Sep 03, 2024 City Council

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WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR MEETING, AND I'M GOING TO BEGIN OUR SESSION AT 6:04 P.M..

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING]

AND BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE ITEM ONE, DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS. THE CITY MANAGER HAS A FEW NEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO LET DIRECTOR BRYANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRYANT INTRODUCE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SHAHEED MUHAMMAD.

SHE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

TO MEET YOU ALL. OH.

0100. OKAY.

SO CITY MANAGER, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO CONSENT AGENDA.

FOR THE MINUTES. SO I'LL MOVE ON TO FOUR.

BE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION.

I DID YES, I DID MAKE THOSE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WE'LL BE INCLUDING THOSE TONIGHT.

CORRECT. OKAY. OR BE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING AN RFQ TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT LEAD PIPE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES TO HILLTOP SECURITIES THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL ADVISING SERVICES RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT FOR A LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A BASE FEE OF $25,000, PLUS MUNICIPAL SECURITIES ISSUANCE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FINANCIAL ADVISORY FEES NOT YET IDENTIFIED.

AND HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS CONSULTANT.

NO QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS.

MOVING ON. FOR C CONSIDER WE DO HAVE ONE TO EXPLAIN THE.

I KNOW WE TALKED AND DISCUSSED IT, BUT EXPLAIN THE FUNDS NOT YET IDENTIFIED.

SURE. SO THIS IS ALL BASED ON A GRANT AND THOMPSON.

BUT WE HAD WE HAD DONE A BRIEFING ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BROOKS THOMPSON.

BUT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE.

ACTUALLY. THESE B, C, D, AND E ARE ALL RELATIVE TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR FOR THE $21 MILLION FOR THE LEAD SERVICE LINE.

AND SO WE DON'T YET KNOW THE FINAL NUMBER.

THAT'LL BE BASED ON THE INVENTORY AND THEN THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANT.

YES, YES. THANK YOU.

THAT GRANT AMOUNT WILL PAY FOR.

YES YES YES YES.

KEEP HIM. KEEP IN MIND IT'S 51%, 49% LOWER.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD ON THAT ONE.

WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, DORSEY, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO THIS IS THE SAME EXACT THING, BUT IT'S TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

SO THIS IS FOR THE BOND COUNSEL FOR THE SAME EXACT THING IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A BASE FEE OF $10,000, PLUS ASSOCIATED BOND COUNSEL FEES NOT YET IDENTIFIED.

OKAY. OR D CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING AGAIN.

IT'S ANOTHER RFQ FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO MRV THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE.

THIS IS THE SAME EXACT THING FOR THE LEAD SERVICE LINE, WITH A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,876,742, AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF 431,511 AND $0.30 AS A PROJECT CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,308,253.30.

AGAIN, THIS IS ALL TIED TO THAT SAME QUESTIONS.

40. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HILLTOP SECURITIES MRP NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ADVISING, ENGINEERING AND COUNCIL SERVICES, RESPECTIVELY, RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT APPLICATION FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

QUESTIONS. NO.

C MAJOR, WOULD YOU JUST PLEASE OVERALL SAY WHY THIS IS A PRIORITY? SURE. JUST SO SO.

AND DIRECTOR BRYANT JUMP IN HERE.

BUT SO ESSENTIALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MANDATED THAT EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTRY DO THIS BY OCTOBER 16TH.

YES, BECAUSE THE DATE OF THE INVENTORY THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE DONE.

AND THEN ONCE THE INVENTORY IS DONE, ANY LEAD SERVICE LINES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

AND SO WE WERE INVITED TO APPLY FOR AND WE HAVE APPLIED, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF BROOKE WITH MRV FOR A $21 MILLION GRANT TO HELP FUND ALL OF THIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT BACK CHARGING OR CHARGING OUR PROPERTY.

TAXPAYERS. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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AND DIRECTOR BRYANT IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AS WELL.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. BRYANT. IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT MENTIONS THAT THE MONEY THAT WILL BE SAVED, WILL THAT WE'LL GET BACK FROM THIS WILL BE USED TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH WHAT THEY DIDN'T FINISH.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE LANDSCAPING PIECE.

SO THE SCOPE OF WORK RELATED TO THE LANDSCAPING THEY DID NOT FULFILL.

THE PLANTS CONTINUED TO DIE AND WE CONTINUED TO HAVE WEED GROWTH AND CONSTANT ISSUES.

SO THIS ISN'T MONEY THAT THEY'RE PAYING BACK.

THIS IS US WITHHOLDING FROM THEIR RETENTION.

SO THAT MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO WITHHOLD.

PARKS AND RECREATION HAS DONE A FULL RFP PROCESS.

THEY HAVE A VENDOR READY TO GO.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WITHHOLD THIS MONEY TO GIVE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH THAT OUT FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

AND THEY'RE AWARE THAT THEY DIDN'T MEET THEIR CONTRACT.

YES. THEY'VE BEEN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED IN WRITING.

AND I NOTICED THE 12 CHANGE ORDERS.

IS THIS A COMMON THING THAT WE HAVE THIS MANY CHANGE ORDERS? NO. A LOT OF THESE ARE ADA DRIVEN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD.

AND A THIRD PARTY ADA INSPECTOR COME OUT.

AND A LOT OF THE RESULTS FROM THAT INSPECTION RESULTED IN CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE HAD TO DO.

OKAY, SO IN FUTURE PROJECTS THAT PLANNING IS IS DONE ON THE FRONT END.

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE INSPECTIONS ARE DONE AS THE PROCESS AS THE PROJECT PROCESS IS OUT.

OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S JUST WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE REASONS WHY WE COME TO YOU FOR CONTINGENCY APPROVAL AS WELL.

STUFF LIKE THAT. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. ITEM FOUR G.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE RENEWAL OF AND AUTHORIZING A FIVE YEAR FIXED RENTAL MASTER AGREEMENT FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COPIERS CITYWIDE.

I'M NOT SURE THE NAME OF THAT BUSINESS SERVICES.

WITH AN ESTIMATED YEARLY AMOUNT OF $76,796, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $384,480 OVER THE FIVE YEAR FIXED AGREEMENT.

I DON'T SEE ELTON.

SO I'LL DEFER TO CFO RICHARD JACKSON.

SO THIS IS COMING OUT OF FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND IT EXPIRES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SEPTEMBER 25TH OF 2024.

THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES ON 25TH OF THIS MONTH.

SO IF THIS IS A PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED IT YET, IS IT NORMAL FOR US TO CONSIDER CONTRACT RENEWAL? CAN WE WAIT? CAN THIS BE AN ITEM THAT WAITS UNTIL THE 17TH WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN IT'S SAFE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD? OR HOW IS IT NORMALLY DONE? HELP ME WITH THAT. SO FOR THE TIMING.

YEAH. WHAT WOULD WE HAVE IN PLACE.

BECAUSE WE COULD NOT EXTEND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.

SO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT JUST HAS THE UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS THE TIMETABLE OF 930.

SO FROM A LEGISLATION STANDPOINT, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THIS IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE 25.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK THE ATTORNEY? YOU CAN MAKE YOU CAN MAKE THE RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, BUT IT EXPIRES ON THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER.

WELL, FOR TWO WEEKS YOU WON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.

YOU HAVE COPIERS.

YOU CAN'T GET NEW ONES UNTIL THE NEW CONTRACT IS FUNDED ANYHOW.

SO AND SO BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN MAKE THE RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.

SO BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE ON A RENTAL AGREEMENT.

SO WE DON'T OWN THE MACHINE.

SO ONCE THE DAY COMES UP BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T EXTENDING THE OTHER CONTRACT, THEY COULD COME AND COLLECT ALL OF THE MACHINES.

AND SO WE'D HAVE A GAP OF TIME POTENTIALLY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH.

THERE'S A BUDGET TO BE ADOPTED AT THAT DATE.

CORRECT. SO IT JUST WAS A QUESTION THAT POPPED IN MY HEAD, WHY ARE WE DOING IT NOW AND JUST NOT WAITING TILL THE 17TH? IT WAS THE TIME, SO WE MADE SURE WE HAD IT IN PLACE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET.

THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW BOTH THE APPROVED LEGISLATION AND PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET.

SO WE'D HAVE IT IN PLACE, READY TO GO PRIOR TO THE TO THE DATE.

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IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.

SO EVERYBODY AGREE.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS? THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THE NEXT ITEM FOR EACH, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INITIAL ONE YEAR TERM WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS FOR CONTRACTS WITH EXCLUSIVE PROTECTION SERVICES TO PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE DUNCANVILLE FIELD HOUSE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,290.

WE'VE. ARE THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE FIELD HOUSE.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. MY QUESTION RELATES TO.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MASTER PLAN, AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE USAGE THERE AS WELL.

SO IS THIS ALSO GOING TO COVER THAT AS WELL? YES. SO THIS AGREEMENT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING PREDOMINANTLY THE SECURITY TAKES PLACE ON THE WEEKENDS.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE HEAVIEST USE.

AND I BELIEVE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THAT NOW, WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, EVEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT POTENTIALLY, IS THERE A WAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP COVER SOME OF THIS? BUT I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I JUST DON'T SEE CRAIG HERE.

I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE HAVING TWO SECURITY GUARDS ON DUTY SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, FULL DAYS WHILE THE FIELD HOUSE IS IN OPERATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE DO THAT.

BUT I WOULD STILL THINK THAT WOULD BE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE USAGE OF THE FACILITY WOULD BE.

SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR I CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FOR FIELD AND TURF, IRRIGATION PRODUCTS, LANDSCAPING PRODUCTS, SPECIALTY CONDITIONER SOILS, GROUND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND SUPPLIES FOR VIEWING IRRIGATION PRODUCTS THROUGH BY BOARD CONTRACT WITH AN ESTIMATED YEARLY AMOUNT OF $25,000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, AMOUNTING TO 125,000, WITH AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $18,750 AS A 15% CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $143,750.

AND DIRECTOR STEVENSON.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ARE BOTH AT THE DOORWAY TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.

FOR JAY. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH BY BOARD CONTRACT TO PURCHASE SEVEN CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES TO INCLUDE OUTFITTING AND PAINTING AN EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $560,000, SUPERSEDING A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL. THAT RESOLUTION NUMBER WAS 2024 234.

AND CHIEF STOCKER IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST A COMMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE SAVING MONEY.

SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT KIND OF HAPPENED THAT DIRECTION.

SO IS IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR FOR WHEN THESE VEHICLES WILL BE HERE AND BE READY.

SO UPON Y'ALL'S PASSAGE WE'LL GO GET THEM.

THEY'RE THERE ON THE LINE, AND THEN WE'LL GET THEM PAINTED AND THEY'LL BE IN SERVICE HOPEFULLY SOON.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY STILL NEED TO GET THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THEM, BUT IT WILL BE MUCH QUICKER THAN GOING THE ALTERNATE.

4K CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TOKYO VERDY TO PROVIDE IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK SUPPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $442,700, FOR A TOTAL OF $494,769, INCLUSIVE OF PAYMENT OWED FOR WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED WITH TOKYO VERDY ABOUT SOME CONCERNS WITH OUR IT SYSTEM AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT A FIGURE OF AS MUCH AS $1 MILLION, $1.2 MILLION.

AND SO THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.

SMILES. OKAY.

OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE SEPTEMBER 5TH, WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT STARTS AT 9 A.M.

HERE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.

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WE HAVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RECEPTION AT THE LIBRARY AT 6:00 AND SEEING. AND ON THE 16TH WE HAVE THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.

THE 17TH IS OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND ADOPTION.

SEPTEMBER 19TH IS THE HTML REGIONAL MEETING.

THOSE TICKETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED AND EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO GO SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEM.

AND ALSO ON THE 19TH AT 630 IS THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.

SEPTEMBER 26TH IS THE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR AT THE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND ALSO THE 29TH IS THE MILITARY MAKEOVER.

AND THAT ONE IS ALSO ON OUR AGENDA FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR OCTOBER.

OUR FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER IS CANCELED AS THAT IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

WE HAVE FAMILY FIELD DAY AT ARMSTRONG PARK ON OCTOBER THE 12TH, COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 15TH, AND COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON THE ON OCTOBER 24TH. AND.

OCTOBER 5TH. I THINK SO.

IS MR. STEVENS.

THERE. MARTIN.

TYLER. I.

HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH DATES.

WHAT DATE IS IT? THE 5TH OR THE 12TH OF OCTOBER? I DON'T KNOW THE DATE. I'M SORRY.

I'LL GET THAT DATE FOR YOU. JUST ONE SECOND.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY.

OKAY. AND THE BOO BASH 24 IS ON OCTOBER THE 25TH.

AND THE SPOOKY OPEN HOUSE AT THE POLICE STATION IS ON THE 26TH.

NOVEMBER. CALENDAR.

THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER IS CANCELED DUE TO.

THAT IS ALSO ELECTION DAY.

WE HAVE. THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH, AND COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR IS ALSO CANCELED ON THE 28TH.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

AND THAT WE LEFT A COUPLE OF FLIERS FOR THE MILITARY MAKEOVER AND THE HISPANIC HERITAGE.

COUNCIL, I BELIEVE WE SET ASIDE OCTOBER 29TH AND FIFTH TUESDAY FOR THE SIP AND BOND PROJECTS TO TALK AND DISCUSS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND PROJECTS.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE SET THE TIME AT 6 P.M.

OR NOT. MARCH BACK IN OCTOBER 5TH.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR THE CALENDAR? YES. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL GO ON TO OUR BRIEFING.

BRIEFING AND PRESENTATIONS.

ITEM A BRIEFING CITY COUNCIL ON THE UPDATED FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT.

THE CITY MANAGER, DOUG FINCH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO STUART WHO WILL BE HIRED.

STEVE IS HERE THIS EVENING.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT, WE'LL LET YOU STAND UP HERE AND DO THAT AND SHARE YOUR FINDINGS WITH COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.

STEVE MILLER WITH HEWITT ZOLLARS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US BACK AFTER THE 2018 NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT.

TO DO THIS, I WAS HERE FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO I GOT TO SEE AND HAVE A KIND OF A STEP UP ON LOOKING AT ALL THE SURVEYS.

SO WE APPROACHED IT FROM TWO SIDES.

ONE IS THE CONDITIONS OR THE BUILDINGS, THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES.

TO DO THIS, WE HAD FOUR LICENSED ENGINEERS AND TWO ENGINEERS IN TRAINING AND AN ARCHITECT ON SITE FOR TWO DAYS WITH TOUR GUIDES AS WE WENT THROUGH. WE ALSO DID THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE WAY WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT IS WE SENT OUT 17 SEPARATE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WERE SIX PAGES LONG. THEY WERE COMPLETELY FILLED OUT.

AND THEN I CAME BACK AND INTERVIEWED EACH OF THOSE GROUPS, AND THEN WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THESE NEEDS.

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AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE CALL THEM CONCEPTUAL TEST FIT DIAGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED THEM.

THIS ONE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE.

WE HAVE A KEY ACROSS THE TOP WHERE RED IS SCORES OF ONE, WHICH IS A FAIL AND TWO POOR UP TO EXCELLENT AND GREEN.

SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THE FIVE SITES THAT WE ARE ASKED TO EXAMINE, AND WE GO DOWN THE COLUMNS AND SEE WHO'S PICKING UP THE MOST RED AND THE MOST YELLOW.

SO, AS WE SUSPECTED, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER IS ONE THAT KIND OF COMES TO THE SURFACE AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME ACTION TAKEN WITH IT. AND THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK HORIZONTALLY FOR AREAS WHERE WE'RE GETTING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE YELLOW OR RED EXTERIOR DOORS WAS ONE. AND SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT COULD GET HEAVIER USE LIKE THE SERVICE CENTER, THE ROOF DRAINAGE.

HAPPY TO SEE WE WERE UP ON ALL THE ROOFS.

HAPPY TO SEE THAT NEW ROOFS WERE PUT ON SINCE 2018.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CAUTIONING AND KIND OF PUSHING TO WOULD BE, WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO KEEP THE VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS BY KEEPING THE WATER OUT.

WELL, THAT WAS DONE.

AND WHAT WE FOUND OR WHAT I FOUND LOOKING AT IT WAS SOME OF THE DOWNSPOUTS, THE INTERNAL ONES, THE THE EXPELLED TONGUES, OR WHAT WE CALL THE OVERFLOW DRAINS WERE BEING USED.

THE DOWNSPOUTS EXTERNAL TO THE LIBRARY AND REC CENTER ARE A LITTLE BIT DAMAGED, AND SOME YOU CAN EVEN SEE WERE CLOGGED.

SO THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY PUTTING A NEW ROOF ON ALL OUR BUILDINGS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MONEY SPENT TO SIPHON JET THESE DOWNSPOUTS AND THESE PATHWAYS FROM THE ROOF TO THE DISCHARGE TO MAKE SURE THE ROOFS, THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS OPERATING PROPERLY.

AND THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS ATTACHED TO THAT INTERIOR DOORS, INTERIOR FINISHES, AND THEN THE 2 OR 3 GROUPS OF RED DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM ARE ELECTRICAL PANELS AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX AND THE SENIOR CENTER.

THESE AREN'T EXPENSIVE ITEMS, BUT OUR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER THOUGHT THEY ROSE TO THE TOP IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.

NOW THERE'S TWO TABLES HERE.

ONE IS THE TOTAL COST SUMMARY.

THIS IS PROBABLE. NOW WE'RE NOT CONTRACTORS PRICING THIS.

IT'S PROBABLE BY EACH OF THE BUILDING SITES.

AND HERE IN THE FIRST CHART AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER IS OCCUPYING 31% OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO IT'S RISEN TO THE TOP.

AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR VALUE.

IN TERMS OF CONDITION NEEDS.

AND THEN THE CITY HALL FALLS INTO 23, THE LIBRARY AT 37.

AND IF WE GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE OR THE NEXT CHART, IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE THE PRIORITIES.

AND PRIORITY ONE WOULD BE SAFETY SECURITY OR ADA ISSUE.

AND YOU'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

PRIORITY TWO WOULD BE TO STOP ACCELERATED DETERIORATION.

AND NUMBER THREE ARE NECESSARY, BUT NOT CRITICAL.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON FOR US.

SO AT THE CITY HALL, THE BIG NUMBER THERE IS IN PRIORITY THREE.

SO WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE HERE AT THE CITY HALL.

BUT THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

IT'S 451,000 AND 340 OF THAT IS IN MEP AND ELECTRICAL GENERATOR.

I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL GENERATOR JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

PRIORITY ONE AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX LIBRARY IS THAT ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

SAME THING AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND THEN A LOT OF COLOR ON THE SERVICE CENTER.

AGAIN, THE 10,000 REALLY HAS TO DO WITH EMERGENCY EYEWASH SHOWER HAND WASH.

THOSE TYPES OF PERSONAL SAFETY ELEMENTS OVER THERE NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.

THEN IN LIKE TWO 305, WE'VE GOT A BIG ROOF COST IN THERE.

WE THINK YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT REROOFING THAT AND LOOK AT THE CLERESTORY WINDOWS UP ABOVE.

AND ANOTHER 120,000IN PLUMBING AND HVAC.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE BIG NUMBERS THERE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING ABOUT DOING THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE THEN YOU MIGHT SEE A NEED WHERE YOU CAN ENCAPSULATE SOME OF THESE COSTS IN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND DO AWAY WITH FIXING SOMETHING JUST TO GET RID OF IT LATER, TO BUILD SOMETHING IN ITS PLACE. AND THERE'S ANOTHER BIG NUMBER IN THE SERVICE CENTER EXTERIOR WALLS, THE INTERIORS, THE HVAC,

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THERE'S ONE PRIORITY ONE THERE, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS. SIX YEARS AGO, WE WALKED INTO THAT ROOM AND IT WAS DAMP.

WE THOUGHT A NEW ROOF COULD QUITE POSSIBLY FIX THAT ISSUE, BUT IT DID NOT.

THAT ROOM IS STILL DAMP, SO TO ME IT DESERVES SOME INVESTIGATION AND QUITE POSSIBLY A NEW ROOFTOP UNIT, ALONG WITH AIR CONDITIONING DUCTWORK INSIDE THE PLENUM TO GET RID OF THAT MOISTURE.

AND IT COULD EVEN GO AS FAR AS INSULATION IN THAT AREA OF THE BUILDING.

IT WOULD JUST NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.

BUT BEING DAMP THAT LONG CAUSES A LITTLE CONCERN, NOT A HUGE COST.

AND THEN THE BIG NUMBER ON THE LIBRARY, THAT 450,000 AND REC CENTER IS TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE ALL OF THE ROOFTOP UNITS WHICH ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON.

THE NEEDS.

THE DARK BLUE IS THE EXISTING USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE PROJECTED.

AND THE WAY WE GOT THERE WAS WE BUILT A ROOM BY ROOM PROGRAM LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES.

WE GOT BACK AND STARTING WITH REALLY THE EXISTING DRAWINGS.

WE PUT THOSE INTO THE COMPUTER OR A BIM MODELING AND CALCULATED ALL THE ROOM SQUARE FOOTAGES.

THESE ARE USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

YOU COULD USE THAT. NOT BUILDING.

GROSS. SO THE CITY HALL A LITTLE BIT NEEDED THERE.

AND THAT REALLY REVOLVES AROUND VISITOR ACCESS.

THE RECEPTION DESK, THE SEATING AREA, THE DESK THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER, A LITTLE BIT OF STAFF, WORKSPACE, CONFERENCE SPACE WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT GOES BACK SIX YEARS AS WELL.

THE ANNEX HAS UNUTILIZED SPACE AND THE SENIOR CENTER POPS UP PRETTY HIGH.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR NEW PROGRAMS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE DIAGRAM SHORTLY.

AND THEN THE SERVICE CENTER, CONFERENCE SPACE, STAFF WORK SPACE, MOVING PARKS AND REC BACK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING VERSUS OUT AT THE OLD FIRE STATION SERVER ROOM.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT SUPPORTS ALL OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR THE CITY BREAK ROOM.

AND A BIG PART OF THAT NUMBER IS A HEATED GARAGE.

AND WHEN I HEAR HEATED GARAGE, I THINK, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF AN EXTRAVAGANCE, ISN'T IT? BUT NO, IT WAS IT WAS A NEAT SIX YEARS AGO.

AND IT STILL IS BECAUSE WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT SPREAD SAND AND POWER WASH THINGS.

AND WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WHERE YOU NEED THOSE THINGS, THEY'RE FROZEN, THE MATERIAL IS LOCKED UP.

AND THE BIN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SO IT BECOMES A REAL ISSUE FOR THE STAFF THERE ON THAT.

THE LIBRARY NOT A BIG JUMP.

AND I WILL SAY THIS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RENOVATION IN THE LIBRARY SIDE WHICH COULD UTILIZE SPACE INSIDE THE EXISTING WALLS OF THE BUILDING ON THE REC CENTER SIDE.

THE PROGRAM WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PRICED, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOGICAL WAY OF GOING ABOUT REACHING OUT TO SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SPACES.

REARRANGING THE LOCKER ROOMS OR REALLY, NO LOCKER ROOMS, BUT THE RESTROOMS AND DEVELOPING LOCKERS AND OR SHOWERS.

I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE LOCKERS ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, WHICH COULD BE A GOOD THING.

BUT THE RECEPTION DESK, THE CONTROL DESK THERE AND MOVING TO WHERE WE COULD PICK UP SOME STORAGE FOR ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED THROUGH THE QUESTIONNAIRE. SO WITH THIS ATTEMPTS TO DO IS SHOW YOU ALL THE PROJECTS HAS BEEN THE MODERATE APPROACH AND BLUE BEING THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

AND A LOT OF THESE ARE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CITY HALL AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER.

THE CITY HALL MODERATE IDEA IS TO RENOVATE EVERYTHING INSIDE OF THE EXTERIOR SHELL OF THE BUILDING, AND WE'LL SEE A LITTLE DRAWING FOR THAT.

THAT TEST FIT DIAGRAM IN A MOMENT ON BE IS TO ADD SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT THAT WOULD AUGMENT, IF YOU FLEXIBILITY TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING INSIDE THE BUILDING.

AND SO YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT OR MASTER PLAN THAT FUTURE EXPANSION INTO THE CH

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THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER.

THE PHASE ONE IS A NEW BUILDING.

THE PHASE TWO IS GOING BACK AND RENOVATING THE EXISTING BUILDING, DOING A REALLY A FULL SCALE RENOVATION OF THAT, TAKING IT DOWN TO THE STRUCTURE, THE FLOOR SLAB, REMOVING THE CEILINGS AND UNCOVERING EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE WRONG WITH IT, AND PUTTING IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE WAY.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT.

THE CITY HALL, ANNEX C, HAS TWO SEPARATE PIECES THAT ARE INDEPENDENT.

SAME THING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE SAME THING AS I JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND RECREATION CENTER.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT WE'LL WRAP UP BY LOOKING AT EACH SITE ON ONE SLIDE.

AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE BUILDING.

RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE IN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF 45 SAWTOOTH CORRIDORS.

RECEPTION DESKS ARE AT 45 DEGREE ANGLES AND SMALL RECEPTION ZONES.

AND IF YOU DO A SEARCH AND YOU GO AROUND AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT FACILITIES ACROSS THE METROPLEX, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY TRY TO SEPARATE CIRCULATION, SEPARATE THE TYPE OF SERVICE INTO DISTINCT ZONES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S UTILITY BILLING AND MUNICIPAL COURTS, WHICH IS RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW, OR HOW YOU HAVE TO MEANDER DOWN THE HALL TO GET TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PROPOSES TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC CONCOURSE WITH TOUCH POINTS, WHERE YOU COULD MOVE INTO A RECEPTION AREA AND BE GREETED BY SOMEONE AND NOT MAKE IT ANY FURTHER THAN THAT AS A VISITOR.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALSO ELIMINATES THE 45 DEGREE ANGLES AND GOES TO MORE OF A 90.

IT DRIVES UP OUR EFFICIENCY AND PROVIDES US OFF STAGE COLLABORATION AREAS FOR THE STAFF.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IF WE WERE TO BUILD OUT INTO THAT LIGHT BLUE, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE LAID OUT THAT SPACE.

AND IN OUR DOCUMENT, WE ACTUALLY SHOW HOW YOU MIGHT MOVE UTILITY BILLING ACROSS TO GIVE MUNICIPAL COURTS MORE ROOM AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO EXPAND THAT IN THE FUTURE.

PUT IN ANOTHER SERVICE IF SOMETHING WAS EXPANDING ADJACENT TO IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PUBLIC CORRIDOR ISN'T A HUGE GRAB IN TERMS OF USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE BUILDING, BUT I THINK IT COULD DO WONDERS ON THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO CONCENTRATE AND WORK AND HAVE THOSE MEETINGS IN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFERENCE SPACE, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UP IN THE NORTH CORNER THERE, A BREAK ROOM THAT'S ACTUALLY A BREAK ROOM.

BREAKROOM, PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ARE ADA AND WELL SIZED.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING HERE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE EVEN MORE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.

BITING THE BULLET OR TAKING THAT SECOND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

THIS IS THE ANNEX.

AND THERE'S TWO THINGS HERE.

THE RED WOULD BE OUR MODERATE APPROACH WHERE WE'RE GOING IN AND CREATING A COUPLE CONFERENCE ROOMS. AND ONCE AGAIN WE'RE GETTING A BREAK ROOM THAT HAS SOME DAYLIGHT COMING INTO IT.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A BREAK ROOM.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK OVER THERE WILL HAVE MORE AMENITY AND MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY SCHEDULE THINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE BEING LOCKED OUT AT THE VESTIBULE POINT.

SO I THINK THROUGH TECHNOLOGY OR SCHEDULING WE COULD DIFFUSE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

WHEN I WAS THERE FOR MY INTERVIEWS, I SAW HOW PEOPLE HAVE TO GET UP AND LEAVE ME TO GO ANSWER THE DOOR, AND THAT JUST DIDN'T SEEM VERY EFFICIENT.

THE OTHER THING IN ALL OF THE BLUE IS WE'RE KIND OF HEADED TOWARDS THE IDEA OF A KIND OF A MODERN CONCEPT FOR OFFICE PLANNING, WHERE WE PUT ALL OF THE WALLED SPACES IN THE CENTER OF THE PLAN AND PUT LOW RISE, OPEN OFFICE FURNISHINGS AROUND THE PERIMETER SO WE GET MORE DAYLIGHT IN FROM A GREEN PERSPECTIVE AND EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE ON THE POWER USAGE, AS WELL AS GETTING PEOPLE A VIEW OUT AND MORE OF A CONNECTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

SO EVEN THOUGH I DROPPED IN THOSE OFFICES AWFULLY LARGE, THEY MATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH FINAL PROGRAMING, YOU WOULD DOWNSIZE THOSE QUITE A BIT AND PICK UP EVEN MORE PERSONAL SPACE THAN WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE. AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT PLAN FOR AN EXPANSION TO THE SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER WHERE A PIECE OF PURPLE DROPS DOWN SOUTH OF THE ANNEX, THE CITY HALL ANNEX, AND WE COULD PRACTICALLY DOUBLE THE SPACE OVER THERE SOMEDAY.

IT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD BUILDING.

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ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT, THERE IS A RAISED COMPUTER FLOOR, THAT DASH RED LINE THAT WE WOULD SAY TAKE OUT.

JUST SCRAPE THAT OFF.

IT WILL GIVE US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND AVOID RAMPS AND HANDICAP ISSUES IN THAT BUILDING.

MAYOR. SENIOR CENTER.

YES. YES, SIR. THIS JUST MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

NOTHING WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW, BUT.

SO THIS BUILDING UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO, NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO, WAS NOT BEING USED AS A CITY HALL ANNEX.

IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS THAT.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT.

IT STARTED TO BE USED BY SOME STAFF.

AND SO NOW I SEE WE ARE REFERRING TO IT AS CITY HALL ANNEX.

AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S IF THAT'S OUR INTENT TO CONTINUE TO USE IT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT MANNER FOR US TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, OF COURSE, A PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDING THAT REALLY THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING WITH IT.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I KNOW THIS HOUSE IS BEING USED NOW, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS THE INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE COULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

ALONG THAT SAME LINE.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HARDWARE MOVING BACK, ARE HAPPY WITH THAT LOCATION.

I THINK NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS AS WELL.

AND ONE ADVANTAGE OF MAXIMIZING THE OCCUPANT FOOTPRINT THERE, I THINK, IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO RENOVATIONS OF THE CITY HALL, HAVE A TEMPORARY SPACE TO MOVE FOLKS TO, MAYBE GIVE THEM A TEMPORARY PUBLIC COUNTER AND THEN MOVE THEM BACK.

THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER, AND WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THAT FOOTPRINT BY GOING TO A SECOND LEVEL.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO.

YOU WOULD NEED TO OPEN UP THAT PROJECT AND DO THE CONCEPTUAL PLANNING AND THE PROGRAMING TO A LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN DETERMINE IF IT'S ONE STORY OR TWO STORIES, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN ALL THAT'S GOOD AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING CITY MANAGER, AGAIN YOU HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE USE OF.

ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, JUST JUST SO YOU KNOW, STAFF WE REFER TO IT AS 103.

WE DON'T CALL CITY ONLY ANNEX, BUT THAT'S.

YEAH. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCONNECT WITH SOME OF THE STAFF BEING OVER THERE.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE.

AND I THINK IT IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF IT RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST MOVING BEAUTIFUL.

SO THE SENIOR CENTER, THERE IS A SUGGESTION THAT WE LOOK AT SOME RENOVATION THAT COULD BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH A VACANCY IN THE BUILDING.

THAT'S THE READ A SUGGESTION THAT WE MAYBE ENCLOSE THIS AREA UNDERNEATH THE THE EXISTING ROOF ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT FACES THE PARK HAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL THAT AT FIRST, BUT THEN AS WE TALKED IT THROUGH, WE THOUGHT WE COULD LEAVE THAT BIG GLASS WALL THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, KIND OF A SOLARIUM THAT'S AIR CONDITIONED ON THE OUTSIDE.

SO IT COULD BE USED AROUND THE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND STAFF WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEY CAN MOVE MORE PROGRAM OUT THERE, A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL GROUP ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN THE BLUE WAS THIS WAS THE BIG ONE.

THIS IS THE BIG SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT IT MOVES ACTUALLY OUT INTO A PARKING AREA THAT ISN'T HEAVILY UTILIZED.

AND THAT SAME PARKING AREA, IT APPEARS, COULD BE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IF NECESSARY, TO THE EAST.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING A BIG LAND GRAB HERE.

WE'RE JUST COVERING UP CONCRETE WITH FUNCTIONAL SPACE.

AND THE SUGGESTION WAS THERE COULD BE A MULTI-USE PICKLEBALL COURT IN THERE.

YOU CAN HAVE LARGE WINDOWS THAT OPEN ONTO THE PARK.

YOU COULD DESIGN IT SUCH THAT AS THE CAFETERIA MOVES OVER TO WHERE THE NEW DOCK WOULD BE, THERE COULD BE A CAFE AREA THERE THAT ALSO OVERLOOKS THE ACTIVITY.

AND THEN A THEATER, POSSIBLY A COFFEE SHOP, YOU KNOW.

AND THESE ARE ALL EARLY, JUST EARLY IDEAS.

WHEN THE ACTUAL PROJECT COMES ALONG, YOU COULD GO BACK AND VERY MUCH FINE TUNE THIS PROGRAM.

THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER, I'D SEEN A NUMBER.

IN FACT, I'D DONE ONE MYSELF.

CONCEPTS THAT MADE THE BUILDING.

THAT RED SHADED AREA IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD RIGHT NOW.

SUPPORT SPACE AS WELL FURTHER TO THE NORTH OR PLAN LEFT.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT BETTER OF IT.

WE COULD BUILD MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE CLOSER TO THE EXISTING SHELL OF THE CENTER, AND PROVIDE OURSELVES WITH A VERY GOOD EXPANSION OPPORTUNITY TO THE

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AND THAT WOULD JUST BE SIZED TO MOVE UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY CARS WOULD BE PARKED THERE.

SO AND THEN IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER BACK IN SIX YEARS AGO, WE LOOKED AT A TWO VEHICLE DEEP BAY.

I'LL TRY TO SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT HERE.

SORRY, I GET ON A LITTLE BIT.

SO NOW IT'S ONE IT'S MORE FUNCTIONAL.

WE MOVE SOME TRAFFIC STORAGE OVER THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE CONDITIONED.

AND THEN IN THE PLAN ITSELF, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THE NEW BUILDING ALLOWS US TO DECANT THE OLD STRUCTURE, TO GO IN AND DO A PHASED, TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THAT THING AS FAR TO THE SOUTH AS YOU WANT TO GO.

YOU NEED TO START AT THE NORTH, BECAUSE ON THE SOUTH END ARE JUST THE VEHICLE BAYS.

CLEAN IT UP, DO THE ROOF, CLEAN UP.

THE CLEAR STORY THERE WHERE ALL THE LEAKS ARE COMING FROM THROUGH THE ROOF.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE RED ON THE LEFT AGAINST THE PINK BACKGROUND WOULD BE THE LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC STUDY STUDY ROOMS, AND REALLY PRIMARILY BUILDING INSIDE THE SHELL FOR STAFF WORK AREA.

THEY'VE GOT BOOKS IN THEIR LOUNGE, THEY'VE GOT STAFF ON TOP OF STAFF, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE EVEN COMING OUT A LITTLE BIT.

THE SUGGESTION WAS MAYBE COME OUT NEAR THE CHECKOUT AREA, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THOSE FOLKS FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.

BUT FROM WHAT THEY TOLD US, THEY COULD COME OUT WITH A WALL THAT GOES UP AND USE THE SAME LIGHTING, ALMOST REBALANCE THE EXISTING AC IN THERE.

SO THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT, AND THEN THE BIGGER ONE WOULD BE THE BLUE ON THE RIGHT WHERE WE'RE REALLY WE'RE CONNECTING.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SITE PLAN HERE.

WE'RE CONNECTING TO OUTDOOR FITNESS FACILITIES THAT COULD BE FENCED IN OR STAYING OUTSIDE OF THE MSP ZONE IN RED.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE PLAN IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

WE'RE DOING A FRONT CHECK IN DESK, LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN A FITNESS CENTER, PROVIDING SHOWERS AND RESTROOMS AND POSSIBLY LOCKERS IN THOSE TWO AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.

AND WE'RE ALIGNING CORRIDOR SYSTEMS EAST AND WEST AND NORTH AND SOUTH.

THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS WE'RE RELOCATING THE AEROBICS ROOM.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COST IN THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I KNOW I START TO GET ON THESE ROLLS, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.

QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER.

SO THE THE SCOPE WAS REALLY LIMITED AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IS THERE A YES IN THERE? YES. CURRENTLY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING CALLED A OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP. MCCURTIS CONSULTING IS DOING THAT TO REALLY TELL US WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE FOR THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT REPORT IN OCTOBER.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, MR. KUNTZ? YES. SO KIND OF IN RELATION TO COUNCILMAN BAKER'S QUESTION.

SO THE ASSESSMENT, CONDITION ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL THAT DID NOT INCLUDE POLICE STATION, EVEN THOUGH.

ARE THEY ONE BUILDING? THEY'RE PRETTY WELL SEPARATED BY A MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL SPACE.

I THINK SOME FIREWALLS BACK IN 2018.

WE DID LOOK AT THE FIRE STATION.

AND SO THAT CAN BE REFERENCED IN THE OLD REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT BACK OUT TO CITY HALL AND POLICE STATION.

IS THAT IS IT ONE BUILDING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.

THERE'S SOME FIREWALL SEPARATION AND STUFF.

AND THEN THE LONG HALLWAY AND THE THE SEPARATION OF THE JOINTS.

USED TO HAVE A JAIL. SO, YES, THERE'S A JAIL.

SO THAT SOME OTHERS, SOME SIMPLE QUESTION.

IS THIS ONE BUILT IN? YES, SIR.

AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION.

AND YOUR PROBABLE CAUSE IS THAT CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

WHAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THAT PROBABLE COST? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S LOOKING AT OUR MEANS TAKING THE SQUARE FOOTAGES OFF THE CURRENT BIM MODEL.

THIS IS THE PROGRAMING FOR 2024.

AND THERE ARE RANGES BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT FOOTAGE THAT YOU BUILD.

IF YOU'RE BUILDING A LARGER BUILDING, THE COST IS GOING TO GO DOWN PER SQUARE FOOT.

SO IT'S TAKING THE HIGH RANGE OF THAT.

AND THEN SO THAT INCLUDES 25% MARKUP ON CONTRACTOR.

10% ON I THINK IT'S IN THERE 10%.

NOW THESE ARE KIND OF HIDDEN I THINK THEY'RE IN THE SUMMARY.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 10% ON FEES SINCE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN THAT'S THE BEGINNING NUMBER.

AND THERE'S AN AD FOR GOVERNMENT WORK.

AND THERE'S AN AD FOR SITE IF THERE'S SITE INVOLVED A 30%.

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SO THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO HANDLE D AT ANOTHER TIME.

SO WE HAVE TO BE QUICK LIKE.

THAT WE'RE NOT THE SAME. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL JUST GO TO B I'LL BE I'LL BE AS QUICK AS I CAN BE.

DON'T MESS AROUND.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS TANYA REED WITH MR GROUP.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO MRP TO HELP US LOOK FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.

THEY'VE BUILT SEVERAL FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS, AND SO WE REQUESTED THEIR OPINION ON OUR SERVICES.

IT'S GOING TO SOUND LIKE STEVE AND I WERE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT WE WEREN'T.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WE AGREE ON.

AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS REAL FAST, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAN STEVE'S DEEP DIVE INTO HIS REPORT ON THE FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.

BUT AS DIRECTOR BRYANT SAID, HE ASKED US TO COME IN AND DO SOME HELPING.

I'M GOING TO JUST CALL US A SECOND OPINION AT THIS POINT.

AND SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION INTO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO REALLY BRIEFLY THROUGH THIS IN AN EFFORT OF TIME TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A SHORT SUMMARY AND REFERENCE SOME OF STEVE'S COMMENTS AS WELL.

HE DID THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR ME HISTORICALLY.

HE DID A REPORT.

WELL, LET'S BACK UP TO THE VOTERS.

PASSED A BOND ELECTION IN 2018.

DESIGN WORK BEGAN. THEY WENT THROUGH THE BIDDING PHASES.

COUNCIL REJECTED ALL BIDS IN 2021 AND TRANSFERRED THE MONIES BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS.

I THINK THAT WE ENTER THE SCENE AT 2024 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITIES.

SO THIS IS WHAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE TO THE CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE IN 2018.

AND SO THIS IS JUST SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

THE PROCESS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WAS WE REVIEWED THE ORIGINAL 2018 ASSESSMENT FROM HE'S DOLLARS, IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.

IF I'M NOT, I APOLOGIZE.

WE DID A SITE VISIT AND WALK THROUGH WITH STAFF.

KIND OF CAME WITH THE SAME UNDERSTANDING AND THE SAME FINDINGS THAT THEIR EARLIER REPORT AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE MOST RECENT REPORT DONE IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. INTERVIEWED DUNCANVILLE STAFF, PREPARED A LETTER OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS, AND THEN WE CAME BACK IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR WHEN THIS REPORT WAS PROVIDED AND DID SOME COMPARE AND CONTRAST.

AND THEN IN LATE AUGUST, WE TOOK DIRECTOR BRYANT TO SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE FACILITIES THAT HE'S LOOKING FOR.

FINDINGS 18,670 SQUARE FOOT, BUILT IN 87.

TILT WALL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE, RELATIVELY IN GOOD CONDITION INTERIOR WALLS AND DISRESPECT DISREPAIR.

I CAN GO THROUGH THESE.

I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

THIS IS JUST A SHORT LIST OF THE FINDINGS, AND YOU CAN REFER TO THE OTHER REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

HERE'S THE CONCERNS, THOUGH.

IT'S AN AGING FACILITY THAT WE PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO AN AGING FACILITY ONLY TO STILL HAVE A 40 YEAR OLD FACILITY.

THE DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING COMPROMISED WORKSPACES BOTH IN SIZE, CONDITION AND ADJACENCIES.

YOU'VE GOT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE OUTSOURCED IN OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED TO BE BACK IN THAT BUILDING AND WORKING NEXT TO THEIR APPARATUS AND SERVICE AREAS. WE'VE GOT A GROWING STAFF AND WE'VE GOT SOME SOME SERIOUS ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND DISTRIBUTION ISSUES.

THE OBJECTIVE, I THINK THE THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO INCREASE THE SPACE.

HOW WE DO THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WHAT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE LED BY STAFF, DRIVEN BY THE NEEDS AND THE PROGRAMING PORTION OF THAT PHASE.

WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THERE AND WHAT THE WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THE GROWTH OF THAT.

THOSE DEPARTMENTS, NOT THAT DEPARTMENT MOVING PART OF PARKS AND RECS BACK INTO THE FACILITY, PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CONFERENCE ROOMS, OFFICES, ETC..

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ADJACENCIES.

I MEAN, THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED.

SO WE KIND OF LOOKED AT IT FROM THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

YOU COULD GO IN AND INVEST $3 MILLION IN A 40 YEAR OLD BUILDING.

YOU COULD DO THAT. YOU COULD PUT A BAND AID ON IT.

YOU COULD FIX THE ELECTRICAL.

YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, GO IN AND REPAIR THE THE CORROSION AND THE RUST AND MOVE SOME WALLS AROUND AND CONTINUE TO, TO LIMP THROUGH FOR THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. OR YOU CAN CONSTRUCT A NEW OFFICE COMPLEX VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAS JUST DESCRIBED.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE APPROACH.

THERE IS ADDITIONAL APPROACHES THAT YOU COULD TWO PHASE IF YOU STAY ON THAT SITE.

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PHASING IS CRITICAL.

LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S ALSO A TON OF OLD VEHICLES AND STUFF THAT ARE ON THAT SITE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO STAY THERE.

THEY MAY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER HOME AND CLEAR UP SOME OF THAT THAT LAND FOR EXPANSION OR START ALL OVER.

BUILD A NEW FACILITY.

THAT'S KIND OF THE THREE CHOICES THAT I THINK DUNCANVILLE STAFF HAS.

THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF HAVE TO GO IN ONE OF THOSE THREE DIRECTIONS.

AND THAT'S AS QUICK AS I COULD DO IT.

GUYS. I'M SORRY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND CAN YOU PROVIDE MORE DETAIL IF YOU NEED AS WELL? GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C TO THE POWER OKAY.

THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER.

AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 5TH WORKSHOP, OF COURSE, WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

I'LL BE GOING THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO ASK AT THIS TIME? I THINK WE HAD THE BUDGET MEETING YOU BROUGHT UP OR PROVIDED US TWO OPTIONS FOR THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE COLA.

ONE BEING 5030 AND THEN THE OTHER ONE BEING 170.

DO WE HAVE ANY DECISION OR CONCLUSION? HAVE WE MADE ANY? WE HOPE TO VOTE IN THAT.

DIRECTION? YES, WE HOPE TO PROVIDE THAT ON THE FIFTH SO WE CAN SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

AND SO THEN Y'ALL CAN VOTE TO CHANGE THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THAT COULD BE THE BUDGET THAT'S PROPOSED ON 17.

OKAY. BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS ALL REFERENCING THE 5030 DIRECTION THAT WE GOT.

YES. TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT MENTIONING THAT TONIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE SAVED FOR THE FIFTH.

SO WE CAN TALK IN MORE DETAIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

NO. OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO ITEM D TO BE SCHEDULED ANOTHER DATE.

YES. LET ME TALK. I CAN I CAN KNOCK IT OUT.

30S. NO.

WE GOT MORE THAN 30S.

ALL RIGHT. THREE MINUTES.

HOLD ON. OKAY.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I'M MATT BRYANT.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

JUST WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU AN ACTION ITEM NEXT.

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU AND ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

SO RECENTLY, I SAY RECENTLY, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE IDENTIFIED SOME VERY ABSOLUTE CRITICAL NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT FLOODING.

AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ARE LISTED ON YOUR AGENDA.

LONG STORY SHORT, WE DID BRING IN MR GROUP WHO HAS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON FINISHING THEIR FLOOD DESIGN FOR US.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ON ROUND TOP.

THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR FLOOD CONTROL FOR THAT STREET IS GOING TO BE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE WATER LINE, SUBSTANDARD WATER LINE, BY THE WAY, ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT 12 TO 18IN DEEP.

SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR MRP GROUP SO THAT WE CAN REPLACE AND RELOCATE THAT WATER LINE OUT OF THE WAY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

QUESTIONS? WAS THAT THE ONE THAT CHANGED LIKE A 200,000 PROPOSED AMOUNT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A 45 FOOT THE ORIGINAL, AND THEN IT WAS REFERRING TO THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

OKAY. THEY'RE WORKING ON A PROPOSAL FOR THAT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

JUST TWO SECONDS OVER.

OKAY. SO THAT'S IT FOR OUR BRIEFING SESSION.

WE ARE DOING OUR BRIEFING SESSION AT 658 AND COUNCIL.

IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, WE'LL TRY TO GET GOING ABOUT FIVE.

AFTER MATT GAVE US AN EXTRA MINUTE.

THANK YOU MATT. OKAY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE OUR INVOCATION LED BY CHAPLAIN, OUR POLICE CHAPLAIN, PASTOR RUIZ.

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THIS PRIVILEGE.

LET'S PRAY. FATHER.

LORD GOD, WE JUST COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.

LORD, I PRAY FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LORD, I PRAY FOR OUR CITY OFFICIALS.

LORD, I ASK THAT YOU COVER THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM, WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR GRACE.

LORD, I PRAY FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.

LORD, I PRAY.

I PRAY FOR PEACE, LORD, AND YOUR GRACE OVER THEIR LIVES.

BLESS THIS MEETING.

IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF OUR FLAGS.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

I'M SORRY. A REPORT STARTING WITH THE MAYOR'S REPORT.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE TONIGHT IS NOT ONLY.

IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE HAD A REALLY RESPECTFUL SENDOFF TO LONGTIME POLICE CHIEF.

AND AS OF LATE, OUR OUTGOING INTERIM OR OUTGOING INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROLLING OUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN IN HIS TIME ROBERT BROWN, CHIEF, AS WE ALL KNOW HIM BY RETIRED OFFICIALLY LAST FRIDAY. WAS IT THE 30TH? AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT OF NOT JUST THE FOLKS HERE FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM HIS PAST GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN HE FIRST STARTED OUT IN UNIVERSITY PARK IN WACO, YOU NAME IT.

THEY CAME TO SEE HIM.

HIS FAMILY WAS HERE.

HE WAS A REMARKABLE MAN THAT DID A LOT FOR THIS CITY AND STEPPED UP WHEN WE NEEDED HIM.

AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN HE SHOWED EXAMPLES OF JUST LEADERSHIP.

AND A MAN WHO LIVED BY BY HIS FAITH AND WAS ALWAYS DEPENDABLE.

AND I ENDED MY LITTLE IMPROMPTU TALK ON AT THE EVENT BY REMINDING HIM THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE WERE LOSING IN MY MIND THAT WE WEREN'T JUST LOSING A LONG TIME DEDICATED EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, BUT ALSO I WAS LOSING A FRIEND FROM SEEING HIM EVERY DAY.

AS FRIENDS GO, WE'LL STILL BE IN TOUCH.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF HIS GREAT SERVICE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS MISS GOODEN.

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

SO, CITY MANAGER, YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS ARE.

OR CHIEF, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HELP ME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND WHEATLAND THURSDAY.

I WAS LEAVING LUNCH AND HEADED HOME, AND I WAS IN A TURNING SECTION.

AND DESPITE THE FACT IT WAS A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHERE THERE WERE MULTIPLE CARS AND INJURIES, THERE WAS A PERSON AT THE TURNING LANE FALLING ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL AND MISSED A COUPLE LIGHTS.

SO IMMEDIATELY I GO AROUND AND WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, PULL INTO THE 7-ELEVEN AND INFORM THE TWO LADY POLICE OFFICERS.

I WAS HESITANT TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR HANDS FULL WITH WHATEVER WAS GOING ON.

HOWEVER, WHEN I INFORMED THEM OF THE PERSON BEING ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL, THEY DIDN'T HESITATE TO RESPOND.

AND THE CREW THAT WAS THERE ALL TOOK LEAD FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND TOOK CARE OF THE ACCIDENT, AND AT THE SAME TIME TOOK CARE OF THE PERSON WHO HAD FALLEN ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL AND MADE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE AWAY.

FOR ME, THAT WAS A WITNESS OF OUTSTANDING WORK.

THEY DIDN'T I DON'T THINK THEY RECOGNIZED THAT I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T HESITATE TO DO SO.

AND IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE I SERVED IN THIS ROLE, BUT THEY DID IT BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY WHO THEY ARE AS SERVANT LEADERS.

AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE SAY THEIR NAMES.

YEAH. SO IT'S TWO OFFICERS FROM OUR BRAVO DE PLATOON.

IT'S OFFICER CAMISHA JOHNSTON AND OFFICER TIFFANY MANNING.

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AND OBVIOUSLY CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HUGE FOR US AND THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT WITH THIS INCIDENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM AS WELL.

TELL THEM I SAID THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S IT.

COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. HEY, ALONG THE SAME LINES WITH POLICE.

THEY HELPED THWART A ATTEMPTED ROBBERY TODAY AS WELL AS A BANK ROBBERY.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD THING.

I, TOO WANT TO SHARE THAT.

ROBERT BROWN, GOOD, DEDICATED EMPLOYEE.

AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, ABOUT HIM ALSO.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON IN DUNCANVILLE.

AND I MEAN, IT'S THE CALENDAR JUST FOR SEPTEMBER.

HAZARD COUNTY HAS A CONCERT IN THE PARK THIS SATURDAY.

THE CHAMBER IS HAVING A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE ON ON THE 10TH REGARDING NINE OVER 11.

THERE'S A PARK CLEANUP.

THE 14TH HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS ON THE 16TH.

THERE'S EVEN A CATFISH CATCH AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND I'LL JUST TAKE IT INTO OCTOBER.

IT'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THERE.

AND AND THE STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NO FURTHER COUNCIL REPORTS.

SO I WILL TURN TO THE CITY MANAGER.

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

WE'VE GOT WE'VE BEEN REALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF OUR DIRECTOR POSITIONS.

SOME OF YOU GOT TO MEET SOME OF THEM EARLIER THIS EVENING.

TO THE COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ASHLEY JACOBS, OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR.

SHE'S FORMERLY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SHAHAB MOHAMMED IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SHE'S FORMERLY FROM DALLAS.

AND AARON GROGAN HAS JUST STARTED AS OUR ASSISTANT IT DIRECTOR, FORMERLY OF SOUTH LAKE.

AND PRIOR TO THAT, HE SERVED DUNCANVILLE.

SO HE'S COMING BACK SO REALLY HAPPY TO GET THOSE DIRECTORS HERE AND IN PLACE.

AND WE'RE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS WORKING.

SO THANKS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

OKAY. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO A WHICH IS PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[2.A. Presentation of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Fall 2024 Business Beautification Award Plaque and Proclamation to State Farm - Alecia Francis located at 602 N. Main St.]

EXCUSE ME, PARKS AND REC.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.

SO OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS GOING TO BE FOR THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL FALL BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.

I READ THE PROCLAMATION AND DEDICATE THE BUSINESS AND AWARD WINNER.

THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE, AND WHEREAS THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THIS COMMITMENT. AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD IS TO EMPOWER DUNCANVILLE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENHANCING THEIR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. AND WHEREAS EACH QUARTER, THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD RECOGNIZES ONE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, AND OR LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY THAT EXEMPLIFIES HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS.

AND WHEREAS STATE FORM ALICIA FRANCIS, LOCATED AT 602 NORTH MAIN STREET, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT FOR THE FALL 2024 SEASON.

NOW. THEREFORE, GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN CONGRATULATING STATE FARM ALICIA FRANCES, LOCATED AT 602 NORTH MAIN STREET AND COMMENDING THIS BUSINESS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULD NOT SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE PROCLAMATION AND PLAQUE TOMORROW MORNING.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO START A TURF WAR, BUT THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

WHAT DISTRICT IS THAT IN? WE SURE ARE.

WE SURE? THAT'S THREE.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S THREE. THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM. MOVING ON.

[2.B. Recognition of Keep Duncanville Beautiful Fall 2024 Curb Appeal Residential Properties.]

I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, BUT I DID HAVE ONE OF THESE HOMEOWNERS JOIN US TONIGHT.

IF MR. JIM GONZALEZ COULD JOIN ME.

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I GUESS. SO.

TO RECOGNIZE THESE HOMEOWNERS FROM DISTRICT ONE, WE HAVE DELPHINE HUMPHREY AT 1334 MEADOW RIDGE DRIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. WE HAVE HUBERT DE PEARSON, 1439 BIRDWOOD CIRCLE FROM DISTRICT THREE.

WE HAVE JUAN A MACIAS 223 SOUTH ALEXANDER AVENUE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

WE HAVE MR. JIM GONZALEZ, 406 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE.

IN DISTRICT FIVE. WE HAVE MARIA G.

BOURG, 16 EAST FAIR MEADOWS DRIVE.

PLEASE CONGRATULATE THESE HOMEOWNERS FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE 2024 FALL RECIPIENTS.

THANK YOU SIR. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.

OKAY, TYLER, I UNDERSTAND WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER HOMEOWNER OUT THERE.

I WAS UNAWARE, PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN ME.

NOW. MY APOLOGIES.

DELPHINE. DELPHINE. HUMPHREY.

I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM.

HER HOME. BACK UP ON ME.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS GET TO SHARE THIS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH YOUR HOUSES.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS CITIZEN INPUT.

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

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 DIAS.

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 OF PUBLIC BUSINESS OR ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.

HOWEVER, THE ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DELIBERATING ON ISSUES NOT ON THE ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA, AND SUCH NON AGENDA ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO THE CITY STAFF FOR RESEARCH AND ANY FURTHER 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.

SO AS EACH PERSON WANT TO CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, PATRICIA EBERT.

PATRICIA EBERT 115.

SOUTH GREENSTONE 75116.

I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE F.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT TABLING.

AGENDA FIVE F THE PURCHASE OF THE 2024 TAHOE FOR THE EDC.

TONIGHT AND DISCUSSING IT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE 2425 BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE ADOPTED IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.

WHY? TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS THERE FOR THE 2024 TAHOE.

THE EDC 20 2324 BUDGET WAS PRESENTED WITH THE 2.1 $2.1 MILLION DEFICIT AND WAS EXTERNAL TO THE CITY BUDGET UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE DC-DC DEFICIT BUDGET WAS RECENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY BUDGET.

IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED INCENTIVES HAD NOT BEEN ENCUMBERED.

SO RECENTLY.

A $402,000 TRANSFER WAS MADE FROM THE CITY FROM THE CITY GENERAL FUND TO THE EDC TO COVER THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED INCENTIVES.

SO YES, THERE IS DISCUSSION THAT THE EDC BUDGET WILL BE INCREASED UPON SALE OF CITY PROPERTIES, BUT SO FAR NONE OF THOSE SALES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

I SUPPORT THAT THIS BE PUT INTO DISCUSSION FOR THE 2025 BUDGET, WHICH WILL JUST BE IN A FEW WEEKS SO WE CAN ENSURE THE MONEY IS THERE.

THANK YOU. DONOVAN.

[01:10:02]

AND I.

HAD A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING.

I WORK WITH AT RISK STUDENTS.

EXCUSE ME. NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY MY APOLOGIES, SIR.

MY NAME IS DONOVAN DOC.

AND MY MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS 921 FEDERAL PLACE, CEDAR HILL.

BUT WE HAVE A BUSINESS HERE THAT WE JUST OPENED THIS SUMMER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE.

IT'S OUR THIRD THRIFT STORE AND IT SUPPORTS AT RISK STUDENTS.

SO OUR ENTIRE MISSION IS ABOUT HELPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND A VISION.

THEY DON'T HAVE GOALS, AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO STAY FOCUSED IN AN ENDEAVOR IN ORDER TO GET RESULTS.

WHAT WE STARTED TO DISCOVER WAS THAT TWO MINUTES, WHAT IS IS THAT AS WE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND A BIGGER VISION FOR THEMSELVES, GETTING POSITIVE RESULTS WAS EASY.

WITH THOSE PROGRAMS IN THREE CITIES, WE STARTED TO DISCOVER THAT.

EXCUSE ME? HOME SCHOOL KIDS WERE AT RISK AND WE HAD NO IDEA.

JUST SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE DOING IN THE DAY THAT THEY'RE SHOWING UP WONKY.

SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERNOURISHED, THAT AFTER COVID.

A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN ARE SINGLE PARENT HOMES AND THE MOMS ARE WORKING REMOTE AND THEY'RE SHOWING UP IN JEANS.

WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A NEED HERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

WE WE STARTED A PROGRAM IN CEDAR HILL LAST SEMESTER, AND IT WAS FULL.

I MEAN, AND THEY WERE COMING FROM 50 MILES BECAUSE THERE IS NO PE PROGRAM FOR HOME SCHOOLERS.

AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS A NEED WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT.

AND I MOVED IT TO DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE BECAUSE CRAIG HAS JUST BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.

AND I JUST THINK HE'S A TRUE SERVANT LEADER.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY, SIR FOR YOUR HELP GETTING THIS PROGRAM INTO THE FIELDHOUSE.

WE HAVE A SMALL SESSION ONCE A WEEK, BUT WE COULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, WHETHER IT'S IN THE FORM OF A GRANT OR A COUPLE TIMES THAT HE HAS THAT THERE'S NOBODY REALLY IN THE FIELD HOUSE IN THE DAYTIME.

AND SO IF WE COULD MAYBE WORK TOGETHER, I DON'T KNOW WHO I COULD WORK WITH IN THE CITY.

LIKE I SAID, MAYBE A GRANT THAT IS NOT TAXING YOU GUYS FINANCIALLY.

BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD.

WE'RE CREATING MONEY OUT OF THE THRIFT STORE.

AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO FILL THIS, THIS FRINGE NEED WITH SOME STUDENTS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT.

THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR THEM, NO REGULAR PE PROGRAM, NO UNIFORMS. THERE'S SIMPLE STUFF THAT THEY'RE GETTING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL THESE KIDS ARE NOT GETTING.

AND SO I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP YOU GUYS WITH THIS NEED.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO TO FROM HERE, BUT IF YOU COULD HELP ME OR DIRECT ME, MISTER CITY MANAGER, ANYBODY, IT WOULD BE SO, SO BIG OF.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. PHILIP.

JAMES. TODAY.

LET'S SEE. PHILIP JAMES, 910 GREEN TERRACE LANE AGAIN.

HOW MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS? ANYBODY? ANYBODY? ANYBODY? ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S NOT ONLY YOU CALL IT A LIGHT FOR A BICYCLE.

I CALL IT LIFE AND DEATH.

FOR A PEDESTRIAN TO NOT GET RAN OVER BY A BICYCLE.

THIS IS ALL WE HAVE ON THE BACK OF A BIKE IN DUNCANVILLE.

JUST THIS LITTLE FLASHING LIGHT.

I KNOW YOU NEED A HEADLIGHT, BUT LET'S START WITH THIS.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS RAN OVER.

HE HAD ALL THE RIGHT STUFF.

HAD A HELMET ON THE BLINKING LIGHT.

THE BLINKING LIGHT ON THE BACK.

BUT HE GOT CRUSHED BY A TRUCK.

HE AND I BOUGHT NEW BIKES.

HE DON'T RIDE HIS.

I DON'T RIDE MINE.

GUYS, WE GOT TO GET SOME PROTECTED LANE AND DUNCANVILLE, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING OUR BRAND NEW BIKES TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

CEDAR HILL, DESOTO.

AND IT WAS JUST IRONIC THAT WE HAVE ONE GOING TO MAIN PROTECTED LANES.

WE HAVE THREE SIGNS, BRAND NEW SIGNS SAY BICYCLE LANES FROM DANIEL DALE TO DUNCANVILLE, THREE GREEN SIGNS.

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IF YOU TURN RIGHT, IT'LL LEAD YOU TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND THEN AT A DEAD END.

IF YOU FOLLOW THE NEXT ONE, IT'LL LEAD YOU TO A DUMP APPROXIMATELY 330 YARDS.

GUYS, WE'RE WE HAVE PUPPY PARKS.

WE HAVE WIFFLE BALLS.

STILL, THE NUMBER ONE FAMILY EXERCISE IS CYCLING.

WE ARE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS.

COME ON, GUYS, IF I HAD, I PLAY POKER EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU GUYS WOULD BE THE BEST POKER PARTNERS.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW NOTHING.

GIVE ME A VOTE OR DO SOMETHING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT COMES BETWEEN PEOPLE.

LIKE I MEAN, LIFE IS A BICYCLE LIGHT, BUT THIS IS IT.

THIS IS WHAT SAVE OUR LIFE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TAI FENG LU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAVE THE 434 BLUE RIDGE DRIVE.

WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION ABOUT THE MAKER.

THANK YOU. PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL.

MY TOPIC IS MAKE DANVILLE MORALLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE COUNTRY.

MY SUGGESTION TO THE ISD, MAYBE BEYOND YOU GUYS CONTROL, COUNCIL WHETHER WE NEED TO LET THEM REALIZE THAT WE NEED A HOUSE OF CARDS SIGNED.

TUNE IN ON MONDAY.

BESIDES PARENTS SIGNATURE, INCLUDING STATEMENT, WHO DID WHAT AND WHEN TO AVOID THE KIDS, IMITATE THE PARENTS SIGNATURE.

OKAY, THAT BRING FAMILY MORALITY AND THE FAMILY MEMBER TOGETHER.

PLUS THE KIDS KNOWS HOW TO HELP WITH HOUSE CHORES AND MORALITY.

DISCIPLINE IS HAPPENING IN THE FAMILY.

OKAY, NUMBER TWO IS A WEEKLY JOURNAL ALSO TURNING ON MONDAY.

FOUR PARAGRAPHS.

FIRST ONE IS WORLD NEWS.

SECOND ONE LOCAL NEWS.

THIRD ONE THE FAMILY LIFE.

FIRST ONE.

SCHOOL LIFE.

SO KIDS HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH CLASSROOM TEACHER AND TEACHER BEFORE PAY HOME VISIT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FAMILY. OKAY.

AND I HOPE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER CAN DO SOMETHING TO ISD.

THAT'S THE MORAL BEAUTIFY DUNCANVILLE.

SO THAT WE LET THE CHAMPION OF CORRUPTION KNOW.

SORRY. CITY OF CHAMPION.

BECOME REALITY.

OKAY. EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S MY POINT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR THIS EVENING.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

ITEM FOUR A CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 6TH, 2024 WITH CORRECTIONS AND AUGUST 20TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETINGS.

ITEM FOUR BE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFQ 240027 TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT LEAD PIPE FINANCIAL ADVISOR SERVICES TO HILLTOP SECURITIES, INCORPORATED THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR THE FINANCIAL ADVISING SERVICES RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE TX CDB GRANT FOR THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A BASE FEE OF $25,000, PLUS MUNICIPAL SECURITIES AND ISSUANCE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FINANCIAL ADVISING FEES NOT YET IDENTIFIED.

ITEM FOUR C CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFQ 240026.

TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT TO CDB LEAD PIPE BOND COUNCIL SERVICES TO NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT, US, LLP THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR BOND COUNCIL SERVICES RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE TX CDB GRANT FOR THE LEAD SERVICE SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A BASE FEE OF $10,000, PLUS ASSOCIATED BOND COUNCIL FEES

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ITEM 4D CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFQ 240024.

TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT LEAD PIPE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO MRB GROUP PC THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,876,742, AND AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $431,511.30 AS A PROJECT CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,308,253.30. ITEM FOUR.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HILLTOP SECURITIES, MRP GROUP PC, AND NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US, LLP TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ADVISING, ENGINEERING AND BOND COUNSEL SERVICES, RESPECTIVELY, RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

ITEM FOUR F.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER 13 FOR IFB 21002 DANIEL DALE ROAD STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND SUBSURFACE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WITH PAVE CON PUBLIC WORKS, L.P.

TO WITHHOLD AND RETAIN THE SUM OF $88,769.40 FOR THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR NON COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS.

ITEM FOUR G.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE RENEWAL OF AND AUTHORIZING A FIVE YEAR FIXED RENTAL MASTER AGREEMENT FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COPIERS. CITY-WIDE WITH UBIO BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., WITH AN ESTIMATED YEARLY AMOUNT OF $76,796, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $384,480 OVER THE FIVE YEAR FIXED AGREEMENT.

ITEM FOUR H.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INITIAL ONE YEAR TERM WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS, FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS FOR CONTRACT 3200146 WITH EXCLUSIVE PROTECTION SERVICES, LLC TO PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,290 ANNUALLY.

ITEM FOUR I CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FIELD AND TURF, TURF, IRRIGATION SERVICE PRODUCTS, LANDSCAPING PRODUCTS, SPECIALTY CONDITIONERS, SOILS, GROUND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND SUPPLIES WITH EWING IRRIGATION PRODUCTS, INC. THROUGH BY BOARD CONTRACTS SEVEN, 5-23 AND 70623, WITH AN ESTIMATED YEARLY AMOUNT OF $25,000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AMOUNT AMOUNTING TO $125,000, WITH AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $18,750 AS 15% CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $143,750.

ITEM FOUR J.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH BY BOARD 72423 TO PURCHASE SEVEN CHEVY CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES TO INCLUDE UPFITTING AND PAINTING IN AN EXPENDITURE AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $560,000, SUPERSEDING A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024234.

ITEM 4K CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TODO VERDE, LLC TO PROVIDE IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK SUPPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $442,700, FOR A TOTAL OF $494,769, INCLUSIVE OF PAYMENT OWED FOR WORK ALREADY PERFORMED.

THANK YOU. CITY SECRETARY.

A LOT OF WORDS.

THANK YOU. THERE WEREN'T ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AT THE END OF BRIEFING, SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A MOTION.

[01:25:02]

SECOND. MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE. BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM FIVE.

AND ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON ITEM A TAKE NECESSARY ACTION.

AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THERE WERE NO ACTIONS NECESSARY.

[5.B. Conduct a Public Hearing on the FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON FY 20 2520 2425.

PROPOSED BUDGET.

MISS OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO AS A OVERALL BUDGET SNAPSHOT HERE, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IN THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON A TAX RATE OF 0.614834, WHICH GENERATES APPROXIMATELY 934,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM TAXES.

THIS BUDGET ALSO ASSUMES THE INCREASE IN SENIORS OVER 65 AND DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS WERE APPLIED.

WE INCREASED THAT FROM 35 TO 40,000 FOR THIS TAX YEAR.

IT ASSUMES AN INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER RATES AS A PART OF THAT FIVE YEAR RATE INCREASE STRATEGY.

A 5% ADJUSTMENT TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GARBAGE RATES FOR CPI INCREASES.

AND CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND COMPLETION, AS WELL AS PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FOR MEMBERSHIPS AND RENTALS. SO JUST A QUICK BUDGET HIGHLIGHT THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES MULTIPLE FUNDS HERE.

SO NON-PERSONNEL HIGHLIGHTS.

THIS BUDGET INCLUDES PURCHASING OF ADDITIONAL LIBRARY MATERIAL FOR BOOKS AND MEDIA SO WE CAN STAY CURRENT ON MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, PARKS, AMENITY, ANNUAL REPLACEMENTS, THINGS LIKE BLEACHERS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, BARRELS, TABLES, GRILLS.

1.7 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE.

FLOCK CAMERAS, WHICH IS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL.

DESTINATION EVENTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

FUNDING FOR THE ARTS WITH HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS.

ESTABLISHING A K-9 UNIT WITH ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS.

DRAINAGE AND WATER. SEWER MASTER PLANS AND CONTINUATION OF MASTER PLANS WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE WORKS, SUCH AS DOG PARK.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAD.

STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FIELD.

HOUSE FOR THE PERSONNEL.

2% COLA FOR FULL TIME STAFF AND UP TO 1% MERIT INCREASE.

IT INCLUDES 8% INCREASE IN MEDICAL INSURANCE RATES FOR STAFF.

THE ONLY POSITION CHANGES AND ADDITIONS WE HAVE.

WE UPDATED THE PART TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TO FULL TIME.

THAT IS A POSITION THAT IS FUNDED WITH THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES, AS WELL AS A PART TIME DATA FORENSIC TECHNICIAN WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOME CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS.

IS THE HVAC AND ROOF REPLACEMENT OF THE FIELD HOUSE.

LEAD LINE INVENTORY AND REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS THAT GRANT LOAN APPLICATION THAT'S UNDERWAY, AS WELL AS AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PURSUING THAT PROGRAM AND FUNDING OPTIONS. SO AS AN ALL FUNDS SNAPSHOT HERE.

SO THE TOTAL RESOURCES BY FUND TYPE 98 MILLION.

SO 50% OF THAT IS GENERAL OPERATIONS SUCH AS GENERAL FUND AND DEBT, 34% OF THAT IS ENTERPRISE.

THAT WOULD BE YOUR UTILITY FUND, SANITATION FUNDS.

8% OF THAT IS SPECIAL USE TYPE FUNDS.

AND THEN THE OTHER EIGHT IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECT AND REPLACEMENT FUNDS.

THE EXPENSES BY TYPE 97 MILLION IS PROJECTED TO EXPAND AGAIN.

43% OF THAT IS GENERAL OPERATIONS.

30% OF THAT IS ENTERPRISE FUNDS, 12% IS SPECIAL USE FUNDS, AND 15% OF THAT IS CAPITAL AND REPLACEMENT FUNDS.

SO GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS HERE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET REVENUES, I'M ONLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX, AS THOSE ARE MAKE UP 75% OF OUR BUDGET.

FOR REVENUES. BUT OVERALL FROM ALL OF THE REVENUES IT'S A 5.3% INCREASE OVER THE FY 24 ADOPTED FOR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

SO GETTING INTO CERTIFIED VALUES.

OUR CERTIFIED VALUES DID INCREASE 9% OVER THE 23 TAXABLE VALUES.

THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES CAME TO US ON JULY 25TH FROM THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

SO OF THAT 3.8 BILLION, 7 MILLION OF THAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION.

JUST TO SHOW YOU A VISUAL OF THE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET, OUR TAX RATE OVER THE YEARS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, HOW IT'S CONTINUOUSLY DROPPED, YOU KNOW, AS THE VALUES GO UP, THE RATE GOES DOWN.

IT KIND OF HAS A SEESAW EFFECT.

SHOWING YOU A TABLE HERE OF, AGAIN, THE TAX RATES.

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THAT IS THE RATE. YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO PASS THAT RATE, THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU THE TAXABLE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE AND THE ANNUAL ANNUAL AVERAGE TAX.

SO FROM 24 GOING INTO 25 THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $61.

SO LAST YEAR ON AVERAGE CITIZEN PAID $1,400 FOR THEIR CITY PORTION OF THEIR TAX.

AND FOR 25 IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1500.

AND JUST TO SHOW YOU WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS ON ON THURSDAY, BUT TO SHOW YOU SOME OPTIONS HERE, THE NO NEW REVENUE VERSUS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.

SO AGAIN, $3.8 BILLION IN TAXABLE VALUE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT BREAKS DOWN WITH THE PROPOSED RATE.

SO THE REVENUE THAT THE GENERAL FUND FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BRINGS IN IS 22.3 MILLION.

AT THE PROPOSED RATE.

THERE'S A DEBT PORTION THAT IS THE PORTION WE HAVE TO ASSESS IN ORDER TO PAY BACK DEBT.

AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A TOTAL.

SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THESE WOULD BE THE RATE TO TO RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE, THAT WOULD BE 21.3 MILLION.

THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN REVENUE TO THE CITY OF 1 MILLION.

AND THEN IF WE SAY WE'RE HALFWAY IN BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM RATE IT WOULD BE A APPROXIMATE REDUCTION OF 527,000 IN REVENUE.

THE SECOND TABLE THAT YOU SEE THERE SHOWS YOU WHAT THE AVERAGE IMPACT WOULD BE BASED ON THOSE RATES.

SO AGAIN, AT THE PROPOSED RATE, IT'S AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF ABOUT $61.

IF WE WERE TO GO HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NO NEW AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, IT WOULD INCREASE THE ON AVERAGE, $28.

AND THEN THE NO NEW REVENUE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD DECREASE APPROXIMATELY $5.

THAT'S HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.

SO SALES TAX PROJECTION, OUR BUDGET ASSUMES A FLAT PROJECTION.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF SALES TAX INCREASE AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH INFLATION INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS BUDGET ASSUMES A 0% INCREASE ON SALES TAX.

AND JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OTHER REVENUE.

SO PERMITS AND LICENSING 3.7% INCREASE.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE BUILDING PERMITS.

AND SUCH FINES AND FEES HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES AS REVENUES WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.

INTEREST INCOME HAS HAS INCREASED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

FRANCHISE FEES.

SLIGHT INCREASE CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

THIS INCLUDES THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS HAS HAS A SLIGHT DECREASE AND THEN OUR OTHER SOURCES CATEGORIES IS EVERYTHING ELSE HAS A SLIGHT INCREASE.

SO MOVING ON TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THIS JUST SHOWS YOU TWO DIFFERENT PIE CHARTS.

ONE IS BY THE EXPENSE TYPE LIKE SALARY AND BENEFITS, SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, ETC.

AND THE OTHER PIE CHART SHOWS YOU HOW THE EXPENDITURES BREAK DOWN BY DEPARTMENT.

SO WE ARE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

SO 65% OF THE BUDGET IS SUPPLY, SALARY AND BENEFITS.

LOOKING AT IT BY EXPENSE DEPARTMENT, OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENTS ARE FIRE AND POLICE.

SO THEY GET AT LEAST HALF OF THE THE PIE OF GENERAL FUND.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

BUT JUST OVERALL BASED ON THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND HOW EVERYTHING ROLLS UP.

4.27% INCREASE OVERALL COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

AND THEN BREAKING THE SAME THING DOWN BY DEPARTMENT AGAIN, 4.3% OVERALL COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR FY 23, WE DID COME IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE 4 TO 5% LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.

SO SOME GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE VARIANCES AND HIGHLIGHTS.

SO AGAIN SALARY AND BENEFIT ENHANCEMENTS.

THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF 4%.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION.

AGAIN, THAT'S A 2% COLA.

8% MEDICAL INSURANCE RATES.

AND THEN THE POSITION CHANGES FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOT 2 MILLION INCREASE, BUT IT WAS 700, APPROXIMATELY $700,000 INCREASE THERE.

WE'VE RECLASSIFIED SOME SOFTWARE EXPENSES THAT WERE LOCATED IN OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS.

THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 573,000 THAT WAS RELOCATED TO THAT CATEGORY.

SOME NEW THINGS, $50,000 TOWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT TOOL, WHICH WILL HELP WITH WORKFLOW OF POSTINGS AND SHARED CALENDARS, ARCHIVE ARCHIVING AND MARKETING ENHANCEMENTS SUCH AS CITY HALL, OPEN HOUSE, MEDIA MIXERS, SIGNAGE UPDATES.

THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES UNIFORMS SUCH AS UNIFORM FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

THINGS LIKE POSTAGE, OFFICE SUPPLIES, AMMUNITION, EMS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FUEL FOR OUR VEHICLES.

THE CONTRACTUAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

IT'S A SMALL INCREASE.

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THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES CATEGORY WAS A DECREASE OF 225,000.

THE MAIN CHUNK OF THIS CATEGORY IS FOR OUR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE THAT THE LANDSCAPING AND THE MOWING.

ALSO IT RELATED THINGS LIKE SECURITY CAMERAS AND BUILDING ACCESS, INTERNET NETWORK CONNECTIVITY, AND OUR IN-HOUSE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.

AND THE OTHER FINANCING SECTION IS OUR TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION ITEMS. SO AS A SNAPSHOT FOR THE GENERAL FUND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE, AS WE CALL IT, WHAT WE HAVE IN RESERVE, AS WELL AS WHAT WE TARGET FOR TO HAVE ON HAND.

SO CURRENTLY WE TARGET 60 DAYS WORTH, WHICH IS 16% OF THE BUDGET.

THAT COMES TO 6.9 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FOR RESERVES.

SO ANY AMOUNT OVER AND ABOVE THAT IF WE CALL IT EXCESS.

AND SO THAT WE HAVE 13 MILLION IN EXCESS OVER 60 DAYS.

SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 177 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE.

SO GETTING INTO THE UTILITY FUND THIS AGAIN, THE REVENUE IS BASED ON THE THIRD YEAR OF THE WATER RATE ORDINANCE.

SO A BASE WATER CHARGE INCREASES APPROXIMATELY $2.

THE SEWER CHARGE INCREASES APPROXIMATELY $1, ASSUMING A $5,000 A GALLON USAGE FOR A NON-SENIOR.

IT GOES FROM $97 TO $100.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THIS UTILITY FUND HAS 32 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

THE CONTRACTUAL THE BIGGEST PORTION GOES TOWARDS DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, WHICH IS OUR WATER WHOLESALE WATER SERVICE AND THEN THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THAT DOES OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.

AND ALSO THE UTILITY FUND SUPPORTS UTILITY CIP.

SO 5.3 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED FOR CIP.

AND JUST TO SHOW YOU UTILITY RATES SURVEY AMONGST SOME CITIES, SEE HOW DUNCANVILLE RANKS COMPARED TO OUR BEST SOUTH, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE NEARBY. SO DUNCANVILLE REALLY IS ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE RATES THAT WE ASSESS STORM WATER GARBAGE AS WELL AS WATER AND SEWER.

OKAY. GETTING INTO THE SANITATION FUND, THIS FUNDS OUR GARBAGE COLLECTIONS.

SO THIS ASSUMES A 5% INCREASE DUE TO CPI INCREASE TO THE CITY'S CONTRACT.

THE EXPENDITURES INCLUDE AGAIN, MOST OF IT IS GARBAGE COLLECTION AND LANDFILL.

WE ALSO DO HOUSEHOLD WASTE EVENTS IN THE DALLAS COUNTY HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S ALL BUILT IN TO THIS FUND AS WELL AS WE EMPLOY FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT DO OUR LITTER CONTROL AROUND THE CITY, CLEANING UP OUR LITTER, THE DRAINAGE FUND THIS IS BASED ON THE STORMWATER FEE THAT'S ASSESSED TO CUSTOMERS, AND IT ASSUMES A $1.50 INCREASE PER MONTH.

THIS FUND ALSO SUPPORTS THREE FULL TIME POSITIONS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IN THIS FUND INCLUDE STORMWATER COMPLIANCE, STREET SWEEPING, AS WELL AS ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS 290,000 WAS GOING TO GO TOWARDS CEDAR RIDGE.

THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

HOTEL. MOTEL.

THIS IS A MOTEL HOTEL TAX REVENUE THAT COMES IN THAT CAN BE USED FOR SPECIFIC EXPENSES RELATING TO TOURISM.

SO WE HAVE EIGHT HOTEL MOTELS.

THE COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STABLE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO WORK ON SHORT TERM RENTAL COLLECTIONS.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT DOES HAVE ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER, CONTRACTUALLY.

THE MOST OF IT GOES TOWARDS GRANTS THAT WE AWARD FOR PUTTING ON EVENTS OR FOR ARTS RELATED THING.

IT ALSO HAS SOME FUNDS FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL, INCLUDING WAYFINDING SIGNAGE.

A BIG EXPENSE FOR THIS YEAR IS 1.4 MILLION FOR THE HVAC AND THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT THE FIELDHOUSE.

AND THEN PROPOSING A TRANSFER INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR UP TO 105,000 FOR THE FUNDING FOR ARTS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD OVERSEE, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL CITY EVENTS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL OF THIS WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER, BUT AS EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE, THEN THEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED OVER.

AND THEN LASTLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE REVENUE HERE COMES FROM A HALF-CENT SALES TAX.

AGAIN THAT SALES TAX PROJECTION IS FLAT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, AGAIN ELIGIBLE TRANSFERS FOR EVENTS AND ARTS COMMISSION RELATED ACTIVITY.

THIS FUND HAS 4.5 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT FOR ADMINISTRATION.

CONTRACTUALLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, FOR SURVEYS AND IMPACT STUDIES FUNDING TOWARDS COMP PLAN, FIELDHOUSE STRATEGIC PLAN, UP TO

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AND THEY DO SUPPORT THE FIELDHOUSE FOR THEIR DEBT.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL YEAR FOR THEIR DEBT PAYMENT AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY PAID OFF.

AND OTHER SOURCES REALLY ARE FOR ALL THE INCENTIVES.

SO SIGNAGE DEMOLITION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BEAUTIFICATION COMPONENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT FUNDS THE FLOWERS AND ONE FULL TIMER AND SOME SEASONALS FOR SEASONAL PLANTING AND UPKEEP.

SO JUST SOME REMAINING DATES TO KEEP IN MIND.

WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

AND THEN SEPTEMBER 17TH, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AS WELL AS ALL THE ADOPTIONS.

BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING, I WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS OTEY.

YOU DID IT GOOD. OH, NO.

COULD YOU FORWARD THIS PRESENTATION TO US SO I CAN REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME JUST BEFORE WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

AND JUST REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT THIS PUBLIC OR THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR BY $934,496, OR 4.3%.

AND OF THAT, 400 OR 44,316 IS TAX REVENUE FROM NEW PROPERTY.

SO. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AT THIS POINT, DO YOU NEED TIME ON THAT? YES. 755 AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE MEETING TO IS THERE A DATE? CERTAIN? YES, SIR.

THE 17TH. OKAY.

UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH.

TAKE CARE OF THAT ATTORNEY.

YEAH. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

AND IF THERE ARE, THEY CAN COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.

AND THEN SINCE YOU'VE GOT A A WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, I THINK IT'D BE PRUDENT TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM STAFF THAT YOU ASKED THEM TO BRING BACK SO YOU COULD DISCUSS IT AGAIN IN PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC COULD RESPOND TO ANY AMENDMENTS THAT MAY COME FORWARD AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK SESSION.

OKAY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT WOULD BE CONTINUING IT TO THE 17TH.

THE MEETING ON THE 17TH OR THE 15TH.

NOW WHICH ONE IS IT? 17TH.

IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. WHAT'S THE TIME ON THAT? 7 P.M., 7 P.M..

OKAY. AND IF YOU WOULD DO THAT BY MOTION, WE CAN DO THAT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SUPPORT CONTINUING THIS MEETING TILL THE SEPTEMBER 17TH PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M SORRY. SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GOODIN.

PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. OKAY, NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM C, COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF

[5.C. Council to consider a resolution confirming the City Manager's appointment of Chris Connealy as the Fire Chief.]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE CHIEF KENNEALY HERE.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK INTERIM FIRE CHIEF GREG CHASE.

HE STEPPED UP IN IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

VERY QUICKLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, AND ASK HIM TO SERVE AS THE INTERIM FIRE CHIEF.

AND HE CERTAINLY HAS DONE THAT ADMIRABLY.

ADMIRABLY. AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DUNCANVILLE.

CHIEF CHASE AND AND FOR THE CERTAINLY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD SOME INTERESTING EVENTS THIS YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

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IT'S MY PLEASURE.

AND ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK CHIEF KENEALLY TO COME TO THE PODIUM, TO THE TO THE LECTURE.

BUT IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CHIEF KENEALLY.

CHIEF, WE HAD 27 APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION OF FIRE CHIEF AND A NATIONWIDE SEARCH, AND WE WENT THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH, EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS. I THINK ALL OF THE CANDIDATES CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THEY'VE EVER HAD TO ASK IN SITTING IN FRONT OF PANELS.

BUT CHIEF KENEALLY BRINGS WITH HIM JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION.

HE HOLDS A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EXECUTIVE FIRE SERVICE LEADERSHIP.

HE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN FIRE ADMINISTRATION, ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND FIRE PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY, AND AS A HARVARD UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRADUATE.

ADDITIONALLY, HE HOLDS A SLEW OF CERTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS, INCLUDING ACCREDITED FIRE CHIEF, NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY'S EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM, CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, CERTIFIED MASTER FIREFIGHTER OFFICER, FIRE OFFICER 123, INSTRUCTOR THREE, CERTIFIED FIRE OFFICER ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BY THE PRO BOARD AND HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE CHIEF FOR CEDAR PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOU ALL GET TO KNOW CHIEF KENNEALY.

JUST A FANTASTIC GUY.

AND AND AS I WAS SAYING TO SOME OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS WHEN I MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK, I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED.

WE HAD A INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, AND WE HAVE AN A NATIONWIDE SEARCH.

NOW, WE'LL HAVE TWO OF THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES IN THE NATION LEADING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME CHIEF KENNEALY.

AND COUNCIL CERTAINLY WOULD ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION IN CONFIRMING CHIEF KENNELLY'S APPOINTMENT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY. MOTION BY.

TO APPROVE. BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENEALLY? NO.

OKAY. WITH THAT, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE IN DUNCANVILLE.

AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST STOP IN MY CAREER.

AND I WANT TO MAKE IT THE BEST STOP.

AND I'M COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO JUST FURTHER ENHANCE A WONDERFUL CITY.

AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I BELIEVE IN GETTING THINGS DONE AND I'M READY TO GET TO WORK.

AND IT'S BEEN A FULL FIRST DAY.

AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE BORED.

AND Y'ALL WON'T. I WON'T BE IN THAT POSITION HERE.

I DON'T SOUND LIKE IT AT ALL.

SO I'M GOOD FOR ME.

AND AND I HOPE WE'RE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M READY TO GET TO WORK.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[5.D. Consider a Resolution approving a Facility Use Agreement with alcohol at the Duncanville Fieldhouse for the Duncanville Chamber of Commerce's Fun After 5 event on September 19, 2024.]

BRASFIELD MAYOR.

COUNCIL. DOUG GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M CRAIG BRASFIELD, GENERAL MANAGER AT THE FIELDHOUSE.

AND COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH, WE HAVE OUR FUN AFTER FIVE EVENT.

HERE'S THE INVITATION THAT WILL BE SENT OUT IN THE COMING DAYS INTO THE WEEK.

THE EVENT IS PRESENTED BY THE DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER.

THE REPUBLIC SERVICES IS THE IS THE HEAD SPONSOR WHILE WE HAVE THE FIELDHOUSE.

EXCUSE ME, THE FIREHOUSE SUBS AND RAISING CANE'S WILL BE PROVIDING THE FOOD FOR US ALONG WITH THE FIELDHOUSE GRILL.

THE EVENT DATE IS SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024.

THAT'S A THURSDAY COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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AND THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE HOSTED THIS EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY INTACT THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTING US WITH THIS EVENT THROUGH THE YEARS. THE GUIDELINES FOR THE FOR THE EVENT ALL THE ALCOHOL THAT COMES INTO THE FACILITY WILL BE PURCHASED, DELIVERED, SERVED AND REMOVED BY THE CHAMBER.

NO CITY EMPLOYEES WILL BE TOUCHING OR CONSUMING ALCOHOL.

BEVERAGES SHALL BE CONSUMED IN THE DESIGNATED AREA AND NOT ALLOWED IN ANY RESTROOMS, CARS, PARKING LOTS, OR TO LEAVE THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY.

EVERYONE MUST DISPOSE OF THEIR ALCOHOL AS THEY LEAVE THE SPECIFIC AREA.

WE WILL REQUIRE THE THE CHAMBER TO PROVIDE A TABC LICENSE SERVER BY RULE THAT WAS SET DOWN BY COUNCIL IN PAST YEARS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER.

CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. POLICE OFFICER, PRESIDENT PRESENT.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS IN THE VENUE AS WELL DURING THE EVENT.

AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO WAIVE THE $50 ALCOHOL FEE WHICH IS JUST A CONTRACT FEE, AS WE'RE ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE EVENT. AND WITH THAT, I TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE ONE JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE I KNOW I'LL GET ASKED.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE THESE EVENTS IN THE PAST WITH THE ALCOHOL THERE.

I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I KNOW OF.

BUT THE QUESTION WILL COME UP.

ARE THERE EVENTS GOING ON IN THE FIELDHOUSE DURING THAT EVENT THAT INVOLVED CHILDREN BEING PRESENT? NO EVENTS, BUT THERE ARE PRACTICES AND ONGOING PROGRAMS WITH OUR PARTNERS.

BUT NO EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I'D GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

PLEASE VOTE.

UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I INVITE ALL YOU GUYS TO SHOW.

COME WITH US AND HEAR ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE'RE DOING AT THE FIELDHOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[5.E. Authorization of Military Makeover Program Details]

AUTHORIZATION FOR MILITARY MAKEOVER PROGRAM DETAILS.

OKAY. DAVID KEYES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE WERE APPROACHED, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO VIA EMAIL, THAT MILITARY MAKEOVER WITH MONTEL WILLIAMS WANTED TO COME TO DUNCANVILLE AND HONOR A DUNCANVILLE FAMILY THAT ARE VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.

AND SO THEY'RE IN THEIR 40TH SEASON.

THE RESIDENT IS SERGEANT KEVIN JONES, AND THEY'LL DO A FULL MAKEOVER BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 18TH AND 29TH, WITH A FINAL CELEBRATION REVEAL ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

AS PART OF THIS, THEY HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF REQUESTS AND ASKED FOR STAFF'S HELP IN SOME THINGS AND TO WAIVE SOME FEES THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED NORMALLY WITH LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT WHERE STREETS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN OR RENTAL FEES THAT THEY MIGHT INCUR FOR A PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER FOR SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL REQUESTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO MAKE THOSE, GRANT THOSE REQUESTS SO THAT WE CAN BE AS ACCOMMODATING AS WE CAN AS THIS CREW COMES IN AND CELEBRATES ONE OF DUNCANVILLE GREAT FAMILIES AND HONORS OF VETERAN WITH A SPECIAL PARTY, WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THIS.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT ON THE DAY OF THE 29TH TO REALLY HELP CELEBRATE THIS FAMILY.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THIS WE'RE JUST AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TO WORK WITH MILITARY MAKEOVER.

AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OPPOSITION WITH THIS YOU KNOW,

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COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ. YOU KNOW, MILITARY MAKEOVER IS MR. KEYES WAS SAYING REACHED OUT TO US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD REFER TO AS A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING OR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION MEETING, BUT THEY'VE MET WITH SOME OF THE STAFF.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD TAKE ANY RESOURCES AWAY.

I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT WOULD REALLY HELP HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN DUNCANVILLE AND THE THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL SEE IS WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND HELP WITH THIS.

AND I THINK REALLY MY CONCERN WAS THE FEES, MAKING SURE THAT COUNCIL WAS OKAY WITH WAIVING THE FEES FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS OR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, AS WELL AS THE HONORARY DESIGNATION OF THE STREET DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.

THAT'S THAT'S ALSO IN THE RESOLUTION.

SO THERE WILL BE A IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT, AN ADDITIONAL SIGN UNDERNEATH THE STREET SIGN THAT WILL JUST SAY MILITARY MAKEOVER AVENUE, I BELIEVE. MR. JERRY BROWN. THANKS, MAYOR.

SO WHO DO WE CONTACT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING? I'M NOT SURE. HAVE THEY GIVEN US THAT INFORMATION YET? SO THERE'S A PRESS RELEASE THAT'S BEEN POSTED TO THE WEBSITE MICROPHONE.

THERE'S A PRESS RELEASE THAT'S BEEN POSTED TO THE WEBSITE, AND DOWN ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY.

THERE IS A LINK AND YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THAT LINK AND SIGN UP.

THANKS. AND I DO KNOW THAT IN MEETING WITH THE PRODUCTION CREW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK ON THE 29TH IS THAT ANYBODY THAT COMES OUT FOR THAT CELEBRATION TO WEAR A CIVIC TYPE SHIRT, POSSIBLY BRANDED AS DUNCANVILLE.

BUT IF YOU'VE GOT AN ORGANIZATION, SAY THAT KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD.

IF THEY COME OUT AND THEY DO SOME WORK AND THEY COME OUT TO THIS CELEBRATION, THEY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING.

WEAR KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD SHIRT SO THAT AS THE TRUCK ROLLS BY AND THEY PAN ACROSS THE CROWD OF PEOPLE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT CIVIC PRIDE SHOWN.

AND THIS THIS SHOWS ON LIFETIME.

THIS I MEAN. SO THIS IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT THING.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET YOUR CIVIC PRIDE OUT THERE.

COUNCILMAN MCCURTIS.

YES, SIR. WELL, I JUST FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF OUR THE PACKET WE RECEIVED, IT SAYS INFO AT MILITARY MAKEOVER.TV, SO MIGHT BE A PLACE TO START FOR THE VOLUNTEER.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CITY SECRETARY, CAN WE HAVE SOME NEW SHIRTS BY THE END? COUNCILMAN, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU.

COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SIGN THAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO PUT? SO WE'RE STILL IN TALKS WITH THEM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD DO IT IS THAT THE STREET SIGN WHERE THE FAMILY LIVES IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CUSTOM MAKE A SIGN THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO OURS. THEY'VE ALREADY ASKED FOR HOW OUR SIGNS LOOK AND THE SIZE, SPECS AND EVERYTHING FROM OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN PRINT ONE THAT'S IN THAT STYLE, THAT SAME SIZE THAT WE COULD THEN PUT UNDER THAT SIGN SO THAT AS PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S MILITARY MAKEOVER AVENUE.

OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, JUST FOR THE TIME FRAME OF CORRECT.

JUST FOR THE TWO WEEKS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION THAT IT ENDS ON THE 29TH.

IT GOES AWAY ON THE 29TH.

OKAY. WELL IT IS NOT A PERMANENT NEW SIGN.

WELL YEAH. DESPITE THE NAKEDLY SELF-PROMOTING ASPECT OF THIS, I MEAN, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION. SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MAC BARNETT.

PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[5.F. Consider a resolution authorizing the approval of the purchase of a vehicle from Classic Chevrolet that will be used in the support of the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC), in the expenditure amount not to exceed $56,044.90.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE FROM CLASSIC CHEVROLET THAT WILL BE USED IN THE SUPPORT OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 56,044 AND $0.90.

AND PRESENTING IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR VICTOR BARRERA.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU.

IN THIS YEAR'S CURRENT BUDGET, THERE IS $100,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE.

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EXCUSE ME THREE QUOTES FROM LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERS.

THE LOWEST QUOTE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS FROM CLASSIC CHEVROLET AND GRAPEVINE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,044.90.

THE RECOMMENDED VEHICLE WAS A CHEVROLET TAHOE ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER TAHOES IN THE FLEET, AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO SERVICE A SIMILAR VEHICLE THAT'S IN THE FLEET.

AT THE LAST MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, THE DC EDC UNANIMOUSLY.

EXCUSE ME, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE.

AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE IS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTS THE CITY'S EFFORTS FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I SEE IN THIS CURRENT ADOPTED BUDGET OF 100,000 FOR THE PURCHASE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BUT THEN IN WATCHING THE EDC LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A VOTE FOR IT.

SO HELP EDUCATE ME ON IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN IN THE BUDGET, THEN WHY DID IT HAVE TO GO TO THE EDC? THAT'S QUESTION FIRST QUESTION.

AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES BECAUSE IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, THEN WHY DID WE HAVE TO GET A VOTE FROM THE CORPORATION? OKAY. BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT.

RIGHT. SO AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR BREWER AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, BUT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY FOR THE EDC, IT DOESN'T NOT NECESSARILY.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CONFIRM THIS.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT POLICY.

AND SO WHETHER IT'S 3000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, 100,000, ULTIMATELY, THE D.C.

EDC BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT NOW, ABSENT OF A PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANYTHING.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE A PURCHASE OF THEIRS.

AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S OVER $50,000, OBVIOUSLY IT'S COMING TO COUNCIL.

SO PER THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT POLICY FOR CITY PROCUREMENT POLICY, IT HAD TO GO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

THE DC, THE DC, DC DOESN'T HAVE ONE.

BUT THEN WHY IS IT AS CAPITAL OUTLAY OF 100,000 IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET? RIGHT. SO THE BUDGET IS THE PLACEHOLDER EARMARKING THE MONEY.

AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE.

AM I CORRECT IN THAT? CITY ATTORNEY? YES. OKAY.

THEN ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHO WILL ACTUALLY OWN IT? THERE WOULD BE DC, EDC OR WILL IT BE ECONOMIC? THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.

AND WHO WILL PAY THE INSURANCE? THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD QUESTION.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE EDC BYLAWS TO TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND PROVIDE MORE CLARITY.

IF THEY BUY IT, THEY OWN IT, THEY BUY IT, THEY OWN IT, A SEPARATE CORPORATION, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OWN PROPERTY.

AND THIS IS PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH IF THEY PURCHASED IT, IF THEY PURCHASED IT, THEN IT'S THEIRS AND THE INSURANCE AS WELL FOR THE VEHICLE.

YES. OKAY.

SHOULD BE AND THEN QUALIFY SINCE WE DON'T OWN IT UNDER OUR POLICY.

OKAY, SO DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE? BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE WAS NO REPORT GIVEN IN THE PREVIOUS NO FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS DC-DC MEETING.

FINANCIAL UPDATE REPORT.

SO DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE STILL EARMARKED AND AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURCHASE? YES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MONTHLY REPORTS BECAUSE THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE AGENDA AND WE ASKED NOT TO PROCEED WITH PROVIDING OUR REGULAR REPORTS AND ASKED TO HAVE THOSE REPORTS PROVIDED AT A FUTURE MEETING.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK MISS OTEY, OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR, TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET.

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YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS? BUT BEFORE I GO TO THOSE, I WANT TO JUST ASK.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER THE CITY WILL PAY FOR THE INSURANCE OR WHETHER DCDC WILL PAY FOR THE INSURANCE.

WHOEVER OWNS THE PROPERTY SHOULD PURCHASE THE INSURANCE.

OKAY. IF DCD IF THEY GET A WRITER THROUGH US, THEN THERE WOULD BE A QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THEY OUGHT TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THAT PAYMENT.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE CORPORATION HOLDS ALL OF ITS PROPERTY IN TRUST FOR THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.

OKAY. SAME, SAME A SEPARATE CORPORATION.

SIMILAR QUESTION FOR THE SAME REASON.

AND IT MIGHT SOUND MINUTE, BUT I WANT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS.

SO AS THIS GOES FORWARD, IF IT WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE VOTE TONIGHT IS THE THE GAS THAT'S USED SINCE IT'S EDC, ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO A GAS STATION.

ARE THEY GOING TO DRIVE DOWN AND GET OUR GAS FREE? I DON'T KNOW.

GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE FOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND OR ITS DIRECTOR, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AND ALONG THAT SAME LINE, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND AND IN THAT SAME LINE.

SO IT'S ANOTHER JUST ANOTHER CONSIDERATION OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR DOING THAT.

COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER.

YEAH. LISTENING TO THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET.

AND I'M HESITANT TO VOTE ON IT PERSONALLY.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, AS FAR AS THE NEED FOR IT.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF MAYBE WHEN WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED IT IN THE PAST? LIKE EXAMPLES OF EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE COULD HAVE USED IT.

YEAH. SO GOOD QUESTION.

SO ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE PROVIDED A MISS DAY AND I PROVIDED A TOUR TO A GROUP OF INVESTORS SLASH DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THERE WAS A NEED FOR A VEHICLE, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LOAN US THEIR VEHICLE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER TOUR SET UP FOR TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WITH ANOTHER GROUP THAT WANTS TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANT TO SHOW THEM OF SEVERAL AVAILABLE PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO SET UP A TOUR WITH A REAL ESTATE GROUP THAT HAS LISTINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, WANTS TO KNOW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE A TOUR TO THAT GROUP AS WELL.

OKAY. AND I THINK I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S OKAY. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW THEN? WE BORROW A POLICE CAR.

DO WE LOOK AT RENTING A VEHICLE GOAL OR FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'VE BEEN BORROWING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VEHICLE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THAT CAR BACK SOON.

SO TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, WE'RE ON BORROWED TIME.

BUT WE JUST HAPPEN TO THE VEHICLE JUST HAPPENS TO BE AVAILABLE AND WE'RE USING IT.

SO IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THUS FAR.

OKAY. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW EXCEPT TO SAY SOME OF THESE OTHER ISSUES AS FAR AS OWNERSHIP AND INSURANCE, DO WE HAVE A DOES THE CDC HAVE A POLICY THAT IT COULD BE ADDED TO EASILY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF SUCH.

OKAY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED, I THINK, TO BE ANSWERED.

AND MAYBE CONSIDER TABLING THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS ALL GOING TO FALL OUT.

WELL, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THAT.

WE HAVE TWO OTHER LIGHTS ON AND WELL ACTUALLY WELL, YEAH, TWO OTHERS.

BUT I HAVE A QUESTION THAT KIND OF SPINS OFF OF WHAT YOU SAID INITIALLY.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY PREFERENCE TONIGHT THAT WE HAD SOME TYPE OF A A PREPARED LIST SHOWING US OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR WHAT THIS VEHICLE COULD BE USED FOR AND WHAT WHAT'S BEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE COULD GO BACK IN RECORDS AND FIND.

HOW MANY GROUPS HAVE WE DRIVEN AROUND? I MEAN, YOUR NEW DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT WITHOUT SOME EVIDENCE THAT THAT CAR IS NOT GOING TO BE SITTING, THAT VEHICLE IS NOT GOING TO BE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT 90% OF THE TIME. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THAT'S GOING TO BE EVEN WITH THOSE VISITS.

YOU MENTIONED THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE PARKED MAYBE AN OCCASIONAL TRIP TO A A STORE OF SOME TYPE TO BUY SUPPLIES FOR AN EVENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT SOMETHING, A PREPARED STATEMENT BE GIVEN TO US THAT WOULD INDICATE MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE THREE YOU MENTIONED.

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NOW, YOU MAY BE A LITTLE MORE DETERMINED TO HAVE THOSE VISITS, AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE YOU FROM THAT, BUT THE TRACK RECORD HASN'T BEEN GOOD ON THE USE OF VEHICLES LIKE THIS THAT TEND TO SIT MORE THAN THEIR BY BY A LONG MARGIN.

THEY SIT A LOT MORE THAN THEY ARE ACTUALLY USED.

SO NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WOULD BE FACED WITH IN TERMS OF THE USE FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER THAT WE'VE STILL GOT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.

COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION GOES TOWARDS THE CITY ATTORNEY.

IF THE FOUR BONES IT CAN.

CAN ANYONE ELSE DRIVE IT? OR WHO WHO WOULD BE DESIGNATED TO DRIVE IT? UNLESS WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD THAT WE COULD USE IT FOR CITY PURPOSES, IT WOULD BE FOR BE RELATED LIABILITY.

QUESTION. SO YOU'LL ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO USE YOUR VEHICLE, OKAY.

AND MAY AFFECT INSURANCE AND LIABILITY ISSUES DEPENDING ON HOW THAT POLICY IS PURCHASED AND SHAKES OUT.

IF MR. PENNEBAKER'S GOT THAT MOTION I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY. WE HAVE MR. KOONTZ HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO IT YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS HERE THAT PROBABLY NEED ANSWERING BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE UNDER A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF IN THE PAST.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CITY WAS BEING MARKETED AND PROMOTED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE.

I YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS STAFF IS IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THAT REGARD.

AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS IS NEEDED.

BUT I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT GAS AND MAINTENANCE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS YOU KNOW, CAN YOU CAN YOU QUANTIFY, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME COSTS THAT LOOKS LIKE THE EDC IS GOING TO HAVE NOT US.

BUT BUT CAN WE, YOU KNOW, QUANTIFY, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF HAVING IT AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO BRING IN AND TO SHOW OFF OUR CITY AND A CAR THAT MAY OR MAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WON'T BREAK DOWN AND THAT HAS AIR CONDITIONING AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF PART OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN ACTUAL TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS PERHAPS.

SURE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE VISITED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, CONFERENCES THAT WE'VE ATTENDED, AND ALSO TOURS THAT WE'VE WE'VE PROVIDED AND ARE SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE, IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. I HAVE A THANK YOU.

I WOULD THINK THAT MOST OF THE PROGRESSIVE CITIES AROUND US HAVE SOME FORM OF A VEHICLE FOR THIS PURPOSE.

A LOT OF THEM MAYBE HAVE A A DIFFERENT BUDGET THAN WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING TO BE SMART ABOUT IT.

SO A LOT OF WAYS ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE TONIGHT.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT.

SO IF WE COME BACK AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED TODAY, SOME POINTS OF CLARIFICATION SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING FOR, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS GOODEN'S.

GOT A QUESTION? ONE MORE.

SO 56 ROUGHLY.

THAT WOULD BE THE FULL COST.

THAT WOULD BE THE WRAPPING OR ANY IDENTIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE.

THAT'S THE FULL TOTAL PACKAGE.

NO, THE 56 IS JUST FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE.

ANY ANY BRANDING, ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS WOULD BE A SEPARATE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

THE 56,000 IS JUST TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.

OKAY. SO WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK, COULD YOU BRING THAT ADDITIONAL PACKAGE? YES. NOT A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN KOONTZ.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAD.

SO THE THE EDC, EDC THEY DID APPROVE THIS UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WELL, THERE WERE THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES.

THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS, BUT NO, THEY DID NOT ASK THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, ASKED THIS EVENING.

NO, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL IS COMING FROM AND DEFINITELY CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AT A FUTURE MEETING.

OKAY, SO WE HAD A MOTION TO TABLE BY COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BURNETTE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO THE YES VOTE IS TO TABLE THE THE MOTION TO TABLE THE REQUEST.

PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY. IT'S THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS REQUEST.

VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

GREG CONTRERAS, DE GOODIN, KYLE PENNEBAKER, AND DON MCBURNETT.

AND OH.

I'M LOSING MY LIGHTS HERE.

DID YOU ALREADY FLIP OFF THE LIGHTS? OKAY, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THEM.

CAN YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR LIGHTS BACK ON, PLEASE? MR. KOONTZ, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A NO VOTE, A NO VOTE.

OKAY. PLEASE RECORD.

MR. KOONTZ VOTE IS A NO VOTE.

COUNCILMAN. VERACRUZ IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION AND COUNCILWOMAN KAREN CHERRY BROWN IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS.

[6.A. Council to receive a briefing on the Mobile Food Vendor ordinance, particularly for snow cone vendors.]

WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER.

JUST TO THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT WAS A EXAMPLE FROM THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ON HOW SNOW CONE VENDORS ARE TREATED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN TERMS OF SOME EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY GET UNDER THEIR MOBILE FOOD ORDINANCE.

AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ARE IN OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH I DID ALSO ATTACH TO THE STAFF REPORT.

AND THAT IN THIS ONE, IN OUR MOBILE FOOD VENDOR ORDINANCE, A COMMISSARY IS REQUIRED FOR A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR TO OPERATE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMIT IF THEY'RE PROVIDING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT.

SO THE DEFINITION SELLS EDIBLE GOODS FROM A MOBILE VENDING UNIT.

EDIBLE GOODS INCLUDES SHAVED ICE SANDWICHES, TACOS.

NOW, THAT'S NOT SNOW CONE JET.

IT'S ALSO NOT ICE CREAM.

THAT'S JUST SHAVED ICE.

BUT WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER.

WE DO HAVE AN EXEMPTION FOR FROZEN NOVELTIES SUCH AS ICE CREAM BAR, POPSICLES, AND ANY OTHER TYPES OF FROZEN FOOD PURSUANT TO A VALID PERMIT ISSUED UNDER CHAPTER 13.

SO I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE RELEVANT PART OF CHAPTER 13, AND CHIEF STOGNER IS GOING TO GET MAD AT ME ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE POLICE CHIEF.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MOBILE FOOD VENDING UNIT THAT SELLS ICE CREAM AND IT ONLY REFERENCES ICE CREAM, SO I GO BACK AGAIN TO DOESN'T SAY SHAVED ICE, DOESN'T SAY I MEAN NOVELTY PRODUCTS IN THE EXEMPTIONS THERE SUCH AS POPSICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE THIS IN OUR ORDINANCE, AND I BELIEVE PART OF WHY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER WAS REQUESTING WE LOOK AT THIS IS WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF VENDORS THAT WANT TO COME TO US TO DO SHAVED ICE OR TO DO SOME OF THESE FROZEN PRODUCTS, AND IF WE DON'T EXEMPT THEM AND WE FORCE THEM TO GO GET A PERMIT FROM THE POLICE CHIEF, WHERE THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION WITH THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF STUFF, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO.

AND ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO, AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FORT WORTH EXEMPTION, IS THAT THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM HAVING TO HAVE A COMMISSARY, THAT THEY GO BACK AND DUMP THEIR WASTE AT.

PART OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND MISS DAY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS CONFIRMED THIS IS THAT SOME OF OUR MOBILE FOOD VENDORS,

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AND SO THEIR DRIVE TO DALLAS OR THEIR DRIVE, I DON'T EVEN THINK CEDAR HILL OR DESOTO HAS ONE.

SO THEY HAVE TO DRIVE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT TO GO DUMP ANY LIQUID WASTE.

AND USUALLY WITH THESE FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS, THEY CREATE LESS WASTE THAN, SAY, YOUR BARBECUE OR FOR YOUR TACOS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE FOR THEM TO DRIVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO THIS EVENING WAS HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE STAFF BRING SOMETHING BACK WHERE PARTICULARLY THESE FROZEN FOOD VENDORS, AND MAYBE NAME THEM A LITTLE BETTER THAN HOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY NAMED IN THE ORDINANCE AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THEM AND POSSIBLY EXEMPT THOSE SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE SO FAR FOR A COMMISSARY.

QUESTIONS? MR. PENNYBAKER, WILL YOU READ MY MIND? I DIDN'T EVEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

I JUST SENT IT IN.

YOU NAILED IT ON THE HEAD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS THE COMMISSARY IN DUNCANVILLE.

AND THE CLOSEST ONE IS NORTH OAK CLIFF OR DALLAS.

DOWNTOWN DALLAS WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE A THIS IS ONE OF THEM'S A FAMILY OWNED PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

THEY WANT TO DO SOME THINGS IN DUNCANVILLE BESIDES JUST THE SNOW CONE.

BUT IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE A COMMISSARY SO FAR AWAY, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE DUNCANVILLE, GO OUT OF TOWN, GO TO DALLAS, GET THEIR TRUCK, BRING IT BACK HERE. END OF THE DAY, GO BACK OUT TO DALLAS AND THEN COME BACK HERE.

AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY'RE GOING TO REALIZE ONCE I DRIVE OUT TO DALLAS, MY ABILITY TO OPERATE, MY RADIUS CHANGES.

I HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN DOWNTOWN AND ARLINGTON.

SO WE'RE EFFECTIVELY PUSHING PEOPLE OUT OF DUNCANVILLE THAT WANT TO START UP FOOD TRUCKS OR FOOD TRUCKS IS DIFFERENT, BUT THE SNOW CONE VENDORS, JUST AS FAR AS A BUSINESS ASPECT OF THINGS, THE SNOW CONE INDUSTRY IS A $3.9 BILLION BUSINESS, AND IT'S GROWING AT ABOUT 5% A YEAR.

SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO HAPPEN THERE IN DUNCANVILLE IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HAVING IDEAS OF HAVING FOOD TRUCK PARKS AND BIKE LANES RUNNING THROUGH TOWN.

THE GYM.

I GET CONFUSED ON THE GEN Z, GEN Y AND ALL THAT.

BUT THE YOUNGER GROUP, THEY WANT THESE THINGS AND AND I HOPE WE CAN DO THIS AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR SNOW CONES.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF STICKING YOUR TOE IN THE WATER WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER ORDINANCES WE HAVE AROUND VENDORS TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE IT SO IT'S REALLY EASY FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO WORK OUT OF DUNCANVILLE, SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE.

IT'S KIND OF A A FOOD TRUCK DESERT OUT HERE IN A SENSE.

AND YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER PICTURE.

IT PROVIDES A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO OPEN UP A COMMISSARY IN DUNCANVILLE.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT SOME PEOPLE DOING IT, BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THEY RAN INTO FINDING A COMMISSARY.

THEY COULD THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLE TO EVERY NIGHT.

AND THERE'S JUST OBSTACLES EVERYWHERE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF OTHER ISSUES.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY AS WE DO THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOME OF THESE LOCAL VENDORS.

AND WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND THE SHAVED ICE, THEY THEY ACTUALLY ACT AS INCUBATORS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO WE MIGHT BE HELPING BUSINESSES LAUNCH IN DUNCANVILLE IF WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

NO, BUT I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. PENEBAKER MAYOR ON WHAT HE'S SAYING.

AND IT'S KIND OF A WAY TO INCUBATE AND DO THINGS.

SO AND TO HIS POINT, THERE IS NOT ANY COMMISSARY KITCHENS.

THE CLOSEST ONE IS ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY, BUT IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA THERE ARE NONE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM SIX B COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON ARTS FUNDING.

CITY MANAGER. FINCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IF I JUST COULD ON THAT LAST ITEM.

I'M SENSING GENERAL AGREEMENT.

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YES. OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY.

[6.B. Council to receive a briefing on Arts Funding.]

I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ HAD BROUGHT THIS UP AT OUR MOST RECENT BUDGET WORKSHOP.

THE DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO 15% OF FUNDING OF ARTS THROUGH THE HOT FUNDS.

WE WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A POLICY.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS WEEK.

WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH.

BUT AS WE'RE AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE ITEMS, WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL ITSELF, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO MAYBE WHAT DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. ARE YOU DO YOU WANT US TO BRING A POLICY BACK TO YOU OR ALL OF THE ABOVE? I'D ASK SINCE YOU REMINDED US THAT COUNCILMAN KOONTZ HAD ASKED THAT THIS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR HIS THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I TRY TO SUMMARIZE EXACTLY BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS IN A JOINT MEETING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, OR I BROUGHT IT UP AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION.

AND I KNOW I BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR AS FAR AS WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING.

AND, AND SO AND I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE A BIT IN OUR AGENDA PACKET AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THERE THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.

AND SO I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

BUT SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS I'M ASKING THAT WE ACTUALLY CREATE AN ARTS SPECIAL USE FUND FOR THE ARTS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THIS FUND WOULD ACCOUNT FOR FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PROMOTION, CREATION, PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION OF ART THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.

AND THIS FUND, IF ESTABLISHED, IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGH AN ANNUAL TRANSFER OF 15% OF THE HOTEL LOW OCCUPANCY TAX, AND THAT WOULD BE INDICATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICY.

USE OF THIS FUND WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, AS EXPLAINED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX CODE.

THIS FUND WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IF WE DO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND, AND THIS FUND WOULD BE REGULARLY AVAILABLE TO THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR USES THAT FULFILL THEIR PURPOSES AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENT.

HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSED USES OF THIS FUND, WHETHER PROPOSED BY ANY DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE OR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION, PERSON OR ENTITY, WOULD REQUIRE A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY THE ARTS COMMISSION, APPROVAL BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND FOR PROPOSED USES EXCEEDING $10,000 WOULD ALSO REQUIRE REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I'D MADE THIS AGAIN.

I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND I'D USED THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AS AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS MADE THIS WORK.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES.

I KNOW IN OUR AGENDA PACKET, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND SO AGAIN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY ASKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONSIDER CREATING AN ARTS FUND, AND IT'D BE FUNDED THROUGH A 15%, A TRANSFER OF 15% OF THE THE HOT FUND.

AND AGAIN, THAT BE LIMITED TO USE OF THE ARTS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MISS GOODEN? THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO IN REVIEWING THIS SAME ITEM, I DID SEE SOUTHLAKE AND I ALSO CALLED SOUTHLAKE TO ASK THEM HOW DO THEY HAVE IT SET UP? SO IT WAS A BRIEF CONVERSATION BECAUSE I WAS PREPARING TO COME HERE TO COUNCIL, AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE A PHONE CALL BACK FROM THEM UNTIL LATE HOUR.

BUT THEY DO USE THE 15%.

STOP. NO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

GO. GO AHEAD AND FINISH.

BUT JUST A REMINDER FROM THE ATTORNEY THAT THIS IS A BRIEFING AND THERE WILL BE NO DELIBERATION, BUT YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY. SO WELL, NO, I WOULD JUST COMPLETELY SAY I AGREE AND SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ.

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IF IT ISN'T USED, THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING AND IT ROLLS OVER.

I ASKED THAT TWICE TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY, SO THERE IS A WAY OF DOING IT.

ACCORDING TO THE TAX CODE.

AND LET ME KNOW WHEN I'M GOING TOO FAR.

YOU WILL. OKAY, SO ACCORDING TO THE TAX CODE, IT SAYS THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS.

IT DOESN'T SAY IT SAYS REVENUE FROM THE MUNICIPAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX MAY BE USED ONLY TO PROMOTE TOURISM, THE CONVENTION AND HOTEL INDUSTRY.

AND THAT USE IS LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.

AND IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART.

SO AS FAR AS THE RULE WHERE IT HAS TO BE A MULTI-DAY EVENT, I WOULD LIKE FOR, I DON'T WANT I'M NOT INTERESTED, JUST ME PERSONALLY. I KNOW IT HAS TO BE A COUNCIL'S DECISION, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY.

OKAY. WE'RE DELIBERATING. OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. LET ME KNOW.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS.

THERE'S TWO PRONG TEST.

ONE IS THE PROMOTION OF THE TOURISM.

AND BECAUSE THE MONEY IS GENERATED FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING THAT IS TO HAVE AN EVENT THAT PEOPLE WOULD STAY OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY ATTENDED THAT EVENT.

SO IF IT'S MULTI-DAY, THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD QUALIFY THAT IF I WANT TO COME TO THE EVENT FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, I GOT TO STAY OVER SOMEWHERE.

BUT IT STILL COULD BE A SINGLE EVENT ALSO THAT ENDS LATE AND YOU WOULD RATHER STAY HERE THAN DRIVE TO FRISCO. SO OR TO OKLAHOMA OR TO ARKANSAS IF YOU CAME FOR THAT EVENT, BUT YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT.

IS IT A SPECIAL EVENT? IS IT A MULTI-DAY EVENT? BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE HOTEL.

SO THE EVENT MUST DRAW THEM IN FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE POINT.

IT IS IT IS.

OPEN RECORDS ACT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME.

SO I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT.

YES, THAT IS A PREFERRED PREFERENCE THAT THEY WOULD STAY IN THE HOTELS.

HOWEVER, IN THE RESEARCH WITH LOCAL HOTEL TAX FUNDING OF THE ARTS THE TAX CODE ALSO WITH HOTEL TAX TWO STEP.

IT'S ALL ABOUT PROMOTION OF THE ARTS.

NOW IS IT AN EXTRA BENEFIT TO HAVE THEM STAY IN THE HOTELS? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE WAY THEY CAN ALSO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOTELS IS TO HAVE EVENTS AT THE HOTEL EVENT CENTER AND THAT ALSO PROMOTES THE HOTELS.

AND THEN THEY WILL BE MORE LIKELY, ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP.

YOU CAN'T MAKE SOMEONE STAY IN A HOTEL.

NO YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T.

THAT WOULD BE FALSE PROMOTION.

THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO THEREFORE IT FALLS IN THE LINE.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THOSE THINGS REPEATEDLY, THEN IT BECOMES A SLUSH FUND THAT YOU CAN'T USE THE MONEY FOR.

AND SO THERE HAS TO BE CRITERIA THAT WE HOLD THE APPLICANT.

IN THIS CASE, THE ARTS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THOSE THINGS, TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND STAY.

BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA, EVEN IN EDC, IS TO GENERATE MONEY THAT REPLENISHES THE FUNDS.

SO IT BECOMES NOT A BURDEN ON YOUR TAXES.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE PAYING THOSE TAXES WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN.

THEY'RE PAYING THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX WHEN THEY'RE BUYING GOODS, THEY'RE PAYING SALES TAX.

SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE THE GRANTS AND GET THE MONEY TO THINGS THAT WILL GENERATE NEW MONEY TO REPLENISH THOSE ACCOUNTS FOR OTHER USES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE OBJECT OF IT IS.

THE COURT, THE LAST THING THE COURT WILL SAY THIS, THAT IT'S A LOCAL TAX ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY.

AND THE COURT WILL TAKE GREAT DEFERENCE TO DOING WHAT THE STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY WANT DONE.

THAT'S PARAPHRASING, BUT THAT'S IN EVERY OPINION I'VE EVER READ ON THESE.

HOWEVER, IT STILL DOESN'T ABSOLVE US OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT REMINDING YOU OF THAT.

RIGHT. AND AND I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT.

SO, MR. HAGER, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THEN?

[02:35:04]

BUT I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT.

WE'RE DOING THE KINDS OF PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, THE KIND OF PROMOTION THAT BENEFIT THE HOTEL MOTEL BUSINESS IN OUR TOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH THE MONEY. THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS SO IT CAN BE GENERATED AND USED.

THE THINGS YOU DO TO BRING PEOPLE HERE WILL VARY.

YEAH. COULD BE A BARBECUE THING.

IT COULD BE A FOOTBALL GAME.

WE WE HAVE VARIOUS WE HAVE SANDRA MEADOWS, WHICH BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO TOWN.

THEY STAY AT THE HOTEL THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'LL NEVER HAVE A TRACK RECORD BECAUSE THEY'RE BRAND NEW.

WE DON'T KNOW.

AND SO I THINK THE COURT AND I WOULD TAKE DEFERENCE IN ALLOWING YOU TO PUT YOUR TOE IN THE WATER AND SAY, WE WANT TO HAVE THIS EVENT AND SEE WHO SHOWS UP. SO PROMOTION OR IT MAY TAKE US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PROMOTE THAT, THAT EVENT TO START, YOU KNOW, SO PROMOTING THE HOTEL DIDN'T HAVE APPLES ON IT THE FIRST TIME YOU PLANT IT, AND FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME TO NURTURE THAT AND GROW IT.

AND SO AS LONG AS THAT'S THE OBJECT AND YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING, I THINK YOU'LL BE FINE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING PROMOTION, SHOWING THAT WE ARE PROMOTING TOURISM, WE'RE PROMOTING THE HOTELS, BUT WE CAN'T BE PROMOTING THE CONVENTION.

I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T BE LAZY IN DOING IT.

YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY. YOU HAVE TO PUT FORTH AN EFFORT, I WOULD AGREE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING A POLICY, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO QUOTE IS THE TAXES TEXAS TAX CODE.

HOLD ON. TEXAS LOCAL TAX CODE AND STICK WITH WHAT THE TEXAS LOCAL TAX CODE REQUIRES IN THIS POLICY.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER HAVING A SEPARATE FUND LINE ITEM, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, FOR THE 15% OF THE ARTS FUNDING.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS ON THIS ISSUE? MAYOR, IF I COULD SO ON BRIEFING ON THIS DISCUSSION OF THE CREATION OF A FUND AND ALLOCATING 15% OF THE HOT FUNDS IN THE MANNER THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION WITH THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL LIKE TO SEE THAT POLICY.

COUNCIL? SINCE WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE, WE'LL JUST BRING BACK THE POLICY THAT YOU CAN HAVE A DEBATE AND WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. MR. KOONTZ. OH, MR. PENNEBAKER. MY ONLY CONCERN AROUND IT WOULD BE HOW WE SET ALLOCATE IT.

IF WE'RE GIVING IT TO AN ARTS COMMISSION, AND IF WE'RE DOING THAT, HOW ARE WE STRUCTURING THAT ARTS COMMISSION? I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT DC, EDC, MR. PENNEBAKER, I SAID THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IT AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO QUESTION WHATEVER IT IS THE STAFF BRINGS BACK TO YOU.

BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM FOR US TO DELIBERATE ABOUT.

GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX C RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON RED WHITE AND BARBECUE EVENT.

[6.C. Receive a briefing on the Red, White, and BBQ event.]

JENNIFER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THANK YOU.

THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP ON THE RED, WHITE AND BARBECUE EVENT AND HOW THE EXPENSES BROKE DOWN.

SO TO RECAP, IN WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET TOGETHER.

ALL OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS WERE COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND.

SO 175,000 WAS THE EARMARK, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AT THAT TIME.

SO BUT AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED AND AS THE 4TH OF JULY PLANS WERE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEIR WAY, AND THE IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENDED EVENT. THEY STARTED PLANNING, LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

SO HOW IT ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN IS THAT WE SPENT 135,000 OUT OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS GENERAL FUND BUDGET, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PICKED UP

[02:40:07]

ULTIMATELY, IS WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO FOR PUTTING ON 4TH OF JULY AS WELL AS THE TWO EXTRA DAYS.

SO THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT REQUEST THAT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE FOR 150,000.

IT WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND ANTICIPATING POSSIBLE EXPENSES TOWARD THE EVENT.

BUT ULTIMATELY THE EXPENSES THAT WERE INCURRED DO NOT QUALIFY.

SO NONE OF THAT MONEY WAS TOUCHED.

SO IT JUST STAYS WITH HOTEL MOTEL.

IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. IT DIDN'T TRANSFER OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND ULTIMATELY ALSO TO NOTE THAT WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING THIS EVENT THE GRAND TOTAL WAS ABOUT 286,000, BUT THEY SCALED THAT BACK QUITE A BIT.

SO IT WASN'T AS MUCH AS THE IDEAS THAT WERE BEING THROWN OUT THERE FOR THE THREE DAYS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.

YES. IT DID. THANK YOU.

YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ITEM SIX D BRIEFING ON FUND BALANCE POLICY.

[6.D. Briefing on Fund Balance Policy]

DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOU TONIGHT? NO. OKAY.

JUST YOU. THANK YOU.

JUST ME. MAYOR. TRY TO STAND THIS MIC UP AS TALL AS I CAN.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING.

RICHARD JACKSON, CFO.

WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING IN REGARD TO THE FUND BALANCE POLICY SPECIFICALLY.

IT'S BEEN AN OBJECTIVE AND DISCUSSION WITH MR. FINCH ALONG WITH HIS COUNCIL TO BRING UPDATED CHANGES TO OUR EXISTING POLICIES PARTICULARLY OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.

THIS PARTICULAR POLICY WAS LAST REVIEWED WE INDICATED ON THE STAFF REPORT AS THE LAST REVIEWED IN 2011.

WE PROVIDED A DRAFT COPY OF UPDATES TO THE POLICY TO THIS STAFF REPORT AS WELL.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPDATES WAS THE LISTING OF ALL FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS AND WHAT THEIR USES ARE ALSO HAVING A COMMITMENT TO REPORTING TO THIS, THIS BODY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AFFIRMED THAT WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND HAVE THAT IN THE IN THE, IN THE TEXT FORM WITHIN THE POLICY, BUT AGAIN, ESTABLISHING THE COMMITMENT TO REPORTING MONTHLY ON THE STATUS OF OUR FUND BALANCES AND ALSO GETTING INTO THE DEFINITIONS OF THE VARIOUS FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

JUST WANTED TO HAVE A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU.

IN TERMS OF THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING THREE SPECIFICALLY THAT SHOW UP ON A VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS AS PRESENTED ON THE REPORT, THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AND THAT REFERS TO ANY FUNDS THAT AREN'T DESIGNATED AS BEING COMMITTED, RESTRICTED OR ASSIGNED, AND THEY CAN BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE.

SO WHERE THAT COMES INTO PLAY PRIMARILY IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND SO OUR DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE OR THE 60 DAY PRESENTATION THAT MISS OTEY DOES ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

ALL OF THAT REFERS TO OUR UNASSIGNED NUMBER RESTRICTED IS THAT FUND BALANCE THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES DEFINED BY LAW OR IMPOSED EITHER BY DEBT, DEBTORS, GRANTERS ETCETERA.

THAT TYPICALLY WILL SHOW UP IN TERMS OF OUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, OR ESSENTIALLY THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED TO THAT

[02:45:02]

AND THEN IN TERMS OF UNRESTRICTED THAT YOU SEE MORE ON OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS OR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUT THAT REFERS TO FUNDS NOT RESTRICTED TO DEBT, LONG TERM LIABILITIES, LEGISLATION OR CAPITAL ASSETS.

SO AGAIN, FUNCTIONING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE ON UNASSIGNED, BUT AGAIN FOR DESIGNATION PURPOSES FOR THE ENTERPRISE OR THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS, THEY'RE LISTED AS UNRESTRICTED. ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED OR WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH IN THIS UPDATED POLICY, IS FOR OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE GOAL OF NOT LESS THAN 25% OR APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE AND NOT MORE THAN 41% OR 150 DAYS OF AVERAGE ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.

WHAT WE FEEL THAT DOES.

NUMBER ONE, AGAIN, AS PRESENTLY PRESENTED, WE DO BASED ON 60 DAYS.

EVERYTHING FROM A BEST PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE SPEAKS TO 90 DAYS.

SO MOVING FORWARD WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR FUND OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CAP IT.

AND THE REASON WHY IS, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY BE CAPITAL IN NATURE OR OTHERWISE DRAW FUNDING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THEY BE GRANTS, WHETHER THEY BE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE FINANCING THAT THEY DO.

BUT OUR PRIMARY SOURCE IS THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A NOD TO TWO THINGS ONE, MAKING SURE THAT THIS CITY IS STAYING WITHIN BEST PRACTICES AT A MINIMUM.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NOD TO THE MANY PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE SHORT AND THE LONG TERM, AND US BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY OR BRING TO YOU EITHER THROUGH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THIS BODY FOR PROJECTS BEING REVIEWED AND APPROVED MOVING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THAT CAP FOR NOD FOR THOSE POTENTIAL PROJECTS WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE, THE RESIDENTS DOLLARS AND THE TAX DOLLARS.

WITH THAT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IT IS CERTAINLY OUR INTENTION AND OUR PLAN TO BRING FORTH FOR REVIEW BY THIS BODY.

MORE DISCUSSIONS ON ADDITIONAL POLICIES FOR UPDATING THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH.

QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. JACKSON. YOU SHOWED US A SCREEN WHERE YOU HAD THREE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCE.

THERE YOU GO. REMIND ME, AND I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER WHICH WHICH ONE OF THESE FUNDS DID WE TAKE THE $507,000 FROM TO BALANCE OUR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR REVENUE? MR. MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, I HAD TO BRING THIS UP.

I'M SORRY. BUT CAN WE GET ONE? AND WHEN YOU TALK, ALL YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.

MR. MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 2025 BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WE HAD IN TERMS OF THE 500.

500? YEAH. OKAY.

SO SO, YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UNDER THAT PROPOSAL, THAT WOULD HAVE COME FROM THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF GENERAL FUND.

BUT AGAIN, AS IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE EARLIER MEETINGS WE DO HAVE SOME UPDATE TO PROVIDE IN OUR THURSDAY MEETING.

IN TERMS OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, BASED ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE REQUESTS OF THIS COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MISS GOODWIN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

SO I LIKE THE POLICY.

I LIKE THE POLICY.

AND THEN I WOULD JUST ADD THAT EVEN ON THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

AND YOU SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE YOUR PRACTICE.

BUT COULD WE PUT IT IN WRITING THAT BEFORE USING YOU WILL BRING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

IF YOU COULD ADD THAT TO.

YES. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. THANK YOU.

[02:50:02]

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX E FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING.

[6.E. The purpose of this briefing is to provide an overview of the current plan for special events for fiscal year 2025. This briefing will outline the budgetary allocations, funding sources and recommendations for supporting upcoming city-sponsored events.]

THE BRIEFING WILL OUTLINE THE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS, FUNDING SOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPPORTING UPCOMING CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

MISS ALICIA DAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL STAFF.

CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING. TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGETED FISCAL YEAR 2025 SPECIAL EVENT.

WE HAVE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE BUDGETED THE JULY 4TH FOR A ONE DAY EVENT.

WE HAVE TAKEN SOME THINGS OFF OF OUR BUDGET FROM EDC.

SO THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINGENCY.

SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT WE HAD NOT PLANNED FOR.

AND SO THAT CONTINGENCY MIGHT BE USED FOR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

OR ALSO IF WE HAPPEN TO GO OVER BUDGET FOR SOMETHING.

THE JUNETEENTH AND HISPANIC HERITAGE, WE GIVE $10,000 TO THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION TO BECAUSE WE ROTATE THOSE AROUND.

IN THE FOUR CITIES.

HISPANIC HERITAGE IS BUDGETED FOR 50 FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT WILL BE HERE IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THAT IS JUST WHAT WE'RE PAYING.

THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE 30,000 FROM THE OTHER CITIES, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.

THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THAT THAT 50,000 DID INCLUDE THE 30,000 OR NO, THE 10,000 FROM EACH CITY.

SO, MAYOR COUNCIL.

EXCUSE ME. SO THE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS 50,000, BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE 30,000 IN REVENUE COMING IN.

SO THE CITY'S NET EXPENDITURE WOULD BE 20,000.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME WITH CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SLIDE? OKAY. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A GENERAL.

THIS IS ALL THE EVENTS THAT PARKS AND REC WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THEY'RE MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND THEN THAT'S THEIR TOTAL BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES. CITY MANAGER.

MR., CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE.

YES. THIS I.

FOR COUNCIL'S CLARIFICATION.

SO WHEN WE MEET ON THURSDAY, MR. JACKSON MENTIONED SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS, SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THIS WAS NOT THE WAY THIS WAS IN THE PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET.

BUT AFTER WE'VE REALLY GONE BACK AND HAD ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU ON THURSDAY FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT THE DC EDC FUNDING OF SPECIAL EVENTS WOULD BE THESE FOUR SPECIFIC EVENTS, EACH OF THEM BEING A WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT THE JULY 4TH AND THE CHRISTMAS BEING ONE DAY EVENTS, THE JUNETEENTH AND THE HISPANIC HERITAGE ARE MULTI-DAY EVENTS.

THEN THE CONTINGENCY.

SO THESE WOULD BE THESE EVENTS AND THEN THE OTHER EVENTS ON THE NEXT SCREEN THERE.

EXCUSE ME. THOSE ARE THE PARKS AND REC EVENTS WHERE THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WOULD BE HOLDING ALL THOSE EVENTS.

AND THEN IF PARKS AND REC WANTED TO ASK THE DC EDC FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THOSE EVENTS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SEPARATELY.

I REALIZE THIS IS ABOUT EVENTS, BUT I GUESS WE WOULDN'T SEE THIS TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S SOME MONEY BUDGETED FOR, LET'S SAY A CONCERT.

LIKE A CONCERT IN THE PARK? NO, JUST A CONCERT.

WE GOT A BAND THAT COMES TO PLAY.

WE'VE HAD THAT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST.

SO WHERE IS THAT BUDGETED FOR? THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE WITH THE CONCERT OR MOVIES IN THE PARK THAT THEY HAVE UNDER PARKS AND REC.

THAT'S IN THAT 102.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[6.F. Receive the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Third Quarter Investment Report as of June 30, 2024.]

THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2024.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MR.. MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

RICHARD JACKSON, CFO.

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TIM IS FROM VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING.

AND TIM IS NO STRANGER TO THIS BODY OR THIS REPORT.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR A PRESENTATION ON OUR INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD TO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.

SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS PART PART OF THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT.

A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. THANK YOU.

PART OF THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE.

ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE GOVERNING BODY RECEIVE A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF TOUCHING ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF THAT REPORT.

SO THIS FIRST PAGE HERE, JUST AS A REFLECTION OF THE CHANGE IN THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO VALUE FROM THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST TO THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH.

AND IT REFLECTS A DECLINE OF ALMOST $10 MILLION, WHICH IS VERY NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING THOSE PROPERTY TAXES THAT CAME IN IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE QUARTERS WHERE YOUR OUTFLOWS NATURALLY EXCEED YOUR INFLOWS.

THEIR FAR RIGHT SIDE THERE IS THE AVERAGE YIELD THAT THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO IS EARNING, WHICH IS 5.36%.

AND YOUR BENCHMARKS TO SEE HOW THAT MEASURES IS IN ARE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER.

SO THERE ARE THREE THAT WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT, WHICH IS THE ROLLING THREE MONTH TREASURY BILL, THE ROLLING SIX MONTH TREASURY BILL AND TAX POOL, WHICH IS AN OVERNIGHT AVAILABILITY FUND. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WITH THOSE VALUES.

AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED IS WHAT IS THE INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED ON THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO.

AND SO FOR THIS MOST RECENT QUARTER, INTEREST EARNED WAS 1,132,917.

AND THEN FOR THE YEAR TO DATE, OVER 3.1 MILLION IN INTEREST FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH ONE QUARTER TO GO.

THIS NEXT SECTION IS A LOOK AT WHERE THE CITY IS HOLDING ITS FUNDS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. YOU JUST HAD THE DESCRIPTION OF FUND BALANCE.

AND ONE OF THE TARGETS THERE IS YOU WANT TO KEEP 90 DAYS OF BALANCES IN LIQUID FUNDS.

AND THAT'S REALLY THAT TOP HALF OF THE INVESTMENTS ABOVE THAT BREAK IN THE LINE.

SO ALL OF THOSE THE WELLS FARGO BANK DDA THROUGH THE LOGIC, THOSE ARE ALL FUNDS THE CITY CAN GET TO IN ONE DAY.

SO THAT'S THAT DAILY AVAILABILITY.

SO YOU WANT AT LEAST 90 DAYS OF YOUR FUNDS IN THERE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 25% OF YOUR BALANCE.

AND THE CITY IS WELL WELL ABOVE THAT.

SO DEFINITELY MEETING THAT CRITERIA.

THE LOWER HALF IS WHERE THE CITY'S FUNDS ARE INVESTED FOR LONGER TERM PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO THAT FIRST RED LINE, THOSE ARE CDS THAT ARE MATURING THIS QUARTER.

THE NEXT RED LINE ARE THE THREE CDS THAT ARE MATURING IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN BELOW THAT RED LINE ARE CDS THAT ARE MATURING IN 2025.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT THE YIELD CURVE.

AND WHAT THIS TELLS US IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IT TELLS US WHERE CURRENT INTEREST RATES ARE.

IT ALSO TELLS US WHERE THE MARKET THINKS FUTURE RATES ARE HEADED.

WE ARE IN AN INVERTED YIELD CURVE, WHICH IS VERY ABNORMAL FOR THE YIELD CURVE.

AND NORMALLY AN INVERTED YIELD CURVE WILL LAST 10 TO 12 MONTHS.

WE ARE AT ABOUT 20 TO 21 MONTHS RIGHT NOW.

SO THERE'S KIND OF A NATURAL TENSION, A NATURAL PRESSURE ON THIS, TO GO BACK TO A NORMAL YIELD CURVE.

BECAUSE NORMALLY THE LONGER YOU INVEST, THE HIGHER THE INTEREST RATE IS.

THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE FOR GETTING CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NOW.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE SHORT END RATES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ARE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE LONGER TERM.

AND THE RED LINE IS WHERE RATES WERE AS OF THIS LAST JUNE.

THE BLUE LINE IS WHERE THEY WERE A YEAR AGO JUNE.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT REALLY HAS NOT MOVED MUCH.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS NOT CHANGED THEIR RATE SINCE JULY OF 2023.

SO THAT'S REALLY REFLECTING.

WE'VE JUST BEEN IN A VERY STABLE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

THE FED RATE FED HAS BEEN KEEPING THE RATES UP TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN INFLATION.

AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO.

AND THIS IS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU KIND OF A SHIFT IN THAT GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER TO THIS QUARTER.

SO THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT IS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THOSE LIQUID FUNDS, WHICH IS THE GREEN.

SO THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

THE THE SMALLER PIE SEGMENT IS THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE INVESTED IN CDS.

REALLY THAT STRATEGY HAS WORKED VERY WELL IN THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE RATES HAVE GONE UP SO QUICKLY AND THE HIGHEST RATES HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE ON THE SHORT TERM, BUT THAT MAY BE SHIFTING WHERE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD FOR THE CITY TO SHIFT MORE FUNDS OUT ON OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO LOCK UP THOSE RATES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY DID JUST THAT IN THIS LAST QUARTER.

YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE OVERNIGHT.

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AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT QUARTER, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE 181 DAYS TO 12 MONTHS, THERE WAS A SHIFT IN FUNDS OVER TO THOSE LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS.

SO SOME OF THOSE CDS MATURED.

THEY WERE PUT OUT INTO THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD.

PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO START LOOKING AT MAYBE ENHANCING THAT, INCREASING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EVEN.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVER TIME.

HOW HAS THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO DONE AGAINST THE THOSE BENCHMARKS.

AND YOU SEE MOST OF THE TIME THE BLUE LINE IS THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO.

SO MOST OF THE TIME THE CITY HAS OUTPERFORMED THOSE BENCHMARKS, WHICH IS THAT'S OUR GOAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A REALLY RAPIDLY RISING RATE ENVIRONMENT LIKE WE'VE HAD, YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE RATES, WHICH WE'VE DONE.

BUT NOW WE'RE ENTERING A PEAK.

YOU WANT TO LOCK IN THOSE HIGHER RATES SO THAT WHEN THE RATES BEGIN TO FALL KIND OF LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YOUR RATES, OUR RATES GLIDE DOWN MORE SLOWLY RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF FALLING OFF A ROLLER COASTER AND JUST PLUNGING DOWN.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A LOOK AT WHERE INTEREST RATES CURRENTLY ARE, WHAT THE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE CDS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

THOSE ARE THE BEST THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SHORT TERM IN THE SIX MONTH 12 MONTH RANGE.

AND IT'S TWO ASTERISKS JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED CD RATES.

NOT ALL OF THE BANKS ARE OFFERING THAT, BUT WE WE SOLICIT FROM A NUMBER OF BANKS.

THESE ARE THE BEST RATES WE'RE SEEING FROM THEM.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP SOME YIELD OVER THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE TREASURIES WITH CDS.

INTERESTINGLY, BANKS ARE RIGHT NOW NOT GOING PAST THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD.

I THINK IN ANTICIPATION THAT RATES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN.

AND THEN U.S. TREASURY RATES ARE REALLY YOUR BEST OPTION THERE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KIND OF GIVE UP A FAIR AMOUNT OF INTEREST RATE TO GO LONG TERM TO LOCK UP LONGER, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MARKET IS ANTICIPATING RATES ARE GOING TO GO LOWER.

AND TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF WHERE WHERE DO THE EXPERTS THINK RATES ARE GOING TO GO? THIS IS KIND OF A BUSY CHART.

SO I'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS TO LOOK AT.

FAR LEFT UP. UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE BETWEEN FIVE AND A QUARTER AND 5.5% IS THE CURRENT FED FUNDS TARGET RATE.

THAT NEXT LITTLE RED DOT DOWN IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST.

THE FIRST DRAFT DOWN IS WE'VE GOT A FED FUNDS MEETING COMING UP THIS MONTH 17TH AND 18TH.

EVERYONE'S EXPECTING THEM TO LOWER RATES 25 BASIS POINTS.

SO THAT'S THAT FIRST BAR DOWN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM FIVE AND A 4:45 AND A HALF TO FIVE AND FIVE.

AND A QUARTER IS WHAT'S EXPECTED.

THAT NEXT RED LINE ON THE GRAPH COMING DOWN IS GOING TO BE THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

SO A LITTLE BIT GOING ON IN NOVEMBER.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO THE MARKETS.

AND EVERYONE'S EXPECTING THAT THE FED IS GOING TO DROP RATES AGAIN THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, THE THOUGHT IS THE RATES WILL BE AT ABOUT FIVE BETWEEN FIVE AND A HALF AND FIVE AND THREE QUARTERS.

AND THEN COMING ON DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MARCH OF THIS COMING YEAR, WE'LL HIT 4%.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE FIVE AND A 4:45 AND A HALF BY MARCH.

SO ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE THINKING IS WILL BE AT ABOUT 4%.

SO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CUT IN RATES FROM WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN COMING ON DOWN TO TO DECEMBER OF 2025, THAT'S WHERE THEIR THINKING RATES WILL LEVEL OUT.

AND THEN THE OVERNIGHT RATES ARE GOING TO BE AROUND A 3.25%.

SO ABOUT 200 BASIS POINTS, OR 2% DOWN FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW.

SO THE EXPECTATIONS ARE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS A LOWER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT THAN WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE SNAPSHOT, THE QUICK QUICK REVIEW OF YOUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU GET.

YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.

YOUR OWN FREE. I'M GLAD I'VE GLAZED YOUR EYES OVER WITH DETAILS.

YOU'VE SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE.

I'M SORRY. YOU'VE SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE? I HAVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

MR. BART STEVENSON RECEIVED THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE GREAT ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON THE LAST MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES ADDED TO OUR STAFF OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN TRAINING FOR SOME OF OUR PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF.

KAYLYN CRUZ AND JOHN CANTU BOTH RECEIVED THEIR TDA SPRAY LICENSE.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO SPRAY HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES IN OUR PARKS.

OUR ATHLETICS CREW, JONATHAN DE LEON, BECAME A CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR.

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AND HIS CERTIFICATION MAKES US HAVING THREE STAFF MEMBERS ON STAFF WHO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION.

MARIO MACIAS RECEIVED HIS LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION LICENSE, AND WE DID HAVE ONE RETIREMENT THIS PAST QUARTER.

ALVIN MCMILLER FROM OUR LITTER CREW RETIRED AFTER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.

THE MCMILLER NAME DOES, HOWEVER, LIVE ON WITHIN OUR RANKS, AS HIS SON, ASHTON MCMILLER IS ONE OF OUR DUNCANVILLE POLICE OFFICERS.

EVEN ON A PARK MAINTENANCE.

WE DID RECEIVE A NEW TRUCK THIS PAST QUARTER, WHICH IS MUCH GREATLY NEEDED.

WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OUR FLEET.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRYANT, TO GET THAT RECTIFIED, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB HELPING US OUT WITH THAT ISSUE.

SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, WE REMOVED A LOT OF STORM DEBRIS BRUSH DURING FROM THE MAY STORM.

WE CONDUCTED 40 PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS.

30, 32 CASES OF VANDALISM.

INSTALLED SOME NEW DOG WEIGH STATIONS, AND WE IMPROVED SOME OF OUR SIGNAGE AROUND THE TOWN AS WELL.

EVEN THOUGH THE IRRIGATION DIVISION, WE HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS TO OUR RPGS, REDUCED PRESSURE ZONE ASSEMBLIES WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL REPAIRS.

ACTUALLY, THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OVER IN HARRINGTON PARK WE'VE REPAIRED LANDSCAPE BEDS IN HIGHWAY 67 AS WELL AS OUR GCR PROJECT AT CEDAR RIDGE AND FRANK KESSLER.

AND THEN WE AS YOU'RE AWARE, RECENTLY TOOK OVER THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FOR DANIEL DALE MEDIANS.

SO WE HAD TO DO SOME IRRIGATION REPAIRS THERE AS WELL.

THE ATHLETICS DIVISION, WE DID END OUR YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION SEASON WITH AN 86 TEAM TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S QUITE SIGNIFICANT.

SO FOR YOU, SOME OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN IN DUNCANVILLE FOR A WHILE PROBABLY RECALL THAT DUNCANVILLE AT ONE TIME HOSTED ONE OF THE LARGEST YOUTH RECREATIONAL TOURNAMENTS IN THE AREA. THAT KIND OF FELL OVER OFF OVER THE YEARS BUT HAS MADE A RETURN.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME BACK TO DUNCANVILLE.

WE APPLIED 300 TONS OF SAND TO OUR SOCCER FIELDS AND 76 TONS OF CLAY TO OUR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS.

WE DID OUR NEW LED SCOREBOARDS INSTALLED AT HARRINGTON PARK.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A COMPANY NOW TO WORK WITH HOW? ADDRESSING HOW WE GET OUR FLIERS TO POST OUR INFORMATION ON THE BOARDS AS THEY PROMISED.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION ON TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE THEM.

MOVING ON TO THE HORTICULTURE DIVISION.

THEY MAINTAIN 27,000FT² OF LANDSCAPE BEDDING ACROSS THE CITY, AND I THINK THE EFFORTS OF THOSE GUYS PUT FORWARD ON A DAILY BASIS ARE SEEN EVERY DAY BY OUR CITIZENS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS YOU SEE AROUND TOWN.

SOME OF OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS OVER THE QUARTER, WE HAD 606 MOWING CYCLES.

WE DO OVERSEE A A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR MOWING, AS WELL AS SOME BED MAINTENANCE WITH GOOD EARTH.

AND DANNY JOHNSON DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF WORKING WITH THAT COMPANY AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS.

HAS SOME TREE SERVICE DONE OVER THE LAST QUARTER WITH SMITH LAWN AND TREE SERVICE, AS WELL AS ARBOR MASTERS.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE QUAIL RUN TRAIL WITH SOME STORM DAMAGE.

AND RAIN WASHED AWAY SOME OF THE TRAIL AND HAD TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED.

KEEP TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFUL BOARD.

ALWAYS BUSY.

IN ADDITION TO THEIR FIVE RESIDENTIAL CURB WINNERS FOR THE SUMMER, THEY WERE A CHICK FIL A, THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD FOR THE SUMMER OF 2024.

THEY HOSTED THE KEEP TEXAS WATERWAYS CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL, KEEP WATERWAYS CLEAN COMMUNITY CLEANUP.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN OUR JULY 4TH EVENT, AND THEY HOSTED THE INAUGURAL NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP.

SOME OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS.

I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW.

AGAIN, AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER MATT BURNETTE.

THEY HAVE CLEANUP AT WILLOW RUN PARK ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

ANOTHER CLEAN UP ON OCTOBER 19TH AT LAKESIDE PARK.

ADDITIONAL PROJECT AT LAKESIDE PARK.

THEY'RE WORKING AGAIN TO AS YOU'RE AWARE THAT THEY DEMONSTRATION BEDS FOR THE NATIVE PRAIRIE WILDFLOWER AREAS AND THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THOSE AREAS ON OCTOBER 26TH.

ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION WILL BE NOVEMBER 2ND.

THAT WILL BE AT ARMSTRONG PARK IN THE PARKING LOT NEAR THE TENNIS COURTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK IT STARTED LAST YEAR IS A PUMPKIN RECYCLING PROGRAM.

YOU BRING YOUR GENTLY USED HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN, NOT PAINTED.

AND THOSE WILL BE USED TO HELP SUPPORT THE IZZY WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHAB.

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EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE WHAT WAS THAT YOU HAD UP THERE ON THAT LAST SCREEN? THE WILDLIFE AND RESCUE AND REHAB IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT TAKES IN ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY OTHER ANIMALS, AS WELL AS THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND SLIGHTLY INJURED REHAB THEM.

IT'S LOCATED IN MILFORD, TEXAS, IN BETWEEN WAXAHACHIE AND HILLSBOROUGH.

AWESOME. THANKS. YEAH.

MOVING ON TO RECREATIONAL CENTER.

ONE. TWO. FOUR. WE HAD 144 MEMBERSHIP SOLD OVER THE QUARTER.

ALMOST 6800 VISITS.

1400 DAY PASSES.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PROGRAM OF THE QUARTER, AND TODAY I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME VOLLEYBALL.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE OFF.

IT'S IT'S BEEN ON FRIDAY NIGHTS WITH ONE COURT.

THEY'VE HAD TO MOVE TO TWO COURTS ON SOME NIGHTS, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL NIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME TOURNAMENTS AND SOME MORE ACTIVITIES.

SO VOLLEYBALL IS A BIG, BIG THING RIGHT NOW.

SOME RECENT EVENTS, AS YOU'RE AWARE OF JULY 4TH, RED, WHITE AND BARBECUE.

CONCERT IN THE PARK WITH YOUR PURE BLEND.

WE HAD TWO MOVIES IN THE PARK OVER THE QUARTER WITH JURASSIC WORLD AND TOP GUN, AND THEN WE HAD A YOUTH PICKLEBALL CAMP THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT EFFORT AS WELL.

SOME OF OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS, WE HAD HAZARD COUNTY COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.

NEXT SATURDAY, OUR CATFISH CATCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS HOSTED AT THE RECREATION CENTER.

AND I COME TO YOU HAT IN HAND HERE BECAUSE I GAVE YOU SOME WRONG INFORMATION.

I WAS GIVING SOME BAD INFORMATION DURING YOUR BRIEFING.

THAT EVENT IS OCTOBER 12TH.

I HAD TO VERIFY THAT ONCE I SAW THIS SLIDE AND AGAIN, AND SAW THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I GAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY, SO I'M GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK TO YOU AGAIN BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER TO CORRECT MYSELF.

SO. BOO.

BASH OCTOBER 25TH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SENIOR CENTER.

WE HAD ALMOST 2800 VISITS OVER THE QUARTER, 53 NEW AND RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS.

OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO IS OUR DINE IN SERVICE WITH ALMOST 9500 MEALS SERVED.

LOTS OF EVENTS THERE. YOU CAN SEE GOING ON AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND THAT'S OUR MEAL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 45 MEMBERS A DAY, OR ACTUALLY 40 MEMBERS A DAY WITH 45 MEMBERS COMING TO COMING TO THE FACILITY ON A DAILY BASIS.

MOVING TO OUR BOND ELECTION PROJECTS.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, ARMSTRONG PARK IS COMPLETE.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE RECEIVED OUR GRANT FUNDING CHECK FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN MADE WHOLE FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR OUR GRANT OF ALMOST $750,000.

THE TWO ITEMS ARE ON THE BOTTOM HAVE BEEN ADDED.

THOSE ARE TWO INITIATIVES WE'VE INITIATED OVER THE PAST QUARTER.

THAT'S THE CHARLES F LAD NATURE PRESERVE MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN.

AND THIS IS A NEW SLIDE I HAVEN'T INCLUDED PREVIOUSLY, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S COMING OVER THE NEXT QUARTER.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THE SEVEN LEGACY ONLINE DONATION AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM? WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE FOLKS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED. THEY'RE EXCITED.

SO THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING VERY SOON.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A HOMETOWN HEROES BANNER PROGRAM.

WORKING ON BEAUTIFYING FURTHER, BEAUTIFYING OUR DOWNTOWN AREA WITH A HANGING FLOWER BASKETS.

AND THEN WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH OUR LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM AT HARRINGTON PARK.

SO WE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AT SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

THOSE THOSE SYSTEMS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS OLD.

AND THERE'S NEWER AND BETTER TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A MERRYWEATHER LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT ONE AT HARRINGTON, AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT OR REPLACE THE ONE AT ARMSTRONG PARK AS WELL WITH THIS NEWER TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IT DOES FOR US IS IT ALLOWS US TO IF THAT UNIT DETECTS LIGHTNING AT ARMSTRONG PARK, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF THE SPLASH PAD.

SO IF FOLKS DO NOT TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY WHEN STORMS ARE APPROACHING, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FOR THEM.

SO WE WILL SHUT OFF THE SPLASH PAD DURING DURING THOSE TIMES.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS.

YEAH. GREAT JOB I HEAR.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

WELL I DO REAL QUICK.

I THINK WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT POPPED UP.

ALL OF THE DATES YOU SHOWED US ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

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YES. AND ALL OF THOSE FLIERS RUN THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU, MR. PENNEBAKER. CAN YOU TELL US HOW PEOPLE CAN GET A HOLD OF THESE NEW FASHIONABLE PARK SHIRTS? THOSE SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE JANUARY, TYPICALLY.

OR IS OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE MONTH? AND THEN WHEN YOU COME IN AND GET A MEMBERSHIP, YOU CAN SPIN THE WHEEL AND GET A NICE SHIRT.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SELLING THEM AT SOME POINT.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT POINT YET, BUT WE TRY TO GIVE OUT THAT KIND OF SWAG BECAUSE IT ONLY PROMOTES OUR EFFORTS IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

SO, YEAH.

LAST ITEM, SIX H.

[6.H. Monthly Financial Report as of July 31, 2024]

AND JENNIFER OTAY IS REALLY GOING TO SPICE THIS UP FOR US.

THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.

THIS IS THE 10TH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT GIVES US A BENCHMARK OF 83.3%.

OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE ALL FUND REVENUES WE HAVE COLLECTED SIX 69.02 MILLION TO DATE.

THE INTEREST THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IS 3.4 MILLION.

THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IS ACTUALLY 78.9% OF THE BUDGET.

ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE'VE PAID OUT $65.2 MILLION TO DATE.

OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES HAVE COME IN AT 63.5% OF THE BUDGET.

SO PROPERTY AND SALES TAX.

SHOWING YOU THAT OUR OUR REVENUE SHOWS 93.7% ACTUALLY COLLECTED.

THAT'S WHAT'S IN OUR SYSTEM CURRENTLY, BUT PORTALES COUNTY WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 97.9% COLLECTED.

SO WE ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP ON ENTRIES FOR PROPERTY TAX.

ON THE SALES TAX.

THIS IS OUR EIGHTH MONTH IN COLLECTIONS.

SO WE ARE AT 0.49% OVER WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME IN FISCAL YEAR 23.

SO THE BENCHMARK AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 66.7.

SO OUR ACTUALS ARE AT 63%.

SO WE'RE JUST ABOUT 3% BEHIND GENERAL FUND SUMMARY.

SO AGAIN 83.3%.

OUR ACTUAL REVENUES ARE 85%.

SO WE'RE ABOUT ON TARGET.

AGAIN, 2.1 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME TO DATE.

ON THE EXPENSE SIDE WE'RE AT 72% OF THE BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE REASONS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS VACANCIES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SEVEN POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES, THREE FIREFIGHTERS, THREE STREETS, TWO WITHIN FLEET AND WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.

SO THERE IS KIND OF A DOMINO EFFECT.

WHEN YOU HAVE VACANCIES, YOU'RE NOT CLOSING THEM, YOU'RE NOT DRAINING THEM.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU USUALLY BUILD INTO THE BUDGET WHEN YOU HAVE VACANCIES.

I'M SHOWING THE TABLE VIEW HERE AS IT BREAKS DOWN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES.

AGAIN, WE'RE AT 85% TOTAL FOR REVENUE COLLECTIONS.

AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE AGAIN 72% OF OUR BUDGET WE HAVE EXPENDED.

SO WE'RE STILL YEAR TO DATE MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENSES AT THIS TIME.

I'M SHOWING YOU THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO START USING THAT TERM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY.

SO IT'S PROJECTED TO END AT 21 MILLION FOR UNASSIGNED.

SO IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AS A 90 DAYS, THAT PUTS US ABOUT 10 MILLION ISH FOR THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT, THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 10 MILLION ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE 90 DAYS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS SHOWS YOU 60 DAYS.

SO UTILITY FUND 16 MILLION COLLECTED TO DATE.

THAT'S AT 75%.

THAT'S ON TARGET AS WE ARE ONE MONTH BEHIND FOR COLLECTIONS.

AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WE'RE AT 68% OF THE BUDGET.

SO MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE PAYMENTS WE MAKE TO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND TO TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY.

SHOWING THE TABLE VIEW HERE.

AGAIN, MOST OF THE INCOME IS REALLY THE CHARGES FOR THE SERVICES.

AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AGAIN THE MAJORITY OF THE THE EXPENSES AGAIN COME OUT OF THE CONTRACTUAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY FOR TRA AND DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

SO FOR THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE HERE WE'RE PROJECTED TO END AT 11 MILLION.

I DON'T HAVE THE THE MATH IN MY HEAD FOR WHAT 90 DAYS WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD STILL HAVE MORE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 90 DAYS IN EXCESS. SOME OTHER FUN HIGHLIGHTS.

HOTEL. MOTEL. WE'RE AT 49%, SO 442,000 HAS BEEN PAID OUT.

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ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE'RE AT 51% OF THE BUDGET.

OVER A MILLION HAS BEEN PAID IN INCENTIVES AND PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE RECENT CLOSING ON 200 WEST CENTER STREET WAS PAID OUT IN JULY.

AND JUST SHOW YOU THE FIELD HOUSE.

THE REVENUE IS ON TARGET AT 81%, AND OUR EXPENSES ARE AT 83% OF THE BUDGET.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT BEING OUR LAST REPORT WE WILL ADJOURN THIS SESSION AT 934.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.