The Missouri City Parks Board approved its Oct. 2 meeting minutes as amended, introduced three new Parks & Recreation staff members, and received updates on maintenance operations, recent park improvements and community events.

During introductions, staff presented Aaron Green as the department's new recreation specialist, Krista Johnson as the new office manager and Monica Roberts as the new recreation manager. Aaron Green summarized his youth-program background and expansion work in Houston-area nonprofits and said he was eager to begin local programming. Krista Johnson noted her prior administrative work with the City of Sugar Land and the Missouri City Fire Department and said she lives in the city. Monica Roberts described prior parks and facility experience and said she had returned to parks and recreation because it is her passion.

Operations and maintenance: Miss Stewart reported that crews have completed a months-long transition from task-based to location-based assignments and are now using custom checklists for each park, broken into daily, monthly, quarterly and annual tasks. "We are now 100%, steamrolling through this," she told the board. Staff highlighted crew-led projects at Community Park (pressure washing and repainting of pavilions, amphitheater repairs) and Buffalo Run Park (removal of outdated bulletin panels and installation of benches and QR-code signage). Crew leaders are organizing monthly challenges and small infrastructure fixes between formal maintenance cycles.

Agenda action: the board postponed consideration of forwarding a recommendation on an amended parkland dedication ordinance, with the chair stating the board was not ready to act and deferring the item to a future full meeting. The minutes from Oct. 2 were moved and approved as amended during the meeting by voice vote.

Events and outreach: recreation staff reported program growth, including a filled adaptive tennis cohort and a rapidly expanding adaptive pickleball offering. The department reported strong turnout at recent events: an outdoor movie night that drew hundreds to Community Park and a Tricks & Treats event that staff said grew to about 2,200 attendees this year. Staff previewed upcoming events including a Veterans Day luncheon, the Gobble on the Green run/walk, and Snowfest. Parks staff also hosted the Texas Recreation and Park Society maintenance rodeo with roughly 300 visiting professionals; staff described competitions, vendor demonstrations and a new directors' skills challenge.

Staffing and vacancies: presenters said three recent hires joined the department and that one vacancy remains open in the forestry division; staff said they are actively recruiting for that role. Board members requested a park tour in the spring organized by geographic area and asked to receive the forthcoming recreation guide or a monthly "at-a-glance" events email to assist outreach and promotion.

Sources: meeting discussion and presentations (topic introduction for new staff 00:02:54; operations update 00:10:51; ordinance postponement 00:09:25).