EVERYONE TO USE OUR PARTS, RIGHT? WE, REGARDLESS, WHETHER YOU LIVE HERE OR NOT.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN BENEFIT
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FROM THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED AT ZILKER PARK AND OTHER RESOURCES WE HAVE HERE AT BARTON SPRINGS AND SO FORTH.UM, I KNOW DENOMINAL, WE CHARGE A FETUS TO SWIM IN BARTON SPRINGS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CHARGE A HUGE DIFFERENTIAL IF YOU'RE A CITY RESIDENT OR NOT, OR NOT, NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO ANYWAYS, MY POINT IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT KIND OF WORLD.
I MEAN, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE PRIORITIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT THEY DON'T VALUE THESE, THESE RESOURCES, THE WAY THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, AS ESSENTIAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE PROVIDE HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO, I MEAN, I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THOUGH BLOND, THAT BECAUSE BILL FILING HAS STARTED WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING.
LIKE I LAID OUT, I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME COVID PREEMPTION STUFF.
I THINK WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE SOME BILLS ABOUT, I'VE HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, UM, REGULATIONS AND SO FORTH, FURTHER RESTRICTING AND, AND, AND, UM, NAMING THE TIME THAT CITIES HAVE TO APPROVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BROADBAND DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE RURALS WANTING MORE BROADBAND, YOU KNOW, CITIES NEED MORE BROADBAND ACCESS TO, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS TOTALLY BEEN PRIVATIZED AND LEFT TO THE TELECOMS TO DO WELL.
TELECOMS ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART, OR THEY JUST HAPPY.
I MEAN, MAYBE THEY PLAN TO, AND THEY JUST HAVE SO, BUT THEY DO IT BASED ON WHERE THEIR SUBSCRIBERS ARCH.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ISSUES I KNOW OF SO FAR.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE BUDGET SESSION.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HORRIBLE TIME OF THE BUDGET.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE REDISTRICTING, THEY HAVE SCHOOL FINANCIAL, JUST PART OF THE BUDGET.
SO, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THIS AND NOT IF WANT TO, IF WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK, WHAT HAPPENS? THEY DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, SO IT'S, I WISH I HAD MORE TO GIVE YOU SO FAR.
THAT'S YEAH, IT BE THE ONE FOR THE BOOKS GUYS, IT'LL BE RIGHT.
WELL, WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THINGS GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, USED WHEREVER WE CAN BE MOST HELPFUL.
I THINK YOU HAVE SEVERAL OF US ON THE BOARD THAT WILL BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN ISSUES COME UP, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO REACH OUT TO THEIR NETWORKS AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LOBBY OR JUST GO DOWN THERE AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO PLEASE KEEP US POSTED YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO ME, TO SEE IF YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THIS TO GO BREATHE, DO YOU NEED HELP? AND I'LL TELL YOU TOO, WHERE I'LL GO.
OR, YEAH, I NEED YOU TO MAKE SOME CALLS OR SOME LISTS.
LET'S START LIGHTING FOLKS UP.
UM, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE ON YOUR END TO ALSO REACH OUT TO ME.
AND I KNOW I'M IN CONTACT BY A COUPLE OF HOURS, MAYBE COME WORK THE SESSION.
AND SO OF COURSE I'LL REACH OUT.
BUT IF I DECIDE TO, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN KIND OF NERVOUS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE WHOLE JOB REASONS, LIKE COVID BEING NUMBER ONE, BUT I'LL REACH OUT.
OTHERWISE YOU SAID THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INFORMATION THAT I DON'T HAVE.
SO TRUST ME, I NEVER, UM, GETTING I NEVER TOO MUCH INFORMATION AS A PROBLEM.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
SO MOVING ON, UM, NEXT IS A RECOMMENDATION
[B.2. Recommendation to the Parks and Recreation Department Director to approve the Pease Park Conservancy's request for an on-site recognition for considerable donations from The DeAngelis Family Foundation and “Friends of Pat Lochridge,” which will be used for the future operation and maintenance of the limestone entry wall and the basketball court respectively, located at Kingsbury Commons within Pease District Park. Presenter: Christine Chute Canul, Development Administrator, Parks and Recreation Department (PARD Long Range Plan Strategies – Operational Efficiency, Urban Public Spaces; SD23 Outcomes – Health & Environment, Government that Works for All)]
TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO APPROVE THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY'S REQUEST FOR AN ONSITE RECOGNITION FOR CONSIDERABLE DONATIONS FROM THE ANGELES FAMILY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF PAT ROCKRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LIMESTONE ENTRY WALL AND THE BASKETBALL COURT RESPECTIVELY LOCATED AT KINGSBURY COMMONS WITHIN PEACE, MR. PARK.AND DO WE HAVE, UM, KRISTEN, SHE KENNEL SHE HERE? YES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START ON THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO MY NAME IS CHRISTINE TO SEOUL AND I AM THE DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR HERE AT, UM, HARD.
I WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO SEEK TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON PARKLAND.
AND TODAY, UH, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY AND SOME OF THE, UH, WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING TO THIS SITE.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF PEACE PARK ON THE CALL AS WELL TO, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO DO THIS DEDICATION FOR.AND SO, UM, UH, NEXT SILENCE SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IS, UH, MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY IN COLLABORATION WITH PARD IS CURRENTLY LEADING A TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT PEACE PARK WITHIN THE KINGSBURY COMMONS, UM, AREA OF THE PARK, UH, IN TOTAL PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY HAS RAISED OVER $10 MILLION TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT THIS SITE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY SPRING, 2021 WITH THESE NEW AMENITIES, UH, THERE IS A LEVEL OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS EXPECTED AT THE SITE AND PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY.
UM, AND PART ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP TERMS FOR THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE SITE.
TODAY, WE ARE, UH, TALKING ABOUT TWO AMENITIES AT THE SITE AND THAT IS THE BASKET POLE BASKETBALL COURT AND ENTRY WALL.
SO, UM, IN THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS, THERE WILL BE A FULL-SIZE HIGH SCHOOL REGULATION BASKETBALL COURT.
I WILL SIT NEXT TO THE GREAT LAWN, UM, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE AN IMPROVED, UH, ENTRY WALL TO THE PARK WITH LIME SOUL STONE BLOCK ENTRY WALL THAT WILL SERVE AS AN INITIAL GREETING AND TO THE VISITORS OF THE PARK.
UM, NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE HERE IN THE PICTURE, IT, THE ARROWS KIND OF POINTING TO WHERE THESE TWO AMENITIES ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND HERE IS A RANGE OF, OF A BASKETBALL COURT AND THERE ISN'T, THERE WAS AN EXISTING BASKETBALL COURT SITE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE, THIS NEW BASKETBALL COURT WILL BE, UH, OF, UH, OF HIGH REGULATION SIZE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE SHADE NEAR THE SITE, UM, AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE MOVED, UH, FURTHER, UH, FURTHER FROM THE CREEK AREA OF THE PARK.
UM, THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE NEW INJURY WALL THAT WILL BE AT THE SITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, UH, UH, DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
NOW, THERE WILL BE A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS AROUND IT, LIGHTING, UM, AT THE LINES AROUND THE LIMESTONE, UM, AND ETCHING OF THE ARC NAME AT THE SITE.
SO THIS IS A KIND OF A BREAK DOWN OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASKETBALL COURT IS ABOUT 112,000.
UM, THE, THE LIFE OF THIS FEATURE IS 40 TO 50 YEARS AND THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OR 4,000 THE ENTRY WALL, UH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 60,000, THE ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE THAT FEATURES 40 TO 50 YEARS.
AND, UM, THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARE ABOUT $500 A YEAR.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR REST REQUEST FOR DEDICATION OF THE SITE.
UH, WE, THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WANTED TO, UH, GIVE DONATIONS, UH, IN THE NAMES OF TWO DIFFERENT FAMILIES AT, FOR THESE TWO IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SITE.
UM, THESE GIFTS WERE MADE AS A PART OF THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY'S KINGSBURY'S CUMMINS CAMPAIGN, UM, AND ARE FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE TWO FEATURES, UH, THE DEDICATION THAT WOULD BE AT THE SITE, UH, TO, FOR THIS, UH, UM, HONORING THIS, THE DONATIONS HERE AT THE SITE WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO FABRICATION AND WOULD BE DESIGNED WITHIN THE FEATURE.
HERE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE HEATH RIDDLES, UH, SANCHEZ, WHO IS THE CEO OF PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY.
UH, GOOD MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE, UH, HONORED AT THE SITES.
IS HE ABLE TO SPEAK NOW? OH, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
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AT PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY.UH, SO THE, THE, UH, THE BASKETBALL COURT, UH, IS, UH, AN, IS A MEMORIAL DEDICATION, UH, IN HONOR OF, UH, PATENT PAT LOCKRIDGE.
UH, A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS, BOTH, I GUESS, WERE ACTUALLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH, THROUGH COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL, UH, KNEW THAT HE WAS AN ARDENT LOVER OF BASKETBALL, UH, AND HE PASSED AWAY IN 2017.
UH, HE IS, UH, ONE OF THE, HE IS THE NAMESAKE PARTNER IN THE AWESOME OFFER MCGINNIS LOCKRIDGE, UH, AND, UH, A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY, I GUESS THEY STARTED OUT WITH A GOAL OF RAISING $150,000.
THEY HAVE NOW EXCEEDED $200,000, UH, TO RAISE MONEY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BASKETBALL COURT IN HIS MEMORY.
UM, THE, THE DONOR WALL IS, UH, IS FROM A FA UH, THE DEANGELIS FAMILY, UH, OF AUSTIN, UH, THROUGH A FAMILY FOUNDATION.
UM, KENDI ANGELES IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF AUSTIN VENTURES, AS IT SAYS HERE.
UM, HE IS, UH, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OTHER US VIC AND PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES, UH, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AND IS THE PAST CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR, UM, UM, HIGHT SCHOOLS.
UH, AND AS I SAID, THE GIFT IS MADE THROUGH A FAMILY FOUNDATION.
UM, THEIR GIFT IS, UH, $100,000, UH, AS CHRISTINE DISCUSSED BEFORE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE FOR THIS IS IT'S, UH, IT'S A, A BLOCK OF LIMESTONE, SO IT HAS LIMITED MAINTENANCE, UH, TO WHERE THIS GIFT WOULD SUFFICIENTLY COVER MAINTENANCE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SO I DID WANT TO JUST, UH, POINT OUT THAT, UH, PER CODE THAT THIS, UH, COULD BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT IT HAS BEEN CUSTOMARY FOR PART TWO, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY TO BRING THIS TO A PARP AND, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE DEDICATION AND CAN PROVIDE, UH, INPUT AND QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING ACTION THAT, UM, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO APPROVE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCIES REQUESTS FOR AN ONSITE RECOGNITION FOR CONSIDERABLE DONATIONS FROM THE DEANGELIS FAMILY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF PAT LOCKRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LIMESTONE ENTRY WALL AND THE BASKETBALL COURT RESPECTIVELY LOCATED AT KINGSBURY COMMENTS WITHIN PEACE, THE DISTRICT PARK.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IF I CAN SPEAK HOLD, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY, BOARD NUMBERS.
I NEED TO DO IT THAT WAY, BUT I, I COULDN'T UNMUTE.
SO COULD YOU JUST WAIT AND LET ME JUST GO DOWN MY LIST, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START WITH YOU.
UM, I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE LOCATION OF THESE MEDICATIONS AND THE SIZE OF THEM AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, IF, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, WE DID SHOW A, UM, A MAP THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE SITE.
UM, SO THE ENTRY WALL, WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT REAL QUICK.
THE ENTRY WALL WOULD BE THE, UH, THE ENTRANCE OF KEYS PARK AT PINKS PARK AT, IS IT PARKWAY TECH? I'M SORRY, IT'S THAT PARKWAY? YES, THAT'S A PARKWAY I PARKWAY.
AND SO THAT IS, IS THE, UH, YELLOW ARROW YOU SEE THERE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
UM, AND THEN YOU SEE TOWARDS THE TOP, THE OTHER, UH, SECOND YELLOW ARROW IS WHERE THE BASKETBALL COURT WILL BE LOCATED.
NOW, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE DEDICATION.
WHAT SORT OF THING ARE YOU FOR THE DEDICATION? UM, SO THEY, THEY WILL, UM, ACTUALLY CHUCK CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY, UM, HARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE DEDICATION FOR A PREVIOUS AMENITY AND THESE,
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UH, THE DEDICATION FOR THESE TWO AMENITIES WILL MATCH THOSE OTHER AMENITIES.AND CHUCK, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THOSE A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
SO YEAH, IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK IN THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S HERE, UM, THIS THE LITTLE BIT, THERE'S A SERPENTINE RIBBON WALL, WHICH IS THIS LITTLE WHITE SNEAKY LINE THAT MOVES THROUGH, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE, THE RENOVATION AREA.
UM, THE, THE RECOGNITION, THE DEDICATION, UH, FOR EACH OF THESE TWO FEATURES WOULD BE, UM, EDGED INTO ABOUT A THREE FOOT SECTION OF THIS LIMESTONE RIBBON WALL, UH, IN THE CASE OF, UH, THE ENTRY WALL, UH, IT WOULD BE ON THE RIBBON WALL NEAR, NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK, SORT OF NEAR TO WHERE THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, UH, MONUMENT ENTRY SIGN IS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE DEDICATION FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT WOULD BE ON THE RIBBON WALL, SORT OF IN THE AREA OF BETWEEN THE TWO CIRCLES OF, UH, OF THE RIBBON WALL YEARS, THE BASKETBALL COURT.
AND IT'S PRISTINE SAID THE, THE DESIGN AND THE STYLE, UH, OF EACH OF THESE TWO, THAT DEBT OF EACH OF THESE TWO DEDICATIONS, UH, WOULD CONFORM TO THE DESIGN PALETTE AND THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR THE FEATURES OF THE PARK.
LET'S SEE, UH, BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I WOULD ANSWER APPRECIATE IT.
SPEAKER'S A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT I THINK I GOT YOU SAID WHEN WE'RE DONE, I'M SORRY.
I'M WILLING TO MAKE THEM WHAT'D YOU PREFER? OKAY.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER DECARLO.
REMEMBER MRS. MURPHY? I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE SLIDE THAT SAYS THE NUMBERS AND THE BASKETBALL COURT ONCE 112,000 AND THE INTER WELL 60.
IS THAT BEING PAID FOR BY PART OR IS THAT BEING PAID FOR OUT OF BEDROOM DONATION? OKAY.
DO, DO YOU MEAN FOR THE, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMENITY THAT IS BEING PAID FROM THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY'S CAPITAL, UH, CAMPAIGN? UM, AND I THINK CHUCK, YOU CAN SAY THIS FOR SURE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S COMING FROM THE MOODY FOUNDATIONS, A LARGE GIFT TO THE, TO THE IMPROVEMENT.
THE GRANT FROM THE MOODY FOUNDATION PAYS FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE BALANCE OF OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IS, IS RAISING FUNDS FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, BOARD MEMBER FAUST, REMEMBER TAYLOR, SORRY.
UM, JUST, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE WALL.
IS THE WALL THERE FOR DESIGN PURPOSES OR WAS IT, IS IT BEING ADDED JUST TO DO THE DEDICATION? UH, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS THERE FOR DESIGN PURPOSES.
UH, UH, THE, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT CREATED IT, UH, CALL IT, UH, AN INTERPRETIVE RIBBON WALL.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION, OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR CALLS IT A SERPENT JEAN REVEREND WALL.
UH, IT'S DESIGNED FUNCTION, UH, AT, AT VARYING POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
UH, THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL BERRIES FROM BEING FLUSHED WITH THE GROUND, UH, TO A HEIGHT OF 18 INCHES.
UH, SO IN SOME, IN SOME PLACES IT SERVES AS A DIVIDER, UH, BETWEEN THE, THE, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PLAYGROUND AREAS.
UH, IT ALSO SERVES AS THE DIVIDER BETWEEN, UH, THE ADULT PLAY AREAS LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURT AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE YOUNGER KIDS CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS.
UH, SO IT'S BOTH IT'S IT'S, UH, IT WAS NOT, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY IT WAS NOT DESIGNED, UH, FOR DONOR RECOGNITION.
IT WAS DESIGNED, UH, TO BE A CANVAS UPON WHICH, UH, INTERPRETATION COULD HAPPEN TO WHERE WE COULD ADD INTO IT.
UM, UM, UH, FOSSILS AND, UH, ARCHEOLOGICAL THINGS THAT RELATE TO THE HISTORY OF THE PARK, AS WELL AS CULTURAL.
UH, AND THEN ALSO IT WAS TO SERVE, UH, SORT OF AS A DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS OF THE DESIGN.
SO IT'S KIND OF WEIRD IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S BOTH THE UNIFYING AS WELL AS THE DIVIDER
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BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT, UM, ROOMS OR SECTIONS WITHIN THE KINGSBURY COMMENTS.UM, BOARD MEMBER RINALDI, NO QUESTIONS.
AND BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, IS HE HERE? I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE HIM, BUT, UH, I THINK HE IS, BUT I THINK HE'S, UH, AS ONE OF THE ATTENDEES, LIKE GUY WAS EARLIER, OR THEY MAY HAVE JUST PUT, THEY PUT HIM BACK IN.
HE'S BACK, BUT WE REMEMBER MORE THAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LIKE, NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
WELL, WE'RE GLAD, YOU'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT.
I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE, LISTENING TO IT.
I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE BEEN CHECKED OFF, KICKED BACK.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE WITH WEBEX.
EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
SO IS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU, UH, CHRISTINE AND THAT IS, DOES PART HAVE STANDARDS FOR IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DONATE THIS AND THIS, THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN, WE, UM, CAN DO, OR IS IT ON A INDIVIDUAL PIECE BY PIECE BASIS? HOW IS THAT ESTABLISHED? YES.
UM, AND THEN, BUT EACH, OF COURSE, EACH SITE IS SO DIFFERENT.
EACH PROJECT IS ALWAYS SO DIFFERENT.
SO THE GUIDELINES HELP WITH, UM, GIVING, YOU KNOW, PARAMETERS TO THE POTENTIAL RECOGNITION.
UM, BUT THEN THE, THE DESIGN IS USUALLY SITE-SPECIFIC AND THAT GOES THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS, UH, WITH PAR EVERY, EVERY TIME.
SO IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PART SAYS, IF YOU DONATE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET RECOGNITION OR YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA, IF YOU DONATE LESS THAN THAT, YOU'LL YOU WON'T GET RECOGNITION.
SO BOARD CHAIR, THIS IS THE, THIS IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY.
SO THIS IS NOT, UM, THIS IS THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY PROCEED, RIGHT? SO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY OR ANY OTHER PARTNER THAT MIGHT HAVE A DONATION OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE VALUE IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR ENTITY AND FOR THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION.
SO WE, YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED AND, AND CHRISTINE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EACH OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH RECOGNITION.
AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TENTATIVELY SET.
AND SO, AS CHRISTINE WAS SAYING, WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE TENTATIVE GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY IS MAKING THOSE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS BASED UPON THE VALUE THAT THEY BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AMENITY.
AND I KNOW I AM A W I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE, THE Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT.
I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THIS POINT.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THEY DO, BUT IT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE LAND BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH ALL OF THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, AND DID YOU, THE ONE THING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE, THE RECOGNITIONS, THE PLOT, IS IT ANY TIME IT IS GOING TO BE PLAQUES? THEY, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, PRIOR TO, UH, DESIGN AND FABRICATION, THEY WILL PROVIDE THAT TO THE DIRECTOR FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO, UM, THE, SO PART HAS SEEN, UH, OTHER DEDICATIONS, BUT NOT THESE PARTICULAR, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THIS, UH, THIS MOVEMENT, THIS ACTION, AND THEN THEY WILL DO THE DESIGN AND, UH, PROVIDED TO HARDEN TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FABRICATION.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW, UM, I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA, DID YOU WANT TO MOVE ON THIS? HELLO? NO, IT'S
SO I I'M, I'M HAPPY TO OFFER THE MOTION OR I'M HAPPY TO OFFER A SECOND.
UM, BOARD MEMBER ACTUALLY SAID VACILLATING A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAQUE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S KIND OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN THOSE SAME PLAQUE THAT WAS OVER AT THE KINGSBURY COTTAGE.
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WHAT I HAD HEARD.WE'RE GETTING THE CONSISTENCY.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US AND WE'VE ACCEPTED IN THE PAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHAT I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT WITH TAKING SPARK CONSERVANCY, THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL FEEL OF THE PARK.
AND THEY'RE DOING THESE THINGS FOR A CAPITAL INVESTMENT INTO THE PARK AND NOT TO, NOT TO HAVE THAT OVERSHADOWED BY ANY MASSIVE SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PLAQUE.
AND SO I TRUST, UH, THE PARKS DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, TO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE SHARES THAT VISION AND, AND SAME WITH CHRISTINE AND THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THAT SAME MOLD.
UM, I WOULD SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
UM, I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON REALLY QUICK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, THE CHAIR HAD SAID CHART LEWIS HAD SAID, AND WE SOMETHING FOR IN RELATING TO THIS, IT WOULD BE GREAT, UM, TO SEE THE SORT OF SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MADE PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE ART AND THEIR OPPORTUNITY IS CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, NOT, NOT A DONE DEAL, BUT FOR SOME OF THEIR OTHER PARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES.
IT HAS THE NUDITY, YOU KNOW, GRANT FOUNDATION IN A VERY FLUENT AREA AS AN EFFLUENT BOARD.
UM, AND BUT ONE THING I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN DESIGNING THE SPACE TO BE WELCOMING TO ALL OF AUSTIN.
AND, UM, AND I CAN, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS LEARNED FRANKLY, FOR OUR OTHER PARKS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO, I WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY HAVE THAT ON, ON AN AGENDA ITEM IS TO REALLY FOLLOW UP, WHICH ARE LEWIS IS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION.
IN THE MEANTIME, I OFFER THIS MOTION.
IF I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO APPROVE THESE PARKS, CONSERVANCIES REQUESTS FOR AN ONSITE REC, UH, RECOGNITION FOR CONSIDERABLE DONATIONS FROM THE, THE ANGELES FAMILY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF PATTON LOCKRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LIMESTONE ENTRY WALL AND THE BASKETBALL COURT RESPECTABLY LOCATED AT KINGSBURY COMMONS WITHIN PEACE DISTRICT PARK.
AND BY BOARD MEMBER COTTON SEIBEL ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, I NEED YOU TO, AND SAMMY AND I BOTH MEET YOU TO PLEASE SAY, AYE, IF YOU HAD YOUR CAMERA ON, YOU CAN JUST HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
I, I, I'VE GOT MY LITTLE HAND ON THERE TOO, SO, OKAY.
SO BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR, DO YOU, I CAN'T SEE YOU.
I THINK, I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, OKAY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO, DOES THAT HELP? OH, OKAY.
WELL, YEAH, I'M JUST STILL NAVIGATING.
I'M NOT USED TO HAVE ACCESS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSED NOBODY'S OPPOSED, RIGHT.
SO MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, WHERE A MEMBER FOULS TO RECOMMENDATION
[B.3. Recommendation to the City Council relating to modifications to the bylaws of the Parks and Recreation Board. Presenter: Board Member Sarah Faust]
TO THE CITY COUNCIL RELATING TO MODIFICATIONS TO THE BYLAWS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.DO YOU HAVE A POWER POINT? I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU TOLD ME YOU DID OR NOT.
UM, LET ME APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW.
MY THREE-YEAR-OLD SON SHARED HIS COLD WITH ME.
UM, AND SO IF I COUGH OR SNEEZE OR ANYTHING, I'M JUST HAVE A MINOR CALLED, UM, EXCUSE ME.
SO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, BASICALLY TERMINATE OUR LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE AND REPLACE IT WITH A FINANCIAL COMMITTEE.
UM, SO IT CAME ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD MEETING, WHETHER OR NOT THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE WAS REALLY WORTH HAVING AN EXTRA STANDING COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DUPLICATION WITH FULL BOARD MEETINGS.
AND, UM, I THINK SO WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON IT AND THE, THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IT FURTHER AND THEN TAKE
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IT UP AT A LATER MEETING THAT DISCUSSION, UM, JUST KIND OF DOVETAILED WITH CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE PARKS BOARD REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SORT OF LIKE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, LOOKING INTO FUNDING AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.AND SO WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I DREW UP THIS PROPOSAL FOR, UM, REPLACING THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE WITH THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'S A REALLY SHORT PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH, UM, THE OTHER PARTS.
THE OTHER THING IN YOUR BACKUP THAT YOU SAW WAS, UH, A RESOLUTION AND A, UM, PROPOSED REDLINE OF THE BYLAWS.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
CAN WE SEE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? GOOD.
SO MY FIRST BULLET HERE JUST RECITES FOR YOU, UM, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE AND THE BYLAWS WITH THE CHARGE OF THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS TO SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY ON ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS OF THE PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THOSE SAME ITEMS. UM, SO, AND AS I SAID IN MAY, WE DISCUSSED THE CONTINUATION OR TERMINATION OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST GOES THROUGH KIND OF WHAT THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE MIGHT DO AND WHY WE WANTED TO CREATE IT.
THE FIRST BULLET LIST, JUST KIND OF EXTREMELY BROADLY OUTLINED CHALLENGES TO FUNDING, UM, PARKS AND RECREATIONS GOALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE LAW CHANGES TO OUR CONTROL OVER OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES, OBVIOUSLY IN COVID-19 WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT CLOSURES OF FEED GENERATING ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND SO, UM, I LIST SOME OTHER THINGS, POTENTIAL LOSS OF PARKLAND, DEDICATION THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WE KNOW THAT WE SAW THAT, UM, PROPOSED AND VOTED UPON, UM, IN THE SPRING AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION THAT IS ON HOLD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF IT BE, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE REENACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO BE AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THE NEXT BULLET, UM, I TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE NUGGET OF THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE FULL BOARD WOULD BENEFIT FROM A STANDING COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS THAT ARE ABLE TO ABLE TO DEVELOP A MORE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ON BUDGET ISSUES AND ADDITIONAL PART FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE BREADTH OF MATTERS THAT WE COVER AT THE FULL BOARD, UM, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, I THINK WE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE BUDGET WAS GIVEN I BELIEVE IN APRIL.
UM, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE DAY BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND, UM, THERE JUST, WASN'T A LOT OF TIME FOR, FOR INPUT.
AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THE IDEA IS NOT REALLY THAT, UM, WE, WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, CHECK THE MATH AND FIND, UM, AN AND B LOOKING FOR WASTE.
I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY MORE TO LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET.
MAYBE HAVE SOME MORE TIME TO LOOK AT UNMET NEEDS, UM, AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THE PARKS BUDGET AT, AT CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERESTS THAT ALIGN AND CAN JUST SORT OF LIKE NOT ONLY BOLSTER STAFF AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS, UM, BUT ALSO TO WORK WITH COUNCIL AND, AND OTHER GROUPS TO BE JUST ONE, ONE OTHER ANGLE OF SUPPORT AND, UM, ADVOCACY FOR THE PARKS BUDGET.
SO ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR WAS I'M NOT, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE I SAW IT, BUT AT SOME POINT I SAW A LIST OF, UM, DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT I BELIEVE THE PARKS IT WAS PRESENTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TOWARD ITSELF WAS PRETTY FAR DOWN THE SCHEDULE.
AND SO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WOULD, OR THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE WOULD IDEALLY GET TO START LOOKING AT THAT BUDGET MUCH EARLIER
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IN THE PROCESS WHEN THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE MORE OR, UM, MORE HELPFUL FEEDBACK.SO, UM, THE THIRD BULLET HERE KIND OF DESCRIBES THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE THINKING, WHICH IS AFTER THE COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED.
UM, THEN WE WOULD SIT AND LOOK AND SET AN ANNUAL AGENDA FOR ITSELF EACH YEAR.
AND THE AGENDA WOULD OUTLINE KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'D HAVE, UM, LOOK AT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT FEES THAT ARE CHARGED BY PARD, JUST KIND OF A HOLISTIC LOOK INSTEAD OF ONE AT A TIME AS THEY COME UP ON DIFFERENT MATTERS.
UM, WE WOULD LOOK AT PROPOSALS FOR GENERATING FUNDS TO BE USED FOR PARKS IN PARKS ACQUISITION, AND FOR PARKS PROGRAMS. SO THESE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T CURRENTLY HAD A FORUM TO REALLY DEVELOP AND LOOK AT AND PUT FORWARD.
AND THERE MIGHT BE THINGS I UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ITSELF HAS A LOT OF RESEARCH AND IDEAS ON THIS AND THEY PRESENTED SOME OF THEM TO COUNCIL AND, UM, IT JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE AND, AND WHERE WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A RUN AT PUTTING THOSE, UM, FORWARD TO CITY AGAIN.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, UM, AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS, UH, RESERVED FOR THE PART PROPOSED BUDGET TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, PRIOR TO THE CONSIDERATION AT THE FULL BOARD, UM, SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, UH, WE'RE HAVING OUR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, UM, WHILE WE FILL IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND THEN, SO THE PROCESS FOR THIS IS THAT IF THE PARKS BOARD, UM, ONCE TO CREATE THIS FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, THEN WE'LL MAKE, PASS THE RESOLUTION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO THE STAFF WILL FORWARD THE BYLAW AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY'LL PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THEIR MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, MAYBE NOVEMBER 18TH.
UM, AND AT THAT MEETING, I BELIEVE THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
I'M NOT SURE ON THIS PROCEDURE AS WELL AS, UM, CONSIDERING THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO JUST, UH, ONE OTHER POINT I'LL RAISE IS LIKE THE MAIN QUESTION I'VE GOTTEN IS, UM, DOES THIS OVERLAP WITH THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE? AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT DOES.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE INTENTION IS CERTAINLY THAT THE CONTRACTS AND CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE WOULD RETAIN ITS JURISDICTION OVER, UM, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, UM, AWARDS OF CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT MATTERS THAT IT LOOKS AT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE WAS EVER ANY QUESTION, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, COULD BE DEALT WITH WITH THE BOARD CHAIR, UM, DETERMINING WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO LOOK AT SOMETHING.
AND, UM, AND THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, I THINK THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE WILL SORT OF BE SETTING A LOT OF ITS OWN AGENDA.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T SEE AS MUCH, UM, POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAP, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EASILY WORK THROUGH.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT.
I DIDN'T PUT THE RED LINE OF THE BYLAWS OR THE RESOLUTION ON THE SLIDE MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO, I GUESS, OCEAN BEFORE DISCUSSION, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE CHAIR TO DO NO, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A REALLY, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
AND I'M GOING TO START WITH THE CURRENT TIER OF THE LAND AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO GET HIS THOUGHTS.
REMEMBER, MORGAN, I THINK YOU'RE ON A BIT THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS WHOLE IDEA CAME UP IN MAY, UM, BUT WELL, IT CAME UP, I CAN'T BEFORE THEN, UM, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, AT LEAST MY TENURE ON THE, ON THE PARK AND REC BOARD, UH, THE LAND FACILITY AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE HAS NOT HAD AS MANY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY MEETINGS AS CONTRACT AND CONCESSIONS HAS HAD THIS PLACE THAT WAY.
UM, I MEAN, WE, WE DEALT WITH, WE HAD THIS YEAR ONE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND NOVEMBER, BUT, BUT PART OF, PART OF WHAT WE'VE DEALT WITH HAS BEEN, UM,
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CHAPTER 26 ISSUES ABOUT USING PARKLAND FOR THINGS PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, WASTEWATER DETENTION, I MEAN YEAH.OR WASTE, UH, ANYWAY, AND, AND WE'VE HAD, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS ON PROPOSED, UM, DESIGNED DEVELOPMENTS, UH, VARIOUS PARKS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN, ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
THE GROVE BEING ONE THAT I, A MAJOR ONE AND, AND, UH, JOHN TREVIÑO, UH, DISTRICT PARK THAT WE, WE HAD, UH, W THAT WAS, CAME TO US FIRST BEFORE IT CAME TO THE FULL BOARD.
BUT INVARIABLY, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COME TO THE, OUR COMMITTEE ULTIMATELY GO TO THE FULL BOARD, EITHER AS A CONSENT OR NON-CONSENT ITEM.
NOW, GRANTED IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND ASKING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT IN SOME CASES HAVE HELPED STAFF, UH, REFINE THEIR PRESENTATION, NOT CHANGE IT, BUT REFINE IT.
SO IT'S AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE THAT LOOKED AT IT.
SO MY POINT IS THAT IT'S IT'S MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH ULTIMATELY IS ENDED UP COMING TO THE BOARD OR SOME CONSIDERATION BOUGHT UNDERSTANDING OF ITS HISTORY.
IS THAT PART OF WHAT THE REASON THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED WAS BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS COMING TO THE BOARD AND THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND IT MIGHT, AND, AND IT MIGHT'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE ITEMS BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE BOARD TO HELP REFINE CRITIQUE, UH, RAISE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S KIND OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT THAT COMMITTEE TO START WITH.
IT WAS ON, IT WAS THERE BEFORE, UH, I CAME ON THE BOARD AND I WAS ASKED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, WITH CHANGING, UH, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATING THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT I THINK, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE BUDGET ISSUES, WE'VE ALSO WHEN IT'S HAPPENED, WHEN IT'S, WHEN THE STAFF BUDGETS COME TO US, IT'S USUALLY WE'RE AT THE BACK END OF WE'RE IN, WE'RE AT THE BACK SEAT OF THIS WHOLE THING.
AND A LOT OF US HAVE HAD QUESTIONS THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF, OF, OF, UH, UH, OF CHANGING.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER, MASON MURPHY.
YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL, I THINK.
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, UM, FOR MEMBER MORGAN, THAT BY THE TIME IT CAME TO US, IT'S, IT IS NICE TO HAVE A SMALL GROUP, UM, ASK THE QUESTION, BUT BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US, IT'S ALREADY SO FAR DOWN, WE'RE JUST ALMOST THE PREVIEW FOR WHAT YOU GET AT JORDAN, HOW IT FELT, UM, TO SH PATCHED HERE.
AND, UH, WELL, I GUESS THE YEAR BEFORE, NOW THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD ONLY HAD ONE, BUT, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I THINK WHAT IT MADE ME THINK OF WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO WHAT BOARD MEMBER FAUST IS, AND TO BE PROACTIVE, TO PROACTIVELY DIVE IN ON THE FINANCIAL PIECE AND SAY, OH, WOW, HAD YOU CONSIDERED LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY? YOU KNOW, UM, WE ALL BRING A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FOR ME HAS BEEN MISSING IS HOW CAN WE BE PROACTIVELY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT'S REALLY COHESIVE, THAT FEELS REALLY COHESIVE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT BEING PROACTIVE FINANCIALLY AND BEING PROACTIVE ON AN ENGAGEMENT SIDE, THEN THERE'S A MOMENTUM THAT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT WORK.
SO BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR, YOU WERE ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, YES, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE AND I, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UH, THAT MAYBE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MAKES MORE SENSE.
AND I THINK BOARD MEMBER, COTTON SEIBEL, YOU'RE ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID.
I THINK THE IDEA THAT BOARD MEMBER FAUST HAS PUT FORWARD IS A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE LAND FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
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AND, AND WE MIGHT EVEN GET SOME OF THE SAME, I MEAN, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF THIS, SOME ISSUES MIGHT EVEN CROSS OVER AND BE FINANCE ISSUES.SO I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
OKAY, SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON BOARD MEMBER RINALDI.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, NO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND I, UM, SUPPORT THE BYLAW AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED IN THE RED LINE DOCUMENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS OR QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA FROM EVERYONE'S EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS.
SO, AND I KNOW BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA THAT YOU WERE, UM, ON BOARD WITH THIS, FROM THE START.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY THING TO ADD OR, YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.
I LOVE MANY OF Y'ALL REMEMBER BACK IN EARLY 2009, I HAD A RESOLUTION TO ON SUMMER CAMPS, A BUDGET ITEM, AND A LOT OF Y'ALL WERE HERE.
SO YOU REALLY WEREN'T PART OF THE BOARD WHERE WE HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR IT.
AND SO IT KIND OF, IT HELPS DO THAT INFORMATION COMPONENT, THAT INFORMATION EXCHANGE, AND, UM, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE USEFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO'S NOT EVEN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE WHEN THEY CAN GO BACK.
WHEN THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION AND LOOK AT A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE SIX MONTHS AGO AND SEE WHAT WAS COVERED, UM, OR IF IT'S A NEW BOARD MEMBER ON-RAMPING AND TO GET FAMILIAR WITH A PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THEN JUST ULTIMATELY THE MAIN GOAL FOR ME.
AND I, I THINK, UH, BOARD MEMBER FILES SHARES, THIS IS THE ADVOCACY, WHERE ARE YOU SEEING THE DELTA, YOU KNOW, THAT DELTA BETWEEN WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE COULD BE, IF THERE WAS A, JUST A ENOUGH LIGHT FOCUSED, JUST ENOUGH LIGHT.
AND BECAUSE POLICY MAKERS HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE, THAT IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT THESE QUICK WINS.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS GREAT, THESE QUICK WINS FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT THE POLICY MAKER, YOU KNOW, COULD, CAN WAVE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M AT.
SO I'M VERY, I'M VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY, UM, OVERLAP BETWEEN CONTRACTS, CONCESSIONS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IS AS GOING THROUGH A BUDGET, UH, SORT OF DISCUSSION AND BE LIKE, HEY, THERE MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OR CONCESSION OR CONTRACT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE IN PLACE.
LIKE LET'S MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND PRINT IT OVER TO THE COMMITTEE CONTRACTS, CONCESSIONS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND THEN US COMING BACK KNOW WITH, WITH SOMETHING.
SO I THINK IT WILL WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BENEFIT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPLIT THE WORKLOAD A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I MEAN, I THINK LANDON FACILITIES IS IF REALLY NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME MEETING AND GOING OVER THINGS, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME AS BOARD MEMBERS.
I ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALSO DUPLICATION OF EFFORT FOR STAFF.
THEY HAD TO GO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO ATLANTA FACILITIES AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE IT TO THE BOARD.
AND SOMETIMES THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IN LANHAM FACILITIES WHERE THE PERSON, IT WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A PARK PLAN FOR THE, OR A MASTER PLAN FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S A PARK THAT WAS IN SOMEBODY'S DISTRICT, THAT WASN'T ON LAND AND FACILITIES, AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO WEIGH IN BEFORE THE LAND AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE VOTED.
SO THERE'S JUST LOTS OF PIECES OF THAT.
AND I THINK SINCE DURING MY TENURE ON THE BOARD, ONE THING THAT I HAVE DEFINITELY COME TO REALIZE IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON FUNDING AND BUDGET BECAUSE THE EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALWAYS STRUGGLING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING.
AND IF WE CAN USE OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR BUDGETS, SUPPORT BUDGET, IF THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT CREATIVE STRATEGIES, I'VE KNOW STAFF HAS DONE SOME REALLY GOOD WORK ON THIS TOO.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE EXTRA WORK FOR STAFF, BUT I THINK IT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK IT WOULD IN THE LONG RUN, IT WOULD BE REALLY, I THINK, BENEFIT THE PARTS DEPARTMENT.
SO I THINK IT'S A, UM, I'M ON BOARD AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MEMBERS, IT'S KIMBERLY MCNEALY.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOAL OF THE NEXT FIGHT AND IN FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT WILL STEER ME AND I WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T, I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS IN THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ON THE NOVEMBER MEETING, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY STAND ME AND I CAN DEFINITELY TAKE
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A LOOK AT WHAT THE NEXT MEETING IS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU SO THAT, UM, YOU'LL YOU'LL KNOW WHEN THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY, I JUST, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THE 12TH BECAUSE I JUST DON'T, I DON'T GET TO MANAGE THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA.SO BOARD MEMBER FILES, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOUR RESOLUTION? UM, SURE.
ARE YOU SEEING, UH, PROCEDURALLY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
I'LL MOVE APPROVAL TO, UM, READ IT, UH, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD RELATED TO AMENDING ITS BYLAWS TO TERMINATE THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND ESTABLISH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND I BELIEVE THE BYLAWS AMENDMENT, THIS IS ACTUALLY MEANT TO THE RESOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND REMEMBERING? YEAH.
ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON, UH, I'LL HAVE TO CALL ON YOU, BUT IF I'LL GET THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY, I CAN SEE, I CAN SEE EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR, SEIPEL COTTON SEIBEL.
AND REMEMBER MORGAN DISAPPEARED AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO TAYLOR, ARE YOU A YAY OR NAY? YES.
AND BOARD MEMBER CUT AND CYBIL YAY.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THIS, UM, SEMI AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO BOARD MEMBER TAYLOR TERRIBLY WITH OREGON.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN IS ON THE PHONE.
I THINK HE HAS CALLED BACK IN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BOARD MEMBER MORGAN DAWN? THIS IS KIM.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE'S, BUT I, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND BOARD MEMBER MORGAN TO SEE IF HE WAS, UM, CAN HEAR ME, BUT MAYBE NOT.
SO I THINK HE'S IN THE ATTENDEES.
MAYBE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LET HIM IN TO THE PARTICIPANTS, I THINK.
CAUSE THERE'S A PHONE CALL AND THE ATTENDEES, IF YOU DO THE ATTENDEES CHAIR, WASN'T THERE.
UM, HE'S NOT WAITING TO BE ADMITTED.
UM, AND HE'S NOT ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THIS.
SO, SO, UM, SO WE CAN MOVE ON, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER FAUST.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ONE REALLY QUICK THING TO, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY.
I CAN NOT RECALL AT ALL WHERE THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION CAME FROM.
YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CORRECT, BUT THERE WAS SOME, UM, SOME SENSE THAT THE NOVEMBER, THIS NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OFTEN FINANCE WAS FOR SOME REASON, THE LAST CHANCE TO GET A BYLAW AMENDMENT DONE, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS LIKE, WHAT YOU KNOW IS, AND I REMEMBER YOU MENTIONING THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
AND I THINK ORIGINALLY, I THINK IT ORIGINALLY CAME FROM ME FROM AN OLD MEANING AND IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN WHERE WE WERE AT BACK IN LIKE 2016 OR 15.
SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN TIED TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S, I KNOW IT CAME FROM ME BECAUSE I HAVE A KIND OF A SCHEDULE WHEN THINGS NEED THAT PERCEIVED TO HAVE HAPPENED.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CORRECT OR NOT.
THE EFFECTIVE WORKING FROM WERE ADOPTED, LIKE IN NOVEMBER OF 2016.
UM, ANYWAYS, JUST TO SAY, YOU MIGHT LIKE CHECK ON THAT FIRST AND AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, DO YOU ABSOLUTELY PLEASE KNOW SAMMY'S ALREADY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION THEN WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A SURPRISE TO, TO THE GROUP.
IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T CONTROL THEIR AGENDA AND I, I, AND I'M, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN DO.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT WE CAN DO.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OUT, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL AS THOUGH WE HAD DISAPPOINTED YOU THAT'S ALL, BUT WELL, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND WE'LL GET A COMMUNICATION TO EVERYBODY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, WE ARE JUST MOVING ALONG, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND WE, BECAUSE WE ARE DOWN TO, UM, OR MEMBER DIPLOMA'S
[B.4. Recommendation to the City Council and City Manager relating to the use and renewal of Strategic Partnership Agreements with Municipal Utility Districts and Limited Districts for the maintenance, operation, fees, and public access of public parkland including trails. Presenter: Board Member Richard DePalma]
RECOMMENDATION.NOW, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST? OR YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE WANTING TO JUST DO A BRIEFING TONIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR MEMBER DIPLOMA
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ORIGINALLY, IT WAS A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AS HOW I HAD HAD SUBMITTED IT AND IT'S COMING TO RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHICH IS FINE.THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS ARE OUR LITTLE, OUR LITTLE CHALLENGING, BECAUSE WHERE WE WERE AT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT YOU GREW, WHAT YOU HEARD FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, UM, AND ITS IMPACT ON ANNEXATION, BUT IT'S STILL A WORTH HAVING ON THIS CONVERSATION.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO A PRESENTATION AND LET YOU ALL SIT WITH IT, BUT THEN ASK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE TO BE A GREAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL JOB, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST PUTTING TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS RESOLUTION.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T DONE ONE YET.
UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOU KNOW, MY, MY TERM ON THE BOARD WILL NOT CONTINUE ON FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE NOT MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE ON THIS BOARD.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCES TOO.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TO DO THE PR, THE REC, UH, THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
IF I HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK ON IT WITH ME, AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AND THIS IS ALL SOUNDS VERY VAGUE BECAUSE I NEED TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND KIND OF BILL
SO DO YOU WANT, SO HIS, JUST TO, TO CLARIFY HIS, HIS, UM, DEALING WITH, UH, THE USE AND RENEWAL, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS AND LIMITED DISTRICTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION FEES AND PUBLIC ASSETS OF PUBLIC PARKLAND, INCLUDING TRAILS THAT THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT RELATED TO THE RIVER PLACE INCIDENT, CORRECT.
I MEAN, IT'S A, A GREAT, UH, CASE STUDY.
SO IF I GO AHEAD AND PUT UP THE PRESENTATION, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE AB TEAM Y'ALL ARE OKAY.
SO YEAH, WHAT A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS, IT'S WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AN ANNEXATION PROCESS AND I MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT WRONG, BUT I THINK MOST PART I'VE GOTTEN A RIDE SAID HE GOES THROUGH ANNEXATION PROCESS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THE ENTITY WHO IS BEING ANNEXED, IT USUALLY IS THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT SAYS, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, CAN WE, CAN WE WORK SOMETHING OUT? AND SO THE CITY SAYS, YEAH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY DECIDE WE CAN, WE CAN WORK.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.
AND, AND SO WHAT WE HAD COME UP WITH IS A LIMITED DISTRICT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE AUTHORITY HAS GIVEN IN THE PAST BY THE CITY AS, UH, ANY OF THE HOME RULED CITIES.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AS THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ON FUTURE ANNEXATIONS WHERE IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS IT SPECIFICALLY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMENT WHERE I LOOK AT A COMMENT FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, WHEN THEY DID ANALYSIS POST THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DOESN'T IMPACT CURRENT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE, OH, ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO REALLY WHAT IT IS THERE WE HAVE AS PARKS FOLKS, A DEEP LOVE FOR PUBLIC SPACES.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE FROM TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS OR YOU'RE A PARK ADVOCATE, UM, HAVING ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC PARKS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US.
AND ANOTHER THING THE LEAST MEANS TO ME IS ENSURING THAT THERE'S FAIR ENOUGH FAIRNESS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY ON WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE VERSUS WHAT ANOTHER COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ON FAIRNESS, IF I CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO HERE, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISSUE.
AGAIN, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH LINWOOD DISTRICT, NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL, AND IT'S THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AND THROUGH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A LIMITED DISTRICT, WHICH WAS, IS A MUD THEN KATRINA AND BERNIE TO LIMITED DISTRICT NEXT SLIDE, AND RIGHT THERE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS RIVER PLACE TRAIL.
SO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, WE'LL SAY THE CASE STUDY THAT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION ON THIS WAS, UH, IN 2019, FOR THOSE ARE FAMILIAR RIVER PLACE, LIMITED DISTRICT DECIDED TO INVOKE A $10 FEE PER DAY HIKER AND PER ANIMAL AT THAT POINT, AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME.
AND, UM, AND IT WAS FREE FOR THE LIMITED DISTRICT MEMBERS.
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EVERYBODY'S FREAKING OUT $10 OR, OR HIKER, YOU KNOW, NEVER HAVEN'T SEEN STUFF LIKE THAT.AND SO WHAT, YEAH, W THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE, THEY DID THE $10 FEE PER, YOU KNOW, PER PERSON AGENT FOR PEOPLE 13 YEARS AND UP, INCLUDING THE PET ON, YOU CAN BUY AN ANNUAL PASS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AT $400 A YEAR.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THEY DID OFFER A TRAIL FREE TO ALL USERS FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH AN ACCESSIBLE TIME OF THE DAY.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE VIEWING HERE IS SOME IMAGES OF BURGER PLACE.
AND SO THIS WAS, THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
THIS IS ON A SATURDAY TWO AND A HALF WEEKS BEFORE THE FEE WAS INITIATED AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS, UH, THAT WENT TO GO WALK THE PARK AND OUR WALK, THE TRAIL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, CALCULATE THE DOLLARS RIGHT THERE.
IT PROBABLY WAS POST THE FEE, YOU'LL SEE A BOARDWALK ON THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, UH, THAT WAS PAID FOR, FOR, BY THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AND WHO HAD PAID WELL, THE LIMITED DISTRICT HAD RECEIVED $500,000 FROM THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE PART OF THEIR, THEIR LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THEY RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL MONIES FROM LCRA.
AND ULTIMATELY THE WHOLE THING WAS PART OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE NEXT SLIDE, I, I, AGAIN, ANOTHER, ANOTHER GROUP.
AND BY THE WAY, I DID TALK TO THESE FOLKS AS THEY WERE WALKING THROUGH, UM, ALL THESE FOLKS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH, HE DID NOT LIVE IN THE LIMITED DISTRICT, BUT, UH, THIS WAS A REGULAR GROUP THAT WENT TO THE OTHER ONE, WAS ADDRESS A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE ALL OVER AUSTIN.
UH, THEY LIVED, I THINK, ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU'RE AT NEXT SLIDE.
THE LIST FAMILY WAS FROM COLLEGE STATION IN TOWN.
SO THE OUTCOME IN THE RIVER CASE THAT RIVER PLACE CASE STUDY IS THAT THEY RECEIVED A TON OF NEGATIVE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIVE IN THE LIMITED DISTRICT.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THEY GOT SOME BAD PRESS, WHICH I DIDN'T CAPTURE ON HERE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN 2019 SEPTEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD SAID, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF WE GET, WELL, BASICALLY IT WAS JULY 23RD, 2019.
UH, THEY HAD SENT A LETTER LIMITED DISTRICT AS PARKS AND WILDLIFE THINKING THAT, UM, THEY WOULD NEED TO PAY BACK BASICALLY THE $500,000, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE FEES BECAUSE THEY W GUIDELINES, STATES A DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RESIDENTS, INCLUDING PREFERENTIAL RESERVATION, MEMBERSHIP, OR ANNUAL PERMIT SYSTEMS IS PROHIBITED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM ASSISTED PROPERTY, EXCEPT EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT REASONABLE DIFFERENCES IN ADMISSION OUT OF THEIR FEES MAY BE MAINTAINED ON THE BASIS FOR RESIDENT NEXT LIFE AND, UH, BACK, YOU KNOW, AND SO A YEAR GOES BY FEES ARE STILL AROUND, AND THEN THERE'S A COMMUNICATION TO THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE BOARD SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY FINALLY SAID, YES, THEREFORE YOU GOT BACK TO AUGUST 17, 2020, THE DISTRICT WILL NO LONGER CHARGE AN ACCESS FEE TO ANY PERSON WISHING TO UTILIZE THE GRANT FROM THE PORTION OF THE TRAIL, LITTLE FERN TRAIL, OUR DISTRICT WILL REEVALUATE CONTINUE TO ENFORCE ACCESS FEE THAT THE BOARD BELIEVES IS REASONABLE FOR THE USE OF COVETED UPPER TRAIL, FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT DID NOT RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEN THEY GO ON TO, AS WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 12TH, 2020, THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO INCREASED PERSONNEL DEMAND, WHICH WILL IN TURN FORCE THE BOARD TO INCREASE THE ACCESS TO THAT PORTRAYAL.
UH, AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THAT AS PUBLICIZED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH OR ON COMMUNITY IMPACT, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS WAS AS OF THE 23RD, YOU SEE THE FEE ON HERE, UH, YOU SEE THE TRAILS AND YOU DON'T SEE A BREAKING OUT SAYING, NO, THESE TWO ARE FREE.
AND THIS ONE IS NOT, UM, I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
I LISTENED TO A JULY 28TH, 2020 BOARD MEETING, WHERE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID THE TRAIL IS, IS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO THAT IS A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON PUBLIC LANDS.
THEN, THEN I, THEN I FEEL LIKE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW DOES THIS COME INTO PLAY WITH, YOU KNOW, USING
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THAT AS A CASE STUDY AND LOOKING AT THE LENS ON HOW DO WE PREVENT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS.AND SO, YEAH, LOOKING AT OUR CHARGE AND THE BOARD DEFINITELY HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT, WEB PROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL LANDS AND FACILITIES.
NOW IT SAYS MANAGED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO KEEP THAT IN THE MANAGED PARK, IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, THE BOARD SHALL PROMOTE CLOSE COOPERATION WITH CITY AND ALL PRIVATE SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES INTER INTERESTED IN CONDUCTING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SO THAT THE RECREATIONAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY MAY BE COORDINATED TO SERVE THE GREATEST PUBLIC WELFARE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CHARGE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY CHARGE FEES? AND SO, YES, THIS IS UNDER THE WATER CODES STRANGELY, NOT THIS WHERE LIMITED DISTRICT, UH, STATUTORY AUTHORITY COMES FROM, AND A DISTRICT MAY CHARGE FEES DIRECTLY TO THE USERS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND TO WATER AND WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS TO THE DISTRICT TO PAY FOR ALL OR PARTS OF THE COST OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
SO PARKER ALL SO NEXT, AND THEN TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, WEIGHS IN ON, AND THIS IS ON THEIR OVERALL REVENUE MANUAL FOR THEM, FOR THE STATE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR ON THE FEES YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, USER FEES SHOULD BEAR SOME RELATION TO THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING A SERVICE.
SO THEY WILL BE RAISED $50,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE, THE COST OF THE PERSONNEL MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ITEMS RELATING TO THE OPERATING A CITY BULL IS SOMEWHERE IN $50,000 RANGE, WHICH AT THE UV ELITE CLEARLY ILLEGAL, NOT ATTACKED.
AND SO HERE WAS AN AUGUST SIX AND, AND THIS IS WHERE IT COMES BACK TO PARKS BECAUSE IT WAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS EMMA LONG PARK, IN WHICH, IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS CASE, THIS CASE STUDY, THAT RIVER PLACE HAD REFERRED TO, UH, THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR THEIR LOCAL PARK AND GRANTS PROGRAM THAT, HEY, SEE, WORKABLE, REASONABLE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MARRYING THE CITY OF BOSTON.
AND SO, SO WHERE IS WHERE THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR RESIDENTS? A FEE IS CHARGED TO NON-RESIDENTS NON-RESIDENTS WE CANNOT EXCEED FEES, CHARGED FOR RESIDENTS AT A COMPARABLE STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND THEN THEY CITE EMMA LONG.
AND SO JUST FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THE GET MEMBER, THIS IS $10, A PERSON, $10 A DOG, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME OF AUGUST, 2019.
AND SO HERE, EMMA LONG, WE HAVE $5 A CAR, UH, $10 A CAR FRIDAY, SUNDAY, AND YOU CAN HAVE A VEHICLE UP TO 18.
PEOPLE CAN HAVE A DOLLAR TO WALK IN BIKING, GRAND CANYON WITH THAT, AND THERE'S $20 A PERSON.
SO JUST KIND OF WEIGHING WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS REASONABILITY, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW DO WE FIX THE ISSUE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN? UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY I CAN THINK OF, AND THAT'S REALLY THE CODIFY BASIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
UH, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT LANGUAGE AND, YOU KNOW, TANGLEWOOD LIMITED DISTRICT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND FRED MORGAN, YOU KNOW, ANDERSON, NO LIMITED DISTRICT ADD THAT LANGUAGE.
SO THERE THERE'S MINIMAL STANDARDS THAT THEY MUST MEET AND THAT RIVER PLACE RESIDENTS CAN GO ENJOY THOSE FACILITIES WITH THOSE STANDARDS, BUT VICE VERSA.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO WHY DO PEOPLE GO INTO THE LIMIT DISTRICT? AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAS CHANGED BECAUSE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT THIS IS THE ANDERSON MILL.
THIS IS RIGHT FROM THEIR WEBSITE.
AND IT WILL QUESTION WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE IN A LIMITED DISTRICT? AND SO THIS WAS THEIR OPINION.
UM, AND I GUESS STILL ISN'T, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE SHOULD DEPEND ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES, OR THE TEXT WOULD BE TOO MUCH THAT WAY.
MANY OF OTHER RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE FREQUENT USERS OF BARKER BELIEVES IN PROGRAMS, SEE THE VALUE IN THE LIMITED DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT OF OUR PARKS, SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S REALLY YET RIGHT.
AND SO YOU'RE GETTING THERE GETTING, YOU'RE GETTING A VALUE OF DOING THAT MANAGEMENT.
YOU WANT TO SEE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, MAYBE YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE THE MEDIUMS MODE MORE OFTEN, OR THE GRASS AND OTHER MORE OFTEN.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OR THE PROGRAMMING IMPROVED, BUT NEXT TIME.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF TANGLEWOOD FOREST LIMITED DISTRICT.
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THE ORIGINAL SBA IS THERE.YOU SEE THE TIMELINE THERE AT 97 RENEWED IN 2007 IN 2017.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING I NEED TO ADD.
UH, THEY, THEY ARE RENEWED EVERY 10 YEARS BY THE TERMS, UH, AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED WHEN THEY'RE RENEWED, YOU KNOW, YOU RENEGOTIATE AND YOU DO THE AMENDMENT, AND THEN IF YOU FAIL TO MEET THE STANDARD AND THAT YOU, YOU HAVE WHAT THEY CALL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE REMEDY BY VIRTUE OF THE CONTRACT, BY THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IN MOST OF THE, IF NOT ALL IS, YOU KNOW, FULL ANNEXATION, UH, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE THIS OPERATE, MAINTAIN, OWN, OPERATE, MAINTAIN CONTROL COMPONENT, NEXT SLIDE, THE SAME AUTHORITY, SAME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? AND SO HERE YOU HAVE ACCESS AND FEES ARE ALSO ADDRESSED.
ALL THE LIMITED DISTRICT PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DESCRIBED SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BENEFIT USE AND ENJOYMENT OF ALL STUDIES OF THE CITY.
I'LL ALSO SEND THEM TO THE CITY.
THE PARTIES AGREE WITH THE LIMITED DISTRICT SHALL ASSESS UNNECESSARY FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE USE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BY RESIDENTS OF LIMITED DISTRICT, THAT HE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT RESIDE IN THE LIMITED DISTRICT SHALL BE CHARGED NO MORE THAN THE CITY SUMMER RIGHT PATH FOR SOME MEANINGFUL USE AS THE RATE, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE AMENITIES THAT THEY HAD NEXT SLIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT SAME SORT OF LANGUAGE WITH ANDERSON, NO LIMITED DISTRICT THAT'S CONTINUED ON FROM THE 98 THROUGH ITS LAST AMENDMENTS IN 2017.
UH, YES, THAT'S FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE USE OF MANY BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE LIMITED DISTRICT MAY ALSO ASSESS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, NOT RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE USE OF THE AMENITIES RESIDENTS OF THE STATE WHO DO NOT RESIDE ON THE DISTRICT MAY NOT BE ASSESSED FOR THE USE OF THESE NIGHTS.
IF THE RESIDENTS OF LIMITED DISTRICT ARE NOT ASSESSED, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORDS RIGHT THERE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, YOU GOTTA BE REASONABLE AND YOU CAN'T SET IT MORE THAN WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING IT FOR FOLKS WHO FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, NEXT SLIDE AND RIVER PLACE.
WE SEE THIS IS THERE'S BEEN AMENDMENTS.
WE SEE THE RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THEIR OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, UH, PARTICULARLY THE SUB, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVED LAND PARKLAND AND OTHER LANDS, GO BACK TO NUMBER.
WE TALKED ABOUT MANAGE RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING.
SO SUBJECT TO THE TERMINATION BY THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THAT THIS STAYS LEVEL OF SERVICE OBLIGATIONS WILL NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED THE DISTRICT.
AND THE LIMITED DISTRICT MAY OBTAIN ADDITIONAL LAND.
WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPONENT, MAYBE NOT DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, BUT THERE'S A MANAGEMENT COMPONENT.
UM, NOW THE REFERENCE YOU MAY CONSTRUCTION TRAILS OR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF CITY OF PARKS, RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S THAT THOSE, THOSE APPROVALS HAVE BEEN HAPPENED IN THE PAST ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAILS AND IMPROVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GOT ADDED FEES, BUT THERE'S NO LANGUAGE ON ACCESS OR FEES IN THIS SPA.
AND THAT COULD BE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
ONE, THE THIRD THEY'RE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS, RIVER PLACE IS A VERY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHERE MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME, BUT IT HAS MORE RESOURCES POTENTIALLY THAN SAY TANGLEWOOD, UM, OR EVEN ANDERSON MILL.
AND SO, UM, THAT COULD BE IT, YOU KNOW, OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY AT THE CITY ATTORNEY DROPPING THE BALL FROM THE CITY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DROPPING THE BALL.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S NO ACT LANGUAGE ON ACCESS OR FEES.
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE, UH, THAT I LIKED WAS ACTUALLY IN THE TEXAS LOCAL PARKS GRANT PROGRAM, SLIGHTLY MODIFIED.
YOU DON'T HAVE THIS STRUCTURE AT ROB PUT UP IN A RECOMMENDATION YET, BUT REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF WORK WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS WITH A COUPLE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UM, PARTICULARLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TELL THE RIGHT STORY.
I WON'T EVEN SAY STORY, BUT PRESENT THE RIGHT SET OF FACTS, BOTH IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE, YOU KNOW, EQUITY AND ACCESS AND, AND, AND REFERRING TO IMAGINE OFTEN REFERRING TO THE EQUITY PLAN THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN PATH, UM, AND PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT HAS SOME BROAD SUPPORT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING RIGHT NOW.
SO INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO AMENITIES, PARKS, AND RECREATION, AND MANY OF THE ACCESS AND PROGRAMMING.
AND I PUT THAT THAT'S MY LANGUAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE BRACKETS FEES, CHARGED RESIDENTS CAN NOT EXCEED TWICE.
I CHARGED A RESIDENT THAT'S THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE OR THE COST TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE AMENITY WHERE THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR RESIDENTS.
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TO RESIDENTS TO NON-RESIDENTS NON FEES, CANNOT EXCEED FEES, CHARGED BY OR RESIDENTS AT COMPARABLE STATE, LOCAL PUBLIC FACILITIES, RESERVATION, MEMBERSHIP, OR ANNUAL PERMIT SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS.THE NON-RESIDENT AND THE PERIOD AVAILABILITY MUST BE THE SAME FOR BOTH RESIDENTS.
AND NON-RESIDENTS, SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL ON THIS PUBLIC LAND.
THERE'S GETTING A BENEFIT OF GOING THROUGH A LIMITED DISTRICT PROCESS.
YOU HAVE, YOU GET A BENEFIT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LIKE I'M NOT BEING, UM, AND THIS IS, MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION THERE.
SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE.
AND AGAIN, LIKE TO WORK WITH A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO BRING BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, BUT LANGUAGE WHERE IT IS, UH, SIMILAR TO IF YOU'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WHERE IT HAS TO BE LIKE FEES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE PARKS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS REALLY TO PROTECT PUBLIC SPACE.
AND I DO GET OFFENDED WHEN I HEAR WHAT I SEE POLICIES THAT LOOK EXCLUSIONARY.
UH, WHEN I SEE BUDGETS, FRANKLY, LET ME SEE WHERE THIS BUDGET IS.
YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE I SEE THE MAINTENANCE BUDGETS FROM AUGUST, 2019.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE EXPENSES FOR TRAIL FEE EXPENSES AT 62,000.
AND, UH, THERE WAS NO THERE'S NOTHING ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR, FOR IT, BUT THERE WAS SECURITY IN THIS INSTANCE, THAT'S HOW THEY MANAGED THAT THEY HAD HIRED SHARON, YOU KNOW, CONSTABLES ALL, YOU HAVE A ROCK DUTY.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAD THE RED SHIRT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEE SYSTEM AND REGISTRATION.
AND SO WHERE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT APPEAR TO BE A BUDGET, UM, IT'S A VERY SMALL BUDGET OF 11, YEAH.
$755 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NATURE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 62,924 THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET AT THE TIME IT WAS OVER THERE, IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.
AND THEN YOU SEE A NATURE TRAIL FEE INCOME AT $55,360.
ONE OF THE THINGS ON OUR, WHAT, WE'VE, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CHANGED, BUT AT THAT PUBLIC ENTITIES, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE REVENUE.
THEY CAN SIMILAR TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S NOT A REVENUE GENERATING, YOU'RE COVERING YOUR COSTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, WHAT THE SPECIFICS IN THIS, IN THIS CASE STUDY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO, TO ADDRESS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE THESE WALLS, THESE PRIVATE WALLS, UM, WHERE WE, WE LET SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND KEEP OTHERS OUT.
SO LET'S JUST, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER DEPARTMENT.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE TIME.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ASSETS TO PARKS AND WILD SPACES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT MORE THAN REFLECTED THIS YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THOSE SCREEN PLACES.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR DOING THAT.
AND I'VE BEEN TO RIVER PLACE AND I, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THAT CASE TO LEAVE, BUT LET'S GO AROUND, UM, BOARD MEMBER FOSTER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.
UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UM, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM, WELL, LET ME BACK UP AS WELL, IS THAT WE, THAT RECOMMEND THAT LANGUAGE BE INCORPORATED INTO CITY CODE.
AND THEN WHEN THE CITY'S GOING TO NEGOTIATE, WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT IN AN ANNEXATION PROCESS AND NEGOTIATING FOR LIMITED ANNEXATION WITH THE LIMITED DISTRICT AS A COMPONENT, THEN THIS PROVISION AND MAYBE OTHERS THAT ARE IN CITIES WOULD BE FOR LIKE THE BASELINE THAT THE CITY HAS TO GET INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.
AND, AND IT'S REALLY MORE A BOARD MEMBER IT'S I, AND THIS IS WHERE I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD BE ASSESSED ON THE RECOMMENDATION, FRANKLY.
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UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY COULD USE A LEGAL BACKGROUND IN YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT.UM, THE WAY I READ IT IS THIS IS MORE, MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE RENEWAL OF THE SBA BASED UPON THE LANGUAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS BILL ON NEW ANNEXATIONS.
THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT HAS TO BE TAILORED FOR RENEWAL AND THEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW SBS.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO, I, I, I I'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF ALL TOO LONG.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CONTACT OR THAT CONVERSATION, UM, WITH YOU AND ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS UNDERNEATH, YOU KNOW, A WORKING QUORUM, UM, TO FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE JUST MY INITIAL FEEDBACK IS I THINK I DON'T, I THINK THE SUBSTANCE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, ESPECIALLY THE SAMPLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH ACTUALLY LIMITED DISTRICT AND THEIR, UM, THE WA THE WATERSHED PROTECTION LANDS THAT ARE NOT EVEN THE TRAILS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY, BUT YEAH.
SO I THINK THOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL, UM, MAKING POLICY AROUND LIKE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
AND THEN MY SORT OF OVERARCHING QUESTION IS JUST GOING TO BE LIKE, WHAT ARE, WHAT WOULD BE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS A MANDATING CODE? UM, IF THERE ARE, YEAH.
AND IT MAY NOT EVEN BE CODE, IT COULD BE A POLICY MANUAL.
THEY LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I, THEY HAVE, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF A P UP, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT BASICALLY SOMETHING THAT'S INTERNAL.
UM, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, I, I SEE A LOT OF VALUE AND I REALLY, I, THIS IS REALLY, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I DO NEED MY COLLEAGUES HELP ON, ON, UH, ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DO GET IT RIGHT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THE SAME, ALL THE SAME PLACE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE THESE LEAST PRIVATE PUBLIC LANDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUBLIC LAND.
BUT YEAH, AND I HAD THE SAME SORT OF CONCERNS, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIMITED DISTRICTS, UH, JUST TO, TO INCREASE MY KNOWLEDGE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW, I GUESS ONE, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY LIMITED DISTRICTS THERE ARE IN THE CITY AND THEN OF THOSE, ABOUT HOW MANY DON'T HAVE THESE, UM, RULES AGAINST THE FEES AND LIMITING ACCESS? YEAH.
I HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT, I GUESS I HAVE, I'VE GOT A QUANTITATIVE, LIKE ANALYSIS OF IT.
THEY HAD A NUMBER MOST OLDER SBA HAVE THE LANGUAGE PROTECTING ACCESS AND FEES.
IT'S REALLY THE NEWER ONES, THE NEWER ONES THAT, UM, LOST CREEK IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE I DON'T SEE IT IN.
AND SO IT'S, SO IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAN I DO ON THIS BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY PART OF ONE OF LIMITED DISTRICTS.
WELL, I'M ALSO A DIRECTOR AT ONE OF THE LIMITS, UM, AM A DIRECTOR OF A LIMITED DISTRICT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WITH ANDERSON THE MILL WHEN ANNEXATION PROCESS STARTED IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN IN 1998, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR ANDERSON MILL WASN'T, WE HAD A VERY DEVELOPED, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM AND TRAILS IN OUR DISTRICT, VERY DEVELOPED AND PUT THOSE SEVERAL TENNIS COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS, SEVEN MILES OF TRAILS, UM, WAS OPEN 24, I MEAN, 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR HEATED POOLS.
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OR ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS, AND IF WE WERE ANNEX, SO THEN HE WOULD TAKE THEM WHERE THE OPERATIONS OF THOSE ENTITIES, AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE MAINTAINED.
IT WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE NOT MAINTAINED BY THE SAME, AT THE SAME QUALITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM.
SO FOR US, THE CHALLENGE WAS HOW DO WE MAINTAIN, HOW DO WE CONTINUE
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TO HAVE CONTROL OF OUR PARKS AND OUR POOLS AND OUR TRAILS AND, AND, AND, AND THE CITY REALLY WANTED OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER.UM, AND ALSO SOME PROPERTY TAX.
SO THERE WAS A NEGOTIATION GOING ON FROM 98 UNTIL THE GRANT NEXT IN 2000 LOADS, THOSE ASSOCIATION THAT DELAY ANNEXATION OF ANDERSON MILL BECAUSE THE CITY AT THAT TIME COULD NOT PROVIDE THE SAME POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION THAT, UH, THEY JUST COULDN'T PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE COULD PROVIDE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE HAD TO, WE HAD A PRIMARY DEPARTMENT IN OUR DISTRICT AND WILCO, DEPUTY SHERIFFS HAD A SUBSTATION IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT LED TO THE, SO THE, SO THE CITY SAID, OKAY, WE'LL DELAY YOUR ANNEXATION.
IF YOU AGREE TO THIS STRATEGIC, IF YOU'LL AGREE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CONTINUE NEXT YEAR, WHICH WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008, UM, AND THEY PROVIDED, THEY BUILT A FIRE STATION.
I MEAN, ANDREW'S ON ANDERSON MILL ROAD AND THEY, YOU KNOW, INCREASED PATROL.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT CONVINCED THAT, THAT WE GET THE SAME SERVICE POLICE PROTECTION, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE OR THERE.
SO WE WERE AN OLDER, WE WERE AN OLDER LIMITED DISTRICT.
I MEAN, WE WERE OVER AREA, UH, BEGAN TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1970S.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS OUR, THAT WAS OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE AN WEEK, WE HAVE A TAX RATE, A LITTLE LESS THAN 12 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE, WHICH RUNS FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER AND ANDERSON MILL IS ABOUT $230 A YEAR, WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN HOA.
AND WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN CANYON CREEK AND COME IN AND HAVE MEMBERSHIPS IN OUR NON-RESIDENTS FOR SHIPS OR OUR POOLS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE OPEN, THEY'RE OPEN 12 MONTHS OUT HERE.
ANYWAY, MY POINT OF VIEW IS THAT EACH EACH LIMITED DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN AGENDA IS TO WHAT IS TRYING TO PROTECT, UH, WHEN ENTER IS WHEN THE ANNEXATION BEGINS, WHAT IS IT TRYING TO, AND I'M NOT SURE ALL THE ISSUES WITH RIVER PLACE, BUT I HAVE A HUNCH THAT RIVER PLACE REALLY ONLY HAS A NATURE TRAIL.
THEY HAVE OTHER FACILITIES, THEY HAVE SOME, UH, KNOW THEY HAVE A COUPLE PARKS, THEY HAVE A SOCCER FIELD, THEY HAVE THE TENNIS COURTS.
UH, THEY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PICNIC AREAS THAT THEY RESERVE THE TENNIS COURT IS IT MIGHT BE A REVENUE GENERATING, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO CHARGE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE TENNIS COURT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO CHARGE THE BANK TAKES ONE POOL.
SO YOU, AUSTIN ALREADY KNOWS THAT.
SO, SO YOU'VE GOT TO FIND HIS WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ISSUES REPLACE IT ALL, BUT I KNOW THE TECHNICAL WORD WAS, I THINK TANGLEWOOD WAS THE FIRST LIMITED DISTRICT AND WE WERE THE SECOND LIMITED DISTRICT AND THEY REPLACED THE LOST CREEK COME ALONG LATER.
AND THE LAST TWO OR THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, SO THAT'S MY, KIND OF MY TAKE ON, UH, ON, UM, WHY, WHY ARE SOME MILL CONTINUING AND THE RESIDENTS OF ANDERSON MILL VOTING TO BECOME A TAXING ENTITY? THAT WAS ALSO A, AND THERE WAS A REAL PUSH AND IN 2008, 2009 TO A VOTE WAS TAKEN AND THEY REPEATED WHAT THEY WANTED.
I MEAN, THEY WANTED TO BE IN IT, SO THEY WANTED, THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, THEY WANTED TO SEND ME TO TAKE OVER EVERYTHING.
BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THE RESIDENTS SAID, NO, THERE'S A VALUE HERE.
AND WE'RE WILLING TO PAY WELL, SINCE WE'RE A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HEADLESS BENEFITS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE ON, UM, AND I NEED TO KNOW, UH, I SUPPORT WHAT RICHARD IS TRYING TO DO, BUT, BUT FROM MINE, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE GOT, UM, TWO VESTED IN, IN A LIMITED DISTRICT.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER, I'M THE TREASURER OF ANDERSON MILL, THEM SISTERS.
BOARD MEMBER, MORGAN BOARD MEMBER, MR. MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO.
UM, I SAW THE, THESE COME UP EVERY 10 YEARS AND IT WAS 2009 FOR WHATEVER PLACE IS IT DELAYED OR DID WE MISS THE BOAT ON THAT? YEAH.
YEAH, THEY, THEY WERE RENEWED.
I WANT TO SAY EARLY 2009 OR MAYBE EVEN LATE 2018.
UM, YEAH, BUT YEAH, THEY THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN RENEWED AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A CASE STUDY.
UM, I, AS WE MOVE FORWARD OR AS ONES ARE RENEWED, UH, AND, UH, YOU
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KNOW, AND I THINK IT JUST GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SPEAK UP FOR PUBLIC LANDS.SO, SO LET ME JUST, LET ME, LET ME SPEAK BACK IN TO HELP WITH KATE MERCHANT MAKES MASON MURPHY.
SO, AND THERE'S SOME MILLS LIMITED DISTRICT.
OUR, OUR SBA WAS RENEWED IN 2018 AND IN THAT RENEWAL PROCESS, THE PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE AMENDED AGREEMENT WAS THAT UNLESS ONE PARTY LESS, THE CITY PARK ARE LESS THAN LYNDA DISTRICTS.
WE KNEW THAT THE NEXT 10 YEARS THEY HAD A YEAR TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE RENEWED.
I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE FACILITATE THE RENEWAL PROCESS SO THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO RENEW WITHOUT, UH, JUMPING THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS AND EITHER PARTY HAD THE ABILITY TO SAY, NO, WE GET, AND AT SOME POINT AT SOME POINT, UH, THESE LIMITED DISTRICTS GOING TO HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX CALCULUS, UH, ARE THE TAX, THE SUPPORT ANDERSON MILL LIMITED DISTRICT FACILITIES AND AMENITIES ARE NOT PAID BY THE FULL TAX OF 11, 12, LESS THAN 12 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE.
WE SUPPLEMENT THAT ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT, THAT SOMEDAY THIS IS GOING TO COME HOME TO LIMITED DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WELL, AND I CAN APPRECIATE, I CAN REALLY TIE IT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE STATE AND CUTTING OFF DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS, WHETHER IT IS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE TAX CAP, BUT THEY'RE LIMITING THE REVENUE COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW, TO THEM, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT IS.
AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING IT'S ALL ON YOU.
UM, SO IT IS AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE.
NOW I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT LANGUAGE AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CASE STUDY OF RIVER PLACE AND THEIR ONE, THE FERN TRAIL THAT THEY SAID WAS GRANT FUNDED.
BUT THE OTHER WASN'T, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LANGUAGE COULD INCLUDE CONTIGUOUS AND BUILT OUT EXISTING TRAILS, RECOGNIZED BY CITY OF AUSTIN OR AUSTIN BICYCLE, OR AUSTIN URBAN TRAILS OR SOMETHING WHERE THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY ALLOW YOU TO TAP IN TO SAY, LOOK, YOU'RE BLOCKING IT WITH THIS ONE MONTH.
WELL, FOR ME, HONESTLY, FOR US, IT'S JUST PUBLIC LAND.
SO PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAD THEIR ISSUE IF THEY WERE GOING TO BRING BACK, LIKE BASICALLY MAKE YOU PAY BACK SOME OF THE GRANT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S MORE ABOUT PUBLIC LAND, LESS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
UM, REMEMBER, UH, THE CARLIN, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? OH, THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
REMEMBER TAYLOR? NO, I DIDN'T.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA FOR GETTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S, I I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS IN OUR WORKING GROUP.
SHE'S GOING TO DO THIS, BUT, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT.
MAKE SURE INCLUDE YOU IN THE CONVERSATION ARE CLEAR TO YOU.
I, I REALLY NEED, I DO NEED MORE BRAINS ON THIS.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IDEALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY WE GIVE UP TO MAYBE THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, OR EVEN GET THEIR ASSISTANCE ON THIS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY ENTITY ONLY JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS THIS CHALLENGE.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR, FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WHETHER IN TEXAS OR NOT.
AND BOARD MEMBER COTTON SEIBEL.
I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO, TO REALLY SPEAK TO ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WHAT STRIKES ME IS THAT THIS ISN'T EVEN JUST LIKE, THIS IS A MONEY ISSUE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS EVEN SORT OF SHAPING WITH THE EARLIER CONVERSATION WHEN MONEY COMES INTO THE PICTURE,
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UM, IT MAKES IT REALLY COMPLICATED.LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RAISING FUNDS FOR THE PARKS, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT ISSUES AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIMITED, YOU KNOW, A LIMITED NOW I'VE LOST THE NAME OF THE WORD LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.
I'M JUST, UM, I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF INTERNALIZING AND CHEWING ON ALL THIS, BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME THAT WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN, WHEN MONEY COMES INTO PLAY, IT STARTS TO REALLY BECOME AN EQUITABILITY ISSUE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AN EQUITY PROBLEM FOR THE, WHEN WE HAVE SOME PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO AND SOME PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T GO AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A SYSTEMIC, UM, UH, IT'S A BARRIER TO CITIZENS.
AND SO IT CONCERNS ME AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ON IT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR EXPERTISE TO ADD, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WHEN YOU WERE COUNTING STABLE, REMEMBER RINALDI, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA FOR THINKING THROUGH THIS AND PRESENTING THIS ISSUE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT.
ME, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE RESEARCH YOU DID TO SHOW A SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND LANGUAGE THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL, AND I'M JUST GLAD TO HELP OUT HELP OUT HOWEVER I CAN.
AND IF I, I DON'T MIND, I LIKE TO CALL, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, UH, COLA AND BOARD NUMBER TAYLOR AND BOARD MEMBER BOX SAYS I'M REALLY, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M SUPER CAUTIOUS REGARDING, UH, YOU KNOW, WALKING QUORUMS. YEAH, NO, THAT'S GREAT.
AND SO, UH, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO I DON'T, I I'D LIKE TO BRING ON ONE OTHER PERSON.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CHAIR, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR IF, OR IF YOU'RE REALLY BUSY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.
I'D BE INTERESTED IF, IF NOBODY ELSE WOULD, WOULD WANTS TO DO IT.
I MEAN, I STEPS UP BECAUSE I KNOW, BUT I DON'T, IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, THEN I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, TO STEP BACK AND LET YOUR TEAM, UH, ALL I NEED IS INTEREST BECAUSE IT'S ALL, IT'S VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING THE PERSPECTIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE INTO AN AREA, TO BE AN EXPERT ON IT, TO BECOME AN EXPERT ON IT.
AND THEN, UM, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION AS WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK MAYBE A LOT OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AT THIS POINT, BUT IF YOU HAD IT, THEN MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
IT JUST, I HEAR ANY LAST MINUTE TAKERS.
WELL MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AND THINK ABOUT IT AND LET RICH KNOW IF THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
AND I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU REMEMBER TO FIND THEM.
[B.5. 2021 Parks and Recreation Board meeting schedule. Presenter: Sammi Curless, Business Process Specialist, Parks and Recreation Department]
EUROPE THAT CHUCK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE.GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS.
AND WE CAN PULL IT UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, WAS THE PROPOSED MEETING CALENDAR FOR YEAR 2021.
UM, WE HAVE THE MEETINGS CONTINUING ON THE FOURTH, TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH WITH NO MEETING SCHEDULED, TYPICALLY THE JULY VACATION.
UM, AND THEN THE DECEMBER MEETING, THE NOVEMBER MEETING FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE ON THE FIFTH, TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, UM, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR TYPICAL MEETING TIME.
THE, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE TRY AND KEEP TO THE SAME, A BLOCK OF TIME.
SO THAT 6:00 PM START ON TUESDAYS, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE KIND OF LIKE, WE'VE SEEN, TRYING TO SCHEDULE ALL THESE MEETINGS.
THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT ALL THE BLOCKS FOR BEING ABLE TO USE THE ROOMS, WHETHER WE'RE IN THE REMOTE MEETING FORMAT OR IF WE GET TO COME BACK AND SEE EACH OTHER.
SO TONIGHT, IF YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
UM, IT'LL ALLOW ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE THEM OUR CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN GET ON THE CALENDAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROOM HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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IF SOMEBODY DOES RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT I'M OR SPEAK OUT BECAUSE, AND THEN ALWAYS, IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FAIRLY EASY TO CALL, SO WE CAN DO THAT IF WE NEED TO, LIKE IN ONE OF THE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE AN OFF MEETING.OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SURE.
YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT CALENDAR.
THEN I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SCHEDULE AS IS AS, UM, PRESENTED SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
[C.1. Discussion and possible action regarding the Park and Facility Renaming (Ordinance 20160324-021) Working Group (DiCarlo, Luca).]
THAT THE PARKING FACILITY RENAMING, I THINK YOU WANTED TO POSTPONE THAT RIGHT.BOARD MEMBER TO CARLA UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL BOARD MEMBER LUCA COULD BE HERE.
WE'RE PLANNING ON PRESENTING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT OUR NEXT MEETING, SO EXCITED.
SO NOW WE'RE AT, UM, DIRECTOR'S
[D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT ON PROGRAM AND PROJECT UPDATES AND EVENTS]
REPORT DIRECTOR.UM, I WOULDN'T READ THE ENTIRE REPORT TO YOU, BUT I WILL ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE YOU A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, UM, IS NOW ON, UH, PAGE, UH, ONE, THERE IS, UM, THERE IS A BUNCH OF INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO OUR VISION PLANS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND, AND ALSO OPPORTUNITIES, OR AT LEAST FOR DATES IN WHICH YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS MEETINGS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, CARVER HAS ONE COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 21ST.
UM, AND THE, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UNFORTUNATELY THE WILLIAMSON CREEK HAS ALREADY PASSED.
IT WAS OCTOBER 15TH AND 17TH, I THOUGHT, OR WHATEVER REASON IT WAS THE 25TH AND 27TH.
BUT, UM, THAT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE TODAY'S THE 27TH, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE UPDATES, UH, ON PAGE ON PAGE.
UM, THREE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UPCOMING MEETING.
AND IT IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW LIKE FIVE O'CLOCK AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE DOOR OF THE ART CENTER AND THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE DESIGN OF THAT PARTICULAR SPACE.
IT'S NOT THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY COUNCIL TO D TO POSSIBLY BRING FORWARD THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS, UM, THAT THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
AND SO WE'LL BE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARDS TO THOSE DESIGNS.
AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION, DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE FOUR, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO LIST, UM, IT'S ON PAGE THREE AND PAGE FOUR, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO LIST SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN 2020.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO COVID, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO NECESSARILY CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THESE PARTICULAR SPACES, BUT THEY ARE COMPLETED AND THERE, UM, THERE'LL BE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO UTILIZE.
AS SOON AS WE CAN GET BACK TO SOMETHING THAT'S EITHER A NEW NORM OR SEMI NORMAL OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL THAT, BUT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A BUNCH IN 2020.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT THOSE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IN KNOWING, UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE AT THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY WITH REGARDS TO THE RESTORATION AND THE CLEAN UP OF THE GRAFFITI ON THOSE MONUMENTS.
UM, THE, THE LAST PART OF THIS PROCESS IS WHAT WE CALL, UM, GETTING RID OF THE GHOSTING, WHERE WE'VE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE THE MAJORITY OF THE GRAFFITI PAIN, BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE A SHADOW OF COLOR.
AND SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING GHOSTING, NO PUN INTENDED, PLEASE.
AND THEN ALSO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER, THE LETTERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME OF THE LETTERS ARE, UM, DARK, DARK BLACK, BUT THE BLUE HAD GOTTEN INTO THOSE GROOVES.
AND SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO APPROPRIATELY REPAINT THOSE.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT WE, WON'T PROBABLY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT PERHAPS CONTRACTING WITH SOME, TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THE FINAL, THE FINAL RESTORATIONS OF THOSE SPACES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S, MY PARK DAY IS STILL HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER 7TH, BUT IT'S HAPPENING VIRTUALLY AND IT'S HAPPENING IN A WAY THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE.
IT'S MY PARK DAY IN A, IN A SPACE NEAR THEMSELVES.
AND THEY CAN DO THAT OVER, UM, OVER A WEEK'S WORTH OF TIME.
AND THERE'LL BE A VIRTUAL VIDEO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON IT, AND THAT WILL HAVE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THANKING THEM AND INVITING THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, OUR SWIMMING POOL YEAR ROUND SWIMMING POOLS REMAIN
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OPEN WITH MODIFIED HOURS.UM, WE CONTINUE WHILE THIS IS NOT IN THE REPORT, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MONTHLY, NOT MONTHLY, WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH REGARDS TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE REST OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.
AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS WEEK ARE PLAYGROUNDS ATHLETIC FIELDS.
AND, UM, THOSE SPACES THAT CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED LIKE PAVILIONS AND OUR COURTS.
UM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE TODAY'S, UM, COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT COVID TO BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY YOU'LL NOTICE THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND DR.
SCOTT ARE, UM, BEING VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS IN LETTING US KNOW THAT CASES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE.
AND, AND THEY WANT US TO REALLY, AS A COMMUNITY REALLY THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IN JUNE, WHERE THE CASES ROSE QUITE QUICKLY AND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME FOR THOSE TO COME BACK DOWN.
AND, AND, UM, THAT IS REALLY PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS SEEM TO BE FLAT, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME REAL CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE LEAN AND THEN THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS.
SO THOSE WILL ALL FACTOR INTO THE CONSIDERATIONS AS TO WHETHER, UM, HOW MUCH OF THE PARK SYSTEM WILL REOPEN.
IF I COULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGES SEVEN THROUGH PROBABLY, UM, OH MY GOODNESS.
10, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING SINCE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING OR PROVIDING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING AND THERE'S EXAMPLES AND HYPERLINKS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M THERE.
UM, AND THE, UH, PAGE 13 OF 14, THERE'S AN ENTIRE LIST OF SORT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH REGARDS TO CONCESSIONS.
THEN I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME CONVER OR YOU'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, SO IT GIVES YOU AN UPDATE AS TO THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE VOTING CONCESSIONS, WITH THE EXPEDITIONS, FOR, WITH THE MORRIS WILLIAM GOLF COURSE, CONCESSION, UM, WITH THE TRAIN AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE FOR AS PART OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT, BUT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MENTION IS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A, UM, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH HANCOCK GOLF COURSE AND THE SPACE THAT SURROUNDS THE HANCOCK RECREATION CENTER.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UM, OVER 185 AT LAST, UM, THAT WE WERE AWARE OF THAT REGISTERED ON THAT'S WAY TOO MANY TO HAVE A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO THE DEPARTMENT DECIDED IT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
WE EVALUATE HOW TO DO, UM, ENGAGEMENT IN SOME SMALLER GROUPS, MAYBE SOME FOCUS GROUPS, AND THEN BRING TOGETHER THOSE IDEAS IN PERHAPS A DIFFERENT FORMAT.
SO WE'RE REEVALUATING THE WAY IN WHICH THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL.
UH, WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT WHERE PEOPLE FELT AS THOUGH THEY WEREN'T HEARD WHERE PEOPLE FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS A, AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
AND SO WE'LL BE REEVALUATING THAT, AND THEN RE ANNOUNCING HOW WE WILL ENGAGE, UM, SMALLER GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS PERHAPS BY NEIGHBORHOOD, PERHAPS BY STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO, UM, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE IT MEANINGFUL.
CAN WE DO A SPEAK UP ON IT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT ONE OF THEM TO TAKE AWAY, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF INPUT.
I ALSO REMEMBER HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW A COUPLE OF STRONG PERSONALITIES TOOK CONTROL IN A NEGATIVE WAY OF THE, I THINK IT WAS THE, WAS IT FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD THAT, THE FIRST, THE FIRST MEETING ON HANCOCK? YEAH.
I THINK SPEAK UP AS IS AN OPTION.
UM, AND YES, WE, WE WANT TO, I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD THAT, AND THAT ALL PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE HEARD IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
SO WE NEED TO JUST REEVALUATE IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.
AND IN THESE TIMES, RIGHT, WITH VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE IN 185 PEOPLE, IT'S JUST NOT MANAGEABLE VIRTUALLY.
SO I DON'T HAVE A FINAL PLAN, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN.
AND WE CERTAINLY CAN COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THE BOARD.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S OF INTEREST TO YOU AND IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN OPTION FOR LIKE RESPONDING TO ACTS? AND IT'S PROBABLY WHY I REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN WHO PUT TOGETHER LIKE THE MOCK-UP MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? LIKE THE CONCEPT PLAN OR A CONCEPT PLAN, NOT A PLAN, BUT A CONCEPT.
AND IT WAS A CONSTANT, IT WAS HIS CONCEPT, THIS WORD PUBLIC TALKS TO GET HIS CONCEPT.
IT WASN'T PARKED CONCEPT, BUT NONETHELESS THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT IT HAD.
AND THEN OF COURSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WHERE THE DESIRE ON FOLKS ON, UH, YOU KNOW, TURNING IT INTO JUST OVERALL PARKLAND.
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INTERESTED IN REALLY AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HEARING THE THOUGHTS ON BOTH OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO NOT GET OUT OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AS RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T VIOLATE ANY OF THIS.PERHAPS A BOARD COULD REQUEST, UM, A MEMO INFORMATION AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU A MEMO THAT TELLS THAT GIVES YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTENTIONS AND, AND THE KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS OR RATIONALE THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENTS, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO.
AND CERTAINLY ONCE YOU RECEIVED THAT, YOU COULD GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK IF YOU WANTED VIA EMAIL.
I MEAN, AGAIN, GIVEN GIVEN IT, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO BE POSTED ONLINE AND WE CAN DOWNLOAD IT.
SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MCNEELY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE STAFF IS DOING.
I KNOW THIS IS A CHALLENGING TIME TRYING TO, TO NAVIGATE THE PROGRAMMING AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE TIME OF COVID.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVEN,
[E. FUTURE ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS]
AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO START WITH BOARD MEMBER CUT AND CYBELE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE, UM, WAS SO JUST LIKE, AND I HAVE ALSO HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT HANCOCK.SO DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR THE NEXT? YES.
SO I WANTED TO FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY BECAUSE I DO THINK IT WAS WISE TO STEP BACK.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY ABOUT, UM, THE HANCOCK GOLF ASSOCIATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN SOME CONSERVANCY THAT'S NEW.
SO I AM GOING TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT WE GET A REPORT AT OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE TAKE SOME CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO I THINK THAT MAYBE IF WE COULD AT LEAST FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS, LIKE MAYBE YOU COULD REPORT BACK TO US HOW WE DECIDED TO DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION ALREADY WITH, UM, WITH, UM, MR. SAKARA, THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ABOUT THIS, AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON SO FAR.
AND SO MAYBE BRINGING ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE.
WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT MEANINGFUL.
CAUSE THEN I THINK THERE COULD BE LIKE, LIKE A BOARD MEMBER DEPALMA JUST SAID, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME INFORMATION FROM BOTH SIDES BEING AS THERE IS A KIND OF A TUG OF WAR THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ACTUALLY FOR YEARS ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE HISTORIC GOLF COURSE VERSUS THE PARKLAND AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE OTHER REQUEST AND IT'S KIND OF A SIMPLE ONE.
I JUST WONDERED IF MAYBE WE COULD GET A MEMO, UM, FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
I, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE UPDATE ON, ON THE WORK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN DONE ON THE POOLS DURING THE TIME THAT THE POOLS HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR THE, WITH THE BLOCK OF MONIES.
AND THAT WOULD JUST BE, UH, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING HERE, LOUIS? THIS IS SAMMY ON THE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REQUEST OF BOARD MEMBER OF BOARD MEMBER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND IT CAN JUST BE SOMETHING, UM, WITH A FOLLOW-UP IN WRITING, IS THIS TO BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT IT'S MY, UM, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GROUP EXERCISES THAT WERE PERMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN CITY PARKS, SOME OF THE BOOTCAMPS AND STUFF AND THAT AFTER THEY WERE LEFT THE PARKS BECAUSE OF COVID WHEN THE PARKS WERE CLOSED, THAT NOW THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS BEING ASKED OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, FINGERPRINTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED.
AND, UM, SO I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW THAT'S RELATED TO COVID.
SO WHAT THE, THE CHANGE IN POLICY WAS, AND ALSO IF IT'S BEING APPLIED UNIFORMLY TO, UM, YOUTH SPORTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE USING
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PARKS, I DON'T WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION.I DON'T, THAT TO ME IS NOT FAMILIAR TO ME, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT SOME MISCOMMUNICATION OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEPARTMENT.
I, UH, LET ME, LET ME INVESTIGATE IT AND GET BACK WITH YOU.
UM, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MCNEELY.
I REALLY ALWAYS LOVED THIS DIRECTOR'S REPORT BECAUSE HE GIVES ME A GREAT SNAPSHOT.
UM, I AM LOOKING ON, UM, I HAVE A REQUEST WHERE IT SAYS ON PAGE THREE, FISCAL YEAR 2020 PARD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WRAP UP IT'S ON PAGE THREE AND FOUR, AND IT LISTS OUT ALL OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED AND THE ONES UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I ASKED SAMMY ABOUT THIS TODAY, THAT EXISTED.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS ON A MAP LIKE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHERE DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE COME TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, NOT ONE PROJECT IS WEST OF
I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE JUST THOSE OVERSIGHTS AND THOSE OMISSIONS OF AREAS OF TOWN COULD BE SEEN IF WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THEM PLOTTED.
AM I HEARING YOU, AM I HEARING YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NO PROJECTS WEST OF
AND CERTAINLY I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SEE IS I HAVE SOME, ANOTHER DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS YOU ARCS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED PARKS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU PERHAPS YOU DON'T SEE A PROJECT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT PERHAPS A PROJECT WAS COMPLETED A YEAR AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES, WE COULD PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
WELL, I JUST THINK IT WOULD, IT'S POSSIBLE TO THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT POPS UP THROUGH A GIS MAPPING.
I'M JUST NOT A GIS MAPPING EXPERT.
AND IT DOES, UM, OH, SO VISUALLY WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WHERE THE CONNECTIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTIC IN OUR APPROACH TO OUR PROJECTS.
BUT, UM, SO THAT WAS ONE SUGGESTION.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED BECAUSE IT'S A GIANT SWATH OF THE CITY THAT GETS OVERLOOKED IN A LOT OF AREAS, NOT JUST THIS.
AND THEN MY OTHER THING, UM, I KNOW RICH OR A BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA ALLUDED TO THE CONVOLUTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE AUSTIN ISD CAMPUSES WITH WONDERING IF THERE WAS, DO WE HAVE A, UM, WHAT IS OUR BEST WAY OF WORKING WITH AUSTIN ISB AS HARD? AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE THOSE PARKS BE BETTER, OR HAVE MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS BOARD.
SOMETIMES I KNOW WHAT I DO, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO I'D LIKE TO YOU AND I ARE GONNA GO ON, MAYBE WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND YES, I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, BUT RATHER THAN TAKE UP THE TIME HERE, I THINK THAT OUR, UM, ON OUR OR HIKE, I CAN GET SOME MORE.
UH, BOARD MEMBER MORGAN, I'M FINE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE STATUS OF REOPENING THE PLAYGROUNDS.
AND SO IF WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE AFTER YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, UH, FOR MEMBER DIPLOMA FIRST WITH, SORRY, REAL QUICK.
UM, BOARD MEMBER, MASON MURPHY, I'LL SEND YOU SOME STUFF ON AIC,
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SOME CONVERSATIONS AND MATERIALS THAT, THAT CAN ALSO MAY HELP YOU THINK OF SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR ON, ON YOUR WALK.UH, REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR THE DIRECTOR IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS FINALIZED IN THE BUDGET FOR PARKS, FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THEN FOR THE CIP PROGRAM? UM, I SAW THE COURSE ONLINE IS THE DRAFT BUDGET THAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ULTIMATELY THE FINAL BUDGET I HAVEN'T SEEN.
AND I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND COMPARE IT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHERE WE DID WELL AND WHERE WE DIDN'T.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
I DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION ON IT.
I SEE SOME OF THE CIP HERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BOARD MEMBER MASON MURPHY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, YEAH, MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ALTOGETHER IS HOW WE MANAGE OUR BOND PROGRAM.
UM, AND IN VARIOUS SILOS, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE ACROSS THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS ONE GIS WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN QUERY.
DOESN'T GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD DATE AS FAR AS ESTIMATED SCHEDULE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU ON COMPLETION.
IF, IF IT'S UNDERWAY, JUST DOESN'T TELL YOU LIKE WHEN IT'S BEING PLANNED NECESSARILY.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN HELP, UH, ON THAT DIRECTOR OF MCNEALY'S TO, TO SHINE A LIGHT.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF CLAIMS AND I'M HOPING THEY'RE TRUE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE THAT TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND HOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE.
AND, UM, IS IT $300 MORE THAN LAST BUDGET OR WHETHER IT BREEDS, I MEAN, $3 MILLION MORE THAN, THAN WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS PROPOSED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE KNOWING WHAT, WHAT THE CIP PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE.
DID I GET EVERYBODY THINK SO? OKAY.
WELL, I, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF REPORTS, SO I'M, I'M JUST GONNA HOLD BACK AND WAIT FOR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR, UM, FOR NEXT TIME.
CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING URGENT.
SO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT FOR STAFF TO, UM, TO DO SO I THINK THAT DOES IT.
ONE DAY WE'LL, WE'LL BE BACK IN PERSON, BUT YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY TAKE CARE AND WE'LL SEE YOU.