May 28, 2026 Midlothian Community Development Corporation

[* A portion of this meeting is without audio *]

[Call to order, invocation, and pledges]

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>> LORD WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND THE GRACE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE PRAY EVERY WORD SPOKEN HERE TONIGHT IS AS HONORABLE AND GLORIFYING TO YOU.

IN NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >> DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE CITIZENRY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK?

>> NO WE DON'T. >> THEN WE MOVE ON TO 2026-064,

[2026-065 Consider and act upon minutes from Midlothian Community Development Corporation board meeting on April 23, 2026]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOUR BY A SAYING OF I?

[2026-066 Presentation from Kimley-Horn of Trail House Master Plan]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. >> AM I OKAY TO JUST KEEP GOING? OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.

GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I AM KATHRYN WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH.

I WILL GET IT. RIGHT HERE, SORRY Y'ALL.

QUICK OUTLINE. WE WILL DO INTRODUCTIONS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. BUT THROUGH OUR CONCEPT PLAN, IF THERE IS ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, WE WILL GATHER THAT AND POST THE MEETING WILL MEET WITH HEATHER TO REVIEW AND

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AM I HITTING THE RIGHT -- MAC SO AGAIN, I AM THE ARCHITECT, FOR 13 YEARS NOW, I HAVE GOT MY COLLEAGUE HERE, MISTY, WHO HAS WORKED AT THE CITY ON SEVERAL PROJECTS AND SHE IS ALSO ASSISTING ME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTION TO HELP PUT THIS CONCEPT PLAN TOGETHER FOR Y'ALL.

SO QUICK GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN CONVERSATION WITH BOTH MELISSA AND HEATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS OVERALL SITE TO REPURPOSE AND REVITALIZE FOR MULTIFUNCTION EVENT SPACES THAT COULD BE WEDDINGS, PARTIES, QUINCEANERAS, ANY SORT OF FUNCTION THAT THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO RUN SPACES FOR. WE REALLY TRY TO HONE IN ON THAT FRAME OF CONCEPT FRAME OF REFERENCE AND MAKE THESE SPACES FOR YOU ALL TO UTILIZE AS A COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER ITEM IS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION. AND THE CONCEPT PLAN YOU WILL SEE ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS AND ALSO INCREASED PARKING AREA. SO THE PARKING IS LIMITED CURRENTLY OUT THERE, WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT FOR THOSE EVENT SPACES THAT COULD BE COMING. EXPAND OPEN GREEN SPACES, CREATE COMMUNITY GATHERING AREAS. AGAIN, LOOKING AT FIREPIT, WE'VE GOT A NATURAL PLAYSCAPE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXISTING VEGETATION OUT THERE. WE WANTED TO HONE IN ON THAT AND REALLY BRING THAT TO A PLAYSCAPE TYPE OF VIBE FOR KIDS.

A MULTI-PURPOSE GAMING AREA AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT EXPANDING THE DECK OF THAT BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE.

THERE IS AN EXISTING DECK BUT WE'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK TO GO AHEAD AND EXPAND ON THAT. SO YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR AREA FOR SEATING. AND THEN ALSO ENHANCED LANDSCAPING FOR ESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE THOUGHT ABOUT USING SOME OF THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT PIECES THAT ARE OUT THERE. FOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES, WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT WEDDING PHOTOS OR SENIOR PHOTOS, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND.

THOSE ARE GREAT PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN ALSO IN WORKING WITH THE OTHER TEAM FOR REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE WIDE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS. SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOME STROLLERS, BIKES, PEOPLE WALKING AND RUNNING, YOU HAVE GOT THE WIDTH FOR THAT. SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE CONCEPT PLAN AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONCEPT, YOU WILL SEE JUST SOME REFERENCE IMAGERY OF WHAT THESE SPACES COULD LOOK LIKE AND THE DESIGN INTENT OF WHAT WE ENVISIONED FOR THE SPACES. BY NO MEANS IS IT SET IN STONE IF THERE IS FEEDBACK OR IF THERE ARE COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GATHER THOSE AND WE CAN DEBRIEF WITH MELISSA AND HEATHER POST THIS MEETING TO TALK THROUGH THAT.

BUT I WILL START AT THE NORTH END.

WE HAVE GOT AN EVENT PERGOLA SPACE WITH A CEREMONY VENUE SPACE WITH SOME DECORATIVE CONCRETE.

SO AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE ADA COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE IT IS ACCOMMODATING TO EVERYONE AND INCLUSIVE.

THE CAPACITY FOR THAT SPACE IS ABOUT 200 GUESTS.

SO AGAIN, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL WEDDING VENUE SITE AND AS YOU'VE GOT THE CREEK TO THE NORTH OF IT, YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT VIEWS OF THAT SPACE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE EXISTING TRAIL IS IN GREAT SHAPE. AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN, THERE IS AN EXISTING PORTE, AN EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE AND WE WANTED TO KEEP THOSE ELEMENTS. WE THOUGHT THOSE WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST HAVE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS BUT STILL BE USED FOR THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY MOMENT.

THERE IS 8-FOOT PEDESTRIAN CONCRETE TRAILS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE WIDTH, ACCOMMODATING SEVERAL FOLKS WALKING BACK AND FORTH. IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE RESTROOM, BACK TO THE EVENT, YOU HAVE GOT THE SPACE TO WALK BACK AND FORTH. AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN, ON THE EAST SIDE, AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS THE VINTAGE PICKUP TRUCK EQUIPMENT. WE WANTED TO KEEP THOSE IN PLACE. BUT WE DID ADD DECORATIVE PAINTING AROUND IT. SO WE CREATED THESE SPACES AND MOMENTS FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PHOTOS AND UTILIZE THEM AS A PHOTO BACKDROP. ANOTHER FUN AMENITY THAT WE ADDED IS THE GRAVEL LOT FOR FOOD TRUCKS.

SO AGAIN, BUSINESS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO RENT IT OUT FOR AN EVENT, BUT IF THE CITY WANTED TO HOST FOOD TRUCKS, MOVIE NIGHT IN THE PARK, THAT SPACE HAS AREAS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL AS PICNIC TABLES, SEATING AND

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SO FROM AN ESTHETIC STANDPOINT, YOU CREATE THIS GREAT SPACE AND AMBIANCE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO GRAB SOME FOOD AND WANTING TO HANG OUT FOR THE EVENING.

TO THE EAST OF THE FOOD TRUCK AREA, THERE IS AN EXISTING ARCHED STRUCTURE THAT IS THERE. THAT WE WANTED TO PROPOSE RECOVERING THAT WITH A CLEAR FABRIC OF SOME SORT.

BUT THEN UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT CAN BECOME A SORT OF RECEPTION SPACE SO THAT YOU CAN ADD SOME CHANDELIERS.

WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED JUST A STANDARD SCORED CONCRETE UNDERNEATH IT BUT IT COULD BE A DANCE FLOOR, AGAIN, BRINGING IN TABLES, THINGS LIKE THAT TO SIT UNDERNEATH THAT.

IT JUST CREATES ANOTHER COVERED EVENT SPACE.

THAT WE ALSO LIKED WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CLEAR FABRIC BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME EXISTING TREES OUT THERE.

SO HAVING AN EVENT UNDER THE TREES WITH SOME LIGHTING WOULD BE GREAT AMENITIES. SOUTH OF THAT AREA, WE RELOCATED THE GREEN BARN THAT IS CURRENTLY ON SITE.

THAT CAN STILL BE USED FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT.

IT COULD BE CONVERTED TO ANOTHER AMENITY IF NEEDED.

IT IS SORT OF UP TO THE CITY ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT.

BUT WE RELOCATED THAT JUST SOUTH OF THAT ARCHWAY.

TO THE EAST OF THAT IS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, THERE IS A RED BARN THAT IS OUT THERE. IT IS NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE AND FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT AND JUST BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS. SO WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THAT AND REPLACED IT WITH A NEW TYPE OF STAGE.

SO THINKING OF MOVIES, CONCERT IN THE PARK, THAT IS A BIG HIT.

ANY SORT OF EVENT YOU CAN USE THAT STAGE.

INTO THE SOUTH WE CREATED THIS FLEX OPEN LAWN SPACE.

AGAIN, STRING LIGHTING OVER IT THAT CONNECTS YOU FROM THAT STAGE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EXISTING BUILDING WHERE WE ALSO ARE SHOWN THAT DECK EXTENSION. SO ANOTHER SEATING OPPORTUNITY IF THAT MAIN BUILDING GETS TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN BRING FOLKS OUT. YOU HAVE GOT THAT DECK EXTENSION. TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, WE HAVE A SMALL GREENHOUSE THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IN PLACE. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO MAYBE CONVERT THAT TO A FOOD AREA OR A DRINK KIOSK TYPE OF THING.

BECAUSE WITH THAT SPACE WE HAVE GOT SOME SEATING, THE FIREPIT PLAYGROUND SPACE. AND WHAT IS NICE IS THAT IT IS ALL OPEN. SO WHEREVER YOU ARE SITTING, YOU HAVE VIEWS OF WHERE THAT LITTLE PLAYGROUND, FEATURED PLAYGROUND IS SITUATED. SO IF YOU ARE SITTING ON THE DECK YOU CAN SEE IT, IF YOU WERE SITTING ON THE OPEN LAWN YOU CAN SEE THAT. IF YOU WERE SITTING TO THE SOUTH OF THE SMALL GREENHOUSE, YOU ARE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE KIDS AND THAT PLAYGROUND IS PUSHED AWAY FROM THE PARKING.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

IT WAS SORT OF BUFFERED FROM THE PARKING LOT.

AND AS YOU TRAVEL SOUTH, YOU WILL HAVE GOT THE EXPANDED CONCRETE PARKING LOT, APPROXIMATELY 70 SPACES.

AGAIN, THIS WILL IDEALLY BE ADA COMPLIANT.

YOU WOULD HAVE SIDEWALK CONNECTION ALL AROUND IT.

TO THE WEST OF THE PARKING LOT AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH MISTY AND HER TEAM, WE HAVE THAT FUTURE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND TRAIL CONNECTION. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE.

SO WE HAVE GOT THAT CROSSING THE CREEK, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE TRAILHEAD AND REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE SORT OF SOUTHEAST OF THAT PARKING LOT. WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A TWO STALL RESTROOM. SO WE HAVE GOT ONE AT THE TRAILHEAD LOCATION ON THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER, AND WE HAVE ALSO GOT A TWO STALL RESTAURANT JUST NORTH OF THAT EXISTING ARCH STRUCTURE. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN OUT HERE, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE PERMANENT RESTROOM LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, WHAT IS GREAT IS THAT ALL OF THE TRAILS ARE COMPLIANT, ADA COMPLIANT SO FOLKS CAN JUST COME OUT HERE AND WALK THE TRAILS AND HEAD BACK HOME.

I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE WAS QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE CAN GO BACK IF ANYONE HAS ANY

FEEDBACK. >> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD! >> SO IF WE RENT OUT THIS SPACE,

WHO WILL BE RUNNING IT? >> IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT

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IT WILL BE OVERSEEN THERE. AND THE RENTALS, Y'ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SELLING IT OR FINDING SOMEONE TO TAKE THEM ON WITH SOME INCENTIVES OR SOMETHING.

SO IF YOU SELL IT, IF YOU INCENTIVIZE IT AND OPEN IT UP, THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE IN ANYBODY'S HANDS, IT WOULD BE

WHOEVER TAKES IT. >> SO THIS IS 3 ACRES.

>> IT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR. IF YOU GO TO THE HOUSE OVER TO THE EVENT PERGOLA, THAT MOVES WELL, THE EVENT PERGOLA IS A LITTLE BIT IN THE FLOOD ZONE. BUT FROM THE HOUSE, IT IS ABOUT 4 ACRES. AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

IF WE WANT TO ACTIVATE IT WITH A BUSINESS OR A DRILL TYPE DEAL.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL DOING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE, WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. HEATHER IS DOING A LOT BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T SPLIT THAT OFF AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

IT. >> OKAY.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> THEY SENT IN ONE AND WE WENT THROUGH IT, WE MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND PUT SOME THINGS TOGETHER. IT HAS GOT LOTS OF OPTIONS.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO WITH IT AND IF YOU WANT TO LEASE IT OUT TO SOMEONE, SELL IT, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.

I MEAN THIS IS A MASTER PLAN THAT SAID YOU CAN CHANGE SOME THINGS AS YOU MOVE ON AND MIGHT CHANGE THINGS AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE ROAD AND WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME IN AND RUN IT.

LET'S SAY YOU GET A TRAIL HOUSE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO STUFF TO THE HOUSE AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS OR IF THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AREA YOU CAN USE AND JUST DO A PERMANENT FOOD TRUCK. IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH IT. IT'S LIKE THERE'S A RESTROOM OVER BY THE TRAIL AREA. SO LET'S SAY IF IT WAS A BUSINESS AND THEY KIND OF CLOSED IT OFF, WE WOULD STILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO GET TO THE TRAIL. AND IF WE GET TO BUILD TRAILS, WE GET TO BUILD TRAILS ACROSS THE CREEK IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO ONCE WE GET A BRIDGE THERE. WE CAN ACTIVATE THAT AND JUST MOW TRAILS UNTIL WE DECIDE TO PUT THE CONCRETE IN.

I THINK IT LENDS ITSELF WELL. WE WERE TALKING IN THE BEGINNING ABOUT IT BEING A WEDDING VENUE. AND AS MELISSA AND I KEPT TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE LIKE IF WE ARE PUTTING FOOD TRUCKS IN THE FRONT AND WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES GOING ON, THE WEDDING PEOPLE MIGHT NOT ENJOY THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR PARTIES AND I'M SURE IF SOMEONE WANTED JUST A GIANT WEDDING PARTY, THEY WOULD RENT THE WHOLE PLACE OUT.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH IT.

AND THAT JUST GIVES A NICE FEEL OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPACES THAT PEOPLE CAN USE. AND HAVING THE STAGE OUT THERE, YOU CAN HAVE SMALL CONCERTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

LET'S SAY IT WAS A KATY TRAIL HOUSE TYPE FEEL, OUTDOOR, ALL OF THIS STUFF, FOOD AND DRINKS, HAVING THE STAGE OUT THERE WITH MUSIC GOING ON ALWAYS MAKES SOUND.

I THINK IT CAME OUT WELL. ESPECIALLY USING -- MAC THAT IS A ROUGH LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO SHAPE TO GET IN THERE.

SO I THINK IT IS UTILIZING -- MAC UTILIZING IT VERY WELL.

>> AGAIN, WORKING WITH ALYSSA AND HEATHER ON THE COST FACTOR OF THIS AND WHAT YOU CAN TURN SOME OF THESE EXISTING AMENITIES INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST BE REPURPOSED AND REVAMPED.

WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLETELY DEMO THE WHOLE SITE AND START

FROM SCRATCH. >> AND FOR HEATHER, WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON HOW FAR WE ARE GOING TO MOVE OR KEEP IT AND DO WHATEVER. SO IF WE WERE TO KEEP THIS, WOULD THIS FIT INTO THE CITY'S PARK PLAN? AND IF IT DID, HOW WOULD IT AFFECT YOU ALL IN MAINTAINING

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>> AND THE ENTIRE 4 ACRES IS PART OF THE PARKS? BECAUSE -- MAC DEFINITELY WE WANT TO KEEP THE WOODS OF THE TRAIL OPTION. THIS PART IF IT WERE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD RENT OUT AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE PROBABLY -- MAC BECAUSE WE CAN DO A CONCESSION TYPE PROGRAM LIKE WE DID WITH OUR CONCESSION STANDS.

BUT IT IS NOT TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT WE RUN THINGS.

THAT WE HAVE A BUSINESS WITH A RESTAURANT AND WHATEVER.

PLENTY OF CITIES DO, AND THEY HAVE GOLF COURSES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THOSE ARE USUALLY NOT VERY PROFITABLE FOR CITIES, JUST BUSINESS WISE.

SO IF IT WERE JUST USED AS A VENUE SPACE THAT WAS RENTED OUT FOR PARTIES AND THINGS AND THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR CATERING OR STUFF, THAT IS MORE OUR SPEED FOR THAT.

AND BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THAT. IF SOMEONE LEASED THAT OUT OR RENTED IT OR HOWEVER YOU PUT IT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND US SHARING PROPERTY, THEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OUR PREFERENCE. IN THE SENSE OF JUST NOT HAVING TO MAN UNDER THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO KEEP UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND JUST HAVING CITY EMPLOYEES. SO TO HAVE THAT RENTED OUT, BY SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN YOU A BUSINESS PLAN AND SAYING HEY, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL DO SOMETHING WITH THIS? AND MOVING WITH IT AND KNOWING IT WOULD BE SHARED PROPERTY, SHARED PARKING WITH THE PARKS, THE TRAIL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THAT WE MAINTAIN ALL OF THE BACK. AND DEPENDING ON HOW THEY DID THE FRONT, IT CAN EASILY -- MAC IF YALL -- MAC -- AS A COLLECTIVE, WE JUST KEEP MOWING IT AS THE CONTRACT AND THAT IS ON US TO LEASE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS THERE FOR YOU ALL TO TALK ABOUT. DREW HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, HE IS JUST DYING TO SAY. [LAUGHS]

>> ALWAYS. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT IS VERY NICE.

THE TRAILS ARE ONLY COMING -- MAC THE TRAILS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. THERE WILL BE A TRAIL FROM HERE AT SOME POINT. AND I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE TRAILS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

THAT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THE STRUGGLE I AM HAVING IS TO SEE COMPETING EVENTS WITH -- MAC LET'S CALL IT UNION 28.

THEY ARE ALL KIND OF THE SAME FEEL.

I HAVE IT MAC IT IS A STRETCH TO SEE IT OVER HERE AND A WEDDING OVER HERE. AND THEY ARE THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

WHAT IS THE BEST USE WE THINK THIS PARK IS FOR? IS IT FOR EVENTS FOR CITIZENS? IS IT FOR PEOPLE TO GO EAT AND HANG OUT WITH THEIR KIDS? I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GETTING BOTH. I THINK THAT WILL BE THE CHALLENGE. IT SOUNDS LIKE PARKS DOESN'T REALLY SEE MAINTAINING IT YOURSELF AS A GREAT OPTION.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO START TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT THIS TO BE. BECAUSE THE RUNNERS AND TRAILS, THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING ON IT. BUT DO YOU WANT FAMILIES WITH NIGHTS OUT OR DO YOU WANT EVENTS?

>> I SEE IT AS -- AND THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT OF WHEN I USED TO GO OUT TO THIS PROPERTY AND MEET WITH SCOTTY AND TALK ABOUT IT AND ALYSSA AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, I UNDERSTAND YOUR WHOLE THOUGHT ABOUT COMPETING WITH UNION 28.

BUT WE ARE 46,000 PEOPLE NOW. UNION 28 CAN'T HOUSE THESE 6000

PEOPLE. >> I WANT THAT COMPETITION.

>> WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE SPACES.

AND WHEN THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMES ACROSS THE STREET, THERE IS HOTELS AND THINGS IN THIS PROPERTY AND SHOPPING AND BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. AND THAT TRAIL RUNS RIGHT DOWN, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE. LIKE LET'S GO RIDE OUR BIKES AND THEN GO GET A BURGER AND DRINK BEER OR A COKE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT. AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A LITTLE BAND OUT THERE PLAYING. AND IT IS PROBABLY MORE CHILL LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU PUT A TRAIL, A MAJOR TRAIL THAT WILL END UP WITH 10 MILES AND EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY, A LOT MORE IF I GET MY WISHES FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD TRAILS ALL OVER FOR EVERYBODY TO RIDE THEIR BIKE DOWN THERE AND ENJOY. BUT FOR US TO MAINTAIN A

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IF WE JUST RENTED IT OUT FOR EVENTS IT WOULD BE MORE THAT

SPEED. >> HOW MANY PLACES DO WE HAVE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE LIKE THIS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE WEDDINGS? THAT ARE NOT PRIVATE EVENT SPACES? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS TODAY? IF I WAS GETTING MARRIED, COULD I GET MARRIED AT A CITY PARK

SOMEWHERE? >> YES, YOU MAY.

WE HAVE WEDDINGS ALL THE TIME. LOTS OF THEM IN THE AMPHITHEATER NOW AT COMMUNITY PARK. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW EVEN RECENTLY AT HERITAGE PARK. AND THEN WE GET SOME AT THE OTHERS. BUT I WOULD SAY MCP BY THE POND, AMPHITHEATER IS OUR BIGGEST. AT ANY OF THE PAVILIONS YOU CAN USE AND PEOPLE CAN HAVE A WEDDING IN THEM AND RENT IT OUT FOR A VERY LOW COST. YOU CAN RENT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT STAGE IN THE BACK, WE WILL HAVE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET MARRIED OUTSIDE.

>> IF SOMEBODY DOES THAT, CAN THE PUBLIC JUST STILL COME ONTO

THE PARK? >> THEY CAN COME IN THE PARK BUT THEY CAN'T COME IN THAT VICINITY.

BECAUSE IT IS RENTED. >> I'M THINKING IF YOU HAVE TRAILS OUT HERE AND PEOPLE RIDING BIKES, YOU'RE WALKING BACK AND FORTH IN HEELS AND COATS IF IT IS COLD, THAT WILL

BE A DETERRENT. >> THAT IS WHY WE STARTED TALKING, LIKE THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST WEDDING VENUE.

SOMEONE CAN DO IT IF IT IS THEIR DEAL, THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE ARE LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO IN THE BASEBALL SEASON? AND SAY HEY, LET'S HAVE A BASEBALL SEASON PARTY OUT HERE AND WE CAN BRING OUT THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS AND VISIT WITH ALL THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY OUT THERE. I SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS

MAYBE BEING BETTER SUITED. >> I THINK EVEN IN THAT SCENARIO -- OUR BASEBALL TEAM WOULD USE THE GRASSY AREA OR THE PAVILION, WE WOULD USE THE EVENT PERGOLA. IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE TO HANG OUT OR AFTER A RUN OR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT OVER THERE, BUILT IN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT FOR PEOPLE.

IF WE ARE GOING THAT DIRECTION. I JUST DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET WEDDINGS AND QUINCEANERAS IN THERE.

>> I MEAN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT AND SAID THAT HAS A WEIRD FEELING. BUT WITH THE PERGOLA, YES.

I WOULD SEE IT AS IT MIGHT BE SET UP TO DO A 5K AND THAT IS YOUR SPACE WHERE YOU ARE UNDER SIGNING EVERYBODY UP AND AFTER THE RUN FOOD. IT CAN BE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO LABEL

WHAT THAT COULD BE. >> EVEN BEFORE, YOU COULD ADD

SOMETHING LATER. >> ALL SORTS OF THINGS, YEAH.

>> AND IF YOU WERE DOING A WEDDING, TWO STALLS IS NOT GOING TO MACK RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A LOT MORE RESTAURANTS. OR THE PARKING.

>> THIS WILL BE DONE IN PHASES SO WE CAN SET IT UP AS WE GO ALONG. BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT OF IF THIS ENDS UP BEING A $5 MILLION PARK, CAN WE PHASE IT OUT AND JUST START GETTING PEOPLE ON THE TRAILS WITH A $2 MILLION BRIDGE AND BATHROOM? IT IS REALLY SET UP TO BE PART OF --

>> I THINK PEOPLE WOULD USE THE TRAILS EVEN IF IT WAS JUST MOWED ALL THE TIME. THEY HAVE TO GET TO IT, RIGHT? AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AFTERWARDS.

I WASN'T HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS BUT I THINK THAT IS A REALLY HIGH -- IT IS A HIGH INVESTMENT FOR FAMILIES.

THE WEDDING IMMEDIATELY JUST KIND OF THREW ME OFF, RIGHT? AND WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO PUT WEDDING VENUES AND LET'S JUST LET THEM DO IT.

>> AND YOU GUYS WILL BE DECIDING THAT.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST GETTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE COST AND WE KNOW WE NEED BATHROOMS. YOU WILL GET SOME MORE INFO ON

THOSE SPECIFICS. >> I WILL GO BACK TO THE FIRST THING, IT LOOKS PRETTY. GENERALLY SPEAKING IT IS A

REALLY COOL DESIGN. >> THANK YOU.

>> DON'T SIT DOWN YET [LAUGHS] I DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW WE INITIALLY STARTED, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THIS. YOU SAID IT WOULD BE MORE OF A MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAIL. AND SO WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT

HAPPEN? >> SO THE WHOLE THOUGHT FOR THIS

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DO YOU SEE THAT? SO WE WOULD GO ACROSS RIGHT THERE AND ALL THROUGH THE WOODS. SO THE THOUGHT -- THE HOPE FOR ME IS MAYBE ONE DAY WE HAVE CONCRETE TRAILS OVER THERE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE BIKE TRAILS.

SO WE HAVE BOTH. BECAUSE WHEN WE GET PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO OUT AND HIKE AND THEY GET ON IT AND THERE ARE BIKERS, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE. AS A RETIRED RUNNER, I RAN A LOT. I LOVE TRAIL RUNNING THE BEST.

AND MOUNTAIN BIKES AND TRAIL RUNNERS WERE VERY DANGEROUS.

BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO GET PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE THAT OFF ROAD BIKE SKILL WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY IN HERE, IT IS GREAT.

SO I THINK THIS WILL QUICKLY BECOME ONE OF THE FAVOURITE PARKS IN THIS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

LIKE IT. >> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE ON THIS? HOW DO WE PROCEED WITH THESE

IDEAS? >> THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL WORKSHOP THROUGH OR YOU WILL DO DURING THE MEETING.

IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEXT

STEPS FOR THAT. >> WE HAVE COSTS FOR MAINTAINING IT. THE COSTS ARE STARTING TO COME IN ABOUT MAINTENANCE, TREES. IT'S IN THE DASH, YEAH.

>> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TREES IN THAT AREA.

AND IT WAS LIKE 7000, 7500. AND THEN OVER TIME WE CAN MOVE BACK WITH ALL OF THAT AND JUST TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF THE TIME.

AND THE MOWING COSTS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CHARLIE IS THINKING.

>> 200, 500. >> WE HAVE TURNED IT INTO WEEKLY NOW. I WAS LIKE, WE NEED WEEKLY.

AND THEN WE ARE DOING VOLUNTEER WORK HERE THIS WEEKEND.

TO MULCH AND CLEAN UP ALL THE WEEDS AND GET EVERYTHING IN NICE AND GOOD SHAPE. TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AND DO THE TRASH CLEANUP. AND I'M LIKE I'M SORRY, DO YOUR JOB. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.

>> OKAY. >> ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO 2026-067, RECEIVE MIDLOTHIAN

[2026-067 Receive Midlothian Community Development Corporation financial report]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT 624, THE MC D.C. FUND. YOU CAN SEE YOUR TOTAL ASSETS IS $6,538,177. THE BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING WAS 6 MILLION. AND YOUR REVENUE WAS 4,528,005,584. WITH THE EXPENDITURE OF 125.04.

WITH THAT BEING SAID WE DID HAVE THE PAYOUT FOR THE 2014 THAT WAS DONE THIS MONTH IN MAY. SO WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THIS, IT WILL BE REDUCED BY ANOTHER 2 MILLION. NOW LOOKING AT FUNDS 625, YOUR OPERATING ACCOUNT. YOU SEE YOUR TOTAL ASSETS WITH YOUR CASH AND YOUR INVESTMENTS IS 10,012,534.

YOUR LIABILITY IS 134881. YOUR BEGINNING BALANCE WAS

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WAS 78224. YOUR TOTAL LIABILITY AND YOUR FUND BALANCE IS 10,012,534. NOW YOU WOULD SEE THAT 9 MILLION IS WHAT YOUR FUND BALANCE IS AS OF MARCH.

AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TOTAL COMMITMENTS OF $11 MILLION.

THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. BUT WITH YOUR COMMITMENTS, WE DID HAVE A $10 MILLION THAT WE DID THE BOARD HAD APPROVED FOR THE HERITAGE PARK. FOR THE ADMIN RENOVATIONS.

NOW WE DO HAVE THOSE COMMITMENTS BUT THOSE COMMITMENTS, NOT ALL OF THOSE WILL BE PAID OUT IN THAT CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS JUST THE IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING FORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WILL SAVE THE QUESTIONS FOR A DIFFERENT MEETING. OKAY FINE.

WHY DO WE SEPARATE THOSE? THERE'S PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD

REASON. >> WHAT IS THE QUESTION?

>> WE ARE SEPARATING THE DEBT SERVICE.

>> BECAUSE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYS FOR THE BONDS WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE ANOTHER -- I. THINK IT IS A SERIES -- I. DON'T KNOW WHAT SERIES IT IS RIGHT NOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE THE TWO TO PAY THOSE PAYMENTS OUT OF IT. SO WE DID HAVE TWO DEBT PAYMENTS. ONE WAS FOR SERIES 2014 AND ANOTHER WITH SERIES 2020 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I CAN'T

REMEMBER. >> AND YOU DO HAVE TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATE. BUT WHEN THE HOTEL PAID, IT WENT INTO THIS ACCOUNT. SO THAT IS WHY.

WHEN WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESSES.

>> IS IT ANOTHER -- IS IT EVER WORTH LOOKING AT THE AGGREGATED VIEW? KEEPING THEM SEPARATE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE AS A STAND-ALONE AND YOU WERE LIKE

THAT IS ALARMING. >> AND I WANTED TO GET INTO THIS WHEN WE HAD A FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT --

>> YOU ARE JUST TOO FAR AHEAD OF US.

>> I WILL TELL YOU THAT YES, IT IS AN ACCOUNTING TRANSACTION THAT WE WILL DO THAT WILL MOVE A BIG PORTION OF THAT OVER TO 625.

BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN THE SERVICE FUND AND ALL OF THAT TO A SMALLER GROUP. SO RATHER THAN GO TO EVERYBODY AT ONCE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE EVERYBODY.

SORRY! [LAUGHS]

>> FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU.

[2026-068 Review and discuss the Midlothian Community Development Corporation operating budget for FY 2026-2027]

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OPERATING BUDGET FOR

FY 2026-2027. >> SO THIS -- SOME OF YOU REMEMBER HOW THIS PROCESS IS DONE.

THE CITY GIVES US MOST OF OUR NUMBERS EXCEPT FOR THE BLUE SECTION. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PLUG IN, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IT TO BE NOW.

ELIZABETH IS PHENOMENAL AT TRACKING.

AND SO OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY DEAD ON FOR WHAT WE HAVE SPENT IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. BUT TODAY WE ARE NOT MAKING A DECISION, TODAY IT IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU TIME TO TAKE IT HOME AND ABSORB IT IF YOU WANTED TO AND THEN CIRCLE BACK AROUND.

AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE WILL ACTUALLY BE VOTING ON THIS.

SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO IN THE INTERIM TO SATISFY ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, WE CAN DO THAT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. AND JUST TO KEEP IN MIND A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE DO NOT SPLIT OUT THE 955.

WE DO HAVE A SPLIT OUT, BUT WE DON'T SAY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND 2 MILLION ON PARK, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND 2 MILLION HERE.

I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY DROPPING THE FACADE.

I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN THERE. THE FACADE PROGRAM.

[00:40:05]

BUT I AM TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT LARGER FACADE GRANTS. AND SO THIS WE HAVE HAD FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW AND PEOPLE JUST ASK ABOUT IT, NOBODY IS EXECUTING ON IT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST GETTING RID OF THAT AND TAKING IT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS

>> PROFESSIONAL FEES GOING TO ZERO?

>> NO. >> 238.

SEEMS LIKE THAT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT.

>> I AM NOT -- WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE.

BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE TOOK OUR COMMUNICATIONS ON.

WOW. >> I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE ZERO EITHER. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING BUT WE WILL SEE HOW THE OFFICERS --

>> CAN WE COME BACK TO THIS? A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT.

>> AFTER THIS MEETING? >> AFTER THESE ELECTIONS.

>> THAT IS A QUESTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

>> LET'S SCHEDULE A MEETING. >> ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER, IT'S EASY TO GO BACK IN AND LOOK TO THE FINANCE TEAM FOR THE CITY. GOOD STUFF.

[2026-069 Receive Executive Director update and direct staff as necessary • Mt Zion Update • Communication quotes update • Review: Board sign‑ups for scheduled events • Schedule workshop for the 26–27 strategic cycle]

>> GOOD STUFF. WE HAVE THE MOUNT ZION READY TO GO. IT IS IN THE HANDS OF PURCHASING. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATES WE ARE HOPING TO PUBLISH ON JUNE 20TH.

AND THAT WOULD PUT US INTO INTERVIEWS AT SOME POINT IN AUGUST. THAT IS IF EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH SMOOTHLY, ONCE THEY ARE SET, I WILL PROVIDE EVERYONE WITH THOSE DATES AS WE WILL PUBLISH THREE TIMES IN THE PAPER, WE WILL HAVE A PREMEETING AND OF COURSE YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE AT A LATER DATE.

SO THERE IS THAT ONE. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. IT IS FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT, THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME BEFORE IT GETS PUBLISHED. BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT Y'ALL SAID THE TOP THREE WERE THE ONES THAT YOU NEEDED TO CARRY THE MOST. ARE THOSE ALL GOOD FOR YOU?

>> CAN YOU BACK UP A SLIGHT BIT PLEASE?

SO THE BID OPENS ON AUGUST 27TH? >> JUNE 20TH WILL BE THE FIRST

TIME IT IS IN THE PAPER. >> WOW.

>> SO WE RUN THOSE THREE SATURDAYS, JUNE 20TH AND THEN THE NEXT AND THEN THE NEXT. AND IN BETWEEN WE WILL HAVE A MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE PROPERTY AND THINGS

LIKE THAT. >> OTHER THAN BEING IN THE PAPER, HOW DO PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS?

>> IT IS ALSO ON THE WEB PAGE WHERE WE CAN ALSO TEST IT OUT.

I HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THIS

PROPERTY. >> I WANT TO GET AS MANY AS WE

CAN. >> OF.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH MAC BECAUSE SOME DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME IF WE CAN BRING IT HERE.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN TRACKING THEM AND I WILL SEE IF THEY CAN TRACK

[00:45:02]

>> WHAT IS THAT PROPOSAL MEANING? YOU SAID THE PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING, IS THAT US?

>> Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME, BUT IT IS STAFF AND THEN IF THE DEVELOPERS COME IN, THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR THEY WANT TO SEE THE PROPERTY, WE CAN USE THE CONFERENCE CENTRE SO THEY CAN WALK OVER IF THEY WANT TO SEE IT.

>> ELIZABETH LOVES TO POST PHOTOS, IT IS HER FAVOURITE.

>> LET'S JUST FIGURE IT OUT. CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE TWO REALLY QUICK? BACK TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? >> ISN'T THERE SOME -- IN THE INTERVIEW ITSELF, DID WE COUNT THAT?

>> WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH AND WE GOT SOME INPUT FROM OTHER STAFF. WE WENT FURTHER DOWN FROM THAT.

WE TOOK THAT OUT. >> THAT WOULD BE JUST INHERENT.

>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> DO WE VOTE ON THIS? >> IT IS JUST AN UPDATE.

I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE.

>> SO IF WE DO HAVE SUGGESTIONS, AS LONG AS IT IS BEFORE

JUNE 20TH, WE CAN -- >> WE WILL NEED A BIT.

THE MATRIX IS PROBABLY OKAY. SO WE WOULD NEED IT IN THE NEXT WEEK. BUT NOW IS THE TIME BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS TO SAY WHETHER THEY LIKE THAT SUGGESTION OR N

NOT. >> JUST REALLY QUICKLY.

I WASN'T SURE IF WE WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING.

IT SEEMS GREAT TO ME, IT DOES SEEM LIKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT. SO JUST SOMETIMES I GO BACK AND I CAN READ IT AND BE LIKE WHAT ABOUT THIS OR THAT? AND THEN WITH TIME. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T RECEIVE TH THESE. AND SO IT'S LIKE WAIT, I AM A

SLOW READER [LAUGHS] >> WE CAN PUSH THE DATES.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO EVER FEEL LIKE IT IS LIKE HURRY UP

AND READ THIS. >> CAN WE HAVE A WEEK OR SO --

>> YOU CAN, BUT THAT IS GIVING ALL THAT WEEK TO KISSY.

LET ME USE ANOTHER EXAMPLE. BRYCE LOVES IT WHEN I PICK ON HIM. IF WE DO THAT AND BRYCE COMES BACK AND SAYS I WANT TEN POINTS FOR THE FERRIS WHEEL WHILE I'M THERE, THEN Y'ALL DON'T GET INPUT.

THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. SHE CAN CALL --

>> I THINK THE FERRIS WHEEL IS A GREAT IDEA.

>> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE WILL RUN IT THIS WAY, WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES AND THEN IF WE NEED ANOTHER TIMELINE WE CAN ADD IT THEN.

LET'S JUST SEE HOW IT GOES. AND I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE A

MILLION THINGS COME UP. >> I DON'T THINK IT HURTS TO TAKE ANOTHER 5 MILLION TO READ IT.

>> THAT'S ALL YOU HAD. ARE YOU SURE WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE TIME WITH THAT? WE ARE GOOD.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM.

>> LAST MONTH WE WENT WITH THE COMMUNICATION PLANS AND SO WE HAVE STARTED MOVING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO AN AREA WHERE THEY

[00:50:04]

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL HER HOW MUCH WORK SHE DOES FOR US BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO NOT DO ANYTHING LESS THAN 100%

SO THAT IS THE MOVEMENT. >> I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE UPDATE. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DEBATE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WE ARE MOVING TO SOMEONE NEW BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC PRICING AND WE SAID HEY, LET'S JUST CONFIRM THAT IF WE CARVE OUT THESE ITEMS ALONE, HAVE YOU HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE?

>> THE PRICING DID STILL STAND. AND THOSE OTHER QUOTES WERE THE SAME. ALL RIGHT.

AND IF YOU WILL LOOK IN THE BACK OF YOUR FOLDER, YOU GUYS NEED TO TELL US WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE AND WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE.

KISSY IS DOWN THERE SMILING AT ME.

SHE IS ALWAYS TRAVELLING. AND THAT IS OKAY.

NONE OF THIS IS MANDATORY BUT IT REALLY HELPS US PLAN AS TO OUR SCHEDULE AND APPEARANCE AND WHEN WE CAN GO AWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE KIDS FISHING DERBY IS NOW ON THERE BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD MC D. ORDERS ON STAGE HELPING GIVE AWAY THE TROPHIES TO THE WINNERS AND WHAT NOT.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE AT 11 OR 130.

>> IS THERE TWO COMPETITIONS? >> THEY HAVE THE YOUNGER ONES AND THEN THEY DO THE OLDER ONES. SO YOU CAN JUST POP IN FOR 30, 45 MINUTES AND SOMEBODY CAN DO THE OTHER.

>> I CAN DO 130. >> 130 FOR KISSY.

11:00 A.M. >> I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TOO FAST. BECAUSE I WILL DO 11.

>> IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT WITH DREW THEY CAN, IT IS A BIG STAGE. AND THEN THE FESTIVAL, ARE WE ALL GOOD TO MOVE ON TO SOCCER ANDREW, DID YOU DO FIVE OR SIX

ALREADY? >> I WILL DO 7:00 A.M.

>> I WILL BE VENDORING. >> WE WILL MAKE YOU COME QUIT

VENDORING. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT, KOREAN,

PIZZA? >> SEND IT OVER TO THE BOOTH.

AND OF COURSE YOU ARE FREE TO POP IN AND THIS HELPS US PLAN.

ANYBODY ELSE CAN COME IN. THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE.

>> WE WILL BE TRAVELLING. >> YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO BE THERE BY 9:00 E. AND IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF. IT IS 9:00 A.M.

AND THEN WE KICK OFF AND LEAVE AT ABOUT 945.

AND THEN WE ARE IN THE TRAILER WITH FLAGS TO THE TEAM.

IT'S A GOOD TIME. >> PUT ME DOWN TENTATIVELY.

AND THAT'S AWESOME. AND THE UNCLE UNCLE SAM HAT WOULD BE GOOD. AND THEN I HAVEN'T GOT TO TALK

TO YOU ABOUT THIS YET. >> JUST FOR CLARITY, WHEN WE ARE AT EVENTS LIKE THIS AND BEST PRACTICES OUTSIDE THE FOURTH OF JULY AND ANY OTHER TIME TO WHERE IT?

>> ANY TIMES YOU CAN COME TO THOSE WITH YOUR SHIRTS OR NAME TAGS. AND IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF STUFF, JUST SPEAK WITH US AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE NEED.

I THINK ELIZABETH HAS SOME NEW SHIRTS.

[00:55:03]

>> OUR BUDGET SAYS $2000, SO THAT IS SOMETHING.

>> WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT NUMBER.

>> ARE WE GOOD? THE LAST THING, AND I'M SORRY DEMETRIUS, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS YET, WE WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP IN JUNE BUT WE CAN'T GET THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS BOOKED UP. SO WE WILL LOOK AT JULY.

SO, JUNE MEETING IS LIGHT.

WE COULD KIND OF DO OUR WORKSHOP DURING THE JUNE MEETING.

WE WOULD JUST BE SITTING HERE DOING IT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AROUND. OR WE CAN KEEP LOOKING FOR ALTERNATE SPOTS SO OUR OPTIONS ARE WE KEEP LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP OR WE JUST INCORPORATE IT INTO THE MEETING.

>> IF WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER SITE, WHAT DATE WOULD THAT BE?

>> SAME. WE WOULD HAVE THE WORKSHOP AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE A PREF PREFERENCE?

THE REGULAR MEETING DAY. >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT BUDGETS AND WHAT YOUR DESIRES ARE FOR NEXT YEAR'S EXPENDITURES.

AND IT IS A LIGHT MEETING. WE COULD JUST DO IT IN JUNE.

>> I RECOMMEND JUST DOING IT IN JUNE.

>> KISSY? >> I'M CHECKING OUT CITIES FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

>> I WILL BE OUT ON VACATION THAT WEEK.

I THINK I'M GONE. >> THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL DO SOMETHING. BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, Y'ALL

WANT TO MEET. >> WILL THAT GIVE US ENOUGH TIME

BEFORE JUNE? >> WE DON'T HAVE TO WORKSHOP IN JUNE, WE CAN DO IT IN JULY OR AUGUST.

THE WORKSHOP -- THE FUNCTION IS TO DISCUSS THE TRAIL HOUSE.

AND THE FACADE GRANTS. THE WORKSHOP IS WHERE Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN 26-27. SO WE CAN PUSH THAT AS FAR -- WE CAN PUSH IT AS FAR AND DO SOME TEAM BUILDING AND THE WORKSHOP

AND ANYTHING ELSE. >> AND YOUR EXPERIENCE ON THAT COMMITTEE -- I. ASKED THIS EARLIER.

DOES THE CONVERSATION NOT DEPEND UPON SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT CAN IT BE ENACTED PRETTY HEA HEAVILY?

>> Y'ALL HAVE YOUR LITTLE OWN BUCKET OF MONEY.

>> THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT, IS TRAILS.

THAT CAN AFFECT TRAILS. DO WE WANT TO TRY TO TIME THOSE

THINGS? >> HEATHER MAY JUMP IN ON THIS, BUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING 5-7 YEARS ON THE TRAIL ITSELF, ANYTHING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS GOING TO BE HOW WE CAN ACTIVATE IT N NOW.

>> WE'RE STILL -- HOT MIC! WE ARE STILL IN ENGINEERING ON THE TRAIL. AND ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE. SO IT IS THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS.

SO EVERYTHING TAKES A VERY LONG TIME WITH THAT.

SO THE ENGINEERING PLAN WILL PROBABLY NOT BE DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE WE ARE READY TO EVEN START CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT IS HOPEFUL.

BECAUSE EACH TIME WE DO A STEP, THEN IT GOES BACK FOR REVIEW THROUGH TEXT DOT AND THEN WE HURRY UP AND WAIT, HURRY UP AND WAIT. SO THAT IS A LONG PROCESS.

>> THOSE CONVERSATIONS WON'T AFFECT THE BUDGET.

[01:00:04]

AFFECT YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. >> IF IT'S POSSIBLE WITH EVERYBODY, WE COULD MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT MONTH.

JULY? >> YES, JUST FOR YOU.

>> EASY BREEZY. YES, MA'AM.

>> THAT IS ALL ON MY UPDATES. >> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU SO

[2026-070 Annual election of board officers]

I ASKED ELIZABETH TO PUT THIS ON THE NOTEBOOK JUST TO RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICERS, JUST SO WE COULD HAVE THAT. NO POINT READING IT OUT LOUD NOW BUT WE HAVE TO NOMINATE THE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. IT HAS BEEN MY JOY, THE LAST MONTH, TO SERVE AS YOUR PRESIDENT.

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, SERVING AS YOUR PRESIDENT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE ON IN THIS ROLE AS PRESIDENT. BUT DEPENDING ON HOW THE NUMBERS WORK OUT, WE WILL STILL BE FRIENDS.

WE DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS.

WE TALK ABOUT PRESIDENCY AND THEN WE GO DOWN FROM THERE.

>> I GUESS I VOTE FOR YOU. >> I WILL SECOND.

>> SO IT HAS BEEN -- ALL IN FAVOUR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ROLE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS?

>> I NOMINATE DREW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT?

MIKE IS A FINANCIAL GUY. >> I NOMINATED, YOU DON'T HAVE

TO TAKE IT. >> CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK? I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO EARLY, TOO SOON. TAKE SOME TIME TO GET ADJUSTED.

>> I KNOW MIKE REALLY WELL. I DON'T SAY THAT FLIPPANTLY, I THINK HE WOULD DO REALLY WELL. HE WILL ACCLIMATE VERY FAST.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I KNOW HIM REALLY WELL.

HE WILL BE VERY GOOD. >> SO LET ME SAY THIS ALSO.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TREASURER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF, ARE WE STILL GOOD WITH THOSE NOMINATIONS? OKAY. SO THE NOMINATION OF VICE PRESIDENT WAS MADE BY BRYCE.

SECOND? >> THIS IS THE HARD PART, THEY ARE NOT HERE. BECAUSE IF HE WANTS TO BE

TREASURER, -- >> WOULD HE RATHER BE VP OR

TREASURY? >> THEN I WILL SECOND.

[LAUGHS] >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOUR? THANK YOU SO KINDLY. WE HAVE THE POSITION OF SECRETARY. ANY NOMINATIONS?

>> I SHOULD GO AS IS RIGHT NOW, BRYCE, ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE

IT? >> I ACCEPT.

>> WE NEED A SECOND. ANYONE WANT TO SECOND? THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN NOMINATED AND MOVED, SECONDED AND ONCE AGAIN, ON THE SAME SOUND.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH THIS STUFF.

SO NOW, AS OF 2026-071, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?

>> I MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND?

>> I TRUST IN THE TREASURER POSITION.

[01:05:04]

>> IF YOU HAVE ANGST OVER SOMEONE THAT IS NOT HERE --

>> I THINK THAT IS THE MOST FAIR THING.

>> FOR SURE, YEAH. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT

THING. >> HE IS NOT GOING TO SAY NO.

>> SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DREW AND KISSY, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND ARE YOU GOOD WITH MIKE JUMPING IN THERE WITH THIS FIRST MEETING

AND SEEING HOW THAT GOES? >> YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT.

>> IT IS FINE, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT.

>> IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW MIKE, HE OWNS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN TOWN, HE IS QUALIFIED FOR THIS.

>> SO WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THAT FOR THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE? AND THEN YOU WILL GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOUR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OUR NEXT MEETING, WE ARE ADJOURNED AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.