[0:03] We have a volunteer.
Okay. Are we ready? Sure. Okay. The park
[0:11] board of the city of Gunarrel City,
Texas will meet in a regular meeting in
[0:15] city hall council chambers located at
1716
[0:19] West Main Street, Gunarrel City, Texas,
Monday, August the 10th, 2026 at 4:00
[0:27] p.m. I call this meeting to order.
All right. So, we need to do roll call
[0:34] from my left right.
>> Shelby here.
[0:38] » Carlin here.
Laura Young. Here we have a quorum.
[0:44] All right. So, under three, it says new
business. Consider and take action to
[0:49] approve the July 13th, 2026 meeting
minutes.
[0:55] » I uh vote to approve them.
[1:00] » I guess you
>> I was not here, so I have to recuse
[1:04] myself.
>> Uh can I second them?
[1:07] » Sure.
>> Second. Okay. Hello.
[1:10] » All right. What is all this?
Oh. Um.
[1:21] Mhm.
[clears throat]
[1:23] » How y'all doing?
>> Good. Good. Good.
[1:27] You're here.
[1:36] I didn't for a second.
[1:41] Hello.
Thank you.
[1:46] » All right. Um, we have our minutes that
are up for a vote
[1:53] and
Carla made the motion and I made the
[1:57] second. So, we just need to vote on
that.
[2:11] Who? I'm sorry. [clears throat]
>> Carla Dudson.
[2:15] » And I made the second.
So,
[2:22] » is everybody in favor of it?
>> Yes.
[2:25] » Okay.
>> We started right at 4:00.
[2:37] Just tell me when you're ready for me.
>> Okay, great. All right. Um,
[2:43] so motions um passed uh for approving
the minutes. All right. Item 3B is July
[2:51] 1st recap and discussion.
So
[2:58] here
>> did we approve the minutes?
[3:00] » Yes. She just texted us and she's not
>> okay. All right. That was what I That's
[3:06] what I had.
>> Who first and second?
[3:09] » I first. She's second.
>> And I was actually recusal.
[3:14] » So the three of us voted. Yes.
>> Okay.
[3:21] » All right. Well, first totally. Okay.
>> I think you did it twice. You already
[3:25] » I did because when I read it, I thought,
well, wait a minute.
[3:28] » Okay. Now we're on Now we're on 3B.
>> We are on it.
[3:32] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[3:34] » All right. So, I just want to thank
everybody for showing up and making our
[3:40] July Fest.
>> Oh, I had so much fun this time.
[3:44] » Had a good time. Thank you everyone for
um being there and taking your shift.
[3:50] Um [clears throat]
Frank sent an email on what he thought.
[3:55] So, we can just kind of
you can read that and I just wanted to
[4:03] see what everyone thought about overall.
How do you think that we did? So, you
[4:11] have that
>> uh you're talking about the kid area,
[4:15] not the only Oh, I will say that uh we
had a lot of those fans left and when I
[4:20] took those several and I walked around
the crowd, you know, it hadn't been the
[4:25] huge crowd yet.
>> And I'd see a lady like an older lady
[4:29] even or just anybody, you know, and I
I'd do that demonstration. I had down,
[4:35] you know, and they just loved it.
>> It was a good promotion. Do you all
[4:39] agree on that?
>> It was good.
[4:42] » They really liked it.
>> Was good. [clears throat]
[4:45] » So, um, what about being trained and
prepped beforehand? I think I you have
[4:52] some things to say about that, right?
>> Well, ju just just that, uh, the the
[4:57] setup seemed a little bit different from
some more because the time before they
[5:00] had somebody that came up and said, "All
right, when you guys are watching this,
[5:04] this is what the rules are. When you're
doing this, this is what the rules are."
[5:07] and they didn't have that this time.
Kind of new from the year before, but
[5:11] but you know, that part just seemed a
little different.
[5:14] » Okay.
>> But but I think it's
[5:16] » So, and then also the setup time didn't
seem to be exactly on. We were ready to
[5:23] go at 5 and some of the
>> things were not ready.
[5:28] » Yeah. The the the setup has gone.
>> Now, did we use a new uh business? No.
[5:36] No. the sign.
>> It was the same company for the last for
[5:40] two years. We had a different one in 24,
>> but we opened late. We opened late both
[5:45] years. So, I think I think we may want
to plan for uh
[5:51] » you know, I think we may want to plan
for that that that if they're kind of
[5:54] coming in for the setup that we kind of
tell them we want to be set up at a time
[5:58] and we're actually open at maybe 30
minutes or an hour later cuz I think it
[6:01] must be tough to gauge, right?
>> Yeah. Um I I because I think in both
[6:08] both cases that you know they'll have
blowers that aren't quite working and
[6:11] stuff like that. So it's not like
they're not working. It's just they
[6:14] can't quite get it there. So we can
clean around
[6:17] » synchronized together,
>> you know.
[6:19] » Mhm.
>> I had hope for more kids.
[6:23] » I'm sorry.
>> I had hope for more kids.
[6:26] » Do we have a totem?
>> Yes, I do. Um, so what we can talk
[6:31] about, um, Frank was saying and that he
recommended going from 6 to 9. So we
[6:40] could maybe say something like
>> it needs to be set and ready to go at
[6:45] 5:45 with the the team that are setting
it up and then be ready to go at 6
[6:54] possibly.
>> Okay. Yeah.
[6:57] What do you guys think about starting at
6 and
[7:02] there was hardly anybody there as hot as
can be and all I could think about was
[7:06] who wants to be out here playing on
these hot inflatables and then I had to
[7:10] go like you're thinking like a older
adult but still
[7:14] » it just Yeah.
>> Yeah. My kids got worn out and they
[7:17] didn't go back cuz they were there plat
>> I think 6 and then letting it go to 9
[7:26] » because it just started really taking
off right at 8:00. So what our
[7:32] observations were cuz a lot of the times
you know the parents will let the kids
[7:37] go off and do that you know while
they're watching the deal as well. I
[7:42] think the little later would be great.
And how did you feel about writing the
[7:47] numbers on the
>> Was there enough communication writing?
[7:52] » You felt like there was Okay.
[clears throat]
[7:55] » Then we had a little bit of a difficulty
with our shifts and um I think it was
[8:02] just because we weren't communicating. I
had no idea the young lady from that was
[8:07] doing community service was going to be
there. And I if I'd known that I think
[8:12] we could have cut the shifts way down
and
[8:16] » there was a lot of us for
[clears throat] good that we showed up.
[8:20] Just wasn't anything to do.
>> Yeah.
[8:22] » Wow.
>> I will say I will say that's the awesome
[8:25] problem to have
the year before and one of the notes I
[8:30] got was you know we had ample volunteers
that was a welcome.
[8:34] » Yeah. Don't want to cut them bad.
>> Right. And I and I'm, you know, I'm not
[8:37] opposed to, you know, I just think I
could have even done shorter shifts and
[8:42] maybe done three of them if I'd been
aware. So, but um, you know, as far as
[8:48] it went, it was a move. Everybody was
covered.
[8:52] » Um, we needed to probably emphasize
staying closer to the bounce houses and
[9:00] stuff for for that type of thing,
especially the little ones. Um, so but
[9:06] we kind of just gravitated back and
forth, so I felt like it was okay. Um,
[9:13] and then
what about the cost? Because I have
[9:23] written down what we did this time. We
made quite a bit of money. Um, we made
[9:30] $670.
This is initial, not verification of all
[9:36] of the numbers with uh the city's uh
treasurer.
[9:41] » Yeah.
>> So, we took in $310
[9:44] in cash and about $360
in credit cards.
[9:50] » Mhm.
>> So, that was really good.
[9:52] » Yeah.
>> Uh the year before we only brought in
[9:56] $370.
>> That's a big jump. And then in 2024,
[10:01] $535.
[10:05] So,
I don't know how it was such a big jump.
[10:09] Uh maybe just more people bought
tickets.
[10:12] » More people.
>> It was definitely more there this year
[10:16] than was last year. I'm talking about
the whole public.
[10:19] » Yeah. Yeah. The whole thing it was it
was it had grown. Are you kidding?
[10:25] There also people, you know, with the
money, it's, you know,
[10:30] everybody's having to spend more money
on food and gas and, you know,
[10:35] » I I think the $10 was a sweet spot,
though. I I had we had
[10:39] » Did you feel like it was good?
>> Yeah.
[10:41] » Okay.
>> So, so I guess the notes I had from the
[10:45] time were a little different than the
370.
[10:47] » I just Yes.
>> But, you know, I think, you know, that's
[10:50] a five bucks to immediately cut cut. and
and I ran the the
[10:57] money and the people come in and I think
there was really only one that that
[11:01] complained
but he broke in and done it anyway.
[11:06] So,
>> but he left for a little while.
[11:07] » Um Frank said that he would like to have
seen five $5 for next year. Um, but I,
[11:17] you know, I didn't see anybody really
complaining about
[11:20] » That's what I'm saying. I take taking
their money. I only the one guy and he
[11:25] didn't really complain hard. He just
thought it was a lot for for it. And
[11:30] » but then I had other others like little
kids tell me it's so neat that we can do
[11:34] everything. One of them tell me they
went somewhere and they had to pay $3
[11:39] to do each.
>> Oh, each deal.
[11:42] » Sure. So, even the kids noticed it as a
deal. Well, that's good. Um, we did,
[11:48] Brooke, we were talking about it the
coverage and the young lady that you
[11:54] sent to us, Melody. Yeah. It would have
been nice to known it ahead of time cuz
[11:58] we could have readjusted our
>> um I didn't have cuz she's community
[12:04] service,
>> so I didn't want to guarantee that she
[12:08] was going to be there and her not show
up. So, I didn't I didn't know if she
[12:12] was going to show up or not. There was
no guarantee of because I've had that
[12:16] problem where they've said I'm going to
be here and I've scheduled them out and
[12:20] then they don't show up. And so, I
didn't want to guarantee that to you and
[12:24] then her not show up and you depending
on it.
[12:26] » Sure.
>> Okay. [clears throat] Well, that answers
[12:29] that one. So, shift length, was it okay?
[12:36] » Yes. No.
>> I didn't know what you said. I thought
[12:39] » I stayed the whole time. What did you
say?
[12:41] » I didn't know what ship.
>> Yes, it was.
[12:44] » No, she put you on her
>> I thought she
[12:48] [laughter]
I thought she was saying to me,
[12:49] » "What did you guys think about the
little kids
[12:53] Ariel that seemed to be a big hit?"
>> Oh, yes. That one. That one. I didn't
[12:59] get to see anybody really on except
>> the little tiny kids.
[13:03] » Yeah, cuz
>> Oh, they were just Yeah, I bet they did.
[13:06] » They loved them. I think it was great to
have their own spot and not like the big
[13:10] ones on the page.
>> We had to get a few big ones.
[13:13] » I was going to say, did you
>> I think I think it's important to have
[13:17] that, you know. I think that was a but I
wonder if we might want to see if we get
[13:22] one with a roof on it just so that
there's shade on it,
[13:25] » you know, next time. But but I think
it's it's great having a
[13:30] » Okay.
I don't have water cuz it's too
[13:35] financially
No, years ago they um it flooded all of
[13:41] the vendors when we went out on the
water.
[13:43] » Oh, okay.
>> Was that the same year? Cuz somebody
[13:46] said, "Wasn't it muddy one year?" I was
like, "I don't remember that that would
[13:49] make sense that year." [laughter]
>> And you know, we would be able
[13:55] » we would be able to control that a
little more. Um but that's why we kind
[14:00] of let's not do that again. But I I I
think we can consider like having one or
[14:06] something
[14:09] » lock and walk.
>> But you know, is as blazing hot as it
[14:12] was cuz I know Sicilia was walking
around to begin with just putting her
[14:15] hand on stuff. Put my hand on it.
>> But at the same time,
[14:19] » I didn't see anybody complaining.
>> There was a good breeze.
[14:23] » There was a good breeze.
>> Some kids were just going over and over
[14:28] and over again. I saw kids kind of
getting overheated and moved in. We were
[14:32] handing out some of our water.
>> You know, we might want to get some
[14:37] kidsiz waters next year and just plan on
>> needing that, you know. Um
[14:43] » and then um I I think um the closing we
we needed more direction, Brooke. So, we
[14:52] really did cuz we didn't really know
what we were supposed to do. We didn't
[14:56] know how to lock it. We didn't, but we
broke it all down and then uh Cashbox
[15:02] who did answer that when I called you
and that was escorted up with one of
[15:06] those nice police officers. So, turned
out really good.
[15:10] » So,
>> yeah, I normally I'm just scheduled to
[15:14] do things during that time, so I
couldn't come over and help you guys
[15:18] with that. But,
>> you need to help us. We just [laughter]
[15:21] know what to do.
>> We have volunteers a lot.
[15:24] » Yeah. But next year we can make sure
that that that process is laid out.
[15:29] » Okay, it sounds good.
>> And and and the part I guess in the past
[15:33] we've needed we've needed to lock the
gates so nobody can come walk in and
[15:36] drive us fastest, but I couldn't find a
way to do it. You know, there weren't
[15:39] any locks.
>> Huh. Okay. Yeah, we could that side the
[15:44] the lock. Okay, I know what you're
talking about.
[15:47] » So that's it's not that big of a deal.
Yeah, [laughter]
[15:50] » it wasn't a big deal because they were
taking it. They [clears throat]
[15:54] immediately deflated and so it wasn't
like anybody was going to come and try
[15:59] to jump. So,
>> but we would,
[16:02] » you know, like to know better what to do
with all of that.
[16:05] » So, any other comments? Uh, we didn't
like our white [laughter]
[16:11] » volunteer shirts.
>> Oh, the wine.
[16:16] » That was funny. That's just cuz we're
old fogies.
[16:19] » [laughter]
>> I've already cut mine up and got it
[16:22] tonight.
[laughter]
[16:25] » Got I got mine all wandered and hung up,
too.
[16:29] » All right. Do we have any more?
>> You know, I made a I made a note. We We
[16:33] had like a spill in the obstacle course
where a kid's gooey ball kind of closed
[16:38] up and just got glittery goop all over
it.
[16:41] » And that's a kudos to uh down some more
cuz I didn't have any way to clean it
[16:47] up. They went and jumped in the truck,
got towels, had bleach spray, and the
[16:50] other sprayer just dived in there
>> and he had it cleaned up in just a few
[16:54] minutes and told me it's like I didn't
have to use bleach, so they can come in
[16:57] right away,
>> you know, and it's like I I thought that
[16:59] was great, and I don't know whether we
need to think about having to clean up
[17:03] about that
>> cuz they bailed us out. But that was the
[17:06] part where it's like, oh yeah, I don't I
can't clean it up.
[17:10] » Yeah, we've probably done that before.
>> Oh, yeah.
[17:13] That's the benefit of having them there
too is that they can
[17:18] » and and I can't imagine we would but we
should never think about having the
[17:21] overunder or the Velcro wall without
them bringing the people who are going
[17:25] to run.
>> All right. Any other discussion?
[17:32] Okay. Great. All right. I can find where
I am.
[17:38] All righty. Item 3C, subcommittee
updates. All right, we're going to Frank
[17:46] sent me his, so I'm going to just read
it. Um, so on grants,
[17:52] Frank was able to talk to Mike Howell
and he now has full access to all the
[17:59] Texas Parks and Wildlife
um, grant material. And so he felt like
[18:05] that we're in good hands. So we know now
to move forward who we talked to and all
[18:11] of that. Um and then he said we have not
had any word on the Lowe's grants and
[18:18] that was a question.
Uh Angie wrote the grant or sent sent it
[18:26] off and do we have [clears throat]
access to her emails or how is that? We
[18:33] have access. Steve looked. He did not
receive anything from Lowe's. We let we
[18:37] let um Frank know that. Okay, good.
>> We're just kind of keeping an eye out.
[18:42] » Okay.
>> Angie did include all of our grant
[18:45] information websites. So,
>> beautiful.
[18:48] » What was the first one about him? Um
>> Texas. Yeah. What What's the deal there?
[18:56] Texas Parks and Wildlife. uh just that
there's another grant they're applying
[19:01] for at this time. So, we needed to have
a contact with the city and that will be
[19:08] Mike Howell.
>> Okay. [clears throat]
[19:12] » All righty. And then um the lights grant
he said he needs um to I need to power
[19:21] draw per lamp. Not sure how to get it
get it. and he said, "Encore will
[19:26] require a pre-insspection if we get a
grant." And then he said he recommended
[19:33] applying for the baseball fields first
instead of the lights. So that's his
[19:39] opinion on that. So I don't know where
the direction is. I don't have access to
[19:45] his paperwork, but it kind of made sense
to me, isn't that?
[19:50] » Yeah. Do we know if there's somebody
with the city that knows what the
[19:54] current draw is when they're on
committee?
[19:59] » Yes, I have it in my um
>> Can Have you sent it to Frank?
[20:04] » I I think I did.
>> Okay. Yeah, maybe double check on that.
[20:09] [clears throat]
>> Um but we do have it. I I Yeah.
[20:13] » All right. So, please just make a note
to send it off to them.
[20:16] » That would be great.
And then also um I think that's it.
[20:23] That's it on that report. And then
community outreach.
[20:31] Brooke was able to get the Hoppers
movie for us
[20:39] uh for $525
and that will be taking place on 911
[20:45] 19206
which is a Saturday evening.
[20:51] So,
my question is,
[20:56] um, do we have concessions or what what
do you guys envision something like?
[21:02] » Do we have a popcorn?
>> I don't know what we have.
[21:09] » I would think you want to have at least
a couple of so people could get a drink
[21:13] or food and then it works with them.
>> So, would we set up a table?
[21:18] » Yeah, we can set up a table. Um,
>> and just
[21:22] » if we have somebody that has a popcorn
machine, do the popcorn or buy it from
[21:27] the
>> Did we still want to bring in a couple
[21:30] of food trucks
[21:34] » and that was a conversation and we
wanted you guys wanted to pick out
[21:38] » that sounds fun.
>> A couple or one or two
[21:40] » or would we rather just do concessions?
I don't know. It's
[21:45] » the thing sessions we have to be in
charge of it. We have to have this stuff
[21:48] and we have to where you already have
the people that that's what they do and
[21:52] they got
>> there's so many around here. You got to
[21:54] eliminate people just off the menu for
actually is a kettle corn vendor and
[22:00] » it doesn't have to actually be food. I
don't guess it could just be like like
[22:03] lemonade or popcorn but a lot of times
they will have some other things besides
[22:07] » so something specialization
and just popcorn maybe and
[22:13] somebody that'll do
>> lemonade.
[22:17] We also have cuz I'm thinking of all the
people that signed up for July.
[22:21] » Yeah, you would know better than
anybody.
[22:23] » I can get I can contact two or three of
them. If you guys want something
[22:27] specific like popcorn and lemonade, I
can do that.
[22:31] » You can get the popcorn up there at the
movie theater. Huge bags.
[22:35] » Yeah. And
>> then you got to have it and handle half
[22:38] or you can handle it. Put it in. We have
volunteers that would be willing to do
[22:42] that part, but
I don't
[22:45] » Yeah, it's not as fresh as coming out
California.
[22:50] » Have we got like a a hot dog vendor if
we're just going for
[22:55] » just a hot dog vendor? [clears throat]
>> SNM might be they might be willing to do
[23:00] that.
>> Yeah. And I'm I'm assuming we could
[23:06] » something really
charging them something for being there
[23:10] offset maybe cost a little bit.
>> Yeah, I would.
[23:15] » Yeah, I would
like maybe 75
[23:20] » bucks or not super high. We do want to
make them
[23:25] » cuz we don't know how much they're going
to make. We have to start advertising
[23:28] this right away. I mean on Facebook or
wherever free, you know, just out there.
[23:33] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[23:35] » Did we start the time? 8:00 p.m. Is that
what we were looking at?
[23:38] » That's what we were looking at.
>> Channel 4 8 p.m.
[23:42] » So, it's a little over a month away so
we can get our heads together. I can
[23:49] work with you on getting that together.
I have a I started working on a flyer um
[23:56] and just putting it on social media and
stuff and we'll get people
[24:00] » it'll
>> you might just do a little save the date
[24:03] and then
>> go from there.
[24:06] » All right. So
any um other things on [clears throat]
[24:13] community outreach? Um
>> also on that I've already talked to the
[24:19] fire department
>> and they are going to be bringing the um
[24:23] the equipment down and they've got that
all taken care of. So they're they said
[24:27] that they would set that up for us
>> for the movie. Yeah.
[24:30] » They're going to do the [clears throat]
>> the screen and the projector.
[24:35] » Yeah. And they're such great team. great
job
[24:38] » on everything that we have. Um, so Linda
was interested in doing a holiday popup.
[24:46] Can we do that? Anybody know?
>> Holiday as in Christmas holiday
[24:52] » around November,
end of November maybe.
[24:57] » Have we had any experience with that?
>> Like a popup
[25:02] » like they do over in May Bank on Main
Street?
[25:04] » Oh, like vendors and stuff.
Have you ever thought about doing
[25:10] markets? Little markets,
>> just a small market.
[25:13] » Yeah, I mean it it's just
it would be kind of like what we do for
[25:20] National Night Out and how we set up the
pavilion um with the vendors on the
[25:25] outside and then a couple in the middle.
Um and then getting people in their
[25:29] spots and making sure all that stuff is
there. And
[25:32] » would it have to be there?
>> Yeah,
[25:34] » it would have to be in the pavilion. It
wouldn't have to be at the pavilion. If
[25:38] you want to do it at if you want to do
it at the community center, if we want
[25:42] to do it at the pavilion or somewhere at
the park, wherever. Um I mean, but
[25:47] » Well, would it be okay if we explored it
and then
[25:52] talked about it next meeting?
[25:57] » I'm fine with that. I [laughter]
>> Well, we have national night out October
[26:01] 6. When?
>> October 6th.
[26:04] » October 6th.
uh
[26:06] » around the 1st of December.
>> Well, then we have our parade that we're
[26:11] » we've got a parade. We've got a list of
things. [laughter]
[26:15] » November Sunday is the really big deal
market where they're doing the deal with
[26:19] the the festival that's in May Bank. But
>> I hate to compete. I mean,
[26:26] » yeah,
>> cuz man, do you remember when they were
[26:28] doing that the vendor the market right
there at Brooming Suns and then big
[26:33] market started in May and all those
people that had there wasn't a lot, but
[26:36] man, they just eventually couldn't
compete cuz we had a setup going really
[26:41] good. But it's definitely something
worth looking into. But
[26:46] if
if that's something
[26:51] that you guys are interested into, maybe
I might suggest helping with the
[26:57] afterparty of the Christmas parade at
the community center. Um that's more of
[27:03] an area that
um
[27:08] » Well, if you do it in the community
center, nobody had to have their
[27:12] canopies. You're all you doing something
you talking about cuz she's talking
[27:15] about after the parade.
>> Yeah, we always do an after party after
[27:18] the Christmas parade. Um and that
normally is where we have the least
[27:23] amount of volunteers and stuff that are
accumulated. Um, and that would be
[27:28] something that you guys cuz like we we
did like an arts and crafts and we did
[27:33] um we had the little blow up balloon
that people could go in and then there
[27:37] was music and Santa and we had hot
chocolate and
[27:41] » so you would like us to volunteer for
that.
[27:44] » That would be great.
>> Yeah. [laughter]
[27:46] » I just think that if you guys want to do
something in that spirit of holiday
[27:50] Christmas, maybe that would be a good
place.
[27:52] » Why don't we go ahead and put it for
now? So we still be doing the float
[27:57] also. So we're
>> What time is this? When is this after?
[28:01] It's the first
>> weekend in December.
[28:04] » December. December uh
>> It's December 6th or December 7th. It's
[28:10] the first Saturday in December.
>> December 6th. And so when when's the
[28:15] party on 607?
>> It's 5th.
[28:18] » Right after the party. Right after.
Okay.
[28:20] » Yeah. [snorts]
[clears throat]
[28:22] » Yep. We can do that.
>> Yeah. and just having kids, you know,
[28:26] just doing arts and crafts.
>> I was just asking her because we usually
[28:30] decorate a float, throw out candy, and
she's saying it probably be one or the
[28:34] other.
>> Oh, one or the other.
[28:36] » If you guys want to do both, I'm not
going to stop you. [laughter]
[28:39] » I'm just saying if we're doing the the
float, we can't do any setup, right?
[28:43] » You know, we won't be we'd only be able
to ride in and go,
[28:46] » right? [laughter]
>> Not watching.
[28:49] » We're not going to throw Kane down.
>> Never mind. Sounds like we can do both.
[28:54] [laughter]
>> We can do both if we want to. Um you
[28:59] guys cuz like we
>> signed up for both. I love throwing that
[29:02] candy.
>> We had everything set up before we got
[29:05] there. And my staff, the two staff that
work in the community center, they're
[29:10] there ready for everybody to come
inside. And then whenever
[29:13] » we could just get off and go take our
places because we we got there in a
[29:20] » timely fashion before anybody else.
>> You guys are right at the beginning of
[29:25] » So I think we could do both.
>> But um but yeah, that would be more
[29:32] » I mean you need to rely on us because
we're a built-in set of volunteers that
[29:38] love the park and community center.
So, what do you guys think?
[29:45] » Yeah, for sure.
>> I don't want to throw candy out.
[29:48] » Okay.
>> Yeah.
[29:50] » We don't have to vote on anything like
that, do we? Okay. [laughter] All right.
[29:53] Great. Okay. Um, and then I'm still
working on maybe doing a stargazing for
[30:03] after the first of the year.
I haven't heard back from them. And then
[30:08] that's about all I've got. So, um, we
talked about a doggy parade and all, but
[30:14] we got to get through all the holidays.
So, this would be J, you know, January
[30:19] on. So,
[30:26] anything else, Linda? Anything?
>> Yes, sir. Is that it? Okay, then let's
[30:34] go ahead and move on to
>> It was the market that I mentioned, but
[30:37] I think about it,
>> right? I think we need to put it on
[30:40] pause, but
>> maybe after first year, but I think it's
[30:44] something to consider. Not every weekend
like maybe
[30:48] » Well, I don't know why we don't have one
just right out here. Right here.
[30:53] » Uhhuh.
>> Maybe in the spring we can do that.
[30:57] » But I said not every weekend
would be nice.
[31:03] » Events.
>> All right. Um, Arbor Day. I've actually
[31:07] learned something the last few days that
has me scrambling, which which is
[31:13] when you're looking to get tree
seedlings to pass out in an event. Uh
[31:20] here in this part of Texas, it's very
difficult for them to be available on
[31:24] November 7th. They're available after
that. It's like we're working for for
[31:29] the Arbor Day Foundation. The earliest
they ship them is November 9th. Um,
[31:34] other places you actually get the trees
like in February or so. And I don't
[31:38] think that that's uh necessarily written
in stone. So, I'm I'm kind of But it all
[31:45] has to do with when they're going to
grow them, right? If you're getting a
[31:47] seedling, that's a certain part of
growing. They're just not expecting that
[31:50] to be done in time for our event. So,
I've I've reached out to a number of
[31:55] places today to see whether we've got
options for for getting getting some in
[31:59] time for November 7th. Otherwise, we can
figure something else out. um it just
[32:04] may not be, you know, and handing out a
couple hundred. Well, it it may be we
[32:08] hand out a smaller number of big trees
because big trees of course are
[32:12] available year round,
>> right?
[32:14] » It's just those seedlings that it's it's
a moment in time.
[32:17] » Um but uh what I kind of wanted to ask
you guys was was I was I was originally
[32:24] imagining, you know, two to 300 of these
seedlings. If we said 300 and we were
[32:30] going to the Arbot Dave Foundation, that
that comes in a little under 500 bucks.
[32:36] I'm talking to him about the possibility
because heck, I'll I'll go drive and
[32:39] pick them up. You know, they don't have
to ship them assuming they're in Texas
[32:43] somewhere. Um, you know, maybe there'll
be a way to get those in time. But I
[32:48] guess one of the things I wanted to ask
at this meeting because I think I
[32:51] probably would need to figure this out
soon is I don't know if it's a vote or
[32:55] what, but can I have a budget for trees
in case we need to try to use it here
[33:00] pretty soon. Um,
you know, I think I think at most it
[33:07] would be like, you know, 500 bucks. Um,
but it may be zero just maybe figure out
[33:12] we got to do something else. But I don't
I I was assuming that would be a vote.
[33:16] So, I wanted to throw that out there to
see if if that was okay.
[33:19] » What do you think? 500.
>> I think 500. We we Yeah. Yeah. That that
[33:24] would allow me if the Arbor Day
Foundation can do something to work with
[33:28] us on a date, then I got to still figure
out how to get you guys, you know, to
[33:33] make to pay for it. But
>> it it would if if we knew that y'all
[33:38] approve the money. I think that's
>> motion for up to 500.
[33:43] » Yeah,
>> up to 500. I'll make a motion for
[33:46] Gilbert to have the access fund of $500
for the Arbor Day
[33:53] Festival.
>> Yes.
[33:59] » I second it.
>> Cool.
[34:03] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[34:05] » Perfect.
>> Um we're we're we're having a meeting.
[34:09] You know, this is a a co- event with the
the derby. We're going to be meeting
[34:14] with him on Wednesday evening.
Uh, and the um main thing that we want
[34:21] to focus on right now with this timing
is this is when we can start kind of
[34:27] advertising it out on some of the Arct
sites. They just opened those up really
[34:31] kind of and we want to uh start working
towards putting putting out the fuelers
[34:39] to vendors, vendors and food trucks. Um,
and that's going to be a a cooperative
[34:44] thing because because we've got our
system, they've got their system. We're
[34:48] going to try to reach out to everybody.
Um,
[34:52] uh, I'm I I'm thinking, uh, you know,
Courtney and I are kind of the this the
[34:58] subcommittee. Uh, are you guys okay with
us figuring out what we're going to
[35:01] charge vendors and all that kind of
stuff, or is that something we have to
[35:04] bring through? Okay.
>> We all have a good good idea.
[35:08] » I saw a quorum of of not. [laughter] So,
so if we if we come up with some of that
[35:13] stuff, we're just going to move forward
with uh reaching out to vendors from
[35:16] from there.
>> We have a pretty good idea. I mean, it's
[35:19] always in the same range anyway.
>> And and as a reminder, that money that's
[35:23] going to come in is going to be split
between the two of us. So, we'll we'll
[35:27] get half of it. Half of it will go to
the the derby and it'll be a nice
[35:31] bargain for the vendors cuz they'll get
to show up for two events worth of
[35:34] people. But,
>> how else can we help you? Uh, I think
[35:40] that's it. Of course, if you know
anybody that, you know, gives away
[35:44] trees,
[laughter]
[35:48] » there's that tree farm right up off the
36.
[35:51] » I want to be making some more of those
those calls.
[35:55] » All right. Anything else to add? Brooke,
do you have something?
[36:04] » All right. We're getting ready for uh
>> National Night Out and the Halloween
[36:12] event um
that's coming up. And
[36:16] » we're working on what?
>> Getting ready for the National Night Out
[36:19] and the Halloween event. Um we're
meeting next week to talk about the
[36:25] National Night Out and we're probably
going to be changing it to the community
[36:28] center since it's so hot. Um, and that's
on uh so we're working on that plan.
[36:35] » That's October the 2nd.
>> 6th.
[36:39] » 6th.
>> Okay. [clears throat] My note there. 6.
[36:44] Okay.
>> What kind of day of the week is that?
[36:48] » It's a Tuesday night.
>> Tuesday.
[36:50] » And we're going to move it back to 5 to
8 instead of 4 to 7.
[36:56] » Much better.
>> Yeah.
[36:58] Um and then um
and it's going to be we're um I'm
[37:05] working on trying
we're in the process. I still got to
[37:10] meet with the chiefs and everything and
they're going to uh meet with me, but
[37:13] we're hoping to uh move it over to the
community center and get everything.
[37:20] still have the same idea, have vendors,
not vendors, but um community partners
[37:24] that um offer things to people who are
services and such and then um HOAs and
[37:31] POAS um having tables there as well. Um
so if you guys can help me get people to
[37:36] sign up for those things, that would
>> Have you ever called Tanya Chapman? She
[37:43] puts on that big bash and there were so
many people that I'd never heard of
[37:48] before that were
>> really back to school stuff.
[37:54] » I might have to reach out
>> reach out to her. She's so wonderful to
[37:58] to help.
>> Yeah, I will do that.
[38:02] » Um and then uh October 24th
is the Halloween event.
[38:09] » Okay.
Um,
[38:11] » and that's October. Okay. 24th. All
right.
[38:15] » And then we're going to, um,
last year we got enough volunteers that
[38:21] the staff did not have to build the sets
for the haunted hay ride. Um, but then
[38:27] it rained, so we didn't [laughter] get
to have it. So, we didn't know how if
[38:31] that we we didn't get to learn if that
worked out as well as we hoped it would.
[38:36] Um, so I'm hoping to try that again this
year. See if we can still get the same
[38:41] amount of we've been finding groups. So
like the the roller derby girls did it
[38:46] and different large groups. There was
businesses that sponsored a spot and
[38:50] different things. Um, so we're hoping to
keep that plan again.
[38:55] » And what would be our role in that? Um,
last year I believe you guys helped with
[39:02] the um
trunk
[39:05] » trunk or treat
>> directing.
[39:09] » Um, yes, just directing the crowd.
[39:15] » All right. I remember what I did though.
>> I know that rain messed us up for a
[39:21] while.
>> All right. Does anybody have anything
[39:25] else they'd like to talk about with the
subcommittees?
[39:30] All right.
>> Do I have a motion to adjurnn?
[39:34] » A motion to adjurnn.
>> Second.
[39:38] » Thank you.
[39:42] » Great.
Thank you, Jan. Listen.