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[0:29]
[Roll call]
[0:45]
Committee Chair: Whoever is from administration
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that would like to come and talk on the update of the park,
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you are hereby asked to come up and please present,
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thank you so much.
[1:27]
Speaker: Gerald services performed an investigation,
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and what we found is two storm drains
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that were stopped up and also a damaged drain pipe.
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What we did to remediate the issue is we cleaned out
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those storm drains, wash the lines,
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we also repaired the damaged storm drain.
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Went by the day after it had rained,
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there was no pooling, so we will continue
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to monitor the area to make sure there are no more issues.
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Committee Chair: Thank you for that, do we have any questions?
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The next item on our agenda is an update
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on the Bellevue Center.
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Speaker: I would like to introduce first
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from Memphis we have chief operating officer who
[2:44]
is here with us, and also deputy director from the Memphis Parks.
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Speaker: Bellevue Tennis Center is undergoing renovations
[3:00]
and repairs right now, these are indoors in the tennis hut
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and also around the tennis hut which
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will result in resurfacing the parking lot,
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putting an observation deck in, and so far
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I was there twice last week.
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They had demolished the bathrooms in preparation
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to reconfigure for the college, they
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have also pulled the carpet up in the office area
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to resurface the flooring and make it all match.
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They have also removed anything that
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would prevent them from getting a smooth coat of paint on their.
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We removed all of our things from the building,
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we have a pod outside and we will just keep it there until we
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can move everything back in .
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We have had summer camp for the last nine weeks that wrapped up
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on July 31st on Friday, we have moved the children to North
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Tennis Center which has plenty of room to house all of the kids
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from Bellevue and on average we've had 50 to 60 kids there
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a day for the last nine weeks.
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They are having a great time, we plan on reopening the tennis
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center at Bellevue in January once the repairs and renovations
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are complete but we are also starting new programing
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for our Bellevue participants, including a men's cardio league,
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a women's league, we have teams that
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play at a Bellevue transferring there for the time being.
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Permanent contracts transferred for the time being
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and we are putting together some more things for children
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for the spring to host a grand opening at Bellevue
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and then have them play and show what
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they've learned over the course of the summer and the fall.
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Committee Chair: Can you tell me where those other places are?
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Speaker: Ridgeway road, we also have courts at Frazier,
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rice community center.
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We do not have programs in Frasier
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because that Tennis hut is closed.
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We hope to have repairs and renovations start
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on those in the fall, we've Been selected to apply for a grant
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so that the city doesn't have to bear the cost.
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Councilwoman Sutton: I want to applaud
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for what I say was amazing for the children, tennis
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players, non tennis players, everybody just
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came across all over Arkansas, everybody was here
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and it was just amazing to actually see it manifest,
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come to pass, and all the hard work that you all did.
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Tennis Memphis parks, all the work done collectively together
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to make this happen and I'm excited to see
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it evolve through the years.
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Our children had an opportunity to see pro tennis players hit
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with them, and some of us seasoned people also had
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the same opportunity , so it was just something that was needed.
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It gave everybody a different perspective on our future,
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how it should look and what it should look like moving forward
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.
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And then we manifest the vision.
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I'm just looking forward to more tournaments
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coming at left which because it's a beautiful facility.
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A lot of money and time was put into that facility
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for things like this on this spectrum to happen.
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Secondly, I'm excited about Bellevue
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and what is going on with the brick and mortar part,
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the renovation that is happening.
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I'm glad to hear about the lockers and the bathrooms,
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the paint.
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We had a meeting, we sat there and got the colors coordinated
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correctly to make sure they have the colors in there and that was
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so important to the director .
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I'm so glad that was able to happen, and to actually
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see Bellevue such an amazing tennis center evolve,
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and what is going to evolve in along with Jesse Turner and all
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the other extension that we have.
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This is a long time coming because Bellevue serves downtown
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and it was a very active community tennis center,
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just to see it was very unique with their programing
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because of where it sits in the middle of the heart of South
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Memphis where our babies can come in and experience tennis .
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What I want to ask is the CIP dollars come
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are we looking good with the CIP dollars moving forward?
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I want to know have you met with the architect .
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We wanted to make sure the dollars were
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implemented and set aside for such a facility, so thank you.
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What does it look like on their part?
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Speaker: We will be bringing the resolution to council
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for approval But the future of what sports look
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like in the park, we will be looking to enhance it even more
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not only this fiscal year, but in the coming Councilwoman
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Sutton: Shout out to John Boden and Bunny, good to see You.
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Tennis Memphis is evolving into something
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that I thought I would never see for the many years I've
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been playing tennis and I hope we
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can continue playing this partnership
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with the city of Memphis and make
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sure we set an example for our future and our children,
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this is a legacy for them, and we
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will be able to pass the torch on to them,
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so thank you chairman.
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Vice Chairman: What about the inside
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of the courts, the netting and the resurfacing?
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Speaker: That's what we will have the stakeholder meetings
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about .
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you and the councilwoman will be invited to those meetings.
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Speaker: What's happening now is mostly related
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to the welcome area, the entry color schemes and locker room
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as well, but I will send that over to you again.
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The allocated funding is 3.1 million, thank you Councilwoman.
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Before we wrap up, we are winding down some projects.
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I did have a video I just wanted to show on some construction
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projects, if we could.
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Committee Chair: I think we have time, please, go ahead.
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[Video plays]
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Speaker: These are all very active projects
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that we have going on, the Accelerate Memphis dollars.
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This is Frazier Park, right outside of Ed Rice.
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Speaker: Some of these videos we've taken over the past few
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weeks, there has been more progress since then and we have
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a condensed timeline that shows the final product .
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Speaker: The pavilion is back there in the back
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looking all illustrious.
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Speaker: There's been 16 parking spots added to Glenview as part
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of this project , and that is a Glenview Park pavilion.
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Here we have Pine View Hill Park,
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this is one of the larger playgrounds
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that's Being constructed.
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Also, the landscaping improvements as well as
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parking improvements adjacent to the golf course, which
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has really seen a renaissance.
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We had a record number of rounds at Pine Hill
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this last year so thank you to Councilman Ford
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for his leadership on that particular project,
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and a record July.
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Gooch Park Pavilion, this park means a lot to many of us
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for a number of reasons, certainly we
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want to acknowledge the work of the late Joanne
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Street of Hollywood University, better known as Hub.
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This is a pavilion project we work with the community
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on, as you can see accessibility improvements
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and here we have Westwood Pool.
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Essentially a couple weeks ago, we have since
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continued the cleaning, we've got inspections set for today,
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so we are hoping to hit substantial completion
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and we will be working alongside Councilman
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Ford for the grand opening celebration,
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but certainly Westwood residents and community,
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all the stakeholders are really excited
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about this particular project for a lot of reasons.
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The Park pavilion is being constructed in South Memphis
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area on Elsie Road adjacent to the existing playground,
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we are really excited about this project
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as well which is going to provide
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more opportunities for gathering and play in South Memphis.
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It's for all of us!
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That brings us to a close.
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I just wanted to share that with you all so
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we could give real time updates.
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Committee Chair: That looks great, thank you for that .
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Well done, and thank you for pushing tennis.
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We are adjourned.