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Las Cruces Council Work Session - April 22, 2024
The city’s minutes for this meeting were compared, sentence by sentence, against the transcript of the recording. Of 127 statements the minutes attribute to a named person, 126 were found in the recording.
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Steven Bingham: figure differs from the recording: minutes say 400000, recording says 400
Says something differentBoth records carry the same sentence, but they disagree on a number or on whether it was negative. Both records carry the same sentence, but not the same number. The minutes read “…them and they come out to about 400,000 to 460,000 an acre to…” and state 400000; the recording states 400.
What the minutes say
Steven Bingham said I agree with you that Young Park has a greater need but the target where we were trying to come in financially and where we felt like we could get support, we felt if we prioritized Young Park we could only do one park. The other reason is, is because Pioneer has a lot of money $860,000 in a grant and as we looked. There’s three parks that we have Master Plans that we’ve gotten budgeting number on them, and they come out to about $400,000 to 460,000 an acre to do a whole renovation of a park. I checked out in the industry and that number is
What the recording says
we um I agree with you that um Young Park has a greater need um but we were the target where we were trying to come in financially where we felt like we could get support um we we felt if we prioritize Young Park we could only do one Park the the other reason is is because um Pioneer has a lot of money 860,000 in a grant and um as we W looked at there's three parks that we have master planned that we've gotten budgeting number on them and they come out to about 400 to $460,000 an acre to do a full renovation of a park and I've checked out in the industry and that number is um something that the other directors that I've
Ikani Taumoepeau: a negation on the recording is missing from the minutes (“not”)
Says something differentBoth records carry the same sentence, but they disagree on a number or on whether it was negative. The same sentence appears in both records, but the recording contains “not” where the minutes have nothing — which reverses its sense. Around: “done the best that they could but given the resources and funding resources”.
What the minutes say
Ikani Taumoepeau, City Manager said Councilor Mattiace I just wanted to share a thought, you had questioning what’s happening from prior times of deferred maintenance happening at parks and rec. What I know from the short time that I have been here is our Parks and Rec previously they have been challenged with a very tight budget which they haven’t been funded with, that’s what it comes down to. They have done the best that they could but given the resources and funding resources. I just wanted to share as constituents will ask you what has happened in the past when you were previously Mayor as well. That’s why we shared the option to have that bold
What the recording says
what is happening uh from our previous uh from from from prior times of deferred maintenance happening in in Parks parks and W um what I know from the short time that I've been here is our parks and wreck have been um and previously they have been uh challenged with a very tight budget which they haven't been funded with and that's what it comes down to they have done the best that they uh that they could but uh not given the resources and funding resources and so I just wanted to share as as your um as constituents will ask you what has happened uh in this past and when you were previously mayor as well that's why we shared uh the the the the option to have the Bold uh challenge
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