[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 1 of 2)]
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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR BRIEFING SESSION FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2024.ITEM ONE DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM CITY MANAGER DOUG FITCH, AND I'LL JUMP RIGHT ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITIES OF DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL, TEXAS FOR THE SHARED PURCHASE, IMPLEMENTATION AND LICENSING OF A NEW COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE DID A BRIEFING ON THIS EARLIER, BUT HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS.
INTERIM POLICE CHIEF WAS HERE, BUT WE'LL SEE THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR ME.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION EVOLUTION OF BOARDING ELECTRICAL SERVICES, CITY LIGHT TO ESG ELECTRIC AND ULSAN ELECTRIC THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICES, AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH EACH VENDOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $274,154 ACROSS THREE VENDORS OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AND DIRECTOR BRYANT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK YOU SKIPPED OVER, BUT YOU DID MENTION THERE WERE THREE, BUT I THINK YOU SKIPPED OVER ITSELF.
ESG ELECTRIC ELECTRIC LP AND ALSO ELECTRIC.
THANK YOU. AND ULSAN ELECTRIC.
YES. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. IN THE LAST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM MORSI CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO DANNATT 110 BULK AIR CONDITIONER HEATER WITH AUTO EJECT THE SHORELINE AND SHORELINE INDICATOR SAFE INDUSTRIES AND TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 18,288 FOR THE TWO AMBULANCES PURCHASED 22 ADDING TO THE COST OF THE AMBULANCES, FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $635,710.56 AND ASSISTANT INTERIM ASSISTANT MS MS. IS HERE. THIS WAS AMBULANCES WERE PURCHASED.
SO THIS IS ADDING NEW AND THAT IS A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT.
I MOVED TO CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THE AGENDA ITEMS. CAN WE. CAN I ASK SOMETHING ABOUT BOBBY REAL QUICK? YOU WANNA WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT ONE? OKAY, WELL. I WILL DO THAT.
WELL, I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE MR. OH FIVE. YEAH.
SO YOU WANT TO TABLE IT OUT FRONT? BUT HE'S GOING TO HE'S HE'S ALERTED YOU TO THE FACT THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE AUGUST CALENDAR.
AUGUST THE 8TH IS COFFEE WITH THE COP AT MCDONALD'S.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FIREFIGHTER AWARDS BANQUET, WHICH IS AUGUST THE 17TH.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WORKSHOP IS AUGUST THE 15TH.
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON AUGUST 22ND.
FOR SEPTEMBER WE DO HAVE AN ADDITION.
IT'S FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST IS THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL IN DE SOTO, AND I SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
SO YES, THAT'S IN AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER DECEMBER 26TH IS ALSO COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. SEPTEMBER 30TH IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24.
OCTOBER. WE HAVE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON OCTOBER THE 24TH.
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AND THE 24TH IS ALSO THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.IT'S A PURCHASING WORKSHOP AT 5:00 ON THE 24TH, AND ELTON BROCK IS HELPING WITH THAT ONE.
AND FOR NOVEMBER, WE HAVE COFFEE WITH THE COP ON AT MCDONALD'S THAT IS ON NOVEMBER THE 14TH.
AND MAYOR, DID YOU WANT TO CANCEL THE NOVEMBER COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR? BECAUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT FALLS ON THANKSGIVING DAY? YES. OTHERWISE, I'LL BE HEARING FROM MY WIFE ABOUT THAT.
TURKEY. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS TAYLOR.
OKAY. ITEM THREE BRIEFING AND PRESENTATIONS.
COUNCIL RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON BUDGET MEETINGS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE.
IN THIS ROOM ON AUGUST THE 15TH.
OUR PLAN WAS ALSO TO PUT BRIEFINGS ON THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 20TH, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AS WELL AS SEPTEMBER 3RD.
WE WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SO THAT YOU ALL COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER.
YES, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION, BUT I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF BRIEFING SESSIONS SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF THE RESTRAINTS PUT ON US TIME WISE DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING.
SO WE'RE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND BRIEFING, BUT IF WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE NEED FOR AND A TIME WHERE WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN DEBATE AND GATHER INFORMATION, GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND THEN MAYBE EVEN IF SOMEONE SEES FIT, ASK FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE.
SO HOW DOES THE COUNCIL FEEL ABOUT SETTING ASIDE A DATE IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT TONIGHT ABOUT THE DATE, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF IF WE FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR US TO HAVE MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
I WOULD AGREE. I THINK WE'VE GOT A CONSENSUS.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT OUR SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ADOPTED BY 30.
THAT THIRD. THAT SECOND MEETING.
SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT THAT'S THE TAX.
THE TAX RATE. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE SETTING THE TAX RATE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE BUDGET RIGHT.
YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT.
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL. WELL YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU CAN LEVY THE TAX.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT.
AND IF YOU NEEDED TO ON THE THIRD I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU NEED TO DELIBERATE MORE AND ARE NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE THIRD, THEN YOU COULD MOVE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET TO THE 17TH AND THEN ADOPT THE TAX RATE AS LONG AS YOU DO IT. AND.
THEN YOU CAN ADOPT, YOU CAN ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE THE SAME NIGHT OVER ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY. BUT YOU'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE THIS MEETING WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW ON THAT DAY.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET SET FOR THE THIRD.
YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE THIRD BECAUSE THERE'S AN ADVERTISING REQUIREMENT.
YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR DEBATE AMONGST YOURSELVES ON THE THIRD AND THEN AGAIN ANY TIME BEFORE THE 17TH, BEFORE YOU, THAT EITHER THAT NIGHT OR ON THE 17TH, ADOPT THE BUDGET.
HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX LOBBY? AND THEN, IF REQUIRED, YOU CAN DO THE RATIFICATION OF THE BUDGET YOU JUST APPROVED, WHICH MAY RAISE MORE REVENUE THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
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SO THAT IS A REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO DO ALL THE PUBLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SUCH LIKE.WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS BUDGET.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE.
18. TRYING TO CRAM ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION IN WHERE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION IS KIND OF HARD TO DO IN A NIGHT TIME. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR WE DO A WORKSHOP, A DAY WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN COUNCIL AND COME TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I NOTED ON THIS PAGE.
AND THEN WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ON THIS PAGE? BECAUSE FOR ME, BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IS THE PUBLIC TELLING ME THEY TRUST THAT I AM GOING TO DO MY BEST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DOLLARS THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED? OKAY. I, I AGREE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
IF WE'RE NOT COMPLETED WITH OUR DISCUSSION, HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DAY A DEFINITION OF A DAY IS HOW MANY HOURS ARE WE LOOKING AT TRYING TO SET ASIDE? CAN WE GET DO WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY? COUNCIL TO COME IN IN A MORNING TIME AND WORK OUR WAY UNTIL ABOUT 4:00.
BUT DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.
ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT? HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE OPERATIONS? HAVE STAFF HERE AVAILABLE IF WE NEED TO ASK MR. CITY MANAGER A QUESTION ABOUT A PARTICULAR ITEM IN THE BUDGET.
OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A CONSENSUS TO CONFIRM THAT THAT THIS MEETING IS NECESSARY.
I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND THE TIME.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE TIME HERE IN A MINUTE.
SO HOW DOES THAT FIT WITH EVERYBODY.
AND WHAT'S AND WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT SEPTEMBER BUT AUGUST RIGHT.
I HAVE THE 29TH AVAILABLE ON AUGUST.
I HAVE SOME DATES AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER.
JUST WHATEVER WORKS WITH THE COUNCIL.
WHAT IS THAT LAST WEEK? I'LL BE OUT ON THE 26TH.
I'LL BE OUT. IT TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I.
BECAUSE I'M OUT ON THE 29TH FIRST.
SO I HEARD LABOR DAY OR SOMETHING ELSE.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT 27TH.
THE 27TH. WE HAVE THAT FOR OUR INTERVIEWS POINTING TOWARDS THE 28TH.
LOOK, IF WE'RE DOING THE DAYTIME, I THINK THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR.
KIDS. YEAH, IT'D BE HARD FOR ME TO COME OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT LEAST.
SO LOOKING INTO SEPTEMBER IS PRETTY THOROUGHLY LAST NIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT WE CAN BUMP IT UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT.
10TH. PRETTY MUCH OPEN RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. HOW'S EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 6TH FRIDAY.
THAT'S A FRIDAY. NO YOU'RE NOT.
IT IS A PARTICULAR TIME THAT YOU'RE ON OUT, MR. MACK BURNETT SAID ALL DAY.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE SECOND WEEK.
DOES EVERYBODY LOOK LIKE THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER? THE FIFTH. WORKS FOR ME.
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MR.. MACK BURNETT.YEAH, YOU ALREADY SAID IT WORKS.
WHAT'S THE TIME RANGE THAT WE WANT TO DO? NINE WORK ON AT NINE.
THAT GIVES MR. CITY MANAGER TIME TO COME IN IN HIS DAY, NOT TO BOMBARD HIM IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK HE'S GOT HIS DAY SETTLED ON THAT.
I USUALLY SCREW IT GIVE THEM SOME GRACE FOR BLOWING UP.
OKAY. SO HOW MANY HOURS DO WE WANT TO MAKE? UNTIL. UNTIL.
IT RUNS OUT OF BREATH. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OPEN ENDED.
AND WE'LL HAVE IT HERE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.
SO CAN WE CHECK AND SEE IF THAT IT'S AVAILABLE? THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5TH.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THE ALBUM.
OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING FIVE HOURS.
OKAY. FEW OF US WILL BE GONE IN FIVE HOURS.
THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPENDING THE TIME GETTING THAT FINALIZED.
BACK TO BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS.
CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON WATER QUALITY IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT BRYANT AND GREG AND GENTLEMEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, BUDDY? I GOT YOU.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM MATT BRYANT. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
JOINING US VIRTUALLY IS MR. GREG HOTELLING WITH MRP GROUP.
REAL QUICK, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON SOME OF THE SAMPLING WE DO AND SOME OF THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MONITOR FOR AND REPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR UPCOMING WATER QUALITY REPORTS ANNUALLY.
AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HOTELLING, WHERE HE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THESE CHEMICALS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS FAR AND FAST WHICH ARE SOME FEDERAL REGULATION COMING DOWN THAT WE'RE NOW REQUIRED TO LOOK FOR IN OUR REPORT.
SO REAL QUICK, WE GENERALLY WE MAINTAIN OVER 198 MILES OF WATER.
MAIN AND SERVICE LINE RANGING FROM TWO INCHES 18 INCH.
WE HAVE THREE ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS.
RIVER OAKS ELEVATED IS KIND OF A STANDALONE TOWER.
IT ONLY SERVICES THE LOWER PRESSURE PLAIN OF DUNCANVILLE.
WE OPERATE TWO PRESSURE PLANES.
I'LL ELABORATE THAT ON A LATER SLIDE.
AND WE HAVE THREE ENTRY POINTS FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
THIS IS OUR TWO DIFFERENT UPPER AND LOWER PRESSURE PLANES.
THIS DIVIDING LINE IS SEPARATED BY PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES.
SO WE MONITOR AND CONTROL THROUGH OUR SCADA SYSTEM WHEN THOSE VALVES OPEN, WATER JUST HYDRAULICALLY FLOWS TO THE LOWER PRESSURE PLANE FILLS THAT RIVER OAKS ELEVATED TANK THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT TO A SPECIFIC SET LEVEL.
ONCE IT FILLS THOSE VALVES CLOSED AND THE ELEVATED TANK SUPPORTS THE LOW PRESSURE POINT, WHEN THE VALVES ARE OPEN, WE TEMPORARILY BECOME ONE PRESSURE POINT ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS OUR DELIVERY POINTS UP HERE AT NORTH MAIN PUMP STATION, DANIEL DALE PUMP STATION AND CEDAR CEDAR HILL SUMMIT PUMP STATION, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. ANOTHER OVERVIEW OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE NORTH MAIN PUMP STATION REPRESENTED HERE.
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WE HAVE A VAULT WHICH HAS A RATE OF FLOW CONTROL VALVE THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.THEIR PIPELINE COMES INTO THAT VAULT.
NORTH MAIN PUMP STATION IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE DALLAS BACHMAN WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
DANIEL, DALE AND SUMMIT ARE HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY THE EAST SIDE DALLAS WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SAMPLINGS.
EVERY DAY WE COLLECT TOTAL CHLORINE MONOCHLORAMINE OR FREE AMMONIA SAMPLES.
EVERY QUARTER, WE LOOK FOR DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS AND NITRITE AND NITRATE SAMPLES.
WE HAVE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
EVERY THREE YEARS WE COLLECT LEAD AND COPPER SAMPLES, AND THEN WE ALSO EVERY QUARTER WE COLLECT UCMR, WHICH STANDS FOR UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE.
WE'RE GOING INTO RULE NUMBER SIX.
AND WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE.
WHERE ARE THOSE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM? SPECIFICALLY THE ENTRY POINTS, ACTUALLY.
YEAH. AND WE ALSO DO A LOT OF THEM AND WE ACTUALLY GO BACK.
SO THE BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING IS DONE ALL OVER THE CITY.
DISINFECTING RESIDUALS IS DONE CITYWIDE INCLUDING ALL OF OUR ENTRY POINTS.
THE DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS, THE NITRATES, A LOT OF THOSE ARE DONE BY PREDETERMINED AND APPROVED LOCATIONS BY THE STATE AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. LEAD AND COPPER SAMPLING.
WE TURN IN A SAMPLING POOL OF THE SPECIFIC ADDRESSES THAT THE STATE REVIEWS AND APPROVES, AND GIVES US PERMISSION TO USE THOSE ADDRESSES, AND UCMR IS DONE WITH THE TRIHALOMETHANES AT THOSE PREDETERMINED APPROVED ADDRESSES AS WELL.
AND IS THERE ONE ENTRY POINT THAT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY? NO, IT'S OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS.
YES, SIR. AND SO, ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WATER QUALITY? YOU KNOW, IT'S. YEAH, THE WATER QUALITY IS OURS, BUT IT'S COMING FROM DALLAS, SO IT'S NOT INFLUENCED BY CEDAR HILL IN ANY WAY.
ALONG THAT SAME LINE JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE, OUR NORTHERNMOST TANK ELEVATED TANK ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD THAT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NORTH MAIN PUMP STATION, WHERE IT'S GOT THE TANK BEHIND.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND THEN OUR TANK.
THAT'S THE DALLAS WATER SUPPLY.
IT IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, I'VE BEEN TOLD IT COMES FROM THE BACHMAN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND IT MIGHT STAY AT THAT POINT WHERE IT GETS REDIRECTED IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY. IT PROBABLY TOUCHES THAT TOWER, BUT USUALLY IT'S COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE PLANT.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. BRANT, IS THERE ONE EMPLOYEE DEDICATED TO THIS TASK, OR IS THERE SEVERAL? THERE'S. THERE'S SEVERAL THAT RUN THE OPERATIONS OF OF OUR WATER SYSTEM.
WE ALSO SHARE THE LOAD FOR IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF ALARM THAT HAPPENS AFTER HOURS.
THERE'S NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS THAT GET MADE BY THAT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE RESPONDS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO WHAT IS THE FARCE AND FARCE? AND GREG, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND LET YOU TAKE OVER.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. ALL RIGHT.
IF I'M NOT LOUD ENOUGH, JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO WHAT IS PFAS, BOSS, OR PFAS? PFAS? THERE'S PER FLORAL ALCOHOL SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
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AND IT IT BASICALLY INCLUDES A CARBON FLUORINE BOND, WHICH IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST BONDS KNOWN TO MAN.PFOA IS PERFLUOROOCTANOIC OCTANOIC ACID.
I'LL LET DOUG TRY TO SAY THAT ONE.
THAT'S A NICE LITTLE TONGUE TWISTER.
SO WHERE WAS PFAS OR PFAS FOUND? SO THESE ARE THE SOURCES? IT WAS BASICALLY, IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 90S, YOU PROBABLY TOUCHED PFAS ON THE REGULAR.
IT WAS IT WAS IN NONSTICK PANS SCOTCHGARD.
IT WAS ON A LOT OF YOUR FOOD CONTAINERS THAT YOU BROUGHT HOME FROM, LIKE, FAST FOOD PLACES.
ADHESIVE LUBRICANTS ANY OF YOUR WATER REPELLENT CLOTHING, PFAS.
NEXT SLIDE. BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SLIDE BEFORE THAT CONTINUING WITH WHERE IT WAS FOUND.
PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, AQUEOUS FILM FORMING, FORMING FILMS FOR FIRE FIGHTING PURPOSES.
ELECTROPLATING, SEMI-CONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES.
SO GENERALLY, IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
SO HOW DID IT GET INTO THE DRINKING WATER? WELL FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, LANDFILLS, WASTEWATER PLANTS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, EVERYTHING BASICALLY MIGRATES THROUGH OUR WATER TABLES AND ENDS UP IN OUR GROUNDWATER AND OUR SURFACE WATER SOURCES BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A STRONG BOND. IT IS IT'S ESSENTIALLY A FOREVER CHEMICAL.
IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY TO BREAK APART THE CARBON FLUORINE BOND.
SO WHAT ARE THE HEALTH EFFECTS FROM FROM PFAS? IT IMPACTS THE LIVER.
IMMUNOLOGICAL. IMMUNOLOGICAL BASICALLY DECREASE VACCINATION RESPONSE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, THYROID, REPRODUCTIVE, CARDIOVASCULAR AND CANCER.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A QUICK REVIEW ON THE ON THE FEDERAL TIMELINE AS IT RELATES TO THESE.
SO IN DECEMBER OF 2022 EPA ANNOUNCED A PROPOSED RULE TO ENHANCE THE REPORTING OF PFAS DATA AND TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY UNDER THE EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.
NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T WANT TO READ ALL THIS STUFF.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS HAVE THIS. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
IN JANUARY 20TH, 2023, THE EPA PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE REGULATIONS OF PFAS BY PREVENTING ANYONE FROM RESUMING USE OF INACTIVE PFAS WITHOUT EPA REVIEW.
NEXT UP, IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, WHICH INCLUDED $2 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR PFAS AND OTHER EMERGING CONTAMINANTS FOR TREATMENT FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.
APRIL OF 2023, EPA ISSUED AN ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO INFORM FUTURE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE DOESN'T SUBSTANCE DESIGNATIONS OF PFAS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT.
A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF ACRONYMS HERE.
IT INCLUDED SIX PARAMETERS FOR PFAS THAT'S PFOA AND PFOS, PFCS, PFOA AND PFOA, DHA. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SET WITH INDIVIDUAL MCLS.
THEN THERE'S A SUBSET WHERE THERE'S PFAS MIXTURES, WHICH ARE TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING F H, S, PFNA, HFP, DHA AND MPVS.
SO WHAT CHANGED? PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS HAVE TO COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL SAMPLING BY 2027.
COMPLIANCE FOR THE MCL WAS INCREASED BY FIVE YEARS TO 2029.
THEY SET THE INDIVIDUAL MCLS FOR PF H S PFNA AND H F P O P H F P O D A AND THEY. THEY ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO REDUCE ONGOING MONITORING BASED ON RESULTS.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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WHAT IS THE HANSEN INDEX? THERE'S A THERE'S A WAY TO CALCULATE IT.BUT BASICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO OF THOSE PARAMETERS, WE FOLLOW THIS FORMULA.
AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE UNDER ONE, YOU'RE OKAY.
SO WHAT ARE THE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS? GROUNDWATER. THOSE FIRST TWO DON'T REALLY APPLY TO DUNCANVILLE.
THE LAST ONE WAS SURFACE WATER OR GROUNDWATER.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE WATER, WE HAVE FOUR SAMPLES PER YEAR AT THE ENTRY POINT.
SO THAT'S QUARTERLY AT THE ENTRY POINTS.
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS. SO YOU HAVE QUARTERLY MONITORING REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOUR SAMPLES ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE RULE TRIGGER, WHICH IS THE RULE TRIGGER IS HALF THE MCL.
SO YOU HAVE TWO PARTS PER TRILLION FOR PFOA AND PFOS, FIVE PARTS PER TRILLION FOR PFHXS, FMA AND GEN X OR 0.5 ON THE HAZARD INDEX.
RULE VIOLATION IS IF YOU'RE RUNNING AVERAGE AT THE ENTRY POINT IS GREATER THAN THE MCL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE RUNNING AVERAGE IS THE RUN.
IT'S THE AVERAGE OF THOSE QUARTERS.
THOSE FOUR QUARTERS MONETARY REQUIREMENTS REDUCE.
SO AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, THREE YEAR PERIOD FOR MONITORING IF WE HAVE FOUR QUARTERS WHERE WE'RE BELOW THAT TRIGGER LEVEL, WHICH IS HALF THE MCL WE CAN REDUCE OUR SAMPLING TO TO ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.
SO AFTER MONITORING GARMENTS PRODUCED AFTER AN EXCEEDANCE.
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT THERE IS A WAY TO REDUCE THE SAMPLING.
ALL RIGHT, SO THESE ARE THE MCLS.
SO PFOA IS A FOUR PARTS PER TRILLION.
PFAS IS FOUR PARTS PER TRILLION.
PFHXS IS TEN, PFOA IS TEN HPO.
DHA IS TEN. AND AGAIN, THE MIXTURE IS THAT IS THE HAZARD INDEX OF ONE.
SO. FOR REFERENCE ONE PART PER TRILLION IS ONE INCH IN 16 MILLION MILES.
THIS IS THE UCMR FIVE RESULTS FROM DALLAS.
THESE WERE PUBLISHED IN A NEWS ARTICLE.
THE REASON WHY I'M SHOWING THIS IS TO RELATE TO THAT PRIOR SLIDE THAT YOU HAD.
SHOWING THE ENTRY POINTS TO THE BACHMAN PLANT FROM DALLAS IS THE MOST HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY.
BUT THEY'RE ALL BELOW THE MCL.
AND AND THEY ARE UNDER THE HAZARD INDEX.
THE CITY OF DALLAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SOURCE WATER QUALITY.
WHAT DOES THE SAMPLE RESULTS MEAN FOR DUNCANVILLE? THE RESULTS SHOW THE PRESENCE OF SOME PFAS, SOME SUBSTANCES, BUT ALL RESULTS ARE BELOW THE PFAS MCLS.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR DUNCANVILLE? AS WE TALKED ABOUT MONITORING.
IS THE WATER SAFE TO DRINK? YES. BASED ON THE CURRENT EPA STANDARDS FOR PFAS, THE WATER IS STILL SAFE TO DRINK.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY, VERY MINUTE AMOUNTS OF PFAS.
THIS SLIDE IS A LINK TO GO TO THE EPA WEBSITE USING A QR CODE.
IT'LL TAKE YOU TO SOME MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
YEAH. THANKS, GREG. SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THIS.
WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN NEWSPAPERS AND THINGS BEING REPORTED.
AND I'M SURE RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT STUFF THEY'VE SEEN.
AND SO ANYBODY CAN GO ON THE EPA'S WEBSITE AND PULL THE CITIES THAT HAD AN EXCEEDANCE.
AND THAT EXCEEDANCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING.
IT IS THE RAW WATER BEING TREATED AT THE TREATMENT PLANT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING FROM.
YES, SIR. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY ACRONYMS CHOKE ON IT.
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THAT'S WHY I LET YOU TAKE IT.BUT MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION AS FAR AS THE BACHMANN PLAN.
SO HISTORICALLY, ARE THEY ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SEE IF IT'S TRENDING IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION AND IF THOSE TRENDS MIGHT BE CONCERNING IN ANY WAY IN THE FUTURE? I COULD GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S THERE'S SOME HISTORY ON THAT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO TO MINIMIZE IT OR ELIMINATE IT.
SO IF WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, IT'S 3.9.
IT MIGHT BE IT WOULD NEED TO BE.
WE TALKED ABOUT PFAS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE WATER SYSTEM, AND HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE THAT THE LEVELS WERE AS LOW AS THEY WERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GREG.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU ALL.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU.
YES. SO I'M ACTUALLY JUMP RIGHT OVER TO STAR TRANSIT AND LET THEM SHARE WITH YOU.
THEY I KNOW SHARED WITH THE CDC, I THINK LAST WEEK.
RIGHT. TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS IN THE BAHAMAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO BRING THAT UP.
I THINK I WATCHED THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU WERE IN.
OH. SO YOU'RE GETTING A REPEAT? OKAY. YEAH.
SO I'M GOING TO. I'LL MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
WE ARE WHAT'S CONSIDERED A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE DO A LITTLE OVER 235,000 TRIPS A YEAR, WITH A STAFF OF JUST ABOUT 100, AND THEN WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT NUMBER ABOUT 60 PLUS VEHICLES ON THE ROAD A DAY. WE ARE BASED OUT OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, WHERE WE OPERATE AS THE DESIGNATED RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT, AND WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST AGENCY IN THIS AREA WITHOUT A DEDICATED SALES TAX. SO YOU HAVE DART, DCTA, TRINITY METRO, AND THEN YOU HAVE US, AND OUR SERVICE AREA IS ALL OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, ALL OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, SEAGOVILLE, BOX SPRINGS, MESQUITE, HUTCHINSON, DESOTO.
AND THEN AS OF LAST SUMMER, WE ADDED CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE.
YOU MIGHT SEE ONE OF OUR VEHICLES.
WE DO. WE HAVE A GRANT IN THAT AREA.
SO WE HAVE ONE VEHICLE THAT OPERATES.
IT'S MOSTLY SENIOR CENTER TRIPS AND DOCTOR'S TRIPS.
IT'S VERY, VERY LIMITED TO WHAT WE PROVIDE.
SO WHAT WE'RE OPERATING IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, THIS IS THE FIRST OPTION.
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THIS IS THE DEMAND RESPONSE.THEY CAN PRE-BOOK THEIR TRIP ONE BUSINESS DAY UP TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
I'LL BE HONEST, CALLING THE DAY BEFORE AND GETTING A TRIP IS GOING TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
SINCE WE'RE BOOKING FOR TWO WEEKS.
WE TEND TO BOOK UP THAT NEXT DAY, BUT THEY CAN BOOK UP TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
TO 6 P.M. WE LAUNCHED THE SERVICE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
IT'S FOR ANYONE THAT'S NEEDING TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S NOT LIMITED AS TO WHO CAN USE THE SERVICE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE 13 OR ABOVE TO RIDE BY YOURSELF.
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO.
WITHIN THE CITY AND OUR SURROUNDING SERVICE AREA.
WE DO LEAVE THE SERVICE AREA FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
I ALWAYS JOKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CALL AND THEIR DOCTOR IS AT THE GALLERIA.
WELL. TYPICALLY THE DRIVER WILL CALL AND SAY, FYI, THIS IS NOT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
SO THEY TRY TO GET A LITTLE SNEAKY WITH IT, BUT WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
THE FARES ARE BASED ON TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL, SO IT RANGES BETWEEN 1 AND $12.
$12 IS FOR A TRIP THAT'S 25 MILES PLUS.
AND WE DO OFFER AND THAT'S FOR THE AGE GROUP OF 13 THROUGH 59.
SO THE MOST SOMEONE 60 PLUS VETERAN OR DISABLED WILL PAY WILL BE $6 EACH WAY.
THAT'S JUST NOW PART OF OUR NORMAL, NORMAL FARE.
AND SO WE REALIZED WE WERE GETTING THE CALLS TO SEE IF WE WOULD KIND OF WAIVE THAT.
SO THEY DID THAT AND MADE THAT PERMANENT.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF.
IT'S WE DO GET GRANT MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO THE RIDERS NOR THE PARTNERS, OUR FUNDING PARTNERS PAY FOR THIS.
AND SO IF SOMEONE IS UTILIZES A WHEELCHAIR, THEY'LL GO OPEN DOORS.
IF SOMEONE IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THEY'LL HELP FILL OUT PAPERWORK.
IF SOMEONE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WANTS TO GO SHOPPING, THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THE STAFF PERSON.
SO THE THE BUS GOES AND PICKS UP THE CLIENT ADVOCATE AND THEN GOES TO THE CLIENT'S RIDERS HOME.
OUR SERVICE THIS BOTH BOTH SERVICES THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE CURB TO CURB.
SO THE RIDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING TO THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES.
THEY CANNOT GO INSIDE THE HOME.
THEY CANNOT GO INSIDE OF DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS.
THEY CAN'T GO INTO THE RESTROOMS. IT'S NOT A PCA.
IT'S NOT A PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT.
IT IS JUST SOMEONE THERE THAT CAN CAN ASSIST THEM TO TRAVEL.
THE SECOND SERVICE IS OUR SAME DAY SERVICE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE DO WITH DIAL-A-RIDE AS IT'S CONSIDERED SAME DAY.
SO WE DO HAVE AN APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND USE TO BOOK TRIPS.
THIS IS OUR VERSION OF UBER AND LYFT.
AND SO IT'S A SAME DAY SERVICE.
YOU GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO WITHIN DUNCANVILLE WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED THIS SERVICE TENDS TO BE IN ZONES BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO BE THOSE QUICKER, FASTER TRIPS, NOT THOSE TRIPS GOING INTO DALLAS, BUT ONE OTHER REQUEST.
AND SO WE BASICALLY MADE THOSE THREE CITIES ONE BIG ZONE.
SO SOMEONE THAT LIVES HERE CAN GO IN DESOTO AND VICE VERSA WITH THE SAME DAY SERVICE.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MINUTES.
THE SERVICE OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 6 TO 6.
THE FARE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS COMBINED, COMBINED TO THE ZONE.
SO A RIDE IS $2 OR $1 FOR THAT DISCOUNTED CATEGORY.
AGAIN, CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER ARE FREE.
WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY ABILITY TO HAVE PROMO CODES.
BUT WE CAN DO PROMO CODES OF ALL KINDS.
IF YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A JOB FAIR OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THOSE AS WELL.
BOTH OF OUR SERVICES ARE SHARED RIDE.
SO EVEN THOUGH SAME DAY SERVICE, YOU COULD GET ON THE VEHICLE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN ON THESE VEHICLES.
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BUT IT IS SHARED RIDE.SO ADDITIONAL THIS IS THE MAP OF WHERE THEY CAN GO FOR SAME DAY SERVICE.
AGAIN REMEMBER THIS IS JUST SAME DAY.
THAT'S LIMITED THE PRE-BOOKED SERVICE.
YOU CAN BOOK AND GO OUTSIDE TO THE SURROUNDING SERVICE AREAS IN DALLAS.
A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS THAT WE ADDED BASED ON OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS IN DUNCANVILLE.
THERE WAS A NEW SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE THAT WAS OPENED, AND SO WE ADDED THAT TO THE ZONE.
THE REDBIRD TRAIN AND TRANSIT CENTER, PEOPLE CAN GO UP TO THE DART UNT STATION.
FROM A RIDERSHIP STANDPOINT, WE SEEM PRETTY LEVEL.
I'LL TELL YOU, OUR GOAL, IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS IS WHAT INDUSTRY STANDARD IS, IS ONCE YOU LAUNCH YOUR SERVICE, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE YEARS FOR PEOPLE TO START TRUSTING THE SERVICE AND USING THE SERVICE.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO WELL, WE'VE JUST STARTED YEAR TWO.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABOUT 6 TO 800 TRIPS TOTAL BETWEEN BOTH SERVICES BY NEXT YEAR, IF NOT SOONER.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A HUGE JUMP IN JULY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIELD HOUSE.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 4 TO 6 WEEKS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN THAT JUMP.
SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE MARKETING STRATEGIES.
I THINK SOME OF THAT IS FINALLY STARTING TO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO REALIZE KIND OF WHAT THAT IS.
YOU CAN SEE IT STARTED GOING UP.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE HIGH FOR JUNE.
I DIDN'T PULL JULY'S AND SO I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A NORMAL, A NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THE UNIT ON THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME 48 MINUTES.
SO HERE ARE JUST SOME MARKETING STRATEGIES.
WHEN WE LAUNCHED, WE JOINED THE CHAMBER.
WE JOINED THE CHAMBER AND ALL OF THE SERVICE AREAS WE OPERATE.
WE DO TARGETED FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM POSTS.
WE DID PRESS RELEASES, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
I SPOKE TO THE SENIOR CENTER TWO WEEKS AGO.
I WAS AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND SPOKE TO ABOUT 50 OR 60 PEOPLE.
I WENT IN AND SHOWED THEM HOW TO USE THE SERVICE.
WE BROUGHT A VEHICLE OVER SO THEY COULD GET ON AND OFF SO THEY COULD SEE HOW TO PAY FARES.
WE DID THE RED, WHITE AND BARBECUE EVENT AND THE HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE ACTIVITIES.
WE RAN A BILLBOARD, WHICH I NOTICED THE OTHER DAY WAS STILL UP.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN RUNNING ADS IN THE SOUTHWEST NOW MAGAZINE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE HAD, THE RIBBON CUTTING.
WE DID DO A DIRECT MAIL AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN WHEN WE LAUNCHED.
AND SO WE MAILED OUT A LITTLE ALMOST 5000 POSTCARDS.
AND WE TARGETED TARGETED THE 60 PLUS VETERAN AND DISABLED IN BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE.
AND SO WE MAILED THOSE THOSE POSTCARDS OUT.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THE POSTCARDS, WE DID A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN.
THAT WAS JULY. AND THEN IT'LL RUN AGAIN THIS MONTH.
AND THEN THE BILLBOARD IS BELOW.
AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE BUDGET? SO FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, DOES IT WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
AND THEN OUR SAME DAY OPERATES THE SAME.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE OPERATING 20 HOURS OF SERVICE EVERY DAY.
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AND SO THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT TWO VEHICLES ON THE ROAD EVERY DAY.SO AN FY 24, THE BUDGET TOTAL WAS A LITTLE WAS 260,000.
AND THE COST OF THE CITY WAS A LITTLE OVER $4,000.
EVERY MAY JUNE, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTS OUR COST OF SERVICE.
AND SO THIS NEXT YEAR, THE COST OF SERVICE IS $56.75.
SO THAT'S HOW WE BUDGET THE CITY.
WHEN WE LAUNCHED A YEAR AGO, EVEN BEFORE THAT, THE CITY WORKED WITH COG TO GET A GRANT.
AND SO THE CITY, IT'S AN 8020 SPLIT.
SO THE CITY PAYS 20% OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE SERVICE.
AND SO FOR FY 25, IT'S A LITTLE OVER $283,000.
AND THEN THE COST TO THE CITY WILL BE ABOUT $4,700.
SO THE THE $4,700 A MONTH, WHAT DOES THAT ADD UP TO FOR THE ANNUAL 280.
WE GET THE FEDERAL GRANT BECAUSE YOU GUYS COVERED THIS PORTION FOR US.
WE'RE ABLE TO GO GET THIS MONEY FROM THE FROM THE FROM COLLEGE.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S AN 8020 SPLIT.
AND SO MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE YEAR THREE, IT WAS A THREE YEAR GRANT.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
OKAY. BECAUSE I'M SHORT ON TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE.
ON THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE BARBECUE EVENT.
TWO. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS.
MAYOR? YES. AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO MOVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO.
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE FINAL BUSINESS TONIGHT AT THE REGULAR SESSION.
[CALL TO ORDER]
AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR INVOCATION.AND COUNCILMAN DON MCBURNETT IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US? GOT IT. YEAH. GOT IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US.
YOU ARE WITH US AND YOU GUIDE US.
PLEASE BE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO YOUR WORK AND GLORIFY YOUR SON'S NAME.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[1.A. Mayor's Report.]
I'LL START WITH A BRIEF MAYOR'S REPORT.I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO MY FIRST OFFICIAL COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR LAST WEEK.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OVER A WEEK NOW, BUT WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE.
I THINK THAT WHAT PREVIOUS MAYOR BARRY GORDON SET UP IN TERMS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER HAVE REALLY OPENED UP A LOT OF PEOPLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME IN AND CHAT WITH THE MAYOR.
IT'S A LIFE LIFE SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL.
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THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING OUT THERE.SO. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH AT 6 P.M.
AT DALE HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER.
WE'LL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING THERE.
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED OUT AS WE SIT HERE.
AND OF GREATEST CONCERN TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE OUT THERE ARE OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL PLANNING, AND THEN ALSO A FEW OTHER THINGS OUT THERE THAT FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE THERE MYSELF.
COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN AND COUNCIL AT LARGE D GOODEN IS ALSO GOING TO BE THERE TO JUST TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS. TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET SOME ANSWERS AND, AND LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN ABOUT THE LIFE SCHOOL PLANS.
HOW THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY PLAYS INTO IT IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS AS THE AS PROGRESS IS MADE GOING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL GET THE ANSWERS THEY WANT AND WE'LL GET A GOOD OUTCOME FOR EVERYBODY.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH AT 6 P.M..
AND WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]
COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER.THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF DOCTOR JAN SANDUSKY.
SHE BEGAN HER PRACTICE IN DUNCANVILLE IN 1969 AND SERVED OUR CHILDREN AS A PEDIATRICIAN FOR FIVE DECADES, AND SHE WAS A WONDERFUL SERVANT.
SHE WAS KNOWN TO OFTENTIMES NOT TAKE A PAYCHECK SO SHE COULD KEEP HER EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AND WAS AND STILL IS A UT FOOTBALL SUPPORTER.
DUNCANVILLE CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THERE? I WANT TO GIVE SOME PRAISES TO THE CDB.
THEY HAD A NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP.
THANK YOU FOR AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
MR. PENNYBAKER, SIMILAR TO THAT LOIS, CATHY WAS A INSTITUTION IN IN DUNCANVILLE AND REDBIRD LANES.
WHEN WHEN SHE HAD HER SERVICE, I NOTICED THAT AUGUST 8TH WAS LOIS CATHY DAY.
SO WE'RE CLOSE TO LOIS CATHY DAY.
SO SHOUT OUT TO LOIS, CATHY AND REDBIRD LANES IN THE IN THEIR FAMILY.
ALSO, I WANT TO WELCOME OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
YOU KNOW, DOCTOR GORE IS HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING AS PART OF THAT.
ALSO A WELCOME BACK TO NATE WARREN.
THANK YOU. NATE, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK AND ENCOURAGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
AS. COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN, THANK YOU.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE JUGGLING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU.
YOU JUGGLING US TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
THANK YOU. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MISS GOODEN.
HELLO. DUNCANVILLE CITY OF CHAMPIONS.
VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I WANT TO WISH ALL OF THE KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
SO I'LL BE OUT THERE TO SAY HELLO AND WELCOME BACK.
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WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER, AND I REALLY MEAN THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF APPLICANTS.AND WE WANT THAT. SO WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO APPLIED FOR A BOARD OR COMMISSION.
ENJOYED TEACHING CHESS OUT THERE.
SO WE HOPE THAT WE CAN EXPAND THAT EVENT.
WE ALSO HAD A KIDS PICKLEBALL CAMP AT THE REC CENTER LAST WEEK, AND SO WE HAD SPENT THREE DAYS, ABOUT THREE HOURS EACH DAY, AND WE HAD ABOUT 25% PARTICIPANTS.
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WENT REALLY WELL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A DESIGN AND PLANNING FIRM WITH COMMITTEE.
AND SO THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS.
WE ALSO HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THAT DESIGN AND PLANNING FIRM ON SITE, AND WE WALKED THE SITE AND A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT CAN BE, A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WENT OVER MY HEAD IN TERMS OF ECOLOGY AND HABITATS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT PROJECT IS GOING.
AND THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
[1.C. City Manager's Report.]
MAYOR COUNCIL.SO MUCH GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
SO MUCH GOOD NEWS TO SHARE THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SHARING.
IT'S AWESOME. JUST TO ADD TO THAT REAL QUICK, THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONGRATULATIONS.
THEY RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR TCOLE AUDIT CERTIFICATION.
SO GREAT JOB WITH EVERYBODY THERE.
WE DO HAVE POLICE CHIEF INTERVIEWS TOMORROW.
AUGUST 13TH IS OUR GO LIVE DATE FOR ENERGY.GOV, WHICH IS OUR NEW ONLINE PERMITTING SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
AND I ALSO WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN.
IT WAS GREAT. WE'VE HAD SO MANY FOLKS APPLY TO BE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 20 VACANCIES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE CITY, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUMAN RESOURCE PAGE OF THE WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES.
THANK YOU MAYOR. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CITIZENS INPUT.
[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]
DO WE HAVE ANY DID WE GET ANY EMAILS? CITY SECRETARY. OKAY.IN PERSON, CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.
IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED ON JUNE 4TH, 2024.
ELECTRONIC MAIL COMMENTS WILL NO LONGER BE READ ALOUD.
PAPER COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE DAIS.
THE COMMENTS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD IN THE MINUTES PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY MATTER OR OF PUBLIC BUSINESS, OR ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.
HOWEVER, THE ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DELIBERATING ANY ISSUES NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA AND NOT ON SUCH NON AGENDA ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO THE CITY STAFF FOR RESEARCH AND ANY FUTURE ACTION.
ALL PERSONS ADDRESSING ARE SUBJECT TO COUNCIL ADOPTED RULES AND LIMITATIONS PERMITTED BY LAW.
AT THIS TIME, TWO MINUTE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING.
PATRICIA EBERT 115 SOUTH GREEN STONE 75116.
AND IT WAS GONE VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY.
AND THAT'S THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER.
HE GOT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INVOLVED AND DISCOVERED IT WAS DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT.
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AND IT'S GONE.THOSE DONATION BOXES HAVE A GOOD PURPOSE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE ALTRUISTICALLY PLACED MANY TIMES, BUT THEY'RE JUST A MAGNET FOR TIRES AND MATTRESSES AND TRASH BAGS. SO I THANK THE CITY FOR GETTING RID OF THAT EYESORE.
AND THEN SECOND TOPIC IS DCDC HAS A SOFTWARE CALLED PLACER.AI, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A REPORT OF WHERE ALL OF THOSE 10,600 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED OUR FIREWORKS IN JULY, JULY 4TH CAME FROM, AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SPENT IN OUR TOWN. MR..
PHILIP. JAMES 910 GREEN TERRACE LANE, COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND MAKE AN APPEAL TO RECONSIDER PROTECTED BIKE LANES AGAIN.
NOW, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY DIG THOSE MINUTES OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND THOSE.
ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS HAD AN ACCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO.
WE HAD BOUGHT NEW BIKES WHEN WE RETIRED.
HE HAD AN ACCIDENT, GOT HIT RIGHT ON HILL CITY.
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY BIKE IS STILL BRAND NEW BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO Y'ALL GIVE US A BREAK AND AND DO THAT.
IT'S VERY REASONABLY PRICED AND I'LL COME BACK.
OKAY, THAT IS THE THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT PORTION.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE READ OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ITEM FOUR A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITIES OF DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, FOR THE SHARED PURCHASE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND LICENSING OF A NEW SOFTWARE AIDED DISPATCH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ITEM FOUR BE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFP 24 0007 ELECTRICAL SERVICES CITYWIDE TO ESG ELECTRIC, FORT WORTH ELECTRIC LP, AND AUSTIN ELECTRIC SERVICE INCORPORATED THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR THE FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICES, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH EACH VENDOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $274,154 ACROSS THE THREE VENDORS OVER THE FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION.
ITEM FOUR C CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO DAN DAN ONE TEN VOLT AIR CONDITIONER SLASH HEATER FOR KUSSMAUL AUTO EJECT 20 AMP SHORELINE AND SHORELINE INDICATOR FOR SAFE FROM SAFE INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,288 FOR THE TWO OSAGE AMBULANCES PURCHASED IN 2022, ADDING TO THE COST OF THE AMBULANCES, FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $635,710.56. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT.
DO YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU.
OKAY. AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.
[5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session. (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.FIVE A TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SINCE WE HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WE PERFORMED ONE ALREADY PRIOR COMING INTO HERE.
[5.B. Council to consider adopting an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 1 ‘General Provisions’, Division 3. ‘Park and facility naming’, by repealing section 1-12. ‘Other municipal buildings or lands’ in its entirety and replacing it with new section 1-12, ‘Other municipal buildings or facilities’]
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ITEM B COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE.I BELIEVE I HAD A COMMENT ON THIS ONE BEFORE I GET STARTED FROM COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER.
COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS, WHEN THIS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE COUNCIL. POSSIBLY A WORKSHOP, SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT THE WAY WE WANT IT DONE THE FIRST TIME AND NOT KEEP BRINGING IT UP AND SENDING IT BACK.
JUST HAVE A WORKSHOP AND GET IT DONE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE PENDING A WORKSHOP.
OKAY. DOES THAT TAKE A COUNCIL VOTE? OKAY. BUT.
WE GOT A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MARK BURNETT.
BUT IN THAT IN THAT BRIEFING SESSION, I REMEMBER THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ORDINANCES.
I THINK COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER BROUGHT SOME OTHER SAMPLES IN.
AND I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT AS WELL THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK THEM OVER TO TRY TO PICK THE BEST OF EVERYTHING OUT OF THEM AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A COMBINED ORDINANCE, A NEW ORDINANCE THAT FIT BETTER.
SO WITH THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. WELL, LET'S VOTE ON THE MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO TO REMOVE THIS ITEM TABLET FOR FOR CLARIFICATION.
CAN WE ADD THAT IN? YES, THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING.
YES. AND I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY. SO IT'S 5 TO 1 VOTE IN FAVOR OF TABLING ITEM FIVE.
AND WITH COUNCILMAN MARK BURNETT VOTING AGAINST.
[5.C. Consider a resolution authorizing approval of incentive grants by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to One Source Plumbing, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $280,000.00 for a building located at 518 East Highway 67. Duncanville, Texas, 75137.]
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ONE SOURCE PLUMBING, LLC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 280,000 FOR A BUILDING LOCATED AT 518 EAST HIGHWAY 67, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75137.WE HAVE MR. BARRERA, DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TO SPEAK.
YES. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
UP FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IS A GRANT APPLICATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $280,000 FOR A NEW BUSINESS COMING TO THE COMMUNITY CURRENTLY LOCATED IN DALLAS.
THIS BUSINESS IS A PLUMBING BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 2011.
THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE DC EDC BOARD ON APRIL 20S.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $633,000, BUT AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, THE BOARD DECIDED TO SUPPORT A GRANT FOR PAVING, LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE IN A IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $280,000.
HERE WE HAVE THE TOTAL IMPACT OR INVESTMENTS BY THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION AS AN INVESTMENT.
THIS INCLUDES THE LAND ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A OF THE BUILDING.
THEN WE HAVE THE DC EDC CONTRIBUTION OF $280,000.
SIGNIFICANT. THAT SIGNIFIES A 21% CONTRIBUTION OF THE OVERALL TOTAL PROJECTS.
AS FAR AS JOBS IS CONCERNED, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THIS BUSINESS BRINGING IN A TOTAL OF 35 JOBS WITH ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT CURRENTLY WORKS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. TAXES.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL GENERATE AFTER AFTER DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 4900, EXCUSE ME, $4,095.16 ANNUALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES, AND AN ESTIMATED $12,000 IN SALES TAX REVENUE.
[01:15:08]
HERE'S A RENDERING OF OF THE PROPERTY.AND HERE WE HAVE PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN TODAY, EARLIER TODAY OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS.
THEY ARE ABOUT 75% COMPLETE WITH THEIR PROJECT.
AND THEY ANTICIPATE TO BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
AND THEY ANTICIPATE A 2 MILLION GROWTH, $2 MILLION IN GROWTH EVERY YEAR.
IN ATTENDANCE IS THE BUSINESS OWNER, MR. FIGUEROA, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS APPLICATION? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF AS THE OWNER HERE? THE OWNER IS HERE. MR. FIGUEROA IS IN ATTENDANCE HERE.
IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM.
I'M SORRY. WELL, COME ON UP ANYWAYS.
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M PATRICK FIGUEROA, THE ONE OF THE OWNERS.
ME AND MY WIFE, FRANCINE FIGUEROA.
SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT. SHE'S WATCHING HER GRANDCHILDREN.
I'VE BEEN GETTING IT CORRECTED SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND, BRING IN MORE PEOPLE FROM THIS AREA.
I'VE MOVED THIS WAY ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO.
AND JUST LIKE THE WHOLE LAYOUT, JUST BECAUSE IT'S PREDOMINANTLY, I GUESS, A DIVERSE OF EVERYBODY.
AND I WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE ONE OF THE PICTURES HE SHOWED ON THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE WAS FOR A TRAINING ROOM ON THE PLUMBING SIDE AND HVAC SIDE, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO PLUMBING, HVAC, GREASE EXTRACTIONS FROM GREASE KITCHENS AND BACKFLOW SYSTEMS. SO ONE ROOM THAT WE MADE, WE MADE IT AS A TRAINING ROOM BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY TO DO THE SERVICE THAT WE DO.
SO WITH THE TRAINING ROOM, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.
MOST PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE TODAY, THEY'RE IN THE 40, 50 YEAR OLD AGE.
THERE'S NO NEW GUYS THAT ARE JUMPING INTO IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S NOBODY OFFERING ANY KIND OF TRAINING FOR KIDS TO SEE.
AND I'M SAYING KIDS, OF COURSE, 18 YEARS OLD THAT ARE YOUNG ADULTS TO GET INTO THE TRADE IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS TO LEARN, BUT MOST, MOST KIDS JUST DON'T HAVE, I GUESS, THE AVENUES TO GO BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE SCHOOLS LIKE BEFORE.
I THINK IT USED TO BE LIKE TEXAS INSTITUTE, ALL THESE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE, THEY'RE ALL CLOSED.
THEY'RE GOING AWAY. I DON'T SEE OUR TRADE GOING ANYWHERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, I SPENT FOUR YEARS ON THE STATE PLUMBING BOARD.
OH, OKAY. AND I'M ALSO A LICENSED PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
THERE IS A DEMAND IN THAT INDUSTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET IN AND GET STARTED BECAUSE, AS THEY SAY, MOST PLUMBERS ARE LONG IN THE TOOTH AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO DIG TRENCHES TO START OUT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
SO I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE WILL JUST BE MOVING TO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ANYBODY HAS OTHERWISE NOT ENTERTAIN MR..
WELL, WE DO HAVE TWO COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THIS IS JUST FOR SIGNAGE, GRANT.
RIGHT? AND MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE THE BUDGET FOR THIS.
SO IS THIS COMING OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WORK IS DONE AND THEN IT'S REIMBURSED.
SEEING THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BECOME BE DONE IN 30 DAYS.
HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO COVER THIS EXPENSE? OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN.
I'M YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT, AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE PROGRESS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING DUNCANVILLE TO PUT YOUR BUSINESS IN.
[01:20:01]
AND I LOVE THE EDUCATION PIECE BEHIND IT.LOOK FORWARD TO IT. WE NEED PLUMBERS, BELIEVE ME.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
WELCOME TO DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX NOW.
[6.A. Monthly Financial Report as of June 30, 2024]
AND THAT WOULD BE STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JUNE 30TH 2024.AND WE HAVE MISS OTEY COMING TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE JUNE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS IS THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DONE HERE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO 75% IS OUR BENCHMARK HERE AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
SO I'LL JUST DIVE RIGHT ON IN.
SO LOOKING AT THE ALL FUNDS SUMMARY HERE.
SO ALL FUNDS REVENUES WE'VE COLLECTED 63.7 MILLION TO DATE.
OUT OF THAT 2.8 MILLION WAS INTEREST INVESTMENT INCOME.
WE HAVE PAID OUT 59.9 MILLION IN EXPENSES.
AGAIN, THAT BENCHMARK IS 75%, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 54% ACROSS ALL FUNDS.
GETTING INTO PROPERTY AND SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX.
AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, REALLY SLOWED DOWN IN COLLECTIONS.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO COLLECT IS REALLY DELINQUENT TAXES AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.
ON THE SALES TAX WE ARE STARTING TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. SO WE ARE AT -1% OVER 23 ACTUALS FOR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
BUT NEXT MONTH, I WILL HAVE A BETTER REPORT TO TELL YOU OF OUR SALES TAX.
SO OUR BENCHMARK, BECAUSE WE'RE TWO MONTHS BEHIND WITH COLLECTIONS, IT'S 58%.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY COLLECTED 80% AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.
1.7 OF THAT IS INVESTMENT INCOME.
AND THEN JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT OUR PERMITS CONTINUE TO TREND AHEAD OF THE BUDGET.
AND JUST A BULLET POINT, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, THE CARES TEAM, WHICH IS A REGIONAL, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO WE WERE WE THE GRANT WAS EXPECTED TO END MID-YEAR, AND WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM.
BUT THANKFULLY DALLAS COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO PAY THROUGH THE GRANT THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WE HAD BUDGETED 99,000 TO BE USED TOWARDS THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND THAT ANYMORE.
AGAIN, THE INTEREST INCOME IS WHAT'S THE HIGHEST THERE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE COLLECTED TO DATE.
AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE YOU CAN SEE A 65% AGAIN, TOTAL THERE ON THE DIFFERENT EXPENSE CATEGORIES.
AND JUST AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT.
BUT ACTUALLY TO DATE, WE'RE AT 27 MILLION IN OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE GETTING INTO UTILITIES FUNDS.
SO WE'VE COLLECTED 14 MILLION TO DATE.
WE ARE ONE BEHIND ON THE COLLECTIONS.
SO WE ARE MEETING THAT BENCHMARK.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'VE SPENT 14 MILLION, WHICH IS 64%.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU THE TABLE VIEW HERE.
AND JUST SOME OTHER FUN HIGHLIGHTS.
WE'RE ABOUT 47% IN TERMS OF GRANTS THAT WE'VE PAID OUT.
SO AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT KIND OF REVISITING THE ARPA CONVERSATION.
[01:25:06]
WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THIS SOME MORE IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT.BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR SINCE WE'VE RECEIVED THE FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE 1.1 MILLION REMAINING.
SO IT'S FEASIBLE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN WHAT'S STILL REMAINING TO BE ASSIGNED.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ABOUT HOW TO DESIGNATE THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO OBLIGATE THEM BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
FORGIVE ME. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK.
SO THAT'S EVERYTHING WITH THE JUNE FINANCIALS.
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN? THANK YOU. MAYOR.
LET ME START WITH COMPLIMENTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU AND MR. JACKSON FOR CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THAT IS A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY DID.
THERE WAS ONE, I THINK PAGE 83.
THE 99 K THAT DALLAS COUNTY SAVED US.
WHAT WILL WE PLAN TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? IS THAT GOING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND SINCE.
YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT? OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T SPEND IN THE GENERAL FUND GOES INTO FUND BALANCE.
I THINK YOU SAID WE HAD ABOUT 20.
YEAH. SO ACTUALLY FROM THE END OF JUNE, SINCE WE ARE AHEAD REVENUE WISE IS AT 27 MILLION.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 14 MILLION OVER THAT 60 DAY RESERVE.
RESERVE. SO WE'RE $14 MILLION.
THAT'S THE PROJECTION AT THIS POINT.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THE PROJECTION.
THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT, WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE BRIEFING.
[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THE ITEM THREE D BRIEFING ON THE RED, WHITE AND BARBECUE.WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR IT IN THE BRIEFING SESSION, SO WE'LL TAKE IT UP NOW.
SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION YOU ALREADY HAD IN THE STAFF REPORT.
BUT WE'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THIS.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES WITH THE THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
AND OF COURSE, WE ONLY HAD ONE DAY EVENT IN THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
BUT THE SECOND SECTION HERE BREAKS IT OUT BY THE DAY.
SO APPROXIMATELY 135,000 WAS SPENT ON DAY ONE, WHICH INCLUDES THE STAFF AND THE OFF DUTY SECURITY, FIREWORKS, YOU KNOW, THE THE BANDS, THE ENTERTAINMENT ALL THE SUPPLIES, THE RENTALS OF THE, THE RESTROOMS AND, THE BOUNCE HOUSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAD AN APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE OF 10,000 PEOPLE ON THAT DAY.
SO THE DAY NUMBER TWO IS APPROXIMATELY 25,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE TENANT WAS 1300 PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S 14. ABOUT 1400 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT.
[01:30:11]
SO THAT'S IT IN TERMS OF JUST THE HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE COST.THIS WAS AN ITEM I REQUESTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD DISCUSS THE FUNDING FOR IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME AND PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
SO I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE ADOPTED A BUDGET FOR 2024.
AND IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS EVENT.
RIGHT. SO IT WAS FOR 15 EVENTS.
WE WERE GOING TO SPEND A TOTAL OF $331,833.
THAT WAS FOR WHAT WAS ADOPTED.
BUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN HERE, WE HAD A MEETING IN FEBRUARY WITH A JOINT MEETING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEY PRESENTED ITEMS FOR US TO CONSIDER FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT CONVERSATION CAME UP.
AND I ASSUMED COUNCILMAN OPERATIONS DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THEM.
AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ASKED ON JUNE 18TH TO HAVE FUNDING REASSIGNED.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE 150,000 FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF WHAT WE APPROVED, $150,000 GRANT FOR JULY 4TH THROUGH SIX RED, WHITE AND BARBECUE WAS TRANSFERRED INTO THE HOT FUNDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
THAT'S WHAT ITEM FOUR B ON JUNE 18TH AND 150,000 WAS TRANSFERRED OVER INTO THE HOT FUNDS, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY.
BUT WE SAID ONLY 1% OF HOT FUNDS WAS USED.
AND THAT COMES OUT TO $2,163.87, ROUGHLY.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE $147,836.13 THAT REMAINS THAT WE APPROVED TO MOVE OVER? TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM AND HOW THAT BREAK BROKE DOWN.
MAYOR. SO SOME OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN MAY STILL NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RELOOK AT THAT.
THE THE DC EDC ALSO APPROVED, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE FULL $10,500 FOR THE BARBECUE PAYOUTS, SO.
SO WE ADJUSTED THE PAYOUTS SO THAT EVERYBODY WOULD WALK AWAY WITH SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT ENDED UP BEING 10,500 INSTEAD OF 10,000.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS BASED ON WHAT THE CDC APPROVED AND THE HOP FUNDS, BUT WE CAN STILL DO THOSE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND TRANSFERS.
OKAY. BECAUSE AS WE GO IN INTO THE BUDGET SEASON I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE APPROVED AND IF WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS SIGNATURE EVENTS, THEN WE MAKE SURE AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I DID SEE THAT SO THAT WE STICK WITH WHAT WE ADOPTED AND NOT HAVE TO TRY TO MOVE MONEY AROUND TO DO SOMETHING THAT NEVER REALLY GAVE DIRECTION TO DO.
BUT SINCE WE DID START THE PROCESS ON GETTING THERE WE NEEDED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, WHICH I GET.
I GET THAT, SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
LET'S GO TO THE NUMBERS OF 13,013 HUNDRED AND 1400.
I WAS THERE, AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK, HOW DID WE COME TO 1314 HUNDRED ON THE ATTENDANCE? SURE. WELL, THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM THE PLACER.
YOU KNOW, I REPORT THAT I WAS GIVEN.
SO THAT'S WHERE I OBTAINED IT.
OKAY. PLACER I SO THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY.
AND YOU CAN IF, IF IF I COULD.
MAYOR. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN.
[01:35:02]
IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.I DIDN'T SEE 13 OR 1400 PEOPLE THERE EITHER.
OKAY. THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENTERTAINING MY QUESTIONS.
I DO WANT TO SAY AND IT'S ON PAGE 29 AND YOU MENTIONED THIS AS WELL IN YOUR COMMENTS RIGHT NOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THESE THINGS ARE DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT.
AND IF I USE THE EXAMPLE OF COST FOR ENTERTAINMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WRITING CHECKS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE GET PAID BY.
AND IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT ISN'T SO DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT.
BUT YET WE'VE ASKED A FEW TIMES, AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE ON PAGE 29.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT AGAIN TODAY.
AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU KNOW WHO PERFORMED WHEN.
AND NO, THIS WAS THEIR FEE AND THEY PERFORMED ON SATURDAY, SO I COUNTED IT IN SATURDAY.
BUT WHAT IS DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT IS LIKE THE SUPPLIES.
SO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED.
OH YES SIR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT NOTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CHALLENGING THAT I HOPEFULLY WHEN WE DO MEET ON THE 15TH TO THAT POINT, IT BECOMES A LOT MORE CLEAR WHAT STAFF HAS SPENT SOME TIME THIS YEAR AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND PREPARING THE BUDGET THIS EVENT IN THE 24 BUDGET, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES NOW.
THERE WERE A LINE ITEMS IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE BUDGET, SO IT WAS HARD FOR US TO TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS FOR A SPECIFIC EVENT. SO WHAT'S CHANGED NOW IN THE PROPOSED 25 BUDGET IS YOU'LL SEE, ACTUALLY, AS WE GET INTO THE DETAIL ON DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, 4TH OF JULY CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE AMOUNTS BY ITEM SO THAT THEY'RE VERY CRYSTAL CLEAR AND WE CAN STICK TO THAT BUDGET.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS OTAY? OKAY THEN.
IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECESS AT THIS POINT, OR DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S YOUR INTENT TO RECESS BACK INTO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT.ALL RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE RESUMING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 3:36 P.M..
[5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session. (Part 2 of 2)]
AND AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, THERE ARE NO NO ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN.836 HE'S FIVE MINUTES OVER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.