[4.c. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2024-11-5 APPROVING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000.00 FOR A CONTRACT TO MR. MIKE PIETSCH TO ASSIST THE CITY TO IMPROVE ITS INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE RATING.]

AGENDA. THIS IS A ALSO A RESOLUTION. IT'S 2024 DASH 11 FIVE. AND THIS IS A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000 TO ASSIST CITY AND IMPROVE THIS INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICE RATE. THANK YOU.

SO THIS EVENING UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS A GRANT AMOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000. BUT WE HAVE HERE FIRE CHIEF KENNEALY THAT WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THE NEED AND WHAT THE BENEFIT IS TO OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS BY HIRING A CONSULTANT TO IMPROVE THE CITY'S ISO RATING, THE AMOUNTS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS $18,000. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PAYING FOR HALF, AND THEY ARE ASKING THE CONSIDERATION OF PAYING THE OTHER HALF FOR US. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE THE CONSULTANT TO APPROVE THE CITY'S CURRENT ISO RATING. SO I WILL PASS THIS OFF TO FIRE CHIEF TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ISO RATING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICTOR. GOOD EVENING.

PHYSICAL HEALTH FIRST. AND I'M THE NEW GUY HERE. AND DUNCANVILLE. I STARTED AS FIRE CHIEF ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, AND I TRIED RETIREMENT AFTER BEING IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR 45 YEARS.

WORST MISTAKE I'VE EVER MADE IN MY CAREER. AND I STRONGLY DISLIKE IT. AND ASKED MY WIFE.

SHE SAYS YOU NEED TO GO GET A JOB. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PLEASANT TO BE AROUND IN THE HOUSE. SO ANYWAY, I'M BLESSED TO BE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND AND I'LL TIE INTO THIS. I'LL BE BRIEF. I'M NOT GOING TO GO FOR A WHOLE 45 YEARS, BUT I STARTED OFF IN THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPENT 26 YEARS THERE, PROMOTED UP THE RANKS UP TO FIRE CHIEF AND CITY OF HOUSTON IS 600MI■!S. AND THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY THIRD. DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO. SO THIRD LARGEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT WE WERE AN ISO CLASS TWO WHEN I BECAME FIRE CHIEF. AND SO WE WORKED UNDER THIS CONSULTANT THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST. HE WORKED FOR ISO FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE GRADING SCHEDULE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. WE ULTIMATELY BECAME A CLASS ONE. THEN WHEN I RETIRED FROM HOUSTON AND WENT TO CEDAR PARK, WHICH IS A SUBURB OF AUSTIN, AND THEY WERE A CLASS TWO INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICER'S RATING, AND WE GOT THEM TO A CLASS ONE USING THIS SAME CONSULTANT. SO HE'S WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I WAS ALSO A STATE FIRE MARSHAL. I CAN KEEP A JOB IN DIFFERENT PLACES FOR OVER 45 YEARS. PERIOD. BUT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING. WE

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HAD OVERSIGHT OVER THE WHAT WE CALL THE PROPERTY PROTECTION CLASSIFICATION. THE PPC, AND SO WORKED WITH THAT. WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PROGRAM. AND SO ANYWAY, I GOT A PRETTY GOOD BACKGROUND ON THIS SUBJECT. THE REASON I'M AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE THIS IS VERY MUCH RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND MANY CITIES ALL OVER TEXAS AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE NATION HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE THEIR RATING BECAUSE IT DOES REDUCE INSURANCE COSTS DEPENDING ON WHICH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT IT'S ON AVERAGE 2% FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICES. A SIDE NOTE, IT'S 1% EVEN FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO THAT SAID, I THINK IT'S A WORTHY INVESTMENT. WHAT'S REVIEWED BY ISO AGAIN? INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE IS REVIEWING AND HANDLING 911 CALLS. WE HAVE THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. SO THEY LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES THERE. THE WATER SUPPLY IN THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT. WHAT WHAT OUR STATIONS ARE LOCATED. ALSO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, THE ENGINE COMPANIES, OUR QUINTS, SLASH LADDER TRUCK, IF YOU WILL, AND LOOK AT THOSE RESOURCES AND OUR TRAINING, WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM.

CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS A CLASS TWO AND HAS A SCORE OF 83.78. IF YOU GO TO A 90, YOU BECOME A CLASS ONE OR HIGHER AND YOU GO UP. YOU CAN GET A SCORE UP TO 106.5. THERE'S A TEXAS ADDENDUM THAT THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED TO HELP FACILITATE HELPING CITIES ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. AND IT'S WIDELY USED AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT BENEFITS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHAT THE 18,000 INITIALLY AGAIN 9000. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS IN OUR BUDGET. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SKIN IN THE GAME. WE WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I DON'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS THE ABILITY TO FUND EVEN CITY PROJECTS AS WELL. LIKE WE JUST DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT WHO WILL TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET AT LEAST TO A 90 OR ABOVE TO GET THAT CLASS ONE RATING. AND WHETHER YOU'RE A 90 OR YOU'RE A 106.5, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU'RE A CLASS ONE. AND SO THAT'S THE SCALE. AND I TRULY BELIEVE WITH THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I WON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL WE BRING THIS CONSULTANT AND GET THIS INITIAL REPORT. SOME I'VE IN HOUSTON, IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS OF WORK TO GET WHERE WE NEEDED TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL POINTS. AND CEDAR PARK, IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I'M NOT PREPARED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REVIEW WILL WILL TELL US AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A BUDGET IMPACT.

AND WE ALSO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL AND GET A BUDGET APPROVED AND WHAT HAVE YOU. FOR THOSE ENHANCEMENTS. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. I'M JUST NOT PREPARED TO TELL YOU TONIGHT HOW SOON THAT CAN MANIFEST UNTIL WE GET THIS FIRST PART. THE SECOND AND THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS THE INITIAL 18,000. 9000. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING. I'M REQUESTING 9000 FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIO.

AND SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TO FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT. THIS CONSULTANT IS ALSO A CIVIL ENGINEER, AND THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS A BIG PART OF THE SCORING. AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE A CIVIL ENGINEER TO EVALUATE WATER SYSTEMS AND CITIES. AND SO HE HAS THAT BACKGROUND. HE WORKED FOR ISO, BUT HE WILL GENERATE A REPORT THAT GIVES US A GUIDE AND HE HE ALWAYS GUARANTEES THAT HE CAN DETERMINE WHAT ISO WILL GRADE THE CITY WITHIN TWO DECIMAL POINTS. SO I MEAN, WE'RE AT 83.78. HE CAN GET TO THAT POINT. WHATEVER. HOW WE GO. OBVIOUSLY MY GOAL IS TO GET ANYTHING OVER A 90. OF COURSE I'M COMPETITIVE. I'D LIKE TO BE CLOSER TO 100, BUT I WON'T. I CAN'T GUARANTEE, BUT THIS GENTLEMAN, AND CERTAINLY WHAT I JUST SHARED WITH MY TRACK RECORD THAT WE WILL GET THIS BALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES THAT I'M NOT ANTICIPATING. IT MAY TAKE LONGER, BUT I THINK IT'S ULTIMATELY ACHIEVABLE. AND CITIES ALL OVER TEXAS, AND ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE

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METROPLEX, THAT IS A BIG THING FOR THEM TO BECAUSE INSURANCE COSTS IS PART OF THE BOTTOM LINE OF HOW YOU OPERATE YOUR BUSINESS. AND SO THAT WOULD IMPACT EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND SO I THINK IT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS AS WELL THROUGH THEIR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. IS THIS A ONE TIME COST OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO? WELL, THE INITIAL COST IS 18,000 TO GET. BRING IN THE CONSULTANT TO ASCERTAIN WHERE WE'RE AT. CURRENTLY THERE'S ANOTHER 15,000 TO REVIEW THE WATER SYSTEM AND BASICALLY FILL OUT ALL THE DATA THAT ISO IS GOING TO NEED. AND THEN THE 3000 FOR THAT CONSULTANT TO BE HERE WHEN ISO COMES IN TO EVALUATE THE CITY. SO BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSULTANT CAN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 36,000.

BUT FOR TONIGHT I'M JUST REQUESTING 9000. SO WE CAN GET THAT INITIAL REVIEW OF WHERE THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS ON THE GRADING SCHEDULE. OKAY. AND DOES YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW CONTEMPLATE THE REMAINDER, OR ARE WE GETTING ANOTHER PRESENTATION? I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAD $9,000. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T MAKE THAT PROMISE. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY I'LL COME BACK, BUT CERTAINLY I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE FY 25 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. I STARTED SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND SO CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO TRY TO GET THAT BUDGET. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PROMISE I WON'T COME BACK. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, I THINK YOU'VE WORKED IN AN AREA THAT HAS A JOINT DISPATCH WITH MULTIPLE CITIES. YES. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER HAS MAJOR ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING US NOT TO HIT 90, SINCE IT'S A JOINT EFFORT BY A LOT OF CITIES? WELL, THAT REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER, AND WE HAD THAT WHEN I WAS IN CEDAR PARK, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, PROVIDED THE DISPATCH CENTER AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN THIS CASE, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY. BUT THE CITY MANAGERS OF ALL THE THREE CITIES SIT ON THAT BOARD AS WELL. AND SO WE WILL CERTAINLY BE ADVOCATING WHERE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE FIRE CHIEFS AND POLICE CHIEFS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, TO OPERATIONS AND ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY BE HAVING FOR IMPROVEMENTS. BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE AGAIN, BUT IT'D BE I HAVEN'T HAD ANY DIFFICULTIES IN MY PAST GETTING WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OF HOUSTON DISPATCH CENTER OR THIS MULTI AGENCY DISPATCH CENTER IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AGAIN, HOW LONG THAT TAKES DEPENDS ON WHAT WHAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES THEY HAVE IN THAT IN THAT DISPATCH SYSTEM. THERE'S NOTHING INEXPENSIVE ABOUT THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.

EVERYTHING ABOUT A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPENSIVE. AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT CHEAP. OKAY. I HAVE ONE ONE MORE QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT CLASS THE OTHER TWO CITIES PARTICIPATING ARE? ARE THEY CLASS TWO OR CLASS ONE? I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'LL BENEFIT FROM THIS. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. SORRY.

I'M GOOD. SO. YOU ANSWERED THAT FIRST QUESTION AND THAT IS THE CONSULTANT. IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, THE TWO OF YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN GETTING ISO RATINGS AND ENTITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES. YES. YES. IS ONE SIZE AND WE'RE SOME COUNTY IS A DIFFERENT SIZE.

ABSOLUTELY. ONE CITY ONE. THE COUNTY. SO I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON A QUESTION OF MR. REID. HE ASKED ONE OF HIS LATER QUESTIONS, LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT IS DOES ANYONE AT THIS POINT ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE BUDGETARY IMPACTS FOR GETTING THESE FOUR AREAS UP TO SNUFF IN TERMS OF GETTING AN IMPROVEMENT? I WON'T KNOW FOR SURE, SIR, UNTIL WE HAVE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE EVALUATION, AND HE CAN GET WITHIN TWO DECIMAL POINTS, SO IT WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE. THAT'S HIS TRACK RECORD THAT HE SPEAKS ABOUT IN HIS DOCUMENTS. IT JUST

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DEPENDS ON WHAT THOSE FINDINGS ARE. AND MY IN HOUSTON AS WELL AS IN CEDAR PARK. I DESCRIBED IT TOOK 2 OR 3 YEARS AFTERWARDS TO WORK THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS SYSTEMS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES IN. WHAT HAVE YOU TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL POINTS ON THE GRADING SCALE. AND SO I'M HOPEFUL, BUT I WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET THIS FIRST PART COMPLETED. SO THE SOONER WE GET THE FIRST PART COMPLETE, THE BETTER POSITION WILL BE IN TO KNOW WHATEVER FUTURE IMPLICATIONS THERE ARE. ABSOLUTELY. AND I COULD AT THAT POINT I WOULD KNOW WHAT I WOULD NEED TO BE DISCUSSING WITH CITY COUNCIL, WHAT THE BUDGETARY IMPACTS ARE OF THE CITY MANAGER TO WHATEVER THOSE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE GRADING SCALE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO GO THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH. IF YOU'RE A NANNY, YOU'RE JUST SAME CLASS ONE AS YOU ARE AT 106.5. SO I'D LIKE TO BE I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE HIGHEST GRADE JUST I'M A VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST LIKE THAT ART FILM TALLADEGA NIGHTS, DID YOU EVER SEE THAT ART FILM? I WATCHED SNIPPETS OF ALL THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THAT MOVIE, BUT YOU'RE NOT FIRST. YOU'RE LAST. THAT'S WHAT I MADE SURE I DID. AND SO I LIKE BEING FIRST. I GAVE ME TWO. SO THAT SAID. BUT SERIOUSLY, IT'S JUST WE GOT TO GET THIS FIRST EVALUATION DONE. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT IF Y'ALL WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO COME UP AT 9000, WE COULD. I CAN GET YOU THAT ANSWER AND GLAD TO COME BACK. WHATEVER TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE BECAUSE YOU'RE BE INVESTING IN IT. TO WHAT WE GOT TO DO AND OUR GOALS OF WHATEVER BUDGETARY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PROPOSE TO CITY COUNCIL, AND CERTAINLY THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL THAT PROCESS, WE'LL BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS A BIT OF AN UNFAIR QUESTION. SO THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS 2008. BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DOING THIS SORT OF THING, AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE EVERY YEAR OR EVERY SO OFTEN, OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY IT HASN'T BEEN PURSUED SINCE THAT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S PART OF MY REPERTOIRE. BEING A FIRE CHIEF. I LIKE BEING FIRST, AND THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT. I LIKE THIRD PARTY VALIDATIONS. I CAN BRAG ON THE DUNCANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A VERY GOOD FIRE DEPARTMEN, BUT I'D RATHER SOMEONE ON A DIFFERENT MEANS OF EVALUATING U, WHETHER IT BE I PURSUE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S MY GOAL TO DO THE BEST PRACTICE DESIGNATION AND I WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FIRE CHIEFS OF CREATING THAT PROGRAM FOR THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND THEN ALSO THE CITY OF HOUSTON BECAME A COMMISSION ON FIRE ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL IS A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION THAT THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS BEST PRACTICES PUTS YOU ON A PATH IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.

SO THOSE ARE GOALS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR DUNCANVILLE AND HOUSTON. WE BECAME THE LARGEST ACCREDITED FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE WORLD, AS WELL AS WELL AS THE LARGEST CLASS ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THEN CEDAR PARK. WE BECAME A CLASS ONE AND SUBSEQUENTLY WE STARTED IT. BUT WHEN I LEFT THE NEXT FIRE, SHE FINISHED THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. SO ALL THAT SAID IS IT'S A MEANS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND CERTAINLY ISO THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULD INVEST IN THIS IF IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CASE, THROUGH OUR FIRE PROTECTION. SO IN LINE WITH THAT, THAT IT DOES BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. ARE THERE ANY PLANS ONCE WE HAVE ACHIEVED THIS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY STAFF TO DO JUST THAT. AND AS AN EXAMPLE, WE PUT ISO CLASS ONE ON THE SIDE OF FIRE TRUCKS AND ANYTHING WE CAN PUT SOMETHING OR PUT IT ON THE FIRE STATION, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO KNOW IF WE ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. ALL RIGHT. I'M EXCITED. CAN I MAKE A MOTION? YES, SIR. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE QUESTIONS. MORE QUESTIONS? FROM GREG. SORRY, I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF ISO. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THIS. I DO FEEL IT SHOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL

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BUDGET. IT SHOULDN'T BE COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR IN GENERAL, BUT I THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS WITH SOME CLARIFICATION THAT ON THE CITY WATER SUPPLY, HOW MUCH ARE THEY PARTICIPATING WITH THE EVALUATION OF THEIR SYSTEM AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE? WELL, THE WATER PART OF THE GRADING SCORE IS SIGNIFICANT. AND SO THEY'LL BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED. MY SENSE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT HYDRANT LOCATIONS AND WATER MAIN SITES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CONSULTANT IS A CIVIL ENGINEER, AS I MENTIONED. SO HE CAN ASCERTAIN IN IN GREAT DETAIL, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT GIVES INFORMATION BACK TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. I DON'T ANTICIPATE A PROBLEM, BUT IF THERE IS, THEN YOU GET AGAIN. YOU HAVE SOMEONE TELLING YOU, WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH OUR WATER SYSTEM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY FIRE DEPARTMENTS DON'T DO WELL WITHOUT WATER. AND CERTAINLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS IS PROVIDING GOOD CLEAN WATER THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND DUNCANVILLE HAS DONE QUITE A BIT IN THAT AREA. HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE FIRST PART OF THE EVALUATION DONE, BUT I DON'T EXPECT SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WITH WATER BECAUSE DURING OUR EVENT, WE DID HAVE SOME NEAR CRITICAL SITUATIONS. SO I CAN IMAGINE THE WATER SYSTEM NEEDS IT. I HAD TALKED TO THE PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEF ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND ONE OF THE ITEMS HE SAID ABOUT GETTING AN ISO ONE WAS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AERIAL TRUCK. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? WELL, IT'S NOT JUST A WATER A LADDER TRUCK. WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A QUINT. SO IT'S A COMBINATION ENGINE COMPANY THAT PUMPS WATER. HENCE THE QUINT HAS FIVE MAJOR FUNCTIONS. HAVING A PUMP, HAVING A LADDER, DIFFERENT TOOLS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT CREATES THAT DESCRIPTION OF THAT PARTICULAR FIRE APPARATUS. AND SO WE DO HAVE A LADDER TRUCK THAT WOULD GET PARTIAL CREDIT AND THE ISO CODES. YOU CAN HAVE A TOTAL QUINT CONCEPT. NOW WE HAVE TWO FIRE STATIONS. ONE DAY THERE MAY BE A THIRD FIRE STATION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED UNTIL WE GET THE FIRST PART OF THE EVALUATION DONE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE CIP PROGRAM, AND THERE WAS SUPPORT IN THE 28 TO 33 TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW, NOT DON'T HOLD ME TO THOSE YEARS, BUT IT WAS A GOAL. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT FEEDBACK WE GET WILL TELL US EXACTLY. AND I ALWAYS ADVOCATE TO DO IT THE LEAST COSTLY APPROACH TO AT LEAST GET TO THAT 90 PLUS. AND SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE WORK WITH CITY LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT HEADS INVOLVED WITH THE GRADING SCHOOL, OR SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL, THEY WANT TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT IN THIS CASE THAT ACHIEVES THAT GOAL FOR CLASS ONE. OKAY. WELL, LET ME JUST GO BACK TO MY QUESTION ABOUT THE AERIAL TRUCK, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO BACK THEN WAS THE FACT THAT QUINT DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT AS A FULL LADDER TRUCK, FOR A FULL LADDER TRUCK, AND THEN THAT'S JUST SPECIFICALLY BASICALLY DON'T HAVE A PUMP OR ANYTHING OR WHAT HAVE YOU. YEAH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT DESIGNATION, BUT THE QUINT CONCEPT, WHICH WORKS WELL, AND CEDAR PARK HAD A QUINCE, HOUSTON HAD LADDER COMPANIES AND NOT QUINCE. WE HAD ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANIES. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY IS, YES, A LADDER TRUCK, YOU GET A FEW MORE EXTRA POINTS. IT'S JUST THAT OR I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THAT. I DON'T I'M NOT SURE THAT WE DO, BUT WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE IF WE DO THIS INITIAL EVALUATION OF WHAT? BECAUSE THE FIRE APPARATUS IS LOOKED AT AND GRADED AND SO ARE THE TWO STATIONS WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE OR DO WE NEED SOMETHING IN ADDITION THAT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT TO IF WE IF THE CITY WANTS TO ADD A THIRD FIRE STATION, IF IT'S RECOMMENDED, THEN THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. SO HOW MUCH DOES MUTUAL AID FROM LIKE CEDAR HILL OR GRAND PRAIRIE WOULD THAT HAVE? IT'S HUGE AERIAL TRUCK. IT'S HUGE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES. DUNCANVILLE AND THEY ARE ALREADY DOING THIS BEFORE I GOT HERE. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WITH DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL LANCASTER NOT SO MUCH. THEY HELP THEM FIRE MARSHAL, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THEM, BUT THIS AUTOMATIC AID, THOSE ARE LIKE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS TO US FOR THIS GRADING SCHEDULE. SO THAT'S HELPFUL. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL CREDIT BEYOND JUST OUR TWO FIRE STATIONS. SO YOU PUT THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WHETHER

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IT IMPACTS ISO OR NOT. BECAUSE WE GOT MORE RESOURCES TO WHATEVER CITY NEEDS IT BASED ON THE EMERGENCY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS THE STAFF AVAILABILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF MANPOWER TO ENTER A BUILDING, OR HOW IS OUR STAFFING IN GENERAL TO MEET OUR ISO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT OTHER RIG TO SHOW UP, TO HAVE YOUR MINIMUM MANPOWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS AND DO OPERATIONS INSIDE. WELL, THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE IS A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE ON AN ENGINE OR LADDER COMPANY. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE, BUT WHAT WE BENEFIT FROM IS BACK TO THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT WITH THE AUTOMATIC AID, BECAUSE THEY'RE DISPATCHED AT THE SAME TIME FROM OUR REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER, CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO. IN THIS CASE, TO THAT LOCATION WITH DUNCANVILLE. SO WE GET THE BENEFIT OF THOSE RESOURCES, BOTH THROUGH ISO. MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR MRS. SMITH, WHO YOU KNOW, WE GET ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS THERE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN CONSULTANT REPORTS. AIR TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS SAFE AND HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING. THESE I THINK ARE BIG QUESTIONS FOR DUNCANVILLE AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING. SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IN ADDITION TO MAKING THE CITY SAFER, WHAT'S THE ANNUAL COST SAVINGS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS? WELL, IT'S A 1% FOR IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIA. YES. YEAH, IT'S 1%. IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS FOR COMMERCIAL INSURANC.

GOING THERE IS GOOD IMPROVEMENT AS YOU GO UP FROM TEN ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS ONE. BUT THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENTIATION WHEN YOU GO FROM A TWO TO A ONE. BUT MY POINT IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT, WHEN YOU DO THE AGGREGATE SAVINGS, BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND NOTHING ELSE PURVIEW HERE. BUT CERTAINLY YOU CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE. AND THIS IS BUSINESSES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO BENEFIT AS WELL. SO I'LL SHOP FOR A 2% OR 1% SAVINGS ALL DAY LONG. AND I DO THAT WITH MY OWN INSURANCE COSTS ON MY HOUSE. YEAH. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOP AROUND. THANKS. BUT THIS SCORE, ALL THE INSURANCE COMPANIES LOOK AT YOUR ISO GRADING. YOU LIVE SO MANY MILES WITHIN SO MANY MILES OF THE FIRE STATION AND ALL THAT. THANK YOU. CHIEF AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU. SO MOVED. I SECOND OKAY, SO PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2002 FOUR DASH 11 DASH FIVE. APPROVING THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000 TO MR. MIKE PECK, ASSISTANT TO ASSIST THE CITY. EXCUSE ME? TO IMPROVE ITS INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICE RATING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR DO SO BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED. OKAY, THAT MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. OKAY.

[4.d. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2024-11-4 AMENDING AN AGREEMENT WITH DW CEDAR RIDGE, LLC FOR A GRANT UP TO $103,747.00 FOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONAL PICK UP/DRIVE THROUGH AND FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF GREASE TRAPS AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM D IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA. THIS IS DISGUSTING. CONSIDER PROOF OF RESOLUTION 2002 411 DASH FOUR AMENDING AN AGREEMENT WITH D.W. CEDAR RIDGE, LLC FOR A GRANT OF UP. TO $103,747 FOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONAL PICK UP DRIVE THROUGH, AND FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF GREASE TRAPS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THIS EVENING. WE'RE NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A NEW GRANT, ADDITIONAL MONIES. THIS IS REALLY TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AT SINCE THE APPROVAL OF THE LAST GRANT, $103,000, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A BIT MORE DEFINITION INTO WHERE THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY WENT TO THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WAS A BIT BROAD, AND IT TALKED ABOUT ENLARGEMENT OF GREASE, GREASE TRAPS, INTERIOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO ANY UNITS, PROPERTY, ETC. SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON SPECIFIC A UNIT, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY. THERE'S SOME MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT THAT WEREN'T INTENDED TO BE SPENT AS A RESULT OF VANDALISM. BUT THIS EVENING WE HAVE ALEX SPEED WITH DO US PROPERTIES THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CENTER AND SOME LEASING INTEREST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO STAND RIGHT HERE? THAT'S

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FINE. OKAY. I WORK FOR CEDAR RIDGE, SO PART OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP OF, AS WE CALL IT, 106 NORTH CEDAR RIDGE. AND LIKE VICTOR SAID, WE'RE BACK. OH, LET ME SEE. HERE'S VICTOR, PUT VICTOR, PUT THIS UP. I GUESS I DID THE SLIDES, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT ALL MY ORDERS IN. BUT ESSENTIALLY, LIKE VICTOR SAID, WE WERE HERE IN FEBRUARY AND WE WERE APPROVED OF THIS GRANT FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR NEWEST TENANT, SISTER GIRLS KITCHEN, ABOUT TO OPEN, WE'RE IN OUR REIMBURSEMENT STAGE FOR THE MONIES. AND SO VICTOR WANTED ME TO COME BACK AND KIND OF SHOW WHERE THAT MONEY HAS GONE TOWARDS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHOW YOU YOU'LL KIND OF SEE KIND OF OUR BUDGET FROM FEBRUARY AND OUR BUDGET TO NOW REALLY THE NUMBER HAS NOT CHANGED FROM 103,000. OBVIOUSLY, SOME EXPENSES HAVE COME UP. WE WEREN'T EXPECTING. I KNOW VICTOR MENTIONED THE VANDALISM WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROJECT. THERE WERE TWO TENANTS THAT SISTER GIRLS ENDED UP TAKING THE ENTIRE SPACE FOR. IT WAS THE LIBERTY TAX AND A PAPA JOHN'S. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE UNDER CONTRACT FOR IT, WE KNEW PAPA JOHN'S WAS NO LONGER GOING TO KEEP BUSINESS IN PLACE. SO WE KNEW THEY WERE CLOSING. BUT LIBERTY TAX ENDED UP CLOSING IN DECEMBER. SO ALL THAT TO SAY IS WE THOUGHT THE HVACS WERE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PER OUR AGREEMENT WITH SISTER GIRLS IN OUR LEASE, WE NEEDED TO DELIVER BRAND NEW HVAC APPLIANCES IN GOOD WORKING OR NOT BRAND NEW. I'M SORRY WE HAD TO DELIVER HVAC IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND AS SHE WAS GETTING OPEN, WE FOUND THAT THE COPPER HAD BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE UNITS. SO THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT, WHICH WE WEREN'T EXPECTING. AND YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS. IT'S I GUESS, PART OF OWNERSHIP, BUT CERTAINLY A COST THAT WE WERE NOT EXPECTING. WE THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THOSE EXISTING UNITS AND GET HER OPEN THAT WAY. AND TRYING TO THINK SHE, WHEN SHE KNEW WE HAD WE HAD AN EXISTING GREASE TRAP AND AS WE WERE TALKING WITH THE CITY AND LISTENING TO KIND OF WHAT THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS WANTED FOR THIS INTERSECTION, WE WERE HEARING FOOD CONCEPTS AND WE WERE SAYING TO THEM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE TENANTS, ESPECIALLY GOOD CREDIT TENANTS, THEY REQUIRE MORE LARGER TENANT INCENTIVE PACKAGES. SO WE HAD A DRY CLEANER IN THE SPACE THAT ENDED UP RETIRING. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT SPACE BACK. SHE HAS THAT DRIVE UP WINDOW, WHICH WE KNOW IS ALSO SUPER ATTRACTIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, ORDER ONLINE, PICK UP IN STORE OR EVEN POTENTIALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THE STACK IS LARGE ENOUGH. WE'RE STILL WE ACTUALLY GOT A LETTER OF INTENT TODAY ON THE SPACE, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. BUT THEY WANT A LOT OF MONEY TO GO THERE. SO ANYWAY, NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, BUT IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE TO ATTRACT THE TYPE OF TENANTS THAT WE WANT FOR THIS SPACE. AND THE CITY HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL AND REVITALIZING THE CORNER. YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE THAN WE THOUGHT. I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH THIS SITE, BUT THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN AWNING HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE CURRENT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND REALLY JUST KIND OF BRING NEW LIFE INTO THIS CENTER. I DON'T THINK IT HAD BEEN TOUCHED IN 1978, SO THIS IS MUCH MORE MODERN. AND THE DONUT SHOP IS THAT TENANT IS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE WE'VE OWNED IT. THEY'RE FANTASTIC. WE LOVE THEM. EVERY TIME I'M AT THE CENTER, THEY ARE JUST CRANKING OUT WORK. WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THEIR SPACE. SO THERE WAS A FORMER WATER HEATER EXTERIOR ROOM THAT WAS SERVICING THE DRY CLEANER, AND THEY SAW THAT SHE LEFT AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, CAN WE GET THAT SPACE? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO CUT OPEN A PUNCH THROUGH A DOOR FOR THEM AND EXPAND BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY JUST THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH BUSINESS. SO WE'RE THRILLED WITH THEM. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE SISTER GIRLS. SHE MENTIONED SHE'S GOT 190 ORDERS FOR THANKSGIVING, SO HOPING HER INSPECTION GOES WELL TOMORROW. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON A NEW ROOF WITH THE OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW ANECDOTALLY, THIS OWNER, WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND HE'S VERY KIND AND BEEN IN THE BUSINESS A LONG TIME, BUT HE WAS LIKE THE PERFECT TENANT FOR THIS SHOPPING CENTER. IT'D BE LIKE A PAWN SHOP. AND WE JUST KIND OF THOUGHT YOU KNOW, WE WANT MORE FOR THIS CENTER. WE WANT IT'S SUCH A GREAT CORNER AND WE'RE RIGHT FROM THE DOWN, FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND ANYWAY, WE GOT DONUT SHOP, NEW SIGNAGE AND MADE THAT YOU KNOW, MY OPINION MORE ATTRACTIVE. AND JUST THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING MORE LIFE TO THE CENTER. THERE'S A SISTER GIRL SIGNAGE THAT I THINK VICTOR MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME FOR A GRANT AND THEY TOOK OVER BOTH SPACES. SO THE PAPA JOHN'S SPACE AND THE LIBERTY TAX SPACE, THIS IS KIND OF SOME BEFORE THIS IS WHAT WE INHERITED. THIS WAS THE PAPA JOHN'S SPACE. SO THEY LEFT ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THE CEILING

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TILES AND THEIR VENT HOOD, WHICH SISTER GIRLS HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE OVER. YOU'LL SEE. DOESN'T THAT LOOK NICE? SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONCEPT, BUT IT'S A SOUL FOOD KITCHEN AND THEY DO CATERING AND I THINK YOU CAN GO UP AND ORDER AT THE COUNTER AS WELL. BUT THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THERE'S THE PYLON SIGN. SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADD A SISTER GIRLS AND REMOVE THE DRY CLEANING SIGN. REMOVE THE PAPA JOHN'S SIGN SO WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT TENANT. IF WE WERE HOPING THAT THE LAST TENANT FOR THE FORMER DRY CLEANER WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE SPACE, WE DON'T WANT TO CHOP IT UP JUST FROM A.

AND SO WE HAVE ONE MORE SPOT ON OUR PYLON SIGN. SO MAYBE WE CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, SOME SIGNAGE THAT'S WE'LL CALL THE CENTER SOMETHING, YOU KNOW CEDAR RIDGE RETAIL OR SOMETHING. WE HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. SO THAT'S EXCITING. OH THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS. YES SIR. SO JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, I LIVE SEVEN BLOCKS FROM THAT PLACE. I SEE. DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR DRY CLEANING. I'VE GOTTEN SOME CALLS ABOUT THAT. I'VE GOTTEN SOME CALLS ABOUT THAT.

AND WHEN SHE TURNED OVER THE SPACE BACK TO US, IT WAS EMPTY. BUT I'VE GOTTEN LOLICIA AND THE CITY WAS LIKE, SHE STILL HAS SOME OF MY CLOTHES. I'M LIKE, I AM SO SORRY, BUT I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED YOU. NO, NO, NO. THAT'S GOOD. SO. AND THEY ALSO DID ALTERATIONS. YES. YES, YES, I KNOW SHE WAS. SHE'S RETIRING AND I THINK GOING ON A CRUISE WITH HER HUSBAND. SO HE'S A CONSULTANT AND HE WORKS ON SPECIAL PROJECTS, I THINK IN GEORGIA. AND THE SUNBELT. SO SHE WAS LOOKING AND THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER RETAIL CONCEPT, A KITCHEN, A CHICKEN KITCHEN. I THINK SHE SO I THINK SHE WAS LOOKING TOWARDS RETIREMENT AND GETTING TO TRAVEL WITH HER HUSBAND. OH GOOD. GOOD ON HER. YES. SO THANK YOU FOR RESISTING THE TEMPTATION FOR I GUESS EASY MONEY. YEAH. PAWN SHOP. THANK YOU FOR RESISTING THAT TEMPTATION BECAUSE WE DUNCANVILLE IS BLESSED WITH SO MANY NAIL SHOPS AND CHICKEN PLACES. AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST I KNOW I'M WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE BLESSED LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

ANYTIME SOON. WE'RE TRYING. WE ARE TRYING DIFFERENT. GOOD, GOOD. I'M GLAD. I'M. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR SISTER GIRLS. WE ACTUALLY, AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT, INITIALLY WE HAD AN AGREEMENT PACKAGE WITH HER TO GIVE HER 43,000. AND SHE'S A NEW BUSINESS OWNER AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DEFERRED BUSINESS, AND WE JUST WANT HER TO SUCCEED. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY AMENDED THAT TO 65,000. SO ALL THAT TO SAY IS 65. WE'VE GOT 103 OF THIS GRANT. WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THAT LAST TENANT. WE GOT A LETTER OF INTENT TODAY. IT'S A IT'S A DELI CONCEPT AND IT'S A NATIONAL CHAIN. AND IT'S DAY ONE IN RETAIL TAKES IT'S A LONG ROAD TO GET TO LEASE BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT. AND WE WANT TO BRING YOU THOSE CONCEPTS. SO AND THIS IS PROBABLY AN UNFAIR QUESTION, BUT ANY CONSIDERATIONS TO SISTER GIRL MAYBE DOING LIKE A SOFT OPENING AND BUYING SOME OF HER ARDENT SUPPORTERS LIKE THIS BOARD TO ATTEND THE SOFT OPENING. VICTOR SAYS SHE FED Y'ALL AT A MEETING. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN NO, I'M THE I'M THE NEW PERSON. OH, SO ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN BEFORE I GOT HERE, AND THEY ARE SO LOVELY TO. I SPEAK WITH MISS RENEE. SHE IS A FIRECRACKER. SHE IS SO PLEASANT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO GET HER BUSINESS OPEN, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK. I WANTED TO GET SOME THANKSGIVING PIES, BUT THEY'RE SO BUSY. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL FOCUS ON YOUR ORDERS AND I'LL I'LL COME GET YOU GUYS AFTER THANKSGIVING, OPEN DECEMBER. WHAT? SO THEY'RE INSPECTIONS TOMORROW WITH THE CITY. SO HOPEFULLY BY THANKSGIVING SHE'S THEY'RE HOPING TO OPEN I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE MAKING THE MAGIC. THE MOVIE. YEAH. SO WHEN I'M SAYING THEY'RE PROBABLY HOPING TO BE OPEN SO THEY CAN FULFILL THE ORDERS. YEAH. TOMORROW THEN THEY. YEAH. AND THEN THEY'LL START COOKING TOMORROW. WEDNESDAY. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT BECAUSE, LIKE THE FIRE CHIEF, I WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO GO SHOW UP, AND THEN I'LL JUST TAKE IT. I'M HER. YEAH, YEAH. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

WELL. THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. HE'S BEEN. HE'S THE ONLY USE THAT.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE CHARLES DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I LOVE DUNCANVILLE OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VICTOR. PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. VICTOR, DID

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YOU SAY THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS? WE ACTUALLY NEEDED. WELL, NO ACTION IN THE SENSE OF NEW DOLLAR AMOUNTS. ACTION IN THE SENSE OF AMENDING THE AGREEMENT TO DEFINE THE IMPROVEMENTS. OKA.

TO PROCEED WITH THE REIMBURSEMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC OR THE PLACEMENT OF NEWS AS A RESULT OF THE VANDALISM THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. OKAY, SO WE'VE READ THIS AGENDA CAPTION. I'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO MOVE SECOND. OKAY, MOTION MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SHOW BY SAYING I. I, I OPPOSED SAME SIGN UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION CARRIES OKAY. NOW WE'RE AT ITEM

[4.e. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2024-11-3 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH RICKY FAIN FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT GRANTS UP TO $3,085,735.00 FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED ON FOUTS AVENUE OWNED BY THE FAIN FAMILY.]