May 12, 2026 Recreation Board

COMMISSIONER NORTON.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER RAND AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER NORTON, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FROM THE APRIL 14TH, 2026 REC BOARD MEETING.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE, SIR.

I HAVE TO SAY I LIKE YOUR MINUTES.

EASY TO READ.

I THINK THEY, THIS, I VOTED.

I CAN'T SEE THE VOTES.

NO, WE CAN VOTE.

I CAN'T SEE THE RESULTS.

I VOTED.

DID ANYONE UH, SAY NO? ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE SEE IT.

IT WAS, LET'S GO PROGRESS.

I SEE IT.

WE WILL BE PRESENTING FOR A YSA WITH OUR INTRODUCTION FROM CHRISTINE .

UM, NEXT UP AT SHANNON,

[a. Alpharetta Youth Softball Association Presentation
Presentation by the Alpharetta Youth Softball Association.]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I WANT READY? OH, THAT'S NOT WORKING.

TRY IT AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO SHANNON GILL.

SHE IS THE A YSA COMMISSIONER.

AND, UM, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH SHANNON AND, AND, UM, THE REST OF THE, WELL, JOHN, YEAH, .

I HAVEN'T REALLY WORKED WITH ANYBODY ELSE, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR AND I AM SO EXCITED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU, 'CAUSE I'M, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF GROWTH WITH A YSA AND THERE'S GOOD THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE AT NORTH PARK.

SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHANNON.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OF OUR PLAYERS LIVING IN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA.

UM, I'M SHANNON GILL.

UM, I'VE BEEN COMMISSIONER.

I'M ACTUALLY ABOUT TO RE-UP FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS BECAUSE WHY NOT, I GUESS .

UM, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

THE, THE, THE LEAGUE HAS GROWN A TON.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU GUYS, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO LET'S GET STARTED.

UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, A YSA IS A NONPROFIT GIRLS YOUTH SOFTBALL LEAGUE RUN BY VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE 25 PERSON BOARD WITH FIVE OF THOSE PEOPLE BEING EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ENSURING ACCESS TO TEAM SPORTS FOR GIRLS ACROSS EVERY AGE GROUP FROM FOUR TO 18.

OUR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP PLAYING SKILLS FOR ALL PLAYERS, TEACH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, PROMOTE PHYSICAL FITNESS, AND PROVIDE A QUALITY SOFTBALL PROGRAM TO THE GIRLS IN ALFREDA IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

UM, WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS UNDERNEATH OUR UMBRELLA, OUR REC LEAGUE, WHICH IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, OUR ATTACK PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR ALL-STAR DIVISION.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIRE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS OUR TRAVEL TEAM.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 445 GIRLS COME OUT THIS SPRING.

UM, IT WAS AMAZING.

I'LL GET INTO NUMBERS IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, BUT IT WAS A HUMONGOUS SEASON.

IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE 89 VOLUNTEER COACHES, UM, ACROSS ALL OF OUR AGE DIVISIONS, WHICH WE HAVE FIVE OF WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX U, EIGHT U, 10 U, 12 U, AND 13 PLUS.

UM, AND HERE'S OUR NUMBERS.

SO SPRING 2026 WAS OUR, IS OUR LARGEST SEASON ON RECORD.

WE'RE UP 14% OVER SPRING 2025, WHICH I THINK WAS OUR OTHER LARGEST SEASON ON RECORD, UM, WITH 84%

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SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALS THAT WE HAD IN SPRING 2025, WE HAD 3 91 FALL 2025, WE HAD 3 35 AND SPRING 2026, WE HAVE 4 45.

SO IT WAS SO COOL AND JUST A LOT OF REALLY GOOD GROWTH HAPPENING THERE.

AND WE'RE KEEPING THE, UM, PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS RIGHT AROUND THAT 84 85 PERCENTILE.

SO, UM, SO OUR ALLSTAR PROGRAM, OR OUR ATTACK TEAM CAN OF A HUNDRED PERCENT REC PLAYERS.

UM, THEY HAVE TO TRY OUT AND PLAY IN OUR REC DIVISION TO PLAY ATTACK.

SO WE HAVE 70 PLAYERS IN ATTACK THAT CONSISTS OF FIVE TEAMS AND WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GREAT ATTACK SEASON.

SO ALL FINISHED WIN WINNING RECORDS ARE, WE HAVE TWO TEAMS IN EIGHT U, TWO TEAMS IN 10 U AND THEN ONE TEAM AT 12 U.

OUR EIGHT U GOLD ACTUALLY WENT 14.0 FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON WITH A, UH, 136 RUN DIFFERENTIAL FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.

SO IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING, UM, SEASON FOR THEM.

MY SISTER ACTUALLY RUNS THE PEACHTREE CITY SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION AND SHE HAS SOME ALL STAR TEAMS AND WE BEAT THEM EVERY TIME.

SO THAT WAS ALSO REALLY FUN TO, UH, TO SEE.

UM, 12, YOU FINISHED RUNNER UP IN THE GOLD BRACKET OF THE NGSL END OF SEASON TOURNAMENT, AND THEN, SO NGSL IS THE TOURNAMENTS OR IS THE LEAGUE THAT ALL OF OUR ATTACK GIRLS PLAY IN ON SUNDAYS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRE, WHICH IS OUR TRAVEL PROGRAM.

SO IF THOSE GIRLS WHO GO FROM REC TO ATTACK WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITION, WE HAVE, UH, FIRE AS AN OPTION.

AND THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE S TEAMS COMPETING IN SECTION TOURNAMENTS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.

UM, ACTUALLY BECAUSE OUR EIGHT U TEAMS DID SO WELL IN ATTACK, TWO OF THOSE COACHES FROM THOSE TEAMS HAVE TWO NEW BRAND, BRAND NEW 10 U FIRE TEAMS NOW.

SO THAT'LL BE FUN TO SEE THEM GROW.

WE HAVE TWO 12 U TEAMS, TWO 14 U TEAMS AND ONE 16 U TEAM.

AND THEY PLAY IN TOURNAMENT SANCTIONED BY GSA TITAN, U-S-F-A-U-S-S-S-A-U-S-A AND PGF.

UM, AS CHRISTINE WAS SAYING, WE HAD A LOT OF MOVEMENT AT THE QUAD THIS SEASON.

WE WERE WITHOUT LIGHTS MOST OF THE SEASON, AND THE QUAD BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED, BUT WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO, FOR WHAT FALL IS GONNA HAVE FOR ALL OF US IN OUR FAMILIES.

LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW SPACE UP THERE.

UM, WHILE THEY WERE DOING THE QUAD BUILDING, WE ALSO ADDED TWO NEW BATTING CAGES IN BETWEEN FIELDS TWO AND THREE, SO, WHICH IS GREAT TIMING WITH ALL OF OUR NEW PLAYERS.

AND, UM, CHRISTINE WAS SAYING THAT WE'RE GETTING NEW LIGHTS AT THE QUAD THIS JUNE, SO IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW SPOT.

UM, SO QUAD IS GONNA BE BRAND NEW.

WE ALSO HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE GIRLS.

WE USED TO GIVE OUT TROPHIES AND NOW THIS SEASON WE SWITCHED OVER TO RINGS.

SO WE HAVE A GOLD RING FOR OUR TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AND THEN A SILVER RING FOR OUR RUNNER UP.

AND THESE WERE A HUGE HIT.

UM, WE ALSO GOT NEW JERSEYS, SO THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THE TEAL JERSEY IS OUR OLD JERSEY, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS OUR NEW JERSEY.

AND IT HAS TWO BUTTONS.

IT'S DEFINITELY A MORE FITTED LOOK.

THE GIRLS WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SATURDAYS AND PRACTICES DURING THE WEEK, WE REALLY DO LOVE BUILDING COMMUNITY THERE.

UM, WE HAVE AN OPENING DAY PARADE WHERE WE HOLD A SPIRIT COMPETITION AND WE USE A WINNER OF EACH AGE GROUP AND WE GIVE THEM FREE KONA ICE FOR THEIR ENTIRE TEAM.

A YSA PROVI OFFERS PITCHING CLINICS, UM, SIX TIMES A SEASON FOR OUR PLAYERS FREE OF CHARGE FOR THEM, HOSTED BY SEAN AND HANNAH HERTY, WHO ARE AMAZING.

THEY OWN CROW HOP AND ARE THE VARSITY COACHES AT KINGS RIDGE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE AMAZING.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERS WITH THE BRAVES.

AND SO EACH SEASON WE SELECT A DAY FOR OUR PLAYERS TO, UM, GO TO A BRAVES GAME.

THEY GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRE-GAME PARADE AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY COOL.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

UM, DO YOU WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE AND MORGAN AND CHRIS AT NORTH PARK AND ALL THE GROUNDS CREW FOR HELPING US THROUGH THE SEASON? IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE FOR THE BOOKS, BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR NEXT SEASON.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

PLEASE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, THAT NUMBER OF CHILDREN PLAYING UP THERE, THE YOUNG LADIES IS AMAZING.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT, WELL AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

SO IF WE COULD GET FOOTBALL PLAYERS OUT LIKE THAT, WE'D BE A LOT BETTER OFF.

SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKS AGAIN FOR THAT.

BUT IS ALL OF US SIX AND UNDER ALL OF 'EM FAST PITCH? NO, NO.

SO SIX U IS, YOU DO FOUR COACH PITCHES AND IF THEY DON'T HIT OFF OF THAT, THEY GO TO THE T AND THEN WE JUST LET 'EM HIT UNTIL THEY HIT OFF THE T.

THIS IS AMAZING.

IT'S MY FAULT I HADN'T BEEN THERE, BUT I WILL GET THERE.

AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, SHANNON, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

JUST CURIOUS, WHAT WHAT DOES CAPACITY LOOK LIKE? WE'RE ABOUT THERE.

I THINK THIS IS CAPACITY FOR US.

I MEAN, WE DID DOUBLE UP SOME OF OUR YOUNGER AGE GROUPS LIKE SIX U DOUBLED UP, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'RE TINY AND HONESTLY THEY GENERALLY JUST KIND OF MESH THE PRACTICES TOGETHER.

UM, BUT I THINK THIS, I THINK WE'VE HIT CAPACITY FOR THIS ONE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE

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GONNA TALK ABOUT GOING INTO THIS NEXT SEASON BEFORE REGISTRATION OPENS.

BUT WE HAD A FEW EIGHT U TEAMS, UM, DOUBLE UP ON FIELD SPACE AS WELL AS FAR AS PRACTICES GO.

BUT HONESTLY, THE COACHES TEND TO LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS.

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO THAT FOR 10 U 12 U AND 13 PLUS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FASTER BALL AND, YOU KNOW, NOT AS MUCH SPACE, BUT THE AU AGE GROUPS SEEM TO REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO SCRIMMAGE EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, THIS IS YOUR THIRD YEAR IN EXISTENCE? THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS COMMISSIONER, BUT THE LEAGUE THIRD, THREE SEASONS THAT I SEE ON THE RIGHT.

THIRD SEASON.

THIRD YEAR.

HOW LONG? OH, YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN A PARK FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, BUT HOW DO YOU DEFINE CAPACITY? UH, FIELD SPACE, PIGGYBACK ON IT'S FIELD SPACE.

LIMITATIONS FOR SURE.

AND, AND THEN, UH, SECONDLY, UM, WHAT IS YOUR LONG TERM VISION FOR THIS LEAGUE? ALTER FIELDS, I'M KIDDING.

UM, LONG-TERM VISION IS JUST, JUST KEEP IT FUN FOR THE GIRLS.

I MEAN, WE, I THINK IT'S DOING PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, BUT I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES IMPROVE, WHICH WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THE QUAD BUILDING.

AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE CUBBIES THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE DUGOUTS WHERE THE GIRLS CAN PUT THEIR, UM, HELMETS IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW AT HOPEWELL THEY HAVE A HALL OF FAME WHERE THEY PUT ALL THEIR CHA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER WINNERS, AND I KNOW CHRISTINE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY ONCE THE QUAD'S DONE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TOO.

AND AS THE TEAMS GROW, HOW IS IT IN RECRUITING YOUR VOLUNTEER COACHES AND KIND OF WHAT'S THE SENTIMENT AND APPETITE FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE FRESH AND QUALIFIED VOLUNTEERS? YEAH.

UM, HONESTLY, WE HAVE A TON OF THE SAME COACHES COMING BACK, OR SOME OF THE ASSISTANT COACHES FROM PREVIOUS TEAMS WILL TAKE OVER A HEAD COACH ROLE.

UM, I KNOW IN THE 12 U DIVISION SPECIFICALLY THIS SEASON, WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING SOME COACHES, SO WE JUST SEND OUT AN EMAIL BLAST TO THE PARENTS AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A HARD TIME FINDING COACHES THAT WAY.

QUESTION.

I THINK YOU GUYS WERE IMPACTED BY THE MILTON LEAVING US AT ONE POINT OR NOT THE MOU THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO MILTON.

NEVERMIND.

THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES DIVISION, MONTHLY REPORTS.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE? ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, SHANNON.

THANKS.

OH, SORRY SHANNON.

FANTASTIC.

OKAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR, UH, STAFF PRESENTATIONS.

SURE.

SO MERCY'S QUESTION'S, QUESTION, QUESTION ABOUT LONG, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THE LEAGUE'S BEEN AROUND? IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN 20 PLUS YEARS, BUT IF YOU GO BACK A FEW YEARS, GIRLS SOFTBALL WAS STRUGGLING AT NORTH PARK.

THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO MAKE LEAGUES SOME OF THE AGE GROUPS ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF TEAMS. AND WE WERE TRY, WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE, UH, ASSOCIATION AS BEST WE COULD.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I CAN SHOW YOU FACT WHERE IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT THEY DO AND GET, GET, WE ALL GET ON BOARD ON THE SAME, UH, GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.

AND IT IS SHOWING IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AT NORTH PARK AS FAR AS UPGRADING, BUT IT'S ALSO SHOWING IN THE NUMBERS AND THE ENERGY THAT'S AT NORTH PARK, UM, AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO A YSA AND IT IS REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE AND A YSA IS TALKING ABOUT, WELL, WE NEED PLACES TO PUT HELMETS IN THE, UM, IN THE, UH, DUGOUTS BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WASN'T A DISCUSSION IN OF THE COMMISSION, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER.

SO WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE.

AND THE A-A-Y-S-A IS JUST ONE OF OUR VALUABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

AND PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT.

[i. Community Agriculture and Sustainability Division Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Community Agriculture and Sustainability Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

IS IT ON? OH, HELLO EVERYONE.

UH, THE REPORT FROM THE, UH, COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION, VERY BRIEF.

UM,

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LAST WEEKEND WE WERE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR THE GROW TOGETHER GREEN THUMB CONFERENCE, WHICH I THINK I'VE SHARED KIND OF LEADING UP TO THAT WITH YOU ALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE THE TWO WORKSHOPS THAT WE WERE GONNA BE PRESENTING.

AND SO JUST KIND OF CLOSE THAT TOPIC OUT.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

UM, AS A CO-HOST, UH, THE CITY OF ALFREDA, WE'RE A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED URBAN GARDEN PROJECT, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR LEADERS OF COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE, URBAN AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT MAKES US A CO-HOST OF THIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY A GREAT TIME, GREAT TIME TO LEARN FROM PEERS AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DOING.

AND, UH, EMILY AND I, EMILY DILLARD AND I, UM, WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SOME THINGS THAT WERE PERTINENT TO WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN ALPHARETTA TO GET SOME INSPIRATION.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT LITTLE ISLAND, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, BUT IT IS A ISLAND ON BASIC BASICALLY PILLARS THAT IS SITS OUT IN THE RIVER.

IT WAS, IT'S A PARK ON PILLARS.

LOOK IT UP.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK THAT OUT.

AND WE WALKED THE HIGH LINE, WHICH IS A LINEAR PARK BUILT ON A FORMER, UM, ABOVE GROUND RAIL LINE THAT IS ENTIRELY NATIVE EDIBLE PLANTS, PLANTING MATERIALS, VERY INSPIRATIONAL, VERY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN WE VISITED ABOUT A, UH, CLOSE TO A DOZEN COMMUNITY GARDENS IN THE EAST VILLAGE.

WE ALSO GOT TO GO TO THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS.

SO WE GOT A LOT OF INSPIRATION FOR WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT COMING IN THE FUTURE.

JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT OUR SUMMER CAMP IS SOLD OUT.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR BEING COMPLETELY SOLD OUT GOING INTO THE CAMP SEASON.

WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT TELLS ME THAT NEXT YEAR WE'RE READY TO ADD MORE CAMPS.

UH, SO WE'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT WE DID HOST OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, ON THE TOPIC OF COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE AS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF, UH, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING.

UM, AND THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND KIND OF TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO START THAT CONVERSATION AROUND FOOD SECURITY, UM, IN NORTH FULTON ON AN EVEN BIGGER LEVEL, BRINGING PARTNERS TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PLAN, UM, FOR FUTURE FOR FOOD, FOOD SECURITY IN NORTH FULTON.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I CAN TALK REALLY LOUD.

I IT WON'T, IT WON'T COME ACROSS OUR OH, OKAY.

SO HOW IS THIS DISCUSSION DIFFERENT THAN THE PLANNING THAT YOU DID WHERE WE HAD THOSE, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOPS AND YOU CAME UP WITH ALL THESE ACTION ITEMS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO START HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE CREATE A PLAN FOR AN EMERGENCY AND INTEGRATE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE INTO OUR EXISTING EMERGENCY PLAN IN THE, IN THE, UH, SCENARIO WHERE THERE'S A, A A, AN EMERGENCY IN OUR C COMMUNITY, HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION THAT WE CAN ACTIVATE THOSE RESOURCES IF NECESSARY? IT WAS ONE OF THE 19 RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE PLAN.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THAT FIRST MEETING, UH, WITH LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, SO WOULD THIS BE LIKE VICTORY GARDENS? LIKE ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE FORTIES AND EVERYBODY'S PLANTING TOMATOES IN THEIR FRONT YARD? YOU KNOW, THE, THE SUBJECT OF VICTORY GARDENS CAME UP AND, UH, WHEN WE WERE AROUND THE TABLE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN OUR CITY, AND IN OUR EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THE, THE FOOD PANTRY.

WHAT, WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY THAT WE CAN BRING TOGETHER WHEN NEEDED? SO I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION STARTED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS QUICK AND EASY.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

WILL BE THE CULTURAL SERVICES DIVISION REPORT.

UM, THE NEXT REPORT

[ii. Cultural Services Division Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Cultural Services Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

I BELIEVE KIM IS OUT TODAY.

AND SO HER REPORT IS ONLINE FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING ON TO THE RE SO I, I LOOKED AT THAT.

THE FARMHOUSE STUFF? CONFUSING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE? UM, WILL YOU TALK ABOUT THE FARMHOUSE STUFF WHEN YOU COME UP? BECAUSE THERE WAS IN THAT REPORT.

WILL MORGAN TALK ABOUT

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OKAY, PERFECT.

UH, RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION FROM A NEW PRESENTER.

OKAY, COOL.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS,

[iii. Recreation Services Division Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Recreation Services Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

SO MINE WILL BE SHORT.

UM, THE REPORT WAS THERE.

WE HAVE A BUSY MAY AHEAD OF US FOR ALPHARETTA.

UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS MAY 23RD, THE POOL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO COME ON OVER.

IF YOU'VE NOT RECEIVED YOUR, UM, FAMILY'S PASS FOR THE POOL, YOU ALL GET ONE FOR FREE.

BUT THAT'S YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

YOU CAN'T BRING LIKE GRANDMA WHO LIVES FIVE STATES AWAY UNLESS SHE PAYS.

UM, BUT YOU GET A FAMILY PASS.

SO PLEASE COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SEE STACY FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK, GET YOUR COOL LITTLE KEY CHAINS, OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

SO WILLS PARK, WILLS PARK, EXTREME LEVEL UP CAMP, HAPPY HEARTS, THOSE ARE CLOSE TO BEING SOLD OUT.

UM, ALL THE WILLS PARK ARE SOLD OUT.

CAMP HAPPY HEARTS HAS A FEW MORE SPOTS AVAILABLE.

SO EACH WEEK THE CITY WILL BE SERVING ABOUT 200 PLUS KIDS WEEKLY, UH, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, PLUS ALL OUR OTHER SPECIALTY CAMPS, INCLUDING GYMNASTICS, DANCE, LEGO SOCCER, POOL, PICKLEBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME COMMISSIONERS WHO TAKE WELL ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE FUN CAMPS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

SO, UM, THE CONCERT SERIES HAVE STARTED THE TOWN GREEN, THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER HAD A COOKOUT TODAY FOR THEIR KICKOFF TO SUMMER WITH OVER 59 PEOPLE IN PARTIC IN, UM, PARTICIPATION THERE.

THE ART BUILDING WILL BE GETTING A UPGRADE ON NEXT, NO, THIS FRIDAY THEY'LL BE GETTING A NEW FLOOR IN, IN THE LOBBY.

WE HAD A WATER LEAK AT THE ART CENTER AT THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER.

SO THE TILE'S GONNA BE REMOVED, IT'S GONNA BE SEALED AND IT'S GONNA BE A CONCRETE FLOOR.

BUT ONE BIG LITTLE EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THIS THURSDAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO.

WHY NOT? OKAY, THANKS.

UM, LINDSAY MACON AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING COUNTLESSLY HARD AND HOURLY ON, UM, TASTE OF ALPHARETTA.

IF YOU'VE HEARD OF IT, I'M NOT SURE.

IT'S LIKE A TINY LITTLE EVENT.

UM, THEY HAVE OVER 75 RESTAURANTS, SO OUR HIGHEST NUMBER TO DATE, THEY'VE ADDED SOME COOL FUN ELEMENTS THIS YEAR TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ADULT AREAS.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE A WELL ATTENDED EVENT, SO TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD, HERE'S YOUR PERSONAL AND GIFT TO COME TO THE TASTE.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE TASTE IN THERE AS WELL TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE COOKIE FOR YOU ALL AND A MAP OF ALL THE FUN FESTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.

SO PLEASE DON'T SAY YOU HAD NO CLUE ABOUT TASTE OF ALPHARETTA 'CAUSE YOU DO.

SO PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THEM, UM, AND ALL THE FUN.

THANK YOU MATT.

UM, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS THIS SUMMER.

SO QUESTIONS, THANKS.

UM, REGARDING YOUR SUMMER CAMPS, HOW ARE YOU DOING ON STAFFING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WE ARE LIKE NOT BIG IN FOR STAFF.

WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, UM, AND THEN SOME.

SO, UM, SO WE SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD WITH OUR STAFF FOR ALL OUR CAMPS.

SO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? UM, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

UM, IT'S A HARD ONE TO ANSWER BECAUSE SOME YEARS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF KIDS LOOKING FOR JOBS.

UM, WE'VE HAD STAFF GO OUT TO MORE HIGH SCHOOLS AND GET TOLD, HEY, I DON'T NEED A JOB.

I'M A TRUST FUND KID.

UM, SO I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT.

WE DID DO A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE DID GO TO OUR CURRENT STAFF AND SAY, HEY, TELL YOUR FRIENDS PHONE A FRIEND.

UM, SO I THINK WE HAD A GOOD BIT OF RETURNING STAFF THIS YEAR AS WELL.

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WHAT KIND OF JOBS DO YOU NEED TO STAFF? JUST KIND OF BALLPARK.

OH, SO WE HAVE, WITH OUR REC SIDE OF CAMP, WE HAVE FOUR CAMP DIRECTORS, OVER 30 CAMP COUNSELORS.

THE POOL HAS 50 PLUS LIFEGUARDS, CORRECT.

UM, SIX TO EIGHT CASHIERS AT THE FRONT DESK.

UM, ATHLETICS HAS ALL THEIR SCOREKEEPERS AND OFFICIALS AND BOTH BUILDINGS HAVE FRONT DESK STAFF AS WELL.

SO, UM, HR HAS BEEN VERY BUSY LAST MONTH WITH ALL OUR REC SERVICES BEING ONBOARDED.

AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE OUR, UH, CAMP TRAINING ON MAY 29TH.

THEY'LL BE HERE AND WE'LL HAVE A MASSIVE HISTORY OF ALPHARETTA AND OUR EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN THEY'LL BREAK OFF TO THEIR CAMPS TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.

OH, I, I WAS GONNA ASK A QUESTION, JUST DIFFERENT, I WAS GONNA ASK IF YOU HAD AN ESTIMATE FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING FOR TASTE THIS WEEK? I WAS TOLD OVER A BAZILLION NOW IT WAS ABOUT OVER 25,000, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CROWDED.

SO THERE'S SOME PARKING AT, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU CAN WALK IN, UH, THE PARKING DECK.

SO, AND WE'LL HAVE THE SHUTTLES RUNNING AS WELL THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY I WILL BE WALKING.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? AMANDA'S GONNA BE AT THE TASTE LAB.

AMANDA WILL BE AT THE TASTE AS WELL, UM, AT THE SPACE CALLED LAB.

AMANDA WILL BE AT THE TASTE LAB AT THE TASTE.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR LINDSAY? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING BACK IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WELCOME TO THE PARTY, .

THANKS.

I GUESS PARK SERVICES IS NOT GONNA BE PRESENTED TODAY 'CAUSE ERIC'S OUT, BUT HIS PRESENTATION IS OFFLINE.

NEXT UP IS, UM,

[iv. Park Services (Excluding Wills Park) Division Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Park Services (Excluding Wills Park) Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

SO GONNA RIGHT OVER

[v. Park Services (Wills Park & Equestrian Center) Division Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Park Services (Wills Park & Equestrian Center) Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

TO WILLS PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTER WITH MATT DISCOUNT.

I DON'T, SO MAYBE NEXT YOU CAN HAVE 2020 .

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

GOOD EVENING.

SORRY, I'M NOT GONNA HOLD THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A ROCKSTAR.

UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE AT WILLS.

WE'VE GOT SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON, UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE NEAR IN COMPLETION ON, UM, ON WACKY WORLD.

THEY WERE, UH, FINISHING THE PORCH SURFACE, UM, THE MAIN POUR TODAY.

SO THEY'RE JUST DOING SOME COLOR.

UM, IT LOOKS AWESOME.

LIKE WHEN WE BUILT THE PLAYGROUND, IT WAS JUST A MAIN STARK STRUCTURE.

BUT NOW TO SEE ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND THE FENCE AND THE PORCH SURFACE, THE RESTROOM COMING TOGETHER, THE TWO BRIDGES THAT IN THAT WILL ALLOW ENTRANCE INTO THE PLAYGROUND.

UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

UM, THEY ARE SET TO POUR THE SECTION OF CONCRETE THAT WOULD CONNECT THE PARKING LOT TO THE BUILDING ON THURSDAY.

SO LOOKS LIKE WEATHER'S GONNA HOLD OUT.

SO, UM, WE ARE, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AREA.

IT TRANSFORMS THE WHOLE AREA.

SO, UM, WGE WORLD FENCING IS COMPLETE.

UH, THE LANDSCAPING, UH, IS INSTALLED AND THEY'RE GONNA POUR THE, UH, MAIN CONCRETE FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

SO HAVE IT OPENING UP SOON.

UM, THE EQUESTRIAN CENTERS CAN, I ALWAYS SAY IT'S CONTINUING TO MAKE STRIDES WITH ITS RENOVATION.

UM, THE ENTRANCE IS, HAS BEEN CUT IN, YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT'S DEFINED NOW.

UM, WE'VE ADDED A SCHOOLING ARENA IN THE, UM, WHERE THE OPEN FIELD USED TO BE.

UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT, UH, ACTUALLY DID THAT TODAY.

UM, WE'VE GOT ARENA TWO, WHICH IS OUR MAIN PROJECT.

UM, IT'S BEING GRADED.

AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE HERE ON MONDAY TO START ON THE NEW ARENA.

UM, ONCE HE GETS DONE WITH THAT, HE IS GONNA MOVE UP TO ARENA FOUR AND DO A RENOVATION ON IT.

AND THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT'LL, THAT'LL PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE OUR, UH, RENOVATIONS OVER THERE.

SO WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

WE'VE HAD GOOD WEATHER AND, UH, GOOD CONTRACTORS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUICK ONE.

UM, ULTIMATE FRISBEE.

ANY UPDATE? ULTIMATE FRISBEE? IT IS, IT'S IN THE WORKS.

WE'VE GOT, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, REC STAFF THAT'S KIND OF LEADING THAT PROJECT.

UM, SO IT'S, UM, I'M THINKING HERE PROBABLY VERY SOON.

HEY, MATT, QUESTION THE ORANGE

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FENCING BY THE GROVE.

IS THAT JUST WAGGY WORLD ADJACENT? SO THERE WAS FENCING THAT WENT AROUND THE BUILD SITE AT THE DOG PARK, WHICH HAS BEEN REMOVED, UM, PRETTY MUCH FROM BETWEEN OLD MILTON AND THE FENCING AT THE DOG PARK.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE REPOING THAT OVAL CIRCLE THAT GOES AROUND THE GROVE IN CONCRETE.

SO, UH, WHILE WE HAVE CAMPS AND, AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, WE'RE HAVING TO, TO KIND OF PLAN THOSE PORES STRATEGICALLY TO WHERE WE DON'T CLOSE OFF THE WHOLE AREA.

SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE POURED, UM, THOSE FIX WILL COME UP.

SO THAT WILL STILL BE IN PLAY OVER OF COURSE, THIS WEEKEND? YES, IT'LL BE OKAY.

YES, IT'LL BE, BUT WE ONLY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TRY FINISH LINE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE ONLY HAVE IT ON ONE SIDE AND IF WE NEED TO REMOVE IT, WE CAN REMOVE IT.

WE JUST NEED TO PUT IT BACK UP BEFORE WE OKAY.

START POURING CONCRETE.

AND THEN OPENING DAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT OR IF DIRECTOR ROGERS HAS THAT AS A PEACE DAY RESISTANCE.

I'M GONNA DEFER, I'M GONNA DEFER THAT TO OKAY, GOT IT.

YES, BECAUSE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AT THE PARK AND SOME CITIZENS WERE JUST NEARLY CRAWLING THE FENCE SO EXCITED AND PLANNING BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND ASKING FOR DATES.

AND SO IT'S AWESOME.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, THINK WE'RE GOOD ON QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT.

IS THE SENIOR OPERATIONS MONTHLY REPORT BY CHRISTINE.

OKAY, NEXT UP

[vi. Senior Operations Monthly Report — MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Senior Operations Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

OH, THANK YOU.

WELL, I REALIZE MY MISTAKE.

A GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I REALIZE MY MISTAKE ON MY, MY STAFF REPORT, IT ACTUALLY STILL SAYS RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION, MONTHLY REPORT.

OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, SO NEXT MONTH I'LL HAVE IT RIGHT.

UM, JUST WANNA RUN THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUT THERE IN PARKS.

UH, THE YMCA GREENWAY BATHROOM IS GETTING A FACELIFT, SO SAY YAY TO THAT BIG TIME.

THAT IS GONNA BE HAPPENING, UM, NEXT WEEK AND IT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF, OF THE WEEK OF THE 18TH.

UM, THERE'S GETTING NEW PAINT, NEW SINKS, NEW MIRRORS, AND NEW HAND DRYERS.

SO IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY REFRESHED, WHICH IT NEEDED.

UM, SHANNON MENTIONED, UM, LIGHT POLE REPLACEMENTS.

WE ARE DOING THEM AT WILLS PARK THAT WILL BE ON THE BALL FIELD POLES AND THE LIGHTS, THEY WILL BE REPLACED.

OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT COMPLETED BY THE FALL SEASON.

, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL BE DONE BY THEN.

UM, IT IS, IT IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL.

THE, NO IT'S NOT.

NEVERMIND IT'S NOT.

BUT THAT IS OUR HOPE.

IT'S TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE FALL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE WOODEN POLES ARE, UH, IN DIRE NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

AND WE WILL BE UPGRADING TO LED LIGHTS OUT THERE.

SAME THING AT NORTH PARK.

UM, NORTH PARK IS GETTING A LIGHT FACELIFT THERE TOO.

SO, UM, THE SOFTBALL QUAD POLES ARE GETTING REPLACED.

THEY'RE WOODEN, THEY'RE GETTING REPLACED WITH CONCRETE POLES AND NEW LED LIGHTS.

THAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE PROJECT.

THE SECOND PART WILL BE, UM, FIELD ONE IN NORTH METRO MIRACLE LEAGUE.

THEY ARE GETTING THE LIGHTS REPLACED.

AND THE LAST PART OF THE PROJECT WILL BE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND TENNIS COURTS.

AND THAT WILL BE ABOUT A THREE WEEKS SPREAD.

SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE T I'M TELLING YOU THIS, SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSING DOWN HALF OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND DOING THE LIGHTS ON THOSE.

SO WE'LL STILL HAVE THE OTHER HALF AVAILABLE TO PLAY ON.

AND THEN FLIP FLOP IT, AND THEN DO THE TENNIS COURTS.

UM, THAT'S GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE ON ALL OF THOSE FIELDS AND COURTS ONCE THOSE LIGHTS ARE ON THERE.

UM, WILLS PARK, FIELD FIVE, THE TURF PROJECT WE MENTIONED THAT, UM, WE ANTICIPATED HAVING THAT COMPLETED BY THE FALL SEASON AS WELL.

AND THAT WILL START IN TWO WEEKS.

THREE WEEKS.

OUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THOSE EASIER.

UM, THE PARKING LOT AT THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER IS GETTING REPAVED SAY Y TO THAT TOO.

UM, THAT WILL BE IN JUNE AND IT'S THROUGH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.

GRANT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS SCHEDULING AND OVERSEEING THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT SHOULD TAKE OUT A WEEK IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ONE PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, EVEN AS THE REC SERVICES MANAGER, AND I'M GONNA BE TAKING THAT OVER, WORKING WITH AUSTIN TURNBULL FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GETTING AEDS REALLY SMALL, COMPACT ONES INTO ALL OF THE FACILITIES ALONG WITH NARCAN.

AND SO THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UH, THE PROBLEM WE'VE HAD AT OUR FIELDS IS THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE CONCESSION STANDS AND THAT'S NOT VERY CONVENIENT WHEN THE CONCESSION STANDS ARE NOT OPEN.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM TO GET PLACEMENT AND PUTTING THOSE

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SO HE'S GONNA BE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE OUT THERE AT THE CONCESSION STANDS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOU IS I HAVE CONTACTED THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REPRESENTING THE BOARD ON OUR YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS.

AND MOST OF YOU HAVE MADE CONTACT.

JOHN, I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM NORTH METRO MIRACLE LEAGUE.

WE'LL GET YOU SCHEDULED ON THAT AS WELL.

AND, UH, PERCY, WE'LL GET YOU HOOKED UP NEXT TIME.

I PROMISE.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO, SHANNON MENTIONED, AND YOU DID AS WELL ABOUT THE LIGHTS.

MM-HMM.

NO, YEAH.

WE, WE STILL HAVE THE HOURS THAT END AT 11 O'CLOCK.

AND THEY DON'T USUALLY PLAY THAT LATE ANYWAY.

I WAS CURIOUS 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD REALLY LIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

WE DO.

'CAUSE THEY'RE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

IT'S NOISE AND LIGHTING.

THEY HAVE TO END BY 11 O'CLOCK ON THE WEEKENDS AND DURING THE WEEK EVERY DAY.

OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS 10 DURING THE WEEK.

OH, IT'S 11 DURING THE WEEK.

I THOUGHT IT, IS IT 10 DURING THE WEEK AND 11 ON WEEKENDS? GOT IT.

SORRY.

THAT, THAT IS STAYING EXACTLY THE SAME.

THAT WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEW LIGHTS OUT THERE.

SO WHEN I SEE HER THEN NEXT WEEK, I, I MIGHT SAY THAT BECAUSE I JUST OKAY.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT THEY GET THESE NEW LIGHTS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN, 'CAUSE THEY CAN PLAY NOW UNTIL 10 OR 11.

WELL, YEAH, IT WON'T, IT'S THE SAME.

IT WILL BE THE SAME AS IT IS NOW.

THE CLARITY'S JUST GONNA BE BETTER.

THERE'LL BE STRONGER LIGHTS AND THERE'LL BE BETTER.

IT'LL BE BETTER LEGS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS THAT, THAT SHE CAN'T DO THAT.

SO.

AND THEN, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, PAVING AT NORTH PARK.

SO WE'RE JUST PAVING, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON AT THE PARKING LOT IN NORTH PARK.

WELL, WE ARE, WE ARE RECONFIGURING THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS AND WE ARE ADDING HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS RIGHT BY THE ART BUILDING.

SO THAT IS GOING ON AS WELL.

IT'S PAVING AND RE RECONFIGURING.

OH, OKAY.

SO THAT ALL THAT, I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID REAVING AND IT WAS ONLY GONNA TAKE A WEEK, I'M LIKE, OKAY, SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA REPAVE NO, NO.

I THINK IT'LL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION, THEIR CO OPINION.

IT'S ONLY GONNA TAKE A WEEK TO DO THAT.

POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

I AM THINKING I'M GONNA LET MORGAN ADDRESS THIS ONE.

WHEN YOU GET UP.

OKAY, FINE.

YEAH, I WAS JUST, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, SO I'M UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GONNA BE FABULOUS WHEN IT'S DONE, I PROMISE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

UP FOR THE DIRECTOR UPDATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE DIRECTOR ROGERS

[b. DIRECTOR - MAY 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Director of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]

I GET PLUGGED IN.

SO I'VE GOT A, A FEW THINGS THAT I'M GONNA UPDATE YOU ON AND THEN TAKE YOU ON A LITTLE PICTURE RIDE AROUND THE PARKS AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST MONTH, UM, WHICH I DID TODAY.

UM, SO I WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF, COUPLE THINGS HERE.

UM, TO START WITH THE, UH, LET'S START WITH THE LIGHT POLES, UH, PROJECT.

UM, JUST SO THAT, UH, CHRISTINE WAS CORRECT, WE, THE LIGHT POLES AT NORTH PARK IS A GO.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED, BUT THE LIGHT POLE PROJECT AT WILLS PARK IS DEPENDENT ON THE BUDGET BEING APPROVED, UM, IN BY COUNSEL, UH, BEFORE THE END OF JUNE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE THAT WE THINK IT'S GONNA GET APPROVED.

THERE HAS BEEN NO, NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.

IT'S ONE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN CASE COUNSEL IS LISTENING, UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.

AND WE ARE, WE HAVE, WE ARE BEGINNING WORK ON IT WITH THAT ANTICIPATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT, UM, WE HAVEN'T ASSUME WE'RE NOT ASSUMING THAT IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED.

AS WE DO REDO THE WHOLE TRAIL IN THE PARK.

WE HOPE IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED.

UM, THE, UH, A COUPLE COUPLE THINGS THAT, UM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, UH, HAD HADN'T BEEN MENTIONED.

ONE WAS AT WE BRIDGE, UH, THE DOG PARK.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A DONATION A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT WE HAD A DOG PARK.

WELL, THAT THE BROTHER OF THE GENTLEMAN THAT GAVE US THE MONEY, HE GAVE US SOME MORE MONEY TO DO LANDSCAPING AROUND THE PARK.

SO NOW IF YOU GO OUT, THE ENTRANCE IS NICE AND LANDSCAPE WITH PLANNING, NATIVE PLANNING AND PLANTS THAT WILL 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL SERVE THEIR PURPOSE IN THERE.

SO IT REALLY LOOKS NICE WHEN YOU, IF YOU GO OUT THERE.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE JUST OUT DRIVING, YOU WANNA SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS NICE, GO OUT TO WEB BRIDGE TO THE DOG PARK.

UM, THE TRAIL PROJECT, UH, IS STARTING AT WEB BRIDGE.

UM, THE CONTRACTOR, WE'VE HAD THE CON WE'VE HAD THAT CONTRACT APPROVED FOR PROBABLY THREE WEEKS NOW.

AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS SLOW GETTING OFF THE JOB HE WAS ON, BUT THEY'RE ON SITE NOW.

SO, UH, WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT TAKING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AS WE CLOSE DOWN PORTIONS OF THE TRAIL

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IT'LL BE LIKE A ROW, UH, LIKE A ROLLING CLOSURE OF THE PARKS, OF THE, OF THE PATH.

UM, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE ONE STAFF, UH, CHANGE THAT, UH, OR, OR ONE STAFF PROMOTION.

TYLER EDMONDSON, UH, WHO WAS A CREW LEADER AT WEB BRIDGE WAS PROMOTED TO PARK SUPERVISOR AT THE GREENWAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW TYLER OR NOT.

HE'S ONE OF OUR SUPER STARS ON THE PARK SITE.

AND SO HE IS THE NEW SUPERVISOR REPLACING BARRY PIKE WHO RETIRED, RE RETIRED.

UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, KIM.

UH, I KNOW KIM'S NOT HERE TONIGHT AND IF YOU CAN LOOK AT A REPORT, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXCITING THINGS THAT I'M GONNA MENTION, UH, IN HER REPORT IS THAT SHE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NEXT ROUND OF TEMPORARY ART.

SO THE ART, A LOT OF THE ART THAT YOU SEE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN AND, UM, ON, UM, THOMPSON STREET, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE GONNA GO AWAY AND BE PLACED BY NEW ART.

UH, BUT SHE IS ALSO WORKING ON KEEPING A COUPLE THAT WE REALLY LIKE.

UM, SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE SHIFTING SOME ART AROUND HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF THREE MONTHS.

UH, SO THAT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR US.

THAT HAPPENS EVERY, UH, TWO YEARS THAT WE REPLACE THE, THE PUBLIC ART, UH, THE TEMPORARY ART.

UM, WE, AND SHE AND HER AND ART SOUTH RED ARE, IS WORKING ON AN EXCITING EAST SIDE PUBLIC ART DISPLAY THAT'LL BE COMING.

I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF TEASE YOU WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UH, IT WILL BE AN EAST SIDE PUBLIC ART DISPLAY.

UH, THE SPOTLIGHT THEATER CONTINUES TO EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS.

IT IS JUST GOING GANGBUSTERS.

WE ARE ACTUALLY TURNING PEOPLE AWAY NOW THAT WANT TO RENT IT OR USE THE SPOTLIGHT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO USE IT.

SO, UH, WE HAD, WE PICKED UP, UH, A MATILDAS CONCERT, UM, THAT WAS VERY GOOD.

THE, THE, THE, THE MUSIC WAS, WAS GREAT.

UM, ARCADIA, UH, WHICH IS OFF OF ACT ONE.

UM, THE, THE PLAYGROUP THAT'S OFF ACT ONE, THEY ARE PERFORMING.

THEY JUST FINISHED 59 STEPS OUT THERE WHERE THEY HAD FOUR, FOUR ACTOR AND ACTRESSES THAT PLAYED LIKE 112 DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE PLAY.

UH, IT WAS A, UH, A COMEDY FOREST KIND OF DEAL.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO, I WISH I HAD OF, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION, UH, WELL, NICK'S LAST THING I'LL MENTION FROM KIM'S REPORT IS THAT WE HAVE, UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT LEMME DO, LEMME DO SOMETHING ELSE FIRST.

THEY MENTIONED JULY.

I DIDN'T MENTION JULY THE FOURTH, I DON'T THINK.

JULY THE FOURTH FIREWORKS WELLS PARK DARK.

OKAY, EVERYBODY BE THERE.

IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SHOW.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENHANCED 250TH FINALE.

SO IF YOU'VE LIKED FIREWORKS BEFORE AND THE FINALE, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT THIS YEAR.

SO, BUT THE CITY HAS ALSO DECIDED THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR, UH, OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND US BECOMING A A FREE COUNTRY, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT TO DO SOMETHING FRIDAY NIGHT TOO, ON JULY THE THIRD.

SO ON FRIDAY, JULY THE THIRD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONCERT OUT HERE ON TOWN GREEN.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GROUP CALLED PARTY ON THE MOON.

AND WE ARE, THAT GROUP IS GONNA ROCK TOWN GREEN ON JULY THE FIFTH, SO YOU WON'T WANNA MISS IT.

AND THEN AT DARK ON JULY THE THIRD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DRUM SHOW OVER CITY HALL.

AND IT IS A, IT'S GONNA BE CHOREOGRAPHED TO MUSIC AND, UH, AND IN-HOUSE STAFF HAS DESIGNED THE SHOW.

IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLE.

YOU WANNA WRITE THAT DOWN.

JULY THE THIRD TOWN, GREEN, JULY THE FOURTH, WILLS PARK.

IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.

NOW WITH THAT SAID, WITH THAT WEEKEND GOING ON NOW, UH, KIM AND, AND, UM, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS, HER STAFF, UM, MADE CONTACT WITH AN ARTIST NAMED PETER MAX.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW PETER MAX OR THE NAME, BUT HE DID.

HE WAS, HE IS, UH, A LONG TIME ARTIST AT, EASIEST THING I CAN REMEMBER IS IF YOU REMEMBER THE BEATLES IN YELLOW SUBMARINE.

PICTURE IS GONNA BE HERE OF, OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AS WELL AS, UM, OF ONE OF ONLY EIGHT, UM, UH, STATUE OF LIBERTY STATUES.

PETER MAX HELPED WITH THAT ARTWORK.

SO WHAT HE DOES IS THAT KIND OF ARTWORK.

BUT HE ALSO DOES, UH, HE GOT INVOLVED IN, IN THE, UM, TWO IN, AT THE, IN 19, IN 1976 WITH THE, UM, WELL THAT WAS A HUNDRED YEAR, 200 YEAR, WHAT WAS IT, 76, 200 YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH.

HE GOT INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND THEN HE ALSO GOT INVOLVED IN RAISING MONEY TO REDO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

SO HE ACTUALLY PAINTED SEVERAL, UH, UH, BIG PICTURES OF THAT AND DID A REPLICA, UH, OF THE, UM, UH, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

AND A, A LOT OF HIS ARTWORK IS GONNA BE ON DISPLAY IN THE ROTUNDA OVER THE WEEKEND OF JULY 4TH.

SO THAT WE'RE GONNA, THE ROTUNDA'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA LOOK, WE'RE GONNA DRESS IT UP VERY PATRIOTIC AND VERY RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

UM, AND THAT THE EIGHT FOOT

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THERE'S NO MINTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT.

AND THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OF THEM IN THE WORLD THAT WERE, THAT WERE SANCTIONED.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

AND THIS ONE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS PAINTED IN THE WHITE HOUSE, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S IN THE ART WORLD, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

TO ADD THAT TO OUR, UM, JULY THE FOURTH, UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

UM, SO THEN I GOTTA GO BACK TO THE FARMHOUSE.

THE FARMHOUSE, UM, THE FARMHOUSE PROJECT, UM, NOT TO BE CUTE, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE HOUSE AT THE FARM.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE FARMHOUSE PROJECT AND THE HOUSE AT THE FARM PROJECT.

SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FARMHOUSE PROJECT.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S ON MILTON, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 400.

THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

WE ARE WORKING, WE ARE ABOUT AT 75% OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ANTICIPATE, UM, WE'RE WAITING ON A PERMIT FROM DEPARTMENT OF THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, THEN YOU'LL START SEEING CONSTRUCTION AT THAT SITE.

ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA BE FROM OLD MILTONS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A VERY TRICKY ACCESS POINT FOR OUR, FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

BUT, UM, THE THING THAT, UH, UH, KIM IS INVOLVED, HER GROUP IS INVOLVED IN, IS DOING THE, UM, HISTORIC DISPLAYS.

SO THE, THIS IS GONNA BE AN OVERVIEW PARK, IT'S GONNA BE A BOARDWALK THAT TAKES YOU OUT AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN AND SEE THE CREEK AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE FARMHOUSE WAS AND WHERE THE MILL WAS.

AND SHE IS DESIGNING THE PLAQUES THAT WILL EXPLAIN THAT HISTORY.

UM, AND IF YOU LOOK INTO HER, IF YOU LOOK AT HER, UM, REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT.

AND SO SHE'S GOT SEVERAL OF THE HISTORIANS WITH THE ALPHARETTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.

AND IT'S, UM, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.

AND IF IT'LL, IT'LL TELL THE HISTORY OF THE FARMHOUSE.

NO, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO HANG AROUND FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THE MEETING.

UM, THE HOUSE AT THE FARM PROJECT IS JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT SEGUE TO THE HOUSE AT THE FARM PROJECT.

UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMANDA'S GOAL AS WELL AS OUR DEPARTMENT'S GOAL IS TO TURN THAT INTO AN EDUCATIONAL, AN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF SOME SORT.

UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

WE STILL STILL FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND WE FEEL WE ARE, WE ARE AT 50 50.

THERE'S 200 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO THAT WERE ASKED TO, SORRY.

OH, CAN'T DO THAT.

CAN'T DO THAT.

SORRY.

SO WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT.

UH, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.

SORRY.

UM, AND, UM, BUT I DIDN'T TELL 'EM WHO IT WAS SO THEY WON'T MAKE THE CONNECTION.

SO, UM, UH, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON IT.

THE FRONT, UH, WE, THE PORCH THAT'S ON THE FRONT NEEDS TO COME OFF BECAUSE IT'S JUST OLD.

AND SO WE HAVE WORKED NATE, UM, AND HAS WORKED WITH AMANDA AND WE ARE NOW, WE'VE, WE HAVE THE FOOTINGS FOR IT, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GROUP COME ON MAY THE 20TH THAT'S GOING TO VOLUNTEER TO BUILD A DECK ON THE FRONT OF THAT HOUSE.

SO WE'RE COMMITTING TO THAT PROJECT VERY IN, IN A VERY REAL, REAL WAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP, UH, THE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

IT'S JUST BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A LONG, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

UM, AND THE LAST THING I WANNA MENTION ON THE RECORD IS THE FEE STUDY.

WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A FEE STUDY.

UH, WE, WE ARE BRINGING IN, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING IN, UM, A, A CONSULTANT AND ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FEES, EVERYTHING THAT WE CHARGE, WHETHER IT BE AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER OR WHETHER WE CHARGE FOR, OR WE CHARGE FOR PROGRAMS AT THE ADULT CENTER.

WHAT WE CHARGE FOR PROGRAMS, CAMPS, EVERYTHING THAT WE CHARGE A FEE FOR, WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGING BASED ON WHAT THE, WHAT OUR ECONOMICS ARE, WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE CHARGING, WHAT SHOULD WE BE CHARGING.

UM, AND UH, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE CITY TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CHARGING THE RIGHT FEES.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA RAISE FEES, NOT THE IDEA WE'RE GONNA LOWER 'EM.

IT'S GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHARGING THE RIGHT FEES.

AND I, UH, OUR STAFF, I DON'T THINK OUR STAFF, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

I THINK WE GOTTA BRING SOMEBODY IN THAT IS, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? OBJECT, UH, OBJECTIVE.

AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR STAFF, LIKE SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS BETTER THAN DO DO OTHERS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BRING IN THAT.

I JUST WANT TO GET YOU GIVE YOU THAT HEADS UP.

'CAUSE WHEN THAT STUDY IS DONE, WHEN THIS, WHEN, WHEN THAT CONSULTANT GIVES US A STUDY, THIS GROUP WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THAT'LL SEE THAT STUDY.

Y'ALL WILL SEE THAT STUDY AND BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT, UH, IN THE FIRST ROUND.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST, UH, HIT YOU WITH THAT.

UH, THE OTHER THING, UM,

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'CAUSE I WANT, I I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

OKAY? I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OH, OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

NOT YET.

SO WE WANNA TAKE A REAL DO IT.

UH, MATT MENTIONED THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE NEW ENTRANCE ROAD, UM, TO THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER THAT GOES OFF OF WILLS ROAD AROUND TO BACK, AS WELL AS THAT ADDITIONAL BRAND NEW PARKING THAT'S GONNA HAVE THE, UM, PERVIOUS CONCRETE THERE.

OKAY, SO YOU, YOU, DOES EVERYBODY SEE WHERE WE'RE AT? WE'RE LOOKING WEST RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, I JUST MOVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT.

AND THIS IS THE DETENTION POND.

AND THAT'S, IT'S GONNA GET, IT'S GONNA GET DRESSED UP, BUT THEN JUST PAST THE DETENTION POND, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UM, UH, SCHOOLING ARENA WILL BE.

THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE HAD ON THE FIELD IN THE OTHER, THAT PASTURE DIRT WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT AND PRACTICE.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE, UH, IT JUST GOT TURNED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ARENA NUMBER THREE TO YOUR RIGHT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEATING WALL THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE PUT IT IN AT NUMBER ONE AND THEN THIS IS AT NUMBER THREE AS WELL AS NUMBER TWO WILL HAVE A SEATING WALL LIKE THIS.

AND IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

IF YOU LOOK UP CLOSE, IT REALLY LOOKS NICE.

YOU HAVE TO PICTURE ALL THAT, ALL THAT BROWN IS GONE AND IT'S ALL, UM, SIDED AND LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THIS IS ARENA TWO THAT MATT SAYS IS THE PREMIER.

THIS IS THE, THE, THE PREMIER, UH, ARENA THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

AND I SHOW YOU THIS TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH CUT THERE WAS BACK IN THE BACK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR SITTING UP THERE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH CUT IT WAS.

IT WAS PROBABLY, WHAT, SIX FEET, MAYBE MATT, SIX FEET OF CUT MORE THAN THAT.

SO, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, UM, UH, THE, THE TRACTOR TO THE RIGHT, THEY'RE AT THE GRADE.

THAT'S THE GRADE THAT IT'S GONNA BE AT.

THE FINAL, FINAL GRADE IS GONNA BE ON THAT.

OKAY? UM, MATT MENTIONED WACKY WORLD.

I GAVE YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT WACKY WORLD LOOKS LIKE.

NOW THIS IS A ZIP LINE THERE TO THE RIGHT AND THIS SURFACE IS DONE.

THE, ALL OF THIS IS THE SAME.

IT'S SAME MATERIAL.

IT JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT, THAT BLUE IS BASICALLY A PATH AROUND THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE REST OF THE PLAYGROUND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

UM, AND IT'S A REALLY SPONGY, IT'S REALLY SPONGY.

UH, SOME PLACES, UH, THE, UH, FOR THE ZIP LINE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, WHAT THEY CALL A 12 FOOT FALLS ZONE.

THAT MEANS A KID HAS TO BE ABLE TO FALL 12 FOOT AND NOT BREAK THEIR ARM OF THEIR LEG.

SO IT HAS TO GIVE THAT MUCH.

SO ALL OF THIS IS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WITH, I MEAN, UH, WHAT DEPTHS, THAT'S THE WORD.

YOU'RE NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC HERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SHOT OF WACKY WORLD.

THIS IS WALKING AROUND.

YOU CAN SEE THE JUNGLE GYM THERE.

UM, THIS IS THE, UH, THE FACADES THAT WE REALLY LIKE.

UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THESE WERE, THIS WAS, UH, THE ROTARY ONE THERE WITH A BANK ONE, UH, WELCOME CENTER, ZAXBY'S, HOME DEPOT AND, AND SMOKE JACKS.

YEAH, SO THEY'RE ALL, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SIGNAGE RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN SEE I LOVE THIS PICTURE.

IT SHOWS YOU THE SHADE THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PICKING UP.

UM, AND THIS IS, UH, JUST ANOTHER SHOT.

THIS IS THE SMALLER KIDS' AREA, AND THEN THIS IS THE RESTROOM, THE GRANDDADDY OF ALL THE RESTROOMS. UM, AND, UH, JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

A LOT OF FEATURES HERE.

IT'S GOT A METAL ROOF AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE WINDOWS UP TOP THAT WILL PROVIDE LIGHT INSIDE, UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY DURING THE DAY.

AND THE CEDAR POST JUST REALLY SET IT OFF.

AND WHEN YOU WALK UNDER AND YOU LOOK UP, IT'S TONTON AND GROOVE BOARDS.

SO IT'S REALLY, UH, IT, IT MATCHES THE HIGH QUALITY OF WACKY WORLD.

UM, NOW I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT AREN'T PRETTY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY JUST, WHERE THEY'RE AT.

SO THIS IS, UH, UH, WHAT THE COUNTERS LOOK LIKE ON THE INSIDE.

UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THIS IS FIVE, THIS IS THE MEN'S SIDE.

SO YOU CAN SEE FIVE, UH, FIVE, UH, THREE URINALS AND TWO, TWO TOILETS.

UM, IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEN'S IS THE SAME THING.

AND ON THE WOMEN'S, THERE'S 10 TOILETS, FIVE ON ONE SIDE AND FIVE ON THE OTHER.

AND, AND THE FIELD IS JUST THAT.

NOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE, THERE ARE GONNA BE PAN UH, PETITIONS BETWEEN ALL THIS.

SO IT'S, WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET.

UM, AND, UH, BUT, AND THIS IS THE FAMILY RESTROOM THAT'S IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN TAKE IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IF, IF YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAMILY RESTROOM, EVERYBODY THINKS OF A CHANGING STATION.

BUT ALSO,

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UM, IF YOU HAVE AN ADULT CHILD THAT YOU NEED TO, UH, IF YOU BRING AN ADULT CHILD TO THE PLAYGROUND, IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO AS WELL.

THIS IS THE, UH, WATER STORM, WATER FEATURE THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THESE GUYS PLACING THESE ROCKS.

UM, THAT WILL BE THE DRY RIVER BED.

IF IT RAINS, THERE'LL BE WATER RUNNING THROUGH THERE.

WHEN IT'S NOT.

IT'S JUST GONNA, ALL OF THAT'S GONNA GET PLANTED.

EVERYTHING BROWN YOU SEE WILL GET PLANT PLANTED.

SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY BROWN WHEN WE GET THERE.

JUST ANOTHER SHOT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UM, OF THE, THE RESTROOM.

A SHOT.

I JUST TOOK A PICTURE OF THE POOL BECAUSE I WAS THERE AND I LOVE TO LOOK AT THE POOL.

IT'S JUST A PRETTY POOL.

SO, UM, IT OPENS UP, UH, ON MEMORIAL DAY.

UM, OH, BACK, BACK TO, TO THIS.

WE ANTICIPATE THE OPENING THE POOL ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 23RD.

WHAT'D I SAY? POOL? WELL, WE ANTICIPATE OPENING THE POOL ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 23RD.

THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.

WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS WE'RE ANTICIPATING OPENING THE WACKY WORLD ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 23RD AT 10 O'CLOCK.

NOW, THAT IS NOT OFFICIAL.

AND THE REASON IT CAN'T BE OFFICIAL IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS MATT SAID IS THAT IT'S DEPENDENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET THE, THE, UH, CONCRETE POURED FROM THE RESTROOM TO THE PARKING LOT THURSDAY, OKAY? SO THIS THURSDAY, BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GET THAT, THEN OTHER THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST, SO WE'RE CIRCLING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'VE, OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS EXTREMELY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

WE'RE JUST, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEEDED GOOD WEATHER, WE'VE GOTTEN IT.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEND A SAVE THE DATE OUT EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

UH, OH, I TALKED TOO LONG.

NO.

OKAY, SO THE POOL OPENS ON MEMORIAL DAY, BUT IT OPENS AT NOON.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO WACKY AT 10 AND THE PULL AT, NO, UM, AND THIS IS OUT AT THE, UH, GATEWAY.

YOU CAN REALLY START SEEING THIS COME TOGETHER LAST TIME, UM, THE LAST PICTURE I SHOWED YOU, REMEMBER THE, ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS THE DROP OFF.

NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WALL THAT THEY'RE BUILDING.

SO WE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THE STREET, YOU'RE GONNA BE AT STREET LEVEL ON THAT WALL THAT OVERLOOKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE GREENWAY.

IT'S GONNA BE PHENOMENAL.

THEN YOU CAN START SEEING WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND ON THE ARCHWAY OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO THIS IS, THIS, THIS PROJECT WILL NOT BE DONE UNTIL EARLY 2027.

THAT'S THE ANTICIPATED DATE.

NOW, WE HAD AT NORTH PARK THE RESTROOM, UH, AS, UM, SHANNON WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE RESTROOM.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS, UH, THE SPLIT RIB.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN IT'S, IT'S GOT AGED BRICK BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE THE, THE IDEA IS FROM TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE, UM, AN OLDER, UM, CONCESSION STAND AT A BALLPARK, YOU KNOW, THE OLD TRADITIONAL ONE.

AND IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY GOOD.

IF YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN YOU WALK UP, ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.

THEN YOU GONNA HAVE THE ALPHARETTA EMBLEM PER ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO THINGS ARE PROGRESSING ALONG.

UH, THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE SOMETIME THE 1ST OF JUNE AS WELL.

JUNE 1ST WEEK OF JUNE.

WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ROGERS.

WELCOME.

QUESTION ABOUT THE PRICES BEING ANALYZED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, APPROXIMATELY WHEN WAS THIS DONE PREVIOUSLY AND NEVER.

NEVER, NEVER.

WE LOOKED NOW INDIVIDUALLY, SUPERVISORS LOOK AT THEIR FEES AND THEY, THEY CHECK OTHER PLACES OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY TRY TO SET IT ON A FEE, BUT TO DO IT GLOBALLY, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

AND THAT'S THE IDEA HERE, IS WE WANT TO DO IT GLOBALLY TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FEES JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND THIS IS NOT, AGAIN, I WANNA REPEAT.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE CITY TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL REV REVENUE.

IT'S JUST ABOUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CHARGING THE RIGHT FEES.

AND AS WE COME TOGETHER, PERHAPS TO WORKSHOP THIS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE COST RECOVERY RATIO.

JUST FYI.

AND THEN AS WE LOOK TO SCALE THIS POTENTIALLY WHERE NECESSARY, IT WOULD JUST BE, I THINK, GREAT FODDER FOR, FOR A HOLISTIC DISCUSSION.

AND, AND THAT'S THE PLAN.

AND THE PLAN WILL BE THAT WHENEVER WE DO WORKSHOP THAT HERE WITH THIS GROUP, THE CONSULTANT WILL BE HERE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

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SO A COUPLE THINGS, UH, AT THE WORKSHOP THIS MONTH, ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET? 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING IT IN JUNE, SURELY YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.

YOU GONNA SHARE THAT WITH US? THE BUDGET'S DONE.

OH, IT'S DONE.

SO YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH US.

I CAN, I CAN SHARE WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET, BUT I CAN SHARE RIGHT.

WITH, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.

ABSOLUTELY.

'CAUSE OTHER YEARS WE'VE GONE ON LIKE BUDGET TOURS TO SEE WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT AND STUFF.

SO THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE THAT.

WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A, A BUDGET WORKSHOP AT THIS, AT THIS MONTH'S WORKSHOP.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THE FARMHOUSE PLAING, THAT'S THE ONE ON OLD MILTON THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

ARE THEY GONNA CHANGE THE MUSEUM TO MAYBE RE RE REFER TO IT OR REFERENCE IT IF SHE'S GONNA GO TO ALL THAT TROUBLE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE MUSEUM IN A YEAR OR MORE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SPACE IN THERE.

BUT ANYWAYS, IT WOULD JUST MAKE SENSE IF IT WAS MORE HISTORICAL STUFF THAT IT WOULD BE REFERENCED IN THE MUSEUM.

AND WHILE SHE'S GOT THOSE HISTORIAN PEOPLE TOGETHER, MAYBE THEY COULD LOOK TO SEE WHERE THEY WOULD SHOVE IT IN, BECAUSE KIM AND HER GROUP ARE LOOKING AT REVAMPING THE, THE MUSEUM ANYWAY.

JUST, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN OPEN SEVEN YEARS NOW MAYBE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

ON EIGHT.

UM, AND IT, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT, AND SO WE'VE GOT EIGHT YEARS OF HISTORY THAT WE'VE GOTTA SLAM INTO THE SPEC, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, IF YOU START TO MOVE SOMETHING, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY DELICATE PROCESS.

IT'S TO HOW YOU GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTO A SPACE THAT'S ALREADY GOT PROBABLY TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND.

IT'S JUST, IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE EFFORT TO BE MORE HISTORICAL, WE SHOULD PERHAPS POINT PEOPLE THAT IF THEY'RE THERE, OH, YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THE LOG CABIN OR YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THE FARMHOUSE.

UM, SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES, BUT YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER PROJECT THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT WE'RE ADDING.

WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL FITS AND RIGHT.

AND THERE'S EVEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF MAYBE TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL, UM, ARTIFACTS TO REPLACE SOME SO THAT THERE'S A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

GOOD IDEA.

THE, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A PORCH AT THE OLD MILTON FARM OR THE OLD RUCKER ROAD FARM YOU'RE PUTTING ON A PORCH.

A DECK.

A DECK, I'M SORRY, A DECK PORCH OFF.

WE'RE BUILDING A DECK.

UHHUH .

WHAT ABOUT THE BATHROOM? HAVE WE FIXED THAT PROBLEM THERE YET? NO, NOT YET.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO SHE, AMANDA CAN HAVE CAMPS THERE AND, NO, NO BATHROOM, RIGHT? YEP.

YEP.

EXCEPT FOR POOR JOHN.

YEP.

SO, UM, YOU HAD PICTURES OF THE QUAD, THE NEW CONCESSION STAND.

THE SECOND FLOOR IS GONNA BE, AGAIN, THERE IS NO SECOND FLOOR.

OH, IT'S A SINGLE FLOOR.

OH, IT LOOKED TWO STORY.

IT, IT'S NOT OH, IT JUST HAS THAT LOOK.

THE FACADE IS A LOOK, BUT IT'S NOT TWO FLOOR.

THE SECOND FLOOR WAS NEVER, NEVER, WE NEVER REALLY USED THE SECOND FLOOR.

'CAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.

AT ONE TIME, THE BOARD, THE A YSA BOARD WOULD MEET THERE, BUT YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T IN YEARS.

I THINK IT'S A SCARY PLACE.

WE'VE WORKED OUT WHERE THEY CAN MEET EITHER AT, UM, THEY CAN, THEY CAN MEET AT THE, UH, ADULT CENTER OR THEY CAN MEET AT, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE'VE WORKED WITH 'EM ON FINDING A PLACE TO DO THAT.

SO NO MEETING SPACE? NO.

BECAUSE IT WAS, IT, IT, IT WAS NASTY ANYWAYS.

NO, IT WAS NASTY.

THE WHOLE BUILDING WAS NASTY.

I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A NASTY PLACE.

UM, THE REPAVING PROJECT AT NORTH PARK, AT THE SENIOR CENTER MM-HMM .

SO CHRISTINE ALLUDED TO IT, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK.

SO YEAH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.

I I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT BACK UP SO THAT, SO THAT I CAN, SO WE CAN EXPLAIN IT, IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY TWO PARTS TO THAT PROJECT.

ONE OF 'EM IS CORRECTING THE, UM, THE A DA ACCESSIBLE PARKING.

COME IN AND REPAVE ALL OF THE LOT.

THAT WHENEVER, WHENEVER THEY ARRIVE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM DOING THAT OUT FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

THEY'RE GONNA MOVE THESE, UM, AND THEN MOVE THEM OVER HERE, CUT DOWN A COUPLE OF TREES, JUST SO MAKE SURE I KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, YOU REMEMBER, UM, AND, AND MOVE THOSE.

WE'RE GONNA GET ALL OF THOSE IN PLACE.

ONCE THOSE GET IN PLACE, THEN THEY'LL

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SO IT'S ALL LEVEL.

OKAY? MM-HMM .

SO THAT PART IS GONNA TAKE A WEEK.

THAT PART, JUST THE PAVING, THE PART OF BUILDING THEM AND GETTING THOSE CORRECT.

WILL TAKE LONGER THAN THAT.

BUT IT, IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE BUILDING.

THE BUILDING WILL STILL BE OPEN.

ONLY WHEN WE CLOSE, ONLY WHEN WE ARE DOING THE REPAVING WILL IT AFFECT THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE IT.

'CAUSE THERE'S JUST ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.

SO, OKAY.

SO YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS CONSTRUCTION OF, FOR THE HANDICAP MM-HMM .

AND SO ALL THE HANDICAP SPACE WILL BE GONE FOR A MONTH.

WELL, I THINK I, I, I, WHAT I THINK THEY DO IS THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE NEW ONES FIRST.

AND THEN TAKE THE OLD ONES OUT.

THEY WON'T, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED TO TAKE THE OLD ONES OUT TO BUILD THE NEW ONES.

BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE, SO THEY'LL BUILD THE NEW ONES SO THEN THEY CAN USE, THEN WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THESE OUT, THESE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE UNTIL WE CLOSE IT DOWN TO REPAVE THE WHOLE THING.

BECAUSE WE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE AS A MINIMAL IMPACT ON THAT BUILDING AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE THAT BUILDING FOR A WEEK TO DO THE, TO, TO DO THE PAVING PROJECT.

BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GET MILLED AND THEN PAVED.

SO IT'S NOT JUST COMING IN AND PUTTING ASPHALT DOWN.

WE GOTTA MILL IT.

GOTTA TAKE SOME OF THAT UP, PUT IT DOWN A, A, A A, A COATING AND THEN, AND THEN ASPHALT IT AND THEN STRIPE IT.

ALL OF THAT'S GONNA TAKE A WEEK.

SO I I HEARD YOU USE THE WORDS IMPERVIOUS OR PER CONCRETE.

GOING IN AT WEB, AT WILLS PARK.

WILLS PARK.

SO 25 YEARS AGO THEY PUT IN PERVIOUS SOMETHING, PERVIOUS ASPHALT.

WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD MOVE, I THINK.

'CAUSE WE HAD TO REPLACE ONE.

IT WAS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WAS DONE WITH PERVIOUS ASPHALT.

IT JUST HASN'T HELD UP.

IT THEN HADN'T HELD UP THERE OR AT WEB BRIDGE PARK.

AND WE JUST REDID ALL OF WEB BRIDGE, THE WHOLE THING OF RED BRIDGE.

WE GOT RID OF ALL THE IMPERIOUS ASPHALT.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERVIOUS AS ASPHALT ASALT AND PERVIOUS CONCRETE.

PERVIOUS CONCRETE HAS SURVIVED THE TEST OF TIME.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, IT ALLOWS SOME OF THE WATER TO GO THROUGH, BUT THE BONDING AGENT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

ASPHALT JUST BREAKS UP.

IT, IT, IT JUST, IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE TRAIL IN WILLIS PARK, IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE EDGES, ASPHALT JUST STARTS TEARING APART.

THE CONCRETE IS GONNA STAY THERE FOREVER.

SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASPHALT CONCRETE.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ASKED THESE SAME QUESTIONS WHEN THEY MENTIONED THAT AND THEY SAID NO, IT IS, IT IS TESTED OVER TIME THAT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THE PARKING LOT THAT WE HAVE THAT IS NOT USED EVERY DAY, DAY, CONSTANTLY.

DAY, DAY IN, DAY OUT.

IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

NOW IF IT, IF WE WERE, IF WE WERE DOING IT AT A LOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, 500 CARS WE'RE GONNA PARK THERE EVERY DAY AND NIGHT, THEN WE MIGHT NOT CHOOSE THAT, BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT IT'S GONNA HOLD UP IN THAT SITUATION.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE LAST PARKING SPOTS ANYBODY'S TAKES.

SO WE DO THAT.

OH, YOU .

UM, FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT THE FFA LOG CABIN.

ON MILTON.

AND EVERY ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAS ASKED ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY JUST ASSUME THAT I KNOW, BUT I ONLY WALK PAST IT EVERY DAY.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

YEAH, SO, SO THAT BUILDING IS PRIMARILY USED BY TWO GROUPS.

ONE OF 'EM BEING THE, HIS, THE HISTORIC, THIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT MANAGES THAT BUILDING AND RENTS IT.

AND THEN WE USE IT IN THE SUMMER FOR OUR, FOR OUR CAMPS.

AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE PARKING AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

UM, WE ARE IMPROVING THE PARKING AND THE ACCESS TO THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SURE.

WE'RE HAVING TO BUILD A LITTLE WALL SO THAT WE CAN, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THINGS LEVEL AND, AND, AND ALSO TAKE AWAY THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEBODY DRIVING INTO THAT BUILDING.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG FEARS.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE REWORKING THAT.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, BE GLAD TO, I'D BE GLAD THAT YOU OR ANYBODY OUT THERE AND EXPLAIN THE PLANS TO YOU, BUT IT'D BE EASIER SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW YOU.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BE, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET YOU OUT THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE LOG CABIN.

LOVE FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THE LOG CABIN.

ANYBODY.

THIS IS FOR ANYBODY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE LOG CABIN OR IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE ARCHIVES, THE LOWER STORY OF THE LOCK CABIN IS THE CITY ARCHIVES.

AND IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN IN THERE, YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO GO, YOU NEED TO CALL ME AND SAY I WANNA GO SEE THE ARCHIVES.

BUT I'M PUTTING THAT ON Y'ALL.

I'M NOT SCHEDULING THAT TOUR.

SO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? YOU GOTTA CALL ME.

I'D LOVE TO DO IT, BUT I'M GONNA PUT

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IT ON Y'ALL, NOT ME.

SO, BUT YEAH.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY TO IMPROVE PARKING, THE NUMBER OF PARKING AND THE FLOW.

JUST WONDERING.

AFTER WE SAW THOSE COUPLE, THERE WAS A TREE THAT CAME DOWN I THINK.

AND THEN JUST TO SPEND, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE WAS ONE CAME DOWN, WORK OVER THERE AND BLOCKING MILTON A AT VERY INCONVENIENT TIMES.

'CAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO BACK A TRAILER IN THERE THIS MORNING.

IT WAS, IT WAS ONE THREE THAT HAD TO COME DOWN.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, PASSED ITS PRIME.

UNDERSTOOD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

OH, THAT'S A, UM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT TEMPORARY ART THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN, DO A VOTE AND LAST, I MEAN, YOU GUYS DID IT TWO YEARS AGO AND TWO YEARS AGO I REMEMBER YOU GUYS HAD ASKED FOR CITIZEN INPUTS ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP.

WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? THAT WAS PRETTY COOL THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS A COOL IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A THOUGHT OR YOU GUYS HAVE ONES THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KEEP.

IT'S OKAY.

UM, I'LL ASK HIM THIS YEAR AS WE'RE FADING OUT THE TEMPORARIES, IT'S ABOUT MONEY.

WHAT, WHICH ONE OF 'EM COST? 'CAUSE TO MAKE IT PERMANENT, YOU BASICALLY END UP HAVING TO PAY THE ARTIST.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LEEWAY.

I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO PIECES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS YEAR.

THAT ONE OF 'EM BEING BLUE SKY, THE BIG ONE THAT'S OUT ON, UH, AT THE ALPHA LOOP AT WEST SIDE.

SO I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INPUT BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES WE CAN'T AFFORD.

AND, AND IT ALSO, IT ALSO, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO SHIP THE PIECE OF ARTWORK BACK.

UM, BECAUSE THE ARTIST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIPPING THE, FOR PAYING THE SHIPPING BACK.

WE BROUGHT IT HERE.

THE ARTIST HAS TO BACK.

SO SOME OF THE PIECES, THE ARTIST WILL, IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT.

SO YEAH.

Y'ALL KEEP IT.

SO, UM, UH, SO WE'RE PROBABLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK WE'RE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN ON THAT.

NO WORRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT IT IS, IT IS ALL OF THE, UH, THE, THE AND I'LL BE GLAD THAT I, I DON'T, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I, I'D BE GLAD IF YOU WANNA COME BY AND SEE WHICH ONES WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP AND WHY AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA MOVE 'EM.

'CAUSE THEY ALL, ALL THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO, THE ONES WE'RE GONNA KEEP, ARE NOT STAYING WHERE THEY ARE EXCEPT FOR THE BIG ONE.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT WRAPS IT UP.

THANK YOU DR. ROGERS.

UM, PUBLIC COMMENT GO LINES.

UM, MR. HYPES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY.

UM, REC BOARD REPORTS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OF THE LEADS ON UPDATES TO SHARE? OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE? THE RECORD BOARD.

THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ADJOURN.