Dec 17, 2024 City Council

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DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS. CITY MANAGER. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

LOOKING AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR A IS THE MINUTES. SO I'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE FOUR B CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A TITLE THREE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR TIME PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 24 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 25.

AND DIRECTOR STEVENSON IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. SEEING NONE. QUESTIONS FOR C, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING BIDS AND AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS WITH ADVANCE AUTO PARTS AND AUTOZONE PARTS, INC. FOR AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND SUPPLIES THROUGH PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CONTRACT RL D2301301 AND REGION FOUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, CONTRACT R211201, RESPECTIVELY, VIA OMNIA PARTNERS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $469,681 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AND DIRECTOR MATT BRYAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. QUESTIONS. THE NEXT ONE FOR D, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING BIDS AND AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS WITH NAPA AUTO PARTS AND O'REILLY AUTO PARTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND SUPPLIES THROUGH SOURCEWELL CONTRACTS. 0321521 GPC AND 03252103, RESPECTIVELY FOR ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $469,681 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. DIRECTOR BRYAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD, I BELIEVE DIRECTOR BRYANT WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEWER STAFF MEMBERS. SURE THING. THANKS, ROBERT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MEET ROBERT HANSON. JUST SO YOU SEE HIS FACE, YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF HIM, BUT HE'S OUR NEW EQUIPMENT SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT. BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. SO JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM. THANK YOU. SIR. YEP. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DOES HE HAVE A NICKNAME? I GUESS I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE IN-HOUSE TYPE OF REPAIRS WITH THE ADDITION OF MR. HANSON. YES, SIR. THAT'S. THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO DO A LOT MORE IN-HOUSE REPAIRS AND TAKE THAT CONTRACTED MONEY AND UTILIZE THAT FOR IN-HOUSE REPAIRS AND SHOP EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S NEEDED. ARE WE FULLY STAFFED IN TERMS OF. YEAH, WE HAVE OUR MECHANICS AND WE HAD WE HAD AN OPENING FOR A FOREMAN POSITION. AND SPEAKING WITH ROBERT, WE FELT IT WAS BEST TO RECLASSIFY THAT TO A THIRD MECHANIC. SO WE'RE WORKING ON HIRING A THIRD MECHANIC RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR SO FAR, SINCE ROBERT HAS BEEN HERE, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND YOU GO GET A 15 MINUTE OIL CHANGE, RIGHT? WELL, ROBERT IS NOW OFFERING THAT FOR OUR FLEET, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ETCETERA. COME AND GET A 15 MINUTE OIL CHANGE AND HAS EVEN STARTED PUTTING STICKERS IN THE TOP WINDSHIELD, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD GET IN A TYPICAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR PLACE. IT TELLS YOU THE NEXT TIME YOU GOT TO BRING THE CAR OR THE VEHICLE IN FOR GETTING THE OIL CHANGE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. PLUS DOING GREAT REPLACEMENTS AND JUST ALL KINDS OF STUFF RIGHT THERE IN THE SHOP. SO DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US. IT'S BEEN A BIG A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I KNOW SPECIFICALLY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2425 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUND BALANCE RESOURCES AND ONE TIME PROJECT FUND AND AMENDING EXPENDITURE AND BUDGET. ADMINISTRATOR OTTE IS HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE ON TO. CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL CALENDAR ON DECEMBER 19TH IS TALKING WITH THE MAYOR.

SO THAT'S BEEN BEEN MOVED. AND ALSO THE TOUR OF BEN FRANKLIN AND THE OPEN HOME. AND DECEMBER THE 31ST IS GOING TO BE THE NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. FOR JANUARY, WE HAVE JANUARY 10TH IS THE PASSING THE GAVEL LUNCHEON, AND I'VE ALREADY GOT EVERYBODY'S

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ITEM THREE BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. ITEM A PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CITY'S CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. CREATION. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. MISS SANCHEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON A PLAN THAT THE CITY JUST PUT TOGETHER. IT'S A GREAT ONE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT IT IS CALLED OUR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN, REFERRED TO AS THE COOP. SO WHAT THE COOP IS, IT'S AN INTERNAL PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY WORK ON TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF THAT DEPARTMENT THAT MUST CONTINUE DURING A DISASTER. SO REGARDLESS OF A DISASTER OCCURRING, BE IT A TORNADO THAT JUST CAME THROUGH THE CITY AND WE HAVE IMPACTS, OR IT'S A WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE AND WE CAN'T ACCESS THE NORMAL THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD TO DO OUR JOBS. SOME THINGS STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE, RIGHT? WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. FINANCE AND HR STILL NEED TO POST THEIR PAYROLL SO EMPLOYEES ARE PAID, ETC. SO EACH DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED THEIR CRITICAL FUNCTIONS AND THEY LAID OUT, HOW DO I NORMALLY ACCOMPLISH THIS AND HOW WOULD I ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISH THIS WITHOUT POWER, WITHOUT ACCESS TO MY FILES, WITH LIMITED STAFF, ETC, SO THAT DURING AN EMERGENCY WE CAN PULL OUT THIS PLAN AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE FOR THOSE CRITICAL SERVICES. THIS PLAN IS NOT A ONE AND DONE THING. IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. SO WE HAVE IT NOW AND IT'S SIGNED AND IT'LL HAVE A PRETTY DATE ON IT, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT. SO EVERY TWO YEARS, MY TEAM WILL COORDINATE WITH ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND KEEP IT LIVING. THE CREATION TIMELINE FOR THIS, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT TOOK A WHILE. AND SO NOW WHEN I SAY COOP TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, THEY CRINGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO PUT IT TOGETHER THE FIRST TIME. SO WE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. WE PRESENTED IT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE GAVE THEM WORKSHEETS THAT ASKED EXACTLY THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO FILL OUT THE PLAN. THEY WORKED ON THOSE THROUGH MAY OF 2024. IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO MEET INTERNALLY WITH DEPARTMENTS TO CAPTURE THOSE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS. MY TEAM THEN REVIEWED THEM AND REACHED OUT FOR ANY QUESTIONS WE HAD, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE ACCURATE INFORMATION. IN JUNE OF 2024, I WENT TO A DEPARTMENT HEADS MEETING TO PRESENT THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AND TO GET FEEDBACK FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM THERE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, MY TEAM, RAQUEL PAYNE AND I MET WITH IT TO VALIDATE THE PLAN. SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARE DEPENDENT ON IT. SO WE PRESENTED THEM THE PLAN AND SAID, DOES THIS WORK WITH YOUR PLANS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF 2024, WE FINALIZED THE PLAN, GAVE IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OF PRESENTING IT TO COUNCIL. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS PLAN EXISTS, WE THINK IT'S A GREAT ONE, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE CITY PUT A LOT OF GOOD WORK INTO COMPLETING IT. AND THEN THE PLAN IS IN OCTOBER 2026 IS WHEN WE WILL DO A FULL ROLLOUT OF UPDATING IT. IF WE HAVE AN EVENT IN THE MEANTIME THAT TESTS OUR PLAN AND WE SEE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, THEN OF COURSE WE'LL MAKE CHANGES AS NECESSARY. THESE ARE THE WORKSHEETS THAT WE FILLED OUT. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT WE WANTED TO CAPTURE AND PUT IN THIS PLAN. AGAIN, OUR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, WHICH ARE WHAT ARE THE THINGS EACH DEPARTMENT DOES THAT ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO CONTINUE NO MATTER WHAT DEVOLUTION OF CONTROL. IF MY DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO SOMETHING, IS THERE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT COULD FILL IN FOR US ORDERS OF SUCCESSION? IF I CAN'T BE HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL IN FOR ME ALL THE WAY DOWN IN EACH DEPARTMENT DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. ALONG THE SAME LINES, IF MY DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO IT, IS THERE AN EXTERNAL DEPARTMENT? MAYBE DE SOTO WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT

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BUT IF WE HAVE A BIG CHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IDENTIFIES LIKE THE SOFTWARE THAT WE USE. AND IF WE SWITCH ONE OF THOSE BIG SOFTWARES, THEN WE'LL UPDATE THAT AS SOON AS IT OCCURS. BUT IF NOT, IF IT'S KIND OF STATUS QUO, THEN EVERY TWO YEARS EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO UPDATE THEIR FORMS AND SEND IT BACK TO ME. SO THEY'LL REVIEW IT EVERY TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL YES, MA'AM. ACCURATE. AND THEN THE LETTER OF DELEGATION, IS THAT DONE BY POSITION OR IS THAT DONE BY NAMES? POSITION? WE WANT NO NAMES. THE ONLY NAME THAT'S IN THERE IS THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HE SIGNS IT. OKAY. FOR THAT REASON. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU PRINT IT, IT'S OLD. YES. SO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE POSTED JUST INTERNALLY. SO NOT A PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT IDENTIFIES CRITICAL SYSTEMS OF THE CITY. AND I GET THAT. BUT BUT BUT THE GOAL IS EVERY EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO KNOW WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND CORRECT.

AND IT WAS SHARED WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO THEN FILTER DOWN WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO THEY HAVE IT SAVED. AND THEN WE PUT THE OWNERSHIP ON THE DEPARTMENT HEAD TO TALK TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEN THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IT. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, PULL THE PLAN OUT, FLIP TO YOUR PAGE AND SEE THE BACKUP PLAN. IN CASE YOU STARTED YESTERDAY, YOU KIND OF HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF WHERE TO START, BECAUSE I DO. I MEAN, MR. KOONTZ BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, AND THAT'S WHERE ACTUALLY I WAS THINKING TOO. BUT BUT WE DO HAVE STUFF IN PLACE, SO NOBODY NEEDS TO BE WORRIED THAT THAT WE'RE

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ITEM THREE B CITY ATTORNEY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE BRIEFING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENDING THE CITY'S CHARTER. REAL QUICK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. AND I WAS ASKED TO DO A REAL QUICK BRIEFING ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS UNDER OUR HOME RULE CHARTER. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UNDER HOME RULE CHARTER, THE CITY HAS ALL OF THE RIGHTS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT DOES, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THE FIELD HAS BEEN PREEMPTED OR WHETHER THERE'S A DIRECT CONFLICT WITH A STATE LAW AND SOMETHING THAT WE DO. THERE IS PROVISIONS IN OUR CHARTER, BUT THEY'RE VERY MINUTE, AND I'LL GET TO THE END. BUT HERE UNDER THIS IS THE SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S CLIMATE CONTROL ISSUES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, IT SAYS GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY ON ITS OWN MOTION MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL QUALIFIED VOTERS FOR THEIR APPROVAL ELECTION. SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE A CHARTER, COMMISSION OR A REVIEW COMMITTEE. THE COUNCIL CAN DO THAT ON ITS OWN AND SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL TO THE BALLOT IN ORDER A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND HAVE THAT PROPOSITION PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS. SOME HOME RULE CHARTERS REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A CHARTER COMMISSION FOR THEM TO EITHER ADOPT A CHARTER OR TO AMEND THE CHARTER, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN OUR CHARTER. SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS DEFAULT TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE TO DO IT BY ORDINANCE. THE STATE LAW SAYS WE DO. WE WOULD PUT IN THAT ORDINANCE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL ELECTION. WE IN THAT ORDINANCE, WE WOULD HAVE THE PROPOSITION THAT YOU WANTED THE VOTERS TO APPROVE, AND THAT ELECTION HAS TO BE ORDERED AT LEAST 62 DAYS PRIOR TO, IN THIS CASE, THE MAY ELECTION DATE, WHICH I THINK IS SOMEWHERE AROUND OUR FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PROPOSITION IF YOU WANT IT ON THE MAY BALLOT, WHICH YOU DON'T WANT IT ON THE MAY BALLOT, IT COULD GO ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. OKAY. IT HAS TO BE ON A UNIFORM COMMISSION. AND THIS IS THE REST OF THE SECTION. THERE'S A PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PUBLISH IN THE NOTICE OF THE ORDINANCE. THE CAPTION BASICALLY ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION AND WHAT THE PROPOSITION, AN AMENDMENT CONTAINING ONLY ONE SUBJECT MATTER. SO IF YOU AMENDED TWO SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER, THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE. PROPOSITIONS. THE ONE THAT YOU MAY HAVE I KNOW THAT WE'VE

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AND WE NORMALLY PUT WHAT I CALL A TRANSITION CLAUSE IN THE ADOPTIVE ORDINANCE. IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE CHARTER THAT WHATEVER ELECTION. SO IF YOU STOOD FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ELECTED IN 25 WOULD IN 27 BE THREE YEAR TERMS THERE AND THEN WHOEVER GOT ELECTED IN 26 WOULD BE THREE YEAR TERMS. OKAY. IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMISSION OR A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE CHARTER, THAT'S FINE. BUT IF YOU DO THAT, I THINK YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. YOU WANT THEM TO REVIEW THE WHOLE CHARTER OR JUST PORTIONS OF THE CHARTER, AND IT TAKES A WHILE. THOSE I IT'S FUN. I ENJOY DOING IT, WHICH IS HOW SICK I AM. BUT BECAUSE YOU GET TO TALK ABOUT STUFF YOU TALK ABOUT IN EIGHTH GRADE CIVICS CLASS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS. WHAT'S THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE WHO ANSWERS TO WHOM? AND SO BUT IT GETS AND USUALLY THE COMMITTEES ARE VERY TALKATIVE AND THEY GO, WE DON'T YOU KNOW, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE SOMETHING OUR SYSTEM SET UP AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. YOU HAVEN'T DONE A MAJOR REVIEW OF YOUR CHARTER IN A LONG TIME. SOME OF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IS ARCANE AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FASTER, BETTER, STRONGER AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF TOO. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE ONLY PROVISION YOU HAVE IN YOUR IS THIS SECTION. IF

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THAT'S THE ONLY PROVISION THAT'S IN OUR CHARTER. SO IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE THAT COULD BE A THING.

YOU COULD HAVE YOUR OWN SYSTEM TO AMEND THE CHARTER IN YOUR CHARTER, IF. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY I'M SLOW, BUT I GUESS THERE ARE SOME CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED NOW. I DON'T, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THIS PRESENTATION. WELL, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, A COUPLE OF YOU, WHAT'S ENTAILED IN IN CHANGING AND I HEARD NOT FROM ANY OF YOU, BUT JUST SPECULATION THAT MAYBE THEY WANTED TO GO TO A THREE YEAR TERM INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY RUNNING BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING FOR OFFICE. IF YOU DO, IF YOU GO FOR THREE, YOU'LL HAVE A YEAR WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THAT REFRESHING. AND THE BUDGET FINDS IT REFRESHING AS WELL. YEAH. CITY SECRETARY, A LOT OF A LOT OF CITIES LIKE TO GO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT ONE YEAR THAT THEY'RE FREE FROM THE ELECTION. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. BUT YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND OTHER CITIES HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT. SO TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE. THIS WAS JUST TO GET INFORMATION UP FRONT. THERE MAY BE AT SOME POINT, BUT NOT YET. IF YOU ARE GOING TO THINK IF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CITY SECRETARY AND CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, YOU'RE KIND OF JAMMED UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU GOT SIX WEEKS TO DO IT. YEAH, IT'S ONLY A BAD THING IF YOU'VE GOT ONE ISSUE THAT YOU ALL THINK REALLY NEEDS CHANGE TO HELP YOU BECOME MORE FUNCTIONAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT COULD BE DONE. BUT THE BAD SIDE OF THAT IS, IS THAT TWO YEARS NOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION UNTIL 2027.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK MY TOPIC IS TALKING ABOUT CHARTER REVIEW MUST BE AMENDING. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD THING FOR US TO REVIEW OUR CHARTER. I WOULDN'T BE IN, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE REVIEWING IT AND REVISING IT FOR ONE ISSUE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I MEAN, IT CERTAINLY NEEDS UPDATING. AND SO, I MEAN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AT LEAST PUT INTO A CONVERSATION AND I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT REGARDLESS OF IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME DEADLINE. WELL, YOU CAN SOME, SOME CITIES HAVE IN THEIR CHARTER FOR EXAMPLE, THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHARTER COMMISSION. AND THEY GET IN THERE AND THEY GO, YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GOOD. BUT AT LEAST THEY THEY HAVE A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS. AND THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT EITHER IN STATE LAW OR IN MOST CHARTERS OTHER THAN YOU HAVE TO REVIEW IT EVERY FIVE YEARS OR TEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME OURS. YOU'VE HAD SOME WHAT I CALL SMALL AD HOC TWEAKS, BECAUSE THE STATE LAW CHANGES, AND WE DIDN'T WANT THE CHARTER TO BE OUT OF SYNC WITH THE STATE LAW. THAT'S WHERE THAT THAT ONE TWO YEAR CAN'T HAVE ELECTION TWO YEARS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF STATE LAW CHANGE. BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME SINCE YOU'VE HAD MAJOR CHANGE, A REALLY LONG TIME. SO AT THIS POINT, DOES THE COUNCIL FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY DIRECTION TO GIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DISCUSSION? YES, YES. WITH A NOVEMBER TARGET DATE FOR EVERYTHING READY FOR IF WE DO ANYTHING SIX FIVE MONTHS OR SO. ENOUGH TO DO THAT. YEAH. YOU KNOW ONCE YOU HAVE TAKES, PROBABLY TAKE 30 DAYS TO DECIDE HOW MANY AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND THEN YOU GOT TO APPOINT SOMEONE AND, AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS. YOU WANT SOMEONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOVERNMENT AT SOME LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY CITY GOVERNMENT, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY DOES BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FIRST 2 OR 3 SECTIONS WHEN I GET TO THE FRANCHISE THAT RUNS AROUND, GO, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? GARBAGE COLLECTION. ELECTRIC. YEAH. THEY WANT THE HOW MANY YEARS COUNCIL IS STAY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS GO LARGE. THEY HAVE YOU KNOW DESOTO HAS KIND OF A BLEND DEAL WHERE YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU STAND AT LARGE TO BE ELECTED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS GET TAKE PLACE AND IT GETS IT'S FUN, BUT IT GETS REAL INVOLVED. AND THOSE FIRST THREE SECTIONS OF YOUR CHARTER TAKE A LONG TIME WHEN YOU GET TO THE END. AND THE MISCELLANEOUS AND FILING CLAIMS, MOST OF THAT STUFF'S COVERED BY

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AND WE'RE HAVING MATT BRYANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M MATT BRYANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE. TRY TO STRIVE TO COME UP HERE MORE REGULARLY AND GIVE YOU ALL UPDATES ON BIG PROJECTS. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE APPLYING FOR SOME FUNDING RELIEF THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND AND.

THE WHAT IS IT, THE NOTICE OF INTENT, I GUESS IT IS. OR THE PROJECT INFORMATION FORM IS DUE MARCH 1ST, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OUT THAT'S BEING PUBLISHED RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE WAITING TO GET THOSE RESPONSES, WHICH WILL BE THE ENGINEERING FIRMS, THE BOND COUNSEL AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THOSE ARE A REQUIREMENT OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MUCH LIKE THE LEAD COPPER SERVICE THAT WE HAD TO DO. SO THE ONCE WE GET THE RESPONSES BACK FROM THAT, WE WILL AWARD THOSE AND THEN WE'LL BE ISSUING THE PROJECT INFORMATION FORM. AND REALLY BETWEEN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS IN THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIMELINE IS WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE THE INTENDED USE PLAN FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND THAT WILL LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND AND HOW OUR HOW WE'RE LOOKING AND BEING RANKED ON THAT. SO ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD, ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE AND HOW THIS RFP IS GOING TO GO IN FUNDING RELIEF AND ALL THAT. IS IT, MAYOR, IF I, IF I JUST COULD I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE MOVE FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WHILE WE WERE LOOKING TO ADVANCE THIS NOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BY WORKING AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, IT SLOWS US DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IT PROVIDES US 50% LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 5 OR $6 MILLION RELIEF FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PROJECT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2025. THE PROJECT HAPPENS IN 26, SO IT DELAYS US. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION AS THE 5 OR $6 MILLION WORTH THE DELAY, RIGHT? WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER PROJECTS WE CAN

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SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU PUSHED I LOVE MY OLD WATER METER. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM THREE D RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM ON HOMELESSNESS. DO WE HAVE. OH, YEAH. NO NO NO. IT'S GOOD. SO I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE DESOTO POLICE. LIEUTENANT FRANKS. SHE'S THE COORDINATOR FOR OUR REGIONAL CARE TEAM. AND THEN OUR OFFICER WHO'S ASSIGNED TO THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM. OFFICER HERNANDEZ, YOU GUYS HEAR A LOT OF OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS REFERRING TO HIM? WELL, HERE HE IS IN PERSON.

HE'S JUST NOT A PHOTO. AND THEN LIEUTENANT FRANKS OVERSEES THE TEAM THERE IN DESOTO. IT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US. WHO BETTER TO GIVE YOU GUYS THIS PRESENTATION THAN THE EXPERTS.

AND SO THERE YOU GO, MA'AM. WELL THANK YOU. YEAH. AS CHIEF MENTIONED, I'M LIEUTENANT MELISSA FRANKS. I'VE BEEN PROUDLY WORKING FOR DESOTO AND SERVING THEM FOR 20 YEARS. AND THEN I HAVE WITH ME A TRUE HOMEGROWN HERO. AMBROSIO, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

YEAH. I GREW UP IN DUNCANVILLE. OFFICER HERNANDEZ GREW UP IN DUNCANVILLE, GRADUATED 2012, DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SIX YEARS. AND WHILE ON MY EXPERIENCES WITH PATROL AND OTHER DUTIES IN THE DEPARTMENT, MENTAL HEALTH WAS KIND OF WHAT DROVE MY INTEREST AND MY PASSION FOR. SO YEAH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE TEAM FOR TWO YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE WE WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE LITTLE BY LITTLE. BUT ALL THE FAMILIES THAT WE SPEAK TO, EVEN SOME IN HERE THAT RECEIVE SOME PHONE CALLS FROM REFERRALS, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING GOOD WORK. SO AWESOME. SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE AMBROSIO. HE HAS A REAL HEART FOR THIS AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. SO JUST AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS

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SO IF YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS LIFESTYLE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO LIKE PITCHING A TENT OR, YOU KNOW, URINATING IN PUBLIC OR, YOU KNOW, BECOMING INTOXICATED IN PUBLIC OR FIGHTING OTHER PEOPLE, THEN THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE. AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THOSE BEHAVIORS, TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT BALANCE OF COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS STAYS INTACT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT EVEN IN THAT ENFORCEMENT SPOT. SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY DECLINES RESOURCES, THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO A REALLY NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR, AND THEN MAYBE THEY GET A CITATION OR THEY GET ARRESTED FOR THAT. OKAY, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT MAKING ANOTHER OUTREACH ATTEMPT TO GET THEM DIVERTED AWAY FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AWAY FROM THAT ENFORCEMENT AND INTO SERVICES. SO WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT PEOPLE IN JAIL, WE GO TO VISIT PEOPLE IN COURT. YOU GO TO VISIT A LARGE NUMBER OF PLACES WHO ARE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES TO SAY, HEY, ARE YOU READY NOW, MAYBE TO ACCESS SOME SERVICES. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN WORK WITH A COURT? WE CAN WORK WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SEE ABOUT GETTING YOU IN THOSE SERVICES, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO BE PROSECUTED FOR YOUR CHARGE.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE WORK WITH. YOU'LL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE IS EXTREMELY LOCAL. BOB SPATZ HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL WITH HELPING US. WE REALLY VALUE THEM AS A PARTNER. AND THEN A LOT OF, LIKE I SAID, THE SHELTERS AND THINGS THAT EXIST IN DALLAS, THEY HAVE A WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE, A WHOLE SYSTEM THAT IS ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH HOMELESSNESS. WE ALSO DO PARTNER WITH THACKERVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRY. SOME OF OUR HOTELS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT THOSE HOTELS, AND THEN THEY SEND US REFERRALS. SO WE ACTUALLY DO GET A LOT OF REFERRALS FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THAT'S JUST OUR INFORMATION. IF YOU HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE SEE SOMEBODY THAT YOU OBSERVE AS HOMELESS, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR RESOURCE. SO PLEASE GIVE US A CALL, CONTACT US, TEXT US, EMAIL US, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, SEND IN A REFERRAL. THERE'S LIKE NO WRONG DOOR LITERALLY. AND HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. SO AND I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT. SO IF WE SEE SOMEONE SO WE DON'T CALL REGIONAL DISPATCH POLICE. BUT WE CONTACT YOU ALL DIRECTLY. SO THERE'S LIKE THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT WE WANT YOU TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO YOU MIGHT OBSERVE AND SUSPECT THAT THEY'RE FACING HOMELESSNESS, AND THEY ARE EXHIBITING BEHAVIORS AT THAT TIME THAT ARE MAYBE OF A CONCERN. SO WE WANT YOU TO CONTACT SO CONTACT EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING UP AND TRYING TO TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE HIGH, OR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, OR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE ARMED AND NOT ENTIRELY THINKING RATIONALLY. RIGHT. SO I PREFER FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND KIND OF STABILIZE, BUT BE ASSURED THAT EVEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE FROM THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS TO US. SO ONCE THEY'VE STABILIZED, WE'RE STILL GETTING THAT REFERRAL TO GO OUT AND MAKE THAT OUTREACH ATTEMPT. IF, HOWEVER, YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST KIND OF ESSENTIALLY MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS BUT SEEMED TO BE HOMELESS, THAT IS DEFINITELY A DIRECT REFERRAL. RIGHT OVER TO RACHEL CARE TEAM. WE ARE NOT, OF COURSE, OPEN LIKE WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS. HOWEVER, WE WILL RECEIVE THAT REFERRAL AND THEN WE WILL ACT UPON IT AS SOON AS WE GET IT. THERE'S ONE OTHER FOLLOW UP. SO IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, HOW MANY CASES DO YOU ALL HAVE WITHIN THE CITY THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH? JUST HOMELESSNESS ALONE. JUST HOMELESSNESS? YES, SIR. I WOULD SAY QUITE A BIT. I MEAN, WE CAN AVERAGE FROM LIKE 10 TO 15 A MONTH AND THAT'S THAT'S ON TOP OF OUR OTHER PRIORITIES, AS IN LIKE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. DETENTIONS THAT WERE OUR MAIN FOCUS IS ON THOSE ARE OUR SIDE REPORTS. BUT HOMELESSNESS ALONE PROBABLY AN UPTICK PROBABLY LIKE 10 TO 15 CLIENTS A MONTH. WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING AN UPTICK HERE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST, THE CITY OF DALLAS PROBABLY BE AWARE, IS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED. A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES TO TRY TO BREAK UP THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ENCAMPMENTS. AND THAT IS DRIVING A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO OUR SECTOR. AND SO DESOTO HAS DEFINITELY SEEN AN UPTICK. DUNCANVILLE, WE KNOW YOU HAVE KIND OF ALWAYS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP TO DALLAS RIGHT THERE.

ANYWAYS, I'M SURE CEDAR HILL IS ON ITS WAY. MAYBE THEY JUST HAVEN'T QUITE GOT THERE YET.

LIEUTENANT FRANKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WITH US MORE THAN ONE TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD KIND OF BE. AND MAYBE, CHIEF, MAYBE IT'S FOR YOU. BUT EXPLAIN HOW THIS GROUP HELPS ENFORCEMENT ALTOGETHER. YEAH. SO I CAN I

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PEACE OFFICERS INCLUDE BREACH OF PEACE. HENCE THE UNHOUSED POPULATION. SO WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP MITIGATE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE BY ALLOWING THEM TO COME IN. EVERYBODY THAT WE SPEAK TO OUT THERE, I GUARANTEE YOU, OFFICER AMBROSIO GETS AN EMAIL FROM THE OFFICERS BECAUSE OUR OFFICERS ARE TIRED OF DEALING WITH THE SAME PEOPLE. SO WHAT'S THE ROOT CAUSE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY. AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THEIR JOB, BUT THEY TRY TO GET MORE IN DEPTH IN THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. AND I WANT TO COMMEND OFFICER HERNANDEZ BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIM IN ACTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE I MEAN, CARE REALLY FITS IN.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT. IS IT THE CASE THAT EVEN WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE GONE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO CHARGE HIM WITH A CRIMINAL VIOLATION, THAT THEY DON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN JAIL? THAT'S CORRECT. DECLARED INDIGENT, AND THEY'RE RELEASED PRETTY QUICKLY. SO AND MOST OFTEN THEY DON'T GO AWAY AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE. THEY COME BACK. IT'S A REPETITIVE CYCLE. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT REALLY IS. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. AND THAT'S THE REFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS HERE THAT WHEN I STARTED, NONE OF THAT WAS HERE IN THE 90S. THAT'S THE REFORMATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOW. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THIS STUFF COMING OUT TO HELP FIND THESE ROOT CAUSES AND ROOT ISSUES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED HELP. AND YOU HAVE THE CARE TEAM NOW IN AGENCIES. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S A GAME CHANGER.

IT REALLY IS. WELL, I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. I HOPE IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED BECAUSE I THINK IT IS.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS MENTAL HEALTH IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM, AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP IT TO A LOWER ORDER. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE IT. YES, SIR. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, I APPRECIATE IT. YES. ONE OF THOSE I RECOGNIZE. WHAT WHAT'S THE WHAT DOES GREYHOUND DO? HOW ARE THEY INVOLVED. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE FOUND THAT SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS TO RECONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR FAMILY OR OTHER SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. AND SO PARTNERING WITH GREYHOUND TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM LOCATE SCHOLARSHIPS, TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM OVER TO THEIR INITIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT MAY BE BROKE DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND SO, YEAH, AND THAT'S SOMETIMES THE ANSWER. AND TO GIVE YOU LIKE A PERSPECTIVE ON HOW LIMITED RESOURCES ARE BECOMING BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF CLIENTS ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE RECEIVING FAMILY GATEWAY UP THERE. IT USED TO BE ANY, ANY PARENT WITH A WITH A CHILD UNDER 18. YOU TAKE THEM THERE AND THEY'LL FIND THEM SHELTERED. IT WAS THAT EASY. BUT NOW THEY ALL THEIR SHELTERS ARE FULL. SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GREYHOUND.

THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND ANY ANYWHERE IN THE 50 STATES. AND IF THEY CAN HELP, HELP PAY FOR THAT GREYHOUND FOR THEM TO GET THEM CONNECTED WITH FAMILY. BEFORE I LEAVE YOU, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A FINAL. THIS IS A REALLY KIND OF EXCITING TIME FOR REGIONAL CARE TEAM. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR GRANT FUNDING, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GROW, DEVELOP, REINVENT OURSELVES, ENHANCE OUR SERVICES. AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT ALL THE THREE CITIES ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF DECIDE WHAT THE FUTURE OF REGIONAL CARE TEAM LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW IT WOULD BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THREE COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS BETTER TOGETHER. AND SO THAT'S

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THANK YOU GUYS I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. OKAY, MOVING ON TO A FINAL ITEM ON THE WORK SESSION. THREE E RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE DRAFT DOG PARK MASTER PLAN. MARK STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR MARK STEVENSON, DIRECTOR. SO I CAN TALK A FEW MINUTES ABOUT KIND OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT GOT US HERE TONIGHT. AND THEN I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANT HERE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN NOW FOR ABOUT 6 OR 7 MONTHS, STARTING BACK IN JULY. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK DONE BY BOTH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU GUYS APPOINTED, AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANTS HERE AT KIMLEY-HORN. WE DID A TREE SURVEY FIRST THING, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO CREATE A PLAN THAT REMOVED AS FEW TREES AS POSSIBLE. I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL. SO WE ALSO HOSTED A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY OUT TO A TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE SENIOR CENTER, HAD ABOUT 2025 RESIDENTS COME OUT. IN ADDITION TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW OF BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. WE DID GO TO THE PARK BOARD LAST MONDAY NIGHT, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AFTER THE PRESENTATION. BUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND GIVE YOU ANY INPUT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ANY FINAL CHANGES BEFORE WE MAKE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE WE BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE KENZIE PORTER. SHE IS WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND SHE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR PARKER. PERFECT. I CAN MANAGE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE. AS BART SAID, MY NAME IS KENZIE PORTER. I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. I'M WITH KIMLEY-HORN OUT OF OUR FORT WORTH OFFICE. REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. I'VE GROWN UP WITH DOGS. I HAVE MANY DOGS AND SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WORK ON THIS.

AND MASTER PLANS ARE ALWAYS GREAT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S A VISIONING PROCESS. AND SO WE HAD A COMMITTEE ABOUT TEN PEOPLE, AND WE WENT OUT AND DID SITE INVENTORIES. WE WALKED THE SITE, WE SET IN THE SITE AND REALLY WANTED TO STUDY WHAT WAS OUT THERE CURRENTLY, HOW WE COULD ENHANCE IT AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS DOG PARK. BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL WALK THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND WE'VE LANDED ON A PHASE ONE OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL COULD BE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE RIGHT NEXT TO ROTARY PARK ON VENICE AND WHEATLAND. WE STARTED PART OF THIS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT WHERE ARE THE CURRENT DOG PARKS IN RELATION TO DUNCANVILLE, WHERE ARE THE CITIZENS HAVING TO TRAVEL TO GO VISIT DOG PARKS? WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES ARE THEY SEEING AT THESE DOG PARKS? AND WE WANTED TO JUST GET A COMPREHENSIVE LIST TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES WE WANTED TO HAVE. DO WE WANT WATER FEATURES, SHADE STRUCTURES, DRINKING FOUNTAINS? DO WE WANT AN INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE? SITE FURNISHINGS, LIGHTING, SAFETY? ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE A FACTOR WHEN WE WERE COMING UP WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND WITH THE COMMITTEE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID A WIDE RANGE. WE STARTED AT NINE MILES AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 40 MILES UP TO FRISCO, AND THAT IS ABOUT THE RANGE OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TO. THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS ON OUR COMMITTEE THAT WERE GOING TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE LOCATION, AND WHAT WE HAD FOUND IS THAT IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE DOG PARK IN THAT THERE HAD A LOT OF AGILITY EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WAS OFTEN GOING UNUSED. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TO SET OURSELVES APART FROM OUR DOG PARKS THAT WE'VE COMPARED OURSELVES TO HERE, IS REALLY EMBRACE THE NATURALISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE PARK. AND SO AS WE STARTED TO MOVE THROUGH AND CREATE THAT INVENTORY, BART MENTIONED THAT WE DID A TREE SURVEY. AND SO WE SURVEYED EVERY TREE, GOT THEIR SPECIES CALIPER AND THEIR HEALTH. AND SO THE ONLY TREES THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO REMOVE ARE EITHER DEAD, DECLINING OR A HAZARD. AND THEIR PLAN TO BE REUSED BACK ON SITE. WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY FUN

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SO YOU DO HAVE A LOOPED TRAIL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PARK IN THE BUFFER SPACE, AND THEN IT TIES INTO THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS AND THEN ALSO THROUGH IN BETWEEN THE DOG PARKS THEMSELVES. SO IF YOU JUST IF YOU WEREN'T TRULY READY TO GO INTO THE DOG PARK OR YOUR DOG LIKES TO BE IN AND AROUND AND OUTSIDE BUT ISN'T NECESSARILY A DOG PARK DOG, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE. THEY COULD BE IN AND OUT IN NATURE, AND YOU COULD EXPERIENCE THIS SPACE WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO GO INTO THE DOG PARK. WE ALSO ARE PROVIDING OR PROPOSING A RESTROOM FACILITY HERE AT NUMBER B, AND THEN ALSO A DOG WASH STATION IN THAT AREA, AND ALSO EACH OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS. THERE ARE WATER FEATURES. SO DRINKING AND THEN ALSO FOR RINSING YOUR DOGS OFF, YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS DIGGING GETTING A LITTLE MUDDY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ALL THE DOGS ARE CLEAN BEFORE THEY GET BACK IN YOUR CAR. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS WILL HAVE THAT. AS MENTIONED THIS IS OUR WATER FEATURE AREA. WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AND WE LANDED ON THIS ONE. THE OTHER OPTION WAS A LARGER POND AND WATER BODY. THERE'S A REALLY NEAT DOG PARK. IT'S CALLED NORTH PARK DOG PARK UP IN. I THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY DALLAS, BUT IT'S ON THE PLANO LINE. AND WHAT WE NOTICED ABOUT THAT, IT WAS REALLY WELL USED. PEOPLE WERE THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT HAD A LOT OF EROSION ISSUES. AND SO IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE. AND SO WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD SAVE COSTS DOWN THE ROAD ON MAINTENANCE, WE THOUGHT WE COULD SCALE BACK WHAT THOSE WATER FEATURES MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WE LANDED ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE DOGGIE LAGOONS. AND WE DO HAVE THIS REALLY NEAT DRY CREEK BED FEATURE THAT CIRCULATES THROUGH THE PARK. SO THE IDEA IS THAT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT SPACES IN THESE DIFFERENT PARKS, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALMOST ON A NATURE WALK. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE IN A DOG PARK, BUT YOU'RE REALLY BRINGING YOUR DOG BACK TO NATURE. AND SO WE HAVE A REALLY THAT DRY CREEK BED LEADS YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH EACH OF THOSE.

IN THE LARGER DOG PARK. YOU'LL SEE A SMALLER TRAIL INSIDE. HERE. I'VE GOT SOME 3D RENDERINGS THAT I'LL GET TO HERE IN A SECOND, BUT WE DREW SOME INSPIRATION FROM A PUP TRACK, SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE, IT'S LIKE A BMX PUMP TRACK. YOU'VE GOT SOME HILLS AND THINGS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH REALLY CREATIVE WAYS TO ALLOW DOGS TO RUN OFF THAT ENERGY WITHOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURED STANDARD AGILITY EQUIPMENT. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH THAT WOULD BE NEAT FOR NOT ONLY THE OWNERS, BUT ALSO THE PETS AS WELL. THIS AREA UP HERE AND THIS QUADRANT, IT HAD THE MOST OR THE LEAST TREE CANOPY. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SPACE FOR ACTIVE RECREATION, FRISBEE. AND THEN IN ALL OF THE SITES YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF SEATING AREAS TUCKED IN UNDER THE TREES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL SHADE.

WE WERE OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES IN JULY AND IT WAS BLAZING HOT OUTSIDE, BUT IN THERE, YOU'RE STILL GETTING A PRETTY NICE BREEZE UNDER THE TREES, AND SO IT FELT LIKE IT WAS MAYBE LOWER 90S. SO IT WAS A BREAK FROM THE HEAT. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO ENHANCE WHAT WAS HAPPENING OUT THERE. I'LL, I'LL GO INTO SOME OF OUR 3D RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS WOULD BE OUR ENTRYWAY HERE. WE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WE CAN WORK ON BRANDING WHAT THE COLOR SCHEME LOOK LIKE.

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THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WAS OUR NEXT ITEM TO AFTER OUR REGULAR SESSION MEETING. AND WITH THAT. WE WILL ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING SESSION A

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OF. OKAY. OUR FIRST. THERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR OUR REPORTS. ITEM NUMBER ONE. I AM

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports (Part 1 of 2)]

LAST WEEK. SO THIS COUNCIL APPOINTED ME TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION OR CORPORATION. AND SO WE MEET EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS REALLY. AND IT CONSISTS OF A COUPLE OF COUNTIES AND CITIES IN THE REGION. AND PRIMARILY WE LOOK AT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION. BUT WE'VE ALSO, AS A RESULT OF OUR LAST MEETING, TALKING MORE ABOUT LOOKING AT FUNDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS AND FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, FIRE AND POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS. AND SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL. AND SO, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY APPOINTED ME TO DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. ON JANUARY 3RD

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SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. VOTE. GOOD. THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO SEE NO

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

NUMBERS UNKNOWN TO ME, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT AND ON THEIR OWN TIME AND AT NO NO PAY ARE OUT THERE MANNING THE BARRICADES AND TAKING CARE OF THE PARADE ROUTE.

ALSO, WE SWITCHED UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR AND WE DROVE IN IN A NICE PICKUP. TRUCKS DEVIATED GREATLY FROM DRIVING IN GOLF CARTS, BUT THE ONE THING OR TWO THINGS ACTUALLY CAME. I WAS IN THE LEAD VEHICLE. AND SO PICTURE AND I HAD SIMILAR HEADWEAR TO THE TWO BOOKEND COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. AND SO AS A RESULT, I WAS CALLED OUT QUITE A BIT BY KIDS ON THE STREET AS I WAS MISIDENTIFIED AS SANTA CLAUS. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I'LL HAVE TO WORK AROUND NEXT YEAR. ALSO, BECAUSE WE WERE IN TRUCKS, IT WASN'T A SAFE SITUATION TO BE THROWING CANDY OUT THAT WE TRADITIONALLY DO FROM GOLF CARTS AND AS A RESULT, BEING IN THE LEAD TRUCK. I WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE SAD STARES OF CHILDREN WITH OPEN BAGS WAITING FOR THEIR TRADITIONAL CANDY TO BE THROWN, AND THERE WASN'T A THING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. I HAD SOME COUGH DROPS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'D BE TERRIBLE, SO I DIDN'T DO THAT. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HEAR LATER ON THAT. IN FACT, CANDY WAS BEING SAFELY DISTRIBUTED, SO THOSE EMPTY BAGS DIDN'T REMAIN EMPTY, SO I APPRECIATE FINDING THAT OUT AFTER THE FACT, BUT I WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE BY WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. GO OUT AND ENJOY AND REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. BE SAFE AND ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR

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

BUT WHETHER IT WAS THE OPENING OF THE NEW FIRE STATION, THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH PAD KIDSVILLE AT ARMSTRONG PARK, WE HAVE ONGOING MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, HVAC IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FIELDHOUSE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON A LOT OF PLANNING RIGHT NOW THAT, I PROMISE, IS GOING TO SET US UP FOR SUCCESS IN 2025 AND GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, JUST CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR FINANCE TEAM. THE STRIDES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THIS YEAR ARE UNBELIEVABLE. I TOLD DIRECTOR JACKSON HE GETS THE AWARD FOR THE MOST I'VE EVER HEARD OF AUDITS COMPLETED IN A SINGLE YEAR WITH COMPLETING THREE AUDITS. I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE OUR ROCK STAR FINANCE TEAM THAT IS ASSEMBLED AND DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND I CAN PROMISE YOU, THEY'RE ALSO HELPING TO WATCH EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT'S SPENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. WITH THAT, WE'RE LAUNCHING OUR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S LAUNCHED THIS YEAR. LOOKING AHEAD TO DUNCANVILLE 2040, OBVIOUSLY, OUR NEW ARTS FUND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING SO POSITIVE AND IT'S SO EXCITING. WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES THIS YEAR. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE HAD IT CHALLENGES EARLIER THIS YEAR IN APRIL THAT REALLY SET US BACK AND SLOWED DOWN OUR PROGRESS, AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES AND STAFFING CHANGES. BUT THIS TEAM HAS PULLED TOGETHER. THESE DIRECTORS HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER, AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR

[2.A. Briefing on Wheatland Plaza after winning the Greater Dallas Planning Council Trinity Urban Design Award]

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WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME SLIDES. BUT ANYWAY I WAS GOING TO I WANT TO SAY THIS THIS THE WORLD IS CHANGING. YOU KNOW WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. I MEAN IT'S CHANGING DRASTICALLY. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW BIG AN OFFICE BUILDING IS ANYMORE.

OFFICE SPACE USED TO BE BIG WITH THE CREDENZA, YOU KNOW, HOUSING. IN 1970, THE 80% OF THE OWNERS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WAS MOM AND DAD AND 2.6 KIDS. BY THE YEAR 2030, ONLY LESS THAN 20% OF OUR HOUSING IS GOING TO BE OCCUPIED BY THAT SAME THAT SAME DEMOGRAPHIC. THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED. WE'RE LIVING LONGER. YOU KNOW, BABY BOOMERS ARE LIVING LONGER. THERE'S SINGLES NOT HAVING CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GAY COUPLES. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, WHERE RETAIL IS THE SAME WAY. RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS ARE NO LONGER SINGLE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE CONSUMER ORIENTED ANYMORE. AND RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS HAVE TO BECOME MORE LIKE MAIN STREETS. AND SO IN IN THE MAIN STREET, THE OLD MAIN STREET OF A TIME PAST, ABOUT 20% OF THE OCCUPANTS IN MAIN STREET WERE RETAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE THIS. THE REST OF THEM WERE LIKE GOVERNMENT AND LIBRARY AND ATTORNEYS, REAL ESTATE OFFICES, INSURANCE OFFICES. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WHEATLAND RECEIVED THIS AWARD, BECAUSE WHEATLAND IS A MODERN, YOU KNOW, RETROFIT OF A SHOPPING CENTER TURNED INTO A MAIN STREET. AND WITH THE 16 TOWNHOMES, NOW IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S 16 TOWNHOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. IT WILL LOOK LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK. AND WITH THE NEW LANDSCAPING THAT'S GONE IN, YOU KNOW, NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT RAINED, SOME OF OUR ENGINEERS WOULD LIKE THIS BEFORE IT. BEFORE WHEN IT RAINED, THE WATER WOULD JUST POUR INTO THE STREETS. AND WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME FLOODING, YOU KNOW, AROUND HERE. NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT LANDSCAPING HOLD THAT WATER AND IT JUST RUNS OFF SLOWLY, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME. SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, THIS BUILDING WAS ABOUT 40 SOMETHING PERCENT OCCUPIED. AND THEN WE HAD TO GET RID OF A FEW OCCUPANTS THAT WERE DIDN'T HAVE CLOTHES. AND THEN WE DOWNSIZED, OF COURSE, EVERY SEASON AND WE WENT DOWN TO 28%. AND TODAY WAS SIGNED LEASES. RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY SIGNED LEASES NOT ALL OCCUPIED BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE'RE AT 96% OCCUPIED. AND THERE WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING KIM AND JENNY'S UP TO THE UP TO THE FRONT. WE'VE GOT A NEW RESTAURANT GOING BACK IN KIM AND JENNY'S. WE'VE GOT AN INDIAN RESTAURANT. THESE WILL BE SMALL RESTAURANTS, MOST OF THEM A LARGER RESTAURANT FOR US WILL BE MORE LIKE LESS THAN 2000FT■!S.

THERE'LL BE SOME SMALL ONES TO GO, LIKE THE INDIAN RESTAURANT WILL BE 800FT■!S. WE'VE GOT A SALAD BAR, SANDWICH RESTAURANT COMING IN. WE'VE GOT A SMALL BARBECUE RESTAURANT COMING IN.

AND SO AND THERE'S A COUPLE, THERE'S SOME MORE, TWO THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THAT. AND SO I THINK BY, I DON'T KNOW, THIS NEXT SUMMER YOU'LL SEE THE, THE, THE, THE BUILDING WILL BE 100% OCCUPIED AND GOING FROM 3 MILLION ON THE TAX ROLLS, IT'S JUST EDGING UP, EDGING UP ALL THE TIME UP TO A 20 MILLION. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING UP TO A $20 MILLION PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THIS IS THE WAY THE CITY LIKE DUNCANVILLE, THAT'S ONLY 11.2 MILES, WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE IT KEEPS US FROM SPRAWLING. THIS IS A WAY THAT THE, THE, THE PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE REDEVELOPED BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD A BIG MALL OR WE CAN'T BUILD A BIG, SPRAWLING NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT KIND OF PROPERTY. BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE IF IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND CLOSING IT IS THIS IF IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, IT REALLY TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT JUST FOR A MOMENT, THE DEVELOPER IS JUST ONE COG IN THE WHEEL. YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU GUYS, CITY STAFF. I MEAN, WE'VE STRUGGLED, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD OUR STRUGGLES, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING IT THROUGH IT. AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE INSPECTORS AND EVEN THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE OCCUPANTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT CLEAN THE PARKING LOT AND THE LANDSCAPERS AND THE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS AND THE TENANTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHOP THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TOUCH, YOU KNOW, THAT TOUCH A PROJECT LIKE THIS. AND WITHOUT US ALL WORKING TOGETHER, THIS THIS WON'T WORK. AND SO I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR COPY OF THIS AWARD. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS YOUR THIS IS YOUR COPY HERE. JUST

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AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. I'M SORRY.

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

I'VE CONTACTED THE CITY TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE BILL AND WHY THE BILL IS $3,000. I HAVE NOT GIVEN A RESPONSE. WHY THEY KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S THERE'S A BROKEN PIPE IN MY HOME, WHICH I HAVE CONTACTED PLUMBERS AND THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THERE'S NOTHING BROKEN IN MY HOME THAT CAN CAUSE THE $3,000 BILL. AND ALL I'M ASKING FROM YOU IS HELP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT. AND THAT'S IT. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. OKAY, MISS RODRIGUEZ, WE CAN'T COMMENT AS COUNCIL, BUT I THINK CITY MANAGER WILL HAVE SOMEONE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU. I WILL.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS LORI WILSON. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE AND

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CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PLACE BEGAN IN JULY AND THE CONSTANT NOISE HAS BEEN THE NEW NORM OVER HERE.

NEXT TO THE HUGE MONSTROSITY IS A TATTOO SHOP. THEY DO NOT HAVE AMPLE PARKING, WHICH COULD FORCE PATRONS TO PARK IN THE FIRE LANE OR ON THE NARROW STREET, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET THROUGH. IF YOU NOTICE THE TATTOO SHOPS GARAGE DOOR OPEN, TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND NOTICE THERE IS A BAR WITH ALCOHOL IN THERE. THEY APPEAR TO BE SELLING ALCOHOL. THEY ALSO SELL FOOD ON SOME DAYS. UNSURE IF THERE IS A PERMIT FOR EITHER? PLEASE KEEP YOUR WINDOWS DOWN WHEN YOU'RE TOURING CREST SIDE DRIVE AND YOU WILL NOTICE THE LINGERING DAILY SCENT OF MARIJUANA THAT GIVES CREST SIDE DRIVE ITS UNIQUE ODOR. THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING ISSUES WITH CREST SIDE DRIVE FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE ARE FED UP. SUGGESTIONS? PLEASE TAKE A TOUR. WE WANT MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. POSSIBLY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. VISION FOR THE FUTURE. UNSURE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OUR STREET ANYMORE. WE'RE NERVOUS. WE ARE SCARED. AND THAT'S. THANK YOU. ERICA BROWNING. ERICA BROWNING, 442 EAST CHERRY STREET. I'LL TRY NOT TO MAKE THIS VERBATIM WHAT I ALREADY SENT Y'ALL. WHEN ASKED, WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT OUR CITY? NEARLY EVERY PERSON I INTERVIEWED FOR THIS IS DUNCANVILLE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ITS SMALL TOWN CHARM AND THE COUNTRY FEEL. DESPITE BEING IN THE METROPLEX. MANY, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO IN OUR CITY WHO HAVE CHICKENS, HAVE ADEQUATE AND SAFE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEIR CHICKENS, BUT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR UPGRADES, FENCING AND PERMITS. AND THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ARE PROHIBITIVE FOR SMALLER LOTS, WHICH COULD CAUSE HARDSHIP FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES WHO RELY ON EGGS TO HELP THEM SUPPLEMENT THEIR THEIR FOOD. AND THIS YEAR, AS SOME OF YOU ARE WORKING ON THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OVER AND OVER I HEAR PEOPLE ASKING, SO WHO ARE WE AS A CITY AND WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? AND BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE OF 16 YEARS AND THE MANY WONDERFUL RESIDENTS I'VE SPOKEN OF, PART OF DUNCANVILLE CHARM WOULD BE LOST FOREVER. WITH ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO PUT ON ANIMALS SUCH AS CHICKENS OR LIVESTOCK, I APPEAL TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY AND WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE. THE ABILITY OF RESIDENTS TO LIVE THEIR LIVES UNENCUMBERED BY EXCESSIVE REGULATION AND GOVERNMENT OVERREACH IS PART OF THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COST OF THE PERMITS THAT ARE PROPOSED? WHO'S INSPECTING ALL OF THESE BACKYARD CHICKEN COOPS? AND DOES THAT GOING TO REQUIRE A NEW POSITION IN OUR CITY THAT WE HAVE TO THEN FUND? I'M NEVER IN FAVOR OF REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR ANYTHING THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR COUNTRY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO JUST BY VIRTUE OF BEING A FREE, AUTONOMOUS CITIZEN. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS SUSAN DAVIS.

MY NAME IS SUSAN DAVIS. I'M AT 119 FOREST COURT. I NORMALLY CANNOT ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY COINCIDE WITH THE MEETING. I AM OBLIGATED TO ATTEND, BUT I'M BLESSED TO BE

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UNFORTUNATELY, MAIN STREET IS DYING, THE BEN FRANKLIN IS CLOSED AND THE CITY COUNCIL KEEPS PASSING TAX HIKES, TAX HIKES JUST BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR A PUBLIC VOTE SO THAT THE EXPENSES OF LIVING IN THIS TOWN HAVE CONTINUED TO CREEP UPWARDS. NOW THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THIS ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED REVISION OF CHAPTER FOUR OF THE ANIMAL AND FOWL CITY ORDINANCE GOES TOO FAR. IT BURDENS RESIDENTS WITH COSTLY MANDATES LIKE SIX FOOT FENCES, 80 FOOT SETBACKS, MANDATORY WING CLIPPING WHILE GRANTING SWEEPING POWERS TO THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY WITH LITTLE OVERSIGHT OR ACCOUNTABILITY, PLACING UNDUE POWER IN THE HANDS OF A SINGLE OFFICIAL, INCLUDING ARBITRARY PERMIT TIMING. DISCRETIONARY POWER TO REVOKE PERMITS BASED ON COMPLAINTS, EVEN IF THEY ARE VAGUE OR UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND THE ABILITY TO INSPECT, SEIZE ANIMALS AND IMPOSE PENALTIES AT THEIR DISCRETION. HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND EL PASO ALL ALLOW CITIZENS TO HAVE CHICKENS WITHOUT PERMITS OR THESE REQUIREMENTS. WHY DO WE NEED THEM HERE? THE ORDINANCE CREATES UNNECESSARY BARRIERS FOR FAMILIES TRYING TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AT A TIME OF RISING FOOD PRICES AND REPEATED TAX HIKES, FAMILIES NEED LOCAL FOOD, LOW COST FOOD OPTIONS NOT MORE EXPENSIVE. GOVERNMENT SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT BURDEN THEM. WE HAVE CHICKENS. THEY WERE A BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR OUR DAUGHTER AND WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN SPEAK TO OUR COUNCILMAN, JEREMY KOONTZ IF YOU'D LIKE TO. HE HAS COME TO VISIT OUR COOP, BUT NOT EVERY FAMILY IS BLESSED IN THE SAME WAY, EVERY NOT EVERY FAMILY IN DUNCANVILLE HAS THIS LUXURY. AND YOU SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO YOU REPRESENT. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST REJECT THIS ORDINANCE AND INSTEAD ADOPT FAIR, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT RESPECT RESIDENTS RIGHT TO LIVE SUSTAINABLY AND RESPONSIBLY. JUST AS OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE BROWNING. MAC BROWNING, 442 EAST CHERRY STREET I AM ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE CHAPTER FOUR ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER FOUR, MOSTLY IN SECTION 20. BUT LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT, I SAW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THE APPEAL PROCESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU YOU REPRESENT US, AND IF WE CAN'T APPEAL TO YOU WHO REPRESENT US, THEN I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE A FAIR REPRESENTATION AND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO CLOG THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM WITH THIS TYPE OF ISSUE. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A NEW ORDINANCE TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY DO. BUT DUNCANVILLE HAS ITS OWN CULTURE, ITS OWN NEEDS, ITS OWN CHARACTER. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES ALSO REPRESENT THAT. FOCUSING ON SECTION 20. AGAIN, A LOT OF FAMILIES RAISE CHICKENS FOR FOOD, THE EGGS, BUT ALSO THE MEAT. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ROOSTERS, YOU CAN'T REALLY KEEP DOING THAT. SO IT'S A CITY DOES NOT NEED TO MICROMANAGE AND CONTROL HOW PEOPLE PROVIDE FOOD FOR THEIR TABLE. DUCKS AND GUINEA FOWL ARE ALSO RAISED FOR FOOD ANIMALS, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PROHIBITED. AND I'M ALSO AGAINST THE PERMITS FOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO FREELY. THE SECTION 20 D ANNUAL PERMITTING IS EXCESSIVE. THE SIX FOOT FENCE IS EXCESSIVE. THE SPACE AROUND THE ANIMALS, THE RUNS. IT'S JUST EXCESSIVE AND BURDENSOME. AND IT'S HARD ON FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITH THESE CHICKENS. THANK YOU. JEREMY DAVIS. JEREMY DAVIS, ONE ONE NINER, FOREST COURT. I'M NOT GOING TO CUSS AND I'M NOT GOING TO THROW A FIT. MY WIFE MADE ME PROMISE. BUT EITHER WAY, YOU GUYS ARE. KIND OF DROPPING THE BALL HERE. AS FAR AS THE CHICKENS AND THE FOWL AND STUFF GO, IS ONE THING I WENT THROUGH AND I READ THE INITIAL

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THANK YOU. EMILY BRIDGES. SEASON. EMILY BRIDGES 41 EIGHT OLEANDER 75137. I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME UP IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS BASED ON GOATS AND HOW MUCH SHE HOW MANY ANIMALS SHE HAD ON WHAT, WHAT AMOUNT OF SPACE. I THINK FROM THAT, WE'VE KIND OF MORPHED INTO EVERY ANIMAL IMAGINABLE, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERREACH WHEN I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE CHICKENS. AND I HAVE FOUR NEIGHBORS RIGHT AROUND ME, AND WE ARE NOT ON QUARTER ACRE LOTS AND THEY HAVE CHICKENS. THEY ARE NOT A NUISANCE. THEY DON'T STINK, THEY DON'T MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, AND I RECEIVE FRESH EGGS. I MEAN, I LOVE IT, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THEM. JUST AS THE GENTLEMAN AHEAD OF ME SAID THAT HIS DAUGHTER'S GOT CHICKENS, THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ME ARE A HOMESCHOOL FAMILY AND THAT IS PART OF THEIR HOMESCHOOLING. AND I'M ALL FOR THEM KEEPING THEIR CHICKENS. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON ALL THE LOOSE DOGS FLOATING AROUND. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE STEPPING AWAY FROM WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS. AND NOW WE'RE JUST JUMPING RIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WHEN. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, HAS ANYBODY GONE INTO A HOME THAT HAS CHICKENS AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG? I MEAN, BECAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN ANY REPORT, BUT I HEAR ABOUT VICIOUS DOGS, AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DOGS RUNNING AROUND ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK WE'RE OVERREACHING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHICKENS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS A GREAT IDEA. I THINK IT STILL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF REVISIONS AND GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WHEN THEY'RE NOT BUSY WITH HOLIDAY EVENTS AND FESTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE DOING, WHICH THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS UP TO BE ADDRESSED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS. TERESA MONTGOMERY. I AM TERESA MONTGOMERY AT 519 ALLEN AVENUE, RIGHT BEHIND THE WHEATLAND PLAZA. I'VE COME BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES BEFORE. NOT HAPPY WITH THE PLANS RIGHT NOW. I HOLD TWO OF PROBABLY FIVE AMENDMENTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS REGARDING THIS PROJECT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT SETTING A LIMIT ON THESE AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S JUST ONE PROJECT. I THINK THAT IT'S A FORM OF HARASSMENT, AND IT'S INTENDED TO OVERWHELM US SO THAT A DEFAULT APPROVAL WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE DON'T SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST A CLUB OF ANY FORM IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSES. I ALSO HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE GUN SHOP THAT IS LOCATED ON

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WE'RE NOT IN AGREEANCE WITH ANYTHING FURTHER INVOLVING CHILDREN OR EDUCATION IN THIS CENTER UNTIL IT'S CONSIDERED IF IT'S GOING TO STAY OR LEAVE. SO FAR, THE THINGS THAT HE HAS PUT IN PLACE, IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER. BUT THE PARKING LOT WITH THE CHANGES WITH THE LANDSCAPING HAS COMPROMISED THE DRIVE THROUGH ON THE SIDE WHERE DOMINO'S IS. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CRASH ATTEMPTS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE LITTLE SMALL SPACE. NOW THAT THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN PUT THERE. SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO DO TO THIS CENTER ONCE IT'S PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. AND THE COMMUNITY IS STILL SPEAKING ABOUT IT, AND WE STILL THINK IT IS THE MOST CRAZIEST IDEA THAT DUNCANVILLE HAS COME UP WITH. I GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF AND THAT'S A FAST CITY. I MOVED HERE IN 2000 LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SMALL LIKE PERSONABLE, YOU KNOW, TO MEET MY NEIGHBORS AND TO KNOW THEM. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE BEHIND SOMETHING WHERE I HAVE TO SLEEP, LIKE CALAMITY JANE ALL NIGHT AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO POP OFF AND GO BACK TO LIVING. THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE. I WORKED HARD TO BE HERE. I'VE EARNED THE RIGHT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THAT I'VE INVESTED IN DUNCANVILLE AS WELL AND JUST HEAR US OUT. WE DON'T WANT IT. THANK YOU. IS TAIFENG LEE LU? PYTHON LU? I LIVE IN THE 434 BLUE RIDGE DRIVE. I THINK ALL THIS CITIZEN INPUT IS ALL REGARDING THE MORALITY ISSUE.

OKAY, I'M AN EDUCATOR IN MY COUNTRY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SO WEIRD HERE, SO I HOPE NEW YEAR WILL HAVE A FRESH START. I DID HAVE A FOUR. A SUBSTANTIAL SUGGESTION I GIVE TO ASSISTANT MANAGER DAVID KEITH NEXT TIME. JANUARY. WE. I GIVE YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IN LARGE PRINT. I DID SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE DALLAS ISD HINOJOSA BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. IT'S VERY SAD THING. OKAY. AND THE 55 AGENDA BELONGS TO EMPLOYEE AND NON AGENDA 27. MINE IS NUMBER 17. I SEE THE REALITY AND THEY JUST REALLY PUT MONEY IN THE POCKET INSTEAD OF AT THE EXPENSE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION. I HOPE DUNCANVILLE IS A SMALL TOWN, NOT AS LARGE AS THE CITY OF DALLAS. 300 SCHOOLS. YOU SEE HOW MANY YOUNGER GENERATIONS WAS RUINED BY SUPERINTENDENT. SO I THOUGHT THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR AND MANAGER CAN OVERSEE THEM. OKAY, THE SMALLER ISD, THEY CAN DO BETTER, AND THE STAFF FROM DUNCANVILLE MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, MAKE A VICIOUS CYCLE INTO THE UNITED CIRCLE, BECAUSE CHINA IS GETTING STRONGER DAY BY DAY IS REALITY.

OKAY, SO IT'S WAKE UP CALL AND WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE DO NEED A FRESH START. OKAY, I'VE BEEN IN THIS USA FOR 45 YEARS. SINCE 79. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE ONE. CITIZENS INPUT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT FOR THEIR RECORDS. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR THIS

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[5.B. Adopt 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.]

SO THE WAY THE CHART WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS SIX OR LESS. THAT WAS THE INITIAL CHART THAT WE PROVIDED THE CHART, THE VERBIAGE THAT WAS CHANGED ON THE NEXT CHART FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS INSTEAD OF SAYING SIX OR LESS, IT WAS CHANGED TO UP TO SIX FOR A QUARTER ACRE. AND I'M TRYING TO PULL THAT BACK UP. THAT THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. SO IT IS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN ACRE. THAT WAS THE ONCE WE PRESENTED OUR REVISIONS, AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH, THE LAST THING WE RECEIVED WAS OBVIOUSLY THE REVISION, THE REVISED CHICKEN CHART, WHICH ALLOWS RESIDENTS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN ACRE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES DOWN TO AN ACRE. AS FAR AS HOW MANY THE QUANTITY THAT YOU COULD HAVE, IT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR STAFF REPORT. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU SHOULD SEE THE CHART PAGE THREE, PAGE 20. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WAS UPDATED. I MEAN, HAGER WROTE ALL OF THE RED LINE STUFF THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE ONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW. AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A TWO YEAR TASK FOR US GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT'S FINE. WE'RE OKAY DOING THAT. BUT WE JUST NEED VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION. IF THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE, WHAT YOU GUYS WANT MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN FINALLY GET OVER THE FINISH LINE WITH THIS. COUNCILMAN PENEBAKER. THANK Y'ALL. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE, EMAILS RECEIVED. THERE'S SOME THINGS IN HERE I'D IMMEDIATELY WANT TO AMEND. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS NOW THAT SOME, SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US THAT MAKE THIS APPEAR TO BE BURDENSOME. AND I CAN SEE THIS IN A LOT OF WAYS, BEING THAT IN MY DISTRICT AND COUNCILMAN KOONTZ'S DISTRICT, PROBABLY THE TWO THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT THE MOST, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS FOR A WORKSHOP. AND LET'S JUST SIT DOWN AND FIX IT. I WOULD SECOND THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH THAT MOTION. THE CITY MANAGER'S CONSULTING WITH

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MR. PENNYBAKER, WE HAVE ANOTHER LIGHT ON. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR BEFORE WE GO ON WITH THE MOTION, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMAN GOODMAN, AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR ATTORNEY'S FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, AND I HATE BEING THE ONE TO HAVE QUESTIONS.

AFTER MULTIPLE BRIEFINGS, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS I SUBMITTED TO YOU ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. ONE OF THEM WAS, WHAT IS THE DRIVING NEED FOR THE FILE ORDINANCE? AND YOU RESPONDED WITH HIGH CALL VOLUME AND HOW MANY INCIDENTS AND CALLS ARE WE RECEIVING WITH 799? SO NEARLY 800 CALLS IN A YEAR'S PERIOD. IN ONE YEAR PERIOD ON FILE. SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT THERE ARE SOME REGULATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING, AND THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR. I ASKED ALSO, HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE CITIZENS WHO CURRENTLY OWN FILE AND WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED AS FAR AS THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE? SO WHEN I'M READING THE ORDINANCE, I SEE THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO HAVE ROOSTERS. SO CAN I START WITH ASKING THAT QUESTION? WHY ARE THE ROOSTERS BEING PROHIBITED? OKAY, SO A LOT OF THE CITIES HAVE GONE AWAY FROM ALLOWING ROOSTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE LOUD, THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE, AND BRUCE'S JUST AREN'T NEEDED FOR IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE EGGS TO EAT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, LIKE ROOSTERS JUST AREN'T NEEDED FOR THAT, YOU KNOW? SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE GOING AWAY FROM ALLOWING ROOSTERS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I LOOKED AT A FEW OTHER CITIES. GLENN HEIGHTS ALLOWED ROOSTERS FOR TWO ACRES OR MORE, DESOTO, ONE. ROOSTER FOR EVERY TWO HENS, AND THEN LANCASTER. NONE UNLESS IT'S ZONED AGRICULTURAL FOR ROOSTERS. SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO RESPOND AND HELP OUT OTHER CITIES, OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, AND YOU KIND OF WANT TO BE CONTINUITY IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER CITIES. AND SO HAVING SOMETHING FOR DUNCANVILLE AND HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHER ONES, I DID FIND THAT OTHER CITIES ARE ALLOWING ROOSTERS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR REASONING IS FOR IT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RECONSIDERED FOR OUR CITIZENS. ALSO, THOSE THE PERMITS THAT ARE BEING REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO CURRENTLY HAVE HENS AND CHICKENS AND FILE. IS THERE A GRACE PERIOD THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THEM TO GET THEIR PERMIT IF THIS IS APPROVED? HAVE WE CONSIDERED A GRACE PERIOD FOR THOSE WHO CURRENTLY OWN? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO ALL HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS JUST TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT IS PROPOSED, THERE IS A FENCE PERMIT. AND ACCORDING TO THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, THE FEE FOR A FENCE PERMIT IS $100. WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THEY TAKE A COURSE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES, WHICH I AGREE IS NECESSARY. IT'S A FEE ATTACHED TO IT, I DON'T KNOW, I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE TO SUPPORT HOW MUCH THE FEE IS, BUT THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE FILE PERMIT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET FROM THE CITY. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE CONSIDERING A FEE ATTACHED TO IT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EXPENSE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE. NESTING BOX A NESTING BOX IS BEING REQUIRED FOR ONE NESTING BOX FOR FOUR HANDS, SO IF THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE, THERE WOULD BE MORE NESTING BOXES THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL FEE FENCE ITSELF, JUST TO HAVE THE SIX FOOT FENCE

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E. NUMBER EIGHT ANY BACKYARD HEN BYPRODUCTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EGGS, MEAT OR MANURE MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED TO BE SOLD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OR WITH THE CONSENT OF A BACKYARD HEN PERMIT HOLDER. EXCEPT FOR THE SALE OF BACKYARD HEN BYPRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. SO AT ONE POINT, WE'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE SOLD, BUT THEN AT ANOTHER, WE REFERENCE BACKYARD HEN BYPRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE FEDERAL STATE. SO IF WE COULD MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARER AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I, I REALLY DISLIKE WHEN DECISION MAKERS COME WITH QUESTIONS AFTER BEING PRESENTED MULTIPLE TIMES. SO I UNDERSTAND THE INCONVENIENCE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT THESE WERE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND I STARTED REVIEWING AND HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM KUNTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I GUESS FOR MY COMMENTS, IF I GET OFF TOPIC, YOU JUST LET ME KNOW OR SO. SO FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FINES AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHO THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE AND IT TALKS ABOUT FINES FOR VIOLATIONS, IT TALKS ABOUT UP TO A $500 FINE FOR ANY VIOLATION, WHATEVER THAT IS. AND DO ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? BECAUSE THAT COULD ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, A $1 FINE FOR ANY VIOLATION. SO DOES ANYBODY KNOW HAVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, WHAT THOSE FINES MIGHT BE IF THERE'S A VIOLATION OF ANYTHING IN THE ORDINANCE, NOT JUST CHICKENS BUT ANYTHING. MAYOR IF I COULD. SO COUNCIL MEMBER A GOOD QUESTION. NORMALLY THOSE FINES ARE IMPOSED THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM BY THE JUDGE IF IT GETS TO THAT POINT. AND SO THE JUDGE WOULD THEN DETERMINE WHAT THE ACTUAL FINE IS BASED ON THE SITUATION WITHIN THE RANGE THAT'S ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE. AND BECAUSE I DID SEE IN THERE THAT THE COUNCIL, IF WE CHOSE TO, THAT WE COULD SET SOME FINES, THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT DECISION OURSELVES IF WE WANTED TO SAY, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A $500 FINE FOR WHATEVER VIOLATION IF WE WANT TO, FOR A SECOND VIOLATION, RAISE THAT TO $800 AND SO ON. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY PUT INTO THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE. SO AND I'M BRINGING THIS UP FIRST BECAUSE ORIGINALLY EARLIER WAY BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR. AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN BEFORE MR. FINCH GOT INVOLVED, BUT I HAD ASKED FOR SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO DOGS AND, AND DOGS AT LARGE, AND THAT THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF THE FOCUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S CLEAR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS, LET THEIR DOGS LOOSE AND THEY'RE OUT THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DOG ATTACKS IN MY DISTRICT. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS ONE FATAL INCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A DOG AND A CHILD AND THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY. THE DOG WASN'T LOOSE. BUT AGAIN, HERE'S AN IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNER. RIGHT? AND SO MY, MY FOCUS REALLY, AGAIN, TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOCUS WAS ON THE DOGS AND THOSE IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS, AND NOT JUST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT ALSO FOR THE ANIMALS

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AND MAYOR, AGAIN, IF I START TO GO OVER TIME LET ME KNOW AND I CAN YIELD THE FLOOR. BUT AGAIN, THE FOCUS WAS ON, YOU KNOW, THE DOGS. AND AT SOME POINT ALONG THE WAY IT DID BECOME A CONVERSATION. WELL, WE DID TALK ABOUT GOATS AND THERE WAS A DECISION REGARDING THAT. AND THEN AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHICKENS AND FOWL. AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY THE FOCUS OF THIS, THIS CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES, RIGHT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED. AND SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE ARE ABOUT 800 CALLS OR CLOSE TO 800 CALLS REGARDING CHICKENS AND FOWLS AND ROOSTERS. AND COULD YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR REMINDER AND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF SOME OF THOSE CALLS? THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CALLS. I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO ANY ONE CALL. WHAT WE HAD THEM DO WAS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR SYSTEM ISN'T SET UP TO RECORD THAT TYPE OF CALL SPECIFICALLY.

SO WE HAD TO CREATE A FORMULA TO GO IN THERE AND PULL THOSE ANIMAL CALLS THAT RELATED TO FOWL, CHICKEN, HENS AND ROOSTERS. AND WHEN SHE DID THAT AND SHE SEPARATED THE CALLS OUT, IT CAME TO A TOTAL. AND I HAD HER SEARCHED BETWEEN AUGUST OF 2024 AND AUGUST OF 2023, AND IT CAME UP TO 799 CALLS. NOW, THOSE CALLS COULD BE ANYTHING. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE CHICKEN IS LOOSE, CHICKEN IS IN MY YARD. THE ROOSTER IS CROWING. IT COULD BE ANY. IT COULD BE ANYTHING.

THERE'S TOO MANY CHICKENS NEXT DOOR. BUT I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS WERE LOUD NOISE CALLS. AND HE COULD HE COULD ATTEST TO RESPONDING TO THOSE TYPE OF CALLS. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS GET CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WITH LOUD NOISE CALLS FROM ROOSTERS AT THREE IN THE MORNING, 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING. SO, I MEAN, IT IS AN ISSUE. AND SO NOISE POSSIBLY MAYBE IF THERE'S OFFENSIVE SMELLS OR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBOR IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE SMELLS THAT ARE COMING, MAYBE THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT. DISEASE. MAYBE. OKAY, THEN MAYBE THE NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. SO MOST OF THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S BEING IRRESPONSIBLE WITH THE CHICKENS. RIGHT. SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH THEM. JUST LIKE PEOPLE CAN BE IRRESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR DOGS OR WITH THEIR CATS OR ANY OTHER PETS OR ANIMALS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO I SAY ALL THIS BECAUSE SINCE OUR PRIOR DISCUSSIONS AND EVEN SINCE LAST WEEK, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT. AND THAT'S I'M SAYING THAT IT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WHO OWN CHICKENS AND FOWL AND, YOU KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE ROOTS OF DUNCANVILLE. WE ARE A FARMING COMMUNITY. RIGHT? SO THIS IS KIND OF THE ROOTS OF THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I MEAN, EVEN RIGHT NOW WHERE THIS BUILDING IS, IT USED TO BE FARMLAND. AND THERE'S A WINDMILL AND A SPRING HOUSE, YOU KNOW, OVER HERE IN THE HISTORICAL PARK THAT REALLY ATTESTS TO THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD A LOT IS THAT PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIKE, KIND OF THE RURAL SETTING, IT'S QUIET. AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS IT REMINDS ME OF BEING OUT IN THE COUNTRY. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DUNCANVILLE IS PRIMARILY HISPANIC, A LOT OF THAT CULTURE, THE BACKGROUND IS FARMING AND RANCHING. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT DO HAVE CHICKENS, FOWL, DUCKS,

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BUT BUT THEY'RE THERE. AND SO IT KIND OF REFLECTS AGAIN, KIND OF THE ROOTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, SO I WANT TO CALL YOU CHAD, BUT I'M SURE I SHOULD CALL YOU OFFICER OR SOMETHING. YEAH. OFFICER WILCOX, SO, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH A PROBLEM. AND SO THEY CAME BACK TO US, RIGHT? WITH THE WITH THE SOLUTION BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, CHAD, WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. AND I'VE SEEN HIM IN ACTION. YOU KNOW, I SAW A STRAY DOG ONE DAY RUNNING. I SAID, MAN, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET THAT DOG. AND HERE COMES CHAD IN HIS TRUCK. LIKE, LITERALLY LIKE RIGHT BEHIND ME TRACKING THIS DOG. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE TERMINATOR. THAT'S THAT'S A WRONG WORD. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT HE WAS ON IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER. YEAH, A BETTER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. SO I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY BROUGHT US. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT LIKE, I GUESS AT THIS TIME JUST LOOKING AT THE ROOTS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, I WENT SO FAR AS TO GET INPUT FROM CITIZENS AND HAVE THEM LOOK OVER THIS ORDINANCE. AND, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S ADDRESSING THE TROUBLEMAKERS, THE NUISANCES, AGAIN, THOSE WHO ARE BEING IRRESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, LIKE, I WOULDN'T BE READY TO APPROVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR ANY REVISIONS WHATSOEVER TO. MAY I SPEAK TO THAT? MAY I SAY ONE THING? YES, SURE. ONE. LET ME APOLOGIZE IF IT SEEMED LIKE I WASN'T PREPARED TONIGHT, I JUST WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT. SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT TOO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS. THIS. IT STARTED OFF WITH CHIEF STOGNER AND THEN IT WENT TO ASSISTANT CHIEF TIJERINA. AND NOW IT'S TO ME. AND WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET THIS WHOLE THING RIGHT. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST IRRESPONSIBLE. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADDRESS THAT AND HELP PEOPLE BE RESPONSIBLE. BECAUSE AS YOU AND I KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE ON THEIR OWN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS THAT WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE CHICKENS FOR THEIR DAUGHTER AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT THEN YOU HAVE SOME IT'LL START OFF WITH THREE, THEN IT'S 13, THEN IT'S 20, THEN IT'S 25, YOU ■KNOW, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE. SO AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE, WE'VE GONE TO A HOUSE OR I'VE GONE TO A HOUSE WHERE THERE'S 25 CHICKENS. BUT WHAT I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HELP PEOPLE BE RESPONSIBLE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND. CHIEF, I THINK I THINK THAT AND I SEE MR. PENNEBAKER'S LIGHT BACK ON. I JUST GOT A QUICK COMMENT. I THINK THAT IN AN EFFORT TO. ACHIEVE A REASONABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN RAISING CHICKENS AND MANAGING THAT, THAT PART OF THEIR LIVES TO SAVE MONEY OR TO MAKE MONEY ON THE WAY THERE. THERE'S PROBLEMS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT THAT ARE CALLED IN. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE 799, YOU PROBABLY COME UP WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER LESS THAN THAT, BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT ARE THE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THAT REALLY WOULD WANT TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT'S JUST NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TO SITES AND I'VE SEEN THEM WHERE IT WAS PRETTY DISGUSTING, BUT I'VE BEEN TO OTHER SITES WHERE PEOPLE ALMOST HAD THE CHICKENS AND TREATED THEM AS WELL AS THEY TREATED THEIR OWN DOMESTIC PETS. SO WE'VE GOT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE, A PROBLEM THAT'S CAUSING YOU TO GET YOUR RESOURCES TIED UP. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALL HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MORE OF THESE OUT THERE TODAY THAN THERE WERE 25 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND THE STREETS OF DUNCANVILLE. IT'S BECOME MORE POPULAR BECAUSE OF ETHNIC TRAITS AND HOW PEOPLE PROVIDE THEIR OWN FOOD AND DON'T DEPEND TOTALLY ON GROCERY STORES. BUT THEN IT ALSO IS A MATTER OF ECONOMICS. NOW PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED THE VALUE IN THE SAVINGS THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU HAVE CHICKENS, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR OWN MEAT AND YOUR EGGS. SO WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS ALL COINCIDING AT ONCE, AND YOU ALL HAVE MADE VALIANT EFFORTS TO TRY TO BRING US SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO SAY FOR MYSELF, PROBABLY MY OWN LACK OF ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS OF ALL THESE CHANGES THAT THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE A AN

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AND I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT ON A TECHNICALITY, WE CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR MOTION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MOTION INCLUDED A WORKSHOP. THE THOUGHT OF A WORKSHOP DID THAT. PERFECT. YES.

OKAY. WELL, YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR RESTATE YOUR MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING.

OKAY, OKAY. COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED AND YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO GETTING IT THIS FAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT AFTER WE'VE ALL HAD OUR DISCUSSIONS, THERE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING THAT ONE THAT COMES JOHNNY COME LATELY WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL TOO. Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT AND WE'LL WE'LL WE. AND WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT. AND THEN WE KICK A LITTLE BIT BACK TO YOU. AND THEN YOU DO A LOT MORE. AND THEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US AND WE KICK A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK TO YOU.

AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP THE PROCESS ALONG A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT DOING A LOT ON OUR END. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE WORKSHOP. THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED IS HUGE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND CATCH IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND SPEAK OUT AND LET US TAKE THAT INFORMATION IN AND MAKE IT PART OF THE PROCESS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A WORKSHOP AROUND IT. CAN WE TABLE TO A DATE CERTAIN. DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? DO WE NEED TO TABLE TO A DATE CERTAIN? I THINK YOU CAN TABLE IT INDEFINITELY, MAYOR.

AND I THINK THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ACTUALLY SAY THAT THE CITY SECRETARY HAS TO POLL THE COUNCIL. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SET UP A SEPARATE WORKSHOP FOR IT. SO OKAY, AS LONG AS WE CAN DO THAT EXPEDITIOUSLY, GET THAT DATE SET SO WE CAN ALL CONTINUE TO CHECK AND CHAT. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY MR. CRUZ, PLEASE VOTE. I'M SORRY MAYOR. WHAT WAS THE MOTION AGAIN? CAN I HEAR THE MOTION ONE MORE TIME JUST TO SET THE TABLE TO TABLE AND WE'LL THAT WILL CONSIDERABLE. BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM SIX A STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS. MISS OTAY. GOOD

[6.A. Monthly Financial Report as of October 31, 2024]

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[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports (Part 2 of 2)]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO READ THIS OUT LOUD FOR EVERYONE AND JUST GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ABSORB THIS AND SUCK THIS IN. IT'S OUT OF THE ARCHIVES, AND I THINK YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT IS ONCE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ABOUT WHEN I START READING IT. TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING. NOT EVEN A MOUSE. THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE. IN HOPES THAT SAINT NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS, WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEADS. AND MAMA IN HER KERCHIEF AND I IN MY CAP, HAD JUST SETTLED OUR BRAINS FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP. WHEN OUT ON THE LAWN THERE AROSE SUCH A CLATTER. I SPRANG FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER. AWAY TO THE WINDOW I FLEW LIKE A FLASH. TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW. GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO OBJECTS BELOW. WHEN WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES DID APPEAR. BUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND EIGHT TINY REINDEER.

WITH A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. SO LIVELY AND QUICK, I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE SAINT NICK.

MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. HIS COURSERS THEY CAME. AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED, AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. NOW, DASHER, NOW, DANCER, NOW, PRANCER AND VIXEN! ON COMET, ON CUPID, ON DONNER

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MOUNT TO THE SKY. SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP. THE COURSERS THEY FLEW. WITH THE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS. AND SAINT NICHOLAS TOO. AND THEN, IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ONE ON THE ROOF, THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH LITTLE HOOF, HOOF. AS I DREW IN MY HEAD, AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, SAINT NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOUND. HE WAS DRESSED IN ALL FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT, AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT, A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE HAD FLUNG ON HIS BACK, AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK. HIS EYES HOW THEY TWINKLED! HIS DIMPLES, HOW MERRY! HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE ROSES, HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY, NO PUN INTENDED. HIS DROLL IDLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN LIKE A BOW, AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD TIGHT IN HIS TEETH, AND THE SMOKE. IT ENCIRCLED HIS HEAD LIKE A WREATH. HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY THAT SHOOK WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY. HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP, A RIGHT JOLLY OLD ELF. AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW. HAD I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK AND FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS. THEN TURNED WITH A JERK, AND LAYING HIS FINGER ASIDE OF HIS NOSE, AND GIVING A NOD UP THE CHIMNEY HE ROSE. HE SPRANG TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEAM, GAVE A WHISTLE, AND AWAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM. ERE HE DROVE OUT OF SIGHT. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. I LOVE IT. FELIZ NAVIDAD A TODOS.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

COULD YOU JUST REPEAT. OKAY. WE'VE ADJOURNED. ADJOURNED. OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 928 WILL RESUME IN OUR REGULAR SESSION. AND OUR SPECIAL SESSION AT 928. AND AS A RESULT OF THE SPECIAL SESSION, EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE ARE NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. AND AS A RESULT OF OUR REGULAR SESSION EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. SO WE ARE HEREBY

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