* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] RIGHT. [I. CALL TO ORDER] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF BEN BROOKS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2023. [II. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS] VERY GOOD. NOW YOU WANT GET THE, UH, SWEAR THE NEW MEMBERS IN PLACE. TWO, FOUR, AND SIX. SO IF Y'ALL COME DOWN HERE IN FRONT, I'LL BASICALLY THE, THE [III. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY AGENDA ITEM] OKAY. ASK IF THERE'S ANY, SO WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS. [IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF SOMEONE HAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022. SO MOVED. AND CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MR. SKINNER, YES OR NO? YES. MR. JAMES? YES. MS. FULCHER? YES. MR. HARVILLE? YES. MS. SUTTON? YES. THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY. VERY GOOD. [V. SELECTION OF BOARD CHAIRPERSON] AND CAN I GET A NOMINATION FOR A BOARD CHAIRPERSON AND CALL THEIR NAME? WHO, WHO YOU I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, LIZZIE SUTTON FOR BOARD CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. CAN I GET A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. MR. SKINNER? YES. MR. JAMES? YES. MS. FULCHER? YES. MR. HARVILLE? YES. MS. SUTTON? YES. PASS UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. MS. SUTTON, YOU ARE THE CHAIRPERSON. [VI. SELECTION OF BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON] AND MAY I GET A NOMINATION FOR THE BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON? I NOMINATE TAMMY CHER. AND CAN I GET A SECOND, I SECOND THAT NOMINATION. OKAY. MR. SKINNER? UH, YES. MR. JAMES? YES. MS. FULCHER? YES. MS. HAR. MR. HARVILLE? YES. MS. SUTTON? YES. AND HE'S NOT HERE. ALRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS [00:05:01] MS. FULCHER, YOU ARE THE VICE CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY. [VII. REPORTS FROM CITY STAFF ] YES. AND ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM THE CITY STAFF? YEP, I'VE GOT ONE. AND IT'S JUST BASICALLY AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR WAS WE CHANGED THE NAME OF, UH, SOUTH BENBROOK PARK TO DR. JERRY DIETRICH PARK TO HONOR, UH, UH, THE MAYOR DIETRICH, WHO'S HAD A LONG SER SERVICE OF, UH, SERVING THIS CITY, BUT BEING ON BOARDS COUNCIL AND ON THE MAYOR. SO THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR. AND THE BIG THING Y'ALL REALLY DID A GOOD JOB ON WAS THE PARKS AND THE OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ THE WHOLE THING, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, MOST OF US THINK OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS JUST LANDSCAPING TURF. BUT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE. WE DO LANDSCAPING. WE MOW, WE PREPARE BALL FIELDS, AND WE ALSO HANDLE TRAPPING MOSQUITOES. AND WE SPRAY IF NECESSARY, AND OUR PROGRAM FOLLOWS THE TEXAS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF, UH, TARRANT COUNTY, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH. AND IF IN THE TRAP, WE, WE SET TRAPS UP, UH, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG TARRANT COUNTY WANTS TO TRAP 'EM. AND WE SET TRAPS UP ALL OVER THE CITY EVERY WEEK. AND, UH, IF A SAMPLE COMES BACK POSITIVE WITH WEST NILE VIRUS OR ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS, WE WILL SPRAY A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THAT TRAP. AND, UH, THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP ON GOING IN THAT ROUTE. THIS PAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPRAY, WE DIDN'T GET ANY POSITIVES OF ANYTHING. IT WAS A DOWN YEAR, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. WHEN IT, UH, WE DON'T SPRAY JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MOSQUITOES. WE ONLY SPRAY IF THERE'S A POSITIVE, UH, UH, TEST RESULT. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, HOW OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN THIS, YOU CAN LOOK ON TARRANT COUNTY'S WEBSITE AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH UNDER THEIR, IT'S CALLED VECTOR CONTROL. AND YOU CAN PULL UP ANY CITY'S, UH, TEST RESULTS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE FENCES ALONG WEST PARK HERE. THEY'RE REATING IT. THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE RESURFACE THE TENNIS COURTS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AT DUTCH BRANCH. LAST YEAR THEY DID, UH, TIMBER CREEK PARK. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WILDLIFE. PICTURE. ON THE LEFT IS A BEAVER. THAT WAS AT DALE POND. WE HAD TO RELOCATE HIM BEFORE HE, UH, DID SOME DAMAGE. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN'T TELL VERY WELL, BUT IT'S A DEAD PIG. SOMEBODY KILLED IT. AT DUTCH BRANCH PARK, MONDAY MORNINGS ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT AT THE PARK. YOU DON'T EVER KNOW HOW WHAT'S GONNA SHOW UP. AND, UH, SO MONDAYS ARE USUALLY TRASH DAY AT ALL THE PARKS AND, UH, THE STAFF, WE HAVE A STAFF OF SIX PLUS TWO SUPERVISORS, AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THEY DO AT ALL THE PARKS ON MONDAY. OTHER PROJECTS, THEY'LL BE GETTING INVOLVED, OF COURSE, THEY CLEAN THE RESTROOMS AND PICK UP TRASH. THEY REPAIR THEIR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, WHICH WAS, UH, THEY HAD, UH, ARMY EQUIPMENT, UH, OUT IN THE PARK AND PEOPLE COULD, UH, LOOK AT IT, THAT KIND OF THING. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE TRAVELING VIETNAM VETERAN MEMORIAL WAS SET UP IN OUR PARK. ALL THE METAL LIGHT POLES WERE REPLACED IN THE BALL FIELDS A FEW YEARS AGO BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. UH, THE SHADE STRUCTURES YOU SEE OVER THE PICNIC TABLES AND STUFF, THEY DID THAT. THEY CONSTRUCTED THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT TIMBER CREEK PARK. ALL THE ENTRANCE MONUMENTS YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE CITY, UH, OF THE, THEY BUILT THOSE. THEY BUILT THE PUMPHOUSE FOR THE IRRIGATION FOR, UH, LANDSCAPING. THEY CONSTRUCTED JERRY DIETRICH, DR. JERRY DIETRICH'S PARK, AND INSTALLED THE SWINGS AT ROLAND HILLS PARK IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THE CONCESSIONAIRES [00:10:01] ARE LEASE LEASES TO THE CITY, THE YMCA POWER PLAY RACING. THEY REPAIR, UH, BOATS, MOSTLY, UH, RACING STYLE BOATS LIKE YOU'D SEE AT POSSUM KINGDOM OR T THE BENBROOK STABLES, THE PAR THREE GOLF COURSE, THE DRIVING RANGE, THE BENBROOK YOUTH BASEBALL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, AND THE MARINA SPECIAL EVENTS. THE PARKS ARE INVOLVED. AMERICAN DIABETES, THE BENBROOK MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. WE'VE HAD A DISC DOG COMPETITION IN ERIC WILLIAMS. RACE. RELAY FOR LIFE RESTORATION CHURCH USUALLY HOLDS AN EAST, UH, SUNRISE EASTER SERVICE IN THE PARK. RUTLEDGE FOUNDATION DID A FUNDRAISER. TRIDENT SPORTS WAS A, UH, TRIATHLON. WESTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL HAS SOME THINGS THAT GO ON. AND OF COURSE, THE YMCA. OKAY, THAT'S THAT. [VII. INFORMAL CITIZEN COMMENTS] ARE THERE ANY INFORMAL CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THIS MOMENT? AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD CITY OF BENBROOK ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11TH TO CLOSE AND ADJOURN. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.