Jun 04, 2024 City Council

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TIME. WE ARE GOING TO START THE JUNE 4TH, 2024 BRIEFING AND WORK SESSION, OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON TRYING TO GET OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON BOARD, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE, THE CONSENT, DISCUSSION OF CONSENT ITEMS AND CITY MANAGER. ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE IT? YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE CONSENT ITEMS. ITEM FOUR A IS THE FIRST MEETING, SO I'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM FOUR. B, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FOUR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUSES FOR METRO FIRE APPARATUS SPECIALISTS THROUGH THE BUY MORE CONTRACT OR DISCOUNTED UNIT PRICE BID, WITH AN ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE OF $12,512. AND I DON'T SEE INTERIM FIRE CHIEF CHASE, BUT WHAT THIS WAS WAS WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WAS DAMAGED IN A FIRE, AND WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO GO BACK AND GO AFTER THAT.

THEORY IS, WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO MAYBE RECOVER SOME OF THAT, BUT THIS IS A $12,000 EXPENSE FOR THE, BREATHING APPARATUS AND INTERIM CHIEF CHASES THE QUESTIONS. OKAY, FOUR C CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IEA FOR AN ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ENGINEERING SERVICES AS PART OF THE GREENBRIER ESTATES WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 36,000 NOT EXCEEDING A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $198,596.45, AND ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRYANT IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. YES ALL RIGHT. RYAN HI, SO I DID THE MATH OF 36,000 PURCHASE AMOUNT PLUS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT, AND I DIDN'T GET 198. IT WAS A DIFFERENCE OF 18,000. IS THAT A BUFFER INCLUDED JUST IN CASE? YEAH, I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT THERE IS A CONTINGENCY IN PLACE WITH THAT. OKAY, NOW, THIS 36,000 IS A FIRE RATE.

THERE'S NO CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THAT. OKAY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION WAS 144,000 $144,045.55, AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT AND ADD 36,000 FOR THE AMENDMENT. I CAME UP TO 180,000, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE AT ABOUT 10% CONTINGENCY. OKAY. MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. MOVING ON FOUR D CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH CINTAS CORPORATION FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AND ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $329,030 OVER FIVE YEARS. SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL ON CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATIONS AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRYANT IS HERE FOR THIS ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? NONE NO. OKAY. NO. THANK YOU FOR E CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH TRANE FOR HVAC PRODUCTS INSTALLATION LABOR SOLUTIONS, RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. I'LL SKIP OVER SOME OF THOSE TECHNICAL THINGS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AND ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $148,015 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWAL, CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS FALLS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRIAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE. NO QUESTIONS. MOVING ON. FOUR F CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THREE VEHICLES FROM SILSBEE FORD FLEET GROUP. THE WILL BE USED IN SUPPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PATROL DIVISION AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $216,913.95, WITH THE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE OF UPFITTING COST, AXON AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $39,349.44, WITH THE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE OF UPFITTING COST TO MOTOROLA IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,935.15. AN INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, STOCKMAN, IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL. THE QUESTION JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I GUESS EVERY VEHICLE NOW IS GOING TO HAVE THAT WITH MOTOROLA RIGHT IN TERMS OF UPDATING. YES, SIR, BOTH THE MOTOROLA AND AXON, BECAUSE IT'S AN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR OUTFITTING OF THE LIGHTS AND SIREN AND A CAGE IN THE VEHICLE. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THANK YOU. WELL THANKS MAINLY FOR G. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR

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NOVEMBER THE 13TH THROUGH THE 16TH. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET WORKSHOP ON AUGUST THE 15TH. AND, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST THE 20TH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M SORRY. OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO, ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANYTHING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR? ALL GOOD. OKAY MOVE INTO, BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON A SOFTWARE AND SERVICE SAAS AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

MR. TERRY IS HERE FROM BARITONE TROMBONE. HE'S HERE TO SHARE WITH US AND I BELIEVE, OKAY, YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION ALREADY. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO SKIM THROUGH THIS AND GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. AND OF COURSE I WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY OTHER DETAILS OR OR DISCUSSIONS, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW , YOU, ARE PART OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER THAT YOU LEVERAGE RESOURCES, WITH THEM FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND DISPATCH, SERVICES, THROUGH THAT, WE WERE ENGAGED, TWO YEARS AGO, WITH THE FIRM BERRY DUNN, I'M A MANAGER OVER OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY. SECTION. CURRENTLY, I HAVE, MYSELF AND MY TEAM HAVE, LIKE, PROJECTS GOING ON WITH CITIES LIKE FRISCO DENTON. WE JUST COMPLETED ONE IN ELLIS, COUNTY, AS WELL AS IN SOME OTHER, STATES, WE WERE ENGAGED TO DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS, TO PUBLISH AN RFP TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR YOUR CURRENT CAD. MS, SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE. WE HAD DONE ON A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE SYSTEM YOU WERE USING, THOUGH FUNCTIONAL, DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. REALLY, TO PUT IT IN, BASIC TERMS, YOU ALL CANNOT LEVERAGE THAT TECHNOLOGY. IT'S OUTDATED, IT'S LIMITED. IT'S NOT EFFICIENT FOR YOU. YOUR

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ESSENTIALLY, THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOSING WATER REVENUE. WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OFFSET THAT WITH THE INTEREST AS WELL. SO YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COST IS GOING TO SHRINK. YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE, METER READERS. THAT'S GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THE ENTIRE METER READERS FOR THE CITY. EVERYTHING WILL BE DIGITAL. ALL RIGHT, SO THE PROJECT SCOPE COVERS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER METERS. AND I JUST WANTED TO GO QUICKLY OVER WHAT THE BENEFITS OF DOING THE WATER METER REPLACEMENT IS, REAL QUICK IS ESSENTIALLY YOU'VE GOT TWO PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, YOU HAVE REAL LOSSES AND YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL A PAIR OF LOSSES. THE REAL LOSSES WOULD BE ANY REPORTED BREAKS AND LEAKS AND THEN THE APPARENT LOSSES WOULD ESSENTIALLY COVER, INACCURACIES IN THE METERS, INACCURACIES BY METER READERS AS WELL AS UNREPORTED THEFT. AND SO WHAT THE PROJECT AIMS TO DO IS TO REDUCE THE APPARENT LOSSES SO THAT SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE INACCURACIES IN THE METER READING AS WELL AS THE INACCURACIES THROUGH THE METERS THEMSELVES, SO THAT YOU CAN INCREASE BILLED WATER REVENUE, THROUGH THE NEW METERS AND THEREFORE BE ABLE TO INCREASE OVERALL, WATER REVENUE FOR THE CITY. SO SOME OF THE KEY BENEFITS THERE ARE TO RECOVER THAT LOST WATER AND SEWER REVENUE. THAT IS DUE TO THE INACCURACIES IN THE METERS, DECREASE THE NUMBER OF SERVICE CALLS. AND THAT IS TYPICALLY, IF THERE ARE ANY REREADS BECAUSE OF A BAD READING CYCLE OR ANY MISTAKES THAT ARE MADE IN THE BILLS, IT ALSO MAKES IT VERY EFFICIENT FOR YOU ALL TO COLLECT YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, INFORMATION AND ALSO RESOLVE RESOLVE DISPUTES. AND THE REASON WHY IT IS GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT TO RESOLVE DISPUTES IS BECAUSE WITH THE NEW METERS COMES WON A CITY PORTAL WHERE THE CITY'S WATERWORKS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT EACH AND EVERY ACCOUNT IS DOING. BUT THE CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO GOING TO GET ACCESS TO THE SAME PORTAL WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MONITOR THEIR OWN USAGE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THEIR HIGHS, THE LOWS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, INCLUDING SLIGHT LEAKS. OR IF THE METER IS NOT RUNNING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND YOU CAN PROGRAM IT TO SET ALERTS TO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERFACES.

YOU GO ON VACATION, IT CAN SEND YOU A MESSAGE IF IT'S STARTING TO CREEP UP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO HAVE AND VISIBILITY INTO THE WATER THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE. RIGHT AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IT'S A WAY FOR YOUR CITY TO DEAL WITH, LEAKS, THAT ARE NOT IN THE TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION SIDE THAT ARE CONCERNING CUSTOMERS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO GET MUCH BETTER USAGE AS YOU SAID, INTO YOUR WATER USAGE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE HOME OR NOT, THE WAY THAT IT DOES IT. AND MY ENGINEER CAN EXPLAIN ALL THIS WAY BETTER, BUT YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE METERS THAT HAVE MOVING PARTS AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND YOU GUYS HAVE THEM 15 YEARS IN THE GROUND THAT THOSE PARTS WERE DOWN. AND THAT'S WHERE THE INACCURACIES COME FROM. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IS A METER THAT HAS NO MOVING PARTS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE GUARANTEED FOR 20 YEARS AND WARRANTY THAT IT IS GOING TO BE AS ACCURATE THE DAY YOU PUT IT IN AS THE DAY YOU TAKE IT OUT 20 YEARS, AT LEAST 20 YEARS FROM NOW, ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE MAJORITY OF THE METERS IN THE CITY ARE RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE CAPTURING THE MOST LOST WATER REVENUE AS WELL, AND SO ULTIMATELY WE HAVE JUST UNDER 13,200M THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING. SO THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS TO ESSENTIALLY REPLACE ALL OF THEM WITH THESE NEW, ULTRASONIC METERS, AS JENNA MENTIONED, WITH NO MOVING PARTS, AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE METER BOXES THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY AS WE'RE DOING OUR, ANALYSIS AND SURVEYS. BUT THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE UP TO 1000 METER BOXES TO REPLACE ONES

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EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU IS A PACKAGE. SO WE'RE BASICALLY SHOWING YOU YOUR LEVERAGED DATA OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING GUARANTEED BY US. AND THAT IS A REASON, SINCE WE DO ALL THE ENGINEERING AND THE MATH UP FRONT THAT CHANGE ORDERS, UNLESS IT IS SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY DONE FOR SCOPE, WE DO NOT DO THAT. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE MISS, THAT'S ON US. LIKE I SAID, WE DO EVERYTHING UP FRONT. WE CAN'T TELL YOU. WE PUT IT TOGETHER, AND THEN I MISS SOMETHING THAT'S ON US. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPICAL BOXES AND LIDS. CITY HAS AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES THAT WE'VE SEEN ALL AROUND. THE KEY THING HERE I WANTED TO KIND OF HONE IN ON IS THE REASON WE'RE PLACING THE LIDS IS THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE EITHER CONCRETE OR CAST IRON. IF A LOT OF THEM WERE PLASTIC, THERE IS A WAY TO DRILL THEM, WHICH IS DOABLE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE, PART OF OUR SCOPE IS TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM WITH THE BIDS THAT WOULD ALREADY HAVE THE RECESSED ENDPOINT. YOU CAN IMAGINE YOUR PHONE WOULDN'T GET A TEXT MESSAGE DOWN THERE. SO THE METERS DON'T REALLY WORK THERE, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COME TO. WE TESTED YOUR METERS, AND THAT'S IN THE MEASURE METER. ACCURACY SO ARE YOUR CITY IS READING ABOUT 90, 91% OF, YOUR YOU ARE LOSING 9% OF YOUR OVERALL WATER METER REVENUE. SO THAT TURNS OUT TO BE $979,000 A YEAR. THAT IS AT TODAY'S RATE, THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE, THE NEW RATES. SO THAT IS YOUR BASELINE. WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU ABOUT ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR THAT THE CITY IS LOSING, WE ARE GUARANTEEING IT TO 98.5% ACCURACY. WE'RE AN ENGINEERING COMPANY. WE'RE CONSERVATIVE BY NATURE. YOU WILL BE SEEING CLOSER TO 99.5 100. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU EVERYTHING. YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. WE HOPE TO SEE MORE THAN $1 MILLION. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, NO. JUST THAT, THIS IS THE PRE METER. REPLACEMENT ACCURACY. AND THEN ONCE WE PUT THEM IN A YEAR LATER, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TEST THEM AGAIN TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE REVENUE, THAT WE GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY THAT WE GUARANTEED. YES. AND WE WILL ACTUALLY ALSO AS WE TAKE THE METERS OUT, CONTINUE TO TEST THOSE. SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WHEN WE DO THAT ONE YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE METERS OUT OF THE GROUND AS A WHOLE WERE, CITIES NEIGHBORING NEARBY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN READING THREE TIMES HIGHER. THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT WE GUARANTEE $800,000, AND THEY CAME BACK AT $3 MILLION WHEN WE DID A BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE ON TESTING. SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEE, TOTAL PROJECT COST OF ALL OF THE METERS. IT'S $10.5 MILLION, WE DID WORK WITH THE CITY TO DETERMINE WHO THEY WANTED TO GO WITH AND HOW THIS WAS GOING TO LAY OUT. SO THIS IS ALL BASED ON THE, PRODUCTS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PUT IN THE RECOVERED WATER AND SEWER GALLONS IS WHAT WE GUARANTEE THAT 82 MILLION GALLONS, WE DON'T GUARANTEE THE DOLLAR VALUE PER SE, BECAUSE YOU GUYS COULD TURN AROUND AND CHANGE YOUR RATES TO FREE TOMORROW SO THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE THE BEST CHOICE. BUT WE WILL GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY ON THE METERS. AND THAT DOES COME WITH A DOLLAR VALUE. THE O&M SAVINGS THAT IS OVER THE 20 YEARS, THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARE FOR THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CREWS THAT ARE OUT THERE BREEDING THESE NOW, YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY BUYING METERS EVERY YEAR. YOU'RE PUTTING IN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM THAT IS YOUR SAVINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERY YEAR FOR THAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO. WE WARRANTY THESE FOR 20 YEARS. ONE METER CAN GO OUT. YOU CALL US, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, SO THE CITY WILL NOT HAVE TO TOUCH ANY OF THE METERS. AND THEN THE ANNUAL COST, THE METER SYSTEM HAS A COST TO IT. AND THAT'S FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND FOR YOUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT CONSTANT STREAM OF DATA. AND THAT IS THE ANNUAL COST PER YEAR THAT DOES NOT COME TO SEE. THAT IS FOR THE CITY TO PAY DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR FOR THAT. BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED IT IN OUR FINANCING AND OUR SAVINGS. SO WHEN WE'RE TELLING YOU IT ALL PAYS FOR ITSELF. IT IS ALL INCLUSIVE. SO, WE DON'T DO THE FINANCING. I KNOW MISS FINCH HAS MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON. SO

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SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY AND I'M JUST GOING TO OVERSIMPLIFY THIS FOR A SECOND, THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT UP TO ESSENTIALLY A $17 MILLION LOAN FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY, WE KNOW THAT 10 MILLION JUST USING ROUND NUMBERS HERE FOR A SECOND IS GOING TO BE FOR THE ARMY. BUT THE OTHER 7 MILLION IS JENNA JUST SAID WE CAN USE FOR THE SERVICE CENTER. RIGHT. THE TWO THINGS I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR IS GET ARMY DONE, GET THE SERVICE CENTER DONE.

THIS IS A PATH FORWARD AND ESSENTIALLY WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE COMING ON THE BOOKS FOR THE TAXPAYERS, BECAUSE THIS WOULD ALL COME THROUGH THE WATER FUND. NOW, JENNA AND I HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A TWO YEAR DEFERRED FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT. THE REASON AND THIS HAS BEEN A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT. MATT BRYANT AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS WITH JENNA AND MRV, ESSENTIALLY, IF WE HYPOTHETICALLY, OUR FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS NOT DUE TILL AUGUST, LET'S SAY OF 2026, OKAY, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING TWO YEAR DEFERRED, THAT LINES UP VERY, VERY WELL WITH A GRANT THAT MRV HAS IDENTIFIED FOR US, WHICH IS 50% LOAN FORGIVENESS ON THE LOAN FOR THE ARMY METERS. SO THEN WE COULD GET AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION BACK OVER BEFORE THAT TWO YEAR STARTS, BEFORE THAT DEBT SERVICE STARTS. OKAY SO THEN WE'VE GOT ESSENTIALLY POTENTIALLY 5 MILLION PLUS 7 MILLION PLUS WE HAVE 2.5 MILLION IF WE NEED TO BUILD NEW SERVICE CENTER, WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT. IF WE NEED TO RENOVATE THE SERVICE CENTER, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FUNDS TO DO IT, BUT IT WILL ALLOW US TO TACKLE BOTH PROJECTS WITH ONE LOAN AND THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT WOULD STILL COME IN SO THAT THE OVERALL TAX WOULD NOT GO UP. WIN WIN. I KNOW A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WELL, I'LL BE QUICK. YOU REFERRED EARLY ON TO AN ALERT SYSTEM. DOES THAT ALERT SYSTEM IN ANY WAY HELP THE CONSUMER CATCH THAT? THEY'RE HAVING EXCESSIVE WATER USAGE THROUGH LEAKS? YEP. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO SET IT UP AS A CONSUMER. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME WITH A DEFAULT. BUT WHEN WE DO THESE WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING. WE'LL PUT OUT VIDEOS. WE'LL HOST YOUR CITIZENS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP, WITH THAT INTENT. SO ALONG THAT SAME LINE, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD. SO IF THE CITY NOTICES, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMER, BUT IF THIS CUSTOMER IS ON VACATION AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONE OR WHATEVER, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO IF YOU SET UP TRENDS IN THAT WAY? YES. YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK. AND YOU YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE, LIKE WHEN METERS GO OFFLINE BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN, CELLULAR IF WE GET HIT WITH A RAINSTORM, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN. SO THE, THE CITY COMPONENT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE CIVILIAN COMPONENT. AND IT HAS A LOT MORE CAPABILITIES FOR THAT SPECIFIC CONCEPT. DO DO WE HAVE ANY I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT. DO WE HAVE ANY GUARANTEES ON THE RECOVERY? I AM GUARANTEEING YOU THAT 82.2 MILLION, WHICH TODAY IT'S THAT 979,000. OKAY. AND THEN HAVE WE TALKED TO ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND HERE. SO THERE'S SOME THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. YES. WAXAHACHIE. KAUFMAN, WILLMAR. THEY'VE ALL PUT IN REFERENCES. DUNCANVILLE IS BEHIND THE CURVE ON THIS. OKAY. SO I DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GUARANTEED SAVINGS. YOU'RE SAYING THE GUARANTEED SAVINGS COMES FROM FROM YOUR COMPANY TO END. IT COMES FROM CI. BUT ALSO THE METERS ARE WARRANTED UNDER THE METER COMPANY. SO IT IS DOUBLY WARRANTED. OKAY. AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TIME FRAME. ABOUT THIS BEING INSTALLED AND DONE. WELL YEAH. LET US STEP IN THERE FOR A QUICK SECOND. AND, THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MATT BRYANT, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE, BUT SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ACTUALLY, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OVERALL, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IS TO PHASE IT IN, NOT DO THE ENTIRE CITY AT ONCE. WE COULD DO THE CITY AT ONCE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GOES CRAZY, THEN WE'VE GOT THE ENTIRE CITY AFFECTED INSTEAD OF JUST THAT PARTICULAR SECTION. I KNOW, MATT, WE HAD TALKED ALSO ABOUT REPLACEMENT 20 YEARS FROM NOW,

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THOSE GO PRETTY FAST IN THE YEAR. SO IT DEPENDS ON ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THIS THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WE WERE TALKING WITH, MRV HAZARD GROUP HERE IN TEMPLE THAT HAS DONE THIS QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER METER REPLACEMENTS. AND SO IT'S A WINDOW. WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. NOW MATT AND I WERE TALKING WITH THEM AND I THINK THE APPLICATION IS IN MARCH. IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO THEN WE WOULD KNOW. BUT IT LINES UP WELL AS LONG AS WE DO THE TWO YEAR DEFERRED SERVICE, IT LINES UP PERFECTLY FOR US. ANYTHING ELSE LOOKS GOOD. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND WELL SPELLED OUT.

METER READERS. YES, IT WOULD IN NO WAY ARE WE SAYING TO GET RID OF THEM. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A HEAVY WORKLOAD AND POSSIBLY, CONSIDERATION OF REASSIGNING IF NEED BE, TO OTHER AREAS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD THAT WOULD BE A SAVINGS. SO I MUST SAY THANK YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I STILL NEED TO WORK ON SOME OF THAT. OKAY AND THEN WITH THE BILLS BEING MORE ACCURATE, THAT WOULD MEAN INCREASED READING, HIGHER BILLS, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE CONSIDER INFORMING THE PUBLIC, DOING AS MUCH EDUCATION AWARENESS AS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S NOT, KIND OF HIT THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. I HAD ONE THING. WE DO HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE MARKETING TEAM THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THE BIGGEST SITUATION WE RUN INTO. OBVIOUSLY, THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE EDUCATED.

WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS WITH THE CITY TO GET THE CURATED MESSAGE OUT, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE THING, ESPECIALLY THE AMOUNT OF CALLS YOU GET. WHY IS SOMEBODY ON MY PROPERTY NONSTOP? SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY, WE GET THINGS ON YOUR WEBSITE, WE'LL DO DOOR HANGERS. YEAH WELL, WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK, ARE WE SAYING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT HAVE A FLAT $60 A MONTH WATER BILL WITH THE NEW METERS, ARE THEY GOING TO SEE INCREASED WATER BILLS BECAUSE OF THE NEW METERS? SOME WON'T AND SOME WILL. THEY'RE GOING TO SEE AN ACCURATE METER 5050. IT REALLY DEPENDS BECAUSE I MEAN SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT FLAT 60 ARE PAYING FOR MORE WATER THAN THEY USE. SO IT THERE IS A VARIANCE. YEAH. WELL I WAS GOING TO SAY JUST LOOKING AT THIS, THE BIGGEST DECREASE IN BILLS THAT YOU THE CITY WILL SEE IS INCH AND A HALF, TWO AND THREE. SO A LOT OF COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS INSTEAD OF RESIDENTS, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR YOUR SAVINGS IS GOING TO BE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. I AGREE WITH MISS GOODIN THAT WE NEED TO REALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THIS WAY IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST WATER BILL. ONCE OUR METERS ARE PUT IN, ANYBODY GOT MR. COATES? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH MISTER BRYANT, SO HIS STAFF AND THE WATER BILLING AND SOME OF THE METER, METER READERS AND I MEAN, THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR US TO DO THAT. SO AS FAR AS THE STAFF IS CONCERNED, I MEAN, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE READY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. AND SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING FROM THEM, THIS WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY, AND YOU ALL ALSO WANTED TO ASK, SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS THE PROPRIETARY AND IT'LL BE THE SOFTWARE FOR THE METER VENDOR. SO THE METER THAT'S SELECTED BY THE CITY, THEY HAVE THEIR ENTIRE PORTAL, SO MATT HAS SEEN THAT ALL AND WE HAVE PROVIDED SCREENSHOTS. SO THAT'S THE SOFTWARE COMPONENT THAT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE SOFTWARE. THAT IS THE 75. WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT. THAT'S $75,000 ANNUAL COST. THAT COVERS THE CELL RECEPTION ESSENTIALLY. SO IT BREAKS DOWN TO BEING ABOUT LIKE $0.95 PER METER PER MONTH, BUT THAT'S FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE SO THEY CAN HAVE IT ON THEIR PHONES, THEIR COMPUTERS.

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IT'S RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REVISING CHAPTER FOUR, ANIMAL AND FOWL CITY ORDINANCE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LEGISLATION CHANGES AND BEST PRACTICES. SO WE HAVE, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF MATT STOGNER AND SERGEANT ADRIAN TEJERINA. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, SERGEANT TORINA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ASSISTANT CHIEF FRESE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AT THE TOWN OF ADDISON FOR THEIR POLICE CHIEF. AND AFTER EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS AND, WITH THE APPLICANTS TO FILL HIS POSITION, SERGEANT TORINA WILL MOVE UP A THURSDAY, AS ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I GIVE YOU SERGEANT ARENA TODAY, BUT, SO GO EASY ON. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO I'M TRULY EXCITED TO BE HERE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL GOING FORWARD, MY CURRENT ROLE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SPECIAL SERVICES SERGEANT, AND I'M OVER OUR ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO PRESENT TO YOU CITY COUNCIL, CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND YOUR TIME IS VERY VALUABLE. SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT, SO A LITTLE BACK HISTORY ON HOW WE GOT HERE. DECEMBER 20TH, 22, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AN APPLICATION PERMIT FOR GOATS, WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE CHIEF OF POLICE DENIED THAT APPLICATION. THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL WAS THE, APPLICANT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE SIGNATURES OF ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 75FT OF WHERE THE GOATS WERE GOING TO BE. SO THAT WAS IN APPEALED TO THE APPEAL COMMITTEE, IN JANUARY 2023, THE APPEAL COMMITTEE CONVENED TO HEAR THE APPLICANT CONSISTED OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE FIRE CHIEF, AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THE CHIEF OF POLICE RECUSED HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT ISSUED THE INITIAL DENIAL. THE DECISION TO DENY WAS UPHELD BY THE APPEAL COMMITTEE, AND THE DECISION OF THE OR THE DECISION. THE DENIAL WAS THEN APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL. SO IN FEBRUARY 2023, THE APPEAL WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL TABLED THAT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION, UPON DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN REVIEWING CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CITY ORDINANCES IN ORDER TO UPDATE THOSE ORDINANCES WITH LEGISLATION, BEST PRACTICES, AND , BEST STANDARDS WITH OUR PARTNER CITIES, IT'S ALLOWED FOR A REALLY, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE CITIZENS. IT ADDED A LOT OF DEFINITIONS THAT WEREN'T CLEAR BEFORE, KIND OF GOT RID OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THERE TWICE AND REALLY, REALLY MADE FOR A BETTER PRODUCT FOR THE CITIZENS TO READ AND INGEST AND UNDERSTAND. SO IN DOING THIS, THE STAFF FELT IT NECESSARY TO REVIEW THE ENTIRETY OF CHAPTER FOUR, A LOT OF HARD WORK WAS PUT INTO IT BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE OF BOTH, SWORN STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS DOING RESEARCH INTO TEXAS HEALTH SAFETY CODE, AGRICULTURE CODE, THE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT OUR PARTNER CITIES ARE DOING IN THE METROPLEX. SO, GAVE ALL THE CHANGES TO ALL 24 SOMETHING, PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION. THE CHANGES ARE IN RED, STRIKETHROUGH, OLD CHANGES. THE NEW CHANGES ARE IN RED, THE MAJORITY, LIKE I SAID, MAJORITY OF THOSE CHANGES CAME FROM LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. BEST PRACTICES. AND TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE ORDINANCES TO OUR CITIZENS, ONCE THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE, WE DID CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY, AFTER ALL THOSE REVISIONS WERE MADE, SO AGAIN, OUR REQUEST IS THAT THE Y'ALL REVIEW, THOSE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR ANY RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE THOSE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH, WE'LL THEN UPDATE ANY NEEDED REVISIONS OR ANSWER ANY CLARIFYING, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE. AND THE ORDINANCE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR APPROVAL AT THE JUNE 18TH, COUNCIL. IS THAT IN OUR AGENDA PACKET? YES IT IS. SO WHAT'S THE , CHAPTER FOUR ANIMALS AND FOWL

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ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S RIGHT. OR AUGUST OR WHATEVER. SO ABSOLUTELY. JUST TO GIVE US MORE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RED LINE CHANGES IN THAT. WHAT WE SAID BECAUSE I DIDN'T. ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. YEAH, AND THEN ALSO, THAT WE TABLED IT, BUT THEN WE ALSO WE ENDED UP VOTING ON THAT. RIGHT ON THAT, THAT PARTICULAR DECISION. SO. AM I CORRECT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, JUST JUST AS A CORRECTION. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT TABLED THE ACTUAL, DID VOTE ON THAT. OKAY.

SO I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE I GOT A CALL ON THIS TODAY AND, UNDER SECTION 420 A KEEPING THE BACKYARD HENS. THERE'S IN IN RED. IT SAYS THE KEEPING OF ROOSTERS OR ANY OTHER FOWL IS PROHIBITED. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT, AM I TAKING THIS OUT OF CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, OR ARE ROOSTERS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PROHIBITED? ROOSTERS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ARE PROHIBITED. IN JUST FOLLOW UP, CURRENTLY THE PROHIBITED. NOT WHEN THIS IS PASSED. NO CURRENTLY THERE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS ADDRESSED. THE EXCUSE ME THE INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT, BACKYARD HENS, THAT'S NOT IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES. THIS WAS ADDED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY, YOU GOT ONE MORE ITEM. THREE D IT'S, UPDATE CITY COUNCIL ON THE EXPANSION OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION . GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ALICIA DAY. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR COMING IN SOON. JULY 1ST, RECENTLY, WE'VE KIND OF RECONFIGURED AND ADDED MISS ANGELA TO OUR TEAM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE EVENTS TO GET TOURISM AND, VISITORS TO COME AND STAY IN DUNCANVILLE. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO BRING THAT IN UNDER OUR UMBRELLA. SO, MISS ANGELA, TODAY IS GOING TO SHARE SOME UPDATES WITH THE JULY 4TH FESTIVITIES. MISS ANGELA OWNS. HI, ANGELA OWNS EVENT PLANNER. IF I I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. SO IF I GET GOING. REALLY FAST, TELL ME TO SLOW DOWN. SO AS YOU KNOW, YOU TASKED US WITH EXPANDING OUR EVENTS, YOU WANTED TO BRING IN A SIGNATURE EVENT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. JULY 4TH THROUGH THE SIXTH. IT'LL BE HELD AT ARMSTRONG PARK. IT'LL START ON JULY 4TH, WHICH IS OUR TRADITIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT AM WILL BE LINEUP. THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS WILL BE AT THE ACTUALLY, THAT'S AT SEVEN. OH. IS IT SEVEN, SEVEN, EIGHT? THAT'S FINE. KEEP GOING. ARE YOU GUYS STILL STARTING AT NINE? THE PARADE STARTS AT NINE. THE REGISTRATION. SIGN UP. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN 7 A.M. 8 A.M. IS WHEN YOU GUYS NEED TO BE AT THE GYM. SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU OVER TO YOUR GOLF CARTS, 9 A.M. IS THE STEP OFF. 1 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN EARLIER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, PARTIALLY TO ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION THAT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING. PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE WANT YOU GUYS TO ENJOY THE PARK.

WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL SPLASH PAD, AN AMAZING PLAYGROUND. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START AT 1:00 THIS YEAR, 2:00 WILL BE THE WELCOME. 230 IS WHEN OUR LIVE MUSIC BEGINS. WE HAVE TWO BANDS COMING, WE HAVE CRUEL SUMMER, WHICH IS A TAYLOR SWIFT, TRIBUTE BAND AND THEN EXTENDED PLAY, WHICH IS A PARTY BAND, WEDDING BAND, THAT KIND OF THING. AND THEN OUR FIREWORKS IS A 25 MINUTE TO 30 MINUTE FIREWORKS SHOW. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE TEST, SO FRIDAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF OUR COOKOFF. IT'LL BE AT 10 A.M. IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START LETTING PEOPLE CHECK IN, AND THEN 7 P.M. IS WHEN KIND OF THE WELCOME IS IT'S THE FIFTH. I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET OFF WHILE THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME IN ON THE FIFTH EARLY. I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO. I RECOGNIZE MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT GET THE FIFTH OFF. SO WE DECIDED TO WAIT TILL THE 7:00 PM AND THEN THE LIVE MUSIC, WHICH IS AGAIN CRUEL SUMMER. THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR BIG SHOW, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THIS BAND, THIS BAND COMES FROM UP NORTH. THEY ARE HUGE. THEY SELL OUT ALL OF THEIR CONCERTS, THEY JUST GOT THIS HUGE SHOW ON. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE THEM

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ARE THE TRAINING RIGHT? YES. THEY DO THE TRAINING. WE DON'T DO THE TRAINING RIGHT. SO, THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THEY JUDGE VERSUS BASED ON TEXTURE, TASTE, PRESENTATION. THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY'LL REVIEW AND IT'S ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEATS. YES. FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEATS, PORK, PORK RIBS, BRISKET AND CHICKEN. AND I HAD TO BE EXPLAINED WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE WITH PORK RIBS AND PORK? YES THE COOL PART.

ANYTHING ELSE? IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD. OKAY SO TO THE PAYOUT, IS IT $10,000 FOR THE FIRST GRAND PRIZE OR IS IT $10,000 WORTH OF PRIZE? IS $10,000 WORTH OF PRIZES OKAY.

AND THEN, I SAW IN THE PACKET IT HAD PEOPLE'S CHOICE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUDGES AND THEN ARE WE HAVING THE PUBLIC ALSO TASTE TO WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, WITH OUR

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THERE'S ONE MORE. ONE MORE ITEM FOR JULY 4TH. WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING BEER AND WINE IN THE PARK AS WELL, BECAUSE, NEXT WEEK, WE OUR NEXT MEETING, NOT NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE TO BRING A RESOLUTION TO YOU, FOR TO ALLOW ALCOHOL IN THE PARK FOR THE FOURTH OR THE SIXTH, IT WILL BE IN AN AREA, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR 4TH OF JULY, SO YOU KNOW WHERE THE BOUNCE HOUSES ARE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR BOUNCE HOUSES WHERE THEY WERE FOR THE DARK OF THE PARK. IT WORKED REALLY WELL. THE KIDS LIKED IT, AND THE PARENTS LIKED IT OVER THERE, AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT A GARDEN OUT THERE, FENCED OFF THAT ONLY ADULTS CAN ACCESS, THERE'LL BE SOMEBODY THERE CHECKING IDS, AND THEY'LL BE GIVEN A SPECIFIC COLOR OF BRACELET TO SHOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED THEIR BADGE. AND SO THE ALCOHOL SALES WILL BE TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA. AND YEAH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ENCASED IN A SMALL FENCE. ACCORDING TO TABC RULES. SO NO ALCOHOL WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAVE THAT AREA. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE SAID. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE AND THE WHOLE AREA IS STILL GOING TO BE FENCED OFF THOUGH, AS USUAL. YES, IT WILL BE FENCED OFF. THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT IS OPENING EARLIER SO PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THE SPLASHPAD DURING THE DAY. THAT WAS THE BIG THING. IF IT WAS ALL FENCED OFF, NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE SPLASH PAD AND STILL BE OPEN LATER. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OPENING EARLIER. OKAY. THANK YOU . OKAY. LET'S TRY IT. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A SHORT EXECUTIVE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO AT, 6:52 P.M. CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER UNDER THE HOME RULE CHARTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OKAY. WELCOME, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR OUR MEETING HERE. BUT

[5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session.]

[CALL TO ORDER]

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. I THANK YOU THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR SON JESUS DID ON THE CROSS FOR US, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME BOLDLY BEFORE YOUR THRONE ROOM OF GRACE WITH CONFIDENCE. PRESENT A REQUEST TO YOU IN OUR TIME OF NEED. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I JUST LIFT UP NATHAN WARREN. I ASK LORD FOR YOUR HEALING OVER HIS LIFE, GOD, AND FOR YOUR PROVISION AND BLESSING LORD OVER HIS FAMILY AS HE IS IN RECOVERY. I THANK YOU LORD FOR THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMISSIONS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY. GOD, AS YOUR HAND OF BLESSING LORD OVER THEM. ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM. I ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING OVER THEIR FAMILIES. GOD I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE. I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO SERVE OUR CITY. GOD THANK YOU FOR THE FAITHFUL, SERVICE OF, MAYOR GORDON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. GOD. AND WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS NEW SEASON THAT WE'RE IN UNDER MAYOR CONTRERAS. GOD AND HIS TEAM. SO WE ASK YOUR HAND OF BLESSING LORD OVER THEM. DEAR FATHER, I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT IN YOUR WORD YOU SAY MY PEACE, I GIVE YOU. I DO NOT GIVE AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, AND DO NOT BE AFRAID. I THANK YOU THAT YOU DO NOT GIVE US JUST ANY PEACE. LORD, YOU GIVE US YOUR PEACE. HELP US TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND THAT AND HELP THAT TO BE EVIDENT IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT. ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO, OPERATE IN SUCH A WAY THAT BRINGS YOU HONOR AND GLORY THIS EVENING. DEAR FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU ARE A GOD THAT DOES IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN ALL WE CAN ASK OR IMAGINE. AND IN THE VERY NEXT FEW VERSES IN EPHESIANS, YOU TELL US TO LIVE UP TO THE CALLING TO WHICH WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO BE COMPLETELY HUMBLE AND GENTLE AND PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE, AND EAGER TO

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[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

I ALWAYS SUGGEST TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS. AND LASTLY, AND SINCE WE'VE GOT A GOOD FULL HOUSE HERE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE TALENTS AND SKILLS, IT'S TIME TO PUT THEM TO USE WITH THE CITY. SO THERE'S APPLICATIONS ONLINE.

SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THANK YOU, MISS GOODEN, THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WILL KIND OF GO ALONG THE SAME LINES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT STATED. THANK YOU, TO THIS WONDERFUL TEAM WHO ALWAYS SEEMS TO SHOW UP FOR EVERY EVENT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SET UP, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST EAGER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, TO THE BART STEVENSON, TYLER AGEE, AND YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU SERVE US WELL. YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING. YOU NEVER LOOK AS THOUGH YOU'RE DISGRUNTLED AND BEING OUT THERE. YOU'RE JUMPING IN, PULLING TRUCKS RIGHT ALONG WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. YOU DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED. TO MISS CHIQUITA AND YOUR STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE TIMELY RELEASES OF OUR AGENDA, SINCE YOU AND MISTER FINCH HAVE COME ON BOARD, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED OUR AGENDA PACKETS. ON THURSDAY, ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO REVIEW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND GATHER OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR QUESTIONS. THAT IS, VALUABLE TO ME. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT TO US IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND FEEDING US BEFORE THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY. WE. I WILL SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. I ALREADY STOLE MY THUNDER, BUT I HAD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LISTED AS WELL. PLEASE GO ONLINE AND SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATIONS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ANY OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A CONCERN THAT CAME TO ME LAST WEEK AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. AND I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP IT BRIEF SINCE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE, DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO HINDER YOU FROM CONTACTING YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. YOU PUT US IN THESE SEATS. WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU. WE ARE HERE TO HEAR YOU, LISTEN TO YOU. ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, AND ANY TIME THAT ANYBODY TELLS YOU THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONTACT US, DON'T REACH OUT TO US. ASK YOURSELF, WHY ARE THEY TELLING YOU THAT? NOW, WITH THAT SAID, MY. NUMBER 2142288259I SERVE AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM FROM YOU

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[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

IT, THE INVITE CAME OUT OF, DOMINGO GARCIA'S OFFICE. I WAS PLEASED TO GO, THE MENU WAS CHORIZO AND MENUDO. AND, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LOVE A GOOD BOWL OF MENUDO, OUR RANCHITOS IS A PLACE TO GO. GOOD BREAKFAST, I TALKED I TALKED ABOUT IT. IT WAS CHAPTER 102 OF LULAC. I TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN, UNDERSTANDING THAT DUNCANVILLE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING. THEY'VE CONSTANTLY BEEN CHANGING FOR 30, 40 YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN CHANGING. AND WITH THE INCREASE OF HISPANIC POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'M REACHING OUT TO THEM TO HELP, PARTNER WITH CITIZENS TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT, MORE ENGAGEMENTS ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REALLY LACKING ALL ALL THE WAY AROUND ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BUT I'M LOOKING TO TRY TO FOSTER SOME, SOME INTEREST IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE UP HERE ONE DAY, AFTER WE'RE GONE. AND SO I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING WITH THEM AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM AND SHARE IDEAS.

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

ALSO, THEY'RE GOING TO REITERATE THAT TONIGHT TO YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, IN TERMS OF, OF STAFF AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT APPLICATION. SO A LOT MORE AND MORE MORE INFORMATION TO COME DOWN THE ROAD ON THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE STORMS, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT BRYANT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH REPUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACTIVATING A THIRD PARTY SUPPORT FOR TREE AND LIMB PICKUP . IF YOU PULL THOSE OUT TO THE CURB, THEN THEY'LL BE GOING AROUND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, PROBABLY MONTH, PICKING THOSE UP, IT'S TAKING THEM SOME EXTRA TIME. JUST GIVEN ALL OF THE STORMS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH THE RAIN AND THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THEY WILL COME BACK AROUND AND GRAB THOSE AND THEN FINALLY I JUST PUT IN A QUICK PLUG, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENTS, JULY 4TH, FIFTH AND SIXTH. YOU SEE BROCHURES UP AROUND CITY HALL. WE'VE GOT AN AWESOME 4TH OF JULY PLANNED, WITH A COURSE KICKING OFF WITH THE PARADE, WE'VE GOT MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE 4TH OF JULY. WE'VE GOT SOME FANTASTIC BANDS. WE HAVE A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND FOR ALL YOU SWIFTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. NO WORD ON IF, KELSEY IS GOING TO BE HERE OR NOT. MATT. NO DANCING. SO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A CHAMPION FIREWORKS SHOW THAT NIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BARBECUE ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE 4TH OF JULY AND MAKE IT A WHOLE WEEKEND. AND I HOPE EVERY ONE OF YOU COME BACK AND JOIN US FOR THAT ENTIRE EVENT FOR ALL WEEKEND LONG. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

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[2.A. Proclamation in recognition of Juneteenth Day in Duncanville 2024.]

BLOWING LOUD ENOUGH FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. DUNCANVILLE. CITY OF CHAMPIONS.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, UNION SOLDIERS LED BY MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, TO ENFORCE PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND DECLARE FREEDOM FOR ALL THE SLAVES. AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, FORMER TEXAS SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM. ON JUNE 19TH, AND THE DAY BECAME KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH. AND WHEREAS ACROSS OUR NATION, AMERICANS CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH, A DAY TO REFLECT UPON SUFFERING OF SLAVERY AND TO REMEMBER THE JOYFUL DECLARATION OF FREEDOM. AND WHEREAS AS IT IS A TIME OF REJOICING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND A TIME FOR PLANNING THE FUTURE, AND WHEREAS THE TWO, THE 2024 BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, 2024 FROM 5:00 TO 10:00 PM AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK, 2850 PARK RIDGE DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2024, AS JUNETEENTH RECOGNITION DAY IN DUNCANVILLE AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DATE IN HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. THIS CELEBRATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF A PART OF AMERICAN CULTURE. I'M SORRY, AMERICAN SOCIETY AND AIDS IN UNIFYING OUR CITY AND OUR NATION AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU.

[2.B. Presentation of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Summer 2024 Business Beautification Award Plaque and Proclamation to Chick-fil-A - Duncanville located at 300 W. Hwy 67.]

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[2.C. Recognition of Keep Duncanville Beautiful Summer 2024 Curb Appeal Residential Properties.]

SO WE HAVE THE DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE, MISS JUANITA RAMSDEN. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

COULD I GET THE BOARD CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR TO COME UP AS WELL, PLEASE? I'M SORRY. WE HAVE REESE EDWARDS, OUR CO-CHAIR, AND MISS DIANE DILLARD, THE CHAIR OF THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD WITH US AS WELL.

[2.D. Council to receive the final report on Economic Development in Duncanville from MRB Group.]

YEP. SO, MAYOR. COUNCIL. SO. YEAH. SO, ASSISTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ALICIA DAY ACTUALLY JOINED US AFTER THIS ENGAGEMENT, SO THERE'S, SHE MIGHT NOT BE QUITE AS FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE, MRB. YES, I WAS A PART OF THE SURVEY, SO I WAS ABLE TO MEET MATT IN, MICHAEL PRIOR TO TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, WITH SOME PLANS TO GET US MOVING FORWARD. MATT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT, I'M MICHAEL ANDALO, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MY COLLEAGUE, MATT HORN, COLLEAGUE AND BOSS, MATT HORN, IS WITH ME TONIGHT, WE WERE HIRED TO DO AN ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY. AND TONIGHT'S THE PRESENTATION OF RESULTS YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED. OUR REPORT PRIOR TO THIS. I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO NECESSARILY LOOK THROUGH EVERY WORD OF IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT.

WHAT WERE WE ASKED TO DO? THIS IS, ACTUALLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MANY OF YOU. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MANY OF YOU ONE ON ONE. BUT FOR EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, REFRESHER. THIS IS AN INWARD FACING PLAN, RIGHT? THIS IS A ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN FOR THE CITY . IT'S ABOUT STAFFING ROLES, POLICIES AND BUDGETS. RIGHT, LATER ON YOU CAN THINK ABOUT AN EXTERNAL PLAN AS A POSSIBILITY, BUT THIS IS MORE INTERNAL TO THEIR. HOW DO YOU DO ECONOMIC

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YOU HAVE A BUSY AGENDA. BUT I WILL JUST SAY OVERALL, KIND OF THE MAJOR FINDING IS YOU HAVE A GREAT FOUNDATION ON WHICH MEANS TO SAY THERE'S A STRONG MARKET IN THE METRO AND IN THE REGION, AND SOME OF THAT MONEY IS COMING IN ALREADY TO DUNCANVILLE. BUT WITH THAT FOUNDATION, YOU GUYS CAN GO EVEN FURTHER THAN WHERE YOU'RE GOING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME REAL POSITIVE TAILWINDS FOR YOU. WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DATA AND WE TALKED TO ALMOST 30 PEOPLE, EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS, MANY OF YOUR STAFF, BUSINESS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, PART OWNER, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. WE TALKED TO YOU AS WELL. AND WE LOOKED AT ULTIMATELY, WHAT ARE YOUR ASSETS AND CHALLENGES ASSET WISE, AS WE HEARD TONIGHT ALREADY, A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS, VERY STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT, VERY STRONG WITH RESPECT TO, QUALITY OF LIFE AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IDENTIFY STRONGLY WITH DUNCANVILLE. YOU HAVE GREAT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND A WORLD CLASS AIRPORT.

YOU'RE ALREADY KNOWN RIGHT NOW FOR ARTS, CULTURE, RECREATION, AND PARTICULARLY SPORTS ORIENTED DESTINATION. THAT'S A GREAT PLUS. THAT'S A BIG DRIVER RIGHT NOW FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT QUALITY OF LIFE DRIVER. YOU'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT FUNDING BECAUSE YOU'RE A FORBES SALES TAX COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE BONES OF A UNIQUE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT THAT YOU CAN BUILD ON RELATIVE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE METRO. YOU'RE INEXPENSIVE , LIVE, FOR SURE. SO THERE'S A REAL POTENTIAL HERE. CHALLENGES NUMBER ONE, WE HEARD OUR STAKEHOLDERS SAY WE LACK KIND OF A LONG TERM STRATEGY. RIGHT. WHO DO WE WANT TO BE AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? RIGHT UNFORTUNATELY WE HEARD FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY STAKEHOLDER THAT THERE'S A REPUTATIONAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN KNOWN TO NOT NECESSARILY BE AS FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE FOR BUSINESS. YOU HAVE A CONSTRAINED LAND SUPPLY, SO YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE LAND THAT YOU HAVE AND ON INFILL DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE'S A FEW AREAS OF, A FEW KEY AREAS THAT WE ARE, NOTING AS CHALLENGES FOR APPEARANCE. SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO MATT, AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE ON RECOMMENDATIONS. THANKS, MICHAEL. AND THANK YOU ALL. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE LEARNED A LOT, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM FOLKS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO SPEAK WITH, THE GOAL HERE REALLY IS TO TAKE ALL THOSE ASSETS THAT MICHAEL LAID OUT AND MOBILIZE THOSE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT WERE LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PILE FOR US IS THE IDEA. AND AGAIN, HEARING THIS FROM A BROAD SET OF STAKEHOLDERS AND JUST DOING THE INVENTORY OURSELVES, RECOGNIZING THAT TODAY THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A UNIFIED, STRAIGHTFORWARD FORWARD STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT YOU'RE READY TO GET THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OFF THE GROUND. AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY NEEDS TO BE PAIRED WITH THAT. RIGHT? SO WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS GREAT. PLACES DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE REALLY SPECIAL PLACES THAT YOU'VE BEEN, THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU'VE TRAVELED OR YOUR OWN SPECIAL PLACES HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, THOSE PLACES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. SOMEBODY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, SOMEBODY PUT MUSCLE BEHIND A VISION. THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING IN DUNCANVILLE, A CLEARLY STATED VISION. SO FOR A LOT OF REASONS, YOU NEED THAT ONE, BECAUSE WHILE YOU DO HAVE A GOOD SOLID BASE OF RESOURCES, YOU DON'T HAVE LIMITLESS RESOURCES. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS AND A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME PRIORITY AREAS FOR FOCUS, YOU'RE GOING TO LINE UP THOSE POLICIES AND THOSE FUNDING STRATEGIES BEHIND THAT VISION IN WHICH I THINK IS CRITICAL. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE TO THE EXTERNAL MARKET WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO BE. RIGHT? EVERYBODY IN HERE HAS THAT IN THEIR HEART AND IN THEIR BELLY. YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT DUNCANVILLE TO BE, BUT THE MARKET DOESN'T KNOW THAT. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MARKET DOESN'T KNOW IS YOU GET THIS KIND OF HAPHAZARD DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE ROUGH SPOTS THAT YOU DRIVE BY,

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BUT YOU NOTED EARLY, AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO HEAR YOU DO THE CALL OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT STAFFING THOSE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND HOW HARD IT IS TO BRING PEOPLE OUT TO PARTICIPATE, WE CAN SHARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE DID IN THE REPORT SHARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLAPSE, SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES SO THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING FEWER VOICES IN THE ROOM. IT'S JUST ABOUT HAVING A MORE FOCUSED APPROACH, AND THEN AND THEN FINALLY SOME PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WE'LL DIG INTO HERE ON OUR LAST RECOMMENDATION, YOU HAVE LIMITED LAND RESOURCES. EVERY CITY DOES. RIGHT? YOU'RE LANDLOCKED, WE SAY, RIGHT, SO THE PARCELS THAT YOU DO HAVE, AND WE KNOW YOU GOT DOWN THE ROAD A BIT ON THIS SINCE OUR LAST VISIT AS WELL, THE, THE PARCELS THAT YOU DO HAVE, YOU WANT TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR.

THAT'S WHERE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN COMES IN. EVERY PARCELS GOT A NAME, EVERY PARCELS GOT AN INTENDED USE. EVERY PARCELS GOT A VISION RIGHT. I LEARNED THAT FROM A GREAT CITY MANAGER IN ANOTHER ERA OF OUR PARTNERSHIP. BUT EVERY PARCEL HAS A STRATEGY, SOMETIMES THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE OUR PARTNERS OR WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO ACQUIRE STRATEGIC PARCELS SO THEY DON'T GET SNAPPED UP FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES OR PURPOSES THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH OUR VISION , THESE FULL PRIVATE PARTNER PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

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GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT WORK AND WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S IT ECHOES EVERYTHING. I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE BEEN HEARING. AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER , YOU PACKAGED IT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PURSUING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S KIND OF EXCITING FOR ME. AND I READ IT LIKE FIVE TIMES. SO I'M I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO. SO WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE COUNCIL? YEAH, THERE'S SOME, LOW HANGING FRUIT OUT THERE, THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW. SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE, YOU NEED TO GET THE REORGANIZATION COMPLETED. AND THE STAFFING DONE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SO WE KNOW YOU'RE DOWN THE ROAD ON THAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMPOWER THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF LEADERSHIP TO REALLY START TO PUSH THIS CUSTOMER FIRST APPROACH. RIGHT. I LOVE THE CALL FOR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CALL YOUR CALL THE CITY MANAGER AND THROW THE FLAG WHEN SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES. THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW WITH NO NO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND WITH WITH JUST SOME JUST EMPOWERING STAFF TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT ASIDE FROM THAT, THE VERY FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR PROCUREMENT OUT ON THAT AND YOU'RE READY TO GET MOVING ON IT. AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WITHOUT THOSE TWO THINGS, YOU'RE STILL KIND OF JUST PUSHING MONEY INTO THE WIND, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN A REAL FOCUSED WAY. THANK YOU SIR. SURE IF COULD YOU JUST GO BACK ONE SLIDE FOR US ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS? AND I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ WAS JUST SAYING LAST NIGHT, WE HAD, FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SPECIAL DC EDC MEETING.

THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED DIGGING INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEY THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THEM WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT. WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY AGENDA, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DIRECTED STAFF TO START TAKING STEPS LAST NIGHT. THEY'RE ASKING STAFF TO START TAKING STEPS ON THESE EXACT ITEMS. FOR INSTANCE, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED A PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROPERTY IN DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ASKED STAFF TO DO IS TO GET AN APPRAISAL DONE ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE KNOW THE TRUE FULL MARKET VALUE AND THEN PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON THAT PROPERTY. AND I'M REFERRING TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE OFTEN CALL THE TOYOTA PROPERTY, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE THREE DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS IF THERE'S 23 DEVELOPERS INTERESTED AND WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS ARE, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND BRINGING THAT BACK AND SO THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED BY THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PARTNERSHIP OF WORKING ON THESE PROPERTIES, THESE REDEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW THERE'S $5.4 MILLION IN LAND THAT'S OFF THE TAX ROLLS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING THOSE BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS AND THEN TAKING THAT MONEY AND REINVEST IT BACK INTO CITY FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS. SO THAT WE'RE LESSENING THE TAX BURDEN FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED. I JUST SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT MOVING THIS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. MINE IS MORE OF A COMMENT. THANK YOU. I WAS SO

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COUNCIL. OKAY, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CITIZENS INPUT, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. I WAS REMISS IN NOT MENTION THE PRESENCE OF A GREAT FRIEND OF OURS AND A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN THIS AREA, SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT. FORMER MAYOR OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, DESOTO. COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY.

REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN IS IN OUR AUDIENCE. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I ALMOST PUT YOU BACK ON THE COUNCIL. BUT THANK THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY WELL, YES. AND I WAS JUST

[2.E. Council to receive a briefing on the proposed Life School development and hear updates from the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting where the proposal was discussed.]

CORRECT. I ACTUALLY CREATED THE AGENDA ITEM FOR YOUR AGENDA PRIOR TO LIFE SCHOOL PULLING THERE. SO IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY DISCUSSED AT PLANNING AND ZONING . AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LIFE SCHOOL HERE TONIGHT. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION ON. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF, APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO SHARE OUR VISION, OF BEING ABLE TO COME INTO THE CITY, HERE IN IN DUNCANVILLE. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT LIFE SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO DEVELOP LEADERS WITH LIFE SKILLS THROUGH STRONG ACADEMICS, CHARACTER TRAINING, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO FOCUS RIGHT NOW, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ON THAT. PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SO, BEFORE I GO TOO FAR INTO THE PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT LIFE SCHOOL DID MEET WITH HOMEOWNERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK WE DID REMOVE OUR REQUEST FOR ZONING AT THIS TIME. SO WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE REQUESTS AND WE'LL COME BACK AT A LATER TIME. BUT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE AT. AND SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES. SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET, SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS UNDER, UNDERSTOOD, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS, DANIEL DALE AND COCKRELL HILL, THE PROPOSED, THE PROPOSED SITE IS THE FORMER A.W. BROWN PROPERTY, THEY FORMERLY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO TO BUILD A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND STADIUM ON THE PROPERTY. AND AND, WE ACQUIRED THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. OUR, PLAN WOULD BE TO BUILD THE, SCHOOL IN TWO PHASES. AND SO THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE THE 1200 STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN, THE ATHLETIC, PRACTICE FIELDS AND STADIUM. NOW, ONE THING THAT WE DID NOT MAKE CLEAR IN OUR PRESENTATION WITH THE, NEIGHBORS IS THAT FOR LIFE SCHOOL, A

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SCHOOL TRULY DOES WANT TO BE A PARTNER. EVERY CITY THAT WE GO INTO, WE WANT TO BE THE BEST NEIGHBORS, THE BEST, COMMUNITY GROUP. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY. AND SO, WE ASK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. WE APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORS BEING WILLING TO COME. AND, BE A PART OF THE INFORMATION SESSION. WE APPRECIATE THEIR FEEDBACK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO COME BACK, WITH A, A BETTER PLAN. AND SO AT THE, WE DO HAVE, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE CAMPUS AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. S AND SO THAT IS SHOWN THERE. AND THEN IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEND THE SCHOOL DIRECT QUESTIONS, IT'S YOU CAN SEND IT TO MYSELF. SCOTT FULLER AT LIFE SCHOOLS DOT NET. AND THEN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, IS JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE SCHOOL WHICH WE WON'T GO INTO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO, ORIGINALLY IT WAS A REQUEST TO CHANGE TO, TO ALLOW FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, AND NOW IT'S FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE, SUBMITTED FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, BUT OUR ARCHITECT.

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THIS IS BRIAN NELSON. OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND LEAD ARCHITECT WITH HKS ARCHITECTS.

WAS, BROUGHT TO US AND, BY THE CITY STAFF, NATHAN, I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE. RIGHT. AND OTHER STAFF TO MAKE IT INTO A PD. BECAUSE A SUP IS REQUIRED FOR SCHOOLS, ANY SCHOOL, PUBLIC. I MEAN, ISD OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL, LIKE, LIFE. AND SO TO DO THAT, INSTEAD OF AN SCP, WE'RE DOING AS A PD. CAN YOU KIND OF GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY YOU'RE GOING WITH THE A PD INSTEAD OF JUST FOR, FOR AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY? WELL, EDUCATION IS NOT ALLOWED IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL. STILL REQUIRES AN SCP. THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND THE SCHOOL REALLY WANTED TO HAVE. AND TALKING WITH THE CITY STAFF WAS TO HAVE A MORE PERMANENT, THING, NON SCP. THAT'S KIND OF REGULATED TO A SPECIFIC THING AND HAS TO BE RENEWED, BUT A PERMANENT, PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PLAN AND ALSO TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING SOME OF THE, FEATURES AND OTHER THINGS ON THERE. AND THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION IS USUALLY WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING SOME KIND OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION. AND SO I GUESS I WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER USES THAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING BESIDES AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, NOT NOT AT THE CURRENT TIME, THERE, THERE HAD BEEN TALK WITH THE CITY ABOUT SOME OTHER POSSIBLE CORNER USES, BUT THAT'S NOT, OF SOME AREAS THERE THAT IN THE FUTURE, POSSIBLY. BUT SOME OF IT WAS LIKE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATIONS AND THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY MAKE THAT AREN'T SAFE FOR SCHOOLS, SOME INS AND OUTS. AND THEN THE STADIUM PARKING, AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC REGULATION IN YOUR THING. SO KIND OF TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS, WITHIN THE PD AND, AND SOME WITH LIKE THE TREES, HOW WE'RE KEEPING ALMOST ALL THE TREES THAT WE CAN. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF SOME REGULATIONS WITHIN THE PD. THAT'S, THAT'S WHY SOME OF THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO BE A PD INSTEAD OF AN SCP. COUNCILMAN KUNTZ I JUST WAS REMINDED THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS, AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY HERE, SAYS WE MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT INTO AN AREA WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO. TALKING ABOUT? WE HAVE PLANS ON DISCUSSING. THE MORE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT YOU'RE KIND OF TEETERING AROUND RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR THE FOR THIS MOMENT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY STICK TO THE PRESENTATION AND WE CAN ASK THE ATTORNEY, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT THE PD. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD THANK YOU. MAYOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS, A NUMBER OF EMAILS, AND MET WITH A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY AND I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS FAR AS INVOLVEMENT WHEN YOU MET WITH US OR BRIEFED US IN MARCH 5TH, IT WAS STATED THAT YOU HAD MET AT THAT TIME WITH THE HOA PRESIDENT OR YOU MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT TIME, WE MET WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU MET WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OF THIS FEEDBACK AT THE TIME YOU RECEIVED THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED AT THIS PREVIOUS ZOOM MEETING ON THIS PAST THURSDAY. DID YOU RECEIVE ANY OF THE FEEDBACK? THEN REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IS WHAT A.W. BROWN HAD HAD DISCUSSED, AND SO, WE DID NOT. AND IF IT'S OUR, OUR MISTAKE, WE DO OWN THAT, BUT WE DID NOT GET FROM THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT THERE WAS A, A, A GROUNDSWELL OF, OF CONCERN OR BEING UPSET AT THE PROJECT, AND SO AGAIN, I THINK WHAT WE DID IS WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COMMUNITY OR THE

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SO OR MAYBE THIS QUESTION'S FOR WOULD WE REQUIRE, A LANE LIKE A DEACCELERATION LANE OR A LANE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN WITH THAT? WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE ADDED. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL IN THE PROPOSAL. RIGHT. THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THEIR PROPERTY IF THIS MOVES FORWARD. SO IT WOULDN'T BE ACTUALLY IN THE STREET. THE DECELERATION ALL OF THE TRAFFIC WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON THEIR PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE LANES FOR THE FIRE AND ALL OF THE QUEUING, SO THAT THERE SHOULD NEVER, EVER BE ANY QUEUING ON THE ROADS. AND CAN I ADD, I KNOW THIS IS DETAILED, BUT WE ARE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION THAT WILL HELP THE TRAFFIC EVEN WHEN THAT'S NOT SCHOOL TRAFFIC. TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THAT, THE DUNCANVILLE COCKRELL HILL INTERSECTION LIFE SCHOOL WILL BE, DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYONE ALL THE TIME. MAYOR, I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION.

OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD, AND SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN AERIAL PHOTOS OF THIS PROPERTY BEFORE SEEING YOUR DESIGNS. IT DOESN'T DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, GREEN SPACE WILL BE LOST OR TREES WILL BE REMOVED. SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TREES AND THE GREEN SPACE IS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED? WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. WE HAVE AN ADVISORY OPINION ON WHAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE ON THIS. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH, THE NOTICE, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY. YOU HAVE A ANOTHER QUESTION? JUST IT'S JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MR. FULLER. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TONIGHT OR OR AT LEAST STATING YOUR CASE VERSUS PRESENTATION AND STUFF. BUT I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR GOING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ALSO GETTING THE FEEDBACK AND DECIDING TO WITHDRAW AND RETHINK THIS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO CITIZENS INPUT. AND I WANT

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I SEE A LAST NAME OF HOOD JACK. AND I'M SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE OUT THE FIRST NAME. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. LORRAINE HOOD. JACK, 1502 HALSEY DRIVE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION. THE MARCH 5TH RECORD RECORDING OF YOUR YOUR COUNCIL MEETING REFLECTED THAT THE APPLICANT SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA, AND WHILE THEY DIDN'T MENTION A NAME, MY COMMUNITY THOUGHT THAT WAS ME. AND AS I HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT SINCE FEBRUARY 2021, THAT DID NOT OCCUR. SO, AS A RESIDENT OF THE MEADOWS AT DANIELS FARMS, OUR CONCERNS ARE NOT, UNWARRANTED. THE ESTHETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WE HAVE FAITHFULLY

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HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY, A LACEY AND I RESIDE AT 1126 BRADLEY DRIVE, THE MEADOWS AT DANIEL FORM A GATED COMMUNITY. I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF OUR AREA FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. I PRAY THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL REALLY CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS HAVING TO PUT UP WITH LOUD NOISE, TRAFFIC, AND I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WILL IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR PEACE, OUR TRANQUILITY, THAT WE HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO RECEIVING. WE MOVED IN THE GATED COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAD PEACE. WE HAVE PEACE AND QUIET, NO NOISE. AND THAT IS OUR EDGE. IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY. OUR EDGE IS THAT WE SET UP, THAT WE ARE SET APART. GATED COMMUNITY. WE ARE SET APART AND WE DO NOT WANT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BE MARGINALIZED. WHY WOULD LIFE SCHOOL WANT TO DUMP TWO SCHOOLS IN A STADIUM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HOMES? WE ARE SURROUNDED. IT'S A SURROUNDING OF HOMES WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING THEIR DEVELOPMENT, AND SO THAT WILL BE A DISRUPTION, A DISRUPTION OF PEACE THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO. RIGHT NOW. AND I REALLY I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP THIS AROUND MY BRAIN BECAUSE WHEN THEY CAME AND SURVEYED THE LAND, THEY DECIDED THEY WAS GOING TO PURCHASE IT. DIDN'T THEY SEE THAT IT WAS SURROUNDED BY HOMES? QUIET COMMUNITIES, PEACEFUL COMMUNITIES? AND SO WHAT DID THEY DECIDE? OH, WE'LL JUST PUT OUR SCHOOLS IN A STADIUM THERE AND DISRUPT THEIR LIFESTYLE. LIFE. SCHOOL TOOK NO THOUGHT OR CONSIDERATION TO THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS TO HOW IT WOULD IMPACT US AND INTERRUPT

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TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DERWIN LEWIS. I RESIDE AT 1502 MACARTHUR DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I AM ALSO IN THE MEADOWS AT DANIEL FARMS COMMUNITY, I AM HERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME CONCERN WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC NOISE, CONGESTION, AND THE POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CRIME DUE TO THIS PROPOSED LIFE. SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS A RESIDENTS, AS I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE WAXAHACHIE DIAGRAM THERE, I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT WERE, GRADUATES OF LIFE SCHOOL, WAXAHACHIE. PROUD GRADUATES. HOWEVER, THAT SCHOOL WAS NOT BUILT, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IT WAS BUILT OFF HIGHWAY 77. SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BEING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN WITH, WITH THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAXAHACHIE CAMPUS AND THE PROPOSED CAMPUS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, ALSO TO ADDRESS THE CAR QUEUING, I'M SURE THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR NO CAR QUEUING. BUT IN IN ACTUALITY, IT'S INEVITABLE. EYEWITNESSES FIRSTHAND. I'M A PARENT. I HAD TWO KIDS THERE, SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CAR QUEUING. AND IT DOES EXIST AND IT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS CASE AS WELL, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE BOARD STRONGLY CONSIDERS ALL OF OUR CONCERNS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. PATRICK HARVEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR CONTRERAS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, MY CITIZEN. COMMENT PATRICK HARVEY, 1010 HUNTINGTON. DUNCANVILLE TEXAS. 75137. BEEN HERE SINCE 1989. NOW, MY CITIZEN COMMENT CONCERNS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIFE SCHOOL NEXT TO DANIEL FARMS SUBDIVISION OF DUNCANVILLE. THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT REFLECT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY, AND IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS. MOREOVER PERMANENTLY REMOVING THIS PROPERTY FROM THE TAX ROLL DENIES OUR ENTIRE CITY THE POTENTIAL REVENUES GENERATED, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, DID NOT. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON SAY A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE HAVE A SCARCITY OF LAND AND SCARCITY OF LAND OF ANY ITEM MEANS THAT WHAT'S LEFT IS PRECIOUS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES NOISE, TRAFFIC AND DEVALUED PROPERTY VALUES, AND DANIEL FARMS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE BEFORE I AM URGING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO AGGRESSIVELY PERFECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE WELL-BEING OF THE DANIEL FARMS COMMUNITY. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS UNNEEDED AND UNNECESSARY. I'M PATRICK HARVEY, I STAND WITH DANIEL FARMS. PATRICIA, A HUNTER. PATRICIA HUNTER. THE. SHERRY JACKSON. KEVIN. WITH SAME LAST NAME. JACKSON. THAT PUT IN A CARD? YES. OH, YES. I'M SORRY. OKAY. OKAY, LILY. WE HAVE A LILY. CRITTENDEN ON HEATHERWOOD.

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JUDY SMITHEE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS JUDY SMITHEE. I LIVE AT 1806 CEDAR HILL ROAD AND HAVE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE SCHOOL PLANS A MILE OF INTERNAL STREETS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY CARS NORMALLY WOULD FIT IN A MILE OF PAVEMENT. WHEN VILLAGE TECH FIRST OPENED, THE TRAFFIC ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, PARTICULARLY ENTAILED THAT WE HAD TO DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET DOWN THE STREET, TO BE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE, THEY'VE BECOME A NICE NEIGHBOR NOW, BUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IT WAS JUST A DISASTER TO TRY. WHEN IT WAS DROP OFF TIME AND WHEN IT WAS PICK UP TIME, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THIS IT WAS JUST AWFUL. AND I HOPE THAT IF IT IS THE CASE, THEN THEY DO GO THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLANS TO GET THE TRAFFIC OFF OF THE PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE WILL BE CONSIDERED AND TAKEN IN AND BE EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. LAWRENCE SMITH. MISTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LAWRENCE SMITH, 1507 HALSEY DRIVE, FIRST OF ALL, I COMMEND LIFE SCHOOL FOR THEIR PURSUIT OF EDUCATION AND THEIR WANTING TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. I DO ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE MEDALS OF DANIEL FARMS, WHERE WE LIVE, ULTIMATELY, FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS, THE REPEAT OF A DESIGN THAT A.W. BROWN HAD DONE WAS DONE 15 TO 17 YEARS AGO , THAT MANY OF US IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING, IT WAS REPORTED AND EVEN REPEATED FROM THE COUNCIL THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE HOA OR OUR PRESIDENT. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. AND THAT IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE THING TO HAPPEN WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE DESIGN OF THE STADIUM, I HAVE REMARKED THAT IT WAS LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKIT. THERE'S NO WAY SOMEBODY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT A STADIUM RIGHT UP AGAINST SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD. THAT MAKES

[02:20:02]

THAT'S JUST INAPPROPRIATE. SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT THIS STATEMENT, IS NOT A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL, BUT IT NEEDS TO START WITH RESPECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THIS CONVERSATION EVEN HAPPENS. I DON'T THINK THAT 100 ACRES ARE NOT GOING TO EVER BE USED. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHEN THEY ARE USED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN RESPECT OF THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA SASHA. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF DUNCANVILLE, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, I PUT DOWN FOR TWO THINGS. SO IS IT JUST THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, OR DO I . THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. OKAY, WELL, IF YOU CAN INCLUDE BOTH IN THE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. COULD YOU PUT DOWN ITEM TWO E AND THE CHAPTER FOR ANIMALS AND FOWL? YES. AND THEN, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. OKAY. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA SHASHA. I'M AT 1307 GREEN HILLS ROAD, DUNCANVILLE. SO I ACTUALLY KIND OF DO SUPPORT HAVING A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, BUT NO MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TOO MANY. I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU IN LESS THAN A MILE, THERE'S THREE, THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS BY US. WE REALLY DO NEED TO CUT DOWN AT THE DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL THAT SCHOOL IS LIKE A JUNIOR COLLEGE.

I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE CAN AGREE ABOUT THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL GO IN THERE AND MAYBE TRY AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IN GETTING A HIGH SCHOOL THERE, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE TRAFFIC OVER AT THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE MAKE IT A LITTLE SMALLER, MAYBE NOT, HAVE A FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT JUST CUT DOWN ON THE TRAFFIC AT THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW WITH THE BIRDS, THE FOWLS. MY ISSUE IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT A YOU VETERAN IS, BUT IT'S AN UNEMPLOYABLE VETERAN. SORRY, I GET EMOTIONAL. THAT'S WHAT I AM.

SO I AM WORKING ON RAISING BLOODLINE FOR SILKIES NOW. SILKIES IT TAKES UP TO A YEAR TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE A HINT OR A ROOSTER. THEY ARE VERY SMALLER. THEY TEND TO BE LESS NOISY THAN REGULAR ROOSTERS, BUT WE ALSO ARE RAISING MEAT BIRDS FOR OUR FAMILY. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE MEAT BIRDS, I NEED TO HAVE A ROOSTER TO FERTILIZE THE EGGS SO THAT I CAN RAISE THE BIRDS UP. AND BY, DEPENDING ON THE BREED, I HAVE JERSEY GIANTS. SO ANYWHERE FROM 20 WEEKS TO FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THEY MATURE THAT WE CAN PROCESS THEM. SO I'M HOPING THE CITY WILL GRANDFATHER EVERY ONE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO REMAIN WITH OUR BIRDS, OUR ROOSTERS AND NOT BECAUSE HALF THE CITY HAS ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD FOR US TO REHOME ALL THESE ROOSTERS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. CHANDLER MCGAHN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WILFORD CHANDLER MCGAHN. I RESIDE AT 1118 BRADLEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. THE EXISTING CITY CODE FOR NOISE ENFORCEMENT IS OUTDATED. MULTIPLE TIMES POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN IN OUR MASTER BEDROOM AT TWO IN THE MORNING TO WITNESS THE LOUD MUSIC COMING FROM OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. EVEN WHEN RESPONDING, POLICE OFFICERS DETERMINE THE NOISE IS UNREASONABLY LOUD, THE CITY PROSECUTOR CONSISTENTLY DISMISSES OUR POLICE REPORTS AND INSISTS ON HAVING A WITNESS

[02:25:01]

MARK GRAHAM, 410 SANTA FE TRAIL, REALLY? I'M JUST FOLLOWING. WHAT? TABBY HAD TO SAY, THERE'S BEEN A DISCONNECT WITH NATURALISTS BEING INVOLVED AT THE LAD FOR THE LONGEST TIME, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE MORE, IF IT'S ONE PERSON, I THINK YOU NEED TO BRING SOME OUTSIDE FOLKS IN. ALSO TO CONSULT WITH, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE? I'LL YES, THEY'RE DOING THINGS ALREADY. WE'RE DOING THINGS ALREADY, BUT WE'RE WE'RE CARING FOR THE EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE THERE. WE'RE MOWING THEM. WE CUT, THE POISON IVY BACK. WE REMOVED LIMBS THAT ARE DOWN. WE, ALSO, SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO OTHER VISITORS WHO COME DOWN THERE.

AND WE HAVE MORE VISITORS THAN YOU THINK COMING DOWN THERE. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX VISITING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE THERE. WE TALK TO THEM, WE'RE IN REMOVING AND I'M SAYING, AYE, WE I'M HELPING THEM, BUT WE'RE REMOVING INVASIVES RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT THE PIPELINE THERE, WE CAN PERHAPS, GET THE MOWING SCHEDULE CHANGED SO THEY'RE NOT DRAGGING INVASIVES INTO THE LAND. WE PICK UP TRASH CONSTANTLY. I MEAN, WE JUST HAD A SCHEDULED PICKUP THAT WAS CANCELED. UNDERSTANDABLE. THE NEXT DAY, I PICKED UP TWO BAGS OF TRASH AND A TABLE THAT SOMEONE HAD JUST DUMPED DOWN THERE. THIS GOES ON ALL THE TIME. WE'RE DOING THAT YET I HAVE A FEELING THIS COMMITTEE DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IS ALREADY BEING DONE DOWN THERE . SO SOMEONE NEEDS TO LISTEN AND PLEASE, MORE NATURALISTS ON THE

[02:30:04]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT'S GOING TO REVEAL A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT A NATIVE LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE, AT YOUR RESIDENCE. SO SO AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE TO PLEASE, BE MORE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON THE, ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK, WHOEVER DOES THE, THE NEWSLETTER OR THE WEBSITE, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING THAT FRONT AND CENTER ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO ON OUR MOST RECENT, NEWSLETTER THAT HAS KEEP BEEF ON IT. SO TO THE CITIZENS AND TO ALL THE REST OF IF YOU ARE OVER 18 YEARS OLD, PLEASE USE YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR TREASURES. IF YOU HAVE A SKILL AND FINANCES, IF YOU HAVE A SKILL WITH WRITING, IF YOU HAVE A SKILL WITH ANYTHING, PLEASE FIND A WAY TO USE THAT AVENUE TO USE THAT SKILL AND TALENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WHENEVER I MOVED HERE TO BE WITH MY WIFE, I WAS SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE MANY, MANY FRIENDS IN THIS AREA. BUT THROUGH BUT THROUGH KEEP JACKSONVILLE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DUNCANVILLE NATURE CONSERVANCY. I HAVE FOUND A WAY TO USE MY TIME AND MY TALENTS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. SO TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS OR MORE AND YOU'RE RETIRED AND YOU NEED TIME, PLEASE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT. AND SO FINALLY, I WANT TO, MAKE AN INVITATION TO OR TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A BAZAAR OR WORKSHOP TO HAVE ALL OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COME TOGETHER COHESIVELY, TO SEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ME EVOLVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. HARLAN REAVES. THANK YOU. OH, YEAH. MISS EMILY BRIDGES. GOOD EVENING, EMILY BRIDGES, 418 OLEANDER 75137. THE DUNCANVILLE NATURE CONSERVANCY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE THAT NOT ONLY BRINGS US EXCITEMENT, BUT THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF. WHEN WE DECIDED TO PLAN AN EVENT FOR THE CHARLES F LAD PRESERVE, WE KNEW THAT WE COULD EXECUTE. WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT THAT PART, BUT BUT WE WERE UNSURE WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE. WE SET OURSELVES A GOAL OF $10,000 AND WE HUSTLED TO GET TO THAT POINT LEADING UP TO THE EVENT IN HOPES WE WOULD GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS AT LAD FEST AND CONSIDER THAT A WIN. AFTER THE FINAL TALLY OF ALL AUCTION ITEMS, ALL DONATED SPONSORSHIPS, MERCHANDISE SALES, DONATIONS AND AN EXTREMELY GENEROUS MATCHING GRANT FROM MR. LAD, WE RAISED A GRAND TOTAL OF $46,832.12. WOOHOO WE COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT TOOK PLACE IN HELPING US GET TO THAT TOTAL. LET US ALL CELEBRATE THIS WIN TOGETHER AS A CITY AND BEYOND. WITH ALL OF THAT SUPPORT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO NOW SPEAK ON THE LAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I HOPE PRIOR TO THE SELECTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OUT VERY CAREFULLY. NO MATTER WHERE PEOPLE MAY LIVE WITHIN OUR CITY, DO THEY UNDERSTAND PRESERVATION? DID THEY SUPPORT THIS FROM THE BEGINNING? WHAT ARE THEIR EXPERTISE REGARDING NATURE? MORE SPECIFICALLY, BLACKLAND PRAIRIES? DO THEY PERSONALLY VISIT THE PRESERVE? ARE THEY COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE OVERWHELMING WISHES OF THE CITIZENS? I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE MAKE US PROUD WITH YOUR CHOICES FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU VERY. JUAN TORRES.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT DOES IT FOR OUR, CITIZENS COMMENTS. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, MR. MCBURNETT YOUR LIGHTS ON. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE A COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL KOONTZ.

PLEASE VOTE. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE MOVE ON TO, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ONE, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED, ITEM A, WAS NO ACTION NECESSARY AS A

[5.B. Election of Mayor Pro Tem for 2024-2025]

HI. MR. MCBURNETT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ AS MAYOR PRO TEM. TO HAVE A SECOND. A SECOND.

[02:40:22]

OKAY OKAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE OPPOSED. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY NEXT ITEM WILL DISCUSS A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES FOR THE REMAINDER

[5.C. Discuss Regular City Council meeting dates for the remainder of 2024]

OKAY. THAT IT. YES, SIR. ANY ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD. YES. I JUST WANT TO, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COMMENT THAT IN OCTOBER, I QUESTIONED WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER AND WAS INFORMED AND REMINDED THAT THAT IS, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. SO JUST WANTED TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW WHO ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS, THAT WE ARE NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THE OCTOBER 1ST OR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, BECAUSE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO THIS COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE A FIFTH TUESDAY IN JULY AND THAT WE USE THAT TO DO SOME KIND OF PLANNING OR, OR HAVE A JOINT MEETING OR WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I SECOND THAT. GOING TO ITEM D COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE. ON THESE. I'LL MAKE

[5.D. Council to discuss and deliberate proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure.]

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SO WHAT? WHAT IS THE MOTION THEN? SO THAT'S. YEAH. SO THE MOTION WAS TO, ADD ON THAT FIFTH TUESDAY A MEETING. BUT THE CITY MANAGER ALREADY DID THAT. SO I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

OKAY SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? SO AND SO THAT MOTION IS BEEN MADE. THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION MADE. SECONDING THE MOTION TO APPROVE OKAY IS IN FRONT OF US. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. LET'S VOTE. NO UNANIMOUS. OKAY. ITEM D. ITEM D COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE. CITY MANAGER FINCH. I BELIEVE CITY MANAGER FINCH WILL BE HANDING IT OFF TO ME. OKAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID KEYS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, JUST A WORD OF WARNING. SINCE I AM UP HERE, I HAVE LEFT, MR. HAGER'S MICROPHONE ON, SO HE'S FREE TO JUMP IN WHENEVER, SO, JUMPING.

WE DID, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. WE DID BRING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE BEFORE YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES IN 2023. WE DISCUSSED THEM, PRETTY WELL AT THE NOVEMBER RETREAT. WE BROUGHT THEM BACK FOR ADOPTION IN DECEMBER, BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THERE, WE BROUGHT THEM BACK IN FEBRUARY. WE PUSHED IT BACK AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. AND SINCE THIS IS YOUR GOVERNANCE MEETING, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU THIS EVENING, SO WE THE PRESENTATION IS MOSTLY THE SAME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AT THE NOVEMBER RETREAT. AND I BELIEVE I DID INCLUDE THE RED LINE VERSION OF WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ANY, SUGGESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN MADE AND WHAT WE WERE WORKING TO TOWARD FOR ADOPTION, COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T, YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS. HOPEFULLY, YOU GOT TO SEE THE RED LINE, SO I'LL TRY NOT TO LINGER ON ANY SLIDES, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IT AND TAKE NOTES SO THAT WE CAN BRING BACK THIS FINAL DOCUMENT AT THE JUNE 18TH MEETING FOR FULL ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL. SO THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT LISTS THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM, GIVES QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS ATTENDING SCHEDULED MEETINGS. IT THEN GOES INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR EMPLOYEE, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER, AND LAYS OUT THAT RELATIONSHIP PRETTY WELL, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KIND OF GENERAL THINGS. CITY SECRETARY. AND WHAT SHE IS TASKED WITH, INCLUDING MINUTES AND WHEN AGENDAS ARE REQUIRED TO BE READY FOR MEETINGS AND AS WELL AS WHEN MINUTES ARE REQUIRED TO BE READY. AND THEN SO IT GETS INTO THE RELATIONS OF MAYOR, THE COUNCIL STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER. THE TALKS ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE AS STAFF AND AS THE CITY MANAGER'S, STAFF THAT WE PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION TO COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL INFORMATION WHEN IT'S DISSEMINATED. AND, TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMER CONCERNS FOR ROUTINE, SERVICE REQUESTS.

BUT TO MISS GOODIN'S POINT EARLIER, ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THAT CITIZENS CAN REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL INQUIRIES WITH THE CITY MANAGER. HOW THOSE CAN BE PROCESSED AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THOSE COUNCIL MEMBER TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE DO BUDGET THESE THINGS AND Y'ALL'S BUDGET EACH YEAR, WE INCLUDE,

[02:50:08]

AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FEEDBACK? THE LIGHTS. OKAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, WELL, LET'S, IS THERE ANY MAYOR MOVE TO APPROVE? OKAY.

SECOND. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM D, FROM MR. KOONTZ. A SECOND BY MR. MCBURNETT. AND LET'S VOTE. UNANIMOUS NOT THIS GROUP. OKAY ITEM E, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2024,

[5.E. Consider approval of Resolution 2024-281 establishing the Comprehensive Master Plan Advisory Committee, defining the scope of work for said committee, and appointing committee members.]

[02:55:24]

AND I DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR, THE COUNCIL, I WILL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU WERE A PART OF IT. WE DID, HAVE AN INITIAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND, WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE. WE WON'T SAY PUBLICLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OUR, PROCUREMENT OFFICE IS WORKING ON REACHING OUT TO THOSE. BUT, WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING THREE, AND THEN THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS BOARD, FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THEY WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU ESTABLISHED THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO START OUT BY SAYING, THIS PROCEDURE SITTING UP HERE, ON THE DAIS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. BUT SINCE WE'RE HERE, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS HAD TIME TO READ THIS. THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND WHO THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE COMMITTEES, BUT I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT MY EXPERIENCE, JUST MY EXPERIENCE, I'M ONE VOTE IS THAT, KEEPING THESE COMMITTEES TO A REASONABLE SIZE IS, I THINK IS A WAY TO HAVE, A MORE EFFICIENT, PROCESSING OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THESE COMMITTEES, SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WHETHER IT'S LIMITED TO 5 OR 7, KEEP IT AN ODD NUMBER, IF IT WAS FIVE, YOU'D HAVE THREE, CITIZENS, BUSINESS OWNERS, WHATEVER, PLUS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IF IT'S SEVEN, FOUR AND THREE. AGAIN, THE REASON IS I FIND THAT SOMETIMES THESE MEETINGS CAN GET LOST IN, TOO MANY OPINIONS. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALL WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. WE ALL WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC.

AND I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THESE SMALLER COMMITTEES TO OPEN IT UP, TO HAVE YOUR OWN VERSION OF A TOWN HALL MEETING OR YOUR OWN VERSION OF A GET TOGETHER WHERE YOU DO ENTERTAIN FEEDBACK FROM FROM CITIZENS, LARGER GROUPS OF CITIZENS. THAT WAY NOBODY FEELS LEFT OUT. BUT IF YOU CREATE GROUPS THAT ARE OF LARGE NUMBERS, I JUST AGAIN, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT IT'S HARD TO GET DECISIONS OUT OF OUT OF LARGE GROUPS. EITHER SOMEBODY WILL DOMINATE IN THAT EFFORT AND SOME PEOPLE WILL SHY AWAY AND NOT PARTICIPATE. THAT'S THEIR FAULT, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO OFFER THAT TO THE TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT MY BELIEF IS THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THESE NUMBERS DOWN, SOME AND I'D LIKE FEEDBACK ON THAT OR NOT. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE. THANK YOU. MAYOR I WOULD TEND TO AGREE, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE INVOLVED, YES, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT DOES KIND OF GET LOST IN, EVERYONE BEING SO INFORMATIVE THAT WE'RE NEVER GETTING DOWN TO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS. YES, SO THERE WAS A, IN THE PACKET. THERE WAS A NUMBER SPOT AND FOR COUNCIL, MY OPINION IS IT SHOULD BE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AVOID A QUORUM AND THEN, SO ABOUT 4 TO 5, 4 TO 7, CITIZENS. THAT WAY WE KEEP IT AN ODD NUMBER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE CITIZEN, OUR STAKEHOLDERS INPUT ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT MANY CITIZENS. I'M OPEN TO LIKE, JUST LIKE YOU, MAYOR, DISCUSSING IT AMONGST COUNCIL AND GETTING THE CONSENSUS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THE OTHER COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE TOO IS I THINK JUST IN TRYING TO KEEP, EVERYONE INVOLVED THAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE, NOT HAVE, COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE ON, ON

[03:00:06]

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD SAY I WOULD WANT TO BE ON THE LAD AND THE DOG PARK. HE MIGHT WANT TO BE ON , I DON'T KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR SOMETHING. GIVE ME ONE SECOND ON THAT. SO YES, SIR, HOW DO OTHERS FEEL ABOUT THAT? WILL THAT WORK OUT? SOMETHING WHERE? THERE WAS A LIST AHEAD. AND ARE WE GOING TO RUN THESE ITEMS, CONCURRENTLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SEPARATE ON OUR AGENDA. HOW DO WE PLAN ON. DO IT. DO IT ONE AT A TIME. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAVE A TENDENCY TO AGREE THAT THAT WE LIMIT IT TO THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP THIS AS GUNN, MOVING AS FAST OR AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER ABOUT COMING BACK AND REPORTING TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, AS WELL.

THE, ONE THING THAT WE'VE WE'VE SORT OF DONE IN THE PAST IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD EITHER 2 OR 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT SOMEBODY SELECTED SOMEBODY FROM A DISTRICT AS WELL TO THAT GETS THE NUMBERS UP. I WOULD SAY NINE IS THE TOP NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ANYWHERE IF WE IF WE DO THREE AND FIVE DISTRICTS, WELL THEN YOU GOT EIGHT. SO YOU NEED A TIE OR BREAK ONE OFF. BUT WE JUST NEED TO KEEP MOVING AND GET GET THESE THINGS FILLED AND GET AND GET THEM MOVING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO. OKAY, SO IF WE, IF WE TOOK THE FIRST ONE ON THIS LIST, IS IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO GO ONE BY ONE? THIS, SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION DOWN HERE. JOE CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IDEA. AND THOUGH I LIKE MR. VERACRUZ'S ANSWER, IT IS HOW IT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. SO. OKAY, SO WE SHOULD. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE STARTING WITH THE COMP MASTER PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CORRECT OKAY. SO THEN WE'D NEED TO KNOW WHO IS INTERESTED IN BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE ON THIS COUNCIL BEING AND YOU COULD USE YOUR BUTTONS ACTUALLY TO, TO VOTE IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT THAT WAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THERE.

WELL, I'D PREFER FOR JUST TO COLLECT THE NAMES UP RIGHT NOW, OKAY. SO WHO, OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT , WE'VE GOT FOUR COMP, FOUR PEOPLE ON THE COMP PLAN. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MR. PENNEBAKER, MISS HASEBE. GOOD DIDN'T YOU GOT IT FROM THAT SIDE? ALL. I'LL REFRAIN. I'LL WITHDRAW. SO WE GOT THREE. WAS IT SOMEBODY ELSE? OKAY. SO WE GOT THREE. SO. PENNEBAKER KAREN.

CHERRY BROWN AND COUNCIL WOMAN GOODEN FOR THE COMP MASTER PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. OH. SO MOVED ALL PROOF. SECOND MOTION. OKAY, SO MOTION BY MATT BRUNET, SECOND BY VERA CRUZ. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. DO YOU VOTE FOR YOURSELF? OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER

[03:05:22]

OKAY. ARE YOU THREE OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE'RE REALLY DONE WITH THAT ITEM RIGHT. AND WE VOTED ON IT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. Y'ALL GO AND FIND FOUR MORE PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. ALL

[5.F. Consider approval of Resolution 2024-279 establishing the Charles F. Ladd Nature Preserve Master Plan Advisory Committee, defining the scope of work for said committee, and appointing committee members.]

[5.G. Consider approval of Resolution 2024-280 establishing the Dog Park Master Plan Advisory Committee, defining the scope of work for said committee, and appointing committee members.]

HE'S GOT HIS HAND UP. OKAY. GOT JOE VERACRUZ, JEREMY KOONTZ. WAS THAT A HAND WAVE, MR.

[03:10:09]

ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS. WHAT ELSE WE GOT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DONE ASSIGNING COMMITTEE. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. IT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. GOOD JOB. OKAY, SO

[5.H. Consider a resolution authorizing approval of an incentive grant by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to Sharon's Loving Home Health Care, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $6,473.35 for a building located at 436 North Main Street. Duncanville, Texas, 75137.]

ALL RIGHT. WELL, ALICIA. ALICIA OR, ASSISTANT. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY YEAH. OUR ASSISTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING HELLO AGAIN.

MAYOR CONTRERAS, CITY COUNCIL STAFF, I AM COMING TO YOU FOR IN FOR SHARON'S LOVING HOME HEALTH CARE, THIS APPLICATION WAS PUT FORTH BEFORE I STARTED, SO I'M KIND OF FINISHING THIS UP, SHE WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE MARCH APRIL, SHE SUBMITTED HER APPLICATION IN MARCH OR APRIL, I BELIEVE, AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON A PRIOR, EDC, EDC, MEETING, BUT BUT BECAUSE WE WERE GONE AND SOME STAFF MISCOMMUNICATION, SHE WAS LEFT OFF, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, SHE HAS PUT FORTH, THIS LEASE, THIS, APPLICATION FOR A SIGN. IT'S THE SIGN THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE PICTURE, SHE IS NEW TO DUNCANVILLE FROM MISSOURI, AND SHE HAD THIS BUSINESS IN MISSOURI, HER NAME IS CHIQUITA HARRIS. THE BUSINESS IS A TESTAMENT TO HER GRANDMOTHER AND HER MOTHER, SHE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE GRANT ON TIME. SHE WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE SHE HAD GONE THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS OF THE APPLICATION. SHE HAS SUBMITTED THE BIDS, SHE DID SHE DID PUT HER MONEY. HER HUSBAND AND HERSELF HAS HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON THE BUILDING ITSELF, THEY HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING ALREADY. MR. FINCH WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. I COULD NOT ATTEND. I HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ALREADY PUT IN ABOUT $30,000 OF THEIR OWN MONEY INTO THIS PROPERTY, AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE 6000 FOR THE SIGN THAT I SHOWED YOU PREVIOUSLY. THERE THANK YOU, DO I UNDERSTAND THE OWNERS IN THE AUDIENCE? YES.

OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT SHE WAS THERE. COME. COME UP HERE, MR. CHEATER. I'VE MET HER ONE TIME, LET'S SEE IF SHE WANTS TO TALK TO US. HELLO. I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT,

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MR. FINCH AND I UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I HOPE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THIS TRANSPIRES. AND THAT, AND ALSO, TYPICALLY, WE HAVE A DUNCANVILLE BUSINESS AS ONE OF OUR BIDS, TYPICALLY AS WELL, TOO. SO JUST JUST UPDATE WITH THAT. WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. NO, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE HERE.

OKAY AND, WE GOT A SECOND BY MR. KOONTZ. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. LET'S VOTE, PLEASE.

UNANIMOUS THANK YOU. OH MY GOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. GIRL THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY MOM PROUD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOU. HAVE YOU HAVE. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS HERE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE

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[6.A. Council to receive a briefing on special events process, reorganizational structure into Economic Development.]

SO WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE IN. AND THEN LYNETTE ROMERO IS THE PLANNING TECHNICIAN. SHE'S ALSO WORKING WITH US AGAIN, THAT KIND OF ALIGNS WITH MRP SAID. AS FAR AS COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STREAMLINE THE PROCESSES. SO THIS IS AS OF NOW, THIS IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION . QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. WHAT? I'M SORRY.

THEY'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE THESE SQUARES FILLED. QUESTION. YES. THANK YOU FOR, THE FORMAL INTRODUCTION. SO IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. WELCOME TO DUNCANVILLE AND, I GUESS SO I WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT. SO AS IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA, A BRIEFING ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS AND, AND, OKAY, SO WE CAN HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THAT CITY MANAGER. SURE. OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? GO AHEAD. I'LL DO WHAT I CAN. SURE. I'LL FILL IN WITH YOU. I HAD LOTS OF I'M JUST JOKING. I DID NOT HAVE THESE PAPERS. I JUST HAVE ONE PAPER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS, I KNOW THAT SHE'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNDER PARKS AND REC. WELL, A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS THESE MULTIPLE DAY EVENTS. AND SO THAT'S PULLING FOR FROM THE HOT, HOT TAX FUNDS. SO THAT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE FOR HER TO BE UNDER OR WITH US, WORKING WITH US, IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENTS THAT ARE BEING HELD ARE ALIGNED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING FOR THE CITY. THE PROCESS IS WE HAVE A NEW PROCESS FOR US PLANNING FOUR MONTHS IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE

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THEY ARE THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT COLLABORATION OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT. ADDITIONALLY, MISS OWENS IS ALSO HELPING US COORDINATE FOR WHAT I WOULD SAY THE COMMUNITY OF SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH ARE THE PRIVATE ENTITIES MAKING APPLICATION, AND SHE IS COORDINATING THOSE EVENTS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE, MUCH LIKE SHE DOES FOR THE LARGER EVENTS, THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING, THAT WE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO KNOW ARE MADE AWARE OF THOSE, THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS TAKING PLACE AND THAT, HONESTLY, CITY ADMINISTRATION IS INFORMED. SO WE CAN ALSO INFORM CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE, THOSE PRIVATE EVENTS. AND YOU SEE THAT, WEEKLY IN THE ARE NOW ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY IN TERMS OF WHERE THE DIVIDING LINE IS BETWEEN SPECIAL EVENTS. THESE SIGNATURE EVENTS, THESE DESTINATION EVENTS, BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY VERSUS SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT TO PICK ON IT, BUT I'LL USE LIKE THE GRAND PRIX EVENT HELD AT THE REC CENTER IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY TYPE EVENT. SO WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IS THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WILL STILL FALL UNDER PARKS AND REC, THAT WILL STILL BE WITH NOEL AND BART, WITH PARKS AND REC, THEY'LL STILL COORDINATE ALL OF THOSE. WHEREAS THE LARGER EVENTS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SHOP AT OUR RESTAURANTS OR SHOP AT OUR STORES TO SPEND THE NIGHTS AT THE HOTELS, THOSE WOULD ALL COME THROUGH THE DC EDC. SO I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. THAT JUST LIKE THE JULY 4TH, IT'S COMING UP AND LIKE CHRISTMAS AND I THINK, YEAH, AND CHRISTMAS, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE LARGER EVENTS THAT WILL GO THROUGH US. AND FOR SO YOU MENTIONED PRIVATE ENTITIES. SO IF, SO FOR SOMEONE SO THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO GET IT, OR THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO HAVE A YES PRIVATE SPECIAL EVENT. RIGHT. YES. YEAH. AND MISS ANGELA IS HANDLING THAT. WE ARE HANDLING THAT AS A, AS A TEAM CURRENTLY. I MEAN HAS THAT HAS THAT POLICY CHANGED AT ALL SINCE BEFORE? OKAY. SO THAT POLICY IS EXACTLY THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST REALLY THE COORDINATION OF IT AND WHO'S DOING IT. THE ORDINANCE EXISTS, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE ATTACHED THE ORDINANCE. I THINK IT WAS ATTACHED TO THAT. RIGHT. BUT THAT ALL STILL IS THE SAME. IT'S JUST THE, THAT'S BEING COORDINATED BY ANGELA AS SHE'S ABLE TO HELP COORDINATE THAT WITH ALICIA AND THE TEAM. AND THEN PARKS AND REC IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE FOR THE CITY.

WHAT NON PRIVATE EVENTS. BUT COMMUNITY CITY OF DUNCANVILLE EVENTS? YES, MAYOR. JUST ONE SORRY. ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. SURE. YES OR NO? I GUESS, SO ARE THERE ANY EVENTS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A REZONING OF A PROPERTY? AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT'S REZONING OF NO. I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? NO, I WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ WAS REFERRING TO IS THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER ABOUT THE USE OF A BUILDING AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY KNOW THAT WHERE WE ALSO RUN INTO THIS IS WE'RE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND THE ARTS COMMISSION IS OBVIOUSLY AN ADVISORY GROUP TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO IT IS A CITY ENTITY, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? NOT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE A NICE

[6.B. Receive a briefing presentation on the Texas A&M and USDA Forest Service Municipal Forester Grant]

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THERE WE GO. INCREASED TREE CANOPY BY 15% OVER THE PERIOD OF A GRANT. SO HOW'S THAT DETERMINED, SO IDEALLY, THE PERSON IN THIS POSITION IS GOING TO COME IN AND ASSESS OUR CURRENT TREE CANOPY. SO PART OF, TRAINING TO BECOME AN ARBORIST IS, ATTENDING A TREE SURVEYING AND APPRAISAL, EDUCATION, SO IDEALLY, THEY WOULD COME IN AND ASSESS OUR CURRENT TREE CANOPY AROUND THE CITY. SO THAT'S PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO, KIND OF INCREASE OR SUSTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND I LIKE THAT YOU SAID IT'S PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY AS WELL TOO. SO THAT'S THE EDUCATION PIECE OF IT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. COUNCILMAN KUNTZ. SO THAT THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET, WE HAVE NOT, ACCEPTED IT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE BEEN, I GUESS APPROVED TO. YEAH. SO WE DID WIN THE GRANT, AND THIS, THIS CATEGORY, BUT WE HAVEN'T ACCEPTED. WE'RE CURRENTLY, IT STARTS JUNE 28TH IS WHEN THE FIRST QUARTER, STARTS. I THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A CITY FORESTER. SO, SO. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION THEN, AND I KNOW I SAW IT IN HERE. SO IT'S $100,000. GRANT IS $50,000, THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN $25,000 THE NEXT TWO YEARS. YES SIR. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD CHOOSE TO KEEP THE POSITION OR NOT AND CONTINUE TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'D WANT TO FUND THAT. YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE A DECISION WE WOULD BRING BACK BEFORE YOU ALL TO SEE IF WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.

WHAT'S. AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW I SAW IT IN HERE SOMEWHERE, BUT WHAT'S THE SALARY. OH, 73,000.

YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO ADD AT SOME POINT, LOOKING TO ADD AT LEAST 73,000 TO THE IS THERE. SOUNDS LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANY OPTION FOR US TO SHARE, TO COLLABORATE, SAY WITH, SAY, THE CITY OF DESOTO AND FOR US TO SHARE A FORESTER AND THEN ALSO TO SHARE THE, THE COST OF THE SALARY AND ETC. YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY NOT TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE. I WOULD OPEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. YEAH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU, BUT BUT I'M I'M CURIOUS, IS THAT WHO DID THE GRANT? WHO, PARKS DEPARTMENT DID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY I'M JUST. YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I'M. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MR. CITY MANAGER, I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A GRANT COMPONENT, AND I DIDN'T. I WANTED TO VERIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, MR. PENNEBAKER.

THANK YOU, MR. AGEE. THIS YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. SO GOOD PRESENTATION. I HAD LIKE FIVE WRITTEN DOWN. AND I THINK YOU KIND OF HIT ON THE LAST ONE ANYWAY. AND, BUT THIS WOULD BE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST THAT WOULD BE BRINGING IN, I THINK THE CITY USED TO HAVE A HORTICULTURIST 15 TO 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ABILITY HERE. THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR OUR CITY TO BRING THAT IN. AND BRING SOME SOME DIFFERENT SKILLS IN. SO THAT'S FUN. AND, YEAH, I'M DEADLY IGNORANT ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF TREES. AND I IMAGINE MOST OF US ARE TOO. SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US TO HAVE. YES, SIR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT THESE EVENTS. COUNCILMAN KUNTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK PARKS DEPARTMENT. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID. THIS

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[6.C. Receive the Parks and Recreation Department Quarterly Report]

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. AND I KNOW TYLER IS VERY MODEST, AND HE IS PARKS THAT WROTE THAT GRANT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO TYLER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE DOES FOR OUR NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION QUARTERLY REPORT THIS EVENING, AND THAT COVERS THE MONTHS OF MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY OF 2024, FOR THIS REPORT, WE HAVE ONE NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. THAT'S ISAAC ANDRADE, FOR OUR ATHLETICS CREW AND OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. SO OUR PARK MEASURABLES, OBVIOUSLY, THE SPRING MONTHS ARE VERY BUSY FOR OUR ATHLETICS CREWS, THAT IS THE PRIMARY SEASON FOR YOUTH BASEBALL, YOUTH SOCCER, YOUTH SOFTBALL, THAT CREW IS BY FAR THE BUSIEST DURING THOSE MONTHS. AND THEY DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS AND, AND PULLING OFF A FANTASTIC SEASON FOR THOSE GUYS. AND SO KUDOS TO THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO, DID A YEOMAN'S WORK FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS AND GETTING ALL THOSE FIELDS PREPPED, PROVIDE SAFE PLAYING SURFACES AND FIELDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THEY ALSO CONDUCTED 21 PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS, 36 PARK AMENITIES INSPECTIONS, AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN FIVE COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEND THEM TO A SCHOOL, FOR PARK MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS A SPORTS FIELD MAINTENANCE, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. SO, WE LIKE TO KEEP OUR GUYS FRESH, WITH ALL THE LATEST KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PARKS AND KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. OUR LITTER CREW, AGAIN, THERE'S A FANTASTIC JOB, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. I WON'T READ THEM TO YOU, BUT MOVING ON AGAIN. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. IRRIGATION DIVISION, THEIR BIGGEST JOB DURING THIS QUARTER WAS TO FINISH ARMSTRONG PARK, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION WAS DONE IN-HOUSE. IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, AND OUR CREWS DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THAT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY FOR SURE. AGAINST OUR ATHLETICS CREW, AGAIN, GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR ALL THE YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, I KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD A LITTLE EARLIER. SO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO THOSE GUYS.

HORTICULTURE CREW AGAIN, WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO OUR, OPENING OF OUR ARMSTRONG PARK. YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE THERE. THAT'S THEM PLANTING THE PLANTS THERE. THE GROUND COVER THERE, THE PARK. AND AGAIN, THOSE GUYS WORKED OVERTIME MANY NIGHTS, TO GET THAT PARK READY FOR THE APRIL 6TH OPENING. AND AGAIN, THANK THEM. CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, BUT THEY, HAD A COUPLE OF, SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS BACK, DURING THIS QUARTER. FOR THE, CURB APPEAL WINNERS AS WELL AS D SQUARED WAS THE BEAUTIFICATION BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD WINNER FOR THE SPRING QUARTER, THEY HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL GARDEN WORKSHOP, GREAT EVENT. THAT'S A PICTURE THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THERE WITH THAT EVENT, THEY ALSO, COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS TO MAINTAIN THEIR TREE CITY, USA, THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL GOLD STAR AND THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE MEMBER. YOU SEE, THERE ARE SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS, THE KEEP TEXAS WATERWAYS CLEAN EVENT WAS ACTUALLY THIS PAST SATURDAY. IT WAS RAINED OUT. THEY ARE PLANNING TO RESCHEDULE THAT SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT SOON. EVEN THOUGH THE RECREATION CENTER, WE HAD 120 MEMBERSHIPS SOLD THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER. OVER 5600 VISITS, OVER 900 DAY PASSES. AGAIN, YOU SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES THERE, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON, AT THE AT THE CENTER. AND A NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS DURING THIS QUARTER. AGAIN SPRING IS VERY BUSY FOR PARKS AND

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WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK, WITH OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK WITH, TOP GUN MAVERICK. MOVING ON TO OUR SENIOR CENTER, WE HAD 31 NEW AND RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS THROUGH THE QUARTER, ALMOST 1900 VISITS, 3300 MEALS. I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT AN EXPANDED MEAL PROGRAM THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MONIES THERE THROUGH D TRIPLE A.

THEY HAD SOME MONIES THEY DID NOT USE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO THEY'RE USING THAT MONIES HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO OUR SENIORS ARE NOW ABLE TO NOT ONLY GET A LUNCH, BUT THEY CAN GO HOME FROM THE SENIOR CENTER WITH A BOXED MEAL FOR DINNER AND A BREAKFAST EVERY DAY. AND THEY WILL ALSO GET ADDITIONAL MEALS ON FRIDAYS TO COVER THE WEEKENDS SO THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH GET ALL THEIR MEALS FROM THE DUNCANVILLE SENIOR CENTER, CURRENTLY, THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE D TRIPLE A, THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKBONE OF OUR OF OUR SERVICES AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WE DO APPROXIMATELY 40 MEALS A DAY AND , AND JUST A PHENOMENAL SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR BOND ELECTION PROJECTS. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ARMSTRONG PARK AND THE SPLASH PAD HAS BEEN A HIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN WONDERFULLY RECEIVED. I LOVED WALKING BY THERE EVERY DAY , THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE WEATHER IS NICE ENOUGH TYPICALLY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WALK BACK AND FORTH FROM MY OFFICE TO CITY HALL, AND I NOW TAKE A LONGER ROUTE TO GO AROUND TO SEE THE SPLASH PAD AND WATCH THE KIDS PLAY AND STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND REMIND MYSELF WHY I DO THIS JOB, BECAUSE THAT DOES IT FOR SURE. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. COUNCILMAN KUNTZ, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING THIS. IF BAR. IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK. ONE SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, BART KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THIS TRAILS PROJECTS STILL TO BE IDENTIFIED.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED A PROJECT YET. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR PROJECTS SO THAT THAT MONEY IS NOT SITTING THERE, DIMINISHING IN VALUE TO. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, THANK YOU. AND JUST ANOTHER COMMENT, MR. STEVENSON. AGAIN, THANK YOU. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE WONDERFUL PARKS AND I SEE HOW HARD THAT GROUP WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I TRY TO SUPPORT Y'ALL'S EVENTS AS WELL. SO JUST THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, I KNOW I SAID IT IN MY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, BUT I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW PROUD I AM OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW WHAT'S SUCH A GREAT JOB YOU DO. AND SO ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE FOREVER AT THAT SPLASH PAD, GREAT JOB AND TELL YOUR ENTIRE TEAM THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SINCE, COUNCILMAN KUNTZ CAME UP THE WITH THE TRAIL, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS TRAIL FITS IN, THE AREA THAT HE MAY BE REFERRING TO, BUT I NOTICED THE TRAIL THAT, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN, HILL CITY, AND YOU GET TO MY CELL, YOU SEE THAT TRAIL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CENTER STREET SEEMS TO BE OVERGROWN WITH GRASS, AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A TRAIL ANYMORE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL PLAN

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OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, THAT WAS BUT THAT'S SIGNIFICANT EROSION IN THAT MATERIAL. I HATE TO DIMINISH YOUR GOOD PRESENTATION WITH, INCREASING YOUR WORKLOAD, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOB. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

[6.D. Receive the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Second Quarter Investment Report as of March 31, 2024.]

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT INCREASE THE AVERAGE YIELD FOR THE CITY IS 5.34. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT OF THE SCREEN, THE RATE IS VERY COMPETITIVE TO WHAT THE BENCHMARKS ARE CURRENTLY AT.

THE QUARTERLY INTEREST INCOME IS $1,052,370. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE QUARTER OVER $1 MILLION IN YIELD. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP YOU FIND SOME OF THAT BUDGET DOLLARS YOU'LL BE NEEDING WITH A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE, PLANNED AHEAD OF YOU WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE YIELD CURVES, AS THE MARKET EXPECTS SOME RATES TO START DECREASING IN THE NEXT CRYSTAL BALL. 3 TO 9 MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMIC, INDICATORS THAT THE RESERVE BANK SEES. SO, AGAIN , NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEIR EYES ARE GOING TO DO, BUT THE MARKET EXPECTS SOME DECLINE IN THE NEXT 3 OR 6 MONTHS. AND THIS IS COMPARABLE RATES FOR THE YIELD OF THE TREASURIES, THE PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION ON MOST OF IT IS IN MONEY MARKET, MONEY MARKET FUNDS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS, WHICH IS CASH EQUIVALENT. PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH ALL DETAILS OF THE DATES, BUT YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF THE RATES SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THEY ARE STAYING FAIRLY STABLE FOR THE TIME BEING. AND THIS IS THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, TOP PART IS YOUR CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT. YOU'LL NOTICE THE MATURITY DATE AND SETTLEMENT DATE. IT IT'S ONE DAY APART. SO FOR CASH WE KEEP THE MATURITY DATE TO ONE DAY JUST FOR THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE CALCULATION. JUST A MINOR TECHNICAL DETAIL, AND THEN THE BOTTOM PART OF, OF THE TABLE, ABOVE THE RED LINE, THOSE HAVE COME DUE. THOSE ARE CDS THAT HAVE EITHER MOVED TO A NEW CITY INVESTMENT OR TO CASH, AND THEN ONCE BELOW THE RATE LINE ARE GOING TO BE DUE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND PART OF THE

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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS NEAR THE END OF THE SLIDE. YEAH I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PROSPERITY BANK AND ITS RATE, THAT IS A CHECKING ACCOUNT INTEREST RATE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S VERY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER BANKS. YES ALSO, MR. MACK BURNETT, IF I MAY ADD, BECAUSE OF THE LOWER PERCENTAGE, WE ACTUALLY MOVED THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN PROSPERITY BANK. WE MOVED THAT OUT. INTO A COMBINATION BETWEEN TEXAS POOL, AND LOGIC PRIMARILY, BUT THE REASON BEING, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE PERCENTAGES.

SO WE LEFT SOMETHING IN, ONE FOR THE BANK BEING LOCAL, AND HAVING A BRANCH HERE IN DUNCANVILLE.

BUT ALSO, IF THE RATES WERE TO CHANGE THAT, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO QUICKLY BE ABLE TO PIVOT IF NECESSARY. AND ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT. THAT'S A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT. SO THOSE ARE LOW ACTIVITY ACCOUNTS THAT MAY NOT BE SUITED FOR A OVERNIGHT INVESTMENT TYPE OF INVESTMENT.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOWER BALANCE ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP MONTHLY

[6.E. Monthly Financial Report as of April 30, 2024]

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OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO GIVE BACK WHAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YET TO OBLIGATE. SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND SPENT TO DATE. WE SPENT 1.2 MILLION ON EMPLOYEE PREMIUM PAY. EARLY ON. WE RECEIVED THIS MONEY IN 22. INITIALLY, WE SPENT MONEY ON BUSINESS GRANTS TO HELP BUSINESS GETS BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER COVID RECOVERY, WE SPENT, 300,000 ON OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT. IT'S VERY WELL UTILIZED OUT IN OUR PARKS. AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE SPENT, FUNDS ON BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, HVAC, ROOFING, LIBRARY FURNITURE, CITY HALL, LOBBY, RENOVATION. WE SPENT SOME FUNDS ON IT INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPUTER UPGRADES AND SOME SOFTWARE. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME OBLIGATIONS THERE, FOR OUR INTERGOV REIMPLEMENTATION AND FOR OUR COURT SOFTWARE, WE'VE SPENT 1.8 MILLION ON PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. WE INCLUDES A GENERATOR FOR THE FIRE STATION.

THIS INCLUDES THE BODY WORN CAMERAS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE GEAR, FIRE STATION, ADVERSE WEATHER, TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN, YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE SPENT 3.5 OF IT ON THE FIRE STATION TO OFFSET THE INCREASED COSTS THAT WE HAVE INCURRED FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 900,000 OBLIGATED TO THAT. BUT IN ALL, WE'VE RECEIVED 9.6 MILLION THAT WAS AWARDED TO US. WE STILL HAVE 680,000 UNOBLIGATED TO DATE. YOU JUST, APPROVED THE 75,000 FOR THE DOG PARK. SO THAT PART NOW WILL BE OBLIGATED. BUT WHAT'S STILL REMAINING THAT HAS YET TO BE, OBLIGATED IS 500,000. WE WERE PLANNING TO DO TOWARDS A UTILITY PROJECT, AND THEN 70,000 WAS TO GO TOWARDS THE LIBRARY. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTION. JUST SAY THANK YOU, I QUESTIONED THE ARPA FUNDING AND THE REMAINING BALANCE. AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS. I WELL, I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO REMAINING OBLIGATED REMAINING OBLIGATIONS 44,125. AND THEN IN THAT COLUMN, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WE HAVE CURRENT PROJECTS IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE PUT THE MONEY ON HOLD. WE'VE SIGNED, YOU KNOW, AGREED TO, FOR CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT'S REMAINING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THIS JUST TO ADD TO ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRE STATION, ONCE YOU KNOW, THE DUST

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