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IT'S SIX. MR COONS IS NOT HERE. BUT IT'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE TEXT THE GO AHEAD. START VIDEO ALREADY OPEN ON MIKE. ONCE WE GET THAT CLEAR ROOM MEETING, LIVE STREAMING AND RECORDING AT THE SAME TIME. EVERYBODY GOES MOUSE! QUIET HMM. SO WE ARE ON AIR. CONFIRMATION RIGHT? WE ARE OUT THERE. OKAY GOOD EVENING. TIME STAFF IS 60 CLOCK AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR OF 2024 AND WHERE THE 2023 GO. IT'S GONE BY SO FAST, JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR COUNSELING, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT ARE BRIEFING SESSION IS RECORDED AND IT'S LIVE STREAMED, AND IT'S IN COMPLIANCE. TEXAS OF THE MEETINGS, ACTS OR ANYTHING SAID HERE IS REPORTED. AND BECOMES PART OF PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL AS ANYTHING THAT'S FEDERAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT. SO ANYTHING SAID HERE, IT JUST BECOMES PART OF OUR MINUTES AND IT BECOMES PART OF OUR OFFICIAL RECORD. EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, ONE PIECE OF HOUSEKEEPING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS. AND THOSE PROCLAMATIONS WILL BE GIVEN OUT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. SO LOOKING AT THE AGENDA IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. WE HAVE BRIEFING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ZEC PROCESSIONS IF WE ARE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THE BRIEFINGS AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PRIOR TO SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE WILL DO SO IN HERE. IF NOT, THEN WE WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE FOR WHETHER PROCLAMATIONS IS GOING TO BE SEVERAL PEOPLE COMING OUT OF OUR CITIZENS, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO COME IN HERE.
IT'S BETTER OUT THERE FOR PHOTO PHOTOGRAPHY AND SO FORTH. SO WE MAY BE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF MOVING AROUND TONIGHT JUST DEPENDING ON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING WITH TIME, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. BEFORE WE DO GET STARTED. WANT TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE MR DOUGLAS OR DOUG? WHERE WE GOING? WITH THAT MR DOUG FINCH. HE HAS BEEN ON BOARD A WHOLE 32 HOURS RIGHT NOW. OKAY UH, WE WELCOME AND FABIOLA, YOUR WIFE. I KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT ILL, ILL, NOT WITH US. PRESENT TO GIVE OUR BEST TO HER. AND WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITY, THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS AND WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT, OKAY? WAS THAT WE WILL GO INTO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR WORK AND BRIEFING SESSION, AND THAT IS DISGUSTING AGENDA ITEMS, AND THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND I HAVE TO GET OVER FOR NINE MONTHS, SAYING FROM CITY MANAGER BROWN YES, SIR. OH YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH DOT YES, WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE BOB WITH US TONIGHT. COURTNEY MORRIS IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE NIGHT. AND THE REASON MR HAGAR IS NOT HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGED OUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE CANCELED ON THE SECOND. WE'RE USUALLY 1ST 3RD. AND HE IS IN CARPAL BECAUSE THEY'RE NORWAY. SECOND FORM IS CORRECT. HE IS ATTENDING THE COCKTAIL CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE COURSES TONIGHT. THANKS HERE, OKAY? YES THANK YOU, MR MCBURNETT FOR THAT. SO DUCK, MR CITY MANAGER, VINCE TURNING IT OVER TO YOU FOR DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEMS, THANKFULLY, PREVIOUSLY INNER CITY MANAGER BROWN KEPT THE AGENDA SHORT FOR ME, SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO LEARN ON THE 1ST 24 HOURS HERE, BUT REALLY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S TWO ITEMS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST BEING CONSIDERING THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER. THE CITY COUNCIL.
FORMACION YES, PROVIDED THOSE. AH MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ONE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CASTING THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF BUNKERVILLE RUNOFF MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THE A C A. T AND I BELIEVE THE STAFF REPORT WAS PROVIDED MS KELLER THAT INFORMATION BETWEEN TO CANADA. THAT'S FROM RIGHT? I CAN. IF YOU RECALL, WE DID VOTE FOR MR MAXWELL HURT AND AS A RESULT OF SOMEONE LIKE IN 19 CITIES INVOLVED IN THAT VOTE RESULTED IN A RUNOFF BETWEEN MR HURT INDIVIDUAL, SO IT CAME BACK TO US IF YOU READ THE INFORMATION IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THE BOAT AS YOU DID BEFORE MR HURT. BRING THIS RUNOFF, SO WE WILL DO THAT AS A CONSENT ITEM. OKAY VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR FINCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THEIR AGENDAS BRIEFING IN PRESENTATIONS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS A PRESENTATION OF NATIVE NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPING
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BRIEFING PRESENTATION ON THIS. AND MR AGING IS NOW PRESIDENT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO THIS IS GONNA BE MY SECOND PRESENTATION ON THE RESIDENTIAL NATIVE LANDSCAPING INITIATIVE THAT KEEP THAT IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL BOARD. IS A FRENZY. OUR ATTENTION A BRIEF HISTORY ON THAT TOPIC. UM, SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS TOPIC WAS THE NATIVE PLANT DO JUST SO AND THEN TO KEEP THAT COULD BE A BEAUTIFUL BOARD. OUR KIND OF WANTING TO GET THIS PROGRAM UP OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING. SO SOME BACKGROUND AROUND THAT RESPOND FROM LIMITATIONS OF NATIVE PLANT LIFE AND VEGETATION, THEIR ABILITY TO GROW THESE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. DUE TO THE CURRENT THE REGULATIONS OF THE 12 INCH COORDINATES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO SOME MORE HISTORY ON THAT CONTINUED, UH, CONTINUED HISTORY, SO FINDING BALANCE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO SOME OF THOSE PROS AND CONS THAT ARE REALLY NOT ON LAST TIME WAS THE BENEFITS OF NATIVE LANDSCAPING WAS LOW MAINTENANCE, ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL AND THEN IT'S ALSO TRYING TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT BEAUTIFICATION AND BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BEAUTY LOOKS LIKE. SOME OF THOSE NEGATIVES ARE CONS WORK. UM THE UNSANITARY, UH, CONCEPT BEHIND IT UNSAFE OR INSIGHT WAS SO WHAT WERE THE OTHER CITIES GOING? JUST A I'M SORRY, BUT YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY UNDERSTANDING TERRY. YES SO IDEALLY, THE HIGH GRASS ON ON MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ATTRACT PEST. UM AND THAT'S WHAT THE UNSANITARY KIND OF, UH, BRINGS THAT EFFORTS AND ROMANCE THUGS PAST. THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT NEITHER HOMES OR IN THEIR HOMES.THAT'S WHERE THE UNSANITARY UM PLEASE COME FROM. UM SO SOME OF SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES AND DFW ARE KIND OF TRYING TO GET BEHIND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES BY PROVIDING UTILITY BILL REBATES, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS AND THEN CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. SO DURING MY, UH, MY RESEARCH, ONE OF THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT I SAW WAS FROM THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. UM SO WHEN I TOOK THIS THE FIRST TIME I WAS ASKED TO COME BACK WITH SOME PROGRAMS A PROOF OF CONCEPT. SO THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE HAS AN EXEMPTION OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT THEY OFFER TO THEIR RESIDENTS TO BASICALLY ALLOW THEM TO GROW RESIDENTIAL OR NATIVE PLANT LIFE AND THEIR LAWNS. UM ON A YEARLY BASIS. THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BASICALLY DUE TO TRYING TO PROVIDE HABITATS FOR MIGRATION OF BIRDS, UM AND BUTTERFLIES. BUT IT'S STILL NATIVE LANDSCAPING. NEVERTHELESS SAME SAME THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AND THAT CAN BE SO, UH, WHAT WE KINDA CAME UP WITH WAS KIND OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD, GAMES OF PARTICIPATION IN INTEREST AND THE FEASIBILITY OF SUSTAINING THAT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO THEY ATTENDED. SO IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THIS PROGRAM, UM THE ATTENDANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO A YEARLY EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP SIMILAR TO THE GARDENING WORKSHOP THE KGB ALREADY PUTS ON AND THEN THEY WOULD REAPPLY EVERY THREE YEARS FROM THAT TWO YEARS FOR THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM. UM THEY WILL BE PROVIDED AND APPROVED VEGETATION LIST SO NO INVASIVE SPECIES. UM NO SPECIES OF, UM, THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC TO THE AREA OF DUNCANVILLE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE NATIVE SPECIES THAT WOULD BASICALLY SELF SEED EVERY YEAR AND COME BACK. SO THE THEY WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED SOME DESIGNATED SIGNAGE ON THERE MUST BE VISIBLE IN THE GARDEN PLOTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THAT COLD, UM PLEASE NEIGHBORS, ANYBODY WHO HAS A WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S CURIOUS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS SIGN IT VISIBLY ALL YEAR LONG THROUGHOUT THE FACES OF THE GROWTH PROCESS FOR THOSE NATIVE PLANTS. UM IDEALLY, THIS PROGRAM WOULD REST. UM UPON TDB. SO THE KGB BEFORE IF YOU WANT TO FACILITATE AND MANAGE THIS PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS AND THEN THE MASTER MASTER GARDENERS ASSOCIATIONS. UM SO IN CONCLUSION, SAME QUESTION. IS THERE A PLACE FOR WILDFLOWERS AND PROGRESS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF DEAL? SO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS APOLOGIZE FOR RUSHING THROUGH THAT? I WAS RUNNING UP HERE SOMETHING WE GAVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO 3.5. UM I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR WHAT A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW FREEZING. YES SIR. I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT NOW WE'RE BRINGING THIS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE CAN CALL IT. BECAUSE I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF OUR CITY UNTIL BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY RECENT AND COUPLE OTHERS. YOU KNOW, MASTER NATURALISTS AND GARDENERS IN TERMS OF HOW RESIDENTS CAN HAVE NATURAL WILDFLOWERS. GROW UP MORE THAN 12 INCHES AND EXCEED OUR ORDINANCES WITHOUT HAVING CODE COME OUT AND SING COUNTRY STUFF. AND THEN YOU CONTRAST BLACK PARADE, I GUESS WITH BLACK PRAIRIE GRASSES AND THOSE KIND OF BLACK MEMBER AND SO THE THAT ONE PIECE OF IT ROLL BACK REAL QUICK. ABOUT THEY'RE DESIGNATING
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. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY SAY WHICH ONES ARE OKAY? YES YES IN THE PROGRAM, SO THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED VEGETATION LIST , SO I THINK WITH THAT INTRODUCTION OF THAT PIECE TO OUR TO OUR ORDINANCE TO COLLEGE ORDINANCE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IN TERMS OF YOU CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE AND BUY SOMETHING. LET IT GROW 12 INCHES UNLESS THE LIST OF SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NATURAL TRUMP PRAYER. SO I REALLY LIKE SEEING THIS COMING TO THIS POINT. AND NOT JUST SO I'M I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. BUT I WANT TO HEAR THIS GOOD COP. YES. COMPLIMENT YOU ON THIS PIECE ALONE RIGHT HERE. UM AS A PREVIOUS CODE OFFICER AND CURRENT ENVIRONMENTALISTS. UM CONFLICT WITHIN MYSELF ABOUT 12 INCHES. THEN WHAT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FORM EROSION CONTROL. AH! BEFORE I HAVE A TASK AND NATURAL PRESERVED IN ALL OF THAT, AND SEDIMENT. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU FOUND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT VIOLATING THE LAW FOR THE 12 INCH. AND THEN OUR CITY ORDINANCES 12 INCHES HAVING APPROVED EDUCATIONAL LIST. SO THEREFORE. NO ONE CAN JUST GO AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ME FALLING ALONG WITH THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. AND YOU HAVE WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO AND ATTEND THE YEARLY EDUCATION AND DESIGNATE SIGNAGE IN THE YARD. SO WILL YOU KEEP A LIST, MAINTAINING A LIST OF THE APPROVED RESIDENTIAL YES, MA'AM ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM. WE WILL KEEP A YEARLY LIST AND THEY WILL HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ATTENDING THAT YEARLY. UH THAT YEARLY EDUCATION. UM AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PERFORMING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS ON THOSE PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS AND MASTER NATURALISTS HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL WITH THIS, UH, THIS PART THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HELPING US WITH THE INSPECTION PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING IS BEING PUT INTO THE GARDENS OR PLOTS.THAT ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THIS. UM ALSO , YOU WILL COMMUNICATE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT CODE SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY NOTICED A 12 INCH, THEY CAN COME TO VERIFY WITH THE LIST. MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT SOMEBODY THAT'S ON THAT. YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT.
LIKE. ASK THE ATTORNEY ISN'T THERE ALSO. STATE OR MAYBE CASE LOT OF DALLAS THAT ALSO PROTECTS CITIZENS RIGHTS TO GROW WILDFLOWERS. UM YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW. UH SPECIFICALLY THAT, UH, I MEAN, I'M I'M FAMILIAR WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVING THE 12 INCH REQUIREMENT. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE KID WITH THE CASE OUT OF DALLAS, BUT, UH IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I CAN LOOK INTO FOR YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE AS A CODE, OF COURSE. BUT OFFICER I LOST THE CASE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE WAS ON THE BASIS OF THAT CASE LAW. I'M NOT SURPRISED , NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY STILL IN PLACE. BUT I LOST HAVING HAVING THE LIST TO REFER TO HAVING THE SIGN THAT YOU MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT. YOU HAVE TO BE APPROVED AND THEN CITY IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE SIGN SAYING THAT THIS IS A WHATEVER WHATEVER THAT LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF PROCESSES IN DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE BUT I KNOW OF HELLO, OF COURSE, CITIZENS. THAT DO THIS RIGHT NOW. UM YEAH, AND THEY ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND WE'VE TRIED TO MOLLIFY THAT IN THE PAST CHILDREN GLAD TO SEE THIS ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MR CRUZ.
THANK YOU, MAN. IT WAS HOPEFULLY, I DEAL WITH EXPAND THAT FORCE AND MORE THROUGH EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT . MORE PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BECAUSE ALSO THERE'S COST SAVINGS INVOLVED AS WELL. IT WAS RESIDENTS. IT'S BEEN $100 A YEAR ON WATER IN YOUR SAINT AUGUSTINE. OKAY SO THIS IS THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS POLICY? WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DRAFTED. KDP BOARDS ALREADY LOOKED AT HER CONSIDERED YES. SO THEY HAVE A KIND OF A TEMPLATE. UH DRAFTED ORDINANCE. UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COMPLY WITH THE PROGRAM THAT, UM , WE'RE PROPOSING HERE BECAUSE IT'S WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE STAFF FROM LEWISVILLE. THEY ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ORDINANCE, UM, CHANGES INVOLVED IN THEIR PROGRAM IS SIMPLY JUST EXEMPTION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON, AND I DO NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH ON THAT PIECE OF IT FROM THEM. UM I WASN'T ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM OVER THE BREAK THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, BUT THERE'S STILL SOMETHING I NEED TO FOLLOW UP. SO WHAT WE JUST SAW. MINUS
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THERE. SO I GUESS WHAT WAS THE EXACT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD? AH THE BOARD WANTS TO BE ABLE TO GROW NATIVE LANDSCAPING CARD NATIVE PLANT LIFE IN THEIR YARDS WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING PENALIZED FOR MAYOR YOU MENTIONED READ. SO THE REASONS UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT BOARD, SO CITY MAGIC OVER HERE. MR EDWARDS ON JUST HIS THOUGHTS ON THIS. UM I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF ATTENTION ON ON THREE POINTS INFORMATION TO HELP YOU AS EDUCATED STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. THREE BRIEF POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, UM, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS. REST POLLUTION, UM, WIRES SAVINGS. BENEFITS HAPPY ENVIRONMENT TO BEAUTIFY THE YARD PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, FRUIT AND FEET FOR IN YOUR MIND OXBOW FLYERS SUCH GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WE KNOW THAT NUMBER TWO IS A BENEFIT TO COST SAVINGS SUCH AS WHY REDUCTION TIME ON MOWING AND MAINTENANCE. AND NUMBER THREE. THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAN WENT JACK KIND NOTE IS IT ALSO GIVES CONSTITUENTS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THEIR YARD AND SO CURRENTLY CURRENT EUROPEAN MODEL OF BEAUTIFICATION , SAY, AUGUSTINE YARD 12 INCHES OS SIX INCHES. IT'S GRIM WITH PARASITIC HERS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I SOMETHING HAS THAT YEAR. BUT THERE ISN'T GOING MOVEMENT ACROSS THE NATION BASED ON POSSIBLE COMMENT CHANGE, WHICH IS THE BABEL WHERE YOU CAN'T START BEING FICATION, NOT ONLY BEAUTIFY HAS YEAR ROUND COLOR. IF YOU HAVE A CORNUCOPIA OF COME WITH NOT JUST GREEN BUT ALSO READ FOR HAMBURG'S PROPOSE AND BLUES FOR EVERYTHING. YES ALSO FIRE WINDOW. WE ARE A WINNER, AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO THINGS ARE DORMANT. HOW ABOUT WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS? THANKS. BLOSSOM AGAIN HERE IN FEBRUARY MARCH IN AIRPORT NOW WE CAN SEE THE ORDINANCE LITERALLY COME TO LIFE. MARGIN APRIL. SO WHY NOT? LET'S DO IT NOW? AND NOT WHERE WE'RE SO THAT WHERE YOU COME ALIVE. WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. AUDIT WALKING THEM DOWN TO 12 INCHES, SO LET'S DO IT. COS. WHEN WE WIN FOR EVERYBODY. LET'S DO IT. NOT NEXT YEAR, 19 YEARS LIKE WE HAD TO DO IN TWO MONTHS AGO IN LATIN, HONEST RATE IS ALWAYS A MARINE CORPS. OKAY, MR A G. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS HEARING YOU CORRECTLY. LOOSE WHAT HAVE ORDINANCE OR NOT GONNA WORK. THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM. SOMETHING REAL QUICK IN THE DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT SUBMITTED TO MR AGENCY STAFF. THERE IS A FINAL UP THERE THE LANGUAGE WITH WITH WITH LEGAL DRAGON IN THE ORDINANCE. IT'S GOT FIVE OR SIX POINTS, AND IT'S GOT THE WHEREAS AND THEREFORE AND ALL THAT WE GO GET LAWYERS LIKE TO HEAR IT IN THE ORGANS THAT HAVE TO MR REGGIE AND THE COUNSELOR. SO THE QUESTION I THINK THAT KIND OF THING. THE FACT THAT LEWISVILLE IS DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT I SAID ORDINANCE, MAYBE I SPOKE OUT OF TURN. DO WE ACTUALLY NEED AN ORDINANCE? OR CAN WE MAKE THIS JUST A PROGRAM POLICY UNDER KDB? AS LONG AS THEY CAN ESTABLISH AND HELPS WOMAN COULDN'T REFER TO THIS AS LONG AS THEY CAN ESTABLISH A LEGAL EXCEPTION. FOR THE 12 INCH HIGH GRASS ROOTS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE COMPLEX SO AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN RESOLVED LEGALLY, UM I THINK WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT AT LEAST MAKES THAT STATEMENT. UM COULD BE DIFFICULT. FOR TO DETERMINE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO KNOW. WHAT ARE NATURAL GRASSES OR WHAT ARE NATURAL NATIVE PLANS AND FOR THE EDUCATED, I'M SURE THANK YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING I AM IN FAVOR OF WELL TOO, BUT BUT I'VE HEARD FROM PREVIOUS, LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE SAYING, LIKE THIS ATTRACTS ANIMALS OR WHATEVER AND THEN WORK HAVING TO CHECK THE WATER METER. YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING ON THAT LINE. ANY OTHER. I WANT TO ADDRESS ANY APPROVED PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY, UH, SPECIFIC REGULATIONS. UM, LIKE THEY COULDN'T GROW THESE THINGS AND RIGHT AWAYS NEAR WATER METERS OR WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM A NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AS WELL. SO THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS ON THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT STILL GIVES THE RESIDENTS THE FREEDOM TO GROW THE NATIVE PLANT LIFE. BUT ALSO GIVES YOU NO RESPECT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND ALLOW CITY EMPLOYEES TO DO THEIR JOB ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO WOULD WE AS A CITY BEING BETTER FOOTING TO HAVE A BROTHER? APOLOGIES, KDB. ONE MORE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE[00:20:01]
WHETHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAD THE RIGHT TO PROHIBIT THEM OR CONTROL THEM DIFFERENTLY. DEGREES ARE IN THE NEWS LATELY BEING SUED ACROSS THE NATION POWER, OKAY, SO I THINK MAYBE. NATIONAL FOR AN ORDINANCE. IT'S ALREADY ONCE BEEN DRAFTED IN TEMPLATE. LET'S SEE. IF WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN MOVE THAT ONE FORWARD WOULD BE BETTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AS WELL OR DOCUMENT LOOKS SMOOTH MR SPEAKER MANAGER OF WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT YOU DIRECT US TO PREPARE COMBINATION ORDINANCE WITH YOUR REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE REFLECTED AND THEN BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY SO AND MR SAY, MANAGER TO AUSTRALIA WORDS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SOONER. AND THEN LATER, BUT BROTHER FOR THE ACTUAL PLANTING SEASON. STUFF WOULD IDENTIFY OBJECT THAT LIGHTS ODD. PARK HELPED WITH AND I MEAN THAT THING'S DONE REALLY WELL. OKAY VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, TOM. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE BRIEFING PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 ON IT. THIS IS OUR. NEW STILL ROOKIE ROOKIE TO THE BUSINESS BUT NEW TO OUR CITY. RICHARD JACKSON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND SEE FINANCE DIRECTOR. CORRECT CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YOURS, SIR. GOOD EVENING.COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST MAYOR MR FINCH. GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE EACH OF YOU. UM, ON THIS FISCAL YEAR, 2022 AUDITS FIRST OF ALL, FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS SINCE MY ARRIVAL WHAT I CAN ATTEST TO IS THAT THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND MCCONNELL JONES. ARE STRONG AND CONSISTENT, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS AN AREA OF CONCERN. AH THAT HAD CERTAINLY PREDATED MY ARRIVAL. AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE FLOW WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION. SO UH, FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY, IS THAT BOTH IN OUR CONTACT WITH THEM THEIR CONTACT WITH US THEIR RESPONSIVENESS WHEN WE NEED AREAS OF CLARIFICATION BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THAT THOSE COMMUNICATION LINES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AND STRONG. WE HAVE TODAY AGAIN SINCE MY ARRIVAL. WE HAVE HAD FOUR FORMAL MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM MCCONNELL JONES ALREADY, UM AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE FORM OF WEEKLY MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THE OPEN ITEMS. THAT THEORY THAT MCCONNELL JONES'S REQUESTING FROM THE CITY AND WHEN OUR STATUSES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO SATISFY THOSE REQUESTS AND SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE FOUR FORMAL MEETINGS, WE'VE ALSO HAD WHAT I WOULD CALL SIDEBAR MEETINGS, MEANING THAT IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION THAT WAS NECESSARY BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT THEY WERE ASKING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SET UP SOME VIRTUAL MEETINGS IN THAT HAS HAPPENED VERY SWIFTLY AS WELL. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT THERE IS A MUTUAL MOTIVATION. BETWEEN CERTAINLY ON OUR END WITH THE CITY BUT ALSO IN MCCONNELL JONES, AND I THINK THERE'S MUTUAL MOTIVATION. TO BRINGING THIS FISCAL YEAR AUDIT OF 22,022 TO A CLOSED SO. AGAIN WITH RESPECT TO THAT MEETING AT EACH MEETING. WE DISCUSSED, UH, OPEN ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF REQUIREMENTS OF DOCUMENTATION, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THEM. UM AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPEN ITEMS AND I'LL COVER THOSE INDIVIDUALLY. UM, AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AH, TRIAL BALANCE. UM FOR 2022. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FINAL TRIAL BALANCE WAS SUBMITTED TO THE AUDIT FIRM THIS WEEK. SO THAT WAS A BIG HURDLE. THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLETION OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE FIFA UM OR. UH PART OF THE FEDERAL AUDITORS. SINGLE AUDIT. SO WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD WINS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AGAIN, UH, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO TRY TO GET THIS COMPLETED. AS SWIFTLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. WHERE'S THAT TRIAL BALANCE SUBMISSION THAT WE MADE THIS WEEK. MCCONNELL JONES HAS A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE TO US NEXT WEEK.
THE DRAFT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE ACT FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORT. THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THAT. PROCESS OF THEY'LL BE DOING IS GOING TO BE PARALLEL WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE
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CITY'S IN TERMS OF WORK ON THE FOOTNOTES AND M D. N A. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. THAT PORTION OF THE REPORT THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED. SO, UH, BOTH MCCONNELL JONES AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK TO DO THIS WEEK STARTED TO HOPEFULLY COME BACK NEXT WEEK, EVEN FURTHER ALONG THAN WHERE WE ARE. ARE ALREADY WE HAVE BEGUN OUR DRAFT PROCESS INTERNALLY OF THOSE FOOTNOTES AND OF THE M D. N A. BUT THAT PART ALSO HAS TO TIE INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO WE WANT TO GET DONE WHAT WE CAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT DELAYING THE PROCESS ANY MORE THAN IT ALREADY HAS BEEN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THEY HAVE TO RECONCILE ENTIRE BACK INTO THE STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN. AND SO THERE'S PART OF THAT PROCESS. PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO RECONCILE AND TIED BACK. ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION UM, ALSO JUST AS PART OF THE NORMAL AUDIT PROCESS , NOTHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE A ONE OFF OR ANYTHING OUT OF POCKET. THEY ARE STILL CONDUCTING TESTS SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THEM, UH THEY'VE COMPILED THAT AND THEY CREATE SAMPLES, AND THEY SUBMIT THOSE SAMPLES TO US. THAT IS BASICALLY , YOU KNOW, TESTING? UH NOT NOT ONLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT ALSO OUR PROCESS RELATES TO OUR OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. UM AS WELL AS JUST GENERAL. GOOD UH, ACCOUNTING PRACTICE. AND SO THOSE ARE ONGOING. I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MORE REQUEST THAT COME ALONG WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE TRIAL BALANCE AGAIN. NOTHING THAT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY. SO I WANNA MAKE THAT DESIGNATION. AS WELL. UM. AGAIN I HAD MADE MENTION EARLIER IN THIS DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF DOING OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION. ONE OF WHICH I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WAS THE NOTE THE FOOTNOTES AND THE INDIANA AND WE SEE THAT AS BEING ONGOING. WITH THEIR WORKING OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE SECOND OUTSTANDING ITEM IS IN RELATION TO A REPORT THAT THEY ASKED FOR. AH SUBMISSION FOR AND THE REPORT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN THE PREVIOUS ER P SYSTEM. SO WE'RE DOING RESEARCH TO FIND WHAT REPORT IS THE EQUIPMENT REPORTED MUNIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE REPORT THEIR REQUEST. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF.WHAT THE REPORT LOOKS LIKE THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE THAT THE REPORT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT JUST HELPS EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF THE TESTING AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE AUDIT PROCESS. SO WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, FOR THAT OPEN ITEM AND AGAIN THAT LEAVES THE NOTE THE FOOTNOTES AND THE M D N A. THAT WE SEE AS AN ONGOING THING WITH THE AUDIT FIRM. SO AGAIN, UH I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DATES. THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE COMPLETION OF THIS ART. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE DATES HAVE NOT BEEN MET. WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED A SPECIFIC DATE. AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TEST MAY COME UP AS A RESULT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED. THE ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY TIMELY OR AS TIMELY AS WE COULD BE IN OUR RESPONSES SO THAT WE CAN SAY FROM R N THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE BALL ROLLING IF YOU WOULD, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING. SO WITH THAT I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE NOT COVERED, UH WHAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM AT THIS TIME. AND ALSO HAVE , UH, MY PARTNER IN CRIME IS DENISE HIGMAN IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, OUR CONTROLLER, SO HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN THEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU.
THANK YOU. MR JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO MR MCBRIDE IS CHAIRMAN HEART COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF JUST ANY COMMENTS OR INPUTS INSIDE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE WITH US ALLOTMENT QUESTIONS MR JACKSON HAS GIVEN US THINK. ONE. I APPRECIATE MR JACKSON IN YOUR REPORT THAT LIGHT ON IT WORKED. FINALLY FROM MY STANDPOINT, I'M FINALLY SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL UNKNOWN. IT'S NOT A TRAIN. OKAY SO, UH. I'M PLEASED AT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND STUFF AND IT IS MR JACKSON MENTIONED IS A CONSERVATIVE EFFORT ON BOTH
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SIDES. IN THE PAST THAT THEY WEREN'T GIVING US 100% OF THEIR ATTENTION APPEARING FROM MR JACKSON AND YOU NOW THAT WE HAVE THEIR ATTENTION THAT THEY ARE COOPERATING TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE WHICH IS GOOD. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, MR FRENCH. DON'T MIND HIM. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN ON AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE OF THOSE OF THOSE CALLS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT CERTAINLY LISTENING IN ON THOSE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT MR BROWN, MR KEYES, MR JACKSON, THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM HAVE BEEN PUT IN SUCH AN EFFORT INTO THIS. THEY UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE TO GET THIS COMPLETED. WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF THE 22 AUDITS WERE EVEN MR JACKSON. I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. HOW DO WE JUMP? START AGAIN? 23 ON IT, SON, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO ROLL INTO A BUNCH OF SEASON. THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR EVERYBODY. BUT THE FINANCE TEAM HAS BEEN ALL HANDS ON DECK. I CAN TELL YOU, AT LEAST FROM THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS. AND REALLY WORKING HARD WITH MR JACKSON'S LEADERSHIP THERE AND I AGREE WITH CASPER. LIKE WE IT'S NOT A TRAIN. IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER WITH MAGNETIC, THE EXACT DATES I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF THE SINGLE AUDIT GETTING THAT DONE A LOT OF THE BANK RECONCILIATION, THE CASH BALANCES AS BEING DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES ALL OF THESE PIECES TO LEAD TO EVEN BEING ABLE TO CROWD THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT ADJUSTING JOURNAL ENTRIES. THAT'S ALL BEEN RESOLVED NOW. UM WAS THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VARIANCES. MOST OF THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED, SO THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER WINDS THAT ARE HAPPENING, EVEN THOUGH THE ART THAT WE CAN'T CHECK IT OFF QUITE YET, BUT IT'S GETTING A LOT CLOSER. THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED THE PREVIOUS MEETING. I FORGIVE YOU ASKED IT WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT COULD BE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE EMPIRE? AND THE ANSWER FROM THEM WAS REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORK AND FROM A C P A STANDPOINT , ACCOUNTABILITY EVEN LEGAL STANDPOINT, THERE WAS NO INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PART. ARE THEY AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, OR THEY COMPLETELY ON THE OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH COLLEGE CHUNKS? JACKSON GREAT QUESTION, UM, TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF YOUR COMMENTS. YEAH, THEY REALLY DID NOT WANT TO TAKING ON THAT ROLE FOR THE 2022 BECAUSE IT WAS ESSENTIALLY BE STARTING OVER. OH BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY WOULD NOT BE TAKING ANY OF THE MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNTING FIRM. TRYING TO COUNT THAT THOSE TESTS AND THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS IS THEIR HOME. SO THEY HAD ADVISED THE CITY THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A DIRECTION THAT THEY RECOMMENDED. WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, IS, CERTAINLY IS THAT THEY'RE ALMOST IN THE WHOLE PATTERN. UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2022 AUDITS. THERE'S BEEN A MEETING, SO AT LEAST THERE'S BEEN SOME INTRO AND IN TERMS OF HAVING THE FORMAL, UH, ENGAGING, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATION, UH, THAT'S STILL IS TO COMB. ONCE THE 22 AUDITORS GOOD, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE DATA TO THE NEW FIRM SIMULTANEOUSLY. UNTIL THIS THING COMES TO A CLOSE. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THIS IS A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN AT 2022 BEFORE YOU STARTED 23. OKAY NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, MR MAYOR WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING, WE'RE WELL POSITIONED THAT ONCE THOSE PRELIMINARY REQUESTS COME IN, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO SATISFY THOSE REQUESTS AND THE TIMELIER MANNER THEN CERTAINLY WHAT? WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING SO FAR WITH 22. VERY GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING. YES, MA'AM PROVIDED TO US ON LAST COUNCIL MEETING. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TODAY. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A REPORT THAT HAS TO BE THAT THEY MAY REQUEST A REPORT THIS SIMILAR TO REPORT. WHAT WHAT IS THIS REPORT? YES, MA'AM. SO THEY HAD A SAMPLE TEST. AH RELATED TO UTILITY BILLING. AND SO THEY HAD A REPORT BASED ON THE TEST. WHERE THEY WANTED TO DO SOME COMPARISON. IT WAS IN RELATION TO ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, UM, IN THAT PROCESS, AND SO THEY HAD A REPORT THAT SAID, OKAY, THIS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS REPORT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. GIVES US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. SO CAN YOU. PRODUCED THAT REPORT. AND SO WHILE WE DID THE RESEARCH, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REPORT THAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO WITHIN THE AND THE PREVIOUS E R.P SYSTEMS, SO WE'RE ACTIVELY RESEARCHING TO SAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. DOCTORAL REPORTS AND LOOKING AS A COMPARABLE TO SEE SO THAT WE CAN TURN THIS
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INFORMATION OVER CERTAINLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT TO GET THEM WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A BIG DATA DUMP. WHICH THEY HAVE KIND OF ASKED US TO SHINE AWAY FROM SO THAT HELPS THEM IN TERMS OF REALLY HONING IN ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING. SO THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YES, IT DID. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW WITH MCCONNELL AND JONES. FISCAL YEAR. AUDITS HAPPEN IN PHASES. THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE NEW AH AUDIT FIRM THAT WE WILL BE GOING WITH FISCAL YEAR 23. I THINK BE EXPECTED IN PHASES. SO MY NEXT QUESTION AFTER HE ANSWERED THAT IS THE FIRST PHASE COMING UP FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. AND WILL DO YOU ANTICIPATE? I CAN'T GIVE A DATE WHERE WE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY WILL BE IN A GOOD SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FIRST PHASE INFORMATION FROM FISCAL YEAR 23. SO WITH RESPECT TO THE PHASES, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. UM THE FIRST THING IS IN OUR INTRO MEETING. THAT I'M ANTICIPATING TO GET A LIST. FROM THEM AND THE, UM EXPECTING FOR THE LIST TO BE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO SHOW FROM PRELIMINARY STANDPOINT , WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THEN IN THE I GUESS THE TRUE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE ART. AND SO FROM THAT, THAT WE CAN BUILD TIMELINES ESTABLISHED TIMELINES AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NEW ACCOUNTING FIRM OF WHEN WE CAN WHEN THEY'RE EXPECTING IT, SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TIME AS ON TIME AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY DELAYS, SO I DO ANTICIPATE SOME PHASES IN TERMS OF PRELIMINARY UH, TESTING AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'LL HAVE FOR US AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING AFTER WE SUBMIT THE TRIAL BALANCE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WITH MCCONNELL JONES AGAIN TO HELP EXPEDITE THE TIME. WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA SEQUENCE THEY WERE PROBABLY MOVING PARALLEL. TO TRY TO KEEP THIS AUDIT PROCESS GOING, SO I ANTICIPATE I GUESS A MORE TRADITIONAL PROCESS WITH TBH. AND SO THERE WILL BE. I DO ANTICIPATE SOME TEARS AND IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINES. I DON'T KNOW ANY SPECIFIC YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT FORMAL MEETING. BUT I DO ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO SET DEADLINES AND TIMELINES BASED ON WHAT THEIR REQUEST. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OH CITY MANAGER. I'M THINKING THAT ARE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN, AND, UH, WONDERING IF POSSIBLE THAT THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR REPORT TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE GET AN UPDATE YOUR ACCIDENT AND STUFF. BECAUSE YOU JUST MENTIONED SOME TIMELINE BILLIONS SAVE THEY'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WEEK. SOMETHING ABOUT NEXT TIME. SO MR CITY MANAGER, WE COULD GET A WEEKLY ANOTHER MEETING. UPDATED FAMILY MEET TOGETHER UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR I THINK YOU WOULD BE, UH, PRODUCTION. YES SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS MR JACKSON BEFORE YOU TOTAL WEIGHT LOSE WHO QUICKLY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AND THE REST OF THE CFO STAFF, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRESS WE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A FIVE DAY JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS ABOUT 20
[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]
TO 7. AS I SAID, WE REALLY NEED TO BE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE RIGHT AT SEVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS, REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS BARK ON WHAT WE CAN GET DONE. SIX SESSIONS GET AS MUCH DONE AS POSSIBLE IF WE CAN'T FINISH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF PRACTICE SEVEN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS COUNCIL CHAMBERS WORK OUT THERE MUST BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BACK IN HERE IN PARTICULAR POINT TIMES. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT THE TIMESTAMP IS 639. FEST. THIS BRIEFING SESSION. THIS POINT, SO FOR CITIZENS WILL PLEASE APARTMENT BUILDING DETECTIVE.[CALL TO ORDER]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME STAMP FOR OPENING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY. THE NINTH OF 2024. THIS IS OUR FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE NEW YEAR, ALMOST SAID CENTURY FOR THE NEW YEAR. 2024 VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THE CITY SECRETARY OF TIME STAMP ONTO THE 701. THANK YOU. SO NEXT THING THAT WE WOULD DO IS GO TO OUR[00:40:02]
INVOCATION AND INVOCATION TONIGHT IS WITH BROTHER SAMUEL BURI FROM DALLAS WAS CHURCH OF CHRIST, BROTHER BARRY. PLEASE RISE. I WANTED TO START TONIGHT BY READING A BRIEF PASSAGE AND THEN WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE PRAYER. FIRST TIMOTHY, CHAPTER TWO. VERSE ONE AND TWO. I EXHORT, THEREFORE, THAT FIRST OF ALL SUPPLICATIONS PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS AND GIVING UP.THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN. FOR KINGS. AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND PEACEABLE LIFE. IN ALL GODLINESS AND HONESTY. LET US PRAY TOGETHER. I'M ALSO KIND AND EVER TO BE ADORED. FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE OF GRACE AT THIS TIME, FATHER, FIRST OF ALL ACKNOWLEDGING YOU FOR BEING THE GREAT AWESOME AND POWERFUL GOD THAT YOU ARE.
FATHER WE PRAY YOUR VERY SPECIAL BLESSINGS UPON, UM OUR CITY LEADERS HERE IN THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. FATHER WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THEM. WE'RE THANKFUL FATHER FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE. FATHER. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. AND DEDICATION TO LEADING OUR CITY. FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THIS SESSION TONIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BY THE WAY, PRAY THAT THERE WOULD BE HONOR AND RESPECT GIVEN TO OUR FATHER BLESS THEM TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS. AND FATHER AS WE STAND HERE TONIGHT, BEING THANKFUL FOR THEM. WE'RE THANKFUL FATHER FOR THE MAYOR AND HIS STAFF WITH FATHER WE'RE THANKFUL FOR. ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND WHAT THEY DO FOR US HERE IN THIS CITY. FATHER MOST OF ALL, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST IN HIS NAME. WE DO PRAY. LET US TOGETHER. SAY AMEN. OKAY, THANK YOU TO OUR FLAGS. WHO THE FLAG SOMETHING HERE. FOR WHICH IS FANS. THE TEXAS FLAG. IN FACT, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. AND INDIVIDUAL THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. THE NEXT TIME, UM, ON
[1.A. Mayor's Report.]
OUR AGENDA, OUR REPORTS AND THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM MADE THE MAYOR'S REPORT AND CITY COUNCIL.I HAVE A FEW ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO COVER TONIGHT AND I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT I'M GOING TO EXCEED MY THREE MINUTE LIMIT. SO IF I MAY ASK YOUR INDULGENCE AND RECEIVE A MOTION TO ALLOW ME TO EXTEND BEYOND THREE MINUTES SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT BY MR CONTRERAS THE SECOND MR MCBURNETT COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. MR COONS. NOTHING SHOWED UP FOR YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN'T ABSTAIN. SO UH, FIRST ITEM I WANTED TO COVER AS A LOT OF PEOPLE KEEP ASKING, WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PARADE? FOR THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND I'VE GIVEN THIS ANSWER A COUPLE OF TIMES. I'LL DO IT AGAIN. IN THAT WE TAKE OUR DIRECTION FROM THE DUNCANVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THE TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I CONTACTED DR SMITH WITHIN MINUTES, ACTUALLY SECONDS WITHIN THEIR RECEIVING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND HE SAID QUITE SUCCINCTLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF UNTIL THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. AND WHEN WE COME BACK AS A CITY AS A AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A TRUSTEE ON THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY, THEN MAYBE WE'LL START TO DISCUSS WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A PARADE. SO WE ARE IN THE RECEIVING MODE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY DECIDE WHEN THEY HAVE WANT TO HAVE A PARADE FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO JOIN IN AND HAVE A PARADE IN OUR CITY.
NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO COVER. IT WAS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR THE RETIREMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE METHODIST CHARLTON MEDICAL SYSTEM, MEDICAL CENTER FRIEND LUKE ITIS. SHE'S BEEN THE PRESIDENT OUT THERE FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND SHE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH OUR CITY. AND I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT HER WITH A CHAMPION OF THE CITY CERTIFICATE AND A MEDALLION EXPRESSING OUR THANKS TO HER FOR SUPPORTING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE HAD OUR OPEN HOUSES FOR POLICE, SHE SUPPLIED PHARMACISTS AND NURSES WHEN WE HAD OUR FENTANYL AWARENESS PANEL , SHE SUPPLIED AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN. SHE KEEP SAYING SHE, BUT SHE'S A SUPPORTER. IN ADDITION, THE
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METRICS MEDICAL METHODIST TROUT IN MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED THE LIGHTS FOR OUR CHRISTMAS TREE.SO THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED, AND THAT'S FRIENDS, INPUT AND SUPPORT TO US. SO I WAS PRESENT FOR THAT HER RETIREMENT. I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON TO Y'ALL. THE STATE OF THE CITY IS COMING UP ON JANUARY. THE 18TH. THE STATE OF THE CITY IS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN. IT STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK, AND WE DO HAVE A STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION TO BE MADE. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GIVING OUT AWARDS TO TWO BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY OR BUSINESSES OF EXCELLENCE DURING THAT, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAMBER. THE CITY DOES NOT SELL TICKETS TO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. AH NEXT THING I WOULD LIKE TO COVER IS MY WIFE AND I WERE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TODAY AT THE FUNERAL FOR CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. AND THERE WAS QUITE A REMARKABLE EVENT. THERE WERE 25 LAST, THEY STATED THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT. THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE 25 CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. IN DALLAS FOR HER FUNERAL TODAY. WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO HER RESPECT AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN HER SERVICE TO THE STATE TO THE CITY, TO THE STATE AND TO THE NATION, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO READ TO YOU. BUT WE, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PROVIDED TO HER FAMILY. SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF HOW WE PARTICIPATED IN THIS RECOGNITION FOR EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT I PREPARED AND IT WAS GIVEN TO THE FAMILY TODAY. IN LOVING MEMORY OF CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON WAS AN ACCLAIMED LEGISLATOR WHO WAS ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1992. AND SERVE TEXAS'S 30TH DEXTEROUS FOR 30 YEARS. SHE WAS THE FIRST REGISTERED NURSE TO BE ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON, FIRST SERVED IN POLITICAL OFFICE REPRESENTING NORTH TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 33 FROM 1973 TO 1977. AND WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. FROM 1987 TO 1993. SHE SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE TEXAS SENATE, REPRESENTING THE 23RD DISTRICT FROM 1987 AND TWO TAKING OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON SECURED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOCUSING ON THE DALLAS AREA, RAPID TRANSIT OR THE DART SYSTEM. THE TRINITY RIVER AND ITS BRIDGES AND MANY OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FOR HER EFFORTS. THE DARTBOARD VOTED IN 2019 TO RENAME DALLAS DOWNTOWN UNION STATION IN HER HONOR. SHE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG. I'M SORRY FOR VOTING AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS STATED IN HER OWN WORDS, QUOTE, I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE , AND I BELIEVE OUR NATION ALSO DOES. AND WHEREAS CONCLUDING AS A DREAMER AND VISIONARY EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON WAS ADMIRED THROUGHOUT CONGRESS DURING HER 30 YEARS IN OFFICE, HER SON, DIRK JOHNSON WROTE, AND I QUOTE.
SHE WAS A REMARKABLE AND LOVING MOTHER, MOTHER IN LAW, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER AS WELL AS A TRAILBLAZER AND PUBLIC SERVANT. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE GAVE TO THE FAMILY OF EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. AND IF WE COULD LET'S PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE.
THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ALSO AT THIS MOMENT I LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR BRAND NEW CITY MANAGER MR DOUG FINCH. THIS IS HIS SECOND DAY ON THE JOB. SO WE ARE BEING VERY, VERY NICE TO HIM. WE WELCOME MR FINCH TO OUR CITY. AND HE COMES. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AND OF COURSE, WE AS A CITY COUNCIL FEEL HE IS THE NUMBER ONE PERSON TO FILL THAT PARTICULAR JOB. AND WE KNOW THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, FABIOLA, ARE LOOKED SO MUCH WELCOME AGAIN COMING TO OUR CITY . UNFORTUNATELY, FABULOUS IS NOT WELL. SO MR FINCH IS HERE, BATCH IN IT, SO IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE FOOD OR ANY KIND OF SUPPORT TO HIM IN HIS IN HIS BACHELOR STATE, HE WASN'T HE MIGHT BE. HE MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND SO, MR MR FINCH YESTERDAY IS A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THE FINAL ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. AH IS A STATEMENT THAT I HAVE PREPARED EACH TIME. THE OPPORTUNITY TO ROSE. TO DECIDE
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ABOUT SERVING THE CITY AS MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY BECAME A TIME OF SEEKING GOD IN PRAYER FOR ME. I HAD A SEASON OF PRAYER IN 2018. 2020 AND LASTLY, IN 2022. GOD'S ANSWER TO MY PRAYER IN 2022. WAS THAT HE WAS GIVING ME ANOTHER CHAPTER TO SERVE. WITH RE ELECTION COMING IN 2024. I ONCE AGAIN SOUGHT GOD FOR HIS GUIDANCE. HIS ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS WAS THAT BY FINAL CHAPTER TO SERVE AS MAYOR. WOULD CLOSE IN 2024. SO WITH THAT. I AM ANNOUNCING TONIGHT. BUT IT WILL NOT SEEK RE ELECTION. FOR MAYOR IN 2024. FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. I WILL SERVE OUT MY LAST MONTHS IN OFFICE WITH THE SAME FERVOR. AND DEDICATION THAT I HAVE FOR THE FAST PAST FIVE PLUS YEARS. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE. TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS AS THEIR MAYOR. I AM GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THIS CHAPTER OF MY LIFE. IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD.[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]
THANK YOU THAT CLOSES MY MAYOR'S REPORT. ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, REPORTS MR GUTERRES.YES, I JUST WANT TO, UH PASS ON CONDOLENCES AND ACKNOWLEDGE. PASSING OVER RETIRED FIRE CAPTAIN WAYNE BIBI ON JANUARY 2ND. HE WAS 30 YEAR. UM. IN EXCESS OF 30 YEAR EMPLOYEE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, UM, VERY DEDICATED VERY WELL LIKED. WILL BE MISSED, UM JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT OR THE FOLKS THAT NO ONE REMEMBER HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CUSTOM. RICHARD GOODWIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HELLO CITY OF CHAMPIONS HAPPY NEW YEAR. AS OF I WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE WINDS THAT WE HAD FOR 2023. THERE WAS SOME GOALS THAT YOU SHARED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORT AND, UM THESE GOALS THAT WERE ALREADY IN. THEY WERE ALREADY IN WORK. SO THAT CAME TO THE SEAT. HOWEVER, UM AS PROMISED. I SUPPORTED WITH MY BOAT. ONE OF THEM BEING PROTECTING THE LAB PRESERVE. WE WERE HAPPY TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. AND IT WAS CHAMPIONED BY SO MANY CITIZENS AND TO HAVE THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT DONE AND SUPPORTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. UM JEREMY KUNZ AS THE CHAMPION FORD AND GETTING US ALL ON BOARD. SO IT WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT, UM, THE 10 MILE CREEK EROSION CONTROL PROJECT. FOR DISTRICT TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT CHAMPION, THIS ONE RIDGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT APPROVED AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY HAPPENING, AND ALSO FOR SELECTING AND HIRING OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, MR DOUGLAS FRENCH.
UM. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME ON BOARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND 2024 PROMISES TO BE JUST AS EXCITING AS 2023. UM COMPLETING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AUDIT HOPING TO GET THAT DONE SOON. DISCUSSIONS ON REIMAGINING DOWNTOWN. THAT'S COMING. UM KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR THAT, AND MUCH MORE SO, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR ELECTING ME TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU. AS YOU'RE OUT AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER. IT IS TRULY MY HONOR.
AND MY PLEASURE REPRESENTING YOU. THANK YOU. MR COONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY AND JUST CHECK OUT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT PROGRAMS THEY HAVE GOING ON. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS THIS YEAR AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS ARE BEING BRINGING BACK. BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, OR YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR YOUR THE CAREGIVER OF YOUNG CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE READING RANGERS PROGRAM THAT THEY STARTED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. AND SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHILDREN AND THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT, UH, MATERIALS THERE TO TEACH READING. AND SO THAT THAT ENCOURAGES LITERACY, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE LOVE OF READING. AND YES, READING IS STILL A THING PEOPLE STILL READ AND SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT IN OUR CHILDREN, AND ALSO THEY'RE BRINGING BACK THE STORY TIME SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE STORY TIME FOR A WHILE. AND SO THEY'RE GONNA START DOING THAT AGAIN ON
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THURSDAYS AND THEN I WANTED SO. UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE EVERY EVERY RANK. EVERY EVERY DEPARTMENT. THEY GO OUT EVERY DAY, AND THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THE COMMUNITIES. THAT THEY LIVE IN. AND MOST OF THOSE DAYS. THEY GO OUT AND THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FACE EVERY DAY, BUT THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO THAT JOB. UH A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE TO THEY GET TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. AND YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE ON A LEVEL OF BRAVERY THAT MOST OF US JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY GO OUT AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, AND SO TODAY IS ACTUALLY NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY. TO THANK A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. WHETHER THERE AH! RETIRED OR CURRENTLY SERVING ON OR OFF DUTY. JUST GO OUT OF YOUR WAY AND THANK LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW? MR JOHNSON. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. ASSISTANT CHIEF FREEZE THERE IN THE BACK AND ALL THAT WE'VE GOT ONE OF OUR LADY'S BACK THERE IN THE BACK. OFFICER PINEDA.THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT I'VE MISSED WHO MIGHT BE CURRENTLY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR RETIREMENT RETIRED, BUT TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY AND THANK A LOT ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND CHIEF BROWN WHERE O. C YOU SEE HIM SITTING RIGHT HERE. HE'S UNDERCOVER TONIGHT. I SEE. OKAY. THE CHIEF BROWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND SO ANYBODY I MISSED. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY ACTUALLY IS ALMOST OVER. BUT I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY TO DO WHATSOEVER. BUT IF WE CAN EXTEND THIS TO NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEK AND YOU CAN JUST GO OUT OF YOUR WAY AND THANK ALONG FORCE MINT OFFICERS, SO THANK YOU. MR MACRON MET THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM. GREG LIKE YOU. I KNOW WAYNE, BIBI AND SORRY TO HEAR IT, BUT HE WAS VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING EMPLOY. GOT THAT OUT MARRIED.
DID EDDIE BERNICE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. AH! UH, WELCOME, MR FINCH. THOUGHT ON MY LIST IS AS WELL LOOK FORWARD TO THINGS THERE. FOR THE CITIZENS. I DON'T WISH YOU A HAPPY 2024 AND IN THAT LINE AND ALSO I WANT TO COMMEND MY DUNCANVILLE LIONS CLUB ALONG WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE SANDER MEADOWS CLASSIC. IT'S A 73RD YEAR WITH THE TOURNAMENT.
MR VERA CRUZ. I KNOW WORKED WORKED AT SOME AS WELL. MARSHAL FRED WAS THERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IN THE PANTHER. EDS. ONCE AGAIN. WANTED AND IT WAS OUTSTANDING TOURNAMENT AND IT'S SOMETHING THIS TOURNAMENT. AGAIN THE 73RD YEAR, BUT THIS TOURNAMENT BRINGS IN SCOUTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND THEY'RE SEEING THE TALENT AND YOU'RE SEEING NOT ONLY AND STATEWIDE, BUT BUT YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE. IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST AH LADIES, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND A LOT OF THEM GET A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[1.C. City Manager's Report.]
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, AS THE MAYOR SAID.IT'S MY SECOND DAY. SO I'M EVEN STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE LIGHT SWITCHES ARE IN THE BUILDING, AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SO WARM AND WELCOMING AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE SO FABULOUS AND I BOTH ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN I'M PLANNING ON DOING IS HAVING A LOT OF INTERNAL MEETINGS. NOT ONLY WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BUT STAFF WITH DIRECTORS AND THEN I'LL BE LAUNCHING AN EXTERNAL PORTION OF THAT. WE'RE REALLY BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH MORE WITH MORE RESIDENTS, AND I'LL BE SHARING THAT 90 DAY PLAN VERY, VERY SOON. ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE RENTING A PLACE RIGHT ON MAIN STREET, AND SO WE INTEND TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. WHILE WE SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING TO PURCHASE OUR HOME. MY WIFE HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS A HOME THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH OF OUR MOTHERS. SO WISH ME LUCK. UH ON THAT, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, UM YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE JUST REAL QUICK. AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS, YOU HAVE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS STEPPED UP AND GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, JUST BECAUSE OF HIS SHEER LOVE AND DEVOTION TO THE CITY OF
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DUNCANVILLE AND UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S SUPERMAN. WE MIGHT FIND OUT. I THINK WHAT? MAYBE A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, MAYBE 29 OR I'M WANNA UNDERSTAND. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, MR ROBERT BROWN, SERVING AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS. I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY REALLY FULLY COMPREHEND WHAT WAS THROWN AT HIM OVER THAT TIME, PERIOD AND EVEN AH, SIGNIFICANT TRANSITIONS AND STAFF AND HE HE JUST CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND TAKE ON MORE AND MORE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I SAW THE MEETING LAST MONTH WHERE HE, UM HE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK, AND HE'S SO MODEST, BUT ROBERT. YOU'RE MY SUPERHERO. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO WARM AND WELCOMING TO ME HELPING ME HELPING FABIOLA AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING, AND IF YOU ALL JUST PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXTENDING APPRECIATION, ROBERT, PLEASE. THE MAYOR WITH THAT SAID, WHEN I WENT LOOKING FOR WHO WOULD BE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER? IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG. I CALLED ROBERT AND I SAID EVEN FABULOUS SAID TO ME YOU'D BE A FOOL IF YOU DIDN'T ASK HIM AT LEAST IF HE DO IT AFTER MEETING HIM ON DECEMBER 1ST, AND I'M SO THANKFUL AND GRACIOUS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO STAY ON AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SUPPORTING ME SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING US AS WE CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY AND MOVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION, DAVID KEYES, MR DAVID KEYES HAS AGREED TO STAY ON AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN TERMS OF WHO'S REPORTING TO WHO IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND WE'LL BE SHARING SOME MORE OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE A ROCK SOLID WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW ADDITIONS DIRECTOR JACKSON AND OTHERS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SERVE THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. UM JUST TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS MAYOR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK, JANUARY OVER THREE MINUTES. YEP SORRY. I'M SORRY.MY FIRST ONE. I WAS TRYING NOT TO BE OVER THREE MINUTES. UH FEBRUARY JANUARY, 11TH AND 12TH THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE UTILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE NOT ABLE TO PROCESS PAYMENTS OR ACCEPT PAYMENTS AND PROCESS ACCOUNT INFORMATION BECAUSE OF PLANNED MAINTENANCE. UM ALSO, I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU WITH MONDAY BEING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. CITY HALL'S CLOSED STAFF IS ALSO WATCHING THE WEATHER. THEY'RE ACCUSING ME OF BRINGING SNOW FROM NEW YORK TO YOU, AND SO WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PART OF THE DIDN'T JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING NOTES FOR Y'ALL. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PRIOR TO THE SEVEN O'CLOCK TIME LIMIT. SO WE FINISHED EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER ONE. WE DID NOT GET TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE WE ARE GOING TO THEN RECESS, CITY COUNCIL. TECHNICALLY AND CITY COUNCIL IS THEN GOING TO GO BACK IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. WE WILL THEN CONDUCT EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO. WE WILL TAKE ANY ACTION NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM THAT ROOM IN THERE. AND WE WILL ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL FROM THAT ROOM. IF YOU WANTED TO STAY BY WITH US, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY TIME LIMITS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.
[2.A. Presentation of Champion of the City - Duncanville Outreach Ministry]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PROCLAMATIONS FROM PRESENTATIONS , AND THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY A PROCLAMATION, NOT A PRESENTATION OF CITY CHAMPION AND THIS IS FOR DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS MYSELF.TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION. I WOULD LAST TWO INDIVIDUALS TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. THE PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY, WANNA HERNANDEZ? AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR LEE, RICK AWAY IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. PROCLAMATION.
DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY. WHEREAS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THE DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY HAS SERVED THE CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE MINISTRY IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE D O. M. AND WHEREAS THE D O. M IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, RELIGIOUS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND AS A RECIPIENT OF GRANTS FROM SEVERAL DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX FOUNDATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE D O. M SERVICES INCLUDE A THRIFT STORE, WHICH RELIES SUPPLEMENTAL
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INCOME TO THE MINISTRY OF FOOD, BANK, CLOTHING, DONATIONS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UTILITIES AND RENT FOR CITIZENS IN NEED. AND IN 2023. THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT WAS ESTIMATED AT $280,000. AND WHEREAS THE FOOD BANK RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS AREA FOOD BANKS AND FROM DUNCANVILLE, GROCERS, KROGER COSTCO WIN CO. TOM THUMB AND TARGET AND OLIVE GARDEN AND RED LOBSTER RESTAURANTS. FOOD SUPPORT IN 2023 2 INDIVIDUALS WAS NEARLY £300,000 AND TOTALED AN ESTIMATE, ESTIMATED $315,000. AND WHEREAS THE D UM AND LEE CONTRIBUTES OVER 500 TOYS AND BICYCLES TO THE ANGEL TREE MINISTRY THEREFORE, I BARRIO GORDON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, TO HEREBY URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME. CONGRATULATING THE DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY AND RECOGNIZE THE MINISTRY AS A CHAMPION OF OUR CITY FOR ITS SUSTAINED INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO OVER 6000 CITIZENS. AND WITNESS THEREOF. I'VE SIGNED THIS PROCLAMATION ON TODAY'S DATE, THE NINTH OF JANUARY OF 2024. SO WANI TO YOU AND LEE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR A MINISTRY AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL UP ANY OF YOUR FOLKS? USE THAT. SORRY I'M NOT AS TALL AS THE MAYOR. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HAUL VICTORIA MUNOZ, FAMILY SERVICES MANAGER UP TO THE FRONT. MARTIN ALONSO, FOOD PANTRY MANAGER. AND RHONDA SMITH, THRIFT STORE MANAGER. AND MR RICK WOULD LIKE TO CALL ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HERE WE DO HAVE SOME HERE. MARLEY'S GORDON AND HAMMY ANDRADE. IF Y'ALL COME ON UP HERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE SUCH SHORT NOTICE. BUT I'M GLAD YOU GUYS MADE IT. I'M SORRY. TIM DIDN'T SAY TIM OVER THERE. COME ON TOP HERE, TIM. LIKE THEY MAKE IT IN REMARKS. YES. SO ON BEHALF OF DUNCAN, REAL RICH MINISTRY. THANK YOU FOR THEIR PROCLAMATION . UH SECOND OF ALL, THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO STATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND CHURCHES. WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO FOR COMMUNITY. UM WE STILL HAVE NEED IN IN OUR COMMUNITY AS YOU KNOW THE GROWTH. IT'S TREMENDOUS, UM, WE'RE DOUBLING NOW. WE WENT FROM SERVING 10 FAMILIES A DAY TO NOW 45 TO 50 A DAY AND THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE'RE ONLY OPEN A COUPLE OF HOURS OR A FEW HOURS. UM SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT US, WE'RE DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.EVEN IF IT'S A DOLLAR A DOLLAR MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. UM, IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T NEED OR DON'T USE AT HOME. DONATE THEM TO THE THRIFT STORE, KOSAIDO EVERYTHING THAT WE RESELL SPECTRUM FAMILY SERVICES TO PROVIDE FOOD, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. HER COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU ALL. SO IF OUR ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE, WHERE YOU CAN COME UP BECAUSE WITHOUT ERROR HELP. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE THREE STAFF AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. SO OUR VOLUNTEERS IN OR AARP, CHINESE HAVE YOU'RE HERE. PLEASE COME UP. THANK YOU. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, LET ME COMMEND WANT ANYONE HAS BEEN OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOW FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE BUSY. YOU'VE HEARD ALL THAT WHAT YOU DID, BUT SHE JUMPED IN AND TOOK A ART IZATION IS PULLED TOGETHER. PUT A TEAM TOGETHER. THINGS ARE RUNNING WELL. SO WE APPRECIATE HER WHAT SHE'S DONE. THIS TEAM THAT'S DONE HERE. WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU THOSE WHO GAVE THE CHURCHES WHO GIVE THE INDIVIDUALS TO GIVE THE BUSINESSES AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AS MUCH AS HE HAS BEEN GIVEN. WE CAN STILL USE MORE. THE INFLATION HAS HIT US AS WELL . EVERYTHING IS GOING UP, AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS OUT THERE WERE HELPING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN DUNCANVILLE AND IT'S BEEN CALLED, COMES FROM YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU, GORDON. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS. WE HOPE TO DO WELL. IT'S MY HONOR IT SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO AND I ASKED FRANCISCO TO GET A WIDE ANGLE LENS. SO WE'RE GONNA KINDA FRIENDS. DIDN'T YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO? OKAY.
[2.B. Proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15, 2024]
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THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. JANUARY 16TH 2024 AND TO MAKE THAT PROCLAMATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE, D GOODEN AND RECEIVING IT, MR TYLER, A G FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.BEAR WITH ME. IT'S A LONG ONE. OKAY? PROCLAMATION WHEREAS DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING EQUALITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AND CHALLENGED ALL AMERICANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEVER ENDING WORK OF BUILDING A MORE PERFECT UNION AND WHEREAS DR KING'S TEACHINGS CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND INSPIRE US TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE KING HOLIDAY AND SERVICE ACT ENACTED IN 1994 DESIGNATED THE KING HOLIDAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND CHARGE MARY CORPSE WITH LEADING THIS EFFORT, AND WHEREAS SINCE 1990 FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR TO SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES ON DR KING'S HOLIDAY AND WHEREAS SERVING ON MLK DAY IS AN APPROPRIATE DAY TO HONOR DR KING. THROUGH SERVICE. WE CAN BUILD MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST COMMUNITIES TO UNDERPIN RACIAL EQUITY, EXPAND CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTER RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, AND WE'RE AS THE MLK DAY OF SERVICE IS THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMEMORATED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO GIVE BACK BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. IN HONOR OF DR KING'S DREAM OF A BELOVED COMMUNITY. AND MAKE. AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WE'RE AS M OKAY, DAY OF SERVICE PROJECTS ARE BEING ORGANIZED BY A WIDE RANGE OF NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION, AND WE'RE AS EACH OF US CAN AND MUST CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING AND TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER WITH INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS. AND WE'RE AS CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ON EM. OKAY? DAY OF SERVICE, JANUARY 15TH 2024 AS WELL AS CREATE AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES PROJECTS WHERE THEY IDENTIFY THE NEED NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR BARRY L. GORDON OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 15TH 2024 AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY OF SERVICE TO YOU BY YOUR LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, DEMONIC A. GOODEN. THANKS. I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OPEN IT.
[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE CITIZENS INPUT IN PERSONAL CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE REGULAR SESSION IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES OF PROCEDURES ADOPTED OCTOBER 18TH OF 2022 ELECTRONIC MAIL COMMENTS WILL NO LONGER BE READ ALOUD. PAPER COMPANIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE DAIS, AND THE COMMENTS WERE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD IN THE MINUTES AND I WILL NOTE THAT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL DO HAVE ONE WRITTEN EMAIL COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO US PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC BUSINESS OR ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, THEY ACT PROCESS IF IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DELIVERY, GAINING ISSUES, NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA, AND SUCH NON AGENDA ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO CITY STAFF FOR RESEARCH AND ANY FUTURE ACTION. ALL PERSONS ADDRESSING ARE SUBJECT TO COUNCIL ADOPTED RULES AND LIMITATIONS AT THIS TIME, TWO MINUTE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE AND I DO HAVE SOME CARDS. AND I WILL TAKE THESE IN THE ORDER THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME. THE FIRST ONE IS JUDY SMITHY. AND ALL INDIVIDUALS[01:15:13]
, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY SMITHY 1806 CEDAR HILL ROAD. EXCUSE ME. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT OUR LITTLE THEATER THAT COULD CAN AND CONTINUES TO PRODUCE QUALITY THEATER PRODUCTIONS. IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE THEATER FOR MOST OF THE 36 YEARS. BEEN HERE 36 YEARS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE JEWEL BOX ON MAIN STREET. I REQUEST THAT YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL AGREE. AND SUPPORT. THE CONTINUATION ABILITIES. I THANK YOU KINDLY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE VIGIL IS GREATLY, SMITHY. W. SMITH JR. 1806 CEDAR HILL ROAD, DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS SINCE 1950. I CAME NOT TO PRESIDENT OF BERNICE JOHNSON SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, THEN. I JUST HAPPENED TO EDDIE BERNICE BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE U. S. DEPARTMENT, AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD NUTRITION SERVICE. POLICE HAD PASSED SOME THINGS THAT WERE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO SCHOOLCHILDREN, ESPECIALLY TO POOR KIDS ALL OVER THE STATE. SHE GOT THROUGH THE HOUSE BY ONE VOTE. SHE GOT THROUGH HER SHIP, AND WE GOT HER HERE OR GROUP BY ONE VOTE. YOU GOT THROUGH THE HOUSE BY ONE DOES SHE GOT PASSED BY THE ONE IN THE SENATE BY ONE VOTE. THAT THEY HAD ANYBODY THAT THAT HAD SOME THREE PRODUCED PROSECUTORS OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT AREA HAD TO HAD TO PROVIDE A BREAKFAST PROGRAM. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST SINGLE THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN TEXAS CAUSE YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE USED TO COME TO SCHOOL IN TEXAS THAT HADN'T EATEN BREAKFAST. AND YOU KNOW YOU DON'T LEARN VERY MUCH WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY. YES AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT.AND THEN TRUTHFULLY, YOU KNOW, EDDIE BERNAYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND SHE WAS A FRIEND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND YOU'RE IN THE LEGISLATURE AND YOU KNOW SHEEP, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST WAS.
SHE WAS JUST AN ALL AROUND CHAMPION AND I APPRECIATE THAT WHAT THE CITY IS RECOGNIZED WHAT SHE DID, BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR OLIVES. THANK YOU. UH, THE NEXT INDIVIDUALS, EMILY BRIDGES. EMILY BRIDGES FOR 18 OLEANDERS 75137. I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE MEET AND GREET TO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. SO I WANTED TO FORMALLY WELCOME YOU. YOU KNOW? NICE TO HAVE YOU SURE YOU'LL DO A WONDERFUL JOB. NUMBER TWO IS THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING THAT WE HEARD IN THE BRIEFING. I AM IN MAJOR FAVOR OF THAT. I'VE GOT A FLOWER BED WAITING TO PUT PUT THE PLANTS IN, SO I HOPE IT ALSO HAPPENS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WELL. THIRD I WANT TO THANK YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARK. CLOSED SIGN AT THE LAD PRESERVE, BUT WHATEVER STAFF MEMBER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT I WANT TO EXTEND THE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AMAZING WHAT ONE LITTLE SIGN WILL DO. NO ONE'S BEEN DRIVING OUT THERE SINCE THE SIGNS BEEN THERE. AND DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH. WE LOVE THE THRIFT STORE. MY KIDS AND I ARE. IT'S A VICIOUS CIRCLE WE DONATE. WE BUY. WE DONATE. WE BUY AND THE MANAGER HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF FLIPPING OVER THE AESTHETICS OF IT AND MAKING IT VERY EASY TO PASS THROUGH. SO I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS JIM JONES. HELLO, HAPPY NEW YEAR. EVERY DO YOU WELCOME, MR FINCH, JIM JONES. 1627 OF HILLS. RAISE IT JUST A BIT. AND I JUST WANT TO DOESN'T WORK.
JUST A MOMENT. ERIC IS IT BROADCASTING OUT IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE? WE'VE LOST IT. JUST A MOMENT. TWO YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT OPERATOR TROUBLE, OKAY, AND SO, UM, ANY RIGHT? A LOT OF THE PLANTS THAT YOU ALREADY PLANNING IN YOUR YARD ARE ALREADY NATIVES, AND SO WHETHER I'LL LOOK YARD GOES FROM ST AUGUSTINE IN BERMUDA INTO BUFFALO GRASS OR WHATEVER, ANYWAY, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. SECOND THING, UH, THE LAD PRESERVE. AND SO THE R F Q WAS OUT FOR THE MASTER PLAN PROPOSAL. AND SO THE DUNCANVILLE NATURE CONSERVANCY REACHED OUT TO ALL THE SUBJECT
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MATTER, EXPERTS THAT WE HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. AND SO, UM EXPERTS BY THE NAMES OF LIKE JAN LEVY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NATURE PRESERVES. UM VICTORIA HOWARD, PRESIDENT OF THE SIERRA CLUB, RAMI SWANSON OF THE AUTOBAHN. UM GOT IT JUST GOES ON AND ON ANYWAY, EMAILED THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE R F Q. AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO MASTER PLAN ARCHITECTS. UM AND TRY TO REFER THEM TO THE CITY, AND THEY SAID THEY DID. SO I'M SURE THEY DID. UM THAT BEING SAID IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE REFERRING FROM THEIR GOOD NAME ARCHITECTS THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN NATURE PRESERVE PLANNING, AS OPPOSED TO PARKS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ARCHITECT THAT YOU CHOOSE CAN ALSO HELP DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE CITY. BECAUSE HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORLD CLASS ARCHITECTS DESIGNING A WORLD CLASS PRESERVE. THANK YOU. NEXT INDIVIDUAL SHANNON ROBERTS. HELLO I'M SHANNON ROBERTS. 906 ROCK CANYON. DUNCAN BILL, I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EMILY AND JIM JUST SAID. I ALSO REMEMBER OF THE DUNCANVILLE NATURE CONSERVANCY. I AM FILLED UP THE CARDS SPECIFICALLY TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE NATIVE NATURAL LANDSCAPE CONSIDERATION AND AN ORDINANCE. OF COURSE, UM, PART OF A GROUP AND I PERSONALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN, UM IN NATURE AND THE NATURAL AESTHETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND CERTAINLY WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE LAB PROPERTY AND THE NATURE AND THE NATURAL, UM AESTHETICS AND APPRECIATION THERE. IT JUST SEEMS TO LEND WITH WE AS A CITY APPRECIATE THE NATURAL ASPECTS OF IT, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE LAD NATURE PRESERVE WILL BE A DRAW TO THE CITY AND THAT THAT OUTFLOW WOULD JUST SHOW THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR CITY. OUR CARE AND APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND THE BEAUTY THAT IT IT PROVIDES. SO UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE. UM HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU AND WELCOME.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE FINAL INDIVIDUAL, MARIE VEGA. THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO COME IN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MARI VEGA 611 AUREOLE BOULEVARD. I WANTED TO, UH. JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT A GIFT IT IS TO BE IN AMERICA. UM AT TIMES I CAN FORGET SORT OF CAUGHT UP IN CYNICISM OF HOW. HEALTH FRUSTRATED OR DEMOCRACY CAN BE FOR GETTING THINGS DONE.
AND YET AT THIS LOCAL LEVEL, I AM PLEASED THAT THAT CITY HAS CITY REPRESENTATIVES, UM, HAVE LISTENED TO THE CITY RESIDENTS AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE NATIVE PLANTS. WHAT'S UPON A TIME? MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER. ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE TEACHER. SO THAT PLANTS WEEDS ARE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A WEED. IT'S JUST AN UNWANTED PLANT. MEANING THERE'S NO DICTIONARY DEFINITION . AND SO THE BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. MANY OF THESE PLANTS THAT WE CALL WEEDS.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD MARKETING CAMPAIGN. UH, BUT SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE LAD LAND, I'VE CONTINUED TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT HOW THESE ECOSYSTEMS ARE WAY MORE COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX THAN THAN GRASS. THAT'S MON 24 INCHES, COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT UH, CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, WHERE THEY HAVE FLOODING HAVE BEEN PLANTING SWELL PONDS. SWAIL GARDENS WHERE WHAT, UH, RAIN CAN FLOOD INTO THEM. THEY BREAK DOWN PART OF THE CURB TERRAIN CAN FLOOD INTO THEM AND GET CAPTURED AND HELD LOCALLY AND NOT HAVE TO BE WASHED AWAY BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S CLEAN WATER. THAT COULD BE, UM PUT BACK INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE WATCHED HER TO DRINK. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE CONSIDERATE OF AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE METROPLEX AND WE CONSIDER CONTINUE TO SEE DESERTIFICATION ON THE WEST. UM, ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. UM PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE WATER GOING INTO THE SOIL. HAVE WATER TO DRINK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR THIS EVENING. WE'RE
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
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GONNA TIE THEM BEFORE ON THE AGENDAS. THE CONSENT AGENDA. CITY SECRETARY, DO YOU PLEASE READ THE TWO ITEMS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 19TH 2023 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. ITEM B. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CASTING THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNCAN BILLS RUNOFF VOTE FOR THE FOURTH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY SEE A D. THANK YOU FOR INFORMATION. THE COUNCIL IS VOTING FOR MR MICHAEL HURT, WHICH THE INITIALLY VOTE FOR THE LAST TIME THIS WAS BROUGHT.FOREST CHAIRMAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOVED SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MR MCBURNETT SECOND BY MR KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO DEFER ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SINCE WE HAVE NOT FINISHED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, MOVING ON TO
[6.A. Presentation of the 2023 Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Celebration Event Debrief]
REMEMBER SIX STAFF ON BOARD REPORTS. ITEM NUMBER, A PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 CRYSTAL PARADE AND TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION EVENT DEBRIEF. MR A G.ALL RIGHT. EVENING COUNCIL. MAYOR I'M CITY MANAGER. UM, I DON'T YOU HEAR ME NOW? BETTER.
WORSE BETTER, OKAY? NO, NO. NO. BETTER YES, ALL RIGHT. UM MY NAME IS TYLER A G I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND WITH ME TODAY, HELPING ME PRESENT. THIS IS A ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE. UM, CHRIS, FREEZE. UM THE 2023 CHRISTMAS PARADE AND TREE LIGHTING EVENT DEBRIEFING. AH SO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF DISCIPLINE EVENT. UM CHRISTMAS PARADE AND TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION IS A TRADITIONAL DUNCANVILLE EVENT THAT GOES BACK DECADES IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AND 2022. THE EVENT WAS MOVED FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO THE ARMSTRONG PARK AREA. THIS EVENT THIS YEAR. THE EVENT WAS HELD ON FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1ST, UM AND WE HAD TO START TIME FOR THE PARADE OF SIX PM TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION START TIME WAS 715. AND THEN THE DRONE SHOW START TIME WAS 830. UH THE CHRISTMAS PARADE CONSISTED OF ABOUT 41 PARADE ENTRIES, UM, MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR, WHO WERE DESIGNATED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMENTS WERE DR DANIELLE FRANKLIN AND DR MIKE MINOR. THE GRAND MARSHAL WAS MS STARLIN STRINGER. THIS PARADE ALSO DEBUTED OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, MR DOUGLAS FINCH. UM AND THE PARADE TIME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES. UH THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION. SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST SPONSOR, SO METHODIST CHARLESTON MEDICAL CENTER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SPONSOR THEY THEY FUNDED SIX CHRISTMAS DECOR PICTURE STATIONS THAT WERE PLACED AROUND THE PARK. UM WE HAD OVER 5300 PARTICIPANTS AT THIS EVENT. UM 21 VENDORS. THERE WERE 29 TREES THAT WERE WRAPPED WITH LIGHTS. UM AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS PROVIDED BY VARIOUS D I S D CHOIRS. WE HAD DJ TINGO GRINGO FROM ROCKET RADIO. UH THE DRONE SHOW WAS PROVIDED BY SKY ELEMENTS. UM TEXAS PARTY JUMPS PROVIDED OUR BOUNCE HOUSES AND THEN THE ICE SLIDE WAS EMERGENCY ICE INCORPORATED. UM A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE DRONE SHOW.
UM, SKY ELEMENTS. DRONES UH, FORT WORTH BASED ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, UM, SPECIALIZES IN, UH, DRONE SHOWS THEY PROVIDED US WITH 260 DRONES AT A COST OF $35,000. THIS WAS FUNDED BY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE HIGH TAX FUNDS AND PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FINDS. UH AGREEMENTS WERE MADE WITH THE HILTON GARDEN INN CUENTA IN AND THE HAMPTON INN AND SUITES TO OFFER SPECIAL ROOM RATES AND RESERVATION BLOCKS FOR EVENT STAFF THAT WORKED THAT EVENT, UM FROM DRONE , THE DRONE SHOW SCOTT ELEMENTS AND SPECTATORS THAT CAME IN TOWN TO WATCH IT AS WELL. UM NOW WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION OF THE DRONE SHOW. UH, A RECAP OF THE SHOW. UM SO JINGLE BELLS, RAIN.
SO. NOW THE JINGLE HOP. JINGLE BELL JINGLE BELL JINGLE BELL ROCK. JINGLE BELLS. JINGLE BELL TIME DANCING AND PRANCER AND JINGLE BELLS WHERE IN THE FROSTY THE. NICE. WAY JINGLE BELLS. TO
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GO GLIDING IN THE ONE BORE SLAVES INGLEHART. PICK UP YOUR FEET JINGLE UP AROUND THE CLOCK.MIX AND A MINGLE IN THE JINGLING FEET. THAT'S THE TINGLE BELLERIVE. AH SO, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS EVENT A SUCCESS AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE EVENTS OF THIS CALIBER TO THE CITY. UM AND WE DO PLAN TO GROW THIS EVENT AND EXPANDED IN THE FUTURE, UH, ADDING MORE LIGHTS, MORE ACTIVITIES. UM, IN A SAFE AND FUN ENVIRONMENT HERE AT ARMSTRONG, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS WE FACED DURING THIS EVENT. SO STAFFING SHORTAGES WERE HUGE ONE. SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS WERE SHORT STAFFED THIS YEAR, UH, CAUSING SOME STREET CLOSURE TIMES TO BE DELAYED AND ALSO ROADBLOCKS. UM WERE UNABLE TO BE COMPLETELY MAN. THE ENTIRE PARADE AND EVENT. UM THE POLICE PRESENCE PRAISES TO THE POLICE, UM, THAT NO NO ISSUES OUT OF THEM. BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE EXPERIENCING STAFF SHORTAGES AS WELL. WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TRY AND IMPROVE NEXT YEAR. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR OUTSOURCING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER CITIES AND ALLOWING THEM TO COME IN AND HELP US OUT. UM, THE OTHER PART OF THAT WAS A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR. SO WE DO GET A LOT OF HELP WITH THIS EVENT. CITYWIDE. UM BUT HAVING SOMEONE STRICTLY TO MAINTAIN TO MANAGE THOSE VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WHEN THE REPORT WHERE TO BE AND WHAT TO DO, UM, WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK FORWARD TO DOING AND PROVIDING NEXT YEAR, SO UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THREE STAFFING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND IMPROVE THOSE NEXT YEAR. UM WITH THAT THE PARADE LINE UP AND START TIME. SO UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS THE PARADE TEMPO. UM WE HAVE SOME UPDATES ABOUT THE PARADE, UH, STOPPING AND BEING DELAYED SO AGAIN, THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WOULD HELP MAN THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON PROGRESS AND ON TEMPO , UM, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FOR NON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. SO, BUT DURING THIS EVENT, WE ALSO REALIZED THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT DOESN'T QUITE EXPAND FROM THE PARK TO THE END OF THE PARADE LINEUP WHERE WE START. UM WHICH, UH, KIND OF CAUSE SOME OF THE DELAYS WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. SO, UH, ANOTHER PORTION. THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE D I S D TRANSPORTATION TEAM INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING, SO THEY ALSO HAVE LATE BUS SCHEDULES THAT RUN DURING THE PARADE THAT WE WERE KIND OF UNAWARE OF SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN ALL THE PARADE PLANNING. WE JUST DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THEM INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, TROUBLESHOOT THOSE ISSUES THAT THAT BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. LASTLY THE RUNNER SHOW, SO THE SOUND THE DAY OF THE EVENT. WE ACTUALLY, UM UH, WE WERE OUR EVENT. UH SOUND PROVIDER WAS DOUBLE BOOKED. UM SO HE HAD THE WRONG DATE FOR OUR EVENT. UM, AND WE BASICALLY JUST HAD TO IMPROVISE WITH INTERNAL STAFF. SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE DJ AND IMPROVISE A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS AND ELECTRICAL NEEDS THAT WE NEEDED FOR THAT SHOW. UM THE TREE LIGHTING IN ITSELF. AS I SAID, THE COMMUNICATION ISSUES WITH OUR WITH OUR EQUIPMENT, UM, CAUSE IT'S NOT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED. UM AND THEN THE CHOIR TIMES. UM SO THE CHOIR RUNTIME SO, UH, TO HELP WITH THAT NEXT YEAR, WE PLAN ON MOVING THE CHOIR TO THE END OF THE SHOW AND MOVING THE DRONE SHOW UP, SO TO BE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THAT WAY, PEOPLE CAN BE ENTERTAINED BY THAT. AND THEN YOU CAN STAY FOR THE CHOIR AND, UH, PARTICIPANTS FOR THAT, AS LONG AS THEY LIGHTEN, PARTICIPATE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES AROUND THE PARK. UM THE NEXT PORTION OF THE DEBRIEF WILL BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CHIEF FREEZE. HEY. GOOD EVENING, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THE SUCCESSES FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, NO INJURIES REWARDED. NO LOST CHILDREN, NO DISTURBANCES DURING THE PARADE OR THE TREE LIGHTING EVENT. UM, AND MANY COMPLIMENTS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE ACTUAL EVENT, SO WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT. UM SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE LOOKED AT IS AGAIN JUST TRYING TO MANAGE THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF THE PARADE. THE GOLF CARTS HAS ALWAYS CAUSED SOME BIG GAPS ARE CONCERNED THAT IS WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT THOSE BIG GAPS. PEOPLE TEND TO WALK INTO THE ROADWAYS TO PICK UP MAYBE CANDY THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR A LITTLE ONE TO GET HIT BY SOMETHING. UM ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD IS MAYBE AFLOAT INSTEAD OF GOLF CARTS. JUST GOTTA PUT EVERYBODY TOGETHER, SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE LITTLE ANCILLARY. UM VEHICLES WITHIN THE PARADE OR IF WE DO LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE HANDING OUT OF THE CANDY GOING OUT AND HANDING OUT ON THE SIDES WALKING ALONG AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T
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HAD ANY INJURIES. WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO DO THE BEST TO KEEP IT THAT WAY IN AND TRYING TO KEEP THAT TIMELINE OF THAT PARADE. WE'RE AT AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES, UM, WHICH AGAIN FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT, THE LONGER WE HAVE THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS CLOSED DOWN. IT'S JUST A LONGER TIME. WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING HAPPENING AND JUST KIND OF MORE STRESS ON OUR PERSONNEL. UM SO WE'VE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FLOAT LIKE THAT COULD TRUNCATE THAT TIME A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO HELP IT GOING ON AGAIN. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOAL IS JUST, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WE'RE GOING WITH PARKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE INVOLVED. THIS IS A HUGE SUCCESS. UM WE'VE HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS. UM I LIKE WITH ANYTHING ELSE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS COME BACK AND LOOK INTERNALLY.WHERE? WHAT CAN WE IMPROVE ON? UM MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. THAT'S HOW WE GET BETTER, AND I JUST MAKE EVERY EVENT BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE. UM SO WITH THAT, UM I THINK WE'RE GOOD IT TAKE ON ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, ANGELO ONES, PARKS AND REC. EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPERB. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES WHAT HAPPENS THAT THERE AREN'T THE YEAR WE REACHED PERFECTION IS THE YEAR MAYBE WE JUST ALL GO AWAY. DON'T HAVE A JOB. BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO MANY, MANY CITIZENS DURING THE DRONE SHOW. AND THE OOHS AND AHHS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, YOU KNOW WE GET OOHS AND AAHS DURING THE FIREWORKS FOR JULY, 4TH THOSE WHOSE AND OTHERS WERE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE S AND OZ WITH THE DRONE SHOW. SO THAT WAS A REMARKABLE EVENT, AND EVERYBODY REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
AND LOOKING AT THAT, IN TERMS OF THE COMMENT. CHIEF FREEZE YOU MADE ABOUT THE GO KARTS THE NEXT TIME YOU TRY HERDING CATTLE. IT'S NO RIGHT? YEAH SO YOU KNOW, WE TAKE DIRECTION REALLY WELL, SO YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE ON HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CONTROL THESE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU CONTROL US IN GOLF CARTS, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO COMPLY WITH THAT ORDINANCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, BUT REALLY, IT WAS EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND I MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT DURING THE DURING THE OUTS. THE INITIATION OF THAT EVENT THAT OUR CITIZENS RECOGNIZE WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT THAT ANYONE ARE EVENTS. WE ARE A PEACEFUL, WONDERFUL COM COMMUNITY AND EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT PARK AND YOUR PRESENCE OF POLICE AND GETTING OTHER POLICE OFFICERS AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HERE, UH WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN EVENT. THAT REQUIRED ANY POLICE PRESENCE. BUT YOUR PRESENCE GIVES THAT COMMON PEACE AND ENFORCEMENT AS WELL THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE ON ON THE GROUND BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SO WE REALLY DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER POSITIVE COMMENTS, MR CONTRERAS. YES, SIR. MIND SO POSITIVE OR NOT, UM, JUST BETWEEN US WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR GOLF CART OPERATORS THAT WERE. TAKE AWAY THEIR LICENSING. NO COMMENT, SIR. YEAH UM, MR MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS RUN A PARADE FOR A WHILE TO I WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU. I'M THE ONE THAT'S YELLING AT THE COUNCIL. OKAY FOR THAT, SO I SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THINK IT'S A EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. TO DO THAT. I'VE. I HAD MADE THE SUGGESTION A FEW YEARS WHEN THE DRONES HAD COME BACK, SO I'M UH, HAD BECOME A THING AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT BECAUSE YEAH. ALWAYS AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY. YOU ALWAYS HEAR HOW THE PET OWNERS OR LIKE PUT THEM AWAY. DA DA DA. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WITH THE WITH THE DRONES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE SOMEHOW AS WELL TO CONTINUE THAT AS WELL. AH! HEY THE EVENT WAS GOOD. I WILL ALSO, UH SAY, YOU KNOW, THE. UH I SAW THE STAFF MOVE ON THE FLY ON THIS STUFF SO THERE WAS SUCCESS THERE AND STUFF AND THE DRONE SHOW ACTUALLY GOT MOVED UP. YEAH I MEAN, IT HAD 830. BUT YOU MOVED IT EIGHT O'CLOCK TO BE MORE ACCOMMODATING. SO THERE'S GOOD THINGS IN THERE, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THANK YOU COME FROM A GOOD IN THANK YOU. I UM REQUESTED THAT YOU DO THE DEBRIEF SO THAT WE COULD BRING ATTENTION TO THE GREAT WORK. UM AND ALL THAT GOES INTO DOING AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
UM I SPOKE WITH A FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNTS A COUNCIL MEMBER CONES ABOUT THE DRONE SHOW THAT I HAPPENED TO MISS AND I HATE I MISSED IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MAYBE I DID SEE IT ON MY ITINERARY AND NEVER UNDERSTOOD OR CONNECTED WITH A DRONE SHOW REALLY IS, UM, HATE. I MISSED IT BECAUSE I HAD MY GRANDKIDS AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENJOYED IT. SO I WANTED YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS YOU DID SO WE CAN AS CITIZENS SEE? THE DRONE SHOW THAT YOU PROVIDED, AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT AND ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS A
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REALLY GREAT JOB, AND, UM AGAIN. HEY, I MISSED IT. THE SOUND. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SOUND ISSUE. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S AN EFFICIENT OPERATION BECAUSE FOR YOU TO HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN KNOW IT, AND I'M PRETTY OBSERVANT AND DIDN'T SEE IT.THAT'S AN EXCELLENT JOB, SO RECOGNITION TO YOU GREAT JOB ON MANAGING THE TRAFFIC, KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE AND AGAIN. PHENOMENAL JUST PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT ONE. THANK YOU, MR COONS. THANK YOU, MAN. SO FIRST OF ALL, I YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I DELIBERATELY TRY NOT TO BE IMPRESSED BY THINGS. AND WHEN I WAS WATCHING THAT DRONE SHOW, I MEAN, MY JAW IS GOING BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WHAT TO EXPECT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY HAD NO IDEA SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO BETTER THAN THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS, BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE COST OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING OU HOW MUCH DID THAT COST THE CITY? AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A SHARED COST BETWEEN PARKS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT PART OF IT. AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW AS FAR AS THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT. THE PARADE ROUTE AND THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, WE BYPASS DOWNTOWN BY A BLOCK, BASICALLY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS WHAT I'M SURE THERE WAS A PRACTICAL REASON A GOOD REASON FOR THAT. I NEVER HEARD THAT THE REASON FOR THAT.
BUT IF WE COULD GET AN EXPLANATION FROM THAT, YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING OUR DOWNTOWN IN THE PARADE, BUT YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT. PLEASE. YES SIR. UM SO WE CHANGED THE PARADE ROUTE, UM, LIKE AUSTRALIA SAID ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND WHENEVER WE CHANGED, DECIDED TO MOVE THE TREE LIGHTING FROM VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. TO THE PARK. THERE WAS REALLY NO NEED TO EXTEND THE PARADE THAT FOR THAT FAR BUT ALSO HELPS WITH PERSONNEL. STAFFING UM, THAT'S JUST ONE LESS MAJOR INTERSECTION . WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO MANAGE WITH SANTA FE MAIN AND CENTER, ESPECIALLY THAT'S DESIGNED. THAT IS A HUGE BURDEN, NOT BURDEN, BUT IT'S IT REQUIRES MORE PERSONNEL TO SAFELY LOCKED THAT DOWN FOR THAT LONG SO BY CUTTING THE PARADE ROUTE OFF A LITTLE EARLY IT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE THAT INTERSECTION JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST COOL. ONE FINAL PLUG. KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, BUT THE TREE LIGHTING AND ALL OF THE TREES THERE IN ARMSTRONG PARK. I MEAN THAT THAT REALLY IS A SPECTACLE EVEN BEFORE THE PARADE AND AFTER WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN MAIN STREET OR WHEATLAND, AND YOU JUST SEE THERE'S JUST A YOU KNOW THIS LITTLE GROWING FOREST OF YOUR TREES DOWN THERE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US WHEN WE HAVE IF WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S BECOMING SORT OF AN EVENT IN AND OF ITSELF. AND I MENTIONED OTHER CITIES LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT BOND AND UM YOU KNOW, CITIES WHERE THEY HAVE A WHOLE TRAIL OF LIGHTS, AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A CITY ATTRACTION. THAT'S SOMETHING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD GET INVOLVED WITH. UM, BUT IT'S I MEAN, IT'S GREAT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING NOW, AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT CONTINUE TO GROW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL IT'S . IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY CAN STAND UP AND SAY THIS IS AN ICONIC PRESENTATION. SO YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF OUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
PLEASE PASS ON THE COMMENTS TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF. THOSE ARE NOT PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT. YOU DO. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. AS I SAID,
[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
WE STILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER 222 PROCESS. SO WITH THAT , UH, THE TIMESTAMP CITY SECRETARY TO RECESS CITY COUNCIL IS 806 CITY COUNCIL AND APPROPRIATE STAFF, WOULD YOU ANR BROWN. DO THIS. OKAY? ALRIGHT WE ARE RECONVENING CITY COUNCIL. IN FOR THE NIGHT. JANUARY 2024. THE[5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session.]
SECRETARY OF THE TIMESTAMP TO RECONVENE IN 1920. WE ARE THEN GOING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION , TAKING THE NECESSARY ACTION AND THE RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON BOARD AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. I WILL GO TO ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION READ THOSE FOR THE RECORD. EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER ONE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5,[01:45:05]
51.0 71 AND 5 51.0 74 TO SEEK ADVICE CONCERNING CHAPTER TWO. ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE THREE CODE OF ETHICS DIVISION TO CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICER. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER ONE. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION.EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO CITY COUNCIL SHOWED CONVENIENCE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51.0 72 OTHER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE SALE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF COMMUNITY THEATER BUILDING AND THE DUNCAN MILLFIELD HOUSE. AND GOING TO REMEMBER 58 ACTIONS TAKEN IN PROCESSION. THERE ARE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE MOTION FOR THE FIRST ITEM? JUST EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE. OKAY, SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE DUCAT BUILD COMMUNITY THEATER. AT LEAST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER AND AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT. ENTERTAIN MOTIONS SET OF EMOTION APPROVAL.
MR CRUZ'S SECOND BY MR MCBURNETT. UH SINCE WE ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT WILL DO THIS BY VOICE VOTE. SO YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND, SO JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE. PLEASE STAY IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION, MR CRUZ. MR COATES. GOING BACK FOR THAT. AND I AM IN FAVOR AS WELL. WE HAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE THEATER. WE GOT TO MOTION NUMBER TWO CITY SECRETARY. I'M SORRY CITY. THE MOTION REGARDING THE DECK AND BILL FILLED HOUSE WOULD BE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVES TO APPROVED. A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GLOBAL SUPPORTS CARES. TEXAS FIVE A ONE C THREE NONPROFIT AND THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT MOTION TO APPROVE MOVED TO APPROVE MR MCBURNETT SECOND BY COUNCILOR RITU HARRY BROWN AGAIN THIS WILL BE A VOICE VOTE. BUT AROUND THE TABLE, MR MARICRUZ CUBS AGAINST MR MCBURNETT POOL. MISS GORDON BROWN. FOUR AND I HAVE FOUR AS WELL. THE VOTE IS 6 TO 1 WITH MR COONS IN OPPOSITION. PLEASE MAKE DUCK. SO THIS MOTION IS APPROVED AS WELL MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING TO THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED. TIMESTAMP 923 THANK YOU VERY MU
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