Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board

Bastrop Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board Agenda Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers 1311 Chestnut Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8800 February 06, 2025 Agenda - Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board at 5:30 PM Bastrop Parks and Public Tree Advisory Board meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary at (512) 332-8800 or write 1311 Chestnut Street, 78602, or by calling through a T.D.D. (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) to Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. __________________________________________ 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CITIZEN COMMENTS At this time, three (3) minute comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. Anyone in attendance wishing to address the Board/Commission must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the Board/Commission Secretary prior to the start of the Board/Commission meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, the Board/Commission cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time. Instead, the Board/Commission is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. Issues may be referred to City Manager for research and possible future action. It is not the intention of the City of Bastrop to provide a public forum for the embarrassment or demeaning of any individual or group. Neither is it the intention of the Board/Commission to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Board/Commission, as a body, or any member or members of the Board/Commission individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff. Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Board/Commission and/or any person in the Board/Commission’s presence will not be tolerated. 3. MINUTE APPROVAL 4. REPORTS 4A. Receive a report on the operations of the Parks & Recreation Department Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board Agenda February 06, 2025 Page 1 of 3  Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 4B. Receive a report on the operations of the Bastrop State Park. Submitted by: Nathanael Gold, Bastrop and Buescher State Parks Complex Superintendent and Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 4C. Bird City Coalition Report Submitted by: Luke Thompson, Bird City Committee and Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 4D. Receive a report on the Parks and Recreation Director’s monthly update. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 4E. Discussion and changes in the operations of Mayfest Park Submitted by: Doug Haggerty, Building and Facilities Manager and Deborah Jones, Board Chair 5. PRESENTATIONS 5A. Receive a presentation on the various projects taking place during the Bastrop Clean Sweep on February 22, 2025. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 6. WORKSHOP 7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 7A. Consider and act to approve Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board meeting minutes from the Thursday, November 7, 2024 Regular Meeting and the Monday January 13, 2025 Regular Meeting. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 7B. Receive updates on the Working Task Force Submitted by: Deborah Jones, Parks and Recreation Board Chair and Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 7C. Update and discuss Parks and Recreation Master Plan Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks and Recreation Director 7D. Texas A&M Forest Service offers matching grants each year. One of the categories is for a Municipal Forester for $100,000 over 3 years. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks & Recreation Director Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board Agenda February 06, 2025 Page 2 of 3 8. ADJOURNMENT I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting as posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board located at the entrance to the City of Bastrop City Hall, a place of convenient and readily accessible to the general public, as well as to the City’s website, www.cityofbastrop.org and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: ____February 3, 2025_____ at 2:30 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened. /s/ Marco Olivares Marco Olivares, Parks and Recreation Technician Parks and Recreation / Public Tree Advisory Board Agenda February 06, 2025 Page 3 of 3