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<v Speaker 1>Good Bonnie, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It is time now for city matters. If it matters

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<v Speaker 1>to you, it matters to the city, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>so we just find out something here Mike Bailey.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, that nice to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't seen you in about a month and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good to see you, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I'm glad you took it because during that vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that you became the.

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<v Speaker 2>City Manager of the year.

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<v Speaker 3>Sir, What was the entry fee on that?

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote a great self thought. No, no, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I truly was surprised and honored. It's it was given

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<v Speaker 2>by the City Managers Association of Oklahoma. They give that

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<v Speaker 2>They give it out annually and they do it based

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<v Speaker 2>on different city sizes. So this year was the large

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<v Speaker 2>city size and I was I was honored to receive. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>very very good.

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<v Speaker 3>It was the qualifiation.

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<v Speaker 2>You just had to be a city manager pretty much.

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<v Speaker 2>It in a city of a certain size, and somebody

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<v Speaker 2>thought enough of you to actually to put in an

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<v Speaker 2>application for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, good on't you.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it was I think I know who who nominated me,

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know whether to thank them or scold them.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll figure out when I when I find out for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>who do you get extra golf privileges out it? Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday, Yeah, on Saturday for sure and play all

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to turn down. So what's happening in the city. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's actually so First off, it's a beautiful day.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed it is out this morning and wandering around

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<v Speaker 2>and it's pretty gorgeous. Although now I think it's warming

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit, it still looks good through the window.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be tropical here in about twenty four hours,

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm afraid. So we'll enjoy it while it last.

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<v Speaker 2>But the city council met that was last week, wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeh met last week and had a couple of items

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<v Speaker 2>on there that were pretty substantial. One of those I

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<v Speaker 2>know the public has been very curious about what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on with the Buffalo Rome, which of course is the

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<v Speaker 2>business is moving into the old First Christian Church. The

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<v Speaker 2>city has been involved in providing a economic development incentive

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<v Speaker 2>to them, but however they had to close their own

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<v Speaker 2>financing to prove that they had the funding because we

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<v Speaker 2>were only matching and so they've been working with banks

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<v Speaker 2>for quite a while. It took a little longer, I

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<v Speaker 2>think than the management expected, but they actually I got

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<v Speaker 2>word from one of the principles involved in it that

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<v Speaker 2>they are indeed closed. So that's good news. So it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like that project will be moving forward. We still

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<v Speaker 2>have some details to work out. I was happy to

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<v Speaker 2>see that it took a little while, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>the council's real interest in this was the preservation of

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<v Speaker 2>that building. There was some concern that that would simply

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<v Speaker 2>become a parking lot, and there's a lot of history there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was built. I think the basement was dug in

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the eighteen nineties, if I'm not mistaken. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>And that was actually where they had their original they

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<v Speaker 2>held their original services in the basement, believe it. They

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<v Speaker 2>built the basement before they built the rest of the building.

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<v Speaker 2>So all of that is still there, a huge part

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<v Speaker 2>of our history, and so we're glad to hear that

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<v Speaker 2>it is going to be preserved and put into functional use.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was pretty exciting.

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<v Speaker 3>Now big investments often make news.

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<v Speaker 2>As they say yes sir, yea there, and that has

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<v Speaker 2>certainly had people's attention so we look forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>what's coming in the near future. Got a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>things going on. Of course, we've got our golf pro

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<v Speaker 2>here with us today when we're talking to him in

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<v Speaker 2>a minute, but before we do that, so you know what, now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's cut the line here, do that. So Jerry Benedict

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<v Speaker 2>is our golf pro. He still is our golf bro.

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry has been the golf pro at Adams Golf Course

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<v Speaker 2>since nineteen eighty six. Six nineteen eighty six, so a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years before I graduated high school, believe it

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<v Speaker 2>or not, he became the golf pro out there and

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<v Speaker 2>has been ever since. So it is truly hard to

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<v Speaker 2>imagine Adams Golf Course without our golf pro, Jerry Benedict.

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<v Speaker 2>But we are about to enter into that era, and

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<v Speaker 2>so that is I think pro. Your last official day

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<v Speaker 2>is on the sixteenth, right, but we'll be having a

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<v Speaker 2>party for you on the fourteenth, and we would invite

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<v Speaker 2>everybody to attend that. That's actually on August fourteenth, from

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<v Speaker 2>two to four at the clubhouse. Right. The public's invited.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyone who'd like to attend, come on up and tell

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry goodbye. Although I don't know that he's leaving Linda.

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<v Speaker 2>Linda Maylenda ha plans for you, but I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>whether she can drag you out of Bartlesville or not.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I'm going to get out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Pro we are careful what you agree to. They don't forget.

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<v Speaker 2>Linda definitely didn't forget. So pro we.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't make any promises when you're drinking.

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<v Speaker 2>I think those are words to live by. That is

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<v Speaker 2>that is sage advice. I think that is sage advice. Bro.

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<v Speaker 2>So that if you take nothing else from his career,

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<v Speaker 2>listen to that. This is a man speaking with experience.

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<v Speaker 2>So thirty see if I did the math right, thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight years thirty eight as a golf pro Adams Municipal

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<v Speaker 2>Golf Course, this time, this time, that's right.

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<v Speaker 4>You were actually an assistant bro seventy seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy to seventy five, So thirty eight years is the pro,

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<v Speaker 2>five years as the assistant pro forty three years at

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<v Speaker 2>Adams Municipal Golf Course. It's pretty incredible Commenty.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know Howney how I got here, but here

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<v Speaker 4>you are from Michigan.

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<v Speaker 2>A good Michigan boy down here in Bartlesville. Oklahoma. So

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<v Speaker 2>but we're going to miss you and any anything you

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<v Speaker 2>want to tell everybody.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd like to go through some of the things just

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<v Speaker 4>real quick. When I came, the place was a mess

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<v Speaker 4>of asphalt around the clubhouse with holes in it and stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>and uh, every ice there was buckets in the room

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<v Speaker 4>catching the rain drops and stuff. And I said, what

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<v Speaker 4>the heck is the dealing. Well, the city won't help us.

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<v Speaker 4>A city won't hell. That was the big excuse.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the story. This is eighty six, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't working for the city yet, so I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to get that on the record.

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<v Speaker 4>There were no cart paths, and there was bear spots

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<v Speaker 4>by the tea boxes and by the greens with the

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<v Speaker 4>cart paths where the carts were going and stuff. So

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<v Speaker 4>that's one of the first things we did was we

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<v Speaker 4>semeent it around it around the clubhouse and got cement

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<v Speaker 4>and pixed it up where it was nice, and then

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<v Speaker 4>we put cart paths in. I hired a guy from

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<v Speaker 4>uh Oklahoma City Golfing Country Club is he was the

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<v Speaker 4>second assistant to one of the best superintendents, and he

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<v Speaker 4>did he did one half of a job for use

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<v Speaker 4>and together we all laid cart paths, and we hired

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<v Speaker 4>this guy named Jody Shahan to help us.

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<v Speaker 2>And another got another longtime story at our course.

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<v Speaker 4>But the city was there, of course, and and the

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<v Speaker 4>Lion Foundation was there for it ever since. Then. We

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<v Speaker 4>extended the clubhouse on the south side because it was

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<v Speaker 4>just a little narrow locker room and he couldn't see

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<v Speaker 4>out or anything. And so they made a nice extension

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<v Speaker 4>on the south side of the clubhouse, which was beautiful.

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<v Speaker 4>And then one of the best things we did, my

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<v Speaker 4>son told me to do it. Our scoreboard area was

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<v Speaker 4>a hill with and people couldn't sit out there. They

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<v Speaker 4>have to stand and watch their scores come in. And

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<v Speaker 4>and so we laid a cement path all the way

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<v Speaker 4>to the scoreboard, filled in with dirt, filled it in

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<v Speaker 4>and it was one of the biggest improvements in the clubhouse. People,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Southern Hills doesn't have as good a scoreboard

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<v Speaker 4>area as we have, and either does Hill Chris. They

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<v Speaker 4>sit out there and we cook for him, they eat

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<v Speaker 4>out there, they watched their scores come in and they

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<v Speaker 4>present the prizes right there. It's really a nice deal.

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<v Speaker 4>But the cart pass was the biggest improvement to the

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<v Speaker 4>golf course.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine a golf course without cart pass now?

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<v Speaker 4>Target, Yeah, we laid it ourselves, with Judy and me

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<v Speaker 4>and Larry still still there driving rage t was extended

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<v Speaker 4>the two thousand rented in two thousand where we put

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<v Speaker 4>four new greens in that we're having trouble, and did

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<v Speaker 4>the lakes and stuff. The city was there for that,

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<v Speaker 4>and the Lion Foundation was there for there for that

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<v Speaker 4>white Sand Bunkers, which actually the white Sand Bunkers, I

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<v Speaker 4>raised most of the money from that at the Solo Club.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to let you know, since we brought it up.

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<v Speaker 2>The other day, that was pro second office.

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<v Speaker 4>The city was there for everything, and the white Sand

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<v Speaker 4>Bunkers are wonderful. And now the city's there for the

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<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty five renovation, which is going to be wonderful

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<v Speaker 4>and it's really going to be nice, and so is

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<v Speaker 4>the Lion Foundation going to be there, and all of

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<v Speaker 4>the members had done so well with her. So it's

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<v Speaker 4>been a wonderful, wonderful career for me, and I can't

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<v Speaker 4>believe the city put up with me this long, but

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<v Speaker 4>I'm very thankful. Raise my kids. In my house, the

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<v Speaker 4>golf course was a backyard and the junior program, the

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<v Speaker 4>senior program and the ladies program. The junior program, now,

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<v Speaker 4>there's so many good players came out of the junior

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<v Speaker 4>program that we did. Sean Barker holds the course record.

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<v Speaker 4>We taught him from the beginning. Many many people are

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<v Speaker 4>playing golf from that junior program and stuff. The senior

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<v Speaker 4>program is the biggest senior program because of Adam's golf course.

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<v Speaker 4>The people retire from Phillips and they stay here, and

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<v Speaker 4>the city recognizes the importance of the golf course, and

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<v Speaker 4>the Ladies Association is absolutely wonderful.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, it has been quite a journey. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 2>the upcoming renovations out there are primarily focused on the

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<v Speaker 2>greens and it will be the probably it will be

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<v Speaker 2>the largest investment that the city has made in the

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<v Speaker 2>golf course, and pro that wouldn't have happened without you. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>your advocacy for the golf course through the years is

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<v Speaker 2>the reason that we're doing that. So I'm grateful to

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<v Speaker 2>you for your leadership out there. I'm grateful to you

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<v Speaker 2>for all of the time that you've spent and invested

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<v Speaker 2>in the golf course, and I personally will miss you.

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<v Speaker 4>You think I'll miss you too, but I'm going to

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<v Speaker 4>stick around for a What.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't leave, I don't get to miss your pro.

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<v Speaker 4>Make you up some console, that's all right, in a long.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, that's all right. If you don't leave, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to miss your pros. But I truly do appreciate you,

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<v Speaker 2>and we want to send you out in style. So

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<v Speaker 2>one more time, We've got a party for the Pro

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<v Speaker 2>on August fourteenth, two to four at the clubhouse. Everyone's

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<v Speaker 2>invited come join us. And then in the transition, so

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<v Speaker 2>Pro's last day will be August sixteenth. And for anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who doesn't know the way, the golf course has been

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<v Speaker 2>run probably the entire time, but I know since we

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<v Speaker 2>hired PRO in eighty six, the pro actually operates the

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<v Speaker 2>pro shop out there, the driving range, the golf carts.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was primarily it. Yeah, the concessions, all

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<v Speaker 2>the food and beverage, and so that was a very

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<v Speaker 2>common model back then. It's become less common now, and

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<v Speaker 2>so we are actually looking to transition in the near

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<v Speaker 2>we wanted to celebrate that as well. So we got

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<v Speaker 2>a party for the pro on the fourteenth, and then

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<v Speaker 2>on the seventeenth we're going to celebrate taking over the

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<v Speaker 2>who's interested. So on August seventeenth, come on out. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have carts available, we'll have water available, and it's free

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<v Speaker 2>golf for anybody in the Bartlesville community. We invite you,

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<v Speaker 2>We want you to come out. We want you to

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<v Speaker 2>be part of this course. As the pro mentioned when

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<v Speaker 2>citizens of Bartlesville. They're the ones that have passed these

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<v Speaker 2>bond issues and sales taxes to allow for the support

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<v Speaker 2>the golf course. So this is our way of saying

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<v Speaker 2>Come on out August seventeenth. We will have somebody there

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<v Speaker 2>will not be opened that day because again it's transitioned.

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<v Speaker 2>So we've got to do a big inventory and do

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<v Speaker 2>a big countdown so that we can handle that change over,

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<v Speaker 2>but the golf course itself will be open, and we

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<v Speaker 2>certainly hope that the public will come out and enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>Come enjoy your investment, and come tell pro Bile on

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<v Speaker 2>the fourteenth. Yeah, we're looking forward to both of those things. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, pro mat I said, you are an institution

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<v Speaker 2>unto yourself, sweet and we appreciate you. So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>talking sales tax, Jason Moneger is here, finance director, so

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<v Speaker 2>sales and use tax working.

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<v Speaker 5>So where we're through August. So we got two months.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, July was up a little bit by almost

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<v Speaker 5>two percent. August is down about point seven percent, pretty flat,

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<v Speaker 5>down about fourteen thousand dollars. So nothing major, nothing drastic,

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<v Speaker 5>just a little fluctuation. Budgetarily, we were up those months

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<v Speaker 5>what we did, what we expect to come in versus.

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<v Speaker 2>That's important is that we actually budgeted for less than

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<v Speaker 5>We always expect, you know, somewhat of a correction because

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<v Speaker 5>we feel like we've kind of been over collecting things.

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<v Speaker 2>Things took off, really they come down.

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<v Speaker 5>Spun everything up crazy, So we're trying to project project

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<v Speaker 5>when that that pullback is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Hasn't really happened yet, but last year it's flattened out.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's kind of where we're at.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, for the year, we're still up you know,

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<v Speaker 5>point six percent, but budgetarily still over you know, two

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<v Speaker 5>point one eight percent or eighty three thousand dollars from

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<v Speaker 5>the priority. So that's a budget of good news for

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<v Speaker 5>this year zero point six. I didn't do a calculation

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<v Speaker 5>on that. It's probably gonna be somewhere around oh gosh,

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<v Speaker 5>twenty thousand dollars, twenty dollars over.

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<v Speaker 2>From the prior year so early in the year. But

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<v Speaker 2>things are looking good. Of course, as we've said, we

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<v Speaker 2>we we budget conservatively because you can't predict what's coming

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<v Speaker 2>in the future.

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<v Speaker 5>Sales tax's volities and that's just depend on the economy

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<v Speaker 5>and everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>Always, always has been, and it's the bane of cities,

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<v Speaker 2>it is so now. The companion to sales tax, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>is use tax, which is basically, if you bought something

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<v Speaker 2>under category of use tax, and so in use tax,

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<v Speaker 2>this is something that we've now had, it's about sixteen

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<v Speaker 2>months something like that. We're relatively new to it. So

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<v Speaker 2>so how we start the year on us eighteenth or

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, it was up eleven point eleven zero point two percent,

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<v Speaker 5>so roughly sixty thousand dollars compared compared I said about

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<v Speaker 5>fifty thousand dollars compared to last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Last year. That's good.

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<v Speaker 5>We say conservative kind of on our budget on that

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<v Speaker 5>a little bit too, and it was up sixty thousand

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<v Speaker 5>dollars over budgetary expectation. So we're sitting about twelve percent

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<v Speaker 5>over our budget anticipation for the year on that one.

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<v Speaker 2>So all all good news. In spite of some of

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<v Speaker 2>the shaky economic indicators that are out there, things are

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<v Speaker 2>still now this this this is historical. Anytime we get

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<v Speaker 2>sales notes, it's actually from a month to month and

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<v Speaker 2>aflete and.

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<v Speaker 5>We still don't have a whole lot of history. Look

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<v Speaker 5>at this to see if this is you know, trying it.

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<v Speaker 5>It looks like we're going to be in the you know,

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<v Speaker 5>monthly mid hundred thousands, low four one thousand dollars. It's

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<v Speaker 5>kind of average for that, so we're we're within those

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<v Speaker 5>from our short history here, we're still in that range.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's looking good and just expected to to keep

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<v Speaker 5>on chugging a long bar and any huge economic changes

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<v Speaker 2>So and if that happens, we're in very strong financial position,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are. You just want everybody to know your

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<v Speaker 5>Is very conservatively on esthma's for the upcoming year. And

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<v Speaker 5>we also have contingencies for financial financial downfall in the

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<v Speaker 5>in this area or country, so we can we can

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<v Speaker 5>weather a lot of storms.

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<v Speaker 2>So so we're we're very well prepared for it. So

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<v Speaker 2>all right, Jason, Well I appreciate that, and we'll we'll

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<v Speaker 2>continue to get the updates from you, of course throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the years as a sales tax goes up, down or

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<v Speaker 2>all around is what it usually does. Yeah, So all right, Larry,

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<v Speaker 2>let's see if we can get you up here. So

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a lot going on in your department. Oh yes,

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<v Speaker 2>And so the we we mentioned earlier the Adams Golf

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<v Speaker 2>Course survey, and I didn't tell people where to go

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<v Speaker 2>to get it, but go to city at Arlsville dot org.

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<v Speaker 2>We would love to know your thoughts on the golf course.

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<v Speaker 2>But we also have a separate survey running which is

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<v Speaker 2>the Park survey, and the park survey you can find

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<v Speaker 2>on the same place. Yep, Citybartlefield dot org. Be a

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<v Speaker 2>link out there for it. So how's that going so far? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>sit a little while.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's been out for about a week and a half.

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<v Speaker 6>And so this is a part of our Conferensive Plan.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a part of the strategic plan that we have

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<v Speaker 6>Plan is everyone has been we've been kind of harping

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<v Speaker 6>about for the past couple of about a year now,

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<v Speaker 6>is the overall master plan for the city as we

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<v Speaker 6>move forward. This is the plan that we utilize to

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<v Speaker 6>make all the big decisions for the city over for

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<v Speaker 6>the next twenty years. As a part of that, it's

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<v Speaker 6>we need to gather more detailed information in regards for

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<v Speaker 6>our parks and recreation program, and so the survey is

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<v Speaker 6>out there. We did a master plan for the parks

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<v Speaker 6>about fifteen years ago, and so this is kind of

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<v Speaker 6>an update to that to provide and to gather information

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<v Speaker 6>and so it's so important for us to get some

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<v Speaker 6>detailed information from our citizens.

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<v Speaker 3>It does take a.

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<v Speaker 6>Little bit of time to get through the survey, but

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<v Speaker 6>it's it's relatively painless.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you five ten minutes, five.

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<v Speaker 3>Ten minutes, ten minutes, it's kind of on the usual size.

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<v Speaker 6>So you know, if people could please go out there

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<v Speaker 6>and do the survey mean a lot to us. That way,

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<v Speaker 6>we can ensure that the plans that we make moving

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<v Speaker 6>forward are the decisions that are being made by the public.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is the public input is a huge part

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<v Speaker 2>of updating the comprehensive plan. There would have been a

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<v Speaker 2>number of points for public input and this is another one.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>And that's the thing I like to reiterate is like,

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<v Speaker 6>this is not that, this is not you know, city

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<v Speaker 6>staff plan. This is your plan. This is our citizens plan,

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<v Speaker 6>and we want to make sure that we get as

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<v Speaker 6>much input as possible to make sure it is. It's

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<v Speaker 6>what drives us moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>And how do you know how many results you've gotten

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<v Speaker 2>so far?

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<v Speaker 6>So far, we've had about one hundred and twenty results,

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<v Speaker 6>but which is a lot more than we had on

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<v Speaker 6>a survey that we did about fifteen years ago. Which

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<v Speaker 6>is good and we're really excited to get a lot more.

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<v Speaker 6>The more the more data points that we get in,

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<v Speaker 6>the more information we get in, the more more we're

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<v Speaker 6>able to make, you know, more accurate decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>And the larger that survey is, more statistically valid is,

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<v Speaker 2>and the more reflective it is of our communities.

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, this is something that you and I both love,

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<v Speaker 6>which is to data data.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoy it. I love knowing what the citizens of

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlesville and it also it's always intriguing to me to

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<v Speaker 2>see people's at people at different cycles of their life

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<v Speaker 2>and different points of their life what they're interested. And

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<v Speaker 2>it turns out everybody is interested in the parks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they just have different depending on where they are. They

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<v Speaker 2>just have different preference.

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<v Speaker 3>It is, it is, and it's kind of interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 6>I've been taking some cursory review of the data, and

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<v Speaker 6>I don't want to taint the data poard. I need

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<v Speaker 6>anything that It is very eye opening to see what's

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<v Speaker 6>what's out there. So I know staff will be really

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<v Speaker 6>excited to share that information to the public once we

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<v Speaker 6>get closes out. So this this runs for about a month,

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<v Speaker 6>so closer it'll wrap up close to the end of

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<v Speaker 6>this month. So the sooner the better that you guys

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<v Speaker 6>get out there and do the survey, it'd be fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll we'll keep talking about it to try to

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<v Speaker 2>drive those results.

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<v Speaker 6>So one last thing from Kennity Development. It is the

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<v Speaker 6>growing season. So just extremely reminder, kindly reminder, please please

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<v Speaker 6>mow when we need your yards, folks. We don't want to,

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<v Speaker 6>we don't want to come by and say hi.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking if we're out there, it is likely because someone

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<v Speaker 6>So this, yeah, this time of the year, we are

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<v Speaker 6>we are definitely we are motivated by by complaints. We're

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<v Speaker 6>not out there and driving by and seeing anything. We're

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<v Speaker 6>we're data or we're complaint driven right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So if someone has a yard or something of that

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<v Speaker 2>nature and they want to call and have code enforcement

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<v Speaker 2>take a look at it, what's the.

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<v Speaker 6>Best not the best thing to do is just reach

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<v Speaker 6>out to us and call us at the city hall,

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<v Speaker 6>or go on to our city website and submit a

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<v Speaker 3>Or download the new city app.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, I know where you're going.

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<v Speaker 6>Download the city app and is really simple, U the

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<v Speaker 6>City app, download that from either you know, from Apple

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<v Speaker 6>Apps or from Google Apps and log in that way,

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<v Speaker 6>and then you can file complaint that way, and you

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<v Speaker 2>And there is there is a lot available. So the

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<v Speaker 2>my bartles filld app. Good time to mention that it

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<v Speaker 2>is on the Apple Store, as you said, it's on

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<v Speaker 2>the Google Store. So it's my Bartlesville has a lot

427
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<v Speaker 2>of functionality, but one of the most powerful things is

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<v Speaker 2>that just about anything you might have wanted from the

429
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<v Speaker 2>city you can request directly from that app exactly. So

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<v Speaker 2>not quite everything yet, but we're working on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's lacking the hay Bailey button.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure many of those complaints actually fall into

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<v Speaker 2>the hay Bailey O.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you can definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>So all right, well, thank you, Larry. I appreciate that,

436
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<v Speaker 2>and we look forward to hearing the results of all

437
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<v Speaker 2>of those surveys and all of the input that we're receiving.

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<v Speaker 2>So our final guest, we've got our city engineer, Michah Seemers. Morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, Micah. You have a lot going on. This

440
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<v Speaker 2>is there's always a lot going on in not just

441
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<v Speaker 2>the growing season, this is also the building season. It's

442
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<v Speaker 2>a building season.

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<v Speaker 7>It's the yeah, get everything else done in season, so

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<v Speaker 7>get caught up.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh. So I know that there's a lot going on.

446
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<v Speaker 2>But in particular, we just awarded at the last council meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>We awarded a pretty big project that I think was

448
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<v Speaker 2>combined GEO bond, CIP sales tax. They got had components

449
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<v Speaker 2>that came from both of those, right, all all voter approved.

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<v Speaker 2>But this was the park infrastructure improvement. So can you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of discuss the scope of that? And sure, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to ask you to say, when did you

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<v Speaker 2>expect to get it started, knowing full well that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know exactly. Well, I did start, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know that yet. That's the disclosure, that's true.

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<v Speaker 7>So we did just award that project at the last

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<v Speaker 7>city council meeting. Typically it takes you know, three three

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<v Speaker 7>weeks to five weeks to get contracts and bonds back

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<v Speaker 7>from the contractor, at which point we then set up

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<v Speaker 7>a pre construction meeting to establish what that schedule is

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<v Speaker 7>going to be.

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<v Speaker 2>So we still have that ahead of us.

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<v Speaker 7>But you know, most likely if we get contracts and

464
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<v Speaker 7>bonds back here, let's just stay by the end of

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<v Speaker 7>August first part of September. You're looking at construction likely

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<v Speaker 7>starting towards the end of September and October.

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<v Speaker 2>Most likely. It's been a good timing to start that it.

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<v Speaker 7>Would be hopefully it's a little drier, hopeful little bit drier.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, there's some things that we have to work

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<v Speaker 7>around with that project, so we kind of get was

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<v Speaker 7>to get into the scope of it. This is really

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<v Speaker 7>making parking lot and access road improvements at a few

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<v Speaker 7>of the parks here in town. So the big ones

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<v Speaker 7>are Johnstone Park and Sooner Park. So each of those

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<v Speaker 7>parks have pretty extensive let's just call them roadway infrastructure.

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<v Speaker 7>They're not actually public streets necessarily, but they are access

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<v Speaker 7>to the parks. And so we're gonna be doing some

478
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<v Speaker 7>work on that at Sooner Park and then also at

479
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<v Speaker 7>Johnstone Park for the loop roads there, and then also

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<v Speaker 7>some of the major parking lots at those parks. So

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<v Speaker 7>at at Center Park, we've got that north side that's

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<v Speaker 7>there between the tennis courts and the park proper, I

483
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<v Speaker 7>guess you'll say, there's that area that we're going to

484
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<v Speaker 7>clean up in there, repay that, do some striping to

485
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<v Speaker 7>expand the parking there's currently quite a bit of room

486
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<v Speaker 7>for parking there now, it's just not delineated, so we'll

487
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<v Speaker 7>be addressing that, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then a lot a bit of demand right now because

489
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<v Speaker 2>of the new pickleball quite a.

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<v Speaker 7>Bit of demand because of pickleball courts. The existing main

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<v Speaker 7>lot there at the park. They're on the I guess

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<v Speaker 7>called the west side of Center Park will be striping that.

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<v Speaker 7>It's currently parking available, it's just not stripe we're not

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<v Speaker 7>really telling you where to park right now, so and

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<v Speaker 7>we all know.

496
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<v Speaker 2>If you don't put stripes you lose about after parking.

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<v Speaker 7>This is true, so we will address that as well.

498
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<v Speaker 7>We'll also right there at the goth Tower, the play

499
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<v Speaker 7>tower there in the middle of the park, there's sort

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<v Speaker 7>of some gravel parking right there located now, so we'll

501
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<v Speaker 7>be updating that, adding parking there as well paving that.

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<v Speaker 7>So that's the Center Park project, and of course with

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<v Speaker 7>that project we have to work around SunFest, which hopefully

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<v Speaker 7>we don't get into that that's gonna be next to June,

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<v Speaker 7>so if we're not that far along by then that'll

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<v Speaker 7>be a little bit disappointing. Yes, but that is one

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<v Speaker 7>of the constraints that's one of the constraints that we

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<v Speaker 7>have made the contractor where we don't want to be

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<v Speaker 7>doing that work while SunFest is going. You do have

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<v Speaker 7>the sooner pool, you know, the swimming season, things of

511
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<v Speaker 7>that nature, so we'll try to get that address before

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<v Speaker 7>those times. But then at Johnstone Park you got the

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<v Speaker 7>main loop road through there that will be improved. Currently

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<v Speaker 7>there's gravel pull out areas around that that park.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll call it a parking lot.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll go in there and actually define those, pave those

517
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<v Speaker 7>curve and gutter stripe those, so we'll do periodic parking

518
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<v Speaker 7>around that loop, repave the loop. Trying to think what

519
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<v Speaker 7>else is going on at john Saw Park. That's the main,

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<v Speaker 7>main thing going on to Johnston Park. We really one

521
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<v Speaker 7>of the alternates that we didn't have enough money to

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<v Speaker 7>do is actually construct a large parking lot there where

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<v Speaker 7>the old skate park was in that old softball field

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<v Speaker 7>and then actually removed the large gravel lot that's further

525
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<v Speaker 7>to the west. Again, money didn't quite get us there,

526
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<v Speaker 7>so we couldn't award that, but we'd have liked to

527
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<v Speaker 7>done that work.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's something and still on our list.

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<v Speaker 7>Something still on our list it's on our radar. There

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<v Speaker 7>will be improvements right there at the intersection with where

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<v Speaker 7>you come out from the kiddie Park to that loop road.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll do some parking there by the Nella Johnstone. There'll

533
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<v Speaker 7>be a bus pull out there, some things of that

534
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<v Speaker 7>nature to improve that are as well.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just currently gravel so we'll be.

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<v Speaker 7>Addressing that section, but we have to work around there

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<v Speaker 7>is the Fantasy Land of Lights, which I think they

538
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<v Speaker 7>start setting up for that probably in the next month, yeah,

539
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<v Speaker 7>pretty soon, I think.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's quite a project.

541
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<v Speaker 7>It's quite a project, so we'll have to work around

542
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<v Speaker 7>that constraint. We don't want to have that ongoing when

543
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<v Speaker 7>Fantasy Land Lights is going on, so there's a lot

544
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<v Speaker 7>of moving parts with that. But then we also have

545
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<v Speaker 7>Juian Low as included with this as well. So we've

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<v Speaker 7>got the gravel lot that's up on top of the

547
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<v Speaker 7>hill that we will actually construct an actual parking lot

548
00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:09.759
<v Speaker 7>instead of a gravel lot there. And then we've got

549
00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:11.559
<v Speaker 7>the main lot there on the west side of the park.

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<v Speaker 7>It'll just essentially be a rehabilitation of that lot, restriping, repaving,

551
00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:18.279
<v Speaker 7>things of that nature. So that's at the Jui and

552
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<v Speaker 7>Low and then also a lesser known parking town is

553
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<v Speaker 7>Lyon Park. That's a small neighborhood park there really on Hensley,

554
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<v Speaker 7>I guess we're really Tuxedo and Hensley kind of split r. Yeah,

555
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<v Speaker 7>and so it's a little park there. We'll do some

556
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<v Speaker 7>parking improvements there, just a few spaces.

557
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<v Speaker 2>It's a little bit of a hidden gym of a park.

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<v Speaker 7>Right Leader's gym. Right now, it's currently just a gravel

559
00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.839
<v Speaker 7>kind of loop road through there. Will be making some

560
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<v Speaker 7>improvements to that as well.

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<v Speaker 3>And then.

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<v Speaker 2>It does yep, yep, yet the roof going. That's underway

563
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<v Speaker 2>right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're working on that right now.

565
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<v Speaker 7>So really that's the that's the project scope. We're also

566
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<v Speaker 7>gonna do some improvements at Douglas Park. We do have

567
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<v Speaker 7>the Douglas Park parking lot at that meeting actually came

568
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<v Speaker 7>up as we're planning on so that really is let's

569
00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:06.319
<v Speaker 7>call it on street parking per se. There's cast runs

570
00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:08.480
<v Speaker 7>through there. It's the street that runs to there. It's

571
00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.039
<v Speaker 7>in disrepair and the parking is directly off of that.

572
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<v Speaker 7>So we did have some funding to do parking lot

573
00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:15.759
<v Speaker 7>improvements for Douglas Park. We're going to use those projects

574
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<v Speaker 7>or those funds to supplement this parking lot project, and

575
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<v Speaker 7>then we'll use some street funds that we had some

576
00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:22.759
<v Speaker 7>savings on to actually address casts and then do the

577
00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.920
<v Speaker 7>parking at Douglas Park as well. So that's not going away.

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<v Speaker 2>So not only are we going to do it, but

579
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<v Speaker 2>we've actually expanded the scope a little bit of what

580
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<v Speaker 2>we were going to do there, right, identifying a different

581
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<v Speaker 2>source of funding.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, we got looking at that and that was a

583
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<v Speaker 7>miss on my part as we got to look at

584
00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:36.440
<v Speaker 7>that parking. I'm just thinking parking lot. As you look

585
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<v Speaker 7>at the surrounding area it had been, it had been

586
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<v Speaker 7>pretty rough if we just parking off of a street,

587
00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.240
<v Speaker 7>that's not as would have been exactly. So we're going

588
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.880
<v Speaker 7>to improve that whole area as well, and that may

589
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<v Speaker 7>we may look at doing that in house with city

590
00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:51.279
<v Speaker 7>staff using street funds, or we may look at lump

591
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<v Speaker 7>of that into that project that we're we're doing the

592
00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:55.920
<v Speaker 7>painting with Brent Bell. So so that's what we got

593
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<v Speaker 7>going with that project. This pro did mention we we

594
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<v Speaker 7>are replacing or actually adding a nice roof at the clubhouse.

595
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<v Speaker 7>There's basically one part, let's call it the north section

596
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<v Speaker 7>that didn't have nice roof were replacing that.

597
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<v Speaker 2>So all right, well, I appreciate it. Thank you Micah

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<v Speaker 2>at the fastest thirty minutes in radio. As always,