[00:00:02]
I'M READY TO ROLL IF YOU ARE[1. Call the meeting to order.]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE HAPPY SPRING.UM, WE DO HAVE A CORUM OF C THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS, AND IF THE RECORDS REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN DANA'S HAVE YET TO ARRIVE, UM, TODAY IS MARCH 23RD, 2021.
THIS IS THE BRIEFING SESSION, AND WE WILL
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
BEGIN WITH THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.HOW ARE YOU DOING MS. CITY MANAGER? WELL, MAYOR AND, UH, GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY SPRING TO A MAYOR CITY COUNCIL THIS TIME LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE WE WERE ALL HUDDLING UP, UH, FOR, UH, UH, ZERO TEMPERATURES AND SNOW AND ICE AND ALL KINDS OF, UH, POWER OUTAGES AND CRAZINESS.
AND THEN NOW JUST, UH, JUST A FEW, COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FROM THAT.
IT'S A NICE AND IN THE SEVENTIES AND, UH, PRETTY BLUE SKIES.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE SPRING COME AND, UM, IT GIVES US A LOT TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS WE, UH, RESUMED THE BULK OF 2021, UH, AHEAD OF US.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
UH, ALISON MARIE, MARIE WATSON, THE STAFF FOR, UH, HANDLING THINGS LAST WEEK IN, UH, IN OUR ABSENCE.
WE, UH, HAD SOME TIME WITH THE FAMILY FOR SPRING BREAK.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND HAVE COME BACK REFRESHED AND READY TO GO.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A MEASURE OF A SOLID STAFF WHEN THE MANAGER CAN GO AWAY AND NOT WORRY A BIT.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED ASSEMBLE HERE.
UM, TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS, UH, SMALL, BUT MIGHTY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BIG, BIG TICKET PROJECTS, UH, MAJOR COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT ARE TAKING MAJOR STEPS FORWARD, UM, ON THEIR JOURNEY TO COMING TO FRUITION.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, WE'LL GO OVER THE CALENDAR VERY BRIEFLY ON, UM, THURSDAY THIS WEEK, MARCH 25TH AT 9:00 AM THE FOLKS AT THE BEST SOUTHWEST, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UH, WILL BE HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL RED SUMMIT.
THAT IS THE, UH, ALL THINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE, UH, SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY AREA.
UH, IT WILL BE A VIRTUAL EVENT THIS YEAR.
UH, THEY DO ASK THAT YOU REGISTER, THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE.
UM, BELINDA, I BELIEVE HAS THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, FOLLOW THE, THE CALENDAR INFORMATION, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE ON OUR END, JUST LET US KNOW JENNIFER BELINDA, KATIE, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU REGISTERED FOR THAT.
UM, THAT'S BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM ON, UH, ON THURSDAY, UH, THAT SAME DAY AT 1:00 PM OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH, UH, C H I S D WILL BE HAVING THEIR OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING OF THEIR BRAND NEW CENTRALIZED ENROLLMENT CENTER, UH, THAT THEY WILL BE CREATING AT, UH, THE OLD BELTLINE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ON, UH, ON BELTLINE ROAD, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CROSS, THE STREET FROM THE GRADY LAND, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO THEY'VE INVITED, UH, COUNCIL AND STAFF TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THAT NEW FACILITY FOR THEM.
UH, WE DO HAVE A HOST OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS WHO ARE CONTINUING, UH, THEIR DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND INTO APRIL, INCLUDING THE ZULU B WILEY LIBRARY BOARD, WHICH IS MEETING ON THE 25TH, UH, AS WELL AS THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD APRIL 1ST, UH, IS THE NEXT MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST AT SEVEN 30.
THAT ALSO IS A VIRTUAL AFFAIR.
UH, AND THE LINKS FOR THAT, UM, UH, BREAKFAST IS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR CALENDAR INFORMATION.
UH, THAT'S THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST, AND THEN AT 6:00 PM ON ALSO ON APRIL 1ST, CEDAR CREST, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WILL BE HAVING THEIR NEXT, UH, BOARD MEETING.
UH, JUST TO REMEMBER THAT FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND IS A GOOD FRIDAY.
SO CITY OFFICES, UH, WILL BE CLOSED AND OBSERVANCE OF THE EASTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
UH, ONE NOTE THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ACTUALLY WILL BE OPEN FROM NINE TO NOON ON FRIDAY, APRIL THE SECOND, UH, TO ADDRESS ANY ELECTION MATTERS, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.
SO, UH, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO BELINDA FROM NINE TO A, TO NOON ON THAT FRIDAY OR GOOD FRIDAY, SHE WILL BE HERE, UH, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU.
UM, ON MONDAY, APRIL 5TH IS THE NEXT MEETING OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.
AND THEN THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING IS TUESDAY, APRIL THE SIXTH.
UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, OUR NEXT, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS TUESDAY, APRIL THE 13TH.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CALENDAR FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATION PERIOD.
UH, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE PUTTING NOTICES OUT BEGINNING SUNDAY, MARCH 28TH.
THEY WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION, A SERVICE FROM APRIL 1ST THROUGH MAY 7TH.
UM, AND THEN THEY WILL, UM, WE'VE SCHEDULED
[00:05:01]
JUNE THE 29TH AND POSSIBLY THE 30TH AS WELL.IF IT'S NEEDED FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, INTERVIEW TO DO INTERVIEWS AND TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THOSE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR SO FAR? ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO THE ORIENTATION FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, MAJOR, UH, PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE TAKING STEPS FOR TODAY.
TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE BRIEFINGS ON THREE OF THE MARQUEE PROJECTS FROM THE 2017 BOND, UM, THE LIBRARY AND THE UPDATE ON THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK, AS WELL AS THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL.
SO WE RECEIVE RE BREAK REESE, UH, BASICALLY THREE BRIEFINGS, THREE BRIEFINGS IN ONE, UM, MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UH, INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY OUR OWN PASTOR OF THAT JACKSON FROM BUILDING THE KINGDOM COMMUNITY CHURCH.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE TWO CHARACTER PRESENTATIONS.
I JOKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, IT BEING NICE AND SPRINGY NOW, BUT A MONTH AGO WE WERE ALL BASICALLY, UH, IN A PITCHED BATTLE WITH, UH, WITH MOTHER NATURE, UH, SEEING THE, SOME OF THE WORST THAT WEATHER CAN DO.
AND I THINK IT'S AT TIMES LIKE THAT, WHERE THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY REALLY SHOWS ITSELF.
SO, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GOOD SAMARITAN WARDS, ONE TO FRANK SERRATA AND YOU'LL END UP HAUNTS AND THEN ANOTHER ONE TO FRANCESCA LAREDO.
UM, AND THEN A THIRD PRESENTATION, IT'S SORT OF AN OMNIBUS GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO A HOST OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, WHO HELPED SUPPORT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CITY STAFF AND THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH THAT REALLY LONG WEEK OF WINTER WEATHER.
UM, THERE WILL BE MANY STORIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THIS WILL BE SORT OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL AND AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UM, AS I'M SURE YOU ARE TOO, THAT PRESENTATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UH, HOW THIS COMMUNITY RESPONDS AND TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN.
WE DO HAVE THREE FORMAL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT AND PROCLAMATIONS, INCLUDING, UH, THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND APRIL 4TH THROUGH 10TH IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
AND THEN FINALLY A PROCLAMATION FOR APRIL 11TH THROUGH 17TH, UH, TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY, TO COME OUT TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK AND CEDAR HILL BASICALLY GO AND HUG YOUR NINE ONE ONE OPERATOR BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO GREAT SERVICES TO US IN OUR TIME OF GREATEST NEED.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT INCLUDES A MINUTES AS WELL AS A, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH LITTLE TOP SECURITIES TO CONDUCT OUR, UM, ARBITRAGE OR REQUIRED ARBITRAGE STUDIES, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, ALSO A RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, UH, PRESCRIBED BY THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, UH, FOR THE 10 MILE CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE PARTICIPATE WITH SEVERAL CITIES IN THE SINGLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT PLANT IS REQUIRED TO, UM, UH, ENFORCE RULES RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF, UH, OUTFLOWS INTO THAT SYSTEM.
SOME OF THOSE OUTFLOWS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRETREATED AND THE CITY IS ALSO PART OF THE PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT THAT TAKES PLACE, UM, UH, ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, ONE TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR NORTH JOE WILSON PROJECT AT 67.
THIS IS VERY MUCH A CITY COUNCIL DRIVEN PRIORITY.
UH, GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN SEVERAL PHASES.
ONE IMPROVEMENT TO THAT AREA WAS THE INTERSECTION DONE BY THE HIGHWAY 67 IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SECOND ONE WERE FACILITIES TO WIDEN THAT PART OF JOE WILSON, UM, CLOSE TO WHERE THE FUEL CITY IS.
AND THEN THIS THIRD ONE WILL BE A MUCH BROADER WIDENING ALL THE WAY BACK TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE SAFE INGRESS AND EGRESS, UH, TO PEOPLE IN THE SHADY BRICK SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS, UH, BE ABLE TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND OVERALL CIRCULATION AND SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE COME ON THE AGENDA.
I, UH, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO TOM JOHNSON AND HIS ENGINEERING TEAM FOR STAYING ON THIS ONE AND HAVING IT IN POSITION TO GET IT KICKED OFF IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UM, ITEM B IS THE ACCEPTING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, SEVERAL OF YOU ARE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND WE'LL, UH, I'M SURE PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESENTATION OF THAT REPORT.
IT HAS BEEN, UH, DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR, UM, TO YOUR COUNCIL SEATS AND THEN, UM, OUR, UH,
[00:10:01]
FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, AND, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE OF COHORTS HALLWORTH WILL BE HERE, UH, DURING THE REGULAR SESSION TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND GO OVER TO THE AUDIT REPORT WITH YOU.AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT A SECOND READING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT RENEWS THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY SERVICES, UH, FOR ANOTHER 20 YEAR TERM, UM, AS THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION PROVIDER FOR OUR CITY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND ACQUISITION.
AND, UH, WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE REGULAR AGENDA.
ANY QUESTION ON THE AGENDA ITSELF, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE CONSENT UNANIMOUSLY TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT.
[3. Briefing on the schematic design phase for the library and signature park project.]
THIS POINT, I WILL, UH, TURN THE MIC OVER TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, MELISSA VALDEZ COMINGS, AND SHE WILL INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AS ALWAYS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M USED TO THIS ALLOW, ALLOW ME TO ALLOW ME TO ALLOW ME TO SAY THIS, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING ON A SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF THE LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT.
YES, MA'AM, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, WHEN TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECT, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, COUNCILMAN GLOVER, HE'S ON THE LIBRARY'S DESIGN COMMITTEE.
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALSO, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM CLIFF SHAW, UH, HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, UH, POINTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECT, YOU ALL APPROVED KINEMATIC OR A CONCEPT DESIGN, WHERE I, BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND AUTHORIZED CITY STAFF TO GO INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN, THEN WE'RE ABOUT 85 TO 90% COMPLETE ON SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT DONE, WE WILL GET A FINAL, LIKE A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT.
ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL GO INTO DESIGN, FURTHER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION DOCS, WHICH WOULD BE HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE WILL KICK OFF A GROUNDBREAKING BY THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING QUARTER, FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, IT'S A $45 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM OF WHICH THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK PROJECT IS 25 MILLION.
SO IT IS YOUR IT'S YOUR CADILLAC PROJECT FOR THE BOND, THE REFERENDUM.
AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO STEWARD THE PROJECT.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS START WITH YOUR VISION AND YOUR MISSION, AND REALLY THIS PROJECT RETAINS ALL OF THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF WHAT CEDAR HILL EXUDES, PREMIER CITY SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT OF WHICH ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED IN BECAUSE IT IS AN ALL DEPARTMENT HANDS ON DECK, PROJECT, POLICE, FIRE, UM, FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, EXPERIENCE CEDAR HILL, UM, LIBRARY, PARKS, EVERYBODY PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS, LITERALLY EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN FULLY UPDATED ON WHERE WE ARE, AND OF COURSE OUR MISSION TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PRO PROJECT WILL DO FOR YOU, UM, AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY VALUES, BUT THERE'S NO BETTER REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT REPRESENTS OTHER THAN EACH OF Y'ALL'S BEAUTIFUL FACES.
UM, THE PICTURE IS, IS WHERE IT SAYS, UH, IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR VISION FOR THIS PROJECT IS VERY PROFOUND AND YOU'VE SET THE BAR HIGH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHAT, UH, WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL STAND FOR FOR YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO THIS COMMUNITY.
SO AS WE PURSUE PREMIERE, ALL OF THESE THINGS WE COULD, IF I CIRCLED WHICH ONES WAS RELEVANT FOR THIS PROJECT, I'D BE CIRCLING ALL OF THEM.
SO WE DIDN'T CIRCLE ANY OF THEM.
UM, OF COURSE, DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER IS, UH, CLEARLY A PIECE OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DESIGN, AND THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO PUT THE LIBRARY IN THE PARK IS PART OF YOUR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE PLACE.
UM, SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
WE HAVE, UM, SLATED TO PUT SOME LIGHTING AROUND THE CORE TRAIL, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT VERY SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO USE AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY.
AND, UM, EARLY EVENING HOURS, UM, CLEAN, UM, YOU, UH, ASKED US TO BUILD A CLEAN BUILDING AND IT WILL BE BUILT TO LEAD, AND WE'LL HAVE A SORT OF, WE WILL HAVE YOUR FIRST LEAD CERTIFIED BUILDING IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, OF COURSE THEY WILL ADD TO OUR VIBRANT PARKS AND OUR SYSTEM OF PARKS AND TRAILS AND WILL
[00:15:01]
CONNECT, UM, THE 1382 TRAIL ALL THE WAY TO THE EASTERN LIMITS, TO THE CITY OF DESOTO ON PLEASANT RUN, AND THEN TAKE THE TRAIL ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BY CEDAR HILL ROAD TO DOWNTOWN.SO IT'S GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND YOUR VIBRANT PARKS AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
OF COURSE, WE LOVE THAT THE COUNCIL ADDED THE CEDAR HILL HAS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY BECAUSE THOSE PROJECT, UNLIKE ANY OTHER IS A REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I BELIEVE IN OPENING DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE FIRST AND MANY DECADES OF THE USAGE OF THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS BUILDING WILL STAND FOR.
AND A LOT OF THE ARCHITECTURE IS INTENDED TO HELP WELCOME PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED WITH CEDAR HILL AND US AS A CITY, UM, EXCELLENT, SAFE AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUBLIC WORKS LIKE I SAID, AND FIRE MARSHALL, IT GOES FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS, THIS PROJECT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, PUT NEW PARKS DIRECTOR, SEAN RAY MADE ME AWARE OF IS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE THREE POINTS OF ENTRY FOR ANY PARK.
AND THAT'S PART OF HAVING AN EXCELLENT, SAFE, AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE LIBRARY PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE AND BE A CATALYST TO HELP THE ECONOMY AROUND IT.
AND BOOBOO WILL BE A CATALYST FOR VERY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU DESIRE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE LIBRARY OF ALL PLACES WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOUR PREMIER STATEMENT OF, OF BUILDING A CITY THAT HAS TEXAS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, WHICH WE WILL SUPPORT ALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOLS CA YOU KNOW, UM, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HOMESCHOOLERS, ALL KINDS OF SCHOOLING OF ALL CHILDREN WILL ALL BE CELEBRATED IN THIS PROJECT.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALL ENCOMPASSING OF YOUR VISION OF YOUR PREMIER AND HOW YOU'VE DEFINED IT.
UM, WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMITTEE ASSISTANT DESIGN COMMITTEE, WE CREATED WHERE OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE A VISION STATEMENT, AND WE JUST COULDN'T.
SO WE CREATED A VISION WORD CLOUD.
AND SO THESE WERE THE WORDS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH, UM, THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE PROJECT THAT THEY DESIRE FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT STICK OUT.
OF COURSE, NUMBER ONE IS THE LIBRARY.
ISN'T A PARK, IT'S ACTUALLY WHY THEY CHOSE THE EXISTING SITE BECAUSE THE PARK IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS COMPLEX.
UM, BUT ALSO EMBRACING OUR HISTORY OF CEDAR HILL FROM THE PAST AND THE CEDAR HILL OF THE FUTURE.
UM, BEING INNOVATIVE IN THE CEDAR HILL, THE FUTURE, THE CODE WE CALL IT, WE WANT TO CALL IT THE THIRD PLACE.
IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST PLACE, YOUR HOME, OR THE SECOND PLACE YOUR WORK, BUT THE THIRD PLACE WHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO, UM, KEEPING IT WILD.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, OF COURSE, WE WANT IT TO BE NICE AND BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE WILD NATURE OF THE VARIOUS GRASSES AND THE BEES AND THE NOT BEING AFRAID OF BUGS AND BEING OUT IN NATURE.
AND LASTLY, TECHNOLOGY, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD LIBRARY WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY WIFI IN THE PARK AND IN THE LIBRARY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, SO WHAT, YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW SCHEMATIC PICTURES TONIGHT, UM, THAT THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL BE A 22ND CENTURY LIBRARY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY FOR YEARS TO COME.
SO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, BRING UP JULIE, JULIE, AS YOU KNOW, AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER AND ALL THAT SHE'S DONE FOR OUR TEAM, UM, AND HELPING US NAVIGATE THE MANY, MANY ASPECTS OF THIS.
UM, SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THE TREE SURVEY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TREES BACK THERE AND SHE'S, IF YOU'VE GONE OVER THERE AND I WELCOME YOU TO, IF YOU HAVEN'T CALL ME AND I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU ON THE TRAIL, BUT SOME OF THE UNDERBRUSH HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT AND YOU COULD SEE THE BONES OF THE TRAIL GOING AROUND THE PARK.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN MARKED THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE, BUT I REALLY GRATEFUL FOR JULIA.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO HER, TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
WE, I THINK BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE SHOWING YOU THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR WITH YOUR PRIORITIZATION? YOU SAID BROAD PUBLIC INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN AND EXECUTED IT.
DESPITE MANY CHALLENGES OF GETTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER.
WE GOT TEENS, SENIORS OR CITIZENS DESIGN COMMITTEE ALL HELPED US PUT THIS DESIGN TOGETHER.
THIS DESIGN INCORPORATES MANY ASPECTS OF WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE AS A COMMUNITY.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THAT DURING OUR CONCEPT PHASE WITH OUR CITIZENS DESIGN
[00:20:01]
COMMITTEE FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM THROUGHOUT THESE UPCOMING DESIGN PHASES WITH MONTHLY MEETINGS, AS THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE US INPUT THROUGH THIS PROGRESS.OUR DESIGN PHASES ARE SPLIT UP BETWEEN CONCEPT, WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SCHEMATIC DESIGN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, ALONG WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCS, CONSTRUCTION DOCS IS OUR LAST PHASE BECAUSE THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR BID SET THAT WE CAN BID OUT TO THE TWO THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD SELECT THE BEST TEAM THAT CAN HELP US DELIVER THE WONDERFUL DESIGN THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UH, DEVELOPED.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE LAST LEFT OFF WITH THESE DESIGNS.
THESE ARE VISUAL IMAGES TO SHOW US WHAT WE WERE DESIRING TO BUILD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE BLUE BUTTERFLY ROOF LINE.
WE HAVE, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM PIONEER TRAIL.
WE HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE FRONT MAIN ENTRANCE, AND THEN THE CAFE ENTRANCE IS THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THIS VIEW HERE IS INSIDE OUR CAFE AND WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF THIS.
WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE'RE AT THE GLASS UP TOP.
LET'S SAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE GUY THAT IS REACHING ON THE REFER A BOOK THAT IS A MUSEUM AREA.
AND THEN HERE'S A GREAT AREA OF YOU.
FROM ANOTHER SIDE, WE BASICALLY HAVE A LIBRARY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A FRONT OR A BACK BECAUSE IT IS, YOU CAN SEE IT AND GO AROUND IT FROM ALL SIDES.
SO THIS IS A GREAT AREA OF YOU, AND THIS IS ASIDE FROM THE PARK SIDE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ACTUAL SCHEMATIC DESIGNS, UM, AND OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGNS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE NOT SELECTED FURNITURE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DESIGNS ARE TRULY STAND-INS.
SO IF YOU'RE LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE A LOT OF WHITE FURNITURE? WELL, WE HAVEN'T PICKED THAT COLOR YET.
UM, AND THE SAME GOES WITH THE FLOORING AND THE CEILING.
UM, ALL RIGHT, HERE IS THE UPPER LEVEL AT THE BRIDGE, LOOKING DOWN INTO THE LOBBY.
UM, SO THE, UM, WHITE AREA, YOU SEE THE VEGETABLE THAT YOU ENTER INTO THE LIBRARY HERE.
UM, THE, IT LOOKS LIKE A FLOATING TABLE.
THAT'S A STANDARD PIECE OF FURNITURE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AS YOU ENTER INTO THE LIBRARY AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, TO YOUR LEFT, THERE, HERE IS THE LIBRARY DESK AGAIN, STILL TO BE DESIGNED, BUT YOU'LL BE WELCOMED BY THAT DESK.
UM, THE STAIRWELL THAT YOU SEE WILL CONNECT YOU FROM THE MAIN LEVEL TO THE SECOND LEVEL, AND THEN HERE'S YOUR CIRCULATION TO THE TWINS.
THIS IS THE SAME LEVEL, JUST LOOKING AT IT, COMING IN FROM THE DOOR, LOOKING STRAIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE LIBRARY, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHEAST.
UM, WE HAVE TWO LEVELS AND WE HAVE A LOWEST, WE HAVE A MAIN LEVEL UPPER LEVEL AND BELOW MAIN LEVEL IS A PARTIAL FLOOR.
UM, LOWER LEVEL HERE IS THE MAIN LEVEL LOOKING DOWN AT THE CAFE SEATING.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IMAGINE WE WOULD HAVE EVENTS HERE, UM, AS THE SOCIAL STAIRS, YOU CAN SEE, WE COULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PERFORMANCE HERE ON THE STAIRS.
WE COULD HAVE A PERFORMANCE ON THAT CORNER THERE YOU SEE WITH THE RAILING, WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THERE WHERE THE PEOPLE, THE CAFE DOWN THERE COULD HEAR THEM ON THE RIGHT.
THOSE ARE THREE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DESIGN.
EACH OF THE WALLS HAVE MOVABLE WALLS.
SO THAT THAT THREE ROOM COULD TURN INTO ONE LARGE ROOM.
UM, THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A V EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS UTILIZING AVI EQUIPMENT IN EACH OF THE THREE.
AND THEN ALSO AVE EQUIPMENT UTILIZE THIS SPACE AS ONE ROOM ADJACENT TO THE LAST MULTIPURPOSE ROOM IS A KITCHEN AREA, A CATERING KITCHEN THAT WILL HAVE EXTERIOR DOOR SO THAT A CATERER COULD COME AND DELIVER THAT FOOD.
THIS IS, UM, SAME SPACE, JUST SITTING AT THE CAFE, LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL STAIRS, AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, UNDERNEATH THERE WE HAVE OUR ELEVATOR'S BANK.
SO WE HAVE OUR ELEVATOR BANKS LISTED THERE, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BATHROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAIN.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAME IN FROM THE PARK AND THEY NEEDED, THEY NEEDED TO GET THE REFILL ON THEIR WATER, THEY COULD COME IN, COOL DOWN, REFILL THEIR WATER, USE THE RESTROOM, AND THEN HEAD ON BACK OUT.
THIS IS A REALLY COOL NEW FEATURE, WHICH
[00:25:01]
IS A LARGE READING DECK.THIS IS SOMETHING DESIRED BY THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN PEOPLE SAW THIS, THEY GO, OH, CAN WE STRING LIGHTS SO WE CAN HAVE LIKE A WEDDING OUT THERE? CAN WE, THEY REALLY SAW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPEAKERS THAT THEY WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE LEVERAGING A DECK THAT WAS ALREADY CREATED FROM THE FIRST FLOOR, FROM THE MAIN LEVEL, SO THAT YOU, YOU W WE'RE LEVERAGING SPACE THAT EXISTS.
WE HAVE TO CONSTRUCT IT DIFFERENTLY, SO IT CAN CARRY A LIVE LOAD, ADD AN ADDITIONAL EGRESS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE AS A STAIRWELL THERE.
AND THIS IS A DECK THAT IS A LARGE READING DECK THAT WE COULD RENT OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY USE THROUGHOUT.
SO IT'S A VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENT SPACE, LEVERAGING SPACE WE CREATED.
AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE THIS WONDERFUL PARK VIEWS.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE PARK IS ON THE LEFT AND STRAIGHT FROM YOUR VIEW.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIEWS AND I CAN FLIP BACK OVER IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
CAUSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS THANK YOU JUST TO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO I, I, I SAW THE, UM, THE, UH, CAFE AREA AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS INHERITING THE CAFE IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT OF NOISE.
AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IMPACTING AREAS THAT ARE, WERE DESIGNED TO BE QUIETER IN NATURE.
SO HOW DOES THAT FLOW THOSE TWO DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS? SO IN GENERAL, OUR LIBRARY IS OUR, THE CULTURE OF OUR LIBRARY IS NOT A VERY QUIET LIBRARY.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE DESIGNATED QUIET ROOMS FOR AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN A QUIET SPACE IN REGARDING THE NOISE.
WE DO HAVE AN ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT ON OUR LIBRARY DESIGN TEAM WHO WILL TAKE IN THESE TYPES OF FEEDBACK FROM US.
AND WE EXPLAIN THAT AS PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE LOUD.
SO THEY ARE DESIGNING THE CEILING AND THINKING THROUGH THE ACOUSTICS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE THERE.
AND BECAUSE WE COULD ACTUALLY FORESEE HAVING HAVE ANY EVENTS IN THE CAFE AREA AND HAVING EVENTS IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS. SO WE, WE SEE ACTIVATING ALL OF THESE SPACES AND THEY ARE DESIGNING SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT THAT I'M SHOWING MY AGE BECAUSE I'M WHEN I THINK OF LIBRARIES, I'M THINKING AREAS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE QUIET.
UM, BEFORE I GO TO
IT IS ON THE LOWER LEVEL AND YOU COULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, UH, A CRYING CHILD COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WHO NEEDS TO GET SOME WATER AND COOL DOWN AND CALM DOWN.
SO FOR MANY REASONS THAT IT COULD BE VERY LOUD FROM PEOPLE COMING IN FROM THE PARK, LIKE I SAID, TO USE THE WA THE WATER FOUNTAIN AND THE RESTROOMS, BUT YEAH, THAT FEEDBACK WILL DEFINITELY, WE'VE ALREADY SHARED THAT FEEDBACK WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND THEY'RE DESIGNING THE ROOF, SORRY, THE CEILING TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THAT NOISE REDUCTION.
BECAUSE MCCARTY, UH, MY QUESTION, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST QUESTION KIND OF FOLLOWS ALONG WITH, WITH COUNCILMAN SAMS. UM, I TOO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, ABOUT THE NOISE.
I KNOW YOUR LIBRARIES NOW ARE A LITTLE MORE BOISTEROUS THAN, THAN THEY USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN PAST HISTORY, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO HAVE QUIET SPACES.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ACOUSTICAL PANELS AND, AND PART OF MY QUESTION WAS ALSO A SUGGESTION THAT YOU LOOK AT CUSCO PANELS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CAFE AREA THAT, THAT ARE SOUND ABSORBING.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO I KNOW THAT LIKE, EVEN WITH, WITH MY SON, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TAKE HIM, UH, WE DON'T TAKE HIM TO THE LIBRARY FREQUENTLY BECAUSE INEVITABLY AT SOME POINT HE'S GONNA GET, HE'S GOING TO GET REALLY EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, KIDS THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, HE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL WHEN OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT COULD BE SOME STIMULUS OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A ROOM THAT WAS LIKE A SENSORY ROOM THAT YOU COULD TAKE THEM TO, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE IT'S GOING TO DEAD.
NOW, ALL SOUND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S GOT SOME WINDOWS SO THEY CAN SEE OUTSIDE, THEY CAN SEE INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE ABSENT OF ANY EXTERNAL, YOU KNOW, INPUT, UM, JUST TO HELP THEM CALM DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LIBRARY IN THE PARK, I WAS TALKING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, CITY MANAGER PORTER, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE, YOU KNOW, HE MADE A POINT OF HAVING THE LIBRARY IN THE PARK ALSO YOU'LL GET POTENTIALLY HELP, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A, LIKE A SENSORY ROOM, YOU KNOW, IN THE, UH, UH, IN THE FACILITY ITSELF.
MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS REALLY AS A QUESTION,
[00:30:01]
AND THAT IS, DID WHAT'D YOU GUYS FIGURE OUT ABOUT THE DUMPSTER SITUATION? SO WE ARE FINALIZING IT, THE DUMPSTER DESIGN, UM, IS STILL IT, WE, WE, AREN'T TOO CHALLENGED IN THE SENSE THAT WE, WE FIGURED OUT A GOOD DRAFT AREA RIGHT NOW FOR IT, AND THAT'S ON IT'S AWAY FROM THE BUILDING.AND IF YOU WANT, I CAN NAVIGATE TO THE AERIAL VIEW, UM, TO SHOW YOU THAT IT'S BASICALLY A WAY FROM THE BUILDING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, THAT HAVING THE DUMPSTER, UM, THAT EASY PLACE FOR THE TRUCK TO COME AND GET IT.
UM, AND THAT IT WOULD JUST CAUSE, UH, SOME INCONVENIENCE ON THE STAFF TO HAVE TO ROLL OUT THEIR, THE TRASH.
UM, BUT THAT IT BASICALLY WITH OUR PRESERVE OUR DESIGN OF THE LIBRARY, BY PUTTING THE DUMPSTER AWAY, WE CAN GET THEM LIKE ROLL OUT TRASH CANS AND STUFF TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
BUT SO PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WALK BY THE, BY THE DUMPSTERS TO ENTER THE BUILDING.
AND THEN ALSO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WILL, WILL PUT SOME DESIGN AROUND IT AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AWAY FROM THE BUILDING TO STILL HELP SORT OF COVER IT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.
YOU'RE SEEING THE FINAL DESIGN AND THEN US GETTING WORK TO WORK ON THE PROGRAMMING FOR THEM IN THE LIBRARY.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING.
YOU STILL HAVE A PHASE TWO, UH, PRESENTATION.
LET'S I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH BUSINESS CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
I WAS JUST LESS, I MISSED IT WHILE I GO.
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PICTURE OF IT? IT KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHERE THE MUSEUM IS GOING TO BE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN IMAGE RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE, THE MUSEUM WAS THROUGHOUT, UM, WAS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, SO LET'S JUST KIND OF BACK UP.
UM, SO IT DON'T HAVE LIKE JUST A, OKAY, SO WE JUST HAVE REALLY TWO LEVELS OR AM I SEEING A THIRD ONE IN THIS? SO WE HAVE OUR MAIN LEVEL, OUR UPPER LEVEL, AND THERE IS A HALF LEVEL BELOW THAT, THAT YOU WERE MAKING LOWER LEVEL.
AND WHERE THIS NOISE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE CAFE IS ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
AND IT'S WHERE WE ANTICIPATE, UM, RENTING OUT AND HAVING SORT OF OFF, OFF HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL OPERATIONAL HOURS TO SOMEONE WANTS TO RENT IT FOR A MEETING OR AN EVENT, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY.
UM, THE PHASE ONE OF OUR PARK AND TRAIL, UM, FROM OUR FEEDBACK FROM THE BROAD INPUT FROM YOUR PRIORITIZATION, CONNECTIVITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO OUR, OUR TRAILS WILL BE CONNECTED TO OUR EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT FOR OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE PARK, OUR DESIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE HEART OF THE PARK, WHICH IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, I WISH I COULD POINT IS LITERALLY THE CENTER THERE OF THE PAGE WHERE YOU HAVE A TRAIL ALL AROUND IT.
UM, THAT IS OUR FOCUS FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE PARK.
SO IT IS A BLEND OF KEEPING OUR PHASE.
ONE IS A BLEND OF KEEPING IT WILD, WHERE YOU CAN GO OFF AND BE HAVING AN ADVENTURE IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT DEVELOPED THAT ARE NOT, WELL-MANICURED JUST NATURAL.
AND THEN YOU CAN COME TO THIS PLAY AREA WHERE WE HAVE AN EVENT LAWN, WE'LL HAVE OUR SHADED SEATING AND WE'LL HAVE PLAY AREAS FOR FAMILIES.
AND, UM, THAT IS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT THAT SPACE THERE IS THERE THAT HEART OF THE PARK.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, UM, ESSENTIALLY A CULVERT THAT WILL GO FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE PARK TO CROSSOVER.
THERE'S A TRIBUTARY THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE TRAIL FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE A PARKING LOT THERE.
SO YOU GET OUT, YOU CAN PARK THERE, GET ON YOUR BIKE AND CONNECT.
AND SO YOU CAN WALK OR BIKE ACROSS, DOWN THAT TRAIL THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND THEN COME OVER TO THE, THE MAIN PART OF THE HEART OF THE PARK.
AND, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND CONNECT AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE PIONEER TRAIL OR CEDAR HILL ROAD, BACK TO THE FEEDBACK THAT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THAT WILL HAVE MULTIPLE ACTIONS, THIS POINTS, AND FROM OUR TREE SURVEY, WE DID LEARN THAT THERE'S A TREE AT THE TAIL END OF THE PARKING LOT OFF OF CEDAR HILL ROAD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT THREE SPACES AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THE TREE SURVEY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THE SPACES AND MOVE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO WE CAN JUST LEAVE THAT TREE ALONE CONNECTIVITY.
THESE ARE OUR DRAFT TRAILS FOR OUR NORTH EXTENSION AND SOUTH EXTENSION.
[00:35:01]
WITH OUR NORTH EXTENSION TO PLEASANT RUN.UM, WE'RE, UM, ESSENTIALLY FOLLOWING A, UM, AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CLEARED FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, WE HAVE AN EASEMENT THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALONG THERE AND THEN COMING UP UP ON CEDAR HILL ROAD AND THEN CROSSING THE STREET THERE AT 1382, IT'LL BE ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, AVOIDING SOME, UH, EXISTING EASEMENTS, UH, THERE ON HILLSIDE VILLAGE CROSSING THERE.
SO WE ARE, UM, THAT'S OUR NORTH EXTENSION AND OUR SOUTH EXTENSION.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT DESIGN, UM, WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT YELLOW LINE WITH THE RED DOTS GOES, IT JUST DROPS OFF TOPOGRAPHY WISE.
SO I KNOW IF YOU PARK IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU DO KNOW THAT THE LAND PRETTY MUCH DROPS, NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE WE HAVE IT PAVED IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEVERAGE WHAT FLAT AREA WE HAVE THERE, UM, AND ALSO CONNECT PEOPLE TO UPTOWN BOULEVARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DISCOVERED DURING SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
WE GO FROM A PICTURE TO, WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY BUILD HERE? ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR PHASE ONE PARKING TRIAL? SURE.
YOU MIGHT'VE SAID IT, BUT WHAT TYPE OF, UM, PAVEMENT WILL BE, UM, ON THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SIDE THAT TRUE.
SO OUR, OUR GOAL IS, IS FOR WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE, UM, 12 FOOT WIDE, OUR GOAL IS THAT ALL OF THAT IS PAVED.
UM, W WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHERS, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT WE WOULD EVER STRAY FROM THE PAVING PART.
JUST, I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF IT'S PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, BIKE FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT FRIENDLY, SO, OKAY, THANKS.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM COUNCIL.
I WON BECAUSE I'M RECORDING, UM, OUR VERY PLANS RIGHT NOW TO CONNECT, UH, CRAWFORD PARK TO THE, THE NEW CITY CENTER PARK AND THE, AND THAT TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO I KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF SEAN YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT, OH, PULLING UP THE BIG GUNS.
WE'LL HAVE OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, UH, GOOD EVENING.
UM, THE INTENT WILL BE TO CONNECT THEM.
NOW, THE BIG QUESTION FOR US THAT WE'LL HAVE TO OVERCOME IS HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RAILROAD CROSSING, UM, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WHEN YOU GET A RAILROAD CROSSING, YOU GIVE UP A RAILROAD CROSSING.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO UNDERGROUND.
THERE IS THE DRAINAGE CULVERT NEARBY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.
UH, WE MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT LINK THAT YOU THINK OF, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR STRAUSS ROAD TO LOOK AT AN ALIGNMENT, UH, FOR TRAILS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR DALLAS COUNTY PARTNERS ON THAT.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING MULTIPLE OPTIONS ON OPPORTUNITIES, CONNECT CRAWFORD PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT GENERAL AREA TO THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK.
SO FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP THE RAILROAD CROSSING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OVER, UH, IT'S IT'S STRAUSS ROAD, RIGHT THERE AT MAIN STREET, OR MOVE IT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO CONNECT LIKE PIONEER TRAIL, YOU KNOW, EXTEND THAT ACROSS AND USE THAT AS THE EXTENSION, IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD EXPLORE? UM, IT'S JUST, UH, WHEN WE START MOVING IN RAILROAD CROSSINGS, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST PARKS AND, UH, TRAIL AND LIBRARY PROJECTS.
THEY BECOME MORE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER, BUT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THEM, BUT IT JUST WILL NOT BE PART OF THE PHASE ONE.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PROJECT PRESENTATION, UM, YOUR VISION WORD CLOUD, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE KIND OF GONE OVER JUST NOW REPRESENT THIS VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SET FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, THE FACT THAT, UM, IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING AND IT'S MORE THAN A LIBRARY AND A PARK PROJECT.
AND SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYONE IS INVOLVED IN IT.
UM, SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, UM, ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT I FORGOT TO PUT ON HERE, WHEN WE CONTRACTED WITH TELL OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, WE ONLY CONTRACTED WITH THEM THROUGH CONCEPT DESIGN.
SO AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH TELE FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN THAT WILL GET US THROUGH, UM, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT THAT IS OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND ON APRIL 20TH, OUR GOAL IS, IS
[00:40:01]
WE MAY OR MAY NOT HIT IT, BUT, UH, YOU HAVE A CAPITAL IMPACT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WORK WORKSHOP ON THAT DATE AND THAT TUESDAY, UH, WE PLAN TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROJECT WHERE WE ARE COST ESTIMATE, AND, UM, WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THAT POINT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT PREPARED FOR THAT DATE.WE'LL PREPARE, WE'LL HAVE A BACKUP DATE ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
[4. Briefing on the new Outdoor Community Pool at Virginia Weaver Park project.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING ON THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POLL AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK DIRECTOR RAY.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I ONLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK, BUT ALSO THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL.
UM, TONIGHT CAROLYN SKILLS, SHONDA JOHNSON AND JOHN JACKSON WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL THIS, UH, THIS EXCITING PROJECT.
AND I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY WHAT AN OUTSTANDING JOB THEY HAVE DONE FROM TAKING SOMETHING FROM OUR 2012 MASTER PLAN USING THE COUNCIL'S VISION AND THE GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGERS AND OUR BOND SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE CITIZENS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED, UH, CAROLYN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TO, AT THIS POINT WITH YOU, I'M GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE PLEASED, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME SHOW AND TELL OF SOME OF THE SIDE AND SOME LAYOUTS AND EVERYTHING FOR YOU.
UM, I JUST WANT TO FORGET, JUST WANT TO GO OVER OUR VISION MISSION VALUES, AND WE'VE REALLY, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THIS, BUT I REALLY THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A PREMIERE FACILITY TONIGHT WITH THE OUTDOOR POOL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH QUALITY FACILITY GOING FORWARD.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN LIKE, I THINK 30 OR 40 YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A NEW POOL AND THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST ONE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANT IN, IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND GOING BACK IN AND WITH REESE, WITH OUR PREMIERE STATEMENTS, WE'VE ALSO, UM, TRIED TO ENCOMPASS, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN OUR, UM, IN OUR, UM, FACILITY.
AND THEN ALSO WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS ON IS NOT JUST STICKING A POOL IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, AT WEAVER AND, BUT MAKE IT FALL, FALL IN AND, UM, WORKING WITHIN THE FACILITY AND EVERYTHING AND THE LAYOUT AND THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT CEDAR HILL IS KNOWN FOR.
UM, AND THEN JUST A BRIEF HISTORY, IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN 2017 IS WHEN THE BOND ISSUE WAS, UM, PASSED BY ALL THE CITIZENS WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE HAVE 3.5 MILLION FOR THE NEW OUTDOOR POOL FOR, FOR US.
AND THEN IN 2018, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE DID THE, UM, POOL STUDY THAT HELPED US PICK THE SITE FOR THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL.
AND THEN IN 2019, WE DID A, UM, WE PICKED OUR DESIGN FIRM AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS HELD DURING THAT TIME FOR THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL.
AND THEN IN 2020, WHERE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IN DESIGN.
AND THEN ALSO IF YOU RECALL BACK IN MAY OF 2020, UM, YOU ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL 3.1 MILLION TOWARDS THE NEW OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL.
AND FOR THAT, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHAWNA AND SHE'S GOING TO UPDATE YOU SOME MORE ON SOME OTHER ITEMS WITH IT.
SO PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID, UM, THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE FEATURES AND THE TOP FIVE PROGRAMS THAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
AND SO WE REALLY KEPT THIS IN MIND WHEN WE WERE IN DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD TRY TO HIT ALL OF THESE, UM, FEATURES THAT THE WOULD LIKE.
SO WITH THAT, THE PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, WAS A $9,000 SQUARE FOOT SURFACE AREA, UM, FOR WATER AND THEN JUST UNDER A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT SURFACE AREA FOR OUR POOL HOUSE AND THE FILTER BUILDING COMBINED.
AND THAT WOULD BE ALL ENCOMPASSING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO FOR THE BUDGET, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE $6.6 MILLION AND THE LAST OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE THAT WE RECEIVED
[00:45:01]
PUT OUR BUDGET JUST AT 6.7 MILLION.SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE WITHIN BUDGET WITH THAT.
AND THIS DOES NOT THE 6.6 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE, UM, WHERE WE SUBMITTED OUR DRC SUBMITTAL ON THE 22ND ON MONDAY, AND THEN WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL WITH COUNCIL CONSIDERATION INSIDE APPROVAL.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN JUNE, AND THEN IN THE SUMMER, WE EXPECT TO BE HAVING OUR GROUNDBREAKING WITH THE GRAND OPENING IN SUMMER OF 2020.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR PROJECT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT.
UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, OUR WE'VE KEPT WE'VE KEPT THE PREMIERE STATEMENTS ALL IN MIND WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THIS.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS TO KEEP THE CEDAR HILL A SAFE.
AND SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD A SAFE DROP-OFF AREA FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO BE DROPPED OFF OR PICKED UP AS THEY WERE COMING OR GOING TO THE POOL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT THE TOP FIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE, UH, FEATURES OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THAT WAS THE WATER SLIDE, THE LAZY RIVER, THAT HIT NUMBER ONE AND INDOOR PARTY ROOM SHADE, AND THEN AN INTERACTIVE PLAY FEATURE AND A SPLASH PAD.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PROJECT HAS ALL OF THOSE FEATURES INCLUDED IN IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF IS WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO WORK OUT A PARKING AGREEMENT SO THAT WE COULD PUT ALL OF OUR MONEY TOWARDS POOL AMENITIES AND FEATURES AND NOT HAVE TO BUILD A PARKING LOT AND CONCRETE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS CONCESSION STAND WILL FEATURE WINDOWS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE THE POOL AS WELL AS THE PARK.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON OUR DESIGN AND OUR NEW, THIS NEW DESIGN WILL INCLUDE THE FILTER BUILDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BATH HOUSE.
SO IT'S ALL ONE CONTINUOUS BUILDING JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THIS IS A OVERLAY OF CRAWFORD PARK AND IT SHOWS THAT WE'VE GOT JUST ABOUT DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WATER SURFACE AREA THAT WE USED TO HAVE.
WELL SOUNDED BEFORE YOU, UM, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US HOW MUCH THE GRANT THAT WASN'T LISTED ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE? DO YOU KNOW? THE GRANT WAS FOR $750,000.
UH, SO JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, WE HAVE SOME ELEVATIONS HERE AND WE'LL JUST WALK THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY, STARTING WITH THE TOP EAST ELEVATION.
SO THIS IS IF YOU WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE POOL FACING TOWARDS, I GUESS NOW IT'S THE EXIT.
IF YOU'RE COMING IN, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE IS OF COURSE, THE BREEZEWAY COMING IN, COOL IDEAS WITH SOME, UH, SOME PHONE CHARGING SPOTS IN THAT LOCATION, SEE RESTROOM STORAGE AREA, THE PUMP ROOM WAY ON THE RIGHT.
AND THEN IF YOU DO LOOK ON THE ROOF THERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, THERE, AND THEN ALSO YOU SEE THEM IN THE OTHER ELEVATIONS.
ALSO, UH, WE HAVE SOME 18 INCH LIGHTING TUBES.
THOSE ARE GOING INTO THE RESTROOMS. SO THOSE ARE JUST ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS, UH, POOL HOUSE.
UM, SO USING THE SUN TO ACTUALLY ELIMINATE THOSE ROOMS INSTEAD OF JUST ELECTRICITY, UM, AS WE GO DOWN TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS, UH, IN THE FRONT, YOU WILL SEE THERE THAT WE HAVE TWO, 500 GALLON RAINWATER HARVESTING TANKS.
UH, THOSE RAINWATER HARVESTING TANKS CAN BE USED FOR IRRIGATION AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER PART OF OUR, UH, GRANT WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION, YOU WILL SEE THOSE DOUBLE WINDOWS THAT SHONDA JUST MENTIONED.
UH, AGAIN, THOSE ARE TO SERVE BOTH THE PARKSIDE AND THEN ALSO THE AQUATIC SIDE.
UM, SO PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND CAN COME UP AND GET SERVED JUST THE SAME AS SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR FACILITY.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GET, UH, ALL THE TIME AT CRAWFORD POOL.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN EASIER TO SERVE THEM NOW.
UM, AND THEN DOWN AT OUR WEST ELEVATION, OF COURSE, THAT IS THE VERY FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU PULL UP, YOU GET DROPPED OFF, YOU'RE PLAYING AT THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, IT, IT HAS A NICE RESIDENTIAL FEEL TO IT.
IT'S NOT SO INDUSTRIAL OR STERILE.
UM, UH, AND YOU SEE ALSO THE, THE LIGHTING TUBES THERE, UM, THE COLORS IN THE STONE THAT WE ARE USING UPFRONT ALSO MATCH THE, UH, THE PARK ENTRANCE SIGN.
UM, AND SO WE THINK THAT'S A NICE TOUCH HERE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE VIEWS, UH, AERIAL VIEWS AND, UH, KIND OF 3D IMAGERY OF THE NEW POOL FACILITY.
UH, SO THIS IS IF, AS IF YOU WERE OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL, LOOKING
[00:50:01]
DOWN OVER THE POOL, AND OF COURSE HE SEE THE ACTIVITY POOL, THE LAZY RIVER, UH, AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD AND THE FAR DISTANCE THERE.NOW THIS ONE'S IF, AS IF YOU WERE OVER THE BALL FIELDS, LOOKING OVER IT, SO PRETTY COOL.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS IF YOU WERE OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR POOL, AND THEN THIS ONE IS ESPECIALLY, UH, INTERESTING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE AS YOU SEE OUR POOL FACILITY THERE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS, UM, THE TRAIL GOING ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF IT, UM, THEN THAT WILL ACTUALLY EXTEND INTO A FOUR-FOOT BY TRAIL THAT EXTENDS DOWN SOMERSET ALL THE WAY UP INTO THAT TOP RIGHT CORNER, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE, UH, THE LONGHORN STADIUMS, OVERFLOW PARKING, WHICH WE HAVE A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THAT, UM, WHICH AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, ANYBODY THAT COUSIN
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THE SHADING OF THE, I SAW THAT THERE WERE UMBRELLAS AND TREES, UH, WHAT'S BEEN THE FEEDBACK REGARDING COVERED AREAS OR SHADING.
UM, SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS VIEW RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN, UM, THOSE ARE UMBRELLAS.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE, THE TEAL, UM, MORE THAN UMBRELLAS.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE PERMANENT SHAVE STRUCTURES AS WELL.
UM, CALL THEM PERGOLAS CAUSE CBOS, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING THOSE THINGS OUT, BUT THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE TO A LARGER SHAVE STRUCTURES.
IN THIS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THEM TO THE LEFT CORNER OF THE LEFT EDGE THERE, THE BROWN SHADE STRUCTURE, KIND OF BEHIND THE SLIDE AREA.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, UM, UP TOWARDS THE GATHERING GREEN, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PERMANENT, LARGER SHADE STRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE.
I'M STILL LOOKING AT THE SHADE AREAS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE ONE THAT YOU SAID THAT'S IN, I GUESS, CLOSEST TO THE ROAD.
IS THAT WITH A LITTLE BLUE TOP ON IT? IS THAT THE PERMANENT OVER THE SNYDER'S DESCRIBED OVER THERE? OH YES.
THAT, THAT IS THE SLIDE OVER THERE.
SO ON THAT PARTICULAR SHADE STRUCTURE, IS THAT GOING TO COVER THAT HARLAN SLIDE OR IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE PIECE AT THE TOP? AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS, IS IT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR OTHER PARKS AND SO FORTH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZING HOW MUCH SHADE WE HAVE PUT OUT THERE.
AND IN OTHER, IN OTHER PLACES NEAR THE PERKS, I'M SEEING IT COVERS THEIR WHOLE PLAYGROUND AREA.
AND SO GENERALLY THOSE THAT WE'VE BEEN SO FAR, IT'S KINDA, IT'S KINDA HARD TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THE SLIDE AND DO THINGS WHEN IT'S IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S SO HOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE A LOT OF SHADE OR SHADE AREA.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SPECIFIC ITEM THERE, AND TO ME THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S COVERING, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT PART OF, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS IT GOING TO BE A LOT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT REALLY SEEMS? I DON'T THINK WE'VE GONE INTO THE EXACT DESIGNS FOR THE SLIDE AND WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN FLUME OR CLOSE FLUME SLIDES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT SHADE STRUCTURES THEY'RE ON TOP OF THE SLIDE PLATFORM WOULD JUST COVER THE SLIDE PLATFORM.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHADE, YEAH.
I THINK THOSE ARE IN MY MIND, SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE PARK.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY NOT TO MINIMIZE IT, BUT TO MAYBE MAXIMIZE OUR SHADE WITH BUDGET ALLOWS, I THINK THAT'S THE ROUTE I WOULD HOPE THAT WE PURSUE DEFINITELY.
WELL, THANK YOU BECAUSE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR ONE QUESTION, AND THEN MAYBE AN OBSERVATION, UM, W DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY IS OR WHAT THE EXPECTED CAPACITY OF THE, OF THE NEW POOL VERSUS CRAWFORD PARK? UH, THE EXPECTED CAPACITY FOR THIS POOL WILL BE, UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND 600, UM, WITH OUR CURRENT FACILITY, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY AROUND TWO 50 TO 300.
SO ALMOST TRIPLING THE CAPACITY OF THE AQUATIC FEATURES.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS THAT THE ZERO, UM, ENTRANCE AREA, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO KIND OF MIMIC THE STATE OF TEXAS OR IS IT JUST KIND OF, THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS ON THE GRAPHIC? UH, IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A BALANCE.
UH, I MEAN, CAUSE IT JUST, IT MADE ME THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT KIND OF LOOK LIKE THE STATE OF TEXAS AND HAVE THE TALK OF THE LAZY RIVER COMING THROUGH THE PANHANDLE AND THEN GO BACK OUT THROUGH EL PASO AND THEN A NICE CEDAR HILL LOGO WOULD LOOK REALLY GOOD RIGHT THERE IN THE
[00:55:01]
UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IN THE WATER.I WAS KIND OF THINKING IT COULD BE A SHAPE OF A LONG HORN, BUT YOU KNOW, STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, CUSTOMER CENTERS, IT WAS MENTIONED YOU HAVE AN OVERFLOW AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME FOR PROXIMITY TO THE PARKING? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DISTANCE FROM THE POOL FACILITY DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE IS IT? WHERE'S THE PARKING OR THE FOUR POLE OVERFLOW PARKING IS THE VISITORS PARKING OF LONGHORN STADIUM, UM, RIGHT THERE ON SOMERSET.
AND I BELIEVE THE CROSS STREET IS YOUR CHAR AND, UH, SUBDIVISION.
UM, SO IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE VISITOR PARKING LOT, UH, TO WHERE RIGHTO CREEK TRAIL EXTENSION WILL BE ADDED TO THE, UH, NORTH OF VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTANCE, A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTANCE.
UH, OUR ENTAIL FOR THE VISITORS PARKING IS I THINK WE HAVE, WE IDENTIFIED MAYBE THREE TO FOUR TIMES PER SWIM SEASON THAT WE WOULD NEED OVERFLOW PARKING WHEN WE HAD, UH, WHETHER IT BE A BOYS BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, A GIRL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO TO NEARLY HALF OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON PARKING, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, TWO OR THREE DAYS, IT JUST MADE MORE ECONOMIC SENSE WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UM, NOT TO GET INTO, UM, TOO MUCH INTO THE DETAILS, BUT JUST HEARING THE CUSTOMER GLOVER AND COUNCILMAN HAYDEN QUESTION ABOUT SHADE STRUCTURE.
UM, HOW, HOW WILL THE POOR HOUSE FUNCTION? I, I, BUT I CAN SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO BE CAPACITIES AT 600.
LIKE I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE POOL HOUSE TO COOL DOWN.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE INTENT, BUT IF YOU CAN SHARE WHICH IDEAS ON THAT.
UM, SO THE POOL HOUSE ITSELF, UH, SO THE, UM, IF WE'RE LOSING THAT WEST ELEVATION ON THE BOTTOM, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, UH, WILL BE COMPOSED OF THE OFFICES AND THE, UH, GUARD AREA FOR STATE AREA.
UM, THERE WILL BE AN INDOOR PARTY ROOM IS OUR DESIRE.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE CONCESSION STAND, UH, THE LEFT SIDE IS RESTROOMS AND A, UH, AND THEN THE PUMP ROOMS. SO THERE'S NOT EXACTLY A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN DOORS AND, AND COOL DOWN.
IS THERE LIKE A, CAUSE I THINK CRAWFORD PARK, THEY KIND OF HAD AN AREA OF AREA YOU CAN CHANGE MAYBE.
UM, LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SHOWER OR SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA? UM, OUR RESTROOMS WILL BE MUCH MORE ADVANCED MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AT CRAWFORD, UH, WILL INCLUDE, UH, STALL DOORS AND CURTAIN AREAS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO FAMILY RESTROOMS THERE, UM, FOR FAMILIES TO USE.
SO SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOMS. UM, YOU KNOW, I AGREE IF THERE IS THE PAVEMENT AROUND THE POOL, IS THAT CONCRETE OR IS THAT SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR, FOR THAT, FOR THAT? UM, FOR THE, I DON'T KNOW THE SURFACE STRUCTURE AGAIN, UM, AT THIS TIME IT'S JUST CONCRETE, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES TO KEEP IT COOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF SAGE STRUCTURES IS THE IDEA, BUT I KIND OF JUST LOOK INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT, UH, OVERALL, I MEAN, I LIKE THE DIRECTION YOU'RE HEADING.
AND YOU KIND OF, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS EVEN TALKING ABOUT A LAP POOL.
I MUST HAVE SNUCK THAT IN ON US, BUT UH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL TO CHECK OUT THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IF THERE IS NOT A PRESENTATION, THEN THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION COUNSEL.
OH, YOU ATTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
THAT IS A NON DEBATABLE MOTION.
UH, ALL THE THERAPIES ARE HIS RIGHT HAND AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT SIX WEEKS AND I'LL BE READY TO ROLL AGAIN, COUNSEL.