Dec 03, 2024 City Council

YOU. GREAT TO MEET YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. YEAH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP. THANK

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

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PURCHASING AGREEMENT. BUT THE FIRST ONE ITEM A SAYS 100,000. AND WHAT AM I MISSING ON THE SECOND ONE? $18,200 AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT. YES TO THE 93,200. ARE THOSE APPLES AND APPLES OR SUPPOSED TO BE. THEY ARE APPLES AND APPLES. THE SECOND ONE IS RELATED TO A PAST EXPENDITURE THAT WE DIDN'T GET AUTHORIZATION FOR TO USE RATIFICATION. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR YEAR, AND IT GIVES ADDITIONAL MEALS FOR LUNCHES AND FOR DINNERS, IF YOU RECALL, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. OKAY. SO, MISTER STEVEN, YOU SAYING WE'RE SEEING INCREASES AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE AS WELL? YES. AND THESE ARE ALL COVERED BY THE GRANT. SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONIES ACTUALLY, THAT ARE CHARGED TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND REAL QUICK, I'M DOING THE MATH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 60 TO 60 MEALS A DAY. IS THAT ROUGHLY WHAT THAT IS? I'M SEEING ALL THOSE CONSUMED. YES. WE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 45 TO 65 ON AVERAGE AND THEN HIGHER ON HOLIDAYS. AND THEN WHEN WE WERE DOING THE LUNCHES AND DINNERS, OF COURSE, IT WAS TRIPLE THAT AMOUNT. SO AGAIN, ALL THOSE ARE COVERED BY THE GRANT WE GET FROM TRIPLE A, AND THAT WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE IN CASE WE'RE NOT READING THEM OUT IN THE OTHER ROOM FOR BE CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURE BY 18,000 AND A PROCUREMENT OF 93,000 FOR THE SENIOR MALE PROGRAM SERVICES FOR VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS, AND THE AMOUNT FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WATERWORKS. OR SEE INCIDENT RESOLUTION 2437 SIX AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A CARDIO FITNESS EQUIPMENT FROM MARATHON FITNESS THROUGH MY BOARD CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE RELATED FIVE YEAR LEASE PURCHASE FINANCE AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE OF $113,975.40. I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR THE REC CENTER, AND DIRECTOR STEVENSON IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. COATS. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR GETTING THIS TO US BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANTICIPATED PURCHASES AS FAR AS FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND OR WEIGHTS OR THE STRENGTH EQUIPMENT AT THE RECREATION CENTER IS ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING? THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT FOCUS, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDING FOR REPLACING THAT EQUIPMENT. WE ARE SEEING SOME ISSUES WITH THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. STEVENSON. SO AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS, WE OWN IT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? WOULD YOU MENTIONED THE LIFESPAN OF THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT. WHERE DO YOU THINK WILL BE IN FIVE YEARS ON THE ON THIS NEW EQUIPMENT. WE'VE GOT A SEVEN YEARS OUT OF OUR CURRENT EQUIPMENT. IT'S THE SAME PROCESS WE USE. BACK IN 2018. THERE WAS A LEASE TO PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. WE GOT 6 TO 7 YEARS OUT OF IT. SO NOW THAT WE OWN THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT, WE'LL USE SOME OF IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED. WE'LL HAVE SOME OF IT

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 4D CONSIDER A RESOLUTION 24 377 APPROVING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK CONTRACT WITH DEAN CONSTRUCTION FOR HARRINGTON PARK. IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN ESTIMATED COST OF $4,056,859.78. THIS RELATES TO HARRINGTON PARK PHASE ONE, PHASE THREE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO THE 2018 BOND PROJECT. GETTING THIS FINISHED.

AND DIRECTOR STEVENSON IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUST GO OVER THE FUNDING. THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT ONE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC. SURE. SO WE APPROVED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING. MR. JACKSON IN HERE SOMEWHERE. SO THERE HE IS. BUT WE APPROVED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO THAT WAS THE 2018 BOND MONEY. THE ARPA MONEY. AND I'M MISSING WHAT WAS THE OTHER APPROPRIATION? HOPKINS THANK YOU. AND ARPA IS THE FUNDING THAT HAS TO BE DESIGNATED BY A CERTAIN TIME BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO 31ST, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR E AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE WORK BASED LEARNING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE DUNCANVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. DIRECTOR STEVENSON AND OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AG TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, THOUGH, THAT WE'VE HAD THIS AGREEMENT, BUT IT WAS REALLY AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REQUEST. CORRECT, CORRECT. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT. THIS IS FOR F. CONSIDER RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PURCHASE OF AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, CITY HALL, POLICE DEPARTMENT, MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR FORT WORTH ELECTRIC AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $367,860 AND AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION OF 36,286 FOR PROJECT CONTINGENCY FOR THE EXECUTION OF FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS, NOT EXCEED IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF $399,146. DIRECTOR BRIAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS. WELL, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT. WHY? WHY IT'S RATIFIED. SURE. HAPPY TO. AND ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A BRIEFING TONIGHT FROM OUR FAVORITE ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT KIND OF HELPED US FORCE THE EXPEDITIOUS PURCHASE OF A GENERATOR, BUT WILL LET HIM GET TO THAT POINT.

BUT WE WERE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ON REALLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR A GENERATOR FOR US, AND WE WERE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE AS WE JUST HAD A RECENT POWER OUTAGE THAT THE COMPANY THAT WAS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ACTUALLY HAD A UNIT THAT THEY COULD BEGIN INSTALLATION OF IMMEDIATELY.

THEY HAD IT ON THE SHELF, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S A SIX PLUS MONTH TIMELINE AND THEY ACTUALLY START INSTALLING IT TODAY. SO THE OLD GENERATOR IS AT MY SERVICE CENTER. YES. GOOD. FOR G, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH UNIFIRST FOR UNIFORM FACILITY PRODUCT RENTALS.

SOURCEWELL FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 86,199 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AGAIN, DIRECTOR BRYANT IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NONE. FOR EACH, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A MONTH TO MONTH AGREEMENT WITH MERCURY VEST, BRAGG, AND ALLEN FOR THE CONTINUED COLLECTION SERVICES FOR MUNICIPAL COURT. WHILE PROPOSALS CAN BE SOLICITED FOR THOSE SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND CFO DIRECTOR RICHARD JACKSON IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THAT. OKAY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN SINCE THEY'VE BEEN IN GOOD STANDING WITH US FOR A LONG TIME? HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO JUST GIVE THEM A FLAT ONE YEAR CONTRACT TO CONTINUE WHILE WE GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS? WELL, THAT WAS THE MAYOR. THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE OF THE MONTH TO MONTH WAS SO THAT WE COULD CONDUCT AN RFP DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE IDEA BEING JUST FOR BEST PRACTICE, BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN CONTRACTING WITH THEM FOR SO LONG THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO A FOUR YEAR RENEWAL CONTRACT AND SO WE ASKED THEM TO JUST GO MONTH TO MONTH INSTEAD. SO IT'S OUR INTENTION IS THAT THE MONTH TO MONTH WOULD JUST STAY IN PLACE THROUGH THE TIME OF US DOING AN RFP DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. GIVEN THAT, ARE THEY STILL INTERESTED IN CONTINUING WITH US? YES, VERY. THEY'LL BE ONE OF THE BIDS. YES THEY WILL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL JUMP INTO OUR CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I'LL JUST. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL JUST GET A FEW WITH THE HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. IS THIS FRIDAY AT FOUR AND THE CITY HALL HAS SPECIAL

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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WAS A GREAT GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO ITEM C MAJOR CONSULTING GROUP BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THEM ON THAT PLANE ON TIME. I HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. OH HI I'M RICHARD BRADY I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP AND I WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS STUDY. I ALSO LED THE POLICE PART OF THE STUDY EFFORT. AND WITH ME IS ROBERT FINN. HE LIVES IN THE METROPLEX AND HE IS A SENIOR MANAGER WITH THE FIRM, AND HE LEADS OUR PRIOR PRACTICE AND WAS A LEAD CONSULTANT ON THE FIRE SIDE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, ANALYZING WORKLOAD AND OH, THANK YOU. AND STAFFING NEEDS FOR THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE FOR A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERIOD. SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS THE RESULTS OF A DRAFT REPORT THAT WE ARE STILL REVIEWING WITH THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS REPORT LOOKS AT CURRENT STAFFING. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH PLANNING STAFF TO UNDERSTAND HOW GROWTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY AND THE IMPACTS THAT WILL HAVE ON POLICE AND FIRE STAFFING AND FACILITY NEEDS. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME, IS TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING OUT ABOUT CURRENT OPERATIONS, SERVICES AND STAFFING IN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS. AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT POLICE. SO JUST QUICKLY ABOUT MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP 122ND YEAR. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE BIGGEST THING WE DO. WE WORK WITH HUNDREDS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, 400 OF EACH, AND MANY OF THEM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE METRO METROPLEX, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWEST. WORK YOU'VE DONE AS WELL. JUST

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JUST TWO MORE POLICE OFFICERS WOULD PLUG THAT GAP SO THAT THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THAT YOU TURN ALL OF THOSE WHITE BOXES INTO GREEN BOXES. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO BE.

YOU DO NEED MORE SERGEANTS, TWO MORE SERGEANTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE FIRST LINE SUPERVISION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT ALWAYS WAS. BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE MAKING SURE THAT OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED APPROPRIATELY WITH THE COMMUNIT, THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING, PROTOCOLS THAT THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING, THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY TRAINED OR IDENTIFYING WHERE THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING. SO YOU NEED EFFECTIVE AND VISIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF SERGEANTS IN ORDER TO DO THAT. YES. AND THAT TWO OFFICERS IS PER SHIFT. NO. IT'S TWO TOTAL TO THE ENTIRE.

YEAH. IT'S AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL A SMALL DEPARTMENT AND A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAS A BIG IMPACT. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LIKE A 20% OR SOMETHING DURING THOSE HOURS, TWO PEOPLE AT 3000 PLUS HOURS OF WORK IN THOSE HOURS, IN THOSE HOURS OF THE DAY, IS THAT A CALL FOR TWO NEW OFFICERS? YES. OKAY. ABOVE YOUR AUTHORIZED LEVEL POSITIONS AND THERE'S VACANCIES TOO, WHICH IS A FACTOR. SO IN OTHER UNITS, THE FOCUS. YES. SORRY, SORRY. SO YOU SAID IN ADDITION TO THE VACANCIES OR JUST TO CURRENTLY TWO AUTHORIZED, TWO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. OKAY. SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE VACANCIES. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN HIGH. IT'S BEING ADDRESSED. NOW IT'S LOWER. NOW YOU CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. BUT WE FACTOR IN VACANCIES INTO THAT CALCULATION. SO JUST COUNCIL THOUGH I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T MISS. IT'S TWO PATROL OFFICERS AND TWO SERGEANTS FOUR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. SO OKAY. BUT SERGEANTS AREN'T CALL HANDLERS AND THEY'RE NOT FACTORED INTO THIS THIS GREEN THING. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT MEANS THAT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHORT. BUT PRETENDING THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. SO YEAH. POINT IN WHICH WE'RE FULLY STAFFED FOR RIGHT.

SO WE GOT TO GET FULLY STAFFED FIRST. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO REMEMBER THIS PROACTIVITY CHART TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR VACANCIES. THIS IS ACTUAL STAFFING. SO WE'RE SAYING THAT IN ADDITION TO THE AUTHORIZED POSITION YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, YOU NEED THESE ADDITIONAL 3000 HOURS BETWEEN ABOUT TEN AND TEN TO ADDRESS THIS DEFICIENCY. DOES IT ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VACATIONS? YES. AND YEAH. YEAH. ONE OF ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID BESIDES THE WORKLOAD SIDE IS WE DOCUMENTED THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT PEOPLE WORK. THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 2000 HOURS EACH PER YEAR. AND YOU SUBTRACT VACATION SICK LEAVE, BUT ALSO TRAINING, BUT ALSO BRIEFING TIME, MEALS AND BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT OUT OF 20, 80 HOURS, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 1400 HOURS NET AVAILABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS.

THE IMPORTANT THING IN OTHER OPERATIONS BUREAU FUNCTIONS IS TRAFFIC. YOU HAVE BEEN SHORT A POSITION FOR MUCH OF THE PAST YEAR. YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO AUTHORIZED. WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITION, AND THEY'RE ONLY STAFFED DURING THE DAYTIME. DURING THE WEEKDAY.

AND AT THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS, YOU'VE GOT MANY OF EVEN THOSE REDUCED HOURS AND SHIFTS

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HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED AND YOU'RE KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH VICTIMS OF CRIME. SO SUPERVISION IS IMPORTANT IN INVESTIGATIONS, JUST AS IT IS IN PATROL, IN OTHER FUNCTIONS, MOSTLY CIVILIAN SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF YOU NEED SOME MORE SUPPORT FOR COVERAGE MOSTLY, AND PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE. ANOTHER RECORDS TECHNICIAN BECAUSE FOR THE SAME KIND OF IMPACTS THERE ARE IN DETECTIVES, IT IMPACTS RECORD STAFF AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE CURRENT STAFFING REPORT. WE'RE STILL REVIEWING IT. I THINK WITHIN DAYS WE'RE GETTING THE PLANNING DATA WE NEED TO DO THE PROJECTIONS. SO SOMETIME THIS MONTH WE'LL BE COMPLETING THE PROJECTED STAFFING AND WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU. I'M SORRY. NOW WE'RE ON TO FIRE. CAN WE GET THIS FAR? WHAT? MISSING A LOT OF SLIDES. OH, REALLY? SO ANYWAY. THE PRESENTATION IS ALL. UNLESS. UNLESS? THIS IS JUST PART OF IT. BUT THERE'S ANYWAY. YEAH, WE READ IT. THE. SO HERE'S HERE'S THE KEY WITH FIRE. WE'LL PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL SINCE THAT'S ALL BULLETED. SO YOUR BIGGEST ISSUE FACING FIRE TODAY IS THE PEAK DEMAND OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE UNITS. SO YOUR AMBULANCES HAVE PASSED THE THRESHOLD WHERE THE LINE IN THE SAND IS DRAWN. AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED. WHEN WE WORKED WITH BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO, THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SO REGIONALLY, YOU GUYS OPERATE WITH WHAT'S CALLED A AUTOMATIC AID. SO WHEN YOUR UNITS ARE DEPLETED, THEN SOMEBODY FROM DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL AND LANCASTER, THEY'RE COMING IN AND FILLING THOSE GAP. WELL, NOW THEIR UNITS ARE ALSO DEPLETED. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING CALLED THERE. SO THE WHOLE REGIONAL SYSTEM IS STRAINED. AND

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SO WE LOOK AT CALL PROCESSING. SO WE HAVE THE REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER. THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE FINAL REPORT ABOUT THE CURRENT COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

AND IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T WORK WELL WITH FIRE EMS. IT'S REALLY A POLICE BASED SYSTEM. SO THERE'S SO THERE'S ISSUES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND A NEW CAT SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDERED AND THAT'LL IMPROVE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON REGIONALLY. TURNOUT TIME IS HOW QUICKLY FROM WHEN DISPATCH SAYS, HEY, THIS IS GOING ON, DO THEY GET UP AND GET OUT THE DOOR? SO SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROLLABLE, IF YOU MEASURE IT, THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF FIREFIGHTERS OR COMPETITORS. SO YOU WANT TO GET THAT DOWN TO A MINUTE FOR EMS CALLS ABOUT A MINUTE AND 20 TO A MINUTE AND 30S DEPENDING ON LOCAL ADOPTED STANDARDS FOR FIRE CALLS AND THE TRAVEL TIME. IS THAT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM? ONCE. ONCE THEY'RE SEATBELTED IN, IT'S GOING TO GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING. AND BECAUSE OF THAT FIXED FACILITY RESPONSE, IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, SHORT OF BUILDING MORE ROADS, MORE AND MORE FIRE STATIONS, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. WEATHER PLAYS A FACTOR IN ALL THAT. BUT THE MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN GET

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LIKE I SAID, COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS WITH YOUR FIRE PREVENTION STAFF AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS CAN BE IMPROVED. THE REGIONAL TRAINING PROCESS IS WORKING WELL. THERE'S A HIGH VALUE ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS, BUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRACTICAL HANDS ON TRAINING IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. AND THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER AND HAVING WORKED WITH CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO RECENTLY AS WELL, WE'VE GOT PLANS TO MEET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT THAT MAY, MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK LIKE. SO FORTUNATELY, I'M LOCAL. AND FOR ME TO DRIVE DOWN. SO THEN, LIKE RIDGE SAID, THE NEXT STEPS ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON THAT BEST LOCATION FOR THE STATION. LOOKING AT THE LONGER TERM FUTURE STAFFING NEEDS AND THEN PUTTING THE FACILITY NEEDS IN BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS. SO NOW WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF EXTRA STAFF TO MAN THE THIRD STATION.

CORRECT THE NEXT. YEAH. SO DEPENDING ON HOW THE AMBULANCE WORKS, KIND OF THE WAY WE HAD IT PHASED IN WAS GET THE PEAK TIME AMBULANCE UP AND THEN ROLL THAT INTO A 24 HOUR UNIT. WHEN THAT STATION IS CONSTRUCTED AND, AND ADDING AN ENGINE COMPANY TO THA. BUT WE WILL DO ALL THE STAFFING FORMULAS FOR HOW THAT WOULD WOR. SO FOR IMPROVING TRAVEL TIMES AND TURNOUT TIMES, IS THAT A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN PROVIDE TO HELP THEM OR WE JUST THEY JUST DRIVE FASTER. SO FASTER. SO THE TRAVEL TIMES IS WHAT WHAT DRIVES THE NEED FOR THAT NEW STATION. SO AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE LIKE IN DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL, THERE'S THAT SOUTHERN CORRIDOR SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT. SO THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SAY OKAY, IF THAT ROADWAY IS THERE, HOW DOES THAT HELP IT? BECAUSE THAT'S A PLANNED ROADWAY PROJECT. AND MAYBE THAT'LL FIX IT. BUT WITHOUT ANY OF THOSE PLANNED ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHERE DO WE NEED TO PUT A STATION TO FIX THIS? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TYPICALLY MOST DEPARTMENTS HAVE A RULE THAT THEY CAN'T EXCEED 1010 MILES OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AND THEN THEY'RE STOPPING. SO ALL THE GIS WORK THAT WE DO FACTORS IN THE TERMS AND THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE FIRE TRUCK AND AMBULANCE. THAT WOULD THE OTHER QUESTIONS RESPONSE TIME. SO CITY MANAGER, I'LL JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE IN MY LAST COMMENT ON THIS, IS THAT WE'RE JUST THROUGH THIS. WE'VE MANAGED TO WORK IN SOME DISCUSSION RECOMMENDATION

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. TODD FRAZIER, THE CEO OF LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY, THE LIBRARY AND US. SO WE KNOW CITIES ARE ALWAYS STRUGGLING. PEOPLE WANT MORE SERVICES. THERE'S DEMANDS FOR SURE. WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES OR INCREASE THE COST OF THE POPULATION. WE HAVE BUILT A COMPANY AND OPERATION THAT TRIES TO SUPPORT THAT MODEL TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES FOR LESS MONEY FOR COMMUNITIES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE THAT THE LIBRARY SERVICES ARE KEPT LOCALIZED UNDER LOCAL CONTROL AND GOVERNANCE. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE'RE VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT. I'VE READ YOUR MISSION, YOUR VISION FOR THE CITY, FOR THE LIBRARY, AND SHARES ALL OF YOUR VISIONS IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING INCREDIBLE FREE ACCESS SERVICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, ENRICHING LITERACY, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US. FOR US TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR US, IT COMES DOWN TO THE STAFF, THE LOCAL STAFF HERE AND THE LOCAL LIBRARY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IN THIS SITUATION TO TRY TO BRING THAT STAFF ACROSS TO LHS AND TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND IN DOING SO, MAKING SURE THAT THE STAFF REMAINS HAPPY, ENGAGED AND REMAINS WHOLE IN REGARDS TO THEIR COMPENSATION. OUR MODEL IS PREDICATED ON THEIR HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS, AND WE DO THAT BY LIKE I SAID, BRINGING THEM ACROSS WHOLE SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT DISADVANTAGED, BUT ALSO PART OF A LARGER LIBRARY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN LOOK FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTER THEIR DEVELOPMENT DOWN THE ROAD. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY, IS WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE SPENDING ABOUT 1,000,001 ON YOUR LIBRARY EACH YEAR. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT. WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS FOR TEN YEARS, GIVE YOU A PREDICTABLE COST BASIS FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. THAT WOULD SAVE THE CITY $1.2 MILLION, OF WHICH THOSE DOLLARS COULD BE REPURPOSED. WHETHER IT'S FOR CULTURAL THINGS, IT'S YOUR DECISION HOW YOU'D WANT TO USE THAT MONEY. BUT IN OUR MODEL, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT SACRIFICING ANY OF THE EXISTING SERVICES. EVERYTHING YOU LOVE IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAMS, THE HOURS, THE OUTREACH, ALL WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE AND WITH OUR NATIONAL MODEL, WE THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THOSE SERVICES AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO REALLY EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE LIBRARY. AS WE ALL KNOW, MOST LIBRARIES PRIMARILY HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF THE POPULATION THAT LOVES THE LIBRARY. ROUTINELY USE THE LIBRARY. WE LOVE THAT GROUP. WE ALSO WANT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO DO CONTINUED OUTREACH TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, TO REALLY BROADEN THE APPEAL OF THE LIBRARY FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY. PART OF THAT ALSO IS REALLY WE HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT HELPS WITH GRANTS AND SEARCHING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE LIBRARY. SO HOW OUR MODEL WORKS IS THE COMPANY'S BEEN AROUND FOR 47 YEARS. IT'S A LIBRARY COMPANY. IT'S ALL WE DO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, FEDERAL LIBRARIES. BUT ONE THING WE LEARNED EARLY ON IS THAT ALL LIBRARIES ARE BASICALLY FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

BASICALLY, THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CERTAINLY THE PROGRAMING, THE OUTREACH IS DIFFERENT IN EVERY COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY LOCALIZED, BUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF IT IS VERY SIMILAR AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WE DECIDED EARLY ON IF WE COULD DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OF AN INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY ON A CONSORTIUM BASIS, ON A NATIONAL BASIS, WE COULD BRING EFFICIENCIES AND BRING COST SAVINGS TO THOSE MEMBER LIBRARIES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOT ASKING ITS MEMBERS TO GIVE UP LOCAL CONTROL, BECAUSE AT THE HEART OF IT, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR LIBRARY, BUT ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE WE PURCHASED $8 MILLION OF MATERIALS FOR LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE THE BEST DISCOUNTING TO BRING SHELF READY MATERIALS INTO YOUR LIBRARY. SO IF YOU'RE SPENDING $100,000, I PROMISE YOU I CAN BRING YOU MATERIALS MORE COST EFFECTIVELY THAN YOU GET THEM ON YOUR OWN.

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THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LIBRARY. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THEM AND CONTINUE TO VALUE THEIR SERVICES GOING FORWARD. AND ALSO THE OTHER PART OF THAT COMPONENT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE KNOW THERE'S ALREADY GOOD OUTREACH WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY FROM YOUR LIBRARY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT, WHETHER IT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHETHER IT'S HIGHER EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE HOMESCHOOLING NETWORK, WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, TO HAVE US ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR SUCCESS. SO I THINK AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT'S NOT AS LONG AS PEOPLE USE THE WORD PRIVATIZATION. IT'S NOT THAT THE LIBRARY, THE ASSETS, THE MATERIALS ALL REMAIN PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. WHAT WE BRING HIS EXPERTISE AND STAFFING TO THE EQUATION. BUT IT'S STILL YOUR PHYSICAL ASSET. AND AGAIN, PART OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS STILL DONE VERY LOCALLY IN MIND. SO ANY COLLECTION DECISIONS WITHIN THE LIBRARY ARE STILL MAINTAINED AND CONTROLLED BY THE LIBRARY ITSELF. AND AGAIN, IT'S A FREE PUBLIC ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT NEVER CHANGES. I'M BEN WILLIAMSON WHO'S THE CITY MANAGER OF FARMERS BRANCH. JUST GAVE US A NICE QUOTE. I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN A SECOND. FARMERS BRANCH HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE 2011. THEY HAD TWO FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS JUST RENEWED FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HAPPY WITH THE RELATIONSHIP. WE'VE SAVED THEM SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR CONTRACT WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITY. WE JUST DID A COMPLETE REFURBISHMENT OF THEIR LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE SKILLS WE BRING WITH US, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR CONTRACT, IS WE BRING IN SPACE PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS THAT COME INTO THE FACILITY TO HELP KIND OF REIMAGINE OR RETHINK WHAT THE LIBRARY COULD BE OR SHOULD BE, OR AT LEAST VALIDATE WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING IT FOR. WE BRING IN CONSULTANTS TO HELP WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING, WITH WITH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS. ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE CONTRACT.

BUT WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH FARMERS BRANCH IN ADDITION TO THAT, RED OAK, TEXAS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OLDER CONTRACTS, GOES BACK TO 2003. AGAIN, GROWING COMMUNITY LOTS OF NEEDS AND DESIRES FOR THEM. WE ARE HELPED NOW FOR 21 YEARS. BASICALLY, THEY STARTED IN A LIBRARY THAT WAS PROBABLY THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE AND WE'VE NOW JUST MOVED THEM INTO A LARGER LIBRARY, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE GOOGLE GRANT WE JUST GOT WITH THEM FOR $100,000 FOR A NEW MAKERSPACE WITHIN THE LIBRARY.

AGAIN, VERY SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP. WILMER, TEXAS. WE JUST STARTED WITH THEM IN 2022.

AGAIN, A COMMUNITY GROWING. THEY HAVE LOTS OF ASPIRATIONS. WE'VE DONE A LOT TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR EXISTING LIBRARY, AND NOW THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW LIBRARY, WHICH WERE PART OF THAT PROCESS TO HELP MOVE THEM INTO THAT NEW LIBRARY. THERE'S A QUOTE THERE FROM RONA, WHO'S AGAIN, A BIG PROPONENT, IF ANYBODY WHAT I'LL TELL PEOPLE IS I CAN STAND UP HERE ALL DAY AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE US AND HOW GREAT WE ARE, BUT I ALWAYS ASK YOU TO CHECK OUR REFERENCES BECAUSE THEY'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP. HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. PROBABLY OUR MOST RECENT ACQUISITION AS FAR AS 2023. THEY STARTED IN JANUARY, AGAIN, AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. WE'VE DONE A LOT TO IMPROVE THE LIBRARY. ONE OF THEIR DESIRES WAS TO REALLY CHANGE THE SPACE AROUND. THEY WANTED MORE EXPERIENCE SPACE, MORE MEETING SPACE. THEY HAD A LOT OF MATERIALS THAT HADN'T BEEN CHECKED OUT IN LIKE A DECADE, A LOT OF SHELVING, AND WE WENT IN WITH OUR SPACE PLANNERS WITH THE CITY AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN REMOVE SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A DECADE THAT NO ONE'S TOUCHED. AND NOW WE HAVE A TWEEN SCENE, WHICH THEY LOVE, AND THEY ARE NOW BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE WE'VE OPENED UP THE LIBRARY AND KIND OF CHANGED THE WAY IT'S BEING USED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, A QUOTE FROM THE MAYOR OF HUNTSVILLE. I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS RELATIONSHIP AS WELL. A LIBRARY IQ ANALYTICS REAL QUICK. IT'S A PLATFORM WE DESIGNED. WE USE IT IN ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES. IT WOULD COME WITH THE CONTRACT. IT'S USED IN 2000 LIBRARIES. NOW IT'S ANALYTICS. IT TELLS YOU BASICALLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIBRARY. IT GIVES YOU VALIDATION OF YOUR INVESTMENT. IT TELLS YOU WHERE YOU SHOULD GO, DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO. IT TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIBRARY. IT'S A GREAT PLATFORM. YOU'LL GET ALL THE DATA THAT COMES WITH THIS ON TOP OF YOUR ILS WILL PROVIDE THAT LIBRARIES ARE EVOLVING. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. WE WAKE UP EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT LIBRARIES. YOU GUYS WAKE UP EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT THINGS. WE WAKE UP EVERY DAY JUST THINKING ABOUT YOUR LIBRARY AND YOUR STAFF, AND WE PROTECT THEM. WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE WORK WITH THEM, WE NURTURE THEM, AND WE BRING YOU INCREDIBLE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR OWN LIBRARY. WE'RE STILL MAKING SURE IT'S YOUR LIBRARY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 47 YEARS. GREAT RETENTION RATE. WE SURVEY OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR EMPLOYEES. WE ASK THEIR OPINION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL HAPPY. AND WE ARE A COMPANY OF LIBRARIANS. 850 STRONG. YOUR LAST SLIDE. YOU SAID 95% IS ON THE LAST SLIDE. YES. EMPLOYEES,

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BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMATION OF EVERYTHING I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. SO YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO LOCAL CONTROL LOCAL STAFF. IT'S ALL GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO OKAY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF COUNCIL HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU DIRECT THEM TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND THEN HE RELAYED THEM TO THESE GENTLEMEN BECAUSE WE ARE WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, THAT'S NOT NOT, NOT A PROBLEM. POLICE CHIEF. SO THEN I THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT? AND WE'RE GOING TO DO JUST THAT. WE'RE GOING TO DO RECESS. WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT? WE'LL DO IT DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW OKAY. YES, SIR. MR. SO BEFORE WE RECESS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HEAR SOME ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THOSE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LIBRARIES WE WENT TO IS THAT THOSE LIBRARIES HAD SOME CLEAR VISION OF WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO WITH THE LIBRARY. Y'ALL HELPED THEM GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, RIGHT? YES. WE'VE NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR OUR LIBRARY, WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.

I'D JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD HAVE A TOUR OF OUR LIBRARY AND HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION BEFORE, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS GOING TO JUST SHOW UP AS AN ACTION ITEM. AND I THINK PRIOR TO THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN OUR LIBRARY. STATUS. VERY, VERY GOOD OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO THOSE THAT MAY HAVE COME HERE JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ISSUE. BUT SOMETIMES OUR AGENDAS JUST GET TOO CROWDED FOR TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS. SO ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED. BUT WE'LL SURELY BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM ANY CITIZEN THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. TODAY, IF YOU JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE CARE OF GETTING INFORMATION TO YOU AND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS, I APOLOGIZE. THANK

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

[CALL TO ORDER]

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AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO WORK THE CITY STAFF, OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK HARD TO MAKE THIS CITY GREAT. AND WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS EVENING AS WE DELIBERATE AND AS WE CONSIDER AND AS WE REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATNESS OF THIS CITY, WE ASK, FATHER, THAT YOU GRANT US WISDOM. WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT US PATIENCE. WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU GIVE US JOY IN THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LIVE HERE NOW, AND ALSO FOR THOSE FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS PRIVILEGE AND THIS BLESSING. WE PRAY AGAIN FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM, THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE, KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE, AND WE PRAY, FATHER, NOT ONLY FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE, BUT STATE GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, THAT YOU GRANT WISDOM AND PATIENCE AND COMPASSION THERE AS WELL. FATHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS AND OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WE FALL SHORT OF YOUR STANDARD. BUT WE ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE US OF THOSE TRANSGRESSIONS AS WE REPENT AND WE TURN FROM THEM, WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME, AMEN, AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGES. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REPORTS. I'M GOING

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

READ THE BOARD. THE DIFFERENT BOARDS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD WHILE YOU'RE HERE. BEFORE LEAVING, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040 IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE HAVE MRB THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN DESIGNING AND CREATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS, AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE IN OUR CITY. SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IF POSSIBLE, GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE IN YOUR CITY AS IT RELATES TO EACH ITEM ON THOSE BOARDS. ALSO, DECEMBER SIXTH THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE PARK. WE HAVE A GREAT LINEUP OF ENTERTAINMENT AND IT'S PROMISING TO BE VERY FUN FOR YOUR FAMILY. SO PLEASE COME OUT, ENJOY THE PARADE AND ENJOY THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PENNEBAKER. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON THE COMP PLAN. THERE IS A SURVEY THAT'S AVAILABLE. IT'S EXTENSIVE. IT TAKES TIME, BUT IT'S REALLY VITAL THAT WE GET CITIZENS RESPONSE AND INPUT ON IT. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND I KEEP OPENING MY PHONE AND GOING THROUGH IT, BUT

[01:05:03]

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

KELLY, WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM VERY QUICKLY, PLEASE? KELLY IS OUR OUTGOING STREET SUPERINTENDENT AND HAS BEEN FOR. HELP ME OUT. HOW MANY YEARS? NINE, NINE. TEN YEARS. DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US. I REMEMBER I WAS WORKING WHEN THEY BROUGHT HER ON BOARD AND I LOOKED UP AND I SAW THIS TINY WOMAN, AND I THOUGHT THAT I WAS USED TO BURLY, SWEATY STREET SUPERINTENDENTS. AND HERE COMES KELLY. WHAT AN AMAZING JOB SHE'S DONE FOR THIS CITY. FOR THOSE 9 OR 10 YEARS. IT'S A BITTERSWEET, BUT KELLY'S GOT PLANS AND WE'VE TALKED AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH SHE'S MEANT TO THE CITY AND WHAT AN HONOR IT WAS TO WORK WITH HER AND TO BE A MAYOR DURING HER LAST DAYS HERE IN WORKING WITH THE CITY. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER, AND I HOPE YOU ALL APPRECIATE THAT. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S GONE ON IN THIS CITY, HAVING TO DO WITH OUR STREETS, WAS UNDER HER GUIDANCE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO BE SAD TO LEAVE. HAPPY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF MY LIFE. I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE LOST, I THINK, FOR A WHILE. AND BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH. AND MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT MOST OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR DEPARTMENT ARE DUE TO THE WONDERFUL CREW WE HAVE. I'VE GOT THE BEST CREW. I COULD EVER ASK FOR, AND SO BUT SO THANK YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE SAD TO LEAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. IF I

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

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AND AT 815 THE DRONE SHOW. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PACKED NIGHT. A LOT OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT.

THAT'S THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 6TH. ALSO, NORMALLY THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH. WE WOULD HAVE YOUR FINANCIAL FINANCIAL REPORT. WE MOVE THAT TO NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. IT GOT US A LITTLE TIGHT IN THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER.

SO YOU'LL GET THAT REPORT. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO ASK THE POLICE CHIEF TO COME UP, CHIEF STOGNER, TO MAKE A VERY SPECIAL INTRODUCTION TO US. GOOD EVENING. I AM NOT LEAVING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S SOME GOOD REASSURANCE. AND THANK YOU, MR. FRENCH, FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE OFFICER HANKINS, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT ALSO OUR NEWEST OFFICER, OFFICER JACK, WHOSE BADGE NUMBER WILL BE NUMBER FOUR WHENEVER HE COMES IN. HE'S A LITTLE HYPER RIGHT NOW. HE'S A 18 MONTH OLD BELGIAN MALINOIS.

HE IS OUR NEW CANINE. HE IS VERY TREAT DRIVEN. BUT HE'S GOING TO BE WORKING THE STREETS SOON. WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO INTRODUCE HIM TO EVERYBODY. HE'LL BE PART OF THE PARADE FRIDAY. BUT THIS IS OFFICER JACK. WE'LL HAVE A SWEARING IN CEREMONY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY STREAM THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AND INVITE EVERYBODY. CHIEF, COULD YOU ALS, JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, TALK ABOUT THE BULLETPROOF VEST IN THE CALENDAR. YES. SO OFFICER HANKINS HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON GETTING THIS K9 DEPARTMENT. K9 DIVISION BACK UP AND OPERATIONAL. HE HE SHOULD GET ALL THIS CREDIT. SO HE DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON BODY ARMOR FOR CANINES. AND HE CAME ACROSS AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CHILD'S NAME WHO CAME UP WITH IT. BRADY'S CANINE, BRADY'S CANINE. SO THIS CHILD LEARNED THAT A LOT OF CANINES IN AMERICA DON'T HAVE BODY ARMOR. SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HIGHLIGHT DOGS WHO ARE IN NEED OF THESE. THIS BODY ARMOR. AND OUR DOG IS GOING TO BE MR. DECEMBER. SO HE WILL BE IN DECEMBER. SO PLEASE GO TO THAT WEBSITE, PURCHASE A CALENDAR. YOU'LL SEE HIM IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SURE AND HELP PROVIDE THESE CANINES WITH BODY ARMOR. YEAH OF COURSE. IF HE HITS ON. YEAH. IF HE. THAT'S TRUE. HE'S ON DUTY. BE CAREFUL. HE IS ON DUTY. SO HE WILL BE WORKING BRAVO NIGHTS. ONCE WE START FILLING SOME OF OUR VACANCIES, WE'RE GOING TO PULL HIM OFF OF A SHIFT, AND HE WILL WORK. KIND OF A FLUID SHIFT BASED ON SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING FROM THE DATA THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM OUR, OUR SYSTEM. SO HE AND HE KNOWS THE EXPECTATIONS. HE IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS UNIT TO GROW. I HAVE ALWAYS AND I WILL ALWAYS TRY TO BE THE EXPERTS IN THIS METROPLEX, WHERE PEOPLE COME TO US FOR TRAINING.

AND I THINK WITH HIS ATTITUDE, HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS PASSION FOR THIS, THAT WILL HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER. CHIEF, COULD YOU MAYBE IT WAS JUST ASK, COULD YOU MAYBE JUST TALK ABOUT MAYBE WHAT A TYPICAL SHIFT MIGHT INCLUDE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OFFICER JACK WILL BE WORKING ON, OF COURSE. IN FACT, I'LL GIVE IT TO OFFICER HANKINS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. HE'S THE EXPERT. SEE IF HE CAN DO IT WITH THE DOG. SIT, SI. YES, SIR. SO, A TYPICAL SHIFT FOR US. WHAT I HOPE TO SEE IS, IS TRAFFIC STOPS WHEN WE SUSPECT NARCOTICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. WHEN WE SUSPECT ANY KIND OF NARCOTICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL RUN THE DOG AROUND. HE'S CURRENTLY CERTIFIED TO DETECT COCAINE, HEROIN, METHAMPHETAMINE AND MDMA. SO ONCE HE DETECTS THOSE ODORS, WILL COME INTO HIS SIT. JUST KIND OF LIKE HOW HE IS RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THAT GIVES US PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEARCH YOUR VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, WE DO TRACKING AS WELL FOR SUSPECTS.

SO SOME OF YOUR MORE SERIOUS CRIMES, MOSTLY FELONIES, WE CAN DEPLOY THEM AS WELL TO TRY TO LOCATE THEM, WHICH WILL BE A BIG ASSET TO US. I BELIEVE AS WELL, WE WE'RE GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING TRAINING TO ALL THE SHIFTS, JUST SO EVERYONE GETS USED TO BEING AROUND THE DOG KNOWS WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT. SO WE'LL WE'LL EVENTUALLY, IN A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH ME BEING OFF FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE

[01:15:04]

[2.A. Presentation of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Winter 2024 Business Beautification Award Plaque and Proclamation to Gahwena Coffee Station located at 711 S. Main St.]

SO OUR FIRST AWARD IS THE FALL 2024 BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD. WE WILL BE GIVING THAT TO GALLINA COFFEE SHOP, LOCATED AT 703 SOUTH MAIN STREET, AND I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THEM. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE MEETING, BUT I WILL HAND DELIVER THIS TO THEM TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE IT SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE AND THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THIS COMMITMENT AND THE MISSION OF THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD IS TO EMPOWER DUNCANVILLE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENHANCING THEIR COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT. AND 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 GAWAIN COFFEE STATION, LOCATED AT 711 MAIN STREET, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT FOR THE WINTER 2024 QUARTER. NO, THEREFORE, GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, DO

[01:20:05]

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

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

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THEY COULD PASS AN 18. IT GOT DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID. COVID'S OVER. CAN WE GET THAT BIKE THING DONE? AND THE LAST THING IS THANK EVERYONE AT THE REC CENTER. I PRACTICALLY LIVE THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JANICE DAVIS. JANICE DAVIS, 702 CHERYL BOULEVARD, DUNCANVILLE. I CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN THE IDEAS FOR THE LIBRARY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE LIBRARY STAFF, THAT THEY FIND A DIRECTION FOR WHERE THEY WANT THE LIBRARY TO GO AND SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME BEFORE A DECISION, A VOTE IS TAKEN AND A DECISION IS MADE. I DID GO TO THE LIBRARY THE OTHER DAY AND TALKED WITH ONE OF THE STAFF LADIES THERE, THE CHILDREN'S DIRECTOR. I THINK SHE WAS SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE LOSING HER JOB. AND YET IN THE PRESENTATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE PERHAPS THEY WILL BE REHIRED BY THIS COMPANY. THAT WOULD TAKE OVER. SO I THINK SOME CLARIFICATION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE CURRENT STAFF. I THINK ALSO, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS OUR DECISIONS STILL GOING TO BE MADE ON A LOCAL BASIS BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED IN CALIFORNIA AND IN MARYLAND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEXAS VALUES ARE CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT IN THE LIBRARY, AND DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH, YOU KNOW, TEXAS VALUES IN MIND. I THINK. WELL, THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS HERE. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FREE PANTRY AS WELL, AND I ASKED SOME OF THE STAFF THERE AND THEY SAID, YES, THAT IS PART OF THE LIBRARY. SO WOULD THAT CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE THERE IN THE LOBBY OF THE LIBRARY, OR WOULD THAT MAYBE BE MOVED SOMEPLACE ELSE? WHATEVER. I ALSO REALIZE THAT THE CURRENT LIBRARY DOES NOT REPRESENT ITSELF VERY WELL ONLINE. AND WHEN YOU TRY AND READ A BOOK ONLINE, IT'S USUALLY NOT AVAILABLE. AND SO THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE LIBRARY COULD CERTAINLY BE IMPROVED. AND I THINK ITS ONLINE PRESENCE WOULD BE A BIG BOON TO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DENISE HOVLAND. DENISE. OF LORD OF LAND. OH, DENISE, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE READING THAT LAST NAME, BUT ON CASA GRANDE, NOT HERE. OKAY. TEDDY WILLIAMS. KEEP THAT CARD OUT IN CASE YOU JUST WENT TO THE RESTROOM OR SOMETHING. SO GO ON TO TONYA BENSON. SO MY NAME IS TANGIE BENSON. THAT'S OKAY. MY ADDRESS IS 813 LINK DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL THE COUNCIL PANEL FOR THE EQUIPMENT, NEW EQUIPMENT, CARDIO EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING IN THE FITNESS ROOM. THANK YOU.

ESPECIALLY MR. KOONTZ FOR THE HEADS UP FOR LETTING ME KNOW LAST NIGHT. AND MR. PENNEBAKER,

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WE USED TO HAVE A POETRY NIGHT HERE THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED, BECAUSE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY COULD GET UP THERE, THEY COULD SPEAK THEIR MIND. NO ONE WAS GOING TO SHUT THEM DOWN AND NO ONE WAS GOING TO GET IN THEIR WAY. I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO EMBRACE THAT THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH. IF IT'S THE TRUTH, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS HOLDING MR. WILLIAMS CARD HERE, BUT SHE HAS NOT RETURNED. SO WE'RE GOING TO. CONCLUDE OUR CITIZENS INPUT SESSION FOR THIS EVENING AND MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO RELATE TO THE CITY MANAGER A REQUEST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH OUR PIPELINE PARK ISSUE. SO, MAYOR, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BRIEFING ITEM, 3D ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT WE DID NOT MAKE IT TO. SO LATER IN THE AGENDA AFTER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE'RE GOING TO ASK POLICE CHIEF STOGNER TO COME UP UNDER STAFF, BOARD AND REPORTS. AND THEN HE'S GOING TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER. AT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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THANK YOU. AND WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE STILL GOING TO RETURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME. HOWEVER, WE WILL WHEN WE COME BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION, REPORT ON ANY ACTION THAT IS TO BE TAKEN. ITEM B CONSIDER A

[5.B. Consider a resolution casting the City of Duncanville's 15 votes for a member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District.]

[5.C. Consider a resolution approving a contract with Hunden Partners for a feasibility analysis of the duncanville fieldhouse, facilitating a request for proposals for third-party operations, and authorizing Hunden Partners to provide a review of third-party proposals received through the RFP process, and authorizing an expenditure of hotel occupancy funds in an amount not to exceed $140,000.00.]

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THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TRY AND TAKE THE BUILDING OVER. THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU THAT A THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS THE BEST WAY TO GO. IF THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO. AS MR. FINCH SAYS, IF THEY DO, THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU WHAT THEY CONSIDER IS THEIR UNVARNISHED OPINION ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULD OPERATE THE FIELD HOUSE OR WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH IT, AND THEN, AS HE STATED, ONCE THEY GET TO THE RFP PROCESS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO, YOU CAN GUIDE AND DIRECT THAT RFP PROCESS SO THAT IT IS NOT.

AGAIN, IT WON'T BE A THIRD PARTY THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU SHOULD GO WITH US. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MR. KEYES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN MAYBE THE LAST TIME A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR ANALYSIS WAS DONE OF THE FIELD HOUSE? I KNOW THERE WAS ONE DONE SOMEWHERE AROUND 2015. AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY, THE FINDINGS OF THAT ANALYSIS WAS THAT THE CURRENT OPERATING STRUCTURE, WHICH I THINK AT THAT TIME WAS A THIRD PARTY, WAS NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY TAKE THE FIELD HOUSE OVER, BRING IT IN HOUSE. AND I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PUT IT UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME. AND THAT IS WHY IT RAN, I THINK, FROM 2016 ON UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY WERE UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. SO MAYOR, LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, EVERYTHING ELSE, THESE THINGS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS. THEY NEED TO BE REVIEWED. SO THIS IS A KIND OF A WIN WIN SITUATION. I MEAN, WE CAN GET A FEASIBILITY STUDY AT A CERTAIN COST, BUT IF WE NEED SOMETHING FURTHER, WE CAN MOVE THAT DIRECTION. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT SECOND. GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PENNYBAKER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. KOONTZ? SO WE'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACT FOR THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND THE RF. SO IF I MAY, THE REASON THAT WE PUT IT THIS WAY IS THE OPTIONAL RFP, AND IT'S ACTUALLY LAID OUT AS OPTIONAL IN THE DEAL. THE ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS APPROVING THE WHOLE THING SO THAT IF AFTER THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, YOU WANT TO DO THE RFP, IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, IT SAVES SOME TIME. WE JUST GO RIGHT INTO IT. AFTER BRINGING THE RESULTS TO COUNCIL, RATHER THAN HAVING TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT MONEY AGAIN IN ANOTHER RESOLUTION AT A DIFFERENT MEETING. IF WE STOP AT THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, WE THEN WE STOP AT THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSI. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTION? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. I THANK YOU, MR. KEYES. NEXT UP, ITEM FIVE D

[5.D. Request the use of Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds to purchase a Fire Dept. EMS Response Cart for Special Events]

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THE GUYS ON THE CART ACTUALLY WORK THAT HAD THAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE PARK, WE WOULD HAVE HAD DEFINITE TRANSPORT ISSUES WITH THAT. BUT LUCKILY THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE OTHER. THE OTHER FACTOR IN THIS IS A WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE QUOTE IS A SLIDE OUT FIRE PUMP THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE BED ON THE BACK OF IT INTO A FIRE PUMP TO ADDRESS OUR WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE ISSUES WE HAVE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN ALSO DEPLOY IT AS A WILDLAND PARAMEDIC UNIT, WHICH WE COULD GET REIMBURSED FROM THE STATE FOR THE USE OF OUR EQUIPMENT. SO IT WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO JUST ONE MORE COMMENT, SIR. SO AS WE PREPARE FOR THE LAD PROPERTY AND WHATNOT, THIS THING WILL GET DOWN IN THERE AND GET ESPECIALLY WHERE NO FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE CAN GET TO. SO THAT'S IT, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO BECAUSE THIS IS THE USE IS PRIMARILY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. IT DOES QUALIFY FOR FUND EXPENDITURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ONE QUESTION. WHAT'S THIS RUN OFF OF? IS IT GAS POWERED? YES, IT IS GAS. IT'S I'M LOOKING FOR ONE. WE'RE AT LOOKING AT IS A CAN AM WE DO HAVE TWO SETS OF TIRES FOR ONE OFF ROAD. ONE STREET TIRES TO RUN THE PARADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T WEAR THESE OUT. AND IT DOES COME WITH A TRAILER WITH STORAGE. SO WE CAN HAUL IT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IT THROUGH THE CITY SHOULD THERE B, YOU KNOW, THE CITY EVENT, WE CAN HAUL IT DOWN THERE WITH OUR UTILITY TRUCK, WHICH WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE DEPARTMENT'S FLEET. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WITHIN, I BELIEVE IT'S 6 TO 8 MONTHS. SHOULD YOU APPROVE. THIS IS WHEN WE COULD HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING. SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT JULY FOURTH, WE WOULD HAVE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN KAREN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

OKAY. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA ITEM 55E. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF

[5.E. Consider a Resolution authorizing approval of incentive grants by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to North Texas Care Clinic in an amount not to exceed $98,585.67 for a building located at 726 S Cockrell Hill Rd. Duncanville, Texas 75137]

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YOU HAVE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THE PAINT, THE LANDSCAPING, THE SIGNAGE. THIS WAS ALL PRESENTED TO THE DC EDC. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY RECOMMENDED A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $98,000. AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE $98,000. AND THAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE, FACADE AND ARCHITECTURE AND PAVEMENT. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS JUST THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN AND SOME OF THE PLANTINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED AROUND THE PROPERTY AT THE BUILDING FOUNDATION AND IN THE PARKING AREA, JUST TO JUST ACCENTUATE THE PARKING. THE PROPERTY AND ALSO USE IT AS A DETERRENT FOR SOME OF THE NUISANCES THAT THE OWNERS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ADJACENT USES. BUT YOU HAVE. HERE IS THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE, BOTH ON THE STREET AND ON THE WALL OF THE BUILDING. SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR CONDITION AND JUST THE WORK THAT WAS NECESSAR. JUST AERIAL PICTURE. AND AGAIN, JUST PICTURES OF THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AND JUST THE CONDITION OF THE PARKING LOT AND JUST HOW IT THERE'S AREAS THAT JUST NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND OR RESURFACED. AND WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS JUST AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE LANDSCAPING AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT WILL LOOK LIKE. ONCE ALL THE RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED. AND THIS IS JUST AN ARTIST'S RENDERING OF THE COMPLETED PRODUCT, BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE CITY IS WE'RE TALKING A POTENTIAL JOB CREATION OF AN ADDITIONAL 14 JOBS. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED REVENUE IS HALF $1 MILLION, BUT AFTER THE EXPANSIO, EXPANSION, AND IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE ALMOST DOUBLE IN REVENUE. THE CURRENT PROPERTY VALUE IS ESTIMATED AT BEING APPROXIMATELY 933,000, AND THE ESTIMATED VALUE AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1.4. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORTH NORTH TEXAS CARE CLINIC TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THIS MOVE MEANS FOR THEM AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY. THANK YO.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF NORTH TEXAS CARE CLINIC. MY NAME IS DOCTOR KELLY RANDALL, AND I'M ALSO STANDING HERE ON BEHALF OF MY PARTNER, DOCTOR TERRENCE TAYLOR. HE ESTABLISHED NORTH TEXAS CARE CLINIC HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TEN YEARS AGO. THIS NOVEMBER, AND IS A SON OF THE CITY. HE WAS RAISED HERE, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE.

MOTHER STILL LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT AS OUR BUSINESS AND OUR BRAND EXPANDS, THAT WE STAY HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF DUNCANVILLE. WE SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS IN OUR OFFICE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT RECEIVE CARE. THEY'RE EITHER UNDERINSURED OR HAVE MEDICAID AND NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT PHASE OF WHAT MEDICINE LOOKS LIKE MORE AND MORE PHYSICIANS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO A CASH PAY MODEL BECAUSE IT JUST IS NOT LUCRATIVE AND NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. AND THE BILLS PAID. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO OUR VISION IS VERY BRIGHT AND BROAD FOR THE PRACTICE WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 529 WEST WHEATLAND, SO WE ARE MOVING TO A BIGGER SPACE, MORE VISIBILITY. WE HAVE AMBITIONS OF OFFERING URGENT CARE SERVICES IN THE FUTURE, WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. WE PROVIDE SATURDAY HOURS FOR PATIENTS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO HAVE INSURANCE. IF YOU CAN'T USE IT. MOST DOCTOR'S OFFICES ARE OPEN

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SO WE ARE SUPER GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE IN FRONT OF YOU AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE MOVED OUR PRACTICE ANYWHERE. AND DUNCANVILLE IS WHERE WHERE WE WERE BORN AND WHERE WE WILL STAY. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BARRERA AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR BUSINESS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES AND I DIDN'T CATCH THE PAGE YOU SHOWED A CONSTRUCTION COST OR ARCHITECTURAL COST AT 149,000.

THAT'S WHAT THE GRANT IS. AND MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IN THE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL COST OF THE FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL AND I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS INTERIOR AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PLANS. MY UNDERSTANDING. AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M IF I'M WRONG, IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERMIT PLANS. THE PLANS FOR THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. IF YOU LOOK AT BEAR WITH ME HERE, THE ROOF HAD TO BE RE COMPLETED A LITTLE. IT'S A LONG STORY. THANK YOU FOR THIS. NOT A PROBLEM. MY NAME IS MICHELLE TERRELL AND I'M ACTUALLY PROJECT MANAGING THE PROJECT. THE FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL IS JUST PRIMARILY THE EXTERNAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING. PRIMARILY THE ROOF BECAUSE IT IS TRADITIONAL TAR AND GRAVEL IN THE IN THE BUILDING HAS ACTUALLY SUFFERED FROM QUITE A BIT OF LEAKAGE, WATER INTRUSION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO PART OF THE FACADE INCLUDED REPLACING THE ROOF FROM TAR AND GRAVEL, UPGRADING IT TO A TPO TYPE OF ROOF STYLE. IN ADDITION TO THE METAL SEAMS, THOSE METAL SEAMS ARE THE ORIGINAL SEAMS OF THE BUILDING AND FROM SOME OF THE PICTURES YOU SEE THAT SOME OF THE SEAMS ARE OPENINGS. THERE ARE OPENINGS AT THE SEAMS WHICH ALSO CAUSES FURTHER WATER INTRUSION IN THE BUILDING. SO THAT'S THE FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL PIECE. OKAY, NOT NECESSARILY INTERIOR FINISH OUT NONE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR AS FAR AS THE INTERIOR WAS FOR THE MOLD REMEDIATION, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE WERE NOT APPROVED FOR THE MOLD REMEDIATION. BUT WE DID TAKE CARE OF THE MOLD REMEDIATION BECAUSE IT BEING A HEALTH CARE OR A MEDICAL FACILITY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE DOCTORS, AS WELL AS THE PATIENTS WOULD BE IN BREATHING IN HEALTHY, HEALTHY AIR. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. I APPRECIATE THAT.

IS ANY PART OF THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR RAIN DAMAGE CURRENTLY COVERED UNDER INSURANCE? THE ONLY THING THAT WAS COVERED UNDER THE INSURANCE WAS ACTUALLY THE AC UNITS, BECAUSE THE AC UNITS SIT ON TOP OF THE BUILDING, BUT WE DID NOT REQUEST FOR THE CITY TO REIMBURSE FOR THE AC COVERAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE LAST QUESTION FOR ME, OUT OF THE 149,000 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL COST HERE, WHAT PERCENTAGE DOES THAT REPRESENT OF THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT ARCHITECTURAL FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, THE 149, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 30. THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 229. HOLD ON. I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE CAVEAT. THE BUILDING WE ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY LEASING THE BUILDING TO OWN. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE TOOK OVER, WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS MOLD. WE WERE ACTUALLY STRIPPING THE WALLPAPER TO PAINT. AND ALL OF THIS WAS A LOVELY SURPRISE. SO WE WERE NOT BUDGETING FOR A, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S TURNED INTO BASICALLY OVER A $300,000 PROJECT. SO WE SUBMITTED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE FELT THAT WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR. BUT ALL OF THIS IS, WAS, WAS NOT WHAT WE PLANNED FOR. WE PLANNED FOR PAINT. OKAY. WELL, LET ME RESTATE, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS. SO FOR THE FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL THAT IS REPRESENTED UNDER THAT $149,000 REQUEST, IS THAT THE TOTAL COST FOR YOUR FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL WORK? NO, IT'S NOT. OKAY. SO THE DOCTORS OR THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANY ARE PICKING UP SOME AMOUNT OF THAT? YES, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET. NOW WAS UP TO 303.

80 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DO THE ENTIRE PROJECT. THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. YES. AND

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THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAD TO RE DRYWALL THE ENTIRE BUILDING, NEW FLOORING THROUGHOUT. THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD SALVAGE. SO WE'RE THAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET. THIS IS NOT EVEN OUTFITTING THE CLINIC. THIS IS LITERALLY JUST TO GET US IN THE DOOR. OKAY. BUT IT'S ABOUT 45% BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'VE APPROVED ABOUT 68,000 OF THAT 149 FACADE AND ARCHITECTURAL BUDGET. THANK YOU. GOTCHA. I SHOULD HAVE PHRASED IT BETTER. I'M SORRY. LAST QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE VOTE FROM THE EDC ON THIS REQUEST? MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT WAS A UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THE 90 98,000. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I THINK I KIND OF RECALL WATCHING THE EDC MEETING WITH THIS AND THE EXTERIOR. YOU WERE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT BECAUSE OF THE NUISANCE AND THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN CAUSED BY JUST VANDALISM.

AND THAT CREATED A HIGHER BUDGET. AND MORE EXTERIOR NECESSITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE OF UNANTICIPATED DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES.

SO WITH THE UNANTICIPATED FEE MONEY REQUIRED TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED JUST TO GET INTO THE DOOR AND THEN YOU REMOVE THE WALLPAPER AND THEN THE MOLD WAS EXPOSED AND YOU START DISCOVERING OTHER THINGS. SO WHAT I'M GETTING TO IS THE INVESTMENT. YOU'RE MAKING JUST TO STAY IN DUNCANVILLE. I APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO STAY AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING IN THE PROPERTY AND WORKING TO OWN THE BUILDING. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN BE PERMANENTLY HERE IN DUNCANVILLE AND PROVIDING SERVICE TO A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS, THERE IS A GAP. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WANTING TO STAY HERE.

AND I DO REMEMBER, I THINK, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I THINK I'VE HEARD YOU SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT Y'ALL ARE LEASING THE BUILDING. SO YOU DON'T ACTUALLY OWN THE BUILDING ITSELF. CORRECT. AND THEN SO WITH ALL OF THE EXPENSES INVOLVED WITH GETTING IT BACK UP TO SHAPE, IS, IS THE PROPERTY OWNER PUTTING ANYTHING INTO NOW UNANIMOUSLY? NO, SHE ONLY HELPED FACILITATE WITH THE INSURANCE CLAIM. SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FOR THE AC UNITS. BUT BECAUSE IT'S JUST A SHORT TERM LEASE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONTRACT ON THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO IT'S REALLY A LEASE TO OWN. AND AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'LL YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL CONVERT IT TO AN OWNERSHI. ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK HOW LONG THE LEASE IS FOR? HOW LONG IS THE LEASE FOR? RIGHT NOW, IT'S FOR ONE YEAR. ONE YEAR LEASE FOR ONE YEAR. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBER. GOODEN DID AS WELL FOR DOING THIS AND GOING THE EXTRA STEPS. CITY MANAGER I'LL I'LL ASK THIS BUT BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THIS STUFF AS WELL. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT A SECOND.

GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN KAREN CHERRY BROWN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS? NONE SEEN.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

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

THOUGH THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE OUT THERE AGAIN, AND I, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I BELIEVE MORE SIGNS WERE REQUESTED OUT THERE AS WELL. AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT UNDER MY PURVIEW, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC CODE FALLS UNDER US. OBVIOUSLY THEY SHOW THE PRIMA FACIE THE SPEED LIMIT AS 30 MILES AN HOUR IN AN URBAN DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN 15 MILES AN HOUR IN AN ALLEYWAY. AND THEN OUR CITY ORDINANCE DEPICTS THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S ON STREETS OR HIGHWAYS OR IN THE ALLEYWAY. SO THERE ARE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SIGNS HERE. SO OUR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS I'LL GO BACK TO ACTUALLY THIS. SO IF YOU SEE WHERE HAYWORTH AND ASTAIRE INTERSECT, WE HAD ONE OF OUR IN THE MIDDLE THERE ON ASTAIRE AVENUE AND ONE ON AVENUE OF THE STARS. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE JAMMERS THAT WILL PUT OUT. WE'LL PUT OUT NORMALLY FOR ABOUT SEVEN DAYS TO GET US GOOD DATA. SO WITH THAT, IT ANALYZED OVER 3700 VEHICLES DURING THAT TIME, WITH THE SPEED LIMIT OBVIOUSLY SET AT 30, THE FASTEST SPEED WAS 36, WHICH SHOWED AN ENFORCEMENT RATE OF LOW. SO YOU NOTICE THEIR ENFORCEMENT OR ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS. THERE WERE ZERO, WHICH MEANS HAD WE SET THERE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE DETAINED ANY VEHICLE. SO 30 MILES AN HOUR IS THE SPEED LIMIT. YES. YOU ARE TECHNICALLY SPEEDING IF YOU'RE GOING 31 MILES AN HOUR, IS IT REASONABLE TO ISSUE YOU A CITATION FOR 31 MILES AN HOUR? PROBABLY NOT. SO WE SET AN ENFORCEABLE RATE. SO WHAT'S REASONABLE? WHAT IS REASONABLE TO YOU AS FAR AS SPEEDING. SO OURS IS TEN MILES AN HOUR OVER.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TEN MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, IT IS REASONABLE THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU'RE SPEEDING AND THAT IS WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS ENFORCEABLE. SO WITH THAT, THERE

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AND, CHIEF, WOULD YOU ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE RESULTS OF THIS ANALYSIS HERE WOULD NOT VALIDATE THE USE OF SPEED BUMPS, THE NECESSITY FOR THE USE OF SPEED BUMPS? THAT'S CORRECT. THE DATA IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT I WANT TO STATE THAT EARLY ON I MET WITH A COUPLE. I THINK THERE WERE THREE CONCERNED CITIZENS OUT THERE, AND I THINK SOME OF WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE, WERE THAT WERE IN ISOLATED CASES.

THEY WITNESSED FAMILIES OR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN CROSSING FROM THE PORTION OF THE PARK THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ASTAIRE GOING TO THE WHERE THE WALKING TRAILS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THAT THERE WERE SOME WHAT THEY WOULD CALL CLOSE CALLS, CARS COMING THROUGH THERE. THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE SPEEDING. BUT OF COURSE, AS A PEDESTRIAN, IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE SPEEDING OR NOT. SO AT THIS POINT, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? IF THEY WITNESSED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'D REPORT IT TO POLICE. BUT YOUR CONCLUSION IS THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING, NO ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE NECESSARY, NO SPEED BUMPS, NO, NO OTHER MEANS TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU FOUND NO VIOLATIONS OVER TEN, 6 TO 10, 14. OKAY, THAT'S CORRECT. AND I'LL EMPHASIZE WHEN PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THE ROADWAY, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IN A CROSSWALK. AND THEY ARE THERE ARE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE MARKED. THEY'RE AT THE STOP SIGN. OKAY. SO THAT'S IN THAT AREA WHERE THE TWO PARKS ARE ADJACENT FROM EACH OTHER. THAT'S THERE SHOULD BE. YES SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. COULD WE COULD WE DOUBLE CHECK THAT. AND OF COURSE, IF NOT I'M SURE WE CAN GO AT THE, THE INTERSECTION HERE AT STARRING GABLE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO CROSS IN A, IN A CROSSWALK. WELL THAT THAT SMALLER CIRCLE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT AREA OF PARK.

THAT'S WHERE IT WAS REPORTED TO ME THAT SOME CLOSE CALLS OCCURRED WITH PEOPLE CROSSING AS THEY NATURALLY WOULD BE INCLINED TO DO, TO GO FROM ONE AREA OF THE PARK TO ANOTHER. ABSOLUTELY.

SO IS THERE A CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE? I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ONE THERE AT LOMBARD OR STEWART, BUT I'M QUITE POSITIVE THERE'S ONE THERE AT ASTAIRE. AND OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE LOADING UP WITH QUESTIONS HERE. SO COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, THANK YOU, CHIEF. QUESTION ABOUT SO LOOKING AT THE RESULTS THE AVERAGE SPEED IS 20. SO THAT'S NOT BAD AT ALL. YOU'D THINK RIGHT THERE. IS THERE ANY BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION OR THOUGHT TO CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT AROUND THE PARK TO 20. AND WOULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT AS FAR AS HOW THE NEIGHBORS WOULD PERCEIVE THE TRAFFIC AROUND THAT AREA? WOULD THAT SLOW IT DOWN SOME WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING THE TOP SPEED OF 36 COMING THROUGH THERE? WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

I COULD NOT ANSWER THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ALL I AM PROVIDING YOU ALL IS WITH THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT OF 30. IF WE ARE ENFORCING ANY OR THE NEED TO ENFORCE ANY SPEEDING FROM THAT.

OKAY, I WILL SAY WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE STOP SIGNS THERE AT HAYWORTH AND THEN YOU HAVE THERE AT AVENUE OF THE STARS AND ASTAIRE, IT'S NOT A VERY LONG STRETCH OF ROADWAY TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET UP TO THAT SPEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES. SO, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY WAY TO OBJECTIVELY DETERMINE WHAT SPEEDS ARE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE REDUCED TO 20? I MEAN, WHAT SPEEDS ARE AGAIN, SOME WAY TO OBJECTIVELY, OBJECTIVELY DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAFER TO SAY, OKAY WITH THIS STRETCH OF ROAD, LIKE YOU

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AND THE SAME RESULTS. RIGHT. THE DATA YOU SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, NO ADDITIONAL SPEED MEASURES ARE WARRANTED. AND SO THIS ENFORCEMENT RATING IS LOW. BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE THAT HAVE SHOWN TO HAVE A HIGH ENFORCEMENT RATING. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE. I WANT TO ASK WHERE THEY ARE. BUT THIS THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, I DO SEE THIS AND I APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION. NOW, HOW OFTEN OR FREQUENT OR SPEED ANALYSIS DONE AND, YOU KNOW, IS IT BASED UPON LIKE, YOU'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF CALLS FOR LIKE THIS AREA AND, AND WHEN, WHEN IS THE DECISION MADE TO DO A SPEED ANALYSIS. SO WHEN WE GOT THESE DEVICES WE WHEN I SAY WE GET A LOT WE DO GET A LOT. AND WE DO SEND THESE OUT FOR INSTANCE WE JUST DID ONE AT HILL CITY. WE GOT SOME INFORMATION THERE AND I HAVE THAT DATA NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE COMPLAINTS AND I HAVE OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION GO OUT AND DEPLOY THEM IN AREAS THAT WAY, WHEN WE DO HAVE THIS INFORMATION OR WE GET SOMETHING FROM A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, I CAN PULL THAT DATA BECAUSE WE HAVE IT THERE AND I CAN SAY, LISTEN, WE THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS. WE'LL SET IT BACK OUT. MAYBE THERE'S AN ANOMALY. AND LET'S BE HONEST. AGAIN, 31 MILES AN HOUR SPEEDING. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30. THERE ARE ANOMALIES WHEN IT COMES TO IF SOMEBODY'S IN AN EMERGENCY, WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, I STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I CAN SEE THEM SPEEDING. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR 27 YEARS, AND I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO SEE A VEHICLE SPEEDING AND SAY, WELL, THEY'RE GOING 48 MILES AN HOUR OR 49 MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE RADARS AND THAT'S WHY WE USE THIS DATA FOR THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE HAVE GOTTEN AND I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN, BECAUSE THIS IS HER DISTRICT, GOTTEN A NUMBER OF CALLS ABOUT THE CONCERNS AROUND THE PYBURN PARK. AND I'VE ASKED IF WE CAN JUST AT LEAST DO A STUDY TO SEE IF THE SPEED LIMIT AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SPEED LIMITS AROUND THE OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I DO KNOW I DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE RESPONSE WAS, IF IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER SPEEDS AROUND THE OTHER PARKS. SO WITH THAT SAID, WITH THAT, WITH THIS BEING CONSISTENT AND THIS IS THIS DATA DOESN'T NECESSITATE HIGHER ENFORCEMENT, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BRING BACK UP SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED. IS THAT WE KIND OF GO OUT AND DO A WALK IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND EDUCATE THE CITIZENS. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF AND I'M NOT GIVING A DIRECTION TO YOU, TALKING TO CITY MANAGER, THROWING A RECOMMENDATION OUT THAT OCCASIONALLY WE WALK SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF CONCERNS OR ANY TYPE OF CODE CONCERNS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THESE. WE DID DO A STUDY.

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SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN EDUCATING AND OUTREACH? MAYOR I AND COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN, I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THE QUESTION AND THE INTEREST IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COMMENT AND THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE RESOURCES OF THE STAFF, RIGHT? AND LIMITED STAFF. WHAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS WHETHER IT'S PYBURN PARK, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT OTHER SWEEPS THAT MAYBE THAT'S A STRATEGY THAT WE CAN EMPLOY WHEN WE DO THAT IN AN AREA LIKE PYBURN PARK. WHEN WE GET TO THAT, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING JUST TO ASK POLICE OFFICERS OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO WALK A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE PYBURN PARK. BUT I THINK AS WE WORK ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER LARGER COMMUNITY SWEEPS AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT STUFF. SO THANK YOU. WE OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND WE ARE LOW ON RESOURCES AND STAFFING. SO MAYBE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAG TEAM AMONGST COUNCIL WHENEVER WE HAVE TIME ON CERTAIN AREAS. WELL PYBURN PARK IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. PYBURN PARK AND JUST COME UP WITH A PLAN. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD AND WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO POST THIS ON OUR WEBSITE IN SOME WAY THAT EXPLAINS IN THE MANNER THAT THAT COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN IS TALKING ABOUT, THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TO EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT BECAUSE I I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS, I COMPLAINED MYSELF ON MY STREET ABOUT SPEEDING CARS. BUT THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, RIGHT HERE OF A STUDY THAT'S BEEN DONE THAT WHEN PEOPLE CALL AND ASK ABOUT THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, THEY MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, RIGHT HERE. WE GOT ENOUGH CITIZEN FEEDBACK ABOUT A PERCEIVED SPEEDING ISSUE. AND WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT AND PUT THE RESOURCES OUT THERE AND HERE'S WHAT IT CAME UP WITH.

AND IT MIGHT GIVE FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE RECORDING RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING WE CAN SHARE THAT MAYBE A DIRECT LINK TO THAT, THAT AS THE CHIEF WAS SAYING, AND THE CHIEF AND I HAVE DISCUSSED SOME DIFFERENT POLICING STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL BE THAT WE CAN DO AS WE WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN TERMS OF THIS TYPE OF DATA THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. IT'S CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS AND THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE, AS YOU'VE SAID, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LISTENING. BUT I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE WHEN PEOPLE DO THINK THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, TO FEEL FREE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL, SEND AN EMAIL TO CITY ADMINISTRATION, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE DATA, WE CAN GO OUT AND COLLECT SOME OF THE DATA FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES HOW WE START TO LEARN THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE AND THAT WE CAN GO OUT IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF, BUT YOU'RE NOT

[6.A. Council to receive a briefing from the Duncanville Police Department on the revised Chapter Four—Animals and Fowl City Ordinance to comply with state legislation changes and best practices, Council discussion on the proposed changes, and direction if needed.]

OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE WITH YOU AGAIN. BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME GOING THROUGH ALL THESE SLIDES AGAIN. ALL 20 SLIDES. Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THEM TWICE, 2 OR 3 TIMES ALREADY. SO I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON THEM.

I'D RATHER SPEND THE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH.

AND I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT REGARDING THE STUFF THAT WE PRESENTED

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THE OTHER ONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO UP TO TEN FOUL ON A HALF ACRE. AND WHAT SEEMS TO CONTROL THAT TO THE DEGREE THAT I'M LOOKING AT LOTS IN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSE BY HOUSE BY HOUSE, WHERE SOME OF THOSE ARE HALF ACRE IN SIZE AND SOMEBODY CAN HAVE TEN CHICKENS IN THEIR BACKYARD, THEY'RE PROVIDED THEY CAN KEEP THESE DISTANCES FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.

SO NOT PROPERTY LINE. IT'S THE HOUSE. SO IF SOMEBODY HAD A DEEP BACKYARD, THEY MAYBE COULD ACHIEVE THIS. AND I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU COULD HAVE THAT MANY CHICKENS BECAUSE THAT HALF ACRE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS NOW UP IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO I'M ON AN EXCESS OF A HALF AN ACRE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WOODED LOTS. AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, NATURAL TREE GROWTH AND WHATNOT.

BUT YOU GET DOWN INTO SOME CONVENTIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GOT TEN CHICKENS IN YOUR BACKYARD THAT. BUT I KNOW IT'S THE ROOSTERS THAT ARE

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SO WHEN SHE CREATED THE SEARCH AND SHE PUT THE TIME PARAMETERS IN THERE, THEN WHAT IT DID WAS SPIT OUT LIKE 10,000 CALLS. I BELIEVE. SO THEN SHE WENT THROUGH THOSE 10,000 CALLS. IT TOOK HER A LONG TIME TO DO IT. THEN SHE WENT THROUGH THOSE 10,000 CALLS TO FIND OUT WHICH ONES WERE ACTUALLY ANIMAL CALLS. THAT HE WAS DISPATCHED TO. THAT WAY SHE COULD REMOVE ANYTHING THAT WASN'T YOU KNOW, RELATED TO AN ANIMAL. YOU KNOW, THE ACO. SO BUT THOSE CALLS VARIED. SO IT COULD BE THE CALL, COULD BE SOMEONE CALLING ABOUT A CHICKEN IN THE STREET. SOMEONE COULD BE CALLING ABOUT A LOOSE ROOSTER RUNNING AROUND OR CROWING, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING LOUD OR IT COULD BE ANY, ANY CALLS. THOSE. BUT THE MAJORITY SPEAKING WITH ACO CHAMBERLAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS HE GET ARE NOISE COMPLAINTS. AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC WITH YOU ALL.

AND I MEAN, YEAH, WELL I, I KNOW IT'S A BIG TOPIC BECAUSE I WONDER IF THOSE 700 OR SO CALLS, 500 OF THEM ARE PROBABLY FROM MY DISTRICT BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS A THIS IS A BIG TOPIC, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT. AND I GET LOTS OF CALLS AND EMAILS AND PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLAINING, BUT THEN ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE FOWL SAYING, WELL, I HAVE MY RIGHTS, ETC. AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BRINGING THIS BACK TO US. I THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IS SO LIKE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? I KNOW THEY CAN'T PEEK OVER PEOPLE'S FENCES. THEY CAN'T TAKE PICTURES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS GOING INTO PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TO ENFORCE THINGS. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE. BUT WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LOOK LIKE? IF SO, PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY CHICKENS IN THEIR BACKYARD. THE NEIGHBOR REPORTS THEM. OBVIOUSLY, Y'ALL AREN'T DRIVING. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT DRIVING AROUND LOOKING OVER PEOPLE'S FENCES AND SEEING HOW MANY CHICKENS THEY HAVE. SO WHAT

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LET ME GET MY INVESTIGATION. LET ME GET MY QUESTION OUT. LET ME GET MY QUESTION. ONE PERSON AT A TIME CAN ONLY TALK. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION. SO I'M STILL ASKING THE QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. SO BASED ON THE CLAIM OF A NEIGHBOR, THAT AND I MEAN REALLY THE QUESTION IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE OFFICERS HERE. I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO BE IN A SITUATION A COMPROMISING SITUATION A LOT OR VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PREPARED. I KNOW, LIKE WITH THE WE UPDATED THE NOISE ORDINANCE A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT PROTECTED THE OFFICERS OR WHOEVER WAS ENGAGING THE CITIZENS. AND SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROTECTED. IT'S JUST LIKE DOG, WE'LL TAKE DOGS. I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THESE CHICKENS. DUCKS, GEESE AND ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU GET A DOG, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THE DOG? YOU GET A CAT. WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THE CAT? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IT REGISTERED. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IT VACCINATED. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LICENSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. AND SO WHEN I LOOK UP YOUR ADDRESS AND I FIND OUT IN MY RECORDS, MY LICENSE RECORDS FOR THE CITY AND I GO, THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE FOR THAT DOG. NOW, I GOT PROBABLE CAUSE TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND GO, HEY, FIDO DOESN'T HAVE A LICENSE. AND WHEN. SO WHERE'S FIDO? BRING HIM OUT AND THEN GO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HE'S GOT THREE OTHER DOGS. THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. AND. AND THIS CHICKEN THING AIN'T GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT. IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLAINT BASED. AND OUR GOOD OFFICERS HAVE TO USE THEIR WILE AND INGENUITY. IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S POLICE WORK TO SOME EXTENT.

I MEAN, WE GET A THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN JAIL BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S HUNCH OR SOMEONE TOLD SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS DOING, AND A GOOD ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER CAN SNIFF THEM OUT. WE IT'S HE'S HE'S CORRECT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IF IT WAS A DOG. AND SOMETIMES WE RUN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE HONEST OR OR, YOU KNOW, LET US SEE WHAT THEY HAVE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STUFF THAT WE'RE USED TO HANDLING, YOU KNOW, ON OUR LEVEL AND WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO IT'S NOT

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WITH THAT CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S AN ADJACENT NEIGHBOR THAT'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHICKENS NOISE, SMELL, WHATEVER, WHAT PROHIBITS THAT NEIGHBOR FROM ALLOWING THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TO GO TO A SECOND STORY WINDOW IN THEIR HOUSE TO LOOK DOWN IN THAT BACKYARD OR FROM A LADDER IN THEIR BACKYARD TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED OFFENDERS BACKYARD FOURTH AMENDMENT ARGUMENT. THAT'S FOURTH AMENDMENT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME AND I DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR. THAT'S THAT'S A LONG DISCUSSION. BUT IF I HAVE PERMISSION TO REASONABLY SEE IT FROM A PUBLIC PLACE AND I HAVE THE PERMISSION OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, AND I CAN VIEW INTO THAT AREA, THEN I CAN GET A WARRANT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY SAW IT. BUT I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. I CAN'T CLIMB THE FENCE. I CAN'T STAND ON MY VEHICLE AT A PUBLIC PLACE, BUT THE NEIGHBOR CAN INVITE ME TO LOOK IN AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I AGAIN, I LIKE COUNCILMAN COOTS. I APPRECIATE THIS BEING DONE. YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT THAT I MADE BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE AGAIN, THE STATE HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STANDARD THAT THEY'RE LOOKING A. AND SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE'S SAYING AND DOING BECAUSE THIS IS BIG ON THAT BECAUSE I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO OPEN IT UP WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ROOSTERS, YOU CAN HAVE THIS, YOU CAN HAVE THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT. AND, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THAT HAPPENS THAT WE BUY THE HOUSE NEXT TO THE GOVERNOR AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF CHICKENS, AND WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. FINAL ITEM SIX B PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS, MAYOR, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS REAL QUICK, WHAT I NEED TO KNOW, DO YOU WANT US TO BRING BACK THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CHICKEN CHART THAT WAS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE OR THE REVISED CHICKEN CHART? OR DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER BOTH OF THEM? BECAUSE I'M HAVING TO WRITE THIS, AND I NEED TO KNOW WHICH ONE YOU WANT IN THERE. DO I HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THE CHICKEN CHART? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHICKEN CHART. THE CHICKEN CHART. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHICKEN CHART IS. ALL RIGHT, I GOT IT. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHICKEN. OKAY. THE CHICKEN CHART, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. DO WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT CHART THAT WAS JUST UP ON OUR SCREEN. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. YES YES YES. GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. STEVENSON. ONE OTHER ISSUE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO. ORDINANCE THREE WAS REFERENCE TO PROBLEM. OH MY GOSH. SO. THEY NOTED AND I THINK THAT SECTION ALSO LEANS INTO RABBITS AS WELL. GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. BUT YEAH THERE WAS A REFERENCE.

THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO RABBITS. I TOOK, I TOOK THE REFERENCE.

WELL, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. MR. BUT I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY. SO IT DON'T MATTER. MR. STEVENSON, I DON'T THINK I COULD TOP THAT. ALL RIGHT. BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR

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

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AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY BULLET. JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY MOVED INTO THE OLD FIRE STATION FOR OUR PARK MAINTENANCE GUYS. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK CITY MANAGER FINCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW OUR GUYS TO MOVE INTO THAT SPACE TO PROVIDE SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF FROM THE CROWDED SERVICE CENTER, AND THE GUYS REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS. WE INSTALLED NEW LOCKING DOORS, LOCKING REMOTE LOCKING DOORS AT SEVERAL OF OUR RESTROOMS IN OUR PARKS ARMSTRONG, LAKESIDE AND REDBIRD AND THEN WE ALSO MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO THE BRICK TRAIL IN HISTORICAL PARK. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT. I'M AFRAID THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO COME BACK AND SEEK SOME FUNDS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRAIL AGAIN.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUT THOSE BRICK TRAILS. WE JUST WANT TO COME IN AND SHORE THOSE UP AND LEAVE THE BRICKS THERE. OF COURSE. OUR IRRIGATION DIVISION. YES. SORRY. WITH THE BRICKS. SO I'VE NOTICED, CITY MANAGER. SO A LOT OF THOSE BRICKS AT THE HISTORICAL PARK, BUT ALSO AT THE LIBRARY WITH THE, THE MONUMENT FOR THE NIKE MISSILE BASE. A LOT OF THOSE NAMES ARE STARTING TO FADED OR FADING AWAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST FYI. BUT YEAH, BOTH AT THE HISTORICAL PARK AND AT THE LIBRARY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DONATED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PAID FOR THOSE BRICKS OR HOWEVER THEY GOT THEIR NAMES ON THOSE BRICKS, I'M SURE THEY WERE HOPING THEY WOULD KEEP THOSE NAMES ON THERE FOR A WHILE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF RESTORATION CAN BE DONE ON THAT.

WE DO HAVE THE MANUFACTURER OF THAT BRICK COMPANY. WE CAN GIVE THEM A CALL TO FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. FROM OUR IRRIGATION CREW, WE DID COMPLETE SOME SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO OUR WELL AT WATERVIEW PARK. THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT REPAIR FOR US BECAUSE THAT POND, AS YOU KNOW, PROVIDES US WATER TO IRRIGATE HARRINGTON PARK, SAVING THE CITY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. AND THEN WE ALSO DID 144 SPLASH PAD INSPECTIONS. SO PLEASED WITH THE WAY OUR FIRST SUMMER WENT WITH THE SPLASH PAD. A HUGE SUCCESS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE WENT BACK AND USED OUR TRACKING DATA THAT WE USE WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, AND WE HAD ALMOST A 40% INCREASE IN USAGE YEAR OVER YEAR IN ARMSTRONG PARK, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATESVILLE AND THE NEW SPLASH PAD. SO THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO. LOOKING TO OUR PARK MAINTENANCE MEASURABLES, WE HAD HOSTED 110 BALL FIELD RESERVATIONS, ALMOST 3000 FOLKS PARTICIPATING IN THOSE. WE INSTALLED A NEW WEATHER MONITORING WEATHER STATION AT HARRINGTON PARK. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT OUR LAST QUARTERLY REPORT. SO AGAIN, GREAT THINGS GOING ON WITH OUR ATHLETICS FOLKS. TO KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD. IN ADDITION TO OUR CURB APPEAL WINNERS AND OUR BUSINESS AWARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARD WINNER FOR THE QUARTER, THE BOARD ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS. THEY HAD A COMMUNITY CLEANUP AT WILLOW RUN PARK, THE FALL SWEEP AT LAKESIDE PARK, SEED WORK DAY AT LAKESIDE PARK, ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION, AND TREE PLANTING AT ARMSTRONG PARK, AND THEY COLLECTED PUMPKINS AT THE DALE HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER HERE RECENTLY AND DONATED THOSE PUMPKINS TO A LOCAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AND OUR RECREATION CENTER, WE HAD 103 NEW MEMBERSHIPS OVER THE QUARTER. OVER 8000 VISITS. AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THERE THAT WE HOST ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'LL HIGHLIGHT JAZZERCISE THIS QUARTER EVERY TIME I PEEK IN THOSE DOORS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MORE AND MORE FOLKS DOING JAZZERCISE THAT'S BEEN AROUND A REALLY LONG TIME THAT YOU THINK WOULD FADE AWAY AT SOME POINT, BUT IT HASN'T. HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, IT'S NEVER BEEN STRONGER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO I'M SO PROUD OF OUR JAZZERCISE FOLKS. WE HAD THREE EVENTS WE PARTICIPATED IN IN THE LAST

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WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT TONIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PHASES ONE AND THREE. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY. THE CONTRACTOR WAS ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT AND HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM. WE'LL BE GETTING TOGETHER SOON TO BEGIN THOSE PLANNING EFFORTS ON STARTING AGAIN THIS JANUARY. THE TRAILS WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN, THAT'S PHASE THREE OF THE HARRINGTON PROJECT OF THE BRIDGE AND THE TRAIL CONNECTION TO WATER VIEW PARK, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TWO MASTER PLAN PROCESSES. WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING THE FINAL CONCEPTS FROM HAFEN ASSOCIATES WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. AND THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN WE'VE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED OVER THE LAST DAY, TWO DAYS, THE FINAL CONCEPT PLANS FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL. I'LL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE TOMORROW. AND THEN THE ANTICIPATION. THE NEXT STEP IS TO MEET WITH THE PARK BOARD NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT THEIR MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL AGAIN, PROBABLY THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MR. STEVENSON. WE WERE AT THE BOO BASH THAT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF EVENT. IT WAS HUGE. IT FELT SO BIG. ME AND MY WIFE WERE THERE FROM BEFORE IT STARTED. WE BOTH VOLUNTEERED. SHE WAS FACE PAINTING. I WAS OVER ON THE GYM SIDE AND WHEN IT BEGAN, THERE WAS A LINE OUT THE DOOR THAT NEVER STOPPED. THAT LINE LASTED FROM, YOU KNOW, 6 TO 8. AND THEN AFTER EIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THEY ENDED UP GETTING DONE. WAS IT I GUESS, THE YOU HAVE ANY MEASURABLES ON SOME OF THE PRIOR ONES THAT THEY HAD THERE? YOU SAID 1600, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. YEAH. WE BELIEVE 1600 IS IF NOT A RECORD, IT'S CLOSE TO A RECORD ATTENDANCE. YOU KNOW, WE MOVED DOWN TO THE FIELDHOUSE A FEW YEARS AGO DUE TO THAT VERY REASON OF THE FIELDHOUSE OR THE REC CENTER, AND THE LIBRARY COULD JUST NO LONGER HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THAT EVENT.

WE DID NOTE THAT THE LINES WERE VERY LONG THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'LL BE GAME PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR ABOUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THOSE LINES AND MAKE THOSE EXPERIENCES A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR OUR FOLKS. BUT YEAH, IT WAS A IT WAS OVERWHELMING ALMOST. WE, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT OF HAPPY FACES. I STAYED ON THE GYM SIDE. I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY FACE PAINTING, BUT I CAN'T SIT THAT LONG. BUT THE ACTIVITY ON THE GYM SIDE THERE WAS SO MUCH ENERGY OVER THERE. I KNOW MISS GOODEN WAS REPORTEDLY TO HAVE SHOWN UP OVER THERE. MR. MACK BURNETT WAS THERE AND I IT'S SUPER. GARCIA IS NOT HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD HIM TOO. HE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THAT. HE WAS SO BUSY. IT'S HARD WATCHING HIM KEEPING UP WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'S POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. YEAH, AND WE DID THAT SHORTHANDED. AS YOU KNOW WE DON'T WE DIDN'T HAVE A RECREATION COORDINATOR AT THE TIME. BRADY SEGO TOOK A PROMOTION IN HIS HOMETOWN OF CLYDE, TEXAS. THAT'S A SUBURB OF ABILENE. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. SO HE LEFT US. BUT WE JUST RECENTLY YESTERDAY HAVE A NEW RECREATION COORDINATOR YOU SAW. I DIDN'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR NEW STAFF THIS QUARTER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES THIS PAST QUARTER, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. BUT

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT CAN WELL, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW AT

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

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