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[CALL TO ORDER 1. Invocation PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments on Any Item on the Agenda]

[00:00:09]

>>>GOOD MORNING WE HAVE OFFICIALLY HAVE A QUORUM FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND IF YOU WOULD, JOIN WITH ME IN PRAYER FOR JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE? FATHER, WE DECLARE THAT YOU ARE THE GOD OF ALL GOD'S THE LORD OF LORD AND KING OF KINGS AND YOU HAVE YOUR HAND OVER EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES AND FATHER, IN A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TIME, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD SHOW YOUR MERCY AND GRACE.

NOT ONLY TO OUR CITY BUT OUR COUNTRY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD, BOTHER.

THIS VIRUS IS NOT BIGGER THAN YOU WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR MERCY AND GRACE IN THE SITUATION.

FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS GROUP OF FOLKS TODAY AS WE TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND CITIZENS AND FATHER, FRED H WOULD GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND DECISIONS THAT WOULD HONOR YOU. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME,

AMEN. >> AMEN.

>> OKAY. I CAN CHECK THAT ONE OFF.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WOULD REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE COMMENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM UP THERE. " IT IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON.

FOR THE RECORD, BY THE WAY. AND SEEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE WITH ANY COMMENT, I WON'T MAKE

[2. Approval of the Minutes from the Regular Meeting held on January 21, 2020 (Discussion and Action)]

ANY EITHER. (LAUGHING) WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>>OKAY. YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING IN JANUARY AND WOULD AS SUCH ARE LOOKING OVER -- IF YOU HAVE ANY DELETIONS, CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS OR ANYTHING TO THOSE MINUTES.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTE .

>>>ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[3. Service Award (Discussion)]

>>>SERVICE AWARDS. WE HAVE TO LET JACKIE GO FIRST.

>> THIS IS PHILIP. HE'S BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. HE RECEIVED A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE AWARD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> IN THE SERVICE AWARD IS A COIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER. WE GIVE AN AWARD EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT IS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SERVED AND A SMALL CHECK AS APPRECIATION OF OUR GRATITUDE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT THE ZOO AND KEEP US FUNCTIONING AND WE

APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> PHILIP THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGIES. I KNOW YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY, DOING A GREAT JOB AND CONTINUE ON AND ENJOY A FEW DAYS WOW DAYS OFF I GUESS.

THANKS A LOT. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> YOU BACK.

& >> (APPLAUSE).

>> THIS IS -- SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE IS AN AWESOME EMPLOYEE.

THIS LADY -- (AWAY FROM MIC) SHOW SAID WHEN WE NEED TO DO? AND I'M LIKE DON'T CALL.

>> (LAUGHING). >> (AWAY FROM MIC) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND WE WILL DO LUNCH WHEN YOU GET BACK.

>> (LAUGHING). >> VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND I LOVE THE IRISH T-SHIRT.

THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST SHIRT I'VE SEEN.

>> BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS BORN ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY AM LIKE I HAVE A GREEN SHIRT TO WEAR THE BLUE. IT DIDN'T DAWN ON ME. SO THE FIRST PERSON THAT BLINKS AT ME I'M INFECTED, RIGHT? I'M JUST TEASING.

[4. Discussion of the Recreation Feasibility Study (Discussion)]

>> LESLIE. DISCUSSION OF THE RECREATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.

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YOU WANT TO LEAD US THROUGH THAT.

>> I WILL. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE COMMISSIONED GROUP -- BARKER AND STUDIOS. TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOKED AT WAS CREATING A VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT. THEY EVALUATED, THEY SPENT TIME TOURING ALL OF OUR CURRENT CENTERS, INCLUDING THE SHOPPING CENTER WHICH IS CLOSE. IDENTIFYING GAPS IN SERVICES.

WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH LIKE YMCA, A WHY ESSAY SOME OF THE ENTITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY OFFER TO MAKE SURE TO SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE TO SEE WHERE WE COULD BILL AND.

THEY DID SOME CONCEPTUAL PLANNING AND THEN THEY PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF WHAT MODERN RECREATION SPACES LOOK LIKE.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS BASICALLY A FULL GUIDE FOR RECREATION FACILITY PROGRAMS, PROJECT COSTS, SCHEDULE AND PERFORMANCE AS AN ANTICIPATED COST AND REVENUE MOVING FORWARD. SO THE FIRST THING WE DID BACK ON DECEMBER 16 IS WHEN WE MET WITH THE PRIVATE ENTITIES TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT THEY OFFER, WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABILENE NEEDED AS ABILENE GROWS. WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS WITH PEOPLE FROM SEARS, COBB, GB DANIELS. AT THE WORKSHOP WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING.

A COUPLE OF YOU WERE THERE WHERE WE TALKED TO PEOPLE, WE SHOWED THEM WHAT MODERN RECREATION COULD LOOK LIKE. AND HAD THEM -- I GUESS THEY CALLED IT A.AUTOCRACY.

WE CALLED IT WITH POSTING NOTES WHERE THEY HAD POSTED NOTES THAT THEY COULD PUT UP ON THE AREAS THAT THEY THOUGHT OF -- WE HANDED OUT CARDS AS WELL AS OUR RECREATION FEEDBACK.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN JANUARY THAT WAS OPEN JANUARY 18 THROUGH THE 31ST.

TO GET RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE ON WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE IN ABILENE.

ALTOGETHER, WE HAD 332 POINTS OF DATA FROM ABILENE RESTAURANTS.

HERE'S SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOT FOR INDOOR RECREATION SPACES PER CAPITA IN TEXAS IS 1.0 TO 1.5.

MANY STATES ARE MOVING TOWARDS 2.0, BUT IN TEXAS, IT'S 1.021.5.

CURRENTLY WITH GB DANIELS, SEARS, COBB AND ROSE WE HAVE 63,000 SQUARE FEET AND IF YOU ADD THE SENIOR CENTER AND IS 26,500 SQUARE FEET. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 91,500 SQUARE FEET FOR POPULATION OF 122, WHICH IS .75 PER RESIDENT. SO, THEY ARE ANTICIPATING AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 ÃMIKA RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 SQUARE FEET NEEDED TO GET US UP TO THE 1.0, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM END OF THE AVERAGE FOR TAXES.

>> I WOULD THINK THAT FORMULA COULD CHANGE.

>> IT COULD. >> SOME PEOPLE WILL ESPECIALLY THAT WE WILL EXCEED 130,000. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE BUT THAT SPECULATION.

SO THAT COULD BE AN EVEN BIGGER DEFICIENCY.

>> RIGHT. AND THEY RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL 91,500 TO GET INTO THE 1.5.

AFTER -- AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SLIDES, THEY LOOKED RIGHT ON THE COMPUTER BUT WHEN THEY CAN BE ROUTED TO PDF THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT OFF. BUT HERE IS THE RANKING FROM THE. AUTOCRACY HOW THINGS CRANKED OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY CARDS AND THEN FROM THE ONLINE SURVEY. THEY TOOK ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND RANKED IN THE YELLOW COLUMN FROM THE MOST WANTED ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE THINGS THAT ABILENE HAD SAID THAT THEY WANTED. AND SO WHEN THEY TAKE THE INFORMATION AND THEY STARTED IMPORTING IT INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE, ABILENE ON WHAT WE NEEDED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED OR THAT THEY NOTICED WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THIS EVALUATION, IS OUR EXISTING FACILITIES ARE VERY MUCH AT THEIR END OF LIFE. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES TALKS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE'S, THE INGRESS EGRESS OF ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS HOW MANY

[00:10:09]

OPENINGS WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TAKEN OLD BUILDINGS AND ADDED ON -- OUR BUILDINGS ARE ANYWHERE FROM ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD TO ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD. SO THE ACCESSIBILITY, AS FAR AS ADA STANDARDS, HEALTH AND SAFETY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, MAINTENANCE ISSUES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, OUR BUILDINGS ARE VERY MUCH AT THE END OF LIFE. AND SO, THROUGH ALL OF THESE, WHETHER IT IS SEARS, COBB, ROSE -- ESPECIALLY AT ROSE. THERE'S TWO DOORS TO ROSE UNDER BOTH THE ONE IN. THERE'S NOT AN OPENING AT THE OTHER END.

AND SO, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A CONCERN AND ALSO ROSE IS THE ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1925.

WERE COMING ON ITS 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HERE SHORTLY.

>> AND THEY DID LOOK AT CESAR CHAVEZ -- AT CESAR CHAVEZ. WE ASKED THEM TO ENCASE -- THAT IS OUR NEWEST REC CENTER BUT WE HAD TO CLOSE IT DUE TO SOME FOUNDATION ISSUES AND SOME OTHER ISSUES. ON ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS, WHILE THE LOCATION IN ABILENE IS VERY GOOD, THE BUILDINGS ARE, LIKE I SAID, CLOSE TO END OF LIFE.

TO BRING THEM UP TO CODE -- IF YOU START DOING ANYTHING, YOU HAVE TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO CODE. AND SO THE COST OF BRINGING IT UP TO CODE IS -- IN A LOT OF WAYS JUST AS EXPENSIVE OR IF NOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DEMOLISHING AND REBUILDING.

AND IT DOES NOT HELP THE INGRESS EGRESS ISSUES. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOR GB DANIELS TO LEAVE THE GYM -- THE GYM AREAS OUR NEWEST ADDITION.

IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT DEMOING THE REST OF IT AND BUILDING ON AROUND THE GYM WHERE YOU HAVE MORE OF A CONTROLLED ENTRY, ADA AND USE CLASSROOMS, PARTY ROOMS. LET'S TRY CLASSROOMS, MEETING, SENIOR LOUNGE HEALTHY COOKING, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW IN THE RANKING THAT PEOPLE WANTED. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT WAS WATER.

THE GB DANIELS LOCATION IS LANDLOCKED. SO WATER IS NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD TO THIS LOCATION. BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD THE INDOOR WALK AND DRY IN THIS LOCATION. SO SEARS, AGAIN, THAT ONE WAS, FOR THE MOST PART, A DEMO AND REBUILD. IT DOES HAVE THE LAND CAPABILITY AT A FUTURE PHASE IF WE WANTED TO ADD AQUATICS IN THAT LOCATION.

BASICALLY, AS FAR AS THE REST OF IT, MOST OF THE SAME THING IS THAT GB DANIELS HAS.

AGAIN, IN THAT AREA, THOSE -- YOU KNOW, THE WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY MIRRORED IN MANY WAYS WHAT GB DANIELS HAD. CESAR CHAVEZ, THE RECOMMENDATION ON THAT WAS ACTUALLY TO LEAVE THE GYM. AGAIN, THE GYM IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

IT'S A FUN PART OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS FAILING. AND SO IT'S DEMOING AROUND THE GYM AND REBUILDING IT IN A WAY WITH THE PARKING LOT THAT GIVES US A SAFE ENTRY POINT FOR SENIORS AND CHILDREN. AND AGAIN, HAS ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WAS PRESENTED

WITH DANIELS IN SEARS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT COBB THAT IS NOT IN THIS PROPOSAL IS COMPOSITION A FLOODWAY. THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO PROPOSE DEMOING AND REBUILDING IN A FLOODWAY. WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE DO TO CALM.

>> WE LOOKED AT A FUTURE SITE IN THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. IF YOU REMEMBER THE MATH I TOLD YOU GO GB DANIELS AND SEARS ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN. COBB IS ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN. CESAR CHAVEZ IS SOUTH -- THERE'S REALLY NOTHING -- WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER SOUTH THAN THAT. AND THE SIDE THAT ROSE TO THE TOP FOR US WAS ON LAKE KIRBY -- KIRBY LAKE AND SOUTH OF THE BASEBALL COMPLEX.

THIS IS A PHASE 1. IT HAS A GYM AND MEDIA, THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN GB DANIELS AND SEARS, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY -- ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE KIRBY LAKE, MASTER

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PLAN, WAS HAVING A NATURE CENTER. SO THIS INCORPORATES A NATURE CENTER ALONG WITH THE RECREATION CENTER, WITH THE ABILITY TO KIND OF PHASE INTO AND HAVE THAT ON KIRBY LAKE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON IT KIRBY LAKE. PHASE 2 WOULD BE MORE OF THE WATER.

AND THEN ADDING -- THIS IS A HIGH-GROWTH AREA WITH ALL THINGS GOING IN.

PHASE 2 WOULD ADDING MORE CLASSROOMS AND WATER ENTITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WERE SHOWN ONLY HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETING TO SHOW LIKE MODERN RECREATION CENTERS LOOK LIKE. ON THE TOP LEFT IS THE INDOOR WALKING TRACK WITH YOU KNOW ONE OF THE GEMS ARE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS ON THE TOP RIGHT IS WHAT A MODERN KITCHEN LOOKS LIKE THAT YOU CAN USE IF YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING AND IF WE HAVE RESERVATIONS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THEY CAN BE USED AS TEACHING KITCHENS IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A CLASS TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO -- HOW TO COOK HEALTHY, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME POPULAR IN RECREATION CENTERS IS AN INDOOR PLAY AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WHAT A CLASSROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR YOGA OR EXERCISE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE TOP LEFT IS THE GAME ROOM FOR TEENAGERS AND THEN THE TOP RIGHT IS A SMALL PLAY AREA FOR KIDS. THE BOTTOM LEFT IS EXERCISE ROOM AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS LIKE A PARTY ROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE PRIVATE ENTITIES OUT THERE.

AND SO, IN THE EXERCISE -- IT'S REALLY MORE OF -- FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TRY SOMETHING OUT BEFORE THEY SPEND THE MONEY ON A GYM OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO LONGER WANT TO KEEP THEIR GYM MEMBERSHIP. THEY MAY BE GETTING A LITTLE OLDER.

OUR SENIORS WHO STILL WANT TO EXERCISE, BUT DON'T WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GYM WILL HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THEM.

AND THIS IS THE COST. WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR ALL OF THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS. THE FACILITY COST, THIS DOES INCLUDE DEMO AND REBUILD.

SO THAT IS FACTORED IN. PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD THINK OF THAT WOULD GO INTO THE COST OF BASICALLY BUILDING -- DEMOLISHING OUR CURRENT LOCATIONS AND REBUILDING OUR IN THESE FEES AS WELL AS THE SOFT COST FOR ENGINEERING CONTINGENCIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE COSTS ARE BASED ON A MIDPOINT CONSTRUCTION.

SO VISIBLY, THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE WE COULD BUILD IT SOONER, THEORETICALLY IT MAY COST A LITTLE LESS. IF MONEY WASN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL 2024 2025, THEORETICALLY, IT WOULD COST MORE DEPENDING ON WHAT THINGS COST. THIS WAS THEIR BEST PREDICTION BASED ON WHAT THINGS COST NOW AND HOW THINGS ARE ESCALATING? ACROSS THE NATION.

THIS IS AGAIN, REMINDING EVERYONE THAT THE INDOOR RECREATION SPACE IN TEXAS IS 1.0 TO 1.5. IT WOULD TAKE GB DANIELS FEAR PHASE 1 CESAR CHAVEZ KIRBY LAKE PHASE 1 ÃMIKE THAT'S 130,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH WOULD GIVE US A 1.074 RESIDENTS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ON PHASE 24 SEARS AND KIRBY LIKE GIVING US 179,000 SQUARE FEET FOR 1.7 -- FOR 1.472 GETTIS AT THE TOP END OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE.

SO, THAT -- BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST, THEY ARE NOT CHEAP. REBUILDING THE RECREATION

CENTER CAN BE EXPENSIVE. >> THIS IS THE EXISTING CENTERS, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHAT WE PAYING FULL-TIME STAFF BASED ON OUR 2020 PAY SCALE, PART-TIME STAFF. SO WHAT THE TOTAL STAFF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, HE WE HAVE FEES SET ASIDE FOR MAINTENANCE AND INCIDENTAL SAID START COMING UP.

THIS IS THEIR ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF WHAT EXPENSES WOULD COST PER LOCATION.

>> THE AQUATICS ONLY, IS THAT -- THAT WOULD BE SEARS.

>> THAT WOULD BE SEARS IF WE ADDED ON AQUATICS.

>> I UNDERSTAND. >> AND IN THE FUTURE, SQUARE

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FOOTAGE FOR PHASE -- FOR THE NEW RECREATION CENTER PHASE 1 IS 47,000 SQUARE FEET.

PHASE 2 IS 38,000. ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, MOST OF THOSE SALARIES AND STUFF VERY HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE BUILDINGS. IN THIS LIGHT, THIS WOULD BE THE NEW LOCATION. THESE WOULD BE NEW EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD INCUR.

ONE OF THE THINGS, BEFORE I GO FORWARD IS -- IN THEIR FULL PROGRAM THAT THEY SENT, THEY DID TALK ABOUT REVENUE OPTIONS. AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE UP TO CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SUCH FEES. THE FEES -- IN THE FULL PACKAGE THAT WAS SENT TO YOU ALL, IT DOES HAVE THAT ANALYSIS IN THEIR OF WHAT REVENUES COULD BE BASED ANYWHERE ON FIVE PERCENT OF COST RECOVERY UP TO 50 PERCENT COST RECOVERY. AGAIN, THERE ARE CITIES ALL OVER TEXAS THAT DO THAT DEPENDING ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CITY.

SO ABILENE, FOR THE MOST PART, WE TRIED TO KEEP IT DOWN OR HAVE ZERO COST RECOVERY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THINGS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, IN THE PERFORMA, IT DOESN'T SHOW COST REVENUE VERY NEUTRAL. WHEN YOU ADD ON AQUATICS, WHEN YOU ADD ON BIRTHDAY PLAYROOMS, THERE ARE FEES YOU CAN CHARGE FOR SINGLE ROOMS OR SINGLE EVENTS THAT DOES BRING REVENUE UP. THAT'S NOT IN THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. BUT THAT IS IN THE FULL PACKAGE THAT WAS SENT TO YOU.

>> AND WE DO HAVE THAT, YOU SAID.

>> YES. >> I'M NOT POINTING THE CLICKER

CORRECTLY. >> SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE, FOR RECREATION CENTERS, ABILENE HAS GROWN SINCE THE LAST CENTER WAS BUILT IN THE 1970'S AND WE VERY MUCH HAVE AN AGING STOCK. OUR BUILDINGS ARE JUST GETTING OLD. THEY NEED A LOT OF LOVE. SOME OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES DO NOT MEET SAFETY CODES. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY -- EVEN IF WE WANTED TO ORDER -- OFFER MODERN PROGRAM WE ARE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE OF HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT AND HAVE BEEN ADDED ONTO AND WRAPPED AROUND EACH OTHER. AND SO THERE VERY MUCH IS AN UNDERSERVED POPULATION IN ABILENE FOR RECREATION. AND THERE ARE GAPS IN THE RECREATION FACILITY SYSTEM. AND SO THEY DO RECOMMEND REPLACING GB DANIELS, SEARS AND CHAVEZ AND THEN ADDING A NEW CENTER AT KIRBY LAKE. NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, SOMETHING WE ASKED THEM TO ADD-ON WAS TAKING A LOOK AT ADAPTIVE RECREATION.

THEY DID WANT TO THE BUILDING AND TAKE A LOOK. WE DID SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE OFFER NOW. WE SENT IT TO THEM. AND THIS WAS KIND OF THEIR QUICK ANALYSIS ON WHAT WE OFFER AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DEMO THE CURRENT ADAPTIVE RECREATION BUILDING, TAKE IT DOWN TO A ONE STORY BUILDING AND YOU WOULD SEE IT WOULD ENCOMPASS SOME OF ROSE. THIS COULD BE PICKED UP AND PUT ANYWHERE.

THIS WAS VERY MUCH JUST A VERY QUICK ANALYSIS WE ASKED THEM TO DO AT THE VERY END, KNOWING THAT ADAPTIVE RECREATION IS ALSO AN AGING BUILDING. IT'S THE OLD CEDAR -- SENIOR BUILDING BEFORE THE NEW SENIOR BUILDING WAS BUILT AND OPENED IN 2000.

SO IT IS ALSO AN AGING BUILDING THAT HAS A.D.A. ISSUES, ELEVATOR ISSUES, BATHROOMS, YOU KNOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.

>> SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO OPEN THE -- OPENER FOR COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.

>> WITH THE SIZE AND PRICE TAG OF THIS POTENTIAL PIECE THAT WE NEED GOING FORWARD, WAS THIS A PARK AND REC DISCUSSION OR A CITY DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT WE GET THE MONEY FROM.

>> YES. >> THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED YOU

MIGHT SAY. >> IT WOULD BE A PART OF A PARKS -- A PARKS BOARD DISCUSSION BECAUSE THESE AREN'T PARKS THAT ULTIMATELY -- IT WOULD BE A CITY COUNCIL DECISION AND DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING SOURCE WOULD GO TO THE

ABILENE VOTERS. >> OKAY.

AND HAVE THOSE FUNDING SOURCES IN THIS PROCESS BEEN CONSIDERED WHETHER A BOND OR AN ADDITIONAL FEE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SO FAR.

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IT'S JUST BEEN PRELIMINARY. >> THIS IS REALLY JUST BEEN A PRESENTATION. WE DID -- THE CONSULTANTS GAVE THIS EXACT PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON MARCH 6. FOR THEM TO THINK ABOUT AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE NEEDS. AT THAT MEETING, THERE WERE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS DISCUSSED. SO CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF ABILENE AND

RECREATION IS A PART OF THAT. >> A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS I HAVE.

FIRST OF ALL, IF ANYONE IS WATCHING THE MEETING I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO FILL OUT THE 2020 CENSUS ONLINE WHETHER HOME SO WE CAN GET AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE LOCATED WHERE. MY SECOND COMMENT IS THE LAST RECREATION CENTER WAS BUILT BEFORE I WAS BORN AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE ON A PARKS BOARD OR A CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR OR SOMEONE WHO HAD GREAT INSIGHT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. AND I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT PLANNING FOR WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF THOSE AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH NEWS, THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PEOPLE DID COME OUT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? >> ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE'LL HAVE THIS PACKAGE IN GREAT DETAIL. SO I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO OPEN THAT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND DEVELOP SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS AND AS WE START TO LOOK AT THIS AS A POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. MINNER -- MENTOR PARK. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON

[5. Minter Park Update (Discussion)]

MENTOR PARK. WE ARE TRYING DILIGENTLY TO HAVE IT FINISHED BY MID MAY.

THE RAIN IS NOT COOPERATING WITH US. I DID TAKE THIS PICTURE EARLIER THIS WEEKEND THEY DO HAVE THE FOUNDATION LAID AND THE WORKING ON THE WALL RIGHT NOW.

DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET, AND SO, IF YOU SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT MINTER PARK IT'S MESSY OVER THERE RIGHT NOW BUT GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED.

>> VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT? OBSERVATIONS? IT IS A MESS BUT THE END RESULT WILL BE NICE.

[Additional Item]

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE SOMETHING NICE SO YOU GOTTA CREATE A LITTLE MESS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALSO, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A

COMMENT, LESLIE. >> I DO.

BEFORE WE BRING -- THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE STAFF PRESENTATIONS.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS, WE HAVE TO POSTED IN THE 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE.

THIS AGENDA ALWAYS HAS TO BE POSTED THE WEEK PRIOR. WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH COVID-19 AND DIFFERENT THINGS, MANY THINGS ARE CHANGING AS WELL KNOW DAILY, IF NOT HOURLY.

SO FROM THE TIME THAT STAFF PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND WE UPLOADED AND POSTED IT, CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED. THE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY BY THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER. AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THESE THINGS AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS AND RECREATION. AND, JUST TO CONFIRM, THERE ARE NO CASES HERE IN ABILENE THAT WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE ALL PRECAUTIONARY TO HELP PEOPLE STAY AND FOLLOW THE SOCIAL DISTANCING ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WASH HANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, EFFECTIVE AS OF TOMORROW, THE ABILENE CONVENTION CENTER WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 1. THE ABILENE ZOO YESTERDAY WAS HIS LAST DAY OPEN.

THEY ARE CLOSED EFFECTIVE TODAY WITH -- HOPING TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS BY MAY 1. IF THE CDC RELAXES SOME OF THEIR RESTRICTIONS, WE WILL HOPEFULLY OPEN UP SOME LIMITED HOURS TO THE ZOO. OUTDOOR SPACES, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A DAY-TO-DAY, WEEK BY WEEK BASIS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE APPLE LYNN PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS ARE BEING REDUCED FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN ALL BRANCHES.

ALL IN-HOUSE PROGRAMMING AND RESERVATIONS ARE BEING CANCELED.

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SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND CHECK OUT BOOKS, BUT WE WILL NOT BE HAVING THE NORMAL PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THROUGH MAY 1. THE SENIOR CENTER, EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, WILL BE CLOSED TO SENIORS. ALL THE SENIOR SATELLITE LOCATIONS AT OUR RECREATION CENTERS WILL BE CLOSED AND WE WILL BE OFFERING DRIVE-THROUGH PICKUP FOR MEALS, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 60 AND OVER AT ROSE SENIOR CENTER FROM 11 AM TO 1 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE ARE LIMITING IT TO TWO MEALS PER CAR.

AND THAT WILL BE ENFORCED. SO THE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED BUT WE WILL BE OFFERING A MEAL.

SO IF YOU KNOW ROSE SENIOR CENTER THAT AREA THAT YOU CAN PULL THROUGH TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP IN THE MAIN DOORS. WE WILL HAVE STAFF SET UP THERE TO TAKE MEALS OUT TO PEOPLE IN THEIR VEHICLES SO THAT WE DO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIORS ARE GETTING FED.

IT WILL INCLUDE THE MEAL AND DESSERT. IT WILL NOT INCLUDE DRINKS OR SILVERWARE. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIOR POPULATION.

>> THAT'S ONE THING. MAY 1.

>> RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY THROUGH MAY 1. THE RECREATION CENTERS WILL BE CLOSING TOMORROW AS WELL. UNTIL MAY 1. AND WE WILL BE CANCELING ALL PROGRAMMING, ALL LEAKS IN CLASSES. REALLY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE RECREATION CENTERS IS ALL GOING TO BE CLOSED. WE WILL BE OFFERING, BEGINNING TOMORROW, DAYCARE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES ONLY RIGHT NOW SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN CONTINUE COMING TO SCHOOL UNTIL THE SCHOOL AND WILEY ICR ABLE TO RESUME CLASSES. IF THEY GO TO ONLINE CLASSES, WE WILL STAY CLOSED, HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES OUT. WE ARE OPENING IT TO 50 PEOPLE PER CENTER. SO ONCE WE FIND OUT HOW MANY STAFF ARE REALLY IN NEED OF THIS SERVICE, THE REST OF THE OPENINGS, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AND OUTWEIGH INNER-CITY PARTNERS TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED. THIS IS VERY UNCHARTED WATERS FOR US AND SO IT IS TAKING US TIME TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THE ABILITY -- ALSO WITH THE ABILITY OF CLOSING SOME OF THESE CENTERS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO PULL STAFF FROM OTHER AREAS TO HELP IN RECREATION. THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBERS. I KNOW CDC IS RECOMMENDING 50 PEOPLE OR 10 PEOPLE BUT AGAIN, AND A LOT OF THESE RECREATION CENTERS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ROOMS. WE DIVIDE THEM UP BY AGE GROUP SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP THE NUMBERS DOWN IF NECESSARY.

SO WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THAT UP AND OPERATIONAL BY TOMORROW. AND THEN, AS WE LEARN MORE WE WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, ALL BUILDINGS, ACTIVITY BUILDINGS FESTIVAL GARDENS PAVILIONS, EVERYTHING IS BEING CANCELED. THROUGH MAY 1. ADAPTER RECREATION, WE ARE ALSO CLOSING EFFECTIVE TOMORROW THROUGH MAY 1. BUT ALONG WITH THE SENIORS, WE WILL BE OFFERING MEALS TO ADAPTIVE RECREATION PARTICIPANTS FROM 11 AM TO 1 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT ROSE SENIOR CENTER A LIMIT OF TWO PER CAR. BUT A LOT OF THE CLIENTS, THIS MAY BE THE ONE GOOD BALANCED MEAL THAT THEY GET A DAY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. WE WILL OFFER MEALS TO THEM. AS OF RIGHT NOW SPLASH PADS AND ADVENTURE COVE WILL REMAIN CLOSED TO WE GET PAST THIS. SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OPENING IT AS SOON WE FIND OUT WE WILL REEVALUATE CONTINUOUSLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE. >> IT'S MEMORIAL DAY.

MEMORIAL WEEKEND. SO WE STILL HAVE TIME FOR ADVENTURE COVE BUT THIS LAST PASSAGE WAS POSTED OPEN MID APRIL SO THAT IS GOING TO BE DELAYED.

>> SAFETY CITY IS -- WELL THAT'S NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, SAFETY CITY IS CLOSED AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER THINGS AND I WOULD REFER PEOPLE TO GO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT MR. HAMMOND, THE MAYOR AND A FEW OTHERS WERE SPEAKING I'M SURE THE BE MORE COMING AS THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION. SO A LOT OF WHAT STAFF IS AGAIN GOING TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED AND I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL THOSE WORK WITH SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WAS UPCOMING NOW WE ARE CANCELING. AND SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

>> OKAY. VERY GOOD. WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF

THAT BUT UNDERSTAND. >> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO

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SAFETY CITY. YOU'VE GOT SOME UPSET KIDS BUT WE APPRECIATE IT.

WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY MAKING SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

>> I THINK YOU. >> VERY GOOD.

THE STAFF IS A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. BIGGER THAN WHAT ANY OF US HAS SEEN. IN ANY LENGTH OF LIFE. SO OKAY.

[6. Recreation Division Report: •Update on Daddy Daughter Dance •Special Olympics •Spring Break Camp •Steam NWheels]

WELL, WE CAN PROCEED ON WITH SOME DIVISIONAL REPORTS.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> SO AS YOU KNOW WE HAD OUR DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE. I SAW SOME YOU THERE. WE HAD A LITTLE FROZEN ADVENTURE THE DAY BEFORE WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT FROM THURSDAY NIGHT WE HAD THAT BIG ICE STORM. IT FROZE EVERYTHING. SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO FRIDAY.

WHICH, DIDN'T STOP US. WE HAD ABOUT ALMOST 900 PEOPLE THERE.

WE STILL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD DIFFERENT PRINCESSES AND GLITTER SEQUENCE AND THEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ALSO WE HAD SPECIAL OLYMPICS THAT WAS HELD THAT ACU AT THE COLISEUM. AND THEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME THEY TRY TO GET ME TO JOIN THEIR TEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAMES. THEY STOPPED THE GAME AND SAID CAN YOU PLAY FOR ME AND I WAS LIKE NO, GO! THEY WERE -- IT WAS WONDERFUL.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TIME THAT I MADE SURE -- SPRING BREAK CAMP WAS LAST WEEK AT GB DANIELS.

WE MAXED OUT. THEY HAD THE MARDI GRAS THEME. WE HAD ON THE AGENDA A PARADE.

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE ON FRIDAY BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED RAINING.

SO -- THEY HAD A GOOD TIME. THAT PARADE IN THE GYM. SO THEY STILL HAD THE PARADE.

STEPHEN WELLS WAS LAST WEEK. WE HAD 90 PARTICIPANTS. WE STARTED OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IT ENDED UP BEING A WONDERFUL EVENT. WE CHANGE THE COURSE A LITTLE BIT. SO IT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROADS SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY WILL BE COMING IN NEXT YEAR FOR THAT.

>> VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MORE OF A COMMENT. DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE WAS FANTASTIC.

I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM ESPECIALLY BEING SHORTHANDED, YOU WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW THAT YOU WERE SHORTHANDED. IT WENT SO WELL AND SO SMOOTH. I WANTED TO SAY YOU DID AN

AWESOME JOB. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND WE HAD A BLAST. >> ALL RIGHT.

JESSE? >> AS WELL AS MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND MYSELF I AGREE. VERY WELL. VERY WELL CONDUCTED SOME

[7. Zoo Division Report: •Update on the Madagascar Exhibit •Animal care update •Leap Day 2020 •Spring Break •Senior Discovery Day •Easter at the Zoo]

UPDATES ON OUR MADAGASCAR CAMPAIGN. WE HAD OUR GROUNDBREAKING HERE IN LATE JANUARY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHILLY, BUT WE HAD A GOOD OUTCOME OF PEOPLE COMING OUT TO SHOW UP AND WE HAD BROKEN GROUND. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE MORE UPDATED PICTURES FOR THEM. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE DEMOLITION THAT WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED. THERE USED TO BE A BLOCK BUILDING WITH AN EXHIBIT THAT HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND ARE MAKING THE ELEVATION CHANGES AND WE ARE READY TO NOW POUR THE SLAB FOR THE TWO NEW EXISTING BLOCK BUILDINGS, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PISTACHIO TREE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS WERE SUPPOSED TO KNOCK THAT DOWN BUT WE FOUND THE LANDSCAPER THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SALVAGE IT AND THAT WILL BE -- THIS IS HARD TO GET WITH THE EXHIBITS, THESE NICE, MATURE TREES. LOOKS LIKE WILL BE ABLE TO SALVAGE THAT SO WILL MAKE THE EXHIBIT MORE ENHANCED. ANIMAL CARE UPDATES, A LONG-TERM RESIDENT, TEDDY, THE NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR, HE CAME OUT OF THE ZOO OVER 20 YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE OLDEST BLACK BEAR I EVER HEARD OF BUT IS IT IS LATE 20'S. IN THE AVERAGE THEY LIVE ABOUT THEY LIVE ABOUT 8 TO 15 YEARS OF AGE. HE HAD A LOT OF GERIATRIC ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO CALL QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELFARE IN OUR VETERINARIAN SAID THEY HAD TO EUTHANIZE HIM.

BUT HE WILL BE LONG MASTER.

BUT IN GOOD NEWS, WE HAD SOME MANED WOLF TRIPLETS. THERE NOW ROAMING AROUND THE EXHIBIT. A LOT OF GAS GOT TO SEE THEM DURING THE SPRING BREAK.

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ON A PARTICULAR IS VERY SOCIAL. SHE COMES UP TO THE GLASS IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AND SHE'S BEEN VERY SOCIAL SOME SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP, THIS PAST WE DID HAVE A LEAP DAY EVENT AND BROUGHT IN LOTS OF GOOD NUMBERS.

WE HAD GOOD MEDIA COVERAGE. WE HAVE THE EDUCATION TEAM TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS THAT JUMP VERY FAR WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION WITH THE KIDS JUMPING ON THE SIDEWALK.

STUFF LIKE THAT. WE ALSO DID OUR VERY FIRST THEMED SPRING BREAK AND THE ZOO HAS ALWAYS DONE -- WE ARE OPEN FOR SPRING BREAK BUT THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO TAME IT.

GOING TO THE SPINOFF OF WOODSTOCK WE DECORATED THE WHOLE PARK WITH TIE-DYE.

WE HAD HOUND I SET UP WITH THEIR VOLKSWAGEN BUG BUS. WE HAD LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP BRINGING KIRBY -- HERBIE THE LOVE BUG. WE HAD TWO BANDS DAILY.

WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE AT SHAUNA CLOSE TO 3000 A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN THE RAIN CAME AND THE COVID-19 CAME. THAT SHUT US DOWN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

AND YOU KNOW THE REST. THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THAT WAS CANCELED. WE WERE GEARING UP WELL WITH BOBBY BROWN GETTING THE SENIOR CENTER INVOLVED AS WELL. BRYANT BETTER HEARING ALWAYS HELPS WITH FUNDRAISING AND WE HAVE A GOOD OUTCOME. UNFORTUNATELY WILL BE POSTPONED.

WERE HOPING TO DO IT AFTER THIS HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN MAY. EASTER -- THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR FIRST EASTER EVENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WE'VE HAD PAST EASTER EVENTS BUT NOT THAT I KNOW WE WOULD'VE HAD EASTER EGG HUNTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR 2021 TO DO IT.

AND THAT IS IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ZOO?

>> WE CAME OUT FOR -- BRIEFLY AT THE ZOO STOCK. OUR KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS THE COOLEST THING THEY HAD EVER SEEN. WELL DONE.

THEY WERE BOMBED THAT THEY HAD TO CLOSE EARLY. THERE LIKE NEXT YEAR WERE COMING TO THIS I SAID ABSOLUTELY.

>> THANK YOU. >> MY KIDS LOVED IT TOO.

[8. Parks Division Report: •Spring Projects •Update on completed Winter projects]

THEY LOVED IT. DEFINITELY A GOOD ONE.

>> GOOD. >> VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, RICHARD? >> GOOD MORNING.

IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE COOLEST THING WHICH IS SEE --

>> I LOVE IT (LAUGHING). >> THAT'S ALL WE GOT

(LAUGHING). >> WE CAN GO TO THEM BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THEM. WELL, GUESS WHAT? IT'S BACK TO MOWING SEASON.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR -- IT USED TO BE THAT WE HAD DRY WINTERS BUT NOW WE HAVE WET WINTERS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO DO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BUT EVERYONE IS BACK AT THE MOWER ON THIS POINT. A FEW LITTLE THINGS WE DID IN THE WINTER PROJECTS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU. MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON OUR BACK PATIO AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE ROOF HAD MADE ALL UNEVEN AND IS REPAIRED. IT'S A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SKILL OF OUR PARK STAFF AND IT'S COMPLETED. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS ANYMORE BUT THEY TOOK ALL THE BRICKS OUT RELINED ALL OF THE TREES AND FLOWERBEDS WITH THE LIMESTONE AND IT REALLY LOOKS SO GOOD. THERE'S SO GOOD, THAT COMPANY. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BACKSTOP SET SEARS AND RED BUG. WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND REPLACING ALL THOSE OLD ONES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 60'S. AND SO THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

A NEW FISHING DOCK AT JOHNSON PARK. THE EXISTING ONE CONTINUOUSLY GOT BROKEN. IT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS STEEL AND CONCRETE AND EVERY TIME WE HAD A STORM WE HAD TO PULL IT OUT AND GET A WELDER TO REPAIR.

SO WE HAVE A NEW -- EXACTLY PLASTIC BUT DURABLE FISHING DOCK AT JOHNSON PARK.

AND THEN SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT.

THE TREE TRIMMING CREW, WE ESTIMATE THAT THEIR PERMITTING A PROXIMALLY 2 TO 50 TREES IN THE WINTERTIME. AND ALSO WE CHIP ALL OF THOSE UP ALL OF THOSE BRANCHES UP.

AND SO, THE LANDSCAPE BEDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH. WE HAVE ABOUT HUNDRED 31,000 SQUARE FEET OF LANDSCAPE BEDS WHERE THEY GO THROUGH AND CLEAN THEM UP AND TRIMMED THEM BACK AND GET THEM READY FOR SPRING. WE DID A LOT OF REPAINTING AT CURLY HAYES.

SOME OF THAT WAS PROMPTED BY VANDALISM. AND A LOT OF PAINTING AND PARK RESTROOMS AND TRAIL BRIDGES FOR HANDRAILS AND STUFF. AND THAT PICTURE ACTUALLY IS SOME OF THE TREE TRIMMING BEHIND CITY HALL. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PARKS. >> I HAD A QUESTION.

AND IT WAS I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN WITH NELSON AND CAMERON LAKE.

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DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT ONE?

>> I DON'T. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT PUT OUT YET AND I'M NOT SURE IF WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THIS POINT. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS GO WITH THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. GOTCHA.

I UNDERSTAND. BUT IT'S STILL ON MY DESK AND IF WE GET THE CHANCE WE WILL

DEFINITELY SEND THAT OUT. >> ALL RIGHT I UNDERSTAND.

>> WE WILL DO THAT AT SOME POINT.

>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? WERE GOOD.

THANKS RICHARD. >> BOBBY?

>> GOOD MORNING. LET ME GET MY EYES HERE, YOU GUYS.

[9. Senior Division Report: •Senior Trip •St. Patrick's Day Bingo •March Movies •Upcoming events]

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE DAY GETAWAY FOR A WHILE AND COMING UP ON THE DAY BEFORE THE TRIP, WE ACTUALLY WENT FROM LIKE 48 SENIORS DOWN TO 29 SENIORS.

THAT'S WHAT THE COVID-19 GOING ON. SO WE DETERMINED TO CANCEL THE TRIP. AND SO, WE OFFERED REFUNDS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH BILL BERRY AND THE BUS HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR WHAT THEY DID THEY APPLY THAT AND PAID FOR THE BUS FOR NEXT TRIP WHICH IS COMING IN SEPTEMBER TO GRADE LINE.

AND A GREAT PORTION OF THOSE SENIORS THAT HAVE PAID DECIDED TO TRANSFER THAT MONEY TO THAT TRIP SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF REFUNDS (LAUGHING) SO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO GRADE LINE. SOME WERE DISAPPOINTED, BUT WERE JUST TRYING TO BE MORE

SAFE THAN SORRY. >> OUR ST. PATRICK'S DAY BINGO IS GOING ON IN A FEW MINUTES. STARTING ABOUT WEDNESDAY OR SO OF LAST WEEK OUR NUMBERS STARTED TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD A LOT OF SENIORS THAT CALLED AND SAID THEY WORKING TO COME BACK UNTIL THEY HEARD BETTER NEWS.

YESTERDAY, THOUGH, IT WAS CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DAYS WE HAD A LOT OF SENIORS YESTERDAY (LAUGHING) SO HOPEFULLY TODAY BEING THE LAST DAY SINCE IT CAN BE CLOSE FOR A WHILE TO BE THERE TO PLAY BINGO TODAY AND WIN SOME PRIZES AND HAVE LITTLE FUN.

WE HAVE IT ALL SET UP SO WE HOPE THEY SHOW UP TODAY. .

OUR MARCH MOVIES HAVE CONTINUED. WE WERE HAVING YOUR MOVIES ON FRIDAYS. WE WON'T GET TO FINISH THOSE LAST TWO, BUT ONCE WE COME BACK, WE WILL PICK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF ON THE MOVIE. WE'VE BEEN GETTING GREAT PARTICIPATION. NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MOVIES. THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PLANNED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE MEETINGS AND THINGS IN OUR DEFENSIVE DRIVING A GROCERY SHOPPING WILL BE CANCELED FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH.

BUT THOSE ARE NORMAL THINGS THAT WE DO SO ONCE WE COME BACK IN MAY WILL PICK ALL THOSE THINGS BACKUP. WERE TRYING TO GET LIFEGUARDS. AT ADVENTURE COVE.

I HAD 20 RETURNING LIFEGUARD APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN. WE ARE WORKING WITH HR TO GET THOSE RETURNING LIFEGUARDS ON A LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE DON'T HAVE TO INTERVIEW THEM IF WE WANT THEM BACK WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THEM ON. IT MAKES IT EASIER NOW THAT WERE BREATHING EASY. I WOULD SAY ABOUT 8 TO 10 NEW APPLICATIONS ARE IN THERE, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LIFEGUARDS AT OTHER PLACES THAT ARE TRYING TO COME ON WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING THEM WHEN WE CAN SET THOSE UP. I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT MASS TEXTS AND EMAILS TO THESE KIDS WERE WORKING WITH KIDS THEY TAKE THEIR TIME ABOUT DOING THINGS SO WERE TRYING TO GET THEM TO GET YOUR APPLICATION IN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU ON. WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THAT. I FOUND THE POOL MANAGER FOR THE SUMMER. I'VE ALREADY INTERVIEWED SEVERAL OF THOSE AND PICKED ONE FOR THAT. AND WERE STILL WORKING ON TRYING TO GET AN AQUATICS MANAGER POSITION FILLED. WERE STILL DOING INTERVIEWS AND TRYING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY LIFEGUARDS, SEND THEM OUR WAY, WE NEED THEM. AND IS THAT IT? I GUESS THAT'S IT ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. >> ONE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO CHERYL CLARK. CHERYL IS OUR NEW PROGRAM MANAGER. SHE TOOK CAITLIN RICHARDSON'S PLACE.

YESTERDAY WAS HER FIRST DAY AND SHE WALKED IN TO ALL THE CRAZINESS THAT WE HAD GOING ON.

SO IT IS GENERALLY BEEN TRIAL BY FIRE. BUT SHE CAME BACK.

>> AND SHE CAME BACK. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.

>> AND HER FIRST MORNING SHE DID PARKS BOARD.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> WELCOME, CHERYL.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND WORKING WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING?

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