Dec 12, 2022 Community Services Corp. (Type B)

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE 4:01 P.M..

[ 1. Call to Order]

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BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I'M TOLD THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[5. Recess into Executive Session]

IF I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION BY FLETCHER, SECOND BY GREEN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND MOTION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

SECOND.

MOTION BY GREEN, SECOND BY FLETCHER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT IS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO ON WITH THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE WAS A TYPO CALLED A SCRIVENER'S ERROR OR SOMETHING, A NEW TERM I'VE LEARNED. I GUESS THERE'S SOME GUY OUT OUT THERE SOMEWHERE NAMED SCRIBNER THAT MAKES A LOT OF MISTAKES.

SO IN THE TEXT, IN YOUR AGENDA FOR ITEM 3B, THE ACTION THERE WILL BE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT, NOT TO APPROVE A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING.

SO THE WORDING IS A LITTLE JUMBLED THERE, BUT THE INTENT AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE INTENT IS QUITE CLEAR.

SO FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION IS ITEM TWO FOR CITIZEN APPEARANCES.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE 4B CORPORATION? I SEE NO SUCH REQUEST.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 3RD, 2022 COMMUNITY SERVICES

[3.A. Consider approval of the minutes from the October 3, 2022 Community Services Corporation (Type B) Board meeting. (Staff Contact: Amanda Campos, City Secretary).]

IF THE MEMBERS HAVE HAD A MOMENT TO REVIEW THOSE, I'LL BE READY FOR MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEX, A SECOND BY RICK TO APPROVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT MOTION HAS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

NEXT STEP IS ITEM 3B, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH MARILYN BLEECKER FOR THE

[3.B. Consider approval of a minute order ratifying the Burleson Community Service Development Corporation’s action to approve a resolution authorizing a contract with Marilyn Bleeker for the acquisition of approximately 13 acres of real property at or near 2410 SW Hulen St, Burleson, Johnson County, Texas and authorizing the expenditure of funds. (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO START I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO START BY GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AS TO WHY WE WOULD BE ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSED SITES, THE TERMS FOR THE ACQUISITION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, AND THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME OPTIONS.

SO THE COMMUNITY PARK HISTORY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR THIS SITE IS A COMMUNITY PARK.

THIS WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2019 AS PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN.

IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL AS A PRIORITY IN THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN THIS YEAR.

CITY COUNCIL DID MEET IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS THE LOCATIONS FOR THIS PARK.

AND JUST A REMINDER ON WHAT A COMMUNITY PARK IS.

SO WE SAY IT CAN RANGE BETWEEN 16 AND 99 ACRES.

ON AVERAGE, THOUGH, A COMMUNITY PARK IS APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES AND THEY ARE LARGER THAN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE TO BASICALLY BECOME MULTIFACETED. SO WE CONNECT RESTAURANTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, RETAIL SCHOOLS AND TRANSIT, AND THEY TYPICALLY BECOME DESTINATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR VISITORS ALIKE.

AND THEN SOME OF THE TYPICAL AMENITIES ARE LISTED ON THE OTHER SIDE.

BUT TWO THAT, I THINK I REALLY WANT TO HIT ON BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE THINKING THROUGH AS WE MASTERPLAN THESE SITES WOULD BE SPORTS COURTS AND SPORTS FIELDS, SPECIFICALLY SOFTBALL.

SO WITH THE SOFTBALL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR THIS SITE IS THE HIDDEN CREEK CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT.

THE CONDITIONS AT THE CURRENT SOFTBALL COMPLEX ARE ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION TO REFURBISH THOSE FIELDS AND GET THEM UP TO LEAGUE PLAY QUALITY.

THIS IS CURRENTLY ONLY USED FOR PICKUP PRACTICES AND GAMES AND IT LIMITS THE AMOUNTS OF TEAMS THAT WE CAN PLAY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PLAYING ON ONE FIELD [INAUDIBLE] ON ARABIAN FIELD. SO BACK LAST YEAR OR EARLY THIS YEAR, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH RESEARCHING OPTIONS FOR THIS SITE TO SEE IF WE COULD RELOCATE THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX WHILE ALSO HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF REDEVELOPING THE HIDDEN CREEK CORRIDOR.

BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THAT, WE NEED A BLESSING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK TO SAY THAT YES, THEY LIKE RELOCATING TO THIS SITE OR KNOW THEY WANT TO STAY THERE OR THEY HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITE ALTOGETHER BEFORE THAT REDEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR.

SO THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION THIS EVENING, YOU CAN SEE HERE AND I'LL KIND OF POINTED OUT, YOU'LL SEE IT BETTER ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THIS RECTANGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY ALONG

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WE CURRENTLY OWN APPROXIMATELY 13 ACRES ADJACENT TO THAT AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE CONTRACT TERMS FOR 30 ADDITIONAL ACRES.

SO THIS SITE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA THAT CAN SERVE MULTIPLE NEEDS FOR THE CITY AS FAR AS CITY FACILITIES SUCH AS A CITY HALL AND LIBRARY AS WELL AS RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND SERVE OUR PURPOSE OF A COMMUNITY PARK.

IF THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED AS WELL AS THE OTHERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 ACRES AND THIS IS THE POTENTIAL DRAFT CONCEPT.

SO THIS IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM A FINAL LAYOUT, BUT IT IS SHOWING WHAT WOULD FIT ON THIS SITE IF WE TOOK IT AS PROPOSED.

SO THIS FUTURE AMENITY COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A SKATE PARK TO A SPLASH PAD TO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY TOLD US THEY'D LIKE IN THAT AREA.

WE CAN FIT A POND. WE CAN FIT THE RELOCATION OF THE HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL COMPLEX, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY PARK AMENITIES, YOUR CITY HALL, YOUR LIBRARY, AND SOME MIXED USE RESTAURANT RETAIL.

THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING IS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT $6.02 A SQUARE FOOT, PLUS THE CLOSING COST.

WE'RE APPROXIMATING THIS COST AT THAT 3.156 NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE FINALIZING THAT EXACT FOOTPRINT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE PER SQUARE FOOT COST ON THERE.

THERE ARE 260 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIODS.

THAT FIRST ONE WOULD BE FOR 75,000 AND THE SECOND WOULD BE FOR 150,000.

THOSE ARE NON REFUNDABLE, BUT THEY WOULD GO TOWARDS CLOSING COSTS IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE WORKING TO ENFORCE THE CONTRACT TERMS ON THAT 30 ACRES ADJACENT AND WE WILL NOT FINALIZE THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY UNTIL WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE OTHER.

THE BIG THING I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING PURCHASED AS PARKLAND.

IT WILL BE PURCHASED AS GENERAL MUNICIPAL BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DESIGN THIS ENTIRE MASTER PLAN FOR THE SITE PRIOR TO DEDICATING WHAT PORTION WOULD BE PARKLAND. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT FINAL FOOTPRINT, WE'LL DO A TRUE UP OF ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTS.

AND IF 4B NEEDS TO PAY ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR 4B NEEDS TO GET SOME FUNDS FROM A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, WE'LL CLEAN THAT ALL UP ONCE THAT MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED.

THIS IS THE CURRENT SURVEY THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

SO WHAT MS. BLEECKER HAS REQUESTED IS THAT WE SQUARE OFF THIS PROPERTY.

SO WE'LL BE TAKING THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE.

AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? SO WE DO HAVE $4 MILLION CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF COMMUNITY PARKS IN THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE ANTICIPATE USING THIS FUNDS AND THEN BASED ON EXISTING FUND BALANCES, WE COULD POTENTIALLY CASH FUND THIS IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO.

THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS PRESENTED AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

QUESTIONS ANYONE? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE PUT A CONCEPT INTO THIS PRESENTATION FOR WHAT MAY TAKE PLACE ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

PLEASE DON'T ANYONE SEIZE ON THAT CONCEPT DRAWING AND TRY TO SAY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD THIS.

PLEASE READ WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE PRESENTATION IF YOU FORM AN OPINION ABOUT THIS.

THE PRESENTATION SAYS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS BEING PURCHASED FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.

SOME ALL OR PERHAPS NONE OF IT WILL SOMEDAY BE A PARK.

A COMMUNITY PARK IS A PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN, WHETHER IT WINDS UP BEING ON THIS SITE OR WHETHER SOME OTHER USE WINDS UP BEING ON THIS SITE.

BUT WE NEED THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, IN MY OPINION, TO FINISH OUT THE PURCHASE OF A LARGE ENOUGH TRACT OF LAND HERE WHERE THIS COULD BE A COMMUNITY PARK OR IT COULD BE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OTHER USES.

IF IT'S NOT USED FOR A COMMUNITY PARK, THEN AN ACCEPTABLE SITE.

THAT WOULD JUST MEAN THAT AN ACCEPTABLE SITE SOMEWHERE ELSE HAS BECOME AVAILABLE TO US AND A BETTER OPTION EXISTS.

SO WE'LL TAKE IT, IN WHICH CASE THE TYPE B CORPORATION WILL BE REIMBURSED AND WHATEVER ELSE TAKES PLACE, WE'LL BUY THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY.

BUT ANYWAY, AT THE PRESENT TIME, WE HAVE 65 ACRES, PART OF WHICH IS OWNED BY THE TYPE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PARTS OWNED BY THE CITY OF BURLESON DIRECTLY.

AND NOW PART, IF THIS IS APPROVED, WILL BE OWNED BY THE TYPE B CORPORATION.

SO IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT NOTHING IN THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO SAY THAT THIS WILL BE THERE OR WILL NOT BE THERE.

BEFORE WE COULD CONSIDER REDEVELOPING THE HIDDEN CREEK BALL FIELDS, WE NEEDED TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE BALL FIELDS CAN GO AND THEY MAY VERY WELL GO HERE OR THEY MAY VERY WELL GO ON A OTHER PROPERTY.

THAT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE AND PROPER FOR THAT USE IF SUCH PROPERTY EXISTS.

SO THAT'S JUST ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS IS A PURCHASE FOR GENERAL GOOD MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO IT THIS WAY SO THAT

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SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T MEAN TO MONOPOLIZE EVERYONE'S TIME.

OKAY. NO. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I BELIEVE WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 3B.

EXCUSE ME.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED WITH THE ACQUISITION.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR FLETCHER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT MOTION PASSES WITH UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS ITEM FOUR.

REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS.

HAVE WE ANY? AND I SEE NO INDICATION WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE EVENING.

SO WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4:26.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.