2.A. Audit firm Patillo, Brown, & Hill will provide a presentation on the FY 23- 24 Independent Audit, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, and Single Audit

[2.A. Audit firm Patillo, Brown, & Hill will provide a presentation on the FY 23- 24 Independent Audit, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, and Single Audit]

PRESENTATIONS. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A DRUM ROLL. AUDIT FIRM PATILLO, BROWN AND HILL WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2324. INDEPENDENT AUDIT ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT. MR. JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AS I ADJUST THIS MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER, GOOD EVENING.

RICHARD JACKSON MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES AND CFO. BEFORE I INTRODUCE MR. TODD PRUITT, WHO IS A PARTNER WITH PATILLO BROWN HILL AND THE SPECIFIC PARTNER THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR AUDIT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, I DID HAVE SOME SOME COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TO THIS BODY AND TO THE PUBLIC. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY. TODAY IS A VERY GOOD DAY. I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU, HAVING BEEN 15 MONTHS SINCE I CAME ON BOARD TO THE GREAT CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT HAS TRANSPIRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 15 MONTHS. STARTED CLOSING THE, I GUESS, THE FIRST QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AUDIT WAS STILL YET TO BE COMPLETED AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. NOW, WE STAND BEFORE YOU, NOT ONLY HAVING COMPLETED THE 2024 AUDIT AND FINALLY BEING ON SCHEDULE AS IT RELATES TO THAT, IF YOU WILL. BUT WHAT? YOU ALL HAVE HARD COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAD SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATES THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED, IT'S DATED AS OF MARCH 7TH. MARCH 6TH WAS THE APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS THAT THE AUDIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON TIME, WHICH IS NOT A SMALL FEAT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRULY HAVE MADE THIS MOMENT AND THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. SO IF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WOULDN'T MIND JOINING ME HERE AT THE LECTERN, MISS TIA PETTUS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, MISS JENNIFER OTEY, OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR, AND FOR THIS COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OUR FISCAL ADMINISTRATION OR OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM. SO, MISS GEORGE SCHUCHARD. JOSHUA JOSHUA IS ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTANTS. MISS TOYA LAND, ESTELLE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTS AS WELL. AND MISS CYNTHIA MCGEE THOMPSON, WHO'S ONE OF OUR FINANCE TECHNICIANS. THANK YOU. GUYS. SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT AS AS MUCH DIALOG HAS TAKEN PLACE PUBLICLY. THESE LADIES NEED TO BE CELEBRATED PUBLICLY. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN HAS HIGHLIGHTED, WITH THIS MONTH BEING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHAT BETTER TO CELEBRATE THESE LADIES AND THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP BRING OUR FINANCIAL BOOKS, OUR BANK RECONCILIATIONS AND JUST OUR OVERALL OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE PLACE WHERE IT IS. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THESE THESE WONDERFUL LADIES FOR THEIR SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON. I THINK THEY'VE MADE HISTORY. YES. YES THEY HAVE. YES THEY HAVE. MAYOR. SO AGAIN, LADIES, THANK YOU. AND WITH THA,

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I WILL HAPPILY AND PROUDLY TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. TODD PRUITT. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM THE AUDIT THIS YEAR. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO RICHARD AND TIA AND ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT ASSISTED US DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM LOOKING AT YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THERE'S OVER 100 PAGES OF INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK FOR THE STAFF TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE TO DO THAT WHILE THEY'RE RESPONDING TO ALL OF OUR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. AND THEY REALLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GIVING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED IN ORDER TO PERFORM OUR AUDIT AND GET THE CITY BACK ON TRACK. I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON EITHER THE 23 OR THE 24 AUDIT.

IT SEEMS LIKE STRAIGHT THROUGH PRETTY MUCH SINCE LAST SUMMER, AND SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE UNDERGOING AN AUDIT WHILE YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET THE CITY CAUGHT UP WITH ALL OF ITS ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS AND RECONCILIATIONS. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY GAVE US. WE MET EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSED THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT IN DETAIL. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS TO JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE AUDIT PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE FROM YOUR AUDITOR TO THE GOVERNING BODY. ANYTIME YOU UNDERGO THE AUDIT PROCESS. AND THEN WE'LL JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME GOING OVER WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

WE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON THE NUMBERS HERE. WE'VE DONE THAT AT THE AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE LEVEL. BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER JUST THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE REPORT, BECAUSE PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR REPORT ARE AUDITED, AND THERE'S OTHER PARTS THAT ARE UNAUDITED, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND POINT THOSE AREAS OUT. AND THEN IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. THE AUDIT PROCESS, NORMALLY THE WAY THIS WOULD WORK IS WE WOULD DO A WEEK OF INTERIM WORK, PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER, WHERE WE COME OUT AND WE DOCUMENT ANY CHANGES IN YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, PERFORM SOME WALKTHROUGHS, AND JUST BASICALLY DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THE AUDIT PROCESS EASIER.

WHEN WE COME BACK AND DO FIELD WORK IN EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY. WITH THIS AUDIT. I THINK WE FINISHED THE 23 AUDIT IN LATE FALL, MAYBE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF DOING THE INTERIM WORK. SO WE KIND OF STEAMROLLED RIGHT INTO ONCE WE FINISHED 23, WE KIND OF ROLLED RIGHT INTO 24, AND WE DID ALL OF IT BASICALLY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 25.

THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT. AS A REMINDER, WE WERE WE WERE ENGAGED TO PERFORM WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE AUDIT. AND IN A SINGLE AUDIT, WE'RE REALLY COMBINING TWO SEPARATE AUDITS. THE FIRST PART OF OUR AUDIT IS AN AUDIT OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN YOUR ACFR.

AND THEN YOU MAY RECALL THAT ANY TIME A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS OVER $750,000 IN FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS, IT TRIGGERS WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE AUDIT, WHERE, IN ADDITION TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, WE WILL ADD ON A COMPLIANCE AUDIT OF YOUR FEDERAL AWARDS PROGRAMS. LIKE MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE COVID, YOU EASILY EXCEEDED THAT THRESHOLD.

SO WE WERE WE WERE THROWN INTO THE SINGLE AUDIT PROCESS. THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT YOU WOULD FIND ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE OF THE CITY'S ACF.

AND WHAT THIS REPORT BASICALLY SAYS IS THAT THE PREPARATION OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY. WE CAN ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WE DO WITH MOST OF OUR CLIENTS, AS LONG AS CERTAIN SAFEGUARDS ARE PUT IN PLACE, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE UNDER THE STANDARDS. AND WE DID THAT. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE ISSUED WHAT'S CALLED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN OPINION. IT'S THE HIGHEST FORM OF OPINION THAT YOU CAN GET AND WHAT IT BASICALLY MEANS TO YOU AS A USER OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AUDITED BY OUR FIRM, AND IN OUR OPINION, THEY'RE FREE OF ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. AND THEY'RE ALSO PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. YOU WOULD ALSO NOTE, IF YOU WERE

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LOOKING AT THAT REPORT, THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH SAYS THAT OUR AUDIT WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. AND THOSE STANDARDS REQUIRE YOUR AUDITOR TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT GO BEYOND JUST GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, ONE OF WHICH IS TO REPORT ON YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. IF YOU WANTED TO REFER TO THIS REPORT, YOU WOULD FIND THAT ON PAGE ONE OF THE SEPARATELY ISSUED SINGLE AUDIT REPORT THAT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF AS WELL. BUT BASICALLY THAT REPORT IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION DEALS WITH INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING ARE ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO PREPARING THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YOUR AUDITOR HAS TO FIRST GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONTROLS SO THAT WE CAN PLAN AND PERFORM OUR AUDIT PROPERLY. IF DURING THAT PROCESS, WE IDENTIFY ANY DEFICIENCIES IN THOSE CONTROLS THAT WE THINK ARE SIGNIFICANT, EITHER IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DESIGNED OR THE WAY THAT THEY'RE OPERATING, WE'RE REQUIRED UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE AUDIT. THE SECOND PART OF YOUR GAS REPORT DEALS WITH NONCOMPLIANCE. HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. IT'S NONCOMPLIANCE THAT WE BELIEVE IF WE WERE TO IDENTIFY IT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT WOULD CREATE A LIABILITY IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TESTING A GRANT CONTRACT AND YOU WERE REQUIRED TO SPEND THE MONEY ON CERTAIN ITEMS, AND WE IDENTIFIED SOME ITEMS THAT WERE CHARGED THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WERE ALLOWABLE, YOU MIGHT OWE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE GRANTING AGENCY. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD END UP BEING IN YOUR GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS REPORT. HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. IN 2023 AUDIT, THERE WAS ONE FINDING WHICH BASICALLY DEALT WITH ISSUING YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND YOU CAN NOTICE HERE THAT THAT PRIOR YEAR FINDING WAS RESOLVED. SINCE WE'RE HERE TODAY IN MARCH. THE THIRD REPORT THAT WE ISSUE DEALS WITH YOUR FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS, THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT OF YOUR FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK IN YOUR SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, YOU WOULD SEE A SCHEDULE CALLED THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS. AND YOU COULD SEE THE CITY SPENT APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS THIS YEAR. AND THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS WORKS, YOUR AUDITOR DOESN'T TEST EVERY ONE OF YOUR FEDERAL GRANTS. DURING A SINGLE AUDIT, WE PERFORM A RISK ASSESSMENT, AND THEN WE DETERMINE CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR TESTING. THE PROGRAM THAT IS ULTIMATELY SELECTED FOR TESTING IS REFERRED TO AS A MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT TERMINOLOGY COMES FROM. THE PROGRAM THAT WE TESTED WAS THE CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND, WHICH WAS BY FAR YOUR LARGEST PROGRAM. WE TESTED THAT PROGRAM FOR COMPLIANCE WITH UP TO 6 OR 7 DIFFERENT COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, DID YOU SPEND THE MONEY ON WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO? WAS IT ALLOWABLE COST CHARGE TO THE PROGRAM? THERE'S USUALLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. DID YOU FILE THOSE REPORTS TIMELY AND ACCURATELY? THERE'S UP TO 6 OR 7 OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE TESTING. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY ISSUE AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE THE CITY COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. AGAIN, THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION, AND IT'S THE HIGHEST FORM OF OPINION THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE. AND IT BASICALLY JUST STATES THAT, YES, IN OUR OPINION, THE CITY DID COMPLY WITH THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT OPINION LETTER DEALS WITH INTERNAL CONTROLS. BUT HERE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER PREPARING YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER COMPLYING WITH YOUR SPECIFIC MAJOR PROGRAM. HAD WE NOTED ANY INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS REPORT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE WERE NO INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITH RESPECT TO YOUR FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS PROGRAMS. SO FROM A RESULTS OF THE AUDIT STANDPOINT,

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YOU HAVE REALLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AS A GOVERNING BODY. YOU'VE GOT CLEAN OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS IDENTIFIED, EITHER WITH RESPECT TO THE PREPARATION OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR COMPLYING WITH YOUR FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS, AND THERE WAS NO NONCOMPLIANCE IDENTIFIED. THAT WOULD BE MATERIAL TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR MATERIAL TO YOUR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE TESTED. SO I CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON THOSE CLEAN RESULTS OF THE AUDIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES AND JUST GO OVER THESE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST CERTAIN ITEMS THAT UNDER THE STANDARDS AUDITING STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE GOVERNING BODY. AND MOST OF THESE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TO SOME DEGREE. THE FIRST ONE TALKS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. DURING AN AUDIT, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, AND THERE WERE NO NEW ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR. THAT ENDED UP HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE GASB HAS REALLY BEEN CHURNING OUT STATEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS, A LOT OF WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BUT THIS YEAR, THERE WAS REALLY ONLY 1 OR 2 STANDARDS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, AND THEY ENDED UP NOT HAVING ANY MATERIAL IMPACT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY FRAUD OR ILLEGAL ACTS. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN IN INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT NONE WERE IDENTIFIED. OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS CONTAINING AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND. WHEN I GO OVER THE CFR. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CFR, NOT ALL OF THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR NOT ALL OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE THERE IS ACTUALLY AUDITED BY YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, AND THEY'RE TO THE LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON IT. WE'RE EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THIS. AND THEN OTHER PARTS OF YOUR CFR ARE ACTUALLY UNAUDITED. AND I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THAT IN A SECOND. MANAGEMENT JUDGMENTS IN ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AS PART OF YOUR AUDIT, YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT YOUR ESTIMATES, THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ALMOST ALWAYS INCLUDES MAKING ESTIMATES. YOUR MOST SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES OUT HERE WOULD BE AN ESTIMATE OF YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE ESTIMATES MADE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR CAPITAL ASSET REPORTING. AND THEN THERE ARE REALLY BIG ESTIMATES THAT THE ACTUARY IS MAKING WITH RESPECT TO YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY AND YOUR AND YOUR OPEB LIABILITIES. WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE ESTIMATES THAT ARE MADE TO DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE REASONABLE. WE ACTUALLY RELY ON THE ACTUARY FOR THE PENSION AND OPEB ESTIMATES. BUT WE DO TESTS THE CENSUS DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION YOU'RE PROVIDING THE ACTUARY IS, IS ACCURATE. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY OR ENCOUNTER ANY DIFFICULTIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. EVERY AUDIT THAT YOU UNDERGO, THERE ARE CERTAIN MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIONS THAT YOU MAKE AT THE END OF THAT AUDIT. AND WE RECEIVED THOSE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, MANAGEMENT DID NOT CONSULT WITH ANY OTHER ACCOUNTING FIRMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACCOUNTING OR AUDITING QUESTIONS. AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE DID ASSIST THE CITY WITH THE PREPARATION OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE UNDER THE STANDARDS, AS LONG AS YOU PUT CERTAIN SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. AND WE DID THAT AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO YOU ANY MATERIAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE AUDIT. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO MATERIAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. OVERVIEW OF YOUR ACT FOR IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS IN YOUR CFR, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE REPORT IS REALLY SEGREGATED INTO THREE SECTIONS. YOU'VE GOT THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION, THE FINANCIAL SECTION, AND THE STATISTICAL SECTION. THE FIRST SECTION AND THE LAST SECTION ARE ACTUALLY UNAUDITED.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE. IN PARTICULAR IN YOUR STATISTICAL SECTION. THERE'S A LOT OF TEN YEAR TREND DATA THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. AND WHEN I SAY UNAUDITED, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT YOUR AUDITOR IS NOT PERFORMING PROCEDURES AT A LEVEL THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ACTUALLY OPINE ON THAT PART OF

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THE REPORT. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT. BASICALLY, WITH YOUR INTRODUCTORY SECTION AND YOUR STATISTICAL SECTION, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE SCHEDULES THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE, THAT THOSE SCHEDULES ARE PRESENTED IN THE PROPER FORMAT SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THE GFOA AWARD IF YOU CHOOSE TO SUBMIT FOR THAT, AND THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD RECONCILE BACK TO THE AUDITED PART OF THE REPORT, THAT THAT AGREES. SO THERE IS SOME ASSURANCE BEING PROVIDED THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THOSE SECTIONS. OF COURSE, THE BIG PART OF YOUR REPORT, THE FINANCIAL SECTION, THAT'S THE PART THAT IS AUDITED. THERE IS ONE SECTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION, THE RSI OR THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION THAT IS UNAUDITED. AND WE PERFORM THOSE SAME PROCEDURES ON THAT. AS I JUST MENTIONED, WITH RESPECT TO THE STATISTICAL AND THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION. SO I THANK THE CITY STAFF. AGAIN. IT WAS A VERY CLEAN AUDIT. AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT REALLY THE BEST AUDIT RESULTS THAT YOU CAN HOPE FOR IF YOU'RE A GOVERNING BODY. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR THE AUDIT ITSELF, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. WELL, SIR, BEFORE WE GO ON TO QUESTIONS, I DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS YET, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL. AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSHADOW COMMENTS THAT MAY BE FORTHCOMING. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FIRM FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK AND I MEAN INCREDIBLE. RICHARD COULDN'T HAVE SAID A BETTER ONE. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR DUNCANVILLE. IT REALLY IS. GIVEN WHERE WE WERE AT NOT THAT LONG AGO, I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'D COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. AND RICHARD, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TIA AND THE STAFF AND THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN THAT WE GOT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY DON MCBURNETT. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT DID A FINE JOB COORDINATING DURING THESE HARD TIMES. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY AND ALSO THE CITY MANAGER WHO PUT TOGETHER THE TEAM THAT HELPED YOU DO THESE AMAZING THINGS THAT I THINK THERE'S OTHERS UP HERE THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET US BACK WHERE WE DESERVE TO BE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED. I APPRECIATE THAT I WAS I WAS SKEPTICAL MYSELF THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET HERE IN MARCH, BUT WE MADE IT. I'M GLAD YOU JUST TOLD US THAT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WELL DONE SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE CITIZEN INPUT. WE I WAS INFORMED WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. SO I WAS TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T. BUT WE DID APPARENTLY GET ONE. OKAY I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT THOSE WILL BE READ INTO RECORD AND KEPT. BUT WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO SPEAK ON ITEMS TONIGHT. AND I WILL SAY THAT ON THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE C AND FIVE D, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? THIS IS TO MISS EBERT DURING THAT DISCUSSION. OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? OKAY. IS THE ATTORNEY SAYING. ATTORNEYS ADVISING NOW. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO COME ON UP.

OKAY. SO LET'S TALK MONEY TONIGHT. I AM SPEAKING ON AGENDA C AND FIVE C AND AGENDA FIVE D.

SO AGENDA FIVE C IS ASKING FOR $57,000 TO PAY AN INVOICE FOR THE ANNUAL FEE FOR SEECLICKFIX,

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WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS OUR DUNCANVILLE. BUT IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, A PAST DUE INVOICE IS INCLUDED FOR THE $57,000. BUT PAGE 12 OF THE 24, 2024, 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET ALLOCATES $60,000 FOR SEECLICKFIX FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEES FOR IT. SO WHY IS THIS INVOICE PAST DUE? IT WAS DUE DECEMBER THE 1ST, 2020 FOR AGENDA FIVE, D IS ASKING FOR $60,000 IN HOT FUNDS FOR THE MAY 2ND BLOOM FEST. PAGE 12 OF THE 2024 2025 ADOPTED. BUDGET ALLOCATES 125,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW EDC TO SPONSOR EVENTS. SO WHY DOES MAY WHY DOES THE MAY 2ND BLOOM BLOOM FEST NEED THE HOT FUNDS? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY DID THE CITY GO TO THE ARTS COMMISSION? BOTH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY MEETINGS AND ASKED FOR A RANGE OF EITHER 30,000 UP TO $60,000 TO FUND THIS MAY 2ND EVENT. AT THE TIME, IT HAD NOT BEEN NAMED BLOOM FEST. WHEN THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND IN THAT JANUARY, THOSE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS. THANK YOU, MARK GRAHAM. MARK GRAHAM FOR TEN SANTA FE TRAIL. BASICALLY, I THE LAD IN THE PARKS. I'M WATCHING. I'M I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL BE WATCHING. THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE BIOBLITZ THAT WE'RE HAVING TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM 3 TO 6 AT THE LADD, TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST AND SAM KIESZEK, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE URBAN BIOLOGIST, IS PUTTING IT ON. IT'S FROM 3 TO 6, FOLLOWED BY FROM EIGHT TO. LATE. A BLACK LIGHT EVENT. KIDS LOVE IT. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW MANY ADULTS LOVE IT. ANYWAY, IT'S THERE. WE HAVE A SLEW OF EVENTS COMING UP THE PARK THAT THE MASTER NATURALISTS ARE PUTTING ON DOWN THERE. IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF OUR MASTER NATURALISTS JUST FOUND A SPECIES THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE OR IN DALLAS COUNTY, A SPIDER. THE PLACE IS PRETTY SPECIAL. LIGHTS. I HEARD THAT MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING. NEVER. SORRY. THAT PLACE IS SPECIAL. IT NEEDS ITS. IT NEEDS ITS DARKNESS FOR IT TO REMAIN WHAT IT IS. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HAVE EVENTS JUST AS WE'RE HAVING ONE FROM EIGHT TO LATE. ALSO HAVE STAR EVENTS WHEN THINGS LIKE A LUNAR EVENT HAPPENS, WE NEED IT. FINALLY, ARTS. THE CITY HAS SET ASIDE ARTS FOR FAR TOO LONG. ARTS IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF FREEDOM BECAUSE IT TRULY WILL HOLD A LIGHT UP TO ANYTHING. WE'VE MISSED IT HERE FOR A LONG TIME. WE STRESS SPORTS FOR KIDS. I TELL YOU WHAT, KIDS LOVE ARTS. THEY WILL GET INVOLVED. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

FOUR. CONSENT AGENDA. CITY SECRETARY. OH, I'M SORRY, WE'VE GONE OVER THOSE ALREADY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT AND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN GOODIN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. NOW ONTO ITEM FIVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING.

[5.B. Consider Resolution 2025-434 approving a Sponsorship Agreement with Joe V's Smart Shop for the splash pad and pavilion at Armstrong Park.]

SO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM B. CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2020 4-4 34 APPROVING SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH JOE V'S. SHOP FOR THE SPLASH PAD AND PAVILION AT ARMSTRONG PARK. MR. BART STEVENSON THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, BEFORE

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I INVITE MICHELLE SULLIVAN TO COME UP AND JOIN ME AND GO THROUGH THE ART SLIDES, I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DID A BRIEFING TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, AND WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. ONE THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE SLIDES IS COUNCIL MEMBER VERACRUZ ASKED FOR SOME SPANISH AND THE BANNERS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED IN.

WE'VE ALSO ADDRESSED THE I'M SORRY, I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. ARTS COMMISSION. YES.

THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER GOOD AND ASK THAT WE TAKE IT TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. AND WE DID THAT LAST WEEK. WE GOT LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE HAVING A JOINT MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUPS. WE GOT TO DO A TWO FOR ONE, WHICH IS REALLY NICE, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE BY MISS SULLIVAN WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. THE BOTH GROUPS LIKED THE ART PLANS, AND WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT JOVIE'S IS WANTING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO THE LAST ITEM AND YOU WILL SEE IT A COUPLE, A COUPLE, TWO DIFFERENT CHANGES. YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THE COST, THE PROJECTED COST OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE WORK TO BE DONE BY HEB. I'M SORRY. JOVIE'S IS AT $107,400. WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED AN UPDATE TO THAT NUMBER. THAT NUMBER, NEW NUMBER IS NOT IN THERE. AND THAT NEW NUMBER IS AROUND $123,600. AND SOME CHANGE. SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THAT'S CHANGED. AND THEN ALSO WE DID GO BACK AND TALK TO THE LEADERSHIP OR MISS SULLIVAN TALKED TO HER LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S AT THE VERY END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO ONCE MISS SULLIVAN GOES THROUGH THE ARTWORK THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, THEN I'LL GET BACK UP AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. SO AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO INVITE MISS SULLIVAN TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN TODAY. I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE QUICKER THAN I DID BEFORE, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR AND KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES WE MADE. SO. SO AS NOTED, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. THE AREAS OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE SLIDE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPACT. OH NOT TOO FAR. MICHELLE SULLIVAN THERE YOU GO JOEY. SMART SHOP, H-E-B PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER. SO IN THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THESE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN INDIGO.

THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE TARGETING AT THE SPLASH PAD AND PAVILION. THIS IS THE LOGO THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH. WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY TASTEFUL. WE THOUGHT WE'D DO A PLAY ON DUNCANVILLE KIDSVILLE SPLASH VILLE. WITH OUR BANNERS. WE DID LISTEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERACRUZ'S SUGGESTION TO INCLUDE SOME VERBS AND ADJECTIVES THAT WERE IN SPANISH AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY FUN, WHIMSICAL DIRECTIONAL SIGN, AND WE CHANGED SOME OF THE SIGNS TO BE IN SPANISH AS WELL. WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL IDEA TO DO A BENCH MOSAIC RIGHT AT THE SPLASH PAD WHERE YOU SIT. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE LIKE BIRDS BUILT INTO IT, LIKE DIFFERENT PATTERNS, FLOWERS, ANIMALS AND LITTLE THINGS FOR KIDS TO KIND OF COUNT AND PLAY WITH, TO ENGAGE LEARNING AND IMAGERY AND COLORS FOR THE PAVILION ART CEILING. WE DID A REALLY FUN DESIGN. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE KNOW PEOPLE USE IT TREMENDOUSLY FOR PICNICS AND BARBECUES. SO ALL OF THE ALL OF THE SIGNS ARE DEAL WITH OUTDOORS OR NATURE, PEOPLE HAVING FUN PLAYING GAMES. AND THE SIGN WE JUST WE ARE A GROCERY STORE. WE'RE A FOOD COMPANY. SO WE HAD A LITTLE FUN WITH IT. SO IF YOU NOTICE, THE A IS IN PAVILION IS A PIZZA SLICE, THE O IS AN APPLE. THIS IS A REALLY FUN SIDEWALK ACTIVITY PATH. SO IT'S DESIGNED FOR KIDS TO PLAY HOPSCOTCH. THEY CAN SPELL OUT THEIR NAME, THEY CAN TURN IN CIRCLES, THEY CAN RUN. IT'S ALL MEANT TO ENGAGE LEARNING, EDUCATION AND LITERACY AND TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING FUN TO DO. SO THIS IS THE OLD COST BREAKDOWN AS AS BART MENTIONED.

AND IT I WOULD SAY THIS WOULD EACH DELAY, THE COST GOES UP FOR US AND WE ARE PAYING FOR THE INSTALLATION FEES FOR THIS. SO I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR DECISION. AND BART, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. LASTLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IS THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE

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TERM. AND THE ORIGINAL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, IS A 20 YEAR TERM FOR $150,000 CONTRIBUTION. AND WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS SOMETHING MAYBE WE DIDN'T REALLY STRESS ENOUGH AT THE BRIEFING, IS THAT JOVIS IS PAYING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THIS ARTWORK AND THE PROCUREMENT AND THE INSTALLATION, AND AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE. AND AGAIN, THAT VALUE NOW IS 123,000. THE NUMBER YOU SEE THERE IS BASED UPON THE 107,000 THAT THEY ORIGINALLY GAVE US AS THEIR ESTIMATE FOR THAT INSTALLATION. SO THE VALUE OF THAT ORIGINAL PARTNERSHIP IS A LITTLE OVER 150 OR $250,000.

THEY DID GO BACK TO THEIR LEADERSHIP. THEY ARE WILLING TO DROP THE 20 YEARS TO 15 YEARS AS THEIR BEST OFFER FOR $125,000 CONTRIBUTION, FOR AN APPROXIMATE VALUE OF 132,000. BASED UPON, AGAIN, THE OLD ESTIMATE FOR THE INSTALLATION, AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS REFLECT THE MAINTENANCE ONGOING MAINTENANCE EITHER AS WELL. SO THAT NUMBER IS TO BE DETERMINED LATER. SO.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I'M SURE MISS SULLIVAN WOULD AS WELL. MR. KUNTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO OFFER AN APOLOGY TO MISS SULLIVAN AND THE JOVIS REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE HERE LAST TIME. BECAUSE WHAT WASN'T MY INTENTION IN MY COMMENTS OR MY OPPOSITION TO DENIGRATE YOU OR JOVIS IN ANY WAY. MY FAMILY IS ACTUALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HEB IS HEADQUARTERED, AND WE KNOW VERY WELL THE VALUE THAT THE CORPORATION CAN BRING TO THESE KIND OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS. SO WE KNOW THAT VERY WELL. SO MY APOLOGIES, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE IN THE LAST IN THE BRIEFING, I HAD SOME CONCERNS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT MY OPPOSITION IS TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT TO THE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT AND MY OPPOSITION ISN'T TO PARTNERING WITH JOVIS.

MY POSITION IS TO SELLING OFF THE NAMING RIGHTS TO THE SPLASH PAD. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHERE MY CONCERN IS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY VOTED, YOU KNOW, IN AN ELECTION FOR THOSE BOND PROJECTS. AND THE SPLASH PAD WAS ONE OF THEM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD TOWARD. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT SEEMS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT THE NAME OF THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE NAME, THE COMMUNITY DECIDES THAT THIS IS OUR SPLASH PAD. WE DID THIS AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S REALLY THE NAMING RIGHTS THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A. A TIME CONCERN HERE NOW, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO MAYBE CONSIDER OTHER SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS WITH JOVIS. THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE SELLING OFF THE NAMING RIGHTS TO THE SPLASH PAD. AND THERE ARE OTHER YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE LAST WEEK AT SPRING BREAK, SO WE'RE AT THEIR PLAYGROUND PARK AND SEVERAL OF THEIR STRUCTURES HAVE SOME CORPORATION OR INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE. AND SO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THAT INDIVIDUAL OR THAT ORGANIZATION IS ON THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE. WE DID THE SAME THING WITH KIDS VILLE. WE HAD IF ANYBODY WENT IN THERE, YOU NOTICED THAT SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES HAD THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO HAVING THOSE PARTICULAR STRUCTURES BUILT. AND SO AND SOME OF THOSE WERE CORPORATIONS AND EVEN LOCAL BUSINESSES AND A FEW THAT WEREN'T IN DUNCANVILLE, BY THE WAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE SOME OPTION THERE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SPONSORING STRUCTURES, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT SELLING THE NAMING RIGHTS.

THAT'S WHERE MY OPPOSITION IS. AND WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THESE ARE DECORATIONS. THEY LOOK NICE. IF JOVIS REALLY WANTS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT PROJECTS LIKE THE DOG PARK AND THE LADD PRESERVE WHERE WE NEED THAT KIND OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO GET THOSE PROJECTS STARTED.

AND AGAIN, IF WE HAD A SPONSOR, A CORPORATE SPONSOR, THEY WANTED TO PUT THEIR NAME ON WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY HELP US BUILD, EVEN IN PERPETUITY. I MEAN, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN SELLING THE NAMING RIGHTS TO SPLASH PAD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KUNTZ. QUESTION FOR THE

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CITY ATTORNEY. YOU'VE LOOKED OVER THIS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. IS THIS LEGALLY OR TECHNICALLY A NAMING RIGHTS ISSUE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY NAMING RIGHTS ISSUE. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF SECTIONS. SO IN OUR AGREEMENT. SECTION TWO A SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS A NAMING RIGHTS B NAMING TERM. AND SO IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SPONSOR'S PAYMENT OF THE FEE AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, SPONSOR SHALL RECEIVE THE SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE NAMING RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARK ASSETS AND RELATED SIGNAGE. AND SO IT'S NOT NOT JUST A SIGNAGE. I MEAN, AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT THE NAMING RIGHTS TO THE PARK AND THE PARK ASSETS. I AM YES, I THINK THE PARK ASSETS WOULD INCLUDE THE SPLASH PAD. IT MAY INCLUDE SOMETHING ELSE. IF THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT, THEN WE CAN STRIKE THAT FROM THE AGREEMENT. I DIDN'T CATCH THE LAST PART. I SAID IF YOUR INTENT WAS NOT TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHTS TO OTHER ASSETS IN THE PARK, THEN WE'LL STRIKE THAT FROM THE AGREEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MISS GOODEN? THANK YOU. MAYOR. HI. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT WHEN WE FIRST HEARD IT AND SAW IT, I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT IS STILL EXCITING, THE VIBRANCY OF IT AND HOW IT LIFTS THE PARK UP AND ADDS TO THE BEAUTY THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND THAT THE CITIZENS VOTED ON AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT THE NEXT MORNING, I DID SEND A FEW QUESTIONS, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THE FACT THAT THIS IS A BOND PROJECT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN AND HAS BASICALLY FUNDED, AND TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE NAMING RIGHTS WAS A CONCERN. AFTERWARDS. ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WAS THE 20 YEARS FOR 150,000 DETERMINED? BECAUSE IT SEEMS 150,000 PLUS.

OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING NOW AT 257,400 FOR 20 YEARS. THAT'S A WHOLE ENTIRE GENERATION. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO 20 YEARS FOR $150,000 CONTRIBUTION IS STANDARD. WE DO THAT ON THE HEAVY SIDE AS WELL. SO THERE IS PARITY HERE. SO WE KEEP IT EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD. SO IT'S OUR STANDARD PRACTICE. AND WE LIKE TO BE FAIR IN ALL OF OUR DEALINGS. SO IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR HEAVY AS WELL. COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER. WELL I ADMIT TO IT, I LIKE I LIKE THE PRETTY PICTURES. I LIKE THE ARTWORK. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. BUT COUNCILMAN KUNTZ BRINGS UP A VALID POINT ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS. HAVE YOU ALL HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND YET? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE. WE HAVEN'T KNOWN THAT. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD, AND THIS CAME UP IN OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW WE DO HAVE COMPETITION WITHIN DUNCANVILLE CITY LIMITS. AND WE'RE JUST OUTSIDE. WE'RE REALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. BUT I FEEL LIKE WITH THIS, WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE. OUR COMPETITION HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER US. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. THEY SAW THIS COMING. THEY SAW THE BOND. THEY SAW THE PARK BEING REDONE.

MAYBE THEY HAD OTHER, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES AT THE TIME. BUT WE SAW THIS AND WE SAID, HEY, WE REALLY WANT TO INVEST IN DUNCANVILLE. THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LEFT OUT AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A POINT BROUGHT UP. WE HAVE INVESTED IN DUNCANVILLE, DUNCANVILLE ISD, PANTHER PANTRY, DUNCANVILLE FAMILY MINISTRIES. SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE COMING FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS, OUR JOB IS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US. WE DONATE TO NONPROFITS, WE GIVE VOLUNTEER HOURS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WOULD REALLY HELP. THAT LOOKS GREAT. THAT HELPS TOO. THAT HELPS BOTH OF US KIND OF MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE, A LITTLE, CONTRIBUTE TO EDUCATION AND LITERACY, REALLY, BECAUSE ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE REALLY ARE CENTERED ABOUT READING, PLAYING AND EDUCATION.

I DO LIKE THE ARTWORK. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TERM AND THE AMOUNT. WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN OVER EITHER THE 20 YEARS OR THE 15 YEARS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, 7500 TO 8300 PER YEAR. IT

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DOESN'T SOUND QUITE AS IMPACTFUL AS WHEN YOU SAY 150 OR 125,000. AND I WOULD NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY THIS GOES TONIGHT. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO YEAH, BE HAPPY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM. SURE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLAIN THE PAYMENT SYSTEM IN THIS CONTRACT, SURE, MAYOR. WELL, ACTUALLY, I'LL DEFER BACK TO THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT THE CONTRACT, THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THE 150,000 THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I BELIEVE THERE'S A $50,000 UP FRONT PAYMENT. AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER PAYMENTS, CORRECT? YES, YES, WE ARE OUR PREFERRED STANDARD IS TO PAY OUR SUPPORTER SHIP WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. SO WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THIS BEING APPROVED BY YOU GUYS, SHOULD YOU DO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PAYMENT. AND THEN YEARLY AFTER THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD INITIATE A PAYMENT TO YOU GUYS. YEAH. AND GOING BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU EXPLAINED THAT. TO. TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT COUNCILMAN KOONTZ HAD ABOUT THIS BEING A NAMING RIGHTS ISSUE. WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION FOR THAT? IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT'S A NAMING, RIGHT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A SPONSORSHIP AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SPONSORSHIP, THEY'RE GIVING YOU FUNDS AND THEY'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY GET TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT. SO BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS I DON'T KNOW WHICH CONCERN IS YOUR CONCERN, BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THEY HAD NAMING RIGHTS TO OTHER ASSETS IN THE PARK. IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER ASSETS IN THE PARK, WHAT OTHER ASSETS ARE IN THE PARK? THE REC CENTER, THE LIBRARY? KIDSVILLE, THE SENIOR CENTER ARE ALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT IS HARRINGTON PARK OR NOT HARRINGTON PARK, BUT ARMSTRONG PARK. EXCUSE ME. SO HAVING HAVING HEARD THAT, I KNOW MR. KOONTZ WANTS TO RESPOND TO THAT. SO. BUT MISS CHERRY BROWN HAD HER HER LIGHT ON FIRST, SO COMMENT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO IS THE NAME SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DIE ON? I'M ASKING TO WELL IN OUR OUR SPLASH AT THE MARINE AQUARIUM DOWN IN CORPUS CHRISTI. IT'S THE HEB MARINE. SO IT'S THE IT'S PART OF THE DESIGN. AND WE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS UNOBTRUSIVE AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. BECAUSE I DO LOVE PLAYING AND LEARNING. I JUST I LOVE THAT. SO I TOO I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE GROCERY STORES THAT ARE IN DUNCANVILLE AND SO I'M KIND OF LIKE, THERE'S BEEN A ZERO WITH THAT AS FAR AS THE INITIATIVE. AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST MY, MY THINKING. AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE I HAVE A HUSBAND THAT'S NOT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE. AND THEN I SAY, I'M GONNA GET A BOYFRIEND. NOW YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE? I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT BECAUSE THE BOYFRIEND MAY NOT HUSBAND MAY NOT EVER STEP UP TO THE PLATE, BUT I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, I, I JUST LOVE THE CONCEPT BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE KNOW WE'RE CUTTING ON EDUCATION FUNDS. NOT GOING TO GO THERE, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH LEARNING AND CHILDREN, THAT JUST WARMS MY HEART. MR. COOTS. TRYING TO THINK OF HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT. YOU KNOW, IF I HAD A HUSBAND, I JUST WOULDN'T CHEAT ON HIM. IT WOULDN'T MATTER. BUT TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ASSETS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO BE FAIR, THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD, RIGHT? IT'S NOT.

YEAH. SPLASH PAVILION KIDS WILL OR ANYTHING ELSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE FAIR ABOUT THAT. SO BUT ALL THE ASSETS WITHIN THE SPLASH PAD. RIGHT. AND SO. SHE MENTIONED HEB. SO THE TEXAS IT'S AN AQUARIUM IN HEB OR IN CORPUS CHRISTI. RIGHT. THAT HEB SPONSORED. THERE'S $2.8 MILLION THAT THEY GAVE. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT, BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WAS THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A SPLASH PAD THERE. IT WAS BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. HEB CAME AND PARTNERED WITH THE TWO. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GAVE THE WHOLE $2.8 MILLION, BUT THAT WAS WHAT IT

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TOOK TO EXPAND THAT. SO I THINK THEY EXPANDED IT ABOUT THREE TIMES. THEY ADDED LOTS OF NEW FEATURES, AND HEB PAID FOR A LOT OF THAT, LIKE THE ACTUAL FEATURES THEMSELVES. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT INSTANCE, AGAIN, IT MAKES SENSE THAT IF THEY'VE PAID FOR THE EXPANSION, THEY'VE I MEAN, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE ASSETS THAT ARE THERE, THEN OF COURSE, PUT THEIR NAME ON IT. IF THEY'RE JUST DOING SIDEWALK ART, SAY SIDEWALK ART, YOU KNOW, SPONSORSHIP, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED BY JOVIE'S. IF THEY'RE DOING WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, PUT THEIR NAME ON THAT, BUT NOT THE ASSET.

AGAIN, DUNCANVILLE DID THIS, THIS COMMUNITY DID IT. AND SO AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE A PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT, A SPONSORSHIP ARRANGEMENT, BUT NOT WITH WITH THE NAMING RIGHTS. MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? WHAT WE FOUND THAT WE DID NOT PAY $2.8 MILLION FOR THAT. WE FOUND THAT THAT THEY WERE DOING RENOVATIONS AND VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. WE SAID, HEY, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE DID NOT PAY $2.8 MILLION FOR SIGNAGE FOR US FOR HEB TO BE ON THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM. OKAY. WELL, I'LL STAND CORRECTED ON THAT. AND I GUESS MULTIPLE OTHER NEWS REPORTS. SO I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. STEVENSON, ACTUALLY. SO WHEN WAS THE SPLASH PAD COMPLETED? IT WAS COMPLETED AND WE OPENED IT IN APRIL OF 24 LAST YEAR. WE JUST OPENED IT. YEAH. SO 11 MONTHS AGO, WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S GOTTEN HIGH USAGE OR OR PEOPLE GOTTEN TO IT? IT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN VERY HIGH USAGE. OKAY. YEAH. AND I WOULD AGREE. YOU KNOW, WE WENT A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST SUMMER AND IT WAS PACKED. IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE GREAT SUCCESS, A GREAT DUNCANVILLE SUCCESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN JUST THINKING ABOUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED. BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS. IF A CORPORATION COMES IN AND THEY WANT TO REALLY PARTNER AND HELP THE COMMUNITY, HERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THEY COULD REALLY HELP US. AND ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT EVENT. IT HAPPENED TO BE ON MY BIRTHDAY, COINCIDENTALLY, AND WE JOVI SMART SHOP. WE SPONSORED A COOKOUT THERE FOR THAT EVENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, AND IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED. PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE HAVE WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY INVESTING INTO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO COMMEND MISS SULLIVAN, BECAUSE THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL ON A BRIEFING, SORRY, I DON'T IT WASN'T THAT GOOD. OKAY.

BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY THAT SHE LISTENED TO WHAT THIS COUNCIL SAID, AND SHE CAME BACK AND I AND I WAS PRESENT WHEN SHE PRESENTED TO THE ARTS COMMISSION WITH THE JOINT MEETING WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND SHE DID A VERY NICE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS HERE LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WAS BEING INVESTED INTO THE PROJECT INITIALLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 20 YEARS. I BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK THE TERM IS TOO LONG. I STILL AGREE THAT THE TERM IS TOO LONG, BUT BUT I'M IN ALIGNMENT WITH WITH MR. KOONTZ AND STUFF. WE HAVE ASSETS, WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS. WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE WITH THE SPLASH PAD, BUT WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS VERSUS KIND OF A WANT. AND THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING ON THIS. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. BUT I DO WANT US TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH JOVIE'S AND HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN IN LINE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME NEEDS. AND I THINK IT COULD WORK OUT WELL FOR BOTH OF US. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THAT IN FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT FROM AND THE COUNCIL WASN'T REALLY PRIVY TO THE ACTUAL INTRODUCTION TO THIS IDEA, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS BEFORE THE SPLASH PAD WAS COMPLETED. AND THE JOVIE'S AND HEB HAS HAS KEPT ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH AN EXCEEDINGLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME WENT BY. BUT THEY THEY STUCK WITH US. THEY STUCK WITH DUNCANVILLE, THEY STUCK WITH THIS CONCEPT. AND IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW. OKAY. JUST TO BE FACTUAL ABOUT THIS, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR THAT THIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION, AND I THINK THE SINCERITY OF THEIR OUTREACH TO US. I'M NOT A I'M NOT A BIG SIGN GUY. I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE SEEING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE

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BILLBOARDS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT BUT I REALIZE THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING. WE GOT ADVERTISING, I BELIEVE, AROUND OUR HOME RUN FENCE OUT AT AT THE BALLPARK IN HARRINGTON. IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE IN THE PAST AND WE ARE WORKING ON BRINGING THAT BACK. YEAH. SO A SPONSORSHIP ON ON THINGS LIKE THIS. YOU SAID THAT YOU SAW IT AT ANOTHER LOCATION. I SEE IT AT LOCATIONS WHEN I TAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN PLACES. THIS IS A REOCCURRING THEME THAT WE'RE SEEING WHERE CITIES ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF FINANCIAL BENEFITS. AND KEEP IN MIND, THESE COME IN THE PAYMENT COMES OUT. IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS, I SUDDENLY SUGGESTED, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MONEY IS REALLY HANDLED, BUT I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S PHASE TWO OF THE DOG PARK. I MEAN, THIS IS MONEY THAT'S COMING TO US WITH WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF ADVERTISING. WHEN I SAW THE DRAWINGS, AFTER TALKING WITH THE JOVI REPS, I IT WAS FAR LESS THAN WHAT I THOUGHT. AND GIVEN THE COLORFUL DISPLAYS THAT THAT THEY'LL BE PUTTING OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO HOLD MY GROUND ON THIS ONE. AND WITH THE RIGHT LANGUAGE CHANGE IN THE CONTRACT TO AVOID NAMING RIGHTS ISSUE, TO GET CLARITY ON THAT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT.

I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE. I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I THINK IT FITS WITH THE ART THEME IN THIS CITY, AND WE CAN GET THIS DONE QUICKER THAN IF WE GO A LONGER ROUTE, WHICH IT WOULD TAKE BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT. SO I'M I'M GOING TO HOLD THE LINE ON THAT. I THINK THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MR. VERACRUZ. SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION. TO I'M JOVI FROM DUNCANVILLE. AND I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ORIGINAL OFFER OF 20 YEARS FOR 150,000. WE HAVE A MOTION LESS THE NAMING RIGHTS, LESS THE NAMING RIGHTS. SO CLARIFICATION, LESLIE, JUST THE ADVERTISING. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THE ADVERTISING AS PRESENTED IN THE PRESENTATION, CORRECT? NO. NO OTHER NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ARMSTRONG PARK? NO. IS THAT CLEAR? YES. IS THAT CLEAR? IS THAT CLEAR, MADAM? YES. OKAY.

SIGNAGE. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY MR. VERACRUZ. REPEAT THE MOTION, PLEASE. THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR 20 YEARS FOR $150,000. AS PRESENTED. COUNCILWOMAN.

COUNCILWOMAN. CHERRY BROWN. YEAH. I'M SCARED. I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO KILL THIS. I THINK WE DO BETTER WITH THE 15. CAN I CAN I? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO DO THIS, BUT I'M. I DON'T WANT TO KILL THIS. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE DO THE 20, THERE'S IF THERE'S NO SECOND, THEN THE MOTION DIES. IF THERE'S A SECOND, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO GO FROM 20 TO 15.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME TAKE A PAUSE FOR A MOMENT JUST TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLAIN AN OPTION THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS, HOW THAT HOW THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THIS CONTRACT. SURE. SO THE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE IN PART HELPED ME OUT WITH THIS. BUT DIRECTOR STEVENSON, I SHOULD SAY. BUT THE CONTRACT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE 20 YEARS. IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE 15 YEARS, WE WILL AMEND THE CONTRACT TO THE 15 YEAR WITH THE 125,000. SO THE WORDING WOULD BE THE SAME. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THE NAMING RIGHTS. IT'S JUST IT WOULD BE A 15 YEARS FOR 125,000 INSTEAD OF 20 YEARS FOR 150,000. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

I THINK 125,000 THEN IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THIRDS BETWEEN THREE THREE EQUAL PAYMENTS. OKAY. MR. VERACRUZ, YOU'VE MADE A MOTION FOR TO APPROVE IT AT THE 20 YEARS. I CAN I CAN RETRACT THAT AND GO DOWN TO 15. IS THAT APPROPRIATE? SO MY MOTION IS TO PROCEED 15 YEARS, $125,000 CONTRIBUTION AS PRESENTED. I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY OUR JOVI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. OH I'M SORRY. WELL, I THOUGHT THOSE WERE LEFT ON.

I'M SORRY. THOSE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON. AT LEAST ONE COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD. NOT JUST ME.

IT'S HIM TOO. SO LET ME ASK. LET ME GET CLARITY ABOUT THE NAMING RIGHTS. IS THAT BEING REMOVED FROM THIS AGREEMENT, OR IS THAT STILL AS IS WRITTEN IN THE PACKET THAT WE HAVE JUST GOING WITH THE SECOND OPTION, I TOOK IT TO MEAN SECOND OPTION WITH THE CLARIFICATION. IT'S ONLY FOR

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THE ADVERTISING. IT'S PRESENTED IN THE PRESENTATION, WHICH ONLY INCLUDES THE SPLASH PAD ELEMENTS. THAT'S THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF. THE AREA IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE SPLASH PAD AND THE PAVILION, NOTHING ELSE. NO OTHER ASSETS IN THE PARK. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO. WITH THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SPONSORSHIP AND NAMING RIGHTS IS SPONSORSHIP IS THAT THEY'RE SPONSORING THE ASSET NAMING RIGHTS. THEY GET TO PUT THEIR NAME ON. SO I HAVE SO ONE OF THE IMAGES IS SO THERE'S SO THERE WON'T BE A SIGN THAT SAYS JOE V'S SMART SHOP SPLASH BILL AT ARMSTRONG PARK. I WOULD TAKE THAT. THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE TO YOU WOULD BE THE SIGNS THAT THAT MOTION WAS IN. THE SECOND WAS CONDITIONED ON THAT. THERE IS A SIGN WHERE IT'S JOE V SPLASH BILL. WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T I THIS IS WHAT GETS US IN TROUBLE, IS TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION THAT PLEASES ALL SEVEN OF YOU, OR FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN OF YOU. AND I CAN'T DO THAT HERE TONIGHT. AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. IT'S JUST LIKE ZONING CASE. WE'RE OUT HERE MAKING NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF THE CITIZENS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WITH THE PRESSURE OF MAKING A DECISION IS NOT APPROPRIATE. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE HOPE THAT WE MEET AND EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[5.C. Consider a Resolution approving the annual fee for SeeClickFix.]

NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE C. SEECLICKFIX ANNUAL FEE. WE HAVE ALEX HAMBY, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER AND TAKE YOU BACK TO 2023, WHEN DAVID KEYS FIRST PRESENTED THIS TO YOU. THESE WERE THE NUMBERS AT THE TIME IT WAS FIXED. 56 TOTAL REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH SEECLICKFIX. I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD REGISTERED TO USE IT, BUT IT WASN'T VERY MANY AT THE TIME. THIS WAS A COUPLE IN A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIME. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND THIS IS THE TOP TEN, BECAUSE THERE ARE OVER 50 ACTIVE CATEGORIES AT THIS POINT. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT NUMBER 30 316, THAT ACTUALLY CHANGED AS OF THIS MORNING. AND THAT NUMBER IS 3327 AS OF TODAY. BUT SUBMITTED BY 307 CONSTITUENTS TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHERE THOSE REQUESTS WERE SUBMITTED FROM. THAT IS EVERY REQUEST THAT WAS EVER SUBMITTED. I BELIEVE THE GRAYED OUT ONES ARE CLOSED. THE VERY FEW IN DIFFERENT COLORS ARE IN DIFFERENT STATUSES. I THOUGHT I'D ALSO ADD INTO THIS LOOK AT BY DISTRICT, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE CATEGORIES KIND OF MOVE AROUND AS WE GO FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT. DIFFERENT DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS AT DIFFERENT RATES. I MEAN, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE ONE VERY GLARING ONE THAT STAYS AT THE TOP. AND THIS AGAIN, IS ALL TIME. SO AS OF THIS MORNING AT 10 A.M, THERE WERE 3327 CREATED, 2754 ACKNOWLEDGED, CLOSED, 3253. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE ONES THAT ARE OPEN ARE EITHER ACTIVE PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THEM CURRENTLY, OR THEY ARE BRAND NEW. AS OF THIS MORNING. SO THE HEAVIEST LIFTERS ON OUR DUNCANVILLE ON THE SEECLICKFIX APP IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GIVE

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THEM A NOD AND SHOW A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF A REQUEST SUBMITTED THROUGH SEECLICKFIX AND THE BEFORE AND AFTER. I'M JUST SOME FAST FACTS. AND WITH THAT LAST ONE, AS OF TODAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE LAST RENEWAL FOR SEECLICKFIX. BUT FOR THOSE WHO STILL WANT TO USE IT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, THERE'S A QR CODE TO THE LEFT WILL TAKE YOU TO GOOGLE PLAY. TO THE RIGHT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE APP STORE. AND ANY QUESTIONS? YES. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WHISPERED TO THE MAYOR. DO YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT THE INVOICE? SO THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP SO AS AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS A BUDGETED ITEM OF ABOUT $60,000. AND ALEX, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE AND HELP ME. THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY THIS BILL HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN PAID, ONE OF WHICH WAS WE WERE EVALUATING OPTIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE ACTUALLY EVEN GOING TO RENEW FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM CALLED 311 THAT THE CITY HAS ALSO BEEN PAYING FOR. THAT ESSENTIALLY DOES SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHICH ONE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING, AS WELL AS TRYING TO EVALUATE THE NEW SYSTEMS THAT YOU WERE BRIEFED ON EARLIER TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE MGO, ONCE IT WAS IDENTIFIED, HOW LONG IT WAS REALLY GOING TO TAKE TO GET THE NEW SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING, AND THERE HAD BEEN ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH THE SEECLICKFIX COMPANY BY OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS. AND THERE WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH IN TERMS OF THAT.

IT WAS ALREADY PAST THE DECEMBER POINT AT THAT POINT, AND THEN IT FINALLY MADE ITS WAY TO ME FOR APPROVAL. AND I REQUIRE A RESOLUTION FOR ANYTHING THAT'S MORE THAN $50,000. AND THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL WAS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR, SO I COULD NOT APPROVE IT. SO THUS THE DELAY AND WHY IT'S JUST NOW COMING TO YOU. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IS THAT WE DO NEED TO KEEP THIS ACTIVE THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, WHICH ALSO COINCIDES WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW PROGRAM. AND I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS I KNOW THAT ELTON HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THEM. THEY WANTED A MULTI-YEAR, AND HE WAS TAKING THEM DOWN TO A YEAR BY YEAR. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. HAMBY, I NOTICE THAT THERE'S 305 PEOPLE REGISTERED. HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVE USERS? THAT'S I DID NOT PULL THAT DATA BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE REALLY DIGGING DOWN INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON. THE REPORTS THAT IT GIVES ME IS BASICALLY A SHEET OF THE NUMBER, AND IT GIVES ME THIS CHART VIEW, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE ME A PER USER. I WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL USER AND LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY REQUESTS THAT THEY HAVE. AND TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WAS THERE PROBLEMS WHEN IT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED AND THEN AND WORKED? THERE WERE THE I WILL BE VERY HONEST, THE PROBLEM THAT I KNOW OF WHEN IT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED IS IT WENT FROM IT TO IT, AND THEN I HAD TO CARRY IT OVER THE FINISH LINE. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THE MAIN THING. ALL I CAN SAY IS CITY MANAGER, I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE HAD A PRESENTATION TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS THING, I SIT THERE AND THINK, OKAY, YOU HAVE 305 POTENTIALLY ACTIVE USERS AND I'D PROBABLY SAY MAYBE 200 TOPS, AND THAT YOU'RE SPENDING $57,000 A YEAR THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE $3,000 A PERSON. NOW, DOES IT HELP? DOES IT IS IT GETTING THINGS? BUT BUT THIS NEW SYSTEM, I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE CAN SEE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T VERY GOOD. GO AWAY. SO THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN BURNETTE. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM FIVE D CONSIDER A

[5.D. Consider a Resolution authorizing the use of HOT Funds in the amount of $60,000.00 for the BloomFest Music and Arts Festival on May 2nd, 2025.]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF HOT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 FOR BLOOM FEST MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ON MAY 2ND, 2025. DEVIN HANLEY, SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER. HI, EVERYBODY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE A BLOOM FEST MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TO BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT LAUNCHING

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THIS YEAR. WHY? WHY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL POST COVID, QUITE A FEW MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVALS IN THE AREA DID NOT CONTINUE, WHICH TOOK AWAY MUSIC AND ART OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. USING THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH A PRE-BOOKED BAND WITH A RATHER LARGE FOLLOWING PAIRED WITH THE TRIPLE THREAT TUSSLE, WHICH IS A TWO DAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CURRENTLY GOING ON THAT WEEKEND AT THE FIELDHOUSE TO CREATE AND LAUNCH A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL HERE IN DUNCANVILLE THAT CAN ATTRACT VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY. AS ITS INAUGURAL YEAR AND REALLY LAUNCH THE ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT THAT WAS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED. THIS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HAS TEAMS FROM THIRD GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH. BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. THE AMOUNT OF MAX THAT CAN BE REGISTERED FOR EACH AGE IS 32 TEAMS. I DON'T MATH WELL, BUT THAT IS QUITE A FEW. THE TOURNAMENT IS ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THE HOTELS IN THE AREA IN TERMS OF BOOKING DISCOUNTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE HOTELS AND OFFER SHUTTLES FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE SHUTTLED FROM THE HOTEL TO THE EVENT, AS WELL AS TO THE EVENT BACK TO THE HOTEL AT THE END. THE NEW THIS IS A BRAND NEW AND AN UNBUDGETED EVENT. THE EDC 125,000 IS FOR THE PRE BUDGETED EVENTS SUCH AS JULY 4TH, HISPANIC HERITAGE AND CHRISTMAS.

WHILE THIS IS NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I WILL BE ASKING TO ADD IT AS A CONTINUAL KIND OF KEYNOTE EVENT FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT MONETARY AMOUNTS. THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR A SPONSORSHIP UP TO $20,000, WHICH THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS INITIALLY INTERESTED IN. MAYBE NOT TO THAT AMOUNT, BUT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN A SPONSORSHIP. THE SECOND REQUEST FOR THE FULL AMOUNT WAS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE WERE GIVING TO THE ARTS COMMISSION TO HAVE THE BLOOM FEST TO BE THEIR EVENT AND HELP LAUNCH THE ARMSTRONG, THE ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT. THE FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS THAT THEY LIKED THIS EVENT. THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. CURRENTLY, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POLICIES WRITTEN WITHIN THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIPS WHICH THEY ARE LOOKING TO RIGHT. IF I'M CORRECT, AND THEY DO WANT TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT IN THE FUTURE, AND THEY ARE HELPING CURRENTLY WITH GETTING ARTISTS THAT ARE LOCALLY AND AROUND THIS AREA, THEY DO WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION ABOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS. THE SPRING FESTIVAL WILL BRING INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC TO DUNCANVILLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY DO HAVE THAT TWO DAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GOING ON, DRAWING ATTENDEES FROM SURROUNDING AREAS AND BOOSTING SPENDING ON LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND THE HOTELS. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE BUSINESS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL VENDORS, ARTISANS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. BLESS YOU WHO CAN SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. THE FESTIVAL ALSO ENHANCES ADDITIONAL LOCAL TOURISM, ATTRACTING VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. WITH EMERALD CITY BAND PERFORMING.

THEY LIKE I SAID, THEY DO HAVE A LARGE FOLLOWING AND THEY ARE VERY LOYAL FOLLOWERS THAT DO COME TO A LOT OF THEIR EVENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE. THE EVENT AGAIN WILL ALSO ACTIVATE THE NEW THE NEW ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT. ESTABLISHING THIS AS AN ANNUAL EVENT. IN THE FIRST YEAR, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON BUILDING AWARENESS AND ESTABLISHING BLOOM FEST, TARGETING 3 TO 4000 ATTENDEES WITH FEATURES LIKE LOCAL PERFORMERS SUCH AS CANDACE STEPS AND FOLKLORICO BALLET HUAWEI COYOTL, WHICH BOTH HAVE AGREED TO HAVE PERFORMANCES BEFORE. EMERALD CITY BAND, THEN AN ARTIST AND VENDOR MARKET, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS COX FAMILY FARMS AND NURSERY, WHO HAS AGREED TO BE AN IN-KIND SPONSOR WITH BRINGING LOTS OF THEIR NEW FLORALS AND NATIVE TEXAN FLORALS TO KIND OF HELP DECORATE THE EVENT. AND THE EMERALD CITY BAND HEADLINING OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS. THE PLAN IS TO EXPAND, BRINGING MORE DIVERSE AND LOCAL TALENT, A LARGER ART INSTALLATIONS AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE THE APPEAL. I DID TALK TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION WHEN WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND KIND OF TALKED TO THEM, IF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, OF HAVING A BEST SOUTHWEST TABLE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND PROMOTE THEIR EVENTS THAT AREN'T JUST BEST SOUTHWEST EVENTS. THEY DID LIKE THAT IDEA AND WANTED TO DO IT AT THEIR EVENTS AS WELL. SO THAT IS A CROSS PROMOTION THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT THIS WHOLE AREA OF TOURISM WISE LONG TERM. THE

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VISION FOR BALLOON FEST IS TO BECOME A MAJOR SIGNATURE EVENT, ATTRACTING MULTIPLE ATTENDEES. I WOULD LIKE THE GOAL TO BE AS LARGE AS OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT IS BOOSTING TOURISM AND ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND PROMOTION, THIS YEAR IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENTS. WE'LL START PROMOTING IMMEDIATELY, OFFERING GIVEAWAYS AND INVOLVING EMERALD CITY BAND, LOCAL PERFORMING GROUPS AND SPONSORS TO BOOST STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. WE ARE.

I WILL BE TALKING TO THE FIELD HOUSE ABOUT HAVING SIGNAGE AND HAVING THEM SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO THE TEAMS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND REGISTERED, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN DUNCANVILLE, TALKING ABOUT BALLOON FEST, AS WELL AS LISTED RESTAURANTS AND OTHER MAJOR THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE SPLASH PAD WILL ALSO BE OPEN. IT WILL BE OPENING THAT DAY TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH BALLOON FEST. I WILL ALSO TALK TO THE LOCAL HOTELS AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT GETTING A SHUTTLE TO TAKE THEM TO AND FROM THE EVENT. THE NEXT STEPS. WE AIM TO ESTABLISH BLOOM FEST AS A YEARLY EVENT, PROVIDING ONGOING ECONOMIC BENEFITS THROUGH THE PREDICTABLE TOURISM AND REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHILE BOOSTING DUNCANVILLE CULTURAL EXPOSURE. THE FESTIVAL WILL BECOME A MAJOR SPRING EVENT, WHICH DUNCANVILLE DOES NOT HAVE CURRENTLY, AND FOSTER LONG TERM TOURISM GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IF THE FIELDHOUSE CONTINUES TO HOST A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THE SAME WEEKEND. THIS EVENT WILL HELP MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, POSITIONING DUNCANVILLE AS A CULTURALLY RICH DESTINATION THAT SUPPORTS THE ARTS. WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE RECOMMEND LAUNCHING THE INAUGURAL BALLOON FEST EVENT IN MAY. ON MAY 2ND, SETTING THE STAGE FOR A NEW DUNCANVILLE SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ANY QUESTIONS? OF COURSE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS DEVIN HANLEY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL START WITH I'M EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE ITEMS IN THIS. I LOVE SPRING, THE FACT THAT IT'S CALLED BLOOM FEST IS INCORPORATING ARTS.

YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH THE HOTELS, YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITY OF DUNCANVILLE LOVES EMERALD CITY. SO ALL OF THAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT. I WILL GO INTO MY CONCERNS. THIS CONCERNS IS MY CONCERNS ARE THIS IS KIND OF GIVING ME SOME FLASHBACKS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE, BEFORE YOUR TIME, RIGHT? WE HAD A PREVIOUS EVENT AROUND 4TH OF JULY, AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO US IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN IT WAS JULY THAT IT WAS EXECUTED. IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET. THIS ITEM ISN'T IN THE BUDGET FOR. SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT STICKING TO THE BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED AND WHAT WE TOLD THE CITIZENS WE WOULD ADHERE TO. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER, HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHY IS IT NECESSARY THAT WE DO IT RIGHT NOW? SURE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN AND I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKING TO MAYOR ABOUT TRYING TO EXPLAIN, IN THE WORDS OF PAUL HARVEY, THE REST OF THE STORY. RIGHT? OKAY. SHOWED MY AGE THERE. BUT ANYWAY. OKAY, SO LET'S TAKE A JOURNEY BACK JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, COUNCIL HAD A MEETING WITH PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE ABOUT DOING SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS. RIGHT. AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING. WE TRIED ONE LAST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY TRIED TWO SIGNATURE EVENTS LAST YEAR. ONE WAS A SPECIAL EVENT, THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND THEN THE OTHER WAS AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY. THEY DIDN'T QUITE PAN OUT OR MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS. WE STILL HAD A GOOD, GREAT TURNOUT FOR 4TH OF JULY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE REST OF THE EVENT, THERE WERE ANY NUMBER OF HINDERS HINDRANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, I BELIEVE, AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTO THE REST OF THE STORY. I BELIEVE DURING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, IF I'M NOT AND I'M DOING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD EVENT THAT NIGHT, I BELIEVE, WAS WHEN WE HAD EMERALD CITY BAND AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE BAND. REALLY STRONG PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY WAS ENERGIZED AND ENGAGED, AND EMERALD CITY BAND MADE US AN OFFER TO COME AND PERFORM AGAIN FOR A DISCOUNTED PRICE. I'M JUST GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT HERE FOR VERY CLEAR WITH THIS FOR A DISCOUNTED PRICE OF $15,000. AND THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT A LOT OF TIMES THAT THEY CHARGE FOR PERFORMING. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION FROM ONE OF THE BAND MEMBERS WITH DUNCANVILLE. IF I

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REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY BOOKED FOR BOO BASH, WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OCTOBER OF 24. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE LOCATION OF BOO BASH AND WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE HELD. THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE BOO BASH MAY HAVE MOVED TO ARMSTRONG PARK, BUT INSTEAD IT WAS HELD AGAIN AT THE FIELDHOUSE AND SO WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE.

RESCHEDULE THAT DATE WITH EMERALD CITY BAND BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM AFTER ALL OF THAT AT THE FIELDHOUSE WHEN THE DATE GOT SHIFTED. SO EMERALD CITY BAND EXTENDED THE OPTION FOR THEM TO COME AND PERFORM IN DUNCANVILLE AND GAVE US THE DATE OF MAY 2ND. SO THAT'S BEEN A FIXED DATE NOW FOR A WHILE. THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY DATE THAT THEY BASICALLY THEY BOOK OUT FOR OVER A YEAR IN ADVANCE, AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. NOW, THAT CONTRACT GOES BACK WAY WELL OVER A YEAR. AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S BACK TO RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. AND THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT THEY ESSENTIALLY EITHER PERFORM ON MAY 5TH OR ON MAY 2ND AND GET THE $15,000, OR THEY DON'T PERFORM ON MAY 2ND AND THEY GET THE $15,000. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S JUST TO KIND OF CATCH YOU UP WITH WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. NOW, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE STARTED USING AND DEVIN, JUMP IN HERE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'VE STARTED USING ANOTHER ENTITY TO HELP WITH PROVIDING THE SOUND EQUIPMENT, THE DISPLAY BOARD ON THE BACK, AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, TRYING TO GET SPONSORSHIPS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND I BELIEVE THAT COST IS ABOUT 15,000, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE UP TO 30,000 APPROXIMATELY. OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S ALL OF THE EXTRA THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH PUTTING ON A LARGER EVENT LIKE THIS. THERE'S PORTA POTTIES, THERE'S POLICE AND THOSE TYPES OF DETAILS. AND THAT'S WHERE DEVIN IS COMING UP TO THE 60,000. SO THE EVENT, WHILE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY QUOTE UNQUOTE BUDGETED, IT WAS A SIGNATURE EVENT THAT'S BEEN HANGING OUT NOW. THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS AMOUNT RELATIVE TO HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE FUNDED. AND THE QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE HOT FUNDS. BUT YOU ALSO REMEMBER THAT IN THE MEANTIME, WE CHANGED OUR HOT FUND PROCESS AND POLICY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS CATCHING UP TO US ON THIS ONE. SO NOW HOT FUNDS COMES BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AS OPPOSED TO IT GOING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW LET'S FAST FORWARD NOW WE CREATED THE ARTS FUND 15% OF THE HOT FUND. HOT FUNDS AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. I KNOW THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND DEVIN WENT AND PRESENTED SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS.

AND THE ARTS COMMISSION RIGHTFULLY SAID THAT'S MORE THAN THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY DO RIGHT NOW. I THINK IS THE GIST OF THAT. THEY'RE STILL GETTING UP TO SPEED, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO ADOPT THEIR POLICIES AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE GO BACK TO, OKAY, WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE OPTION IS WE EITHER PAY FOR BAND AND THEY DON'T PERFORM OR WE HAVE AN EVENT ESSENTIALLY AROUND THE BAND TRYING TO MAKE LEMONS OUT OF LEMONADE HERE, OR LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS. AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY USING NON ARTS COMMISSION FUNDS. NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THAT 15%. BUT TAPPING INTO THE OTHER. WHAT IS THAT? I'M DOING THE MATH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD 85% THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH HOT FUNDS FOR USING TO PROMOTE A SPORTING EVENT. TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM. REALLY, IT'S TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM. BUT THEN SHE'S TYING BACK IN THE USE OF THE HOTELS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS REQUEST FOR THE $60,000 IN HOT FUND IS COMING. IT'S THE NON ARTS COMMISSION, NON ARTS FUND, HOT FUNDING. WE STILL DO HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE THAT THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION BY THE FULL 60,000. IF YOU DID THAT TO ALLOCATE HOT FUNDS FOR THAT. SO ALL RIGHT THAT'S MY I'M TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT. IF YOU STAYED WITH ME ON THAT AND THAT WHOLE STORY. SO. THANK YOU AGAIN MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE BACK STORY. THANK YOU FOR GETTING US UP TO SPEED. THE ONLY REQUEST BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. THE ONLY REQUEST I HAVE IS THAT WE DON'T SET A PATTERN FOR CONTINUING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS THAT IS NOT INCORPORATED IN OUR BUDGET 100%. OKAY. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. COUNCILWOMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER, ONE THING TO HELP YOU, WHEN I ADD THE TOTALS OF WHAT'S LISTED, IT'S ONLY $53,000. OKAY. AND UNLESS THERE'S SOME CONTINGENCY ROOM THERE. SO. YOU KNOW, I DUNCANVILLE HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF EVENTS AND STUFF, AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN LIKE, THE ARTS CULTURAL DISTRICT. THERE'S A POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU JUST NEED TO KIND OF SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING

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TO DO, AND YOU BUILD IT AND YOU AND YOU KEEP TRYING TO EXPAND UPON IT. YOU KNOW, JOVIS IS HERE. THEY MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A SPONSOR FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT. AND, AND I APPLAUD IT. AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO TALK. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND. SO THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF THE ARTS FUND, CORRECT? NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ARTS FUND. OKAY. AND THEN SO, MAYOR, IT IS I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, BUT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. YES, SIR. HAVE A SECOND. YES, SIR. GOT A SECOND? BY MR. PENNEBAKER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. SO NOT NOT THE ARTS FUND, BUT IT IS COMING OUT OF THE HEART FUND. AND SO THE ARTS FUND, THAT'S HOW MUCH. SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER 100,000. IT'S 15%. RIGHT. BASED ON WHAT WE NORMALLY GET IN HOT FUNDS REVENUE, IT SHOULD EQUATE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO GIVE OR TAKE 138,000 ROUGHLY.

OKAY. SO THAT'S 15% OF THE HOT FUND. AND NOW THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 60,000 OUT OF THE HOT FUND. AND OH I. I SORRY I CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER. SO IS THERE WILL THERE BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS REMAINING IN THE HOT FUND AFTER. I FEEL LIKE I'M BREATHING ON IT? WILL THERE BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS LEFT IN THE HOT FUND IN GENERAL AFTER ARTS FUND 60,000 FOR THIS AND THERE WILL STILL BE MONEY IN THAT HOT FUND FOR OTHER PROJECTS THIS FISCAL YEAR. YES, SIR. THERE THERE IS AVAILABLE MONEY IN THE HOT FUNDS, THE HOT FUND. OVER THE YEARS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX HAS ALSO GENERATED A SIZABLE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE APPROPRIATED MONEY FOR TO HELP WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE FIELDHOUSE, WHICH IS ALSO AN ALLOWABLE USE UNDER HOT FUNDS. SO THE HOT FUND I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT DOES HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. CITY MANAGER, WAS THERE A TIME WHEN WE APPROVED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET? WHERE THIS EVENT OR AN EVENT SIMILAR TO IT WAS FUNDED IN THAT BUDGET? THIS EVENT IS A BRAND NEW EVENT THAT WAS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO A SIGNATURE EVENT AND THERE WAS SOME MONEY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, VICTOR, TO HELP ME OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY LABELED IN THE BUDGET, A SIGNATURE EVENT. BUT THAT MONEY, I THINK WE NEED THAT MONEY FOR THE OTHER MAIN EVENTS, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FOUR MAIN EVENTS PER YEAR, RIGHT. AND JUMP IN HERE. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A SIGNATURE EVENT. IF IT'S BLOOM FEST, IT'S BLOOM FEST OR WHATEVER IT IS. 4TH OF JULY. WE HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE THIS YEAR AND THEN CHRISTMAS. SO THOSE ARE OUR FOUR MAJOR SIGNATURE EVENTS.

YES. AND WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET. THERE WAS CONVERSATION OF JUST THAT, SETTING A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT ASIDE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A NEW EVENT THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, WAS $15,000 THAT WAS PUT IN FOR THAT EXTRA EVENT, ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERYTHING THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMED FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. SO NOTHING, NOTHING WAS PUT IN PLACE TO COVER AN EVENT LIKE THIS THIS YEAR. NOT NOT AT THIS SIZE, NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS.

[6.A. City of Duncanville Community Calendar Briefing, the functions of the calendar and demonstrating the calendar to Council.]

ITEM A CITY OF DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY CALENDAR BRIEFING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CALENDAR AND DEMONSTRATING THE CALENDAR TO COUNCIL. MR. ALEX HAMBY HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE CITY MANAGER SERVES AS MUSE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE OLD. TO LOUD TO MC. OKAY, OKAY. THAT BETTER WHERE IF YOU EVER GOT A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE OLD CALENDAR. I LIKE THE OLD CALENDAR, BUT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING MUCH

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BETTER. SO WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR, WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT EVENTS DOT, DUNCANVILLE CT.GOV. IT HAS MULTIPLE VIEWS. A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKSTORY, THOUGH. THE CITY MANAGER ENCOUNTERED THIS NEW CALENDAR DURING A CONFERENCE. I DON'T RECALL AT THE MOMENT WHICH ONE THAT HE HAD ATTENDED AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR, AND THAT IT STOOD OUT TO HIM LATER, MEMBERS OF STAFF SAW ITS POTENTIAL AND CREATED TO CREATE A CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR ALL EVENTS HAPPENING IN DUNCANVILLE. AND THIS IS USER FRIENDLY AND IT'S VISUALLY APPEALING. IT COMES IN A FEW DIFFERENT VIEWS. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE GRID VIEW. A MOBILE VIEW. HERE IS THE MAP VIEW AND THE CALENDAR VIEW. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE DOTS UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THE DATES. THAT INDICATES THAT THERE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE LIVE AND HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ARCHIVE OF EVENTS. AT THIS POINT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL AN ARCHIVE OF EVENTS FROM THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO REQUEST THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT BE A FEATURE WHERE THOSE ARE ALWAYS READILY AVAILABLE. RESIDENTS CAN REGISTER FOR ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY THROUGH THE PLATFORM. THE CITY CAN INCLUDE SURVEY QUESTIONS DURING THE REGISTRATION TO GATHER VALUABLE DATA ABOUT THE RESIDENTS INTERESTS, ALLOWING FOR PERSONALIZED OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION. THERE ARE ALSO NO REGISTRATION AND TICKETED EVENTS, SO WE CAN ALSO CHARGE FOR TICKETS THROUGH THIS WEBSITE. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT JUST UNDERNEATH THE NAME OF THIS, THE WOMEN'S HISTORY FIRESIDE CHAT, WHICH IS HAPPENING THURSDAY NEXT THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH, 6 P.M.

PLEASE BE THERE. THERE IS A BLUE LINK FOR THE ADDRESS AND THAT WILL OPEN UP GOOGLE MAPS. AND THEN IF YOU CLICK REGISTER, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE IS A FREE TICKET ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AFTER YOU CLICK REGISTER YOU WILL GET A COUPLE OF NOTIFICATIONS ONE WHILE YOU'RE IN THE PROGRAM, ONE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PLATFORM. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO GET A TEXT. YOU CAN SET HOW YOU WANT TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH. WE'RE ALSO THERE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP FOR WHATSAPP COMMUNICATIONS TO AND OTHER OTHER WAYS OF COMMUNICATING. THE PLATFORM HAS ALREADY FACILITATED FACILITATING COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO FIND THAT FROST BANK HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED AN EVENT THIS MORNING. SO WHILE I WAS COMING INTO WHILE I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS, I SAW THAT AND WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

BUT ALREADY IN AN EARLY ADOPTER IS THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER IS PUTTING THEIR EVENTS ON THERE TOO, AND ALSO WORKING TO WORKING WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ISD WITH THE PROGRAMMERS TO GET AN API THAT WILL ALLOW THEIR CALENDAR TO ALSO FEED INTO THIS ONE. MY GOAL IS FOR THE ISD NOT TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN I'M GOING TO SET UP SOME TIME WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ALSO TRY TO GET THEM INVOLVED TO. SO HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FEATURES. AGAIN, IT'S EYE CATCHING. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE CAN DO. WE DON'T DO REGISTRATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVENTS LIKE THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHERE WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ATTEND AND CAPTURE SOME OF THAT DATA ABOUT THEIR INTEREST, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE MORE ENGAGEMENT AND MORE ENGAGING MARKETING FOR THEM. IT CAN RETRIEVE OUT EVENTS FROM OTHER CALENDARS, OTHER SOURCES. WE CAN ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN THIS CALENDAR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO IS WANTING TO HOLD AN EVENT AND HAVE IT POSTED TO THIS CALENDAR TO EITHER REACH OUT TO ME AT PIO, AT DUNCANVILLE LT-GOVERNOR, OR TO VISIT EVENTS DUNCANVILLE LT-GOVERNOR AND JUST SIGN UP OR SIGN UP TO REGISTER TO ATTEND EVENTS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? YES. IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME NOW THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, OR I'VE SENT SOMEBODY THERE THAT KNOWN EVENTS WEREN'T LISTED ON THE CALENDAR, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADVERTISEMENT RIGHT NEXT TO IT ABOUT AN EVENT, BUT IT WASN'T ON THE CALENDAR. WILL THIS HELP WITH THAT? SO IT'S IN SYNC WITH THE ORGANIZED EVENTS. SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE THERE ARE A LOT OF PLAYERS WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING INFORMATION INTO THIS CALENDAR. REC CENTER HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT IN THEIR EVENTS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. LIAISONS CAN PUT IN THEIR EVENTS. I PUT IN EVENTS.

THERE'S STILL A POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN ERROR IN THIS. THE GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO ELIMINATE ALL OF

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THOSE POSSIBLE ERRORS. FOR US TO NOT MISS AN EVENT. YOU MENTIONED TODAY, THE. THERE WAS A THE EVENT THAT INVOLVES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE BRIDGE. I'M SORRY, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME OF IT. RUN FOR THE WALL. I MADE A NOTE TO PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR TOMORROW. SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT I TRY TO PICK UP IN THE MOMENT AND DO. IT'S JUST IT'S A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH, BUT WE'RE TRYING AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLUG THE HOLES WHERE THEY'RE AT. THIS THIS LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. YEAH, I MEAN, I MR. HAMBY, I WANT TO APPLAUD THIS BECAUSE THE WHEN I GO TO THE CALENDAR IN THE PAST AND LOOK AT PLUS SEVEN OR PLUS WHATEVER, IT'S JUST CUMBERSOME AND TEDIOUS. AND YOU SEE THIS AND IT'S KIND OF VIBRANT. YOU CAN CLICK ON SOMETHING, YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION QUICKLY. SO. SO KUDOS FOR GETTING THIS DONE. AND IF I COULD A LITTLE TIP OF THE HAT, THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK FOR US, THEY GO BACK TO PROGRAMING TO MAKE IT WORK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM COUNCIL TO RECEIVE ANNUAL ARTS COMMISSION REPORT PRESENTED BY ARTS

[6.B. Council to receive the annual Arts Commission report presented by Arts Commission Chair Ron Thompson.]

COMMISSION CHAIR RON THOMPSON. MR. THOMPSON, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER IT'S A GREAT DAY IN THE ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL DISTRICT TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS, ISN'T IT? MY NAME IS RON THOMPSON. I CHAIR THE ARTS COMMISSION HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK MY VICE CHAIR TO COME UP AND JOIN ME IF HE CAN. THERE HE IS. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, TIM PERRY, WROTE A BEAUTIFUL WILL. HE CREATED A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE VIDEO TO RECAP THIS YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT OF LAST YEAR. AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME NUMBERS AND INTRODUCE YOU TO ARTS COMMISSION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, MR. HAMBY.

THIS IS A TONE PAINTING. IT'S KIND OF AN IMPROV.

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THANK YOU, MR. PERRY. FOR. BEING THE FIRST AT SOMETHING IS SPECIAL. YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO BE THE FIRST. I GET WEEPY. WHY DO I DO THAT? SO, AS THE FIRST COMMISSION, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M INCREDIBLY HUMBLED BECAUSE THREE TIMES THIS BODY HAS ELECTED ME CHAIR. SO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW THE NEXT TIME THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE DUNCANVILLE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IF YOU'RE HERE, IF YOU COULD STAND UP. OUR VICE CHAIR IS DONALD BROWNING. AMY JACKSON, SARAH MACIAS, DOCTOR ANN PERRY, TIM PERRY, MARY ANN TAYLOR, ANGELA THORPE HARRIS AND TIFFANY WYATT. THIS IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE GROUP, AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME NUMBERS REAL QUICKLY, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WORKS. BESIDES OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, AS YOU PROBABLY WILL KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES. WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENS IS WE BREAK OFF INTO SMALL GROUPS. AS A FIRST COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO SET A REALLY GOOD STANDARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING. SO A LOT OF TIMES THE FOLKS WHO ARE BREAKING OFF INTO THESE GROUPS, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS WE'RE LEANING INTO OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS. WE'RE LEANING TO A OUR OWN POCKETBOOKS. A LOT OF TIMES, ARTS COMMISSIONS WILL SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY FOR EVENTS. AND AS WE DO THIS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE ARTS COMMISSION DOESN'T ALWAYS GET ALONG, BUT WE ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AND WE HAVE LEADS ON PROJECTS. WE ALL COME TOGETHER, WE ALL DO OUR PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE LEADS. AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN TO DO A LOT OF THE EXTRA. I'M GOING TO GO OVER REALLY QUICKLY ON SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE

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THIS YEAR IN OUR LEADS. SARAH MACIAS WAS OUR LEAD ON HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 180 PEOPLE THERE. THAT INCLUDED A KICKOFF, A CHILDREN'S READING, A FILM SCREENING, AND OF COURSE, THE ART EXHIBIT THAT YOU ALL SAW AT THE LIBRARY THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY CASH AND IN-KIND SUPPORT. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT ARTS COMMISSIONERS WERE ACTUALLY SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENED FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THREE PIECES OF ARTWORK WERE PURCHASED AT THIS EVENT. RECENTLY, WE HAD A GROUP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO START AN ARTS MARKET HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE LOCAL DUNCANVILLE ARTISTS OR OR ARTISTS WHO HAVE A CONNECTION TO DUNCANVILLE. AND I WANTED TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS CALLED L'AFFAIRE, AND DURING THAT TIME WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. WE HAD ARTISTS REGIONALLY COME ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, INCLUDING ARKANSAS, AND THEY RAISED $400 FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD ANYONE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. JUNETEENTH. JUNETEENTH WAS THE VERY FIRST THING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION DID AS A GROUP THIS YEAR. ANGELA THORPE HARRIS IS OUR LEAD ON IT. IN THE PAST, WHAT YOU'VE WHAT YOU NOTICED AT THE LAST ONE, IT WAS A WEEK LONG DISPLAY AT THE LOBBY OF THE LIBRARY. AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I NEVER, EVER, EVER WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN. WE HAD IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE PEOPLE COMING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ARTWORK THAT WE KEPT AN EYE ON. SO EVERY SINGLE ARTS COMMISSIONER TOOK TIME DURING THAT WEEK TO BABYSIT THE ARTWORK. ME PERSONALLY, I WAS AT THE LIBRARY FOR 19 HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY TOUCHED THE ARTWORK, AND EVERY TIME A KID CAME BY AND SNEEZED, I HAD A PANIC ATTACK. AND WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL THREE OF THESE EVENTS. AND OF COURSE, OUR EVER POPULAR MIXERS, WHICH ARE TIFFANY WYATT IS OUR SPEAR AND OUR MIXERS. THIS HAS BECOME SORT OF OUR CALLING CARD FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. IF I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT, THE DCDC SPONSORS IT. THIS YEAR WE DID THREE MIXERS. WE HAD OVER 500 ATTENDEES. THERE WERE 20 ARTISTS FEATURED, AND WE WORKED WITH OVER TEN BUSINESSES. NOT ONLY THE FOLKS THAT WE WERE WHO WERE HOSTING OUR EVENTS, BUT BUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE INVITED TO BE VENDORS FOR THAT. THAT'S A VERY FAST RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IN THIS YEAR. AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR VICE CHAIR, MR. MATT BROWNING, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. HELLO. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT DEAL IN OUR SHORT TIME AND OUR FUTURE IS VERY EXCITING. SO WITH THE ARTS FUND IN PLACE, THERE COMES A RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE IN ORDER TO FAIRLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND STRATEGICALLY OFFER SPONSORSHIPS AND GRANTS TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE. WITHIN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. WE HAVE FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND WE PLAN TO GO BACK NEXT WEEK TO THE WHOLE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING TO WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WHERE WE DECIDE AS A GROUP WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU OR SUGGEST TO YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SECONDLY, OUR FOCUS IS TO HAVE A CULTURAL DISTRICT. NOW THAT WE HAVE A CULTURAL DISTRICT IN ARMSTRONG PARK, WE WANT TO NOW HAVE LASER FOCUS IN ON GETTING THAT CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. THIS WILL REQUIRE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE ENTIRE CITY, ALL THE BOARDS, ALL THE COMMISSIONS, A LOT OF THE STAFF, DEVELOPMENT STAFF, DEPARTMENTS.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT WITH LAST WEEK WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS. THESE TWO FOCUS AREAS WILL BRING GREAT EXCITEMENT WITHIN THE CITY AS THEY BREATHE LIFE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND RESEARCH SHOWS A 2 TO 4 TIMES RETURN ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. INVESTMENT IN CULTURAL DISTRICTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. BROWNING. SO HERE'S THE THING. I GET MR. MR. JACKSON'S ISSUE WITH THIS MICROPHONE. THIS IS NOT YOUR SIX FOOT TWO MICROPHONE. LASTLY AND I WANT TO TRY TO BE YOU KNOW BREVITY IS NOT MY STRONG POINT. MISS CHERRY HAD TO DO THE OSCARS WALK OFF MUSIC WHEN I WAS SPEAKING AT D4 RECENTLY. BUT THIS IS THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET TO THANK AS AS YOU ALL KNOW, I, I WORK A LOT WITHIN THE ARTS COMMISSION IN THE REGION. I WAS IN AUSTIN RECENTLY FOR TEXAS ARTS ADVOCACY DAY, AND IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO BE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF

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DUNCANVILLE WITH OVER ALMOST 300 ARTS LEADERS, LEGISLATORS, FUNDERS, TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS, THE HOTEL MOTEL HOT THERE, FOLKS. AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ABOUT WHAT THIS ARTS COMMISSION HAS DONE SO FAR. EVERYONE IS GOBSMACKED. AND YOU KNOW WHO WANTS US TO BE SUCCESSFUL? LITERALLY EVERYBODY. IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY TO BE IN, AND I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD THAT EVERYBODY CAN SHARE IN THE JOY THAT I HAVE WHEN I REPRESENT DUNCANVILLE, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THAT. LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL ARTS COMMISSION. PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE WE HAVE NINE MEMBERS. WE HAVE A STAFF LIAISON WHO SOMETIMES HAS TO BRING PEOPLE IN. WE HAVE A COUNCIL LIAISON. WE MEET ALL THE TIME, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BRING YOU'LL TALK TO ANYONE AROUND TOWN, AND THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION WHO WERE THERE. AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT DOCTOR PERRY IS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TO THE ARTS. WHEN I TALK WITH FOLKS AROUND THE STATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, I ALWAYS GET THE SAME. I ALWAYS GET THE SAME COMMENT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE YOUR CHAMPION ON CITY COUNCIL. AND I GET TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL IS OUR CHAMPION. AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THE ARTS COMMISSION, WE GET IN A BIND. AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET AROUND THIS. I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE HERE. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER, I REFER TO HIM AS HAN SOLO. AT SOME POINT, HE SWOOPS IN AND SHOOTS OUT THE TIE FIGHTERS AND SAYS, YOU'RE CLEAR, ARTS COMMISSION, GO FOR IT. AND LASTLY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF HAVING A COUNCIL LIAISON. I WOULD HOPE THAT OTHER COMMISSIONS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE COUNCIL LIAISONS TO ADVOCATE FOR. ONE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, BEING CHAIR IS AN ISOLATING POSITION. I HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE WITH OPINIONS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG. AND SOMETIMES YOU FEEL VERY LONELY. AND I TELL PEOPLE I DIDN'T EVER TELL THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY ANYTHING UNLESS I CAN SHOW THE RECEIPTS. AND I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, OUR COUNCIL LIAISON CHECKS EVERY RECEIPT. AND SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ADVOCATE AND A CHAMPION FOR US. AND I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, IF YOU'RE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A BOARD OR COMMISSION, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND SOMETHING YOU REALLY LOVE AND GET INVOLVED WITH THEM.

TRUST ME, IT HELPS AND IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON.

COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CLOSEST CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT IS BRIEFLY. OH, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THERE ARE THREE IN DALLAS COUNTY. YOU DRIVE SOUTH, YOU DON'T HIT ANOTHER ONE UNTIL YOU HIT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. YOU DON'T HIT ANOTHER ONE UNTIL YOU HIT THE CITY OF WACO. WE ARE CITY DESIGNATED CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO START WORKING ON THE COVETED TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS DESIGNATION. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE REVENUE FOR NEW REVENUE THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR GOES TOWARDS THE DISTRICT. AND IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE A BRIGHT, SHINING LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DALLAS. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO WHAT STUDIES SHOW IS AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON SO WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS, A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY COMMISSIONED A STUDY. IT WAS A CASE STUDY ON I THINK IT WAS FOUR DIFFERENT CULTURAL DISTRICTS, BIG ONES, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH ANOTHER ONE, AND WINNSBORO. WINNSBORO. I ALWAYS USE WINNSBORO AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S POPULATION 3500.

CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE INTENDED TO BE SCALABLE. SO WE CAN START LITTLE, WE CAN GO BIG, WE CAN GO BIG, WE CAN GO START LITTLE. THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE. AND IN THE AND THE AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME. THEY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE DUNCANVILLE. THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE DALLAS. THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE WACO. THEY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE DUNCANVILLE. AND SO SOME OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THAT IS STATEWIDE. I THINK THERE'S A ONE OF THE NUMBERS I WAS THERE WAS A 2 TO 1 RATIO OF FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT THERE'S A TWO THERE'S A $2 RETURN RETURN ON THE, THE, THE TAX ROLL. BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU HAVE AN ARTS SOMETHING SOMEBODY'S BUYING SOMETHING.

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IT'S A TICKET OR IT'S A PIECE OF ARTWORK OR IT'S A SPONSORSHIP. I HAVE HEARD LARGER ONES. I WAS AT A THE PRESIDENT OF CREATIVE WACO, WHICH FOLLOWS OUR TRAJECTORY. SHE SAID. FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON THE ARTS IN WACO, THERE'S A $4 RETURN. SO THE REASON THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS CARES SO MUCH ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS IS BECAUSE THERE IS AN ECONOMIC RETURN, AND THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO START. BUT UNDERSTAND THE STUDIES ALSO. SO ARTS IN EDUCATION, ARTS IN HEALTH CARE, ARTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE, ARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, IT'S ALL PART OF IT. BUT WE START WITH CAN IT CREATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY? THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. VERY BRIEF. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE ARTS COMMISSION. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU JUST SITTING IN THE ROOM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, WHEN WERE YOU FIRST COMMISSIONED TO START? COME ON. THIS IS IT. THIS IS OUR LAST YEAR. THIS IS YOUR LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE AT SO WE ARTS COMMISSION SERVES THREE YEAR TERMS. THE VERY FIRST OF US IS STAGGERED.

THE VERY FIRST OF US OUR OUR TERM CONCLUDES IN OCTOBER AND WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. AND YOU JUST GOT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO. AND LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I THINK THAT IS COMMENDABLE. I NORMALLY DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I THINK I FEEL SAFE IN SAYING, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK I HEARD THE MAYOR SAY WHEN WE HAD OUR JOINT MEETING, THAT DUNCANVILLE HAS LOOKED FOR SOMETHING TO DO TO GIVE US THAT SIGNATURE THING, AND IT WAS THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT DEFINED THAT FOR US. YOU ARE CREATING A CULTURAL DISTRICT HERE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT. WE'RE JUST FINALLY CALLING IT OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. FOR THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. OKAY, NEXT ITEM 56C RECEIVED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

[6.C. Receive the Economic Development Department Quarterly Report]

QUARTERLY REPORT. VICTOR BARRERA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS MY FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT. ALTHOUGH I'VE NOT BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR A QUARTER, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR LONGER, BUT I'VE SINCE JULY 1ST.

THIS IS MY FIRST ONE. SO AS I WAS PUTTING THESE SLIDES TOGETHER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I TOLD THE STORY OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. DESPITE SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE CURVEBALLS THAT WE GET GET THROWN. AND WHEN I WAS PUTTING THE SLIDES TOGETHER, THEY QUICKLY ADDED UP TO OVER 30 SLIDES. AND MY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, WELL, WHEN WE DO THESE PRESENTATIONS, WE USUALLY KEEP THEM TO LIKE 10 TO 15 SLIDES. WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT OVER 30? I SAID, WELL, I GOT TO TELL MY STORY LIKE, LIKE THIS IS MY TIME TO SAY WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. AND IT'S ALWAYS MY FIRST. YOU KNOW, I PROMISED THAT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE SMALLER, BUT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, HOW MUCH? AND MARCELLA WAS ASKING ME, HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO PUT MORE SLIDES. I SAID, MARCELLA, I'M ALREADY AT 30 SOMETHING. I'M LIKE, HOW MANY MORE SLIDES DO WE WANT TO TELL? BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR STORIES, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND TELL YOU KIND OF WHERE ARE WE PLANNING ON GOING THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS? SO HERE IT GOES. HANG ON, TIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SO WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A REVISED PLANS FOR THE MURPHY USA. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AT A STAFF LEVEL TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL REVIEW OF THE PLANS. AND TRUTH BE TOLD, THE PLANS HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH FROM THE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS FAR AS BUILDING LAYOUT, CANOPY LAYOUT, THE MAJOR CHANGES BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED NOW AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED THERE, IS THAT THEY'VE BEEFED UP, IF YOU WILL ENHANCE THE BUILDING MATERIAL, THEY'VE BEEFED UP THE BUILDING AND THEY'VE ADDED MORE LANDSCAPING TO THE SITES. BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ABOUT IT. THE BUILDING SIZE, THE CANOPY SIZE, THE NUMBER OF PUMPS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL THE SAME. AGAIN, THEY JUST TAKEN IT, TAKEN THE BUILDING AND THE LANDSCAPING TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PUBLIC HEARING THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. WE DID HAVE SOME INITIAL AT A STAFF LEVEL. WE HAD

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SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO STORMWATER, BUT NOTHING THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A HINDRANCE IN HAVING THIS COME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND HAVING A HEARING. H2O SO THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT I INHERITED. AND WHEN I FIRST WAS GIVEN THIS, I WAS TOLD, JUST TAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. LITTLE THAT I KNOW HOW MUCH HAIR WAS ON THIS PROJECT AND HOW COMPLICATED THIS PROJECT WAS, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST FOUND SO MANY LIENS, SOME THAT WE KNEW ABOUT, SOME THAT WE DIDN'T. WE ENTERED INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH A TAX LIEN HOLDER. BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, WE ARE HAVING CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND COLTON SAINT PETERS, THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR H2O, JUST CONSTANTLY KEEPING IN THE LOOP. WHERE ARE WE AT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND ONE THAT REALLY THREW US FOR A BIT OF A CURVEBALL WAS A UCC LIEN THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT CAME FROM. WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A LIEN THAT WAS MEANT FOR EQUIPMENT THAT'S NO LONGER THERE. IT'S A SITE. AND JUST WE WERE DEALING WITH THAT LIEN FOR ABOUT A GOOD 30 DAYS, WHICH WE NOW GOT RESOLVED. AND THROUGHOUT THIS TIME WE WERE HOLDING OFF ON SENDING THE PAYMENT TO THE TAX LIEN HOLDER, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEND A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PAYMENTS TO A PROJECT THAT WE WEREN'T SURE THAT WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE. BUT NOW THAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT, THAT UCC LIEN, WE ARE NOW READY TO PRESENT THE CITY LIENS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING, APRIL 4TH, FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROVIDING RELEASE. THESE ARE LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOLITION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE REMOVED. BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM REMOVED, THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED SO WE CAN GET THOSE RECORDED AND WE CAN PROCEED. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEAM AND THEY'VE SHARED WITH US. THEY LIKE THE SITE THEY WANT TO BE IN, THEY WANT TO BE IN TOWN. AND WE ALSO HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM AT THE TRADE SHOW IN DALLAS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND KIND OF REITERATED THAT AS WELL. THIS PROJECT, 1435 CANDLELIGHT AVENUE. IT'S A IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

IT'S RIGHT NOW, IT'S A IT'S A TOWNHOME PROJECT, 20 TO 26 UNITS. THIS IS RIGHT BEHIND THIS, THE VACANT LAND THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE MAP WITH WITH THE PIN IS RIGHT BEHIND SUPERMERCADO MONTERREY. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THIS PLAN. WE INITIALLY WANTED THE UNITS TO BE FRONT LOADED IN THE SENSE OF THAT THE MAIN ENTRANCE COULD FACE THE MAIN STREET, BUT WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE SITE AND THE DYNAMICS, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE WANTED TO HAVE A VIEW OF THE BACK OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. IT JUST WASN'T SO, SO NICE. BUT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS WITH STAFF ABOUT DIFFERENT ITERATIONS, DIFFERENT LAYOUTS, REDUCING THE NUMBER, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CURB CUTS, MAKING SURE THAT THIS, THAT THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO CONDUCIVE TO OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THIS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES EITHER TO THE SOUTH OR TO THE TO THE EAST. THIS IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST ITERATION OR LAYOUT OF THIS OF THIS SITE. AND YOU KNOW, WITH MORE TO COME. MAIN STREET, 1403 SOUTH MAIN STREET. THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS.

AGAIN, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM INHERITED. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE ARCHITECT'S TEAM TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF STAFF'S CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO FIRE ACCESS, TURNING RADIUSES, ADEQUATE PARKING, LANDSCAPING. AND I THINK WE ARE NOW AT A POINT THAT THIS PROJECT CAN BE SOON HERE SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT. THERE IS ONE MATTER THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AND I WILL BRING TO YOU ON APRIL 14TH, AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. BY VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEY, THE PROPERTY OWNER, IS THEN ABLE TO HAVE THE LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND NOT NEED TO HAVE SEEK A VARIANCE, OR FOR THAT MATTER, SEEK FOR THE LANDSCAPING TO BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PROVIDE AN EASEMENT FOR THAT. SO I WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BUT AGAIN, IF WE'RE IF THERE IS A

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DESIRE TO VACATE THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THIS JUST BECOMES A SIMPLE PERMIT PROJECT AND WILL NOT NEED TO HAVE WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING. THE DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL HAVE THIS. THE HIGH SCHOOL EDITION IS A 40 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT ADDITION.

IT'S OVER $25 MILLION PROJECT THAT THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. THEY WANT TO START GETTING MOBILIZED NEXT MONTH, AND ON APRIL 1ST, WE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL. TOYOTA PROPERTY. WE'VE RECEIVED THE EARNEST MONEY. THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES. THE DEVELOPERS WORKING ON THE RIM APPLICATION WITH MARRIOTT, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS SHARED WITH US THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER HOTEL ON THE SITE, SOMETHING A HILTON, ANOTHER MARRIOTT BRAND OR A SIMILAR BRAND IN PHASE TWO, BUT MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. FOR BELMONT PLACE, THIS IS THE PROPERTY TO THE VACANT LAND TO THE ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN. WE HAVE CLOSED ON THIS PROPERTY. I SHARE THESE PICTURES ONLY TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE RECENT BILLS THAT THE BUYER HAS COMPLETED. THIS ONE IS JUST KITTY CORNER IF YOU WILL, FROM THIS FROM THIS SITE. THIS PROPERTY CLOSED LAST YEAR AND IT CLOSED FOR $999,000 JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. THIS IS A CUSTOM HOME. THE PURCHASER OF FOUR BELMONT PLACE ALSO PURCHASED THE ADJACENT VACANT LAND. HE SUBMITTED HAS SUBMITTED A PLAT OF RESUB AND WHERE HE'S GOING TO CREATE THREE ADDITIONAL LOTS. SO IN TOTAL HE'S GOING TO HAVE INCLUDING THIS ONE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT HE'S GOING TO BE BUILDING HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. 914 918 HIGHWAY 67, THIS IS THE PROPERTY, JUST THE VACANT PROPERTY JUST NEXT TO THE LUBY'S. WE HAVE A CREDIT UNION THAT HAS COMMITTED TO THE SITE THAT HAS ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE SITES. AND THEN ANOTHER OUTLOT THAT IS BEING CREATED, THIS IS THIS OUTLOT WOULD BE FOR THE SERVICE OF A BEVERAGE FACILITY OR RESTAURANT, ONE THAT REQUIRES A DRIVE THROUGH. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ONLY BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE DRIVE THROUGH BY RIGHTS AND ALSO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY RELIEF ON THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AS AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE THE APPLICANT HAS TO GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH, AND THEN GO TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ON THE LANDSCAPE VARIANCE. THIS IS A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT, AND IT GETS IT ALL DONE IN THE COURSE OF ONE SET OF MEETINGS. SO THIS WILL BE COMING UP HERE SOON BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. LIFE SCHOOL. WE PROVIDED CIVIL ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC STUDY COMMENTS LAST WEEK TO THEIR TO THE LIFE GROUP LIFE SCHOOL TEAM. THEY ARE REVIEWING IT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING WITH US TO GO OVER THOSE COMMENTS. PROPERTY TOURS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEK. IF MY RECOLLECTION IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE TWO TOURS THAT WILL OCCUR TOMORROW AND ONE ON THURSDAY. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REGULAR TEAM UPDATE MEETINGS AT THIS TIME. NO PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS PROJECT. PLAZA VILLARREAL 704 NORTH MAIN STREET. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY AWARDED GRANT MONIES APPROXIMATELY $187,000. THE ONE YEAR EXPIRATION DATE CAME IN DECEMBER OF 2024. WE HAVE SINCE THEN BEEN WORKING WITH THE OWNER TO MAKE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN. THE PLAN THAT HE HAD ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO STAFF HAD HAD IT WHERE THE PARKING SPACES WERE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD NOT APPROVE AND WOULD NOT WOULD NOT CONSIDER AT ALL. AND SO WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CREATE A DIFFERENT SITE PLAN AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, I THINK, IS ONE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HAPPY, FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HAPPY AND SO IS PUBLIC WORKS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS TO BECOME A PERMANENT PROJECT AND NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE ANY PLANNING AND ZONING OR FOR THAT MATTER, CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. BUT JUST STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT PERMIT. SO THAT'S

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THAT'S ENCOURAGING. AND THE OWNER HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SUBMIT A NEW GRANT APPLICATION.

NOW THAT WE'RE FURTHER ALONG WITH THE PROJECT, THERE'S LESS UNKNOWNS AND SEEK ASSISTANCE WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, THE FACADE, LANDSCAPING, ETC. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MARCEL IS WORKING WITH HIM ON, AND THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.

DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT INTEREST. SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THUS FAR TWO COMMUNITY TOURS TO GROUPS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS, IS SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE IN THE WORKS OF FROM THESE GROUPS THAT ARE DOING WORK IN THE DALLAS, IN THE DALLAS AREA. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING, THE CAPACITY, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE'RE SPEAKING WITH ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEASONED INDIVIDUALS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE KNOW THE WHEREWITHAL TO PULL OFF A PROJECT LIKE THIS. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:00, WE HAD A MEETING WITH ANOTHER REAL ESTATE GROUP THAT'S INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A PROPERTY TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. AND SO WE WALKED THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO IF ALL GOES WELL, I WOULD I WOULD ANTICIPATE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN PRESENTATION HERE BEFORE YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS FOR THAT PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS. SO A FEW MONTHS AGO WE ATTENDED THE ICSC AT RED RIVER EVENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A BOOTH AT THIS EVENT. WE HAD OVER 3000 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE. WE HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED. MR. ZILKHA AND MR. HARVEY ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. WE ALSO HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ATTEND. COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER. THIS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SEVERAL LOCAL DEVELOPERS, LOCAL USERS, BANKERS, A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIONS THAT WERE HAD BY GOING TO THIS EVENT. AND WE ACTUALLY GOT A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR'S BOOTH AND, YOU KNOW, BIGGER AND BETTER. THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A PICTURE OF THE WINNER OF OUR RAFFLE. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE RAFFLED OUT A TAILGATING PACKAGE THAT CONSISTED OF, YOU KNOW, A BOOM BOX, GRILLING EQUIPMENT, ETC. AND WE RAFFLED THAT AT AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE. BEFORE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO THIS? YOU'RE YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS SUMMIT THIS IS ONE THAT WE MARCELLA ATTENDED SPRINGS. IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND STATE AGENCIES. IT WAS REALLY A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, SOME OF THEIR STRUGGLES. WE HAD A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM TO LEARN THEIR ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, THE FORMS THAT THEY USE, AND JUST COMPARING NOTES AND FIGURING OUT A WAY OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND SHARE TO BRING OUR COMMUNITIES FORWARD. THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DCDC. WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH THEM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS AFTERNOON WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH ELTON BROCK AND THE DC EDC ATTORNEY BRANDON SHELBY TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT PROCUREMENT POLICY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG. I RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM ELTON THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY WAS WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO NEED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, AND WE WILL THEN BE READY TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THE POLICY WITH MR. HAGER FOR HIM TO REVIEW BEFORE WE START TAKING IT TO THE DC EDC AND ULTIMATELY BRING THIS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WE'VE ALSO PREPARED A DRAFT DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT BYLAWS. WE WENT THROUGH IT. WE ACTUALLY CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE DC EDC TO WORK ON AND REVIEW THE BYLAWS. WE WENT IN THERE AND JUST TOOK OUT LANGUAGE

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THAT JUST WASN'T APPLICABLE ANYMORE, NOT IN LINE WITH CURRENT PRACTICES, NOT IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES. WE'VE GIVEN THE DRAFT TO THE CORPORATION, TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW. WE'VE GOTTEN RECEIVED COMMENTS BACK. WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE COMMENTS, MAKE THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES, AND BRING BACK THAT FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. AS WITH THE PROCUREMENT POLICY, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE WHAT WE BELIEVE, THE FINAL DRAFT TO MR. HAGER TO REVIEW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROCUREMENT POLICY AND THE BYLAWS AMENDMENTS. ONCE WE WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, THEN WE WOULD OUR INTENT IS TO BRING THEM BOTH TOGETHER FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION. WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THE GRANT POLICY, AND BASICALLY AT THE LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING WE PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHAT THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN THE SENSE OF THE GRANT AWARDS, THE SPONSORSHIP AWARDS, AND REALLY ASKED TO OBTAIN THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY SAW, IF THEY LIKED WHAT THEY SAW, OR THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND BY DIFFERENT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CREATING STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT ARE MORE TARGETED, WHERE YOU CAN EVALUATE THE EFFORTS WITH REAL DATA, THAT WE HAVE CLAWBACK PROVISIONS ON GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHICH THEY SAID, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES AND BRING THEM TO US FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE MORE STRATEGIC, MORE CALCULATED ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. WE ALSO CAME ACROSS A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, OH, ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. AND WE SHARED THAT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND JUST JUST GOT A HANDLE ON WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN DONE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND JUST WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF UPDATING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.

THERE IS A TRAINING SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING ON THE 31ST. WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S NEW BOARD. THERE IS A NEW BOARD MEMBER AS WELL AS THERE'S BEEN HERE RECENTLY, AN APPOINTMENT OF A CHAIR. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TRAINING AND HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER. BUT ALSO IN THAT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR BUDGET, WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM, HOW THAT WORKS, EXPENDITURES, ETC. AS WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS OF CREATING THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND LAST WEEK WE HAD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORKSHOP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THEY PROVIDED ME WITH SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. AND IT WAS IT WAS AN EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER AND THE POINTER OVER TO MARCELLA. SHE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF WALKING YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND I'LL FINALIZE THE PRESENTATION. I'LL TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, JUST RUN THROUGH SOME THINGS. SO I KNOW PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE GRANTS AND INCENTIVES. SO THIS SNAPSHOT HERE SHOWS YOU UP TO THIS POINT, THE OUTSTANDING GRANTS THAT LISTS BY THE BUSINESS NAME THAT THE INITIAL AWARD AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID OUT. THERE ARE SOME GRANTS, AS YOU SEE THERE. THE FIRST ONE LISTED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE IN PHASES. SO THEY WILL BE PAID OUT THROUGH MULTIPLE YEARS. SO HAJNOWKA KNOWN AS MORE SUPPLY. THEY WERE PAID 60,952 WITH $0.50 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. AND THEN THE REMAINDER THAT YOU SEE THERE WILL BE PAID OUT IN THE NEXT TWO PHASES. THEN AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THOSE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, AND THE REIMBURSEMENTS WERE ALREADY PAID OUT. FURTHER DOWN. THERE'S SOME THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OF BEING REIMBURSED, SUCH AS NORTH TEXAS CARE CLINIC, CEDAR PARK SHOPPING CENTER, FERRANTE HAIR STUDIO, AND ENCINA RESTAURANT. THIS IS A LIST OF THE GRANTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO HAVE EXPIRED DEADLINES. WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO BRING IT

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BEFORE THE DC EDC BOARD AND ASK IF THEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REPEALING THOSE GRANTS, AS THEY'VE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND AGAIN, JUST HELPING TO CLEAN THINGS UP AND MAKE IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. WE DID GO AHEAD AND SEND CERTIFIED GRANT REPEAL LETTERS TO THESE BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS THEIR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES. THERE ARE FIVE LISTED HERE. OUT OF THE FIVE, ONE DID RESPOND AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A GRANT EXTENSION WHICH WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DCDC NEXT WEEK. AND THE OTHER FOUR WE WILL BE REQUESTING OR WE WILL BE PRESENTING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR REPEAL. AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE REPEALED, THOSE GRANT AWARDS, I'M SORRY, IS $438,067. SO THAT WILL BE ADDED BACK TO THE BUDGET. AND AS DIRECTOR BURR SAID EARLIER, YOU SEE PLAZA VILLARREAL LISTED HERE. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN HAS A QUESTION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY THEY'D LIKE TO, TO GO THROUGH THE REPEAL PROCESS? IS THERE A DEADLINE SET FOR A DOLLAR FOR ALL THE ONES HERE THAT MAY NEED AN EXTENSION.

WE WILL. WE SENT THE LETTERS AND WE GAVE THEM 15 DAYS TO RESPOND. YES. AND WE SENT THEM TO NOT ONLY TO THE OWNER, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE LISTED ON THE GRANT EXTENSION. AND THEY COULD HAVE EMAILED, CALLED, RESPONDED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BUT ONLY ONE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT. OKAY. AND THEN AND YOU SAID AFTER THE 15 DAYS, THEN THEY DO HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THEN WHATEVER AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED JUST GOES BACK INTO THE FUND, RIGHT? YES. THERE, AS FINANCE HAS EXPLAINED THEIR ENCUMBRANCES. SO IT'S MONEY THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE, BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY HAS NOT HIT THE BOOKS, BUT IT'S BEEN SET ASIDE.

SO IT WILL FREE UP THIS MONEY ONCE WE REPEAL THOSE GRANTS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO SINCE HE OPENED THE DOOR, LET ME ASK A QUESTION. I BELIEVE WE APPROVED A GRANT SOMEWHERE IN EXCESS OF $200,000 FOR WHAT I CALL THE AMA GAS STATION ACROSS FROM THE FIELD HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF SOUTHWOOD AND SOUTH MAIN. I DON'T SEE THAT ON HERE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM. 1703 MAIN REALTY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT THE WAY THAT THEY PRESENTED THEIR APPLICATION. PROCESS. YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OH, AND AS I WAS MENTIONING AS DIRECTOR BARRERA MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE WORKING WITH PLAZA VILLAREAL TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS GRANT REPEAL GO THROUGH, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO REAPPLY AND SUBMIT ANOTHER APPLICATION BASED ON THEIR UPDATED PLANS. SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND GET THEM THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED. COMMUNITY GRANTS.

YOU'LL SEE THERE THESE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU FOR THE HANGING BASKETS, BANNERS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOTALING $25,350. THE COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS, WHICH THREE WERE PASSED TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF DUNCANVILLE, THE OTHERS AND THE DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID OUT IS $14,100. AND THEN THE REMAINDER WITH THE THREE GRANTS THAT WERE APPROVED TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WILL MAKE A QUICK NOTE. DIRECTOR BARRERA IS NEW TO TEXAS, WHICH WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HE DOES. IT IS OFF SCRIPT, SO PLEASE. FOR HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. EVER SINCE I BEGAN IN NOVEMBER, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF US SUPPORTING LOCAL. HE ENCOURAGES US AS STAFF TO SUPPORT LOCAL WHEN WE GO TO LUNCH, HE GETS HIS HAIRCUT AT A LOCAL FACILITY, WHICH I NOW STARTED GETTING MY KIDS HAIRCUTS HERE. SO HE IS A BIG PROPONENT OF LOCAL AND THIS COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. IN CASE THAT HASN'T BEEN CLEAR IN THE FUTURE, IN THE PAST, I'M SORRY. SO JUST IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, I MADE A LIST OF ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WE VISITED TOGETHER, SHARED FOR LUNCH OR DIFFERENT THINGS, NETWORK EVENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, TO ADD TO THAT, WE PLAN TO DO ONE BUSINESS VISIT AND WE END UP DOING TWO. AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING ABOUT

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THREE. BUT WE WENT TO LOS JEFES FOR LUNCH TO, YOU KNOW, TO TRY IT OUT AND JUST PUT OUR CARDS OUT THERE. AND THEN WE WERE DONE WITH THAT, AND WE WENT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE HAD SOME TEA, YOU KNOW, THAT WE PICKED UP AND WE PICKED UP AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE OFFICE. SO YEAH. BUT MOVING ON. SO TALKING ABOUT GRANTS, THIS IS ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING HERE SOON TO YOU POSSIBLY AS SOON AS APRIL 1ST. THIS IS A $2.1 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE BUILDINGS, THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE DUPLEXES OWNED BY DOCTOR FAIN. WE HAVE SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW THE DCDC PRESENTATION FOR NEXT MONDAY. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT PRESENTATION, THIS COULD BE COMING TO YOU ON APRIL 1ST. IF THEY COME OUT OF THAT MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION, OR FOR THAT MATTER, IF THEY NEED MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT OR MORE INFORMATION. BUT THIS IS RIGHT NOW THE TENTATIVE APPROVAL APPROVAL SCHEDULE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS, SOME OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THIS IS NOT AN END ALL, BE ALL LIST. SOME OF THE CASES, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WERE PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE SLIDESHOW AND NOT INCLUDED IN THIS, BUT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHAT I WILL DESCRIBE AS A PUBLIC HEARING SCRIPTS, RULES OF PROCEDURES OF HOW TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'VE PROVIDED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH HIGH LEVEL TRAINING ON THE ROLE OF A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBER, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO GET THEM ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN THE SENSE OF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A FEW MOCK HEARINGS TO GET THEM FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE WITH WHEN THE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHEN TO CLOSE IT. AND SO THAT IF ALL GOES WELL, WOULD BE SCHEDULED WITHIN THE NEXT 3030 DAYS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEB PAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY PUT AS OUR DEPARTMENT GOAL FOR THIS YEAR TO KIND OF REAP REVAMP THE WEBSITES, MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY, MORE ACCESSIBLE, ETC. SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE RECENTLY SIGNED UP FOR. LOOPNET. IT'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP USED BY MANY COMMUNITIES. HERE IS EXCUSE ME. HERE ON THE LIST YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING THIS TOOL.

BUT IT'S HIGHLY ACCURATE. YOU CAN FIND OUT ANY OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UP FOR SALE.

FOR LEASE YOU CAN ABLE TO ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT. I JUST DID A SMALL SNIPPET OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON ON THE SCREEN. I WE STILL HAVE TO WORK IT OUT WITH THE VENDOR. ON GETTING THIS SET UP ON OUR WEB PAGE, BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. AGAIN, ANOTHER THING THAT WE PUT ON OUR DEPARTMENT GOALS WE WANTED TO DO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF A BUSINESS DIRECTORY, GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE VACANCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT'S FOR SALE? WHAT'S FOR LEASE? THIS IS A SUBSCRIPTION THAT WE JUST SIGNED ON LAST WEEK. THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF DEPICTING PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE. AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FOR DEPICTING PROPERTIES FOR SALE.

WE CAN. AND THEN THE BENEFIT OF THIS TOOL ALSO IS THAT WE CAN RUN ALL SORTS OF ANALYTIC REPORTS, GO BACK IN TIME AND TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE VACANCY RATES, DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT, WHAT'S TRENDING, AND SHARE ALL OF THAT AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS WELL AS TO YOU. SO THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OH MAN, DID Y'ALL CRANK ME UP OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PUMP UP THE VOLUME. SO YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE TOOLS YOU ALL USE. ARE WE STILL MAKING USE OF PLACE OR. I WE ARE, WE ARE. AND ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO USE PLACER I AT LEAST AS I SEE IT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH WITH THE SIGNATURE EVENTS, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE ATTENDEES WENT TO BEFORE THE EVENT AFTER EVENT AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED. MAYBE A DAY OR TWO AFTER THE EVENT, ESPECIALLY WITH AN UPCOMING EVENT. I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF AND THE IMPACT OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS. THANK YOU. AND CITY MANAGER, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE

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FOR US TO GET SOME OF THAT DATA? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE REALLY PLAN ON DOING THOSE AFTER ACTION REPORTS SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT THAT TIME TOO. MAYOR, IF I JUST COULD SEGUE, THIS IS VICTOR'S DIRECTOR BREWER'S FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT I SHARED WITH YOU BY EMAIL. I DON'T THINK WE'VE SAID THIS PUBLICLY SINCE, BUT INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KEVIN HUFFMAN WAS WORKING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, AND THEY DEVELOPED A QUARTERLY REPORT. SO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM IN 2025, INCLUDING SOME, FOR INSTANCE, AT THE FIELDHOUSE THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM IN YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS HAVING A CHANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND VICTOR AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH SO MANY CATCH UP THINGS IN 2024, AS YOU KNOW, AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO BUILD THE PIPELINE. BUT NOW WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. HEY, FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS ALSO MR.

[6.D. Council to receive a briefing on the current status of the TIF Board]

BARRERA'S STATUS OF THE TIF BOARD. 30 PAGES. I'M SORRY, IS THIS 30 SCREENSHOTS? LET ME SEE.

THERE'S ONLY 21 OKAY. YEAH THAT'S THE LAST RIGHT I FEEL BETTER. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE GO. THE TIF BOARD. SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIF BOARD HAS NOT MET IN OVER A YEAR. AND BACK IN AUGUST I HAD MET WITH MR. GRACE. AND HE HAD KIND OF SHARED WITH ME SOME OF THE DYNAMICS OF, OF THE BOARD AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ATTEMPTED TO BE DONE. AND JUST HE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING ME UP TO SPEED. AND AT THE TIME, I HAD SHARED WITH HIM THAT I THOUGHT THAT INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF HAVING A MEETING RIGHT AWAY, THAT HE IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE APPOINTMENTS AND TO FILL THE VACANCIES, SO THEN WE CAN START HAVING A REALLY A PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND ENGAGING MEETING WITH ALL THE MEMBERS, PROVIDE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR'S TIFF REPORTS, START LAYING OUT STRATEGIC PLANS.

COMPARE THAT AGAINST THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE REVENUE STREAM AND WHAT'S DEBT, AND JUST REALLY USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MOVE THE GROUP FORWARD AND JUST HAVE THAT MOMENTUM. AND SO IF A IF A MEETING HASN'T BEEN SET, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE DESIRE ISN'T THERE. CERTAINLY THE DESIRE IS THERE. AND AS I WAS GETTING READY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING AND WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE'S ONLY THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AND TWO VACANCIES, AND TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THEIR TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. AND SO MY THOUGHT IS, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT AUGUST CONVERSATION, THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED TO THE TIF BOARD. SO THEN WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REAL PRODUCTIVE SESSIONS TRAINING, GO THROUGH THE INS AND OUTS OF THE DISTRICTS, THE HISTORY, GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES ESPECIALLY. AND I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE INTEREST IN THE TOYOTA PROPERTY, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME REVENUE TO COME OUT OF THAT. SO WE WANT TO BE VERY STRATEGIC IN SOME OF THE MONIES THAT WE USE AND SOME OF OUR ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, IN ESSENCE, GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE BETWEEN THE TIF BOARD AND THE EDC AND NOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS OR PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE TIF DISTRICT ASKING OR COMING BEFORE THE EDC FOR DCDC FUNDS, WHEN THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE TIF POT THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR REINVESTMENT. ET CETERA. PROJECTS. LAST TIME I LOOKED AT A REPORT, THE END FUND BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024, HAD OVER $600,000 IN THE FUND BALANCE.

SO, LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE $600,000? DO WE NEED TO DO A SUBAREA PLAN? START LOOKING AT SOME DENSITIES? DO WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPERTY ACQUISITION? BUT AGAIN, HAVE A AN ENGAGING CONVERSATION WITH THE COMPLETE BOARD, THE BOARD OF FIVE. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT TO YOU AND

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LET YOU JUST GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS WITH THIS BOARD. WELL, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHERS THAT ARE UP, BUT I WANT TO SAY. TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET HERE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD MEETINGS WITH THE TIF BOARD, AND IT PRECEDES YOUR COMING ON BOARD, BUT WE'VE GONE I'M GOING TO SAY TWO YEARS WITHOUT A TIF BOARD MEETING. AM I RIGHT ON THAT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S ABOUT TWO. AND THEN THROUGH JUST AGAIN JUST TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE MEETING. THERE'S 2 OR 3 REPORTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE THAT WE'RE WORKING, WORKING ON. AND IN PART MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ORGANIZE IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF STRATEGY, BECAUSE I KNOW AS A FOR INSTANCE, I APPOINTED A DISTRICT FIVE MEMBER, WHICH IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER IN DISTRICT FIVE. WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING THAT BETTER. BUT AND HE DROPPED OFF SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY NEVER MET. HE THOUGHT, WHY AM I WHY IS MY NAME ON HERE? AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING NOW. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE FIXING TO DROP OFF THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A MEETING. SO THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE CITY, NOT YOU. YOU'RE WORKING TO FIX IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE FINALLY GET SOME VALUE OUT OF HAVING A TIF BOARD. THE EDUCATION, THE TRAINING IS A GREAT START. IT'S A GREAT COMPONENT FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD. SOME KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT, OTHERS DON'T. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PRESENTED THIS TONIGHT, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET MOVING ON IT SO THAT WE CAN FINALLY GET THE VALUE OUT OF HAVING A TIF BOARD. AND TO THIS POINT, TWO YEARS WITHOUT A MEETING HASN'T GOTTEN US THERE. BUT NOT NOT YOUR FAULT. NO, IT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. MR. PENNEBAKER. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS UP HERE. OF COURSE, THE TIF IS ENTIRELY IN MY DISTRICT. I'VE MET WITH MR. GOFF AND MR. GRACE A FEW TIMES, SPOKEN WITH MR. BANE A FEW TIMES, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET SOME THINGS AND LISTENING TO THOSE GENTLEMEN TALK AND WHAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT AND WANT TO DO, THEY'RE ENCOURAGED. AND MR. CONTRERAS, MAYOR ALLUDED TO IT THAT IN THE PAST THEY JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, FROM THE COUNCIL. AND THIS IS A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND NEW LEADERSHIP THAT I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO SOME THINGS HAPPENING WITH THIS AND GETTING THESE GUYS TOGETHER AND GALS, IF WE CAN GET SOME GALS ON THERE. HAVE WE HAD ANY? I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE APPLYING FOR TIF IS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE A GOOD A GOOD FIT. OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW, AND MAYBE AS QUICK AS IN TWO WEEKS, HAVE THEM APPOINTED. OKAY, GREAT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE DID HAVE ONE APPLICATION I THINK WE JUST RECEIVED LAST WEEK. SO THERE IS SOME INTEREST IN THE TIF BOARD. MISS GOODEN THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THE MAYOR SHARED. WE HAVE A BOARD OF FIVE. A QUORUM IS THREE. WE HAVE THREE ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A MEETING, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UP TO I THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY LED, AND THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES ADVOCATING IF THEY WANT TO MEET OR NOT, IF THEY HAVE ITEMS TO MEET ABOUT. IT'S BEEN SAID NOVEMBER 2023 WAS THE LAST MEETING AND WE'VE HAD BOARD MEMBERS, THEY'VE FALLEN OFF AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELAYING IT MORE IN HOPES OF GETTING SOMEBODY ON. WE HAVE. A TON OF MEETINGS ALREADY, SPECIAL MEETINGS, AND YES, WE ARE GOING TO INTERVIEW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT INTERVIEW IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S WE HAVE TO ALIGN ALL OF OUR SCHEDULES IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT SPECIAL MEETING TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS. IF WE HAVE THREE THAT JUSTIFIES A QUORUM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DELAYING ON ALLOWING THEM TO MEET AND DISCUSS THE ITEMS THEY NEED TO DISCUSS. I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND JUGGLING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO COORDINATE A MEETING AND, AND MAKE IT A PRODUCTIVE MEETING IS GOING TO TAKE SOME WORK. BUT I WOULD AGREE THAT IF WE CAN KIND OF LEAN IN THAT DIRECTION AND TRY TO MOVE ON WITH THREE UNTIL WE GET THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY ON

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THAT BOARD AND THAT MIGHT SAVE THESE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN BE REAPPOINTED IF THEIR TERM IS UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SEE THIS WORK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A PLAN. AND THAT'S THE BEST I'VE HEARD IN TWO YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PLAN, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. WELL, AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, GOODEN SAID AS WELL. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THINGS. LET'S LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS HISTORICALLY IS EACH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THAT BOARD. SO WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY. AND WHAT WE'RE MISSING IN THREE AND FIVE ESSENTIALLY THAT. SO THAT'S I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO I WANT PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN BEING IN THE BOARD AND APPLYING FOR A BOARD. BUT WE HAVE IT. WE'VE GOT A QUORUM AND IT'S I'D LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. MR. PENNYBAKER. NO FALSE ALARM. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU'RE STILL UP. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SIX E, WHICH IS DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY

[6.E. Council Briefing on the request to reduce the membership of the Duncanville Community Multicultural Commission from twelve (12) to nine (9) members.]

MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP. MR. BARRERA OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ASK THIS EVENING IS CONSIDERATION OF REDUCING THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMISSION. THERE ARE SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT WE CAME ACROSS REGARDING THIS COMMISSION. ONE THAT BACK IN, I BELIEVE, 17 OR 19 EXTINGUISHED OR DISSOLVED THIS COMMISSION. AND THEN IN THE MOST RECENT COMMISSION THAT HAS THEM ALL LAID OUT, I THINK IT WAS A 22 OR 23 ORDINANCE. HAS THE HAS IT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION AND A MAKEUP COMPRISED OF 12 MEMBERS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S STILL FOUR VACANCIES IN THAT COMMISSION IN THAT 12 STRUCTURE. AND WHAT WE'D ASK IS FOR THERE TO BE CONSIDERATION OF REDUCING THE MEMBERSHIP FROM 12 TO 9. WHAT'S MAGICAL ABOUT THE NINE IS THAT THERE ARE THE NINE MEMBERS WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE NINE THAT ARE THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION. SO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE A COMMISSION OF 12, YOU NEED SEVEN MEMBERS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TO HAVE A QUORUM. AND THAT JUST PRESENTS A GREAT AMOUNT OF CHALLENGES. AND SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO MEET AS FREQUENT TALK ABOUT GOALS, VISIONS, OBJECTIVES, AND PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN THEY'RE SET UP IN IN THIS MANNER. I WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU ON, ON THAT POINT THAT YOU'RE MAKING, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT COMMISSION TO KEEP ENOUGH PEOPLE TO KEEP IT GOING. SO THE CITY MANAGER'S JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE ACTION WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE FORM OF CHANGING THE ORDINANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S A RESOLUTION. BUT YES. OKAY. SO WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON ON TAKING THE SUGGESTION OF MOVING TOWARDS REDUCING IT TO NINE MEMBERS? MISS GOODEN I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. OKAY. GETTING GETTING THE HEAD NODS. SO, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. I'M I'D BE IN FAVOR OF IT TOO. BUT I'M ALSO THINK THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS WHOLE THING AGAIN.

AND BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN SETUPS LIKE, WE NEED THREE OF THIS AND THREE OF THAT AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, AND IT'S AND IT'S RESTRICTIVE IN ITS MANNER PERSONALLY. I MEAN, I LIKE I LIKE THE STRUCTURE OF THIS THING, BUT WHAT I SEE FROM ARTS AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS REALLY NEEDED. WELL, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER QUESTION. IT'S A VALID QUESTION, BUT IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER QUESTION RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A CONSENSUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO GO FORWARD WITH DESIGNING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD REDUCE THE MEMBERSHIP FROM 12 TO 9. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? OKAY. ANY OTHER OPTIONS? WELL, I THINK WHAT MR. MCBURNETT SUGGESTING IS A POSSIBLE JUST A DISBANDING OF THE OF THE COMMISSION. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OPTIONS. THAT'S AN OPTION. OKAY. I'LL DO I'LL DO

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BOTH. WE HAVE WE HAVE MANY BOARDS RIGHT NOW. WELL, WE STILL HAVE A FEW BOARDS THAT ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS MR. MACK WAS REFERRING TO. OR YOU COULD KEEP IT AT 12 AND, AND HAVE LESS THAN A MAJORITY AS A QUORUM. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TOO. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER GET 12, SO IT'D BE WORTH IT TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS TO REDUCE IT TO NINE. I THINK IT HASN'T HAD A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD, SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE RECOMMENDATION. SO AND I GOT AN APPROVAL IF THERE'S ANY ANYBODY THAT COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. I'M SORRY. BUT THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD. YOU KNOW, KIND OF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN DISCUSSING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LATELY AS FAR AS WHAT THE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN. I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IS EFFECTIVE AND WORTHWHILE AND THAT DOESN'T OVERLAP TOO MUCH WITH WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE DOING? SO I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON IT. AND THEN DECIDE WHAT THAT ACTION ITEM SHOULD BE BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION. OKAY. THEN WITH THAT, COUNCILWOMAN MCBURNETT, WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF THE CITY MANAGER AND MR. BARRERA WORK ON THIS AND TRY TO GET BACK TO US? YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM. I MEAN, I STATED, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT GOING DOWN TO NINE. I THINK WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID IS TO REDUCE THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT AND MAYBE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING. WELL, I THINK I THINK THEY CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS THAT WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, I JUST REMIND US OF THE MRB REPORT LAST YEAR THAT DID MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT APPOINTMENT CYCLE BACK IN THE FALL. OKAY. THANK YOU ON THAT ONE. AND YOU'RE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR.

[6.F. Council to receive a briefing and discussion on the draft 15 year Capital Improvement Plan.]

OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS SIX F DISCUSSION ON 15 YEAR CIP PLAN, MR. FINCH. YES, MAYOR. I PROMISE THESE ARE NOT 30 PAGES LONG. THESE ARE SHORT LITTLE CONVERSATIONS. BUT WHAT A WHAT AN EXCITING NIGHT. HONESTLY. I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON. THE CIP STARTED REALLY RIGHT BEFORE I JOINED YOU. YOU MET WITH STAFF IN THE FALL OF 23, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU PUT NOTES ON A STICKY BOARD AND TOOK A PICTURE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ SAID, PLEASE DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT FOR US. INSTEAD OF JUST A PICTURE OF THOSE FIVE YEARS. AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT WHERE WE STARTED WITH THAT ORIGINAL LIST TO TODAY, AND WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU TONIGHT EVEN A PRINTED COPY. BUT I KNOW YOU'VE YOU'VE RECEIVED THIS PREVIOUSLY BY EMAIL, A DRAFT 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE SAME TIME FRAME AS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE'VE WE'VE MET A SERIES OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME SHORT TERM, SOME MEDIUM TERM AND SOME LONG TERM GOALS ASSOCIATED.

THE SHORT TERM PROJECTS LIKE THE, FOR INSTANCE, ON IMMEDIATE INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITY UPGRADES THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDED. THE DETAILS THERE, THESE REALLY RELATE TO OUR CRITICAL, IMMEDIATE NEEDS. THE SERVICE CENTER, THE FIELDHOUSE, HVAC UPGRADES WHICH ARE IN PROGRESS NOW. IMPROVEMENTS WITH FIRE STATION TWO. OBVIOUSLY THE GENERATOR IS JUST RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED. HARRINGTON PARK PHASES ONE AND THREE ARE IN PROGRESS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH THIS EVENING ABOUT THAT POLICE BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE ARMY YOU'RE AWARE OF, AS WELL AS THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, THE MEDIUM TERM PROJECTS WE REALLY GET INTO CAPACITY EXPANSION ITEMS THERE. THIRD FIRE STATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATRIX ANALYSIS. THE SECOND PHASE OF HARRINGTON PARK. THE FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED CALLED OUT FOR RENOVATIONS IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT BOTH CITY HALL AS WELL AS THE RECREATION CENTER. AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE LONG TERM PROJECTS GOING OUT IN THE LONGER TERM, GOING OUT THROUGH THE YEAR 2040, WHICH WOULD REALLY BE THE

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CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. SO THE DOCUMENT REALLY DETAILS IT'S MEANT TO BE A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT. YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE THINK THAT THESE ARE THE NEEDS. WE THINK, AT LEAST FOR THE SHORT TERM, THESE THE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. WE'VE HAD SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. DURING A SERIES OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT INCLUDED A MEETING THAT WE HAD BACK IN OCTOBER, ON OCTOBER 29TH, AND WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE BUDGET TOWN HALL KICKOFF, AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO REALLY KIND OF WEIGH IN LIVE TIME DATA THAT WE WERE GETTING INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY RANKED PROJECTS. DURING THAT FEBRUARY 11TH CIP MEETING, THERE WAS AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY? AND THEN THESE PRIORITIES WERE THEN RANKED DURING THAT BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS, THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO ALL IN ALL, THIS IS ABOUT $115 MILLION PLAN OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF FUNDING SOLUTIONS FOR THIS THAT WOULD BE HEAVILY RELIANT ON GRANTS, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, OBVIOUSLY, THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO A BOND TO JUMPSTART SOME OF THE SHORT TERM PROJECTS, AND THE PLAN DOES CALL FOR THINGS LIKE THE DOG PARK, THE DOG PARK, MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS THE LAD NATURE PRESERVE, AND IT CALLS FOR SPECIFICALLY THOSE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE COMING IN THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THIS IS JUST MEANT TO KIND OF INTRODUCE YOU TO IT TONIGHT.

YOU'VE GOT A COPY THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, BEFORE WE CONSIDER ADOPTING IT OFFICIALLY, THAT WE ACTUALLY HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. WELL, IT'S NOT REQUIRED, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON IT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COULD WE GO BACK TO PAGE 189. SO THIS WAS THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE CIP MEETING. THIS WAS AT THE MARCH BUDGET HALL, TOWN HALL, TOWN MEETING, AND I WAS THERE FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN I NEEDED TO LEAVE. IS THAT THE SAME MEETING? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I SEE TEN PEOPLE AND I SEE A LOT OF NEW POLICE BUILDING, SERVICE CENTER, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT STREETS, TRANSPORTATION THAT WOULD TELL ME WAS THIS RESPONDED TO BY STAFF. IT WAS A COMBINATION OF FOLKS. I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS FG IN ON THIS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. THERE WERE PEOPLE ONLINE. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY VOTED. I'D HAVE TO DIG INTO THE DATA TO SEE THAT THE NUMBER THERE IN THE RIGHT TELLS YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT PUSH THE LIKE BUTTON. THAT'S THE TWO.

THAT'S THAT TINY TWO. IT MAY HAVE BEEN TEN. I DON'T KNOW, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO EXPLORE POLICE BUILDINGS AND SERVICE CENTERS, BUT IT SEEMED THAT THE COMMUNITY RELATED DESIRES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, AND THINGS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE AUDIENCE THAT WAS THERE AT THE TIME ARE THE ONES THAT WERE RANKED THE HIGHEST. THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE. I COULD BE WRONG. WELL, I THINK THOUGH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE SHORT TERM ITEMS, IF WE GO BACK 2 OR 3, ONE MORE. I THINK THESE ARE REALLY OUR PRIMARY FOCUSED ITEMS THAT THESE REALLY ARE THE KEY PROJECTS FOR THIS NEXT TWO YEARS, 25, 26 INTO 27. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION THAT I FELT LIKE I RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL. SO THESE REALLY ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, 186 POLICE BUILDING EXPANSION SLASH UPGRADE. AND THEN GO BACK TO THE SURVEY THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US THAT ONE. IT SAYS NEW POLICE BUILDING. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS COMPLETELY. WELL YES AND NO. THAT WAS A THESE COMMENTS WERE THE OPEN ENDED QUESTION FROM THE FEBRUARY 11TH THAT PEOPLE WERE TYPING IN NEW POLICE BUILDING. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY A POLICE FACILITY, WHICH ACTUALLY I'LL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE HERE ON THE NEXT ITEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THAT'S HOW THAT WAS RANKED. SO IT STILL REFERS TO IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE POLICE FACILITY, WHETHER IT'S AN UPGRADE OR A NEW BUILDING. AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT MORE IN A SECOND. I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING. SO PLEASE DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CIP, MR. YEAH. AND I MADE THE COMMENT DURING THAT MEETING THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT EXERCISE THAT THE RESPONSES WERE GENERALLY BECAUSE WE'VE

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[6.G. Council to receive a briefing on the work of the 2025 Bond Committee kicking off and also discuss concepts of potential facility improvements including locations and renderings.]

OUR BOND COMMITTEE HAS MET ONCE. WE'LL ACTUALLY BE MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU APPROVED. IT IS A NINE MEMBER GROUP WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO THAT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DC EDC AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF P AND Z. SO THIS IS OUR LIST OF OUR NINE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THE NEXT PAGE HERE, ALEX, THIS IS OUR TIMELINE. THE ONE THING I WAS I WAS RECENTLY TALKING WITH SOMEBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST BOND COMMITTEE THAT WAS DONE IN 2018 INTO 19. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ABBREVIATED PROCESS HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AGAIN BY JUNE JULY TIME FRAME, SO THAT COUNCIL CAN THEN MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO ORDER A PROPOSITION TO APPEAR ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT IN THE LAST DAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. IS THAT AUGUST 18TH DATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.

SO THIS THIS PROCESS IS DESIGNED WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE MEETING DATES. THE BOND COMMITTEE HAD A GREAT FIRST MEETING, I FEEL LIKE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET TWICE A MONTH, CONTINUOUSLY REVIEW THE PROJECTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FACILITIES, DIGGING INTO THE ANALYSIS AND THEN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE CHARGE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT RESOLUTION. WE HAVE JUST SOME TENANT, AND THIS IS VERY TENTATIVE, BUT JUST KIND OF DRAFT AGENDA TOPICS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FLIP FLOPPING THIS FIRST ONE. AND IT MIGHT BE PUBLIC WORKS HERE ON MARCH 20TH AND IN FINANCE INSTEAD OF POLICE, BUT JUST DUE TO SOME SCHEDULING. SO WE'VE KIND OF LAID OUT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER THIS TIME PERIOD WITH, AGAIN, A DRAFT REPORT BACK DOWN IN JUNE AND THEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IN JULY. WHEN WE MET IN FEBRUARY. AND I THINK ACTUALLY IT GOES BACK EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT. I ASKED THE QUESTION TO COUNCIL, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT I WANT TO TURN AROUND AND SHARE WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICE BUILDING. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THIS.

I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL, COULD YOU OR WOULD YOU ENVISION A POLICE FACILITY HERE ON THE CITY CAMPUS PROPERTY WITHOUT US LOCATING ANOTHER BUILDING, BUYING PROPERTY, AND BUILDING ANOTHER CITY BUILDING, POLICE BUILDING SOMEWHERE ELSE? FOR A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS. IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE BUILDING HERE ON THE PROPERTY. WE ALREADY HAVE THE IT, WE NOW HAVE THE GENERATOR. WE HAVE THE STAFF HERE, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY IT MAKES SENSE JUST FOR CENTRALIZED OPERATIONS, EVEN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, WITH THE WAY THAT THEY SPLIT UP THEIR DISTRICTS AND BEING LOCATED HERE ON THE CAMPUS. SO, AS YOU KNOW, YOU SAID TO ME, WELL, NOT SAYING YES AND NOT SAYING NO, I THINK YOU SAID, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO WHILE IT SAYS NEW POLICE BUILDING, IT'S REALLY AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING HERE. THIS LITTLE BLUE BOX THAT YOU SEE ON THIS OPTION, A HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS A

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THREE STORY BUILDING AND YOU WERE DRIVING DOWN WHEATLAND ROAD, TYING IN THE ARTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXISTING CITY HALL AND FACILITY. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE VERSION AS A THREE STORY BUILDING. THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER VIEW THAT YOU COULD SEE IT IN A WAY TO KIND OF MAKE THAT WORK, PUTTING IT OUT A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE ROAD LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. THAT MAY BE IN KEEPING WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUILDING A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE ROAD, TRYING TO CREATE THAT WALKABILITY FACTOR AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SPACE THAT'S THERE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER CONCEPT, AND THAT IS EXTENDING THE BUILDING OUT INTO WHAT IS CURRENTLY PARKING LOT AND THEN REVAMPING THE PARKING LOT. AND REALLY INTENTIONALLY NOT EATING INTO THE PARK SPACE. AND BY DOING THAT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BRING THE PARKING AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING CLOSER TO WHEATLAND ROAD. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS A TWO STORY BUILDING WITH A WRAPAROUND FEATURE THERE, WITH THE PARKING IN THE FRONT STILL TYING IN ALL THE SAME ESTHETICS AS THE CURRENT FACILITY, AND THEN ADDING WHAT IS IN. IN BOTH CASES, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS APPROXIMATELY A 20 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT ADDITION. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AGAIN, AS A TWO STORY BUILDING ENTRANCEWAY. WE ALSO BELIEVE FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE PART OF THIS BUILDING AS A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND INCLUDE A DESIGNATED COURT FACILITY THAT COULD ALSO BE POTENTIALLY UTILIZED, UTILIZED AS A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMEN, AND ALSO BE USED FOR COURTS SO THAT THEY HAVE DESIGNATED SPACE WITH THE SECURITY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AGAIN, IF WE WERE STANDING ACROSS WHEATLAND, LOOKING ACROSS OVER AT A22 STORY BUILDING, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, ESSENTIALLY THAT 20 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT ADDITION FOR THAT OPTION WITH IT STICKING OUT THERE ON THE END. SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. MY FIRST THOUGHTS ARE OPTION B DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF PROBABLY AS MANY AS 2 OR 3 OF THOSE MATURE LIVE OAKS OUT THERE. AND I'M JUST SAYING I LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT I REALIZED RIGHT AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE QUITE A FEW TREES, AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IT'S A PARKING LOT, SO THERE ARE NO TREES TO BE REMOVED. SO AND ACTUALLY, I LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS SHORT OF THEM HAVING TO WALK FURTHER TO GET TO YOUR OFFICE. IT'S I LIKE THE WAY THIS ONE'S LAID OUT. DOES THIS INCLUDE A WORKOUT FACILITY FOR THEM AS WELL? YES, YES. AND WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS? WELL, LET'S GO TO MR. PENNEBAKER. WELL, I LIKE B2 THE LOWER PROFILE, BIGGER FOOTPRINT, BUT I LIKE THE LOWER PROFILE, THE TWO STORY. BUT MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO HOW ARE WE ARRIVING AT THAT? SPEAKING WITH THE MEMBER OF THE PRIOR BOND COMMITTEE. AND EVEN NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT GOING THAT THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T GOING TO BE RIGHT. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CONFIRM WHAT WE'RE POSSIBLY GOING TO ASK FOR? IS, ARE GOOD NUMBERS. SURE. SO GREAT QUESTION. SO REMEMBER WHEN AT THE LAST MEETING YOU ADOPTED THE LAD NATURE PRESERVE MASTER PLAN? THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TELL YOU.

THEY SAID IF YOU DO THE WORK IN THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE X. IF YOU DO THE WORK THE NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE X. IF YOU DO THAT AND IT GOES UP RIGHT YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO WHAT WE BELIEVE BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR SOLICITING BIDS OR OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING AT ALL LIKE THAT, THAT ALL COMES WAY DOWN THE LINE. IF THIS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT WHAT WE WOULD WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THAT WE COULD BUILD APPROXIMATELY A 20 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT FACILITY FOR, GIVE OR TAKE, $10 MILLION BASED ON CURRENT FINANCIAL PRICES. SO THEN IF IT'S FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME SORT OF CALCULATION BASED ON, AGAIN, IF THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE CONSIDERATION IS TO ADVANCE THIS. OKAY. AND I'M CURIOUS, HAVE THE FOLKS OVER ON THE POLICE SIDE SUGGESTED A PREFERENCE. MAYOR. GREAT QUESTION. SO I KNOW THAT THE CHIEF WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT HAS BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAFF OVER THERE. I KNOW FROM SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HEARD, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PREFERENCE TOWARD OPTION B GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. THEY THINK THAT ESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS NICE AND

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IT WOULD FUNCTION FUNCTIONALITY. IT WOULD WORK WELL FOR THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION OFFICIALLY YET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, WE'VE GOT TWO. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, THIS VIEW RIGHT HERE. HEROES PARK HOW THE ROSE GARDEN IS THAT ALSO THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE THE LITTLE ARCHWAY, IS THAT HOW FAR IT'S EXTENDING INTO THE PARK? WELL, THAT THAT STAYS. SO THE EXISTING ROSE GARDEN IS THERE NOW, THE EXISTING ROSE GARDEN, I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE, NEEDS SOME LOVE, RIGHT? YES, BUT THAT'S THAT LOCATION, RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING SO MUCH ONTO THE PARK. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. SURE. MR. KOONTZ, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THAT. YEAH, THAT THERE ISN'T A ROSE GARDEN THERE ANYMORE. THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. YEAH. THE. AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL, JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHERE THINGS WOULD BE, BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND WHERE THAT ROSE GARDEN IS, THERE IS A PRETTY SERIOUS DRAINAGE ISSUE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE A POND INTO THAT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Mar 18, 2025 City Council

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