We're good sir. We're ready. No, I would think it would. Okay, we're gonna this will bring the Parks and Recreation Commission to order at 6 p.m. And we have a roll call please. Chair Jim Plain. President. Commissioner Salina and he. Commissioner Jay Eldridge. Commissioner Lamar Lawson. Here. Commissioner Scott Lee Ross. Commissioner Calvin New. Commissioner Monica Bayetti. President, we have a quorum. Okay. Vote to excuse absent commission members. Chair, I move that we excuse the absent commission members. Chair, I move that we excuse the absent commission. We'll have a second. Second. Do we have a discussion? All those in favor? Raise your right hand. The unanimous vote. Thank you very much, commissioners. And pledge allegiance in invocation, please. Thanks. Thank you. Good luck. Rabbities win in time. location. Yes. There are no remedies. What they did to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, interdisable with liberty and justice for all. Please bow your heads for the invocation. Do you have any father? We thank you for these wonderful people who came to give of their time to make this community a better place to live in. We thank you for all those city employees that are here to help us in that endeavor. And tonight we ask a special blessing on the people in Florida who are facing a huge storm. We ask that you be with those policeman, firemen, and medical personnel who run always towards danger and never away from it. Thank you and Jesus name, amen. Amen. We have no citizens to be hurt. We have, seems to be, we've been left here. All right. Okay, so. Boxing Rick, let's see, discussion and action. Hey, Boxing Recreation Commission will review, discuss and may take action on the 2024 City of Windcrust Light Up Tree Dedication event and pictures would Santa at the event. So. the Windcrust Light Up Tree Dedication event and pictures with Santa at the event. So this was placed on the agenda with the consideration. Commissioner Eldridge's request with the dog park pictures with Santa at the last meeting. So the tree dedication is we're talking the skill the 13th of November. Correct. So do that's the one that's at the top of the hill. That will be at Jim ceiling, Christway. That's the one where it is themed when crust pets. And we have a little sample. We have a Yes, we are we are desperately needing more Do you send them to your email public relations at Wincrust Typhon tx.gov That's in the newsletter it is in the newsletter It's also been posted on the marquee and we've had several blast on social media do I think somebody had mentioned maybe putting a sign at the dog park with like a QR code. I'm working on that I brought that up just so that those listening, either now or in the future, we'll get that information. So, very good. Do we have any suggestions of what we could do as a commission to assist in that? Send our pictures in. Okay, there you go. Send your pictures in and get your neighbors to submit their pictures. And it's pets. Doesn't have to be a dog. It can be a cat. A lizard. pictures in. Okay. Send your pictures in and get your neighbors to submit their pictures. And its pets. Doesn't have to be a dog. It can be a cat, a lizard, goldfish. Snake at my turtle. Turtle? It's a good one. Okay. So you can have a QR code of like some time in the near future. Yeah, it's been posted. I can send it to you, but yes Okay, cuz I'll have it up at our Oh, yes, that's actually a really good idea Okay, is there is there anything we can do to decorate the bench where the blocks that are Would be sitting to make it more your... Yes, a pillow. Yeah. Yeah. Just want to put that stuff to an outfit. Big cushion? A cushion for the bench. A cushion for the bench. If somebody's got a good thick one. Just anything spotless. That's near and near. No, no, that is very true. Okay. Are you going to do it when we beat down with pets? Oh, just people. Sure. Okay. I'm going to do it when we be done with pets or just people. Sure. Okay. So I have reached out to see if I can get a photographer that specializes in pet nighttime photos or just nighttime photos really because we are also looking for the photos of the homes. And I have a couple of people that I'm working with. So I just kind of need to finalize the details and see what the cost is going to be. Because it is not anybody can take pictures of pets at night. So it's true. I've got a set of LED lights for photography. And they're rechargeable. So they don't need to have a constant power. Charge them up and they go. And they're pretty bright. OK. Good to know. Are we doing any OK coffee at the Savannah? I'm trying to remember what we have. I think traditionally the Women's Club is the one that does that. The city supplies it, but the Women's Club volunteers to hand out the cookies and the cocoa for the dedication tree. Yes. We already have it on our calendar. Yes. Okay. I think we've done candy canes in the past or we're going to save those for the can do candy canes. You've had the next week. Candy canes, yes. Mm-hmm. Or do it out there. What will be there too? So usually at the ho ho ho market that's the one that the park has done the candy canes and the hot cocoa. Okay. Do we have any when we had the dog dedication the dog park dedication last year we had some giveaways the little bags and the we have plenty more to give away so we could we could have a table set up if somebody wants to be able to offer those up. And is still the time to do the reveal of the name? Maybe have the mayor or somebody come and kind of ribbon since the park's been named? I believe we can get that scheduled. It just depends on the timeframe for the signage that public works works with somebody. The signage for the dot park or we can put a temporary sign because we may be waiting for the master plan. Right? We can get a sign made with the rules. No, the name of the park. I want to the name of the park. We each two weeks maybe we go through so they'll make a custom sign whatever we want whatever we want. If you guys want to have a pop whatever. They'll make it. But seriously the oh right you can. Whatever you guys come up with we we'll send it to them. It'll just take about two weeks to get us a sign. Okay. That's the night. It'll be real nice. Yeah. But if you want us to work on that, give suggestions to the cities, to the staff. You can do that. We can do that. And then we can. You have creative family members or your that which could be you. I don't want to imply that nobody's creative here, but in the name of the park is. One person. Yes. Yes. When Chris bark. Park. Okay. Got it. All right. What's that? I just figured that out. Winquest Park Park dog park. Well figured out. We'll put something on the next agenda for October so that we can bring back a good time Are you having a sign made out of metal? It will be made out of metal. It'll be like a street sign. Like your standards. Oh, it'll be made of. We'll make sure it's reflective just like that. So that's what the light will look. It'll look nice. You just give me the design. Okay. Very good. Okay, so let it for that. Dress that. Oh, and I'd just also like to mention, if you attend the light up dedication, please stick around and come down and get your picture taken with Santa so that we all get an add a little memory of the occasion. All right. Very good. I have a question on the dog park. I don't know if I can bring this up. Yeah, we're going to get a little off subject. We're a little off subject on this. We're supposed to be discussing the light up in pictures of Santa. And we are now discussing the dog park. Well, that's the light up tree dedication and the dog park event is. It's that same. the presentation and the dog park event is it's the pictures with Santa but it's just not on the agenda. That's where the pictures of Santa is going to be. It's just a little. Okay. I'll send you something because I have very good questions on that. Okay. Any other questions about the dedication tree? Very good. All right. So the Parks and Recreation Commission will review discussing me take action on a bake off contest event during the 2024 light-up season. So I put this back on the agenda and I apologize. I just I haven't had I had a little bit of time to go through the meeting last time, but I wasn't sure where we landed on this item. And I've had some inquiries from the public about it. If we're doing this, if we are doing this, we would be looking at a week night, like we did last time, because the Civic Center is booked every weekend in December, even on Sundays. Okay. How did that last activity go? We had participation in it, but I think if we start marking it now, I think it will definitely be a lot better. Okay. So. Yeah, last year we did cookies. It was cookies. Desert. Desert and tamales. Tamales. So it really would kind of be with up to the commissioners, not necessarily to participate, but maybe just to attend, help promote it. This is kind of something that they've done in the past, so I didn't know if it was something you all wanted to continue. Everyone walked out with leftovers if they wanted it. I shouldn't have think donated or built something. There wasn't a whole bunch left. Yeah, there's not a lot left. Or the fallback is either goes to the volunteer fire department or public works. Or PD. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Uh, or public works or PD. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So. So I'm just kind of looking for some direction. Oh, you're okay. Looking. Sorry. So were we looking at, uh, time was in the month of December or are we towards the end of that that would be I would think if it's something we want to really get promoted then maybe looking at the late November early December before people get too busy with the holidays. I'm not here the last week. Well, if we go the first week of December, it looks like the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth are available. The fourth is good for the Civic Center. Okay. It looks like the sixth is actually open as well. I scribbled the 14th on this calendar. Did you? I think that was the date that we were shooting for, but it was confirmed that we have a rental that day. Yeah, because it's Saturday. So what's, how's everybody looking at for a weeknight? Would you, would you have any suggestions or? This is because weeknights are hard for me. So like, I'm like a six to eight or a. That's really, yeah. I was six to eight. I was six to eight. The problem having it in December is light up right now. And for people to get from their home No getting from the event back to home. Yeah, it's challenging for us. Yeah, okay So the first week of December if we did it would I would highly recommend the first week of December. No later then Yeah, don't delay it after that. So either the end of either just before Thanksgiving or right after. We could do we might be able to do a December 5th on a Sunday. But of course that's December. I don't know. The Sundays are always at top set because it's a church. I'm sorry. What would you say December the fifth is not a Sunday? No, December the first of the first. Oh, okay. And the sixth is it looks like it's available as well, which is a Friday. So either the first back from Thanksgiving on a first on the first. It's a Sunday. Yeah, December first is the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. And get what he's going to be coming back home or paying lights. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Because the judging's on the third. Yep. You're right on the move. So then you're back to December 4th. Either the fourth or the sixth. Oh, sorry. My God. We finished decorating. Would you have to check this? Or the 8th? Let's see. Which is the Sunday? So I'd rather take a Sunday, honestly. I'd rather take a Sunday, because the week days are just too hard for me. I'm so tired. And we could actually do it earlier in the evening. Right, exactly. And so by the time we're wrapping up is when the traffic flow, you know, we try to get home before dark. Three to five. And so that kind of leaves us the traffic problem. Like a five, when we made afternoons. They had to have four to six. So we're, you know, depends on how many judges you have that scarf down the make their decision. Do we want to 10 of these? Do we want to say December 8th and I can just reconfirm via email? Yes. That way we can start marketing it. Right. Okay. Okay. So December 8th. 4 to 6. Yes. Guess people time to do traditional things. Go home bake and then yeah exactly. Yeah. That's great. Super fresh. Make up. Santa. Santa. He needs it to be more than just 10, but it, but I typically bake for it. So I'm not a judge. Is Santa available? I'll let you know. Okay. Do we have to tell you what we're going to make or do we just... It'll register like they did last time. Okay, all right, got it. Do you have to tell you what we're going to make or do we just? It'll register like they did last time. OK. All right, got it. Thanks. We did it before with three judges. And if the idea if we could get some, you know, few from the commission unless you're going to. I'm going to participate. OK, so. And then otherwise reach out to somebody that, you know, maybe we can get someone from the women's club or some of the other organizations to I just don't want to or the garden, yeah so keep it in-house within the city rather than trying to find people like what they're trying to do with judging, you know, going, I mean the light up the actual, I mean, the purpose is to get somebody outside of the sits at less chance of, you know, okay, so we start advertising for the bake off. Yes we can. Okay. And we're really we're confident that the Civic Center is available that day. I'm not seeing anything. Book it now. Okay. We're good on that. Okay. So Sunday and again. Four to six hour event. I think we've been. Any other questions, discussions, concerns on the bakeoff? Ready. See, the Parks and Recreation Commission will review, discuss, and may take action on participation at the Windcrest Police Department upcoming special events in October. I believe we're looking at mainly National Night Out. So there's National Night Out and there's also the Trunker Treats. So National Night Out is October 1st and Trunker Treat, of course, is on Halloween, which is, I think, on a Thursday this year. Yes. Thursday. So I just wanted to put it on the agenda just to see if there was any dialogue. I know we have a commissioner's block that has, is, will be participating in the block parties. I didn't know if anyone else was going to be participating, but one of the thoughts was maybe go by each of the blocks. There's maybe about six or seven right now and just kind of introducing you in the parks and recreation. We've got giveaways that we can give you all to give away with the kids promoting it. That's really up to you all. It's just a thought that I had. What's the day of that? Next Tuesday. Next week Tuesday. Wednesday. So yeah. Next Tuesday or Wednesday? It's on your calendar, Ron sir. So it's Tuesday the first. Yes. Yeah, I might make that calendar. I mean, you all would want to make that. See, I had to cross it out, put an arrow point. Yeah, it's Tuesday the first. Tuesday the first. But you can show up on the second. We'll see how that works. What is this food? If there's somebody interested in going by or picking up stuff for their block just get with us and let us know when we can definitely give you all stuff Okay, so we do have sweat towels or the for the exercise What do they call them next sweat cooling towels. Thank you We also still have the the doggy bag bones Yeah, and we may have kites still Well, no, we'll be giving those away on the next event. Yeah, yeah, so we'll save those all right So as long as we don't have As long as we have less than four right up to three commissioners Or if you all just want to select a block. We've got a list of the blocks One yeah, one wants to take one or two Yeah, well you've got yours. I always need help. I'll put me down. I'll get with you. I'll do that. Pick up some stuff to give away. I like giving stuff away. Yeah. Do it pretty good. Is anybody else? Good way to promote the events. Can you come in? Tuesday. Yeah, I think Tuesday said. Yeah. Think it what are the events? Will start at six or something? Yeah. I'll be on the town. I'm sorry. Oh, OK. I think I can. You said it starts at six. Mm-hmm. Okay Yeah, I think each block is starting their events it's it Then I will circle back with y'all we don't have any shorts at say parks and recreation commission Actually, I do have a note to make a phone call with the commissioners wife. So. Okay. All right. Okay. So then that takes care of that. The other October event is the 31st is the trunk or treat. I think last time does the also mention if y'all wanted to participate with the table at the festivities here in the parking lot. We could set that up for y'all. We could get with Jennifer so she can put a place reserve a spot for you all. Again just to forgive a ways, candy, promoting parks and recreation, our events for light up, the dog park, the different parks. It's just an opportunity per mo parks and recreation. Okay. And along that line, that is not going to be our night for commission me. Right? Correct. We rescheduled it for another night. Okay. Then one, uh, one of all the two. I think I've volunteered last time. Okay. So we got Jay on that one. I can come last time. Okay, so we got Jay on that one. I can come down later, we do a hot dog event. Oh, I like it. We usually hand out two to 300 hot dogs to the parents that are taking the kids around. Oh, wow. That's kind of a deal that, you know, I'm already having people drop by the house and that they just drive, are you gonna find'm in the yard are you gonna do the hot dogs? Okay shame me into it. Are you gonna do the hot? Yeah so it's great because it's only for the adults and we tell if the kid wants when we say well then give all your candy to dad. He never take me up on that office. That's cool. So we got Jay, anybody else to get a table in truck or treat? I'll try to stop by and help. OK. Yeah, I'll get in trouble. My wife loves Halloween. But instead, I've been in front of our house. I will be dealing with the 124th graders I pass. The hard pass. Exactly. Appreciate it. Okay, so we got two. Okay. So we can do a table and go. Okay. All right. That takes care of October. Yes, except for Note D. Or did we just do this? Sorry. No, no, no, no. That was a piece of the part. Oh, got it. Okay. The parks and recreation. The move to me. Okay. Sorry. Right. Commission will review. Discuss and may take action on the October 19th, 2024. Cut event at Brook Falls Park. Is it the 19th? Yeah. Sunday Saturday the 19th. Right. That's when you're gonna be in. That's correct it's On Saturday the 19 that we were originally the fifth but then moved it to the 19 Okay, yes, we have kites and everything. I'll bring some stintles and markers and Hopefully you guys bring a tent and a table and some water and all that. We'll get it coordinated Maybe we also Do you need any supplies? Because I again, I'm teaching this here, so I have like you need markers. Do you need any of that stuff? Yeah, so markers and the markers have to be permanent though, right? Is that what we figured out? It depends on what results you want. There's just no stuff. Yeah, we have them. We need to track you different paths. Okay, we don't want to. We don't want to. We're not gonna work over business. It eats up. Yeah. Ooh, they might be, and they might be washable. So I'll look I'll have to look Okay, but some stencils or something where you know somebody can trace a design on there I'm gonna try to hand right I can um I have some of that You can get you can get stenciling pretty of like a packet off Amazon. I can send some links Do you have that okay? No? No? Yeah, yeah I'll send some links unless I have to search the bag and then you then you guys can share. So I'll get that done since it's coming up. I'll get it done this week. So it's going to be a root falls part? Yes, sir. That's traditionally where it's at. Because of the big open field there. Because we're going to get cakes in the air this year. Yes. We've got some pliable kites. Sure. We can have them by the way. Tell me if you have the ones that are that you can decorate or I have a transfer over. We also ordered some. You don't have to decorate. So they're the older kids that. Not into that. There are some that are shaped by butter flies and. Oh, that's cool. Thank you. Oh, that's cool. It's like a normal kind of, you know, sorry, contact a little kid. My suggestion is bring a fishing pole. Fly your kite with a fishing pole. And then as you're pulling it down, and you're, especially, you get it over the pond, and your poles bent upwards. People really look at you weird. Yeah, I guess. And it's an easy way to launch it. OK, so anything else for the news? Good at it. Thank you, sir. All right. Is that event happening? What time? What are we going to do 10 to 1 something like that? In the past, I think we did like 10 to 1 or 9 to 9 to 1 something like that. I think it was 9 to 1 because it was a 4 hour block we didn't start it 8 hours. That was a little too early for regular posts. Yeah. Yeah. So. Do we want to do 9 or 10? It's a past 2 to 9 but we can do it. That's on it. Okay. 9 to 9. Okay. But if we can do the touch on everything. Okay. I really, 9 to 1. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Usually we would stop usually about 12. If people stopped coming out with that because we were doing it in parts of our creation month, we were going to go to the slide. Right. It wasn't. I think as in time, some people would ask you stay the whole time. right right hopefully we have color weather and better yeah I can I'll stop by at the beginning of the event so I'll comment this start yeah that would be appreciated then I have to go do then I have to go do what I do with the calendar. We've got all go fly a kite. Sure, hopefully the mayor shows up again. Yeah, that's always nice, right? All right. Oh, I got it. We're good on that? Yes, sir. All right. So the Parks and Recreation Commission review discussed may take action on the operations calendar park Park events in 20 24 2025. I believe we pretty much have stamped out the last quarter. We have on that and I would say until we get a budget Yeah hard pies that we just kind of take notes To go beyond you know The only thing is that the award the winners dinner right is on January I want to say this seven yes Yes, because there's a council meeting on the 6th. Winners, dinner is January the 7th. January 7th. Yep, it's on the 2nd day. Tuesday, January the 7th. At 6 p.m. Yes, ma'am. Okay. I don't know where. I don't know where yet. Oh, attack is part of the center. Oh, okay, got it. Let me. I would just you know if you can try to keep that event that date open so yeah you've heard it we're part of light up we should be there to celebrate the winners. The assist is needed. Oh do we need to bring stuff or do you just mean just to be? to smile? I mean be nice. I think more willing to help maybe set up or clean up that may be some of the early. I'll go early. I'm sorry. It makes cleanup very much quicker for more people than we have to get stuff around. You know why we have the center in the mess. Excellent. All right. Any other issues for the operations calendar for the next year? All right. Well then we go to item seven City Managers report. I can tell you. Sorry. It's OK. My head's all over the place right now. So the City Council did elect a citizen to sit on the RFQ selection committee for the submissions, the semiddles on the community pool project. Really for our plan, it's just getting the paperwork done for it, the idea and the concept. I believe that committee has met and they're going to meet again and it will be on the Par the City Council agenda on the 7th. Is that our next meeting? On October 7th is a presentation. I'm not sure if you can see it. Okay. That's something to look. Watch online or come in person and. See what our civil engineer has to say. Is that just a pool or is that splash pad also? I don't know. I'm not part of that committee. So. The pool project. I know. We're just calling it an aquatic facility at this point And that's really about it He wasn't able to attend he's out of town so All right general announcements and future agenda items requested. The open space plan that I sent, are you guys still working on it? Yeah. So just wait till you get back to me. Okay. Yeah. All good. Thank you. We're still working on it. Yeah. No worries. I get it. No. No more. Yeah. No more. Yeah, I think as long as they're saying that there's still get back to me than I think that's we will definitely bring it back. Yeah, okay works for me. Anyone else have something for an agenda item for our next meeting? I've heard that I'd like to discuss some dog park improvements. Okay. Okay. And you have the form that? Yeah, and I can I'll follow up with you. Thank you. Thank you. And you have the form that yeah, and I can I'll follow up the The others as always if you don't have it if you don't think of something tonight Just make sure you get the the forum the member in them setting to the city secretary At least 10 working days prior to the meeting so that the city at the staff connect on it. Yes, sir So I just real quick. I want to ask this question. So part of the open space plan and then the tree committee thing that was just formed. I said I would go volunteer to like quite literally count and draw where the trees were. If I do that does that have to be an agenda item first? That's complicated. So just really quick. If I do that does that have to be an agenda item first? So just really quick we are in the process a process of reformulating or reestablishing the committee it is going to be on the City Council agenda on October 7th it is not removing anyone that's already been appointed we're just making it a little bit More open. Okay, okay, so it's it's own yeah, it'll you will report to that committee and then as a committee member You can come back and report to the commissioners. Okay, so just don't do anything yet. Yes, wait. Okay. I'm okay with that But we're just either a tender meeting or watch it go to it online Yes, Jay I was walking around last night. I saw where some child had Used chalk to draw on the sidewalk and I was wondering do we have any Events like that like when we do our art in the park? I think when Scott does art in the park they do chalk. Yeah, I don't know if we want to just we do We do during that and add that or we can add more to it or something They seem like something that young They love it. They love chalk. Yeah Yeah, no, it's a good one. It's a great suggestion. They love talk. I think we did that one year at the church. I think, uh, Oh, that I don't know. We did it for summer fun events. Yeah, good talk. So, all right. I just want to confirm our meeting is on the 24th of our time. I have it for October the 24th here. Okay. The chambers at 6 o'clock. Yep. Oh, we can. Yes, sir. Yeah. All right. Item 9 is adjournment. Yes. What? Do I have a motion? Jeremy, we adjourn. So I have a second. I can't. I have a motion to adjourn in a second. Is there any discussion? All right, all those in favor in adjourn, raise right in. Opposed? And include the meeting at 6.36 PM. I'm sorry. Go once the conference. No. It might be the fastest. My business passes.