Jul 15, 2025 Parks and Recreation

LET'S WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:04]

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY. I THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP GATHERED IN THIS ROOM AND AND THE STAFF AND JUST HOW WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND AND ALL THE MANY THINGS THAT THAT YOU GUIDE US AND HELP US PROVIDE FOR FOR THOSE WHO WHO LIVE HERE. I, I LIFT UP A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FLOOD.

I LIFT UP THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN THE IN THE KERRVILLE AREA.

AND MAY THEY FEEL YOUR PRESENCE IN THAT WAY. MAY WE BE REMINDED THAT THAT OUR STRENGTH COMES FROM YOU AND THAT OUR STRENGTH COMES FROM OUR OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND OUR LOVE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

AND IN GOOD TIMES AND IN SAD TIMES. BE WITH US IN THIS MEETING, AND WE PRAISE YOU.

AND WE LOVE YOU. AND YOUR HOLY NAME I PRAY. AMEN.

YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. LEE. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN UP THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY SUBJECT MATTER OR ANY ISSUE.

BEFORE THIS BOARD, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOUR INTEREST IS.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND SEEING NOBODY IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL CLOSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND AND APPRECIATE THAT. YOU SHOULD HAVE COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING FOR REVIEW AND.

[1. Minutes (Discussion and Action)]

CORRECTIONS. IF NOT, WE'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MOVE TO ACCEPT IT. ALL RIGHT. ROSTON. THANK YOU.

I'LL SECOND MICHAEL. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. AND ALL OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN. OKAY. MINUTES APPROVED.

WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR AGENDA. ITEMS NUMBER TWO, GROVER NELSON PARK PLAT APPROVAL.

[2. Grover Nelson Park Plat Approval (Discussion, Public Hearing and Possible Action)]

MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE.

THIS IS 63, 23 F.P. NELSON PARK. THIS HAS BEEN THIS IS A PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.

IT HAS BEEN AMENDED SINCE THAT APPROVAL. SO WE'RE SEEKING A NEW APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDED PLAT.

IMPLANT. SOME CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE ISA LOT, SPECIFICALLY TO REMOVE SOME EASEMENTS AND TO THE NELSON PARK LOT TO REMOVE A LOT LINE, CREATING ONE LARGE LINE LARGE LOT, AS WELL AS TO CHANGE A STREET NAME TRANSFORMER TRAIL TO I BELIEVE IT IS A ZOO LANE. THERE IT WHERE IT CHANGES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE HAVE REVIEWED THIS AND FOUND THAT IT IS MEETS OUR STANDARDS AND THE CHANGES TO I'M TAKING IT THAT THAT'S THAT SHADED LOOKING ROAD IS THAT TRANSFORMER DRIVE.

IT WAS USED TO. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, IT USED TO BE TRANSFORMER DRAFT.

YOU SAID THAT THEY THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT NAMING THE STREET.

THEY'VE BEEN. YES, THEY DID CHANGE THE NAME. WHERE TRANSFORMER TRAIL NOW LEADS INTO.

IT IS MORE ALONG THE LOT OF THE EXISTING LOT THAT EXISTS THERE FOR AEP IT CHANGES FROM TRANSFORMER TRAIL TO ZOO LANE. RIGHT? RIGHT IN THERE.

OKAY. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION WE MIGHT HAVE, ACTUALLY.

ADAM. SORRY. CAN YOU JUST GIVE, LIKE, A ONE SENTENCE SYNOPSIS OF EXACTLY THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THIS? AND, ADAM, IF YOU WANT TO GET CLAYTON TO COME UP BECAUSE CLAYTON IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY. OKAY, MORE THAN HAPPY.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE UP. CLAYTON. GOOD MORNING, CLAYTON FARRELL WITH JACOB AND MARTIN.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE NYC PROJECT. SO THE THREE ITEMS ON THE BULLETS ARE WHAT IS BEING HAS BEEN CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME Y'ALL SAW IT.

[00:05:06]

NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO. AND IT WAS AN ARBITRARY LINE THAT WAS WAS MISCOMMUNICATION.

I UNDERSTOOD IT AT THAT THE ZOO WOULD BE ITS OWN PARCEL.

AND AFTER TALKING TO THE LESLIE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, THE DIRECTION WE GOT WAS THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE ONE LOT.

SO WE JUST DROPPED A LOT LINE THERE. AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT INTERNALLY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ZOO AS TO WHAT THAT ARBITRARY LINE IS. IT'S JUST NOT SHOWN ON THE PLAT.

THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM. THE EASEMENTS. AGAIN, THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

THERE ARE GROUND LEASES FOR THE DODGE JONES BASKETBALL FACILITY, AND THERE ARE GROUND LEASES, I BELIEVE, THAT ARE EXISTING FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX, BUT TECHNICALLY, IT'S CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

AND SO THE EASEMENTS THAT USED TO BE SHOWN WERE FOR WATER LINE, PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC SEWER THAT WENT THROUGH THOSE PROPERTIES. AND IN TALKING TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THEY DIDN'T. IT'S MORE CONFUSING AND IT'S NOT HELPFUL FOR THEM TO DO THAT.

SO THEY ASKED US TO REMOVE THEM. THEY DON'T NEED AN EASEMENT TO THEMSELVES.

RIGHT. STREET NAMES. THE LINE YOU SEE, GARY POINTED OUT THE SHADED TRANSFORMER TRAIL.

THAT'S THE OLD ALIGNMENT. WE SHIFTED TRANSFORMER TRAIL TO THE WEST AND BASICALLY CUT IT IN HALF ON THE FIRST PLAT.

AND YOU STILL SEE THAT ADJACENT TO WHAT IS THE BASKETBALL FACILITY? ON THE FIRST PLAT THAT WAS THAT STILL WAS CALLED TRANSFORMER TRAIL.

AND ZOO LANE SNAKED AROUND THE ZOO AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO AEP.

WELL, AEP, THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT AEP WOULD HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESS TO SOMETHING OFF OF ZOO LANE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED OFF, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS TO BE KEEP IT, KEEP THEIR ADDRESS, AND KEEP IT OFF TRANSFORMER TRAIL. SO WHAT WE DID WAS ONCE ZOO LANE HITS AC DRIVE, IT SWITCHES ITS NAME TO TRANSFORMER TRAIL TO GO UP TO AEP. THEN THAT FREED UP A NEW STREET NAME TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS WINNER'S DRIVE, I BELIEVE.

AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANKS, CLAYTON. WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CHANGE IN THE PLAT FOR GROVER NELSON PARK, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SEEING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, AND WE'LL CALL FOR AN ACTION FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION.

MICHAEL BURKE. ALL RIGHT. AND LEE SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. LIKE SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'LL SEE THE COMPLETION PRETTY QUICKLY, I THINK.

CLAYTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND ADAM APPRECIATE IT TOO, AS WELL.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REPORT SECTION. PARKS AND RECREATION.

[3. Park and Recreation Month (Discussion)]

CHRIS GIBSON. FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

SO JULY IS PARK AND REC MONTH. IT'S ONE OF OUR BIG HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE LIKE TO GO IN.

AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE'VE GOT A CAMPAIGN GOING ON. SO THESE SLIDES THAT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH REAL QUICK ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE CAMPAIGN. IT WAS RATHER FORTUITOUS FOR US THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE THE NATIONAL NPA'S, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A KIND OF A LITTLE TAGLINE THING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IN JULY FOR OUR PARKS AND REC MONTH.

AND THIS YEAR IT'S BUILD TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER, WHICH GOES RIGHT HAND IN HAND WITH US BUILDING NEW RECREATION CENTERS.

SO WE DID HIGHLIGHT THAT IN SOME OF THE SLIDES OF BUILD TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE OUR RECREATION CENTERS ARE COMING ONLINE AND THE NEXT YEAR.

SO SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE WANT TO OF COURSE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR PARK AND REC MONTH.

SO WE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF SLIDES OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THOSE REC CENTERS. AND WE'VE GOT A ROOF OVER OUR CHAVEZ, OUR JEFF DANIELS LOCATION. WE'RE WORKING ON CHAVEZ RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF THESE.

WE ALSO WANT TO OF COURSE, ALSO INCLUDE WE GOT A NEW PLAYGROUND AT GV DANIELS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE'LL BE GOING IN LATER ON THIS THIS YEAR.

AND OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE OUR WONDERFUL PLAYGROUNDS. OUR PARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND USE.

WE'RE ENCOURAGING THOSE AND HAVING KIND OF CAMPAIGNING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PRIMARILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TO GET OUT AND PLAY. THAT'S WHAT BUILDS OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPS US ALL BE NICE AND HEALTHY AND AND AND ENJOY OUR ENVIRONMENTS.

SO WE HAD TO INCLUDE A SPLASH PAD BECAUSE IT IS THE SEASON FOR OUR SPLASH PADS AND OF COURSE,

[00:10:07]

SO AND THEN WE JUST WENT OVER SHOT OF ONE OF THE PARKS HERE AS WELL.

JUST TO KIND OF INCLUDE THAT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREEN SPACE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND ENJOY.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PARKS THAT HAVE, OF COURSE, WATER ACCESS AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN GET OUT AND DO SOME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO FISH OR IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND JUST ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, ABILENE TO HAVE 28 DEVELOPED PARKS.

AND SO WE WANT YOU TO GET OUT AND AND ENJOY THEM.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

I NOTICED THAT CAMERON LAKE IS PRETTY FULL. YEAH.

AND HE'S SEEN QUITE A FEW. QUITE A FEW FOLKS FISHING.

YEP. OFF OF SOUTH 11TH. SO. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD.

HOPEFULLY THEY'RE CATCHING SOMETHING. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE CATCHING SOMETHING. AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE YOUR FISHING LICENSE. WELL, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE FISHING IT RIGHT NOW. THEY JUST STOCKED IT DOWN TO THAT, SO THAT'S GOOD.

OH, WE ALSO DID HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON JULY 10TH FOR PARKS AND REC MONTH.

THE MAYOR. RIGHT. SO GOOD. EXCELLENT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL. THANKS, CHRIS. APPRECIATE IT.

AQUATICS REPORT CHRIS GIBSON. CHRIS GIBSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND

[4. Aquatics Report (Discussion)]

WE'VE GOT SOME EVENTS COMING UP. THE MOVIE NIGHTS JULY 25TH.

IT'S SURF'S UP IS THE MOVIE THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING AT ADVENTURE COVE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SECOND DAY OF CHAMPIONS DAY, WHICH IS JULY 26TH, 9 TO 11.

AND OF COURSE, OUR SPLASH PADS ARE CURRENTLY ALL OPEN EXCEPT FOR OUR NELSON SPLASH PAD LOCATION.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON PARTS FOR THAT ONE TO COME IN, SO WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A LEAD TIME ON THOSE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO GET PARTS AS PRETTY AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE AT TIMES.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT IN. AND AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE PARTS IN, WE'LL HAVE NELSON BACK UP AND RUNNING.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS A CLOSURE OF THE ADVENTURE COVE LAST WEDNESDAY I WAS AWARE OF.

IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON MAYBE A WHETHER A CLOSURE CLOSURE DUE TO WHETHER IT WAS MOST LIKELY THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE HEARD SO FAR IN OUR AQUATICS REPORT MEETING THAT, YEAH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY FORTUNATE.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF NIGHTS WITH THE WEATHER, AS MUCH RAIN AS WE'VE GOTTEN, BUT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY FORTUNATE. THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S UP AND RUNNING. BUT SAFETY COMES FIRST. ALWAYS FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRIS.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. PARKS REPORT. HEY, SIX.

[5. Parks Report (Discussion)]

AND THIS YEAR, WE HAD QUITE A BIT TO DO. AND SO THE GUYS WENT THROUGH AND DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE CAT FESTIVAL.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN OUT TO SEE STORYBOOK 2.0 I SUGGEST YOU GO OUT.

IT'S PRETTY NEAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATER FEATURE AND ALL THAT.

IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THAT IN ACTION. CURLY HAZE FIELD.

WE HAD GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BENCHES OUT THERE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WERE PAINTING AT ONE POINT.

BUT THEY HAD RUN THROUGH THEIR LIFE. AND SO WE ASKED STAFF TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE THOSE OFF AND REPLACE THEM WITH WOOD FOR NOW.

UNTIL WE COULD GET SOME MORE, BETTER, PERMANENT BLEACHERS.

SO KIDDOS NOW HAVE BETTER BLEACHERS TO SIT AT WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE AND PRACTICE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE DID IN JUNE.

WE HAD 243 COMPLETED WORK ORDERS WHICH TOTALED 5671 LABOR HOURS, WITH A TOTAL COST TO COMPLETE ALL THE WORK AT 1023 54. SO YOU CAN SEE THE GUYS ARE VERY BUSY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

IT NEVER STOPS. PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, WHAT DO YOU DO DURING THE WINTER? WE'RE WORKING. YEAH. IT DOESN'T STOP. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MONTH.

YEAH. LOOKS LIKE WITH THE EXTRA RAIN WE'VE HAD BEEN BLESSED WITH THIS YEAR.

WHAT WE'VE HAD. YOU GUYS ARE MOWING A BUNCH. YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S BEEN NONSTOP. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE HAD A WEATHER LIKE THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,

[00:15:03]

NO, BUT WE'LL WE'LL HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JESUS? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. SENIOR REPORT. CLAYTON, YOU CAN LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT ACTUALLY, WE WERE TEASING YOU.

[6. Seniors Report (Discussion)]

WE HAD OUR AUDITIONS AND WE HAVE OUR CONTESTANTS COMPETING AND IT IS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND AND OUR TICKETS ARE ON SALE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ARE DOING THE HOLLYWOOD RED CARPET EVENT.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ALSO, WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR WELLNESS FAIR AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT UNDER THE BIG RED TENT. SO WE ARE HAVING A CIRCUS CARNIVAL THEME.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW CREATIVE OUR VENDORS GET TO HAVE THEIR GAMES, TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW VENDORS TO PROMOTE WELLNESS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SIGN UP ALREADY.

SO THIS IS A VERY EXCITING EVENT FOR THE SENIORS TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND WE ARE HAVING FUNNEL CAKES THAT DAY. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME THAT DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A WELLNESS THING, IT'S LIKE THEY DO DESERVE A LITTLE TREAT ON THAT DAY.

WE ARE WORKING ON OUR DAY TRIP. SO WE ARE GOING TO THE BOTANIC GARDENS IF IT WORKED.

THEY'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO GO TO THAT.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS, AND THIS ONE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE TOP OF THE LIST.

SO WE WOULD BE GOING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH AND WE ARE HALFWAY FULL.

WE JUST STARTED SELLING TICKETS JANUARY 1ST, JULY 1ST, AND I WAS SURPRISED HOW FAST THIS WAS FILLING UP.

SO WE WILL HAVE LUNCH THERE AND HAVE SOME TOURS AND THEN WE WILL HEAD BACK HOME AND LIKE FUN DAY.

IT DOES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO SIGN UP FOR THE TRIP? YEAH, I STILL HAVE SOME SPOTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT QUITE WORKING ON IT. THANKS, ANNE.

JESSE, PADERBORN ZOO DIRECTOR. WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR TWO LINES.

[7. Zoo Report (Discussion)]

THIS IS PER RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR SSP SURVIVAL SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN.

THERE'S A LINE THERE, A MAIL LINE THAT'S VERY VALUABLE THAT NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER LINE. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE AN EMPTY EXHIBIT, SO WE SENT OURS EARLY.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE THEN BROUGHT IN A NEW SPECIES, A VERY MAJESTIC BEAR SPECIES FROM THE INDIAN AREA IN INDIA.

BUT THEY'RE CALLED THE SLOTH BEAR. SHE'S AN OLDER FEMALE.

SHE'S ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, AND SHE'S GOING TO TEMPORARILY BE WITH US. SHE CAME FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN D.C., AND SHE'LL BE WITH US UNTIL WE BREAK GROUND FOR THE NEW PHASE ONE OF OUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN EARLY SPRING.

SO SHE'LL TEMPORARILY BE WITH US, BUT COME CHECK HER OUT.

SHE'S VERY INTERACTIVE AND VERY MOBILE, SO SHE'S ALL OVER THE EXHIBIT AND CHECKING OUT THINGS, SO PLEASE CHECK HER OUT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE CELEBRATING ZIPPITY ZOO DAY, WHICH IS OUR ZOO'S BIRTHDAY.

WE TURNED 59 THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL BE GIVING OUT FREE CAKE AND CELEBRATING OUR BIRTHDAY.

HELP THE ZOO. THAT'S IT. GOOD DEAL. GOOD DEAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? WHY IS IT CALLED A SLOTH BEAR? WELL, THE ORIGINAL PERSON THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY A SLOTH SPECIES.

SO THEY HAD THE EARLY SETTLERS WHEN THEY WERE GOING OUT IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

THEY WERE CALLING THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. SO THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A SLOTH AND LATER ON, AS DETERMINED. NO, IT'S A BEAR SPECIES, NOT A SLOTH SPECIES.

SO IT WAS VERY FLUFFY AND IT HAD CLAWS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SLOTH OF SOUTH AMERICA.

YEAH. YEAH. INTERESTING YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT SLOW.

SHE'S ACTIVE. YEAH. COOL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL.

THANKS, JESSIE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

LESLIE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS ON THE AGENDA? SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THE HAT STUFF? IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT ONE.

IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT ONE. BE ON THE NEXT ONE. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.