[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2026 5:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
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HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONTO DISCUSSIONS
[a. Receive a presentation from Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture (BRS) regarding the ExxonMobil Baytown Event Center (EMBEC).]
TWO A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM BARKER RINER, C KAT, ARCHITECTURE BRS REGARDING THE EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER.UH, UNFORTUNATELY HE CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT AND SO I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND BE ABLE TO, UH, BRING BACK GARY KRAUS FROM PARK HILL AND KEVIN ARMSTRONG FROM BRS, WHO ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE IMPACT PROJECT.
UM, AND I THINK SHARE SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THAT.
DIDN'T YOU USED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER COMPANY? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN THE, IN THE PROJECT.
UH, WE WERE HERE NOT MUCH MORE THAN A MONTH AGO AND PRESENTED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS IT WERE, THEN GOT Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON THAT, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS, AND THEN MEETINGS WITH THE CITY STAFF TOO, TO MAKE TWEAKS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT CONCEPT STAGE OF THE PROJECT WHILE WE'VE NOW GOTTEN THROUGH THAT CONCEPT STAGE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN, PRESENT IT TO YOU, AND, UH, GET YOUR TAKE ON THAT AND SEE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SO, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE REALLY ON TRACK ON BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE SCHEDULE ON THE PROJECT TOO.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU? THIS MEETING? THIS ONE.
AGAIN, AND THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE YOU SAW ABOUT A MONTH AGO, UH, TO COMMIT TO WHERE WE ARE, UH, TO COMMIT.
THEN THE, THE ENGAGEMENT HAS HELPED THE PROJECT THAT THE SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING IS, IS ON TRACK.
AND THEN CONFIRM YOUR GOALS FOR CREATING THE BALANCE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN, UH, PRETTY MUCH OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID A MONTH AGO.
WE'LL DO AN INTRODUCTION, TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RESULTS.
WE HAD A GREAT, GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THE VIDEO THAT THE CITY PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW WAS JUST, JUST TREMENDOUS.
UM, UH, AND THEN AGAIN, GO THROUGH THE DESIGN THREADS, TALK ABOUT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR BOTH PROJECTS AND, AND THE LITTLE TWEAK CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE BASED ON THE INPUT WE GOT FROM Y'ALL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WILL SUMMARIZE.
SO ANYWAY, I'M THE ONE ON THE LEFT AND KEVIN'S THE ONE BACK HERE AND ON THE RIGHT.
UM, AND I THANK BRS, UH, FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, I THINK, OF WORKING WITH THE, THE CITY AND THE CITY STAFF.
APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN HELPING SUPPORT THIS SCHEDULE HERE.
IS THE BAR CHART SCHEDULE, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT IT WAS.
UH, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK.
I'D SAY THE, WE ARE THE, THE, THE ONE AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE WERE HERE, WAS THE CA PART, UH, PROCESS.
UH, WE HAD, WE HAD A CALL, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME WE WERE DOWN HERE, UH, FOR INTEREST.
AND YOU HAD TO BE ON THAT CALL IF YOU WERE GONNA SUBMIT A CMAR.
WE HAD 18 FIRMS THAT WERE ON THAT CALL AND 13 FIRMS SUBMITTED STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT RESPONSE.
AND A LOT OF THOSE FIRMS ARE ONES THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD SUBMIT.
SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD GROUP.
WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING THEM OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SELECT GROUP IN FOR INTERVIEWS PROBABLY IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
I THINK THAT THE THING TO SAY ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK WITH WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.
AGAIN, WE'RE BUDGETING OUT THIS FIRST, I WON'T CALL IT A PHASE, BUT THE FIRST PROJECT STEP.
UM, UH, WE'VE HAD INITIAL THIRD PARTY COST ESTIMATES.
THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH THE BUDGET WE EXPECTED,
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UH, WE'RE OF COURSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BRING A-C-M-A-R ON, WHICH WILL FORTIFY THAT EVEN MORE.AND THEN WE'LL VERIFY IT AT EACH PROJECT MILESTONE AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RESULTS OF THAT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN, LET HIM TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN DISCUSS THE, UH, THE SCHEMATIC ITSELF.
UM, SO AS GARY SAID, WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT TO GET HERE TO THIS POINT, IT WAS A LOT OF INPUT AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPED US IN SHAPING WHAT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS FACILITY IS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SHARE IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RESULTS.
AND YOU SAW SOME OF THIS THE LAST GO AROUND.
AND SO SOME OF THIS IS A REFRESHER, BUT ALSO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE UPDATE OF WHERE WE LANDED WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL.
SO MANY OF US WERE THERE ON APRIL 16TH.
THERE WERE 117 RESIDENTS, 165 TOTAL ATTENDEES.
IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS IN TERMS OF WHO ALL ATTENDED AND THERE WERE REALLY STRONG RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE SAW.
IT WAS MAKING SURE THAT ATHLETIC SPORTS AND RECREATION WERE A KEY PART OF THIS FACILITY, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MULTI-USE, FLEXIBLE AND HAVE SOCIAL SPACES INCLUDED WITH IT, BE ABLE TO ALSO BE A HUB FOR ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE AND LARGE EVENTS.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT THIS EVENING.
AS WELL AS WELLNESS AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND BRINGING THAT INTO THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE PRIORITIES.
ADDITIONALLY WITH THE LIBRARY, IT WAS ABOUT COMMUNITY LEARNING, WELLNESS AND SUPPORT, ACCESS ATMOSPHERE, FLEXIBLE SPACES, HAVING AREAS FOR MAKER SPACES, CREATIVITY, TECHNICAL ARTS, BRINGING THAT INTO IT AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY AND STORY TIME IN OUTDOOR SPACES.
IT WAS ABOUT INVESTING IN NATURE AND TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR COMFORT AND REST BUILDING COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS DIVERSE RECREATION OPTIONS.
AGAIN, KEY THEMES THAT ARE TIED IN BOTH TO THE IMPACT CENTER AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY AND THEN THE OUTDOOR SPACE AROUND IT.
UM, LASTLY IT WAS ABOUT COMMUNITY SPACES AND THOSE KIND OF COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES.
IT WAS ABOUT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WELLNESS AND GREEN SPACES, INCLUSIVE AREAS FOR OUTREACH AND OPERATIONS AND BRINGING IN EDUCATION AND SKILL BUILDING.
ALL OF THESE ARE KEY THEMES THAT ARE WOVEN THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROJECT.
THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THAT GROUP.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD THE PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WAS OUT THERE.
AND SO THE SURVEY OPENED ON APRIL 16TH.
IT COINCIDED WITH THE PUBLIC FORUM.
IT'S CLOSING WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING REALLY GOOD INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO IT CLOSED ON JULY 5TH AND AS IT CLOSED, OUR GOAL WAS TO GET 400 COMPLETED SURVEYS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THAT.
WE GOT 704 SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF AWARENESS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED.
AND WE GAVE YOU A PARTIAL UPDATE THE LAST COUNCIL SESSION THAT WE WERE HERE.
SO NOW WE CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT REALLY IT VALIDATED WHAT WE HEARD FROM BEFORE.
THERE'S REALLY STRONG SPORTS SPORT LEAGUE INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO HOST ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS WITHIN THE FACILITY.
HAVE A LIBRARY SPACE THAT MEETS BOTH YOUTH AND TEEN NEEDS, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMMING AND HAVE IT BE A DIVERSE FACILITY THAT CAN HANDLE ALL AGES AND THEN REALLY STRONG OUTDOOR AMENITIES.
BEYOND THAT WITH SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES, WHAT WE REALLY HEARD WAS STRONG DEMAND FOR MULTI COURT USE.
M**K SPOKE TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT LAST TIME AROUND.
IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY WITHIN THE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AS WELL AS IT BEING CENTRALIZED AND HAVING QUALITY FACILITIES FOR GROUPS TO COME IN AND USE THE CENTER.
ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS WHAT OTHER EXTRA PROGRAMMING WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE WITHIN IT, INCLUDING HEALTHY WALKING, INDOOR WALKING AS PART OF IT, HAVING THOSE KIND OF VERSATILE ACTIVITIES, HAVING AN INDOOR PLAYGROUND ACCESS TO A CAFE AND CONCESSION WITHIN THE FACILITY.
AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER FITNESS AND WELLNESS FOR MOVEMENT, DANCE, PHYSICAL TRAINING, ACTIVITY SPACES WITHIN THE OVERALL CENTER WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE THAT WITHIN THE CURRENT DESIGN.
IN TERMS OF ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS, HIGH UP ON THE LIST WERE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THE MUSIC CONCERTS, COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, EVENT GATHERINGS, UM, COMEDY SHOWS, BRINGING PEOPLE IN ON A WHOLE DIVERSE RANGE OF PROGRAMMING.
WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT DESIGN, INCLUDING FAMILY AND CIVIC MILESTONE EVENTS AS WELL.
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YOUR FEEDBACK IN THE LAST SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRADE SHOWS, EXPOS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE DREAM LIBRARY FACILITY, IT WAS REALLY CREATING A PLACE FOR GATHERING AND BELONGING, A PLACE FOR MAKING AND PLAY AS WELL AS WORK AND FOCUS TO HAVE STUDY ROOMS. MARGARET SPOKE ABOUT THAT LAST TIME, THAT THE BACKBONE OF THIS FACILITY ARE A LOT OF MEETING SPACES OF VARIOUS SIZES SO THAT DIFFERENT GROUPS CAN GET TOGETHER.
THAT'S INFUSED WITHIN THIS DESIGN THAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU IN A FEW MINUTES, AS WELL AS AREAS FOR DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE OUTDOOR SIDE OF THINGS, IT WAS ABOUT NATURE AND TRAIL AND THAT SORT OF ACCESS AS WELL AS OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACES.
AND THAT TOO IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE CURRENT PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN WITHIN THE CENTER.
SO THE KEY INFLUENCES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE SURVEY RESULTS, WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE STRONG INTEREST IN SPORT COURT SPACES THAT FLEX INTO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AREAS.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT WITH THE EVENT CENTER AREA.
STRONG INTEREST IN EDUCATION AND CREATIVE PROGRAMMING.
IT CAN BOTH COME FROM THE LIBRARY BUT ALSO IT, WE CAN INCLUDE ATTRIBUTES TO THAT WITHIN THE EVENT CENTER AS WELL.
CREATING A FACILITY THAT'S MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND FOCUS SO THAT IT'S FOR THE YOUNG, THE TEENS, ADULTS, ACTIVE, OLDER ADULTS, OLDER USERS, SOMETHING FOR ALL.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE WITH THIS FACILITY IN THE CENTER AS WELL AS WELLNESS AND CAREER SERVICES THAT ARE IN DEMAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE.
SO ALL OF THAT LEADS INTO THE DESIGN.
M**K PRESENTED TO YOU ALL DESIGN THREADS.
THIS IS REALLY A REFRESHER IN TERMS OF IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT IT WAS ABOUT THE IDEA OF CONVERGENCE, THE MERGING OF DISTINCT ELEMENTS INTO A UNIFIED HOLE.
AND IT WAS THE HISTORICAL UNION WHERE WATER AND LAND MERGE, BRINGING TOGETHER INDUSTRY AND ECOLOGY, HAVING EVENTS AND THOSE KIND OF CONNECTIONS.
AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT THESE ELEMENTS HERE.
CAPTURING YOUR OVERALL IDENTITY SHAPED BY OVERLAP EXCHANGE AND MOMENTUM WITH LAYERED, HARDWORKING AND FAMILY CENTERED AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND A PLACE WHERE DIVERSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCES ENERGIES CONVERGE TO CREATE SOMETHING STRONGER THAN ONE PART ALONE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE WHERE PATHS MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT, WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN, WHERE DYNAMIC ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS COME TOGETHER.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE INFUSING INTO THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.
WHAT WE WANNA DO IS NOW SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S BEING REFLECTED WITHIN THE DESIGN FOR THE CENTER THAT WE'RE CREATING WITH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, IT STARTS WITH THE OVERALL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.
SO WE WANNA HAVE A BIGGER PICTURE IN MIND AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT IT CAN BE IN THE FIRST PHASE GARY SAID.
BUT REALLY THIS FIRST ASPECT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND SO OVERALL WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR EYE ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH GOOSE CREEK PARK, WITH THE FUTURE ARENA EVENT CENTER ADDITION TO THIS AS WELL AS ACROSS TEXAS AVENUE.
UM, AND THEN WE GET TO THE BASE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, THE BASE DESIGN ON THE SITE INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT PARKING AND PARKING THAT CAN BE ZONED FOR EVENTS SO THAT LIBRARY USE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO PARKING WHEN AN EVENT'S TAKING PLACE.
UM, BUT GREAT CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CAMPUS IN ITS FIRST PHASE, ITS FIRST ITERATION WHERE THERE'S CONNECTIONS OUT TO GOOSE CREEK PARK, GOOD PARKING ACCESS FOR THE EVENT CENTER, GOOD PARKING ACCESS FOR THE LIBRARY, AS WELL AS WHERE THE CURRENT LEE COLLEGE BUILDING IS UP AT THE FRONT OF THE SITE WHERE DECKER AND TEXAS COME TOGETHER, WHERE IN THE FUTURE THERE COULD BE A LARGER EVENT CENTER DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GOOD PUBLIC ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES AROUND THE CENTER AS IT BEGINS.
HERE'S AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO THIS IS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE ENTRY SIDE OF WHERE THE EVENT CENTER ENTRANCE WOULD BE.
AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY FROM THE PRIMARY PARKING AREA.
AND THEN BEHIND YOU IN THIS VIEW WOULD BE WHERE GOOSE CREEK PARK IS LOCATED.
THE GOAL WITH THIS IS TO CREATE THIS GREAT FRONT DOOR PRESENCE ON THIS SIDE OF THE FACILITY WHERE YOU'RE DRAWING PEOPLE IN, BUT ALSO CAPTURING SOME OF THE HEART OF WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE FRONT OF THE CURRENT LIBRARY ON THE OTHER SIDE AND TAKING MODERN SPINS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.
IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL LAYOUT, WE HEARD YOU FROM THE LAST SESSION AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF.
SO MELISSA PRESENTED TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
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GO AROUND, SHE PRESENTED A FOUR PLUS FOUR OPTION OR A 1 6 1 OPTION.SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE 1 6 1 OPTION FOR THE PROJECT DESIGN WHERE IT'S TWO PRIMARY COURTS ON THE OUTSIDE WITH SIX COURTS IN THE MIDDLE.
AND PART OF THIS IS TO REALLY HELP IN DOING LARGER EVENTS, LARGER GATHERING, BUT CREATE DYNAMIC ENERGY WITHIN THE FACILITY.
UM, ADJACENT TO THAT IS THE MAIN LOBBY TO THIS, THAT RED ARROWS ARE SHOWING WHERE PRIMARY ENTRIES ARE LOCATED.
AND SO THE ENTRY AT THE TOP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE EVENT CENTER, FLANKING IT ON EITHER SIDE OR TWO TENANT SPACES THAT LARRY AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF DIALING IN, WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE TENANTS FOR THOSE SPACES THAT MEET THE SAME PROGRAMMATIC GOALS FOR THE REST OF THE FACILITY SO THAT THEIR CONGRUENT USES IN PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, FITNESS ACTIVITY GATHERING.
UM, NUMBER SIX ON HERE ON THE PLAN, UM, OVER IN THIS AREA HERE.
YEAH, THE CURSOR SHOWING UP, UM, IS AN INDOOR PLAYGROUND WITHIN THIS SPACE.
AND THEN THERE'S LOTS OF GATHERING AND AREAS FOR, UM, LOUNGING AND ACTIVITY BECAUSE REALLY WITH AN EVENT CENTER SPACE LIKE THIS, YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE BREAKOUT SPACES AROUND IT WHERE TEAMS CAN GET TOGETHER, PEOPLE CAN GATHER.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE SPACE ITSELF.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 10 ON HERE IS OUR FRONT DESK AND IT'S YOUR DAILY CONCESSION LOCATION.
BUT THEN WHEN IT GOES TO A LARGER EVENT, AREA NUMBER 12, BACK BEHIND IT BECOMES YOUR TRUE CONCESSION STAND WITH COOKING AND ALL OF THOSE FEATURES BEHIND IT.
WHEN WE CROSS OVER INTO WHERE THE EXISTING LIBRARY IS, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE MEETING ROOM SPACES AND MEETING HALL AREA.
IT'S SIZED FOR LARGE GATHERING IN THE THREE SPACES.
ITEM NUMBER THIRTEENS THAT CAN HOST OVER 150 PEOPLE, PROBABLY UP CLOSER TO 200 INTO THOSE SPACES DEPENDING ON THE SEATING CONFIGURATION THAT'S CHOSEN.
AND THEN WHERE THE EXISTING, UH, MEETING ROOM IS AT THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY THAT WOULD BE RENOVATED AND REDONE TO BE ANOTHER, UM, LARGE MEETING AND GATHERING SPACE ONCE WE COME INTO THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW FURTHER DETAIL HERE IN A MOMENT.
THAT IS WHEN WE GET INTO THE PURPLE AREA AND THAT IS THE HEART OF THE LIBRARY SPACE.
UM, WITHIN THE DESIGN, ALL THE PINK AREAS ADJACENT TO THAT.
ITEM NUMBER 16 ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES FOR THIS FACILITY.
THAT'S INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES FOR THE EVENT CENTER THAT HAVE BEEN SIZED APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT FACILITY AS WELL AS FOR THE LIBRARY AS WELL.
AND THAT THERE'S SOME SHARED USES BETWEEN THOSE.
SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING RESOURCES AS WE GO.
AS WE START LOOKING AT THIS FURTHER, THERE WAS LAST TIME THE QUESTION ABOUT ACCESS TO RESTROOMS. AND SO EACH OF THESE BLUE CIRCLES ARE WHERE RESTROOMS HAVE BEEN ZONED CURRENTLY WITHIN THE FACILITY.
WE'RE STILL FINE TUNING THIS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REFLECTED THAT WE HAVE RESTROOM SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE EVENT CENTER AREA, BUT AS WELL AS WITHIN THE LIBRARY SPACE ITSELF.
I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION FROM LAST TIME THAT WAS NOT CLEARLY SHOWN WITH OUR LAST GO AROUND IN TERMS OF THE SPORTS TOURNAMENT LAYOUT WITHIN THE LARGE GYMNASIUM SPACE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THE VARIATION CAN BE WITHIN THIS SPACE FOR THE FACILITY TO HELP JUST PROVIDE SOME FURTHER CLARITY.
AND SO THE BACKBONE OF THIS FACILITY ARE EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COURTS AS WELL AS DIVIDER CURTAINS THAT CAN BE LOWERED TO SUBDIVIDE THEM AND TO HELP PREVENT BALLS FROM GOING IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT COURT ZONES.
IT'S ALSO SHOWN IN TERMS OF SPECTATORS, SEATING AND BLEACHERS THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND THE FACILITY TO HELP SUPPORT EACH OF THOSE PLAY AREAS.
AND THAT THEN THERE'S GOOD ACCESS FOR, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, SIBLINGS TO COME AND WATCH, YOU KNOW, GAMES AND EVENTS AS THAT FLEXES AND MOVES.
WE ALSO HAVE 16 VOLLEYBALL COURTS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
AGAIN, WITH DROPDOWN CURTAINS TO HELP PREVENT BALLS FROM GOING IN BETWEEN TOO MANY OF THE COURTS.
IT'S TYPICALLY COMMON TO HAVE TWO OF THEM PAIRED UP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
BUT BEYOND THAT, WE WANNA TRY TO REALLY CONTROL WHERE BALLS GO IN BETWEEN ALL OF THESE.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME BLEACHERS YOU SAW IN THE LAST DIAGRAM, THEY JUST GET SHIFTED AND MOVED FOR THIS DIAGRAM.
SO WE'RE JUST ABLE TO MOVE THEM AROUND THE FACILITY.
PICKLEBALL COURTS, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 24 PICKLEBALL COURTS WITHIN IT AND THEY EACH ARE ZONED WITHIN THOSE CORE AREAS.
AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS KIND OF
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LAYOUT IS THAT IN DAILY USE YOU COULD HAVE SOME AREAS BE PICKLEBALL, SOME AREAS BE VOLLEYBALL, SOME AREAS BE BASKETBALL.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
AND SO IT GIVES A LOT OF PROGRAMMING FLEXIBILITY TO THE USE OF THE FACILITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT PERIMETER WALKING WAS ALSO PART OF IT.
UM, THIS IS A AT GRADE AT THE SAME SURFACE AS THE GYMNASIUM FLOOR LEVEL.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION LAST TIME OF COULD THEY BE, COULD IT BE ELEVATED? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS IF IT GOES ELEVATED, WE ALSO HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT AND MAKE IT BIGGER BECAUSE FOR VOLLEYBALL BACK COURT CLEARANCES, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPACE TO GET EVENTS INTO THE FACILITY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY SQUEEZED SPACE-WISE BETWEEN DECKER AND THE EXISTING LIBRARY AND THEN TRYING TO GET THE FLOODPLAIN ON ONE SIDE, LARGE TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE REALLY ARE STRETCHED TO THE MAX THAT WE CAN BE WITHIN THIS FOOTPRINT TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT THERE'S SPACE HERE FOR JUST OVER FOUR LAPS TO A MILE, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC AMOUNT OF LENGTH WITHIN THIS.
BUT SAME THING IF THERE'S OTHER EVENTS GOING ON, THE WALKING CAN BE PULLED DOWN AND IT CAN STILL OCCUR WHILE OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THIS CENTER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING FLEXIBILITY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EVENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS SHOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD BE FOR A LARGE GATHERING EVENT WITHIN THIS FACILITY.
SO IF WE HAVE A STAGE THAT'S BROUGHT IN TO THE SIDE OF THE FACILITY AND HAVE ALL THE SEATING ARC AROUND THAT, UM, THERE'S SPACE HERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,500 SPECTATORS AROUND IT AS WELL AS TRYING TO CREATE AN AREA FOR SUPPORT AT ONE OF THE COURTS AT THE END AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY FOR HOSPITALITY AT THE OTHER END SO THAT YOU COULD REALLY CREATE GREAT EVENTS AND HAVE IT ZONED OUT DIFFERENTLY.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE CONFIGURATION.
THERE'S OTHER CONFIGURATIONS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS AS WELL.
THAT COULD BE SMALLER, THEY COULD BE LARGER.
UM, YOU COULD DO AN END COURT CONFIGURATION.
IT IS JUST THE SIGHT LINES AT THAT POINT ARE SO RESTRICTED AS YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY THAT REALLY DOING A LAYOUT LIKE THIS IS THE OPTIMAL WAY TO DO IT.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL WOULD BE IF A LARGE EXPOSITION WAS PUT IN HERE WITH UM, AN EXPO HALL WITH EXHIBIT BOOTHS.
SO THERE'S SPACE WITHIN THE PRIMARY COURT AREA FOR 180 EXHIBIT BOOTHS AS WELL AS STILL THAT IDEA OF HAVING A SUPPORT AREA AND THEN OTHER BREAKOUT SPACES TO THE SIDE SO IT'S NOT TOO TIGHT WITHIN THERE.
THERE'S LARGE CONCOURSE WAYS WITHIN IT AND THESE ARE THE TYPICAL 10 BY 10 EXHIBIT BOOTHS THAT YOU WOULD SEE OUT THERE.
UM, HERE'S JUST SOME IMAGE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH SOME OF THESE SPACES INCLUDING, UM, OVER ON THE SECOND PICTURE.
DOWN ON THE LEFT IS AN EXPO USE WITHIN ONE OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE DID IN BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA WHERE THEY JUST LAST WEEK HAD A BOXING MATCH INSIDE THEIR SIX COURT GYMNASIUM SPACE.
UM, IT'S WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE DONE OTHER EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN IT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THESE KIND OF FACILITIES.
WE ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT THE FUTURE PLANNING WOULD BE IN TERMS OF A FUTURE PHASE TO THIS.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE BASE CONFIGURATION OF THE CURRENT PROJECT, UM, PLANNED OUT FOR IT WOULD BE THAT FUTURE POTENTIAL ARENA EVENT CENTER, UM, THAT COULD BE ADDED AND WITHIN THREE BASKETBALL COURTS AND, AND USING TELESCOPIC SEATING AND TELESCOPIC BLEACHERS AROUND IT.
THERE COULD BE A FUTURE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-USE FACILITY IN THAT LOCATION.
IN TERMS OF THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NEW THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT SEEN YET.
UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING LIBRARY IN CREATING THE CHARACTER FOR THE NEW FACILITY.
AND SO AS WE LOOKED AT THIS AND STARTED SEEING ALL THE CUES FROM IT, UM, IT REALLY STARTED TO INFORM US ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR OF THE EVENT CENTER TO THE LEFT AND THEN THE FRONT DOOR OF THE LIBRARY OVER TO THE RIGHT.
AND THIS IS THE IMAGE OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE EVENING WHERE IT COULD BE THIS NICE GLOW THAT'S COMING OUT AS PEOPLE ARE COMING UP TO IT AND COMING TO THE FACILITY.
UM, WITHIN THE FRONT OF IT WE WANTED TO DRAW OTHER INSPIRATION FROM OVER BY THE LIBRARY.
AND SO WHERE THE LIVE OAKS ARE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING, THERE'S THESE GREAT SHADOWS THAT GET CREATED AS THE SUN COMES THROUGH THE TREES AND HITS THE GROUND.
AND WE WANTED TO PULL INSPIRATION FROM THAT TO
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THINK ABOUT THESE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE ON THE FRONT OF THE EVENT CENTER ENTRY AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY ENTRY.AND WE COULD LOOK TO THEN HAVE THESE PANELS UP THERE THAT COULD HAVE THAT SAME KIND STIPPLING OF LIGHT THAT COULD COME THROUGH THEM.
SO AS THE SUN COMES THROUGH AND SHINES THROUGH, YOU'RE GETTING THAT SAME EXPERIENCE AND WE'RE PULLING THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY OVER TO THE EVENT CENTER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
WE WOULD DO THAT SAME NOTION AT THE FRONT OF THE NEW LIBRARY ENTRANCE AND PULL A CURRENT MODERN TAKE ON WHAT THAT FRONT ENTRY EXPERIENCE LOOKS LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
NOT TRYING TO RECREATE WHAT'S THERE BUT DO IT IN A DIFFERENT MEANS.
WE ALSO THOUGHT THE COLOR ON THE EXISTING LIBRARY WAS OF GREAT INTEREST TO US WHERE THERE'S THE TILE BANDS THAT ARE VERTICAL IN BETWEEN WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE LOCATED AND TRYING TO PULL THAT INTO THE NEW CENTER BY USING THE MULLIONS AND SOME METAL EXTRUSIONS AROUND WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE AND PULL COLOR IN THAT WAY AND BRING NEW WINDOWS ON THAT WEST FACADE OF THE EXISTING LIBRARY WHERE IT'S JUST A CLEAR WALL RIGHT NOW OF JUST BRICK.
SO PUT WINDOWS INTO THAT AND THEN PULL SOME OF THAT COLOR AROUND.
THE SAME IDEA COMES INTO PLAY OVER AT THE EVENT CENTER.
SO THIS IS LOOKING AT IT OFF OF DECKER WHERE IN THE CORNERS OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE RESTROOMS AND HOSPITALITY SPACES ARE LOCATED, IT CAN BECOME AREAS FOR SIGNAGE AND GRAPHICS.
AND THEN ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WE COULD DO THESE VERTICAL AREAS THAT COULD ALSO HAVE LIGHTS AT NIGHT INTEGRATED WITH THEM.
SO YOU'RE GETTING THAT COLOR DAY AND NIGHT PULLED THROUGH TO THE FACILITY.
AND IT'S ALSO PROVIDING REFERENCE BACK TO THE CURVED WHITE PANELS THAT ARE AT THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING LIBRARY AND AROUND THE SIDE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT HOLISTIC AND DO NEW MODERN TAKES ON WHAT YOU HAVE WITHIN THE EXISTING LIBRARY FACILITY.
THIS WOULD BE A VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE LOOKING BACK.
SO YOU COULD SEE THE EXISTING LIBRARY ENTRANCE OVER IN THE FAR LEFT CORNER.
THIS IS LOOKING BACK DOWN OBJECTOR DRIVE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.
LAST TIME AROUND YOU SAW A DIAGRAM OF WHERE IT WAS GOING.
THIS GIVES A LITTLE FURTHER BREAKDOWN WITH THE LARGE TALL CEILING AREA IN THE MIDDLE FOR COLLECTIONS AND ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT SPACES.
AND THEN THE MAKER SPACE WOULD BE TOWARD THE LOWER FRONT AREA OF THE LIBRARY, UM, AFTER TO THE SIDE FLANKING WHERE YOU COME IN WITH THEN ACCESS TO AN OUTDOOR SPACE THAT WOULD ALSO BE CONTROLLED BY THE LIBRARY FOLKS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GOOD ACCESS AND VISIBILITY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND RESTROOMS INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE BUILDING.
THESE ARE IMAGE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS GOING TO BE AND THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE ADVANCING THIS AND REALLY TAKING WHAT ARE EXAMPLES AND THEN MAKING THEM WHOLLY YOURS.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS BRINGING MORE LIFE TO THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE PROFORMA, LARRY PRESENTED LAST TIME FROM LT SPORTS WHERE WE ARE HEADING IN TERMS OF THE OPERATION SIDE OF THINGS, IT'S STILL ON TARGET THERE.
SO HE'S DONE THAT FIRST PHASE IN TERMS OF OPERATION MODELING.
THE NEXT PHASE IS REALLY DRUMMING UP INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR SPONSORSHIP PARTNERS, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN AS THE PROJECT STARTS COMING MORE TO FRUITION, HE'S GONNA DIVE EVEN DEEPER INTO THE PROGRAM MODELING AND BUILD ON WHAT HE'S PRESENTED TO YOU ALL LAST TIME IN TERMS OF THE MODERATE AND THE CONSERVATIVE MODELS AND REALLY SHOW THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'LL PENCIL OUT OPERATIONALLY FOR YOU ALL GOING FORWARD.
SO IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IS THE UPDATED FLOOR PLAN FOR THE FACILITY AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING BASED ON INPUT FROM THE LAST MEETING AS WELL AS INPUT WE'VE HAD WITH STAFF, THE DESIGN THREADS OF CONVERGENCE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS IN TERMS OF ALL THOSE ASPECTS WHERE PATHS MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT, WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN WITH DYNAMIC ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS.
AND M**K PRESENTED THIS TO YOU ALL LAST TIME, BUT REALLY HOW IT INFLUENCES THE DESIGN.
SO GETTING THOSE PEOPLE CONNECTION SPACES PUT TOGETHER WITH GREAT LIGHTING AND GREAT ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE AND VISIBILITY IN BETWEEN SPACES, TYING EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR TOGETHER IN INTERESTING WAYS WITH COLOR PALETTE AND MATERIALS, AS WELL AS CREATING THOSE GREAT SPACES FOR BOTH THE ACTIVITY AND THE EVENT CENTER AS WELL AS IN THE LIBRARY AND HAVING THEM SYNC WITH ONE ANOTHER SO IT REALLY FEELS LIKE ONE COHESIVE FACILITY TOGETHER.
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EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR YOU ALL FROM YOU ALL IS REALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH AND CONCEPTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR GOALS.THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN YOUR EYES HAS HELPED SHAPE THE, THE ENERGY FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS GONNA BE FOLLOWED WITH THE PUBLIC SHOWCASE NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING ALL THE MATERIALS FROM THIS PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE INPUT THEY'VE PROVIDED.
AND WE'RE GONNA ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THAT, THAT OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE, THE PRIORITIES FOR PROGRAMMING, OPERATIONS AND AMENITIES ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR ALL'S VISION.
AND REALLY THAT COUNCIL GOALS FOR CREATING A BALANCED PROJECT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, THAT WE'RE HEADING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH AND NOW WE NEED TO TAKE IT REALLY INTO EXECUTION, THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT VISION TO HELP US GO FORWARD AND HAVING YOUR ALL'S THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK SO THAT AS WE ADVANCE THE PROJECT EVEN FURTHER, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE GOALS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN TERMS OF PROGRAM BUDGET AS GARY MENTIONED AND SCHEDULE.
AND THEN WITH THAT NOTION OF OPERATIONS, TYING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
WITH ALL OF THAT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SH UM, COMING OUT TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK FRANCO NO, SHE CAN GO.
LADIES FIRST LADIES ALWAYS GO FIRST.
DID YOU WANNA GO? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR BEING HERE, BOTH OF YOU.
AND UM, I LIKE WHAT I SAW AND I THINK WE WERE HITTING ALL OF THE, UM, MARKERS THAT WE HAD, UM, TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
I LOVE THE NUMBERS ON THE, THE SURVEYS AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT.
I THINK THE STAFF DID AMAZING IN HELPING, UH, GETTING THE VIDEO OUT AND GETTING INPUT AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GOING OUT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE TO GET THE SURVEY INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CLICK ON A QR CODE OR SOMETHING TO DO IT.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT TO GO TOUR OTHER PLACES, JUST THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND AS WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE ACTUAL DESIGN, UH, FINALIZING DESIGNS.
UM, I KNOW, UH, BEFORE, BECAUSE I, I SAW WHERE YOU NOTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BATHROOMS, UH, OR RESTROOMS. AND SO, UM, I KNOW BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT LOCKERS, SO ARE LOCKERS STILL GOING TO BE THERE OR DID WE DECIDE NOT TO DO LOCKERS? UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I'M VERY BIG ON ACOUSTICS
UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT WHAT TYPE OF SOUNDPROOFING THERE'S GOING TO BE.
UM, ANY AV UM, 'CAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SECTION OFF THE GREEN ROOM AND I FORGOT WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE DROPDOWN UH, UH, SCREENS VERSUS WHEELING SOMETHING IN.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE.
UH, AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT, I, I WANNA SAY IT WAS ROCK HILL OR EVEN THE ONE THAT WE WENT OUT TO TO DALLAS, UM, THEY PRETTY MUCH HAD WALL PLUGS EVERYWHERE AND PORTS, UM, TO UH, CHARGE YOUR PHONES.
'CAUSE THE KIDS WERE LIKE JUST SITTING ON THE FLOOR CLOSE TO THE WALLS.
AND UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND THEN, UM, AS WE DO HAVE SO MANY WINDOWS, I KNOW ONE FACILITY WENT TO THAT WAS A MISS ON THEIR END WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF SUN COMING IN AND THEY HAD TO BACKTRACK ON HOW TO BLOCK THAT FOR ANY OF THE PLAYERS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT.
'CAUSE I HAD EVENTS, UM, OTHER MONITORS FOR THE OTHER, UH, SPACES.
SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I NOTED.
SO LOCKERS IN TERMS OF THAT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT PROVIDING DAY LOCKER KIND SPACES WITHIN IT MM-HMM
IN TERMS OF TRADITIONAL LOCKER ROOMS MM-HMM
WITHIN THESE KIND OF FACILITIES, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY LESS COMMON TO PROVIDE THOSE WHERE
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IF YOU HAVE MORE OF A PERFORMANCE SHOW COURT, LIKE COULD BE THE FUTURE ADDITION TO THIS, THOSE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TEAM LOCKER ROOMS WITH THAT.WITHIN THESE KIND OF FACILITIES, MOST PLAYERS COME READY TO PLAY AND THEN WILL LEAVE AND THEY DO MUCH.
SO THEY'RE CHANGING BACK AT HOTEL ROOMS AND OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT, LESS AT THE FACILITY ITSELF.
AT THE SAME TIME, RESTROOMS HAVE BEEN MADE SIZED MM-HMM
SO THAT CHANGING CAN OCCUR WITHIN THEM AND IT'S IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, GOOD SIGHT LINES, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
BUT THERE IS AREAS AND PROVISIONS FOR PROVIDING DAY LOCKER WITHIN THE FACILITY.
SO DAILY USERS THAT DROP IN, YOU KNOW, CAN DROP OFF AND PUT A BAG SOMEWHERE AND HAVE SOMEWHERE SECURE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IN TERMS OF ACOUSTICS, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A FULL ACOUSTIC, UM, DECK, LIKE ACOUSTIC METAL DECK WITHIN THE CEILING OF THE SPACE TO HELP KNOCK DOWN NOISE WITHIN IT AS WELL AS ACOUSTIC TREATMENTS ON THE PERIMETER WALLS MM-HMM
AND SO WE'RE DIALING THAT IN FOR THE TYPICAL USES OF THE FACILITY.
IN TERMS OF THE AV SIDE OF THINGS, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, GOOD SPEAKERS AND GOOD VISUAL ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, BUT WHEN LARGER PERFORMANCE EVENTS COME IN, TYPICALLY THEY BRING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT WITH THEM.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE IN PLACE FOR WHEN THEY BRING THINGS IN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE RIGHT ACCESS TO POWER MM-HMM
AND TO BE ABLE TO HANG THINGS FROM THE ROOF, THOSE SORT OF ASPECTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE BECAUSE THOSE SHOW TOURS TYPICALLY BRING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT WITH THEM.
ALSO, CURRENTLY THE DESIGN HAS THE GYMNASIUM SEPARATED FROM THE LOBBY SPACE, SO IT'S NOT JUST OPEN AIR TO IT MM-HMM
UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO WOULD IT BE OPEN AIR TO THE LOBBY SPACE OR WOULD IT BE BEHIND GLASS AND BEHIND WALLS? UM, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT CAN BE VIEWED.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING INTO THAT FURTHER OF WHERE THAT GOES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN YOU ASKED ABOUT DAYLIGHT WITHIN THE GYMNASIUMS AS WELL.
SO WITHIN THE GYM SPACES THEMSELVES, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO LIKELY HAVE SKYLIGHTS FROM ABOVE BUT NOT HAVE WINDOWS AROUND THE PERIMETER.
AND SO THE LIGHT WITHIN THE FACILITY WILL BE IN THE LOBBY SPACES, THE NATURAL DAYLIGHT.
WILL BE IN THE LOBBY SPACES AND WINDOWS TO THE OUTSIDE THERE AND WINDOWS INTO THE LIBRARY AND WINDOWS INTO THOSE AREAS.
BUT THEN ONCE YOU'RE WITHIN THE GYMNASIUM AREA, WE'LL LIKELY HAVE SKYLIGHTS FROM ABOVE BUT NOT HAVE WINDOWS AROUND THE PERIMETER.
SO GLARE IS NOT THAT ISSUE THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE WITH PERFORMANCE SPACES LIKE THIS IS THAT YOU WANT EQUAL COMPETITION AS PEOPLE ARE GOING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SO NOT HAVING WINDOWS ON THE PERIMETER HELPS TO ALLOW THAT.
SO THAT'S IN OUR CURRENT DESIGN.
DID THAT ADDRESS THE WALL PLUGS AND PORT CONNECTIONS? WALL PLUG.
YEAH, WE'RE PLETHORA OF, THAT'S THEWHERE NEXT.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLETHORA OF WALL PLUGS.
I'M, I'M BLOWN AWAY BY HOW YOU LISTENED TO THE FEEDBACK.
UM, NOT ONLY FROM US LAST TIME, BUT ALSO FROM THE PUBLIC.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SAY TO, TO RPR STAFF.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CHAMPIONS THAT WE SENT OUT THERE TO GET THE SURVEYS DID THEIR JOB ALMOST TIMES TOO, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
UH, THE, THE MORE INPUT WE HAVE, THE BETTER AS AS YOU SAID.
UM, I ONLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS LEFT AFTER THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME IS DURING THE GAMES, UH, WHERE ARE THE, WHERE ARE THE ATHLETES GONNA HAVE THEIR BAGS? WHAT DOES THAT SPACE LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE STANDING DOWN ON THE, ON THE COURT FLOOR AND THE SEATING THAT COMES OUT? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MODERN OPTIONS AS FAR AS ROLLING THINGS IN AND OUT.
THERE'S EVEN SOME TECH SAVVY STUFF WHERE THINGS COME OUTTA THE GROUND.
I'M ASSUMING THAT COST GETS PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO RIGHT NOW IN THESE EARLY STAGES, WHAT ARE Y'ALL VISIONING FOR? PLACEMENT OF, OF THE EQUIPMENT DURING THE GAMES, THE, THE PLAYERS' EQUIPMENT AND THEN THE SPECTATORS.
SO EACH COURT WILL HAVE SET UP AREAS FOR PLAYERS' BENCHES AND SCORE TABLES ON ONE SIDE OF THE COURTS.
AND THEN THE OPPOSITE SIDE WILL HAVE THE ROLLING BLEACHERS, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT, IT, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO ONES THAT WOULD COME OUTTA THE GROUND.
UM, BUT THEN THEY MOVE AND GET RECONFIGURED FOR DIFFERENT GAMES AND EVENTS.
SO WE ARE SETTING THEM UP SO THAT EACH COURT COULD HAVE 60 PLUS SEATS ON IT FOR SPECTATORS.
AND THEN THE PLAYERS ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR BAGS WITH THEM AT THEIR PLAYER'S BENCH AND THEN IN BETWEEN GAMES THEY'LL TAKE THEM WITH THEM AND GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
DOES THAT HELP? TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT DOES FOR A LITTLE CLARITY.
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COURT, UH, WE'LL GO WITH VOLLEYBALL.UM, ALL VOLLEYBALL COURTS ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, HOSTING GAMES AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WOULD BE 60 SPOTS POSSIBLY AVAILABLE AT EVERY GAME AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND THEN FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN YOU WERE EXPLAINING THE THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW IT IS, UM, SCREENS THAT COME DOWN OR SEPARATING.
YEAH, IT'D BE OVERHEAD, DIVIDER, CURTAINS THAT WOULD COME DOWN.
TYPICALLY THE BOTTOM OF THEM ARE VINYL FOR MORE DURABILITY AND THEN THE TOP IS MESH.
SO AIR CAN PASS THROUGH THEM AND YOU HAVE GOOD AIRFLOW WITHIN THE SPACE, BUT THEY WOULD COME DOWN FROM ABOVE AND THEY WOULD ALL BE CEILING MOUNTED AND THEN DEPLOY DOWN AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE GAPS BETWEEN THEM AT THE PERIMETER OF COURTS.
SO PEOPLE CAN CIRCULATE AROUND.
BUT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO STOP BALLS FROM ONE COURT GOING THROUGH ANOTHER COURT, ESPECIALLY WITH VOLLEYBALL.
I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.
I DID WANT TO, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS WHEN YOU WERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO.
A LOT OF, UH, BAYTON WERE PRETTY NOSTALGIC AND SO IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHTING COMING IN AND THEN, UH, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE, THE ROLLING SEPARATORS CONNECTED TO THE CEILING BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA TIE IN SOME PRETTY MEMORABLE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OLD SAN JACIN MALL, ALMOST ALL THE LIGHTING THAT WAS IN IT WAS AT THE CEILINGS.
IN FACT, WHEN SOME OF IT GOT, UM, SMOKED OUT, THEY THEN PAINTED, UM, SKY SCENES WITH BIRDS AND THEN THE WALL SEPARATORS THAT COME DOWN ARE INFAMOUS YMCA.
THAT'S WHAT WAS USED THERE, OBVIOUSLY ON A MUCH SMALLER, UH, SCALE COURT.
SO FOR ME THAT'S JUST A NEAT TIE-IN, UH, TO THINGS THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AS Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT CONVERGENCE, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, POINT TO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, LET COUNSEL KNOW THAT I, UM, AM GONNA SEND AN EMAIL.
I'M REALLY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE STAGE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT 60 BY 40 STAGE AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO, UH, BICENTENNIAL AND UM, AND, AND THEN OUR BIG, UH, MOBILE STAGE THAT WE HAUL OUT, LIKE I THINK AT G***O AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING JUST TO COMPARE THE SIZES FOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY HOLDING.
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
UM, THE CHAMPIONS, UH, REALLY GETTING OUT THERE AND, AND GETTING INFORMATION TO PUT THIS, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, PUT THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
I REALLY LIKE TO HEAR THAT Y'ALL STAYING ON TRACK WITH THE BUDGET, UM, UH, GETTING SPONSORSHIP PARTNERS INVOLVED.
UH, IF THE BUDGET NEEDS TO EXPAND, REALLY ENCOURAGE TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, RESULTS Y'ALL HAD USING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TURNED OUT AND 13 FIRMS STATED THAT THEIR INTEREST IS, IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR, UH, OVERALL, UH, I LOVE THE, THE SLOGAN WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PERFECTLY DESTROYS BAYTOWN AND UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T HERE LAST TIME, KEVIN, I'M HAVING SOME EYE SURGERY.
SO, UH, ME AND YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED MULTIPLE TIMES, KIND OF YOU WHAT I, I SEE KIND OF WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH GOOSE CREEK PARK AND I KIND OF SEE IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE DONE.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL PUT IN.
I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A LOT.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE NAPKIN TO, TO FINISH CONCEPT MULTIPLE TIMES AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND TRYING TO GET A BIT, SO IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT 3 50, 360 OF A SQUARE FOOT KIND IN THAT AREA.
PROBABLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION COST.
'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED AND HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT WAS IT AGAIN? A HUNDRED AND 157,000.
YEAH, RIGHT AROUND IN THAT RANGE.
AND, AND I KINDA LOOKED AT THE, THE BID, THE THE BID TAB.
OF COURSE IT'S JUST GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE I WANNA SEE WHO'S, WHO'S ACTUALLY KIND OF INTERESTED.
AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT WE HAD A LOT OF LOCAL, LOCAL, THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR VERY, VERY REPUTABLE LOCAL HOUSTON AREA CONTRACTORS THAT ARE SOMEWHERE IN THEIR SECOND, THIRD, SOMEWHERE IN FOURTH GENERATION DOING IT.
UH, AND AND THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY PREDOMINANT IN, IN, IN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PHILANTHROPISTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT FROM, THAT THE CORPORATE OFFICES AREN'T HERE IN, IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SOME OF 'EM AREN'T EVEN IN, IN HOUSTON.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING 'CAUSE WE JUST DEALT WITH ONE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT IS OUTTA CALIFORNIA.
AND IT'S EASY, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S LOCAL THAT'S INVESTED IN HARRIS COUNTY AND INVESTED IN HOUSTON.
SO I HOPE YOU KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE INTERVIEWING THESE GUYS AND, AND WHAT TYPE OF CONTRACTORS ARE GOING.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE BOTTOM LINE GUY.
THE CHEAP GUY IS NOT ALWAYS GONNA GIVE US THE BEST PRODUCT.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE MOST CHANGE ORDERS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE MOST TROUBLE.
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A LITTLE BIT TO GET WHAT YOU REALLY ACTUALLY ARE PAYING FOR.SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE LIST THAT'S THERE.
THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY REPUTABLE GUYS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BIDDING THIS THING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT.
UM, THE STAFF HAS SEEN MY CONCERNS.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I, I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT TYPE OF USE, WHAT, WHAT NUMBERS WE'RE GETTING FROM WHAT WE, WE PROJECT SOME OF THESE YOUTH SPORTS TO COME.
YOU KNOW, I I I COME FROM THE BASEBALL WORLD, RIGHT? THERE'S FOUR TO 500 TEAMS IN HOUSTON AREA AND THERE'S PROBABLY SIX FIELDS TO PLAY ON AND YOU MIGHT SEE 10 TEAMS AT THE THING.
UH, A A U BASKETBALL LOOKED AT IT.
THERE'S 60 TEAMS IN A A U LISTED IN HOUSTON AREA TOTAL, UH, 28 OF THEM, OR 32 OF THEM ARE BETWEEN 2 88 AND I 10.
THE OTHER 28 ARE FROM 2 88 TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND FORT BEND ALREADY HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
SO WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO PLAY.
SO IT IS SOMETHING I JUST KINDA WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE DO SOME RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE USED, NOT JUST GONNA BE A NICE BIG THING.
SO, SO, UM, BUT I I, I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT AND, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M STILL GONNA BE KEEPING AND KEEPING AN EYE ON, BUT YEAH, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE WHO, WHO BID.
IT WAS SOME NAMES THAT WAS LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T THINK THEY'D BE, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WEBER, WEBER TRYING TO DO GARTH ROAD OVER THERE.
THAT WAS SURPRISING TO SEE WEBER BID ON IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG CONTRACTOR.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN BAYTOWN AND, AND AND DOING WORK AND ACTUALLY BRING SOME QUALITY CONTRACTORS INTO HERE AND QUALITY ARCHITECTS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PARK HILL THING.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JOKING AROUND WITH YOU AND I KNOW YOU USED TO WORK FOR GRAHAM, BUT NOW IT'S PARK HILL, BUT PARK HILL'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION TOO.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL DOING.
UM, JUST THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
UM, I'M HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING YOU, YOU SHOWED US HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, THE FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS DID REALLY ALIGN WITH ALL THAT FEEDBACK WE GAVE VERY EARLY ON.
UM, I EXPECTED TO SEE THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, THE THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROGRAMMING, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE PRIORITIES.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, UM, TO, TO SEE IT PROGRESS.
UM, I'M GONNA ADD, UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE AUDIO VISUAL BEING INCLUDED.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WHENEVER I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAYING WHEN THEY GO TO USE IT, THEY'RE SHOCKED THAT THE AUDIO VISUAL ISN'T THERE AND THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO BRING AUDIO AND VISUAL IN.
UM, AS FAR AS THE STAGE, I WOULD ECHO WANTING TO KNOW HOW THAT COMPARES TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO USE.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE SOME DANCE TEAMS THAT MAY WANT TO COME IN AND USE THIS FACILITY.
CHEERLEADING EVENTS MAY WANT TO COME IN AND USE A FACILITY.
AS FAR AS THE DROPDOWN CURTAINS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NOSTALGIA THERE, BUT ME WORKING WITH A A U FOR MY KIDS WHO ARE 30 DOWN TO MY DAUGHTER, SHE HAS ME BACK IN IT AT 12.
THAT THOSE ARE RARELY USED FOR BASKETBALL.
UM, VOLLEYBALL, I CAN, I CAN SEE, UH, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO BASKETBALL, WHEN THAT BALL GETS OUT, IT RARELY MAKES IT ON ANOTHER FLOOR WITH THE BLEACHERS AND EVERYTHING AROUND THERE.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF PERSONAL LOCKERS FOR PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO USE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT AND WONDERFUL.
THE WALKING AREA IS, IS VERY NICE, BUT IF WE COULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AUDIO VISUAL, IF IT'S NOT GONNA ADD TOO MUCH MORE, I THINK IT'D BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO HAVE IT SO THAT PEOPLE COMING IN WON'T BE THINKING THEY'RE GONNA GET IT ALL INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE AND THEN HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THE CAPACITY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND THE GRADUATIONS.
I KNOW WE, WE TALKED ABOUT GRADUATIONS.
WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT WANTING TO HOST GRADUATIONS INSIDE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT MAY NOT BE BIG ENOUGH TO HOST A GRADUATION FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN WE, WHEN TIME COMES, THEY SAY THAT WE WERE NOT FULLY TRANSPARENT AND OPEN WITH THEM BY TELLING THEM IT MAY NOT BE THE GRADUATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HELD AT STARWARS STADIUM FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO IF WE COULD GET SOME NUMBERS ON THE CAPACITY FOR A CONCERT, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE THINKING THAT WHAT WE'RE HAVING AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IS GONNA BE HELD INSIDE WHEN WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND, AND BE UPFRONT WITH THEM, UH, NOW SO THAT WHEN IT'S BUILT, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE MISLED THEM.
WE WILL DIVE DEEPER INTO THAT IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH MULTIPLE DIAGRAMS SHOWING DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS WITHIN THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF SEATING AND SEATING GROUPS AND HOW THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
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OF THE AV SIDE, OUR TEAM WILL LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE MARK AND SEE WHAT THAT CAN BE WITH A HIGHER END AV SYSTEM WITHIN THE FACILITY.WE ALREADY HAVE A REALLY ROBUST SYSTEM MM-HMM
SET UP FOR IT, BUT WE CAN GO FURTHER INTO WHAT ELSE IT CAN TAKE AND COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH THAT.
WHEN ARE, UM, YOU MENTIONED COMING BACK.
DO WE HAVE DATES SET FOR THAT YET? YOU WANNA GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CALENDAR? YEAH, I SAW IT WAS, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST SOMETIME OR BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
THAT'S A GANTT CHART BY THE WAY.
THE, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC OUT THE PUBLIC PUBLIC FORUM NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN, UM, FROM THERE, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR FOR WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT IT'S AFTER WE, WE DO THE CMR SELECTION.
AND UM, WHEN IS THE PUBLIC FORUM ON? WHAT'S THAT SIR? WHEN IS IT? NEXT WEEK? IT'S JULY 30TH.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT ON THURSDAY.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE? COMMUNITY CENTER.
I AHEAD OF THAT BECAUSE KEVIN, THAT'S THE FINAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PIECE BEFORE WE, UM, START DOING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ONCE WE DO THAT, THERE'S CHANGING IS IS MONEY AT THAT POINT.
THERE'S STILL SMALL ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR SURE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE OPENING UP CONSTANT CHANGE.
I'M TRYING TO SAY NOW, LIKE
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
TO YOUR POINT, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH, UH, BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT, UH, HOW THE STADIUM'S GONNA LOOK AS FAR AS SEATING.
UH, I ALSO WANNA ADD ONTO THAT AS WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT, WE ALSO NEED TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT THAT, UH, WHATEVER WE ADD ON TO IT, WHATEVER WE'RE ASKING FOR COMES AT A COST.
SO WHEN WE ARE GOING BACK TO OUR CITIZENS, WE NEED BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE COST AND WHEN IT TELLS HOW DO WE GET THERE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THIS NEXT MEETING, UM, THAT ALSO NEEDS BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH, WITH OUR CITIZENRY.
SO THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD ON, MA'AM.
AND FOR THE COUNCIL, JUST IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND REAL QUICK, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK WHAT THE FULL BUILD OUT COSTS WOULD BE AND THAT WILL BE A CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSED AS WELL, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL.
WHEN WOULD THAT HAPPEN? IT SHOULD BE WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT.
BEFORE WE FINALIZE ANY OF THAT.
IT SHOULD BE, AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONDUCT WITH THE CMAR ONCE THEY'RE ON BOARD AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEM TOO, SO THAT WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE DATA SETS AND MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS.
SO THAT'LL BE, UH, SOMETIME BEFORE NOVEMBER THEN BEFORE YOU ALL COME BACK? YES.
ISMAIL? UM, SO EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN OR BEFORE DESIGN, EARLY ON IN CONCEPT, UM, UH, I DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH UH, A GOOSE CREEK, UH, OFFICIAL AND LIKE THEIR WANT THEIR PIE IN THE SKY TO FIT NOT JUST THE GRADUATES BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING WAS A 15,000 SEAT.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING, I MEAN UNLESS THEY WANNA PARTNER WITH US AND, YOU KNOW, GROW IT BIGGER, SOME MONEY WE LUCKY.
AND I THINK, UM, I ASKED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT BACK BECKLER? UM, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY CAN DO THAT JUST DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS, BUT, UM, WHAT THEY COULD USE IS POSSIBLY NINE, BUT THEIR PIE IN THE SKY WAS 15,000.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID YEAH, WHEN, LET'S GET SOME NUMBERS BACK.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT MM-HMM
I'M JUST SAYING SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL KNOW.
'CAUSE WE, THEY'VE HEARD HERE TONIGHT, GRADUATION A FEW TIMES.
BUT I DON'T WANT THEM COMING BACK SAYING, WELL YOU ALL SAID THIS AND THAT'S NOT, THAT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE.
ANY, ANYONE ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME HEARING US STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR UH, WORKING WITH THESE, THESE GUYS AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND AS SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID TOO, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM THAT YOU ALL HAVE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF CREATING INTEREST, FINDING CHAMPIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE VIDEO THAT WAS CREATED THAT HELPED SHOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD BE.
SO FANTASTIC JOB BY YOUR CITY AND YOUR STAFF.
I SEE OTHER CITIES AROUND US TRYING TO COPY US.
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NOW WE WILL BE ON TO TWO B, RECEIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE PERFORMANCE[00:55:01]
DASHBOARD.TONIGHT I AM HERE TO INFORM YOU OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS TO OUR PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
WE'VE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS TO IDENTIFY BENCHMARKS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PROGRESS ACROSS OUR CORE SERVICES.
UH, SECONDLY, WE'VE CREATED A NEW SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD INCLUDING, UH, TO INCLUDE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND LAST WE'VE CREATED AND ARE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STORYTELLING MODULE.
SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE HUMMING NOISE.
UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT UM, HAS METRICS THAT THEY TRACK THROUGHOUT, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR.
THEY KEEP AN EYE ON ON WHAT THEIR WORKLOADS ARE LOOKING LIKE AND HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING.
THIS PAST SPRING, OUR DIRECTORS WORKED, UM, THROUGH THEIR METRICS TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE BENCHMARKS WOULD BE.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
UM, THEY'RE JUST NORMAL THAT WE HAVE AT A, A NATIONAL OR STATE LEVEL.
OTHERS ARE, UM, AGAINST OTHER CITIES LIKE OUR COMPARISON CITY OR COHORT CITIES.
AND THEN SOME ARE AGAINST OURSELVES.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY GOOD TO MEASURE HOW WELL WE'RE DOING COMPARED TO THE PAST.
UM, NOT EVERY METRIC THAT WE HAVE THOUGH IS A, LIKE, BENCHMARK WORTHY.
SOME OF IT IS JUST COUNTING WIDGETS AND HOW MUCH OF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT STILL REFLECTED ON THE PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD, BUT MOST WILL HAVE A BENCHMARK TO TELL YOU HOW WELL WE'RE MEASURING UP.
SO MOVING FORWARD EACH SPRING, UH, DEPARTMENTS WILL SET THEIR GOALS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR BY ANALYZING THEIR GROW AND GLOW POINTS WITHIN THEIR INDUSTRY OR WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT METRICS.
NEXT, I'LL SHOW YOU A FEW EXAMPLES.
SO THIS IS THE ROLLING TURNOVER RATE.
UH, IT'S A METRIC THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FOLLOWS.
THEIR BENCHMARK IS TO BE BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS 17.9.
AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN BELOW THAT.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THAT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WHEN WE'RE COMPARING OURSELVES, UM, OUR METRICS TO OURSELVES.
SO LIBRARY'S MONTHLY PROGRAMMING ATTENDANCE IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
UH, LIBRARY PROGRAMMING IS SEASONAL, SUMMER READING, WINTER READING, AND THE KIND OF LULL IN BETWEEN.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMPARE OURSELVES AGAINST LAST SUMMER READING AND HOW WELL WE'RE DOING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM.
UH, SO WE CAN IMPROVE AND SEE WHAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR AND WHAT THOSE IMPACTS WERE.
SO NE YES, WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE UP THIS, THIS SUMMER.
I KNOW ONE THING THAT'S GOING ON THAT'S DIFFERENT, I DO KNOW OF ONE AS WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
NEXT IS OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
SO THIS, UM, SECTION OF THE PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD IS MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING OUTSIDE OF THEIR DAY TO DAY.
SO THESE GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE AND HAVE BEEN CREATED BASED ON A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO FROM AN OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS EITHER IDENTIFIED THROUGH THEIR METRICS OR A, LIKE AN OPERATIONS PROJECT OR SOMETHING THEY NEED TO CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM LIKE THEIR DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY MAY HAVE DONE OR A MASTER PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 2040.
UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER TO CREATE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
THE INTENT THOUGH IS NOT TO CREATE MORE WORK AND NEED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S TO FOCUS AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE NEXT ONE TO THREE YEARS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, THESE ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE LARGE PRINTOUT THAT I GAVE YOU EARLIER THIS SUMMER AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STORYTELLING.
THIS MODULE IS NEW TO BAYTOWN.
IT'S AN AVENUE FOR US, A NEW AVENUE OF TRANSPARENCY FOR US.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BE QUICK AND EASY AND HELP YOU KIND OF GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS, WHAT PHASE THESE PROJECTS ARE AT AND WHERE THEY ARE AROUND TOWN.
AND WITH THAT, I GET TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
SO THIS IS OUR PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
WE HAVE OUR FOUR ORIGINAL BUCKETS, SERVICE DELIVERY, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AND COMPLIANCE.
THOSE ARE OUR CORE SERVICES BUCKETS.
THOSE ARE WHERE WE PUT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, CORE SERVICES INTO ONE OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES.
BUT THE TWO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES THAT COME FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND BUILDING TRUST.
AND WHEN YOU CLICK IN HERE, DON'T BE OVERWHELMED,
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BUT HERE ARE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.UM, THIS WILL GIVE YOU A REALLY QUICK WAY TO DO, YOU KNOW, A QUICK SNAPSHOT.
AND AFTER THIS MEETING, WHEN THE DIRECTORS HAVE IT LIVE FOR THEM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THEIR NARRATIVE MONTHLY UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE WITH THAT PROJECT.
THEY'VE ALL IDENTIFIED MILESTONES THAT THEY NEED TO HIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT COMES TO FRUITION.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE LATEST, UM, UPDATES THERE.
YOU'LL ALSO START TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL REPORT IN YOUR MONTHLY REPORTS FROM JAY THAT BREAK DOWN THESE, UH, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, DASHBOARD OR STORY MAP.
SO THESE ARE JUST 10 PROJECTS.
WE TOOK SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO SHOW IN THIS FIRST PHASE.
AND SO YOU CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE LEFT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW FAR ALONG THE PROJECT IS, WHEN IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED, WHAT PROJECT PHASE IT IS, SOME PHOTOS AS WELL AS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
EACH OF THESE PROJECT CORRELATE TO LIKE A MARKER ON THE MAPS YOU HAVE EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, THIS STATUS COLOR ON THE RIGHT WILL TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE AS FAR AS ON TRACK SOME DISRUPTION, MAJOR DISRUPTION, YOU KNOW, OR COMPLETED, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE AVENUE FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY.
AND I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE YOU ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES MA'AM.
IT DRIVES ME CRAZY EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
I WAS GOING CRAZY AND IT'S ON MY GOODYEAR TOO, SO I WAS LIKE, HOW IS NO ONE ELSE HEARING THIS? OH, YOUR PAIN.
SECOND IS, UM, THIS IS EXTERNAL WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST US.
IT'S, UM, IT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR BAYTOWN.ORG ACCESS, WHICH IS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK.
SO YOU CAN FIND IT RIGHT HERE UNDER PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
SO IF THEY'RE ON THE HOMEPAGE, WHERE DO THEY GO? SO ON THE HOMEPAGE I THINK IT'S GOVERNMENT AND THEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
HAVE AN EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS AGENDA NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 6 0 7.
WE'LL START THE COUNCIL MEETING AT SIX 30.