* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:55] [00:12:09] OKAY. [00:12:11] HELLO, MA'AM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN. OKAY, PERFECT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU COULD HEAR ME. OH, THANK YOU. [00:17:00] TO BROWSE. [00:20:01] CAN WE, OH, PERFECT. NO, YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. WE OFFICIALLY, EVAN. HI. HOW ARE YOU? PERFECT. WE'LL WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY SITS DOWN AND GIVE IT A SEC. HEY, WELCOME EVERYBODY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. UH, FIRST OFF, I, I'M GONNA READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT THAT WE DO UNDER THE STATE. UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM. MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICT OF INTERESTS TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NO. NO. HEARING THAT THERE'S NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY. NOTING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND ITEM NUMBER ONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THAT'S THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 12TH, 2026 MEETING. IT'S ATTACHED. IT'S ABOUT THE THIRD PAGE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A. AYE. APPROVE. GOOD NEWS THERE. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR FOUR B MEETING TONIGHT IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE HARLEEN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026. AND WE HAVE ROBERT HERE FROM THE FINANCE. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROBERT, UH RODRIGUEZ. I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON. I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30TH, UH, 2026. IN RETURN TO THE BALANCE SHEET, UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT, UH, TOTAL ASSETS, UH, ARE 9,000,280 1006 11. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS INVESTED IN OUR, UH, INVESTMENT TAX POOL ACCOUNTS FOR 9,000,115. OUR LIABILITY, WE DO HAVE A RETAINAGE PAYABLE OF $146,018, UM, AND A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 9 MILLION 1 35, 5 93. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMITTED, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, COMMITTED. UM, SO YOU HAVE ABOUT 3.6, ALMOST $3.7 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED. IF WE TURN THE PAGE TO THE, UH, REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT MONTH, UH, YOU HAVE EARN, UH, 180,698,000 IN SALES TAX, 26,008 10 IN INTEREST. SO YOU'VE, UH, GENERATED $207,508 IN THE CURRENT MONTH OF JUNE, BUT YEAR TO DATE, YOU'VE ACCUMULATED $2,017,044 ONE 1,789,560 OF THAT IS IN SALES TAX AND 227,484 IN, UM, IN INTEREST REVENUE. YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR AS WE'VE JUST ALLOCATED ALL OF THE PROJECTS, UM, FOR THE BUDGET. UH, BUT STARTING OUT, SO, SO TODAY OUR, OUR, OUR REVENUE IS OUR NET INCOME BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPENDITURE. SO, UH, WITH OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 7,118,549, WE'VE ADDED 2,000,017 IN REVENUE. UH, SO THAT NEEDS OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 9 MILLION 1 35 5 9 3. AND I'VE LISTED OUT ALL OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 3 6 2. THAT'S KIND OF A FREE OVERVIEW. ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME, RUTH, JUST REAL QUICK. SURE. I SEE INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS, I SEE 126%. SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE, WE ARE GETTING PRETTY GOOD INTEREST. SO, SO THAT'S, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IN, IN TEXTBOOK. THE, AT THE CURRENT TIME, THEY'RE ABOUT 3.6% INTEREST. UM, AND ANY, UH, RIGHT NOW, SINCE HCID IS NOT, UH, CUTTING, DOING ANY CHECKS, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE EVERYTHING IN TAXABLE. SO, UH, AS WE START, UH, PROCESSING CHECKS, WE KIND OF MOVE MONEY OVER AS WE NEED IT. YEP. BUT IN OUR PAYS CAPITAL, WE ALSO DO HAVE A SWEEP ACCOUNT WHERE WE, WE GENERATE ABOUT 3.46, WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TAX POOL. SO ANYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE BANK WILL, WILL BE INVESTED IN THEIR SWEEP ACCOUNT. SO WE NEVER HAVE A CASH IDLE IN, IN THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT THAT DOESN'T GENERATE INTEREST. SO OUR FISCAL YEAR, EVERYBODY IS, IT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH. SEPTEMBER 30TH. WE'RE ALREADY AT 129% OF WHAT WE KIND OF THOUGHT WOULD BE. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. [00:25:01] OKAY. AND THE ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, TEXTBOOKS IS VERY LITTLE. YES. YOU CAN ACT AS YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU NEED IT, WHEN YOU NEED IT. IT'S NOT LIKE A, LIKE A CD WHERE IN A TIME ACCOUNT. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ON WHAT ROBERT'S PRESENTED TODAY? NO. NO? WITH NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERN. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION APPROVED. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 5 0 5 DASH 16 OH A OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TO HEAR COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST FUNDING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS. UH, A, WE HAVE HUNDRED PARK IMPROVEMENTS FOR $240,000, AND B, WE HAVE ALL AMERICAN CITY APPLICATIONS $75,000, 575,570. UH, THIS IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY GABE, OUR CITY MANAGER. UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE, BY THE FOUR B BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. WE HAVE GONE FROM THE COMMENT PERIOD, THE PUBLIC CENTER FOR 60 DAYS, 60. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE, UH, ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS. UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT JUAN, UH, IS INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT THE HUNTER. YOU'VE GOT THE HUNTER PARK PROJECT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. HUNTER, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW? SURE, DEFINITELY. UH, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, OLA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT HERE TODAY IS THE, WELL, SO I'M TRY TO DO THIS, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE A COPY WITHIN YOUR PACKET. YEAH, WE DO. UM, YOU DO? MM-HMM. OKAY. DON'T WORRY. I SEE THERE. BUT, UH, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT HERE TODAY IS A HUNTER PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AS WE PUT, UH, LAST DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A PREFABRICATED RESTROOM AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $95,000. UH, THESE PRE PREFAB RESTROOMS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY INSTALLED, UH, ALREADY PUT TOGETHER. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT THE UTILITIES, UM, FAIRLY SIMPLE. UM, THE NEXT, UM, IS BASICALLY THE COST FOR THE RESTROOM INSTALLATION, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE UTILITIES. ALL THE COSTS INCURRED WITH IT ALSO IS THE BASKETBALL COURT, UM, INSTALLATION, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE POURING OF THE CONCRETE, THE RESURFACING, UH, STRIPING, THE BASKETBALL COURTS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PARK SOLAR LIGHTS, UM, WHICH WILL BE, UH, FOUR LIGHTS, ONE ON EACH CORNER FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CONTINGENCY OF 20% THERE, UM, FOR 40,000. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $240,000. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ARE ANY OF THESE THINGS, ARE THEY GONNA BE DONE IN ANY ORDER? JUST CURIOUS OR KIND OF LIKE ALL AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH. WELL, IDEALLY, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING IS THE RESTROOM. YES. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. SO, UH, THE PLAN IS TO DO THE RESTROOM VERSION. OKAY. GOOD. RESTROOM. UM, JUST REGULAR OUTDOOR , YOU KNOW, OUR RESTROOM. THIS GONNA BE BOYS AND GIRLS OR NO, SEPARATE, RIGHT. ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. TWO OF OUR PORTABLE RESTROOMS HAVE OUR CONDITION. YEAH. OH, OKAY. BUT WE ONLY BRING THOSE OUT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEY DO HAVE, UM, THEY DO HAVE A, A AC UNIT, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT STATIONARY. WE JUST BRING 'EM OUT FOR THE EVENT AN WE TAKE. OKAY. WE DID GET A PRESENTATION AT ONE OF OUR CONVENTIONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S RESTROOMS NOW THAT ARE SELF-CLEANING. SO AS YOU ENTER THE RESTROOM, YOU DO THE RESTROOM, YOU COME OUT, UH, IN 20 SECONDS, IT'LL SELF LOCK, IT'LL FLOOD THE FLOOR AND CLEAN THE TOILET WILL GET WASHED OUT. AND THEN IT HAS A SYSTEM THAT DRIES IT WITH THE, THE COST OF THAT IS . BOYS ON ONE SIDE, GIRLS ON ONE SIDE. RIGHT. SO ON THIS ONE, IT'S, UH, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, IT, IT CAN BE CHANGED, UM, WAS A DUAL RESTROOM, UH, FOR BOTH, UH, MALE AND FEMALE. UM, AND THEN LOCKED. ONLY ONE PERSON GOES IN. ONLY ONE PERSON GOES YES, YES, YES, YES. YOU'RE LOCKED. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT THE DUAL BATHROOM, IT'S THE FAMILY. SO THIS COMPANY IS GONNA ALSO PROVIDE VARIOUS OPTIONS WITHIN THE SAME PRICE POINT. BUT ORIGINALLY ON THE QUOTE, IT'S GONNA BE LOCKED, SO IT'LL BE DUAL PURPOSE. UM, IT'S NOT VERY BIG. IT, IT'S FOR THE PARK SIZE. UM, BUT YES. SO BE LOCKED. YOU'LL, AND IT'S JUST ONE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONE TOTAL [00:30:01] UNIT. OKAY. UM, WITH URINAL, UH, SINK, A HAND DRYER, TOILETS, UM, THE FLOORING ESPECIALLY MADE SO IT'S EASY TO CLEAN. UM, A DA COMPLIANT, UM, IT ACTUALLY ACTUALLY COMES WITH A FOUNDATION ALREADY ALSO. SO WE JUST HAVE TO PREPARE THE, IS THERE GONNA BE A CHANGING STATION? YEAH, IT'LL BE DIAPER CHANGING STATION. YES. FULL. IT'S PRETTY MUCH FULLY FURNISHED. AC AC CAN HAPPEN WITH ANOTHER 50,000 . JUST KIDDING. BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, WE MET AT VARIOUS COMPANIES AT, AT THIS CONVENTION, AND PREFAB IS DEFINITELY A ROUTE THAT I'M HOPING WE CAN CONSIDER. GOOD. ALRIGHT. IT'S JUST A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ACTION. NO ACTION. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, THE, UM, THE OTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE ALL AMERICAN CITY APPLICATION. CONGRATULATIONS. I, I WATCHED THE, UH, THE YOUTUBE. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE IT ON YOU. DID ANYBODY GO? WHO WENT? YOU WENT, YES. AND, BUT IT WENT ALSO, I SAW, WELL, I, I SHOULDN'T EVEN ASK. I, I THINK I SAW YOU GUYS ON STAGE, MAYOR. YEAH. THAT WAS AWESOME. THAT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU. VERY, THE ONLY THING GOT NOMINATED THAT MAKES IT MORE SPECIAL AND MAKES IT EVEN DOUBLE SPECIAL IS THAT THIS IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO MAYBE I GOT ON THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I WATCHED, UH, IT WAS A LONG VIDEO THAT THEY PUT OUT AND I, AND I WAS WATCHING IT LIVE, WHICH WAS COOL, AND, UH, VERY IMPRESSED. WHAT DO YOU THINK PUSHED HARLEEN OVER THE TOP? DO YOU THINK IT WAS EDUCATION? DID YOU I THINK THE OUTREACH THAT THE COMMISSION HAS WITH THE TOWN HALLS. OKAY. THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG, THE BIG INITIATIVES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AND SO WE DID A LOT OF THAT AND WE DID IT THROUGH AN ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TOWN HALLS AND, AND UH, I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED A LOT. YEAH. I WISH THEY WOULD'VE GONE INTO MORE DEEP, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, THIS PUSH THREE TIME, WE ONLY HAD 10 MINUTES UHHUH WOW. FOR THE WHOLE THING. YEAH. AND SO WE WENT OVER, THERE WERE POINTS DEDUCT FOR THAT. OH, WOW. WOW. WELL, WE, TO CUT IT SHORT, LIKE THREE DAYS BEFORE, RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT, LIKE, WERE PRACTICING AND BECAUSE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY. UNBELIEVABLE. GABE. UNBELIEVABLE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THE KIDS WERE ECONOMIC STUDENTS. YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND SO THERE'S ELECTION OF THIS PARTICULAR, SO THAT WAS NUMBER THREE. THAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS. UM, LET'S GO ON TO NUMBER FOUR. MR. UH, IF YOU COULD JUST, JUST FOR UH, MINUTES, JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OKAY. AND THEN SINCE THERE'S NO NOBODY HERE, JUST CLOSING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PART OF THIS ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE OPEN HEARING PART OF THAT. SO WE'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR ANY COMMENTS WITHOUT ANY COMMENTS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PART OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ABOVE LISTED PROJECT. THESE WERE PRESENTED TO US IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE KIND OF APPROVE, BUT NOW WE'RE OFFICIALLY APPROVING THEM. YES. UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT UNDER ITEM NUMBER FOUR A, WE'RE GONNA SAY HUNTER PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UM, TOTAL, TOTAL ASK FOR THAT IS $240,000. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF HUNTER'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. UNANIMOUS APPROVED. UNDER ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE B, ALL AMERICAN CITY APPLICATION FOR 75,570. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM B. AYE. AYE. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. A UNANIM BOTH HAVE APPROVED. GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DIXIELAND PARK PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $14,000. I THINK WE HAVE THAT IN OUR YES. UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN. AND, UH, MEMBERS, UH, . UM, THIS PRESENTATION HERE IS FOR THE DIXIELAND PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UM, WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE LOCALIZED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FAILED, UH, FLEX SPACE SECTIONS. UM, BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE FIRST CORRECTED. UM, AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND WE APPLIED A OVERLAY OVER THE TOP OF THE PARKING LOT. UM, WENT OUT THERE THIS WHOLE WEEK, UH, AS IT WAS DONE. AND, UH, [00:35:01] PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DID, UH, A MARVELOUS JOB. UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE IS FOR CONSIDERATION TO, UM, REIMBURSEMENT, UH, OF, OF THAT PROJECT. UM, AND THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT PROJECT WAS $14,000. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN FEEL FREE TO ANSWER ANYTHING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUE I I DROVE BY WHEN THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING THE FACIL, THE STRUCTURE THERE, WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT BASKETBALL? SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST I'VE BEEN BUYING A COUPLE. THE FIRST, UH, SHADE STRUCTURE BASKETBALL COURT, HARD SHELL. SO, OKAY. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ROBERT, OUR CITY ENGINEER. UH, WE'VE BEEN GOING BY THERE AND IT'S PHENOMENAL. IT LOOKS GREAT. FANTASTIC. BUNCH OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO OUR DEPARTMENT. YEAH, I SAW THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS, SO I GOTTA GET OVER THERE. UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THAT PARK IS REALLY LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. WE, WE PLANTED ABOUT 40 TREES THERE AS WELL, UH, IN THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE DISC GOLF, UM, COALITION OR MM-HMM . JOSHUA. AND, UM, SO EACH TREE PLANET THERE HAS A PURPOSE TO MAKE THE, THE COURSE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT ALSO TO BRING SHADE, UM, AND ALSO JUST TO HELP NATURE AND WILDLIFE ITSELF. SO, UM, WE, WE DID UT PADS AS WELL THERE FOR THE DISC GOLF. AND THEN WE JUST FINISHED THIS WEEK, 18 NEW SIGNS WE DID IN-HOUSE WHERE WE ACTUALLY BUILT THE SIGNS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ACTUAL SIGNED HOLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOLE, YOU CAN KINDA SEE THE DESIGN OF THE COURSE. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GET THOSE MADE AND MOUNT THEM TO OUR NEW, UH, SIGN HOLES THAT WE DID. SO A LOT, A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE WITHIN DIXON, THAT PARK. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PARK WAS UNDERUTILIZED BY THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THE YEARS I'VE GONE BY THERE. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. YEAH. THE, THE RESERVOIR. SAME FRIDAY FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND YOU SAID THAT THE, THE OVERLAY, WAS THAT IN-HOUSE OR THE YES, IT WAS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THAT'S GOOD. SO THAT'S THE REASON. $14,000. OUR STREET DEPARTMENT. STREET DEPARTMENT, YES. THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. VERY REASONABLE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. , , DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENTS, SORRY. UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WILDLIFE, BUT AS YOU'RE DESIGNING THESE PROJECTS, ARE YOU CONSIDERING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW HOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DEAL WITH WATER AND FLOODING HERE, ARE YOU CONSIDERING ANY LIKE, DRAINAGE IN WATER RETENTION PONDS AND ALL THAT AS YOU'RE DESIGNING THESE AREAS? YEAH, SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE ENGINEER AND THE ENGINEER WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR DESIGN A PARKING LOT, THEY TAKE ALL THOSE AREAS INTO ACCOUNT. UM, SAME THING WITH STEWART PLACE PARK. WE'LL BE SOON DEVELOPING NEW PARKING LOTS THERE. OR IT'S NOW THAT I HILL GARCIA PARK, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH ENGINEER, BOTH, UH, ROBERT AND UH, NADIA THERE. SO THEY TAKE DRAINAGE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE DO THESE PARKING LOTS. UM, LAST THING WE NEED IS TO DO THE PARKING LOT AND THEN RIGHT. BE FLOODED OR UNDER WATER. SO, GREAT. DEFINITELY GOOD TO HEAR. OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DONE WITH COMMENTS. UM, DO WE, CAN WE, IS SOMEONE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSIDERATION ON THE DIXIELAND PARK PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR $14,000. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. SO GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. FOUR BI DO HAVE A, A, A QUESTION, AND I KNOW I, I HAD, UH, EMAILED DELIA ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP, REALLY NOTHING CRAZY. UM, VICTOR PARK, THEY HAD, UM, SPOKEN TO SOMEONE, AND I'M TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF VICTOR, UH, WHO RUNS THE BASEBALL AREA. UM, HE HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME NETTING FROM THE OLD WHITE WINGS, BASEBALL FIELDS THAT THEY HAD STORED THERE TO RE REPURPOSE IT AND PUT IT AT THE, AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS. SO WHAT WE DID, UM, ON THE WEEKLY REPORT THAT WE DO HAVE WITH THE CITY, OKAY, SO WE REPAIRED IT. UM, SO WE ASSESSED IT THE CURRENT NET. AND WHAT WE NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T REALLY RIPPED, UH, ON THE EDGING, WHAT THEY DID ON THE FIRST INSTALLATION, THEY USED REGULAR PLASTIC ZIP TIES. THE ONE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. THE ONE AT THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD. YES. SO BASICALLY IT LOOKED TORN, BUT BECAUSE THEY USED PLASTIC ZIP TIES AND THE WIND JUST TORE RIGHT THROUGH THOSE. SO WE ACTUALLY USE LIKE A METAL ZIP TIE. SO, UH, WE POSTED THAT PICTURE UP, UM, IT'S FULLY FUNCTIONAL. AND THEN AS A BACKUP WE DO HAVE THE WHITE WING NET. UM, BUT ON THAT NET ALONE, THERE'S STILL SOME DAMAGED AREAS. SO I DIDN'T WANNA JUST COMPLETELY RELEASE IT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY OKAY. FLAT IT OUT AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN USE. SO EVEN AT THAT, SO YOU'RE FIXING THAT. YEAH. EVEN AT THAT, UH, WITH SOME OF THE CURRENT HOLES IN IT, WE CAN'T PUT THAT OUT. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE CURRENT NET IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT WAS THERE FOR YEARS. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT, BUT WE DID REPAIR, MY BOY PLAYS THERE ALL THE TIME AND IT'S HORRIBLE. YEAH, WE DID REPAIR IT. UM, AND IT WAS A LOT OF BALLS. UM, I CAN GET SOME ACCURATE NUMBERS ON THAT, UM, JUST TO FIND [00:40:01] OUT ON IT. I KNOW WHAT WE DID RIGHT NOW. WE HAD A REALLY BIG WATER LEAK THERE. UM, SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN FIXING THAT WATER LEAK, UH, TO THE BASEBALL. YOU FIND OUT? YES, SIR. INSTEAD OF, AND I THINK WHAT DOUBLE WHAMMIES THEM IS, IS THE CANAL SITS RIGHT THERE TOO. SO ALL THOSE FOUL BALLS OUT THE NET AND INTO THE CANAL, YOU GOING TO THE CANAL ? NO, YOU DO NOT. WELL IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BACK. . NOW THE LITTLE LEAGUE IS LIKE, YOU GET THE BALL, YOU GET A COKE. AND WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE DIDN'T CARE TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET THAT BALL. BUT DEFINITELY, SIR, I, I'LL WORK ON THOSE QUOTES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SAY NO TO THAT. JOHNNY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT CALLED ME AND YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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