[Press Conference: "Mayfair Park Ribbon Cutting"]
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WELCOME, WELCOME, AND WELCOME.WE'RE HERE AT MAYFIELD PARK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER'S 50 50 PARK PARTNERS.
ALL THE DIGNITARIES, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE COMMUNITY, GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JUST BEING HERE, CELEBRATING.
YOU KNOW, AS DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION, AND THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE NATION, IS SIMPLY AN HONOR AND A PRI AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS CITY.
YOU KNOW, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION HAS MAINTAINED THIS SMALL LITTLE POCKET PARK FOR YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN IT GO THROUGH A TRANSFORMATION ON WHAT IT IS TODAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
SO, THE REVITALIZATION OF THIS PARK, IT'S REALLY A, A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN MANY PARTNERS.
UM, AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE, IT TARGETS ACTUALLY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS ACROSS HOUSTON.
AND MAYFAIR PARK IS JUST ONE OF 22 PARKS THAT WE WILL CELEBRATE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, MAYOR, RIGHT? SO IT'S DUE TO HIS LEADERSHIP THAT WE ARE SIMPLY CELEBRATING TODAY AND FOCUSING ON PARKS THAT REALLY NEED IT MOST.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MY BOSS AND THE HONORABLE MAYOR OF HOUSTON, SYLVESTER TURNER.
AND LEMME THANK DIRECTOR ALLEN, UM, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, KENNETH ALLEN, AND ALL THOSE AFFILIATED AND A PART OF PARKS AND REC, IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF PARKS AND REC THEM AND SEE YOUR, JUST SHOW YOUR HAND RIGHT QUICK.
AND WE ARE, I JUST GOT TO GIVING ANOTHER SPEECH,
UM, AND, UH, CERTAINLY HERE IN DISTRICT K, UH, WITH THE VICE MAYOR.
YEAH,
AND THEN WE, UH, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, THE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN SALLY ALCORN.
WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING TOGETHER, UH, THIS MORNING EARLY, SO IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH HER.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES'S OFFICE? BERNIE KELLY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW THE SENATOR IS OUT OF THE CITY.
AND THEN, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY PRECINCT TO COMMISSIONER GRADY.
PRECIOUS IS BRENDA PATTON HERE.
WE'LL GIVE THEM A HAND AS WELL.
AND LOOK, AND, AND CERTAINLY MOST OF ALL, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE FIFTH, UH, PARK MAKEOVER THROUGH OUR 50 50 PARK, UH, PARTNERS INITIATIVE TODAY, RIGHT HERE IN MAYFAIR PARK.
AND THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS TO UPLIFT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IS SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PARKS ELICIT PRIDE AND JOY IN ONE'S COMMUNITY.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WHERE WE GATHER AS FAMILIES, PLAY, MAKE FRIENDS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, JUST TAKE IN THE NATURE ITSELF.
AND THE 50 50 PARK INITIALLY BEGAN WITH 22 PARKS AS THE DIRECTOR ALLEN SAID, IN CRITICAL NEED OF ENHANCEMENTS IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING SEVERAL INCOMPLETE COMMUNITIES, WHICH WILL ALL BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, EVEN IF IT'S DECEMBER 31ST AT 1158.
AND SO, UH, TO ACHIEVE THIS PLAN OF, WE HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL PARTNERS, THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP PARKS BOARD, UH, ITSELF, ALL OF THEM HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO OUR PARTNERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS.
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OUR COLLABORATION RESULTED IN A BEAUTIFULLY REVITALIZED MAYFAIR PARK FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ENJOY.I WAS JUST ASKING THE VICE MAIL PRO TEM, UH, HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE HAS THESE UPGRADES MADE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT BEFORE AND THEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW? AND, UH, SHE INDICATED TO ME THAT THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS, HAD BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS, HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, SOMEBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO US.
SO, UH, AND WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN YOU ENHANCE THE PARKS, YOU ENHANCE THAT STREET AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $937,000, UH, PROVIDED TO ENHANCE MAYFAIR PARK, A NEW SHADED TWO TO 5-YEAR-OLD PLAYGROUND UNIT, UH, WITH THE NEW SWING SET, NEW PARK WALKWAYS, DETENTION AREAS FOR INCREASED DRAINAGE FOR THE PARK, AND UPGRADED LED PARK LIGHTING, THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
INSTALL NEW PARK FURNITURE INCLUDING BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES, TRASH CANS, AND A GRILL, AS WELL AS NEW FENCING AT THE FRONT OF THE PARK.
AND ON THESE, SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT ARE OUT HERE.
THEY WERE PLANTED THE OTHER DAY AND THEY GREW VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
SO LEMME GIVE IT UP TO PARKS AND REC.
I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL MAKE THEM GROW, BUT THEY HAVE GROWN OVERNIGHT.
AND TO DIRECTOR KENNETH ALLEN AND THE ENTIRE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TEAM, I APPRECIATE YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF ALL PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND FOR YOUR EXTRA EFFORT IN REDING, IN READYING MAYFAIR PARK WHILE WE EVENT TODAY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, WE ALL KNOW THAT ACCESS TO COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE IS ESSENTIAL IN PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS YOUNG GENERATION.
AND MAYFAIR PARK'S VIBRANT NEW PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN.
WE'RE PROVID AN ENVIRONMENT FOR FAMILIES TO GROW AND THRIVE.
FINALLY, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, REPRESENTING THIS AREA.
UH, PRIYA ZACHARIA, WHO'S OVER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES AFFILIATED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, AND THEN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET ME THANK, UH, MAYFAIR PARK CIVIC CLUB.
IF YOU ARE PART OF THE CIVIC CLUB, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.
LET ME THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND, AND EMPHASIS AND WANTING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TAKE PLACE AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS FOR PROVIDING INPUT AND IDEAS FOR THE PARK GREATS.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO CONTINUE PLAYING A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I HAVE THE DISTINCT ITEM, UH, TO BRING FORTH YOUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM MARTHA CASTEK TATUM, WHO LITERALLY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PARK ON YESTERDAY AT CITY COUNCIL
IT IS A GREAT DAY IN DISTRICT K.
TODAY IS SUCH AN EXCITING DAY, AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE AT THE PARK.
AND IF YOU SEEN THE BEFORE PICTURES AND YOU SEE THE AFTER PICTURES, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE AT THE CITY CARE ABOUT MAYFAIR PARK.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I REALLY WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS OF MAY MAYFAIR PARK, BECAUSE A YEAR AGO THEY CAME TOGETHER, HAD LISTENING SESSIONS, THEY MET WITH THE PARKS BOARD, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM AT THE PARK.
AND AFTER WE ALL WENT THROUGH COVID, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OUTSIDE SPACES AND PARKS ARE FOR OUR WELLBEING AND FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS IN MAYFAIR PARK KNOW HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THEIR WELLBEING, HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES.
AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS PARK WILL BRING SO MUCH JOY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WILL COME THROUGH.
SWING ON THE SWING, GRILL BURGERS.
ENJOY THIS SPACE THAT THIS WILL BE A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR YOU.
UH, CITIES REALLY DEPENDS ON OUR PARKS, SPECIFICALLY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE JOY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY NATURE, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY THE GREEN SPACE.
AND AGAIN, IT IS MY EXTREME PLEASURE TO BE THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THIS DISTRICT AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE MAYOR TURNER WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THIS 50 50 PARK CHALLENGE.
THE FIRST PARK ON MY MIND WAS MAYFAIR PARK.
AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIRECTOR
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OF PARKS.WE HAVE TWO PARKS IN DISTRICT K THAT WERE PART OF 50 50, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CUT THE RIBBON ON MENTION PARK.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, UH, IT ALSO NEEDED A MAJOR RENOVATION.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, I HOPE, SIGNIFIES TO EACH ONE OF YOU, HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT YOUR LIVELIHOODS, HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILIES, AND HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE RIBBON CUTTING, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MS. BALLA, THE PRESIDENT OF MAYFAIR PARK CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLAYING HERE.
THEY FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENJOYING THE SPACE.
AND I DO WANNA, UH, LET KENNETH, DIRECTOR ALLEN KNOW WE APPRECIATE THE COVER.
UH, AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREME HEAT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE SHADES MAKE THE PARKS MORE ACCESSIBLE.
THESE AMAZING TREES MAKE THE PARK MORE ACCESSIBLE.
AND I HOPE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT STEPS FOOT ON MAYFAIR PARK PARK, UH, WILL LEAVE EXPERIENCING EXTREME JOY BECAUSE IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PROVIDE THIS PARK TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO THIS AMAZING CITY.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYFAIR PARK.
VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT K AND WORKING WITH US, NOT JUST AT THIS PARK, BUT ALL PARKS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
TRULY, WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD PARTNER, YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE DONE.
SO I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE THAT MAY BE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES.
UH, JUSTICE OF PEACE JUDGE RODERICK GARNER PRECINCT TWO.
WE HAVE OF COURSE, MY PARTNER WITHIN THE DEPART WITHIN THE CITY DIRECTOR SHANNON BUGS FROM COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH HER.
SHE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
OUTREACH LIAISON FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AL GREEN.
ARE YOU HERE? I HAVE OFFICER JOHNS FROM HPD SOUTHWEST DIVISION.
WILLIE RAINWATER, PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS 40, UH, ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO TO ALL TAKING PART IN THIS CELEBRATION NOW, IT'S MY PLEASURE.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE GREAT PARTNERS.
YOU, YOU ACHIEVE MORE, YOU'RE MORE EFFICIENT, YOU GET, GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO.
SO I LIKE TO CALL UP TO THE PODIUM MATT NELSON, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD.
UM, IT SURE A WONDERFUL DAY FOR THE CITY AND FOR ALL OF US TO BE HERE AT THE NEWLY TRANSFORMED, UH, MAYFAIR PARK.
AS DIRECTOR ALLEN SAID, MY NAME IS MATT NIELSEN.
I'M CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD.
UH, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO BETH WHITE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SO I'M TRYING TO FILL THOSE SHOES, WHICH IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CREATES, IMPROVES, PROTECTS AND ADVOCATES FOR PARKS FOR EVERYONE.
AND ESPECIALLY HERE TODAY AT MAYFAIR PARK.
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK.
AMIDST ALL THESE WONDERFUL NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE AMID IT PART OF THE 50 50 PARK PARTNER INITIATIVE, AS HAS BEEN SHARED, HOUSTON PARK SPORT IS ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE PARTNERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK HAPPEN.
PARTICULARLY MAYOR TURNER WHO CHALLENGED US TO INVEST EQUITABLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
THIS MEANINGFUL WORK IS DONE HAND IN HAND WITH ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR TEAMS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND DIRECTOR ALLEN, AS ALL HAVE ALL HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED.
SO WE DO WANNA DO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR ALLEN AND OUR PARTNERS AT H PART ALONG WITH LISA JOHNSON AND THE GSD TEAM.
YEAH, WE ALSO COULD NOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT OUR TALENTED, UH, CONTRACTORS AND DESIGNERS.
UH, MARY TALLEY AND ELIZABETH PRATT FROM MARY TALL AND ASSOCIATES WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
AND FROM CRAFTSMAN, MARK REYNOLDS.
MARK, I KNOW I SAW YOU HERE SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN ALSO, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR TEAM AT THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, UH, WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
I BELIEVE A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY.
IF YOU STICK YOUR HANDS UP, RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND THEN ALSO WOULD EVERYBODY FROM HOUSTON PARKS BOARD ON THE TEAM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
SO, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, MAYFAIR PARK IS THE FIFTH PARK OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OF
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22 TO RECEIVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.AND THIS HAS PART OF THIS TRANSFORM INITIATIVE OF THE MAYORS LEADS TO 17 MORE TO GO.
AND WE WILL GET THEIR MAYOR AS PROMISED THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR
UH, OUR PARTNERS AT THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP.
ALONG WITH US, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS ONE PARK AT A TIME AND ALSO THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH ARE PARK EQUITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE IMPACT.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PRIMARY PARTNER OF THIS INITIATIVE AND DO HAVE SERVED AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROGRAM.
OUR ORGANIZATION AND PARTNERS WERE WORK CLOSELY WITH VICE MAYOR PROAM, MARTHA K CASTEX TATUM, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT K TEAM, THE FORT BEND HOUSTON COMPLETE COMMUNITIES TEAM, AS WELL AS THE MAYFAIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY VOICES WERE HEARD.
INDEED ON THIS PROJECT, WE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THIS PROJECT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, INCLUDING VISITS TO THE PARK TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND ALSO LEADING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION.
THAT FEEDBACK THAT WAS HEARD IN THOSE SESSIONS AND THE CANVASSING LED TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE PARK TODAY.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS BRING NEW LIFE TO THIS COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE WHERE FAMILIES IN A COMMUNITY CAN CONGREGATE TOGETHER AND ENJOY TIME OUTDOORS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE MAYFAIR COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING THE 50 50 PARK PARTNERS INITIATIVE TO BE A PART OF MAYFAIR PARK AND LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT SAID, I'M VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY LEADER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAYFAIR CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT MARY LOU BALLOW.
LITTLE HIGH FOR ME, GENTLEMEN.
UM, I DEFINITELY, FOR MY COMMUNITY, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR, EVERYBODY, OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERYBODY WHO WAS, UH, A PART OF THE PARKS.
WE'VE TALKED TO ON THE PHONE FOR, UH, WHAT, TWO OR THREE YEARS I THINK, AND WE FINALLY MET EACH OTHER TODAY.
UM, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD KIDS PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND AND THEY'RE JUST SO EXCITED.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG BOOM.
UH, I, I WOULD BE VERY REMISS IN NOT SAYING THAT.
UM, THE GUYS THAT WERE WORKING OUT HERE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF JUAN IS HERE, HE WAS THE FOREMAN FOR THE INITIAL STUFF.
THEY WORKED FROM DAWN TO DUSK, IN THE HEAT, IN THE SUN, DIGGING, PLANTING.
UH, I MEAN, IT WAS TRULY AMAZING THAT THEY COULD, I I CAN'T MAKE IT IN THE SHADE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, FAINTING.
BUT, UH, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF, OF THIS PARK.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION MONTY'S GROUP WHO CAME IN THIS WEEK EVERY DAY TO, UH, WATER, TO SPRUCE UP TO, UH, DO POWER, POWER CLEANING, UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION WITH ME.
SO ALSO, JUST IN CLOSING, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR BUILDING IS OPEN AND THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON IF YOU NEED IT.
AND THE BATHROOMS ARE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE CERTAINLY SHARE YOUR ENTHUSIASM AS WE SEE THIS PARK.
AND WE KNOW THE BENEFIT THAT IT WILL HAVE FOR THE KIDS, FIRST OF ALL, AND THE FAMILIES THAT SURROUND THIS PARK AND THAT'S IN THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND RELAX, UM, RECREATE, UH, AND, AND JUST ENJOY THE LITTLE BIT OF LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE AT THIS SMALL PARK.
UH, PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE THE BENEFIT, UH, THAT YOU GET AS A RESULT OF HAVING A SPACE OF PEACE AND A SPACE OF RECREATION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT AS A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW VALUABLE THAT IS IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF THE BENEFIT WITH THE TREES ALONG.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE STEPPED UP HERE SWEATING QUITE A BIT, BUT IT'S T AND UM, THE TREES ARE DEFINITELY A, A DEFINITE BENEFIT A ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, UH, MY HOPE IS THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY THIS PLACE, ENJOY THIS SPOT, UH, TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR IT.
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QUESTIONABLE, I WANT YOU TO CALL NINE, NO, NOT NINE ONE ONE, BUT WANT YOU TO CALL 3 1 1.ALL RIGHT? IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT'S BROKEN, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT NEED TO BE, UM, THAT NEED ATTENTION, 3 1 1 IS YOUR TICKET.
AND CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICERS AS WELL IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR, OR AN ISSUE.
SO BEFORE WE CLOSE, I HAVE TO REITERATE AND THANK ALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF THAT'S HERE ON SITE.
COULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH THIS TEAM DAY TO DAY.
SO AS WE CELEBRATE THIS PART, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING THROUGHOUT HOUSTON AND IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK IN THIS ELEMENT AND WITH OUR INVENTORY, BUT THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND THEY ARE DEDICATED.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M PROUD.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK ON THEIR BEHALF WITH THE CITIZENS, UH, OF THIS GREAT CITY.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS.
I LIKE TO CALL UP REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS JUST TO HAVE A FEW WORDS IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR.
I'M GONNA DITTLE EVERYTHING THAT OUR PHENOMENAL MAYOR SAID AND OUR COUNCILWOMAN SAID.
I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD MANDATE FROM FORT BEND, HOUSTON, WE DON'T WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN.
WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES WHERE FORT BEND HOUSTON WAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT UNTIL ELECTION TIME.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT MAYOR TURNER HAS UPHOLD HIS COMMITMENT AND HIS PROMISE THAT HE MADE TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE WOULD NOT FORGET.
FORT BEND, HOUSTON MAYOR, AND COUNCILWOMAN MARTHA CASTEX TATUM FROM DISTRICT A HAS MADE SURE UNDER COMPLETE, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND THIS 50 50 PARTNERSHIP, THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS NOT FORGOTTEN.
AND MAYOR, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY THANK YOU.
AND COUNCILWOMAN MARTHA KASEK TATUM FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP.
UH, THIS IS NOT JUST THIS PROJECT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY.
BUT THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP BRING RESOURCES AND FUNDS FROM THE CITY, FROM YOUR, YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS REVITALIZED, UH, WHETHER IT WAS THIS OR OTHER PROJECTS.
SO MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
THIS TRULY IS A BLESSING FOR FORT BEND HOUSTON AND DISTRICT A AND DISTRICT 27.
SO I KNOW, I SEE, UH, MY GOOD FRIEND BERNIE KELLY, REPRESENTING STATE SENATOR, UH, BORIS MILES AND COMM COMMISSIONER PRESAGE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT BRENDA'S HERE REPRESENTING HIM.
SO ALL OF US ARE SO GRATEFUL AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL.
AND I THINK SHE HAS PROOF YOU HAVE SOMETHING FROM SENATOR MILES TO PRESENT.
WHY DON'T YOU COME IN AND PRESENT IT TO, I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR JOB.
AND SO, SO IF THE SENATORS JUST ASK WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE PRESENT, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PICTURE 'CAUSE HE MAY NOT BELIEVE YOU.
SO BEFORE, BEFORE YOU START, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, GREAT THROW OF TEXAS ARE LOOKING FOR A SECOND STRING QUARTERBACK.
ON BEHALF OF SENATOR BTI MILES, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION THAT HE HAS HERE FOR THIS.
I'LL JUST LEAVE THE VERY LAST LINE RESOLVED THAT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE RENOVATED MAYFAIR PARK BE COMMEMORATED AND THAT ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN BRINGING THIS PRODUCT TO PROVISION, PROVISION SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
AND THIS IS FROM STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES, DISTRICT 13.
I HAVE TO MENTION A PARTNERING DEPARTMENT THAT KIND OF OVERSEES ALL THE PARKS CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND I KNOW THEY WERE MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, OUR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH DIRECTOR CJ MESSIAH, AND DIVISION MANAGER LISA JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR GUIDING US AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET CITY
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CODE AND WE STAY ONLINE.ALRIGHT, SO LET'S CUT A RIBBON.