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>> GOOD MORNING WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE THIS MORNING. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. DAVID, WOULD YOU OFFER AN
INVOCATION FOR US. >> FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE GREAT CITY OF ABILENE, TEXAS, FOR THE SERVANTS THAT WE HAVE THAT SERVE OUR CITY, FOR THE AIRMEN THAT WE HAVE THAT SERVE OUR COUNTRY HERE LORD, FOR THE STUDENTS AS THEY RETURN BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THEM AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES.
WE PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY WITH LEADERS THAT FOLLOW YOU AND WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE, FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.
BLESS US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND HELP US TO HONOR YOU.
IN NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >> THANK YOU.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE WILL OPEN UP THE MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF US FOR SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE THIS BOARD TEXT UP TO THE MICROPHONE. IF YOU WOULD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
[1. Minutes (Discussion and Action)]
, SEEING NO ONE STEPPING FORWARD, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTESOF THE LAST MEETING BEFORE YOU. >> WE APPROVE THE JULY 21ST,
[ EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SECOND? THANK YOU, DAVID.ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED.
VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT NEXT ITEM, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, A GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IF DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PERSON. ADDITIONALLY, SECTION 551.087 ALLOW A GOVERNMENT BODY TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE, STATE, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE CITY OR WITH WHICH THERE MAY BE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS OR DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. FURTHER, SECTION 505 -- 557.071 PROVIDES A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY MAY SEEK ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEY REGARDING A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SUBJECT, SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE INFORMATION. AFTER DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, ANY ACTION OR VOTE WILL BE TAKEN IN PUBLIC.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF ABILENE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED BELOW AS AUTHORIZED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL CODE SECTIONS, 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
551.072, DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
551.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WITH THAT BEING
[3. Renaming Sears Recreation Center (Discussion, Public Hearing and Possible Action)]
>> ALL RIGHT CUT COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH NO ACTION TAKEN THIS MORNING ON ANYTHING. WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THAT IS ITEM THREE, RENAMING SEARS RECREATION CENTRE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION HERE WOULD YOU BRIEF US ON WHERE WE ARE?
>> AFTER THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE THREE ITEMS THAT YOU ASKED STAFF TO GO BACK AND DO. ONE OF THEM WAS VISIT WITH THE SEARS FAMILY, ABOUT THE NAMES, THE APPLICANTS, TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY CONCERNS OR ANY THOUGHTS THAT THEY HAD.
I DID DO THAT, I VISITED WITH THE SEARS FAMILY, AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THESE FOUR NAMES.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF ONE OVER THE OTHER. THEY DO KNOW MULTIPLE NAMES THAT ARE ON HERE, AND ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PARKS BOARD'S DECISION ON WHICHEVER YOU SELECT.
THEY WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO WEIGH IN ON MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON ONE OVER THE OTHER. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAD ASKED IS FOR US TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
I SENT YOU ALL WHAT IS OUR HISTORY OF PARKS AND RECREATION
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THAT WE SPECIFICALLY HAD ON SEARS PARK.WE DON'T NAME OUT PEOPLE IN OUR HISTORY TYPICALLY, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GO BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY -- WHAT I CAN SAY IS THE SEARS NEIGHBORHOOD, LISTS BOTH MISSED CAMPUS AND MISS ENRIQUEZ IN THIS PLAN AS CONTRIBUTORS SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT BEYOND THAT, WITH MR. ENRIQUEZ, I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR DECADES. DUE TO MY POSITION HERE, I HAVE WORKED WITH HIM FOR YEARS. MISS CAMPUS WAS RETIRING OUT AS I WAS COMING IN. AWARE OF THE NAME, FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME, HEARD THE NAME BUT DID NOT WORK WITH HER DIRECTLY.
BEYOND THIS, I DON'T HAVE A TANGIBLE DOCUMENT THAT I CAN POINT TO BEYOND THE HISTORY THAT TALKS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF SEARS PARK. THE THIRD PART WAS WANTING MORE FEEDBACK ON THESE FOUR NAMES, HISTORY ON WHAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WAS AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
I FORWARDED TO YOU, WE REACHED OUT TO EACH OF THE FOUR APPLICANTS, AND EACH OF THEM RESPONDED BACK WITH WHAT THEY KNEW IN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PARK AND RECREATION. THREE OF THEM WERE SENT LAST WEEK, ONE WAS SENT LATE YESTERDAY.
IF YOU WANT ME TO READ THOSE WORD FOR WORD, I AM HAPPY TO DO SO. BUT THAT WAS SUPPLIED TO YOU, EACH OF THE APPLICANTS DID GO BACK AND REALLY HONE IN ON HOW THEIR PERSON CONTRIBUTED TO PARKS AND RECREATION PIER AS PART OF THE REQUESTING FEEDBACK, YOU HAD ASKED, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO PARKS BOARD. THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST. AND SO IF PEOPLE WERE SAYING THINGS ON FACEBOOK, WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THAT AS PART OF WHAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO YOU TODAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO LOOK ON FACEBOOK BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CHARGED TO US HERE IN THE PRESS RELEASE, IT DID SAY THAT YOU HAD TO EMAIL US DIRECTLY, PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU EITHER HAD TO SEND US AN EMAIL OR YOU HAD TO COME BY THE OFFICE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS, WE HAD -- I. SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY GLASSES. THIS IS TINY PRINT.
WE HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT EMAILED ON MR. FERNANDEZ.
WE HAD TWO PEOPLE, AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.
THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED SOMETHING BUT THESE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE APPLICATION. WE HAVE THREE THAT EMAILED FOR MR. HERNANDEZ. WE HAD TO THAT EMAILED FOR MISS CAMPOS. WE HAD SIX THAT EMAILED FOR MR. ROGERS. WE HAD THREE THAT EMAILED FOR MR. ENRIQUEZ. WE HAD 14 THAT EMAILED LEVITT SEARS PARK. AND THEN THERE WAS A CITIZEN THAT DESIGNED THEIR OWN FORM AND WENT OUT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS AND GOT COMMENTS AND BROUGHT THOSE FORMS DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE. IT WAS RECOMMENDING MR. ENRIQUE, IT BEING NAMED AFTER HIM. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FOR YOU TODAY IS THE FEEDBACK AND WHAT WE HEARD EMAILED TO YOU ALL AHEAD OF THIS MEETING WAS THE COMMENTS THAT WERE IN THE EMAIL SO YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING BECAUSE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE SO IT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, ALL CAME IN -- ALL COMMENTS CAME TO YOU.
WE DID RECEIVE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T THESE FOUR OR CIRRUS PARK. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FILL OUT AN APPLICATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE PUT THEM IN THE CATEGORY OF NONCOMPLIANCE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN APPLICATION ON THEM. REALLY IT'S THESE FOUR THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. >> I HAD ONE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY ASK ABOUT IT. FOR THE RECORD, FOR CLARIFICATION, WE ARE NOT RENAMING THE PARK, WE ARE RENAMING THE REC CENTER, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
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QUESTIONS? >> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WILL STATE IS PART OF THE POLICY, A PERSON FROM EACH OF THE APPLICANTS HAS TO BE PRESENT TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WHEN YOU ARE READY, I RECOMMEND OPENING THE MIC AND
GIVING THEM 3 MINUTES. >> NO PROBLEM THERE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT EXCELLENT FEEDBACK AND EXCELLENT
WORK ON GETTING THAT FOR US. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE MICROPHONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR PUBLIC HEARING SESSION FOR ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME YOUR ADDRESS AND/OR AFFILIATION.
YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN.
>> MY NAME IS SAMUEL GARCIA. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MISS CAMPOS. WE MADE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF EVERYTHING, OF SUBMITTING, ALL LAID OUT.
WE RESPONDED TO THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH. AS FAR AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE TIE TO THE ACTUAL REC CENTER. HER PICTURE BEING IN THE KITCHEN IS A PRETTY STRONG TIE. THE REPORT YOU ARE HOLDING UP, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FROM THE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE PRETTY STRONG TIES. I TRIED TO ADD ON SOME VOLUNTEER WORK THAT SHE DID THERE. YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THAT LAST WEEK THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVENTS THANKSGIVING EVENTS.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED.
NUMBER 1, AS OF TODAY, WHAT IS THE LEGAL NAME OF THE REC CENTER? BECAUSE THERE WAS A VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN A FEW YEARS AGO TO CHANGE THE REC CENTER NAME TO CESAR CHAVEZ PARK. IN MY OPINION THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU STILL CALL IT SEARS FAMILY OR DO ANY OF THAT STUFF IS IF YOU CHANGED IT BACK TO CYRUS, AND THERE IS NO VOTE THAT DID THAT. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, TECHNICALLY, IT'S STILL -- WHAT YOU AGREED TO DO AND WHAT YOU VOTED TO DO WAS TO CHANGE THE NAME.
UNTIL YOU CHANGED THE NAME, IT IS STILL WHAT IT IS.
YOUR GUIDELINE THAT YOU WROTE A FEW YEARS AGO SAYS THAT YOU WILL FURTHER THE FAMILY OF THE NAME THAT IT WAS.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY BE REFERRING TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ FAMILY, NOT THE SEARS FAMILY.
BECAUSE IT NO LONGER HAD THE NAME SEARS, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
SO THIS IDEA, I THINK THAT SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, ONE OF THE MEMBERS SAID IT WOULD NOT BE A FAILURE IT WOULD BE A FAILURE IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE NAME.
THE REASON IS IT'S NOT CYRUS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER RENAMED SEARS. SECONDLY, YOU ASKED ALL THIS WORK TO BE DONE AND IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT, THEN IT IS A FAILURE. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THESE POSITIONS, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN -- THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN FOR YOU IN THE PAST, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT. YOU ELIMINATED ONE OF THE NAMES BASED OF WHAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED HERE BASED ON THOSE GUIDELINES.
SO IF YOU'RE EITHER FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OR YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, TECHNICALLY IT HASN'T CHANGED, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BUT I WOULD AT LEAST -- I. WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED BEFORE YOU PROCEED.
THANK YOU. >> IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I GUESS YOU ARE ASKING FOR A RESPONSE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND HAD THE NAME REMOVED, AND IT WAS REMOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CITY COUNCIL IS I WENT BEFORE THEM AND I SAID PLEASE REMOVE THEM.
I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE OR REMOVE THE NAME.
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THAT'S WHY IT WAS IN THE FORM OF THE QUESTION.WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T RESPOND BECAUSE IT WAS PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN'T HAVE INTERACTION LIKE YOU CAN HEAR, THIS IS A HEARING, SO YOU CAN INTERACT.
CITY COUNCIL, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE DONE EARLIER, THEY RECEIVED A CALL.
THE NEXT DAY AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS SHOCKED THE NEXT DAY WHEN I GOT A CALL SAYING THEY WANT TO REMOVE THE NAME OFF OF THE BUILDING. I THOUGHT WOW.
PHYSICALLY IT WAS REMOVED BUT I DO NOT KNOW OF A VOTE TO REMOVE THE NAME ON THERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HAVE VOTED ON IT THAT DAY BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.
THAT CAME FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO I WOULD SAY THERE WAS NO VOTE TO REMOVE THE NAME CESAR CHAVEZ. I THINK YOU'VE GOT YOUR ATTORNEY SITTING THERE. I WOULD ASK THEM BECAUSE THAT IS TECHNICALLY WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOING, YOU ARE CHANGING THE NAME. AND SO IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE NAME, RIGHT NOW TECHNICALLY, I WOULD SAY WHERE IS THE VOTE TO REMOVE IT? IT WAS JUST PHYSICALLY REMOVED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, I THINK PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I DEAL WITH, SOME OF THEM HAD NOT HEARD OF THE CESAR CHAVEZ SITUATION.
THEY HADN'T. AND THE REASON THAT I CAME FORWARD WAS BECAUSE THE HISPANIC LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASKED FOR THAT NAME, AND WE FELT BASED OFF OF EVERYTHING WE KNEW, THAT WAS VERY STRONG EVIDENCE, WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONES TO STEP UP AND SAY REMOVE IT AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN, AND PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THE NAME PUT ON THERE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DESERVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY AFTER WE LEARNED ABOUT HIM, HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
I'M THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY STOOD UP AT THE PARKS MEETING AND SAID THAT. THAT WAS FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I COULD BE WRONG BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER A VOTE TO REMOVE THE NAME. SO YOU MAY WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> STANLEY, DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE HOW THE EVENTS UNFOLDED.
I THINK THERE IS AN APPLICATION TO NAME THE REC CENTER BEFORE
THIS BOARD. >> ONE CLARIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT IT'S THE CESAR CHAVEZ PARK.
IT'S NOT THE CESAR CHAVEZ PARK. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
GET THAT ON THE RECORD. >> ON THE RECORD CACTUS SEARS PARK. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. WE ARE DISCUSSING THE RECREATION
CENTRE. >> IF I SAID PARK, IT WAS A MISTAKE. IT'S THE REC CENTER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF A COMPROMISE THAT WAS MADE BECAUSE WE DID ASK FOR THE ENTIRE THING TO BE CHANGED BUT THERE WAS OPPOSITION FROM THE SEARS FAMILY, WHICH AT THAT TIME MADE SENSE BECAUSE IT WAS NAMED THAT FEAR THE AGREEMENT WAS TO SAY OKAY, CHANGED THE NAME TO THE REC CENTER. SO HERE'S THE DEAL, THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE, AND I WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR LESLIE ADDRESS THE FACT THAT PLEASE IGNORE THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF.
YOU CAN'T GET A FEELING OF THE COMMUNITY FROM THAT.
YOU JUST CAN'T. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRUST IT.
THERE'S NO TELLING WHO IT IS. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO EMAIL IN. BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO EMAIL AND GIVE YOUR OPINION, THAT MEANS YOU ARE STANDING BEHIND THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MAKE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT USING SOCIAL MEDIA, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT'S BLOWING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I WOULD NEVER USE THAT AS A BAROMETER OF WHAT THE ACTUAL
COMMUNITY FEELS. >> THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD. >> I AM URBAN ROGERS.
I LIVE AT 1282 VINE STREET IN ABILENE.
MARK WAS MY SON. WHEN MARK WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE GOT TWO OFFERS TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT TWO OUT OF STATE SCHOOLS.
AND HE KEPT SAYING HE WASN'T GOING TO GO TO A CU, I THINK JUST TO MESS WITH US, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WANTED HIM TO GO SINCE WE WERE ALL ACU. SO HE ENDED UP PLAYING FOOTBALL AT ACU. AFTER HE GRADUATED HE NEVER LEFT ABILENE. HE LOVED ABILENE.
HE LOVED THE PEOPLE OF ABILENE. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH SO MANY OF
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THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF ABILENE. HE AND HIS BIG BROTHER IN THAT PHASE OF HIS CAREER, HE TOOK KIDS ALL OVER ABILENE, ALL OVER THE DIFFERENT PARKS. I CAN HONESTLY SAY HE WAS NOT FOCUSED ON THE SEARS PARK REC CENTER.BUT HE WAS KNOWN BY SO MANY IN ABILENE, AND LOVED BEER AND RIGHT AFTER HE WAS KILLED -- AND HE WAS LOVED.
RIGHT AFTER HE WAS KILLED, THE MAYOR SAID HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BIG FOR MARK AND FOR THE CITY.
AND HE SAID HE THINKS HE HAS THE VOTES ON THE COUNCIL TO DO THAT, CITY COUNCIL TO DO THAT. WE WERE SHOCKED.
AND HE TOLD US THERE WERE SOME PROPERTIES TO GO LOOK AT TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM. SO WE DID WE TOOK PICTURES AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. WHEN WE MET WITH HIM THE NEXT TIME, WE HAD OUR FOLDER READY TO GIVE HIM, AND HE SAID BEFORE YOU START THAT, I TALKED TO JAN, WHICH IS HIS WIFE, AND SHE DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. SHE SAID THE CITY HAD ALREADY DONE ENOUGH. AND SO SHE KEPT THIS FROM HAPPENING. AFTER I TALKED TO HER SEVERAL TIMES, THE MAYOR TALKED TO HER THREE TIMES, HE SAID.
SHE JUST WOULDN'T BUDGE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES, HE SAID, I THINK I HANDLED THAT WRONG. I WISH I HAD GONE AHEAD WITH IT.
I KNOW IT HAS CAUSED YOU ALL A LOT OF STRESS.
WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN AWESOME HONOR TO HAVE HIM PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED SOME WAY IN ABILENE.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO MISTER AND MISSUS ROGERS. MY NAME IS JACK HURD.
MARK IS THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS LIST WHO I KNEW PERSONALLY.
HE WAS GOING TO OFFICIATE MY WIFE AND I'S WEDDING IN THE SUMMER OF 2021. AND SO WHEN I SAW HIS NAME ON THIS LIST, MY VERY FIRST IMPRESSION, I THOUGHT MY MIND IS PRETTY WELL MADE UP BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE UP AGAINST MARK IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LAST PARKS MEETING WE HAD, I HEARD SO MANY STORIES AND I SAID THEN HOW HUMBLED I FELT AT THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND I HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL OF THAT.
AND I HAVE TO CONSIDER STUFF LIKE LOCALITY.
AND I ASKED MYSELF WHAT MARK WOULD WANT, AND I DIDN'T ANSWER THAT FOR HIM BUT I DID GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF ASKING IT AND THINKING ABOUT IT. AND IT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM A PARENT OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY, MARK REMINDS ME TO BE A GOOD DAD TO THEM AND TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND TO MY WIFE.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> I AM GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS JACK.
I KNEW MARK, NOT SUPER WELL BUT JEN, THE KIDS, THEY ARE BIG FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY. MY DAUGHTERS ARE BEST FRIENDS WITH HOPE. KNOWING MARK AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, HE RAISED -- YOU'VE RAISED AN AMAZING SON.
THE IMPACT THAT HE HAS LEFT, CERTAINLY I CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE THINGS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WITHOUT HIM. SO THANK YOU.
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WE WILL CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AFFILIATION AND YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES PER.
>> IT IS KIND OF TOUGH FOLLOWING UP MARK ROGERS, WAS MY NEIGHBOR.
I TELL YOU WHAT, IF MY COUSIN DOESN'T GET THIS, MY VOTE IS FOR MARK. I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM THE START. AND I MEAN THAT WITH MY ENTIRE HEART. I'M HERE REPRESENTING SERGEANT FERNANDEZ. I COULDN'T COME TO THE LAST MEETING. 38 OF US FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN MEXICO CELEBRATING MY DAUGHTER'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING THAT MEETING.
MARK -- MARCUS WAS A HUMBLE YOUNG MAN AND HE CAME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. HE ATTENDED LEE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ULTIMATELY GRADUATED FROM COOPER HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM COOPER, WITHOUT HESITATION, HE JOINED THE ARMY.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I MYSELF TOLD HIM NOT TO DO IT.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO, HE WANTED TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES. THAT WAS HIS CALLING.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE DID. SO WHEN YOU DECIDE ON A NAME FOR THE REC CENTER, I THINK YOU NEED TO PICK A NAME THAT REPRESENTS OUR KIDS AND THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND SOMEONE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN RELATE TO. I WANT A CHILD TO ENTER THAT REC CENTER AND SEE A NAME AND A BIO OF SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO, SOMEONE THAT WALKED THE SAME HALLS THAT THEY WALKED, SOMEONE THAT GRADUATED FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY ULTIMATELY GRADUATED FROM. SOMEONE WHO BLAZED HIS OWN PATH, HAD HIS OWN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN SAY THAT THEY CAN LOOK UP TO AND SAY I'M GOING TO DO WHAT HE DID AND MAYBE TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH BUT WE'LL HAVE THE SAME IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE HAD.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, MARCUS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN DOING SO. I HAVE NEVER PUT THINGS IN THIS TERM BUT I'M -- I. ECEIVED THAT EMAIL WANTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW HE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
I WAS THE LATE GUY TURNING IN THE EMAIL BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO SEND THE EMAIL. I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A STALE EMAIL WITHOUT A PULSE. I WANTED YOU TO SEE AND HEAR MY TONE AND FEEL MY PASSION WHEN I TALK ABOUT MARCUS.
ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2008, HE TOOK A BULLET TO THE NECK FOR YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND ME. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY THAN TO WILLINGLY GO IN THE TIME OF WAR AND DO THAT. A LOT OF MEN AND WOMEN WOULD HAVE SHIED AWAY. THERE WERE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO HAVE A CAREER IN THE MILITARY AND AT THE TIME OF WAR, THEY SAID NO, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
MARCUS DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM THAT FEAR THIS IS A YOUNG MAN THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.
WHETHER YOU NAMED THE REC CENTER AFTER HIM OR NOT, HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE, AND THAT'S THE JOB OF OUR FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LEGACY LIVES ON UNTIL I -- LIVES ON UNTIL I LEAVE THIS EARTH. SO WHEN YOU DECIDE ON WHO YOU WANT TO PUT ON THAT BUILDING, THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
IF ONE KID WOULD COME THROUGH THAT REC CENTER AND SAY I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM OR I WANT TO BE LIKE HER, YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB.
ONLY ONE IN 50 YEARS. I THINK YOU CAN DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF. IF IT'S NOT MARCUS, LET IT BE
MARK ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU. >> STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.
>> I'M ANTHONY WILLIAMS. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN.
IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.
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WITH THAT, WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE, I SUPPORT THAT.I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU'VE PUT INTO THAT.
MISS COMPOST WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.
MARK ROGERS WAS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND MY FAMILY.
IN FACT, WE HAVE MARK ROGERS DAY.
THERE HAS BEEN A DAY SET ASIDE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW MARCUS FERNANDEZ BUT THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RAISED THEIR HAND TO SERVE, ULTIMATELY, ALL OF THEM SHOULD RECOGNIZE IN ONE WAY.
BUT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT BILLY ENRIQUEZ.
I WILL JUST SAY HE SPENDS HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD STARTING MENTOR PROGRAMS. HE HAS NEVER LEFT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OVERSAW ABILENE NORTH BASEBALL FOR AROUND 15 YEARS. PART OF THE SEARS -- SEARS HAD THE FIRST SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT BILLY OFFERED.
IF YOU GO AROUND TO ASK PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THEY WOULD SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT THE SACRIFICE AND WHAT HE'S MEANT.
BUT EVEN BEYOND THE SEARS NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR TRUSTEE AND LEADER THIS COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN AN AWFUL LOT IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
AND SO I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HONORING BILLY, HIS LEGACY, HIS CONTRIBUTION, WHAT HE REPRESENTS BUT KNOWING YOU HAVE OTHER VERY DESERVING OPPORTUNITIES AND SO MY POSITION IS THIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
AND THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE ASKING YOU TO HONOR LOVED ONES, I RESPECT THAT BUT IN A BOLD WAY, I WOULD SAY, IT IS HARD TO ARGUE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT VERY SPECIAL PLACE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE MORE DESERVING IN THIS SPECIFIC HONORING THAN BILLY ENRIQUEZ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN.
GODSPEED TO YOU, MY FRIENDS. >> THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE, PLEASE COME FORWARD STATE YOUR NAME.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY, SEEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE ELSE COMING FORWARD AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SEGMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE FOR LESLIE OR COMMENTS OR -- THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE?
THE BOARD MEMBERS? >> I GUESS MY ONLY THOUGHT IS WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD NAME IT AFTER MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH A. I WOULD PROBABLY BE OPPOSED TO THAT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A REALLY HARD DECISION.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE. >> DURING THE LAST MEETING, I WROTE DOWN SOME NOTES ABOUT HOW I AM PERSONALLY SEEING THE PRIORITIZATION ON THIS. I'VE GOT FIVE.
NUMBER 1 NEEDED TO BE A GOOD REPUTE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NATURE OF REMOVING THE PREVIOUS NAME.
SOMEONE WHO WAS OF EXCELLENT REPUTE UP UNTIL THAT SPECIFIC STORY CAME OUT. THE SECOND WAS QUALIFYING APPLICANTS, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE SUBMITTED APPLICATION WAS NUMBER 1 ON THAT, WHICH WAS KIND OF THE INITIAL THING THAT TOOK OUT, FOR THE MOST PART, THE OPTION OF REVERTING BACK TO SEARS FOR THE NAME OF THE REC CENTER.
AND THEN SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF SIGNATURES, WHICH WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, TOOK OUT THE DECKER APPLICATION.
AND THEN TO, IT WAS SPECIFIC CONNECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF PARKS, WHICH IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THREE WAS NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF THE POLICY BUT GIVEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPECIFICALLY THE TWO NORTH SIDE RECREATION CENTRES, THERE IS A DEEP CARE FOR AND CONNECTION TO THESE REC CENTRES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
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AND SO THE DEEP TIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK I FELT LIKE, WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION.AND FINALLY, NUMBER 4 FOR ME WAS PUBLIC SUPPORT, JUST THE DEGREE AND EXTENT TO WHICH PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS GIVEN FOR EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES. FOR ALL FOUR OF THE REMAINING CANDIDATES, GOOD REPUTE AND PUBLIC SUPPORT ARE OBVIOUSLY THERE. WE'VE -- I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS THAT SPOKE TO THE QUALITY OF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY DEEP LOVE AND ADMIRATION IN THE COMMUNITY FOR EACH OF THESE PEOPLE. AND THEN THE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOLLOWS THAT. THE TWO PIECES FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO, OR THE SPECIFIC CONNECTION IN SOME PORT -- SOME PART OF THE PARKS SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY RIGHT
>> BEFORE WE TAKE THIS FURTHER, BRIEFLY, LESLIE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HONOR PEOPLE IN OUR PARKS?
>> THE POLICY ALLOWS YOU TO NAME MULTIPLE ASPECTS, REALLY OF ANY PARK. SO IT COULD BE A ROOM IN THE RECREATION CENTRE IT COULD BE A BASKETBALL COURT, IT COULD BE AN ATHLETIC FIELD, IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THE POLICY WAS WRITTEN TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION. REALLY, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO NAME SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH ALL FOUR OF THESE APPLICANTS DID. BUT IT REALLY CAN BE USED FOR
ANYTHING IN THE PARK SYSTEM. >> AND THEY ARE ANNOUNCING BENCHES IN THE ZOO. ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE
OUTSIDE OF THE NAMING POLICY, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE A TREE AND BENCH AND WE WILL -- WE WORK WITH THE PERSON TO PUT IT IN A PARK IN A LOCATION THAT HAS MEANING BUT THEY CAN ALSO KEEP A TREE ESTABLISHED.
>> JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FOR THESE NAMES TO GO ON TO THIS RECREATION CENTRE, ARE THOSE SUFFICIENT FOR US, IF WE DON'T CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE NAMES AND DECIDE WE WANT TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER THAT PERSON, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS WE CAN USE THESE NAMES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THAT OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, SAY THAT THERE IS A DECISION MADE TO RENAME AND WE WANT TO CONSIDER ANOTHER WAY OF HONORING MEMBERS OF THESE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HELP FIND OTHER AVENUES TO CONTINUE TO
HONOR THESE FOLKS. >> YES, YOU DO HAVE THAT ABILITY. MY ONLY CAUTION TO THAT IS BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT COULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE OF NAMING. BUT, YES, YOU DO HAVE THAT.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DISCUSS GOING FORWARD AND LOOK AT COST OF OR PRIVATE DONATION FROM?
>> IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF WE WERE GOING TO CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE OF THESE NAMES FOR PARTS OF THIS REC CENTER, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THAT TO BE ENCOMPASSED WITH THIS PROCESS THAT WE WERE ALREADY IN. IF WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO NAME SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THIS REC CENTER, THAT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A NEW PROCESS, EVEN IF THESE APPLICATIONS WERE SUFFICIENT FOR THE INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROCESS.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR CLARITY. >> I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SPEAKS TO THAT HERE IT WOULD BE A LOGICAL WAY TO LOOK AT IT THAT THIS IS APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.
IF THE WARD WANTED TO KEEP IT WITHIN THIS FACILITY, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AGAIN.
IF YOU WANTED TO CONSIDER FOR SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THIS FACILITY, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE BECAUSE THAT'S A QUESTION THAT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT BEFORE.
AS FAR AS THIS FACILITY IS CONCERNED, NOTHING ELSE WOULD NEED TO BE DONE. AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON AT THE SAME TIME EITHER, I THINK YOU COULD SPREAD
IT OUT IF YOU WANTED TO. >> ANYONE ELSE?
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ANY QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS?>> IS NOT A QUESTION. I DON'T REALLY KNOW -- I. DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY IT, WHICH IS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE USUALLY I USE A LOT OF WORDS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED MORE MISS CAMPOS, MORE MR. ENRIQUEZ, MORE SERGEANT FERNANDEZ AND MR. ROGERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL NOT FOR JUST THE COMPELLING WAY THAT YOU SPOKE TODAY BUT FOR SHARING THEIR LIVES WITH US.
I'VE KNOWN MARK SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY, AN UNBELIEVABLE PASSION FOR THE CITY. YOU CAN'T SPEAK MORE TO WHAT SERGEANT FERNANDEZ GAVE. MR. ENRIQUEZ AND HIS LONG SUPPORT OF OUR CITY. AND HEARING ABOUT MISS CAMPOS.
IT IS SO COMPELLING. WHAT THIS COMMITTEE CERTAINLY WANTS YOU ALL TO KNOW IS IF ONE OF THOSE NAMES IS NOT SELECTED, IT IS CERTAINLY NO REFLECTION OF THE IMPACT BEING MADE.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPACT THAT THEY MADE ON THE CITY AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE ON THE CITY.
IT IS AN HONOR. IT REALLY IS AN HONOR.
IT'S A TOUGH DECISION. TO ME IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS TO WALK BESIDE US AND WALK BEFORE US.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING. >> A GREAT.
>> SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, I CAN EASILY TAKE A LOT OF TIME, AND I'M NOT GOING TO, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT ALL FOUR OF THESE EXTREMELY WORTHY NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT BEFORE US. IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HAVE ANY ONE OF THE NAMES PLACED ON THEIR, FOR ALL OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
IT IS A TOUGH DECISION. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORDS, ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN TO THESE FOUR FOLKS, FOR CITIZENS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO RENAME THE CITRUS
PARK -- >> ONE CLARIFICATION, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TODAY STILL NEEDS ANOTHER HEARING?
>> YES. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING.
NEXT MONTH WOULD BE THE SECOND READING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
>> I FEEL PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.
AGAIN, KEEPING WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT I WAS SETTING FOR MY OWN SELF FOR HOW I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, I MOVE THAT WHAT HAS BEEN UNTIL RECENTLY THE SIEVERT -- CESAR CHAVEZ RECREATION CENTRE BE NAMED THE BILLY ENRIQUEZ RECREATION
CENTRE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND?
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
WE WILL HAVE A SECOND READING. AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE WILL PURSUE THE PROCESS AG AGAIN.
>> THE KITCHEN BEFORE AND THE PREVIOUS REC CENTER WAS NAMED FOR MISS CAMPOS. WE NEED TO HAVE A FORMAL TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS REDONE AS WELL.
>> IT WAS NOT THE KITCHEN, IT WAS WHAT AT THAT TIME WAS WHAT THEY CALLED -- IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.
THAT IS WHERE Y'ALL VOTED TO ALLOW HER PICTURE AND BIO TO BE HUNG. I REALIZED THAT MR. GARCIA KEEPS SAYING KITCHEN BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM TODAY IT WOULD REQUIRE A FORMAL MOTION FROM THE BOARD IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.
>> THAT COULD BE DONE LATER TODAY.
IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> IT DOES SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO CONTINUE THAT.
I CAN ALSO APPRECIATE IF WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THIS IS DONE AS TS FAR AS THE FULL NAME OF THE RECREATION CENTRE.
>> I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
>> I WILL MAKE A FORMAL MOTION TO CONTINUE THE NAMING OF THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM OR WHICHEVER ROOM AS THE CAMPOS ROOM.
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>> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RENAME THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.
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>> I HAD TO SEND CHRIS TO ANOTHER MEETING.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIS REPORT. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE ZOO REPORT BECAUSE JESSIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SAME MEETING THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE IN.
THE AQUATICS REPORT IS WE HAVE GONE TO WEEKENDS ONLY AS OF AUGUST 9TH. SATURDAY IS 11:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M., SUNDAYS 1:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.
THE LAST DAY WILL BE LABOR DAY, WHICH IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER SEVENTH, FROM 1:00 P.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.
AND SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I FEEL LIKE WE JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT AQUATICS BUT SCHOOL IS ALREADY BACK IN SESSION AND WE ARE ALREADY STARTING, EVEN AT 104, WE ARE GOING INTO FALL MODE.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT BEFORE YOU THAT THE DAYS AND TIMES ARE
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CHANGING AT THE AQUATIC CENTRE. >> ALL RIGHT.
I'M THE ZOO DIRECTOR. REALLY QUICK, WE CONTINUE TO DO ZOO IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS OUR ELM CREEK BACKYARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE OLDER CEDAR AND THE CAGING THAT KEEPS THE PATRONS AWAY FROM THE CODE RED ANIMALS, THE BEAR, THE SLOTH BEAR, IN THE PAST, THE COUGARS.
WE TORE THAT DOWN AND PUT UP MORE VISIBLE BARRIER.
IT'S METAL SO IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
THIS IS ALL IN HOUSE. LASTLY, ALL WE HAVE IS PAW PATROL COMING TO THE ZOO, OUR FAVORITES, CHASE AND SKYE WILL BE THERE FOR PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS IS FREE FOR ZOOM -- FOR OUR ZOO MEMBERS.
THAT IS ON AUGUST 29TH. THAT WILL BE FOR VIEWINGS WHERE YOU CAN GET A PICTURE WITH THE PAW PATROL GANG.
THAT IS AT. >> HAVE FUN AT YOUR MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. >> PARKS REPORT.
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>> GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE INSTALLED THE NEW LAKE KIRBY BOAT DOCK OUT AT LAKE KIRBY. THIS IS SHOWING SOME OF THE PROCESS OF THE WORK THAT WE DID TO SHOW INKIND WORK GOING TO THIS PROJECT AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THESE STRUCTURES FOR THE PIERS THAT WENT IN FOR THE NEW DOCK.
THERE ARE SOME MORE PICTURES IN THE PROCESS OF THE GUYS PUTTING THE ABUTMENT IN FOR THE NEW DOCK.
AND THE DOCK COMING IN, THE INSTALLATION OF IT.
AND FINAL PICTURES OF THE COMPLETED DOCK AT LAKE KIRBY.
AND THEN THIS IS BECOMING A TREND HERE.
WE WANTED TO BRING YOU ANOTHER FUN FACT.
EACH YEAR, OUR GUYS ETCH 180 MILES OF WALKING TRAILS IN OUR PARKS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF EDGING FROM HERE AT CITY HALL ALL THE WAY TO KERRVILLE, TEXAS.
SO THIS IS -- THIS ACTUALLY KIND OF BLEW MY MIND WHEN I WAS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT PUTS INTO PERSPETIVE ALL OF THE WALKING THAT THESE GUYS DO TO KEEP OUR TRAILS ETCHED IN.
I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
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>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE STARTING OUR COOKBOOK CLUB.
IT'S A VERY FUN CLUB WHERE THEY CAN TOUR THE LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT COOKBOOKS AND THEN MEET WITH SOME PEOPLE, TALK ABOUT THE COOKBOOK AND THEN THEY GET TO PICK A FAVORITE RECIPE AND BRING IT AND SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP. I'M VERY EXCITED.
THAT WILL BE AT 6:30 ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
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EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A DIFFERENT THEME OF THEIR RECIPES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. IN SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE COMFORT FOOD. AND IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY, THE MONTHLY EVENT STARTING EVERY MONTH.IT WILL GO INTO FESTIVE, HOLIDAY MEALS AND THEN I THINK JANUARY, THEY WILL BE DOING THEIR HEALTHY RESOLUTION.
A GOOD PLACE TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND SHARE RECIPE IDEAS. AND ALSO, I BET YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AT TEEN NIGHT.
IT IS A DELIGHTFUL TEEN NIGHT. THEY WILL BE DOING PICKLEBALL.
THEY WILL BE PLAYING PICKLE GAMES AND LEARNING PICKLE TRIVIA. IT WILL BE A FUN NIGHT ON AUGUST 28TH, FROM 6:30 TO 8:30, FROM 13 TO 17.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT AGE GROUP, WE DO NEED A MEMBERSHIP.
THEY ARE GOOD TO COME AND ENJOY A DELIGHTFUL NIGHT.
THAT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT TO PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PICKLE POPS.
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WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR ROUND UP TO WELLNESS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS COMING TO EDUCATE THE SENIORS ON THINGS THEY MAY HAVE OR NEED AND ALSO TO COORDINATE THE SENIOR FAIR DAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ROUND UP TO WELLNESS. A GOOD EVENT.
IT WILL BE -- IT WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH.
IT WILL A CONTEST FOR THE VENDORS TO SEE WHO IS THE MOST DECORATED, AND ALL OF THE FUN STUFF.
THEY KICKED THAT AFTERNOON OFF WITH BINGO.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG THERE. AND ALSO, WE ARE READY FOR OUR SENIOR DAY TRIP, AND WE ARE GOING TO GRANBURY, TEXAS.
WE ARE NOW SO FULL THAT WE HAVE A WAITING LIST.
THE NEXT TIME, WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE TWO BUSSES.
>> 50 PEOPLE. >> WE MAY HAVE TO GET ANOTHER BUS ONE DAY AND TAKE TWO BUSSES. A FUN DAY.
WE WILL BE GOING TO THE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL OF ARTS ON OCTOBER 24TH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TRIP.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS FUN. >> VERY GOOD.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT BEING THE CASE, WE W
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