[Roll Call: Chair Santos, Pungo, Binder]
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EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING. LET THE RECORD SHOW
[15-8566 Bill 58 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Two Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars ($277,683) from the Trexler Budget into Roosevelt Park, Fountain Park, and WPA Capital Project accounts. These funds will be utilized for the installation of the spray park (Roosevelt), bathroom & park design (Fountain), WPA project manual for ponds & wall (WPA). ]
THAT MR. BENDER AND MYSELF ARE PRESENT. AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. IT IS BILL 58. MISS CLARK, WILL YOU READ IT FOR ME? BILL 58 AMENDS THE 2026 CAPITAL FUND BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR A TRANSFER OF $277,683 FROM THE TREXLER BUDGET INTO ROOSEVELT PARK, FOUNTAIN PARK AND WPA CAPITAL PROJECT ACCOUNTS. THESE FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SPRAY PARK AT ROOSEVELT BATHROOM AND PARK DESIGN AT FOUNTAIN AND WPA PROJECT MANUAL FOR PONDS AND WALL WPA. THANK YOU. AND THEN, CAN YOU GUYS TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH. ROOSEVELT AND FOUNTAIN PARK? SURE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PERSON SANTOS. THE FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRING FROM THE TREXLER BUDGET INTO THE APPROPRIATE PROJECT FUND ACCOUNTS. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THE PROJECTS LISTED, VERONICA IS HERE WITH US WHO CAN SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO EACH OF THE PROJECTS. SO IT'S REALLY JUST ALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO THE APPROPRIATE CAPITAL PROJECT ACCOUNTS. GOTCHA. AND THEN DO WE KNOW HOW FAR WE ARE WITH THIS PROJECT AS OF LIKE TODAY? IS THERE A SPECIFIC PROJECT? SO IT'S VARIOUS PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE THE ROOSEVELT SPRAY PARK, THE BATHROOM AND PARK DESIGN FOR FOUNTAIN PARK, AND THEN SPECIFIC WPA PROJECTS. SO LET'S, LET'S SAY ROOSEVELT PARK FIRST. ROOSEVELT. SORRY. SO WITH ROOSEVELT PARK, WE RECENTLY DEMOLISHED THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE. AND ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, WE WILL WORK TOWARDS THE SPRAY PARK, WE HOPE PENDING NO PROJECT DELAYS THAT THAT WILL BE DONE AND OPEN FOR THE NEXT SEASON. AWESOME. AND THEN FOUNTAIN PARK WAS THE OTHER BIG ONE. YEAH. SO WITH FOUNTAIN PARK, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION FOR THE FOR BATHROOM FACILITIES AT THAT PARK. MUCH OF THAT PARK IS IN THE THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE FLOODWAY, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE AND WHERE IT WILL BE MOST COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE SITE. SO ACTUALLY, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING OUT TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AND CITE THEM OUT. AND THEN ANY FUNDING THAT'S NOT USED FOR THE BATHROOM FACILITIES WILL BE USED TOWARDS PARK DESIGN. SO THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN DONE AS PART OF THE PARKS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED DESIGN OF THOSE PARK ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.ANY QUESTIONS, MR. BENDER? I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD. MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FAVORABLY. I'LL SECOND THAT AND MADE I YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I WILL ADJOURN THIS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.