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ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO ROLL CALL THEN, GUYS.
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FIVE 30 REPUBLIC.[4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES, THE REC BOARD MINUTES FROM JULY 14TH, 2026.UM, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN THE AGENDA PACKET PRIOR TO THE MEETING FOR YOUR REVIEW.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES? OKAY.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? YES.
R NO, I, I GET THE MIC FASTER.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER RAND AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER BECK, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FROM JULY 14TH, 2026.
SEE QUATRO, EVERYONE ELSE GOT WORKING ALL SO, UM, HAND RAISED VOTE.
[a. North Atlanta Football League Presentation]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION FOR THE NORTH ATLANTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE WITH JENNY.THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS.
UM, FEEL FREE TO STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO.
I PUT TOGETHER A SLIDE DECK THAT I THINK WILL MEET WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE IT ON YOUR MONITORS? WHY WE DO THAT? I'M JENNY BENNER.
I'VE LIVED IN ALPHARETTA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
MY KIDS GO TO ALFRED ELEMENTARY.
I NOW HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AT NORTHWESTERN.
I DO THE YEARBOOK AT OUR SCHOOL.
UM, I WORK@LOCUMTENENS.COM, JACKSON HEALTHCARE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO I'VE BEEN IN ALPHARETTA AND LIKE SOLIDLY IN ALPHARETTA FOR A WHILE.
I WAS ADDED TO THE NAFL BOARD TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THINGS STARTED TO KIND OF ESCALATE AND REALIZE WE HAD MORE MILTON PEOPLE THAN ALPHARETTA.
I'VE BEEN PART OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SEVEN YEARS, SO IT WAS EASY TO STEP IN AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE THINGS.
AND SO THEY APPOINTED ME AS OUR MILTON AND ALFREDA HIGH SCHOOL LIAISON AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIAISON.
AND SO I WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MARKETING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT PROGRAMS THEIR KIDS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
UM, ALSO TALKING TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING VERSUS WHAT WE'RE OFFERING SO WE CAN KEEP UP WITH IT.
AND THEN COORDINATING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR IF THEY HAVE COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAMS THAT RUN IN OUR OFF SEASON SO WE CAN PARTNER AND USE EACH OTHER FOR MARKETING.
AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE'LL HIT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ONCE EVERYTHING'S UP.
SO AN A FL OVERVIEW, NOT SURE HOW FAMILIAR EVERYBODY IS WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
WE'RE COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOUNG ATHLETES GROW INTO WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS.
WE BELIEVE THAT FOOTBALL IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR TEACHING VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS LIKE TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
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MISSION AND VISION FROM OUR WEBSITE AND PUT IT THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT.I'M NOT GONNA MAKE YOU SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO ME READ IT.
SO OUR BOARD CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 15 MEMBERS.
DAVE KRAMER, WHO I BELIEVE YOU'VE MET BEFORE, IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
HIS YOUNGEST SON IS AGING OUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO HE'S GONNA TRANSITION OVER TO GREG POWER.
HE WENT TO OLD MILTON HIGH SCHOOL, UM, BACK IN THE NINETIES AND HE'S COMING BACK TO TAKE OVER THE PROGRAM.
UM, HE'S EXCITED TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON THAT HAVE A COUPLE YEAR PLAN THAT WE'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE.
UM, WE HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN ALPHARETTA AND SEVEN THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF MILTON CURRENTLY.
SO IT'S BEEN NICE SEEING THAT, UM, EQUALITY KIND OF COME THROUGH AND LOOKING AT IT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND A FL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO LAST YEAR WE EXPANDED OUR BOARD.
UM, WE PERSONALLY WENT THROUGH AND TRIED TO LOOK AT WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS PEOPLE WERE DISTRICTED FOR AS WELL AS WHAT CITIES THEY LIVED IN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAD EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE BOARD AS WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM CHEER, FLAG TACKLE AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHERE TO SPEND ANY MONEY OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
UM, WE EXPANDED MARKETING EFFORTS WITH ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
I WAS JUST TELLING CHRISTINE A MINUTE AGO, IT'S SO EASY NOW COMPARED TO 10 YEARS AGO WHERE YOU HAD TO PRINT OUT THE FLYERS AND HAND DELIVER 'EM AND HOPE THEY MADE IT INTO THE FOLDERS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM IN THEIR DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT SIGNS OUTSIDE ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH A QR CODE SO THEY CAN QUICKLY FIND INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM, SEE WHAT'S OFFERED, AND THEN ALSO PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES.
SO IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FLAGGED PROGRAM, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING US IN THE OFF SEASON AND VICE VERSA.
UM, WE'VE EVEN HAD SOME OF THE COACHES COME OVER AND COACH OUR COACHES ON HOW TO COACH SO WHEN THE KIDS ARE BEING TRAINED, THEY'RE READY FOR THEIR PROGRAMS LATER ON.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP EXPANDING THERE, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT CONTACTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENT VERSUS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, WHICH WAS SO MUCH WORD OF MOUTH, UM, NEW EQUIPMENT.
WE WENT THROUGH AND EVALUATED ALL THE FIELDS THAT WE USED FOR PRACTICES AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO HELP IMPROVE OUR CHEER PROGRAM, OUR FLAG PROGRAM, AND THE TACKLE PROGRAMS. UM, EVERYBODY FOUGHT TO BE AT NORTH PARK ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE GOOD EQUIPMENT WAS.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH, CLEANED OUT ALL THE SHEDS, NORTH PARK ONE NORTH PARK TWO, AND REALLY EVALUATED WHAT EQUIPMENT WAS THERE, WHAT WAS MISSING TO MAKE ALL THE FIELDS EQUAL SO IT WASN'T A FIGHT JUST TO GET ON NORTH PARK.
UM, COACHING AND TRAINING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE PARTNERED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR TRAINING, MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THE SAME TERMINOLOGY, PARTNERING THERE.
AND THEN EVEN GOING AS FAR AS SETTING SOME STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR OUR COACHES.
WE NOTICED THERE WERE SOME FIRST YEAR COACHES WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY HANDLING PARENT COMPLAINTS THE RIGHT WAY OR HEARING FEEDBACK THE RIGHT WAY.
AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION FROM SOME COACHES THAT HAD BEEN COACHING FOR A WHILE WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, THE 48 HOUR RULE AFTER A GAME, WAIT 48 HOURS BEFORE YOU TALK TO THE COACH ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS SO THAT IT COMES FROM A PLACE OF THOUGHTFULNESS AND NOT ANGER.
UM, WE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO THE COACHES TO KIND OF PROTECT THEM, THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER COACH WITH THEM.
SO THERE'S TWO PEOPLE TO HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS.
LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MADE REALLY GOOD COACHES NOT WANNA COME BACK FOR A SECOND SEASON BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT PEOPLE MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT.
AND SO, UM, THAT BEEN REALLY, REALLY WELL RECEIVED AND WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP GROWING THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT SURVEY FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UM, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS THEIR KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN AND WHAT THEY'RE HEARING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GAUGE, UM, GIRLS, WE'LL GET TO IT IN A MINUTE, BUT GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL'S A REALLY BIG PUSH RIGHT NOW AND BASED ON SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS THE GIRLS ARE PLAYING, MAYBE OUR STANDARD FOOTBALL SEASON ISN'T THE RIGHT TIMEFRAME FOR THEM.
AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STAGGER AND START A LITTLE BIT LATER AND GOES LONGER SO WE CAN GET MORE PARTICIPANTS THERE.
SO TRYING TO SURVEY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE EAGLE STICKS, GIRLS LACROSSE, GIRLS BASKETBALL, THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE CAN BE SOME RECIPROCITY THERE.
UM, MARKETING TOWARDS GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL, THAT WAS MY NEXT POINT.
UM, WE HEARD FROM THE BRASWELL THAT THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG PROGRAM FOR THEM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THEY'VE SEEN NUMBERS SKYROCKET AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME OF OUR GIRLS THAT ARE GOING OVER THERE FOR OUR GIRLS ONLY PROGRAM.
SO WE TARGETED EAGLE STICKS, UM, UPWARDS BASKETBALL, HALFTIME BASKETBALL TO FIGURE OUT THEIR GIRLS PROGRAMS, HOW WE CAN BETTER MARKET TOWARDS
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GIRLS.THIS YEAR WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S FOUR GIRL ONLY FLAG FOOTBALL TEAMS. WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS NEXT YEAR HAVE ENOUGH TO BREAK OFF WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LEAGUE AND THEY'RE NOT PLAYING ANY OF THE BOYS.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THE GIRLS WOULD PREFER.
MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA HAVE STARTED HAVING UM, VARSITY FLAG FOOTBALL.
SO IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE CAN PARTNER WITH THOSE COACHES TO START TEEING UP AND HAVE A GOOD PIPELINE COMING UP TO THE SCHOOLS TOO.
UM, WE CREATED A K ONE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
I HAVE A FIRST GRADER THIS YEAR.
WE'VE PUSHED FOR THIS FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE UM, TWO DIFFERENT K ONE TEAMS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE DISTRICTED.
WE HAD OUR FIRST JAMBOREE THIS PAST WEEKEND AND I'LL SAY THE 11 FIRST GRADERS ON OUR TEAM REALLY CAME OUT AND SHOWED AND THE COACHES DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEM.
BOBBLEHEADS HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF YOU CAN GET OUT TO THOSE GAMES.
UM, WE ALSO HAD ALL THE TACKLE FOOTBALL HELMETS, RECONDITIONED FOR 2026 TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND THE SAFE EQUIPMENT FOR THE KIDS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN HERE AND I SHOULD HAVE FOR OUR FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM, WE UPGRADED TO THE LOOP INSTEAD OF THOSE SOFT SHELLED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM HELMETS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY USED.
THEY'RE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.
THEY HAVE HIGHER SUCCESS RATES WITH PREVENTING CONCUSSIONS AND OTHER HEAD INJURIES AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS ALREADY THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE'VE WORKED ON.
UM, I HAVE SOME STATS TO SHOW.
SO FOR TACKLE FOOTBALL REGISTRATION, UM, JUST PULLED IT UP KIND OF YEAR OVER YEAR.
WE HAD A DIP IN 2024 AND THIS YEAR FOR 2026, WHERE WE HAVE 232 PLAYERS IN A LATER SLIDE.
I HAVE IT BROKEN UP BY WHAT CITY THEY LIVE IN.
UM, FLAG FOOTBALL REGISTRATION.
WE, FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO PULL, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF THE GIRLS COMING IN, UM, AND STARTING TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN TEAM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HOPING TO SPLIT IT OFF NEXT YEAR AND MAKE THEIR OWN DIVISION.
UM, SO WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW AT 341 FLAG PLAYERS.
THEIR FIRST GAME IS TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, THE 22ND.
AND TYPICALLY WE HAVE SOME MORE SIGN UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND EVEN AFTER THAT FIRST WEEK WHERE THEY SEE PICTURES ON INSTAGRAM AND THEY WANT TO JOIN THEIR FRIENDS.
SO THAT NUMBER MAY GO UP STILL.
UH, SIDELINE CHEER ALSO THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER HAD IT.
UM, WE'RE AT 161 PLAYERS SIGNED UP THIS YEAR.
WE'VE MADE BIG EFFORTS AROUND COMPETITION YEAR.
WE FOUND OUT WE WERE LOSING A LOT OF GIRLS WHO WANTED TO DO CHEERLEADING TO THE RAYS AND OTHER MORE COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. SO NOW BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS, WE OFFER, UM, TRYOUTS FOR THE COMPETITION CHEER SIDE AND DEVELOP THOSE TEAMS. WE ALSO RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR THE GRAY AND A FL UNIFORMS AND CHEER FOR BOTH MILTON, CAMBRIDGE AND ALPHARETTA.
THEY WANTED TO BE ALIGNED BY THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND WHERE THEIR SIBLINGS WERE PLAYING.
SO WE BROKE THAT OUT THIS YEAR IT'S MADE FOR SMALLER CHEER GROUPS PER TEAM, BUT HAPPIER CHEERLEADERS WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS TO SCHOOL AND REPRESENT THE SCHOOL THEY'RE DISTRICTED FOR.
SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY POSITIVE.
UM, 2026 TACKLE FOOTBALL REGISTRATION.
UM, THIS SHOWS THE BREAKOUT THAT LIGHT BLUE IS ALPHARETTA.
I THINK MY EYES ARE GETTING REALLY BAD AND I CAN'T SEE IT.
UM, SORRY, THE LIGHT BLUE IS MILTON AND THE UM, LIGHTER GREEN IS ALPHARETTA.
WE'RE ALMOST EVENLY SPLIT WHERE THAT LITTLE SLIVER IN THE MIDDLE IS COMING FROM.
THERE'S A COUPLE KIDS FROM CANTON, SOME FROM HOLLY SPRINGS.
UM, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS COMING FROM EAST ATLANTA SOMEWHERE.
UM, JUST INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE MORE OF AN EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN ALFREDA AND MELTON THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
FLAG FOOTBALL IS OUR NEXT SLIDE.
ALSO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THE MILTON SIDE, UM, BUT ALMOST PRETTY EQUALLY MATCHED.
WE HAVE 132 PLAYERS SIGNED UP FROM THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA.
AND THEN LASTLY, SIDELINE CHEER.
UM, ALPHARETTA IS REPRESENTING VERY STRONGLY THERE.
WE HAVE 92 CHEERLEADERS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA.
UM, NEXT I DID AN APPENDIX WITH SOME OF OUR SURVEY RESULTS, BUT I REALLY WANNA OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND WHAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS.
SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, NORTH PARK ONE AND NORTH PARK TWO.
DO WE NOT PLAY, DO YOU NOT PLAY AT ALL AT BELL MEMORIAL? I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THEY DO, WE DO HAVE PRACTICES OVER THERE AS WELL.
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AND THEY, THEY DO FLAG GAMES AS THERE AS WELL? YES MA'AM.SO THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO AN EQUIPMENT ROOM THAT YOU HAD TO CLEAN OUT OR IT WASN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE AN EQUIPMENT ROOM.
SO THE EQUIPMENT THERE IS SPLIT BETWEEN STUFF THAT NAFL OWNS AND STUFF THAT A SINGLE COACH OWNS.
UM, HE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR IN 2025 BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED AND CLEANED IT OUT AND KIND OF INSPIRED US FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THE OTHER TWO EQUIPMENT ROOMS. AH, SO THAT WASN'T AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR LAST YEAR, BUT IT UM, INSPIRED THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT HAPPENED IN NORTH PARK FOR THE OTHER TWO.
AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR BUT I SAW IN THE PAPER LAST, LAST MM FALL, I THINK THAT THE, THEY'RE GIRLS ARE PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
WHEN IS THEIR SEASON THE HIGH? DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON IS? THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED PRACTICING.
I SAW AT MILTON JUST YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ON THE FIELD PRACTICING.
IT TYPICALLY RUNS SIMILAR TO OURS WHERE IT STARTS IN AUGUST.
THEY HAVE GAMES STARTING IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN GOES THROUGH DECEMBER.
I THINK LAST YEAR WITH MILTON HIGH SCHOOL THEY DID MAKE IT TO SOME PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP THAT MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH JANUARY.
BUT VERY SIMILAR TO OUR FOOTBALL SEASON.
UH, I WONDER, I WAS CURIOUS, UM, I'M PERCY.
I WAS IN THE NAFL UM, JUNE 2ND, UH, MEETING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE VIRTUALLY, SO OH, NICE.
UM, OH YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT BIG, BIG, BIG FAN OF UH, OF THE WHOLE FOOTBALL THING.
BUT AT WHAT POINT DO YOU RUN OUT OF FIELD SPACE? WHAT IS YOUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY? ARE YOU THERE ALREADY OR WILL YOU NEED SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE MAXED OUT.
I WAS UP THERE FRIDAY AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET A PRACTICE IN ON FRIDAY BEFORE THEY GO INTO GAMES OR SCRIMMAGES ON SATURDAY.
AND I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD SIX TEAMS ON NORTH PARK.
ONE, A MIXTURE OF FLAG AND TACKLE EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET THEIR PRACTICE IN.
UM, IT ENDED UP THAT FLAG HAD STAYED LATE AND TACKLE HAD COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND SO IT WAS THE PERFECT STORM.
BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB BALANCING WHAT THE SCHEDULE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE STARTING EARLIER.
UM, AND SOME OF OUR COACHES HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO START AS EARLY AS FOUR AND SOME OF THEM HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO GO AS LATE AS EIGHT 30 NINE-ISH WHILE THE SUN'S STILL OUT.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD BALANCE THERE.
BUT I DEFINITELY, AS WE START TO BREAK OFF GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL, SCHEDULING'S GONNA GET INTERESTING AND UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
BUT I, I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP EXPANDING CALMING DEMEANOR BY THE WAY.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL CAN TELL HOW NERVOUS I AM, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
IF I CAN HELP YOU, LET ME KNOW.
NUMBER ONE IS, UM, THE K THROUGH ONE YOU MENTIONED THE BOBBLEHEADS.
HOW DO YOU GET A VIDEO OF THAT? 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE IT
UM, I DO WANNA ASK YOU ABOUT THE 15 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
CAN YOU SHARE A BIT MORE COLOR AS TO WHAT THEY DO? THAT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST GROUP WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SO FAR.
YEAH, IT IS A VERY LARGE GROUP.
WE'RE ALSO BASICALLY MANAGING THREE DIFFERENT SPORTS TEAMS AS WELL.
UM, REALLY FOUR IF YOU, HOWEVER YOU BREAK IT APART, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT NEED ATTENTION AND FOCUS.
AND SO WITH GREG POWER COMING IN NEXT YEAR, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HAVING A LEAD FOR CHEER THAT IS HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFIC AS WE START TO BREAK THAT OUT FOR FLAG, SOMEBODY WHO'S FOCUSED ON K THROUGH FIVE AND THEN MAYBE SOMEONE WHO DOES MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN SOMEONE WHO DOES GIRLS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE MORE SPLIT BY OUR FUNCTIONS.
SO MARKETING, UM, TRYING TO GET SPONSORSHIPS, EQUIPMENT SET UP.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES GOING ON.
AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE 'CAUSE WE'VE ALL FALLEN INTO WHAT OUR STRENGTHS ARE AND MINE IS VERY PROCESS FOCUSED.
AND SO GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INTERACT MORE WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS RIGHT IN MY WHEELHOUSE.
SETTING UP SO WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOLS REQUIRE WHEN WE USE THEIR FIELD SPACE FOR GAMES HAS BEEN VERY MUCH IN MY WHEELHOUSE.
AND SO JUST KIND OF LISTENING TO WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AND WE KEEP MOVING.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE WE COVER SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THE KIDS COULD PLAY OR PRACTICE, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BOARD MEN MEMBER PRESENT AT ALL LOCATIONS HAS BEEN REALLY
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BENEFICIAL AS WELL IN CASE SOMETHING WERE TO COME UP OR A QUESTION OR SOMEONE NEEDS ACCESS TO SOMETHING.ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONCE, TWICE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SHARE? OH, MORGAN.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A TIME, UH, UH, A MOMENT, UH, PUBLICLY TO THANK THE A FL BOARD.
UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD, WE WERE HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MANY ALPHARETTA RESIDENTS WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD LOOKING AT WHAT WE WERE HEARING OR SAYING RATHER THAN SAYING, WE WEREN'T SAYING THERE WERE TOO MANY MILTON KIDS PLAYING, THERE JUST WEREN'T ENOUGH ALPHARETTA KIDS PLAYING.
AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD LEANING INTO THAT STATEMENT AND MAKING THE MARKETING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD.
WE WANT 'EM TO GET BETTER TOWARD ALPHARETTA, BUT THEY LOOK REAL GOOD.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING WHAT THE CONCERNS WERE AND REACTING THOSE CONCERNS AND MAKING IT A GREAT PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH JENNY.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN AND TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM.
[i. Community Agriculture and Sustainability Division Monthly Report - AUGUST 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.]
UH, QUICK UPDATE FROM COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION.
UM, I KNOW THE LAST TWO MEETINGS I'VE, UM, SHARED WITH YOU, UM, DETAILS ABOUT OUR NEW PROGRAM CALLED HOMEGROWN HARVEST.
AND SO THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE LAST TIME THAT I TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I DID WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT, UH, WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF LAUNCHING THAT PROGRAM, WE NOW HAVE 26 HOUSEHOLDS THAT, UM, HAVE SIGNED UP TO GROW IN THEIR BACKYARDS, UH, FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I WAS HOPING FOR 10, LIKE THE MOON GOAL WAS 20 AND WE'RE AT 26.
AND UH, NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CITIES IS REALLY, REALLY, UH, EXCITED AS WELL.
WE DID OUR ORIENTATION ON THE FIFTH.
UM, ALL THE SEEDS ARE IN TRAYS, SEEDLINGS ARE GOING GREAT, UH, FOR THAT PROGRAM AND FOR ALL THE OTHERS.
AND SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE, UM, SEEDLINGS DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE 26 HOUSEHOLDS BY MID-SEPTEMBER.
AND DELIVERIES SHOULD BE BEING MADE TO THE FOOD PANTRY BY THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
UH, OUR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, WE WERE REALLY KEEPING IT TIGHTLIPPED ABOUT A GRANT THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT GET THAT.
WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIND OTHER WAYS, OTHER CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN STILL, UM, RENOVATE THAT HOUSE INTO A COMMUNITY EDUCATION, UH, FACILITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE CITY.
SO, LITTLE BIT OF SAD NEWS, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
WE'VE BEEN MAKING LEMONADE FOR A WHILE.
OUR STUDENTS STARTED THIS WEEK.
UM, THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH HOW WE'RE MANAGING THE AG BUSINESS STUDENTS FROM CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE DO STILL HAVE A SMALL COHORT OF FOUR STUDENTS.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THEM, WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF THE ANIMAL SCIENCE STUDENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE A SENIOR AT CAMBRIDGE, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE AGRICULTURE TRACK, BY THE TIME YOU'RE A SENIOR, YOU EITHER CHOOSE TO GO AG BUSINESS ROUTE OR VET SCIENCE ROUTE.
SO EITHER YOU WANNA GO INTO THE BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE IN COLLEGE OR YOU WANNA BECOME A VETERINARIAN.
AND WE'VE REALLY ONLY HOSTED THE AG BUSINESS STUDENTS, UM, AT OLD RUCKER FARM.
AND SO STARTING THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE ANIMAL SCIENCE STUDENTS ON SITE AS WELL.
THEY'LL ONLY BE THERE TWO DAYS A WEEK, BUT THEY ARE, UM, OFFICIAL WORK-BASED LEARNING STUDENTS AND THEY WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE ANIMALS IN A MUCH BETTER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY THAN WE HAVE.
SO TODAY, ALL OF THE BUNNIES GOT, NOT ALL OF THE BUNNIES.
THERE ARE TWO, THE TWO BUNNIES GOT THEIR NAILS CLIPPED, GOT THEIR HAIR BRUSHED OUT, ALL OF THE MATS WERE REMOVED, UM, FROM THEIR FUR.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION TO STUDENTS' EDUCATION AS WELL AS TO THE ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM.
UM, GNPS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME PARTNER OF THE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE, THEY WERE THERE IN THE BEGINNING.
IN FACT, AS YOU KNOW, THE POLLINATOR GARDEN WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WAS BUILT BY GNPS VOLUNTEERS LED BY RICH LEBOWITZ AND KAY LEITZ.
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UM, AND, UH, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN KIND OF ON AND OFF WITH VOLUNTEER DAYS AND GROUPS CARING FOR THAT POLLINATOR GARDEN.WELL, UM, WITH SOME KIND OF CHANGES, UH, WITH WITHIN LEADERSHIP AT GNPS, THEY'RE NOW GOING TO DOING ONCE A MONTH OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST TO GNPS MEMBERS, BUT OPEN TO ANYONE VOLUNTEER DAYS IN THE POLLINATOR GARDEN SPECIFICALLY.
AND THIS DOES TWO REALLY GREAT THINGS FOR THE PROGRAM.
ONE, IT MAINTAINS ON IRREGULAR BASIS THE BEAUTIFUL POLLINATOR GARDEN THAT WAS BUILT, UM, ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO.
AND SECOND, IT OFFERS A MONTHLY WEEKEND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY ONLY OFFERING 12 OF THOSE ANNUALLY, ONE SATURDAY A MONTH, BUT NOW WE HAVE, UH, ONE SUNDAY A MONTH AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WANNA DO IT TOGETHER DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS SOME PASSIVE INCOME SUCCESS THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH IN THE DIVISION.
I MEANT TO BRING AN ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL ITEM.
UM, WE'VE DONE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SOIL CUBED WHO WE, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEIR VEGGIE BLEND AND THEIR, UM, COMPOST BLEND.
AND SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WE HAVE A CODE EVERY YEAR THAT'S LIKE OLD RUCKER FARM 2026 OR OLD RUCKER FARM 2025.
AND FROM THAT WE RECEIVE $15 FROM EVERY $200 CUBIC YARD THAT'S DELIVERED TO ANYONE'S HOME.
THEY JUST HAVE TO USE THE CODE.
SINCE 2026 STARTED, UM, WE HAVE EARNED THROUGH THAT OVER $5,000 IN PASSIVE INCOME, WHICH HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, REALLY WONDERFUL.
WE JUST HAVE TO SHARE THE LINK.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE TRIED THAT WE'RE TRYING RIGHT NOW, UM, IS PRINT ON DEMAND.
SO WE'VE TOYED AROUND WITH THE IDEA.
IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME T-SHIRTS THAT WE'VE PRINTED AND PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED THE T-SHIRTS, BUT WE END UP HOLDING A LOT OF INVENTORY.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING THIS PRINT ON DEMAND THROUGH PRINTFUL, UH, THROUGH OUR SQUARE SITE OR OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT THE ITEM DOESN'T GET PRINTED UNTIL IT'S ORDERED.
SO WE RECOUP A LOT LESS REVENUE, BUT WE HOLD ZERO INVENTORY SO THERE'S NO LOSS.
SO WHAT WE STARTED WITH, AND I'LL SHOW YOU GUYS, THIS PICTURE IS A CUTE TUMBLR AND UM, THAT, UM, CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
ARE, DO THEY OFFER A VET TECH CER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THERE? OR IS IT REALLY ONLY IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A VETERINARIAN? BECAUSE THESE DAYS IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A MORE UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS, UH, FINANCIALLY OR WHATEVER SITUATED TO GO TO COLLEGE.
BUT A VET TECH WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD JUST GRADUATE WITH THAT, BUT YES.
AND THEY CURRENTLY DON'T OFFER THAT CERTIFICATION FROM THE SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO.
MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT UM, THIS IS JUST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL COURSEWORK AND THE CTAE TRACK THAT THEY'RE ON UHHUH
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THESE CHOICES.
AND SINCE YOU DIDN'T GET THE GRANT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT A BATHROOM? WORKING ON IT? ALRIGHT, ARE WE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
WHERE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE PLAN B AND WE HAVE A PLAN C.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE NEWS THAN THAT TO SHARE.
BUT WORKING ON PROGRAM QUESTION, THE YOU PICK, UH, AND BOUQUET MAKING CLASS COMING
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UP.WILL THERE, IS THIS RAIN OR SHINE? TELL TELL ME MORE.
SO, UH, IT WILL NOT BE, I MEAN IF IT'S A SLIGHT DRIZZLE, WE STILL HOLD OUR CLASSES, BUT IF WE HAVE LIGHTNING, WE'LL HAVE TO POSTPONE AND RESCHEDULE.
ANYONE ELSE? YOU OH, THANK YOU AMANDA.
[ii. Cultural Services Division Monthly Report - AUGUST 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Cultural Services Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]
HOW ARE YOU? EVENING, UM, LET'S GET STARTED.
I THINK YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE NEW ARTS AND CULTURE GUIDE FOLLOW WINTER.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR PROGRAM, OUR ARTS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ZEAL ALONG WITH UH, HER SUPERVISOR MEGAN.
THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE AT THE ART CENTER.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS, UM, WE DO A LOT OF SCHOOL BREAKS.
WE PAY ATTENTION TO SCHOOL BREAKS, CAMPS.
IF, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO GET OUT AND TAKE A CLASS, THE SPOTLIGHT, SOMETHING KIND OF FUN.
WE'VE HAD SOME DIRECTIONAL SITUATIONS.
WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, PEOPLE KIND OF DRIVE UP.
THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE BY THE FOOD COURT, WE'RE INSIDE.
AND THEN YOU GO THE OUTSIDE SAYS A FOOD COURT.
BUT THAT'S THE OLD ENTRANCE TO, THERE'S TWO FOOD COURT ENTRANCES AND MOST PEOPLE IF YOU'RE FROM HERE, ASSOCIATE THAT ENTRANCE WITH THE CAROUSEL.
AND YOU KIND OF GO UP THAT WAY.
THE MALL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATES THAT WITH THE ENTRANCE THAT'S OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THAT YOU ENTER ENTRY LEVEL TO THE FOOD COURT.
SO THEY, THE MALL GAVE US, UM, THEY PAID FOR ALL THE SIGNS WE ASKED AND THEY SAID YES.
EVERY SINGLE, THE TOP LEFT CORNER HERE SAYS THE SPOTLIGHT.
THESE ARE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE MALL.
WE'RE ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
THEN WE ASK TO HAVE, UM, BANNERS ON THE POST.
SO YOU'LL KIND OF DRIVE UP AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN YOU GET TO THE FRONT ENTRY WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT SAYS FOOD COURT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER BANNER AND THEN YOU GO INSIDE AND IF YOU COME UP ENTERING FOR THE CAROUSEL WHERE YOU THINK THE FOOD COURT AREA IS, THERE'S ACTUALLY THE SPOTLIGHT IS THERE WITH AN ARROW ARROW POINTING UP.
SO IT'S REALLY HELPFUL 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE PARKING AT A SEPARATE ENTRANCE STAYING THERE UNTIL LIKE NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK.
THEY WERE WONDERFUL WITH IT AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A NEW OUTDOOR GALLERY THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
AND THIS IS AN ARTS ALPHA ATTA PROJECT.
THEY ARE FULLY FUNDING IT, THEY'RE ORGANIZING IT.
THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT JUST LOGISTICALLY FROM THE CITY, BUT NOTHING FINANCIALLY AT ALL.
WE'RE JUST HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THE PROCESS TO GET IT APPROVED THROUGH MAYOR COUNCIL.
THIS WILL START GOING UP PROBABLY IN ABOUT A MONTH.
THESE WILL START BEING DISPLAYED, BUT IT'S ON KIM BRIDGE ROAD.
AND THIS IS A, THEY MIMICKED A PROGRAM IN MIDTOWN WHERE ARTISTS, THEY TAKE A BANNER POLL AND IT'S TO MAKE LIKE A OUTDOOR WALKING GALLERY.
SO SHE GET PEOPLE OUT AND WALKING AND BE OUTSIDE AND ENJOY ART.
HAS ALL OF THE ARTISTS BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS ALREADY OR DO STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS GALLERY? OR WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE LIKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? THIS PARTICULAR SHOW HAS BEEN SELECTED, BUT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS AS A YEARLY GALLERY, BUT THIS IS OUR BETA TEST.
WE'RE GONNA TEST IT OUT FOR THREE MONTHS.
'CAUSE I KNOW OUR STUDENTS AT SCHOOL LOVED PARTICIPATING ON THE GREENWAY WHEN THEY PAINTED, BUT THEY CAN APPLY.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REQUEST WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOL, UH, COME TO CITY HALL AND THE MAYOR'S IN HERE AND HE'LL KIND OF TALK FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'LL BREAK UP THE GROUPS AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO THE MUSEUM.
WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS TO HAVE DOCENT TOURS.
OUR DOCENT TOURS ARE DONE BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED FOR THE LITTLES, MEANING YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE, THEY WEREN'T REALLY IN TUNE TO LISTENING AS MUCH.
WE NEEDED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERACTIVE.
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A JUNIOR, AN ALPHA ALFREDA, JUNIOR HISTORIANS ADVENTURE GUIDE.SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE SEND THIS OUT TO THE TEACHERS WHEN THEY REQUEST A TOUR OF CITY HALL.
SOME WILL MEET IN HERE WITH THE MAYOR, SOME WILL GO OVER TO THE MUSEUM AND THEY, THE TEACHERS CAN DO LIKE A LITTLE SELF-GUIDED TOUR.
AND WE DECIDED TO DO A PUBLIC ART DUPLICATE ONE.
SO IF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, THE KIDS DO, THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ART JUST IMMEDIATELY AROUND OUTSIDE CITY HALL.
WE ARE VERY BUSY WITH PUZZLE AND DISCORD.
THIS IS OUR BI-YEARLY OUTDOOR ON LOAN AGREEMENT COMING UP.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY INSTALLING.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE, THESE ARE OUR NEW SCULPTURES THAT WILL BE COMING UP AND THEIR LOCATIONS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
AND I'M GONNA FLIP REAL QUICK AND SHOW YOU.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO KEEP THESE FOUR AND ADDING IT TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.
TWO OF THESE WILL STAY IN THE SAME LOCATION.
THE TWO ON THE RIGHT MANIFEST ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WILL STAY WHERE IT IS AS YOU ENTER DOWNTOWN ON THE RIGHT.
AND UH, BIG SKY WILL STAY ALONG WEST SIDE PARKWAY KIND OF MARKING.
IT KIND OF CONNECTS THE ALPHA LOOP THERE WHERE THE BRIDGE IS AND OR THE TUNNEL, EXCUSE ME, NOT BRIDGE.
AND THEN THE TANGENT CIRCLES, THE RED SCULPTURE AND THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, THE TOP CONT UM, CURRENT SEQUENCE, THOSE TWO WILL BE MOVED.
UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAD ASKED ME TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, ON TANGENT CIRCLES AND MANIFEST.
THOSE WILL BE PURCHASED UH, BY THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD A LEASE PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE 6,000 INVESTED INTO EACH SCULPTURE.
SO THE ARTIST HAS A CELL PRICE, WE MINUS THAT.
ALPHARETTA DOES MAKE A COMMISSION ON SOME OF THE CELLS BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR FREE FOR THE WHOLE TWO YEAR PERIOD TO INSTALL THE SCULPTURES.
THE OTHER TWO SCULPTURES, UH, CONTINUUM, THE SMALL ONE IN THE MIDDLE, EXCUSE ME, NOT CONTINUING CURRENT SEQUENCE THAT WILL GO TO THE MAXWELL.
THE MAXWELL HAS A, UH, CONDITION AS A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE A SCULPTURE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THOSE CONDITIONS ARE GIVEN BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THEY HAVE THAT NEW ACCESS.
UM, THE ALPHA LOOP GOING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF HIM HAS CONNECTED.
AND SO IT MEETS ONE OF OUR CONDITIONS TO HAVE ART ALONG THE ALPHA LOOP.
SO THAT SCULPTURE, THE MAXWELL IS UH, PAYING 15,000.
IT'S A VERBAL, WE DON'T HAVE THE CHECK YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES AND THE CITY WILL PAY A PORTION OF THAT AS WELL.
AND UM, THE TANGENT CIRCLE, UH, SCULPTURE HERE IS, IT'S A DEAL.
WE'RE GONNA PAY 6,000 FOR THE WHOLE SCULPTURE AND THAT'S GONNA BE MOVED OVER BY THE ALPHA LOOP, UH, BEHIND NORTH WINDS.
AND THAT IS KIND OF NEAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A WAY FINDING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE PULLED BACK THERE FOR LIGHTS ON THE LOOP.
YOU KIND OF COME UP AND YOU GO, YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THAT HILL AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHERE'S THAT? NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS RED SCULPTURE AND IT'S GONNA MARK EXACTLY WHERE YOU STEP ONTO THE ALPHA LOOP.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, THESE ARE, WE ARE CREATING A, IF YOU'VE KIND OF SEEN OUR CROSSWALKS AROUND TOWN, WE ARE CREATING A STAMPED CROSSWALK.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY A CROSSWALK, IT'S MORE LIKE A CONNECTION WHERE THE SPINE IS THROUGH THE WILLS PARK.
WE WANT TO SHOW SOME AREAS WHERE THE PATHWAYS DON'T DIRECTLY CONNECT.
LIKE YOU COME UP TO AN INTERSECTION ALMOST AND YOU'RE LIKE, HOW DO YOU CONTINUE ON JUST THE SPINE TO GO TO ONE END, TO THE OTHER END OF THE PARK? SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH AN ARTIST THAT IS DEVELOPING A STANDARD KIND OF LIKE CROSSWALK FOR OUR PARKS.
WE'LL HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW UNLESS MORGAN INITIATES ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW WE'LL HAVE TWO.
ONE WHERE THE BASEBALL FIELD IS RIGHT.
UM, HOW DO I DESCRIBE THAT? THAT BASEBALL FIELD MORGAN, WHERE THAT CONNECTION'S GOING.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE UPPER FIELDS I'M NOT USED TO.
SO WE'LL HAVE ONE THERE CONNECTING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE CONNECTING WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE KIND OF ON THE LEGION END.
YOU KIND OF HAVE THE SPINE KIND OF COMES THROUGH THERE AND WE'LL CONNECT THROUGH THE TENNIS COURTS.
SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT PROCESS NOW.
I MEANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE INTENDED FOR THAT.
WE'VE ASKED THE ARTIST IF WE COULD STAMP AND USE HER DESIGN AND SHE HAS SAYS, SHE SAID YES, WE THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT MATCHES THE BLUE ON THE BLUE SIGNS IN THE PARK.
IT'S LEAVES AND IT MATCHES KIND OF LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE A PARK AND IT'S GOT GREEN.
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SO WE THOUGHT THAT KIND OF CHECKED A LOT OF BOXES.UH, THIS IS THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND WE'RE WORKING ON UPDATING AND REPAIRING.
IF WALKED BY, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE DONE TO SOME WRIST AND SOME ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
WE'LL BE REPAIRING THOSE AS WELL.
THESE UPDATES ARE ACTUALLY FOR FACES.
WE ARE ADDING, I DIDN'T WANNA REVEAL A PICTURE YET, BUT WE'RE ADDING A DOG.
SO, AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEE THE AERIAL HERE.
ONE THING I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE ALREADY SHARED BUT I'LL, I'LL SHARE AGAIN, IS THE TREE ROOTS, WHERE THE SCULPTURES ARE NOT ATTACHED IS DIRECTLY WHERE A TREE ROOT COMES OUT.
SO THERE'S, THE SCULPTURES ARE NOT BEING MOVED AT ALL.
THEY ARE STAYING IN THE GROUND.
THEY'RE ONLY, WE'RE ONLY REPLACING FROM NECK UP AND AND UPDATING THE ONES THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED OR REPAIRED.
SO THIS IS AT WOODBRIDGE PARK.
WE HAVE A TUNNEL THAT, UH, NATE, THE SUPERVISOR HAS WANTED, HE'S WANTED IT PAINTED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE NATIONAL RESOURCE COMMISSION THAT THEY WANTED.
THEY JUST CALLED RANDOMLY AND SAID WE'D LIKE TO PAINT THIS TUNNEL.
AND I SAID, WELL THAT'S GREAT WE HAVE, SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE WORKING WITH THE ARTIST AND THEY HAVE SELECTED AN ARTIST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE.
THEY HAVE APPROVED IT IN THEIR MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
WE'LL BE TAKING THIS THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION PROCESS.
THE MURAL IS VERY NATURE BASED.
SO YOU COULD GO IN THERE, YOU COULD SAY, HOW MANY LADY BUGS DO YOU SEE? UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WORDS IN THERE LIKE, STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, IT'S UM, IT'S JUST VERY, IT'S VERY VIBRANT.
IT FEELS INVITING AND WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL GET PASSED AND WE CAN PAINT IT BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
OUR PAINTING WINDOWS FOR MURALS ARE IN SPRING AND FALL.
SUMMER'S A LITTLE HOT AND THE WINTER'S TOO COLD.
AND THIS, I'M JUST ENDING ON A FUN THING.
THIS UM, WE HAVE A NEW KILN AT THE CERAMICS AND IT'S A LARGE KILN.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE PIECES, THEY DON'T ALWAYS FIT IN A ROUND KILN.
AND THIS WAS DELIVERED AT THREE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, RIGHT WHEN A BIG STORM WAS COMING UP.
WE HAD, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SEPARATE PIECES, IT WAS NOT.
THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD GET IT.
SO THEY WERE DOWN HERE ON THE LEFT PICTURE LIKE SEPARATING IT LIKE IT WAS A BOMB.
LIKE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH 'CAUSE THEY HAD ALL THE WIRES CONNECTED.
SENT A COUPLE GUYS OVER AND WE GOT IT IN THERE BEFORE IT RAINED.
WE HAD ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND GOT IT DONE.
SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS FUN TO MENTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? SO I HEARD THE UH, AND I JUST WAS LOOKING FOR THAT YOU'RE GONNA START OFFERING CLASSES AT NIGHT AT THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER.
WE ARE TRYING, OUR CERAMICS PROGRAM IS GROWING UHHUH
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA OFFER A CLASS OVER AT THAT.
SOME OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE GONNA GO OVER THERE.
WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR THAT'LL GO OVER.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GET A BIT OF TRIAL RUN AND SEE AND WE'RE GONNA JUST PARTNER AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
[iii. Recreation Services Division Monthly Report - AUGUST 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Recreation Services Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department. ]
SO IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE OUR UPSIDE DOWN, BRAND NEW, UH, CONNECT THAT'LL TAKE YOU FROM AUGUST UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S FULL OF ALL THE FUN STUFF SOME OF YOUR FAMILIES ALREADY PARTICIPATE IN, UM, AND SOME STUFF THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA DO YOURSELF.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO
UM, THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER, THE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HAS STARTED, UM, OFFICIALLY STARTED ON MONDAY.
SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE FACILITY IS CLOSED, PICKLE BALL'S CLOSED AND THE RESTROOMS ARE CLOSED JUST FOR SAFETY 'CAUSE THERE'S NO TRUE
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ACCESS TO THE AREA WHILE THERE'S MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THE LINE.DANCE SHOWCASE WAS DONE ON JULY 31ST AT THE SPOTLIGHT STAGE AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
UM, IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH THESE YOUNG LADIES COME OUT AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES COME TO CHEER ON THEIR GIGI'S AND THEIR MEMAW AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN.
UM, THEY HAD PROBABLY ABOUT 70 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND PLUS ALL THE MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED.
SO GREAT TURNOUT AND THE SPOTLIGHT STAGE STAFF WAS AMAZING.
I PARTNERED WITH THEM FOR THAT ACTIVITY.
UM, TODAY OPENED OUR ADULT ART SHOW RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY.
SO PLEASE TAKE TIME TO COME BACK OR EVEN GO OVER THEIR NIGHT AND SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL ART THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS ENTERED INTO THE SHOW.
UM, IT IS FULL OF AMAZING PIECES AND SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN FOR SALE.
SO, AND WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE HOSTING THE SENIOR TALENT SHOW FOR GRPA ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
ATHLETICS, AS YOU HEARD, WE'RE IN FULL SWING.
WE HAVE PRACTICES THAT GOING ON AT ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS AND GAMES GEARING UP.
UM, SHORTLY, UH, THE POOL FINISHED A SUCCESSFUL POOL SEASON.
UM, WE'RE ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND THE POWER HOUR AT TOWN GREEN WILL START BACK UP IN SEPTEMBER AND GO THROUGH OCTOBER.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER SERVED OVER 2,743 KIDS THIS SUMMER.
IN CAMPS ALONE WE HAD 669 IN RECREATIONAL SUMMER PROGRAMS. SO BASICALLY THINK THAT JUNE JULY PERIOD WHEN A LOT OF US ARE TRAVELING, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO SERVE ALMOST 700 KIDS IN A AFTERNOON REC TYPE PROGRAM.
UH, NIGEL JOHNSTON JOINED OUR STAFF AS OUR NEW PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
HE WAS OUR DIRECTOR FOR, I'M GONNA MESS IT UP.
ONE OF THE SUMMER CAMPS WE HAD, WE BASICALLY POACHED HIM FROM TEACH IN, MADE HIM COME TO THE FUN SIDE OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, AND HE HAS A NEW PROGRAM STARTED NEXT MONTH THAT I THINK ALMOST ALREADY SOLD OUT WITH TEACHING KIDS HOW TO PLAY POKEMON BATTLES.
SO IT'S PRETTY POPULAR WHERE THEY USE THE POKEMON CARD.
SO HE'S LIKE A PROFESSIONAL POKEMON PLAYER HIMSELF.
SO, UM, WE'RE ROLLING THAT PROGRAM OUT, UM, NEXT MONTH.
SO, AND HE HAS A FULL BOARD OF IDEAS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY FALL SEASONS OFFICIALLY, WE'LL START IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS RIGHT AFTER UM, LABOR DAY, UM, WITH GYMNASTICS, DANCE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AND WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK OUR TAUGHT TIME PROGRAM MUSIC AND MOVEMENT WOLF PARK EXPLORING CRATE, WHICH IS AN OUTDOOR ELEMENT WHERE THE KIDS COME FOR FREE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY.
THEY'LL DO A PROJECT IN THE PARK, UM, COMPLETELY FREE.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE BRING IN BACK OUR EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS, WHICH IS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.
AND WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE A SPARKS PROGRAM THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A BUSINESS ACADEMY.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME CLASSES AND CAMPS WITH THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN WILLS PARK CAMP, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE OFFERING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR TEACHER BREAKS AND DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS, A DAILY CHILL ELEMENT.
SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME WILLS PARK CAMP IN OCTOBER THAT YOU DID THIS SUMMER WHERE YOU NEED THAT LITTLE CARE FROM SE UH, SEVEN 30 UNTIL UH, FIVE.
SO WE'LL BE OFFERING THOSE SERVICES TO OUR PARTICIPANTS.
AND THEN BASH ROLLS BACK IN ON OCTOBER 17TH FROM THREE TO SEVEN AT THE GROWTH LINDSAY AND HER TEAM WITH SPECIAL EVENTS THEY HAVE ARE BUSY WORKING ON WATER AND WOOD.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS COME OUT FOR THAT EVENT.
SCARECROW HARVESTS UM, OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF ON AUGUST 21ST WITH REGISTRATIONS FOR EVERYBODY AND THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND MOONLIGHT MARKET HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
THE ONE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 24TH GOT RAINED OUT BUT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16TH.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH REC SURFACES.
AND A QUICK ONE PAGE NUTSHELL 'CAUSE WE ARE SUPER BUSY RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE IT'S FALL.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT LOOKING INSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, I SAW THAT THERE'S, THEY'RE DOING NEW CONCRETE PADS FOR THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
DID THEY REDESIGN IT OR ARE THEY JUST GOING WHERE THEY ARE? THEY'RE, WE WENT THROUGH A RE RELAY OUT EVERYTHING TO MAKE EVERYTHING MORE ACCESSIBLE AND A BETTER FLOW FOR IT.
SO YES, THERE'S BEEN LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF REDESIGN THAT OUR PICKLE OR NOT PICKLEBALL DISC GOLF COMMUNITY GOT BEHIND AND APPROVED AND FELL IN LOVE WITH.
SO, SO HOW MANY HOLES DO WE HAVE NOW? DO WE STILL HAVE, DO YOU KNOW? UH, 18, 18 HOLES.
THEY STILL HAVE 18 AND THEY'RE
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NOT GOING OVER TOWARDS THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER ANY, LIKE THEY USED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION.YEAH, IT'S TOTALLY NOT MORGAN TO THE FLOOR PLEASE.
IT'S, YEAH, THEY'VE RELOCATED THEM AND SO, SO THEY'RE STILL 18 HOLES.
THE OVERALL COURSE IS SHORTER.
UH, BUT WE HAD TO TAKE OUT THE DISC, THE ONES THAT'S NEAR THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER.
AND THEN WE HAD THREE ALONG THE CREEK THAT HAD TO COME OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE CREEK.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT THAT CLOSE THERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT 25 FOOT UNDISTURBED BUFFER.
SO THREE OF TWO OF THEM CAME OUT BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER.
THREE OF THEM CAME OUT, HAD TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF THE, THERE WERE TWO TWISTED CREEK.
SO WE MOVED THEM BACK BEHIND THE, THE PARTS MAINTENANCE SHOP IN THE WOODS THERE.
WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T TAKE DOWN ANY TREES.
WE JUST PUT, WE SHOEHORNED THOSE NEW HOLES BACK THERE.
SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF 18 HOLES.
IT'S A MUCH BETTER FLOW AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE NEW PAD AS WELL AS NEW SIGNAGE THAT'S GONNA HAVE, YOU CAN, UH, SCAN EVERY HOLE.
IT'LL GIVE YOU A FLY OVER WHAT THAT HOLE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE OBSTACLES ARE.
UM, AND UH, WE'LL GET ANY NEW BASKETS AS WELL.
SO IT'S A REFURBISH OF THE DISC OFF.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE AND THE DISC GOLF GUYS WERE SATISFIED? THEY WERE SATISFIED.
WE HAD, WE HAD A, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BETTER PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE IN THIS ROOM.
THIS ROOM WAS PACKED WITH DISC GOLFERS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF 'EM THAT WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT WERE SHORTENING.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GLAD THAT THEY WERE SHORTENED SHORTENING SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE NOT AS GOOD, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY REALIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I THINK EVERYBODY WALKED AWAY HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS COMING.
LINDSAY, I SEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO SOME BUSINESS ACADEMY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER? YES.
IS THERE A CLASSROOM THERE? LIKE HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? I'M CURIOUS.
SO WE ARE GONNA, MOST LIKELY, I THINK SPARKS IS SCHEDULED TO BE AT, UM, THE REC CENTER, SO DOWN IN THEIR COMMUNITY CRAFT ROOM.
SO JENNY HYATT'S, UM, OUR SUPERVISOR AT THE ALPHARETTA COMMUNITY CENTER AND SHE'S VERY, UM, RESOURCEFUL AND SHE'LL PARTNER WITH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO OFFER PROGRAMS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF HERS THAT SHE WORKED WITH TYLER SPIN AND WEBER TO USE HIS SPACE FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO YOU'LL SET UP LIKE CHURCH TABLES AND CHAIRS SO THEY CAN YEAH, TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THERE MIGHT BE OVER AT TOBY'S FACILITY AT THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO YEAH, WE'LL JUST USE THIS SPACE AND OUR EQUIPMENT, SO.
AND THEN, UM, THE BE GEES ARE COMING TO BROOK STREET PARK.
IT JUST SAYS THE BE GEES DIFFERENT.
YEAH, DIFFERENT BE GEES DIFFERENT BEE GEES.
SO THE BEE GEES ARE NOT COMING TO BROOK STREET PARK, BUT A, UM, A WHAT'S THAT? A TRIBUTE BAND THAT PLAYS BEE GEE'S MUSIC.
IT'S COMING, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE ROTARY CONCERT SERIES WHERE THEY DO THE CONCERTS ON, UH, BROOK STREET.
SO IT'S NOT THE B GEE'S, BUT IT IS A TRIBUTE BAND.
YOU'LL HEAR ALL B GEE'S MUSIC.
I PULLED THAT ONE OFF THE EVENT CALENDAR.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE GYMNASTICS? THE GYMNASTICS IN OUR PARTIES AND JUST IN GENERAL, WE DON'T TURN ANY CLASS.
SO THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE DONE AFTER CLASS.
SO ON OUR SATURDAY CLASS ENDS AROUND LIKE 11/30/12 BIRTHDAYS.
CAN'T START TILL AFTER THAT TIME.
SO EVERY SATURDAY, UM, MS. LINDA'S PROGRAM WISHES GYMNASTICS CAN OFFER TWO BIRTHDAYS ON A SATURDAY.
UM, MS. PERRY, WHICH IS DANCE COULD OFFER UP TO TWO BIRTHDAYS.
AND WHAT'S THAT LIKE KIND OF UTILIZATION OR INTEREST LIKE, I MEAN, ARE WE PACKED EVERY WEEKEND OR? UM, NOT EVERY WEEKEND, BUT IT'S, THEY MANAGE THAT AND IT'S VERY POPULAR, SO.
UM, BUT YEAH, THEY USUALLY CAN FIND A MAMA SPOT SOMEWHERE, BUT THERE'S SOME ONES THAT IT'S FULL WITH AT LEAST GYMNASTICS SIDE.
IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH OUR TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST, UM, SUMMER CAMP HAPPY HEARTS.
HOW DID IT GO? DO YOU HAVE ANY STATS ON IT? UM, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO 26 KIDS EACH WEEK.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS OR KIDS WHO NEED EXTRA HELP.
SO, UM, THEY WENT ON FIELD TRIPS, THEY WENT TO THE POOL,
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THEY DID A COLOR RUN LIKE OUR OTHER CAMP.SO IT'S CAMP AND IT'S, THE PARENTS ALL LOVED IT AND THEY WALKED AWAY WITH A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
ANYONE SET QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, LINDSAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[iv. Park Services (Excluding Wills Park) Division Monthly Report - AUGUST 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, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL PARKS ARE NOW IN FULL SEASONAL, UH, PROGRAM SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE MODE.
BASICALLY LINE BASEBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, UH, THE WE BRIDGE TRAIL RENOVATION IS COMPLETE.
UH, TREE MAINTENANCE AND REMOVALS ARE ONGOING, UH, PRACTICE IN ALL PARKS, ESPECIALLY CITY CENTER.
UM, AND THE GREENWAY, UH, THE NORTH PARK CONCESSION STAND REBUILD IS COMPLETE AND THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON ALL, UH, TREE WELLS MEDIAS, UH, IN THE CENTER, CENTER CENTER AREA TO REPAIR ALL OUTLETS, BACKFILL LOW AREAS, REPLACE DECLINING LIN LANDSCAPE AND MULCH.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL THE VACANT FULL-TIME, UH, PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER.
STILL LOOKING TO FILL THAT POSITION.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UH, EROSION ISSUES BETWEEN, UH, ATLEY AND THE NORTH WIND SECTION OF THE ALPHA LOOP.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE INSTALLED SOME MULCH, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA ADD ROCK AND CHECK DAMS, UH, TO DIVERT SOME OF THE STORM WATER FROM COMING OFF TRAIL.
UH, WE'RE WORKING TO CONVERT, UH, THE FESCUE AREA RIGHT OVER HERE AT BROOK STREET PARK, UH, TO BERMUDA.
THIS IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME, UH, WITHOUT COMPLETELY REMOVING ALL THE FESCUE.
AT ONE TIME THEY HAD PUT THE IRRIGATION BACK THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRENCH LINES, THEY, THEY WENT WITH THE BERMUDA.
THE BERMUDA'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA SPREAD OUT A LOT QUICKER.
THE FESCUE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS HEAT YOU DEAL WITH FUNGUS AND JUST ALL KIND OF THINGS YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH.
SO THE BERMUDA IS GONNA BE A BETTER OPTION.
UH, DOWNTOWN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SET UP AND BREAKDOWN OF ALL DOWNTOWN BROOK STREET PARK EVENTS, YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCK ALLEY, ALL THE CONCERTS AND EVERYTHING.
OUR GUYS, THEY'RE HERE AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR SHIFTS WORKING ALL THESE EVENTS WITH TRASH AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO SUPPORT ALL THESE EVENTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, SO THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM ON THE ALPHA LOOP THAT'S LIKE BETWEEN OLD MILTON AND THAT COOL BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE OR, WELL, IT'S BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE ATLEY MEETS THE, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER THE BRIDGE WHERE ALI MEETS THE LOOP AND THEN GOES DOWN TOWARDS NORTH WINDS? YES.
SO IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE LOOP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SECTIONS ON THE RIGHT BUT MORE ON THE LEFT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WATER IT'S, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF THE LOOP AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WASHING THE EDGE OF THE TRAIL.
SO THE PLAN'S TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, RIP WRAP CHECK DAMS IN TO KIND OF DIVERT THE WATER, SLOW IT DOWN.
'CAUSE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PUT GRAVEL IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MULCH JUST WASHES OUT SO WE END UP PUTTING, SO THAT'S THE PLAN.
AND I'VE GOT APPROVAL AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE JUST, YOU GOTTA GET IT SCHEDULED.
AND YOU KNOW, LOGISTICS OF MOVING ROCK BACK AND FORTH, WE'VE GOTTA USE THE PARKING LOT AT NORTH WINDS AND YEAH.
SO WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT NOW.
SO IT'S NOT AT THAT COOL BRIDGE.
IT'S LIKE A UH, IT IS LIKE A MORE ON LIKE A, LIKE A FLAT SECTION OF THE YEAH, THE BRIDGE IS FINE.
YOU HAVE VEGETATION GROWING UP.
I MEAN THERE'S A NATURAL YEAH.
CREEK THERE OR STREAM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE, THAT AREA'S FINE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR YOU, BUT IN TERMS OF UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I KNOW WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT.
ARE WE HAPPY WITH KIND OF THE RESULT OF THAT OR, UM, JUST CURIOUS.
IT SEEMS TO BE BETTER, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET FOR LIKE A BUSY SATURDAY OR, YOU KNOW, EVENTS.
IS THAT MORE, I HAVE A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER WITH THE CONFIDENCE.
UM, THE FIRST FEW WEEKS PARENTS WERE ALMOST HITTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING IT.
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A LOT.UM, JUST FOR CAMP AND JUST BASIC TRAFFIC 'CAUSE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THAT LEFT RIGHT OUT OF THE FIRST SIDE.
UM, THEY WERE ABOUT TO GET HIT NAILED ON AND SO IT WAS NEEDED.
AND WAS THAT A DECISION WE MADE OR HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT OUTS CURIOUS? UM, IT WAS A DECISION WE HAD IN MIND AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS.
WITH ALL THE NEW PAVEMENT THAT WENT OVER THERE, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, LIKE PEOPLE TRYING TO MERGE OUT OR CONGESTION THAT WAS, IT'S MORE CONGESTION.
AND THEN TRYING TO MAKE THAT LEFT OUT OF THE DO NOT ENTER OR EXIT NOW.
THIS UM, ZAXBY'S RIGHT THERE TOO.
IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK, IT'S JUST EASIER TO GET IN, EASIER TO NOW
OF APPRECIATION 'CAUSE I HAVE DINNER DOWNTOWN HAVE BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING AND THE TRASH ALL YOUR, YOUR TEAM MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT THEY, THEY THEY DON'T GO UNNOTICED 'CAUSE IT'S SEAMLESS.
YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY LET THEM KNOW.
YEAH, THEY WORK HARD FOR SURE.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ERIC.
NEXT STEP IS PARK SERVICES FOR
[v. Park Services (Wills Park & Equestrian Center) Division Monthly Report - AUGUST 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.]
ANY CENTER WITH MATT? GOOD EVENING MAN.
HEY EVERYBODY, I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO GIVE A DEPOSITION OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO CONSTRUCTION IS GOING, IS GOING WELL AT WILLS PARK.
UM, WE ARE, UH, MAKING PROGRESS THROUGHOUT.
UH, THEY, AS SAID EARLIER, UH, THE AREA OF THE GROVE, THE UPPER FIELDS, UH, THE CONNECTION FROM THE TENNIS COURTS, UM, AROUND HAS BEEN KIND OF REROUTED AROUND THE LIONS CLUB, WHICH LOOKS VERY NICE.
UM, AND THEY WERE POURING, UM, BEHIND THE NEW RESTROOM BUILDING AT WACKY WORLD.
UM, THEY WERE FORMING UP TODAY TO POUR THE WALK OF FAME, I BELIEVE TOMORROW.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL CLOCKING ALONG.
SO, UM, BIG NEWS FOR US THIS WEEK IS, UH, THAT FIELD FIVE TURF IS COMPLETE UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS, UM, THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THIS WEEK.
UH, BUT THEY ACTUALLY FINISHED AHEAD OF FALL PRACTICE, WHICH FALL PRACTICES THAT START AUGUST 15TH, AND THEN THE GAMES START ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
I KNOW MISS, UH, DIRECTOR ROGERS HAS GOT SOME PICTURES THAT I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE, THAT'LL BE ONE OF 'EM.
UM, AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER ARENA TWO AND FOUR, THE FENCING IS UP AND THE, UM, NEW SYNTHETIC FOOTING IS BEING INSTALLED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMING ALONG AND WILL BE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL ONCE THAT WE GET THOSE BACK ONLINE.
UM, WITH THAT, WITH US CONTINUING OPERATIONS, UH, WITH A SHOW THAT WE CAN, I THINK OF OVER 200 HORSES BEING DOWN.
A COUPLE OF ARENAS IS, IS GONNA MAKE FOR SOME LONG HORSE SHOW DAYS, BUT, UH, BUT, UH, I'LL, OUR STAFF WILL BE READY FOR THAT AS WELL.
UH, THE NEW ENTRANCE IN THE PARKING LOTS ARE BEING PAVED, UH, WHICH IS EXCITING TO SEE.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE TIERED WALLS, WHICH WILL OVERLOOK ARENA THREE, I'M SORRY, ARENA TWO.
UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE OFF THE WALKING TRAIL, WHICH WILL GIVE, UM, SPECTATORS A NICE, SAFE, UM, AREA TO WATCH A, TO WATCH AN EVENT.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING, IT'S, YOU COULD START TO SEE ALL THE, EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER, WHICH IS EXCITING.
SO, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON SOME OF THE STUFF AROUND WACKY WORLD, JUST AS SOMEONE WHO'S AT WACKY WORLD ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THE ZIP LINE.
ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN ASKED A COUPLE TIMES IS, CAN WE GET ENOUGH TRASH CAN OVER THERE? BECAUSE IT IS, IT GETS PILED UP OVER THERE ON THE WEEKENDS.
WE'VE ADDED, WE'VE ADDED THREE TRASHCANS.
SO YEAH, WE ORDERED 'EM AND THEN THEY FINALLY CAME IN.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.[vi. Senior Operations Monthly Report - AUGUST 2026
Report on the latest updates, projects, events and/or initiatives of the Senior Operations Division of the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department.]
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON SOME PROJECTS AROUND THE PARKS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE AWNINGS AT THE TENNIS COURT IN WILLS PARK.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE GREEN ONES WITH THE ALPHA ATTA BLUE COLOR THAT'S GONNA MATCH THE, THE ROOF OVER ON, UM, WACKY WORLD.
SO IT'LL LOOK SEAMLESS IN THE PARK AND IN THAT SAME LINE, UH, NEXT PROJECT FOR THE SHADE AND AWNING REPLACEMENTS WILL BE IN WILLS PARK AS WELL.
FIELD FIVE AND FIELDS ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND T-BALL ONE AS WELL WITH THE SAME COLORS.
UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE RFP, IT, IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE WOOD POLE REPLACEMENT IN WILL IN WILLS PARK ON THE FIELDS.
UH, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR IT TO BE POSTED AND WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE, UM, COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF OR SO, AND WE'LL GET THE BIDS THAT WE NEED ON THAT AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT ON THE BOOKS FOR THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS COGBURN PARK.
SO, UH, NATE IS WORKING WITH SOME PLAYGROUND DESIGNERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FOR THE BUDGET, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THERE.
UM, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT WE'VE HAD IS THAT THERE'S NO FENCE, UH, TO BLOCK THE KIDS FROM RUNNING TO THE PARKING LOT.
THERE'S A, IT'S A WIDE, WIDE AREA FROM THE, THE PLAYGROUND TO THE PARKING LOT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE FENCING THAT AREA OFF NEAR THE PLATE, NEAR THE PARKING LOT AREA TO KEEP THE KIDS A LITTLE MORE CONTAINED AND GIVE IT A LITTLE BIGGER FOOTPRINT FOR THEM TO BE PLAYING IN THERE.
NO, IT DOES NOT HAVE ONE COGBURN.
UM, WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS ALSO, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS AT WILLS PARK.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THOSE COMPLETELY OUT AND REDOING THE SURFACE.
UH, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE THING IS GONNA BE COMING OUT AND REDO IT.
IT HAS SOME VERY BIG CRACKS IN IT.
IT'S VERY OLD AND, UH, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A WHOLE NEW TENNIS CENTER BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE WITH IT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, LOOK FOR THE DOWNTIME THAT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE WINTER, EARLY IN 2027 TO START LOOKING AT GETTING THAT PROJECT GOING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WEATHER'S GONNA PLAY A FACTOR IN THAT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE TIME THAT RIGHT.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO, UH, AFFECT PROGRAMMING AS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS, UH, WE HAVE MONEY FOR FOUNTAIN AND POOL REPAIRS, BUT THE MAIN, UM, PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE THE FOUNTAIN ON TOWN GREEN.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN PLAYED ON A LOT AND, UH, IT'S GOT SPOUTS THAT AREN'T GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WORKING THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
SO, UH, THAT IS THE PRIORITY WITH THE, WITH THAT, UH, PART OF THE BUDGET IS TO GET THAT FOUNTAIN BACK UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND THEN THE REMAINING WILL BE FOCUSING ON POOL REPAIRS OVER, UH, WELLS PARK POOL.
AND THAT POOL IS ALREADY EIGHT YEARS OLD.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT, BUT IT'S EIGHT YEARS OLD AFTER WE REDID IT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, TWO EXCITING THINGS.
WE ARE PUTTING NEW BATHROOMS AT MARCONI AND HAYNES BRIDGE ON THE GREENWAY.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS COMING THROUGH RECENTLY ABOUT THE BATHROOM AT HANES BRIDGE, AND WE, WE, WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THE RFP TOGETHER, AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET THOSE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? PARDON ME? THAT WILL BE FUNCTIONING IN THE HOUSE, I BELIEVE, CORRECT? PARDON ME? AND OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
YES, THERE WILL BE ONE IN THE NEW PARK AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO I HAVE ONE THAT I'LL PROBABLY GET A COLLECTIVE GROAN FROM.
UM, OH, DOES, DID DO A PICKLEBALL,
WOULD YOU CONSIDER ALSO, UM, PAINTING ON PICKLEBALL LINES CONSIDERED? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOWN NOW ON, ON THE WELLS PARK, SO WHEN YOU REPAINT IT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE DOWN.
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NOT YET THOUGH.BEFORE WE GET TO THE SLIDES, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I AND I, BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE THE, ONCE THE SLIDES GO UP, I'LL LOSE YOUR, I'LL LOSE YOUR ATTENTION.
THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA MENTION BEFORE THEN.
UM, WE ARE GETTING READY TO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RUCKER ROAD, UH, PARK IS, IS NOW UNDERWAY IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE.
UH, IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT IS, UM, HOPEFULLY GONNA BE FINISHED, UM, IN, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER OF 27, SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
UNION HEART UNION, HEART UNION HILL PARK RENOVATION WITH THE NEW SKATE PARK, NEW PLAYGROUND.
AND THE PARKING AND EROSION AND CONTROL, UH, IS STARTING ON AUGUST THE 24TH.
THAT PARK WILL BE CLOSED FROM AUGUST THE 24TH UNTIL THEY'RE DONE.
SO, AND THAT'S THE ONE WORD THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT THE WORD OUT, IS THAT PARKING AND, AND EVERYTHING IS GONNA CLOSE BECAUSE WE'RE REDOING THE PARKING AND IT'S GONNA BECOME A, A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
SO THAT WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING AUGUST THE 24TH.
UH, WE HAVE PUT OUT A DESIGN BUILD FOR WHAT WE'RE, WHAT IS IT BEING CALLED, THE HERITAGE PARK, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF MARIETTA STREET AND ROSWELL STREET.
UM, WE'VE, UM, THAT'S A VERY SMALL PART.
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS, IS NOW BEING, UH, DONE.
AND IT'S, UH, JUST A LITTLE HALF ACRE PARK.
SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE A PLACE, A GATHERING PLACE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, PARTICULARLY ON THAT CORNER.
UM, BIKE SHARE IS COMING BACK TO ALPHARETTA.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SIGNED THE CONTRACT NOW WHEN IT COME CALLED TANDEM THERE, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN FIVE LOCATIONS.
EACH LOCATION WILL START WITH FIVE BIKES.
SO WE'RE STARTING WITH A TOTAL OF 25 BIKES.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GONNA START.
UH, UH, THEY SAID THAT ONCE WE GAVE THEM A SIGNED CONTRACT, WHICH WE HAVE, THEY WILL HAVE IT WITHIN 10 WEEKS.
ALL THE BIKES WILL BE IN, UH, ALPHA, MAYBE SOONER.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
THE LOCATIONS ARE TOWN GREEN AVALON, THE CORNER OF, I MEAN, UH, WEST SIDE PARK, WHERE THE TUNNEL GOES UNDER, UH, ROCK MILL PARK, UM, AND NORTH POINT PARK.
SO THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING IN.
SO WE'RE BE ROLLING THAT OUT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, UM, SO FAR OR TOUGH 18 MONTHS.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING ON IN MULTIPLE PARKS USING MULTIPLE CONTRACT TRACTORS.
SO ANYTIME YOU USE THE WORD MULTIPLE THREE TIMES IN A SENTENCE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ALL KIND OF THINGS THAT GOING UP GO CAN HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY EASY PROCESS FOR US, FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, WE WE'RE SPENDING $13 MILLION JUST IN WILLS PARK ON RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT PARK WHEN YOU INCLUDE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
SO IT IS A MAJOR PROJECT FOR ANYBODY, BUT TO KEEP THE PARK OPEN, TO HAVE HORSE SHOWS ON THE WEEKEND, BASEBALL ON THE WEEKEND, AND PEOPLE WALKING IN THE TRAILS, UM, IT, THAT IS JUST A, UH, ABSOLUTELY HUGE UNDERTAKING.
AND MY HATS OFF TO, I CAN AS WELL AS THE STAFF FOR MAKING THAT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, UH, AND I THINK, UH, SO I THINK NOW, NOW I THINK WE'RE READY, SARAH, EXCUSE ME, SARAH, FOR SOME FEW PHOTOS.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THIS CROSS TIE FLU THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIONS CLUB, ILIAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SURVIVED ALL THOSE YEARS.
SOMEBODY NOT SUING US FOR DROPPING OFF IN THERE OR BREAKING A LEG OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE NOW IT'S JUST A NICE, UH, GRADUAL, UH, UH, SLOPE DOWN TO THE ROCKS.
AND THIS PAST WEEKEND, THIS PAST WEEK, LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD ALL THE RAIN, WE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY FUNCTIONAL FLUME AS WELL.
IT WORKED JUST LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.
SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT THAT WAY, TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND REMEMBER WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
'CAUSE IT HAS JUST, JUST COME A LONG WAY.
UM, OH, UM, THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE NEXT, IS IT? WELL, WE'LL DO IT NEXT.
UM, THIS IS THE GATEWAY PARK OUT ON NORTH POINT PARK, UH, ENCORE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE A RED LIGHT THAT IS ENCORE PARKWAY GOING STRAIGHT UP, STRAIGHT AHEAD.
SO YOU'RE NOW ON THE, UH, THE WALK, UH, THE, UH, RAISED BOARD WALK THAT'S GONNA OVERLOOK, UM, THE PARK LOOKING BACK AT THE, UM, PLAZA.
SO THAT RIGHT WHERE THE GREAT WALL IS, JUST ABOVE THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE PA PLAZA THERE ON NORTH POINT, UH, PARKWAY.
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YOU'RE GONNA DO IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT WHERE THE, WHERE THE GENTLEMAN IS STANDING, THAT'S THE ONE THAT CURVES AROUND AND COMES BACK.AND THEN THE ONE TO THE RIGHT ACTUALLY GOES DOWN AND CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE GREENWAY.
AND IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THAT'S HOW IT'S CONNECTING TO THE GREENWAY THROUGH THE SLUM IS ON HILL PIERS.
AND THAT YOU GET FROM NORTH POINT PARKWAY TO WHAT WE CALL THE FOUR-WAY STOP ON THE GREENWAY ON A, ON A RACE PLATFORM.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA REALLY INTRODU REINTRODUCE THE GREENWAY TO ALPHARETTA 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A OBVIOUS WAY TO GET THERE AND THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS ALL, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 27.
UM, SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE, THIS IS THE NEW RESTROOM OUT AT, UH, NORTH, UH, NORTH PARK.
UM, AND, UH, IT HAS, UH, PLENTY OF RESTROOMS. IT HAS STOOD TO TEST ON A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS, AND SO WE'RE REAL PR REAL PROUD OF THE WAY THAT HAS, HAS LOOKED.
WE STILL GOT A LITTLE WORK TO DO THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, RE REDOING SOME FENCING AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE WORK THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO UP THERE.
BUT THE, BUT THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE RESTROOMS AND THE CONCESSION STANDS LOOK GOOD AND IT'S SERVING WELL.
IF YOU ALSO NOTICE RIGHT OVER THE BACK OF THAT IS A NICE TALL, STRAIGHT HOLE FREE CONCRETE POLE,
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE WOOD POLES.
'CAUSE IN, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WAS, THAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE EIGHT TO 10 HOLES IN THAT POLE, UH, BACK THERE.
UH, WE HAD A, UH, REMIND ME, AMANDA, WHO THAT WAS.
UM, GARNER, GARNEY GARNEY, UM, UH, DID A VOLUNTEER DAY, CAME OUT AND PUT A BRAND NEW DECK ON THE FRONT OF THE SOON BE EDUCATIONAL, UM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER OUT THERE.
SO, UH, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE IF YOU GO OUT THERE.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A LOOK OF THINGS TO COME, HOW WE'RE GONNA, UM, BRING THAT BUILDING INTO THE, INTO OUR CENTURY AND, UH, MAKE IT MAKE IT WORK.
UH, MATT MENTIONED THE, UH, EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS, IS WELL UNDERWAY.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE NEW ARENA TOO.
UM, THEY ARE, YOU CAN SEE THE SAND THAT IS GETTING READY TO PUT OUT THERE IS GETTING IT, GETTING MIXED WITH THE, UH, FIBERS THAT ARE THE FOOTINGS.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IS OVER TO THE RIGHT IS A CONCRETE TRUCK THAT IS PUMPING ALL THE WAY FROM THERE TO THERE WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THE SECOND WALL, UM, BACK THERE.
AND YOU CAN START, AND AS YOU CAN LOOK OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW NICE THAT WALL LOOKS.
THEY'RE PUTTING UP STONEWALLS IN EQUESTRIAN CENTER HERE IN ABOUT A MONTH.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA RECOGNIZE THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE, UH, JUST TREMENDOUS.
THIS IS A SMALLER ARENA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE COVERED ARENA TO THE LEFT.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS MACHINE IS THE ONE THAT MIXES THE, UM, THE FOOTINGS WITH THE SAND.
AND THEN THEY SPREAD IT OUT USING THE TRACTOR WITH A, THIS TRACTOR THAT'S GOT A, UM, UH, WHAT'S THAT CALLED? HMM? LASER, A LASER LEVEL.
UM, A LASER LEVEL THAT LETS THAT GUY LEVEL ALL THAT UP.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH SAND THEY ACTUALLY BRING IT IN THIS PLACE AND GET IT LEVELED.
UH, JUST A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH THAT.
UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE MENTIONED, UH, THE PARKING LOT AT NORTH PARK, AT THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER.
UH, THIS IS THE NEW HANDICAPPED PARKING THAT IS TRULY HANDICAPPED, UH, THAT WILL MOST THIS ONE, THIS ONE WILL SERVICE THE ART CENTER ON THE, ON THE LEFT.
AND THIS IS THE NEW, UH, HANDICAP PARKING THAT'S GONNA SERVICE THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING IN THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND THEN THE WHOLE PARKING LOT IS GETTING, UH, MILLED AND A RESURFACING, WHICH WAS BADLY NEEDED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MATT DID CALL ME OUT ABOUT PHIL FIVE.
AND OF COURSE I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF PHIL FIVE.
UM, AND, UH, SO THIS IS VERY REMINISCENT OF THE 1996 BRAVES.
SO IF YOU KNEW THE 1996 BRAVES, THEY WERE THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL.
AND THEN IN 97 THEY BECAME THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL AND WON THE, WON THE, UH, WORLD SERIES.
LAST YEAR, FIELD FIVE WAS THE WORST FIELD WE HAD.
IF THE WEATHER FORECASTER SAID IT MIGHT RAIN, WE WENT AHEAD AND CANCELED FIELD FIVE.
NOW, THIS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PLAY ON, UNLESS IT'S LIGHTNING, PRETTY MUCH BECAUSE, UM, WITH ALL OF THESE RAINS THAT WE HAD AND WATER EVERYWHERE, THERE WAS NO WATER ON FIELD FIVE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE KIDS COME OUT THIS FALL IN PLAY.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE, UH, FOR
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YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I, I THINK YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A RFP OUT OR ARE GOING TO PUT AN RFP OUT FOR THAT POCKET PARK, UH, ROSWELL, MEREDITH STREET RIGHT THERE.
AND I KNOW DEVELOPMENTS BEGUN ON THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO IT IS THE DEVELOPER, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM? ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING TO THAT PARK? MM-HMM
IS IT GONNA BE CONNECTED? THEY, WELL, THEY'RE PAYING IMPACT FEES LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL PAY.
UH, THE, UH, THE PHASE THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW DOESN'T, WE DON'T GET MUCH IMPACT FEES FROM IT.
UM, BUT UH, WE WILL, THOSE WILL BE PUT INTO THE IMPACT FEES IN WHICH IS WHAT IS BUILDING THIS PARK.
WELL, WE'RE TAKING MONEY FOR THE DESIGN AND BUILD OUT OF THE IMPACT FEE.
SO THEY ARE IN PAYING INTO THE ACCOUNT AND WE'RE PAYING OUT OF IT.
DON'T KNOW YET, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PART'S GONNA COST TO DEVELOP.
WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WHERE IT'LL, WHERE, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE FOR THE INFO FROM THAT ONE, FROM THAT ONE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT GATEWAY PARK.
LOOKING COOL, REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THAT'S GONNA COME TOGETHER.
HOW ARE PEOPLE GONNA GET THERE? IS THERE PARKING? IS THERE ACCESSIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO CAN'T WALK THERE TO GET INTO THAT PARK AND THEN GET DOWN ON THE GREENWAY? THERE, THERE IS NO PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS PARKING CLOSE BY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE NORTH POINT, UH, GREENWAY ENTRANCE RIGHT BEHIND THE OLD ETHAN ALLEN THERE.
AND THEN THERE ARE PARKING, UH, ACROSS NORTH POINT PARKWAY IS WHERE YOU CAN CROSS THE ROAD.
BUT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PARK WAS MEANT, NOT MEANT TO BE REALLY, UM, A PLACE WHERE YOU ORIGINATE.
IT'S, IT IS, UM, A, UH, UH, A PLACE WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING THE GREENWAY TO THE ALPHA LOOP.
SO THERE WASN'T, IT WASN'T THE INTENTION THAT YOU WOULD COME AND PARK THERE AND GO, OKAY.
THAT YOU WOULD PASS THROUGH THERE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU DR. ROGERS.
HAS ANYONE LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK? GO ON ONCE, TWICE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT SPECIFICALLY? UM, HOPING LIAISON, ANY UPDATES END OF THE MONTH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE UPDATES ON LIAISONS? ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, FOR OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE ON OCTOBER 28TH.
SO IT'S A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY AND WE'RE GOING TO, UM, REVIEW THE STUDY AND DISCUSS IT SO THAT IT'LL COME UP FOR THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER RAND AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PEDRO HIDA THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:59 PM I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE IF IT HANDS ALL IN FAVOR IS 5 6, 7.