Apr 02, 2024 City Council

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 1 of 2)]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE TIME IS SIX O'CLOCK AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING SESSION. FOR THE SECOND OF 2024. AND I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRISTMAS? SO FAST.

SO WE WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT. WELL, I'M PRETTY FULL AGENDA FOR BRIEFINGS AND A PRETTY REASONABLE SCHEDULE FOR WHAT WE NEED. TONIGHT. I JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. OH, I DIDN'T MENTION UH, THAT WE ARE. AND STREAMING AT THIS MOMENT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ALWAYS DO, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR TECH THANK YOU. OUR LINE HERE. WE'RE GOOD TO GO, OK? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OK, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE FROM, UH JOHN W PRICE'S OFFICE. HE IS AS A PRESENTATION. HE'S ITEM NUMBER THREE C ON OUR AGENDA. IF HE ARRIVES EARLY OR IF HE ARRIVES WHENEVER HE ARRIVES.

WE'RE GOING TO FOR THAT PRESENTATION, OK? AND IF NOT, WE'LL JUST WORK THE PRESENTATION AS WE HAVE IT, SO RIGHT NOW HE IS THIRD AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS. BUT WE WANNA GET THEM.

BACK THEN. TO GO AS SOON AS HE GETS IN. ALRIGHT. WHERE ARE WE GOING? UM MR CITY MANAGER OF THE PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE BOOKS. YES, MARRIAGE, SO THE FIRST IS THE MINUTE SO RIGHT ON THE FOUR BIG CONSIDERING A ORDINANCE. SO BUNK AMENDING 25 02. SECTION THREE ANNUAL PAY SCALE FOR CLASSIFIED POSITIONS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE AND POLICE AND FIRE. THE F CALENDAR CIVIL SERVICE FOR BILLING IMPORTANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH AND OUR LAST, UH, MEETING WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THIS BY HR DIRECTOR SIEGEL AND HE IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH IF WE COULD TAKE A MOMENT ON THAT, I, I DID PRINT OFF THE SCALES THEMSELVES. UH, MR SEAL, JUST I HIGHLIGHTED WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN READ SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UH, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO ME. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THE NARRATION AS WELL AND WHAT WE HAVE SO I GET IT. DOES ANYONE HAVE? THIS IS THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT ITEM. SO THERE'S ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION I NEED FOR MRS YEAH. GOOD OK, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND, UH, FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE, IT'S A GOOD WAY. VERY MUCH. YES, MR FINCH. OK, UM MR. BRY, COMMISSIONER PRICE. IN THE HOUSE. YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD. YOUR PHONES ARE RIGHT HERE. NO, I WAS ON MY WAY. AND DOWNTOWN. YOU'RE SOMEONE WOULD PRO UH, YEAH. MR PRICE. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BUT WE WANT THEM TO DO. AND RESPECT FOR YOU TO MOVE THE AGENDA AROUND.

LET YOU GO TO THE POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU'RE HERE, OK? SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE. ALBERTA. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. SO WITH THAT, UH EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING WAS VERY HAPPY TO MOVE. MR. DON W PRICE TO OUR MEETING. TODAY WE DO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA. FOR ADAM THAT HE'S GOING TO PRESENTATION ON SO, SIR FOR TURNING IT OVER TO YOU AND YOUR CREW. MR MAYOR, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. DALLAS COUNTY MADE THIS INVESTMENT. UH SOME TIME AGO WITH REGARDS TO THE WHOLE FLOOD PLAIN STUDY. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE FEELINGS AND DOING THE MAPPING OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IS INFORM ALL OF THE COUNCILS. AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS. UH, DALLAS COUNTY MADE THE INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPERATIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR CITIES THAT HAVE NOT DONE THE MAPPING. THE PROBABLY SEVERAL DECADES, AND IT'S JUST AN IMPERATIVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION BE HERE TONIGHT, AND, UH THIS IS SHEPHERD, WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IS HERE. OF COURSE. UH UH. T SHARA AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. WE'RE ALL HERE AND OF COURSE I'VE BEEN THERE. IS HERE AS WELL. A PM AND SO TONIGHT WE WILL INFORM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROCESS AS WE CONTINUE TO GO TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND GET PROJECTS IN DALLAS

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AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR DALLAS COUNTY FOR FLOOD PLANNING STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. AND UM, THIS IS THE AGENDA THAT I'LL GO THROUGH TONIGHT. JUST GONNA KIND OF SPOTLIGHT AND THINGS. UM BUT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE INLAND PORT FOR A LITTLE AND WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS ARE AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RON AND HE'S GONNA RUN ON BACK THERE WITH A PM. AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THE SCHEDULE AND THEN I'M GONNA COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. AND ALSO I DO ALSO WANNA INTRODUCE JARED OVER BE, BUT RON WILL TALK. IS MORE ABOUT HIM LATER. ABOUT JARED'S INVOLVEMENT IN SO THE COURT AREA? WELL LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE INLAND COURT AREA IS. IT'S ABOUT 120 SQUARE MILES OR 78,000 ACRES. IT INCLUDES THE INTERMODAL FACILITY. UM ONE THING ABOUT THE IN COURT IS THAT THERE'S UM SO MANY INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKES IT A COURT IS HAVING.

INTERMODAL FACILITY, PLUS ALL THE HIGHWAYS AND THE TRANSPORTATION. UH FOR LOGISTICS AND FREIGHT. UM AND AGAIN THIS SHAPE OF THE INLAND PORT. IT'S NOT REALLY A FORMAL UM, BOUNDARY , BUT THAT'S HOW WE'VE DEFINED IT IN OUR BLOOD STUDY, AND IT WAS DEFINED THAT WAY. UM IN THE SD CIA STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND 2012. AND THEN UPDATED IN 2021. AND IT STANDS FOR THE SOUTH DALLAS INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS. AND UM, COG DID THE STUDY IN 2012 AND THEN DALLAS COUNTY UPDATED IT IN 2021. UH, AND THIS AREA ALSO HAS THE INLAND PORT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. WHERE, UM EMPLOYEES CAN GET, UH, DISCOUNTED RIDES WITHIN THIS THIS AREA. SO, UM POINT POINT THAT OUT AS WELL. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GROWTH. AND THIS AERIAL PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN 2005 RIGHT AROUND THE TIME. THAT THE INTERMODAL FACILITY CAME ON BOARD. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE THAT TIME. UM, BECAUSE OF FACILITY. LOTS OF WAREHOUSES. AREA. THESE ARE SOME BUSINESSES IN THE INLAND COURT AREA. WE HAVE ABOUT 82 BUSINESSES HERE IN THIS AREA THAT WE HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK. UM, SOME OF THEM. YOU'VE CERTAINLY HEARD OF LIKE AMAZON OR, UM FEDEX THERE'S ALSO KROGER. UM THERE'S A NEW NEW COMPANY CALLED TREE, TRINA. SOLAR THAT, UH, MANUFACTURES SOLAR PANELS. SO THERE'S UM, ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED BAG. THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAIL THAT, UM E THROUGHOUT THE METRIC THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS IT SHOWS OUR FLOOD RISK IN THE AREA AND THIS IS REALLY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UM 10 MILE CREEK. AND THEN THE TRINITY RIVER COMING IN. AND SO, UM THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE INLAND COURT AREA THAT ALSO SHOWS THE AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER CALLED THE H 10 AREA THAT'S SHOWN IN RED. AND THAT INCLUDES DUNCANVILLE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO EDIT IT. I'M SORRY. EXPAND OUR STUDY A LITTLE BIT.

TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN, UH, FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD OUR OUR HUDSON AREA, WHICH INCLUDED, UM DUNCANVILLE, CEDARVILLE, C CEDAR HILL IN DESOTO TO THE WEST AND THEN TO THE EAST. UM SEVILLE, COMBINE AND MESQUITE INBOX SPRINGS. OK SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDY. THESE ARE OUR

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AND EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE HAVE A TASK FORCE MEETING. AND SO JACKIE FROM DUNCANVILLE, YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, COMES AND MEETS WITH US ON, UM THURSDAY, THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. I BELIEVE AND THEN WE ALSO INVITE THESE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TOO, BECAUSE WE CONSIDER THEM TO BE OUR PARTNERS AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT. SO WE HAVE UM PEOPLE FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT ATTEND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. UH, THAT WE HONORED TODAY. OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THEN TEXT DO IN THE TR, A SO WHY IS THIS PROJECT IMPORTANT? WELL THE PURPOSE OF OUR FLOOD STUDY IS TO MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF LIFE. LOTS OF PROPERTY. WE WANNA DETERMINE AN APPROACH TO MINIMIZE FLOODING, AND WE WANNA SUBMIT PROJECTS TO THE STATE.

FOR FUNDING. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE KEY REASON HERE IS THAT WE WANNA IDENTIFY RD AND QUALIFIED PROJECTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE TEXAS STATE FLOOD PLAN. AND THEN ON AUGUST 22ND OF 2022.

WE TESTED A LOT OF THESE SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE HAD THE SECOND MOST RAINFALL. EVENT IN 24 HOURS, AND SO YOU MIGHT YOU CALL THAT AND YOUR HAS PROBABLY IMPACTED BY THAT EVENT, AND JARED IS GONNA SHOW SOME SOME AREAS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, WHERE WE HAVE THOSE SO AGAIN. THIS IS OUR, UM H 10 AREA THAT I TALKED ABOUT SHOWN IN BLUE, AND IT INCREASED OUR STUDY AREA TO 230 SQUARE MILES, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE END ONE COR SO THIS IS REALLY, UM IN THIS PRESENTATION TO JUST BRING EXTRA AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE, UH, DOING MODELS. UM, COMMISSIONER PRICE HAD MENTIONED THAT THE 10 MILE CREEK HAD NOT BEEN STUDIED SINCE THE LATE SEVENTIES. AND UM, A PM AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, JARED WITH HALF ASSOCIATES. IS STUDYING 10 MILE CREEK, AND WE CAN WE ARE UPDATING THOSE MODELS AND WE'RE DETERMINING WHERE THE FLOOD RISK IS AND IDENTIFYING PROJECTS WHERE STRUCTURES AND, UM ROADS CAN BE LIFTED OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN OR FLOOD RISK AREAS. SO UM, THERE'S SOME TERMINOLOGY THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR US TALK ABOUT AND UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FMEF MP S. BLOOD RISK AND FLOOD PLAIN, BUT THE E IS A FLOOD MITIGATION EVALUATION. UM F MP IS A FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S JUST LINGO THAT THE, UM TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LIKES TO USE AND THEN RON'S GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT FREE BOARD IS. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE OR OR ANOTHER STRUCTURE. SO THIS IS OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE RON USUALLY COMES IN, RIGHT? PROBABLY GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION 10 TIMES DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF IT AS SO, UH, I WANNA REPEAT, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT STUDY. IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE STATE AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PROJECTS THAT CAN BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE. UM, LIKE YOU SAID, I'M RON O'CONNELL. I'M WITH A PM AND ASSOCIATES AND I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CONSULTING TEAM. UH, WE'VE TEAMED WITH WHEN I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE UH, SOME OF IF NOT THE BEST HYDRAULICS FIRMS IN THE METROPLEX AND JARED OVER ME IS WITH HALF AND HALF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK ASSOCIATED WITH 10 MILE CREEK, AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE'S LOOKING AT IN DUNCANVILLE. WE GO FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING SO IN THE HUG 10 AREA, IT'S REALLY A HYDRAULIC STUDY LOOKING AT THE CREEKS, BUT INITIALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT 10 MILE AND TRINITY RIVER. WE DISCOVERED IS WE WERE GATHERING ALL THE MODELS UP FROM EVERYWHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT A NEW, EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR THE TRINITY RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BE PUT OUT SO THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED NOT JUST AT THIS PART BUT FOR THE TRINITY RIVER, SO WE WEREN'T REALLY NEEDING TO REMODEL THAT. UM 10 MILE DID NEED TO BE MODELED. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE MODIFIED OUR

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IF YOU GO BACK TO THESE, YOU CAN SEE THE RED ONES IN THE INLAND PORT WERE MISSING. THAT'S COTTONWOOD CREEK. RAWLINS CREEK, AND SO WE MODIFIED THIS POINT OUT IN THE REPORT IS ACTUALLY THE PURPLE IT GOES STRAIGHT UP, 35. THEY HAVE A LITTLE POINT. THAT'S THE KIND OF SHOW I JUST WONDER. RIGHT HERE. IT GOES ACROSS LOOP 12, AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN THE TRINITY TO THE BOTTOM AT THE AND THEN COME STRAIGHT ACROSS. WE GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF FRIS IN THERE, BUT IT'S LIKE 35, THE TRINITY RIVER LOOP 12 AND THEN THE COUNTY DRIVE KIND OF DEFINES THE THANK YOU.

THAT SO IN THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE MAJOR CREEKS AND THEN IN THE IMPORT PROPER, IN ADDITION TO THE CREEKS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE STORM. WATER PIPING SO ALL THE PIPE THE MAJOR TRUNK LINES, 24 INCHES AND LARGER, NOT THE LITTLE STUFF, BUT ONE BIG STUFF. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE DOING IS LIKE THE NEW WORD IS FLOOD RISK. SO WE'RE MAPPING THE FLOOD RISK WHAT IT IS NOW WE'RE UPDATING ALL THE MODELS. AND THEN WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? IF WE DID THESE IMPROVEMENTS? IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE REVIEWED ALL THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN BOTH THE INMAN PORT AND THE HAWK. AND AT THE END, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RECOMMEND WHAT MAKES THE BEST SENSE GOING FORWARD TO ANALYZE ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE BIG DEAL IS TO FIND PROJECTS. OK? WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THE EXISTING MODELS FOR ALL THE NEW STUFF, AND ALL THE EXISTING CREEKS IS ALL DONE. WE'RE KIND OF IN WHAT I WHAT I CALL THE CRITICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT PROJECTS LOOK AT THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA SCORE WELL FOR THE STATE. AND THEN START EVALUATING THOSE PUT THOSE IN THE MODEL AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. UM, WE'RE DEVELOPING A PLANNING LEVEL SET OF PLANS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO A PRETTY SERIOUS, PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE STATE. WE HAVE TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE ALL RIGHT. SO HERE HERE IS THE FLOODPLAIN STATE IS LOOKING FOR. HOW MUCH LAND ARE YOU TAKING OUT OF THE FLOOD RISK? HOW MANY STRUCTURES CRITICAL FACILITIES, POLICE SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND THEN HOW MUCH ROAD CAN YOU GET THERE SO PEOPLE CAN GET BACK AND FORTH WHEN IT'S FLOODING. THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR THIS TEAM VERSUS A NORMAL PROJECT IS THAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING THIS NO IMPACT. AND SO TO DO THAT THERE'S NO WE GOTTA WATCH THE VELOCITIES. WE GOTTA WATCH OUR VALLEY STORAGE AND WE GOT TO WATCH OUR WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. THIS WAS HIS FIRST PASS AT THIS. AND JUST TO DO THE UH, STORAGE AREA THAT'S LIKE 80 ACRE FEET. THEY'RE SELLING THAT THAT LAND UP THERE AT $5, A SQUARE FOOT AND WORK TOO GOOD, SO HE'S GONE BACK AND REVISED THAT BUT THOSE ARE THE ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THESE TEAMS THIS TEAM IS COMING UP WITH, AS IT MOVES FORWARD. ALL THE INFORMATION IS UP ON A PROJECT SHAREPOINT SITE.

EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS ACCESS TO IT. IS THE CONSULTANTS HAVE A FOLDER STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN IN THE PROJECT INFORMATION. THESE ARE ALL THE SUB FOLDERS, ALL THE GIS ALL THE MODELS ALL THE EVALUATIONS. EVERYTHING'S UP THERE, AND EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THIS. SO HOW ARE WE APPROACHING THIS? HOW ARE WE TACKLING THIS JOB? WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. THE STUDY. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BY BASIN, STRANGE FACES AND SO ON THE NORTH. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIVE MILE BASIN.

ON THE SOUTH. IS THE 10 MILE BASIN. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COTTONWOOD CREEK BASIN, WHICH INCLUDES THE LITTLE CREEKS. AND SO IT'S REALLY THE WILMER HUTCHINS SPACE. TALK ABOUT FIVE MILE. UM IT'S 17 MILES LONG. IT DRAINS 60. 0.8 SQUARE MILES OF WATERSHED, AND THERE'S ALMOST SIX SQUARE MILES OF ADDED FLOOD RISK. TO HOW WE DOING IT SO YOU HEARD MELISSA TALK ABOUT THE SD CIA. YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING. THEY LOOKED AT THE ROADS. THEY LOOKED AT WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES FOR WHAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED, BUT THEY LOOKED AT STORM SEWERS. SO WE STARTED THERE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LOOKED AT THESE AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT MAY SCORE WELL WITH THE STATE. SO GIVEN THAT WE STARTED WITH 16 AS A PRELIMINARY PROJECTS TO LOOK AT. SO THE FIRST CUT AND YOU HEARD WAS TO TALK ABOUT FREE BOARD IS WHAT ARE OVER TOP OR THREAT, WHICH ONES DON'T MEET THE FREE BOARD, AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THERE IN OUR 100 YEAR STORM. THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION HAS TO BE 2 FT. BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THAT BRIDGE. BASED OFF OF THAT. DROP IT DOWN TO THESE SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT SA THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE AND TRACY

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SO HERE IN TRACY R. WE'RE PUTTING IN A NEW 60 FT BRIDGE, AND WE'RE PUTTING A NEW BOX COVER DOWN AT SIMPSON. IT TAKES OUT 26 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF FLOOD. IT TAKES 1650 ROADS, FOOT OF ROAD OUT AND SIX STRUCTURES, ONE OF THEM CRITICAL. THIS PROJECT. WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, INLAND PORT STAKEHOLDERS WITH BENTLEY. AND BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN DALLAS IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO THE TRAIN EACH DIVIDE ADJACENT TO THIS ONE. SO WE TRY TO GET ALL THAT COORDINATE TOGETHER. THEY'VE ACTUALLY ADDED THIS AS A PROJECT ON THEIR NEEDS LIST, SO DALLAS IS LOOKING TO DO THIS PROJECT.

RIGHT? 10 MILE CREEK. UH, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA LET UH, MR JARED COME UP AND TALK ABOUT HIS WORK. IT'S RON. UM AS RON MENTIONED 10 MILE CREEK HADN'T BEEN STUDYING IN ITS ENTIRETY SINCE. SEVENTIES UH, DUNCANVILLE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE THAN THAT. YOU GUYS DID A FLOOD PLANE MANAGEMENT PLAN, I THINK IN 1986 ISH. AND SO, UM, THAT WAS JUST FOR THE SMALL PORTION OF 10 MILES THROUGH DUNCANVILLE AND SOME OF ITS TRIBUTARIES AS WELL. BUT FOR THIS STUDY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 28.5 MILES FOR ALL THE WAY FROM THE HEADWATERS DOWN TO ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE TRINITY RIVER. IT'S GOT 78 SQUARE MILES OF WATERSHED 49 TRIBUTARIES, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ALL 49. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAIN STEM ONLY AND THEN SOME OTHER TRIBUTARIES IN DE SOTO AS WELL. SIX SQUARE MILES OF FLOOD RISK 32 BRIDGE CROSSINGS AND TWO CULVER CROSSINGS. TO BE UM, SO WE'VE GOT OUR WE'VE FINISHED OUR PRELIMINARY RUN OF THIS. WE'VE GOT OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STRAIN.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT UPDATED FLOODPLAIN MAPS AND FLOOD RISK. FOR WHAT? WE'RE STAYING AWAY FROM FLOODPLAIN BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT REGULATORY MAPS. THESE AREN'T GOING TO FEMA. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WITH ULTIMATE CONDITIONS. SO WE'RE SAYING THIS IS BUILT OUT WATERSHED. THIS IS WHAT THE MAXIMUM RISK COULD BE UM, SO WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE. WE'VE LOOKED AT AREAS THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD MATCH THAT CRITERIA. THAT REALLY STRICT CRITERIA THAT RON WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NO DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS THE NO UPSTREAM IMPACTS THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION IMPACTS, NO VELOCITY IMPACTS, AND THAT REALLY PUTS US IN A BOX OF WHAT WE CAN DO. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT IMAGE THAT LISA SHOWED THIS AREA IS DEVELOPING LIKE CRAZY. DUNCANVILLE IS PRETTY MUCH DEVELOPED OUT. YOU'VE GOT SOME LAND ALONG THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT THAT'S CONSERVED LAND, SO WE CAN'T USE THAT. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE BENCHING THAT OUT. YOU GUYS WANNA USE THAT FOR PARKS AND TRAILS AND UM AND FOR OTHER AMENITIES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO? SO IN DUNCANVILLE. WE'RE KIND OF HEMP IN WITH THAT, BUT WE DID FIND THAT ONE AREA UP HERE WITH TWO CULVERT CROSSINGS. THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH AND IT'S NOT REALLY GONNA HELP. FLOOD RISK REDUCTION TO HOMES. WHAT TWO OVER TOP ROADS. WE'VE GOT ONE AT BEAVER CREEK DRIVE HERE IN BRIAR HILL CIRCLE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CONSIDER THE 100 YEAR. FLOOD RISK, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT. UM THAT 1% CHANCE OF THIS FLOODING.

IN AUGUST. 2022 YOU GUYS GOT SOMETHING AROUND IT? BETWEEN A 500 1000 YEAR EVENT. SO JUST FOR THE 100 YEAR EVENT, WHICH IS THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING FOR THIS EACH OF THESE ROADS ARE OVER, TOPPED BY ABOUT A FOOT. NOW YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODPLAINS PRETTY NARROW THROUGH HERE.

WE'VE GOT ALL OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE HIGHLIGHTED. AND BECAUSE THESE TWO ROADS ARE THE ONLY ACCESS TO THAT. SO IF YOU GET A MAJOR STORM EVENT SOMETHING LIKE AUGUST 2022. EMERGENCY SERVICES CANNOT HELP. THIS AREA. YOU KNOW ANY CRIME THAT HAPPENS? SOMEBODY HAS A HEART ATTACK. THESE ROADS WOULD BE IMPASSABLE OR DANGEROUS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET TO. SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT KIND OF DOESN'T FIT WITHIN. UM THE OVERALL GOAL OF WHAT TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS DOING, WHICH IS REDUCING FLOOD RISK TO HOMES PROPERTIES. BUT IT DOES HELP IN A SENSE THAT IT DOES RELIEVE SOME HAZARD TO THESE PEOPLE DURING A MAJOR EVENT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND WE THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY, UH, PRETTY GOOD PROJECT. UM BECAUSE IT'S 92 STRUCTURES. 92 HOMES THERE. AND UM, ACTUALLY 753 FT OF ROAD THAT'S FLOODED, SO THAT'S QUITE A BIT. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER ON. ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND IS YOU HEARD US TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE UPDATING THESE MODELS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE USING. WE'VE DONE SOME SURVEY AT SOME OF THE CROSSING. AN UPDATED LIDAR SURVEY OF THE LAND. WELL, HERE'S A PROJECT. HERE'S A CREEK. IT'S A AT THE NORTHERN END OF LANCASTER. AND JUST BY UPDATING THE MODEL BECAUSE THE HASH LINES ARE THE CURRENT. IT'S CALLED EFFECTIVE. THE CURRENT

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UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AS PART OF OUR SCOPE AND REQUIREMENT WAS THE VALIDATE OUR MODELS, BUT WE DID FLOW DATA. WE ACTUALLY PUT FLOW METERS OUT ON THOSE THREE CREEKS, COTTONWOOD 10, MILE AND HUTCHINS. I ROLLINS THE THREE ONES THAT WE'RE DOING FOR MODELS ON AND THEN IN THAT ONE OF THE BIG STORMS AT 10 MILES, THAT LITTLE PICTURE IN THE CORNER. THAT UH, FLOW METER GOT HIT BY THAT DEBRIS, AND THAT YOUNG MAN FOUND IT ABOUT TWO MILES DOWNSTREAM. SO WHERE ARE WE AT ON OUR SCHEDULE? I'VE KIND OF, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT'S KIND OF GRAYED OUT THE STUFF I THOUGHT SILLY SAYING THAT WE DID OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TWO YEARS AGO. WE'VE DONE THAT ALL OF OUR DATA. WE PRETTY MUCH GOT ALL OUR DATA, OUR SURVEY EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE STUFF IN THE FOR MODELING WEARING CRITICAL NEEDS. YOU'VE SEEN THE YOU'VE SEEN THE GRAPHICS TODAY. WE'RE LOOKING YES. OUR PRELIMINARY STUDY IS DUE TO THE COUNTY AND STATE IN THIS FALL OCTOBER. WE'LL DO OUR THIRD AND FINAL PUBLIC MEETING IN THE WINTER. AND THEN THE FINAL STUDY IS DUE AT THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR. AND WITH THAT THERE. OK? I'M BACK. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WELL WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOP DRAINAGE EVALUATIONS FOR PRIORITY PROJECTS LIKE RON STATED. AND, UM, THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOOD CURATED PROJECTS. AS I LIKE TO SAY, AND DEVELOP THOSE COST BENEFIT RATIOS THAT MEET THIS TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S CRITERIA. UM WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE FOR OUR PROJECT. UM AND WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, SO WE CERTAINLY WOULD INVITE YOU TO UM, COME TO THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE THEM. THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL HAVE WILL BE.

AND THE WINTER. IS WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. AND THEN I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. UM BACK IN 2019. THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WAS CONCEIVED. IT WAS KIND OF AN ANSWER TO UM, NOW IN TEXAS IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. BACK IN 2010 TO ABOUT 2014. WE WERE IN A DROUGHT. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WATER RESTRICTIONS. AND THEN IN 2015, WE STARTED SEEING A LOT OF FLOODS. SAME WITH 20. 16 AND THEN IN 2017. WE HAD HURRICANE HARVEY. AND SO THE NEXT TIME THE LEGISLATURE MET THEY, UM, ASSIGNED THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. AND, UM SHIFTED FUNDING FROM RAINY DAY FUND. TO THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, AND SO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER GOING TO THE BALLOT BOX IN NOVEMBER. 2019 AND VOTING FOR THE LEGALIST.

PROPOSITION EIGHT. UM TO FUND THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. SO, UM THE FLOOD AND WITH THAT.

THE STATE FLOOD PLAN WAS ALSO BORN. AND THAT WAS, UM MODEL AFTER THE STATE WATER PLANT. AND SO I'M ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE UM, REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP. AND I KNOW JARRETT IS WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM. THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER. BUT, UM THAT DOCUMENT IS WHAT IDENTIFIES THE PROJECTS. SO, UM AND THEN THROUGH THAT FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND IS HOW WE OBTAIN OUR FUNDING. FOR IN THIS PROJECT. SO, UM JUST THIS. PAST YEAR SENATE BILL 30 ASSIGNED AN ADDITIONAL 624 MILLION TO ONE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UM REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUPS. THE 15 REGIONS THAT TEXAS WAS DIVIDED INTO AND HOW WE ALL CAME UP WITH ONE STATE FLOOD PLAN. AND SO WE'RE IN THE TRINITY REGION, WHICH IS REGION THREE. SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE STATES FLOOD PLAN AND, UH WE'RE JUST AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT IN

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SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT RON ALLUDED TO IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LIKES TO HAVE SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS A MULTI YEAR PROJECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FIND OUT NOW THE POPULATION THAT'S AT RISK, AND HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE THEY? MOVING FROM FROM FLOOD RISK. AND JUST ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS HELPS IDENTIFY THOSE GOOD PROJECTS. AND ON THAT STATE. UM THAT FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WHERE THE 624 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. 375 IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR. UM THEY HAD, UM, AN INVITATION TO APPLY. UM, THAT GOES ON UNTIL APRIL, 15TH. AND UM THEY'LL BE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS FOR THE 325 MILLION. THAT'S ON THAT. ONE OR 375 MILLION. AND THEN PROBABLY THE NEXT YEAR. IN 2026, 27 OR 2526. THEY'LL RELEASE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IT FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS. MR MAYOR. LET ME JUST SAY THAT. THESE DOLLARS NEVER WERE INTENDED FOR TO COME THIS FAR. THIS WAS BASICALLY ABOUT THE COAST. PROPOSITION MADE WAS PRIMARILY POSTAL AREA AND TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THE FLOODS AND ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THAT AREA. STAFF WAS EXTREMELY ASTUTE. AS WE BEGAN TO SEE WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, AND AS SUCH, UH, WE WENT AFTER THE MONEY. THE SHEPHERD. AND OF COURSE, UH, DIRECTOR AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT JACKIE. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS SHE'S DONE. SHE'S ATTENDED. ALL OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH OUR OTHER CITIES ARE ALWAYS BEING THERE AND REPRESENTING DANVILLE. BUT THEY NEVER INTENDED FOR THAT THOSE DOLLARS TO COME INTO THIS REGION. AND, UM COURT WE WERE ABLE TO. I WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THE COURT THAT WE NEEDED TO GO AFTER THOSE DOLLARS. TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $7 MILLION. WHICH HAS MADE THIS THIS PROJECT. UH, A V.

AND SO WHILE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT. THE DETAILS. THAT, UH, LISA AND RON TALK ABOUT THIS IS JUST AN IMPERATIVE AS WE CONTINUE. TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING THIS AREA. LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, IS THAT TWO COURTS AGO I CREATED WHAT WAS CALLED THE LGT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. AND IT WAS PRIMARILY ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE INLAND PORT. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THOSE OF US IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE. THERE ARE 690 MILLION THAT'S AVAILABLE. FOR INLAND POETS. TOP 10 CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. ONLY TWO ARE NOT A BUTTRESSING BASICALLY WATERWAYS. DALLAS IS NUMBER FOUR. ATLANTA IS NUMBER EIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS AREA AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SHE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TRAIN OF SOLAR AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THEY'RE THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD NEVER HAD LEFT, UH, KOREA. UNTIL THIS YEAR. THEY'RE NOW IN WILMER FIRST PHASE. 1500 JOBS. AS A RESULT OF THEM COMING IN AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT. UM AND MESQUITE. UH, WE NOW HAVE CANADIAN. SO ANOTHER 1500 JOBS, AND SO WHAT? WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE WITH THIS COLLABORATION AROUND WHAT'S GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SPEAK. ONE BOY AND ELIGIBLE TO GO AFTER THOSE DOCTORS THAT WILL IMPACT.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SURE. YEAH. FIRST IS THE JACKIE FOR PARTICIPATING IN BRINGING US INTO THE AND MY SEAT ON THE RTC REPRESENTS SEVEN CITIES, WHICH INCLUDES WILBUR HUTCHINS AT HOME

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I KNOW IT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA FLOW DOWNHILL, BUT IS THAT I INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, SO THE FLOODING THAT WE ARE. LOOKING TO AVOID HERE IN OUR CITY. IS IT GOING TO BE? AFFECTING FOR WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN LIKE WILBUR HUDSON'S 45 AND 35 AND ALL THAT CONCRETE GOING DOWN. ARE WE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF WITH WHAT RON DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF WHAT BE SEEING HERE FOR OUR HOMES COMING OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE MAYBE ASSOCIATED! BUT ANY TIME YOU TALK ABOUT WATER, I THINK ABOUT T CE Q. AND ANY TIME WE HAVE A FLOOD OR A SEWER OVERFLOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THIS RAIN, AND WE HAVE, WE'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT A CITY, LETTING T CE Q KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A PLAN AND BUT WE WERE WE CATEGORIZE IT. WE DOCUMENT IT.

WE LET THEM KNOW. SO THINKING ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY. OUR ABILITY TO NOT HAVE ANY FLOODING. AS A RESULT OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO. IS IT GOING TO MITIGATE ANY OF OUR SEWER OVERFUNDING SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH TCQ. IF THAT'S WHAT, REALLY AN OUTLIER QUESTION SAY. THAT'S FINE FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT WE'VE HAD. YOU KNOW, JACKIE. EVERY TIME WE HAVE SOME A SUIT OVER P AS A RESULT OF THESE HEAVY RAINS, IT COMES INTO PLAY, SO THINKING ABOUT HOMES THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT OF FRONT PLANE. THESE PROJECTS ARE RUN EXPLAINED TO US CAN BE A REAL STRONG ADVANTAGE TO NOT JUST THE FLOODING. AND OUR OUR WATERSHED. TO BE JUMPING. YES. COME ON. LET'S START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, THE PERMEABLE SURFACES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. YOU ACTUALLY SCORE BETTER ON THESE PROJECTS.

IF YOU USE SOMETHING GREEN, SO THE WHOLE TEAM IS LOOKING GREEN THE WHOLE TIME. NOW IN WILBUR AND HUTCHINS SAYS THEY'RE BUILDING ALL THAT CONCRETE. YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THOSE CITIES REQUIRE THEM TO DO THAT STORM WATER DETENTION. HOW MUCH OF Y'ALL COULD DO? SO THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE NO CHANGE FROM WHAT IT IS NOW BY STORING THE WATER AND DUMPING IT IN SLOWLY.

SO THOSE TWO THINGS COULD KIND OF HELP OUT. AS FAR AS THE CITY OF DUNKER BUILT YOU SAW ON ON, UH, JARED'S MAP, RIGHT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE OR SIX LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM FROM HERE, SO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO? DOWNSTREAM IS GONNA HELP UPSTREAM, RIGHT? SO WE ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING. AS IT GOES DOWN, IT WILL HELP THE WHOLE SYSTEM MIGHT IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, AT LEAST UP TO A CERTAIN POINT RIGHT NOW. YOU GUYS ARE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING. YOU'RE NOT GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOUSES FLOODED. AND THEN THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SEWER? YEAH WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE STREET IN THE STREET DOESN'T GET FLOODED, AND IT'S NOT EVER NOTHING. YOU SAYING IT SHOULD. IT SHOULD CERTAINLY HELP. YES, I WOULD THINK SO. RIGHT, OK. AND HAVE YOU GOT JACKIE? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY TO SAY SOMETHING. RUNS ADDRESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYOR, UH I WAS GONNA ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATING THE FLU. THE FLOODING WILL ALSO UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, UM SS OS. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO CREATE UH, WETLANDS. A BIO SWELLS ANY GREENERY TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE F. THAT'S ALL THE GREEN STUFF. RIGHT SO OUR TEAM ALL OUR TEAM WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT STUFF, AND I THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GOT THAT THEY'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FIRST? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. BUT ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.

EVERYTHING STILL PRELIMINARY, AND LIKE I SAID, WE SCORE HIGHER IF WE DO SOMETHING GREEN, SO I'M ALWAYS KIND OF PUSHING THE THEME WHEN WE'RE TALKING AND WORKING GROUP, RIGHT, LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU MAY HAVE AN A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT STUFF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THOSE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS. STUFF LIKE THAT. RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING? WORK IN THE CHANNEL PROPER BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES WE'RE NOT JUST DOING CULVERTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE

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THERE THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T THINK WE WANNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY GONNA MESS IT UP. FROM WHAT IT ALREADY IS, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY PRETTY ALL THAT'S REALLY PRETTY RIGHT. SO, UM I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANOTHER QUESTION. IT'S YOU IDENTIFY THE ONE AREA AND POSSIBLE TWO. IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD? I DIDN'T MISUNDERSTOOD. IS THAT THERE'S THOSE TWO STREETS, TWO STREETS AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT FOR THAT SUBDIVISION. RIGHT SO THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF NAILED THAT IN DOWN THAT WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SCORE. RIGHT NOW, DON'T ME WRONG. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOUR STUFF AND SAY THIS DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T WORK. OK, RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA LET YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE FORWARD AND WHO ANALYZED SOME OF THE BAD ONES, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO CALL IN HERE, BUT AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO SCORE WELL REALLY TAKING A CERTAIN LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED WITH 16. WE WENT TO SEVEN AND REALLY OUT OF THOSE SEVEN. THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY TWO OR THREE OR FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GO THROUGH, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK. YES, I UNDERSTAND. I WORK IN STORMWATER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND I UNDERSTAND SO YOU YEAH, SO IT'S A LOT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK FILLED OUT ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION AND GET ALL THOSE. YOU GOTTA GET THE COST OF THE BUILDING. YOU'RE GONNA GET THE COST OF ALL THAT STUFF AND THEN COME UP WITH THIS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. SO WE WANNA TRY TO GET PROJECTS. I THINK C A IS THE RIGHT WORD. WE WANT TO GET PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA GET FUNDED. RIGHT. WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, BUT REALLY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THIS LIST ARE ONES THAT THE STATE ARE GONNA SCORE WELL AND SAY, HEY, COME GET SOME MONEY.

RIGHT I UNDERSTAND. I WAS ASKING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A AGING INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. IN THE CITY, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, UM, OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR AS MANY OF THEM AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BUT THE NEXT TIME IT GOES AROUND, YOU MAY WANNA APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE EVALUATIONS FOR THE CITY AND LOOK AT THE STORE AND SELL THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY START TALKING ABOUT IF YOU THEY THEY GIVE 75% OF MONEY. AT LEAST MENTIONED THE CAR. WHAT PIECE OF THE LIKE I SAID, I'M ON RT C, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION. WHAT PIECE OF THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN THIS WELL, THE COG IS ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE INVITE THEM TO OUR MEETINGS, AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE TRINITY. COMMON VISION PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, HELPS WITH DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER, WHERE ALL OF THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS AND THAT ARE A LONG THE TRINITY RIVER ALL THE WAY FROM FORT WORTH TO DALLAS. LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S, UH, PERMITS AND HAVE THE CORE REVIEW. AND LISTEN IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW WITH YOU IS MICHAEL MORSE. AND THEN, UH, THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP. OH, OK. I WAS WONDERING WHAT SILOS BUT WHAT PORTION OF THE RT C CAR THIS PIECE AND I'M SURE BUS INTERFACE WITH THE RT C AND SUBWAY, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION OF ABOUT 35 TO 45. IT IS NOT AND NOT NOT, IN FACT THAT EVERYTHING IS THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP. I HAVE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON LUKE NOT AND I TALKED TO CAESAR. CLEM CAESAR CLEMENS ABOUT THAT, OR ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE GET TO WATCH. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK WITH COMMISSIONER PRICE. BUT NETCO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE IMPORTANT RIGHT. FOR US TO REMEMBER THE FIVE PEOPLE WE LOST ON DANIEL DI WHEN THAT 10 MILE FLOOD AT THAT TIME, MR FINN CANNON, MR FINN CANNON. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN SESSION FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. LIVES LOST ON F ROADWAY. AND MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY ON APRIL THE 18TH SOUTHEAST AREA TRANSPORTATION LIFE, UH, THE SEAT OF YOU. PART OF BUT, UH, APRIL 19TH WILL BE CEDAR VALLEY

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EXCEPT FOR MAYBE I HAVE EXPERTISE. I JUST KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS ENOUGH, BUT WE'RE BUT WE'RE ALL CONNECTED. ALTHOUGH WE SAW IN BALTIMORE PLAQUE OF MINES IS WHAT WE HISTORICALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. WHAT'S GOING ON IN LONG BEACH. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BALTIMORE JUST REMINDED US WHAT HAPPENS WITH SUPPLY CHAINS AND WHOLE MARITIME PIECE. WE'RE GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT, EVEN AT THE SYMPOSIUM, UM BECAUSE TEXTILE YOU TALK ABOUT SEASON. UH THE LADY. UH, MILES THE PRESENT PRESENTED TO US THE DISTRICT THREE SHE IS GOING TO PRESENT AMAZED, CURLY MAZE. SHE IS GOING TO PRESENT AT THE SYMPOSIUM. TALK ABOUT AS YOU SAY ALL THE INTERCONNECTIVITY, UH, WITH REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION. ON THIS, RICHARD THANK THANK YOU ALL FOR POSTING. HONORED TO HAVE YOU WITH US COMMISSIONER FOR ALL OF YOUR STAFF IN ME FOR VERY EDUCATIONAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR I LIKE TO THANK YOU. YEAH. UM WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BALANCE LET ME MHM. CLASS. SO. SO NOW THE SHE IS. I TALKED TO HER TODAY. MHM, SO I USED TO WORK WITH THE PARK. I KNOW THAT'S WHY I KNOW OK? THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH, JACK, OK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CONTINUING ON WE WERE ON THE CASSETTE ITEMS. UH FOR CITY MANAGER FINCH. I THINK, UM WHAT? FOUR C FOUR C COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT AND CHASE.

HI, CHIEF. SHARE WITH YOU IS, UH, FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE, UH CHIEFS CHASES, UH, EXPERTISE SORT OF 31 YEARS. LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, STARTING OUT ORIGINALLY AS A UM, PARAMEDIC, A DRIVER, OPERATOR PUMP INSTRUCTOR AND THE FIRE OFFICER, INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER AND COMMANDER. AS FIRE INSPECTOR THAT BECAME A MASTER FIREFIGHTER AND CONFIDENCE. WE HAVE FORWARD.

I'VE BEEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS. AND I PRESUME, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF CHASE AGREES WITH HE SAID.

YES TO ME. I MAY HAVE BEEN TAR. I WONDER IF YOU DID IT IN THE BACK ROOM OR SOMETHING, BUT WE GET CONSENT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE OK, THANK YOU, SIR. ALL UH, FOUR. D CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CENTER CITY OF CEDAR HILL, M DE SOTO, LANCASTER AND DUNCANVILLE, THE PARTNER AND BEST SOUTHWEST EXPANSION HERITAGE CELEBRATION.

AND UH, PARKS DIRECTOR STEVENSON IS WE WERE BRIEFED ON THIS LAST WE WERE BRIEFED LAST TIME AND I

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AND WE CITY MANAGER HAS GOT TO GO. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED ON THE BRIEFING YET. SO LOOKING AT THE BRIEFINGS. I DON'T YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO MR FINCH EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW? IS THERE ANY PIECES THAT WE CAN DELAY IN TERMS OF TIME. LOOKING AT THE BUT I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR Y'ALL TO SPEAK FOR Y'ALL, BUT WE CAN GET THE BRIEFINGS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS AHEAD OF US. UM YEAH. AND I HAVE QUESTIONS. YEAH, SO IT IT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS TRY. JUST PUT THIS IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES. WHAT DO WE NEED? CITY MANAGER FINCH TO COVER EXCEPT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CONCEPT. AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF THE BRIEFINGS? HAVE TO MAYBE. AFTER THE END OF THE MEETING, OR DO WE DISPENSE WITH THEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE? ON THE 16TH OF APRIL. SO JUST OPENED THAT FOR SOME FOR SOME DISCUSSION, MR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE DO THAT WITHOUT OK? HAVE OUR CALL FOR A PARTNER THAT'S ACTUALLY HAVING TO COME IN, BE IT. SO THEY WERE THEMES OR WHATEVER WHATEVER WE HAVE. IS HE READY AND YES. YES, YES. SO THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY TO GET THAT ONE DONE. WHATEVER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEMS FOR I AND FOUR J. AND WE COULD JUST MOVE THOSE TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. WOULD BE FINE THAT GIVE US YEAH. THAT CITY SECRETARY, MR FINCH HELP ME. SITS NEXT TO ME, SO RIGHT OVER INJ. TWO INDIVIDUAL. YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONVERSATION. I CAN USE IT INDIVIDUAL SO WE CAN. IS THERE A QUESTION ON AUTO ME? WANT TO MOVE THAT ONE TO THIS ALSO SO WE CAN HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS IT, OK? SO ANY OTHER ITEMS CAN SET ITEMS THAT WE USE. UP TO WOW. WE'VE ONLY GOT, LIKE, SIX MINUTES. WHAT ABOUT ACTIVIST, A UM CAN THAT BE DONE IN SIX MINUTES OR SO? IF NOT, WE'LL JUST KIND OF DO IT. AND IF WE RUN OVER SEVEN, WE'RE JUST GONNA RUN OVER SEVEN. IT'S PROBABLY THAT IMPORTANT. OR NOT READ IT THAT WAY. I'M NOT SURE I'M I'M THINKING, MAYBE 10 MINUTES. PRESENTATION WILL BE LET'S ROLL WITH THAT, THEN LET'S LET'S IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE TWO ITEM K. YEAH. ALL THAT UP, MR JACKSON. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO GET HIM ONLINE. WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BRIEFINGS. UH, THE SWAG BRIEFING I THINK IS KIND OF IMPORTANT FROM THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN HAVING. UH, MY THE OFFICIAL CRETIC RECOGNITION IS MY ISSUE. I CAN DISCUSS IT AND PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX MINUTES, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. OR SOMETHING COMING UP. UM MATTER OF POLICE OFFICER BONUS PAY. YES. DISCUSS THAT ONE. AND BRIEFING ON THE PURCHASE OF THE FOUR BY FOUR BRUSH FIGHTER. IT'S A IT'S A BIG DOLLAR. IT'S A BIG DOLLAR BUY. WE CAN GO WITH THAT. BRIEFING IT, OK, HERE'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA LOOK WE TAKE ALL OF THESE BRIEFINGS. MOVE TO THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION. OK? BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DISPATCH WITH ANY OF THEM. I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT ENOUGH. SO WE REMOVE? WHAT WAS IT? JEREMY EEINJ. TO INDIVIDUAL CONSENT. YOU. EINJ

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SOUNDING OUT THERE, RIGHT? IT'S ONE OF THE OH, SO WE HAVE THAT. WE'RE GONNA GO TO FOUR K RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT? I'M LOOKING. I'M JUST MAKING MY NOTES. IJ. THEY'RE GONNA GO TO INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL FIRE AROUND FIVE. YEAH, THAT'S IT, SO ANY ANY BECOMES HE BECOMES, HE BECOMES FIVE F. I BECOME I. MY MIND. PJ BECOMES 50. I NO, OK. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY TO GO? YES. RIGHT? SORT OF AN JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS. THIS IS REGARDING THE REPORT OF MCCONNELL JONES. UH, CFO JACKSON IS HERE. BUT I THINK THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR THEY HAVE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR, UH WELL, I.

I THINK HE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH HIS PRESENT. SO THANKS. AND THANK YOU, CHUCK FOR BEING HERE, MR. COS WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. TRAFFIC FOR HERE, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. ALL UH, APPRECIATE THE TIME. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A ACTION PACKED SCHEDULE, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THESE, UH QUICKLY. THESE ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL SLIDES TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON MARCH 18TH TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. BASICALLY UM THERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE AC FOR DOCUMENT ITSELF.

UH, THE CITY'S BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIALS THE FUN FINANCIALS, THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS AND THE NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THESE ARE ARE WHAT WE AUDIT ESSENTIALLY AND PUTTING AN OPINION ON THERE'S ALSO SOME SECTIONS WITHIN THE ACT FOR DOCUMENT, UH, ITSELF, WHICH WILL REMAIN UNAUDITED. WE PERFORM CERTAIN LIMITED AUDIT PROCEDURES. OVER THESE ITEMS. UM THINGS LIKE THE M DNA, UH, THE RSI SCHEDULES.

AND INFORMATION IN THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL, UH, FOR GENERAL FUND. AS WELL AS THE OTHER INFORMATION.

UH, CONTAINED IN THE ACT FOR, UH, WE ISSUE AN IN RELATION TO OPINION. UM T INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION AND THE STATISTICAL SECTION HERE. UH, JUST SOME REMINDERS ABOUT WHAT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES WERE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT ITS MANAGEMENT'S JOB TO PREPARE AND FAIRLY PRESENT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAP. TO SELECT AND USE THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTING POLICIES. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS. TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS. CONTRACTS AND GRANT AGREEMENTS. TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO CORRECT MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS OF CONTROL. PROGRAMS AND CONTROLS TO PREVENT AND DETECT FRAUD. TO ASSUME MORE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED DURING THE AUDIT. AND TO MAKE WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS TO THE AUDITORS. IN TERMS OF THE AUDIT RESULTS.

WE ISSUED THREE REPORTS THE FIRST BEING THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AUDITORS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BASED ON OUR AUDIT, AS PERFORMED UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION. UM ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT

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WOULD WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO FAIRLY DO THIS? SO AGAIN, WITH THE CLEAN OPINION REFERS TO AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT'S BASICALLY SAYING THE NUMBERS AS PRESENTED. WE BELIEVE THEM TO BE FAIRLY STATED. THERE'S NO QUALIFICATIONS, NO MODIFICATIONS TO OUR OPINION. SO THAT'S WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN OPINION.

IN TERMS OF THE INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE YELLOW BOOK REPORT AND JUST BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THERE YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS TO BE FAIRLY STATED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES , WHICH TOGETHER KIND OF ROLLED UP INTO THIS MATERIAL WEAKNESS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. UM AGAIN, THERE'S SEVERAL, I GUESS.

ISSUES YOU KNOW, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TURNOVER IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE ABILITY TO GENERATE THE REPORTS. UM, ACCURATELY AND YOU KNOW? ON TIME AND THE ABILITY TO THEN COMPILE ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION PRESENT A SET OF FINANCIALS THAT WOULD BE READY FOR AN AUDITOR TO LOOK AT AND TO BE READY FOR AUDIT. SO AGAIN JUST BECAUSE WE GOT THERE. YOU KNOW, ON THE NUMBERS ON THE FINANCIAL SAVINGS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF INTERNAL CONTROL KIND OF BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, WHICH WHICH CAUSED THIS AUDIT TO TAKE SO LONG. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ANY OH, YOU IT'S JUST A I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COMMON OR A QUESTION, MR KSN, BUT READ THROUGH SOME OF THE INFORMATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE GATSBY'S AND WHEN YOU ISSUE THAT MODIFIED CLEAN REPORTED, YOU STATED THERE ON THE CHART. THAT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR OPINION OF HOW THE CITY IS DOING WITH COMPLIANCE WITH GASTRIC. SO AGAIN. THE NUMBERS GOT THERE, AND WE BELIEVE THEY'RE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GATSBY STANDARDS. UM IN ORDER TO GET THE NUMBERS THERE. LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE PRESENTED SOMETHING FOR AUDIT. YOU KNOW, LIKE A CASH RECONCILIATION AND IT WOULDN'T RECONCILE SO WE'D KICK IT BACK. YOU KNOW TO THE FINANCE SHOP AND SAY, HEY, THIS THIS DOESN'T RECONCILE. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF A RECONCILIATION, RIGHT ? UM IS THAT MANAGEMENT IS DOING THE BLOCKING IN TACKLING. WHETHER IT'S MONTHLY RECONCILIATIONS OR OR ANNUALLY, PREPARING THEIR FINANCIALS. AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW YOU THERE SHOULDN'T BE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH THERE. IT SHOULD JUST BE. HEY WE'VE WE'VE PUT THIS THROUGH . YOU KNOW OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

WE GENERATED A RECONCILIATION. WE'VE REVIEWED IT OURSELVES. AND NOW HERE IT IS. IT'S READY FOR AUDIT. AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE MANY. YOU KNOW MANY ISSUES AT ALL. UM, IDEALLY. BUT BUT NO IN THIS CASE, UM AND AGAIN, THERE WAS A LOT OF, I THINK REASONS WHY, UM, IT IT THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND JUST BY NATURE OF THAT BACK AND FORTH, THE INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT WAS LACKING. YOU KNOW, DURING THE YEAR UNDER AUDIT, FOR SURE. OK? RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU . UH MR COSMIC. I KNOW THAT OUR PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THIS ON A PARTICULAR DAY THAT BELIEVES THAT COMMITMENT WAS MET. UH, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THIS REPORT AVAILABLE FOR US TODAY AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE ON WITH IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR HELPING US WITH THIS. ANYTHING ELSE? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT 710. SO I'M GONNA GO OUT THERE AND GIVE A BRIEFING OR JUST BRINGING PEOPLE UP TO DATE ON THE HOUSEKEEPING INSURANCE. I DON'T TRUST THE REST OF THE MEAT. SO IF YOU NEED A QUICK BREAK, PLEASE DO SO AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND BE THERE NOW. WE DID KNOW ONE THING. THE GENERAL SHOWS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SES. NO. THERE'S A LINE THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S ALWAYS ON THERE. FACE

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[CALL TO ORDER]

UH PASTOR, DOCTOR, ARIEL GOFORTH HAD AN EMERGENCY CALL AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE AND TO OUR TO DO OUR INVOCATION. SO WE'RE SORRY FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, SHE HAD SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM MR MACK BURNETT. WOULD YOU GIVE US OUR INVITATION? PLEASE? THANK YOU. MAY I LOVE TO PLEASE RISE? HEAVENLY FATHER. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED UPON US. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WALKING WITH US.

WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT GUIDE AND THAT BEACON OF LIGHT FOR US. PLEASE GUIDE US LOVE OUR CITY CARE FOR OUR CITY. HAVE US SERVE YOU IN GLORIFYING YOUR SON'S NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME PLEDGES TO OUR FLAGS. I PLEDGE ALL THROUGH THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INTO THIS WORLD. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONORABLE THE THANKS. ONCE THEY UNDERGO WHILE IT PLEASE BE SEATED. OK SO, UH, AGAIN, OUR APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE, SO THERE IS SOME HOUSEKEEPING THAT WE NEED TO DO. WE GAVE PREFERENCE TO COMMISSIONER JOHN WILEY PRICE AND HIS PRESENTATION THAT HE GAVE ON A FLOOD PLAIN STUDY TONIGHT THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE ANY OF THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE HAD ON OUR AGENDA, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN PARAGRAPHS. THREE A THREE B 3D AND THREE E. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE BRIEFINGS TONIGHT. THEY WILL BE AT THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE BRIEFINGS FROM STAFF. MAKE A NOTE OF THAT 01 OTHER THING LOOKING, UH, MR VERACRUZ IS ABSENT TONIGHT. CITY SECRETARY MAKE A RECORD OF THAT IN OUR MINUTES FOR THAT. OK AND IN ADDITION BECAUSE OF THE TIME FACTOR WE STILL NEEDED SOME ITEMS TO MOVE FROM IN FROM CONSENT TO INDIVIDUAL CONS INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS STILL WANTED TO DISCUSS THOSE, SO IT'S A TECHNICALITY THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DISCUSS THOSE DURING THE BRIEFING SESSION FROM THE CITY MANAGER WHILE WE'RE IN THE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, HOWEVER, WE'RE MOVING THOSE TO INDIVIDUAL CONSENT. SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA LOOKING AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. FIVE. I I'M SORRY. FOUR. I OH, YEP, YEP.

YEP. THERE'S A THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALWAYS GET HELP. ALWAYS GET HELP. ALWAYS TAKE HELP, TOO.

SO ITEM FOUR E. IS GOING TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND WILL BECOME ITEM FIVE F. AS IN FOX. ITEM. FOR I, AS IN FOR INDIA BECOMES FIVE G AS IN FIVE GOLF. AND CONSENT ITEM FIVE. J AS IN JULIET, I'M SORRY. FOUR J, AS IN JULIET BECOMES FIVE H AS IN FIVE HOTEL. SO THOSE THREE ITEMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND THE COUNCIL HAS AGREED THAT THE REST OF THE ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE GONNA BE GOING FORWARD IN A SINGULAR MOTION AS WE NORMALLY DO. SO WITH THAT. UH, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IT. I THINK THAT'S THE HOUSEKEEPING. ANYTHING. HOUSEKEEPING I LEFT OUT. COVERED ALRIGHT. VERY WELL. OK UH,

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

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IT IS ALWAYS MY HONOR AND MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS ON OUR CITY THAT

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DOES EVERYONE KNOW WHO THE DIRECTOR OF THE HIGH HATS RAISE YOUR HAND? THERE SHE IS. SHE IS AMAZING. MORE THAN AMAZING AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE HOMECOMING. THE UH, ROUTINE THAT WE DID ON THE FIELD, AND THAT'S WHEN I ASKED. WHERE'S THE MASCOT? AND UM, FOUND OUT THERE WASN'T SO I SAID I CAN TOTALLY DO THAT. SO I LEARNED TWO THINGS AS THE MASCOT . YOU CAN'T TALK AND THAT WAS HARD FOR ME NOT TO TALK BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE CHARACTER. AND THEN SECONDLY, SOMEONE WARNED ME IF THE OTHER TEAM OPPOSING TEAM IS LOSING, THEY MAY COME AROUND AND KIND OF ROUGH YOU UP AND I SAID, OH, AND I SAID WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S ME. I'M THE MASCOT. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ME. SO IN THE MANSFIELD GAME NOVEMBER THE SECOND HERE CAME THEIR MASCOT AND THEIR CHEERLEADERS. I THOUGHT THIS IS IT, THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT ME UP. SO HERE THEY CAME. AND I THOUGHT THEY ARE NOT GONNA MESS WITH THIS GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN. AND THEY CAME. IT WAS TOTAL OPPOSITE. THEY WERE SO KIND AND THEIR MASCOT NAME WAS ROCKY. SO WE SH WE COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. AND THEN OUR WONDERFUL BAND KICKED INTO A REALLY GOOD BEAT. SO I TRIED TO TEACH HIM THE PLUS, IT'S CALLED THE FLOSS. SOME OF Y'ALL YOUNGER ONES SURELY KNOW WHAT FLOSS IS. YES SO WE DID IT AND THEN THE CHEERLEADER SAID, OH, ROCKY HAS A GIRLFRIEND. THEY HAD NO IDEA. 68 YEAR OLD LADY WAS IN THAT COSTUME. SO THAT WAS ON AN EXPERIENCE. UM OFFICER JOHNSON, COME OVER HERE. COME HERE. DIFFERENT HALF. OH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET ON YOUR KNEES FOR ME TO GET CLOSER. NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THIS IS OUR HERO, AND WE THEY'RE ALSO

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THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THAT EXTRA TIME. AND TO RECOGNISE SOME

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

FOR, UH, AUDIT HAS IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF. WELL, IT'S I'M SORRY. IT'S WE FINALLY GOT AN AUDIT DONE, AND I'M SO GLAD, AND I WANNA COMMEND THE STAFF FOR FINALLY GETTING THIS THING FOCUSED AND GETTING IT DONE IN THE BUMPS AND BRUISES AND THAT THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS UM YOU KNOW? THE AUDITOR BASICALLY GAVE WHAT HE WOULD REFER TO AS A CLEAN OPINION, BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU TO GO LOOK IN THE WEBSITE AND UNDER DEPARTMENTS AND FISCAL SERVICES AS A

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[1.C. City Manager's Report.]

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER. UH PORTIA HOGG, WHO STARTED THIS PAST WEEK, HE WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. UM I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER OT ALL OF HER WORK AS WE'RE KICKING OFF THE BUDGET PROCESS. UH RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING WITH MEETINGS. AND FINALLY I WANT TO, UH, THANK

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THANK YOU, MR FINCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA. CITIZENS INPUT IN PERSON

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

AND FOR THE CITY OF THE DUNCANVILLE, YOU INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK HAVE TWO MINUTES AND THAT IS TIME TO, UH, THE WITH A TIME ON THE LECTERN AS WELL AS THE CITY SECRETARY TIMING THAT SO AT THAT TIME, I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED TO SPEAK, AND I'M CALLING THEM FORWARD IN THE ORDER THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME. AND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PATRICK HARVEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. PATRICK HARVEY HERE. TT HUNTINGTON, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75137. BEEN LIVING IN DUNCANVILLE SINCE 1989. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL NOTE OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION. TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAG BURNETT, KOONS. AND CONTRERAS, WHO JOINED WITH ME IN RENDERING. THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO CHARTER A NEW COURSE. ONE YEAR AND THREE DAYS AGO. THIS NEW COURSE REQUIRED. THE ELIMINATION OF THE INEFFECTIVENESS AND INEFFICIENCY. ROOTED IN THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGEMENT. BOTH EXTERNAL AUDIT. SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT. GO INTO GREAT DETAIL, EXPLAINING. THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BROUGHT A ONCE GREAT FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ITS KNEES. I ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR TO WRITE THE SHIP. BUT THERE IS MORE WORK THAT NEEDED TO NEEDS TO BE DONE. UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MAT, BURNETT SAID. THERE'S ANOTHER AUDIT. AND TO ECHO YOUR WORDS, MR FINCH. IT'S TIME TO DO THE BUDGET. SO, UH, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN YOUR FOCUS AND ENTHUSIASM TO GETTING THIS DONE. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MARK GRAHAM. MARK GRAHAM. FOUR SANTA FE TRAIL, UM THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE UH, AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MASTER NATURALISTS AND IN THE CITY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS TAKING SO LONG, I. I THIS IS A PURE, COMPLETE VOLUNTEER EFFORT. WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WHEN THIS ALL STARTED WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE VOLUNTEERS NOW TO COME DOWN AND HELP AND WE JUST KEEP HAVING THESE WALLS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE WALLS ARE SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR YOU GUYS. I DON'T GET IT. WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO. WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHEN YOU KEEP GETTING THESE WALLS I'M JUST GONNA GIVE UP. AND THE MASTER NATURALISTS. ARE AS GOOD A GROUP AS YOU'RE GONNA GET. TAKE CARE OF THAT LAND. THERE IS A NETWORK OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO

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PALMER FIN CANNON, 546. WIND RIVER DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, A RESIDENT SINCE 1961 AND I'VE GOT ALL MY TAXES PAID ON THAT. UH II. I WROTE ON THERE TONIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT EASEMENTS. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE AND YOU BUY AND DUNK IN FAIRMEAD IS WHERE I LIVE. THERE'S OVER 900 HOMES. SO THEY TOOK THE CITY TOOK UH, OUT OF THAT WIDTH OF THE LOT IS 70 FT. THEY TOOK 8 FT. SO YOU COUNT THAT UP. THAT'S QUITE A FEW SQUARE FEET. AND THEY SAID, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA USE THE GAS LINE. THE ELECTRIC LINE THE CABLE LINE, THE TELEPHONE LINE. WHICH THEY HAVE FOR ALL THESE 60 SOME YEARS OR SO I'VE LIVED THERE. BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY SAY WE GOT TO MOW IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY RUN THE BIG HEAVY TRUCKS DOWN THERE. AND THERE'S A BIG G IN THERE NOW.

WITH WATER STANDING. THERE WOULD BE THE WEST NOW, PRETTY SOON. I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY THE COW.

FLEW OUT IN THE WEST. MAYBE MOVING IN THAT'S TRANSPORTED BY BIRDS BY THE WAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS. UH SO, I. I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO GET TOGETHER. IF NOT, I'VE I'VE GOT A BID IN ON A DUMP TRUCK. AND WE'LL GET OUR CITIZENS TOGETHER, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN PROBLEM OVER THERE, BUT YOU NEED TO PAY US FOR IT. BECAUSE THAT CITY LAND YOU TOOK IT AWAY FROM US. IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. THERE'S CONCRETE AND YOU MAINTAIN THAT CONCRETE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S FINE. THEY PAID FOR IT WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE. MAYBE I DIDN'T PAY AS MUCH MY HOUSE COST ME $6700. WELL I COULD AFFORD TO GET SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER, BUT I LOVE IT THERE. AND I THINK I THINK THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN. I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, BUT I AIN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, AND I DIDN'T MAKE THE HAIR STAND UP ON THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD. AND IT INCLUDES BUGS, BUT ANYWAY, YOU NEED TO DO LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION. AND I'M HAPPY. SOMEBODY SAID THERE'S SOME VOLUNTEER WORK BECAUSE I RAN INTO A LADY THAT SHE HAD HER GUEST. SHUT OFF. I WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND THEY WOULDN'T HOOK UP HER GAS, SO WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EMILY BRIDGES. EMILY BRIDGES 418 OLEANDER 75137. I FIRST WANTED TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR DOING ALL OF THE DISTRICT MEETINGS. I MADE IT TO A COUPLE AND IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I APPRECIATE IT. THE SECOND ONE IS THERE'S A LOT I CAME HERE BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT POTHOLES IN FLOODING ON ACTON AVENUE, AND THAT'S BEEN BEING DEALT WITH FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH NOW, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S LOOKING A LOT BETTER, AND WE'RE EXPANDING ALL THE WAY DOWN ACTON. SO I LIKE THAT. NOW UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, WHATEVER DAY WAS EXTREMELY WINDY. NOT TODAY. UM THERE WERE TRASH CANS AT THE FIELD HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE INTENTIONALLY KNOCKED OVER OR ACCIDENTALLY, BUT THEY WERE KNOCKED OVER THE CAR WASH. THAT'S RIGHT HERE. I THINK IT'S SUPERSTAR. PLACES COVERED WITH LITTER. DUMPSTERS WIDE OPEN. THE WIND IS TAKING IT EVERYWHERE. IT'S AT 7-ELEVEN OFF 67. ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE IN DUNCANVILLE. I MEAN, AND THESE ARE JUST THREE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHO I NEED TO TALK TO ABOUT MAYBE STARTING LIKE A CLEAN DUNCANVILLE INITIATIVE AS IN JUST PERTAINING TO LITTER AND STAINS EVERYWHERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WHENEVER THAT GETS GOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GAIL SLAGER.

GALE SLIGER 1405, SOUTH MAIN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. AT THIS VERY PODIUM. ON MARCH 30TH. 2023 FARMER FINANCE DIRECTOR RICHARD SUMMERLIN. WAS ACCUSED BY THE ATTORNEY. REPRESENTING FARMER CITY MANAGER ARETHA FARRELL, BENAVIDES. OF KEEPING TWO SETS OF BOOKS. IMPLYING. THAT THERE

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AND THE 2021. 2022 AUDIT. WAS 11.5 MONTHS LATE. THIS PORT. CLEARLY CLEARS. SUNLAND.

OBSIDIAN MANAGER ARETHA FARRELL BENAVIDES ACCUSATIONS OF KEEPING TWO SETS OF BOOKS. THANK YOU.

PATRICIA EBERT. PATRICIA EBERT, 115 SOUTH GREEN STONE 75116. AT 11:06 P.M.

EASTER SUNDAY NIGHT I CALLED 911. OUT IN FRONT OF MY STREET. TWO HOUSES DOWN WAS A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN YELLING, SHOVING, SCREAMING HOLLERING. SO I CALLED DISPATCH AND THE DISPATCH MAN ASKED ME MY SITUATION. MY ADDRESS MY NAME AND HE'S AND I TOLD HIM THERE WAS THE YOUNG ONES YELLING, AND THEY WERE HITTING A TRUCK THAT WAS SITTING THERE THAT WAS PARKED ON THE STREET. IT'S ALWAYS PARKED THERE. FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND I WASN'T SURE IF THEY WERE SHOVING EACH OTHER OR THEY WERE JUST HITTING ON THE TRUCK. BUT IT WAS A COMMOTION AND THE DISPATCH SAID. I HEAR THAT AND HE SAID, CAN YOU TELL IF THEY HAVE ANY WEAPONS? AND I SAID, I CAN'T SEE THAT IN THE DARK TO TELL YOU THAT AND RIGHT THEN GUNSHOTS RANG OUT AND THE DISPATCHER SAID, GET IN THE HOUSE AND BE SAFE AND WITHIN THREE MINUTES TWO SQUAD CARS OR TWO HOUSES DOWN. GREENSTONE THREE MINUTES LATER, FOUR SQUAD CARS, THEY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR THE SPENT SHELL CASINGS. THEY TALKED TO EVERYBODY MADE REPORTS. THEY WERE THERE FROM 1109 TO 1231.

THEY TOOK CARE OF THE SITUATION. KNOWING IT WAS GONNA IT COULD BE DANGEROUS WHEN THEY GOT THERE.

NO MORE GUNSHOTS. NO MORE COMMOTION. THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. THE CARD THAT'S JUST BEEN HANDED TO ME IS DOES NOT HAVE A NAME, BUT THERE'S AN ADDRESS OF 3816 CASTLE HILLS DRIVE IS THAT PERSON PRESENT I WISHES TO SPEAK. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR ADDRESS ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS FUTURE. MADAM POTUS. THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF WE NEED A NAME, PLEASE. FUTURE MADAM POTUS IS LEGALLY FUTURE MADAM POTUS LEGALLY CHANGED YOUR NAME CHANGE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? YES. I GREW UP IN DANVILLE, MY FRESHMAN YEAR TO SOUTH, UH, SENIOR YEAR AND I'M JUST OUT. AND ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF UNITED. OK, I NEED TO STOP YOU BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTIONEERING DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS, YOU MAY NOT. YOU MAY NOT CONTINUE. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ELECTION OR ANY OTHER ELECTION, YOU MAY NOT CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE

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[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, APPRECIATION. YOU AND YOUR STAFF. ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS HERE. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FAST, FAST FOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. UH I TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE HIGHEST OF HONOR, UH, TO STAND IN FRONT OF THESE CREWS AND LEAD THEM. UH, IT'S AN HONOR. I CAN'T YOU KNOW, CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH GRATITUDE TO YOU AND THE KIND WORDS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOT A GREAT CREW. THANK YOU.

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UH SO WITH SWAG IT, UH, TECH CREW AND CITY SECRETARY IF YOU WOULD LEAVE THOSE LIGHTS ON JUST A LONGER I DON'T KNOW HOW GET A HIGH SIGN FROM SOMEBODY TO SAY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN RECORDED WITH ENOUGH TIME. WE'RE JUST MAYBE COUNT TO 10 OR SOMETHING SOME SOME WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE VOTES ARE SHOWING UP ELECTRONICALLY AND WHAT THEY ARE. OK. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR FINCH FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. WE'RE OK. WE'RE ON ITEMS FIVE FOR UNDIVIDED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH WE DID NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO

[5.B. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map, as heretofore amended, by revoking a Special Use Permit “SUP” for the use Religious Institution (Ordinance No. 2134) on property currently zoned as Commercial District located at 310 East Red Bird Lane.]

THANK YOU. OK? ALL RIGHT. UH, NOW IT'S TIME FOR OPEN DISCUSSION. UH, MR WARREN. JUST

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THAT'S WHAT I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED ON. AND SO WE ARE SAYING WE NO LONGER WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS PROPERTY. WE'RE WE'RE SENDING THE SUP. SO UH, ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS AN SUP REQUIRED TO OPERATE ON THIS PROPERTY. HOWEVER THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE UNDER OUR CURRENT, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, PLACES OF WORSHIP ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THEREFORE, THIS SEP IS NO LONGER UH, THAT NEEDED OK, THANK YOU.

OK? UH, MISTER MC BURNETT. I WANNA MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE MR MCB 2ND 2ND BY MR CTZ COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE AND LEAVE YOUR LIGHTS ON FOR JUST A BIT, PLEASE. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. OK? MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE C. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN

[5.C. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map, as heretofore amended, by revoking a Special Use Permit “SUP” for Barber School (Ordinance No. 2354) on property currently zoned as Local Office/Retail District located at 1210 South Main Street.]

PLEASE COME FORWARD. NONE. THE CHAIR WILL ATTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVED.

MISTER MC HAS MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THE 2ND 2ND BY COUNCILOR ERRI BROWN COUNCILOR PLEASE VOTE ON CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE TIME STAMP. THAT SECRETARY IS 811 LEAVE YOUR LIGHTS ON FOR JUST A SECOND OR TWO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM MR WARREN. SEEING NO SURE 10 A MOTION TO APPROVE SO MOVE.

SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE OF MR MCNETT SECOND BY MR CONTRERAS COUNSEL. PLEASE VOTE ON APPROVING ITEM FIVE. ARE WE C FIVE C, AS IN CHARLIE, PLEASE VOTE. UNANIMOUSLY. APPLE, PLEASE LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE D, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[5.D. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map, as heretofore amended, by revoking a Special Use Permit “SUP” for a Cosmetology School and Salon (Ordinance No. 2325) on property currently zoned as Local Office/Retail District located at 928 South Cedar Ridge Drive.]

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SO THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE SWITCHING. WE'RE WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING IT OVER TO THE USE THAT EXISTS, IT'S SIMILAR TO IT. COMMENT WAS MADE BY AC. THEY COULD NOT HEAR YOU, MR HAGER. IT'S OKAY. DOES HE DOES? HE WE REPEAT WHAT HE SAID. COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID? MISTER HAGER, PLEASE. IT WAS OK. IT WAS OK. HE SAID THAT THE THAT THE CURRENT DEFINITION INCLUDES THE OLD DEFINITION AS AS A EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND THEREFORE IT'LL BE PUT ON THE BOOKS UNDER ITS NEW TITLE AND ITS OLD TITLE, SO IT'S FINE. OK, THANK YOU, MR COATES MOVE TO APPROVE YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE OF MR K. MR. MA, PLEASE VOTE ON APPROVING ITEM FIVE D. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE E. CONSIDER A

[5.E. Consider a resolution authorizing approval of incentive grants by the Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to Italy Family Pharmacy, Inc. not to exceed $9,800.00 for a building located at 102 E. Danieldale Road, #100, Duncanville, Texas 75137.]

[02:10:06]

[4.E. Consider a Resolution approving a license and use agreement with Texas Master Naturalist Indian Trail Chapter for activities at the Charles F. Ladd Nature Preserve.]

MISTER STEVENSON. HAVE A PREPARED PRESENTATION. BUT AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE BRIEFED, UH, YOU ON THIS ITEM? UH, THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE MASTER NATURALISTS IN CONTINUING THEIR EFFORTS AT THE LA NATURE PRESERVE, UH, WITH ALL THE GOOD THINGS THEY'VE DONE TO DATE AND CONTINUING THOSE PROJECTS INTO THE FUTURE, SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ON CREATING THAT AGREEMENT, AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT HAS COME UP HERE IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO IS, UH, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THEIR COUNSEL AS WELL. UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE RAN SHORT OF TIME. THAT'S WHY WE ASKED WHAT WAS NORMALLY ON CONSENT TO MOVE THIS HERE TO THE PUBLIC FORUM. AND I KNOW THAT MR KUNZ YOU ASKED FOR THIS, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, SIR? YES, I I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES ISSUES WITH THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. THE ATTORNEY MAY BETTER BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AS A, UH, INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER. UH, THEIR INSURANCE IS DUE AN OVERALL

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I TOLD HER TO THEN CHANGE THE AGREEMENT TO WHAT YOU COULD AGREE TO, AND THEN THE COUNCIL COULD DETERMINE FROM A POLICY STAND FOR POINT WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE? THAT WAS THE ISSUE ON INSURANCE. SO AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND TRYING TO BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PARTNERS AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PARTNERS. A AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT DISCOURAGING THEM IN ANY WAY. A AND I. I BELIEVE THAT THE PROJECT CHAIR, UH ROBBIE ROBBINS IS HERE, UH, FROM THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST. IF IT'D BE OK, IF, UH WE COULD HEAR FROM HIM. AS FAR AS WHAT THEY DO, AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE. AND WHAT THEY PARTNERSHIPS AND AGREEMENTS WITH CITIES NORMALLY LOOK LIKE IF WE COULD HEAR FROM HIM. CERTAINLY MR ROBERT. YEAH, IF YOU'RE AT REQUESTING SURE, MR ROBERTS AND JUST SO WE HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD. IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NA ME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS ROBBIE ROBBINS, UH, ADDRESS 343 SHREWD DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE 75116. UM, A GOOD YEAH. SO COULD YOU JUST TELL US, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT? WHAT EXACTLY DO THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS DO? RIGHT SO WE'RE A CORE OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE, UM ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, UH, AS WELL AS EDUCATION. TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ABOUT, UM NATURE RELATED ITEMS. UM SO WE DO WE DO. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTIES. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT WE WORK ON MOCKINGBIRD NATURE PRESERVE AND MIDLOTHIAN. UH, THERE'S KATINA PRAIRIE IN ENNIS BARDWELL LAKE IN WAXAHATCHEE. UM, ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE, UH, PLACES WHERE WE DO THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OUT THERE. UM AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH THEM. AS FAR AS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITIES. UM THERE IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR THAT THAT HAS BEEN SET BY OUR CHAPTER. WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MIDLOTHIAN WITH WAXAHATCHEE OR ENNIS. UM NONE OF THEM HAVE DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO DO SO. UH SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF STANDING AGREEMENT. I DID FIND AN EXAMPLE OF ONE BETWEEN THE CITY OF, UM. THERE IS AN EXAMPLE BETWEEN ONE CITY AND THE, UH, BLACK LAND PRAIRIE CHAPTER. UM THE CITY OF FRISCO.

IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT QUITE AS LEGALLY IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN LIKE LEGAL JARGON. IT'S A LETTER AGREEMENT. UM JUST STATING, YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE KIND OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITH INVASIVE REMOVAL AND ALL THIS KIND OF, UM, STUFF THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN ALSO A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE NOT PERMITTED TO DO OR WOULD NEED TO SEEK ADDITIONAL APPROVAL TO DO THANK YOU. SO I I'M IN FAVOUR OF THIS. AND I'M UM, YOU KNOW, IN FAVOR OF HEARING BACK AND SEEING WHAT UH, WHAT THEY FIND AGREEABLE. BUT I, I GUESS, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CITIES OR NOT AS LEGALLY FORMAL. RIGHT AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY. UH, FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO HAVE SUCH A AGAIN JUST A FORMAL LEGAL AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT ALREADY IT'S KIND OF CREATING A HINDRANCE TO THEM MOVING FORWARD AND DOING WHAT WHAT THEY'RE

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I'M NOT I DON'T THINK ANYONE FROM MY OFFICE IS BEING OBSTRUCTIONIST. I DON'T THINK IT'S WE DON'T WANT THEM THERE. BUT I HAVE CERTAIN OBLIGATION WHEN YOU EXPECT THINGS FROM ME TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST ADVICE. AND IF IT'S MORE THAN THEY'RE WILLING TO DO, AND YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT LESS, THAT'S THAT'S FINE. THAT'S OK. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT SOMEONE COMING BACK HERE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND SAY, WHY DID YOU LET THEM SIGN THAT? I DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK MY PERMISSION TO SIGN ANYTHING. SO II. I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING, MY JOB IS TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST WORK. AND IF YOU WANT SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A CITIZEN, A VOLUNTEER GROUP, PLEASE DO SO. I. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO, UH YOU KNOW THIS? THIS IS STILL ON OUR AGENDA. UH, WHEN APPROVAL AS A CONSENT ITEM IS STILL THERE, AND SO UH, NO, IT'S ON OUR IT'S OUR AGENDA NOW AS AN E FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, SO IT'S STILL IT'S STILL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ONLY RIGHT. SO UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER COMMENTS SO I WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE, MR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE SAYING YEAH. SO I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS THAT I'M GONNA ALLOW. THE PEOPLE TO SPEAK IS WHAT I'M SAYING, MR CONTRERAS. UH, QUESTION FOR MR HAGER. I UNDERSTAND, UM THE APPROACH OF PROTECTING US, BUT I DO WANNA

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IT'S THEIR JOB TO PROMOTE THEIR AND SO WE'LL FIND A COMMON GROUND. SO I DON'T THINK INSURMOUNTABLE, AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE WERE ASKED TO DO THIS. I DON'T THINK TWO WEEKS IS TOO LONG. BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL TOO. OK, THANK YOU. UM, I DO YOU WANT TO SUGGEST THAT UNTIL WE GET TO LOOK AT THAT LETTER? THAT WAS SENT OVER TO YOUR OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WITH THIS. THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT I AM A FULL AGREEMENT WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY IN TERMS OF HIS OBLIGATION AND DUTY TO PROTECT THE CITY. AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS AGREEMENT HAS PRESENTED TO US TODAY. IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT. AND IRREGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. IT IS NOT HIS JOB TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES DO, NOR DOES OUR JOB TO THINK ABOUT MAKING THINGS EASIER AND TAKING THE ROAD OF LEAST LESSER RESISTANCE. THIS IS PROTECTED. ITEM FOR THE CITY. THERE'S A MAJOR PORTION OF OUR CITY THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS LAND. AND WE BELIEVE I BELIEVE MAYBE NO OTHER PERSON DOES ON THIS DESK. I BELIEVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS CONTRACT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS CITY TO PROTECT US TO THE NTH DEGREE AND TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTINGENCY THAT MAY ARISE IS GONNA BE FULLY COVERED AND PROPERLY COVERED AND LEGALLY SUFFICIENT GROUNDS. SO I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO THINK ABOUT HOLDING OFF ON THIS.

I DON'T PERSONALLY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT CONTRACT BEFORE US TO MOVE FORWARD OR AN AGREEMENT AS IT MAY BE CONSTRUED IN TERMS OF WHATEVER LEGAL LANGUAGE BUT, UH, OPEN TO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND I SEE MR KOONTZ WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO YOU KNOW, SEROTONIN, SO HOPEFULLY I. I APOLOGIZE IF AH, IF YOU FEEL ANY KIND OF PERSONAL ATTACKS HERE, THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANY ATTACKS ON THE CITY ATTORNEY UM SO I. I TAKE OFFENSE TO THE FACT THAT UM THAT THAT I'M BEING ACCUSED OF THAT, BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH MISTER CONTRERAS. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. UH, THIS EVENING ON THIS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MARKED UP, UH, VERSION OF THIS THAT WE GET BACK FROM UM MISS MCCALL. AND THEN MAYBE, IN THE MEANTIME, DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS EVEN NECESSARY.

UM AND YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER IF WE COULD LOOK AH, MAYBE CALL SOME OTHER CITIES THAT DO HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE NATURALISTS. AND UH, THAT'S A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER. MR KS, WE,

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[4.I. Consider a Resolution authorizing an amendment to Professional Services Agreement 24-0013 with Alliance Geotechnical Group, Inc. for geotechnical engineering and materials testing services through May 1, 2028, in a total contract amount not exceeding $300,000.00, subject to City Council appropriation.]

CONCERNED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT 24-0013 WITH ALLIANCE OF TECHNICAL GROUP INCORPORATED FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES. YOU MAY 1ST OF 2028 AND A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $300,000 SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. UH, TURNING IT OVER TO INTERIM PUBLIC STORE DIRECTOR MISS CARLTON FOR AS YOURS.

HONORABLE MAYOR. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE DUNCANVILLE CITY COUNCIL. I'M JACQUELINE COLTON, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND I AM HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ON TONIGHT ABOUT THE ALLIANCE GEOTECHNICAL GROUP CONTRACT AMENDMENT. IT ORIGINALLY WAS ON THE CONSIDER AGENDA, AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. OK BEFORE. UH, WE DID PREPARE A PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. UM COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD AND MAYOR. UM BEFORE I GET INTO THAT PRESENTATION, I GUESS. ARE THERE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME? UM, PERSONALLY, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR GOODEN. YES. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. SO IN REVIEWING THE ITEM, I NOTICED, UM, THAT IT WENT FROM 45,000 TO 300,000.

THAT'S WHAT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT MY EYE. UM AND THEN I STARTED READING AND IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE SERVICES, SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT AS AN RFQ. SO I I'M KIND OF ASKING FOR EDUCATION ON, UM RFQ VERSUS RFP. CAN WE DO AN INCREASE? OF THIS TYPE OF SERVICES AND ITS AMOUNT UNDER AN RFQ. WOULD IT NOT NEED TO GO UNDER RP. AND WHEN I SAY RFP, I MEAN REQUEST FOR

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BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T DONE THAT WAY, BUT, UH, EITHER ARE AT THIS POINT. WHAT THEY THEY'RE ABLE TO DO UNDER THE LAW. IS THAT ALL THESE FIRMS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED TO USE THEY'RE ABLE TO USE AND APPROVE THOSE UP TO $50,000. WHEN THEY GET OVER $50,000. THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE GOVERNING BODY TO BE APPROVED. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE THRESHOLD OF, UM $50,000.

BUT. MISS PART OF THE PART OF THE ISSUE IS IT'S AN ENGINEERING FIRM, AND YOU CANNOT GET PROPOSALS. UH OR BID ENGINEERING SERVICES. YOU CAN ONLY LET A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEER ENGINEERING SERVICES BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. AND SO WE BROUGHT BEFO BEFORE YOUR TENURE ON THE COUNCIL. WE BROUGHT A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING CONTRACTS TO THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE. UH VARIOUS FIRMS TO PERFORM VARIOUS SERVICES, AND THEN THERE WERE WORK ORDERS GIVEN OFF THE AWARD.

SO WE HAD A GEO TECH. WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WOULD WORK WITH WATER. WE HAD SOMEONE WORK WITH STREETS. UH FOR THE VARIOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES. WE GOT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND WE CAN USE ANY OF THOSE ENGINEERING FIRMS TO DO WORK FOR US BASED OFF OF WORK ORDER AS WE NEED THEM. SO WHAT? JACKIE'S NOW DONE BECAUSE WE LIKE TO GET THAT PRICING LOCKED IN ON TODAY'S PRICE. SHE WENT BACK AND AVERAGED OUT. BASICALLY HOW MUCH TIME THOSE GEOTECH PEOPLE HAVE PERFORMED SERVICES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THEN SHE TAKES THAT TIMES THIS RATE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO GIVE YOU A MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR 3 2028. AND THAT'S THE 300,000. YES, MA'AM, SO THAT'S FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE OF WHAT OUR GEOTECH INSTEAD OF SO WE HAVE QUALIFIED GEOTECH. PEOPLE WERE AUTHORIZING THE MONEY TO SPEND IF WE NEED IT. OK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BROCK. THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SHE LIE IN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. IS THIS, MR APPROVE? AND MR MAC BURNETTE, SECOND BY MR KONZ, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE NOW VOTING ON ITEM FIVE G, WHICH USED TO BE I I'M SO YEAH. USED TO BE ITEM FOR I FROM CONSENT IS NOW INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM FIVE. G, PLEASE VOTE. YOU END ABSOLUTELY APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW CREATING ITEM FIVE H FROM ITEM FOUR J OF THE CONSENT

[4.J. Consider a Resolution awarding a bid and authorizing a cooperative purchasing agreement with Silsbee Ford to purchase six Ford Explorers through Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract 070-M1 in the expenditure amount of $227,996.94.]

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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH AND I'M GLAD TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. UH TO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES. UM IS IT A REALLY GREAT PRICE? UH, THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTRACT? IF YOU TRY TO BUY THAT VEHICLE LOCALLY TODAY, IT'S AROUND 47 TO $50,000 . SO IT IS A REALLY GOOD PRICE AND NOT ONLY WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE THOSE VEHICLES AT THAT PRICE. UH, THE ONLY REASON THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE THESE VEHICLES WERE PLACED ON ORDER BY ANOTHER STATE AGENCY. AND THOSE VEHICLES WERE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE OF SOME SOME REASON THEY COULDN'T TAKE THEM. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THE QUESTION. COULD WE TAKE THEM? SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEM AND, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GOT THAT IN, BUT WE'RE SAVING AROUND $100,000 ON THE PRICE OF THOSE VEHICLES. UH, THAT WOULD NORMALLY COST US IF WE BOUGHT THEM LOCALLY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO THE POLICE CHIEF, UH THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CURRENT C ID VEHICLES. SO, UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO SAVE ON THAT AS WELL. AND THE DELIVERY ON THESE, UH, DELIVERY, I BELIEVE IS IN SEPTEMBER. UH, THE VEHICLES ARE IN ORDER, SO THAT ORDER HADN'T STOPPED, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND THAT'S A FULL OUTFITTING READY TO HIT THE ROAD. IN SEPTEMBER READY TO HIT THE I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO GET THE LIGHTS PUT ON THEM IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND THE RADIO READY TO GO INTO SERVICE READY TO GO INTO SEPTEMBER, AND THOSE WERE GOOD? UM, UH, OUTFITTED LOCALLY. UH, OK. OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY? WELL, IT'S GOOD LOOK. THANK YOU, UM SO I GUESS WE CAN SAY THAT THIS IS ALONG THE LINES OF HELPING ME REFRESH MY MEMORY. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. I JUST WANNA ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE WERE CONSIDERING, UM, A LEASING AGENCY. I WON'T. I WILL REFRAIN FROM USING THE NAME WE WERE CONSIDERING A LEASING AGENCY AND WE APPROVED IT. HOW IS IT NOW THAT WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE? UM, FOR THE PURCHASE. UH, VEHICLES AND AN AVAILABLE BUDGET OF 739 VERSUS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. UM WE WERE CONSIDERING DOING A LEASING AGENT BECAUSE OF THE REPLACEMENT NEEDS AND THE, UM REPAIR NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO YES, I. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION. UM I. I WASN'T UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN FAVOR OF OR IN A FAVOR AGAINST, UH, THE LEASING AGREEMENT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT EITHER WAY YOU ARE, AND IT WAS A VERY HIGH COST TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND SO, UH, I BELIEVE MY PERCHING THESE VEHICLES AND ALLOWING OUR OUR STAFF TO MAINTAIN THEM, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND IT'S JUST BEEN MY EXPERIENCE BY DOING SO. OK I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THAT KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION MR CITY MANAGER DOES DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION I. I DO. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF MAY BE ABLE TO HELP OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IF I'M NOT MISTA, THESE ARE UNDERCOVER VEHICLES. UH, UNDERCOVER VEHICLES. AND SO THERE WAS. EXCUSE ME. UH I KNOW THAT THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY A CONVERSATION AND I THINK THERE WAS, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT, UH, THE LEASING ARRANGEMENT MAY NOT WORK FOR THESE UNDERCOVER VEHICLES. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE HAVE TO THAT WERE UNDERCOVER. NOW THESE VEHICLES AS WELL AREN'T MARKED. THEREFORE DETECTIVES. UM NOW THERE'S TWO ARE NARCOTICS UNITS, UM THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLES, TOO, AND I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE FROM THIS. I'M SORRY THERE'S COMMUNICATION GOING ON. I DON'T HEAR. I'M SORRY, MAYOR. UH I MEAN, AND IT MIGHT BE MORE FOR MR JACKSON AND MR MISS OAY AS WELL BUT IN THIS PART OF THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN. WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT. IN TERMS OF WHAT MISS GOODEN SAID. I OUR PRIOR APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT, AND I RECALL VERY CLEARLY THAT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER A T THE TIME EXAMINED

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GREAT PRICE. MY QUESTION IS AVAILABLE BUDGET OF $739,000 WAS THAT THE CASE AT THE TIME WE CONSIDERED THE LEASING AGREEMENT AND, UM WHAT WERE INDICATORS THAT MADE US CONSIDER THE LEASING AGREEMENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE DOES BECAUSE IF WE HAD FUNDING WHY WERE WE CONSIDERING THE LEASING AGREEMENT? PRETTY MUCH, SO I DIDN'T I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEASING AGREEMENT FOR THE OVERALL CITY. UM, LEASING AGREEMENT. UM OUR NARCOTICS UNIT. UM THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LEASING AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM BECAUSE IT WENT UP 300% AS FAR AS THE FUND. UH, WE CONTRIBUTE TO A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. FUN AND THESE VEHICLES WERE DUE TO BE REPLACED IN FY 22 AS FAR AS WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AT THIS POINT THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. THANK YOU, MISS. OK, HERE WE GO. THE GURU MISS O. HOW ARE YOU? MY APOLOGIES. UM SO THE LEASING AGREEMENT REALLY HAS IT DOES NOT COME INTO PLAY AT THIS AT ALL. WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATED WAS BASED ON WHAT WE WERE ASSUMING IF WE WENT DOWN THAT ROAD, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DID NOT. SO WE HAD MADE, YOU KNOW SO MUCH APPROPRIATION BASED ON OUR NEEDS, SO THIS I AGENDA ITEM ASSUMES, UM, A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING TO YOU BEFORE YOU HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING. UM, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON THE BRIEFING WITH THE BRUSH TRUCK THAT WE'RE HAVING. LATER TALKING ABOUT OUR CONTINUED NEEDS IN THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND. WE WANTED TO BRIEF YOU BEFORE. UM WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU SO BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE URGENCY OF GETTING THIS, UM, ITEM PUSHED THROUGH, UM, IT WAS ON CONSENT FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVED TO APPROVE. I CAN. OK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH WILL TO APPROVE A COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN SECOND BY MR MC BURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. AND THEN YOU APPROVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR MR CONTRERAS ACTUALLY SECONDED THAT , UM WHO? MR CONTRERAS ACTUALLY WAS THE SECOND. I'M SORRY. I, UH, FINALLY BEAT MR MCBURNETT TO THE BUTTON. THANK YOU. OK? THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND AS WE PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS. AND THEN WE A RE

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[6.A. Review current Boards and Commission vacancies]

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT, AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN SOME TRANSITION AND STUFF. CITY MANAGER THAT THAT I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UM, I, I HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT PUT IN FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. ACTUALLY $10 AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND I. I KNOW HE SUBMITTED ONE IN AND I DON'T AND I THAT ONE THAT IS HE DID SEND IT IN AND AT THE TIME HE SENT IT IN. I SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE. THAT WAS THE COUNCIL. TO REVIEW. HIS APPLICATION FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE. BECAUSE HE CAME IN IN EARLY JANUARY. I BELIEVE UH, AND OKAY AND I AND I APPRECIATE THAT I JUST TO ME THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE OUTSTANDING OR CONSIDERED AS OUTSTANDING. OK, THANK YOU. AND ALSO WE'RE DOING ALSO WORKING ON ALONG WITH ALEX ON AN ONLINE APPLICATION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR A POSITION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEND IN A PAPER APPLICATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING WHERE YOU CAN JUST, UH, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ONLINE. OK, MR CONTRERAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR MAYBE SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. UM I WOULD SAY BACK TO 2013 OR 14. WE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHERE BOARD MEMBERSHIP WAS LOW AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME, UM, PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY WELL PLANNED, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A BOARDS AND COMMISSION FAIR. AND WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS SET UP BOOTHS AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND INVITED THE PUBLIC IN IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO TRY TO GET A JUMP ON ALL THE VACANCIES. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT OF, UM, I KNOW THAT THE EVENTS FOR THE AUGUST 7TH AND EIGHTH FOR PARK. WAS IT DARK IN THE PARK? I DON'T

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COMPILED IN THIS MANNER. WAS SUPERB. TO BE ABLE TO SEE. AS YOU HIGHLIGHT. I PRINTED IT OFF IN BLACK AND WHITE TO SAVE MY INK IN MY PRINTER, BUT BUT TO SEE HOW IT'S AS HIGHLIGHTED IN TERMS OF WHERE THE REDS ARE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IS, THIS IS A SUPERB PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR HISTORICAL RECORD GOING BACK IN IN TERMS OF WHAT EVEN WHAT MR CONTRERAS SAID. THIS IS WHERE WE STAND TODAY. 18 VACANCIES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR ALL OF THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR COMPILING ALL THIS. I IMAGINE YOU AND MAYBE KAREN PUT IT TOGETHER. OR MAYBE JUST YOU SOLO. I DON'T KNOW. UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THIS DATA. VERY, VERY INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S OTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS FOR CITY SECRETARY ON THIS SIDE OF OK? THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS ITEM. SIX B COUNCIL BRIEFING ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND

[6.B. Council Briefing on Hotel Occupancy Tax expenditure process.]

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BRIEFING. BUT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH YOU TO SEE. I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS IS THE PROPOSED POLICY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN? AND THEN THE SECOND, I THINK IS PROBABLY A MAYBE A LITTLE BIT WEIGHTIER CONVERSATION IS DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN EXPLORING THAT INCREASE OF THE OCCUPANCY TAX UP TO THE 9% THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW US ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE EVENTS. TWO THOUGHTS. UH, TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TERMS OF THE D CE DC TO ON THOSE AMOUNTS UP TO

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ARE WE ENCUMBERED BY THAT PROCESS? IS IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE D CD CDC TO DO THEIR JOB? AND IT'S A MATTER OF TRUST. AND IF WE AS A COUNCIL APPOINT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO THE D CDC LOOKING AT IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE. IT'S THE ONLY BOARD THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF A CORPORATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT IS RUNNING A CORPORATION AND KNOWING THAT WE LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT THEY FILL A SPECIFIC QUALIFIER. FOR SERVING ON THE D CDC. I WOULD THINK THAT THAT TRUST THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I WOULD BELIEVE IF I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THAT TRUST TO OR TO DO EMPOWER THE DC TO C TO DO THEIR JOB. FOR KNOWING THAT WE WOULD TRUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS ANYTHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER CERTAINLY HAS TO COME TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THEN PUTTING THAT TRUST IN THE CITY MANAGER SEAT, SAYING D CE DC HAS HAS BEEN EMPOWERED CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN POWERED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE 50,000 UNLESS THE DD CE DC OR CITY MANAGER SAYS THIS NEEDS TO COME BEFORE COUNSEL SO I WOULD SEE THAT AS STREAMLINING FACILITATING THE PROCESS. THE SECOND THING IN TERMS OF RAISING IT TO 9% WHERE YOU YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT THE REST OF THE CITY IS IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP OR AT SEVEN. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS AMONG YOUR PEERS WITH THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, TO SEE WE AS A CITY, ALL CITIES RIGHT NOW ARE UNDER GREAT SCRUTINY. IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL PROCESSES THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES. I THINK THERE WOULD BE A SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE HOTEL MANAGERS AS WELL. UH, TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS GONNA BE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE START LOOKING AT THEIR BILLS AND SAYING, WELL, THEY'RE CHARGING ME 9% WHEN I GO TO DUNCANVILLE, BUT I CAN GET IN A HOTEL FOR 7% SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE SAME LOCALE. IT COULD BE TO OUR DETRIMENT. SO THIS IS IT'S A GREAT ITEM TO PUT ON THE TOPIC, AND I THINK IT HAS SOME DISCUSSION, UH, TO FACILITATE THAT AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS AND THEN COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW WHAT WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION YOU FIND. UH, MR CONTRERAS? UH, I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU. UM, I WAS GONNA MAKE THE SAME, UH UM SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR WE'RE A SMALL TOWN, SO WE'RE CLOSE WITH OUR HOTEL OWNERS AND MANAGERS. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, UH BEFORE WE'D EVER CONSIDER THAT GOING FORWARD THAT WE PULL THEM IN THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THE TIMELINE IS YOURS. ABSOLUTELY THE OTHER THING. UH, IF I COULD JUST ADD REAL QUICK, UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE D CE DC. THAT'S NOT I DON'T BELIEVE THE CUSTOMARY PRACTICE IS, UH, THAT THE POLICY WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE THE D CDC TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR THOSE AMOUNTS WHEN THEY GET REQUESTED SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT, AND THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED AND I THINK THAT WENT VERY WELL. AND THE D CDC BOARD ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO WEIGH INTO THOSE COMMENTS INTO THEIR CONSIDERATION AS THAT PARTY AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IS MISS OWENS, AS YOU KNOW, WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOTELS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS WITH OUR LOCAL HOTELS. SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK FOR THAT PORTION OF IT AT A LATER DATE, SO OK. ANY O? YES. UH, MR KUNZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, WHAT'S I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS CURRENTLY AND THEN UNDER THIS POTENTIALLY NEW POLICY. WOULD BE THE ARRANGEMENT FOR, UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE ARTS COMMISSION. BUT IF YOU KNOW OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS WANTED TO USE SAW USE FOR YOU KNOW THE HOT FUND WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE D CDC AS WELL? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER INPUTS FOR MISTER PINCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. GOING ON TO ITEM SIX. D UH, RECEIVED THE MONTHLY FINANCE REPORT AS FEBRUARY TW. IF I COULD HAVE ONE MORE, THERE SHOULD BE ONE RIGHT

[6.C. Council Briefing on an opportunity to collaborate with the Duncanville Community Economic Development Corporation in the development of parcels currently off the tax rolls and owned by the City of Duncanville.]

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STILL, SOME OF THE POST LAYING OUT THERE AND SOME OF THE CONCRETE FOR THAT, UM, SO THAT'S 17 ACRES OF LAND. THAT WOULD OR WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS OFF OF. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS OFF OF, UH, THE SERVICE RO ON 67. IT DOES HAVE ACCESS. OK, ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE. I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT THANKS. YEAH. UH, MISTER MC BURNETT. A REARE YOU DONE WITH C? MR CONTRERAS? I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN, MR MC THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT, I. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BEING DONE BECAUSE WE DO WANT OUR E UH, E DC TO BE FLEXIBLE AND BEING ABLE TO TURN CORNERS OF THE CITY CAN'T DO SO HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT. OK? I THINK YOU GOT IT. I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT. MISTER GOVE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE E DC. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

[6.D. Receive the Monthly Financial Report as of February 29, 2024]

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THANK YOU CONTINUE. UH, SO PROPERTY TAX AGAIN. THAT'S 50% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

WE'VE RECEIVED 2.2 MILLION IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AGAIN THAT'S AT 91. A SALES TAX. UM LIKE THAT THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD MONTH IN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR TO RECEIVE A SALES TAX. UM, WE ARE SHOWING A NEGATIVE 4.37% OVER THIS TIME. LAST YEAR, UM, STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE DOES DO PERIODIC AUDIT. UM COLLECTIONS, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO GIVE BACK SOME MONEY. SO UM, THEY HAD AUDITED OUR, UM, ACCOUNT AND SO WE HAD TO REFUND 100 AND 42,000.

SO THAT IS THE MAIN DRIVER OF WHY THAT DIP? UH, NEGATIVE. 0.37% BUT SINCE THIS IS THE THIRD MONTH, UM THE BENCHMARKS AT 25% SINCE WE COLLECT TWO MONTHS BEHIND, UM AND ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE AT 23% SO WE'RE NOT LACKING TOO FAR WHAT WE BUDGETED SO FAR. AND LOOKING AT THE BEST SOUTHWEST. WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES. UM THAT HAD, UH, HAD SOME AUDIT COLLECTION THERE, AND IT HAD REFUNDS. SO IS THE THROUGH DECEMBER. WHAT THE SALES TAX LOOKS LIKE IN THE BEST UP LIST. GENERAL FUND. AGAIN 41% IS THAT BENCHMARK? WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 67. UM 1. MILLION OF INTEREST HAS BEEN, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE GENERAL FUND. UM OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICE CATEGORIES ABOUT 100 AND 5% OF THE BUDGET, SO IT'S PRIMARILY EMS COLLECTIONS ARE TRENDING. UM, AHEAD. UM FROM WHAT WE BUDGETED. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. UM WE HAVE SPENT 13 MILLION. THAT'S 10.5 PAYROLLS. UM WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPENDED 25. AND TO GIVE YOU THAT TABLE VIEW. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT YOU KNOW IT ALL BREAKS DOWN. UM AGAIN. WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT ON, UM RIGHT UP RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH SALARY BENEFITS. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE TRENDING WELL THERE. UM AND ALL THE OTHER AREAS WE ARE TRENDING A LITTLE BEHIND. BUT OVERALL 34% IS WHAT WE HAVE SPENT. AND JUST SHOWING YOU FUN BALANCE AGAIN ON ON AUDITED FUND BALANCE. YOU CAN SEE HOW, UM WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR AGAIN. OUR REVENUES ARE HEAVIER THAN OUR EXPENSES AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED MOST OF OUR REVENUE AND EARLY ON IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

GOING TO THE UTILITY FUND. UM, WE COLLECT ONE MONTH BEHIND. SO OUR REVENUE COLLECTED YEAR TO DATE 7.2 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT 33% OF THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK THERE. UM ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. WE'VE EXPENDED 6.6 MILLION. THAT'S 29% OF THE BUDGET. 4 MILLION OF THAT IS OUR PAYMENTS, THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND TO THE TRIN TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. AND AGAIN JUST SHOWING YOU A TABLE VIEW. AND THEN THE FUN BALANCE FOR UTILITY FUND, SO WE ARE TRENDING AHEAD THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. AND SOME OTHER FUN HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN. UM THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THAT'S WHAT THE FUND THAT WE PAY THE ANNUAL DEBT OUT OF. SO WE'VE MADE OUR OUR PAYMENT. UH, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY THAT WAS 1.1 MILLION. ON THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUND. WE ARE 56% OF THE BUDGET 422,000 OF THAT IS GRANTS. UM ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE SPENT 239,000 IN INCENTIVES THAT WE'VE PAID YEAR TO DATE TO, UM, EIGHT LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS AND FIRE STATION ONE WE SPENT 9.3 MILLION SPENT TO DATE. WE STILL HAVE 1.6 MILLION, UM, REMAINING TO PAY FOR OBLIGATIONS FOR, UM, THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STATION AND THEN ARMSTRONG PARK, AS WE KNOW WILL BE, UM, OPENING UP HERE REALLY? SOON WE SPENT 2.6 MILLION AND WE

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[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 2 of 2)]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID KEYES, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE. I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT MR JOHN MAXWELL. I THINK, MISS HALLEY MAYBE LEFT A LITTLE EARLIER. UM MR MAXWELL IS HERE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR CONTRACT WITH SWAG IT WE DID ATTACH THAT TO THE AGENDA PACKET SO THAT YOU COULD ALL SEE IT. UM WE DO KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING UP.

I THINK FULL SECOND YEAR AND GOING INTO THE THIRD YEAR OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH, UM, AT THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR, THERE ARE IT STARTS THE ONE YEAR OPTION RENEWAL. SO WE DID WANNA ALSO BRING THEM HERE. UH, WELL IN ADVANCE AND AS WE APPROACH BUDGET SEASON AND AS COUNCIL MAKES DECISIONS ON WHETHER WE RENEW THAT OPTION, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES IDENTIFIED. UM THROUGH MOST OF THE CONTRACT WHERE THERE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE AT TIMES CO MEETINGS HAVE GONE SILENT OR NOT PLAYED CORRECTLY. I KNOW AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MEETING, STARTING OUT PROPERLY AND CATCHING UP AND THEN WITH SOME NAMES THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, UH, AS THE COUNCIL HAS SHOWN, UH, ON THE UM AT I CAN SAY AT LEAST ON BEHALF OF STAFF THAT UP UNTIL FEBRUARY, 21ST. SOME OF THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN ON US AND NOT GETTING THE ACTUAL DAIS AND NAMES OF THE DEUS. UH TWO SWAG IT PROPERLY. UH, BUT SINCE FEBRUARY, 21ST. THEY HAVE HAD THOSE NAMES, BUT MR MAXWELL IS HERE. UM I'VE ASKED HIM TO GIVE A BRIEF, JUST KIND OF INTRODUCTION OF HIMSELF AND SWAGGER AND BOTH OF US WILL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. Y'ALL HAVE WELCOME, MR MAXWELL.

THANK YOU. WELL I'M HAPPY YOU'RE NOW AT THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO BE ALL RIGHT ? UH, YES. UH, NATASHA DID HAVE TO HEAD OUT EARLY. SHE HAD A EARLY FLIGHT TO CATCH. UH, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING ANY ITEM IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL. UM EVEN UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. UM BUT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE TWO TO CHALLENGES WE HAD EXPERIENCED WERE, UH, WHICH CAME TO MY ATTENTION IN FEBRUARY 21ST BY EMAIL. UH, WE VOTING BOARD, WHICH YOU HANDLED THAT PERFECTLY , UH THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. I WAS WATCHING OUR LIVE STREAM AND , UH, THE TIMING OF THE CAMERA WAS TAKEN SHOWING THE VOTES AND THEN TAKING THE WIDE SHOT TO COME BACK TO A NEW ITEM. UH THAT CADENCE IS PERFECT. SO I WOULD SAY, CONTINUE ON WITH THAT, AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT ISSUE SOLVED. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF GRAPHICS. UM LAST MONDAY WHEN THE INVITATION CAME TO MY INBOX TO APPEAR BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS TO ADDRESS UH, M GOODEN'S NAME NOT BEING SHOWN IN A LOWER THIRD GRAPHIC, UH FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. UM THE ISSUE WAS SOLVED IN 30 SECONDS WHEN I OPENED UP OUR AVI GRA SYSTEM AND UPDATED THE GRAPHIC MYSELF. I HAVE NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THROUGHOUT THE PAST ALMOST ONE YEAR THAT GRAPHIC WAS NOT UPDATED. UM, BUT AS I HAD BEEN OBSERVING THE MEETING, UH, TODAY ON MY PHONE, LIVE FEED. UH, THE GRAPHICS LOWER THIRD NAMES AND ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISPLAYING AS EXPECTED UP TO MY STANDARDS. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS ISSUE IS SOLVED, GOING FORWARD, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE BOSS IS IN TOWN. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS IMMEDIATELY. UH, BUT IT'S GOING INTO MY BACKGROUND. UM, I'VE BEEN WITH SWAG IT FOR 12 YEARS. UM AND I STARTED OUT, UH, RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WORKING AT A TELEVISION STATION.

SO MY BACKGROUND IN BROADCAST, UH, SPANS ABOUT 17 YEARS. UM AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING SOME BROADCAST EXPERIENCE WITH DOING SPORTS, WHICH WAS VERY ACTIVE IN GRAPHICS, SWITCHING SHOTS AND HAVING EVERYTHING PLANNED OUT. UM YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE MUCH MORE SIMPLE. UM THEY ARE VERY STRUCTURED IN MOST CASES. AND, UH, THIS

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AND UH, IF THERE ARE ANY REPEATS , I HAVE INFORMED THE STAFF THAT THERE WILL BE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, UH, UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. UM SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, I CAN TAKE THOSE NOW. UM OTHERWISE. MAYBE WE CAN JUST GO INTO SOME, UH YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND IS TO WHERE SWAG IT WENT FROM SMALL, INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO WHERE IT IS NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S UM BEEN A ROCKY ROAD, I GUESS FOR BOTH OF US. YOU KNOW IT IS. MISTER KEYS MENTIONED THAT WE'VE HAD OUR ISSUES. SWAGGERS HAD THEIR ISSUES AND WE ARE HONORED THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND PERSONALLY TAKE AN INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SERIOUS FOR US. I DON'T KNOW HOW UH, OTHER MM MUNICIPALITIES LOOK A T IT BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR INFORMATION IS, UM, COMMUNICATED TO OUR CITIZENS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND KNOWING THAT YOU ARE TAKING A PERSONAL INTEREST TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE, NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE GRAPHIC, OR WHETHER IT'S THE TRANSLATION OR WHETHER IT'S THE AUDIO. WHETHER IT'S THE VIDEO. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IN FACT, WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS ON OUR SIDE. IN FACT, BEFORE EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SOMEONE ON STAFF COMES TO ME AND SAYS MAYOR OF THE CUE. LET TECH GET READY TO GO.

SOMETIMES I REMEMBER SOMETIMES I DON'T. BUT THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CO ORDINATED AND IN SYNC SO THAT ONCE WE CONVENE, AND ONCE WE GET GOING THAT SWAG, IT IS ACTUALLY DOING ITS PRODUCTION BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO. UH, SO I THINK, KNOWING THAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION IF THINGS ARE NOT DONE TO YOUR SATISFACTION, AND TO YOUR STANDARD IS TO OUR GREAT ADVANTAGE. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH ANY OTHER COMMENTS INPUTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? I WAS GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR COMING TONIGHT AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE , TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESOLVING IT ALL IN ONE NIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS I HAVEN'T WATCHED A LIVE ONE. I DON'T THINK REAL TIME CLOSE CAPTIONING IS THAT CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED . I KNOW IT IS ON RECORDED ONES, BUT IS THAT IN REAL TIME? IT IS REAL TIME. UH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS THE CC BOX. CLOSE CAPTION BOX ON THE LIVE PLAYER. UH, IF THEY SELECT, I BELIEVE IT'S CC ONE. THAT'LL BE ENGLISH. CC THREE WILL BE SPANISH. OK, THANK YOU. MAC MNE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR MAXWELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS AS AS WELL TONIGHT I AND BEING PATIENT AS WELL WITH THIS, UH CAN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES. BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT SWAG IT WAS HAVING WITH OUR MEETINGS? WHEN IT COMES TO THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS. I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED. I HAVEN'T, UH, HAD AS MUCH VISIBILITY INTO THE SUPPORT TICKETS, UH, FROM MY SIDE FOR MY DEPARTMENT SIDE. IT'S MORE THE SERVICES IN CARRYING OUT THE SWITCHING OF THE MEETINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CAPTIONS ARE PRESENT IN LIFE FEED AND POSTED FOR ON DEMAND. AFTER THE FACT. UM WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRAPHICS UPDATES I KNOW THERE SHOULD BE AN ELECTION COMING UP HERE SOON. UM, BUT WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH STAFF. UH, SO WE'LL HAVE A NEW SEATING CHART. AND BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF IT, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR BROADCAST TEAM IS GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT, UH, WHERE APPROPRIATE. UM UH, YOU KNOW, AS AN ON ONGOING BASIS, UH, BUT WE ALSO KEEP TRACK OF ANY, UH YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT THE WIKI, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OUR DATABASE FULL OF ANY BROADCAST RULES THAT THE, UH, CLIENT WILL PROVIDE TO US. SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, ACTIVELY UPDATING THAT AS WE'VE BEEN ADJUSTING. ARE CADENCE OF PRO, UH, PRODUCING MEETINGS. AND THEN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE VOTING, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IN REGULAR TOUCH, AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL IF AND WE ARE DOING THIS OTHER OTHER CLIENTS IS TO SET UP A RECURRING CHECK IN MEETINGS, UH, QUARTERLY MEETINGS JUST, UH, WITH STAFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO, UH, YOUR STANDARD. UM, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF IT YOU KNOW, MEETS MY STANDARD. IT WILL

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I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THE RECENT, UH, ISSUES WERE RELATED TO BANDWIDTH. UM SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE UH, ALLOTMENT OF BANDWIDTH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE SYSTEM. AND REACT IN A TIMELY MANNER TO WHAT WE OBSERVE IN OUR FEED. UH I WILL ACTUALLY BRANCH OFF OF THAT NOTE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE SOME DELAY IN SEEING THE VOTES GO TO THIS. IT'S THOSE DELAYS AND HICCUPS THAT OCCUR SOMETIMES , BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY STANDARD.

OUR TECHNICAL DIRECTORS ARE USED TO THAT DELAY. UH WHATEVER IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OUR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR WILL SEE SEVERAL SECONDS LATER. ANYWHERE FROM, UH, 3 TO 10. SECONDS LATER . IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON UH HOW MANY SIMULTANEOUSLY FEEDS ARE OCCURRING AT ONE TIME, HOWEVER, UH THEY ARE REACTING TO WHAT THEY SEE AT THAT TIME AND THEN WHEN THEY PRESS AN ACTION ON THE AAR SYSTEM IT'LL TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS FOR THAT TO REPORT. IN THE LIVE FEED. UM SO WERE TRAINED TO HANDLE THAT. IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE. WHEN DIRECTING PRESENT IN THE ROOM. UM BUT WE CAN ANTICIPATE BASED OFF OF THE, UH, THE INFLECTION OF SOMEONE'S VOICE IN WHICH THEY'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO A NEW ITEM. UH, WE CAN PREPARE WHICHEVER CAMERAS WE NEED TO, UH, SHOW WHAT IS APPROPRIATE? UM BUT THEN YOU MAY YOU MAY ALSO SEE SOME DELAYS WHEN A NEW MEMBER BEGINS TO SPEAK. UH, THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DOES HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THAT NEW SPEAKER SO THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF SECONDS DELAY BEFORE THAT SHOT IS TAKEN. UM THAT'S JUST HOW IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UH, WHEN WE ARE DIRECTING REMOTELY I UNDERSTAND THAT IMPOSED DELAYS TO SOLVES A LOT OF PROBLEMS DOES BUFFERING EVER OCCUR? AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT OUR OUR BANDWIDTH IS BUFFERING. I RECUR OR YOU'LL BE LIKE A CITIZEN SITS THERE AND WATCHES THE SCREEN, AND IT JUST SAYS HOLD ON. I'M GONNA FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS. ARE WE INCURRING THAT OR NOT? IN MOST CASES THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE END USER. UH, WE DO NOT. IT DOES HAPPEN. IT IS STATISTICALLY RARE . WE DON'T SEE REGULAR OCCURRENCES OF ANY BUFFERING OF OUR FEEDS OF THE LIVE FEEDS. UM SO I YOU KNOW IF THAT IS OBSERVED, OUR SUPPORT TEAM WILL DO A REFRESH OF THE FEED. YEAH SO THE POSITIVE TAKEAWAY IS THAT BOTH YOU AND WE ARE OK IN BANDWIDTH, MR FINCH YET TO COMMENT. IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR A QUICK SECOND MAYOR. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION. UM MR KEYS, UH, IS CONSISTENTLY WORKING WITH STAFF. UH THERE'S ANOTHER COMPANY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID. THE NAME OF IT WAS THAT DIGITAL RESOURCES, AND SO WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF THOSE

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IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I WILL HAVE MY OFFICE SEND YOU AN OFFICIAL REPLY AS WELL. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT OFFICIAL REPLY. SO WHAT IS HIS SITUATION AND MY SITUATION? CREATE IT CREATES A BUBBLE. IT CREATES A GAP IN TIME. SO AS MUCH AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO COMPLETE THIS AND EXECUTE A FORMAL RECOGNITION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND MONARO THIS FIGLIO WE CAN'T DO IT. SO WHAT? I AM ASKING FOR JUST AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT A PASSING TO MR FINCH AND STAFF. IS THAT PUT THIS IN THE YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN MAYOR EBON RESPONDS AT SOME POINT I WON'T BE AROUND TO RECEIVE THAT EMAIL. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO MARY ALBERONI AND SAY HERE'S MY SITUATION BECAUSE I DIDN'T TELL HIM THAT I WASN'T RUNNING FOR RE ELECTION, SO HE KNOWS WILL UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE SITUATION THAT WHEN HE RESPONDS, PLEASE SEND IT TO MR FINCH OR CITY MANAGER. AND THEREFORE THEN THEY WILL BE CONSIDERATION BY YOU FOLKS. TO DETERMINE HOW TO MAKE THIS A FORMAL RECOGNITION. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THE GATEWAY, UH, PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. THERE'S ACTUALLY IT, SAYS SISTER CITY MONARO DESANO. YES IT IS A SISTER CITY IN INFORMAL RELATIONSHIP ONLY IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. IF YOU LOOK ON THE WALL, THERE IS A DOCUMENT GOING BACK INTO THE NINETIES, WHERE THE MAYORS OF THE TWO CITY SIGNED I ASKED THE SISTER CITY INTERNATIONAL. IF THAT IS VALID, THEY SAID NO. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PRESENTED TO SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL IN TERMS OF PRESENTING IT AND UNDERSTANDING AS FORM OF RELATIONSHIP. SO IT'S KEY, AND HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND REQUEST OF S OF CITY MANAGER AND STAFF. IT IS.

IT IS A REQUEST. PLEASE. DO NOT CREATE A COMMISSION. OR A BOARD. WHEN THIS IS DONE. BECAUSE IT CREATES MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECRETARY. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE QUORUM. WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO DO THAT THERE IS A WAY. TO JUST MAKE THIS A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION THAT IS GONNA BE BOUND BY TEXAS LAW IN TERMS OF HAVING A MEETING IN THE STATE. IT'S JUST GONNA FOUL THINGS UP, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CREATIVITY AND THE INVENTIVENESS AND THE IN INGENUITY AND IMAGINATION OF OUR CITY STAFF CAN PULL THIS OFF WITHOUT MAKING A COMMISSION. AND THAT'S MY HOPE. THAT THIS WILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRIEF THIS COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THIS. HIGHLY IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THIS WILL BE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. AND FOR YOUR I HOPE CONCURRENCE AND I WISH I COULD BE AROUND TO SEE IT HAPPEN. UH AND INFORMALLY, I WILL BE AROUND AND I MAY MAKE YOU KNOW THEY ARE NOW LOOKING AT A TRIP HERE. IN WHAT 2025. SO THAT LOOKS TO BE THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE. AND IT IT'S JUST IT'S A LOVELY RELATIONSHIP. I MEAN IT. COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY BROWN CAN CAN ATTEST TO THE WHAT HAPPENS. IT'S EDUCATIONAL. IT'S CULTURAL IT'S AN UNDERSTANDING AND IT'S ECONOMICAL AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR BUSINESSES ARE, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW WE CAN BENEFIT THEM HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT US IN A FORMAL, FORMAL RELATIONSHIP IN DOING SO, SO THAT'S THAT'S MY ITEM. UH, COUNSEL AND CITY MANAGER. AND IN HOPES THAT TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION. UH IN MY ABSENCE, BUT, UH, STILL WATCHING AND HOPING IF ANYWAY, I CAN HELP IN MY COMMUNICATION WITH MAYOR ALBERONI IN AN INFORMAL UH, MANNER. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE OF ME? OK JUST TO COMMENT, I. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. YOU SAID IT. IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE , AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE YEARS AFTER I'M NOT EVEN ON THIS EARTH. THANK YOU.

OK? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE C PRESENTATION OF THE OH WAIT A MINUTE. WE HAD

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GOOD EVENING. I WILL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN. UM, ONE OF THE JOBS THAT I FEEL IS NECESSARY FOR ME IS TRY TO RESOLVE OUR CURRENT VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT 10. AND THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING, UH, HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HAVE IN TOTAL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT WE HAVE ADMINISTERED A TEST RECENTLY. UM AND THERE ARE THREE POTENTIALLY IN THE HIRING. TUNNEL OR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT TO EVENTUALLY GET HIRED. UM SO THAT WOULD DROP US TO SEVEN. HOWEVER UM, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THEY ARE NON CERTIFIED SO FOR THEM TO BECOME EFFECTIVE STAFFING. WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER, UH, FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY. BUILD TRAINING AND SERVICE TRAINING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT IN FACT, LET ME DO THIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY TIMES FOR TO CONDUCT THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. OUR CURRENT WITH THESE THREE EMPLOYEES, POTENTIALLY GETTING HIRED OUR APPLICANTS POTENTIALLY GETTING HIRED. THE NEXT AVAILABLE ACADEMY IS IN UNTIL JULY. SO THAT'S THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR THESE PEOPLE TO COME ON, SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT TIME FRAME FOR US TO START GETTING EFFECTIVE STAFFING COMING IN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEGAN LOOKING AT. IS WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY THAT WE CAN START RECRUITING LATERAL OFFICERS. CERTIFIED OFFICERS, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY AND THEY'RE CERTIFIED THROUGH THE STATE TO BE A PEACE OFFICER HERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT IS INCREASING OUR LATERAL BONUS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE.

SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THE NON CERTIFIED NOW AGAIN. THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO SEND THE IN TO THE ACADEMY. THE ACADEMY IS 22 WEEKS LONG. WHICH IS ROUGHLY 5.5 MONTHS, AND THEN ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THE ACADEMY. THEY THEN COME INTO OUR IN ACADEMY. THAT'S WHERE THEY GO OVER. OUR POLICIES, REGULATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THAT LASTS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. FROM THAT POINT, THEY THEN MOVE INTO OUR FIELD TRAINING. AND THAT DEALS MORE WITH THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW, RESPONDING TO CALLS LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE. SO AS I PUT HERE, IT TAKES NEARLY 11 MONTHS FOR A RECRUIT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE STAFFING, UH , WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS THAT THEY'RE WORKING INDEPENDENTLY. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE IT'S ABOUT 4 TO 6 WEEKS, UH, ON A BACKGROUND. AND A LOT OF THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO CALL YOU BACK REFERENCES, JOBS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND IT'S ABOUT 4 TO 6 WEEKS. SO AS YOU PUT THIS IN, YOU SEE HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR US TO FILL THESE VACANCIES. IN ADDITION, WHEN WE HAVE THESE VACANCIES, AND WE'RE WAITING THIS 11 MONTHS WHAT HAPPENS THEN IF ANOTHER OFFICER LEAVES NOW WE'RE A YEAR AND A HALF BEHIND TRYING TO GET THE FILL THAT POSITION EFFECTIVELY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO FOR A CERTIFIED OFFICER TIMELINE YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. ROUGHLY AND ITS DEPENDENT. UM SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL COME IN. START OUR END SERVICE PROGRAM. UM WHERE A LOT OF THE TIME IS GONNA BE IS WAITING ON THEIR BODY ARMOR TO COME IN BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY SUPPLY THEM WITH BODY ARMOR. I MEAN, THAT'S NORMALLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE THEY CAN START, UH, FIELD TRAINING. NOW FIELD TRAINING, DEPENDING ON THEIR LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEVEL OF COMPETENCY. WE CAN REDUCE THAT TO WHERE IT'S NOT A STANDARD 17 WEEKS AND THAT'S DONE, UH BY THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER GETTING WITH OUR FIELD TRAINING COORDINATOR AND THEN US HAVING A MEETING TO DETER TO DETERMINE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. UM AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE CUT TRAINING SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER BASED ON THE PERSON'S ACTIVITY OUT THERE ON THE STREET. SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S 5.5 MONTHS RATHER THAN 11 MONTHS, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO UM, START EFFECTIVELY, UM, COUNTING TOWARDS OUR OUR VACANCIES. UM SO JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA. UH, WITH THE 10 VACANCIES ARE PATROL DIVISION IS PARAMOUNT WHEN IT COMES TO ANY OTHER STAFFING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CALL FOR POLICE, OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE REQUESTING A POLICE OFFICER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE TO GO. SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE VACANCIES IN OUR CRIMINAL

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WE HAVE EIGHT BUT WE CAN START MOVING INTO THESE INTERPART VACANCIES WHEN WE HAVE SEVEN.

NOW IF WE LOSE AN OFFICER AND WE THEN GO TO SIX ON THAT PARTICULAR SHIFT. I WOULD THEN HAVE TO MOVE. WHOEVER WAS TRANSFERRED INTO ONE OF THESE INTERPART VACANCIES TO FILL THAT SAL VOID IF THAT MAKES SENSE. UM SO CADET, UH, BARBOSA. SHE BEGAN THE ACADEMY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. ONCE SHE GETS OUT OF THE ACADEMY AND THROUGH TRAINING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF OCTOBER BEFORE I CAN EVER FILL OUR OUR SIX OR FIVE VACANCIES HERE. UM, SO THERE'S A LENGTH OF TIME. BY ALLOWING US TO INCREASE OUR LATERAL SIGNING BONUS. IT PUTS US NOW AT THE PEAK, UM AND I'LL GET INTO MORE OF THE MINUTIAE ON WHAT I'M BUT WE ARE GOING TO END UP DOING. UH NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT MY GOAL IS ALSO TO RELE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THEM IS OUR CANINE UNIT. AND ONE OF THEM IS OUR DEPLOYMENT UNIT. UM THE DEPLOYMENT UNIT IS A GREAT UNIT. IT IS A VERY HOT SPOT. UH, YOU HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AT THIS LOCATION. OUR DEPLOYMENT UNIT GOES, DOES STUDIES THEY FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, UM, ADDRESS WHATEVER THOSE ISSUES ARE, PREFERABLY COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITIZENS, AND THEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO DEFINE THE SOLUTIONS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY IN FY 25. WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BUDGET AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA COME THROUGH WITH, UH, THE MATRIX OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS. UM, IS ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORY STAFF. I CAN DO THAT. ONCE WE START FILLING THESE THESE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE SO CURRENTLY WE OFFER ABOUT $3500 FOR A LATERAL BONUS THAT PUTS US TOWARD THE BOTTOM WHEN IT COMES TO THE METROPLEX IN OFFERING THESE BONUSES. UM AND OBVIOUSLY, ONCE ONCE WE HIRE A LATERAL OFFICER, THEY WOULD RECEIVE IT ONCE THEY COMPLETE FIELD TRAINING. UM THE RECRUIT WOULD ALSO SIGN A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, AGREEING IF THEY VOLUNTARILY LEFT FOR ANOTHER AGENCY. THEY WOULD PAY US BACK. UH, THE ACADEMY CALLS. I'M SORRY. NOT THE ACADEMY COSTS.

UH, BUT THEIR UNIFORMS THE BONUS THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE A REFERRAL BONUS. WHICH IS THAT ANY CITY EMPLOYEE REFERS AN APPLICANT TO THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER. UH THE CITY EMPLOYEE RECEIVES $1000 REFERRAL BONUS, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE. SO WHAT I INTEND TO DO IS I'VE I'VE COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, UH, FOR AGENCIES HERE IN THE METROPLEX, AND THEY RANGED ANYWHERE FROM $2500 TO 15,000. SO WHAT I LOOKED AT IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING INCREASE IN THE STEP PAY PLAN FOR OUR LATERALS. SO LESS THAN TWO YEARS, THE LATERAL OFFICER WILL GET 5000. TWO TO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. THEY GET 10,000 AND THEN FIVE PLUS YEARS THEY GET 20,000. THERE IS NO DOUBT IF WE DO THIS. WE ARE LEADING THE CHARGE. UM, AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY UNDERSTAND. RECRUITING A LATERAL OFFICER IS SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO BE THAT PINNACLE TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD. UM AND SO WE'RE APPLYING. IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW PLAN. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO SIGN A CONTRACT AS WELL. UH, BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. UM SO WE EXTENDED IT FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS. AGAIN IF THEY VOLUNTARILY LEAVE WITHIN THAT FOUR YEAR TIME PERIOD. NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PAY BACK.

UM THE UNIFORM COST THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOW OUR GREATEST ASSET IN OUR GREATEST RECRUITERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT ARE OUR POLICE OFFICERS. SO WHAT I'M ALSO LOOKING AT IS INCENTIVIZING THEM. GO OUT AND BE OUR RECRUITERS. AND IF YOU RECRUIT SOMEBODY WHO DOES GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY, I'M SORRY, GO THROUGH PROBATION AND PASSES PROBATION.

THEN THEY GET INCENTIVIZED WITH THE $5000 REFERRAL BONUS. SO I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE WONDERING

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OR, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT IT OR NOT, BUT YOU WERE VERY CAREFUL TO SAY MY HOPE OR YOUR GUIDANCE OR INSTRUCTION. YOU SAID MY IN TERMS OF HAVING SEVEN PER SHIFT. I RECOLLECT YOUR PREDECESSOR, SAYING THAT IT'S SIX. OK, SO A RE YOU IT'S YOUR DESIRE TO INCREASE IT TO SEVEN AND VERSUS SIX OR IS IT SIX TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S A POLICY OR HOW DOES THIS 6 TO 7 MINIMUM STAFFING IS ULTIMATELY FOR SO IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU LOOK AT OUR CITY FOUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS ENTIRE CITY ANSWERING CALLS. WE ANSWER AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF CALLS, AND IF A MAJOR INCIDENT HAPPENS, IT SHUTS THE CITY DOWN. ESPECIALLY IF ALL FOUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE, SO MY RESPONSIBILITY AS THE POLICE CHIEF IS TO ENSURE THAT IF WE ARE ENCOUNTERING A MAJOR INCIDENT THAT THEY'RE STILL OFFICERS THERE BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO OTHER EMERGENCY CALLS . SO MY ABSOLUTE BOTTOM NUMBER IS SEVEN. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO

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NO, I WAS GONNA SAY IF THE MONEY THERE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR THE BONUSES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE. I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH WITH WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT, SO AND I WILL SAY THAT I. IT'S ALSO HAPPINESS IF YOU'RE HAPPY, AND YOU TRULY FEEL THAT THE I LOVE THIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S A SMALL DEPARTMENT. I KNOW EVERYBODY AND I THINK YOU DEVELOP THAT AND YOU ENCOURAGE, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYBODY. LISTEN THIS THIS ISN'T MY DEPARTMENT. THIS IS EVERYBODY IN THAT AGENCY'S DEPARTMENT AND I TRULY ENCOURAGE DISCOURSE IN MEETINGS. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE RESOLVE CONFLICT. YEAH, MISTER CONTRERAS. THANK YOU, UM SAY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HOW MANY OF THOSE FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCED OFFICERS HAVE COME ON BOARD WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW. UM I DON'T BELIEVE ANY UM, NOW WE'VE GONE TO RECRUITING EVENTS. UM THAT ARE FOUR SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY. UM I WENT AS A SERGEANT, AND ACTUALLY, I WAS A LIEUTENANT. AND I, UM, RECRUITED A LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS A SERGEANT. THERE HE WAS RELOCATING. UM AND WE JUST HIT IT OFF. UM, SO WE WOULD HIT WE WOULD CERTAINLY RECRUIT, UM, SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR OFFICERS, WHEREAS IN OBVIOUSLY OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD WOULD SEND OUT INFORMATION ON HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING NOW, UM IT OBVIOUSLY IF I HAVE THE CONSENT, UM BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO DO IS, UM PUBLICIZE WHAT? WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GET THE OFFICERS TO COME TO US BECAUSE IT IS. IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. I THINK WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS THAT IT'S RARE THAT WE GET TRAINED OFFICER IT IS. YOU HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY RECRUIT FOR THOSE OFFICERS AND YOU HAVE TO AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT'S THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE STREET. THEY SPEAK TO DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS. THEY SPEAK TO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS AREA. UM AND THEY KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. UM I IMPLORE THAT THEY GO OUT THERE AND SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AGENCY. UM SO I'M I'M VERY EMPHATIC ON UH, AGAIN. MY JOB IS TO REDUCE THESE NUMBERS, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR BEST CHANCE OF DOING IT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UH, MR MC BURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND REALLY, TO MR CONTRERAS'S POINT AND BRINGING ON THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO. UH, I I'M I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF WE ? I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED OFFICERS AND THE DEMANDS THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA GET LESS. AND STUFF, SO I I'M GONNA APPLAUD IN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MR FINCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM CHIEF STEINER. FIRST OF ALL CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. UM THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON. UM AND I REALLY WANTED HIM TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU WITH COUNSEL WHO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFING. UH THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. I JUST WANNA KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON . JUST SO THE COUNCIL KNOWS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT CHIEF STAGNER IS DOING, UH, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM I THINK THE ONE THING THAT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT WAS THE COST I. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS. SO WHEN WE'RE SENDING SOMEBODY TO TRAINING WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM TO GO TO TRAINING. WE'RE PAYING ALL THOSE COST, SO IF WE'RE BRINGING IN, WE'RE RECRUITING SOMEBODY LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. IT'S ACTUALLY A NET SAVINGS FOR THE CITY. THERE IS NO REASON NOT IN THE WORLD TO DO THIS RIGHT. IT'S IF YOU IF YOU END UP WITH SOMEBODY FIVE YEARS THAT MAYBE THAT'S THE

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SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING BACK AN UPDATE THE COUNCIL SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT I WOULD SAY 60 OR 90 DAYS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MO ON THAT. UM AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH WITH, I GUESS TWO THINGS REAL QUICK WITH COUNCIL NUMBER ONE IS, UH, CHIEF STEIGER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF THE STAFF. UM YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAD DONE A RIDE ALONG RECENTLY AND I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL SOME OF THE NEEDS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF FACILITY. BUT EVEN TODAY, UH, FINALLY, THE NEW FURNITURE CAME IN FOR THE FOR THE REPORT, WRITING ROOM AND SOME OF THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT OFFICES. THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE ECSTATIC I. I COULD TELL THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES I GOT STOPPED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE TO USE A BROKEN TABLE ANYMORE. AND IT'S THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT CHIEF STEINER HAS TAKEN A LOT OF PRIDE IN IN WORKING WITH ALL THE OFFICERS AND THE MOMENTUM IS DEFINITELY THERE AND I KNOW THAT JUST SO YOU KNOW, COS THAT CHIEF CHASE IS GONNA BE THE EXACT SAME WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 4896 SHIFTS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. WE'RE PLANNING ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER. MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CARRY OVER TO FIRE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THE 4896 IS SOMETHING I KNOW THAT, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS I WOULD TELL YOU WITH OTHER CITIES. ALL AROUND THE METROPLEX . OTHER CITY MANAGERS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO PECK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. I'M GONNA TELL YOU IN TERMS OF PAY. UM BUT THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, SO THERE ARE QUESTION JUST OCCURRED TO ME IN THE PROBABLY COVERED IT, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK IT AGAIN. THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM. BUT THESE BONUSES THE BONUS MONEY IS AVAILABLE NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? YES SIR. THAT IS CORRECT, SO IT'S NOT A MATTER FOR THE NEXT FISCAL BUDGET. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND USE THIS BONUSES TOMORROW. IF YOU NEED TO. OK I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IT'S THERE'S YEAH, THERE'S A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO THIS. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE NOW YOU CAN DO YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON A BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR SALARIES AND SO FORTH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET IT. THERE'S NO APPROVAL NECESSARY.

IN TURN. WELL, I IN TERMS OF WHAT CHIEF WANTS TO DO. I MEAN, THIS IS A GREEN. WE'VE HEARD IT.

WE THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THERE'S A GREEN LIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE ANYTHING. THE MONEY IS ALREADY THERE. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OK? AND THANKS FOR YOUR CREATIVITY, INGENUITY AS WELL. GONNA BE AN ACCOUNTANT SOMEDAY.

FINAL ITEM IS ITEM THREE E BRIEFING ON A PROPOSED PURCHASE OF A 2024 FORD F 454 BY FOUR BRUSH FIRE SMALL BRUSH TRUCK. FROM DECO FIRE EQUIPMENT AND THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $236,789.

AND NEW REAL OFFICIAL INTERIM CHIEF. YOU'RE COMING TO US WITH MORE STICKER SHOCK, BUT GO RIGHT AHEAD. CORRECT OR THE LAST ONE WE BOUGHT WAS IN 2008. THIS IS A JUST AN UPGRADED MODEL OF THAT TRUCK. THE CURRENT TRUCK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH HAS HAD PUMP ISSUES. UH, IT'S NOT PUMPING EFFICIENTLY. IT IS OVERHEATED. WE HAVE TRIED TO, UH YOU KNOW, DO SOME WORK ON THAT OVERHAULING THE PUMP AND OVERHAULING THE MOTOR. UH, WE'VE CREATED SOME EXTRA SPACE UP TOP TO TRY AND GET SOME AIRFLOW TO IT, AND IT WILL NOT HOLD UP. UH SO THE VEHICLE, UH, HAS RUN ITS COURSE.

UH, IT WAS DESIGNED, UH AND WHEN YOU SEE BRUSH TRUCK, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WILD LAND FIREFIGHTING. LARGE BRUSH TRUCKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, YOU KNOW, TWO TON TRUCK THAT IS DESIGNED TO ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO CARRY THE LARGE FIVE INCH HOSE ARE OUR MAIN, UH, WATER SUPPLY HOSE ACROSS BRIDGES TO SOME OF THE HOUSES, UH, THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS, UH, BY BY THE ROADWAY OTHER THAN THE BRIDGE. WE WILL NOT TAKE OUR LARGE FIRE APPARATUS ACROSS THOSE BRIDGES. UH, BUT THIS THE CURRENT VEHICLE WE HAVE. IT DOES HAVE A TOUGH

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UH, BUT WE'RE THERE. SO WITH THE COMPLETION OF ALL OF OUR BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, UH WE ARE ADJOURNED. THE TIME STAMP IS

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