Jan 21, 2025 City Council

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING]

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GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR WORK SESSION FOR THIS EVENING FOR OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 2025 AT 6:00 PM. WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING HERE. SO WE'LL GET OUT ON TIME. I THINK WITH GOOD PLANNING WE'LL GET THIS THING OUT AND DONE SO WE CAN START OUR MEETING AT SEVEN FOR ONCE. SO WITH COUNCILMEMBER PERSIS. OH, YEAH. YES. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMAN VERA CRUZ IS OUT ON FAMILY BUSINESS AND WILL NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING. AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. CITY MANAGER. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL JUMPING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A IS MINUTES SO I'LL SKIP OVER TO THAT FOR BE. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND CONTRACTS FOR PRESIDING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF DUNCANVILLE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZING FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR SAID CONTRACTS. AND OUR CFO, RICHARD JACKSON, ARE OUR COURT DIRECTOR. VICKY DELOS SANTOS ARE BOTH HERE. SHE JUST WALKING IN PERFECT TIMING TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. MOVING ON. FOR C, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER SHAW TO SERVE A ONE YEAR TERM AND STEVE FLANAGAN TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T THINK JACOBS IS HERE. QUESTIONS FOR D COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CONSERVATION FUND POLICY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING. MISS TAYLOR IN THE OFFICE DID UPDATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TO REFLECT THE $20,000 INITIAL CONTRIBUTION THAT WE DISCUSSED. SO THERE WASN'T AN ORG ON OBJECT NUMBER TO SAY WHERE THE FUNDS WERE COMING FROM. SO WE HAVE TO CREATE A NEW FUND. CORRECT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE FEES FOR SERVICES UNDER THAT SECTION. AND FORGIVE ME, I'VE BEEN CONGESTED. SO I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO PROJECT MY VOICE. BUT FEES FOR SERVICES THAT HAD THE WORD INCREASING. COULD WE REMOVE THE WORD INCREASING FOR NOW. AND IF NEED BE IN THE FUTURE, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL TO SUGGEST INCREASING FEES, BECAUSE I SEE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE IT. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ASK THE ATTORNEY IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD JUST STRIKE THE WORD INCREASING WITHOUT DOING A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THAT? I CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT? SURE. AND. COULD IS THIS PLANNING ALSO TO BE USED FOR THE LAD, AND COULD IT BE, LIKE, REIMBURSABLE OR EVERYTHING? YEAH. ANY KIND OF OPEN SPACE OR REALLY EVEN AT THAT POINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. STORMWATER. YES. THERE'S SOME STORMWATER FEES IF NEED BE, WHICH GOING ONLINE, IT SAYS 350, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ACCURATE FEE. IT'S $5 FOR THE CHARGE. SO I WOULD WANT TO UPDATE THAT. BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IF THE MONEY CAN BE TAKEN FROM THE STORMWATER FEE TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE, WE WOULD BRING ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS BACK TO COUNCIL SEPARATELY. OKAY. ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO ALONG THE SAME LINES, SINCE IT IS BRAND NEW ACCOUNT, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT ACCOUNT. MANAGER IN THE PARKS OR.

DEPARTMENTAL. WELL I MEAN ULTIMATELY RIGHT. I MEAN COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY AS YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. YOU KNOW, IDEALLY SOME OF THAT WOULD CERTAINLY PERTAIN TO PARKS AND REC. AND LAD, FOR INSTANCE, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. BUT IT COULD PERTAIN TO OTHER THINGS THAT COULD EVEN INCLUDE PUBLIC WORKS, PROBABLY FOR RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE GETTING IT UP AND GOING, HONESTLY, IT'D BE CITY ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN AS WE GET GOING AND GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WITH HIRING OUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS BODY FOR SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THIS IN 2021 WHEN I FIRST PROPOSED THIS IDEA.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GET IT PUSHED ACROSS THE LINE FROM THERE. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

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THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY WE CAN DO LEGAL NOTICES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH CIRCULATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO. OKAY. SO WITH THE LOSS OF THE DAILY FOCUS AND THEIR CIRCULATION IN THIS AREA, YES. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. SOMEBODY COULD TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, ANYBODY THAT GETS THAT CIRCULATION HERE. SO WE'RE DEPENDENT TOTALLY ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THAT'S WHERE IF SOMEBODY THEY HAVE STARTED PUTTING IN HERE I SAW ONE, I SAW THEM AT THE NEWSSTANDS AT WALGREENS, KROGER'S. AND HE TOLD ME THEY HAVE STARTED PUTTING THEM IN THE AREA SINCE THEY NOW HAVE. AND CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO WERE BOTH ON FOCUS DAILY AS WELL. SO NOW THEY BOTH HAVE GONE OVER TO THE RAMBLER, SO THEY WERE USUALLY NOT IN THIS THIS FAR SOUTH. I'LL SAY THAT THEY WERE USUALLY NOT THIS FAR SOUTH. THEY WERE MORE IN CITIES UP NORTH. COPPELL, IRVING IN THAT AREA, GENERAL AREA. AND NOW THEY'VE STARTED TO DELIVER THEIR NEWSPAPERS DOWN THIS WAY. SINCE FOCUS DAILY IS NOT DELIVERING HERE ANYMORE. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN WATERVILLE AND POST ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW TO BE LOOKING FOR IT? SURE. I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF, AND WE'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. BUT CORRECT. I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT THE CIRCULATION WAS IN THIS AREA. BUT YOU SAY THEY'RE ALREADY IN DESOTO? YES. THEY'VE STARTED PUTTING THEIR NEWSPAPERS HERE. THEY JUST STARTED PUTTING HERE, PROBABLY HE TOLD ME AT THE END OF DECEMBER WAS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED PUTTING THEM HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMING THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. SURE. OKAY. JUST TO. JUST A STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HAVING A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AND I KNOW WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE IT IN PRINT SOMEWHERE, NONE OF US EVER HEARD OF THE RAMBLER BEFORE WE SAW IT ON THIS AGENDA. I WONDER, AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, I GUESS SOMEWHERE IN TOWN, SOMEWHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE PRINT PUBLICATIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT ANY LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT FROM CITIES. AND BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF HANDCUFFED TO IT. SO IT'S JUST A STATEMENT. AND THERE IS ONE AT YOUR DEBT AT EACH OF YOUR DATES TODAY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THEIR NEWSPAPER, WE DID THEY SEND ALL OF COUNCIL ONE AND THEY'RE AT THE DYESS TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOVING ON. FOUR F CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 PIPE BURSTING PROJECT IN AN EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $59,429.15, NOT EXCEEDING A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $507,693.65. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT BRYAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HEY, SO I SAW THAT IT WAS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL THAT WAS NEEDED, PIPING AND ALL OF THAT, AND WE LOOKED AS THOUGH, ACCORDING TO THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, IT STARTED IN 2021. THE FY 23 PIPE, I BELIEVE IT WAS AWARDED BACK THEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN IT BROKE GROUND. TYPICALLY, THE PIPE BURSTING PROJECTS ARE PRETTY QUICK NOW. CLOSING THESE PROJECTS HAS JUST BEEN A COMBINATION OF OVERTURNING STAFF. THE COMPANY HASN'T BEEN EAGER TO INVOICE US BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONGOING PROJECTS WITH THE CITY. SO THIS IS JUST US TRYING TO CLOSE THESE PROJECTS UP AND MOVE FORWARD. SO THE WORK IS COMPLETE. IT'S JUST GETTING IT PAID OFF. SO HOW DOES THAT

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OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT HOW WELL THIS IS DONE BECAUSE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS, WE WERE WE WERE UP THERE. AND SINCE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING, WE'VE HAD VERY FEW AND SOME VERY GOOD. FOR ONE THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT BUT TWO, THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO 4G, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER ONE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $66,375 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22 PIPE BURSTING PROJECT WITH VORTEX COMPANIES, LLC, USING THE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $99,999.63, EXCEEDING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,099,995.88. AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT BRYAN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. NO FURTHER QUESTION.

FOR EACH, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH SYDNEY MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP FOR FIRE ENGINE PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES TO HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL CONTRACT FS 1223 FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS IN AN ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,105,127 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AND AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT BRYANT IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. FOR. I CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 24 002A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO FREEZE AND NICHOLS THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SERVICES, AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $395,507, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION, AND THE FIRST DIRECTOR, MATT BRASHER, ANSWERING QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFQ 250001 ON CALL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH FIRMS OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT A TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, NOT EXCEEDING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $300,000 PER FIRM OVER THREE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWALS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MATT RYAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THIS GOES IN KEEPING WITH THE SAME ONE WE DID FOR ENGINEERING AT THE LAST ONE. YEAH, IT'S STRUCTURED THE EXACT SAME WAY. OKAY. OKAY, 4K CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO, I KNOW WE WENT OVER THIS. YES WE DO VERY CLOSELY. BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. AND THIS MAY NOT BE SO DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS, BUT I WANT TO SEE IF IT IS. AND THAT IS WILL ANY PART OF THIS COMPLETE STREET POLICY HELP US PUSH THE REMAINDER OF THE DANIEL DALE PROJECT FORWARD? AND BECAUSE THAT DOES CONTAIN BIKE TRAILS, I BELIEVE FROM THE 2018 BOND. YES. SO LET ME JUST JUMP IN THERE. AND CERTAINLY MATT AND CHARLIE CAN JUMP IN HERE TO HERE'S WHAT IT'LL HELP US DO, IS IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING SOLUTIONS, ANYTIME WE DO A PROJECT. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GRANT TOURS WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A POLICY THAT WOULD BE CONDUCIVE WITH COMPLETE STREETS. SO THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT. BUT THE BIG THING IS THE POLICY SAYS AT THE TIME OF ANY RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE WOULD EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT TO BUILD THE STREET AS A COMPLETE STREET. AND SO IT'LL BE DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO IT'S NOT A MANDATE TO DO COMPLETE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT REALLY GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTS TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH COMPLETE STREETS.

OKAY. AND IS THAT COMPLETE STREET DECISION A AN INTERNAL DECISION? YES. SO THAT'S WHERE TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS WOULD BE REVIEWING IT. AND THEN WHEN THEY BRING THE PROJECT TO YOU, THEY WOULD BE SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETE STREET AND HERE'S WHY.

OR THIS CAN'T BE A COMPLETE STREET AND HERE'S WHY. OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION, I ALSO DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE. MAYBE AGAIN, IT ISN'T CONNECTED DIRECTLY. I DIDN'T SEE ANY REFERENCES TO ACCESSIBILITY IN IN THE OVERALL DESIGN OF A COMPLETE STREET. DOES IT INCLUDE THAT OR IS THAT

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SO IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE IDEA OF PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL IS WHAT THIS SUPPORTS. SO IT'S JUST PART OF THE SUPPORT TO THE CONCEPT OF REACHING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND MAYOR DOES HAVE IN THERE THERE IS A REFERENCE TO USERS OF ALL DEVICES. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, SCOOTERS, BIKES YOU NAME IT EVERYTHING. SO ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. YOUR QUESTION IS THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT OKAY. MOVING ON FOR L CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2025 407 TO ACCEPT THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN THAT YOU WERE BRIEFED ON. WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS AGO. DIRECTOR STEVENSON IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THERE'S A WE'RE GOING WITH A LESSER PACKAGE TO START OUT WITH. CORRECT. PHASE ONE WOULD INCLUDE A SMALLER PACKAGE OF THE ENTIRE MASTER PLAN. YES. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED HERE AND FROM BEFORE, NONE OF THEM SHOW DRAWN BACK TO A PHASE ONE.

IT'S ALL IT'S ALL THE COMPLETE PROJECT. RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WASN'T. MY EXPECTATIONS. WEREN'T SURE. WE HAD A TWO GRAPHICS, ONE FOR THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN AND ONE THAT JUST SHOWS PHASE ONE. OKAY, SO THERE'S TWO GRAPHICS. SO EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT. AND MAYOR IF I COULD TO JUST REAL QUICK. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WE'RE ACCEPTING THE MASTER PLAN. WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT AUTHORIZING ANY FUNDING. WE'RE NOT DOING ANY SORTS OF DESIGNATIONS. AGAIN, IT'S YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE PLAN. AND THAT GIVES US A GOOD INDICATION THAT, YES, YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND A DIRECTIVE. I GUESS YOU'LL BRING THE PHASE ONE BACK TO US AND DISCUSS THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. FOR M THE TITLE SAYS WHEATLAND PLAZA PD AMENDMENT WENT THROUGH THIS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY ATTORNEY WENT THROUGH THAT. MR. BREWER HELPED ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT HE PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF YOUR LAST MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. AND FINALLY, FOR AN CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH CENTRAL SQUARE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS ALARM SERVICES. AND I DON'T SEE THE POLICE CHIEF, BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD GRAB HIM, IF HE'S JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR, THERE, IT WOULD BE. WONDERFUL. SO AND HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

SO YOU DON'T WANT THE QUESTIONS. THIS ONE I THINK I NEED HIS HELP ON. SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. SURE. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. IT'LL BE CONTRACTED OKAY. PERFECT. YEAH. HI. SO I WAS READING THE CONTRACT AND IT STARTED IN 2017 WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW EVERY YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS. THAT WOULD PUT US AT 2022. WE'RE IN 2025. WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THAT GAP OF TIME? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COULD TELL FROM. WHAT THE DOCUMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO ME IS THAT I TOLD THE POLICE CHIEF WE NEEDED TO COME TO COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY TYPE OF SERVICE, AND HE WANTED TO DO IT'S A REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACT, AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $74,000 A YEAR. THE CITY ACQUIRES BY PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK THIS WOULD I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO SAY THAT THIS FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY OF WE'RE REQUIRING RESOLUTIONS BEFORE WE'RE EXECUTING CONTRACTS AND PAYMENT OF BILLS, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO IT COULDN'T GET PAST ME UNTIL THEY COME. SAME WITH THAT. SO IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF CONTRACT. SO WE'LL ENTER THE CONTRACT THIS YEAR. AND WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW ANNUALLY FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK TO US AGAIN THIS TIME THIS WAS WRITTEN. THERE YOU GO. THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR A ONE YEAR TERM

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THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY THANK YOU MAYOR. FOR JANUARY WE HAVE THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE WORKSHOP ON THE 23RD AND RESCHEDULED PASSING THE GAVEL LUNCHEON FOR THE JANUARY THE 27TH, FEBRUARY. WE HAVE THE SENIOR VALENTINE'S LUNCH ON THE 13TH. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH AT 3 P.M. AND FEBRUARY 20TH IS THE BLACK HISTORY FIRESIDE CHAT AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH WILL BE ON FEBRUARY THE 20TH AND FEBRUARY THE 17TH IS COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR AND ALSO THE PUBLIC BUDGET IS CITY TOWN HALL. COUNCIL. WHAT DO WE DECIDE ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT? STILL NEED TO HAVE THAT UPDATE. I DON'T THINK WE SETTLED ON ANYTHING, BUT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION. YES, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION. WHEN WE DECIDE WHERE AVAILABLE TO DO WORKSHOPS, THAT WE WOULD GET ON IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO LOOK RESPECTIVE DATES, BECAUSE THERE WAS A SUGGESTION OF JANUARY 30TH. YES, MAYOR. MAYOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT DATE. A BETTER DATE FOR. THAT, JUST NOT THE 30TH. SO FEBRUARY WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE OPEN DAYS IN FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY 3RD, THIRD. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON. BEFORE OR AFTER WE GIVE BLOOD. LET'S DO AFTER. SO I WANT TO DO AFTERNOON. DO WE CAN DO OKAY. SIXTH 66I WON'T BE IN TOWN ON THE SIXTH. FIFTH. I'M OUT OF TOWN. THAT WHAT'S YOUR OUT OF TOWN DATES THE REST OF THAT WEEK? FIFTH AND SIXTH. AND THEN I'M AVAILABLE ON THE SEVENTH AT AFTERNOON. AFTER 3 P.M, I CAN COME LIKE 4 P.M. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG. YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. NO, NO, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE NO. YEAH. ANY OF THOSE WILL WORK OUT. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG. YEAH. OH. BEFORE THE MEETING. I'M OKAY ON THE FOURTH. OH, THE FOURTH COUNCIL MEETING FOR. ALL GOOD. WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM. WE NEED THE ARTS CHAIR TO BE PRESENT. ACCORDING TO THEIR BYLAWS. ARE YOU OKAY? THANK YOU. AND WHAT TIME? SO 5:00. IS THAT GOOD FOR EVERYBODY? YES. IT WORKS GREAT.

FIVE. IF I JUST COULD. IS THE COUNCIL INTERESTED IN THAT ALSO BEING ON THAT AGENDA? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT IT ON WITH A COUPLE OF BLANK LINES SO THAT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE IN THE WORKSHOP, THEN YOU COULD TAKE ACTION AT THAT NIGHT? OKAY. I'M INTERESTED IN I DON'T KNOW, NO, I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. YOU KNOW, WE PUSHED A COUPLE OF THINGS DOWN THE ROAD, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S EXTRA TIME, AND IT'S NO TELLING WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS TO MAKING OUR DECISIONS. WE'RE CERTAINLY WE COULD READ THE INFORMATION, BUT WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AND WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK, ASK QUESTIONS AND SUGGEST CHANGES, IT MAKES FOR A BETTER DECISION WHEN WE HAVE STAFF. AND IN THE CASE OF A BOARD WAITING FOR A DECISION, THANK YOU. IT REALLY HELPS US MOVE IT ALONG. THANK YOU STAFF. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR FIVE, FIVE, FIVE AND THEN.

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DEVELOPERS, RETAILERS, CONVENTIONS. WHAT DATE IS THAT. OH THAT IS, THAT WAS THAT WAS CLOSED FOR. 27. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR I'M SORRY. JUST REAL QUICK. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE EMAIL AT THE 27TH IS THE DATE OF THAT, SO YOU SAW BASED ON THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, MISS LEWIS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT HOLDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. AND WE CAN ONLY DO IT IN DISTRICT TWO. AND FOR THIS YEAR AT THIS POINT.

SO MISS LEWIS WILL BE REACHING OUT TO COORDINATE IF YOU WANT TO DO THOSE IN DISTRICT TWO AND FOUR, MAYBE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OR MARCH. SO OKAY. OKAY. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THE AT LARGE CAN TEAM OR BEING THAT THE AT LARGE IS UP LET ME DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE.

OKAY. WE'RE DONE WITH THE CALENDAR AND MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS A SCHOOL PROJECT UPDATE. MR. MOREIRA. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PROJECT. WE HAVE. WE HIRED WALTER P MOORE, WHICH IS AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT THE CITY HAS USED IN THE PAST TO REVIEW THE PROJECT'S DRAWINGS AND TRAFFIC STUDY. WE ALSO HIRED OLSON. OLSON IS A URBAN PLANNING FIRM, AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO REVIEW THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. SO THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CONSULTANT. THE CONSULTANT HAS REVIEWED THEM AND PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS. THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE LIFE SCHOOL TEAM. THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AS RECENT AS LAST WEEK. LAST TUESDAY, THEY, THE LIFE SCHOOL TEAM AND THE CITY TEAM, INCLUDING STAFF AND CONSULTANTS, MET TO GO OVER THE ENGINEERING COMMENTS AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY COMMENTS TO OBTAIN SOME CLARIFICATION SO THEY COULD GO BACK AND REVIEW THE PLANS ACCORDINGLY THIS THURSDAY.

EXCUSE ME. THIS THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE OLSON PLANNING FIRM TO GO OVER THEIR ZONING ANALYSIS MEMORANDUM WITH THE LIFE SCHOOL LIFE SCHOOL TEAM. AND BASED OFF OF THAT FEEDBACK, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED WITH THEIR ZONING APPLICATION. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED A TOUR OF THE PROPERTY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SCHEDULE THAT FOR SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWO TOURS TO NOT BE IN ANY VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WE ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING PART OF THAT TOUR, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING THEM AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE HAVE DOCTOR WILSON HERE IN ATTENDANCE THAT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING SOME OF THE PROGRESS. MR. BURR, THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE GO ON TO THAT, THOUGH, YOU MENTIONED THE TEAM AND STAFF, WHO ELSE DO YOU EXPECT TO BE ON THAT TOUR AT THIS POINT? IT'D BE THE PLANNING AND A FEW OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS AND LIFE SCHOOL TEAM TO PROVIDE US ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. IS THERE INVITATIONS? IS IT OPEN FOR ANYBODY ELSE OR ARE YOU LIMITING TOURS? I'M SCHEDULING THE TOUR AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THAT REACHED OUT TO AND SAID WE WOULD LOVE TO, IF POSSIBLE, OBTAIN A TOUR OF THE PROPERTY. WELL, LET'S JUST BE PREPARED THAT IF SOMEBODY ASKS THAT, WE KNOW THE ANSWER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY ELSE CAN BE ON THE TOUR, WHAT IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE THAT? WE CAN. I'D HAVE TO WORK OUT THOSE LOGISTICS, BUT WE CAN, CERTAINLY. YEAH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I'M JUST THIS WAS PROMPTED BY A REQUEST OF THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I'M GLAD. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY WANT TO GO SEE IT. OKAY. WERE YOU ASKED ABOUT JUST GENERAL PUBLIC? ANYBODY? YEAH. INCLUDING THE GENERAL

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OR MAYBE, MAYBE LENGTHEN THE STAY OUT THERE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IF PEOPLE DO ASK THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO ANSWER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THANK YOU. YES. HOW DO WE? I KNOW WE POST THE AGENDA, BUT THERE WERE RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE BRIEFING WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT, WHICH IS FINE. HOW DO WE KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED, THOSE WHO ARE TRULY CONCERNED AND WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW DO WE KEEP THEM INFORMED OTHER THAN JUST POSTING THE PUBLIC NOTICE? IS THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY WILL KNOW? WELL, THERE'S STATUTORY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. YES. ONCE WE GET TO A POINT THAT WE'RE FURTHER ALONG WITH THE PROJECT, WE WILL WE WILL COMPLETE THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF NOTIFYING IN THE NEWSPAPER, SENDING THE ADJACENT OWNERS NOTICE POSTING ON THE PROPERTY. WE'RE JUST NOT THAT FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO THERE'S A SERIES OF REVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE PROJECT PLANS, TRAFFIC STUDY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CHANGE TO THE APPLICATION. SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT WORKED THROUGH, THEN WE WILL PULL THE TRIGGER ON A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING DATE HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK YOU YOU MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NOT AN APPLICATION ON FILE. THERE IS AN APPLICATION. WE HAVE OUR ZONING CONSULTANT, OLSON, THAT HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND HAS PROVIDED A DETAILED ZONING ANALYSIS THAT THAT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE LIFE SCHOOL TEAM. THEY'VE REVIEWED IT. AND THURSDAY MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE COMMENTS AND DISCUSSING THE STRATEGY OF HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, YES. SO, VICTOR, JUST AND THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S BRIEFING IS IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE. YOU JUST KEEP IT TOP OF MIND AWARENESS. RIGHT. TIMELINE.

I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A HUGE QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE AN APPLICATION. IT'S WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL STEPS TO OR STAFF INFORMATION TO MAKE IT A COMPLETE APPLICATION SO THAT IT CAN THEN ADVANCE TO P AND Z AND THE COUNCIL. CORRECT. DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATED TIMELINE AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS WHEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A P AND Z, FOR INSTANCE, IT COULD BE, I'D LIKE TO SAY ANOTHER 30 TO 45 DAYS. AND I'M SURE THAT LIFE SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S A COMPLETE APPLICATION. YES, BECAUSE WITHIN THAT I HAVE TO FACTOR IN THE TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO REVISE THEIR PLANS, AMEND THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY, RESUBMIT FOR OUR TEAM TO REVIEW, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN ADDRESSED, AND IF IT HASN'T, THEN IT MIGHT INVOLVE ANOTHER SET OF RESUBMITTAL. SO I'M RIGHT NOW WITH THIS 30 TO 45 DAY TIMELINE, ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ADDRESSED. YOU KNOW, ONCE OUR TEAM REVIEWS IT AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE NOW COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WITH THE PROJECT TO PROCEED WITH A PUBLIC MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING. VICTOR, WE ALSO HAD A STAFF MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT, AND I'D ASK YOU TO DO A REGULAR MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CADENCE, THAT COMMUNICATION IS BEING SHARED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE STAFF, THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL. IS THAT HAPPENING? YES, WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED FOR EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE DID NOT HAVE ONE HERE RECENTLY, ONLY BECAUSE LAST WEEK WE MET WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM TO GO OVER AND AN UPDATE OF THAT, AND IT WAS NOT NECESSARY. IT WAS NOT DEEMED AS NECESSARY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING THIS THURSDAY TO DISCUSS THE ZONING APPLICATION. BUT NO, THAT IS ON OUR CALENDARS. AND WE MEET. WE MEET IF WE NEED TO, BUT IF THERE'S ENOUGH PROGRESS BETWEEN THE TWO CHECK INS, WE CANCEL THE MEETING. OKAY. I DON'T THINK, MAYOR, THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR A FORMAL PRESENTATION FROM THE SCHOOL IN ANY WAY IS MORE JUST TO KIND OF BRIEF YOU, I DON'T KNOW, SORRY. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I DON'T KNOW IF, LIKE, SCHOOL, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO ABOUT SPEAKING TONIGHT OR. NO. I ASKED DOCTOR WILSON TO BE HERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR MAYBE ADD ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE LEFT OUT, BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS CLEAR. I MEAN, IT JUST STATES THAT LIFE SCHOOL PROJECT UPDATE.

SO I THINK WE'VE GOT CLARITY NOW. YES. ONE MORE QUESTION. I KNOW WE MET WITH SOME RESIDENTS.

THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED WAS THAT ALSO TAKEN INTO THE CONVERSATION OR INCLUDED IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD? WITH THE OLSON AND WITH LIFE SCHOOL? THE CONCERNS AND THE

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I'M THE ASSISTANT UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT. AND I'M THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR. SO WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MUNICIPAL MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT EXPIRATION. I LIKE TO CALL IT THE SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING BESIDES THIS LINE LONG TERM HERE. SO. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL GET ON INTO IT. AND THIS IS JUST AN ICEBREAKER. THIS IS NOT TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A YEAR AND A HALF TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT A YEAR AND A HALF TO MAKE A DECISION. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BEFORE THE IT EXPIRES. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES. WE WENT TO COUNCIL JULY OF 2019. COME SEPTEMBER 21ST OF 2019 IT WENT INTO EFFECT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CHOSE 921 INSTEAD OF OCTOBER 1ST. I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S A WEEK LAX THERE, BUT THE AGREEMENT EXPIRES IN 2026. SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE GIVING YOU A HEADS UP ON THIS IS TO ONE THING MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS, AND WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE OUR NEXT AGREEMENT, WHETHER IT BE WITH REPUBLIC OR RENEW A NEW CONTRACT. BUT IT'S JUST A WAY THAT WE GIVE A HEADS UP INSTEAD OF HAVING A CRUNCH PERIOD AT THE

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AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE RESIDENTS PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. 2211 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE ON CURBSIDE. ALI ALSO. SO BACK 2021 YURI CAME AROUND. IT'S COLD OUT THERE. THE RECYCLE CARTS, THE BINS THAT WE HAVE AND THE TRASH BAGS THAT WERE SITTING OUT THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT THAT MAYBE WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS GOING TO CART. ONCE WE APPROACHED COUNCIL.

AUGUST OF 21, WE CAME UP WITH A SURVEY. WE WENT OVER THE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ASKED ON THAT SURVEY. ALEX DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, SO. SO ACTUALLY, DECEMBER 21ST, WE FINALIZED THE SURVEY. OCTOBER THE 5TH IS WHEN WE HAD THE ROLLOUT. IT WAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD TO PRESENT THE CARTS. THE QR CODE WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL OVERALL. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 3000 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS OR IT WAS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHERE DO YOU LIVE THAT DID THE SURVEY HERE IN TOWN? AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO DID THE SURVEY. SO YEAH. OKAY. SO AFTER WE, YOU KNOW, DID THE SURVEY, OTHER QUESTIONS WERE HOW SATISFIED WERE YOU WITH REPUBLIC. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE. WE'RE SATISFIED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VERY DISSATISFIED, VERY MINIMAL.

LET'S GO TO QUESTION THREE. THE RECYCLING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. SATISFIED, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VERY DISSATISFIED. YOU CAN KIND OF JUST TELL THE RESPONSES THERE. THE BULK OF BRUSH LOOKS LIKE WITH MORE, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY SATISFIED BUT YET UNSATISFIED, YOU KNOW, AREA.

THIS COULD BE ALSO EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BRUSH STORM THAT'S THAT WE HAVE TONS OF DEBRIS THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER TEN CUBIC YARDS. WE ALWAYS KIND OF STRUGGLE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP. I THINK AS A CITY, AS MYSELF ACTUALLY WORKING IN THIS DEPARTMENT, I'VE LEARNED, ESPECIALLY OVER THIS PAST WINDSTORM, THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO REACT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER AND HOW TO GET, YOU KNOW, OUT TO RESIDENTS YARDS. BUT THAT IS AN ISSUE WITH JUST DISASTERS. IT'S NOT NORMAL COLLECTION. SO THIS WAS WAS ASKED IN BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022.

DOES NOT HAVE THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THE REPUBLIC? 80% HAD NO ISSUES, 20% HAD ISSUES WITH PROPOSAL. YES. SO WITH THE ONES THAT HAD QUOTE UNQUOTE ISSUES, DO WE KNOW WHAT? DID ANYBODY LEAVE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THOSE ISSUES WERE? I MEAN, THEY PICKED UP MY TRASH AND LEFT A PAPER CUP ON THE GROUND. YES, SIR. THERE WAS THERE'S ABOUT 2000 RESPONSES, NOT SO MUCH IN PARTICULAR WITH THE 80% IN 20. THIS WAS REALLY THE RESPONSES WITH THE 2000 COMMENTS WAS NO CARTS, YES CARTS. I WAS LIKE GLASS. WE DIDN'T RECYCLE FOR A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF TIME THERE. SO IT WAS LIKE, HEY, LET'S, LET'S GET GLASS BAGS. SO IN JANUARY 23RD, WE BROUGHT GLASS BACK FOR RECYCLING. IT WAS IT WAS MAINLY, YOU KNOW, CARTS VERSUS NO CARTS ON THOSE RESPONSES. BUT AS FAR AS THAT PIE CHART RIGHT THERE, THE 8020, THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION. AND THAT'S HOW THE BALL FELL. SO AS FAR AS COMPLAINTS TO THEIR CALL CENTER, I DO NOT THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT US ALSO BECAUSE WE TAKE A LOT OF CALLS AS A CITY.

SEAN AND MYSELF, LISA REN, CC, ALEX DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF COMPLAINTS. SO THAT'S THE RESPONSES THERE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT. ONE. SO HERE IS ON

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RIGHT. WELL I WOULD LOVE OR HOPE THAT OUR CITY WAS THAT OR EVEN BETTER. OKAY. YES. SO I AGREE.

SO HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION. AND THIS WAS THIS WAS IT WAS PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 22.

SO WHEN ASKED CARD FOR NO CARDS, 59% SAID YES, 41% SAID NO. PRETTY BASIC RIGHT THERE. I DO KNOW JUST HAVING TO LOOK AT THAT SLIDE. BUT WE HAVE ALLEY COLLECTION AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT COLLECTION SERVICES. WE HAVE ABOUT 20% OF HOUSES OF ALLEY.

THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A SEPARATE TRUCK OR NOT. A FULLY AUTOMATED TRUCK WHERE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO LOAD IT UP AND THEN TIP IT FROM THERE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SINGLE AUTOMATED. YES, SIR. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU HAD PINPOINTS WHERE ALL THE RESPONDEES WERE IN THE CITY. YES. DO YOU HAVE A YES OR NO TO ATTACH TO THOSE RESPONDEES LIKE SOME SOME NEIGHBORHOODS? IT'S REAL EASY TO DO THAT. IN SOME OF THEM. IT WON'T BE EASY AT ALL. SO IT'S KIND OF PLAYS INTO SOME OF THESE DECISIONS WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THOSE, THOSE BINS OR NOT ABLE TO DO THEM. AND CORRECT. I KNOW ALEX SAID WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL THAT EXACT DATA. THE DOTS CORRESPOND TO THE ANSWERS, SO YOU CAN CLICK IT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN I KNOW THE RED BIRD AREA, YOU KNOW, AROUND JUNGLE DRIVE, IT IS A PRETTY FAIRLY HILLY OVER THERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STEPS OUT THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ELDERLY, ELDERLY, BUT THERE ARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED, WHICH WE DO RIGHT NOW WITH THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS MORE OF LIKE INSTEAD OF CURBSIDE, IT WILL BE PORCH, YOU KNOW, BY THE PORCH OR BY THE GARAGE. AND I'M ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WRITE UP THE CONTRACT, IT'LL BE IT'LL BE THE SAME THAT IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE CART FROM THEIR FROM THEIR HOUSE TO THEIR TRUCK AND THEN LATER ON TAKING IT BACK DOWN TO THEIR HOUSE, THAT THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. SO YOU WOULD HAVE A SOMEWHAT ADDITIONAL ON THESE TRUCKS DOING THAT THEN. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT AND MR. PENNYBAKER AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, SOME OF THESE DRIVEWAYS IN THAT AREA ARE THEY'RE TWO STORY HOUSES, AND THE TOP OF THEIR ROOF IS BELOW THE STREET LEVEL. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, 100.85 POUND YEAR OLD WOMAN TRYING TO CARRY THAT CART DOWN. NOW MULTIPLY THAT TIMES. HOW MANY SITUATIONS DO WE HAVE LIKE THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF IN DISTRICT FIVE? ON BOTH SIDES OF I-20, I MAILED OUT TO ALL THOSE WHEN I CAMPAIGNED, BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DRIVEWAY, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE HAULING THOSE THINGS UP, EVEN A COUPLE THREE BAGS AND TAKING THEM BACK DOWN.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE DEEP DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW THAT PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED, WITH NO CHANCE THAT THE RULES WILL BE CHANGED IF WE EVER WENT IN THAT DIRECTION. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OVER 50% OF THE CITIZENS HAVE EXPRESSED POSITIVELY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO GO THIS ROUTE,

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SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT. YES, SIR. JUST SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO WE DO HAVE THE SERVICE WHERE THEY'LL HELP ELDERLY AND DISABLED. SO I GUESS CURRENTLY HOW ARE THEY GETTING THE BAGS UP THE HILL. WELL, MOST PEOPLE I THINK WHEN THEY HAVE A FEW BAGS, THEY JUST PUT THEM IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR AND DRIVE THEM UP. FRANKLY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF YOU'RE ABLE BODIED, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARRY 3 OR 4 BAGS UP, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE TRIP. BUT IT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S HARD TO FATHOM THE DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING DOWN THOSE BOUNDARIES BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY ABOUT A AT LEAST A 30 FOOT DROP FROM THE STREET LEVEL DOWN TO THE DRIVEWAY LEVEL, AND THEN CLIMB UP THAT HILL BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY STEEP. A LOT OF THEM ARE RESTRICTED ON PROPERTY DEPTH BECAUSE OF A CREEK BEHIND THEM.

SO THE DROP OFF IS VERY STEEP. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION I'D LIKE TO. SO WE DID A COMPARISON WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES. WE DIDN'T REALLY PUT A PRICE, YOU KNOW, TAG ON THERE AT THIS POINT. AND THE ALL DEPENDS ON THE SERVICE LEVEL, THE FREQUENCY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIG QUESTION TO ANSWER OR ACTUALLY TO FULFILL IS GOING TO COME DOWN. FREQUENCY. HOW MUCH SUCH AS BRUSH. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT DOES VARY. YOU KNOW, LIKE CEDAR HILL USES WASTE MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, THEY DO ONE TIME A WEEK WITH CARTS TWICE A MONTH, ONCE A MONTH AT TEN CUBIC YARDS AND PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERYBODY DOES RECYCLE ONCE A WEEK, BUT IT DOES VARY FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM CITY TO CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PRICE WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT APPLES TO APPLES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, IT. IT DOES INCLUDE THEIR LANDFILL COST. AN, YOU KNOW, AND IS THAT A TRUE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR IS THE CITY PUTTING ON A LITTLE BIT MORE NEEDS TO GO TO HELP OTHER FUNDS OUT THERE WITH THE KEEP? YES. SO THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON HERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. AND I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST COUPLE LAST ONES. SO REALLY SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO REPUBLIC SERVICES. DO WE ACTUALLY RENEW WITH THEM. SHOULD WE GO OUT TO RFP. AND THEN THERE'S SOME CITIES OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY ALSO HAD ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THAT PROCESS. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT SO THEY CAN HAVE INPUT FROM ALL THE CONSTITUENTS, CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE. SO ALSO IS THERE DO WE GO OUT TO A CONSULTANT TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS TO THINK, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT TO HELP US WITH THE PROCESS OF GIVING, YOU KNOW, GETTING YOU KNOW, FINAL. AS FAR AS AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR NEXT CONTRACT OR RENEWAL, MR. COMBS, THANK YOU. SO TWO THINGS. SO WILL YOU BE LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF DIRECTION FROM US AS FAR AS. TONIGHT? YES, SIR. I WAS NOT A DECISION, BUT JUST THE DIRECTION YOU WANT, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE. YEAH, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE AN OPTION OF DOING AN RFP AND GOING THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AND LOOKING AT OTHER. SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FEEL FROM US WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO THAT OR JUST. WELL, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KEVIN HOCHMAN, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND DAVID. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANIES, AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN ADVANCE IF THEY'RE GETTING THE CONTRACT SO THEY CAN PREPARE RIGHT, TO PURCHASE WHATEVER EQUIPMENT THEY NEED, THAT SORT OF THING. SO WHILE A YEAR AND A HALF SEEMS LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THAT LONG, BUT WE WANT TO GET IT TO YOU EARLY SO THAT WE CAN START HAVING THE CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANTED TO ENGAGE SOME SORT OF CITIZEN COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING OR OTHER LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T NEED NECESSARILY A DECISION TONIGHT, EVEN A CONFIRMATIVE DIRECTION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO START TALKING ABOUT. AND IF THERE'S CONSENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, FOR INSTANCE, A CITIZEN GROUP, THEN THAT'S FINE. WE CAN START IN THAT DIRECTION. BUT THAT'S WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU. I THINK I DID HAVE A SECOND QUESTION. SO COULD YOU GO BACK

[00:55:03]

THEY CAN ALSO USE THEIR OWN TRASH CAN. SO IT IS ACTUALLY AN OPTION OUT THERE, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE NOT UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S BUT, YOU KNOW, I COULD DO MORE RESEARCH ON ON THOSE OPTIONS. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS STUFF YOU CAN FIND ON THEIR WEBSITES. AND SO DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND EVEN WORKED WITH SOME OF THEM, LIKE CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A LISTING OF WHAT THE SERVICES ARE EACH CITY DOES. I THINK WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO NINE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING DOING A HYBRID OR DIFFERENT THINGS. ARE WE ABLE TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR EACH SECTION, OR IS THAT I THINK IT'LL HAVE TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR MANAGERS AND, AND KIND OF SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS POSSIBLE OUT THERE AND TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. MR. HARTMAN. MR. HODGMAN, SORRY, IF I COULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT AS THE CITY MANAGER WAS SAYING, WE WANTED TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE EXPIRATION DATE IS NOT UNTIL 2026. AND YOU WOULD SAY, WELL, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT THIS SOON? BUT IN A LOT OF CASES, IF WE STAY WITH REPUBLIC OR IF WE GO TO A NEW PROVIDER, BUT THERE'S CHANGES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO GET EQUIPMENT IN PLACE. WE WANT TO HAVE TIME. IF THERE'S CHANGES IN THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF EDUCATION WITH THE WITH THE CITIZENS AND SO FORTH. SO WE WANTED TO GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU. NOW, JUST SO YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, WHAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO DO THEN, WHETHER WE GO WITH A CITIZEN COMMITTEE OR WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY, WE WANT TO KIND OF START HAVING MORE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE SERVICE LEVEL? BECAUSE EVEN IF WE GO OUT FOR RFP TO MULTIPLE PROVIDERS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME PARAMETERS SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH A COUPLE OF OPTIONS OF SERVICE LEVELS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU. WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION. AS DAVID SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO GET RATE INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOOD COMPARISON SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT OTHERS ARE AT. BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS OUT THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, THAT WE KNOW REPUBLIC IS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF ARLINGTON. ARLINGTON HAS A PROVISION WITHIN THEIR CONTRACT THAT NO CITY WITHIN 50 MILES OF THEM CAN USE BAG SERVICE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING FOR US TO HAVE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. WE JUST WANTED TO GET THIS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, JUST TO KIND OF SEE IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. SO IF YOU. SO THAT'S I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. I'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT IT WAS GETTING READY TO EXPIRE IN 2026.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT OPTIONS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'LL BRING THAT BACK THE NEXT FEW TIMES WHEN YOU BRING IT TO COUNCIL. BECAUSE ME PERSONALLY, GREAT INFORMATION, GOOD TO KNOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF DIRECTION TODAY. SO. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. REPUBLIC HAS SERVED DUNCANVILLE FOR, FOR CONSIDERABLY LONG TIME. THEY KNOW THE ROUTES. I WAS THERE IN THE 2019. AND WHEN YOU START CHANGING AND STUFF, IF YOU WANT TO SEE CITIZENS GET UPSET, MESS WITH THEIR TRASH, OKAY? AND SO THE PUBLIC'S DONE A GOOD JOB, OKAY. AND SO I'M, I'M GOING TO SAY AND THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OTHER THINGS WITH PIP.

THEY'VE DONE OTHER THINGS TOO. SO I'M JUST I'M GIVING THEM A THUMBS UP IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT THEY DO AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OH GOOD. BREAKING MY PROMISE. AT THE FRONT END WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. ITEM THREE C CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE 2025 PROJECT ROADMAP. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THEM SO WE CAN GET OUT ON TIME. OKAY. HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? LET'S DO 60S. LET'S GO DO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH

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RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME EMAIL EXCHANGE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE ROADMAP. SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. SO I DID BRING UP JUST A COUPLE HARD COPIES. SO WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LINK SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO THIS DOCUMENT. IT IS GOING TO BE A FLUID DOCUMENT. SO IT MAY CHANGE JUST BASED ON DEADLINES OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE PROJECT. SO IF YOU SEE CHANGES ON IT DON'T BE ALARMED. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UPDATED TIMELY. AND THEN I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP. THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM FROM MISS GOODMAN HERE FOR A LEGEND, SO THAT YOU ALL WOULD KNOW WHEN THERE WERE ITEMS. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCUMENT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE. IT'S PRETTY SMALL, BUT THERE'S A LEGEND THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT IF THERE'S ANY TRAINING THAT'S RELATED TO YOU, ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS, THOSE ARE MARKED OFF. AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME OR SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW. SO THAT'LL BE ON HERE AS WELL. SO I'LL LEAVE THESE HERE FOR YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN FILTER THOSE THROUGH CITY MANAGER OR MYSELF. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU ALL OKAY. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. OKAY. SO WE WILL. WE WILL ADJOURN OUR OUR WORK SESSION. AT 701. YEAH. IT'S GOOD GOOD GOOD. SHE'S NEW. GOOD. 701.

AND THEN WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY OKAY. WELCOME TO CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. REGULAR SESSION FOR

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[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

AND THANKS FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND JOINING IN ON THAT EVENT. IT JUST IT MEANS A WORLD TO THE CITY, I THINK, TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS COME TOGETHER. WE HAVE EVERYBODY FROM OUR LINEBERGER WHO ARE A TAX ATTORNEYS TO OUR OUR DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY EMPLOYEES. IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. IT JUST FRIENDS OF DUNCANVILLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND SERVED ON COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND COUNCILS, BUT THEY KEEP COMING BACK. AND EVERY TIME THAT ROOM IS FILLED UP, IT JUST REMINDS ME OF WHY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING HERE. IT'S A CULTURE OF PEOPLE THAT IN SPITE OF ANY DIFFERENCES WE HAVE, WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND WE CAN CELEBRATE THE GOOD THINGS. AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A CELEBRATION FOR

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[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY, WE STARTED A CHESS CLUB AT THE LIBRARY. IT'S EVERY SECOND TUESDAY AT 6:00 AT THE LIBRARY. AND IT'S FOR ALL LEVELS. IF YOU'RE A BEGINNER, COME OUT AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY. BUT I SAY THAT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT ALL THE LIBRARY PROGRAMING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE CHESS CLUB THEY HAVE, THERE'S A THERE'S A WRITERS CLUB, THERE'S AN ARTS AND DRAWING CLUB. THEY'VE GOT YOGA CLASSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE STARTING SOON, TAX PREPARATION, YOU NAME IT.

WHATEVER YOUR YOUR INTEREST IS OR NEEDS ARE, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME KIND OF PROGRAMING THEY HAVE AT THE LIBRARY. AND ALL THIS PROGRAMING IS FREE, BY THE WAY, FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE. AND, AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MENTION EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT GO TAKE A LOOK. AND THEN ALSO, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO IT'S JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION. AND SO WE MEET A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR. AND SO WE MET TODAY. AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A STATE PARK IN OUR AREA, WHICH IS A REGIONAL PARK AT CEDAR HILL STATE PARK, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE STATE, BY THE STATE OF STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN CEDAR HILL, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR STATE PARK. BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VISIT THE STATE PARKS. YOU CAN GET A, A AN ANNUAL PASS AND BASICALLY VISIT ANY PARK IN TEXAS FOR FREE WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S A $75 ANNUAL PASS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE IN HERE IN DUNCANVILLE POTENTIALLY WILL BENEFIT FROM PARTNERSHIPS WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ALREADY DO. WE HAVE AT THE LADD PRESERVE, WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT COMES OUT FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND HE DOES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING WITH WITH KIDS. AND SO HE DOES NATURE TOURS AND NATURE WALKS. AND SO WE BENEFIT FROM THAT RELATIONSHIP. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VISIT THE STATE PARKS AND TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT PROGRAM. AND AS WELL AS BY SPORTING GOODS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SALES TAX THAT GOES TOWARDS STATE PARKS IF YOU PURCHASE SPORTING GOODS IN TEXAS. SO THANK YOU, MR. PENNEBAKER. GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WANT TO MENTION THE REC CENTER. RIGHT NOW THERE IS A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE THROUGH JANUARY. YOU GET 12 MONTHS FOR THE PRICE OF SIX. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THERE, FITNESS EQUIPMENT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING AN ARCHERY PROGRAM, WHICH IS PRETTY SPECIAL FOR ME. OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO TAKE THE SURVEY. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE IT. WE'RE WE'RE GETTING A LOT, BUT WE NEED A LOT MORE RESPONSES. AND THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS FEBRUARY 28TH. SO IF Y'ALL CAN GET THAT IN AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, WE'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY OF CHAMPIONS. IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR. WHEN HE WAS ELECTED AS THE MAYOR FOR DUNCANVILLE THIS TERM, HE MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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WHERE DID HE GO? HIS TEAM FOR THE GREAT OKAY. FOR THE GREAT MEDIA PRODUCTION. IT LOOKS STELLAR AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF IT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS MRS. KAREN CONTRERAS. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO WORKS AS HARD AS SHE DOES HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, SO THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. SHE'S MY FAVORITE WOMAN OF THE YEAR EVERY YEAR SINCE 1981. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ONE OTHER THING, BEFORE I GO ON TO MR. MCBURNETT, I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MYSELF, AND I DID DISCUSS IT WITH MISS GOODEN, BUT COINCIDENTALLY, AND IT WAS STRICTLY A COINCIDENCE, THE CITY MANAGER AND ALEX APPROACHED ME EARLY ON BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED DOING ANY OF THIS. AND THEY HAD A SIMILAR THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO NOW. I'D NEVER I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT ALEX WENT OUT AND BROUGHT A VIDEO FROM ANOTHER STATE AND CITY THAT HAD DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, AND WHEN I SAW IT, I SAID, I'M IN. THIS IS GREAT. SO THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT THOUGHT OF UNITY AND BRINGING EVERYBODY IN AND INCLUDING LOTS OF PICTURES OF STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT. IT WAS JUST VERY WELL DONE AND VERY WELL RECEIVED. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTS. I APPRECIATE IT, MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME AND A SECOND. THANK YOU AND STUFF. BUT I DO WANT TO. OH, YEAH. YEAH. LET'S VOTE. HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU NEEDING. OH, HALF HOUR. THE DOOR IS OPEN. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S VOTE. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE TALKED ABOUT. WE DO HAVE FANTASTIC THINGS HERE IN THE CITY TO DO. WHETHER IT'S PARKS AND RECS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER. WHETHER IT'S ARCHERY, ANYTHING THAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB ON DOING THINGS. BUT BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MRS. CONTRERAS AGAIN FOR DOING THAT. SHE FINALLY CAN MEET UP BECAUSE HE WAS MAN OF THE YEAR AT ONE TIME. SO SHE CAN ACTUALLY THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE THERE. SO IT WORKS. THE CELEBRATE DUNCANVILLE WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND STUFF. ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND STUFF AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE IMPACT HE'S HAD ON THE SOCIETY. AND IN WORDS, TO KIND OF LIVE AND GO BY. BUT THE LAST ONE IS WE LOST A GEM IN DUNCANVILLE. AND WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S GEM, BUT I WANT TO READ HIS OBIT. BUT THIS WAS ROBERT BOB LEE. SO OBITUARY. AND SO BOB LEE PASSED AWAY JANUARY 10TH. HE WAS BORN MARCH 30TH, 1940, IN HARRIS, OKLAHOMA, THE SON OF JAMES WILFORD LEE AND MAGGIE IRENE CALLOWAY LEE. RAISED IN TOM, OKLAHOMA, HE MOVED TO DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1955, AND THEN IN 1958, HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT. THUS BEGAN A REMARKABLE 39 CAREER SERVING THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS. SO THIS MAN GRADUATED FROM DUNCAN. HE WAS THE THIRD EMPLOYEE HIRED IN DUNCANVILLE AND STUFF. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BOB SERVED THE CITY IN VARIOUS WAYS,

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SO IT WAS A MAN THAT HAD VISION THAT WAS JUST THAT. AND SO WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE NOW, BUT NOW THEY HAVE DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECTORS AND EVERYTHING AFTER THIS GUY NOW. AND SO A SALUTE TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND GOD BLESS THEM. THANK YOU. I KNEW BOB AS WELL ON EVERYTHING MR. MCBURNETT JUST SAID IS. JUST I THOUGHT THE WORLD OF THE MAN TOO. YOU KNOW, WE AS CITIES, AS SMALL CITIES ESPECIALLY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WERE THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITIES, PEOPLE THAT CAME LONG BEFORE US, THAT SERVED ON PTA, BEFORE A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS AND COACHED BASEBALL OR SOCCER AND THAT WORKED HERE. AND THOSE PEOPLE, ONCE THEY THEY GO AWAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. THERE'S NOTHING BAD OR GOOD. IT'S JUST THEY GO AWAY AND THEY'RE FORGOTTEN. EXCEPT FOR THE FEW OF US THAT ARE LONG IN THE TOOTH. AND WE REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE KNEW MR. LEE AS WELL, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. BUT I LIKE WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DUNCANVILLE, AND MR. KOONTZ IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY THAT DELVES INTO THE HISTORY OF DUNCANVILLE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM AS A RELATIVE NEWCOMER. LESS THAN TEN YEARS. CORRECT. HE'S TAKEN UPON HIMSELF. I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I CAME TO WORK FOR THE CITY IN 1991. I IN 1990, I, I STARTED TALKING TO ALL THE OLD TIMERS IN TOWN. I WANTED TO KNOW PEOPLE WHO WHO THAT STREET NAMED AFTER. WHO'S THAT SCHOOL NAMED AFTER? I JUST TOOK AN INTEREST IN THAT. SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN AND YOU SEE THE STREETS AND YOU SEE THE SCHOOLS, REMEMBER THAT OFTENTIMES THOSE PEOPLE ARE NAMED OFF OF AFTER REALLY HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT HELPED BUILD THIS CITY INTO INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. I DON'T ASPIRE TO HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER ME. I DON'T NAME SOMETHING AFTER ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'LL BE. BOB LEE IS WORTHY OF ALL THE WORDS. THE KIND WORDS THAT WERE SAID TONIGHT. A VERY, VERY SPECIAL MAN WHO MEANT A LOT TO

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

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[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

THIS HIS PROPERTY TO SEE THE VIOLATIONS ON THE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. I'M JUST CONCERNED, SEEING THE COVERAGE ON THE NEWS WITH THE FIRES. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DONALD SMITH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DONALD SMITH, 302 NORTH HASTINGS STREET AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCILMAN'S WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF PURCHASING BEN FRANKLIN PROPERTY AT 302 MAIN STREET, WHILE CITY EMPLOYEES BE EMPLOYED TO MAINTAIN IT. DO WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LINED UP FOR THAT? I KNOW WE WANT TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT. IT'S BEEN, I BELIEVE, IN THE JESPERSEN'S FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OR FOUR. AND WE LIKE IT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY IS THE ONE TO BUY IT AND PURCHASE IT, BECAUSE THE CITY'S BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THIS IS NOT ESSENTIAL SERVICE. WE'RE TALKING ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION IS A LISTED PRICE. AND HOW DOES THAT COME OUT IN PEOPLE'S TAXES? AND WHAT IS THE YEARLY OPERATING BUDGET GOING TO BE FOR HAVING THAT PROPERTY. AND. IF THE NEGOTIATIONS GO THROUGH, AS I READ THE AGENDA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO A CLOSING DATE AND DO YOU PRESENT IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, OR HOW IS THAT FINAL STEP TAKEN TO DECIDE YES OR NO? WE'LL MAKE THIS OFFER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, THAT ENDS OUR

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THIS. THESE WERE ALL ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER IN THE BRIEFING. AND

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YES. IS A UNANIMOUS WITH SIX VOTES. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DID MENTION THIS IN THE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR BRIEFING SESSION. BUT COUNCILMAN VERA CRUZ CALLED IN AND TOLD US HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE HERE FOR FAMILY MATTERS. SO THERE'S SIX OF US VOTING TONIGHT. AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'VE NOT HAD THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS YET THIS EVENING, BUT WE WILL AND WILL REPORT THE RESULTS OF THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE TWO

[5.B. Consider a resolution authorizing approval of incentive grants by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to Succeed Forever Community Transformation in an amount not to exceed $7,950 for exterior signage for The Outlet Thrift Store located at 914 S. Cedar Ridge Drive, Duncanville, Texas 75137]

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GOTCHA. I WAS GETTING A LITTLE OFF TRACK THERE MYSELF. WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. OKAY, MISS CHERRY BROWN, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ACTUALLY, I VISITED YOUR CEDAR HILL STORE, AND YOU HAVE SOME ABOUT VERY CUTE JEWELRY OUT OF THERE, AND IT IS VERY NICE. SO THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO BRING THE BUSINESS TO DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZED YOU SO. MISS GOODWIN.

WELL, US WOMEN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS TO DUNCANVILLE. AND I HAVE A REQUEST. CITY MANAGER, COULD WE BE PROVIDED DETAILED REPORT ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR EDC? THE AVAILABLE BUDGET AND WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, WHAT'S PENDING AND WHAT HAS BEEN PAID OUT? MAYOR, IF I COULD. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FUTURE ITEM FOR A DETAILED REPORT, RIGHT? DETAILED REPORT. I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING ON WITH FINANCE, WHERE THEY WOULD COME UP WITH MORE OF A SPREADSHEET THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND THEN WHAT'S THE AVAILABLE BALANCES. AND SO AS SOON AS THEY FINISH THAT WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST SEE SOME LITTLE FLUCTUATION AND I JUST WANT SOME ACCURACY IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF THE INCENTIVE GRANTS AS SHOWN TONIGHT. AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. APPROVED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIRD ITEM UNDER FIVE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FIVE C CONSIDER

[5.C. Consider a Resolution that authorizes the City Manager to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) of 302 N. Main Street, along with the closing documents and any other necessary paperwork, following approval as to form by the City Attorney and establishing an effective date.]

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[6.A. Present a report to City Council for the Special Event - 2024 Holiday Lights in the Park and Parade]

MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT NOT MUCH LONGER, I SAID TO MISS LEWIS, WHO'S FROM CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIASED BECAUSE SHE IS FROM CITY ADMINISTRATION, BUT I SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THIS PROJECT ON AND GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE? AND SHE

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WE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF $2,875 IN VENDOR APPLICATIONS. THROUGH EVENTBRITE. WE GENERATED A TOTAL OF $750 IN PERMIT FEES. WE SECURED A TOTAL OF 14 FOOD TRUCKS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD AT ANY EVENT, AND A TOTAL OF 25 VENDORS PARTICIPATED. THE IMPACT THAT WE HAD ON THE COMMUNITY STAFF VISITED LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ISSUED HARD COPIES OF THE RUN OF SHOW AND STREET CLOSURES. THANK YOU TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY MARCELLO, WHO WENT AROUND AND ACTUALLY HANDED OUT HARD COPIES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OF HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THEM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE IN CITY ADMINISTRATION, WE DID GET SOME INFORMATION AND PAST EVENTS OF HOW THEY WERE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH, AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. ADDITIONALLY, WE SENT OUT CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THE PARADE PARTICIPANTS, VENDORS AND THE COMMUNITY, RECEIVED EVENTS, DETAILED UPDATES ON A BI DAILY BASIS. ALL INVOICES WERE PAID PRIOR TO THE ENDING OF THE EVENT, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED NO OUTSTANDING INVOICES, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE ABOUT US GETTING INVOICES PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE GOT THOSE THINGS IN COMMUNICATION.

SO DO FROM FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD GOTTEN ON PREVIOUS YEARS, WE IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS WITH VENDORS. FIRE AND HEALTH INSPECTORS WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE AND RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN ADVANCE. THE ONLINE COVERAGE THROUGH DUNCANVILLE WEBSITE, ADVERTISE THE EVENT EXPLAINED WHAT WE WERE DOING, DID HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARADE AVAILABLE. WE ALSO EMAILED EVERYTHING THROUGH THE BILLING NEWSLETTER, WHICH WENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS ALSO PICKED UP BY LOCAL NEWS SUCH AS THE FOCUS DAILY NEWS, MY AREA NETWORK, THE NEXTDOOR APP AND A FEW MORE. AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT IS NOT EXTENDED ON HERE WAS WE MADE SURE THAT WE STAYED IN CONTACT WITH COUNCIL AND THAT THEY HAD INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MORE THAN 30 CITY OF DUNCANVILLE STAFF VOLUNTEERED AND A TOTAL OF 26 NON CITY STAFF VOLUNTEERED. THEY ASSISTED WITH THE MARKET VENDORS AND WITH UNLOADING AND SETTING UP BOOTHS, PARKING AND BARRICADE DESIGNEES WERE AVAILABLE. VOLUNTEERS WERE STATIONED AT VARIOUS KIDS ACTIVITIES AND WE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS FOR EVENT NEEDS. WE HAD PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF LINE ASSIGNMENTS. WE OVERSAW THE CLEANING AND RESTOCKING OF THE GREEN ROOM AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND FINALLY, WE TEAMED UP WITH SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED. SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND OPERATIONS. THE COMMAND POST WAS UP AND STAFF THROUGHOUT THE EVENT RIGHT HERE IN ONE LOCATION, SO THEY WEREN'T SPREAD OUT. EVERYONE WAS TOGETHER. BARRICADES WERE SET IN PLACE BY STREETS PRIOR TO THE CLOSURES. EMERGENCY ALERTS WERE

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THANK YOU. FOR SHARING. MISS MISS GOODIN, THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M SO EXCITED. SO PLEASED. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. EXCELLENT EXCELLENT JOB. YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. YOU HAD THE BASKET FOR US. YOU HAD OUR INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US. THERE WAS POPCORN IN THE BASKET. WE HAD AN ORNAMENT IN OUR BASKET. THE JACKET. EVEN THOUGH I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO BIG BECAUSE ANYWAY, I'VE GAINED SOME WEIGHT. THE AT LARGE IS AT LARGE, BUT EXCELLENT JOB LADIES. I AND THEN YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. YOU'RE SO CONFIDENT YOU'RE PROJECTING. YOU DON'T SEEM NERVOUS. WELL DONE, WELL DONE. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SAME THING Y'ALL. I MEAN, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT THEY REALLY HAD TO TURN THIS ON A DIME IN TERMS OF THIS, AND THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE, AND THEY. AND THEY DID DO IT.

I'M SORRY. I CALL HER MISS AUBREY. OKAY, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TWO WEEKS AND THEN. AND THEN HOW MANY DAYS WERE YOU ON THE JOB AS THE EVENT PLANNER? ONE ONE. ONE DAY. ONE DAY ON THE ON THE JOB. OKAY. SO, BUT BUT THE THING I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, IS THAT I SAW THIS AS A REALLY WELL COORDINATED EFFORT, EVEN WITH ALL THE TRANSITION THAT HAPPENED. YOUR PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, WELL, YOU HAD IT IN YOUR IN YOUR VIDEO. I MEAN, THIS WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK FROM THE CITY STAFF. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST JUST WONDERFUL. SO JUST REALLY KUDOS FOR EVERYBODY. AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER HAS SOME REMARKS. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THESE STATEMENTS AND REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OTHER PUBLIC SESSIONS WHERE WE'VE GOT A TEAM THAT IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER, AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF FINDING PEOPLE THAT FIT THESE ROLES IN A WAY THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. THEY WORK HARD, THEY PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY EVENTS. AND I KEPT LOOKING AT THEM DURING THE EVENT, WONDERING WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE NERVOUS. NEVER HAPPENED. THEY WERE ROCK SOLID. AND THAT THAT END RESULT WAS IT WAS A ROCK SOLID EVENT AND WE'LL EXPECT MANY MORE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR. THANK YOU. OH I'M SORRY. SO I HAVE TO ADMIT, I KIND OF QUESTION KID AND PLAY, BUT, MR. JACKSON, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DESTROY THE VIDEO. I HAD A PHENOMENAL TIME. GOOD CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I22 COMMENTS AND I'LL BE BRIEF. THERE WAS A REFERENCE THAT MISS LEWIS AND MISS HANLEY MADE TO BARRICADES. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH COORDINATION AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. AND YOU CERTAINLY KNOW WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH PARADES. KEEP IN MIND THIS EVENT WAS THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW ABOUT SOME INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE END OF DECEMBER. BUT MISS LEWIS AND MISS HANLEY, THEY COORDINATED WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. WE HAD OUR BLOCKER TRUCK IN PLACE.

WE HAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT, WE HAD DUMP TRUCKS. WE HAD EVERYTHING. THE INTERSECTIONS WERE BLOCKED.

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[6.B. Report on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds and Projects]

WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OVER 35 BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR RECOVERY. AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

ALSO, WHAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE IS THE VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND LEGISLATIONS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. THIRDLY, WE HAD IDEAS OF GENERATORS AND IMPROVING VENTILATION AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL OF THAT MATERIALIZED THAT WE HAD INITIALLY HOPED, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND 489,000 TOWARDS VARIOUS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GENERATOR AT THE NEW FIRE STATION, A GENERATOR AT THE 103 EAST WHEATLAND BUILDING ABLE TO REPLACE THEIR ROOF. WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THE LOBBY FOR A CUSTOMER SERVICE WELCOMING DESK IN THE PANELS ALL FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. WE SPENT 1.6 MILLION TOTAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED ITEMS. SO THIS WOULD WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A SECOND SET OF BUNKER GEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THEIR BREATHING APPARATUSES, ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME CLEANING THINGS THAT GO INTO THEIR VEHICLES. WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BODY WORN CAMERAS AND THE IN-CAR SYSTEMS COMPLETELY REDID THAT WHOLE SYSTEM. WE WERE ABLE TO BUY A BLOCKER TRUCK THAT WE SHARE WITH CEDAR HILL. THAT HELPS WITH ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAYS, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OUR ENGINES OUT OF SERVICE TO BLOCK ACCIDENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CODE AND THE MARSHAL WITH BODY WORN CAMERAS, A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WERE OF A PUBLIC SAFETY NATURE. WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS VERY POPULAR IN ARMSTRONG PARK. WE WERE ABLE TO DO AT REDBIRD LIONS, I BELIEVE, AND QUAIL RUN. WE YOU SEE IN RED HERE THESE THESE ARE ONGOING WRAPPING UP PROJECTS HERE. SO IT SOFTWARE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SOFTWARE AND NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 160 000 LEFT IN THAT PROJECT. THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEM REALLY IS THE FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION. AS YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT

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AND THEN LASTLY, THE TWO REMAINING PROJECTS IS THE HARRINGTON PARK, AS THAT WAS MOST RECENT THAT WE AWARDED TO USE THE REMAINING FUNDS TOWARDS GETTING THAT PROJECT COMPLETED.

AND THEN THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN. THERE'S ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT THAT STILL REMAINING TO, YOU KNOW, TO USE ALL OF THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KUNTZ. SO I GUESS I'M SURE YOU ANSWERED THIS AT SOME POINT, BUT THE OBVIOUS QUESTION. SO A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS ARE REQUESTED, BUT WHAT WAS SPENT WASN'T AS MUCH AS WHAT WAS REQUESTED. SO. HAVE THAT MONEY OR DO WE HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO. SO SAM. NO. SO YEAH. SO SOME OF OUR ESTIMATES OBVIOUSLY WERE NOT TO THE, TO THE PENNY, BUT WE HAVE SPENT WITH THE OBLIGATED WITH THE HARRINGTON PARK AND WHAT'S REMAINING ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT WE'VE SPENT WE SPENT $9.8 MILLION. THAT'S MORE THAN ACTUALLY WHAT WE RECEIVED. BUT WE DID RECEIVE INTEREST BECAUSE WE INVESTED THIS MONEY. SO WE HAD INVESTMENT INCOME OFF OF THIS FUNDS AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN THEY DID THEIR IN CAR SYSTEMS AND BODY WORN CAMERAS. WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER GRANT IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE SOME FUNDS BACK FOR OUR MATCHING GRANT. BUT IN TERMS OF OUT OF THE 9.6 MILLION, IT'S ALL BEEN BEEN USED. THANK YOU. AND THEN DID I MISS I KNOW AT SOME POINT I REMEMBER SEEING IT WAS 70,000 OR SOMETHING. THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR THE LIBRARY I FORGOT, YES, HOW MUCH IT WAS AND WHAT IT WAS FOR. BUT DID WE SPEND THAT? NO, WE DID NOT. SO THERE WERE 70,000 EARMARKED. BUT IT WAS NOT. IT DID NOT MATERIALIZE THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, DID IT GO TO SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. MR. DOESN'T LAST.

[6.C. Receive a presentation summarizing the Police Department and Neighborhood Services collaboration of a neighborhood sweep in the Candlelight Subdivision.]

MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS ROBERT BYRD. I AM THE WATCH COMMANDER FOR DAY SHIFT PATROL FOR THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP THAT WE CONDUCTED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DOWN IN THE CANDLELIGHT SUBDIVISION. THE FIRST SLIDE HERE SHOWS A MAP OF ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. CANDLELIGHT IS HIGHLIGHTED TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CITY.

IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 67 HIGHWAY 67 AND EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD. THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE LISTED OR SORRY. THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE LOCATED IN CANDLELIGHT SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS THE PARTICULAR ADDRESS. THERE WAS 419 EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CANDLELIGHT AND DANIEL DALE ROAD. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE SWEEP BETWEEN OURSELVES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WAS EDUCATION. WE WANTED TO EDUCATE ANY CITIZEN THAT WE CAME ACROSS AS TO WHAT EITHER LAW THAT THEY WERE MAY BE BREAKING, OR SOME TYPE OF CODE COMPLIANCE SITUATION THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. WE WANTED TO EDUCATE THEM. SO LIKE I STATED, DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WE HELD A MEETING TO COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POLICE WOULD DO AND THEN WHAT CODE SERVICES. I'M SORRY, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WOULD DO TO HANDLE WHATEVER SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE WITHIN THAT THAT SUITE. WE ALSO MAINTAINED AN ONGOING COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE SWEEP TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WORKING AND THEN WHAT MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ADDRESSED THESE VIOLATIONS, WHICH WERE SPEEDING AND MOTOR VEHICLES, ANY ABANDONED OR JUNKED VEHICLES PARKED ON THE PUBLIC ROADWAY, ANY PARKING VIOLATIONS, TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, OR VIOLATIONS OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. SO WE WERE CONTACTED AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 24TH, 2024, BY BY A CITIZEN AND WERE ADVISED OF MULTIPLE LAW AND CODE VIOLATIONS

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HERE ARE A CALL FOR SERVICES. THIS IS COMPARED FROM 2023 TO 2024. AS YOU SEE THE GRAND TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM 2023, WE ONLY HAD 59. IN 2024, THAT NUMBER ROSE TO 166. BUT TAKE NOTE EXTRA PATROLS, WHICH IS THE OFFICERS BEING DEPLOYED OUT THERE LOGGING THAT EXTRA PATROL CREATES A CALL FOR SERVICE. WE HAD 69 OF THOSE, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE THE NUMBER GO UP. HERE ARE THE REPORTS THAT WERE TAKEN IN 2023. WE TOOK FOUR. IN 2024. WE DID 1915. OF THOSE ARE INFO ONLY, INFO ONLY REPORTS ARE TO DOCUMENT ANY TIME AN OFFICER TOWS A VEHICLE FOR A PARKING VIOLATION, OR IT BEING JUNKED OR BEING ABANDONED. THAT WAY IT DOCUMENTS WHAT THE OFFICER OBSERVED AND THEN WHERE THE VEHICLE IS BEING STORED AT IN CASE OR WHEN THE OWNER GETS HOME AND FINDS THAT THEIR VEHICLE IS NO LONGER IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCE. AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF AND TO SO AS THE LIEUTENANT BYRD HAD ALLUDED, WE WERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE HAVE HAVE HAD THIS PARTNERSHIP OR THIS PROJECT AND REALLY ARE BECOMING HERE BEFORE YOU NOT FOR THE GOAL OF BASICALLY NOT REALLY BEING RESTRICTED BY ANY MEANS, BUT THE CONCEPT OF THIS AND THE GOAL OF THIS SWEEP WAS BASICALLY TO IMPROVE, HELP IMPROVE THE

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AND I JUST WANT TO EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP. AS THE SLIDE STATES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT STARTED FOCUSING CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ON THE CANDLELIGHT SUBDIVISION. AFTER RECEIVING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2024. I'M HAPPY TO SAY I HAD JUST GOT HERE AND OFFICIAL INTENSE CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP STARTED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024, IN COORDINATION WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOW, BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN OUR ROCK. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR US WHEN WE GO TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, BE IT CANDLELIGHT SUBDIVISION, GREEN TREE, WHEREVER WE GO, THEY ARE WITH US. NO FUSSING, NO HESITATION, AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR US. NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP CANDLELIGHT SUBDIVISION. IT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PARTS, IF YOU WILL. FIRST, ONCE A VIOLATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AND CONFIRMED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OFFICER, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION WAS ISSUED WITH A 7 TO 10 DAYS DURATION APART. AND WE PUT 7 TO 10 DAYS BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE VIOLATION, SOME VIOLATIONS, THE LAW OR THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR TEN DAYS FOR THEM TO COMPLY, OTHERS ONLY SEVEN. WE FIRST, AFTER CONDUCTING THE INSPECTION, WE ISSUE A VIOLATION NOTICE WHEN WE GO BACK ON THE DAY IN WHICH WE HAVE TO CONDUCT THE REINSPECTION. IF THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WE DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN ON THEM AND HAMMER THEM RIGHT AWAY. SO WE WILL GIVE THEM A FINAL VIOLATION NOTICE. AND OFTENTIMES WE WILL ACTUALLY PUT THAT VERBIAGE IN THE NOTICE. THIS IS YOUR FINAL VIOLATION NOTICE BEFORE CITATIONS ARE ISSUED OR BEFORE FURTHER ACTION IS TAKEN, AFTER WHICH IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY, THEN NOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE FORCING OUR HAND AND WE HAVE TO ISSUE A CITATION. WHAT WE ALSO DO WE EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZEN EITHER BEFORE COURT, IN COURT, SOMETIME BEFORE WE ISSUED A CITATION, A CITATION IS OUR LAST RESORT AND WE ARE NOT OUT TO GET YOU ENTITY. WE JUST WANT COMPLIANCE. NO ONE IS OUT HERE JOCKEYING TO GET YOUR DOLLARS. WE JUST WANT YOU TO COMPLY. AFTER WHICH UP ON THE SCHEDULE REINSPECTION. AS I STATED, THE ASSIGNED OFFICERS ASSESS THE PROPERTY'S PROGRESS AND TOOK APPROPRIATE ACTION ENFORCEMENT BASED ON PROGRESS OR THE LACK THEREOF TOWARDS ABATEMENT. THE OFFICERS THEN UPDATED THE PROGRESS REPORT FOR COMPLIANCE TRACKING. NOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT, THERE ARE CERTAIN MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DISALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD, SUCH AS AND WE TRY TO BE SENSITIVE TO A PERSON WHO MAY HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE, MAY HAVE LOST A SPOUSE, MAY HAVE LOST A CHILD. ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM GETTING INTO COMPLIANCE. WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ONCE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO US

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HOWEVER, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S WHEN THE CITATION COMES IN. CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRESS SUMMARY. KIND OF LIKE DIVISION. WE HAD 68 CASES. WE ISSUED 72 NOTICES OF VIOLATION. THERE WERE 59 VIOLATIONS. NOW, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S KIND OF A DISPARAGING NUMBER. THERE ARE 59 TO 72. THE REASON WHY THERE IS SUCH A GAP, SOME PLACES, SOME LOCATIONS, SOME HOMES, SOME PROPERTIES HAD MORE THAN ONE VIOLATION ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THEREFORE, IF THEY HAD TRASH AND THEN HIGH GRASS, IF THEY HAD A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE, THAT'S THREE NOTICES RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT. OUT OF THE 59 VIOLATIONS AND THE 72 NOTICES ISSUED, 48 COMPLIANT, FORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAD TO ISSUE EIGHT CITATIONS AFTER THAT CASE IS PENDING FOR REINSPECTION. ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S WHEN THAT SHOWING THAT DISCRETION AS TO SHOULD WE ISSUE A CITATION. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LET'S STOP, KNOCK AND TALK TO THE NEIGHBOR. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER OR THE PERSON IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY. WHEN WE DO THAT, WE MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AS TO EXTEND BEFORE WE CAN REINSPECT AGAIN OR OKAY, CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO ISSUE A CITATION NONETHELESS WHEN WE LEAVE THAT ADDRESS, WHEN WE LEAVE THAT PROPERTY, AFTER WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THAT OWNER OR THE PERSON IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY, HE OR SHE, THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND WHATEVER WE'RE DOING WHILE WE'RE DOING IT. THE SIGN ENFORCEMENT. WE ONLY HAD TWO VIOLATIONS IN WHICH, AS MY SUPERVISOR ALLUDED TO, OFFICER ROGERS AND OFFICER LANDIS, THEY REMOVED THOSE SIGNS AND THEY WERE THE LARGE FEATHER TYPE SIGNS THAT WERE ON THE PARKWAY.

ALSO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE AND OF COURSE, THESE ARE THE VARIOUS STREETS IN THE CANDLELIGHT DISTRICT THAT WE ADDRESS. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT AT YOUR LEISURE.

BUT IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE A PURPOSE TO WHAT WE DO. WE DO THIS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL ESTHETICS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND WE ALSO ESTABLISH A POSITIVE RAPPORT WITH CITIZENS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. THEN AFTER THAT, WE PROVIDE HINTS, TIPS, AND HOW TOS ON OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE. ONCE YOU COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THAT PERSON MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT COMPLIANCE. WELL, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR YARD MOWED OR YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY, REALLY? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THAT ONE TIME. NO, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S PART OF OUR ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT DONE. OKAY. AND THEN MAINLY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, IS THAT THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS DO NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS. THANK YOU. SO IF I MAY HAVE YOU BACK HERE. SO THE LIEUTENANT SO WE HERE HAVE THE LESSONS LEARNED. MAY I HAVE THE LIEUTENANT BURTON HERE? YEAH. SO THIS IS REALLY THE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIMENT OF WORKING ON THIS SWEEP. I'M CALLING IT EXPERIMENT AS WE HAVE THIS AS A SUCCESS CASE THAT WE ALSO WANTED TO EXPERIMENT. IT'S PROGRESS. AND WE HAVE HAD APPOINTED SOME LESSONS LEARNED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS BETWEEN US AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE FOUND THAT TO BE LIKE IN GENERAL HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THAT. COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND WITH OUR DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS. SO YOU WANT TO ADD IN TO THAT? NO, JUST AS THE SLIDE STATES HERE, YOU KNOW, BIG THING FOR US NOW IS SOCIAL MEDIA PUTTING THINGS OUT. IF WE COULD GO BACK, I THINK WE WOULD DO THAT NOW WHERE WE PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR EVEN THE CITY WEBSITE OR THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, CITIZENS KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE JUST SO WE CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT, AND THEN ALSO UTILIZING OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL TO WHERE WHEN WE DO OUR WALK AND TALK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UTILIZING THEM AS WELL TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. KIND OF LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES STATED, IT'S NOT A GOTCHA. IT'S A WE'RE HERE TO MAKE DUNCANVILLE BETTER AT THE END OF THE DAY. YEAH. CITY MANAGER THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS WAS VERY MUCH AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MOHAMMED WAS SAYING. THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE CALLING A PILOT PROGRAM, A FIRST CHANCE FOR US TO DO THIS. I DO

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I HAVE ONE MORE COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO YEAH. SO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, I STARTED TO GET A LOT OF CALLS. YOU KNOW, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. AND SO BUT, YOU KNOW, THE STRANGE THING IS, IS THAT MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE, AFTER THOSE CONVERSATIONS SAID, OKAY, OKAY, I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND AND THEY UNDERSTOOD. AND I THINK WHAT REALLY SHOWS IS A SUCCESS IN THIS IS THAT. SO THE SLIDE THAT HAD 59 VIOLATIONS OR HOWEVER MANY IT WAS 48 COMPLIANCE. RIGHT. AND SO

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AND I APPRECIATE THE CITIZEN WHO CAME IN AS WELL, WHO WAS REALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE WASN'T JUST SPEAKING FOR HERSELF. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE SHE KNEW WHAT THE FEELING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT MEETING. AND CHIEF STOGNER SAID, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY EXCEPTIONS. SO JUST GET READY. AND SURE ENOUGH, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS WAS POSITIVE. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO WITH WITH THE POLICE EFFORT, I KNOW YOU HAD A SLIDE THERE THAT SHOWED THE NUMBER OF EXTRA HOURS THAT WERE SPENT. PATROLS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO HOW WOULD WE RESPOND TO IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, Y'ALL ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUING PARKING VIOLATIONS WHEN THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON. SO HOW WOULD WE RESPOND TO THAT? WELL, SO I WOULD THINK THAT WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONLY A PART OF THE TIME.

AND YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, SO WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT WE'RE ALSO STILL PATROLLING THE REST OF THE CITY. WE'RE STILL RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS, NO, 911 CALLS GOING UNANSWERED. AND I MEAN, WE'RE DOING THIS WITH RIGHT NOW WITH MINIMAL STAFFING. SO IF WE HAVE HOPEFULLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME AND WORK FOR THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO EVEN GROW TO WHERE INSTEAD OF, HEY, TAKING A WHOLE SHIFT AND GOING TO A SUBDIVISION, WE CAN IDENTIFY, HEY, YOU 3 OR 4 POLICE OFFICERS, YOU CAN GO DOWN HERE AND THE REST OF THE OFFICERS CAN STAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT ANY CITIZEN IN DUNCANVILLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO. 911 CALL THAT GOES UNANSWERED. AND WE'RE STILL PATROLLING THE ENTIRE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, SIR. AND THEN SO DO WE HAVE ARE THERE PLANS TO APPLY THIS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ. SO THERE ARE. THE CHIEF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'LL HAVE INTERNAL MEETINGS. THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT IN REALLY PLANNING A SWEEP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING YET, BUT WE'LL BE TALKING WITH CLEARLY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AS WELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AS THE MAYOR SAYS. AND REALLY KIND OF VERY STRATEGICALLY TAKING THE NEXT STEPS BEFORE WE DO IT. BUT AS, AS THE SLIDE SHOWED ABOUT THE LESSONS LEARNED, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO BEFORE WE DO THE NEXT ONE IN TERMS OF REALLY GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE, HEY, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GOING TO COME, WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THE CODE. GET READY FOR US. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS AWESOME. YEAH. WOW. I'M SO PROUD, MAN I WILL YES. I'M SORRY. JUST EXCITED. I WAS JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE GRACE PERIOD ON THAT. OKAY ITEM. WE'RE GOING

[6.D. Present the Police Department's Quarterly Report.]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MR. MANAGER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT LIEUTENANT BYRD CERTAINLY DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT ON THIS. I GAVE HIM A DIRECTION. HE TOOK CHARGE OF IT, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A THING. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS. AND HE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. IN MY OPINION. I THINK HE REALLY PRESENTED IT WELL. AND OUR EFFORTS, OBVIOUSLY OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SO AWESOME JOB ON HIS PART. OKAY, GETTING TO THIS REPORT OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2024. THIS IS OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THIS YEAR. SO STAFFING AND PERSONNEL AS YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. WE'VE HAD OUR RECRUIT OFFICERS ORTIZ, VANG AND LOPEZ.

THEY GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY ON DECEMBER 16TH AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN FIELD TRAINING. THEY WILL COME OUT OF FIELD TRAINING 17, 16, 15 WEEKS FROM NOW, AND THEN WE'LL BE ON ASSIGNED TO A SHIFT AND WORK. THEN OFFICER BARBOSA, SHE COMPLETED FIELD TRAINING AND SHE

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HE WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE ACADEMY. SO WE ARE, AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE SHORTENING THAT TIME FOR HIM TO BE EFFECTIVE STAFFING ON THE STREET. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE TO WAIT ON WHEN WE HIRE A NEW OFFICER IS THEIR BODY ARMOR. HOWEVER, WE HAVE BODY ARMOR THAT ACTUALLY FITS HIM. WE'RE STILL ORDERING HIS OWN PAIR OR HIS OWN SET, SO HE IS IMMEDIATELY GOING TO START IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND THEN FIELD TRAINING. FIELD TRAINING MAY BE MODIFIED DEPENDING ON HOW WELL HE EVOLVES INTO THIS CULTURE AND HOW WE DO THINGS HERE. ULTIMATELY FILL TRAINING 17 WEEKS, BUT WE MAY CUT THAT SHORT. AND THAT'S BASED ON THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AND THE SERGEANT OVER FILL TRAINING. SO HE MAY BE ON THE STREETS MUCH SOONER. STAFF DEVELOPMENT. WE HAD OUR FIREARMS QUAL DURING THIS PERIOD. WE HAD 100% PASS RATE. COLLECTIVELY, MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED ALMOST A LITTLE OVER 1100 HOURS OF TRAINING. THAT'S A LOT FOR THIS REPORTING TIME PERIOD. FIVE OFFICERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED WAS PRIOR TO THIS, WE ONLY HAD 2 OR 3 BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS. WELL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT WOULD EXTEND THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GET TO THAT PARTICULAR PERSON ON THE ELIGIBILITY LIST. SO WE SENT OUT A CORRESPONDENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BECOMING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS. WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE, AND WE'VE ADDED FIVE OFFICERS TO THAT, WHICH NOW WILL HELP EXPEDITE OUR LISTS SO WE CAN HIRE PEOPLE QUICKER. THE CARE TEAM, OF COURSE, OFFICER AMBROSIO HERNANDEZ, YOU GUYS KNOW HIM. HE HAD 45 NEW CLIENTS FOR THIS QUARTER. OUR PATROL ACTIVITY FROM LAST YEAR COMPARATIVE. WE HAD 2100 TRAFFIC STOPS THIS YEAR. IN 2023, WE HAD 1400 IN OUR CALLS OF SERVICE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO. SO WHEN YOU SEE OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE REDUCED, YOU'LL SEE SELF-INITIATED SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY INCREASE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BUSY ANSWERING THESE CALLS. SO THAT IS VERY ACCURATE.

OUR TOP FIVE CITED VIOLATIONS ARE NO INSURANCE, EXPIRED REGISTRATION, NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, SPEEDING AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID. SO WE'RE STILL CONDUCTING OUR REPORT CARDS. AGAIN, THIS GOES WITH THE PROPONENT OF EDUCATION. WE'VE HIT SEVERAL OR SEVERAL BUSINESSES CASH SAVER, COSTCO, AND WINCO. WE NEED TO WORK WITH COSTCO A LITTLE BIT. IT IS JUST A LARGE PARKING LOT. BUT WINCO, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT AND GOT THEM UP TO A 94% PASS RATE, SO. OUR ACTIVITY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, WE'VE HAD TWO USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, ONE STILL PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, THE OTHER ONE WAS LAWFUL. AND WITHIN DEPARTMENT POLICY WE HAD ONE VEHICLE PURSUIT, WHICH IS STILL PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, ZERO COMPLAINTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I WANT YOU GUYS TO FOCUS ON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT THAT BOTTOM PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE COSTCO I'M SORRY, NOT COSTCO. CHICK FIL A REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE THIS YEAR WITH OUR SANTA COP PROGRAM, AND THEY HOSTED US OUT THERE WHERE WE WOULD GIVE FREE DESSERTS OUT OR MEALS OUT. AND YOU WOULD. YOU WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GENEROUS. BUT WE GOT MONETARY DONATIONS. WE GOT PEOPLE BRINGING IN TOYS TO DO THIS. THEY THEY REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GO IN ON THESE EVENTS AND HELP THE TOP PICTURE. THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DELIVER THE PRESIDENT OUR PRESENTS TO THE FAMILY. AND THEN THE TOP LEFT. THAT IS JUST US STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S YARD. SO AFTER WE DELIVERED THE PRESENTS, SO THE COP PROGRAM, THIS HAS BEEN A STAPLE PROGRAM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1999, OFFICER ARIAS. AND IT FALLS UNDER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CRIME PREVENTION. SO OFFICER ARIAS AND HOW WE GET FAMILIES. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT

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THERE YOU GO D. TELL OFFICER JUAREZ I SAID SHE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I HEAR GREAT THINGS ABOUT HER FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR THE TOY DONATION AND THE SANTA COP. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND ANY WAY I CAN PARTICIPATE OR WE CAN PARTICIPATE, PLEASE LET US KNOW WE'RE INTERESTED. ABSOLUTELY. OF COURSE YOU GOT IT. YOU KNOW. AND JUST LIKE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER TEAMS, STAFF AND TEAM, YOU ALL HAVE REMARKABLE PEOPLE THAT ARE OFTEN UNSUNG. I KNOW EVEN WHEN THEY COME UP HERE, WHEN THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING JUST TREMENDOUS. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR. THEY APPRECIATE THE ACCOLADES, BUT THEY'RE THEY JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT OVER HERE, BEN LUNA, THAT DOES A LOT MORE VOLUNTEER STUFF THAN ANYBODY WOULD EVER IMAGINE. AND I'VE RUN INTO HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, VOLUNTEERING, DOING SOMETHING FOR A GOOD CAUSE. AND SO YOU JUST YOU'VE GOT SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HEAR THE NUMBERS, WHEN YOU SAY, WELL, WE'RE EIGHT DOWN, HOW ARE YOU DOING IN THE DETECTIVE RANKS AS FAR AS SO WE ARE DOWN NOW, I WILL SAY WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE DETECTIVES RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. THAT IS LOW. YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GET, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY 4000 REPORTS IN A YEAR TO HAVE TO INVESTIGATE AND GO THROUGH. HAVING SAID THAT, AS WE'RE INCREASING OUR PATROL PERSONNEL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT, I HAVE ASKED OUR LIEUTENANT, WHO IS THE CID CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMANDER. HE HAS SUBMITTED A MEMO TO ALL PERSONNEL REQUESTING LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR A VACANCY BACK THERE. SO THAT WILL HELP. THAT'S NOT THE END. WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL OTHER VACANCIES, BUT THAT WILL HELP BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERWORK INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEN THEY START LOOKING

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF STOGNER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A JUST A GENERAL COMMENT IS THAT THAT I MEAN, I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME SIMPLY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND STUFF. BUT I WILL SAY, I THINK SINCE YOU'VE COME ON AND THAT STUFF, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN POSITIVITY AND A UNITED JOINT EFFORT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELP LEADING THAT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THE MAYOR WAS ASKING ABOUT DETECTIVES AND WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS IN THE PUBLIC, MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU JUST CAN'T GO OUT AND RECRUIT FOR A NEW DETECTIVE BECAUSE OF CIVIL SERVICE LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. COULD YOU MAYBE TOUCH ON THAT? TOUCH ON STRATIFIED POLICING? AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING THAT. AND JUST IMAGINE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED ONCE THEY GET THEIR NEW POLICE STATION. SO THAT'S RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. YES. I'M GOING TO HAVE A BRO MOMENT REAL QUICK. BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY IT STARTS FROM THE TOP. IT TRULY DOES. IT STARTS WITH YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE TO US, EVEN WHEN IT'S UNPOPULAR IN THE PUBLIC. SO I YOU REALIZE WHEN YOU GET OLDER IN YOUR CAREER HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. SO THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING ME THE AUTONOMY TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. NOW. IT'S JUST NOT ME. IT'S EVERYBODY IN THAT ORGANIZATION. IT'S THAT CULTURE CHANGE. AND IT STARTS WITH YOU GUYS. IT TRULY DOES. AS FAR AS THE STRATIFIED POLICING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF BEEN LOST A LITTLE BIT IS WHAT IS OUR DIRECTION.

WHAT IS OUR VISION. WHAT IS WHERE ARE WE GOING AS AN AGENCY. AND WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM POLICE WORK. POLICE WORK IS GOING OUT AND FINDING THE BAD GUYS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND ALLOWING THE JUDGE OR JURY TO DETERMINE THEIR GUILT OR INNOCENCE. BY DOING THAT. IS, PROBLEM ORIENTED. POLICING IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT STRATIFIED POLICING IS AND WHAT PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE CANDLELIGHT SWEEP. YOU, YOU DEAL WITH I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEAL. THAT'S A BAD WORD. BUT YOU WORK WITH YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS CITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS FOR SOME OF THE DISTRESS, SOME OF THE WHETHER IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S CRIME TO ERADICATE THAT CRIME OR REDUCE IT. NOW, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GO BACK OUT TO CANDLELIGHT. THAT WOULD BE SO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, BECAUSE ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST CHASING OUR TAIL AT THAT POINT. SO STRATIFIED POLICING, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT INTERNALLY. IT'S GOING TO BE A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THAT'S PROBLEM ORIENTED. POLICING IS IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ERADICATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION. SORRY. OR WAS THAT IT. OH YES. OKAY. SO WE ARE CIVIL SERVICE. SO ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU HAVE TO BE AT OUR DEPARTMENT FOR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER INTO THESE OTHER DIVISIONS. I CAN'T AS YOU SAID, I CAN'T HIRE SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE AND BE AN ASSISTANT CHIEF. I HAVE TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM CIVIL SERVICE. WHEN I WAS APPOINTED CHIEF, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT PROTECTION ANYMORE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WHEN WE HIRE SOMEBODY, THEY HAVE TO WAIT THOSE TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER OR PROMOTION FOR THAT MATTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR

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