Mar 04, 2025 City Council

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING]

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TELLING US. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN OUR. WORK SESSION FOR THIS EVENING AT 6:00 PM AND GET RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. I THINK WE MIGHT GO ALONG. YOU MAY GET OUT. YEAH. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. NOT A PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM AT.

OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND MR. FINCH. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A MINUTES OF JANUARY 23RD, FEBRUARY 11TH TO FEBRUARY 18TH. SO I'LL SKIP OVER THAT FOR BE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT. ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS HOLDING AN ELECTION ON MAY 3RD, 2025 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBCHAPTER D OF CHAPTER 31.

CHAPTER 271 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, AND CITY SECRETARY MISS TAYLOR IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU. HAVING ON FORESEE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND ELLIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO OBTAIN ASSET SEIZURE SEIZURE FUND TO BE CREATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 59.08 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FOR SERVICES AS CONTAINED IN THE AGREEMENT FOR PROPERTY AWARDED. POLICE CHIEF STOGNER IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS 4D.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE BID AND AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH HYDROMAX USA FOR VALVE AND HYDRANT MAINTENANCE SERVICES THROUGH INTERLOCAL PURCHASING CONTRACT 240501 FOR ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $828,846 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. WE HAD A BRIEFING AT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT DIRECTOR BRYAN IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE SHORTEST ONE I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. GOOD, GOOD. NEXT ITEM, CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR, MR. KEITA. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR MARK. THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE SIXTH AT 2:00 AND THE BUDGET TOWN HALL AT 630 ON MARCH 6TH AS WELL. AND THAT'S AT THE SENIOR CENTER. WE HAVE THE CDB ANNUAL GARDEN WORKSHOP AT 10 A.M. ON MARCH THE 8TH, AND THE PRINCESS TEA PARTY AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT 11 A.M. MARCH 13TH IS THE FLAVOR OF DUNCANVILLE AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. MARCH 15TH IS THE DISTRICT FOUR TOWN HALL AT THE LIBRARY, AND IT STARTS AT 11:30 A.M. THE. ON MARCH 22ND, WE HAVE THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE SHOWCASE, AND THAT'S WITH DUNCANVILLE ISD AND THAT IS AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. AND ALSO ON THE 22ND AT 6:00, WE HAVE A CONCERT IN THE PARK THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND ON MARCH 27TH IS THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FIRESIDE CHAT. YES, MA'AM. WHO'S DOING THE CONCERT? WHAT BAND OR WHAT HAVE YOU? SOMEONE ASKED ME. JAY. JAY. OH, YES. OKAY, OKAY. AND COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. ALSO ON THE 27TH AND ON THE 28TH AT 4:00 IS THE DUNCANVILLE PD AWARD CEREMONY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS. PROPOSED TRASH RECYCLE CARD, CART PILOT PROJECT, MR. HUFFMAN THREE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT AN IDEA FOR A PILOT PROJECT WITH RECYCLING CARDS. SO I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT FIRST. I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND. I THINK WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE WITH YOU, BUT JUST TO REMIND YOU OF KIND OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR SERVICE WITH REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES, THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES NEXT YEAR, SEPTEMBER OF 2026. BUT AS WE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, WE REALLY WANT TO GET STARTED ON THAT THIS YEAR. IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A NEW CONTRACT, WHETHER IT'S REPUBLIC OR SOMEONE ELSE, LATER THIS YEAR, FALL OF THIS YEAR. SO A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF WE STAY WITH REPUBLIC OR IF WE GO WITH SOMEONE ELSE, OR IF WE CHANGE OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE IS, YOU KNOW, IS MANUAL BAG COLLECTION. TWICE A WEEK WE DO RECYCLING WITH THE OPEN 18 GALLON BINS ONCE A WEEK.

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SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. SECONDLY, I MEAN, A LOT OF CITIES ARE MOVING TO CART PICKUP NOW, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THAT. BUT THE ESTHETICS LOOSE TRASH BLOWING AROUND CARTS DO HOLD MORE. SO YOU CAN GO TO LESS FREQUENT PICKUP IF YOU IF YOU DESIRE. A LOT OF PROVIDERS NOW ARE GOING TO CARTS ARE NOT EVEN OFFERING BAG COLLECTION. THERE ARE STILL SOME PROVIDERS, SOME CONTRACTORS THAT WILL. BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE WANTING TO TRANSITION YOU TO CARTS TOO. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY LONG, BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. BUT IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE LIMITED. SOLID WASTE COSTS ARE DRIVEN A LOT BY LABOR AND BY FUEL, SO THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE TRUCK, THE MORE PICKUPS, MORE TIMES YOU'RE PICKING UP TRASH, THE MORE FARTHER THOSE TRUCKS ARE GOING, AND THAT'S MORE FUEL. SO THOSE ARE COSTS THAT THEN GO INTO WHAT WE'RE PAYING AND WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE PAYING FOR PICKUP. AND THEN FINALLY, WE DID THE SURVEY IN MID 2022. WE WENT OVER THOSE SURVEY RESULTS WITH YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON THERE WAS ABOUT CARTS. AND IF YOU WERE IF PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO GO TO CARTS AND AS YOU SEE, ABOUT 59% SAID YES, 41% SAID NO. SO THERE'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT ON BOARD WITH CARTS. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT. AND YOU ALL BROUGHT UP SOME OF THOSE REASONS, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE STEEP DRIVEWAYS OR WHAT I WOULD CALL TERRAIN CHALLENGED BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY LIVE. AND SO THAT IS AN ISSUE. SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT, WELL, HOW COULD WE MAYBE GET AROUND SOME OF THIS OR TRY IT OUT. AND SO WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF A PILOT PROJECT AND THE REASONS FOR DOING THAT ONE. WE CAN TEST THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TERRAIN CHALLENGES AND SEE CAN THE RESIDENTS DO THAT? WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT IT? IS THERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE FIND THAT COME UP, SOME OTHER

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AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN MONITOR. HOW MUCH ARE WE PICKING UP ON THE SECOND TRIP TO STILL GIVE US SOME GOOD DATA? I THINK THE DOOR SIDE ASSISTANCE WILL STILL BE THERE. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ESPECIALLY WANT TO PROMOTE WITH THIS PROJECT, SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH GETTING IT UP THEIR DRIVEWAY, WE CAN OFFER THAT IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT SERVICE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT IN PLACE. AND THEN AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE WOULD DO THE POST-PROJECT SURVEY TO SEE GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK. SO THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE FIRST AREA AND WE'RE WE WANT TO DO TWO AREAS, BUT I'M GIVING YOU THREE OPTIONS RIGHT NOW. THE FIRST AREA IS JELLISON BOULEVARD AROUND ROUND TOP. SO JUST SOUTH OF I-20, BORDERED BY CEDAR RIDGE AND CAMP WISDOM. THIS IS ALL OUT CURBSIDE PICKUP, BUT THIS IS A VERY TERRAIN CHALLENGED AREA. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE FAIRLY LEVEL. THERE'S A NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT HAVE MODERATE GRADE, AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF DRIVEWAYS THAT HAVE SOME VERY STEEP GRADES. SO THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD AREA TO TEST THAT OUT. AREA TWO IS THE AREA DOWN SOUTH OF BIG STONE GAP I DANIEL INTERMEDIATE. SO THIS IS SPRING LAKE DRIVE AND GREENWAY DRIVE AREA. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF CURBSIDE AND ALLEY. SO THIS WOULD GIVE US A GOOD CHANCE TO TEST OUR ALLEY PICKUP AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS ALONG WITH THE CURBSIDE AS WELL. AND AS YOU SEE THERE'S 104. SO THESE BOTH ALL OF THESE AREAS HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 HOUSEHOLDS. AND THEN OPTION THREE, THIS IS AN AREA OFF OF SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD. THERE'S A FOREST HILL SUBDIVISION AREA SAN JUAN DRIVE, MADRID DRIVE AGAIN ALSO A COMBINATION OF ALLEY AND CURBSIDE PICKUP. AND AGAIN ABOUT 120 HOMES IN THIS OR 120 HOMES IN THIS AREA. SO THIS IS WHAT

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AND TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE BY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR AGE. AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE I MEAN, JUST SCATTER SHOOTING. IT COULD BE ALL ABLE BODIED PEOPLE.

SO THE RESULTS WOULDN'T BE THAT OF WHICH WE WOULD BE AWARE OF IF WE KNEW, IN FACT, THAT WE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE OF AGE OR DISABILITIES. HOW WE DETERMINE THAT BEFORE WE PUT THE PILOT PROGRAM IN PLACE IS SOMEONE ELSE'S CONCERN. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO RANDOMLY PICK HOUSES WHERE THEY MAY BE ABLE BODIED, AND IT'S NOT REALLY REFLECTIVE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WILL BE PUT UPON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE SLOPED DRIVEWAYS, WHETHER THEY'RE UPHILL OR DOWNHILL. SO I'M LOOKING FOR A MORE SCIENTIFIC WAY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEST IS INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW HAVE THE CHALLENGES, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE WORD QUALIFY. I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT LATER WHAT WHAT QUALIFIED MEANS, WHAT THAT ENTAILS. BUT SO WE GOT A WORD. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ONCE THE PROGRAM IS WHETHER IT'S TESTING OR WHETHER IT GOES INTO FULL SCALE AND I CAN FEEL THE TIDE CHANGING TOWARDS, TOWARDS BEING FAVORABLE, BUT I STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. AND ONCE IT'S ONCE IT'S DONE, THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE, I THINK, A FAIR CHANCE TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, I CAN'T DO THIS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THOSE PEOPLE WITH THOSE DRIVEWAY CONDITIONS THAT WE MAY BE IMPACTING. AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CITY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS STRONG A POSITION ON OPPOSITION TO CARTS AS I DID ONCE BEFORE. I'M ON A FLAT PROPERTY. IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME, BUT AND I HAVE SOME WOULD QUESTION MY PHYSICAL ABILITIES TO DRAG IT IN AND OUT, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT A TRY. OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT. WELL LET ME LET ME PAUSE THERE AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PUBLIC. DO YOU GUYS WANT TO RESPOND ON THE DOOR SIDE ASSISTANCE AND HOW THAT WORKS? COME BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SELECTION OF THE PROPERTY. SO FOR DISTRICT FIVE, WHILE KEVIN MENTIONED QUALIFIED IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR ALL OF THOSE HOMES THAT HAVE VERY STEEP DRIVEWAYS, WE ARE GOING TO OFFER THIS SERVICE

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SO TO KIND OF GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR CONCERN, MAYOR, THAT WE'RE NOT CHOOSING HOMES THAT MAY HAVE PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. WE WANT TO RANDOM AREA. WE CAN'T. WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO TO AN AREA THAT WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SKEW IT THE OTHER WAY. SO WE WANT TO TEST AN AREA, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS. THOSE THOSE DRIVEWAYS ARE VERY STEEP.

I THINK ANYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IT UP THERE. AND IF THEY DO, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO DOOR SIDE ASSISTANCE. SO THIS WILL HELP US CREATE THAT DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN PERHAPS FOR AN AREA LIKE THAT, THAN IT IS FOR AN AREA WHERE THERE'S FLAT DRIVEWAYS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA. SO I THINK THOSE THOSE ARE THIS WILL HELP US CREATE THOSE CRITERIA FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES DOOR SIDE ASSISTANCE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 102 RESIDENTS IN DUNCANVILLE THAT RECEIVE THAT SERVICE LEVEL. AS FAR AS THEIR LOCATIONS, I GUESS WE COULD DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, GET A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF WHERE THEY ARE AT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THOSE OPTIONS, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESSES OF 102 RESIDENTS THAT REQUIRE THAT SERVICE CURRENTLY. OKAY. I DIDN'T NEED THIS, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS IS I THINK YOU DID BY NEARBY, YOU MIGHT NEED TO ASK MR. PENNEBAKER. IS THAT LIKE THE BETTY WHITE? SO I'M DISTRICT FIVE AND I HAVE ONE OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS. THE TOP OF MY HOUSE IS AT STREET LEVEL. IT'S A TWO STORY HOUSE, SO MY DRIVEWAY DOES THIS, AND I'VE WALKED JUST THE ENTIRE AREA. SO MY FIRST QUESTION DID Y'ALL LOOK AT NORTH OF 20 FOR RED FOR KESSLER, FRANK KESSLER. AND THAT AREA. NOT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AREA. SO THE FIRST AREA THAT CAME UP WAS THIS DISTRICT FIVE UP THERE SOUTH OF 20 IN WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE IS CHALLENGING TERRAIN, RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN AREA WE WANTED TO TARGET TO LOOK AT. BUT IF THERE'S OTHER AREAS YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE CHALLENGING. OKAY. I CAN I CAN TELL YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PENNEBAKER, ON JUNGLE DRIVE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HOMES WHERE YOU'RE ON THE STREET AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP OF THEIR ROOF. SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THERE. BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, IF YOU ALL WANT A DIFFERENT AREA, WE CAN LOOK AT A DIFFERENT AREA.

THESE ARE THREE THAT WE THAT WE FELT WERE GOOD REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND, AND IT WAS A COMPACT ENOUGH AREA TO DO IT. BUT. I THINK WE MET JUST AS YOU CAME ON AND WE TALKED ABOUT LEAH IN GRABBING PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE. AND SO I WOULD WELCOME THAT. YES, WE CAN LOOK AT IT. ABSOLUTELY. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON DEMOGRAPHICS AS FAR AS AGES AND THINGS OVER THERE FOR BOTH SIDES. SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT YOU MIGHT BE DEALING WITH ON THAT PART OF IT. AND THIS IS NOT QUITE FOR THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BAGS WE HAD, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT DRIVING AROUND IN IN FAIR MEADOWS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT GETTING A TRUCK DOWN THOSE STREETS. SO WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM AS FAR AS THE ARLINGTON CONTRACT? IF WE HAD AN AREA THAT WE JUST COULD NOT GET A TRUCK DOWN? DO YOU MEAN AN AUTOMATED TRUCK OR BAGS? YEAH, IT WOULD BE SEMI-AUTOMATED, WHICH IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE TIPPERS

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YOU'VE YOU'VE DRIVEN THE ROUTE, RIGHT? YES, YES. AND COMING FROM A DRIVER ROAD MYSELF, I'VE BEEN IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE TIGHT LIKE THAT, BUT THE GUYS ARE DOING IT NOW AND I, AND I GET THE CONCERN IS THE CARTS ARE TRYING TO GET THEM AROUND THE CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TRUST IN OUR GUYS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GO OUT THERE AND DO ANY DAMAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY'RE SKILLED AT WHAT THEY DO, AND A LOT OF THESE HELPERS ARE GOING TO TRAIN ON THE TRUCKS ON HOW THEY DO IT WITH CARDS. SO WE'RE PRE-PLANNING ON HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK ON THESE TIGHT AREAS. SO THESE ARE STILL MANNED TRUCKS THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE DRIVER THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE KIND OF PROBLEMS. OKAY. WHO ELSE? MR. MR. KOONTZ SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE IS DISTRICT THREE AND WITH SAN JUAN. YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF. MIGHT BE BETTER OFF GOING WITH THE OTHER TWO AREAS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO THERE, THEY'RE WONDERING HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE CARTS ALREADY. SO BUT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CHOOSING TWO OUT OF THE THREE THAT THAT'S NOT MAYBE NOT AS NECESSARY AS LIKE LOOKING AT DISTRICT FIVE AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS. AND THE ONE IN DISTRICT ONE, HOW HOW MUCH DO THE CARTS WEIGH? JUST BY THEMSELVES? IT'S LESS THAN 30 POUNDS. YEAH. THEY CAN HOLD UP TO 250 POUNDS OF TRASH, BUT LESS THAN 30 FOR THE ACTUAL PLASTIC CART ITSELF.

YEAH, BUT WE HAVE. THEY'RE ON WHEELS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE TWO CARTS OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY.

RIGHT. THAT THEY BROUGHT OVER. ONE OF THE CARTS HAS SOME BAGS WEIGHTED TO BE WHAT WOULD AN AVERAGE CART WOULD FEEL LIKE WITH TRASH IN IT. SO YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND YOU WOULD BE STUCK AND YOU WOULD BE ROLLING 30 POUNDS, I GUESS, WITHOUT TRASH, AS OPPOSED TO LIFTING 30 POUNDS.

SO YEAH, I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO MY HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLASSES, WHICH WOULD BE EASIER.

SO AS FAR AS THE DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL SAVINGS TO THE CITY OR THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE WOULD TAKE ON IF WE CONTINUED WITH THE CURRENT KIND OF SERVICE BAGS? NO, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN A NEW CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. SO THAT WOULD.

YEAH, THAT THAT'S WHY I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT PROCESS, WHICH DIRECTION DO YOU WANT TO GO. MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU. I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY STAFF FOR BEING FORWARD THINKING ON ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A MESSY ISSUE WHEN IT RELATES TO PEOPLE IN THEIR, IN THEIR GARBAGE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE WITH THAT AND ALSO MAKING A CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. MY CONCERNS LIE KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE AS, AS WITH THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WELL TOO, IS ORDINANCES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN. AND THEN YOU YOU KNOW, IT MAY SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA, BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PULL THEM AROUND THEIR HOUSE OR THROUGH THEIR HOUSE OR OR OR THROUGH THEIR GARAGE AND THEY FIND OUT IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS ISN'T THIS IS GREAT AS WE WANT, BUT, BUT BUT I MEAN, I APPLAUD THE EFFORT ON THIS TRIAL BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT NEEDS TO REALLY BE LOOKED AT AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK REPUBLIC FOR STEPPING UP AS WELL FOR, FOR DOING THAT. THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH THIS COMMUNITY. AND, AND I JUST I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THIS, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM A FEW RESIDENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING THEM TO PUT THE TRASH OUT EITHER THE NIGHT BEFORE OR BEFORE 7 A.M, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 7 A.M. IS WHAT THEY STATED. SO IF WE COULD TEST BECAUSE SOME OF THEM LEAVE TO WORK AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING, SO

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MESS WITH THE ALLEYS AS WELL TOO. SO THEY CAN HANDLE THE STREET MUCH BETTER. SO WE'RE SURE THAT WE'RE ONLY CHARGING THE CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT. WE'RE CHARGING THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE ALLEY PICKUP FOR THAT ALLEY PICKUP. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALLEYS BUT NOT HAVING THE TRASH PICKED UP IN THE ALLEY ARE CHARGE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SHOULD NOT. IT SHOULD NOT. BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOUR UTILITY BILLING I CAN. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU PEOPLE WOULD ALREADY BE TELLING US IF IT WAS HAPPENING. I'M GOING TO GO CHECK. I MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. NO, I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S NOT HAPPENING. MR. KOONTZ, YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT RECYCLING. SO WE LOOK AT. OH, SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE RECYCLING TWO CARTS? YES, SIR. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE RECYCLING AS WELL AS THE RECYCLING CARTS. THE SAME, SAME 95 GALLONS? YES, SIR.

THERE'S NO SMALLER CARTS THAT YOU MAKE. 65 GALLON CARTS FOR RECYCLING. YES, SIR. SECOND.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO ASK, THOUGH.

ARE WE GETTING A DIRECTION OR ARE WE STILL NEEDING MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ROLLING ON THIS? OKAY. NO, NO PUN INTENDED. THANK YOU. THE I THINK I THINK THERE MAYBE IS A LITTLE PIECE HERE LEFT TO TALK ABOUT IF, IF CHANGING SOME OF THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE, IF IT'S JUST THE DISTRICT FIVE AREA, IF, IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH WITH THIS SORRY WITH OPTION TWO. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT AREA FOR ACCOUNT FOR DISTRICT FIVE, IF COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER WORKED WITH US AND WE ARE, Y'ALL OKAY WITH SELECTING ONE AND MOVING MOVING FORWARD ON IT TOGETHER. AND IF YOU'LL JUST REACH. OH, NO, I WAS AGREEING THAT I'M I'M GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I AGREE I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT 13B JOVI SPONSORSHIP BRIEFING PART STEPHENSON DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE OUR CITY'S FIRST NAMING SPONSORSHIP THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF DUNCANVILLE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS OVER HERE AT JOVI'S HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST SPONSORSHIP DEAL. WE HAD NOTHING TO FOLLOW. RIGHT? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY, ELTON ELTON. EARLIER, BOTH THOSE GUYS BEEN WORKING HARD ON TRYING TO GET THE LANGUAGE CORRECT. WE THINK WE'RE THERE AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT, BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT THE SIGNAGE PROPOSAL THAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH WITH THEIR TEAM. I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WHIMSICAL, FUN IDEAS THEY HAVE FOR THE SIGNAGE TO GO IN THE SPLASH PAD, AS WELL AS THE BILLING, WHICH WAS PART OF THE DEAL AS WELL. JUST HIGH LEVEL. THE DEAL IS THE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WILL BE FOR 20 YEARS. THEY WILL BE PAYING $150,000 OVER THREE DIFFERENT PAYMENTS. THE FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE 14 DAYS AFTER IT'S EXECUTED. SECOND PAYMENT AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THE THIRD PAYMENT IN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. AND THEY WILL HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL AFTER THE 20 YEARS ARE

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AND WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A FLAGSHIP EXAMPLE OF THE INVESTMENT AND CARE WE PUT INTO OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST JOVI'S THEMED SPLASH BUILD, AND WE WANT THIS TO REALLY PUT OUR STAMP AND BE USED FOR OTHER JOVI SMART SHOPS. SO THIS IS YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST TO REALLY HAVE THIS. AND TO REALLY HELP US WITH LAUNCHING SOMETHING REALLY FUN AND SPECIAL FOR DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD, MR. MIKE VERNON. THANK YOU MICHEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND WELL, AND I'M I GUESS I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU AS THE MANAGER OR MR. STEVENSON BECAUSE, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY MIND.

IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS NEW TERRITORY. OKAY. SO I WAS WONDERING, HOW DID IT ORIGINATE? DID IS THIS SOMETHING THAT JOVI CAME TO US, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAME TO JOVI'S OR.

JOVI'S DID COME TO US FIRST? H-E-B, I THINK, HAS SPONSORED SEVERAL SPLASH PADS IN THE TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM. I THINK THE LARGE ONE THAT THEY HAVE DOWN THERE. SO THAT'S ALSO

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OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING THERE, IT'S ME THINKING THIS AND ALSO THINKING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A IT'S A GOOD CONCEPT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. BUT BUT IT'S LIKE WE GIVE ANYBODY ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY. WELL AND IF I COULD COUNCIL MEMBER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND WE'RE KICKING OFF BUDGET SEASON THIS WEEK, I HAVE CHALLENGED EVERY SINGLE DIRECTOR OF EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE ALONG THE WAY THAT WE'RE ON, JUST PUTTING ALL OF OUR EXPENSES ON THE BACKS OF OUR TAXPAYERS. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR OTHER FEES, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE. SO I CERTAINLY APPLAUD DIRECTOR STEVENSON FOR COMING UP WITH THIS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT MORE CREATIVE IDEAS COMING WHERE THIS ONE CAME FROM. AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THEM TO BE CREATIVE. I'M GOING TO ADD THAT MICHELLE AND I TALKED ABOUT BY PHONE WHAT WAS IT BACK IN OCTOBER? OH, LAST YEAR, RIGHT. LAST YEAR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I WOULD CALL PARTNERS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, THAT LARGELY THEIR THEIR CLIENTS ARE COMING OUT OF DUNCANVILLE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPONSORSHIP FROM CLAY COOLEY, THEY'RE FIVE MILES OUT OF TOWN. BUT YET THEY USE DUNCANVILLE AS A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND THEY CONTRIBUTE BACK TO US. I THINK LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVENT. I THINK THEY GAVE US MONEY. SO THESE CITIES, WHETHER IT'S CHUBBY'S, WHETHER IT'S CANALS, I DON'T SEE I DON'T SEE THE BORDERS OF WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE AS BEING AN ISSUE FOR ME, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, MAYBE THE OVERALL THIS MONEY COULD GO TO PHASE TWO OF THE DOG PARK. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS, BUT I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND US FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND US AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE AROUND US, BUT THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO BE PART OF DUNCANVILLE. AND SO TO ME, THAT WAS REAL ENCOURAGING. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS. YES, I LOVE THIS IDEA. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S EXCITING. AND BEING THAT WE JUST AS COUNCIL VOTED TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR ARMSTRONG PARK, I THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY GREAT TO PRESENT TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. THEY WILL LOVE TO SEE THIS AND WORK IT INTO A PLAN AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE VISION OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR ARMSTRONG PARK, I WOULD ALSO REQUEST ANYTIME WE START THINKING OF ARMSTRONG PARK, WE START THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF CULTURAL DISTRICT. THIS PLAYS RIGHT ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR THE PARK AND DEVELOPING IT AND CONTINUING THE ARTS TO GROW. SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN WORK IT WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND DISCUSS THIS WITH THEM, I THINK THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT. AND ONE THING, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK. AND YOU MADE SUCH A GREAT POINT. SO THE SMART SHOP LOCATION, WHILE IT'S TECHNICALLY IN DALLAS, WE REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS TO SHOW DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS THAT, HEY, WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU. WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT YOU TO REALLY SHOW OUR APPRECIATION.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY I PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN SAID, I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHAT WE WERE SAYING, LEAVING, LOOKING AT THE VISION, YOU KNOW, OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH, WITH WITH DUNCANVILLE, IT'S VIBRANT, IT'S LIVELY. IT MAKES ME WANT TO COME OUT AND READ ALL THE THINGS. AND I FEEL THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS. I SEE WHERE YOU ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE AND SO I APPLAUD YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH, I WANT TO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING THIS PRESENTATION IN PREPARATION TO HAVING THIS COME BACK BEFORE US AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A SHORT WINDOW. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. VERACRUZ, GO AHEAD. YEAH. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED IS MAYBE YOU HAPPEN TO BE JOE BE TOO, RIGHT? BUT TO PUT SOME OF THE STUFF IN SPANISH, IF THAT'S DOABLE, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE SPANISH SPEAKING SPANISH READING, SO IF

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PLUS TOYS PLUS THE TOILETS, TOYS. OH, TOYS. I PUT ON THE TOYS. SO WHY NOT? I'D LIKE TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT THIS ISN'T A JOVI'S MARKETING PROJECT. THIS IS PUBLIC AFFAIRS. SO WE HAVE SOME MARKETING IN OUR IN THE. OKAY. I THINK AT THE BEGINNING WE DID PUBLIC AFFAIRS. SO I AM SORRY THAT THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROJECT. AND SO WHAT OUR, OUR OUR TASK IS OUR VISION IS TO INVEST INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AS BEST WE CAN. IF YOU NOTICE, EVEN WITH THE PANELS, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT FUN. THIS ISN'T ABOUT LIKE PUTTING AN AD UP THERE. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE CARE THAT THIS IS A FUN AREA, A FUN DISTRICT. SO IT'S COMING FROM THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUND. AND IT'S NOT JUST TO THROW IN THERE, IT'S 98% ART AND 2% LOGO. SO I THINK THE ONLY JOY I SAW WAS ON THE ENTRY SIDE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A CONSENSUS. WE WANT TO GET THIS LAST PROGRAM IN. SO GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO WITH BACK TO CULTURAL DISTRICTS I AGREE THAT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD COME BEFORE THE ARTS COMMISSION. THEY HAVE FUN. NOW YOU ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S THERE THE BENCH MOSAIC SIDEWALK. AND I GUESS THE ROOF, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO SEE THAT, BUT THAT COULD BE COVERED THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE THINGS. AND WE CAN KEEP DUNCANVILLE NAME ON IT.

AND I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST JOVIE'S, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HEAVY, I KNOW THAT THEIR FOCUS IS, YOU KNOW, BARGAINS, DISCOUNTS. AND SO, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, $150,000 ON THE TABLE. AND SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS AT STAKE HERE, INCLUDING IMAGE. AND NO, THEY'RE NOT IN DUNCANVILLE. JOVIE'S IS IN DALLAS. BUT THEIR COMPETITION WINCO, ALDI AND MAYBE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT TOM THUMB. THEY ARE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND SO THEY'RE GETTING 20 YEARS OF ADVERTISING IN OUR PARK. BUT YOU KNOW. HAVE WE GONE TO ALDI OR ANY. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. THE BETTER QUESTION IS IF THEY COME TO US AND THE ANSWER IS NO, AND I SHOP DUNCANVILLE AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHOP DUNCANVILLE, BUT I, I CAN'T I CAN'T AGREE WITH WITH THOUGHTS THAT. WE SHOULD DELAY THIS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE PEOPLE STAND BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T COME FORWARD. AND I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THAT THEY STAYED IN DUNCANVILLE AND COMMITTED TO DUNCANVILLE, BUT THAT MAY BE A DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE. AND MY POINT IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY COME TO US, BUT JUST THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROMOTING A GROCERY STORE OUTSIDE OF DUNCAN, THEY'RE COMPETING AGAIN. WINCO IS ACROSS THE STREET IN DUNCANVILLE, AND I JUST I MEAN, I'M NOT I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A CONCERN THERE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE

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BUT, YOU KNOW, MOM'S MOM, SHE'S HOME. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM.

WAS STARTED IN THE YEAR 2000 BY STEVE DYE, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE ALLEN PD CHIEF OF POLICE, AND PROBABLY THE ONLY OTHER CHIEF THAT I WOULD WORK FOR IF I WASN'T SO INVESTED. AND I DIDN'T LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY. I CAN'T CONTINUE WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE

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SO EVERY EVERY QUARTERLY MEETING WILL WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SPEAKER. AND WE'LL WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING RELEVANT AT THE TIME. AND IT CAN BE TOPICS LIKE LIKE FENTANYL, YOU KNOW, TEACH THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FENTANYL AND WHAT TO DO AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THEIR TEENAGERS. JUST ANYTHING THAT'S RELEVANT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THEM AND TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT THAT RAPPORT. THE COST WOULD BE. I WAS TAUGHT TO ALWAYS HAVE FOOD.

FOOD BRINGS PEOPLE OUT TO MEETINGS, AND I THINK THAT THAT COMES WITH THE CULTURE. SO. SO I'M HOPING TO HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 100 PEOPLE PER MEETING. HOPEFULLY THAT GROWS EVENTUALLY TO THE POINT WHERE MAYBE I'D HAVE TO START HOSTING THESE MEETINGS AT A CHURCH OR SOMEWHERE THAT THAT HAS MORE SPACE FOR US. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT FOR NOW. WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING TO HOST CURRENTLY? AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. SO THE KICKOFF MEETING WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, STARTING AT 6 P.M. TO 730. AND IT'LL BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. WE WILL HAVE FOOD. WE'LL HAVE THE GUEST SPEAKERS. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THE UNIDOS PROGRAM IN THEIR CITY, AND THEY'VE ALREADY RESPONDED THAT THEY'RE THEY'LL SUPPORT US AND THEY'LL BE HERE FOR OUR KICKOFF. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. THE ONLY THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I'LL BE LEADING THIS MEETING IN SPANISH, BECAUSE IT'S WHERE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU CAN TRANSLATE A FEW THINGS FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT IT'LL BE IN SPANISH. THAT'S IT. WANT TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK? AND IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, I THINK WE HAVE TIME TO FIT SOME OTHER COMMENTS IN. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHIEF DIE UP THERE FOR COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA. AND THEN 20 CITIES JOINING ON. I THINK THAT WHAT WE WITNESSED AT THE EVENT THAT MOST OF US WERE AT, AT THE CHURCH A FEW WEEKS AGO, WAS THAT IN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, THERE WAS NON-HISPANICS THAT WERE ASKING

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY, SO WE DID MISS THE MARK BY MUCH, BUT THAT'S NOT ANY OF OUR SPEAKERS FAULT. 701 SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECESS INTO REGULAR

[CALL TO ORDER]

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

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COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, I'LL BE PRETTY BRIEF, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THE MASTER PLAN SURVEY IS OVER.

SO I WON'T BE ASKING YOU FOR ANY MORE TAKING OF THE SURVEY. WE DID GET A GOOD RESPONSE, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND THE RESULTS TOGETHER PRETTY SOON. MISTER MATT BURNETT MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP. REDBIRD PARK. THAT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT.

MR. MCBURNETT, THEIR COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN WAS THERE. THANKS FOR TYLER AG AND THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL GROUP FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE OUT THERE. IT TAKES A LOT TO KEEP THESE PARKS CLEAN. THAT GROUP PROBABLY HITS EVERY PARK ONCE A YEAR IF THEY'RE LUCKY. WE DO HAVE AN ADOPT THE PARK PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND YOU CAN COMMIT TO FOUR CLEANUPS A YEAR, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE PART OF IT. AS FAR AS THE PRINCESS TEA PARTY, I BELIEVE MY DAUGHTER IS WORKING THAT DAY SO Y'ALL CAN SEE HER AT KIM AND JENNY'S IF YOU'D LIKE. AND I WON'T BE THERE AT THE PRINCESS TEA PARTY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY OF CHAMPIONS. DUNCANVILLE. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY. IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER'S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE MET YESTERDAY, AND WE DID DISCOVER THAT WE HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF RESPONSES EVER FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COME FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. OVER 850 RESPONSES. THANK YOU, CITIZENS FOR PARTICIPATING, PROVIDING THE FEEDBACK AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN YOUR CITY AS IT RELATES TO MOVING FORWARD AND HELPING US TO CREATE A VISION FOR THE CITY TO BETTER SERVE YOU AND YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. ALSO, THIS IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL THE WOMEN IN THE ROOM, HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GOODEN. I DO WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND MENTION AND PERHAPS COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, SINCE HE SENT THIS MESSAGE TO US THAT WE HAD THE PASSING OF A LONG TIME DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT, LONG TIME DALLAS POLICE OFFICER PAT CHESHIRE LAST EVENING. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU KNOW THAT, KNOW THE FAMILY AND CASEY CHESHIRE, WHO IS. A VERY BIG PART OF MIDLOTHIAN NOW. BUT HE USED TO BE A BIG PART OF US AND FOR THEIR FAMILY. KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS. I DON'T KNOW THAT FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET, BUT I'M SURE MR. MCBURNETT WILL BRING US ALL UP TO SPEED ON THOSE ARRANGEMENTS. BUT A GREAT MAN. AND HE PASSED PEACEFULLY. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT FAMILY IN YOUR IN YOUR PRAYERS, IF YOU WOULD.

THANK YOU. WAS LEFT OFF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. MR. FINCH. THANK YOU.

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

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WE HAVEN'T PUT PEN TO PAPER ON ANYTHING YET, BUT WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH, HEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? SO WE'RE KICKING OFF THE 20. IT IS MARCH, RIGHT, BUT WE'RE KICKING OFF THE 26 BUDGET ALREADY. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THE PROCESS. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING. THE COUNCIL'S BEEN DEDICATING A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND I'LL JUST END WITH AS COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN SAID, IF YOU DON'T KNOW SHORTHAND, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW COMMUNITY CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR UPDATES AND ALL OF THOSE EVENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU TRACK ALL THOSE. I WOULD NEED THE WEBSITE IN FRONT OF ME TO BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT THAT IS A RESOURCE FOR EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE'LL

[2.A. A Proclamation recognizing March 2025 as Women’s History Month.]

[2.B. Presentation of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Spring 2025 Business Beautification Award Plaque and Proclamation to Milke's Jewelers located at 106 S. Cedar Ridge Dr.]

CITY MANAGER TYLER AGEE. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL. BOARD. STAFF LIAISON. IF I COULD GET MILKY'S JEWELRIES UP TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE THIS

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SINCE A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES NOW ARE STARTING TO HAVE LESS LANDSCAPE AND MORE STOREFRONT PROPERTIES, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I DELIVER THAT TO THEM FIRST THING TOMORROW. THANK YOU.

[2.C. Recognition of Keep Duncanville Beautiful Spring 2025 Curb Appeal Residential Properties.]

FOR DISTRICT TWO. WE HAVE ERNESTINE MCCLINTON, 1451 BIRDWOOD CIRCLE. FOR DISTRICT THREE. WE HAVE DEBBIE WOOD, 702 HILL TERRACE DRIVE. FOR DISTRICT FOUR. WE HAVE GEORGE CHRISTIE, 902 FAIRWAY DRIVE. IN DISTRICT FIVE. WE HAVE DONALD WILLIAMS, 919 NATURE DRIVE. IF ANY OF THE PROPERTY WINNERS ARE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME UP FRONT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE? DEBBIE WOODY? I HAVE MY NAME WRONG. OH, THAT'S OKAY THOUGH.

THAT ONE. OH, SO WE HAVE DEBBIE WOODY FROM 702 HILL TERRACE DRIVE. YES. GREAT. AND ERNESTINE MCCLINTON HERE FROM DISTRICT TWO. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. GET A BRIEF PICTURE.

THANK YOU. WE GOT THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE CITIZEN

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. FIRST IS MISS ERICA BROWNING. I SURPRISE THIS IS ERICA BROWNING FOR 42 EAST CHERRY STREET, AND I'LL TRY AND GET IT ALL DONE IN TWO MINUTES. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT TONIGHT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LADD PROPERTY, A MASTER PLAN. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S AS CLOSE TO WHAT THE VISION OF DUNCANVILLE

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FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S REALLY STRANGE THAT A CITY LIKE ARLINGTON CAN HOLD OTHER CITIES AROUND IT HOSTAGE AS FAR AS HOW THEY DO THEIR TRASH. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER INCLUDING THE SECTIONS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE'S NOT ONLY AN ALLEY, BUT IT'S A DEAD END ALLEY, AND THE TRASH TRUCKS DON'T GO BACK THERE. BUT WE DO HAVE BACKYARD GARAGES, AND THERE'S I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. SO JUST MAYBE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE SPLASH PAD, I BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ WAS MAKING HIS COMMENTS, I WAS THINKING SOME OF THE VERY SAME THINGS. THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO OUR OUR SALES TAX BASE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH SALES TAX REVENUE THEY, THEY PRODUCE AND HOW DOES THAT OFFSET THE AMOUNT, THE PALTRY REALLY AMOUNT THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE US FOR 20 YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JULIE STEGER. JULIE STEGER 214 MEADOW CREEK. AS A NEW CITY EMPLOYEE, I WAS DISMAYED WHEN I TURNED TO PAGE 47 OF THE MOST CURRENT ISSUE OF THE TEXAS STATE GUIDE PUT OUT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A LISTING FOR DUNCANVILLE. IT GOES FROM DESOTO TO DUBLIN AND THEN EAGLE LAKE. DUNCANVILLE NEEDS A LISTING FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL, AND SOMETHING FOR VISITORS TO SEE. SURELY, BY THE MAY DEADLINE, WE CAN COME UP WITH AN ATTRACTION OR TWO THAT MIGHT ENTICE A TRAVELER TO VEER OFF HIGHWAY 67 FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND MAYBE SPEND SOME MONEY HERE. WE HAVE THE PROPERTY, THE ARTS DISTRICT, THE OLDEN YEAR MUSEUM, AND WE HAVE THE ANNUAL FIRE TRUCK PULL, WHICH IS THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THIS MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THE END OF MAY AND IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO BE LISTED IN THE NEXT EDITION. AND IT IS A FREE ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS TANYA BENSON. OH, MY NAME IS TANJA BENSON. I RESIDE AT 813 LINK DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ISSUE THAT HAPPENED. I FEEL LIKE I WAS RACIALLY PROFILED ON FEBRUARY THE 7TH, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD IMPROVE THEIR PROCEDURES. I WAS I FEEL LIKE I WAS TARGETED AND I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE OFFICER TO EVEN ASK TO SEARCH MY VEHICLE.

AND I HAVE ADDRESSED IT WITH CITY MANAGER, CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I ALSO FILED FOR A RACIAL PROFILE COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS ADDRESSED IT TO MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE, YVONNE DAVIS OFFICE. I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD STOP. I MEAN, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THEM ASKING ME TO SEARCH MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY THEY SMELLED A FRAGRANCE IN MY CAR. I HAD MEDICAL GLOVES. I'M A NURSE AND THEY DID ASK ME GET. I COULD HAVE GAVE THEM. I COULD HAVE SAID NO. BUT I TOLD THEM THAT YES, YOU CAN SEARCH IT. YOU NEED TO GIVE ME A REASON WHY YOU WANT TO SEARCH IT. YES. GO AHEAD AND SEARCH MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I WILL FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST YOU. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER SENIOR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT THREE THAT I HAVE HERE ARE. ON

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THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE HAVE THE PARKING LOT THAT'S CABLED OFF. JUST YESTERDAY WITH ALL THE RAIN. THE PARKING LOT WAS A MESS. AND WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING AT ALL, I'M GUESSING PARKS PUT UP A COUPLE OF PYLONS TO BLOCK IT OFF. WENT AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE IS A SIGN SAYING. ONLY AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ON THE LAND. THERE IS A PARKING AREA OFF CEDAR HILL ROAD. WE'VE WANTED THAT FOREVER. IT FINALLY HAPPENED. SOMETHING POSITIVE IS GOING FORWARD HERE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST REQUEST TONIGHT. MISS TAYLOR, WE HAD NO ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

[5.B. Consider approval of Resolution 2025-431 adopting the Charles F. Ladd Nature Preserve Master Plan.]

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WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW THE OWNERSHIP IS BROKEN UP. LOOKED A LITTLE BIT AT AN ANALYSIS THAT RANGE THAT CLASSIFIED THE PIECES OF LAND INTO LEAST SUITABLE ALL THE WAY UP TO MOST SUITABLE FOR ANY SORT OF DISTURBANCE. AND BY THAT REALLY WAS LIKE WE JUST WANTED WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFIED THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO PRESERVE AND DO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON. AND THEN A FEW AREAS WHERE WE WOULD DO SOME STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. AS YOU AND BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THOSE THAT COME. WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS. RANGING FROM SITE VISITS TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO. WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS THAT WE PRESENTED IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND HAD A TOWN HALL PUBLIC MEETING.

FROM THERE, WE PRODUCED A MASTER PLAN CONCEPT, WHICH WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS. SOME IMAGES ON THE RIGHT HERE OF SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE COULD BE. AND THEN WE DEVELOPED THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN. AND AGAIN YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS. THIS DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE A WHOLE LOT FROM THE LAST TIME. BUT IT'S GOT AN

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WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WE HAVE FROM SAVANNAH DOWN TO THE BEAVER POND. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, JUST LIKE I SAY, 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT ACTUAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE AND ENHANCE EVEN. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING AND NOT ONLY WHAT IT IS, BUT WHY WE DO IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT NATURE PLAY GATHERING THAT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WILL BE A KIND OF A GATHERING STRUCTURE FOR EDUCATION, OR SOME FOR MAINTENANCE OR NOT REALLY MAINTENANCE, BUT SO MUCH AS A.

I'M DRAWING A BLANK HERE ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT MANAGEMENT. THERE WE GO.

MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE. THE BUILDING WOULD BE A VERY LOW IMPACT BUILDING, BOTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION METHODS ITSELF AND ALSO INTO HOW THE BUILDING IS MAINTAINED. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF POWER. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ARTIFICIAL CLIMATE CONTROL WITHIN THE BUILDING. BUT WE ARE PROVIDING WAYS TO GET PEOPLE ON SITE IN A CALM MANNER THAT REACTS WELL WITH THE SITE. WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATHS WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE SITE. WE HAVE HARD PATHS AROUND THE EXTERIOR SITE AND SOME THROUGH THE SITE. A LOT OF THAT FOR AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE. THOSE WILL HELP WITH THAT A LOT. THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER IMPACT IN THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, BUT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE LIFE OF THE OF THE PARK, THEY HAVE A LOWER IMPACT THAN SOME OTHER OTHER TRAILS MIGHT HAVE. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE AREAS ON SITE WHERE WE HAVE VERY LITTLE EVEN INITIAL IMPACT. AND JUST HAVE VERY SOFT SURFACE TRAILS. JUST JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COMPACTION TO MAINTAIN WHERE THE TRAILS GO.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST. AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY INFLATION CHANGES AND DOESN'T CHANGE THESE, THE FURTHER OUT THEY GO, THE LESS ACCURATE SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE. BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU SORT OF GIVING YOU A SCALE OF, OF HOW THAT COULD BE WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, SORT OF A THREE PHASE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OR WE HAVE AN INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE GET THE INITIAL TRAILS LAID IN. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS AND BUT CONTROLLED ACCESS ON SITE. WE TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE VISITOR AMENITIES IN THE CENTER. PHASE THREE WOULD BE LONG TERM CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PROGRAMING.

THEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, THE ABILITY TO HAVE. EXCUSE ME, DONOR DONOR WALLS OR ART INSTALLATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT REALLY GIVES DONORS A WAY TO BE PART OF THE OF THE OF THE SITE. AND THEN ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE WHOLE IDEA IS THE IDEA OF EDUCATION. SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME, THEY HAVE A WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE ECOLOGY AND THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS AROUND AND THE DIFFERENT ANIMALS THAT ARE INVOLVED AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, WE TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A METRICS FOR SUCCESS. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE THAT THE PROGRAM IS SUSTAINABLE AND IS DOING WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO. WE FINALLY WRAP IT UP WITH A SMALL CONCLUSION. AND THEN WE'RE DONE. WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SO FAR? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. NOT NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT. AND MAYBE YOU TOUCHED ON A FEW OF THESE, BUT COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU CAME AND PRESENTED. SO THE, THE THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY MAJOR CHANGES. THERE WERE SOME, SOME

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OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. OH, THERE'S PROBABLY WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME IN TERMS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU ALL HAVE MADE TOWARDS GETTING US HERE. AND IT GOES WAY BACK. I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED. AND THANK YOU ALL. AND ALSO THE STAFF INVOLVEMENT AS WELL. I THINK THAT YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER WELL. YOU MADE YOUR POINT A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND IT'S DONE. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[6.A. Monthly Financial Report as of January 31, 2025]

SO SALES TAX IS PERFORMING ABOUT 15%. JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER THAT BENCHMARK FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS. SO FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS IT'S ABOUT 0.20.2 5% LOWER THAN THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. HDL, WHO IS A SERVICE THAT WE USE TO ANALYZE OUR SALES TAX. THEY PROJECT A POSITIVE GROWTH IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS. SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH IS A PREDOMINANTLY OUR SALES, OUR OUR BUSINESSES FALL UNDER THAT SEGMENT. SO THEY PROJECT ABOUT 0.5 TO 1% GROWTH.

SO ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AT 51%, THAT'S USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS PROPERTY TAX CONTINUES TO POUR IN. WE'VE COLLECTED 612,000 IN INTEREST INCOME ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE AT 27.9% THIS MONTH. WE HAD A LARGE CAPITAL PURCHASE THAT WAS THE CITY HALL POLICE STATION GENERATOR THAT WAS PUT IN. SO THAT WAS PAID IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND THAT WAS 337,000. SHOWING YOU THE TABLE VIEW HERE, WHICH OF COURSE IS IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA. SO BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU HERE WHERE WE'RE AT. HOW HOW THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BREAK DOWN. SO AGAIN WE'RE AT 51%. THE AREAS THAT

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SO THE FIRST QUARTER WILL BE TRANSFERRING PAYMENTS TO THE ARTS FUND. EVERY QUARTER, ONCE WE'VE COLLECTED THE HOTEL MOTEL RECEIPTS. SO $40,136 WAS TRANSFERRED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. SO AGAIN, THE PROCESS WILL BE TO TRANSFER EACH QUARTER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE PAID OUT 329,000 IN BUSINESS INCENTIVES. AND THEN WE SPENT 127,000 ON THE HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. THOSE EXPENSES WRAPPED UP IN JANUARY. THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE INCENTIVES. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NOT TODAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS SIX B PUBLIC WORKS QUARTERLY REPORT. AND WE

[6.B. City Council is to receive the Public Works Quarterly Report.]

SO YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM IS MYSELF AND MR. MUHAMMAD. THESE ARE THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS THAT WE MANAGE AND HOW WE SPLIT THAT WORKLOAD UP. ALSO, I TRY TO MAKE THIS MORE VISUAL, THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE OUR REAL BIG ON RECOGNIZING THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACHIEVING THESE TASKS AS IT'S NOT JUST YOU AND I. THERE'S A LOT OF SKILL AND DEDICATION INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO BUILDING INSPECTIONS REPORTS TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, JOSH MCCONNELL. HE CURRENTLY HAS ONE VACANCY IN HIS TEAM. SINCE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ARE THE INTERGOV GO LIVE AND THEN OF COURSE HIRING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, JOSH MCCONNELL. SOME METRICS THEY ACHIEVED IN THIS FIRST QUARTER WAS 187 PERMITS ISSUED, 16 CEOS, 206 HEALTH INSPECTIONS, 559 INSPECTIONS OF BUILDING AND RENTAL INSPECTIONS COMPLETED, AND $140,338 IN REVENUE RECEIVED. THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE DIVISION REPORTS TO BUILDING MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT DENNIS SUITER. HIS TEAM CURRENTLY HAS ONE VACANT POSITION, WHICH THAT JOB IS POSTED, AND THEY ACCOMPLISHED 840 MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THIS QUARTER. ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION REPORTS TO THE CITY ENGINEER AS SOON AS WE HIRE ONE. WE'RE ACTIVELY INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION. THERE ARE THREE VACANCIES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT COORDINATOR AND A GIS ANALYST, WHICH WE'RE ACTIVELY IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS INCLUDE THE INTERGOV GO LIVE, AND WE HAVE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR ARMY AND THE. IT SAYS LEAD AND COPPER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT, WHICH ALL OF THOSE ARE IN AN ACTIVE. AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER GRANTS THAT CHAD IS WORKING ON ON ACHIEVING FOR US. ENGINEERING ALSO OVERSEES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WRAPPED UP IS THE FY 24. PIPE BURSTING IS COMPLETE. WE HAVE A COMPLETE DESIGN FOR CHERRY ALLEY PHASE TWO THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TO GET THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUT FOR BID. THE GREENBRIER KNOB HILL, WHICH IS PHASE THREE OF FOUR. THAT DESIGN IS COMPLETE, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON ADVERTISING THAT AS WELL. CEDAR

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PUBLIC WORKS. EVERYTHING. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT AND MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR DOWNTIME. YOU'LL SEE THE PICTURES THERE. SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS WE REPLACED, OUR TIRE CHANGER AND TIRE BALANCER WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL GRADE, STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU WOULD SEE AT DISCOUNT TIRE, OR A HIGH END PROFESSIONAL TIRE SHOP. AS WELL AS HOLDING A FLEET AUCTION WHERE WE EARNED ALMOST $40,000, WHICH INCLUDED TWO VEHICLES, TWO BACKHOES, A JETTER AND ONE TURF MAINTENANCE MACHINE. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES REPORTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH THAT POSITION. WE HAVE EXTENDED AN OFFER AND WE SHOULD BE ONBOARDING VERY SOON. THE ONLY VACANCY FOR THAT DIVISION IS THE SUPERINTENDENT. THEY RECEIVED 103 SEECLICKFIX COMPLAINTS. THEY ISSUED 84 CITATIONS. AND THEY HAVE A 97% COMPLAINT RESOLUTION. THE STREET DIVISION REPORTS TO THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT POSITION, WHICH IS WE ARE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR THAT AS WELL. THIS ONE, THIS DIVISION HAS A NINE VACANCIES, ACTUALLY. MOST OF WHICH ARE IN THE MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION SLOT. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY ADVERTISING FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE POSITIONS. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO GET CANDIDATES IN AND GET THOSE FILLED. THOSE POSITIONS FILLED. SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IS WE COMPLETED THE PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS AN ANALYSIS OF OUR INTEGRITY, OUR STREETS INTEGRITY, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN ON THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS RECEIVING A NEW JOHN DEERE BACKHOE. THEY'VE COMPLETED 3.8 LANE MILES OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT, 498 POTHOLES REPAIRED AND 844 STORM INLETS CLEANED. THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS REPORTS TO TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT JOHN BORCHART. HE IS FULLY STAFFED. HE RECENTLY REPLACED HIS TRAFFIC NETWORK SERVERS, SO TO IMPROVE THOSE AND AS WELL AS COMPLETING 988 WORK ORDERS, ONE FULLY REFURBISHED SIGNAL TO INTERSECTION AND A FLASHER OPERATIONAL READINESS OF 97%. THE UTILITIES DIVISION REPORTS TO UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT JOEL DOHERTY. WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS THREE VACANT POSITIONS IN THAT DIVISION TWO CREW LEADERS, ONE MAINTENANCE WORKER. SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS. AS WE RECENTLY, I SAY THIS A LITTLE EARLIER THAN Q1, BUT I'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATION. THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WILL COME IN. AND THEY WANT TO SEE ALL OF YOUR WATER QUALITY RECORDS, ALL OF YOUR PUMPS, MAINTENANCE, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUMPING OPERATIONS, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, THEY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING. AND SO WE GOT THROUGH THAT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS OR ANY VIOLATIONS. WE COMPLETED OUR 2024 SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION STUDY. THIS 24 STUDY WE DID WE ACTUALLY USED EYE AND EYE TRACKERS WHERE IT WAS ABLE TO PINPOINT THE ACTUAL LINE SEGMENT OF SEWER LINE WHERE WE SEE THE MOST INFILTRATION. SO IT'S A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM THAT TELLS US EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS EFFORTS. AND SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER AUTHORIZING A NEW DATA SYSTEM. WE DID THE FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TEST ON THAT NEW DATA SYSTEM. IT'S ACTUALLY BEING INSTALLED RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME BY AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT DATA SYSTEM IS ALMOST UP AND RUNNING. AND SOME METRICS FOR THE UTILITIES, 360 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER RECEIVED FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, 373 PUMPED OUT. DON'T LET THAT ALARM YOU. THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO EFFECT. THERE'S SOME OVERLAP. WE HAVE STORAGE. AND ALSO WE DID LOSE OUR FLOW METER FOR WATER. WE'RE PUMPING OUT OF ONE OF OUR PUMP STATIONS, DANIEL DALE SPECIFICALLY. SO THERE'S SOME ESTIMATION THAT'S HAD TO HAPPEN THERE. I'D BE WILLING TO BET WE'RE OVERESTIMATING AT THAT SPECIFIC PUMP STATION. WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY FIXING THAT RIGHT

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RUBEN RIVERA TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WATER SYSTEMS OPERATION SUPERVISOR JASON COLSTON AND STREETS CREW LEADER MARTIN FLORES, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WATER FIELD SUPERVISOR MICHAEL WRIGHT AND TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN TOMMY BRANDON. AND OUR PRIDE AND JOY RYAN. SHELLY WASTEWATER FIELD SUPERVISOR WHO IS DUNCANVILLE MOST SENIOR EMPLOYEE OF ALL CURRENT EMPLOYEES WITH 32 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YES. GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BACK ON PAGE ONE 117. THE ASSUMED WATER LOSS. THAT'S DOWN FROM YOUR LAST REPORT, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE NUMBER, BUT I BELIEVE SO. YES, SIR. I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED ABOUT 10 MILLION, SO. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GREAT REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, TO THE ASSUMED WATER LOSS AS WELL, THE ITEM THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON TO DETECT LEAKS. WILL THAT HELP REDUCE? WILL GO A LONG WAY WITH THAT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. FURTHER QUESTIONS. LOOKY THERE. IT'S FIVE AFTER EIGHT. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. OKAY, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR WE'RE OUT OF ITEMS. SO WE STAND ADJOURNED FOR THIS

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